{"id":330331,"date":"2021-08-20T13:59:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T10:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=330331"},"modified":"2021-08-20T13:59:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T10:59:14","slug":"polish-faithful-process-16-km-for-suprasl-icon-of-mother-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/polish-faithful-process-16-km-for-suprasl-icon-of-mother-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish faithful process 16 km for Supra\u015bl icon of Mother of God"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poland\u2019s Supra\u015bl Monastery of the Annunciation was the site of a joyous celebration last week in honour of the monastery\u2019s wonderworking icon of the Mother of God.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thousands annually gather for the feast at the monastery in northeastern Poland on August 9-10, and this year was no exception, as thousands of Orthodox faithful from Poland were joined by pilgrims from other countries in a 16-kilometre procession from Hagia Sophia Church in Bia\u0142ystok to the monastery on the eve of the feast.<\/p>\n

The pilgrimage was organized by the Association of Polish Orthodox Youth. The pilgrims sang hymns and read prayers throughout the procession.<\/p>\n

The services in honour of the Supra\u015bl Icon were led by His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland, with the concelebration of eight other hierarchs and a number of clerics<\/p>\n

His Beatitude addressed the faithful before the Vigil on August 9, recalling the great event that took place\u00a0in June\u2014the consecration of the monastery\u2019s main Cathedral of the Annunciation, which was rebuilt over the course of 40 years after the original 16th-century church was destroyed by Nazis in 1944.<\/p>\n

The services in the monastery churches lasted all night, with the reading of the rule before Communion and several akathists.<\/p>\n

Three Liturgies were celebrated the next day, with the late Liturgy led by Met. Sawa at the altar in the monastery courtyard. Following the service, the traditional procession around the Cathedral of the Annunciation was held.<\/p>\n

The miraculous Suprasl Icon was commissioned in 1503 by the monastery\u2019s founder, Metropolitan Jozef Soltan, as a copy of the eleventh-century Smolensk Icon in the Hodigitria style.<\/p>\n

The icon became one of the most venerated throughout the region with many miracles attributed to it. When the monks fled to Russia in 1915 they took with them the miraculous icon which was lost and later found destroyed.<\/p>\n

The monastery\u2019s current icon is a copy painted one hundred years ago for the 400th anniversary of the monastery and enjoys wide veneration by the faithful of Poland and beyond.<\/p>\n

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Believers from the Polish diaspora also take part in the Supra\u015bl Pilgrimage. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Aurelian-Nicolae Iftimiu.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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During the pilgrimage, there is a stop and the locals prepare snacks for the pilgrims. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Aurelian-Nicolae Iftimiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Metropolitan Sawa welcomed at Supra\u015bl on the eve of the feast. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Aurelian-Nicolae Iftimiu.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The blessing of the bread. Photo: orthodox.pl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hundreds of people attended the patronal feast. Photo: orthodox.pl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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During World War I, the original icon was taken by monks to Russia to escape the invading armies of Germany. Unfortunately, the icon was destroyed. The current icon of the monastic settlement is a copy made 100 years ago in the context of the 400th anniversary of the founding of the monastery. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Aurelian-Nicolae Iftimiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A procession was held around the church. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Aurelian-Nicolae Iftimiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Metropolitan Sava offered several distinctions to people involved in the life of the Church. Photo: Basilica.ro \/ Aurelian-Nicolae Iftimiu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro \/ Aurelian-Nicolae Iftimiu<\/a><\/p>\n

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