Marian Advocations of Belarus
Belarus keeps its Marian heart in Budslau, national sanctuary whose pilgrimage is UNESCO heritage, and in the tiny stone icon of Shyroids, the most venerated in the country. Latin and Orthodox Catholics share many of these images. We pick them up in regions.
♪ Wonders and Marian anecdotes of Belarus
- Budslau - his icon was given by Pope Clemente VIII in 1598; his great pilgrimage, the Budslahfest, is recognized as the Inmaterial Cultural Heritage of UNESCO.
- Shyroids - a tiny stone icon found, according to tradition, in a pear about 1470: the most venerated Marian image of the country, loved by Catholics and Orthodox.
- Minsk - its icon, attributed to Saint Luke, came according to the story floating through the Svislach River in 1500.
Minsk
History of Marian devotion in Belarus
Belarus has a Marian tradition dating back to the 15th century, with Byzantine icons and Catholic and Orthodox sanctuaries. The Zhyrovichi icon is the most venerated, considered the "national treasure" of Belarus. Budslau is the main Catholic sanctuary, crowned by Pope John Paul II in 1993. Braslau, Logishyn, Minsk and Trakali complete the Belarusian Marian panorama.
The devotion to Mary in Belarus has been an element of national identity and spiritual resistance during the periods of Russian Tsarist and Soviet domination. The Belarusian Marian shrines are places of encounter between East and West, where Latin, Byzantine and Orthodox Catholic traditions coexist.
Marian Advocations of Belarus
Our Lady of Budslau
According to tradition and legend, the Virgin Mary would have appeared in Budsla to a group of believers in July 1588, and since then the Marian icon associated with this place would have acquired great fame for the numerous miracles...
"Our Lady of Budslau, pray for us.
Our Lady of Minsk
The advocation of Our Lady of Minsk - in Belarus, Minskaya Baharodzitsa - belongs to the field of Orthodox piety and is linked to an icon venerated in the cathedral of the Holy Spirit of Minsk.
"Our Lady of Minsk, pray for us.
Our Lady of Trakieli
There is no historical documentation easily accessible online, in ecclesial, historical or encyclopedic sources of trust, which accurately details the origin of the advocation of Our Lady of Trakieli (Trakali) in...
"Our Lady of Trakieli, pray for us."
Our Lady of Žyrovthy
According to local tradition, the story begins around 1470, when pastors miraculously found a small icon of the Mother of God in a pear in the vicinity of Žyrovichy.
"Our Lady of Žyrovichy, pray for us.
Our Lady of Braslaț, Queen of the Lakes
There are no available online sources (diocese, sanctuary, Catholic press or Marian studies) of historical data developed on the advocation Our Lady of Braslaț, Queen of the Lakes (Braslaņskaya Karaleva Azyor) in...
"Our Lady of Braslaț, Queen of the Lakes, pray for us.
Our Lady of Lohiszyn, Queen of Polesia
In the regular sources of consultation on Marian sanctuaries of Belarus (Marian encyclopedia, Catholic pages of international scope and articles on Marian devotions of Belarus) there is no collection of an advocation...
"Our Lady of Lohiszyn, Queen of Polesia, pray for us.
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