His dad was jewish, his mom from Humenne, Slovakia. She was a Roman Catholic __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam?...
Thanks. I have a friend who wants to purchase some publications. The friend is elderly and prefers to call - doesn't like the chore or writing letters and...
... ****** One website has that she later became a Christian Scientist: http://www.nndb.com/people/804/000022738/ Paul Newman is the son of a Slovak woman,...
Another memorable track is the "Kontakion" from the Kievan Russian Orthodox Requiem Liturgy. This hymn is emotionally moving in every Eastern Orthodox funeral...
In a message dated 6/1/05 10:06:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Do we know for sure that she was Roman Catholic? There are Rusyn Fec[h]kos in my family....
Hi All: This is a special anniversary day for me. It's the 100th anniversary of my grandmother, Efrosenia Smarz Yurkowsky, leaving the port of Bremen for the...
... Really good point Marlene. I once met a lady who was adamant about being, and always having been Roman Catholic, even though she was aware of Greek...
C-RRC does have a web presence: All their current sales items (and it is an up-to-date list) are posted at http://www.rusynmedia.org/Links/C-RRC/index.html And...
Hello Mary Jean, ... ************ Are the Hodors from the same area (Michalovce)? The following website offers that Hodor is a variant of Chodor, a vernacular...
Hi: The Hodors are from Jablon near Humenne. Of course, they speak the dialect of East Slovakia--which is think would be po sarisky, the Presov area and the ...
... We don't know for sure...don't trust anything found on websites ;-) But, since Humenne was practically all Slovak, it's a good chance that she was indeed...
In a message dated 6/2/05 4:28:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Thanks Lavrentiy. I have never been there and as far as I know I have no relatives there but my...
Greetings, I am new to this group. I joined hoping to learn more about the region and culture that my family came from in the late 1800's. I have several...
... ********** Hello Mary, Rusnak and Slovak customs are quite distinctive. Can you descibe some of the Easter and Chrsitmas customs of your family and we'll ...
Colored Easter eggs, paska, (a rich bread), siretz, (a kind of cheese made with eggs and milk-delicious) the Saturday afternoon blessing, Sunday Easter ...
From: RISU.org.ua Istanbul Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople does not recognize the self-proclaimed religious organizations of Ukraine (example, the ...
In a message dated 6/2/2005 4:43:27 PM Pacific Standard Time, MJHodor@... writes: My grandmother Sofranik's maiden name was Ferencak, My grandfather's name...
Christmas Eve was a strict fast day in the Eastern Christian (Greek Catholic/Orthodox) tradition. Therefore, butter would not have been used in a traditional...
My family is all Rusyn on both sides. They both come from the Presov area. I have never heard the term "siretz" in my life. We had 3 kinds of soup on Christmas...
In a message dated 6/2/05 7:54:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... The town in Pennsylvania that my mother's family emigrated to, had several families of...
In a message dated 6/2/05 7:54:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... I never have heard of oplatky. Marlene [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
In a message dated 6/2/05 9:36:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, nsrevak@... ... Why Rusyn "No?" Marlene [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Sirecz (sirets or sirec) is an alternate name for hrudka. http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/customs/easter.htm "metana" sounds the Rusyn word "smetanka," meaning...
If we're talking pre-1918, Humenne was a town where if Rusyns lived, they would likely have been residential domestic servants from a village outside the town....
