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anniversaries july
July 22
Our Lady of Zarvanytsia, Zarvanytsia,
Berezhany, Ternopil, Ukraine
In the 1200s, a monk fleeing the Mongol
invasion of Kiev stopped along the banks of the Stryi River in western
Ukraine, at Zarvanytsia. After dreaming of the Mother of God, he awoke to
a bright light that led him to an icon of her with the holy Child. He
stayed there, building a chapel for the icon and then a monastery, which
soon gathered many pilgrims and many reports of miraculous healings before
the Virgin's image. During the Soviet occupation, the icon was hidden. But
from August 28, 1957 to August 28, 1958 (Feast of the
Dormition), pilgrims
saw a mysterious supernatural light at the site, like a silver net, and an
apparition of the crowned Mother and Child. On September 26, 1962, eight
girls saw the Virgin holding a candle there. In 1997, a new Ukrainian
Greek Catholic Cathedral of the Mother of God of Zarvanytsia was begun.
Blessed on July 22, 2000, the church is a magnet for pilgrims from May to
October.
Sources:
 | www.zarvanytsia.org.ua (Google
cache) |
| Romko Malko, "Zarvanytsya," Welcome
to Ukraine, ww.wumag.kiev.ua/index2.php?param=pgs20043/22, photo by Ivan Yasny |
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Also celebrated this date:
| Virgen de Copacabana de Punta Corral, Tumbaya, Jujuy, Argentina.
Apparition, 1835. Procession from mountain shrine to town church on Palm
Sunday. |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Carmel, Saskatchewan, Canada. Annual pilgrimage
to hilltop shrine Sun. after July 16 since July 22, 1923. Statue blessed
July 22, 1928. |
| Notre-Dame de l'Espérance, Thierenbach,
Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France (Our Lady of Hope). Pietà crowned, 1935; feast on a Sunday in May. |
| Notre Dame de Sauvagnac, Sauvagnac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Statue
crowned, 1951. Pilgrimage Sunday nearest September 8. |
| Our Lady of Lourdes, Ballinspittle, Cork,
Munster, Ireland. Statue appeared to move, 1985. |
| Santa Maria delle Stelle, Cagli, Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, Italy (St. Mary
of the Stars). In a
starry mantle, Mary walked with pilgrims, 1494. |
| Maria SS. Avvocata Nostra, Vicovaro, Roma,
Latium, Italy (St. Mary Our Advocate). Painting's eyes appeared to move, July 22, 1796, and July 22, 1863. |
| Santa Maria del Bosco, Contessa Entellina, Palermo, Sicily, Italy (St.
Mary of the Woods). Church consecrated, 1309. |
| Koloch Icon of the Mother of God, Koloch', Moscow, Russia (July 9 Julian) |
| Nuestra Señora de Aguas Santas, Chaián/Trazo,
La Coruña, Galicia, Spain (Our Lady of Holy Waters). Romería. |
| Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Cádiz, Cádiz, Andalucia, Spain. Statue
crowned, 2007. Feast July 16. |
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