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Meet Milanka Lachman

Meet Milanka Lachman, DGCHS, President & Founder of 206 Tours

In 1985 Milanka Lachman founded 206 Tours at just 27 years old after a life-changing Pilgrimage to Medjugorje. While working for Yugoslav Airline in the early ’80s, Milanka began helping people travel to Medjugorje, which at the time was a very small village of just 300 people who opened their doors to the pilgrims that began to visit their beautiful village. After her experience, she felt called to create a company that could help others have transformational experiences as well. It was an incredible undertaking for a single mother of two with no money, no connections, no business experience, no knowledge of theology and no connections to clergy.

Milanka is happily married, has grown children and several grandchildren. She holds the title of Dame Grand Cross in the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and has built one of the nation’s leading Pilgrimage companies. Of the 460,000 Pilgrims who have traveled with 206 Tours, 63,000 of the pilgrimages were completed free of charge. Her strong leadership and faith have built a beautiful network of employees, partners, clergy, and pilgrims around the world who are keeping the act of pilgrimage alive and heralding prayer, reconciliation, and peace!

Learn more about Milanka & the 206 Tours Team here.