Corpus Christi — Boże Ciało — A holiday and feast day in Poland

Today is Thursday June 7th, and this year June 7th is the 10th day after the Catholic feast of the Holy Trininty, the feast of Corpus Christi, Body of Christ, or dzień Bożego Ciała in Polish. It’s a public holiday and people are off from work, businesses are closed, and many people celebrate.

You can read more about this holiday here: http://polandpoland.com/corpus_christi.html. And, if so inclined, more about the Catholic holiday here.

But this year, there was an interesting phenomenon that took place in Warsaw: many people made a pilgrimage to the new stadium that will host the first of the European Soccer Cup games tomorrow, the stadium in Warsaw. It was an amazing sight, and you can read more about it here: http://www.torontosun.com/2012/06/07/warsaw-stadium-a-rallying-point-for-poland. The Warsaw stadium became, in some sense, a rallying point for Poland on this feast day. What a way to kick off the 2012 European games, co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine!