You can see my video, speaking about this subject at: [New Pagan Temple in Poland & Religious Freedom] It’s happening again; first it was Iceland who started to build the first major nord…
You can see my video, speaking about this subject at: [New Pagan Temple in Poland & Religious Freedom] It’s happening again; first it was Iceland who started to build the first major nord…
See in large size please: farm3.static.flickr.com/2187/2316821667_1dabf5bb0d_b.jpg The temple was abandoned after the baptism of Poland. The legend about witches sabbaths is likely related to the old cult. On the site of the pagan temple the Benedictine monastery of Holy Cross (Święty Krzyż) was founded (according to a legend, in 1006, by king of Poland, Bolesław Chrobry, but most sources give the 11th century). The monastery was named after a part from Jesus' Cross which was supposedly enshrined there, and was a site of frequent pilgrimages. The monastery was destroyed and rebuilt several times throughout its history, with the most significant destruction taking place in the 19th and 20th centuries. After partitions of Poland, the Russian Empire took over the building in 1819 and converted it into a prison. Partially restored during the interwar period after Poland regained independence, it was taken over by the Nazi Germany and used as a prison and execution site of Soviet prisoners of war (about 6000 perished here). The abbey, although now past its Golden Age, has given its names to the Świętokrzyskie Mountains range as well as the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship itself. The abbey also holds some mummified bodies; one of them is rumored (but not confirmed) to belong to Jeremi Wiśniowiecki.
SAMMA, Estonia (RNS) — The Maausk community, along with Estonia’s other prominent neopagans, the Taaraists, tripled in size from 2001 to 2011, the latest figures available from the national census.
