Ukrainians in Poland Pray for Victims of Operation Vistula

In Peremyshl, Poland, Ukrainians gathered today for the 2nd Congress on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of Operation Vistula. The event will last four days, from April 27 to 30. The participants of the Congress will discuss questions regarding the Polish-Ukrainian vision of the operation, legal aspects of the deportation and problems connected with the deportation of Ukrainians. The priests of the local Greek Catholic Cathedral of St. John the Baptist will pray for the victims of the deportation.

On April 27, before the opening ceremony of the Congress, two exhibitions will be held in the People’s Museum of the Peremyshl Land, reported the Information Department of the UGCC with reference to the Peremyshl-Warsaw Archeparchy of UGCC.

One of the exhibitions is organized by the Polish Institute of People’s Memory and is dedicated to the relations between Ukraine and Poland in 1939-1947. The other exhibition of publications "Lost Motherland" deals with the life of Ukrainians in border areas.

On the same day, in the local People’s Home, a project “Along Paths of Memory” will be presented. The project includes presentation of photos regarding the restoration of a cemetery in the village of Zhukiv and a multimedia presentation of photos of Yurii Havryliuk “Pearls of Native Lands.”  

A night concert of church music will be held in the Greek Catholic Cathedral in Peremyshl.