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Russia & Miracles of Hrushiv

On the first anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1987, an apparition of the Virgin Mary visited the village of Hrushiv, in the Ukraine. She, together with the infant Jesus, appeared to a twelve-year-old girl named Marina, above a small church in the area. Her mother who was nearby, also witnessed the apparition.

Thousands of people flocked to the site and reported to have seen the Blessed Virgin. The Moscow Literary Gazette reported that forty-five thousand people a day were visiting the little village of Hrushiv. On one occasion eighty thousand people arrived. Within four months of the first appearance of the Virgin Mary, it was estimated that over a half million people witnessed the apparition. More than ten thousand reported to have heard her speak.

Before the apparition appears, an iridescent, pulsating light bathes the small church and the surrounding area. The Virgin emerges from this celestial light and remains visible above the roof of the church. She urges forgiveness and asks that the rosary be taught to the children as a weapon against evil.

"I have come on purpose to thank the Ukrainian people because you have suffered most for the church of Christ in the last seventy years. I have come to comfort you and tell you that your suffering will soon come to an end. Ukraine will become an independent state."

After August 1987, no further apparitions occurred until April of the following year. During the period of the Virgin's absence from Hrushiv she was reported to have been seen in eleven other shrines in the Ukraine. It is believed that appearances are continuing at more remote shrines in the country to the present day.