Volhynia is the northwestern most province of modern day Ukraine. Poland is on its western border with Belarus to the north. For centuries Volhynia had […]
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PHOTOS OF THE SHRINE
THE HISTORY OF THE ICON
The Tyshkevych, one of the most influential and greatest families of the Land of Kyiv, venerated the icon of the Virgin Mary, which was a […]
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The monastery of the Discalced Carmelites in Berdychiv, Ukraine was founded by Yanush Tyshkevych, the voivode of Kyiv, in 1630 in commemoration of his release […]
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(Courtesy: Smolesky Publishers in Kyiv) CARMELITE MONASTERY, 16th – 18th cent. Built on the Hnylopyat river on the site of a sixteenth century castle. In […]
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