Editing Máriapócs

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[[File:Greek Catholic pilgrimage church, St Michael Archangel in Máriapócs.PNG|thumb|166px|Greek Catholic pilgrimage church, St Michael Archangel in Máriapócs]]
[[Image:Máriapócs - zarándokhely.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Aerial photography of the church]]

'''Máriapócs''' is a small town in [[Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg]] county, in the [[Northern Great Plain]] [[region]] of eastern [[Hungary]]. It lies near [[Nyíregyháza]]. [[Saint Michael the Archangel]] [[Greek Catholic]] Church is an important place for pilgrimage, housing a miraculous icon of the Mother of God, which wept twice. This icon is not the original, but an 18th-century copy. The original icon, which wept once, is kept in [[Stephansdom|St. Stephen's Cathedral]] in [[Vienna]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mariapocskegyhely.hu/?q=en%2Fnode%2F322|title=Mariapocskegyhely.hu|access-date=2012-05-19|archive-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162835/http://mariapocskegyhely.hu/?q=en%2Fnode%2F322|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Etymology ==
The "''Pócs"'' in Máriapócs is a derivative of the Hungarian name ''[[Pál]]'', meaning the name Paul. The prefix ''Mária'' was added in the [[18th century]] in reference to the [[shrine]] to the [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Virgin Mary]] in the village.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

== Demographics ==
As of 2023, the village had a total population of 1888. As of 2022, the town was 91.1% [[Hungarians|Hungarian]], 6.1% [[Romani people|Gypsy]], 3.1% [[Rusyns|Rusyn]], and 1.8% of non-European origin. The remainder chose not to respond. The population was 44.9% [[Greek Catholic Church|Greek Catholic]], and 16.9% [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], and 6% [[Reformed Christianity|Reformed]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Magyarország helységnévtára |url=https://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.telepules?p_lang=HU&p_id=19655 |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=www.ksh.hu}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Hungarian Greek Catholic Church]]

==References==
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;Sources
* {{cite web |url=http://www.rusyn.org/relmariapocs.html |title=Mariapocs Monastery |author=Ivan Pop |work=World Academy of Rusyn Culture |access-date=24 April 2011}}
* {{cite web|url=http://mariapocskegyhely.hu/?q=en%2Fnode%2F322|title=Mariapocs Monastery Official Hungarian Site 2012|access-date=2012-05-19|archive-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162835/http://mariapocskegyhely.hu/?q=en%2Fnode%2F322|url-status=dead}}
*Tamás Véghseő - Szilveszter Terdik, ''“…you have foreseen all of my paths…”: Byzantine Rite Catholics in Hungary'', Strasbourg: Éditions Du Signe, 2012. {{ISBN|978-2-7468-2775-2}}

==External links==
* [http://mariapocskegyhely.eu/ Official Site of the Sanctuary of Máriapócs]
* [http://gorogkatolikus.hu/ Official Site of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131225040709/http://www.tccweb.org/ourchurches.htm The Shrine of Máriapócs - The Carpathian Connection ]
* [https://udayton.edu/imri/mary/o/our-lady-of-mariapocs.php Our Lady of Mariapócs on "All About Mary"] The University of Dayton's Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute (IMRI) is the world's largest repository of books, artwork and artifacts devoted to Mary, the mother of Christ, and a pontifical center of research and scholarship with a vast presence in cyberspace.

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