The Losie Kermesh (picnic/celebration) is for Lemko descendants representing villages from the northern slope of the Carpathian Mountains in present-day Poland and formerly (until 1918) the province of Galicia, Austro-Hungarian empire, especially the villages of:
Bielanka
Blechnarka
Brunary
Czarna
Dolina
Hanczowa
Jaszkowa
Klimkowka
Kunkowa
Leszczyny
Losie
Nowica
Petna
Pryslop
Ropki
Snietnica
Stawisza
Uscie Ruskie
Wawrzka
Wysowa
This year’s Losie Kermesh will be held Sunday, August 25, 2013 from noon to 6pm at Campground 70, Bentleyville, Pennsylvania. Take exit 32-B off I-70 and follow the “Kermesh” signs. The organizers request that you bring a covered dish and any genealogical information that you would like to share.
For more information, contact Joe and Diana Perun, proprietors, 1-724-239-2737; or organizer, Rox Vanguard, 1-412-771-0474.
Losie Kermesh
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anton dubec
August 10, 2014 at 3:24 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
the village of florynka why is it not mentioned when it was the capital of lemkovinia? o7eH ctpaHH6i ! Boyko nie jeste lemko
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August 19, 2014 at 11:03 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I think it is simply that the organizers of the Losie Kermesh have not heard that anyone with roots in Florynka is planning to attend.
John Hubiack
May 12, 2015 at 2:07 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Hello, My great grandfather Thomas Hubiak and great grandmother Mary Soroka came form the Villages of Jaszkowa and Czarna. My father and I are researching our heritage and are interested in any leads or the future date of the Picnic to attend.
Thanks,
John Hubiack
webmaster
May 12, 2015 at 2:09 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
This year’s Losie Kermesh will be held on August 29th and 30th in Bentleyville, PA.
Saturday’s session focuses on genealogy; on Sunday there will be not only genealogy, but also food, music, and dancing.
Contact organizer Rox Vanguard at 412-771-0474 for more information.