This time in the gallery of Lukasz Lukasik we will find the great places of the Polish Karapaty Mountain. Photographs present the Silesian, Zywiec and Wyspowy Beskids in different seasons.

Following their tradition Hasidic Jews from the USA, Western Europe, Israel and countries of the former Soviet Union came to Lezajsk in Podkarpacie region to celebrate the 220 death anniversary of Rabbi Elimelech Lipman of Lizhensk. Hasidic Jews believe that on that day the Tzaddik comes to takes their prayers and carry them to God.

Lemkivshchyna, sometimes called Lemkovyna, Lemkivshchyna, or Lemkowszczyzna, is the land of the Lemkos (Lemki). It includes the higher elevations of the Carpathians of modern-day Poland, extending to around the Poprad River to the west, and extending to the east as far as the region around Sanok. It is the land where the multitude of cross-roads shrines and cemeteries is accompanied by traditions fostered by locals.

It might seem that it is hard to find villages of Lemkos in Beskid Niski, nonetheless traces of the past can be found almost everywhere. Old abandoned wells, chapels lost in the woods, wooden orthodox churches are silent witnesses of the violent history of the region. People live here according to the rhythm of nature, fostering the traditional chores and cultivating memories from the past.

Orthodox churches of Podkarpacie are witnesses of the violent history of the region. Some of them have been turned into catholic churches, some have disappeared, and others stand lonely in the picturesque, desolate valleys. All these building are real diamonds of wooden sacral architecture.