When
we deviate from the main road leading from Gorlice to the Małastowska
Pass, to a small village of Pętna, we will be surprised. Although it
is the small Lemko village,...
Tourists
travelling fast along the road via Ropica Górna, just at the road
may notice slender, small turrets crowned with decorative crosses. It
is worth, however, stopping...
The
shingled walls and roofs of the St. St. Cosmas and Damian Orthodox
Church in Skwirtne are crowned with, just as it should be in case of
a classic Lemko Orthodox church,...
It
is not easy to find the former Nativity of the Theotokos Orthodox
Church, hidden in a narrow valley, in the hamlet of Wólka. Located
on a steep scarp above the stream...
In
the busy centre of Uście Gorlickie, the stone gates covered with
roofs with small, bulbous crowns lead to an enclave of silence and
concentration. The area around the St....
The
wooden, log (shingled walls) St. Michael Orthodox Church in
Wierchomla Wielka, from 1821, is another example of a Greek Catholic
temple which looks more like a rural...
The
small Intercession of the Theotokos Orthodox Church from the 18 th
century, located in Wołowiec, is one of these Lemko temples, which
come to the minds of those who love...
The
fact that for a long time Wysowa-Zdrój has not been a health resort
but a small Lemko village lost among the hills of the Low Beskids, is
reminded by the wooden St....
In
the village of Zdynia, once large and populous, few holdings have
been left until today. Fortunately, the Intercession of the Theotokos
Orthodox Church, standing below the...
When
going along a narrow path up the broad Ropa Valley from Wysowa-Zdrój,
among few buildings of the village of Blechnarka, we can see
characteristic bulbous domes amidst the...