Monthly Archives: May 2013

Boże Ciało 2013 — A holiday and feast day in Poland

Posted on 30 May 2013 by lkonieczny

Today is the feast of Corpus Christi — Boże Ciało in Polish — in Poland. I wrote a bit more about this feast last year. But if you’d like to get a sense of how it is celebrated now, today, … Continue reading →

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Today in the History of Poland…

Posted on 19 May 2013 by lkonieczny

….on May 19, 1674, the Grand Hetman of the Crown(Military Commander in Chief) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Jan Sobieski, was elected King of Poland. After a period of turnmoil and attacks from various external forces (Turks, Swedes, Tatars, etc.), King … Continue reading →

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