What, where, when in Transcarpathia (February 24 – 25)

February 24 – Divine Liturgy of the St. John Chrysostom (St. Panteleimon Monastery, the village of Osiy, Irshava district).

February 24 – volleyball Open Cup of Perechyn Community among men’s and women’s teams. The beginning is at 10.00 am (sports hall of the Children and Youth Sports School (men), sports hall of the secondary school (women) (the town of Perechyn).

February 24 – 25 – a holiday of classical music and art – the festival and contest "Stankovych fest" (the chairman of the jury is our countryman, native of Svalyava district – world famous composer Yevhen Stankovych. Festival venues are located at two sanatoria "Kvitka polonyny" and "Polyana". February 25 – awarding ceremony and gala concert of winners (district house of culture, Svalyava).

February 24 – 25 – Rock & Snow Telemark-2018 Ski Festival, organized by Ukraine Telemark Team (the village of Pylypets, Mizhhirya district).

February 24 – 25 – "The Tourist Philharmonic". From 13.00 to 14.00, organ music will be played (price – 15 UAH) (Regional Transcarpathian Philharmonic,  Uzhgorod).

February 25 – Schedule of Liturgies: 6.30 – Divine Liturgy, 7.30 – Matins, 8.30 – Divine Liturgy, 9.45 – Divine Liturgy, 11.30 – Divine Liturgy, 14.00 – Divine Liturgy, 16.30 – Vespers, 17.30 – Divine Liturgy (Holy Cross Cathedral Greek Catholic Cathedral,A. Bachinsky, Sq., Uzhgorod).

February 25 – IV exhibition of nano-aquariums of Transcarpathia, organized by Uzhgorod aquarist Teresa Lazar. The beginning is at 13.00 (Bar "Aquarium", Lev Tolstoy st., 46, Uzhgorod).

February 25 – Weekend Music. Organ children’s philharmonic (Veronica Hazho, Anastasia Hrynevych, Alina Deket, Anastasia Huzynets, Oleksandra Antalovtsi, Svyatoslava-Ivanna Kovtyk, Andriy Chirsky (organ), Antonina Chirska (flute). The beginning is at 16.00 (tickets are available at the box office of the Philharmonic) (Regional Philharmonic, Uzhgorod).

February 25 – Sentimental story (for children over 6 years old) based on works by Charles Dickens "Dreams of Achneus". The beginning is at 11.00 and 13.00 (tickets are available at the box office of the theater) (regional academic puppet theater "Bavka", Uzhgorod).

February 25 – parable-musical in one act "Mowgli" by Kipling (director – Natalia Timoshkina). The beginning is at 12.00 (ticket price – 40 UAH), "Adventures of the brave soldier Schweik" (directed by Honored Artist of Ukraine Vasyl Shershun). The beginning is at 18.00 (ticket price – 60-80 UAH) (Transcarpathian Regional Academic Ukrainian Music Drama Theatre, Uzhgorod).

February 25 – Performance of the theater art project "ASTROBLASTOMA" from the youth experimental theater "Turn on the Light". The proceeds from ticket sales will be used to help children with cancer. The beginning is at 18.00 (ticket price is 120 UAH) (ILKO Gallery, Koshitska street, Uzhgorod).

February 25 – Winter Football Championship of the District. The beginning is at 11.00 and 13.00 (the village of Ilnytsia, the village of Pryborazhavske, Irshava district).

February 25 – Draughts 64 Open Championship of Tyachiv district. Registration of participants is at 10.30, the first round is at 11.00 (secondary school, the village of Bilovartsi, Tyachiv district).

February 25 – the first Sunday of the Great Lent. Celebration of the Orthodox Church. Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great (Cathedral of Pochayiv Icon of the Mother of God, Mukachevo).

Exhibitions:

– retrospective exhibition on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of People’s Artist of Ukraine, corresponding member of the Academy of Arts of Ukraine Borys Kuzma. Every day, except Monday, 9.30 -17.30 (Transcarpathian Art Museum, the city of Uzhgorod).

– "Spring mood" – a personal exhibition of Transcarpathian artist, teacher Yulia Egorova-Rogova. 12 paintings by the artist made over the last two years. Every day, 11.00 -17.00 (Art Salon "ArtPro", Svoboda Ave., Uzhgorod).

– works by artists of the creative association Art-Club "Palitra-spektr" (Galina Grenko, Oksana Metzger, Victor Grabar, Tetyana Rybar, Anton Sekeresh, Robert Braginsky, Natalia Rybar, Kinga Kizman, Larysa Bobalik) (painting gallery of Palanok castle, Mukachevo).

– a personal exhibition of works by a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, laureate of the regionalA. Erdelyi and Y. Bokshay Prize Oleksandr Hromovy. Every day, except Tuesday, 10.00 – 18.00 (Transcarpathian Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life, Uzhgorod).

– beadwork and bottle decoupage. The beginning is at 13.00 (exhibition hall "Impasto", Shevchenko st., 8, Vynogradiv).

