April 10 marks the 14th anniversary of the Smolensk catastrophe, which took place in Smolensk, on Saturday, April 10, 2010. As a result of the disaster, 96 died people, among them: the President of the Republic of Poland Lech Kaczyński with his wife Maria Kaczyńska.

On April 13, we celebrate the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Katyn Massacre, 84th anniversary of the Katyn massacre, tribute to the victims of Soviet crime, as a result of over 21,000 Poles were shot. Sejm of the Republic of Poland By acclamation, he enacted the feast day of November 14, 2007.

As part of the city's celebrations of both anniversaries, (10 April) in the Cathedral of St. A Holy Mass was celebrated in Ełk for the intention of the victims of the crime Katyn and the Smolensk catastrophe.

After the Holy Mass, flowers were laid at the Monument to the Sign of the Martyrdom of the Nation dedicated to the Memory of the Murdered, Fallen and Missing and To the victims of the twentieth century.