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What country celebrated the Millennium as a state
and the Millennium of its Christianization in 1966?

   France
   Italy
   Poland
   Germany

Your answer was: France.


Answer: The Millennium of the Polish State was a national celebration of the Christianization of Poland and the subsequent establishment of the first Polish nation. The celebrations took place over the years 1960–1966. The inauguration of the jubilee celebrations took place at the plenary session of the National Committee of the Unity Front on February 16, 1960 in Kalisz. The jubilee celebrations were accompanied by the educational program - 1,000 schools for the 1000th anniversary during which in the years 1959–1972 nearly 1,500 schools were built.

It was decided to use the anniversary by both the hierarchy of the Catholic Church and the Polish United Workers' Party for the propaganda in Poland. The church planned the celebration of the millennium of the baptism of Poland while the state authorities strictly commemorated the jubilee of the beginnings of the Polish nation.

CLICK HERE to view the
'Designs for the Sacred Millennium of Poland'
Vatican Notes
Volume: 15; Issue: 1; Page: 7-9; 1966


Polish Millennium
Queen Dabrowka and King Mieszko I
St. Adalbert
St. Stanislaus

Queen Jadwiga
Black Madonna
Pope Paul VI Blessing Students

433-438 (1966)


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