6th Miechów Days of Jerusalem

in the Jubilee year of 100 years of devoting the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem to Our Lady Queen of Palestine – Patron of the Holy Land, the Jubilee year of 25 years of establishing the Polish Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, and on the 10th anniversary of establishing the Permanent Seat of the Polish Lieutenancy in Miechów

Saturday, 12 September 2020

– Memoria: Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary – on the anniversary of the victorious relief of the Siege of Vienna (1683) and the 10th anniversary of establishing the Permanent Seat of the Polish Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in Miechów

Minor Basilica of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre in Miechów
(pl. Tadeusza Kościuszki 4 in Miechów):
2:30pm – Welcoming the pilgrimage of the Catholic Association of the Young of the Diocese of Kielce and the Pure Hearts Movement to the Sanctuary of the Holy Sepulchre in Miechów

Minor Basilica of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre in Miechów:
3:00pm – Official opening of the 6th Miechów Days of Jerusalem, Holy Mass celebrated by His Excellency Bishop Jan Piotrowski
4:15pm – Concerts by artists of the Kraków Philharmoni
6:00pm – Supper for the invited guests (the refectory of the former monastery of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre)

Sunday, 13 September 2020

(24th Sunday in ordinary time)
DAY OF THE HOLY LAND – DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CHRISTIANS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Former monastery of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
(pl. Tadeusza Kościuszki 4 in Miechów):
9:00am – start of the day
9:30am – Keynote presentations (conference hall on the 1st floor):
• Authenticity of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Historical, archaeological, and architectural research, and proofs from the built heritage from the 1st to the 10th centuries AD – Reverend Professor Stanisław Narcyz Klimas, OFM, delegate of His Excellency Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM to the 6th Miechów Days of Jerusalem
• The Manoppello Veil – relic from the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem – Paul Badde, a German historian, writer, journalist, and filmmaker, author of The Holy Veil of Manoppello: The Human Face of God

Minor Basilica of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre in Miechów:
11:00am – a meeting with Sylwia and Yousef Hazboun (a Christian couple from Bethlehem); concert of Christian music from the Middle East in Aramaic and Arabic by Sylwia Hazboun
12:00pm (noon) – the opening and blessing of and exhibitions devoted to the Manoppello Veil, preceded by an introduction by Dr Grzegorz Słupski, President of the Volto Santo Foundation in Gdańsk (initiator and founder of exhibitions)
12:30pm – Holy Mass celebrated by His Excellency Bishop Jan Piotrowski. Traditional procession to the Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre and prayers for peace in the Holy Land.

Former monastery of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
(pl. Tadeusza Kościuszki 4 in Miechów):
1:30pm – Lunch for the invited guests (the refectory of the former monastery of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre)

ACCOMPANYING EVENTS

12–13 September 2020, from 8:00am to 4:00pm

Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych „U Jaksy” (plac Tadeusza Kościuszki 3a w Miechowie) – visiting the exhibition Colours of Małopolska

Muzeum Ziemi Miechowskiej (aka Dom Generała, ul. Warszawska 1 w Miechowie) – visiting the exhibition Robes and Paraments of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

Organisers

Roman Catholic Parish of the Holy Sepulchre in Miechów

Miechów City and Commune

Organisers of the accompanying events

Miechów County

Museum of the Land of Miechów

Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych „U Jaksy”

Honorary patronage

Most Reverend Father Francesco Patton, OFM, Guardian of Mount Zion and the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem – Custos of the Holy Land

Marshal of the Małopolska Region Witold Kozłowski

Media patronage

TVP 3 Kraków

“Niedziela” Catholic Weekly

Organisers

Media patronage