The next step of the pilgrimage on July 17 was the stay in Baranovichi. A large crowd awaited the arrival of the Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa both in the street and in the Orthodox Church of the Protection of God (Pokrovskij Sobor). The Archbishop of Pinsk and Luninec - Stefan personally presided at the Divine Liturgy.
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Letter from Wladek Wolochowicz on route with the Blessed Mother through Belarus
Dear Friends,
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On July 16th the Icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa reached Brest in Belarus. On the outskirts of the city young people from a Belarusian Orthodox youth fraternities organization was waiting for her. With great joy they formulated a column of cars, marked with colorful pro-life banners and flags. After a time with sounding horns and lit headlights Our Lady was escorted to the city center.
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Grodno hosted solemnly the Czestochowa icon on July 15 and 16. Back 20 kilometers before the city motorcyclists from Grodno motorcycling club, "Rhinoceros" waited for her. It was really something new. The participation and enthusiasm of these young men and women on bikes were moving.
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On Saturday, July 14 the Czestochowa icon reached Lida. The news of the arrival of Our Lady spread widely. People stopped working, changed their plans, just to greet the Mother of God. At the town border a little surprise. A large group of people gathered by the cross there. Not so long ago the cross was not there, because the communists cut it down.
- 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
- On the way to Yeakaterinburg
- Central Siberia - Krasnoyarsk
- Pro-life mobil
- 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