Máriapócs

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Máriapócs
Country Flag of Hungary Hungary
County Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Area
 - Total 22.09 km² (8.5 sq mi)
Population (2001)
 - Total 2,186
 - Density 99/km² (256.4/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 4326
Area code(s) 42
Location of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg county in Hungary
Location of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg county in Hungary
Aerialphotography of the church
Aerialphotography of the church

Máriapócs (Romanian: Pociu) is a small town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. It lies near Nyíregyháza. It is an important place for pilgrimage. It has a gorgeous Greek Catholic church, which houses the Weeping Black Madonna, an enormous and unbelievably ornate iconostasion that now takes pride of place above the altar. This icon is not the original, but a 19th century copy. The real one is kept in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.

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County of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
County seat: Nyíregyháza
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Coordinates: 47°53′N, 22°02′E