Jasna Gora is without a shadow of a doubt the most popular Polish pilgrimage destination. It is the biggest Polish shrine. In 2015 it was visited by 3.7 m pilgrims, 122,000 of whom arrived on foot. The origin of the second European centre of Marian worship following Lourdes is not related to any apparitions. In 1382 Prince Vladislaus of Opole discovered and brought from Hungary to the local monastery the Friars of St. Paul the Hermit and a miraculous image of Our Lady, whose authorship is traditionally ascribed to St. Luke.
The tradition of foot pilgrimages to Czestochowa harks back to the 15th c. Back then the pilgrims set out from Krakow. One of the earliest pilgrim routes is also the one starting in Warsaw. Varsovians have walked the route since 1711, irrespective of the historical and political context; pilgrims came to Jasna Gora even during the Warsaw Uprising. Foot pilgrimages to Jasna Gora take from a few up to 20 days.
The icon of the Most Holy Virgin Mary Immaculately Conceived at the Jasna Gora sanctuary in Czestochowa, known as the Black Madonna of Czestochowa or Our Lady of Czestochowa.
Bishop Buzun prostrates himself before an altar. The consecration of Jasna Gora Pauline Prior Lukasz Buzun to auxiliary bishop in the Kalisz diocese took place in 2013.
After World War Two Jasna Gora was Poland's spiritual capital. In 1946 Polish Catholic Primate Cardinal August Hlond offered the Polish people to the Immaculate Heart of Mary during celebrations of the Nativity of the Most Holy Virgin Mary attended by the entire Episcopate and close to a million faithful.
Radio Maryja listeners at a 2014 Sunday mass celebrated by Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, head of the Papal Council for Pastoral Ministry in the Health Service. The 23rd Radio Maryja Family Pilgrimage arrived at Jasna Gora on Saturday. Radio Maryja pilgrimages are the most numerous of all which arrive at the sanctuary each year. According to their organisers they number up to a hundred thousand faithful.
A 1971 pilgrimage to the Jasna Gora sanctuary. Polish Catholic Primate Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski (C) leads the 255th Warsaw Walking Pilgrimage along the Alley of the Most Holy Virgin Mary towards the Pauline monastery.
The chapel of Our Lady of Czestochowa housing the icon of the Most Holy Virgin Mary Immaculately Conceived (Our Lady of Czestochowa) in the Pauline monastery at Jasna Gora. The picture, which shows Mary with the infant Jesus, is held to possess miraculous powers and is especially revered by Roman Catholic and Orthodox faithful.
The refectory of the Pauline monastery at Jasna Gora. The five-span rectangular dining room boasts a barrel-vaulted Baroque ceiling adorned with lunettes. In 1670 it was decorated with frescoes by Karl Dankwart.
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