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Your answer most likely resides in the book of Genesis in the 8th chapter, where you will learn the Ark rested on Mount Ararat.
Mount Ararat is in modern day Turkey. The Christians most likely went there, looking for Noah's Ark.

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Q: Why did christian pilgrims go to the holy land in turkey?
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To establish God's Kingdom on Earth.


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