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 the Image of Our Lady by magor65
The origin of the painting has not been fully explained yet. As the legend goes it has been painted on the board of the table at which Holy Family prayed and had their meals. The painting was brought to Jasna Gora by the founder of the monastery - Prince Wladyslaw Opolczyk after his victory over Tartar troops. When one of the Tartar arrows hit the Holy Mother's face , the fog fell all over the place and the Prince, taking advantage of the situation, routed the enemy.
From the moment of its arrival at the sanctuary the image was surrounded by enormous cult and reverence. Unfortunately, this fame also attracted the robbers, who in 1430 broke into the Chapel of Our Lady, robbed the icon of its precious decorations, and scarred the face of Mary. Here again the facts mix with the legend, which tells that the robbers wanted to take the miraculous painting, but when they reached the place of the present church of Saint Barbara, their horses suddenly stopped and didn't want to go any further. One of the robbers then threw the painting furiously on the ground and the spring spurted out of this place.
The present picture was painted in1430-1434 on the original boards and was modelled on the old painting.
The size of the picture is 121,7 cm x 81,5 cm. It is placed in a special brass case which separates the painting from its decorations enabling the air circulation.
Our Lady is 'the owner' of several dresses, the most precious of which are the ruby and the diamond ones. Each of the pieces of old jewellery placed on the dresses is the masterpiece in itself. The custom of decorating the Head of Virgin Mary with crowns dates back to the very beginnings of the sanctuary. Leave a Comment Address: Jasna Gora - the Chapel of Virgin Mary
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 Jasna Gora by magor65
To express their gratitude, love and dedication to Our Lady, the faithful desired to decorate Her head with a crown, but only Vatican had the right to do it. After years of efforts in 1717 the Miraculous Picture of Our Lady was decorated with papal crowns and thus honoured and recognised all over the world.
The sanctuary has been the stronghold of faith and Polish spiritual life in many hard moments of our history: the times of partitions, Nazi occupation and post-war communistic regime. At present, Jasna Gora may be perceived as the signpost pointing at the right way of life, in which 'The good defeats the evil'. Leave a Comment Address: Jasna Gora - Czestochowa
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 Olsztyn Castle by magor65Leave a Comment Directions: about 15 km from Czestochowa
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 Ogrodzieniec Castle by magor65Leave a Comment Directions: near Zawiercie and Dabrawa Gornicza
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 Mirow Castle by magor65Leave a Comment Directions: near Kroczyce
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 the entrance gate to
Jasna Gora by magor65
Before entering the sanctuary grounds you may notice the coat of arms of Paulines made of cobblestone of a different colour. It shows a palm tree with a raven on top holding a loaf of bread in its beak. Leaning against the tree are two lions. According to the legend Saint Paul the Hermit lived on a desert feeding himself on palm-tree fruits. Every day a raven brought him half a loaf of bread and when once Saint Anthony paid him a visit, the raven brought the whole loaf. When Saint Paul died two lions dug the the hole in which Saint Anthony buried his friend. Leave a Comment Address: Jasna Gora
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 votive offerings by magor65Leave a Comment Address: Jasna Gora
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 Jasna Gora treasury by gosiaPL
The treasury also displays items of completely different value... for example the vota offerings from people who survived concentration camps in WWII... The Pauline fathers have been registering all the vota since the beginning of the 17th c.
Photo from Jasna Gora website Leave a Comment
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 The monks have cannons! by gosiaPL
Keep walking along the walls. Try the various walkways and you'll sure find this... peaceful corner ;-)
Check more photos in my travelogue Jasna Gora, the Fortress Leave a Comment
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 Stations walkway along the
walls by gosiaPL
This is the route for the Stations of the Cross which are erected as sculptures in the park that surrounds the complex... see one of them on the outside of the wall to the right of the picture? It's worth taking the route at least to admire the artwork :-)
Check the close-up in my travelogue Jasna Gora, the Shrine
And this huuuge bell I'm not quite sure why it's sitting there... But I'll add more info as soon as I find out. Leave a Comment
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