American Sri Lanka Buddhist Association
Re-printed from Place Matters: A joint project of City Lore and the Municipal Art Society Sri Lankans began migrating to Staten Island in the early 1960s, but as the result of civil war and financial crisis in the 1990s, Staten Island is now home to nearly 7,000 Sri Lankans, who comprise the United States’ largest...
Ukrainian Christmas in the East Village – A Bird’s Eye View
January 7th is Christmas Day on the Julian calendar. The old calendar Christmas date, thirteen days after the Gregorian/Roman Christmas date, is observed in Ukrainian Orthodox as well as Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Churches in the United States, such as St. George’s Ukrainian Catholic Church at 30 East 7th Street in New York City’s East Village. I...
