Our friends at the Carpatho-Russian American Center (Lemko Hall) are having a picnic Sunday, July 1st, in Pavilion #2 at Ridge Road Park, 287 Ridge Road in Hartsdale, New York. The picnic starts at noon. Admission ($15 for adults, $5 for kids 10-15, kids under 10 free!) includes hamburgers, hot dogs, kolbasy, kapusta, and …
Winter in the Carpathians a lecture and discussion with Bonnie Burke Sunday, November 19, 2017, 11:00am St. John the Baptist Church hall 364 Mill Hill Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut Did you ever wonder just what winter was like in the homeland? Many people from North America have visited relatives and ancestral villages in Carpathian Rus’ …
THALERHOF COMMEMORATION DAY 2017 WHAT: On Thalerhof Day we commemorate the tens of thousands of East Slavic men, women, and children (Carpatho-Rusyns, Carpatho-Russians, Ukrainians) who suffered, lost their health or died in relation to the Austro-Hungarian internment camp at Thalerhof, near Graz, in 1914-1917 (World War I) and we also remember all those who were …
You are invited to the premiere of an extraordinary presentation Paschal Creations or Where did all these eggs come from? An eggs-ceptional presentation by Connecticut’s eggspert, Yvonne Klancko Sponsored by St. John’s “R” Club Sunday, March 12th, 2017 10:30 a.m. (after Divine Liturgy) St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church 384 Mill Hill Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut …
Back in 1938, longtime Lemko Association leader Simeon Pyzh wrote a short Lemko-language history of his native region, boldly presenting his views that: The Slavic population of Carpathian Rus’ is autochthonous to their region— it is their original homeland! The appropriate language for Carpathian Rus’ is neither literary Russian, nor literary Ukrainian, but the people’s …
Our friends from the Carpatho-Russian American Center (“Lemko Hall”) are having a Lemko Kermesh in Yonkers, New York, on Sunday, October 23, 2016, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. With music by the terrific band Vox Ethnika it’s sure to be a great time. For tickets or more information, contact John Felenczak at 914-968-6883 or Mark Medwid at …
The Lemko Association invites all members and friends to a Thalerhof Memorial Day and picnic on Saturday, August 6, 2016 at our headquarters, 184 Old County Road, Higganum, Connecticut. At 11:00am a panachida (prayer service for the deceased) will be held to remember not only those who lost their life and health in relation to …
Two Lemko events this weekend (June 25-26, 2016) may be of interest to our members: The Carpatho-Russian American Club (“Lemko Hall”) is having a Lemko Russalya Picnic this Sunday, June 26th, from noon until 5pm at Ridge Road Park Pavilion #2, 287 Ridge Road, Hartsdale, New York. Admission, which is $15 for adults 16 and …
Happy Easter to all our members and friends. Христос воскрес! Воістинно воскрес! (The illustration is from the front page of the April 12, 2002, issue of our newsletter “Karpatska Rus’”).
I remember that day, Great Thursday. In the evening everyone went to church for the Passion of Christ. The church was full of people, some reciting psalms or reading from big books. The choir sang, beautifully, “The Glorious Disciples” and “The Wise Thief”. The priest read from the Gospel twelve times, and for each reading …
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