© Т Love You Lemkovina, МУ Beloved Mother! Ni RPATSKA Li YONKERS ,NEW YORK FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1989 №.50 . 50 + EDITORIAL Poetry reading at "Vatra" = - OUR GOALS FOR 1990 Lemko News From people's festival,July 1988, The Press Fund of the Karpatska Rus Bortne,Poland. Karpathians Ч begins with the coming of the New Year and the Christmas season. ~~ It must be said that the publication of our newspaper entails many expenses. The Я "salaries" of our workers are not the maximum cost involved here. The cost of printing the newspaper, the paper itself, as well as postage for the weekly mailing of the newspaper make up the greatest cost of its publication. Subscription renewals cover only one-half of these costs. We must all know that without contributions to our Press Fund it will be difficult for us to continue publication of our newspaper. Is this what we want? Our newspaper, Karpatska Rus, is the heart of the Lemko Association. It gives us news of Lemkos in the U.S. and Canada, as well as of our brothers and sisters in Гепфутпа. We must all think of how we personally can help to continue publication of our newspaper and how we can Help our organization. Let us all work together to FOLK FESTIVAL IN UBLI foretold that "the people who walked in make our Press Fund Campaign a darkness, will see a great light. To them successful one. A warm sunny day, over 2500 spectators, who lived in the region of the shadow of Dear readers of Karpatska Rus and entertainment provided by folkloric death, light is risen...For a Child is born to Lemko Association members, let us work collectives and groups, good atmostphere-- us, and a Son is given to us" (Isaiah 9:2,6). for our organization. Let us become $100 all of this is characteristic of a regional The saving mystery of God Appearile in donors to our newspaper and look for new festival of peace, culture and sport which is the flesh was accomplished, and unto the readers. Let us all strive to make the 1990 held annual at the beginning of July in the Press Fund Campaign a successful one and village of Ubli in the Gumenne region of world a great он shone, the true Light - meet the goal of $2500. the Russian Carpathians in eodore Rudawsky Czechoslovakia. Christ our God (John 1:4-5;8:12,9:5). General Sec’y. The Nativity of Christ, according to St. Many delegations from various regions of Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow, Czechoslovakia gathered together to communicated to the people NEW GENERAL SECRETARY participate in the festival. NAMED "understanding of God, and one’s self, and In the early par) of the day there were urpose of life" (Talk by St. Tikhon on soccer games held between teams from We are happy to announce that at the ecember 25, 190 } Ubli, Ulich and other areas of the After the birth of Jesus Christ, the world last meetin ihe Central Committee, Carpathians. The cultural program was Theodore Rudawsky was unanimously learned quickly of the Divine Infant’s enriched by the participation of the Lemko Incarnation: on that Christmas night, an elected General Secretary of the Lemko group Lemkivchanka from Zarechev and Association. Angel of the Lord announced to the the dancers and chorus of the Dukla folk Bethlehem shepherds the "great doy which John Adamiak, Honorary Lifetime ensemble from Pryashev. President and Honorary Lifetime Central shall be to all the people; for today in the Committee member, who was filling in as що of David the Savior has been born, о is Christ the Lord" (Luke 2:10-11). acting General Secretary was relieved of CHRISTMAS MESSAGE of the Most his duties. Best wishes to Theodore The shepherds came to the cave Reverend Clement, Archbishop of indicated by the Angel, saw Mary, Joseph Rudawsky in his new position from all Serpukhov, Administrator of the members of the Central Committee. the Betrothed, and the Infant lying in the Patriarchal Parishes in the U.S. ші (Luke 2:16). "Though He was by image God," our i. /"Let heaven and earth today rejoice Lord Jesus Christ by His perfect love to His prophetically, arg and men spiritually creation - man, in order to grant eternal celebrate: For God had appeared in the life, "took the form of a slave, being made flesh..." (Sticheron at Nativity Litia)/ like unto men, and appearing in the form as man" (Phil. 2: 6-7). The Holy Orthodox Church today ‚ Beloved in the Lord fathers, brothers and lorifies the Nativity of our Lord God and sisters! During these especially blessed The Executive Board, Central Committee avior Jesus Christ, Who for the sake of days, I felicitate all of you from my whole and Editorial Board of the Karpatska Rus mankind, and for our "salvation came down heart with the great, saving and most send Christmas Greetings and a wish for a from heaven, and was incarnate of the Holy ЕН