Aromanian Cultural Society Farsharotu | Site-Wide Activity https://farsharotu.org/posts-activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:48:42 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.21.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 668019303757b832476c1e6cf9467a0b elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=8021 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:43:27 -0400 Esme - Dramâ Armâneascâ tu Patru Acti

Esme – Dramâ Armâneascâ tu Patru Acti dupâ Piesa di Teatru Grâseascâ: Esme di Spiridhon Peresiadhis. Translated by Michael Costulas.   Download Esme here

]]> 0 2f33143f63a1e4d7ffb26a614e5856cd elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7968 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 23:16:54 -0500 Finding Deep Roots in a Vlach Village

by  Cheryl Pappademas Berman In 2019, after my mother passed away, a box of old family photos from her apartment came into my possession.  Among…

]]> 5 6acb312ee2a486d99e34e9bdcfe0edfe elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7886 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:40:45 -0500 Artist Interview: Patricia Chiacu Apuzzo

In conversation with elissa mondschein In November of 2025 I had the chance to speak with Society Farsharotu member Patricia Chiacu Apuzzo about her life…

]]> 0 91450f4f09f8a0c53bcfc7aa1d5ab591 elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7870 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:05:19 -0500 1 91d5d58b814426ad6a63170d1a6891e1 elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7851 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 02:35:08 -0500 The Macedo-Romanians (Aromanians) in America by Fr. Vasile Hatigan

*The Society reprints this article from the Romanian Heritage Society Bulletin solely for its historical interest to the Aromanian community in the U.S. We do…

]]> 1 df6ea53f70d53cb9378ee3b8353b8382 elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7820 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 23:47:56 -0500 0 fc80818291c190278817bb88d29c627f elissa mondschein started the discussion Nicholas Petra Fatse in the forum In Memoriam https://farsharotu.org/discussion/nicholas-petra-fatse/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 23:18:17 -0500 Nicholas Petra Fatse

1931 – 2026

Nicholas P. Fatse fell asleep in the Lord peacefully at the age of 94 on January 3, 2026, concluding a lifetime well lived—filled beyond measure with the gifts he cited as life’s greatest treasures: love, health, and happiness.

Nick was born in North Grosvenordale, Connecticut, on January 27, 1931, to Petra and Olimbia (Vanghel)…

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]]> 7ff19c1bca9f5c24f2c430a2131c50cd elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7771 Sun, 04 Jan 2026 23:13:37 -0500 HARALAMBIE GEORGE CICMA: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHIE A Vlach's Life in His Time Part VIII

Boston University My train fare to Boston used up three dollars of my fortune; I walked directly (stopping only every other block to ask directions)…

]]> 0 7484edcdd26a9ab1aca7adc5610a3495 Rebecca Townsend posted an update: Happy New Year!Anu nou cu sânâtate! https://farsharotu.org/posts-activity/p/1951/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 20:46:13 -0500 Happy New Year!

Anu nou cu sânâtate!

]]> 2 a9d2048540e41d44fadedcae26f7f4eb elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7726 Tue, 30 Dec 2025 01:41:06 -0500 HARALAMBIE GEORGE CICMA: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHIE A Vlach's Life in His Time Part VII

Ioana Dafula, the mud-girl, and her father came to this country about the middle of October, 1915. Ioana and my cousin Atha’s wife, Mary, had…

]]> 0 e40bd9432bff1f401974fbfefbe4e669 elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7715 Wed, 24 Dec 2025 21:28:24 -0500 FORGOTTEN VOICES: AROMANIANS IN MACEDONIA (1900-1941)*

by Nikola Minov Abstract: This study examines the demographic and cultural transformations of the Aromanian pop- ulation in Macedonia from the early 20th century through…

]]> 0 d9e4bbc8efca43d6644814f9e4be33f6 elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7707 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:56:29 -0500 0 15bf287e2ff9e0f9f0209bacbad81353 elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7700 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:03:04 -0500 Wedding Traditions and Customs of the Aromanians of Dobrogea

by Luciana Maria C Ficea Abstract: Traditions and customs are a set of conceptions, traditions, and beliefs that remain throughout history within both social and…

]]> 0 97ba0aac31ec7aed3d0f51191d2f4a61 elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7695 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 04:49:51 -0500 0 0a14e30e2abbaf3c5af3f66cf60a5a36 Nick Balamaci posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7684 Fri, 19 Dec 2025 22:10:32 -0500 Symposium in Vienna on a Standardized Alphabet for Aromanian -- October 2025

