Dzhublyk
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Dzhublyk, also transliterated as Jublyk (Ukrainian
: Джублик ˈdʒubɫɪk) is a Greek-Catholic Marian sanctuary near the villages Nyzhnye Bolotnye and Vilkhivka in western Ukraine
. The sanctuary is known for the Marian apparition of Our Lady and Holy Family. Dzhublyk is situated nearby the villages Nyzhnye Bolotnye and Vilkhivka in Irshava raion of Zakarpattya region, also known as Transcarpathia
. In the years following the revelation of August 2002, an ever increasing number of pilgrims arrive to Dzhublyk, with some 50 buses a day.
The Virgin Mary appeared to two girls: 10-year-old Olena Kuruts from Vilkhivka and her friend 9-year-old Mariana Kobal, whose father (Petro) is a Ukrainian Greek-Catholic priest. Father Petro joined the girls on the third day. During the following apparition, on Saturday, August 31, the Mother of God asked the girls to inform the church authorities that it was in fact Her, the Mother of God, who came and asks here, on the place of revelation to pray. To the question of Father Petro, "Which bishops to inform about this", Mary answered - "The elderly vladyka Marhitych", who was Bishop of Mukachevo at that time. Remarkable enough is that bishop Marhitych died one year later September 7, 2003, 83 years old during the archi-hierarchic church service started at 11 am, for which he came to bless the new throne.http://www.rr.lviv.ua/news.php?item=421
A nunnery is being built in Dzhublyk. One of the houses serves as a monastery of the "Apparition of the Holy Family", where in the Chapel of Saint John the Baptist
, the copy of the Icon of God's Mother of Jerusalem is kept.
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
: Джублик ˈdʒubɫɪk) is a Greek-Catholic Marian sanctuary near the villages Nyzhnye Bolotnye and Vilkhivka in western Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. The sanctuary is known for the Marian apparition of Our Lady and Holy Family. Dzhublyk is situated nearby the villages Nyzhnye Bolotnye and Vilkhivka in Irshava raion of Zakarpattya region, also known as Transcarpathia
Carpathian Ruthenia
Carpathian Ruthenia is a region in Eastern Europe, mostly located in western Ukraine's Zakarpattia Oblast , with smaller parts in easternmost Slovakia , Poland's Lemkovyna and Romanian Maramureş.It is...
. In the years following the revelation of August 2002, an ever increasing number of pilgrims arrive to Dzhublyk, with some 50 buses a day.
The Virgin Mary appeared to two girls: 10-year-old Olena Kuruts from Vilkhivka and her friend 9-year-old Mariana Kobal, whose father (Petro) is a Ukrainian Greek-Catholic priest. Father Petro joined the girls on the third day. During the following apparition, on Saturday, August 31, the Mother of God asked the girls to inform the church authorities that it was in fact Her, the Mother of God, who came and asks here, on the place of revelation to pray. To the question of Father Petro, "Which bishops to inform about this", Mary answered - "The elderly vladyka Marhitych", who was Bishop of Mukachevo at that time. Remarkable enough is that bishop Marhitych died one year later September 7, 2003, 83 years old during the archi-hierarchic church service started at 11 am, for which he came to bless the new throne.http://www.rr.lviv.ua/news.php?item=421
A nunnery is being built in Dzhublyk. One of the houses serves as a monastery of the "Apparition of the Holy Family", where in the Chapel of Saint John the Baptist
John the Baptist
John the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...
, the copy of the Icon of God's Mother of Jerusalem is kept.
Chronicle of Dzhublyk apparitions
- August 27, 2002 near the water-spring at Dzhublyk appears Mother of God to two girls Olena and Mariana: who see her every day and talk to her. The girls claim that the liturgies are often attended by the Holy Family - JesusJesusJesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
, MaryMary (mother of Jesus)Mary , commonly referred to as "Saint Mary", "Mother Mary", the "Virgin Mary", the "Blessed Virgin Mary", or "Mary, Mother of God", was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee...
, JosephSaint JosephSaint Joseph is a figure in the Gospels, the husband of the Virgin Mary and the earthly father of Jesus Christ ....
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- "I came to help" - says Mother of God through the girls. "I want to raise the authority of priests in the people, unite this divided nation and unite the Church."
- Holy Virgin asks to pray rosary and to build a chapelChapelA chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
on the place of Her apparition: so that people could come here for pilgri. Also Virgin Mary as to build here a hospitalHospitalA hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
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- Visible signs on the sun - for those who do not believe in this. The sun performs a "dance", rotates around its axis, changing its colours. Besides that, on the place of revelation, often appears a rainbow - visible sign of union between God and people.
- "Message, that is passed by girls from Nyzhnye Bolotnye - "is in spirit of God's Mother", - so it is regarded at Apostolic Nunciature in Ukraine (according to the words of Bishop Marhitych).
- Pope John Paul II blessed the girls and UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, after the girls meet him in Vatican.
- From LvivLvivLviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
to Dzhublyk, the Stations of the CrossStations of the CrossStations of the Cross refers to the depiction of the final hours of Jesus, and the devotion commemorating the Passion. The tradition as chapel devotion began with St...
road of Unity is made. Crosses are set up on hills from Dzhublyk to Lviv. The first cross in Lviv (at Vysokyy Zamok - High Castle Hill) and the 15th in Dzhublyk bleed.
External links
- Revelation of God's Mother in Dzhublyk - official site
- Appearances of the Virgin in a remote village by Welcome to Ukraine magazine - the most detailed account in English
- Piligrimage to Dzhublyk. Near the holy spring in Transcarpathia children "return" to parents and parents learn to love children, Ukrayina Moloda (Young Ukraine) newspaper
- Wonder in Transcarpathia, Medical Newspaper of Ukraine
- Apparition of God´s Mother in Dzhublyk, Ukrayinske Slovo (Ukrainian Word), Chicago newspaper
- Four years ago Virgin Mary appears to two young Transcarpathian girls, News of Uzhgorod and Zakarpattya
- Transcarpathian Golgotha
- From heaven to earth by Vasiliy Dyatlov. Photos by Andrey Zamakhin.
- Thousands of pilgrims travel to Zakarpattya, in order to visit the place of miraculous appearance of Virgin Mary. Correspondents of "Itogi" decided to partake in grace on their own. 06.12.2005