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The UGCC has developed a website to help people wishing to make pilgrimages to holy sites in Ukraine. Lots of pictures. A bit of history of the Churches and other sites. On the right side of the pages, you can select the language. The site uses Google translate, so it can take a few seconds to switch from Ukrainian. There are some odd English translations.  “The newly created website of the Patriarchal Pilgrimage Center (PPC) presents the results of the two years of work of the center which is mainly designed to tell all Christians about the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and show its presence in Ukraine,” said the head of PPC, Mr. Dmytro Myronenko.
The Patriarchal Pilgrimage Center was established by the Decree of Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar) of February 26, 2010. Since that time, the workers of the center have done a lot of work and created a data base of the sacral objects of the UGCC. “The fact that we consider 83 shrines of the UGCC to be pilgrimage ones is the result of that work,” said Mr. Myronenko.
The center issued a guide map Shrines of Ukraine, and issued jointly with the Information Department of the UGCC a calendar of pilgrimage places for 2012. In addition, a guidebook for pilgrims has been prepared for print. A sample parish page, the home parish of Bl. Fr. Mykola Conrad and Bl. Volodymyr Pryjma: http://pilgrimage.org.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=474
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Thank you for the link. I was especially interested in the article "Путівник прочанина" - the Pilgrim's Guide. I am recalling my own solo pilgrimage to Czestochowa, Poland, in 2009, and what it was like for me.
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Information on the Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown, PA. They also have a Byzantine Chapel on the grounds where services are held. A lovely place, its the next best thing to being in Poland (been there also). http://www.czestochowa.us/ They also offer a daily email newsletter in Polish and English 
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Thanks for the link! That's about a two hour drive from Northern NJ, right?
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Beautiful photographs Two Lungs, especially like the grotto!
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Approximately one hour and 40 minutes depending from the Northern NJ area, take I-287 S to I-78 W, then I-287 S to RT-179 S. Went there for years to their annual Polish Festival over Labor Day weekend, unfortunately the majority of my family are deceased so I do not attend any longer but it is a lovely day out and they have services along with a fantastic Polish Art Exhibit, Polish dancers, crafts and many other other activities. They also have a very lovely Retreat House (Ave Maria), retreats and seminars are offered year-round but you have to call and check the schedule.
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Thanks again. I once looked at their schedule at a Polish church, and I saw that they have a weekend gathering for Polish Siberian Survivors sometime in late summer 2012. I actually want to go to that.
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It appears it will be held in September, 2012 Sunday, September 16th - Pilgrimage of Siberian Survivors in the USA. On the 15th, the day before, the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, a major holy day in Slovakia (she is their Patron Saint) and is popular in some areas of Poland also. The entire 2012 Liturgical calendar for the Shrine can be found at http://www.czestochowa.us/content/view/42/54/
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Thank you so much Joy! I appreciate your help.
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Glad to be of assistance.
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