Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Tarnobrzeg

Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Tarnobrzeg
Tarnobrzeg
Tarnobrzeg is a city in south-eastern Poland, on the east bank of the river Vistula, with 49,419 inhabitants, as of December 31, 2009. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship since 1999, it had previously been the capital of Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship...

is a church in Serbinów

Serbinów (Borough in Tarnobrzeg)

Serbinów - borough, one of the biggest osiedle and housing estates in Tarnobrzeg, Poland, situated in an eastern part of the city. It is inhabited by over 13,000 citizens...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

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The church consists of the upper, bottom church and buildings adjoining to them. The altar

Altar

An altar is any structure upon which offerings such as sacrifices are made for religious purposes. Altars are usually found at shrines, and they can be located in temples, churches and other places of worship...

of the upper church consists of three parts: saint Michael the Archangel, the Cross

Cross

A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two lines or bars perpendicular to each other, dividing one or two of the lines in half. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally; if they run obliquely, the design is technically termed a saltire, although the arms of a saltire need not meet...

, and the Mother of God of the Incessant Help. The whole is carried out in the form of mosaic. Demon

Demon

call - 1347 531 7769 for more infoIn Ancient Near Eastern religions as well as in the Abrahamic traditions, including ancient and medieval Christian demonology, a demon is considered an "unclean spirit" which may cause demonic possession, to be addressed with an act of exorcism...

s attacking people are in a left hand of the altar. At the end of the first part of the altar crowds of people are becoming waves. The Archangel is separating them and with walking stick is reproving in the direction of the Cross and the Mother of God. In part centre a huge crucifix is found. There are no specific ideas of people or demons, but a symbolism of waves was kept. Individual persons are turning up at the right part of the altar - already as praying and adoring God, with crosses in the hand. A side altar of the Merciful Jesus

Jesus

Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...

kept the similar style of mosaic. The left, side nave is filled up with four stained glass referring to evangelical acts of the mercy. Low relieves are in right, side naves Polish saint. A very large choir is in an upper church. The building was being built in 1980s, when the Polish Catholic Church thought that he would fail to obtain the new permission from communist authorities to the new temple. Tarnobrzeg

Tarnobrzeg

Tarnobrzeg is a city in south-eastern Poland, on the east bank of the river Vistula, with 49,419 inhabitants, as of December 31, 2009. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship since 1999, it had previously been the capital of Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship...

was very quickly developed, and civil authorities were counting, that in the year 2000 the number of inhabitants will exceed 100,000. It extorted construction of the huge church, being able to hold a few thousand people. Provost

Provost (religion)

A provost is a senior official in a number of Christian churches.-Historical Development:The word praepositus was originally applied to any ecclesiastical ruler or dignitary...

of the parish is prelate

Prelate

A prelate is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, which means "carry before", "be set above or over" or "prefer"; hence, a prelate is one set over others.-Related...

Michał Józefczyk

Michał Józefczyk - Polish Catholic priest since 1972, prelatesince 1994, protonotary apostolic since 2002, provost of parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Tarnobrzeg - Serbinów since 1979. Born in Krościenko Wyżne in 1946. He studied theology as the seminary clerical student in Przemyśl...

Bottom church

The bottom church is much smaller. A brass low relief of the Last Supper is a main element of the altar. At present also Chapel of The Adoration of The Holy Sacrament is located in it with the mosaic altar.

Building complex

On the area there are also buildings donated to the Congregation Of Sisters Służebniczki are finding and to the priests servicing in the parish. Other buildings are: the church hall, religious education small rooms, the chemist, the kindergarten/orphanage and the hospice. At entering the church figures of four Evangelists were placed. On the facade a huge mural of Our Lady of Fatima was painted.

Relics

Relics were integrated into the main altar of the upper church following saint:

Edmund Bojanowski
Jan Bosko
Albert Chmielowski
Zygmunt Gorazdowski
Zygmunt Gorazdowski
Zygmunt Gorazdowski is a Roman Catholic saint.Father Gorazdowski was a priest of the Lviv archdiocese, Monsignor and Camerlingo, and the Founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, CSSJ.-References:* at Patron Saints Index...
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa , born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu , was a Roman Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship, who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India, in 1950...
Faustyna Kowalska
Gianna Beretta Molla
Gianna Beretta Molla
Saint Gianna Beretta Molla was an Italian pediatrician, wife and mother who is best known for refusing both an abortion and a hysterectomy when she was pregnant with her fourth child, despite knowing that continuing with the pregnancy could result in her death...
Padre Pio

Belfry

Bells are on a belfry: Maria, Michał, Maksymilian. For the first time they rang on 25 March 1984.

Stained glass

Into so much church a huge window was left so that the temple was bright. In the 90s, with the objective of protection of organ pipes the window was covered with stained glass. Several years' works were finished in 1997 r. In it history was described beautiful image/icons of the Mother of God of the Incessant Help. Maciej Kauczyński is the initiator of the scheme. Workmanship Studios of stained glass - Krzysztof Packet, Andrzej Cwilewicz.

Bottom church

Building complex

Relics

Belfry

Stained glass

See also