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We are delighted to present you with the newest issue of “Lemkivshchyna” magazine.
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The Organization for the Defense of Lemkivshchyna (OOL) is offering scholarship awards for the 2024-2025 academic year. Successful applicants will each receive a scholarship of $500. To qualify you must meet the following requirements: Be of Lemko ancestry. Be enrolled…
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Stamford, CT, USA – This past Saturday, October 28, the Organization for the Defense of Lemkivshchyna (Orhanizatsiia Oborony Lemkivshchyny, OOL) held its 32nd National Convention on the grounds of Saint Basil Seminary and the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford. This…
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Dear Friends We are delighted to present you with the newest issue of “Lemkivshchyna” magazine. This electronic issue continues the rich legacy of over 40 years of the printed publication, highlighting Lemko culture and art, national traditions, history, memoirs, and…
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On March 17th, 2023 OOL Branch #2 hosted a “Talk by Father Ivan Kaszczak about Lemkivshchyna as a Source for the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in America”. Below is a video of that talk.
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We are delighted to present you with the newest issue of “Lemkivshchyna” magazine. This electronic issue continues the rich legacy of over 40 years of the printed publication, highlighting Lemko culture and art, national traditions, history, memoirs, and the organizational life…
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The SFULO held its 7th International Congress from August 20 to 22 in Serbia. They elected a new president and presidium and more.
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We are proud to announce the commencement of the second annual OOL College Scholarship competition. Below please find instructions for applying by the deadline of July 1, 2022. Please click here for the application.
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Dear Friends
We are delighted to present you with the newest issue of Lemkivshchyna magazine. This electronic issue continues the rich legacy of over 40 years of the printed publication, highlighting Lemko culture and art, national traditions, history, memoirs, and…
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OOL is in direct contact with our sister organizations in Europe who provide housing, food, medicine, clothing and financial assistance to Ukrainian refugees.
We collect funds to support these specific efforts and transfer them directly to people…
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For many years, OOL has been supporting The Embroidered Icons Museum of Rev. Dr. Dmytro Blazejowskyj, located in Lviv, Ukraine. In honor of the 10th anniversary of Fr. Blazejowskyj’s death (1910-2011), Father Ihor Kovalchuk traveled from Ukraine to Chicago to…
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Happy Holidays! In the spirit of traditional Christmas Caroling, OOL would like to share with you its “Virtual Koliada” — a 20 minute fundraising video (in Ukrainian with English subtitles). Please enjoy these carols, poems, and many blessings from our…
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OOL held its Scholarship Award Ceremony on December 12, 2021 in Yonkers, NY. The eight recipients of the OOL Scholarship were: Brianna Chalupa; Kalyna Kuzemczak; Natalia Kuzmiak; Juliana Paslawsky; Julia Pelesz; Sophia Priatka; Lukian Tomaszewsky; and Patricia Wasiczko. The…