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Homelands series: Rusyn heritage pages
View the PDF pages from The Tribune-Democrat's August 29 edition of Homelands.
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'Church was the center of all things'
Michael Makuch’s father came to America with $36 and a few clothes. Carol Kaniuk’s grandmother liked to say she had “the dress on her back.”
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'They are a people without a country'
Sons and daughters of peasant farmers who found their way to Johnstown in the late 1800s from isolated Carpathian Mountain villages in central Europe did not have a strong sense of national identity and had little knowledge or interest in politics of their homeland.
- Carpatho-Rusyn Recipes | From "American Carpatho-Russian Cookbook"
- Identity explained
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First memories came from church | Mark Singel
It was a great honor, when I was deemed old enough, to accompany my father to “nocturnal adoration.”
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'Back to their roots' | Orthodox Christians continue traditions on holy days
Christians who share a Carpatho-Russian background hold dear many traditions surrounding the Easter and Christmas seasons. For some, Christmas is celebrated on Jan. 7 in accordance with the Julian calendar. Others celebrate on Dec. 25.
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'Our religious beliefs are in our blood'
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Descendants remember their ancestors
Like other immigrants to Johnstown in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, most Carpartho-Rusyns were here for the money.
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