Ashmyany sisters made a pilgrimage to two miraculous icons of Belarustranslated

On Sunday, August 30, on the feast day of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the sisters of the Varvara Oshmyany Sisterhood made a blessed trip to the shrines of Belarus - to Zhirovichi and Synkovichi.
Two groups set off in minibuses. The first is families with children, the second is sisters led by Alexander, a former bell ringer at the local church. This trip was organized specifically for Alexander, a person with a disability of the first group, who for many years carried out obedience in the monastery kennel with the blessing of Archbishop Gury (Apalko) of Novogrudok and Slonim. For him, it was a return to the place of many years of work.
Both groups first of all went to the holy spring, plunged into the celibate font and took with them a supply of holy water, and then visited the Assumption Monastery in Zhirovichi, which is famous for the miraculous icon of the Mother of God and the forge of the Orthodox priesthood of Belarus - the Minsk Theological Seminary. The miraculous image of the Mother of God appeared around 1470, and for more than 550 years, pilgrims from all over the world have been flocking to it with a variety of requests. Here the pilgrims confessed and received the Holy Mysteries of Christ, offered their prayers before the revered icon,...



