Słynny warszawski kościół zostanie ustanowiony sanktuarium

A well-known Warsaw seminary church will be established as a sanctuary. The decree designating the new status will be read during a Mass on Tuesday, October 13, at 18.30.

The title refers to two images honored in the church: Matki Bożej Dobrej Śmierci and Matki Bożej Różańcowej. The image of Matki Bożej Dobrej Śmierci was gifted to the church in 1664 by Jan Kazimierz. While the original burned during the Powstania Warszawskiego, a copy was made in 1990 based on archival photographs. The second image, Matki Bożej Różańcowej, is an icon likely from the 15th century.

The church serves as the Wyższe Metropolitalne Seminarium Duchowne and is located where the klasztor karmelitów once stood. It previously functioned as a prokatedra before the archikatedra św. Jana was rebuilt.