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| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Pauline Order |
| Established | 1382 |
| Diocese | Częstochowa |
| Controlled churches | Basilica of the Assumption |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Vladislaus II of Opole |
| Prior | Samuel Pacholski OSPPE |
| Site | |
| Location | Częstochowa,Poland |
| Coordinates | 50°48′45″N19°05′50″E / 50.81250°N 19.09722°E /50.81250; 19.09722 |
| Public access | yes |
| Designated | 1994-09-08 |
| Reference no. | M.P. z 1994 r. Nr 50, poz. 413[1] |
TheJasna Góra Monastery (Polish:Jasna Góra[ˈjas.naˈɡu.ra]ⓘ,Luminous or Light Mountain,Latin:Clarus Mons) inCzęstochowa,Poland, is a shrine dedicated to theVirgin Mary and one of the country's places ofpilgrimage. The image of theBlack Madonna of Częstochowa, also known asOur 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 nationalHistoric Monuments (Pomnik historii)[3] and is tracked by theNational Heritage Board of Poland.
Jasna Góra Monastery was founded in 1382 byPauline monks who came from Hungary at the invitation ofVladislaus II of Opole. The new monastery was entrusted with the icon, depicting the Mother of God with theChrist Child, known as theBlack Madonna of Częstochowa or Our Lady of Częstochowa. On 14 April 1430, Jasna Góra was sacked by theHussites. It was originally a single-nave church, which was enlarged around 1463 to become a three-nave hall church in theGothic style.
In the winter of 1655, the monastery wasunsuccessfully besieged by the Swedish army during theSecond Northern War, orThe Deluge (as the Swedish invasion of thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth is known). The event stimulated the Polish resistance and shortly thereafter, in the cathedral of Lwów (Lviv), on April 1, 1656,Jan Kazimierz, theKing of Poland, solemnly pronounced his vow to consecrate the country to the protection of theMother of God and proclaimed Her the Patron andQueen of the lands in his kingdom. On 16 March 1657 he visited Jasna Góra and prayed there.
Reconstruction in theBaroque style was carried out between 1690 and 1693. Between 1693 and 1696 the walls of the nave and chancel were raised, thus changing the spatial arrangement of the church from a hall to a basilica.
The monastery was again unsuccessfully besieged by the Swedes in 1702, 1705 and 1709 during theThird Northern War. In 1717 the icon of the Virgin Mary was crowned by the decision of PopeClement XI. Between 1760 and 1772 in the monastery was imprisonedJacob Frank, Polish-Jewish religious leader, founder of theFrankist sect, who considered himself a messiah. In 1770-1772 Jasna Góra was besiged by Russians during theBar Confederation.
In 1909, during theCongress Poland period, thieves broke into the monastery and stole millions inrubles worth of jewels, pearls, and other valuables. The icon itself was not damaged. Crowds of praying and weeping people gathered at the closed monastery when the theft was discovered.[4]Pope Pius X himself offered to replace the crown that was stolen, and the coronation occurred in 1910.[5] The coronation attracted Poles from both the Russian and Austrian partitions. Special trains brought people from Warsaw, and the crowds numbered up to 60,000.[6] A monk named Damazy Macoch confessed to the crime in 1910.[7]
Among the monastery's most important exhibits is the medal from the 1983Nobel Peace Prize received byLech Wałęsa, the former Polish president and trade-union organizer.[8]
Every year since theMiddle 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.[9]The average distance for a pilgrim group to travel is about 350 kilometres (217 miles), made in 11 days.[10]
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 theBlack 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.
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