Vodica, Marian shrine and chapel in Baja, Hungary

Vodica is a Marian shrine and chapel in the Baja district, southern Hungary, on the road from Baja to Monoštor. The chapel, built in 1810 and consecrated in 1811, was expanded between 1930 and 1934. It holds a late 18th- or early 19th-century image of the Virgin Mary with the child Jesus, and a Sacred Heart of Jesus statue by István Kender was placed under the tower spire in 1931.

The chapel was built in 1810 and consecrated in 1811. Pope Pius VII authorised the pilgrimage for the Nativity of Mary (8 September) in 1816, and the Archbishop of Kalocsa proclaimed it in 1817. Franciscans cared for the shrine from 1922 to 1950, and the chapel was enlarged between 1930 and 1934.

The site is a pilgrimage place of the Croats of Hungary, and masses are held in Hungarian, Croatian and German. Ruža Begovac's research counts Vodica, alongside Andoč, Đud, Kis-Cell, Turbek, Koljnof, Marijakemend, Erčin and the Snowy Lady above Pécs, among the shrines that most shaped the folk religious culture of Hungary's Croats. For the Bunjevci Croats it holds the place that the Jud shrine holds for Croats from Baranja.

Vodica lies about halfway along the road from Baja south to Monoštor, with the Ferenc canal just west of the quarter; the chapel belongs to Baja's St Anthony parish. Masses are held in Hungarian, Croatian and German, so check which language applies before attending. The 2006 nature trail and playground stand beside the chapel.

The name Máriakönnye, meaning "Tears of Mary", was adopted in 1923 in reference to the site's legend. The chapel itself was built in 1810 and consecrated in 1811, and Pope Pius VII authorised the 8 September pilgrimage in 1816.