New York Plast celebrates feast day of St. Nicholas

NEW YORK – Saturday, December 19, marked the feast day of St. Nicholas according to the Julian calendar, and the New York Branch of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization celebrated “Sviato Mykolaya” with a children’s play organized by head counselors Dianna Shmerykowsky and Ostap Gladun, and directed by Ivan Makar. “Ptashata,” the youngest, 5-year old members of Plast, “novatstvo” (cub scouts age 6-11) and “yunatstvo” (scouts age 11-18) participated in an enchanting story about a young girl who had to decide between good and evil. The first scene began with the sprinkling of snowflakes, and the Ptashata danced a short dance choreographed by counselor Chrystia Gorski-Makar. Seen above are “Ptashata” who played the roles of snowflakes in the play “Eve of St. Nicholas”: (front row, from left) Sofiya Mato, Marta Rak, Zoryana Popadynew, Nicolas Mychalczak, (back row) Karina Decherytsia, Lev Ferencevych, Taras Rusynyak, Martin Pedragosa, Alexa Chwyl and Boyan Makar. (Anna Hlum is missing from the photo.)

NEW YORK – Saturday, December 19, marked the feast day of St. Nicholas according to the Julian calendar, and the New York Branch of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization celebrated “Sviato Mykolaya” with a children’s play organized by head counselors Dianna Shmerykowsky and Ostap Gladun, and directed by Ivan Makar. “Ptashata,” the youngest, 5-year old members … Continue reading New York Plast celebrates feast day of St. Nicholas

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