In Wrocław, the 35th anniversary of Ukrainian independency is celebrated from 21 to 24 August: exhibition, Skovorod Fest, Sunday mass at 10 a.m., picnic at 12.00 and Monday prayer. It is simply a motion of solidarity with the nation attacked by Russia, but for Poland it makes sense only with historical fact and reciprocity.
Four days of celebration in Wroclaw
Wrocław has joined the celebration of Ukraine's 35th anniversary of independence. By a program published by the city The events were scheduled from Friday 21 August to Monday 24 August, the day erstwhile Ukraine recalls the declaration of independency of 1991. The plan includes an exhibition, festival, prayer, integration picnic and symbolic start of the creation of the Polish-Ukrainian relationship Square.
The strongest point of Sunday is the spiritual and household program. At 10 a.m. in the Greek Catholic Cathedral at Nanker Square, a mass was planned for Ukraine. At 12 p.m., an intercultural integration picnic at Długa Street is to begin, with joint workshops, presentations of teams, tasting of barshes and improvement of the flags of Poland and Ukraine.
Integration does not relieve realism
The Russian War against Ukraine is simply a fact that changed the safety of the full region. Poland has an interest in Russia not moving its force further to the West. Solidarity with Ukrainians defending their country is so not only a heart reflex, but besides an component of a hard safety account.
However, this account must stay Polish. Integration cannot mean giving up your own memory, your own language of assessment and your own conditions. Wrocław, a city with a complicated past and a strong experience of post-war reconstruction, should peculiarly realize that a good vicinity does not consist in sweeping hard cases under the carpet. This is why the dispute Polish memory of Volyn is not an addition to the relation with Kiev, but a test of their maturity.
Culture, prayer and political stakes
The organizers besides announced the exhibition "Drohobycz's Wooden Churches" in the courtyard of the Municipal Arsenal, Skovorod Fest at Ruska Street and the presentation of the documentary "Tread of Time" at the Lower Silesian movie Centre. On Monday at 12 noon, the creation of the Polish-Ukrainian square at the Zabiej way begins. relationship by planting symbolic bushes of the kaline, and at 6 p.m. there will be a mass and a service for the dead.
In these gestures there is simply a place for human intimacy. There is besides area for a sensible policy. Polish aid granted after 2022 was a immense social and state effort. present it is not allowed to dissolve in general slogans about multiculturalism, due to the fact that then the real effort of Poles disappears behind the fashionable language of authoritative projects.
Friendship requires reciprocity
A good Polish-Ukrainian relation must be based on 2 pillars: opposition to Russian imperialism and fact about painful matters. Without the first pillar there is naivety towards Moscow. Without a second, false consent that will break sooner or later.
Therefore, the celebrations in Wroclaw are worth seeing clearly. Prayer for the fallen, household meeting, culture and gestures of gratitude are needed. However, Polish public opinion has the right to anticipate that relationship will besides mean respect for Polish history, Polish victims and Polish interest. Only specified solidarity will last longer than 1 anniversary event.
Source: City portal Wrocław, Ukrainians.org.pl.
Source: City portal Wrocław
