Great news for the Monastery! The Lower Silesian Voivodeship Conservator of Monuments has reserved PLN 80,000 for further work on the gatehouse! When the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Marshal’s Office of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship refused to support the initiative in 2026, despite a very high…
The first cultural event in the new life of the Monastery of Souls, and the final event of the 2025 cultural season at the Temple of Art and Light: the Pearl, were included in the 2025 European Heritage Days celebrations in Lower Silesia. The cultural offerings at both venues attracted…
Last Sunday, a celebration took place to commemorate the patron saint of Nowogrodziec, a saint of the Catholic Church and considered the founder of our fortified monastery, Hedwig of Silesia. The event was organised by the Municipality and City of Nowogrodziec. As a partner of the City and owner of…
From the Monastery of Souls to the third stage of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition! Yehuda Prokopowicz is one of three Poles who qualified for the next stage of the competition. Only twenty of the most outstanding pianists remain in the piano competition, and Yehuda Prokopowicz, who is…
Four Poles have qualified for the second stage of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. You’re probably wondering what this has to do with our Monastery of Souls? One of them is Yehuda Prokopowicz, who less than three weeks ago gave an incredible outdoor concert within the walls of…
The first in 80 years. This is also the first time in the 800-year history of the facility that a concert piano has visited the monastery. Yes, according to our knowledge, there was a cabinet piano here after 1810, but comparing it to a Steinway-D concert piano is like comparing…
Last weekend, we hosted two concerts from the nationwide “Chopin en Vacances” festival. One took place at our Temple of Art and Light: the Pearl, while the other took place within the walls of the Monastery of Souls! Curious about how this all came about? Thanks to the efforts of…
We’re fast approaching the end of the cultural season at our Temple of Art and Light: The Pearl. But we still have one more wonderful concert ahead of us… or rather, two! As the Monastery of Souls joins the ranks of high culture, it’s time for a grand opening! On…
This was the main theme of the joint exercises conducted today by the Volunteer Fire Department OSP KSRG Czerna and the Freiwillige Feuerwehr Crosta at the fortified monastery in Nowogrodziec. Looking at the expertise and speed of the units, we can all feel safe. During the joint exercises, the units…
As part of the Nowogrodziec Days, organised by the Nowogrodziec Commune and City with the MUZA Culture and Art Center, we opened our defensive monastery to visitors. Three groups of visitors had the opportunity to see both: the more austere and the already worked-on nooks and crannies of the Monastery,…