PHILADELPHIA – It was back on September 9, 1933, that a small group of immigrants gathered on 13th Street in New York City with the goal of providing material and moral support to their homeland: Lemkivshchyna, or the Lemko region, a Ukrainian ethnographic area in southeastern Poland. They elected a committee, began activities such as…
Many thanks to Ivan and Anna Yavorsky and Basia Barna Andrushko from OOL Branch # 6 for organizing the OOL Information Session in Philadelphia, PA on April 22, 2018 conducted by OOL National Board members Mark Howansky and Toma Pyz after the book presentation of Ukrainian Catholic University Rector, Father Bogdan Prach Lemko organization reinvigorating…
President Mark Howansky provided information about the Organization for the Defense of Lemkivshchyna (OOL) including history, current activities and how to get more involved.