This was the procession of God's Body in pre-war Poland! SEE THE fresh PHOTOS

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Thursday is the Celebration of the Blessed Body and Blood of Christ, God's Body. This is 1 of the main holidays celebrated in the Catholic Church. Although the consciousness of the remarkable miracle of the transformation of consecrated bread and wine into the actual Body and Blood of Christ accompanied the faithful from the beginning of Christianity, it took 10 centuries to wait for the outward manifestations of this cult to arise and settle in the Catholic Church.

The direct origin of the celebration of the Blessed Body and Blood of Christ was the apparitions of Blessed Julianna of Cornillon. Around 1207, as a sixteen-year-old girl, she survived her first visions, though they were inactive vague and incomprehensible. According to the hagiographic tradition, only a fewer years later, in 1245, St Juliannie was to appear Christ, who in imagination demanded the establishment of the Eucharist festival for the first Thursday after the Holy Trinity. Under the influence of these apparitions, Bishop Robert established the feast of God's Body in 1246, initially for the Diocese of Liege, and inaugurated the first procession through the Eucharistic streets of the city.

In Poland it was first introduced by Bishop Nankier in 1320 in the Diocese of Kraków, while in the Unitsky Church – the Zamość Synod in 1720. In the Catholic Church in Poland in the late 14th century, the feast of the Body of God was celebrated in all dioceses. It was always included in the main holidays. Since the end of the 15th century, the Blessed Sacrament has been blessed.

The Eucharistic processions on God’s Body Day were introduced later than the festival itself. The first trace of their existence is the mention of a solemn procession before the sum in Cologne in 1265-75. During the procession, a cross was carried with the Blessed Sacrament. In this way, the old customized of taking the Eucharist on a journey for protection from dangers was referred to.

In Poland, since the time of partitions with participation in the procession, there has been a manifestation of national belonging in the consciousness of the faithful. After planet War II, the processions in the time of God's Body were a sign of unity of nation and faith. For this reason, the atheistic state authorities have repeatedly banned the procession of cities.