Boyany, Chernivtsi Province, Ukraine, September 26, 2024
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Five hierarchs, representing the Ukrainian and Moldovan Orthodox Churches, came together yesterday to festively celebrate the wonderworking Boyany Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.
The evening before, the All-Night Vigil Service at the convent named in honor of the wonderworking icon in the western Chernivtsi Province was celebrated by His Grace Bishop Filaret of Căpriana of the Moldovan Church and His Grace Bishop Kleopa of Novoselits of the Ukrainian Church, reports Căpriana Monastery.
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In the morning, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated by Bishops Filaret and Kleopa, Their Eminences Metropolitan Evsevy of Shepetovka and Metropolitan Longin of Bancheny, and local and visiting clergy. The service was led by the local hierarch, His Eminence Metropolitan Melety of Chernivtsi and Bukovina.
The service was attended by hundreds of pilgrims who had arrived in procession, undeterred by attempts to block their route.
During the service, the hierarchs and clergy prayed for peace in Ukraine and that the Lord would have mercy on those who are suffering.
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The Union of Orthodox Journalists tells the story of the icon:
The Boyany Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos is located in the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos of the Boyany Convent in the Chernivtsi Province. The icon was painted in 1991 for the iconostasis of this church.
On December 18, 1993, on the eve of the feast of St. Nicholas, the then-rector of the church, Fr. Mikhail (Zhar) and parishioners noticed that on the face of the Mother of God, her eyes were filled with tears, profusely flowing down the icon. After the end of the church service, Fr. Mikhail closed and sealed the church and reported the incident to the ruling bishop. The next day, the diocesan commission headed by Bishop Onuphry (Berezovsky), now the primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, recorded the fact of the manifestation of the miraculous icon.
In the same year, two more miracles associated with the Boyany Icon of the Mother of God were recorded: the healing of a young man, George from the Khmelnytsky Province, who suffered from cancer, and an Orthodox priest Igor from Poland.
On October 4, 1994, the Holy Synod of the UOC officially recognized the icon as wonderworking and named it Boyany in honor of the place where it appeared. The day of celebration of the miraculous icon was set for September 12/25.
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