Pilgrimage to the Mother of God of Berdychiv

Zhytomyr Television. The program "Chervona Kalina" from July 25, 2008 is dedicated to the festive liturgy for the 252nd anniversary of the coronation of the icon of the Mother of God of Berdychiv and the patronal feast of the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

On the video: Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites in Berdychiv, clergymen carry the icon of the Mother of God of Berdychiv; liturgy, speech by Bishop Yurkovich; prayer, various plans of pilgrims; history of the icon of the Mother of God of Berdychiv and the founding of the monastery; excursion through the monastery complex; speeches by high-ranking officials and clergymen; blitz poll of pilgrims on the importance of the event; landscapes of Berdychiv.

Comments: Bishop-Ordinary, Papal Nuncio in Ukraine Ioan Yurkovich; Bishop-Ordinary of the Kyiv-Zhytomyr Diocese Jan Purvinsky; Mayor of Berdychiv Vasyl Mazur; People's Deputy of Ukraine Pavlo Zhebrivskyi; Consul General of the Republic of Poland in Lutsk Tomasz Janyk; Deputy of the Polish Sejm Jerzy Stefaniuk; journalist, pilgrim Grazyna Orlowska; pilgrims Roman Fedosiyiv, Vladyslav Listvan, Natalia Ivanichko, Eduard Malovych.

Reference: The Berdychiv Icon of the Mother of God is one of the main centers of Roman Catholic pilgrimage in Ukraine, which since 1753 has had the official status of a crowned miraculous icon, granted by the Holy See. Pilgrimages to the sanctuary of the Discalced Carmelites in Berdychiv take place twice a year — on July 16, the Solemnity of Our Lady of the Scapular, and on December 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, when believers come to the icon for healings and spiritual graces. The shrine is considered the patron saint of Polissya and is revered not only by Roman Catholics, but also by Orthodox and Greek Catholics.