– "From far away travels" – an exhibition of works by members of the Transcarpathian organization of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. 24 exhibitors presented works made in Greece, Montenegro, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic and even America and Tibet. Every day (except Monday) 11.00-18.00, Saturday – 11.00-15.00, Sunday – 11.00-13.00 ("Uzhgorod" gallery, Uzhgorod).

– works by contemporary artist Pavlo KERESTEY (Uzhgorod-Munich). Every day, except Monday, Tuesday-Saturday – 11.00-21.00, Sunday – 12.00-19.00 (art center "Ilko Gallery", Koshitska street, Uzhgorod).

– group exhibition of works by artists Ivan Demyan, Oleksandr Shandor, Oleksandr Pevse, Victor Chepynets, Serhiy Halay, Orest Tsyupko (city art gallery, Pirogov st., 1, the city of  Khust).

– permanent ensemble exhibition "History of Transcarpathia from the 8th century to 1919" (the project was implemented thanks to the close cooperation of the Transcarpathian Regional Local Lore Museum and Nyiregyhaza Museum, with the support of the Consulate General of Hungary in Uzhgorod and with the assistance of the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration and the Transcarpathian Regional Council (the castle, Uzhgorod).

– permanent exhibition "Wooden church architecture of Transcarpathia". Features 109 paintings by Ivan Shutyev from the series "Prayer in Wood", 43 models of folk craftsman from Mizhhirya district Andriy Vorobets (Pirogov st. 4, Mukachevo).

– art of A. Kotka. Every day, except Monday. 10.00-17.00, Sunday – 13.00-17.00 (Memorial House and Museum of People’s Artist of Ukraine Andriy Kotska, Vinnychna Str., 20, Uzhgorod).

– Permanent exhibition of Fedir Manaylo. Every day except Sunday-Monday – 9.00 – 17.00 (Memorial House and Museum of F. Manaylo, Drugety st., 74, Uzhgorod).

– Permanent exhibition of the People’s Artist of Ukraine Volodymyr Mykyta (visit by arrangement with the author) (museum of V.Mykyta, Sobranetska Str. 68/2, Uzhgorod).

– excursions to the Saint-Miklos castle (the village of Chynadiyevo, Mukachevo district).

– Exhibitions. Every day, except Monday, 9.00 – 18.00 (Kuruc lane, Palanok castle, Mukachevo).

– unique weaving patterns. 9.00 – 18.00 (Monday to Friday, lunch break – 13.00 to 14.00) (Museum of Weaving, the village of Cherna, Vynogradiv district).

– Exhibition of historical and regional folk museum "Sriberna Zemlya" (the village of Hrushovo, Prykordonna Str., 2, Tyachiv district).

– Exhibitions. 9.00 – 17.00 (local lore museum, Khust).

– Exhibition of kerosene lamps, consumer items, and exhibition devoted to the events in the east (on weekends – on request) (the District Historical Museum, Irshava).

– Exhibitions of the Museum of Beregovo district (Beregovo, Bethlen, Str 1).

– Exhibitions of the Museum of Weaving (the village of Velyki Beregy, Beregovo district).

– Museum of Mountain Ecology and Natural Resources of the Ukrainian Carpathians. 8.00 to 17.00 (lunch break – 12.00 to 13.00) (25 UAH – for adults, 18 UAH – for students, 12 UAH – for shoolchildren (central manor of the CBR, outskirts of Rakhiv).

– Exibitions of District Historical Museum (Shevchenko street,Vynogradiv).

– Exhibitions of the historical museum (the village of  Kvasovo, Beregovo district).

– ethnographic museum "Verkhovyna" – interesting exhibits of our ancestors. Every day, except weekends, 9.00 – 14.00 (school, the village of Volosyanka, Velyky Berezny district).

– Village Ethnographic Museum (the village of Pryborazhavske, Irshava district).

– Museum complex "Old Village". Every day (no breaks and days off) 8.00 – 18.00. Admission fee: adult – 40 UAH, privileged – 30 UAH, children – 15 UAH. Guided tour: up to 10 persons – 100 UAH, up to 20 persons – 150 UAH, up to 30 persons – 200 UAH. Riding on a motor trolley – 50 UAH in the museum "Kolochava narrow gauge" (the village of Kolochava, Mizhhirya district).

– Tisa museum complex – skansen (house of a poor man, rural school and house of a wealthy farmer, the historical museum in the former Foharashi estate). 11:00-19:00 (Shevchenko st., 74, the village of Tysobyken, Vynogradiv district).

– Museum "Lemko Household". Every day, except Tuesday and Sunday -11.00 -19.00, the museum "Roma Kolyba" (a hut with a straw roof and a forge) (the village of Zarichovo, Perechyn district);

– Museum of Rural Life and Customs "Sklad" (the village of Dubrynychi, Perechyn district);

– Rehabilitation Center for Brown Bears (National Park "Synevyr", Mizhhirya district).

– "Ice land" skating rink (near the hypermarket "Dastor", Sobranetska st., 89, Uzhgorod).

Photo by N. Pavlyk, work by Y. Egorova-Rogova