44rd Łemkowska Watra in Zdynia
17-19 July 2026
SPACE OF MEMORY
16.07.2026 (THURSDAY)
Laying flowers at the graves of Stefan Hładyk in Bielanka, Jakub Dudra, Lew Gal, and Jan Krynicki in Łosie, Piotr Czuchta and Stefan Dziamba in Zdynia, Piotr and Tekla Szafran in Hańczowa, Adam Wiewiórka in Legnica, and Dymitr Rydzanicz in Kwiatoń, as well as at the monuments to Epifaniusz Drowniak in Krynica, Bohdan Ihor Antonych in Nowica, the victims of German and communist terror, and the fallen, murdered, and persecuted inhabitants of Lemkivshchyna in Uście Gorlickie, and at the Lemkivshchyna Memorial Site – Gallows Hill (Šybenyčnyj Verch) in Izby.
The Watra programme includes proverbs taken from the book ‘Łemkowskie przysłowia i powiedzenia ze Świątkowej Wielkiej i okolic’ by Wasyl Bawolak.