Concerts of classical music at St Giles’ Church

Friday, August 2, 2019, 4:00 PM

  • Friday, August 2, 2019, 4:00 PM
  • Tuesday, August 6, 2019, 4:00 PM
  • Wednesday, August 7, 2019, 4:00 PM
  • Thursday, August 8, 2019, 4:00 PM
  • Friday, August 9, 2019, 4:00 PM
  • Tuesday, August 13, 2019, 4:00 PM
  • Wednesday, August 14, 2019, 4:00 PM
  • Thursday, August 15, 2019, 4:00 PM
  • Friday, August 16, 2019, 4:00 PM
  • Tuesday, August 20, 2019, 4:00 PM
  • Wednesday, August 21, 2019, 4:00 PM
  • Thursday, August 22, 2019, 4:00 PM
  • Friday, August 23, 2019, 4:00 PM
  • Tuesday, August 27, 2019, 4:00 PM
  • Wednesday, August 28, 2019, 4:00 PM
  • Thursday, August 29, 2019, 4:00 PM
  • Friday, August 30, 2019, 4:00 PM
  • Tuesday, September 3, 2019, 5:00 PM
  • Wednesday, September 4, 2019, 5:00 PM
  • Thursday, September 5, 2019, 5:00 PM
  • Friday, September 6, 2019, 5:00 PM
  • Tuesday, September 10, 2019, 5:00 PM
  • Wednesday, September 11, 2019, 5:00 PM
  • Thursday, September 12, 2019, 5:00 PM
  • Friday, September 13, 2019, 5:00 PM
  • Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 5:00 PM
  • Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 5:00 PM
  • Thursday, September 19, 2019, 5:00 PM
  • Friday, September 20, 2019, 5:00 PM
  • Tuesday, September 24, 2019, 5:00 PM
  • Wednesday, September 25, 2019, 5:00 PM
  • Thursday, September 26, 2019, 5:00 PM
  • Friday, September 27, 2019, 5:00 PM
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Solist of Chamber Orchestra of St Maurice present classical music concert in the St Giles’ Church where on Tuesdays and Thursday, we will hear opera and organ music performed by Julia Kołpanowicz (violin) and Adam Zalas (guitar), and on Wendesday and Friday, you can listen to a varied programme performed by Miranda Exner (sopran) i Krzysztof Hotloś (organ).

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St Giles' Church

ul. Grodzka 67

It is said that this is one the oldest churches in Kraków, although this claim has found no confirmation in archaeological studies. It is also referred to as among the city’s smallest churches, which you yourself can assess!

Tradition associates this small church with the ruler of Poland, Duke Ladislaus (Władysław) Herman and his wife, Judyta. The 11th-century royal couple was having no luck begetting an heir. Only when gifts had been sent to Saint-Gilles in France, where the relics of St Giles are deposited, with a request for intercession in the matters of infertility, did the duchess become pregnant. The thankful parents founded the Church of St Giles in Kraków as a votive offer for the birth of their son Boleslaus (later known as Krzywousty, i.e. the Wry-Mouthed) in 1086. As yet, archaeological research has not upheld this version of events, and the Gothic church was most probably built in the early 14th century.

In 1990 the Katyń Cross was set up in the square in front of the church to commemorate the Polish victims of Soviet repressions, especially the officers murdered by the Soviet secret police (the NKVD) in Katyń in 1940. In recent years, the place became the site of numerous manifestations and gatherings.

 A mass in English is celebrated in the church at 10:30am on every Sunday.

Be sure to see:

  • late-Gothic crucifix and figures of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St John (in the rood arch)
  • renaissance monks’ stalls from various marbles of various colours (in the chancel)

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