On July 23, the Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa, crossed the border of Ukraine. There were problems. Belarusian customs did not want her to leave Belarus for several hours despite of the fact that all papers were OK. After several interventions, and nerves in the end at 17:30 the Icon entered Ukraine. It got so late that plans had to change and disappointed people in a remote town of Sumy, who were waiting for the Mother of God, had to go home.
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By Fr. Peter West
(Zenit.org) – As I write this, a small band of pro-life missionaries is driving through the vast desolate plains of Siberia, on a historic pilgrimage across Asia and Europe.
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To Homyel on July 21, Our Lady came assisted by the road service, motorcycle club "Night Wolves" and a portable bell tower on an open car. She was personally welcomed by the Orthodox Bishop of Homyel and Żlobin - Stefan, who presided over the solemn singing of the Akathist to the Mother of God in the Orthodox Cathedral of Peter and Paul (Sobor Kafedralnyj Petropawłowskij).
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On July 20 the Czestochowa Icon, escorted by column of cars drove to Mogilev. This time the people met her in front of the municipal hospital, which houses an abortion clinic where children are killed in their mothers’ wombs. Carrying the Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa, a group of about 200 people, together with representatives of the hospital administration and physicians, circled around the entire hospital building praying fervently for the pro-life intention.
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Borisov hosted the Mother of God on Thursday, July 19. The city and district authorities, the priests of the Orthodox Church and a great crowd of people, children and youth greeted the Czestochowa icon at the main town square before the Municipal Palace of Culture. The car with the icon was preceded by a pickup truck equipped with portable bells and a group of people playing on them. This immediately created an amazingly holy atmosphere.
- Famous Russian singer “Pelageja” with her concert supports the pilgrimage “From Ocean to Ocean”
- “Black Madonna” at home, in the church and on the streets
- Letter from Wolochowicz
- Young People greet in Brest
- „Rhinoceros” on bikes brought Our Lady to Grodno
- From meeting under the cross to a conference in Lida
- The warmest welcome to Our Lady in Belarus
- Mother of God already in Belarus – 11 thousand kilometers of Russia behind us!
- With ringing of bells in Nizhny Novgorod
- Our Lady of Czestochowa "On the Blood" of the Revolution Martyrs in Yekaterinburg