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 …
The Carpathian Institute has collaborated with the choir of Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church, Windber, Pennsylvania, to re-release a classic Christmas recording on CD. “Christmas Hymns of the Carpatho-Russian People” includes many favorite and some lesser-known Carpatho-Rusyn Christmas carols. The price of $15 ($12 for Lemko Association members ordering on the member discount page) …
The Lemko Association once again invites all members and friends to a day of remembrance and fellowship on Saturday, August 1st (rain date Saturday, August 8th), at our headquarters, 184 Old County Road, Higganum, Connecticut. At 11:00 am there will be a moleben (prayer service) and panakhida (service for the deceased) for those who lost …
Our friends at the CRA Center (Lemko Hall) invite everyone to a Lemko Russalya Picnic on Sunday, June 21st, 2015 at Ridge Road Park, 287 Ridge Road in Hartsdale, NY. Admission ($15.00 for 16 and over, $5.00 for ages 10-15, under 10 free) includes hamburgers, hot dogs, kolbasy, kapusta, salad, and dessert, plus beer, wine, …
Where does Nikola Tesla’s extended family live? Did the prime minister of Albania ever come to Connecticut? What effect did Remington Arms, Colt Manufacturing, and Winchester Repeating Arms have on our Lemko and Rusyn communities? Where was the first “hufli” in the United States held? How many Eastern Orthodox churches are there in Connecticut? Oriental Orthodox? …
A brand-new documentary film by John Righetti and Maria Silvestri about the internment of Lemkos in the first concentration camp in Europe is now available on YouTube. A must-see for all Lemkos and anyone interested in the Lemko Region and broader Galicia.
It was the grand experiment in a European state: corralling its own citizens, viewing them as a threat. It had never been done before. There were no rules. People arrested, interned with no charges, hungry, sick, dying– because of who they were. A generation before Auschwitz! The first showing of the documentary film “Changed by …
To all our members and friends, Merry Christmas! Христос Раждається! Славіте Єго!
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