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  1. Dotta

    Give Us This Day Our Daily Thread December 1st through December 31st 2025

    December 4 Barbara celebrates her Name Day :) As Saint Barbara is the Patron of the miners 4th December is their Day called "Barbórka" in Poland. (The Patron Saint of the miners' festival is Barbara of Nicomedia, a martyr who lived in the 3rd century AD and was recognized as a saint by the...
  2. Dotta

    Give Us This Day Our Daily Thread December 1st through December 31st 2025

    ...the "Poinsettia," which decorates our homes during this time. Although this plant has many names, it is always associated with Christmas. In Poland it has the name "Bethlehem Star" ✨ and decorates our homes during Christmas 🎄 In Mexico, where this plant originates, it is called "Flores de...
  3. Tricia

    Give Us This Day Our Daily Thread December 1st through December 31st 2025

    DOTTA, THESE PICTURES ARE AMAZING. Thank you for posting. Absolutely stunning.
  4. Gators North

    Give Us This Day Our Daily Thread December 1st through December 31st 2025

    Absolutely beautiful! I always wanted to go to Poland but never got there. My great-grandparents were from Poznan.
  5. Dotta

    Give Us This Day Our Daily Thread December 1st through December 31st 2025

    December is time of Christmas markets in Poland :D Gdańsk Wrocław Kraków (Cracow) Poznań Warszawa (Warsaw) - the Capital City Toruń - the city of Mikołaj Kopernik (Nicolaus Copernicus) Every city, every town organizes a Christmas Market. Also, each city and town prepares a...
  6. Dotta

    Give Us This Day Our Daily Thread December 1st through December 31st 2025

    Catholics in Poland celebrate very important time in December. It is called Advent. (From 30 November to 24 December) Advent is a time of joyful waiting for Christmas. It involves spiritual preparation and reflection and its symbol is Advent Wreath with candles. There are four candles, which...
  7. scandinavian girl

    Give Us This Day Our Daily Thread December 1st through December 31st 2025

    We also have nameday in Sweden today december 1 is Ossian and Oskar
  8. Dotta

    Give Us This Day Our Daily Thread December 1st through December 31st 2025

    Today's (1 December) Name Day is celebrated by: Blanka, Natalia, Alexander, Edmund, Rudolf Happy Name Day 🎁 In Poland we celebrate 🥳 both Birthdays and Name days. Name days are celebrated because it comes from the Catholic tradition, where the day of the Patron Saint after whom a given...
  9. Dotta

    Give Us This Day Our Daily Thread

    ...My school has a Majorette Team, and even 1 Majorette boy :D He causes furore among girls during performances hahaha They travel across Poland and abroad (the whole of Europe) to take part in events and Championships with other Teams. We, as the School, are proud that they represent us 👏
  10. anijs6

    Netherlands Zeewolde - Wojciech Slomiany, WhtMale, 41yo, Polish, 170cm, blue eyes, 13 Oct 2017

    ...with him on 12 October 2017 and has been searching for him ever since. Do you know anything more? Wojciech Slomiany is from Rzeszów (Poland). He came to the Netherlands to work in dairy production in Lelystad. After only two days, he called his brother to say he was returning to Poland...
  11. Dotta

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    Produced in Tychy (Poland) in "Tyskie Browary Książęce/ Tyskie Prince's Breweries". Beer has been brewed here continuously since 1629, which means it is one of the oldest breweries in Poland. Cheers! :D
  12. Gators North

    Give Us This Day Our Daily Thread

    ...when my late husband and I married in 1991, but at heart, I’m still a Catholic. My great-grandparents on my dad’s side came here from Poland. And I have a dear friend who came over with her son decades ago. She still considers Polish to be her first language. I tried to learn it myself last...
  13. Dotta

    Give Us This Day Our Daily Thread

    ...even gave world the Pope - John Paul II (Karol Wojtyła), now declared a Saint by Church. As he once said "I come from a far away country" - Poland :) There are many Catholic schools here, and their level of education is outstanding! But I attended State schools, free of charge (and no uniforms).
  14. A

    PL- Case of Rita Gorgonowa

    ...War Two, Gorgonowa was released from prison thanks to an amnesty. Afterwards, its unknown what happened with her but its alleged she stayed in Poland and lived in the 1950s. The case is controversial and, in 2014, Gorgonowa's daughter and granddaughter have demanded that the case be reopened...
  15. Susikatze

    IL IL - Witek Dziedziecki

    It is a so specific name that you can be certain he is polish. If it is not his real name, then a name of a close relative or someone else he knew from Poland. Believe me, no non Pole would pick a Polish name, theyre hard to spell and pronounce for non Poles jmoo
  16. R

    Poland Poland - Missing Woman, (Warsaw Ghetto)Warsaw, 3 April 1946

    If the girl in the photo was Jewish, it's possible that she had left Warsaw and Poland after 1946. A number of Polish Jews (between 75,000 and 100,000) were able to emigrate between the summer of 1946 and February 1947, after there had been pogroms (violence/murder of Jews) in Polish cities. The...
  17. anijs6

    Netherlands Teresa Krug (alias Anna Kulpa), 69, 160cm, nomadic life, Polish descent, speaks Polish and German, birthmark on lower lip, visually impaired, Feb 2025

    The 69-year-old woman led a nomadic life. Teresa has lived in the Netherlands, Poland, Germany, Portugal and Switzerland, among other places. She often rented temporary accommodation there. In the Netherlands, she has also lived in Montfort, Herkenbosch and Venlo in Limburg, and Holthees in...
  18. bombardier

    IL IL-Chicago, WhtMale, Adult- Pre 50, UP120739, Found floating in Lake Michigan, Apr '24

    ...So sad to pass so far from home. Factoring in the weight gain (170 -> 270 lbs estimated, seems excessive, perhaps he weighed more when he left poland) the facial composite is actually very good, especially with the low brow ridge and wide nose, considering the remains were partially...
  19. C

    IL IL-Chicago, WhtMale, Adult- Pre 50, UP120739, Found floating in Lake Michigan, Apr '24

    This John Doe (NamUs #UP120739) has been confirmed to be Krystian Szpunar, 26, who was visiting from Poland while on a break from his studies, Chicago, 19 Mar 2024
  20. Dotta

    France - Karen Carter, 65, stabbed to death, Dordogne, 29 April 2025

    ...car that they have been unable to identify, according to local media reports." Now, This reminds me of somehow similar cases in my country - Poland - recently. A pair of guys who made some small repairs at single old ladies' houses, later attacked and strangled them. The women, knowing the...

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