Together with its pedestal, an eight-meter high statue of Mary "healer of the sick" was erected at the border of Kisgyőr-Mocsolyástelep in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county on October 29. The creation, which is the work of the sculptor Sándor Szabó and which was made thanks to the donation of Attila Petró, was blessed by the pastoral vicar of the Egri Archdiocese, Ferenc Juhász.
The statue was placed in Bükk, not far from Miskolc, on the border of Mocsolyástelep near Kisgyőr, next to Mária Út. The village enclosed between the hills is now guarded by the church at the front, and at the far end by the statue that can be seen from afar.
The "idea" of the statue is the artist Károly Nemcsák from the settlement, and the name of the work evokes the idea of Archbishop Csaba Ternyák of Eger, according to which the Virgin is the one who should be turned to for help especially in connection with the Covid-19 epidemic and other diseases.
At the end of the ceremony, the singer-musician Béla Tolcsvay started the opening line of the ancient hymn of our Blessed Lady, which was joined by the faithful present.
Source and photo: Magyar Kurír / Archdiocese of Egri
