Szentkút in Doroslovo

This pilgrimage site in Vojvodina preserves the memory of a medieval miracle fountain, where pilgrims are hoping to recover from their illnesses.

We know little about the history of Szentkút, mentioned as Bajkút in the Middle Ages, lying south of Doroslovo, a village in West Bačka. Margit, wife of the Hungarian king Béla III, founded a monastery here between 1173 and 1183. Since 1967, it is officially named Diocesan Shrine Mary, the Assumption of Christians, but its popular name is Szentkút in Doroslovo. Every year, 15-20 thousand pilgrims visit this place on the Nativity of Mary (8 September). Most of the believers arrive the day before. During the two-day celebration, numerous church dignitaries present masses in Croatian, German, Slovak and Hungarian, but there are also processions and youth masses. Most of the pilgrims are Hungarian-speaking Roman Catholics, but a large number of Croatian and Slovak Roman Catholics, Ruthenian Greek Catholics and Serbian Orthodox believers also come. There are bigger processions for Pentecost and the Assumption of Mary (15 August) as well. In summer, Szentkút hosts religious educational and music camps in cooperation with various youth organisations.