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| The Icon of the Black Madonna of Czestochowa |
24 Sept 2007: Today we visited Jasna Gora monastery in Czestochowa, one of Poland's greatest shrines which is especially famed for housing the icon of the Black Madonna (or: Our Lady) of Czestochowa. The icon has been housed at the Jasna Gora monastery since the 14th century, and there are legends that it was discovered in 326 in Jerusalem by St Helena, and even that its origins go back to St Luke. At any rate, it is greatly venerated in Poland and many great miracles have been associated with it.
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| Pilgrims venerating the icon |
While we were there there were Masses taking place or great numbers of people praying in front of the icon and it was not respectful to take photos, so the two photos shown above are taken from the internet.
The monastery is an impressive size, as indicated by some of the photos taken outside.
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| 24 Sept 2007: The entrance to the monastery church |
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| There is a large space for open air pilgrimage Masses |
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