Lemko ABC, or meetings with ambassadors of the Lemko world — invitation
We invite you to the 3rd edition of popular science meetings, which aim to familiarize the inhabitants of the Lemko region and the Lemkos arriving before the 43rd Festival of Lemko Culture — Lemko Watra in Zdynia, who the Lemkos are.
Once again, we will have special guests with us:
- Anna Barnat Ph.D — Ph.D of social sciences, director of the Lemko Watra in Zdynia;
- Fr. Jarosław Czuchta — rector of the parish of St. Michael the Archangel parish in Wysowa-Zdrój, caretaker of the chapel of the Protection of the Mother of God on Mount Jawor;
- Ivan Čižmar — ethnographer, archivist, folklorist, cultural activist,, musician and singer from Svidnik (Slovakia);
- Grzegorz Suchanicz MA — Deputy-chairman of the Lemko Union.
We will also host Areta T. Fedak and her exhibition.
Program of events
JULY 16, 2025
WEDNESDAY, 4.00 P.M
The phenomenon of Mount Jawor — on the hundredth anniversary of the apparitions
Ambassador: Fr. Jarosław Czuchta
Moderator: Dr. Anna Barnat
JULY 16, 2025
WEDNESDAY, 5.30 P.M
Rusyn tradition in a nutshell P.M — on the ritual calendar
Ambassador: Ivan Čižmar
Moderator: Grzegorz Suchanicz
JULY 17, 2025
THURSDAY, 6.00 P.M
Exhibition “Palimpsest” — symbols and graphic signs — action “Wisła” and Jaworzno
Author: Areta T. Fedak
