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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 Virgin Mary housed at the ...
The image of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa, also known as Our Lady of Częstochowa, to which miraculous powers are attributed, is one of Jasna Góra's most precious treasures. [2] The site is one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments (Pomnik historii) [3] and is tracked by the National Heritage Board of Poland.
A view of the church. The Orthodox Church of the Icon of Our Lady of Częstochowa (Polish: Cerkiew Częstochowskiej Ikony Matki Bożej w Częstochowie) is an Eastern Orthodox church in Częstochowa, Poland that honors the Icon of Our Lady of Częstochowa, one of the country's national symbols.
The National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa (or simply Czestochowa), known also as the American Czestochowa is a Polish-American Roman Catholic shrine near Doylestown, Pennsylvania, founded in 1953. It houses a reproduction of the Black Madonna icon of Częstochowa, Poland.
The Black Madonna of Częstochowa, Poland Black Madonna of Outremeuse, Liège, in a procession Black Madonna of Guingamp Madonna at House of the Black Madonna, Prague. The term Black Madonna or Black Virgin tends to refer to statues or paintings in Western Christendom of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Infant Jesus, where both figures are depicted with dark skin. [1]
On 8 September 1717 took place the coronation with papal crowns of the picture of Our Lady of Częstochowa, as the first with papal rights outside Rome. In 1764 Coronation Sejm in the act Forteca Częstochowska referred to Our Lady as "Virgin Mary, the Most Holy Queen of the Commonwealth". [5]
The icon of Our Lady of Częstochowa has been intimately associated with Poland for the past 600 years. Its history before it arrived in Poland is shrouded in numerous legends that trace the icon's origin to St. Luke, who painted it on a cedar table top from the Holy Family house.
The Pope made another visit to Our Lady of Częstochowa in 1983 and again in 1987, 1991, 1997 and 1999. [29] On 15 August 1991 John Paul II was named Honorary Citizen of Częstochowa. In 1998, the city was awarded the Europe Prize by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for having made exceptional efforts to spread the ideal of ...