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Pilgrimage

Is the pilgrim city of Częstochowa really the unhappiest place in Poland? TFN finds out

While not recommend for honeymoon purposes (unless, maybe, you’re looking for a quick divorce), this is a city that is not short on points of interest. Częstochowa - Profil Miasta

While not recommend for honeymoon purposes (unless, maybe, you’re looking for a quick divorce), this is a city that is not short on points of interest.

Jasna Góra Monastery visited by 4.4 mln pilgrims in 2019

Around 4.4 mln pilgrims visited Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa, southern Poland, in 2019, an increase of 100,000 people on the 2018 figure. The number of walking pilgrimages is also growing, the press office of the monastery has reported.

Warsaw man quits job to go on five month fund-raising trek across Europe with his pet dog Pindol

The 4,000 km journey aimed at raising money for an oncologic hospice, took Strojewski from Poland to Germany, France, Spain and eventually to Portugal after he decided to carry on upon reaching Galicia.

Italian granny, 95, WALKS astonishing 1,000km from her home to Jasna Góra

Intrepid Emma Morosini said she had set off from her home by Lake Garda in the north of Italy to make the solo pilgrimage after being ‘called’ by the Virgin Mary.

Orthodox ceremonies held at Grabarka shrine

The Transfiguration of Christ, one of the Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church, was celebrated on Monday on the Holy Mount of Grabarka, eastern Poland, the traditional pilgrimage centre for Orthodox Christians in the country.

John Paul II awoke solidarity, desire for freedom in Poles - PM

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in Poland's northern city of Gdańsk on Monday that the first pilgrimage to Poland by Pope John Paul II awoke solidarity and a desire for freedom in the Polish people.

1983: Pilgrimage of hope – the Pope in communist Poland under martial law

On June 16-23, 1983, the seemingly impossible happened. With Poland reeling from the imposition of martial law, Pope John Paul II visited for the second time after being chosen as the leader of the Catholic church.

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Culture | History

‘Tarantino-style western’ about Kościuszko Uprising wins coveted Golden Lion award for best film at Gdynia film festival

VIDEO: Dubbed a ‘Tarantino-esque Western in 18th century Poland’, the film’s compelling blend of grotesque violence and black humour is set against the tumultuous backdrop of Poland in 1794, when Tadeusz Kościuszko, the eponymous 'Kos', returns to Poland to with a freed slave to rally support among the peasantry for his insurrection against the Russians.

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Warsaw’s secret war against Moscow’s spies: Poland’s intelligence services have gone into overdrive to combat Putin’s covert assault

The arrest last week of a ‘dangerous’ spy network in Poland is the latest in the country’s secret war against Russian intelligence since Putin’s troops attacked Ukraine.

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