Following is an unedited Google translation of an article written in Greek by Takis Galaitsis, a philologist and former President and founding member of the…

]]> 0 bc780c7fa7ef872f6109a55e092c0845 elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7667 Mon, 24 Nov 2025 02:33:55 -0500
Michael Costulas songbook

Download and enjoy these songs from the Michael Costulas songbook.    NOTE: these are historical documents and are not meant to reflect the current views…

]]> 0 9df97521870cb2b43f820b49ddc7f803 elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7649 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 02:54:24 -0500 0 a89579902aef19e0c6e9d75d532dfbe9 elissa mondschein started the discussion Linda Balamaci Amitrano in the forum In Memoriam https://farsharotu.org/discussion/linda-balamaci-amitrano/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 19:43:09 -0500 Linda Balamaci Amitrano

Linda Sofia Balamaci Amitrano, 71, of Yonkers, New York, passed away peacefully at home on November 8, 2025, comforted by the warm embrace and unconditional love of her husband, Vincent Joseph Amitrano.

Born to immigrant parents of Aromanian ancestry, Linda was raised in the Bronx and moved to Manhattan to make her mark. She spent decades in…

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]]> 7ccaa7d7cf3c66ac831c5784ca7c52b2 elissa mondschein replied to the discussion Priscilla Carameta in the forum In Memoriam https://farsharotu.org/discussion/priscilla-carameta/#post-7643 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 19:39:47 -0500 Reply to Priscilla Carameta

You are very welcome! I also like the photo with Maia Lupu (Maria) dancing. I believe somewhere there was film of her dancing, also, but it may have been lost over the years.

]]> d667561a8a54ad98ee9b46b32fad187e James Carameta replied to the discussion Priscilla Carameta in the forum In Memoriam https://farsharotu.org/discussion/priscilla-carameta/#post-7640 Thu, 23 Oct 2025 06:32:08 -0400 Reply to Priscilla Carameta

These photos are wonderful! I especially like the family portrait. Thank you for posting them.

]]> 11ab1f6d385c64441c191174f78162fd elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7622 Sat, 18 Oct 2025 22:53:18 -0400
Golfu: dramâ Armâneascâ tu tsintsi acti

Download Golfu: Golfu Dramâ Armâneascâ tu tsintsi acti  

]]> 0 93cf3bb1a7ca938c447d164cf93e5f9b elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7607 Mon, 06 Oct 2025 02:19:48 -0400 0 e95997720e0910633e229f9be8051008 elissa mondschein started the discussion Despina H. (Dee) Duane in the forum In Memoriam https://farsharotu.org/discussion/despina-h-dee-duane/ Sun, 05 Oct 2025 23:57:27 -0400 Despina H. (Dee) Duane

  • Monday, July 6, 2009 – 8:29pm

Despina H. (Dee) Duane, of Falmouth, died on Jan. 22. She formerly resided in Oak Bluffs and Cambridge.

Despina was born in Providence, R.I., to the late Dr. Haralambie Cicma and his wife, Iona, on June 12, 1931. Her father delivered her at home proclaiming her a “beautiful and very good” baby. She attended Boston…

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]]> e7d306b139d08b255ba11412e1907c53 Society Farsharotu posted a new product. https://farsharotu.org/?post_type=product&p=7555 Tue, 09 Sep 2025 03:08:58 -0400
2025-26 Intermediate Online Course in the Aromanian/Vlach Language

Intermediate level only. Classes offered at 11 AM Eastern US on Saturday mornings – please read full details under ‘Description’ below.

]]> 107fe8f55bf803d0a0e49bbe2c4ff8ab Society Farsharotu posted a new product. https://farsharotu.org/?post_type=product&p=7554 Tue, 09 Sep 2025 02:58:43 -0400
2025-26 Beginner Online Course in the Aromanian/Vlach Language

Beginner level only. Classes offered at 9 AM Eastern US on Saturday mornings – please read full details under ‘Description’ below.

