"Holy Mother of God, embrace with your care our loved ones, all those we carry in our hearts, and our deeply grieving Ukraine." — Nelya Herman

Ukrainians of Western Europe gathered in Lourdes for an annual pilgrimage, praying for peace, families, and Ukraine.  Photographs from Nelia Herman’s archive at the Gromada Group Media
Photographs from Nelia Herman’s archive.

This year's All-Ukrainian pilgrimage of Ukrainians of Western Europe in Lourdes united half a hundred Ukrainians from Ireland. Pilgrims from Cork, Galway, Dundalk, Limerick, Sligo, and Donegal joined the believers of the Dublin community. Pilgrims from 11 countries united in the common prayer "Beneath Thy protection we fly..."

Dundalk. Ireland. In French Lourdes, the annual All-Ukrainian pilgrimage of Ukrainians of Western Europe came to an end, where pilgrims from 11 countries united in the common prayer "Beneath Thy protection we fly...". Half a hundred pilgrims from the Emerald Isle were accompanied on the pilgrimage by the pastor of the Dublin UGCC community, Father Vasyl Kornytskyi, and the pastor from Galway, Father Dmytro Hutnyk.

 

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