Saint Patrons of the Bug Division of Border Guard and the Subjected Stations

Abstract

Obtaining a flag and a patronage is one of the biggest honours and awards for every institution. It is also an enormous mutual challenge and commitment to the flags created by the patron saint. the Border Guard’s organizational Units applying for a patronage have to fulfill certain criteria. the Bug Division of Border Guard almost from the very beginning of its existence have been given the flag and patronage of the 27th Division of the Home Army in 1991. the subjected stations of the Border Guard have been named after some heroic precursors in order to highlight the need of popularizing the knowledge and resemblance after the former Border Guards Units. During the 20 years of its functioning some patronages have been given to the following organizational border units since 2011: the station in Włodawa was named after “General Nikodem Sulik” on 1st December 1995; the station in Stryhiczyn was named after: “gen. Jan Wojciech Kiwerski” on 18th September 1998; the station in Lubycza Królewska was named after “major Tadeusz Kuncewicz” on 25th May 2001 (the border organizational units was disbanded on 2nd January 2003); the station in Dołhobrody was named after “pilot oficer Jan Bołbott on 25th September 2004”; the station in Horodło was named after “major Tadeusz Persz” on 20th November 2006. Other border organizational units of the Bug Division of Border Guards, solidly realizing their commitments towards their mother country, also deserve to have their own Patron Saint. the officers being on duty there have been attempting to have their own patron saints, so that is only a matter of time.