Belarusian Youth Movement in America

March 21, Highland Park, New Jersey

This year Freedom Day celebration started with holiday Mass in the Church of Zhirovichi Mother of God in Highland Park, NJ. The priest of the Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Father Zinovi observed in his speech: ”Freedom day falls on the Great Lent. We must remember how we obtained our independence for Belarus. To remember this day and to celebrate it is to pay our tribute to our heroic forefathers who procured a gift of independence in centenary struggle”.

Holiday Mass in the Church of Zhirovichi Mother of God

March 21, New Brunswick, New Jersey
    
In about an hour after the Mass approximately a hundred Belarusians gathered in Hyatt Regency Hotel to celebrate the greatest national holiday Freedom Day.

The saturated holiday program was opened by chairmen of New York and New Jersey branches of the Belarusian-American association Vital Zajka and Jurka Azarka.

Chairman of New Jersey branch of the Belarusian- American Association (BAZA) Jurka Azarka opened the celebration with holiday speech

Priest of the Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Father Zinovi

Chairman of New York branch of the Belarusian- American Association (BAZA) Vital Zajka

Chairman of the Belarusian Institute of Arts and Sciences Vitaut Kipel  

Well-known Belarusian artist and sculptor Ales Shaternik

Approving a resolution

Ales Kazak and Valiantsina Parkhomenka

Volha Kazak (OLYIA)

Siarzhuk Sokalau-Vojush

Famous Belarusian family trio: Ales Kazak, Valiantsina Parkhomenka and Volha Kazak (OLYIA)

Holiday Exhibition of Belarusian artists organized by the Belarusian Museum in New York

Freedom Day is a festive occasion for American Belarusians

March 25, Winfield, Kansas

Nadzieja Syguchova a teacher of Southwestern College gave an open lecture to the college students at Southwestern College, Winfield, KS, a lecture dedicated to the 92nd anniversary of the Belarusian Democratic Republic (BNR).

South-Western College. The white-red-white flag among the other official country flags

Nadzeya Sychugova is among American students  (forth from the right in the first row)

March 27, New York City

About 50 Belarusians from Florida, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York gathered together to celebrate Freedom Day and took part in a holiday picket in front of the building of UN headquarters. The event was organized by the Belarusian Youth Movement in America.

Singing our national Belarusian anthem

Freedom Day in NYC with faith and hope for the better future of Belarus

March 28 San-Francisco, California

Freedom Day was also celebrated in sunny California.

Celebrating Freedom Day with Ukrainian and French friends in Dolores Park.

Belarusians of San Francisco were dressed in national costumes, sang Belarusian songs (poems of Bagdanovich, song of Danchyk, Krambambulia and Lapis Trubetskoy), treated themselves to delicious Belarusian dishes and had a great time celebrating Freedom Day.

Happy Freedom Day, Dear Friends!