Open Churches Days "The red thread"
Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 June 2021
Every year, the Open Church Days celebrate the religious heritage on the first weekend in June.
For this 14th edition, draw your inspiration by following the "red thread".
Upcoming events
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The Joyel d'Arras association is offering a series of activities based on the cathedral's bestiary:- a discovery tour similar to the one presented last December "From the Lamb to the Dove...animals in the Bible and around us";- exhibition "The bestiary in the churches "* ;- video "The bestiary of Arras Cathedral" (visible in the reception area);- booklet-game.Practical information: the cathedral is open from Wednesday to Friday from 2.30 pm to 5 pm (entrance on rue Albert 1er de Belgique). *For more...From the Lamb to the Dove...animals in the Bible and around us
Free visit
17/03/2021 - 19/09/2021
Notre-Dame de l'Assomption et Saint-Vaast
62000 Arras
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This new exhibition features unique objects, such as Hemony clocks never before shown in private collections. The Hemony brothers were 'the Stradivarii of clockmaking'. Pieter Hemony is the creator of the carillon of Ename and also of that of the belfry of Ghent.The bells of abbot De Loose. Carillon culture in Flanders, Oudenaarde and Ename.
Exhibition
19/03/2021 - 26/09/2021
Sint-Laurentius
9700 Ename (Oudenaarde)
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Exhibition of "Hanswijk children's portraits". The Hanswijk Basilica has the largest collection of votive paintings in Flanders. It comprises 42 portraits of children, which (mainly in the 18th and 19th centuries) were presented to the statue of Our Lady of Hanswijk with the aim of asking Mary for long-term protection against illness and accident.
Exhibition open every day except Wednesday. -
Exhibition
14/04/2021 - 19/05/2021
Notre-Dame de la Treille
59000 Lille
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The association Open Churches offers you a travelling exhibition of 56 photos on the theme of "The unusual in religious building". The selected pictures show the curious, mystical, fantastic look... and the offbeat humour of many photographers, amateurs or professionals. A great tool to invite the faithful and visitors to be challenged by the mysteries of your church.The unusual in religious building
Exhibition
01/05/2021 - 28/05/2021
Sint-Willibrordus
8430 Middelkerke
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Exhibition
01/05/2021 - 05/09/2021
Saint-Pierre
7860 Lessines
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Exhibition
01/05/2021 - 05/09/2021
Saint-Pierre
7860 Lessines
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05/05/2021 - 20/06/2021
Notre-Dame de l'Assomption et Saint-Vaast
62000 Arras
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Guided tour
22/05/2021
Saint-Pierre
62217 Wailly
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Guided tour
22/05/2021
29/05/202162000 Arras
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5 & 6 June 2021The association Open Churches offers you a travelling exhibition of 56 photos on the theme of "The unusual in religious building". The selected pictures show the curious, mystical, fantastic look... and the offbeat humour of many photographers, amateurs or professionals. A great tool to invite the faithful and visitors to be challenged by the mysteries of your church.The unusual in religious building
Exhibition
28/05/2021 - 30/06/2021
Sint-Martinus
9800 Sint-Martens-Leerne (Deinze)
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Guided tour
29/05/2021
Saint-Nicolas
62450 Bapaume
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Exhibition
04/06/2021
05/06/2021
06/06/2021Saint-Pierre
7860 Lessines
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Exhibition
04/06/2021
05/06/2021
06/06/2021Saint-Pierre
7860 Lessines
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5 & 6 June 2021The pearl of the tourist Ardennes at the end of the 19th century, La Roche-en-Ardenne had to have the most beautiful and largest church in the area. The church that stands today in the centre of the town, a remarkable neo-Gothic building, was inaugurated in 1901. It is the successor to an older church, with a baroque bulbous bell tower, for which it was long known.Open Churches Days in La Roche-en-Ardenne
Free visit
04/06/2021
05/06/2021
06/06/2021Saint-Nicolas
6980 La Roche-en-Ardenne
