The annual Aglona pilgrimage sees thousands of Roman Catholics from Latvia and beyond making their way - many by foot - to the out-of-the way church.
The first pilgrims departed from Liepāja, western Latvia.
On August 13 it is planned that a group of pilgrims who departed in May and who will have traveled around the Latvian border will arrive at the site.
Read more about Aglona and the pilgrimage tradition HERE.
