On July 5th accompanied by ringing bells the pilgrim Czestochowa icon was brought to the Orthodox church of the Transfiguration of the Savior on the historic old market (Spaso-Preobrazhensky Sobor - Starojarmarchny) in Nizhny Novgorod.
The church is situated on the left bank of the Oka river where it is flowing into the Volga river. Its establishment in the late nineteenth century was associated with one of the largest markets in Russia. During the Bolshevik persecution after the October Revolution it was converted into a warehouse. Only in 1991 The church become a temple again, and until 2009 also served as a cathedral.
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"Pro-life van" - a car which is traveling with the icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa, in the evening of June 25 arrived to Yekaterinburg in the Ural mountains. On her way from Vladivostok by Ussuryjsk Country and Siberia she covered already about 7.5 thousand. km. Thus, the Asian part of Russian pilgrimage "From Ocean To Ocean" has taken place. Arrived safely and on time, but three times it was necessary to repair the car after flying over extra holes on the road.
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In the longest day of the year June 23 the Icon of Our Lady left Krasnoyarsk, Central Siberia.
"Pro-life van" travels now to Yekaterinburg. This is a big city of one and a half million people in the Ural mountains, right on the border of Asia and Europe. It is considered the fourth city in Russia, the so-called reserve capital.
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On June 21 the Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa came to the Orthodox Cathedral of Care at the invitation of Archbishop Panteleimon Metropolitan of Krasnoyarsk and Achinsk. During the welcome ceremony Akathist to the Mother of God was sung.
The Orthodox priests representing Krasnoyarsk church and the local choir presided over prayers.
Our Lady will visit Poland on August 12 - 26. We are building a glassed altar on wheels especially for her in order to comfortably go and be seen in all the towns she will passed. We organize meetings, there is a lot of work.
We have collected nearly one third of the funds needed. Thank you everyone for the gifts of heart, and especially the person who gave a whole 1000, - zloty. for this purpose. This raises hope that we will manage.
- By Motorboat on the Yenisey with the Czestochowa Icon
- On the Shores of the Pacific Ocean - Start
- From far away Vladivostok a personal letter of Galina Maslennikova
- Third day in Vladivostok
- Vladivostok Metropolitan Veniamin met with representatives of the International Committee of the Pilgrimage
- Already in Vladivostok
- Mother of God in the Czestochowa Icon went to the Far East
- Car manifestation around Moscow with the Czestochowa Icon
- Moscow - welcome of Our Lady in the Czestochowa Icon for defense of life
- Meeting of the International Committee of the Czestochowa icon pilgrimage through the world in defense of life "From Ocean to Ocean"