[Salvation]

Five cents to the person who can correctly pronounce this word....LOL!

|This is awesome to view in person. I saw it on my trip to Poland four summers ago.

[Salvation]

That shrine was mobbed. There were over 32 buses that we could count and so many more motor vehicles of every kind.

[Salvation]

I don't know if the image of Our Lady of Czestochowa is still visibile on this thread.

Welcome back, freeper Salvation! (Vanity)

[MaggieCarta]

Five cents to the person who can correctly pronounce this word....

Your money is safe from me, Salvation... :)

Detroit has (uhhh...used to have) a large Polish community within its borders (Hamtramck) There is also Shrine of the Black Madonna somewhere around here...After reading this, it makes sense. Thanks!

[happyathome]

Chest - oh - hoe - va. Emphasis on the first and third syllables. I had the privilege of visiting the shrine in the Spring of 2005 right after John Paul II passed. Very impressive (I’m not a Catholic but am thinking about becoming one since that trip...).

[Cronos]

Chen sto HOE vah. :)

Of course, it's written as Częstochowa and once you understand that cz in Polish is pronounced as CH, ę is pronounced as en , ch = H (a more breathy H), w pronounced as V, then Polish is a simple language to pronounce. In many ways it is simpler to pronounce than English (this from a native English speaker), since the rules remain true always (in contrast, in English, try pronouncing: bough, cough and tough). The declinations would kill ya though!