About five hundred pilgrims, priests and nuns from all over the country gathered in Rosica Verkhnedvinsk district to commemorate the victims. During the German occupation there were burned 1528 civilians along with two priests - Yuri Kashira and Anthony Lashchevich. As bishop of Vitebsk Diocese says Oleg Boutkevitch, Iveta - imperceptible at first glance, the place, but has enormous attraction for people.

Bishop Boutkevitch Oleg: "This is another sign for the grace of God. This is a sign that the place where people died, where spilled blood of the martyrs, there is something that helps people come to this place to worship God, to think well of their own lives change their lives for the better. phenomenon is - what is the place of God's grace and power."

February 16, 1943 in Rosica the Germans carried out a punitive operation under the cynical name of "Winter Magic". They burned 426 settlements. Do not spare even women and children.

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