THENEWS.PL REPORT: Body of Nowosielski lies in state ahead of funeral
Jerzy Nowosielski. Photo: PAP/Jacek BednarczykThe body of painter Jerzy Nowosielski, who died earlier this week at the age of 88, has been placed in the Greek Catholic Church of the Exultation of the Holy Cross in the southern city of Krakow, where the artist lived.
Jerzy Nowosielski, whose father was an ethnic Rusyn, was baptised at the Greek Catholic Church in 1923. The artist went on to decorate the church, situated on Wislna street, with a new iconostasis painted in the 1960s.
The church’s rector, Piotr Pawliszcze told Polish Radio that a mourning Mass is to be held at 5 pm at the church, after which the body of Nowosielski will be transported to the Orthodox Church on Szpitalna street, where another Mass will be held at 8.30 pm.
The main funeral ceremony is to take place on Saturday morning at 9 am, after which Nowosielski will be interred at the Rakowicki cemetery in the so-called Avenue of Notables.
Meanwhile, police in the city of Krakow have released images of the pictures that were stolen from the artist’s house soon after his death this week.
Eleven pictures, mostly oil paintings, as well as several pencil-drawn icons were taken by robbers merely a day after the painter’s death. A carriage clock, cash and other personal items were also looted by the thieves.
Prosecutors in Krakow have started investigations into the theft, estimating that the items have a combined value of 240,000 zloty (60,000 euro). (jb)
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