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600th anniversary of the Black Madonna icon in the Jasna Góra monastery in Częstochowa.
Sheet 75
600 lat obecności Obrazu Jasnogórskiego = 600 years of the presence of the Jasna Góra painting.
Madonna Częstochowska = The Madonna of Częstochowa.
Dopłata na PZF (Polski Związek Filatelistów) = Surcharge for the Polish Philatelic Society.
The Jasna Góra monastery is a Pauline Fathers monastery in the city of Częstochowa, Poland.
The Black Madonna icon is credited with miraculously saving the monastery of Jasna Góra
from the Swedish invasion of 1655.
According to old monastery documents, the icon reached Częstochowa in 1382.
The Black Madonna of Częstochowa
Jasna Góra monastery
Monastery
Częstochowa
Mary, the mother of Jesus
Icon