]]> 594dc41bd54800a64b50377eae2d0014 GMTHOMASCIRVIRI changed their profile photo https://farsharotu.org/posts-activity/p/1927/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:24:56 -0400 0 d54aaf509540a80fb2d38e7c558a7093 GMTHOMASCIRVIRI posted an update: Costandini Ernesto (tata), Gregori Micael (fătu […] https://farsharotu.org/posts-activity/p/1926/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:23:54 -0400 Costandini Ernesto (tata), Gregori Micael (fătu mari), Andrei Costandini (fătu mic).

]]> 0 c7f2afe0967450d583d22c5017d6215e GMTHOMASCIRVIRI posted an update: Wedding party picture of Ernest Thomas and Helen […] https://farsharotu.org/posts-activity/p/1925/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:22:15 -0400 Wedding party picture of Ernest Thomas and Helen George. From left to right. Michael George, Helen’s brother, and Sterling Thomas, the best man. Evanthia Thomas, wife of Sterling, matron of honor. Anita Thomas is the daughter of Sterling and Evanthia. July 16, 1941

]]> 0 ab00f2aea5e3751497c4fc7ba3936ac2 GMTHOMASCIRVIRI posted an update: Statement from Thomas Brothers Lumber Co. https://farsharotu.org/posts-activity/p/1924/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:21:39 -0400 Statement from Thomas Brothers Lumber Co.

]]> 0 d0e3fae5c04fe0d8615657710c2f4686 GMTHOMASCIRVIRI posted an update: Photo of Ernest as a model for Learbury Clothes. Note […] https://farsharotu.org/posts-activity/p/1923/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:21:14 -0400 Photo of Ernest as a model for Learbury Clothes. Note the shoes and knee-high socks. Ernie worked for Learbury Clothes when the family moved to Syracuse. (From Dean Thomas Collection)

]]> 0 0b646c32c6c00f8964238550782bef03 GMTHOMASCIRVIRI posted an update: Family photo taken April 4, 1937. From adults from left […] https://farsharotu.org/posts-activity/p/1922/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:20:15 -0400 Family photo taken April 4, 1937. From adults from left to right. Ernest, Sterling, Nicholas, Evanthia, Flora and Regina. Young boy is foreground is nephew Thomas Gorcoff. Person seated with just had showing is unknown.

The above three photos were from a collection of family pictures that was sent to the family of Evanthia Tsalli Thomas… Read more

]]> 0 1c65661397cc937758aba742a921dae4 GMTHOMASCIRVIRI posted an update: Gregori Micael di Costandini Ernesto di Anăstasi di Toma […] https://farsharotu.org/posts-activity/p/1921/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:17:25 -0400 Gregori Micael di Costandini Ernesto di Anăstasi di Toma di Sterghiu di Dimitri — Țiriviri (ramura a Toma), di Bitulea.

]]> 0 5c353b4cfada35ea4c1f0040c44ed79e GMTHOMASCIRVIRI posted an update: Thomas Brothers - Demetri (Taki), Stergios, Konstantine, […] https://farsharotu.org/posts-activity/p/1920/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:16:09 -0400 Thomas Brothers – Demetri (Taki), Stergios, Konstantine, and Anastas (i Toma di Sterghiu di Dimitri — Țiriviri (ramura a Toma), di Bitulea) – at Thomas Brother Lumber in Syracuse, New York circa 1930.

]]> 0 19ec12fc555a825be09951e2b5bb54d2 elissa mondschein replied to the discussion Priscilla Carameta in the forum In Memoriam https://farsharotu.org/discussion/priscilla-carameta/#post-7545 Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:44:36 -0400 Reply to Priscilla Carameta

I remember when Priscilla married Tom.

]]> 7ab34c7fc348503e5d962f559fc64821 elissa mondschein started the discussion Priscilla Carameta in the forum In Memoriam https://farsharotu.org/discussion/priscilla-carameta/ Sat, 06 Sep 2025 02:14:47 -0400 Priscilla Carameta

Priscilla Carameta, of Mechanicsburg, PA, passed away on September 3, 2025. Born and raised in Bridgeport, CT, she was the eldest child of Archie and Mary (née Torovetsi) Themel.

Priscilla married Tom Carameta in 1970 and raised a family for several years in Shelton, CT, before relocating to Fairfield.

