Pawian
European
Have you seen my frog?
Posts: 3,266
|
Post by Pawian on Nov 1, 2006 15:50:44 GMT -7
I have taken the liberty to view your photos of {All Saints Day} and was struck by the care of rememberance of loved departed ones. In and among the various monuments, some very simple, but, yet as impressive as to the elaberate {the dead care not} were very well lighted with care. For to the living, rememberance is so very important, for it is this one place on earth, that is a corner stone that marks the place of a fallen family member. There is something in what you write about rememberance. I have seen very old graves attended by complete strangers. There was just a little heap of grass-covered earth, without a cross or anything, and people put candles on them. They weren`t family, if they were, they would have cared more about the grave before, put up a cross or something. Yet, those strangers felt obliged to honour an unknown forlorn grave. I was so amazed and moved by it that I felt taking a picture of such a situation would be simply rude.
|
|
|
Post by jimpres on Nov 1, 2006 16:18:22 GMT -7
We cleaned up all the family graves last week in preparation for today. Today we all dressed up and went to the Skrwilno cemetery behind St. Ann's church. We got there about 10:45 AM. We placed more flowers and candles on graves of family and friends and neighbors. The place was full more people then live in the town. At 11:30 the priest said mass, Speakers were all over the cemetery. People just stopped and joined in the service. The lines for communion were very long. After mass we left to come home. At 8:30PM we went back to visit the graves at night. The place was lite up very bright. We went to all the graves and spent some time at each one. It started to rain so we came home. This day is also the anniversary of our marriage, 20 years.
Jim
|
|
|
Post by Jaga on Nov 1, 2006 16:34:04 GMT -7
Jim,
your pictures are also wonderful. I would download some of them to the website and we will have for the next year article (if Pawian would agree I would also take some from him).
|
|
|
Post by Jaga on Nov 1, 2006 16:39:35 GMT -7
One of the pictures sent by Jim:
|
|
Pawian
European
Have you seen my frog?
Posts: 3,266
|
Post by Pawian on Nov 2, 2006 12:38:51 GMT -7
(if Pawian would agree I would also take some from him). Aluzju poniał. You needn`t ask permission to download my pictures every time I put something new in this forum. You have my eternal permission to use whatever you want. I take and send all those photos for the forum exclusively. PS. There is something wrong with one of the posts above. It looks like my post, it has my avatar, but it contains your text. How is it possible?
|
|
|
Post by jimpres on Nov 2, 2006 12:52:42 GMT -7
Jaga,
You can use my pictures as you wish.
Jim
|
|
|
Post by Jaga on Nov 2, 2006 13:47:27 GMT -7
Pawian,
sorry, I probably modified your post instead of.... quoting it. I am sorry, it was not deliberate. It is just so easy for me to modify anything on the web since I have all the powers!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ETERNAL PERMISSION TO USE YOUR PICTURES!!!!
|
|
nancy
European
Posts: 2,144
|
Post by nancy on Nov 2, 2006 19:49:59 GMT -7
Pawian/Jerzy,
Your photos are beautiful as always.
The graves look even more decorated than in other pictures I have seen, and I was especially touched by the number of candles on the WW2 graves.
I do wonder how the small cemeteries in the villages look (I am wondering if my cousins have put candles and flowers there). I had a message from one cousin today - I hope Iza will translate it for me.
|
|
zooba
Full Pole
Posts: 369
|
Post by zooba on Nov 3, 2006 3:37:34 GMT -7
Nancy, yes, I will translate it, I have sent you a PM.
One more thing about the All Saints' Day is that it is commonly practiced that schoolchildren care about the forlorn cemeteries - e.g. from the WWII. My son (8 year old) went with his class to Cytadela Cemetery in Poznan of Polish, German and Russian soldiers to lit the candles and clean the graves. Oh, and people raise the money to renovate and maintain in good condition the cemeteries abroad - especially the famous Rossa cemetery in Vilnius.
|
|
Pawian
European
Have you seen my frog?
Posts: 3,266
|
Post by Pawian on Nov 3, 2006 5:21:45 GMT -7
I do wonder how the small cemeteries in the villages look (I am wondering if my cousins have put candles and flowers there). . Local countryside cemeteries are on the daylight photos. Night photos are from the city cemetary in Nowa Huta.
|
|
nancy
European
Posts: 2,144
|
Post by nancy on Nov 3, 2006 7:42:02 GMT -7
Pawian,
I am thinking of a very small (~50 graves) cemetery in Piatkowa, at the top of a hill. I imagine that it was also decorated.
|
|
|
Post by Jaga on Nov 3, 2006 9:03:43 GMT -7
All cemeteries in Poland are decorated in that day independing whether they are small or big, in small towns or big towns. The only exceptions I may think about are the very old cemeteries so that people who are buried are not recognized by any of the resicents as their family members or far from any settlements (for instance Southeast Pland and Bieszczady region).
|
|
|
Post by kaima on Nov 3, 2006 21:57:52 GMT -7
I clicked on the topic to see what the latest posting was, and the first page came up with a lot of discussion about the Pope. That reminded me of an email some German friends sent over to clarify some points where caution must exercised to avoid mixing up two similar sounding words. Now that we have changed from a Polish Pope to a German Pope, it is the German turn to have fun. Two words NOT to be confused are: paparazzi and Papa Razzi so wie in Freistaat Bayern and Frei, stat Bayern! ("Independent State Bavaria" vs. "Free, rather than Bavarian!") ;D
|
|
jmaduzia
Freshman Pole
Polish Texan
Posts: 44
|
Post by jmaduzia on Nov 9, 2006 13:45:06 GMT -7
Pawian, In John Paul ll's biography I read about the "Ark" church which was built at Nowa Huta. Do you have any photos of that? I've never seen any and would love to. What is the architecture of the church like? The name used by people is Lord`s Ark. Its roof does look like a giant boat. Pawian, Thank you for sharing the photo's of the Lord's Ark Church in Nowa Huta. The church looks more like an Art Museum than a church, too impressionistic for me, give me the old style churches with the stained glass windows and the ornate altar and statues in them. Here's a photo of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in New Waverly, Texas, that was built in 1905 by Polish settlers, beautiful church, especially inside. Johnny M. i12.photobucket.com/albums/a247/jmaduzia/stjosephs.jpg [/img]
|
|
jmaduzia
Freshman Pole
Polish Texan
Posts: 44
|
Post by jmaduzia on Nov 9, 2006 13:50:31 GMT -7
The name used by people is Lord`s Ark. Its roof does look like a giant boat. Oooops, here's the photo of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in New Waverly, Texas, built by Polish Settlers in 1905. Click on the link below. Johnny M. i12.photobucket.com/albums/a247/jmaduzia/stjosephs.jpg
|
|