"Polish religious culture"

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6 December 2025

In Katowice, Poland, on December 5, 2025, a miner participates in the St. Barbara's Day celebration at the Staszic-Wujek Coal Mine at the Walcownia Zinc Metallurgy Museum. Barborka is a traditional miners' holiday celebrated on Saint Barbara's Day on December 4. She is the patron saint of a good death and hard work. On this day, miners attend a solemn mass, and a miners' orchestra is seen in the street.

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#13062635

6 December 2025

Karol Nawrocki, President of Poland, attends the Barborka Academy of the Staszic-Wujek Coal Mine at the Walcownia Zinc Metallurgy Museum in Katowice, Poland, on December 5, 2025. Barborka is a traditional miners' holiday celebrated on Saint Barbara's Day on December 4. She is the patron saint of a good death and hard work. On this day, miners attend a solemn mass, and a miners' orchestra is seen in the street.

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#13062636

6 December 2025

Karol Nawrocki, President of Poland, attends the Barborka Academy of the Staszic-Wujek Coal Mine at the Walcownia Zinc Metallurgy Museum in Katowice, Poland, on December 5, 2025. Barborka is a traditional miners' holiday celebrated on Saint Barbara's Day on December 4. She is the patron saint of a good death and hard work. On this day, miners attend a solemn mass, and a miners' orchestra is seen in the street.

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#13062637

6 December 2025

Karol Nawrocki, President of Poland, attends the Barborka Academy of the Staszic-Wujek Coal Mine at the Walcownia Zinc Metallurgy Museum in Katowice, Poland, on December 5, 2025. Barborka is a traditional miners' holiday celebrated on Saint Barbara's Day on December 4. She is the patron saint of a good death and hard work. On this day, miners attend a solemn mass, and a miners' orchestra is seen in the street.

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#13062638

6 December 2025

Karol Nawrocki, President of Poland, attends the Barborka Academy of the Staszic-Wujek Coal Mine at the Walcownia Zinc Metallurgy Museum in Katowice, Poland, on December 5, 2025. Barborka is a traditional miners' holiday celebrated on Saint Barbara's Day on December 4. She is the patron saint of a good death and hard work. On this day, miners attend a solemn mass, and a miners' orchestra is seen in the street.

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#13062639

6 December 2025

Karol Nawrocki, President of Poland, attends the Barborka Academy of the Staszic-Wujek Coal Mine at the Walcownia Zinc Metallurgy Museum in Katowice, Poland, on December 5, 2025. Barborka is a traditional miners' holiday celebrated on Saint Barbara's Day on December 4. She is the patron saint of a good death and hard work. On this day, miners attend a solemn mass, and a miners' orchestra is seen in the street.

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#13062640

6 December 2025

Karol Nawrocki, President of Poland, attends the Barborka Academy of the Staszic-Wujek Coal Mine at the Walcownia Zinc Metallurgy Museum in Katowice, Poland, on December 5, 2025. Barborka is a traditional miners' holiday celebrated on Saint Barbara's Day on December 4. She is the patron saint of a good death and hard work. On this day, miners attend a solemn mass, and a miners' orchestra is seen in the street.

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#13062641

6 December 2025

Karol Nawrocki, President of Poland, attends the Barborka Academy of the Staszic-Wujek Coal Mine at the Walcownia Zinc Metallurgy Museum in Katowice, Poland, on December 5, 2025. Barborka is a traditional miners' holiday celebrated on Saint Barbara's Day on December 4. She is the patron saint of a good death and hard work. On this day, miners attend a solemn mass, and a miners' orchestra is seen in the street.

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#13059510

5 December 2025

KRAKOW, POLAND - DECEMBER 4: Police monitor the annual 'Pochod Lisow' (March of the Foxes) as students, staff, and mining community members from AGH University of Science and Technology parade through Krakow's city center toward St. Anne's Collegiate Church for the Barborka Mass amid evening fog, in Krakow, Poland, on December 4, 2025. The procession forms part of AGH's long-established Barborka celebrations, marking St. Barbara's Day with student customs, ceremonial marching and a festive service at the historic church.

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#13059490

5 December 2025

KRAKOW, POLAND - DECEMBER 4: Police monitor the annual 'Pochod Lisow' (March of the Foxes) as students, staff, and mining community members from AGH University of Science and Technology parade through Krakow's city center toward St. Anne's Collegiate Church for the Barborka Mass amid evening fog, in Krakow, Poland, on December 4, 2025. The procession forms part of AGH's long-established Barborka celebrations, marking St. Barbara's Day with student customs, ceremonial marching and a festive service at the historic church.

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#13059172

5 December 2025

KATOWICE, POLAND - DECEMBER 4: A scale model of Nikiszowiec, featuring the historic nine original workers' housing estates known as familoks, is displayed in front of St. Anne Church in the historic mining district of Nikiszowiec, Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, on December 4, 2025.

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#13059167

5 December 2025

KATOWICE, POLAND - DECEMBER 4: Members of the mining community and their families leave St. Anne Church after attending the Holy Mass on St. Barbara's Day, the patron saint of miners, in the Nikiszowiec district of Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, on December 4, 2025.

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#13059169

5 December 2025

KATOWICE, POLAND - DECEMBER 4: Members of the mining community and their families leave St. Anne Church after attending the Holy Mass on St. Barbara's Day, the patron saint of miners, in the Nikiszowiec district of Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, on December 4, 2025.

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#13059170

5 December 2025

KATOWICE, POLAND - DECEMBER 4: A member of the mining community carries medals, including Silver and Bronze Cross of Merit decorations from the former PRL (People's Republic of Poland), as he leaves St. Anne Church after attending the Holy Mass on St. Barbara's Day, the patron saint of miners, in the historic Nikiszowiec district of Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, on December 4, 2025. These state awards were issued during communist-era Poland to honor distinguished workers and social contributors.

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#13059171

5 December 2025

KATOWICE, POLAND - DECEMBER 4: A member of the mining community carries decorations from the former PRL (People's Republic of Poland), as he leaves St. Anne Church after attending the Holy Mass on St. Barbara's Day, the patron saint of miners, in the historic Nikiszowiec district of Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, on December 4, 2025. These state awards were issued during communist-era Poland to honor distinguished workers and social contributors.

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#13038166

29 November 2025

The Cross of Katyn sculpture is in Krakow, Poland, on November 28, 2025.

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