Jasna Góra Monastery

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The Jasna Góra Monastery (

Jasna Góra Monastery was founded in 1382 by

Among the monastery's most important exhibits is the medal from the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize received by Lech Wałęsa, the former Polish president and trade-union organizer.^[5]

Walking pilgrimages

Every year since the Middle Ages, thousands of Poles go in pilgrim groups to visit Jasna Góra. In 2011, it was estimated that 3.2 million pilgrims from 80 countries around the world went to the shrine. Around 830,000 pilgrims took part in 228 pilgrimages organized in different places across Poland, 143, 983 of which reached the monastery on foot.^[6] The average distance for a pilgrim group to travel is about 350 kilometres (217 miles), made in 11 days.^[7]

Monastic etiquette

There are typically numerous pilgrims and tourists at Jasna Góra Monastery, and the volume of excited voices can be high. However, upon entering the Monastery, it is expected etiquette for visitors to be silent or as quiet as possible out of respect. Often, there is a long line of people who wait to approach the shrine of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa. Upon arriving at the place of the shrine at which one would pass in front of the icon of Our Lady, it is expected and a sign of respect for pilgrims to drop to their knees, and traverse the anterior of the shrine on their knees.

Gallery

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  Jasna Góra Monastery
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  The main nave of the basilica
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  Pilgrims arriving for the Feast of the Assumption
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  Pope Benedict XVI

  on Jasna Góra in 2006
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  View of the tower
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  Interior of the monastery
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  Knights' Chamber
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  Main Altar
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  Organs inside the main building
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  Lubomirski

  Gate
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  Statues in the monastery
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  Pilgrims visiting the monastery in 2012
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  Monastery building
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  View of the park

See also

• Shrines to the Virgin Mary
• Black Madonna of Częstochowa
• National Shrine of Our Lady of Częstochowa

References

Bibliography

• Czesław Ryszka. W Maryjnej Twierdzy (in Polish). Urząd Miasta Częstochowy. Archived from the original on January 4, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2013. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• Aleksander Radecki (1990). Piesza Pielgrzymka Wrocławska 1981–1989. Mokrzeszyn.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Jan Pach; Włodzimierz Robak; Jerzy Tomziński (2001). Jasna Góra. Sanktuarium Matki Bożej. Przewodnik (in Polish). Częstochowa: Wydawnictwo Zakonu Paulinów.
• Mirosław Zwoliński (1997). Przewodnik po Częstochowie (in Polish). Częstochowa. pp. 87–112.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Notes

External links

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• Jasna Góra website(in English, Polish, Spanish, German, and Italian)
• Jasna Góra and the Shrine of Our Lady of Częstochowa