Arabian Horse Stables, Patrulin Martyrs, and Mass in Kodén

Another incredible day! We began by being treated to some Polish breakfast sausage on top of the already vast selection of breakfast food. We then left the seminary to meet at the Cathedral in Siedlce. We arrived for our morning catechesis where we heard about the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church being unified with the Roman Catholic Church as the Greek Catholic Church. We also learned about impact of Russian occupation that worked to destroy the Greek Catholic Church and 13 martyrs in particular that stood against the Russians and were killed for their faith.

After some coffee, cakes and pastries, we sang a few songs with other pilgrims before walking to a school's cafeteria where we were served a large lunch! A delicious soup with pasta, kumquat juice and then chicken with rice, mashed potatoes, and a cucumber salad. We then walked back to the Cathedral to catch our coach bus.

We traveled to see the Arabian Horse stables and received a tour of their grounds.

One of the horses greeting us.

Then, we traveled to the location of the church where the Pratulin Martyrs were killed.

We received homemade perogis and more cakes! The mother of the priest there even made us fresh apple fritters. All of this before arriving in Kodén for a gathering with hundreds of youth for Mass.

The church built over the foundation of the church where the Pratulin Martyrs stood for their faith.

The basilica in Kodén.

 Pilgrims posing for pics (and what is John eating now).