Feast of Christ’s Nativity and the happy, healthy and peaceful 1990 New Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became ew Year. I hope that the sacred angelic man" (The Creed). hymn will always resound penetratingly The time determined by God was within our hearts, glorifying the Divine Year to all members and friends of the fulfilled, in order to prepare people for the Lemko Association. Infant Christ, the kingdom of peace on coming into the world of the Lord Jesus earth and good will in peoples: "Glory to Greetings to our family, friends, Lemko Christ, to redeem the race of man, and to God in the highest, and on earth peace Association members and readers of the reconcile man with God. among men of good will." Karpatska Rus for a Merry Christmas and The wondrous and sacred Divine "The grace of God has appeared, offering a Happy and healthy New Year. Incarnation event was accomplished in salvation to all men, instructing us to et Alexander Herenchak and family order to renew and sanctify the nature of godless ways and worldly desires, to live mankind, the bond lost with God in its temperately, justly and piously in this age, original created well-being. awaiting blessed hope and the glorious We wish all Lemko Association members [he great seer of Gods Will, Prophet coming of our great God and Savior Jesus and friends a Joyous Holiday Season and Isaiah, contemplating the coming into the Christ” (Titus 2:11-13). much good health and happiness for 1990. world of the Son of God, Christ the Savior, < : Nancy and John Porada for many centuries before His birth, (Continued on pg.2) РАСЕ 2 KARPATSKA RUS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1989 Pisosom Христовым | Новым Роком! CHRISTMAS MESSAGE tain, the side facing it drop ping almost horizontally. It seems formed by dozens of springs jutting noisily out "Clothe yourselves...beloved, as God’s of the snow white chalk bed. chosen ones, with mercy, kindness, Ringing streams are running humility, meekness, patience...love, bear one another, forgive one another..." (Collos down into the lake from the ad 3:12-14). : jacent hills. In summer and "In celebrating this joyous event, bring winter alike, the temperature into our life the ‘Light of Knowledge of the water does not rise appearing as a star, guiding us to Christ," higher or lower than 4° C. The St. Tikhon teaches us (Talk by St. Tikhon, water tastes nice and the lake Patriarch of Moscow, December 25, 1905). proves immune even to the sever The passing year brought many joys here est ОГ frosts: and for the faithful of our Church in the How old is this mysterious Soviet Union. Daily we hear new joyous lake--a hundred, five hundred, communications about those favorable or maybe a thousand years? No developments, which society is going one knows, through over there, and the revitalization is for neither histori reflected in church life. Thousands of Orthodox temples and tens of monasteries cal documents nor even folk nar were opened in 1989, new seminaries and rations have reached our time spiritual institutions accepted within their to answer this question. It walls hundreds of young people to prepare is known, hosever, that the near them for service in the Church. In society, by hills secrete deposits of once again the holy places acquire spiritual chalk under layers of earth and significance, where not so long ago there teft from prehistoric. = ltiis was desolation. In October of this passing just possible that, somewhere, year, during celebrations in Moscow under a gigantic chalk stratum, commemorating the 400th Anniversary of there is a sea or perhaps some the Establishment of the Patriarchate in ~ CHRIST IS BORN! | inexhaustible source of arte- our Church, St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Bishop Adam,Bishop of sian water feeding this magic Moscow, was added to the choir of saints, a Lemkovina lake. name dear to us, for he was a luminary of This "chalk well" is one of this continent, and was an organizer of the Orthodox Church here. During the period НСО to all branch members іп the the most unique and scenic of his pontificate as Patriarch, he strove to irst District, to the readers of the spots in Ukrainian Polissya. ево Church unity, the unity which we Karpatska Rus and to all our Lemko Presently, it has been placed ave with our Mother Church to this day. brothers and sisters. under State protection as a Theodore Rudawsky,First District rare hydrologic site. All of this brings us great spiritual joy. Organizer In the festive enthusiasm of the soul we will pray the Born Lord to bestow upon us The KARPATY CHORUS sends best KOROLEVO: STMPLE "SECRETS OF and our entire Church in the New Year His -wishes for Christmas and a Happy, Healthy many new mercies, spiritual fortitude, and РКО5РЕКІТУ bodily strength.