September 4 at the Knights' Hall at Jasna Gora in Czestochowa you can see the crown and the dress to the image of the Virgin Mary made of votive offerings donated by the faithful at home and abroad in the studio Mariusz Drapikowski.

September 4 at the Knights' Hall at Jasna Gora in Czestochowa you can see the crown and the dress to the image of the Virgin Mary made of votive offerings donated by the faithful at home and abroad in the studio Mariusz Drapikowski.

"It features unusual offerings of pilgrims who are here as materialized prayer" - explained Gdańsk goldsmith and Amber Marie Drapikowski . Dress weighs 17 kg and is to "sew" is used precious stones and materials, including diamonds, opal, gold, silver and natural: meteorites, coral and amber. The latter was applied to hem - this is a clear amber inclusions containing numerous plant and animal. The stone, the white color variation was used also in the previously performed by the same author crowns, where the form of a lily symbolizes innocence of Mary.

The new design for the Virgin Mary also was placed a piece of the presidential Tupolev aircraft that crashed in April. Smolensk. Like many others used in the dress of votive offerings, it is a symbol of life for many people, and honor and memory of the victims.

September 4 at the hundredth anniversary of the coronation of the miraculous image of Pope Pius X, dress, together with dedicated by Pope Benedict XVI in March. crowns in Rome will be suspended for the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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