Siluva
August 15 - 22, 2010
Lithuania
Lithuania
The "Chapel of the Appearance" to which
many pilgrims flock to pay homage to
the Mother of God.
many pilgrims flock to pay homage to
the Mother of God.
Arunas
director of the Symposium
director of the Symposium
Katriona
from Sweden
from Sweden
Asta
from Lithuania
from Lithuania
Kestutis
from Lithuania
from Lithuania
Evaldas
curator of the Symposium
curator of the Symposium
Hanne
from Denmark
from Denmark
Katriona
from Denmark
from Denmark
Asta
from Lithuania
from Lithuania
Kestutis
from Lithuania
from Lithuania
Hanne
from Denmark
from Denmark
Siluva first became known in the year 1457 when the nobleman Peter S. Gedgaudas built a church dedicated to the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Apostles SS. Peter and Bartholomew. Huge crowds of the faithful, even from neighboring Protestant Prussia, would flock to this site to celebrate the indulgenced Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary occurred in 1608 or 1612. Children of the nearby village were shepherding their herd on the land where the church had formerly stood, when they saw a young woman standing on a large rock, holding a baby in her arms and weeping bitterly. One herds boy ran to Siluva and told the Calvinist catechist about the apparition. The catechist called a teacher, named Solomon, to go with him and together they both approached the aforementioned rock. They also saw the young woman weeping, just as the children saw her. The man asked, "Why are you weeping?" She replied: "There was a time when my beloved Son was worshipped by my people here, but now they plough and sow on this very spot." The catechist and the teacher considered the vision to be the work of an evil spirit, but news of the apparition rapidly spread throughout the area.
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VaigeltaiteThe artist creates book, illustrations, prints, ex-librises, minigraphics and "Artist's books".
The Image of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The image was painted in the beginning of the XVII century following the iconographic style of the old Byzantine Hodegetria. The prototype of the image is the icon Santa Maria della Neve in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome. The figures of Mother Mary and the Child Jesus are covered by a casing made from a collection of votive offerings by the famous goldsmith Lawrence Hoffman of Koenigsberg. On September 8, 1786, with the permission of Pope Pius VI, Bishop Stephen J. Giedraitis presided at the coronation of the image.
Statement :
"Sacral art does not necessarily has to be exhibited in certain places where it performs it's specific function. A man could "discover" it in totally unexpected and untraditional places in comparison to a pilgrim who recognizes certain signs of the sky in his journey."Evaldas Mikalauskis, curator
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