Organization for the Defense of Lemkyvshchyna News
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…
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…
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…
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…
What is the OOL?
CLIFTON, N.J. – What is the Organization for the Defense of Lemko Western Ukraine Inc., (known by its Ukrainian acronym as OOL)? We are an…
Ethnic lemko wins precedent case over nationalized property
Last week Poland’s Supreme Administrative Court passed a precedent verdict in a case over property confiscated by the state in 1949 from Maria Hladyk, an…
