100th ANNIVERSARY
Polonia in Cleveland is organizing two grand events to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Poland regaining its Independence. One is the banquet on Saturday, November 3, and the second is a historic-artistic performance on Sunday, November 11 at Cleveland State University Theater. We hope that you will join us in this celebration by attending […]
Polish Minister CLE Visit and Trail of Hope Exhibit
Polish Minister Anna Maria Anders Cleveland Visit And the Trail of Hope Exhibit The Republic of Poland’s Secretary of State will visit Cleveland, Ohio to commemorate her father through the traveling Trail of Hope Exhibit and honor a local survivor who served under her father’s fabled Army. Minister Anna Maria Anders is the daughter of […]
Polish Veterans arrive in Cleveland TODAY
Join us at 6:00 PM at the Polish American Cultural Center to welcome… Three heroic Polish veterans, who recovered from their injuries,and presently are taking on the challenge of cycling cross country to honor their fallen comrades from the War in Afghanistan. They are meeting up with American veterans and Polish communities across the US […]
Decorating Pisanki at St. Casimir’s
Decorating Pisanki Easter Eggs Polish American Cultural Center’s wonderful, multi-talented, Bernadette Zubel, came to St. Casimir’s church to teach others the Polish tradition of decorating Easter eggs, called Pisanki. The egg symbolizes new life and Christ’s resurrection. However, the oldest Polish pisanki (the traditional name for painted eggs, singular: pisanka) date back to the end of the 10th century. […]
Polish Easter Dinner – Święconka
The tradition of food blessing at Easter, which has early-medieval roots in Christian society, possibly originated from a pagan ritual.[1][2] The tradition is said to date from the 7th century in its basic form, the more modern form containing bread and eggs (symbols of resurrection and Christ) is said to date from the 12th […]