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18.07.2026 – SATURDAY

10:30 Commemoration of the victims of Operation Vistula and those fallen during the war in Ukraine (at the Memorial Site)

  • Lemkowyna – song and dance ensemble; Lviv (Ukraine)

11:00 Welcome ceremony of the 44. Celebration of Lemko Culture

  • Kyczera – song and dance ensemble; Legnica (Poland)
  • Presentation of the “Faithful to the Ancestors” Awards

12:30 V ridnym seli i viter ne studenyj

  • Kyczera – song and dance ensemble; Legnica (Poland)
  • Zoria – choir; Uście Gorlickie (Poland)
  • Svidnícki heligonkári – Male Folklore Ensemble; Svidník (Slovakia)
  • Lemkowyna – song and dance ensemble; Lviv (Ukraine)
  • Kalina – vocal group; Stropkov (Slovakia)
  • Karpaťanin – song and dance ensemble; Prešov (Slovakia)
  • Kalina – vocal group; Stropkov (Slovakia)

16:00 Pid svojim porohom ne budeš vorohom

  • Dumka – song and dance ensemble of the Ukrainian School Complex; Górowo Iławeckie (Poland)
  • Bawnycia – children’s dance ensemble; Zymna Voda (Ukraine)
  • Lemkiwskyj Perstenyk – song and dance ensemble; Gorlice (Poland)
  • Witrohon – folk dance ensemble; Biały Bór (Poland)

18:00 Lipša svoja chata jak czuža palata

  • YOSYFOVYCH LIVE – new authentic music; (Ukraina)
  • Werchowyna – traditional music ensemble; Warszawa (Poland)

20:00 Muzyka bez basiv, jak kupec bez hrošiv

  • Haydamaky –  folk-rock band; Kyiv (Ukraine)
  • Nadija – folk-rock band; Leszno Górne (Poland)
  • EtnoGen – ethno-fusion band; Kyiv (Ukraine)

SPACE OF WORDS

13:00 “Romengri Lemkiwścina – Romani Lemkivshchyna” Panel discussion: Adam Bartosz, Monika Szewczyk, Wojciech Wesołkin. Moderator: Bohdan Huk
15:00 “Conflict, Victims, Memory. Poles and Ukrainians during the Second World War and the early postwar years – contemporary reflections of a historian” A conversation with prof. dr hab. Ihor Hałagida, moderated by dr. Olga Kich-Maslej and Oksana Zatorska.
17:00 “The History of the Lemkos from the Middle Ages to the Present Day” Second Expanded Edition. Author Meeting with Prof. dr hab. Bohdan Halczak. Moderator: Dr Ihor Ksenicz

MEETINGS IN THE CHYŻA

13:30 “Preselyly Nas Musovo. Letters of Lemkos from 1947–1948” Author meeting with Jerzy Starzyński. Moderator: Dr Hab. Światosław Gal
15:00 “The American Lemko Association. Politics and Polemic Writing” Lecture by Prof. Dr Hab. Jarosław Moklak. Moderator: Dr Hab. Światosław Gal
16:00 „The Lemko Kryvulka from the Komańcza Region – National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage” Participants: Anna Dobrowolska, dr Robert Andrzej Dul. Moderator: Mariana Kril

VATRA FOR THE LITTLE ONES

14:00 – Quilling – Tetiana Yanbukova
16:00 – Postcard from the Vatra – Tetiana Yanbukova

WORKSHOP AREA

13:00 – Lemko Easter Eggs – Halyna Danylo-Kudlak
14:30 – Clay Modelling – Tetiana Gombitova
16:00 – Lemko Kryvulka Beadwork – Krystyna Janawa

LEMKO SPARTAKIAD

13:00-17:00 Chess Tournament
17:00-17:30 Award Ceremony – Chess Tournament
13:30-17:30 Volleyball Tournament
17:30-18:00 Award Ceremony – Volleyball Tournament
14:00-16:00 Field Game: “Find Yourself at the Vatra”
16:00-16:30 Announcement of the Field Game Results