Thanksgiving day --Polish style

Polonius3 980 | 12275

2 Jun 2013 / #1

Only the name is the same but there are no turkey dinners, Santa parades or American football matches on TV during the celebration of Polłand's Święto Dziękczynienia. Intiated several years ago as an annual event, it is meant to thank Divine Providence for the re-emergence of Free Poland at the polls in June 1989. Thousands of Poles marched across Warsaw to Wilanów in a procession bearing the relics of St Andrew Bobola, the capital's patron saint. President Komorowski told worshippers that a Christian cannot be sad, because Christianity is a religion of joy and optimism.

polskieradio.pl/5/3/Artykul/857368,Kilka-tysiecy-ludzi-w-procesji-na-ulicach-Warszawy

Lenka 5 | 3472

2 Jun 2013 / #2

Wow, I never heard about it. Good to know we have something like that

OP Polonius3 980 | 12275

2 Jun 2013 / #3

Its on all the TV and Internet news sites.

Lenka 5 | 3472

2 Jun 2013 / #4

I just visited onet- not a word about it. And as I said I heard about it for the first time.

OP Polonius3 980 | 12275

2 Jun 2013 / #5

Switch on the TV news.

Lenka 5 | 3472

2 Jun 2013 / #6

Maybe later- I'm going out soon. But anyway- thanks for telling me about this one. Not my sort of thing but I like to know what's going on.