The best cycling routes around Sadowne

As a rule, the patronage over a place of worship and the associated parish community is entrusted to one of the many people whom we venerate as blessed or saints due to their exemplary Christian life. Here, however, we encounter – in my experience, something very rarely found – the patronage of God's Mercy. In the dawning third millennium, Pope John Paul II enriched the church calendar with a corresponding feast, which goes back to the visions of the Polish nun Faustyna, whom he beatified. In a homiletic aid, the following text is found: „One of the particularly precious pearls from John Paul's rich heritage is the ... Sunday of Divine Mercy. In the great Jubilee Year 2000, the Holy Father, on the octave day of Easter – White Sunday – reintroduced the feast of Divine Mercy for the whole Church. The origin of this feast is closely linked to the life story of Karol Wojtyła and can therefore be described as something of his personal gift to the Church of the 21st century.“

Easy access to the water.

There was a railway siding here, where Jews and Roma people locked in wagons waited to be transported to the gas chambers in the nearby Treblinka II extermination camp.

The temple was built in 1932 in the village of Wólka Dobryńska, in the Zalesie commune, in the Biała Podlaska district. It was originally named after St. Stanislaus Kostka. The church was built thanks to the efforts of Father Franciszek Michalik. It was designed by the architect Mr. Mazur. The builders of the temple were carpenters Józef Kozerski, Antoni Lewczuk, Wiktor and Antoni Arseniuków, Julian Romaniuk. In 2009, the building was moved by the Arche SA company to its current location. Thanks to the support of the president of this company, Władysław Grochowski, the church was restored. On May 13, 2010, on the Sunday of the Ascension of the Lord, the then bishop of Drohiczyn Antoni Dydycz consecrated the temple, giving it the name of Divine Mercy. During this ceremony, a plaque commemorating the founder was placed in the church.

A symbolic monument inspired by the ramp and railway tracks leading to the German extermination camp in Treblinka.

A very comfortable route through the forest.

The palace and park complex is a 19th-century building commissioned by Count Józef Hornowski. Originally, it was a single-storey building with a columned portico, the construction of which was completed in 1830. During the later expansion, carried out in the years 1852-1854 according to the design and under the supervision of the leading architect of the era, Bolesław Paweł Podczaszyński, two-storey projections and a front portico with cast iron columns were made. The interiors were maintained in the neo-Gothic style typical of the 19th century. https://www.palacifolwarklochow.pl/o-nas/historia-palacu-z-xix Currently a hotel with beautiful grounds!

The parish was established in the 13th century. Until 1795, the parish included nearby towns, including Kępa, Morzyczyn and Płatkownica, which were located across the river. After the partitions, the river became the border and these towns were incorporated into the neighboring parish of Sadowne. The first church in Brok was probably built in the 12th century, while the church foundation was confirmed in 1239. Since that year, there may have even been several wooden churches in Brok, which preceded the construction of a brick church in the late Gothic-Renaissance style. https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_%C5%9Bw._Andrzeja_Aposto%C5%82a_w_Broku