Priscilla was an example and inspiration…

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]]> 54d81361f5124ef4ad13880b2f1b90d0 Gabriela Popescu updated their profile https://farsharotu.org/posts-activity/p/1915/ Fri, 05 Sep 2025 15:50:51 -0400 0 3ce9d76c4b1e4a8415372745e51658c8 elissa mondschein started the discussion Peter Themel in the forum In Memoriam https://farsharotu.org/discussion/peter-themel/ Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:08:21 -0400 Peter Themel

October 17, 1946 – August 21, 2025

Peter Themel, 78, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family after a brief illness on August 21, 2025, in Florida. Born and raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Peter lived a life marked by selfless service to his country, unwavering faith, and deep love for his family.

Peter was a loving and…

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]]> dfffaeb01b052a06863c28cea143ee4b elissa mondschein started the discussion Vasil "Chubby" Batsu in the forum In Memoriam https://farsharotu.org/discussion/vasil-chubby-batsu/ Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:48:57 -0400 Vasil "Chubby" Batsu

Vasil “Chubby” Batsu, age 92, of Bridgeport, beloved husband of Sandra Ghitsa Batsu, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 27, 2025.

Born and raised in New York City, he was the son of the late Christy and Rita Pittu Batsu.

Chubby moved to Bridgeport over 60 years ago, where he built a full and vibrant life. He was a Veteran of the…

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]]> 946c36475db19d78159afe7b4fdf7faa elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7488 Sun, 24 Aug 2025 20:49:03 -0400 Vlachs in the Lowland Areas: Between the Bükk Mountains and the Tisza River in the 15th Century

by Jarosław Buniowski Abstract Although mountains and submontane areas were the main territories of development for the Wallachian colonization, the Vlachs would also appear in…

]]> 0 8ebbf6abfe7ff87dde4c43e5ac096f22 elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7483 Sun, 24 Aug 2025 20:38:22 -0400 Representation Structures of Aromanian Communities at the Beginning of the 20th Century - Communities and Ephorates

by Emanuil Ineoan As early as the end of the 19th century, Romania had become a significant player in Balkan geopolitics. This was also fueled…

]]> 0 2b38ccfb6cdbe1925cf270c3f296f8ec elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7479 Sun, 24 Aug 2025 20:32:51 -0400 0 de24751d4f64fd2a938f61654ee032b7 elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7474 Sun, 24 Aug 2025 20:19:46 -0400 0 7bd39b482f9c47d565d11203dc196d37 elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7466 Sun, 24 Aug 2025 20:11:37 -0400 Manners of maintaining the cultural identity of the Greeks, Aromanians, Lipovans and Dobrogean Tatars and their effects in musical practice

by Mirela KOZLOVSKY Abstract: This study presents the mutual conditioning between the social dynamics and the traditions of the ethnic communities of Dobrogea, as well…

]]> 0 2bfadea5396af6ce3ea08d72b57cb9d6 elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7459 Sun, 24 Aug 2025 01:47:54 -0400 0 f603a97037c40cfa4155f3082f49ac22 elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7455 Sun, 24 Aug 2025 01:27:59 -0400 0 7f4b2f7c65fc69144425b5d066391ef0 elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7439 Sun, 24 Aug 2025 00:39:03 -0400 AGNOMENS AND NICKNAMES IN AROMANIAN ONOMASTICS

by Dumitru CARABAŞ Abstract The onomastic material that I will present shows us the richness, diversity and specificity of Aromanian anthroponymy. The agnomen is the…

]]> 0 3113311ed58f5a41b47e159d7b04d5d0 elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7413 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 04:14:26 -0400 Discovering an Old Photo and with It, Some Family History

by Janine Tegu I always thought that there weren’t that many Greeks/Vlachs in the Vermont area (I guess my mistake).  I always thought that there…

]]> 0 84889274c92252498b5b54c1eec52577 elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7395 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 02:35:47 -0400 Dr. Margaret Felis on Icon Painting

In March I was able to interview SF member Dr. Margaret Felis about icon painting.  The interview has been edited for length and clarity. Thanks…

]]> 1 db1b4da562f366da85d1a03ada5cbcf8 elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7363 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 01:39:17 -0400 Discovery: an Amazing Family Odyssey

L to R: Shuka, Vangele, Cosmachi, Ahilea, Licha (Nick) Fatsy (missing: Thanas) By Rebecca M. Townsend A first cousin, twice removed, “was a true modern…

]]> 2 80955f59a8ca7ea1f6291b2707f48f29 elissa mondschein posted a new post. https://farsharotu.org/?p=7374 Sat, 19 Jul 2025 22:46:33 -0400 0