My Didi was born in Brody. He came to Providence, Rhode Island in 1907 . He was a founding member of St. John’s Church . I remember him visiting every Easter with hard boiled eggs and proclaiming: “He has risen!”. He lived to be 94. I loved him.

My paternal grandparents were Rusyns. Not knowing them or growing up in their community I did not know much of what I learned from you. Thank you John.

My grandfather was Carpatho Rusyn from Mezo Laborcz. Thank you for the information, I will never look at a spider in the same way again!

@AngiBlehi

3 жыл бұрын

I'm a 2nd gen Rus with my grandfather coming from Mezolaborcz also! Do you know much about your family heritage? I know very little so I'm grateful for videos like this.

@vartanolesko5799

Жыл бұрын

@@AngiBlehi it is spelled Medzilaborce correctly

Fascinating! My grandfather was from Jakubany Slovakia and my grandmother from Leszczawa Dolna Poland.

Thank You John! Nice to learn about my past! I am a 3rd generation Hungarian / Ruysn!

I always wondered why my dad liked horseradish and beets!

So much my apo told me but more! Maybe why I love spiders. 😊 My family did very basic pysanki with a pinhead and put in a whittled piece of wood,but very beautiful patterns. Love this teaching and hope you'll make more.

Thank you so much for sharing! I am a second-generation Slovakian/Rusyn and I love learning about my heritage!

@cynthiaweibel6775

4 жыл бұрын

Extremely Interesting. Though I m not of this ethnicity. I always wondered this stuff. It's hard, though, to remember it, after the video is over with.

Thank you, John. Your talk brought back fond memories of my childhood, because it was only at Easter that we experienced some of the Rusyn culture. Otherwise, since it was only my grandfather who was Rusyn and even though I bear the name (Havrilla), my siblings and I were absorbed into just an "American" culture and are now part of the Latin tradition of the Catholic Church.

Love this video. Mr Righetti is a great presenter. Thanks . Dorothy

Wonderful and very informative video. Thanks John!

That was a wonderful & informative video. I remember all the traditions that my family had at Easter. This was a great video to watch as I am about to prepare my Easter basket this year. My closest family members are now gone but I’m here to help preserve the traditions that I grew up with. Thanks again.

Thank you , John. This was a most informative video of the Carpatho-Rusyn customs and culture. I am saving it to send to my relatives.

I'm so proud of you !!!

Thanks John! Excellent and informative presentation.

Thank You John!!!!

What a wonderful presentation!!

This was great, I have to send it around to my relatives.

Hello John, as usual and not unexpected at all, an excellent job...well done.

Good job John -- Ambridge here !!

Excellent presentation that brought back memories. My mother's teardrop psyanky were beautiful. Lucky me, I also know the art of decorative eggs.

I live in a part of Burgerland with a sizeable Rusyn population. I'm a Protestant Christian from a church with a very strong ethnic identity (British Isles) and I'm fascinated by other ethno-religious communities.

Great work! Loved this!

Just another example of the crazy things humans believe and worship. Well done. We're all raised to believe the crazy. And most continue. Спасибо.

You seem like very nice people!

Very engaging content

@elizabethdiles96

4 жыл бұрын

Hello Brynne, I also am a Sekerak, my ancestral village is Blazhov. Sound familiar?

@brynnesekerak256

4 жыл бұрын

@@elizabethdiles96 Hi! Mine in Bajerovce, in Slovakia. What country is yours in?

@maryannsivak6337

4 жыл бұрын

Bajerovce are near Blazov :)

@brynnesekerak256

4 жыл бұрын

@@maryannsivak6337 That's awesome! Were there many Sekerak's in Blazhov?

My Rusyn family lived in Pittsburg, 1916 (glasport) last name Lanyi. So cool. I have a spider tattoo!!!

@alexpaul6054

Жыл бұрын

See the movie " Deer Hunter" at the beginning. Your ppl

@venessamaxwell8105

Жыл бұрын

@@alexpaul6054 tha is. I hope they were paid well. The Lanyi brothers from the town now named Dohve (Dolha), specifically came to Pittsburgh for that work. They lived in Glassport. Times were hard. I thank them for their tenacity and commitment. They arrive in 1919 @ Ellis island. I bought a brick with their names and date. My plan is to visit Dohve, Zacarpathia. I finally located the town. It was a short elation, as the town is in Ukraine. SW and no bombing, but still😩 the town has such an old history and so many governments have named it their own. Putin can drop dead anytime now BTW

Great Video, I had always wondered why we had all those pussy willows every year. My great grandparents were from Uzhorod (Ungvar). and Hutta, Ung County.

Random thing: anybody know where this pronunciation of kielbasa comes from? It’s how my family and I have always said it but I’ve never heard anyone else say it that way

@CarpathoRusynSociety

4 жыл бұрын

I believe John's family is from a Rusyn village in Slovakia. Obviously the pronunciation changes from place to place. He may have also been influenced growing up in western Pennsylvania.

@mhharrison665

4 жыл бұрын

Carpatho-Rusyn Society Ah, that makes sense. My Grandfather is from western PA.

Горіла сосна палала, під ній дівчина стояла під ній дівчина стояла😉

Why did some random phone number text me this...

Rusyn its ancient name of ukrainians. Rusyns came to Transcarpathia from all the west Ukraine.

@maryanns2868

4 жыл бұрын

Why don't you try reading a history book that was not printed in Ukraine.

@spacenomoe

4 жыл бұрын

@@maryanns2868 Here you go. A book printed in New York in 1917. Read it, if you can read ukrainian. diasporiana.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/books/16912/file.pdf

@maryanns2868

4 жыл бұрын

Ukrainian groups writing about the Ukraine don't count. They are not objective.

@spacenomoe

4 жыл бұрын

@@maryanns2868 Author calls citizens of Ukraine a rusyns. Such books its a live testimony that rusyns its ancient name of ukrainians. I have a lot of such proves. And how many do you have?

@36karpatoruski

4 жыл бұрын

Rusyns are the descendants of the White Croats that migrated north into trans-Carpathia 1200-1500 years ago. They are an ethnically distinct but stateless stateless eastern slavic group with a codified unique language. They are recognized as a unique and distinct group by every country on earth except Ukraine. Interesting how Ukrainians so strongly object to being called little Russians, yet are so stubbornly ignorant on this. There are many peoples that one time called a place called Kievan Rus' home. Ukrainians are but one of them, and current day Ukraine is but a small fraction of that territory.