Marian Advocations of Ukraine
Ukraine, at the crossroads of Eastern Christianity, venerates the Mother of God (Bohorodytsia) in large green-Catholic sanctuaries like Zarvanytsia y Hoshiv, in the Latin sanctuary of Berdychiv and in the Orthodox Lavra of Pochaivwhere tradition venerates the footprints of the Virgin printed on the rock. We pick them up in regions.
Marian Wonders and Anecdotes of Ukraine
- Pochaiv - according to tradition, the Virgin appeared on the rock and left the print of her foot, from which water springs; the sanctuary was defended, according to the story, from a Turkish siege in 1675.
- Zarvanytsia - its 13th century icon was found by a monk next to a fountain; it is the great Greek-Catholic Marian sanctuary of Ukraine.
- Hrushiv - the place of Marian apparitions referred to in 1914 and, above all, in 1987, shortly before the fall of communism.
- Berdychiv - its icon, crowned in 1756, made the city the "Marian capital" of Ukraine.
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History of Marian devotion in Ukraine
Ukraine, the cradle of Eastern Slavic Christianity, has an ancient veneration to the Virgin Mary, expressed through the Byzantine Marian icons. The Pochaiv Sanctuary in Volinia is the most important Marian center of Ukrainian orthodoxy, a goal of constant pilgrimage. Berdychiv is the main Latin Catholic sanctuary. Hrushiv, Hoshiv and Zarvanytsia are centers of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church.
The Virgin of Kyiv-Pechersk (Kyiv de las Caves) is one of the oldest advocations, linked to the monastery of the Caves founded in the 11th century. Ukrainian Marian icons are characterized by their Byzantine-Slavic style, with the Virgin holding the Child in a position of deep tenderness (Umillennie). Ukraine is called "house of Mary" by the Eastern tradition.
Marian Advocations of Ukraine
Our Lady of Hoshiv
According to local tradition, the miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Hoshiv had been venerated for almost three centuries as a protective presence of the Virgin in the Carpathian, on the top of the hill known as Yasna Hora...
"Our Lady of Hoshiv, pray for us."
Our Lady of Hrushiv
The Marian apparitions linked to Our Lady of Hrushiv are located in a small town near Leópolis (Lviv), in the historical region of Galitzia, in Western Ukraine, within the scope of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church.
"Our Lady of Hrushiv, pray for us.
Our Lady of Zarvanytsia
According to tradition, the origin of the Mother of God of Zarvanytsia dates back to 1240, when a monk fled Kiev in the face of the invasion of the Mongols who devastated the city.
"Our Lady of Zarvanytsia, pray for us.
Our Lady of Berdychiv
In Berdychiv (historical region of Volinia, present oblast of Zhytomyr, Ukraine) is the Carmelite sanctuary dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which soon became the center of veneration of the...
"Our Lady of Berdychiv, pray for us.
Our Lady of Pochaiv
According to tradition, devotion to Our Lady of Pochaiv dates back to the late 12th century, when the territory still belonged to the ancient Rus of Kiev.
"Our Lady of Pochaiv, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Dormition of Kyiv-Pechersk
The Kiev Caves Monastery (Kyivo-Pecherska Lavra) dates back historically to 1051, during the reign of Yaroslav the Wise, and is considered the oldest monastery in Ukraine and one of the main holy places...
"Our Lady of the Sleeping of Kyiv-Pechersk, pray for us.
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