Pilgrims from 14 countries are taking part in the 7th International pedestrian pilgrimage of migrant workers and their families to Zarvanytsya

Pilgrims coming from the 14 countries, mainly from Czech Republic, Poland, Canada, Sweden, Italy, Greece, Russia, Hungary, the USA, Belarus, the Netherlands, Portugal, England, as well as, from Kazakhstan are taking part in the  7^th International pedestrian pilgrimage of migrant workers and their families from Sambir to Zarvanytsya. Let us recall that in the morning of the 3^rd of August, 314 pilgrims, under the spiritual guidance of Fr. Vasyl Potochnyak, who is the secretary general of the Pastoral and Missionary Department and Fr. Ihor Kozankevych, who is the director of the CF Caritas of the Sambir and Drohobych Diocese, departed from Sambir. For the lunch, pilgrims came to the Lukavytsya village, where they were met by the community of the Curch of the Holy Great Martyr George. Ihor Stetskiv, who is the local priest and the head of Sambir Deaneries Catechetical Office, wished pilgrims to have “such faith, as Abraham had when he set out on a pilgrimage to the Promised Land, such prayers, as Moses had when he prayed for his people, while travelling through the desert for 40 years to the Promised Land, as well as the constant presence of Christ within you, who also throughout his life was a pilgrim on this earth". Father Ihor Kozankevych, in his turn, added that the participants of the pilgrimage are walking, in particular, so as to learn patience and to come closer to Jesus Christ. "So as to be at least a little like Him. So as, while looking at us, people say: God is alive. We should not only theoretically hear about Him, but also should read about Him in books, and feel Him”, - concluded the priest. The ten-day pilgrimage from Sambir to Zarvanytsya, with the total length of 250km will last until the 12^th of August. The pilgrimage is being organized by the Pastoral and Missionary Department of UGCC

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