One of the oldest Churches in Cracow is Salvator Church, which gave its name to the whole neighbourhood. Inside one may find a retable with rather a surprising painting: it depicts crucified Christ dressed in a long robe, droping his golden shoe towards a fiddler playing by the cross. The…
December 25th is the day when the Christians celebrate Nativity of Jesus – however there are no sources that would prove Christ indeed was born on that particular day. The decision about establishing Christmas on December 25th was carefully considered by the Early-Christian Church, and it was accepted as late…
Today is the Children’s Day, so let’s have a look on a very interesting motif including a child, and more precisely: flying Baby Jesus. When we look at the depictions of the Annunciation, we usually focus on main characters: Mary and the Angel. But if we are dealing with a…
None of the Gospels describes an actual moment of Christ’s Resurrection. The Gospels of Saint Matthew, Saint Mark and Saint Luke just say that the women who came to the Jesus’ sepulchre found it empty and saw an angel (or two angels) who told them that the Lord had risen. Saint Mark…
We will soon celebrate Palm Sunday, then Holy Week, and finally – Easter. In the past, especially in the Middle Ages, it was like a festival of theater – there were plays dedicated to the Christ’s Passion almost for each day. The earliest drama of this kind that we know showed…