W Koszalin was unveiled a plaque commemorating chaplains of the Polish Army of various denominations, victims of Katyn crime. The celebrations and the preceding Mass were presided over by the Field Bishop of the Polish Army Wiesław Lechowicz.
The plaque made of bright marble was placed on the wall inside the main entrance to the Church of the Military-Civilla Parish of St. Martin's Church in Koszalin at Wycięstwo Street.
The bronze castings and the eagles placed in the advanced part of the board mention to the military symbol pattern 19, worn by Polish soldiers, including officers in Katyń. It contains 35 names murdered by russian chaplains of various denominations. Among them are the most Roman Catholic religions, over which there is simply a bronzed cross. The following are symbols of the Greek Catholic, Orthodox, Evangelical-Augsburg, Evangelical-Reformed and Mošovian denominations together with the individual names of chaplains.
On Monday, on the Day of Memory of the Victims of Katyń Crimes, the plaque was blessed by Bishop Wiesław Lechowicz and Evangelical priests. Her unveilings, alongside Bishop Lechowicz, were besides performed by the head of the Szczecin branch of the IPN Krzysztof Męciński, parish priest of St. The celebration was preceded by Mass.
Bishop of Poland emphasized in his sermon that Monday's celebration is simply a confirmation that we “want to remember” about the victims of the russian order of March 1940 “the cutting off of the head of the Polish elite”, which afraid prisoners mainly held in Kozielsk, Ostashkov and Starobielsk. Bishop Lechowicz thanked everyone who cared about their memory so that they would not stay anonymous. He stressed that memory, which refers to the past, "is serving our present and future." As he added, the fact liberates, the lie—the opposite.
AB, PAP
