Preservation of Monuments

At the Lemko Vatra festivals, the Society for Preservation of Monuments, headquartered in Ustje Ruske, has put up bulletin boards with photos showing the precarious condition of various Lemko wooden churches. The Society's director, Igor Prych, a Lemko living in Kwiaton/Kvajaton' (Gorlice county), spoke at the 1989 Vatra, asking those present to inform the Society about the condition of such cultural monuments in the region, and to assist the Society in any way possible.157

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