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The 10th jubilee Lemko Vatra occurred on July 3rd-4th 2010 in Ellenville (New York). Here gathered representatives of several lemko generations from the United States, Ukraine, Poland and Canada. They…

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Nov 2009

Past OOL Events

28th National Convention of the Organization for the Defense of Lemkivshchyna

On November 7, 2009, the National Home in Passaic, NJ was decorated festively. It was here that the 28th National Convention of the Organization for the Defense of Lemkivshchyna (OOL)…

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Aug 2008

Past OOL Events

Special Year for Lemko-Ukrainian Organization’s Annual Festival

Three generations of Lemkynia: Melan ia Lozyniak (in front), Diana Howansky, Mary Howansky, Lena Howansky (in back).Since the beginning of 2007, in cities throughout the tri-state area, the Organization for the…

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Jul 2008

Past OOL Events

8th Annual Lemko Vatra in USA

The bonfire at the traditional “Lemko Vatra in the U.S.A.” festival burned for the eighth year in a row, from July 4-6, 2008 at the resort of the Ukrainian Youth…

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May 2008

Past OOL Events

President of ODLWU Z. Halkowycz meets with SFULO President V. Ropeckyi in Lviv

While visiting Lviv in May on a private matter, I telephoned Mr. Volodymyr Ropeckyi and Mr. Olexander Venhrynovych to extend my respects, and requested a meeting with both gentlemen. I…

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Jul 2007

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Ukrainian President opens festival in Poland

President Victor Yushchenko and First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko on Saturday attended a ceremony to open the 25th festival Lemkiwska Watra (Lemko Bonfire) in the Polish city of Gdynia . “I…

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Jun 2006

Past OOL Events

Lemko Culture Celebrated at 6th “Vatra” in USA

The Organization for the Defense of Lemkivshchyna (OOL) in the USA. conducted its festival, called the “ Lemkivska Vatra ,” for the sixth year in a row, from June 23-26,…

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Jun 2005

Past OOL Events

Newly-constructed Lemko Chapel Blessed during 5th Annual Lemko Vatra

The annual “Lemko Vatra” in the U.S.A. blazed for the fifth year in a row from June 24-26, 2005 at the resort of the Ukrainian Youth Organization, Inc. (CYM) in…

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Jul 2004

Past OOL Events

Fourth annual Lemko Vatra in U.S. shows off culture of Lemkivschyna

ELLENVILLE, N.Y. - Only one member of the Ukrainian Canadian quartet Metelytsya has Lemko roots, but that did not stop the group from singing Lemko folk songs with the rest…

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Jun 2004

Past OOL Events

What is the OOL?

What is the Organization for the Defense of Lemko Western Ukraine Inc.? We are an organization of Ukrainian Lemkos who came to America in the early 1900s and settled in…

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