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TO GO WITH AFP STORY IN FRENCH BY MARIELLE VITUREAU Pilgrims press on September 7, 2008 to kiss rock in the Apparition chapel in Siluva, Lithuania, where thousands of pilgrims started arriving on September 6 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the apparition of the virgin. The pilgrimage, which will last until September 15, marks the first widely known apparition of the virgin in Europe. The Virgin Mary allegedly appeared to young sheperds on a large rock, holding a baby in her arms and weeping bitterly. AFP PHOTO / PETRAS MALUKAS (Photo by PETRAS MALUKAS / AFP)

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created date 2008-09-07

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