Our Lady of Ostra Brama (Many Faces of Mary Book II)

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The authenticity and sincerity of the visionaries is always seriously questioned. They receive no support from the Church.

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Also, she never picks anyone whom we would expect to be the natural choice. But that would be too easy. Mary appeared to five children almost every day, sometimes two and three times a day, for over a month. There were 33 apparitionsin all. The bulk of her message was very little. People constantly tried to build things into each of the messages, but the children were firm that the short two and three word messages were all that had been given to them.

Her message was strong, but the words were few. We had to strain our spiritual consciousness to grasp the meaning of her words. There was nothing really to grab onto. In many claimed apparitions of Our Lady in this century, she reportedly goes on and on for volumes, talking to the allegedvisionary.

Yet in this apparition, approved by the Church, she gave us little gems to ponder on.

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It was likely that the city government, short of funds, transferred maintenance of the gate and the paintings to the Carmelites. In May , the wooden chapel burnt down, but the painting was saved and placed in the Church of St Teresa. In , the current brick chapel was dedicated in presence of four bishops, a number of senators, and a large crowd of the faithful.

In Pope Clement XIV granted an indulgence to the faithful, designating the chapel as a place of public worship, and established a charitable society.

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In , the chapel underwent restoration and acquired elements of late Neoclassicism. Since the entrance to the chapel was from inside the Carmelite monastery, women could not go inside. Because of this, one female devotee sponsored the construction of a two-storey gallery on the side of the street in The origin of the painting is not known.

According to historian Teodor Narbutt — , [3] the painting was acquired by Algirdas , Grand Duke of Lithuania — , as a war trophy from Crimea. This note, based on dubious sources, along with dark colors of the painting that resembled Byzantine icons , inspired 19th-century Russian historians to claim that the painting was Orthodox and not Roman Catholic.

With silver cloth covering the entire painting, except for the face and hands, it was very hard for art historians to determine in what period the painting was created. The painting was analyzed and restored. The scientists concluded that the oak grew in — As usual for Northern Europe, a very thin layer of chalk priming was applied to the planks before painting in tempera. Some restoration work was completed in the midth century. Major restoration works were completed in The painting depicts complex personality and devotion to Mary. Her head is gently leaning to her right, her eyes are half closed, her hands are crossed in devotion; this reminds that she is a virgin, humble servant of the Lord, merciful mother and patron of the people.

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The tradition to decorate paintings with clothes or revetment riza of precious metals may have been borrowed from Eastern Orthodox. The clothing of Our Lady is composed of three gilded silver parts, each completed by different artists at a different period. The head and shoulders were covered in —90; the chest piece was adapted from a different painting in —; the bottom of the painting was completed by the s. The flowers were references to hortus conclusus enclosed garden , and a symbol of Mary's virginity and purity.

The head of Our Lady is adorned with two crowns. Two little angels lower the large Rococo -style crown with colored glass inlays upon the smaller Baroque crown.

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The gold crowns were lost, possibly during World War II. Sculptures of Mary's parents — St Joachim and St Anne — stand on both sides of the painting between the altar columns. In , the monk Hilarion published a book enumerating 17 miracles attributed to the painting and the Virgin Mary.

The first miracle he recorded occurred in , the same year the first chapel was built. A two-year-old child fell from the second floor onto a stone pavement and was badly injured. The parents then prayed to Our Lady and the next day the child was healthy once again. The Swedes, who were Protestants , mocked the painting, forbade songs and prayers, and caroused around the Gate of Dawn. One soldier even shot at the painting the bullet hole can still be seen on the right sleeve.

The commander, grateful for the victory, bestowed a large silver votive offering upon the chapel. Other stories of various miracles were kept by the Carmelite monks, but those books have not survived. Votive offerings became a tradition. They are usually small silver objects hearts, crucifixes, figures of praying people, images of cured eyes, legs, arms.

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In there was a total of offerings. From to a journal of new offerings was kept. During that time 2, new gifts were registered.