“Da Ispolnatsia” sung at the Greek Catholic church in Andriivka, Transcarpathia, June 2016. From the blog A Traveller in Carpathia.
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Merry Christmas!
To all our members and friends, Merry Christmas! Христос Раждається! Славіте Єго!
Kečera Folk Ensemble touring USA this September
The “Kečera” Folk Ensemble from the Lemko vllage of Jakubany (Rusyn: Якубяны/Iakubianŷ) in Slovakia is making their first tour of America! Jakubany has a rich cultural heritage, including distinctive folklore, music, dance and costume. The villagers of Jakubany developed these traditions based on their relationships with the forests, pastures and mountains that surround them. In …
Lemko Association Kermesh Saturday, August 9th
The Lemko Association has a full day of festivities planned for Saturday, August 9th, at our headquarters (184 Old County Road, Higganum, Connecticut.) All are invited. At 9:00am the bi-annual meeting of the Lemko Association will be held. We hope that as many members as possible will be able to attend. At 11:00am there will …
Lemko Kermesh in Hartsdale, NY June 22nd
The Carpatho-Russian American Center is having a “Lemko Russalya” kermesh on Sunday, June 22nd, 2014, from 12 noon to 5 p.m. at Ridge Road Park, 287 Ridge Road, Hartsdale, NY. Admission is $12.00 for adults (for those 10-15 years old $5.00, under 10 years old free!) and includes hot dogs and hamburgers, kolbasy and kapusta, …
Digital files for Rusyn symbols
The Academy of Rusyn Culture in the Slovak Republic has posted a description of the Rusyn symbols approved at the Ninth World Congress of Rusyns, along with sample digital files for the Rusyn shield or coat of arms, and the Rusyn flag. Many thanks to them for making that information available! But I found that …
Losie Kermesh 2013
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 …
Oct 21st in Bridgeport: Visiting the Homeland
Are you curious what is happening in the “old country,” our ancestors’ homeland in the Carpathians? Are you interested in visiting? Or, if you have visited, are you interested in sharing your story? Lemko Association president Paul Best visited Slovakia, Ukraine, and Poland this summer. He will share photos and the impressions of what is …
The Church on Beecher Street
by Robert Klancko With some saying that the inception of a Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Seymour, Connecticut was 1921, then the year 2011 commemorates the 90th anniversary of its unofficial, yet probable founding. From the time of the planting of a seed, intermittent services, the acquisition of property, etc. three years is not an improbable …
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