That was the last mention of Virgin Mary in the Bible. After Jesus died, St.John and the Virgin Mary came together to Ephesus, and for a short time stayed in the building, a section of which is now under Church of the Virgin Mary today. Later St. John moved the Virgin Mary to a house he had prepared for her on Mt. Nightingale (bülbül) by the time, the location of the house Mary spend the last days of her life was forgotten in the ruins.

Virgin Mary has disappeared in the history till the end of the 18th century, when 38 years old-nun Sister Anne Catherine Emmerich started to have some visions about the house on the hill. She was a daugter of poor farm laborers and never went to school. She had very fragile health but strong beliefs. She concantrated her life to Christanity and to Church. At the beginning of 1812 her first stigmata appeared. She has seen  covered with blood on her hands without a reason. Medical help was imcapable to diognase this kind of illness. For last twelve years of her life she was in pain, bedridden and having visions which began to attract people and made her story quite known in the Münster region. Clemens von Brentano, the German poet who was with her from 1818 till 1824, has transcripted some accounts of her visions. After fifty years later his transcriptions published. The visions as recorded by Breantano, were mostly about life of Jesus and Mary. There were also phases about the location of the house, house itself and Mary's death.

At the end of 1880, the book of Brentano has also been red by the French Abbot, Father Julien Gouyet. He decided to search the region according to Sister Emmerich's descriptions. He also found the ruins of the house. When he reported this expedition to Vatican, however they appreciated his effort but didnt agree the result which meant "The house of Virgin Mary has discovered." So they labeled this as an embraccing discovery and they dropped the matter.

The Life and Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to the Visions of Catherine Emmerich ... In 1890, The priest, Father Poulin, red the book with a great interest. He told other priests about the book and they decided to set a group to explore the location of the house. The Group, leaded by Father Jung, inspected all the region around Ephesus and finally they discovered the ruins of the house on the Nightingale Mountain. In 1896 the Church officially declared the ruins are truly the remains of the House of Virgin Mary. Since then it has become popular place of pilgrimage for Christians and holy place for the Muslims because of the special status accorded to Mary in Islam.

The house located on the Nightingale (bülbül) Mountain, 9 km to Ephesus (ancient city), 35 km to Izmir (Smyrna). The bronze statue of Virgin Mary welcoming visitors, standing at the beginning of the walkway through the house. The olive trees planted by Father Jung's men, are escorting the path and on the side walls two marble plaques honoring Sister Glancey, Fathers Jung and Paulin. There is a large tree, shading the entrance of the house. In to the house, after passing archway, twinkling  candles are lightening the room by playing with the shadows. There is an altar with a statue of Virgin Mary on second part of the room which is divided by an another archway. To the left of the altar, there lies Mary's bedchamber in the soft light coming through high windows of the room. The house is in a typical Roman architectural style, entirely made of stones, also has been restored in 1940's. Today only the central part and the room on the right are open for visitors.

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