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Miriam Ashram(Hermitage), Diang Chittagong, Bangladesh

Miriam Ashram(hermitage) is a historical place for the Bangladeshi Catholic. It is situated at the southern part of Bangladesh, eastern side Karnrofuli River and Chittagong seaport. The history says that in this area Christians were living from the 1500 century. During the reign of Akbor, the great empire of Mongol the Dutch evangelists first came in 1537 with Dutch sea sailors’ businessmen and the people of this are converted in to Catholicism. The second group came there 1598; Rev. Fronsesco Farnadenze SJ and Dominge De’ Souza can be name here. Before the end of the British reign in the India subcontinent the Canadian prime minister visited Diang (it was about 1944/45AD), because in those time Canadian Holy cross Brother (CSC Brothers) were working there in the field of teaching, framing and fishing. The Holy cross brothers took leases a large property from local British government. The area is called sands hills. After Liberation of Bangladesh Brother Flabian Lapante CSC Establish hermitage as like as Hindu ashram in the India. Brother Flabian was its first Hermit. He became a vegetarian and practiced a real life of sacrifice and prayer. Brother Flabian dreamed once it would be a pilgrimage. There would be a grotto of Mother Marry and One church would be build upon the hill and from (bay of bangle) long far away and sailors would see the tower of Church, they come and pray and could pass some time with prayer. One church is newly built at the ground of the hill. Brother flabian died in the 1986. His dream The Vatican honors his as Servant of God (first step to be saint). Now it is 2011 Brother Lawrence Dias, CSC is now Hermit of the hermitage who was with brother flabian at the time when he established hermitage. He is 80 up now. Friday, 2nd week of February every year the pilgrimages come from throughout the Bangladesh and pass two days with prayer.