If you go Caledonian MacBrayne ferry information: www.calmac.co.uk For information on touring the abbey: www.ionahistory.org.uk The Iona Community: www.iona.org.uk Accommodations on Iona: www.isle ...

The latest pilgrimage to Iona began June 11 at St. Columba’s Cathedral in the west coast town of Oban, where Bishop Brian McGee of Argyll and the Isles celebrated a 6 a.m. Mass for the pilgrimage.

Religious leaders have warned that the UK's increasingly hostile immigration policies threaten the centuries-old tradition of global pilgrimage to the birthplace of Christianity in Scotland.

St Columba inhabited the lonely rock of Iona, amidst wild Hebridean seas. St Aidan made his home on Lindisfarne, ... a 40-mile pilgrimage route across the length of Essex.

In fact, Iona was previously named the UK’s best hidden gem topping a list of 20 lesser-known beauty spots around the country, and as soon as you arrive, you'll begin to understand why.

Pilgrimage tours by ferry or charter take visitors to holy islands including Iona in Scotland, Bardsey Island in Wales, Caldey Island in Pembrokeshire and Flat Holme in the English Channel. A ...

IONA, a tiny isle of pilgrimage, has a quiet and peaceful atmosphere, despite the fact that during the summer months 2000 day visitors trek from the ferry to the restored Abbey church. Cars ...

The Hebridean island of Iona has been blessed with one thousand years of peace. It is a place of pilgrimage and sanctity. Host Fiona Ritchie invites you to travel there and breathe in the ...

THE 250th anniversary of the death of JS Bach is being marked with a special concert at Iona Abbey this morning. Johann Sebastian Bach, a jobbing composer if ever there was one, would surely have ...

The latest pilgrimage to Iona began June 11 at St. Columba’s Cathedral in the west coast town of Oban, where Bishop Brian McGee of Argyll and the Isles celebrated a 6 a.m. Mass for the pilgrimage.