* 1655 – Second Northern War / the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.

While in Silesia, one cannot miss the Black Madonna's Jasna Góra Sanctuary in Częstochowa-the annual destination of over 4 million pilgrims from all over the world.

Jasna Góra in Częstochowa is the holiest catholic shrine in Poland

* November 16 – Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior of the Jasna Góra Monastery ( d. 1673 )

* December 27 – Second Northern War / the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.

* August – The iconic painting The Black Madonna of Czestochowa is brought from Jerusalem to the Jasna Góra monastery in Poland.

* April 1 – King 1st Jan Kazimierz crowns Our Lady of Częstochowa ( the Black Madonna ) as Queen and Protector of Poland in the cathedral of Lwów after the miraculous saving of the monastery of Jasna Góra during The Deluge, an event which actually changed the course of the war.

* The Black Madonna of Częstochowa in Jasna Góra Monastery, Częstochowa, Poland

The city is known for the famous Pauline monastery of Jasna Góra, which is the home of the Black Madonna painting ( Polish: Jasnogórski Cudowny obraz Najświętszej Maryi Panny Niepokalanie Poczętej ), a shrine to the Virgin Mary.

Pope Benedict XVI in the Monastery of Jasna Góra Monastery | Jasna Góra

Interior of basilica, Jasna Góra Monastery

Częstochówka was located on a hill on which the Jasna Góra Monastery was later built.

In 1382 the Paulist monastery of Jasna Góra was founded by Vladislaus II of Opole-the Polish Piast prince of Upper Silesia.

In the first half of the 17th century, kings of the House of Vasa turned the Jasna Góra Monastery into a modern Dutch-style fortress, which was one of the pockets of Polish resistance against the Swedish armies during Swedish invasion of Poland in 1655 ( for more information, see Siege of Jasna Góra ).

At the same time, the Jasna Góra Monastery prospered.

On April 2, 1813, Jasna Góra was seized by the Russians ( see War of the Sixth Coalition ), after a two-week siege.

Unlike the city of Częstochowa, the Jasna Góra Monastery was since April 26, 1915 under control of Austria-Hungary, after personal intervention of Emperor Franz Joseph I, who was a pious Roman-Catholic.

The Black Madonna of Częstochowa, housed at the Jasna Góra Monastery, is a particularly popular attraction.

* Augustyn Kordecki, prior of the Jasna Góra Monastery and hero of The Deluge

Jasna Góra Monastery Basilica, most popular with religious tourism of Poland

* Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa

* Jasna Góra Monastery

The Black Madonna of Częstochowa (,, and Ченстоховская икона Божией Матери in Church Slavonic ) is a revered icon of the Virgin Mary housed at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa, Poland.

* Jasna Góra Monastery

The Congress organizes annual World Convention and Pilgrimage of Kresy Inhabitants to Jasna Góra Monastery.

Baroque architecture | Baroque stucco decorations of the main nave of the Jasna Góra Monastery basilica, 1693-1695.

His nickname is due to his black hair and his custom-made, black armor, which is kept at the Jasna Góra Monastery.

Jasna Šekarić (, née Brajković / Брајковић ; born December 17, 1965 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia ) is a Serbian sport shooter.

The Black Madonna is credited with miraculously saving the monastery of Jasna Góra ( English: Bright Mount ) from a 17th century Swedish invasion, The Deluge.

Mosaic in Jasna Góra, Częstochowa

One of the oldest documents from Jasna Góra states that the picture travelled from Jerusalem, via Constantinople and Belz, to finally reach Częstochowa in August 1382 by Władysław Opolczyk, Duke of Opole.

The Swedes were attempting to capture the Jasna Góra monastery in Częstochowa.

Their month-long siege however, was ineffective, as a small force consisting of monks from the Jasna Gora monastery led by their Prior and supported by local volunteers, mostly from the szlachta ( Polish nobility ), fought off the numerically superior Germans mercenaries, saved their sacred icon, the Black Madonna of Częstochowa and, according to some accounts, turned the course of the war.

The Pauline monastery Jasna Góra in Częstochowa successfully resisted a Swedish siege throughout November 1655 to January 1656.

A plaque commemorating the tragedy in Miednoye ( Jasna Góra, Częstochowa, Poland )

Image: Jasna Góra Wota 2. JPG | Ex-votos in the Lady Chapel of Jasna Góra, Częstochowa

The image of Black Madonna of Częstochowa, to which miraculous powers are attributed, is Jasna Góra's most precious treasure.

* Jasna Góra and the Shrine of Our Lady of Częstochowa

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Wyszyński celebrated his first Solemn High Mass of Thanksgiving, at Jasna Góra in Częstochowa, a place of special spiritual significance for many Catholic Poles.

On November 18 1655, Swedes besieged the monastery at Jasna Góra, located in Lesser Poland, near the border.

Led by the Grand Prior Augustyn Kordecki, the garrison of this symbolic sanctuary-fortress of Poland held off its enemies in the Siege of Jasna Góra.

By late 1655, the situation in southern Lesser Poland went out of control of the invaders, who on December 27 decided to end the siege of Jasna Góra.

Abbot Augustyn, or Abbot Augustyn Kordecki real name: Klemens Kordecki Ślepowron Coat of Arms ( born November 16, 1603 in Iwanowice near Kalisz-died March 20, 1673 in Wieruszów, Poland ) was a prior of the Jasna Góra Monastery, Poland.