Maravitism is a Christian, exclusively Polish religion. Its origins go back to the Capuchin friar Honorat Ko\u017ami\u0144ski and the nun Maria Franciszka Koz\u0142owska. After the January Uprising (1863), considering the anti-Catholic policy of Russia, Ko\u017ami\u0144ski began to organize secret religious congregations, called “hiding places”, and Koz\u0142owska, after her revelations at the end of the 19th century, developed Maravitism into a separate and ultimately unrecognized religion by the Vatican.<\/p>\n
During World War II, the Mariavites, living in the vicinity of Mi\u0144sk Mazowiecki, provided considerable support to Jews, although they remained a relatively small religious community of only 50,000 believers before 1939. They helped Jews from J\u0119drzej\u00f3w, Wi\u015bniewo and Ceg\u0142\u00f3w.<\/p>\n
In 1942, nun Makryna (Natalia Siuta), who lived alone in J\u0119drzej\u00f3w, serving as the guardian and hostess of the Mariavite chapel, started cooperation with the Council to Aid Jews \u017begota. She met with its activist Julian Grobelny (1893-1944) – the first chairman of \u017begota. She helped the Jewish people by providing them with food and money. At that time, Grobelny lived under a false name in Ceg\u0142\u00f3w, near the road leading to J\u0119drzej\u00f3w. Makryna personally saved relatives of Prof. Ludwik Landau (1902-1944), whose \u201cChronicles of the Years of War and Occupation\u201d published after the war were very popular among readers. She also saved Jan Himilsbach (1931-1988) – a popular naturshchik actor in Poland.<\/p>\n
The Jews were helped also by Fr. Count Wawrzyniec Roztworowski in near Wi\u015bniewo. There was a large and thriving Mariavite parish and a monastery. After the war, his son recalled: \u201cMany times I saw the people giving food from the kitchen to Jews who came always so delicately, I remember it. They perfectly understood when to come, when it was safe to not to bring harm or risk to us\u201d. Grobelny’s network operated here as well, and he visited this parish from time to time. Fr. Count Roztworowski was also sworn in the Home Army, and in the basement of his church, there was a hospital for local partisans. The Mariavite monastery in the nearby town of Ceg\u0142\u00f3w had the same purpose for Jews and partisans.<\/p>\n
Currently, about 25 thousand followers of Mariavitism live in Poland.<\/p>\n
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