In the Vinnytsia region, tens of thousands of the faithful participated in the pilgrimage to Jehoshaphat valley (photo)
From a small number of places visited by the Mother of God herself prominent, Softova Valley, near the village Holynchyntsi Sharhorod district, Vinnytsia region. Within ten years of August 15, a large number of believers coming from different parts of Ukraine and neighboring countries, to fulfill the Covenant of the blessed virgin Mary and to bring the cross in Softova Valley. As in previous years, the current pilgrimage, arrived tens of thousands of pilgrims who have passed the five-kilometer path, carrying large and small crosses, then to leave them in the Holy Valley. He headed the sacred action five bishops of the Metropolitan of Mogilev-Podolsky and Shargorodsky Agapit, Metropolitan of Vinnitsa and Barsky Simeon, Metropolitan of Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky and Vishnevsky Alexander, Archbishop of Bochenskiego, Bishop Cassian Ivankov. For reference: Valley near the village Holynchyntsi on Shargorodske known as the site of the apparition of our lady, Which, according to legend, in 1923, appeared to the shepherds and spoke the words: "put the Cross of Christ praise". Since that time, people from distant towns and villages came here in procession, mounted the cross and prayed.In Iosafatovoj the valley, there are already more than 15 thousand crosses. Pilgrims believe that at that place are healing from spiritual and physical diseases. The Soviet government did everything possible to the memory of the appearance of the Mother of God has been erased. Crosses were destroyed and pilgrimage was forbidden. And the believers were able to transmit to posterity the history of this Shrine In 2006, with the blessing of the late Metropolitan of Vinnitsa and Bratslav Macarius, August 15 set as the day of remembrance of this event and made the first mass pilgrimage. This was reported in the Vinnytsia regional state administrationÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
