Queen Virgin Mary & King Child Jesus of the Holy Family

1. In Study of Mariology & Catholicism:
THE BLESSED MOTHER OF DOROSZLO
(The Holy Mother Miracle Fountain)
In 1792, a Catholic layman from the village of Gombos (Serbia), named Janos
Zavloczksi, had an accident one day, and he became blind.
And because he continued to faithfully pray to God, one day, the Holy Virgin appeared
to him, and advised him to bathe his eyes in a miraculous fountain of clean water.
The fervent Christian man, believing that he would be alleviated from his suffering,
immediately followed the instruction of the Blessed Mother, then he was healed.
News of the miracle has spread rapidly, and then a simple Marian shrine was built
around the fountain of clean water, and a gazebo was built over it.
It was learned that the first miracle, through the fountain’s clean water, actually
happened in 1700, then in 1796, a wooden chapel was built around it but was destroyed
by fire.
Then a crowned Mother Mary carrying the crowned Baby Jesus statue was installed
beside the clean holy water fountain, and was titled: “Blessed Mother of Doroszlo”.
Pilgrims have increased in number, and many miracle cures were reported; and the
diary of the healed blind man used to be displayed there, and said:
“The blind man was miraculously healed by the Holy Virgin in 1792, and regained his
vision after having washed himself with clean water from the fountain.”
Then the Marian shrine was named as “The Holy Mother miracle fountain shrine”, and
became the goal of pilgrimages, and shrine has an open area for Rosary prayers.
Then in 1874, however, the Roman Catholic clergy built a larger towered church
building, with 500 seats, and the pre-existing chapel was then reconstructed.
Then a painting version of the “Blessed Mother of Doroszlo” statue was installed at the
altar of the church building, with installed “holy water fonts” and “baptismal fonts”.
Yugoslavia was renamed the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia in 1946, when a
communist government was established.
Yugoslavia was set up as a federation of six republics including: Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.

2. Although religion was banned during the Communist era, and many church buildings
were closed from religious services, however, the faithful continued to visit the shrine.
In 1973, there was an increase in the number of pilgrims, praying secretly at the Marian
shrine, that they enlarged the prayer meeting place with a guesthouse for pilgrims.
Yugoslavia stopped being communist after their president died in 1980, then more
donations from the Catholic faithful poured in for those families in need at the shrine.
In the 1990s, Yugoslavia has split up to various republics due to a series of political
upheavals such as the Bosnian War (caused by religions of Christians and Muslims).
Even if more than 100,000 perished after the wars due to various government factions,
the faithful peoples chose the Virgin Mary as their “Queen of Heaven” for world peace.
In 2006, Serbia gained independence, with Christian orthodox as the main religion;
however, the Marian shrine is still visited by both the Orthodox and Roman Catholics.
In 2009, the Marian shrine gained an increase in devotions for all Christian groups (and
other people were welcomed); while the new government supported it for restoration.
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