Ukrainian American Community of Southwest Florida

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About Ukrainian American Community of Southwest Florida

Five Hundred years ago the Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon discovered a magical land filled with beautiful vegetation and mineral springs and called it the land of flowers - La Florida - the land with the Fountain of Youth. More than four hundred years later in 1975 a group of Ukrainian explorers from the northern United States and Canada rediscovered the same fountain of youth and established the St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Religious and Cultural Center commonly known as Oseredok in North Port. Gradually many more Ukrainians migrated to this part of Florida from the Midwest, Northeast, New York area, and even from California. The community has evolved to be a vibrant and strong group of Ukrainian Americans who manage to maintain their Ukrainian roots while enjoying the wonderful things that this Southwest Florida part of paradise can offer.

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