In the morning of the 8th of September, the Icon was taken to Ľutina. The town is famous for its private apparitions to St. Nicholas on the Feast of the Transfiguration in 1851, which have since been approved by the Vatican. Many Greek-Orthodox groups go there on pilgrimage. In 1988, the Holy Father - Blessed Pope John Paul II - consecrated the newly built shrine and pronounced it a Basilica Minor.
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Friday, 7th September began in Prešov, the second biggest city in Slovakia, which lies in the South of the country. The Icon of Our Lady of Częstochowa was being venerated through the whole night at the Orthodox Cathedral of St. Prince Alexander Nevsky. The Divine Liturgy was then celebrated by Fr. Peter Dobrík.
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Early morning Thursday, on September 6th, Our Blessed Mother during Her peregrination in Slovakia, visited a most beautiful gothic-baroque style Seminary Church of St. Anthony of Padua in the center of Košice, where a large group of Slovakian priests were just finishing their retreat.
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Awakening a great interest of the local residents, the Life Mobile brought the Icon of Our Blessed Mother from Kežmark to Mount Zvir in Litmanova, on Wednesday - the 5th of August. The name of Mount Zvir comes from the Slovak word "zwor," which means connection. This old symbolic name is associated with the spiritual link of people who are making a pilgrimage to Our Lady.
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The subsequent meeting with Our Lady in the Icon of Czestochowa in Slovakia took place on September 4th, at the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Banská Bystrica, where Our Lady arrived at the Nitra Calvary of the Divine Word missionaries. Father Marian Bublinec, the administrator of the Diocese of Banská Bystrica, welcomed Our Blessed Mother. He celebrated the Liturgy of the Eucharist assisted by sixteen other priests.
- Meeting with St. Cyril at the castle of Nitra with bells ringing
- Fifteen hundred men on their knees before Our Blessed Mother in Slovakia
- With the Icon of Jasna Gora in defence of life in the Czech Republic
- She has arrived despite of lost wheel
- Slovakia warmly greets Our Blessed Mother
- The last day in the Czech Republic - transferring the Icon to the Slovaks
- Mary's meeting with St. Luke
- Whether the World will continue to exist, is dependent on our Freedom
- Olomouc – Mother – please forgive sins against life!
- The Bishop of Ostrava Apologizes to Our Lady of Czestochowa for the Scars on Her Face