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Jasna Góra Monastery was founded in 1382 by Pauline monks who came from Hungary at the invitation of Vladislaus II of Opole. The new monastery was entrusted with the icon, depicting the Mother of God with the Christ Child, known as the Black Madonna of Częstochowa or Our Lady of Częstochowa. On 14 April 1430, Jasna Góra was sacked by the ...
The Black Madonna of Częstochowa (Polish: Czarna Madonna z Częstochowy; Latin: Imago thaumaturga Beatae Virginis Mariae Immaculatae Conceptae, in Claro Monte, lit. 'Miraculous Image of the Immaculate Conception, the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Crystal Mountain'), also known as Our Lady of Częstochowa (Polish: Matka Boska Częstochowska) is a venerated icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary housed ...
Between 1977 and 1980 many inhabitants of Wrocław participated in the Warsaw Pilgrimage to Jasna Góra. The Rev. Stanisław Orzechowski, who was responsible for pastoral ministry to university students of the Wawrzyny community, and the Rev. Andrzej Dziełak, minister of the CODA student ministry group, were formally invited to organize this ...
He led the efforts to establish a parish and build the first church. The first structure was a small wooden chapel built on a large hill. The new parish was named the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the hill was named Jasna Gora or "Blue Hill" after the shrine in Poland. In 1896, a larger church was built and served the parish until it was ...
Jasna Góra [ˈjasna ˈɡura] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mokrsko, within Wieluń County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. [1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south of Mokrsko , 13 km (8 mi) south-west of Wieluń , and 100 km (62 mi) south-west of the regional capital Łódź .
Jasna Góra (meaning "bright hill") may refer to the following places in Poland: Jasna Góra Monastery , an important pilgrimage site in Częstochowa Jasna Góra, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland)
Lake Jasna (Slovene: Jezero Jasna) is the name of two interconnected artificial lakes located near Kranjska Gora along the road to the Vršič Pass. The lakes are arranged for the needs of tourism at the confluence of Mala and Velika Pišnica. At the confluence there is an even smaller natural canyon and a somewhat hidden Kranjska Gora ...
Our Lady of Jasna Gora Parish - designated for Polish immigrants in Clinton, Massachusetts, United States. Founded 1913. It is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Diocese of Worcester. Merged July 1, 2010 to form St John the Guardian of Our Lady, Clinton.