Vadstena Abbey

Vadstena Abbey is a historical building complex situated on Lake Vättern, which includes the Vadstena Abbey Church (Swedish: Vadstena Klosterkyrka), part of the Diocese of Linköping of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Sweden. The Mass and Divine Office, according to the Evangelical-Lutheran tradition, are celebrated in Vadstena Abbey Church daily. During the summer months, Vadstena Abbey Church receives between 2500 to 3000 pilgrims daily and for this, the Diocese of Linköping mantains a Pilgrim Center in the complex. As a popular place of Evangelical-Lutheran pilgrimage, Christians reach Vadstena Abbey Church through the Saint Birgitta Ways, while using The Pilgrim's Prayer Book (Pilgrimens tidegärd), which contains the canonical hours. Upon arrival to Vadstena Abbey Church, pilgrims attend Mass there. Vadstena Abbey Church started as a wooden church, that burned down in 1388; it was rebuilt towards the close of the 14th century, under the direction of St Bridget of Sweden, who stated that she received the instructions from Jesus on how to build Vadstena Abbey Church. St Bridget of Sweden desired that the church be simple in its furnishings. On 16 February 1430, Vadstena Abbey Church was consecrated. Vadstena Abbey housed a Bridgettine convent from 1346 until 1605, when the last Swedish Bridgettine nun belonging to it died; this area now contains the Vadstena Abbey Museum. T

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