Opening Hours for Korea's Catholic Shrines — Seoul, Jecheon and Jeju

Sep 2026 | Note | hellokr.kr

Most Catholic shrines in Korea have a website in Korean only, and the opening hours are usually one line on an inside page. For a pilgrim who does not read Korean, that is a real wall — a reader wrote to tell us so.

What follows is only what each shrine or museum publishes itself. Where we could not confirm something, or where the official sources disagree, we say so. Hours change. Before a long trip out, a phone call is worth it.

One rule to learn first — Mondays

Almost every shrine museum in Seoul closes on Monday. The Jeoldusan Martyrs' Museum, the Seosomun Shrine History Museum and the Archdiocese of Seoul History Hall all do. The churches and the open-air shrines stay open. If your itinerary includes a Monday, spend it on the open-air sites and the churches.

Seoul

Jeoldusan Martyrs' Shrine and the Korean Catholic Martyrs' Museum

6 Tojeong-ro, Mapo-gu · 02-3142-4434 (museum 02-3142-4504)

Place	Hours	Closed
Memorial Church of the 1866 Martyrs	07:00–17:00	—
Hall of the Saints' Relics	07:00–17:00	no entry during Mass
Korean Catholic Martyrs' Museum	09:30–17:00	Mondays, 1 Jan, Lunar New Year and Chuseok holidays
House of the Resurrection	09:00–17:00	—
Bookshop and religious goods	08:30–17:20	Mondays
Pilgrims' cafeteria	11:30–14:00	Mondays
Car park	07:00–18:00	—

Mass: Monday 10:00 (no 3 p.m. Mass on Mondays). Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 and 15:00 (Saturday 15:00 is the Sunday Mass).

If you want to venerate relics, this is the place. The Hall of the Saints' Relics opens at seven in the morning.

Myeongdong Cathedral and the Archdiocese of Seoul History Hall

74 Myeongdong-gil, Jung-gu · 02-774-1784

Sunday: 07:00, 09:00 (English), 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 (principal Mass), 16:00, 17:00, 18:00, 19:00, 21:00
Saturday (Sunday Mass): 18:00, 19:00
Weekdays: 07:00, 18:00, 19:00 — no 7 p.m. Mass on Mondays
Shrine Mass: Monday to Saturday, 10:00
Confession in English: before the 9 a.m. Sunday English Mass, and Saturday 16:00–17:00

Archdiocese of Seoul History Hall: 09:00–17:00, closed Mondays.

Seosomun Shrine — Seosomun Shrine History Museum

5 Chilpae-ro, Jung-gu · 02-3147-2401
09:30–17:30. Closed Mondays, 1 January, and Lunar New Year's Day and Chuseok Day.

Saenamteo Martyrs' Shrine

80-8 Ichon-ro, Yongsan-gu · 02-716-1791
Pilgrims' Mass every day at 3 p.m.
Sunday 06:00, 09:00, 11:00, 15:00, 18:00 · Saturday 15:00 · weekdays 06:00 (Mon, Wed), 10:00 (Tue, Thu, Fri), 11:00 (Sat).

Danggogae Martyrs' Shrine

139-26 Cheongpa-ro, Yongsan-gu · 02-711-0933
09:00–17:00, closed for lunch 12:30–14:00.

Seoul itself is an international shrine

The Seoul Catholic Pilgrimage Route was declared an international pilgrimage site by the Holy See in September 2018 — the first in Asia. It links 24 sites in three courses:

The Way of the Word — Myeongdong Cathedral to Gahoe-dong Church, 9 sites, 8.7 km
The Way of Life — Gahoe-dong Church to Jungnim-dong Yakhyeon Church, 9 sites, 5.9 km
The Way of Unity — Jungnim-dong Yakhyeon Church to Samseongsan Shrine, 8 sites, 29.5 km

The Way of the Word is the one to walk if you have a single day.

Jecheon — Baeron Shrine

296 Baeronseongji-gil, Bongyang-eup, Jecheon · 043-651-4527
Grounds 09:00–17:00 · pilgrims' Mass daily at 11:00 · confession for half an hour before Mass · open all year · admission and parking free.

The shrine's own website gives the closing time as both 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. on different pages; we follow the earlier one. How to get there without a car is covered in a separate note.

Jeju

Yongsu Shrine — where St. Andrew Kim Dae-gun came ashore

108 Yongsu 1-gil, Hangyeong-myeon, Jeju-si · 064-772-1252
Memorial hall and church 09:00–18:00 · Sunday Mass 10:00

In 1845 Fr. Kim Dae-gun, ordained in Shanghai and sailing for Korea, was driven ashore here by a storm. The first Mass he offered on Korean soil was celebrated at this spot. A reconstruction of his boat, the Raphael, stands on the grounds.

Published Mass times differ between sources. Treat 10:00 as the safe assumption — if the Mass turns out to be later, you simply wait. To be certain, phone 064-772-1252. One source also reports the memorial hall closing on Mondays, so ask about that in the same call.

Daejeong Shrine — the grave of Jeong Nan-ju Maria

102 Chusa-ro 247beon-gil, Daejeong-eup, Seogwipo · 064-794-2074 (Moseulpo Parish)
An open-air grave site. No opening hours are posted.

Jeong Nan-ju, wife of Hwang Sa-yeong, was exiled to Jeju as a government slave after the persecution of 1801. She lived here for thirty-seven years and is buried on this ground.

Hwangsapyeong Shrine

117-22 Giwa 5-gil, Jeju-si · 064-721-0147
An open-air shrine. No opening hours are posted.

It is the burial ground of those killed in the Sinchuk Incident of 1901. It is laid out as an open park with lawns and a short walking path, so you can come and go as you would in any neighbourhood park.

The non-Catholic places people pair with them

Place	Hours	Admission	Note
Cheonjiyeon Falls	09:00–22:00 (last entry 21:20)	2,000 won	open late into the evening
Daepo Jusangjeolli Cliff	09:00–17:50	2,000 won	varies with sunset and weather
Seongsan Ilchulbong	05:00–19:00 in October (tickets to 18:00)	—	closed the first Monday of each month
Haenyeo Museum	09:00–18:00 (tickets to 17:10)	—	closed Mondays
Seongsanpo haenyeo diving show	could not confirm	included with the Seongsan Ilchulbong ticket	phone 064-783-1135
Oedolgae Rock	could not confirm (open-air)	—	—

Visitors aged 65 and over enter Cheonjiyeon Falls and the Jusangjeolli Cliff free.