First, Stopya and his daughter Karena outside the church. Stopya is married to Tanya Hoidra's daughter Olga. This would make Karena the Great-great-grand-daughter of my grandmother's sister.
Lots of food at the party:
Radishes, onions, peppers, tomatoes, salads
Vodka, cognac, wine, champagne, apple juice
Various cheeses
Pickled herring
Cheese filled lavazh bread
Stuffed mushrooms
Some sort of past balls
Roast pork
Spongy white bread, to be served and eaten with a mushroom gravy
Pastries for desert
The ever-present espresso
People;
Misha's father, Ivan
Misha's wife, Miraslava, showing her neighbor Magda an icon made by her brother Lyubomir, standing by
The icon of St. Michael the Archangel painted by Lyubomir
Ivan, Lyubomir's wife, nephew also named Lyubomir, Miraslava, & Misha holding Lyubomir's baby son, Adrian
Katya's godfather Roma, seated between his wife Sveta and Klara. Roma was in America 15 years ago, advising City of Portland on Recycling. Today he either owns or manages several flour mills and pasta plants.
Ivan, Lyubomir, his wife, & Miraslava
Magda Rusyn, Pani Liza, Father Mihail Banik, me, Miraslava's sister Ludmila (Fr. Banick's daughter)
Miraslava's brother Lyubomir and son Adrian, his wife, Miraslava's neice Natalya (3rd yr. University student majoring in Economics), and Misha
Ivan, Lyubomir, son Adrian, wife, Miraslava's neice Natalya, Misha
Roma's family: son Bohdan, younger son, wife Sveta, with god-daughter Katya
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