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On April 26th 1987, 8am, the first Sunday after Easter...

(at that time, it was not yet 'Divine Mercy Sunday'...)

exactly one year after Chernobyl [+300km away]

dressed entirely in black, the Virgin Mary appeared

first appeared to 12 year old Marina Kizyn

who then called her mother 

and a few neighbours...

soon others followed

a bright light covered the Chapel of the Holy Trinity ánd the surrounding area

from within this 'impressive silver dazzle' over the church, 

the Virgin Mary appeared, floating above the cupola

according to mystic and writer Josyp Terelya:

''there was an orange-blue-yellow light, very bright, that started to sway [zwaaien]

and Our Lady just smiled, didn't move her lips, was just holding a rosary...

the Our Father-beads being glowing amber, and the Hail Mary-beads

being little pale blue seeds, like dew drops"

for four months, until August 15, 1987

every day, there were apparitions 

seen, in sum, by 500,000 people

often 45,000-70,000 at one time

even by KGB agents

priests from underground catholic churches came

and held up to 10 masses per day

in front of the church

[bron]