Czech Republic - Ossuary
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In 1278, king Ottokar II of Bohemia, the Iron and Golden King,
sent Henry, the abbot of Sedlec, on a mission to Holy Land.
Before he left Jerusalรฉm, Henry took a handful of arid soil from Golgotha with him.
In the name of Lord Jesus Christ!
The Earth from Golgotha penetrated the cemetery grounds in Sedlec.
When the 14th century brought black plague,
burial grounds had to expand
When Hussite wars stormed with even more death
There was no space where to bury the dead
Monumental piles, built of skulls and human bonรฉs
Plague and wars, hail the ossuary
God, bestow Thy grace upon those consumed by terror
Endless flood of corpses
Funeral winds and deadly stench
Whispering voice of God
Reconciliation
Monumental piles, built of skulls and human bonรฉs
Plague and wars, hail the ossuary
God, bestow Thy grace upon those consumed by terror
Puch tlejรญcรญho massa, belost odhalenรฝch kostรญ
Zahrada hrobu ve svech praskajรญcรญch
To vse ve jmรฉnu Hospodina, snad nรกm Buh odpustรญ
Krutรฉ vรกlky husitskรฉ, za obnovenรญ ryzosti vรญry
Se smrtรญ tancรญ zeme ceskรก
Kdyz pod praporem s kalichem,
deti Bozรญ vรญtezily