The Zarvanitsa Icon in Dubno

Small village of Zarvanitsa is located in Podolye region of Ukraine. The village is famous for Zarvanitskiy Mariyski Monastery – the main spiritual center of Greek-Catholic Church.

Legends say that after the devastation of Kyiv in 13th century one monk ran to the west of Ukraine and during his trip he fell asleep from exhaustion and had a dream about St. Virgin Mary blessing him. Next morning the monk went to the spring and saw an icon in it. After he washed his wounds from a long run in that spring they healed. This miracle made monk to create a cell in the nearest cave and put the icon in it.
For a long period of time many people went to that spring in order to be healed and monks can tell about many miracles that happened in the monastery. During the tour you will find out many interesting things about this monastery, general information about the religion in Ukraine, will be able to see the miracle-working icon and get some water from the famous spring.
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The Independence Day

This year the holiday we are celebrating with special feelings. 

The fascist Russia gave these feelings for us.

Last week-end in Dubno town

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ear-rings

It was very popular song at 1974 in USSR

Wood scultures

Sculptures made of cut tree stumps in Shevchenko Park. Woodcarver Mykola Bondarchuk.

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Bridge

Students have painted town's bridge as a national flag of the Ukraine

Green Week

Green week (Зелені Свята) is an ancient Slavic fertility festival celebrated in early June and closely linked with the cult of the dead and the spring agricultural rites. It usually fell upon the Thursday of the Green Week (better known as Trinity Week in Ukraine and the Whitsuntide week in Britain). Its name is derived from the Slavic word for "seven", because the Green Week was the seventh (sometimes the eighth) week after Easter.

Under cut are  + 18 photographs from the St. Nicolas Church in Dubno. All pictures are clickable