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East Side, West Side: A Day Visiting Ole Rusyn New York The Metro New Jersey/New York Chapter of the Carpatho-Rusyn Society invites all to a tour of the old Rusyn New York community on Saturday, September 20, 2003. The tour begins with a visit to the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. The Museum's 1863 tenement building is the first tenement to be designated a National Historical Landmark and will provide the visitor a perspective of the immigrant experience on Manhattan's Lower East Side, the Rusyn gateway to America. The tour continues onto St. Nicholas Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church, a Rusyn landmark on the East Side, where a buffet lunch of an all homemade Rusyn cuisine will refresh and delight the visitors. A presentation of the old Rusyn community will be made by the Church historian. A visit to the church and remembrance prayer led by the pastor completes the day. Schedule of the Program: 8:30 am -- Bus Departure from Wayne Public Library Parking Lot, 461 Valley Road, Wayne, NJ. Optional for those who do not wish to drive into New York. $15/adult, $7.50/child (Round Trip). Only a limited number of seats are available. To ensure a seat, make your reservations early. Seats will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. 10:00 am -- Lower East Side Tenement Museum Tour begins. 90 Orchard Street at Broome Street, Manhattan. $7.50/adult, $6.00/senior, $6.00/child. The duration of the tour is 1 hour 30 minutes. C-RS was able to obtain only a limited number of tickets for the tour. To ensure a ticket, make your reservations early. Tickets will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. 12:00 pm -- Bus departure from Museum to St. Nicholas Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church, 288 East 10th Street, Manhattan. 12:30 pm -- Buffet Lunch: All homemade Rusyn cuisine prepared by the master Rusyn chef, George Chobor. $13/person, $6.50/child. 1:15 pm -- Presentation: As people sip their coffees Joanne Medvecky, the church historian, relates about the old immigrant Rusyn community of New York. 2:00 pm -- Church Visit. A prayer of 'Remembrance of Our Families and Thanksgiving' led by Fr. John Beskid. 2:30 pm -- Bus departure back to Wayne, NJ for those taking the bus. More info: call (609) 882-4872 or e-mail molossia@aol.com. Reservation requests can be sent to: Jerry Chanda, 6 Bradway Avenue, Trenton, NJ 08618. Back to New Jersey Chapter Homepage
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