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5 & 6 June 2021Explore the art treasures of the basilica at your own pace. Information leaflets available in NL FR ENG GERMAN. Info at the churchwarden.Free visit
04/06/2021
05/06/2021
06/06/2021Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Geboorte
3700 Tongeren
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Exhibition
04/06/2021
05/06/2021
06/06/2021Onze-Lieve-Vrouw
8432 Leffinge (Middelkerke)
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5 & 6 June 2021This monumental triptych, a Flemish top piece, was created around 1520 for the high altar and has been attributed to the Meester van Frankfurt, an artist thought to have been a painter from Antwerp (some of whose work is now in Frankfurt, hence his notname). The man on the far right in the centre panel is probably a self-portrait. The left panel shows Christ carrying the cross, the centre the descent from the cross and the right Christ rising from...Vlaamse Meesters in situ - The Lamentation of Christ
Free visit
04/06/2021
05/06/2021
06/06/2021Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Hemelvaart
9988 Watervliet (Sint-Laureins)
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5 & 6 June 2021The Ninovites are "kaffeegieters", they offer coffee to the pilgrims from Halle. Ninove is also a place of pilgrimage... In case of children's illnesses, the intercession of the saint Cornelius is invoked. The shrine is unique in Flanders... and much more. There is a red thread from the past to the present!Exhibition
04/06/2021
05/06/2021
06/06/2021Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Hemelvaart
9400 Ninove
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5 & 6 June 2021The Ninovites are "kaffeegieters", they offer coffee to the pilgrims from Halle. Okegem is also a place of pilgrimage... St. Anthony and his pig used to bring a lot of people to their feet! Is it still there?Free visit
04/06/2021
05/06/2021
06/06/2021Onze-Lieve Vrouw-Presentatie
9400 Okegem (Ninove)
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5 & 6 June 2021The Ninovites are "kaffeegieters", they offer coffee to the pilgrims from Halle. Denderwindeke is also a place of pilgrimage... The Wegom is a household word in the area. A pilgrimage through the intercession of Our Lady of Seven Woes.Exhibition
04/06/2021
05/06/2021
06/06/2021Sint-Pieter
9400 Denderwindeke (Ninove)
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5 & 6 June 2021The Ninovites are "kaffeegieters", they offer coffee to the pilgrims from Halle. Nederhasselt too sometimes sees pilgrims in the church! Saint Anthony was and is fiercely venerated...Free visit
04/06/2021
05/06/2021
06/06/2021Sint-Amandus
9400 Nederhasselt (Ninove)
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5 & 6 June 2021The Ninovites are "kaffeegieters", they offer coffee to the pilgrims from Halle. The tobacco growers of Appelterre also had a great tradition of pilgrimage and procession. The old images and stories are a common thread in the traditions of the 21st century...Free visit
04/06/2021
05/06/2021
06/06/2021Sint-Gertrudis
9400 Appelterre - Eichem (Ninove)
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5 & 6 June 2021The Ninovites are "kaffeegieters", they offer coffee to pilgrims in Halle. But don't forget Pollare! Saint-Christopher has been the patron saint of this cute little church for years. A patron for all people on the road, literally and figuratively. A patron for all pilgrims on the way to Halle, Lourdes, Santiago, etc. Some religious objects of the late Miss Van Lieferinge can be discovered...
Exhibition
04/06/2021
05/06/2021
06/06/2021Sint-Christoffel
9401 Pollare (Ninove)
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5 & 6 June 2021The Ninovites are "kaffeegieters", they offer coffee to the pilgrims from Halle. In recent years, Outer Herlinckhove has become a modest place of pilgrimage in greater Ninove. Saint Father Damien and Saint Rita bring inspiration and perseverance.Guided tour
04/06/2021
05/06/2021
06/06/2021Sint-Amandus
9406 Outer - Herlinckhove (Ninove)
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5 & 6 June 2021The Ninovites are "kaffeegieters", they offer coffee to the pilgrims from Halle. Ninove itself is also a place of pilgrimage with Sint-Cornelius... but Meerbeke also thanks to Sint-Berlindis! The pilgrims quickly find a common thread... Free us from contagious diseases.Free us from contagious diseases...
Free visit
04/06/2021
05/06/2021
06/06/2021Sint-Pieter en Sint-Berlindis
9402 Meerbeke (Ninove)
