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Mark Howansky
Did you know that there is a Lemko organization in the US founded in 1933? It brings together people from Lemkivshchyna and their descendants and takes various measures to preserve Lemko culture. And every 3 years, they hold their National Convention which we will have the honor to visit. This and more was discussed with…
On Saturday, November 2, we attended the 125th anniversary celebration of the Ukrainian National Association (UNA) in Morristown, N.J., a wonderfully organized event that was not only a reminder of how this organization’s origins began with Lemkos, but of the importance of continuing to preserve our community’s history. As noted in the event “playbill,” 10…
The Lemkos of southeast Poland first began migrating to Coal Country in northeast Pennsylvania in the 1870’s in search of a better life. What they often found there was grinding poverty even more difficult than what they experienced back home and the hardened attitudes of the local people who considered them little more than beasts of burden to help carry…
The Lemko Vatra in Zdynia, Poland, is considered the largest and most recognizable Lemko cultural festival worldwide. Held since 1990, this three-day festival in the Lemko region has celebrated Lemko cultural traditions with hundreds of musical and theatrical performances on stage, as well as exhibitions, contests and traditional crafts. The Lemko Vatra in Zdynia has…
2017 marked the 70th anniversary of Operation Vistula (or Akcja Wisla), the forced resettlement by the Polish communist government of the Ukrainian minority from the southeastern provinces of post-war Poland, to the so-called Recovered Territories in the west of the country. During this program, over 140,000 ethnic Ukrainians were uprooted from their ancestral lands in…
This year marks the 70th anniversary of Operation Vistula (or Akcja “Wisła”), the forced resettlement by the Polish communist government of the Ukrainian minority from the south-eastern provinces of post-war Poland, to the so-called Recovered Territories in the west of the country. During this program, over 140,000 ethnic Ukrainians were uprooted from their ancestral lands…
У Львові завершився VI Конгрес Світової Федерації Українських Лемківських Об’єднань (СФУЛО). Відкриття розпочалось виконанням Державного Гімну України, Гімну лемків та спільною молитвою. У його роботі взяли участь представники обласної та міської влади, делегації з шести країн світу та керівництво Світової Федерації Українських Лемківських Об’єднань. Делегати Конгресу представляли наступні українські лемківські громади: Організація Оборони Лемківщини (США),…
Most of you have heard of the Ukrainian National Association, (the UNA). After all, it operates Soyuzivka; it publishes the Ukrainian language newspaper “Svoboda” and the English language “The Ukrainian Weekly”. However, what is it, and what does it have to do with the Lemkos? The Ukrainian National Association remains, 113 years after its establishment…