OUR LADY OF GLORY CHURCH
Pilgrimage
Distance (From Panjim (Goa)): 39 Kms
Commonly Visited From: Varca Beach (2.2 km) / St. Michael Church (2.4 km)
Trip Duration (From Varca Beach , Including Travel): 30 Mins - 1 Hr
Place Location: Varca
Transportation Options: Cab / Auto / Rental Bike
Travel Tips: This place is usually visited from Varca Beach (2.2 kms) or St. Michael Church, Benaulim (2.4 kms)
At a distance of 39 km from Panjim Kadamba Bus Stand, 30.5 km from Vasco Da Gama Railway Station and 7 km from Margao Railway Station, Our Lady of Glory Church is situated in South Goa.
The Nossa Senhora da Gloria Church or Our Lady of Glory Church is located at Varca. Founded by the Jesuits, the Church was erected into a parish in 1635. The present Church was built in 1700 and dedicated to Our Lady of Glory after the earlier church was destroyed. A new parochial residence was inaugurated in 1998.
Our Lady of Glory Church is actually an 18th century building with single nave and false transept, long and wide, with a tile roof and articulated by semicircular niches. This Church has a particularly striking facade, making use of a fan-like central feature based on the conch shell to give an effect of radiating light. Its twin towers are topped by semi-domes but doors on the ground floor and the windows on its 2 upper storeys are Romanesque. The north tower houses a rare two-storey gallery built in the 1800s or 1900s. The facade's central section and chakra wing panels linking the lower elements are characteristically Goan, a late variation on themes experimented at Bom Jesus. The statue of Christ existing in this church attracts crowds of devotees particularly on the 27th of November.
The Church feast was celebrated every year on 2nd Sunday of November with great fervor.
