Shrine Of Our Lady Of Kodeń. Poland. Stock Photography

Roman Catholic Church, Sanctuary of Our Lady of Kodeń - Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. The history of the Sanctuary and of the miraculous image of our Lady of Koden is strictly related to the Sapieha family. Nevertheless, the whole story begins much earlier. Kodeń [ˈkɔdɛɲ] is a village in eastern Poland on the Bug River, which forms the border between Poland and Belarus. Administratively, it belongs to Biała Podlaska County in Lublin Voivodeship. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kodeń. It has approximately 1,900 inhabitants (as at 2006). It lies approximately 37 kilometres (23 mi) south-east of Biała Podlaska and 102 km (63 mi) north-east of the regional capital Lublin. The village is the site of a famous Marian shrine.