One day - two holiday, Poland

Hello! Tommorow - 15th August - in Poland will be two important holiday. Wniebowzięcie Najświętszej Maryi Panny (eng. Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary) It's a special and beautiful day in polish churches. People go to church to Holy Mass and carry there harvest - herbs, fruits, flowers and different grains. Then, priest sprinkles them holy water. In Poland, the Feast of the Assumption is one of the oldest and most popular Marian feasts in the liturgical year.

The second fear it's a Święto Wojska Polskiego (eng. Polish Army Day) is a national holiday to commemorate the Polish victory at the Battle of Warsaw in 1920., Fought within the Polish-Bolshevik war. It is a day off from work. Across the country there are big parades, performances of planes, tanks, guns. It is a day of honor for Polish soldiers. Some people in this day visit museums, watch movies about the war.

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