Balmwell Healing Service is an outreach of the ‘South-East Edinburgh Churches Acting Together’
Any Edinburgh resident needing a healing touch from the Lord may be interested in an upcoming Christian service being held in Liberton on May 27th.
The well on Howden Hall Road has been a site of pilgrimage for centuries, due to its reputation for miraculous healing, back when leprosy was a reality in Scottish life.
This is how ‘Liberton’ got its name: it comes from the original name of ‘Leper’s Town’.
Nor is it the only such site in Scotland – there are several places around the country with claims to divine cures – St Ronan’s well in the Borders and Mary’s Well in Galashiels being two such examples with reputedly sacred origins.
As to Balmwell, King James IV, King over Scotland in the 16 th century, is known to have visited the site, and King James VI ordered the site to be enclosed, with steps added. The nun’s of St Catherine of Sienna also made an annual pilgrimage in her honour.
This particular 2023 event is being organized by SEECAT, a body made of several south-Edinburgh churches and will start at 3pm on Saturday 27 th May.
The well on Howden Hall Road has been a site of pilgrimage for centuries, due to its reputation for miraculous healing, back when leprosy was a reality in Scottish life.
This is how ‘Liberton’ got its name: it comes from the original name of ‘Leper’s Town’.
Nor is it the only such site in Scotland – there are several places around the country with claims to divine cures – St Ronan’s well in the Borders and Mary’s Well in Galashiels being two such examples with reputedly sacred origins.
As to Balmwell, King James IV, King over Scotland in the 16 th century, is known to have visited the site, and King James VI ordered the site to be enclosed, with steps added. The nun’s of St Catherine of Sienna also made an annual pilgrimage in her honour.
This particular 2023 event is being organized by SEECAT, a body made of several south-Edinburgh churches and will start at 3pm on Saturday 27 th May.
