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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXII HE KRAINIANNo. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2004 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine DireTctors of VOA anUd RFE/RL visit Kyiv, Armitage to Kuchma:W free and fair elections criticize state of press freedom in Ukraine will be benchmark of U.S-Ukraine relations by Roman Woronowycz Mr. Dine said that, based on what he Kyiv Press Bureau had determined, Ukrainian state officials were intricately involved with the termi- KYIV – In an unprecedented move, nation of the RL contract at Radio Dovira the directors of the two major United and the subsequent closing of Radio States broadcast services held a joint Kontynent. press conference in Kyiv on March 31 to “When Radio Liberty agreed with level heavy criticism on the current state Radio Kontynent to bring Ukraine radio of Ukraine’s press freedoms. programming again, Ukraine’s leadership “It is true that the directors of Voice of at the highest levels decided to bring the America and RFE/RL do not hold joint thing down,” explained Mr. Dine. “It was press conferences,” explained David a decision made by the Ukrainian leader- Jackson, Voice of America director. “But, ship at the highest levels to suppress the while we are different organizations, we press.” share the same values. Those values are Mr. Dine cited figures, which he said liberal democracy, free speech, free refuted claims by the new owners of assembly and freedom of thought. What Dovira Radio that RL news programming has taken place here is a serious blow to was not commercially profitable. He those values.” explained that the relationship with the Mr. Jackson and Tom Dine of Radio former owners had been fruitful for 5 Free Europe/Radio Liberty told journal- years and that the RL programs remained ists that the sudden termination of a popular. broadcast contract with Radio Liberty by The RFE/RL director noted that RL AP/Efrem Lukatsky the Ukrainian station Radio Dovira after programs on Dovira Radio had received President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine shakes hands with U.S. Deputy Secretary it changed ownership, followed by the an 8.4 percent audience share in 2003, of State Richard Armitage during their meeting in Kyiv. forcible closing of the station Radio when most commercial stations consider Kontynent, to which RL moved after- a five percent audience share acceptable. by Roman Woronowycz Ukraine has committed herself to certain ward – which also resulted in VOA being He rejected reports that the new owners Kyiv Press Bureau standards as she addresses European taken off the air inasmuch as it had Union and North Atlantic integration and wanted to attract a younger audience not- KYIV – U.S. Deputy Secretary of broadcast on that station’s airwaves – ing that a good portion of the new listen- the NATO action plan,” explained Mr. forced the two directors to travel to Kyiv. State Richard Armitage told Ukrainian Armitage during a press conference. “We ers RL programming had attracted authorities during his one-day stay in They believed they needed to assess belonged to the younger generation. would be able to develop a political rela- Kyiv on March 25 that future relations the extent to which Ukraine’s state lead- “Most commercial radio stations tionship if there were fair, free, open and between Ukraine and the West are ership may have been involved in the would do anything to get the influential, democratic elections. It’s a very impor- dependent on how the country’s presi- closings, as had been alleged, as well as well-informed, youthful audience we tant milestone for Ukraine, I believe.” to find new avenues for the broadcast of dential elections proceed. their news and information programs. (Continued on page 3) “It’s our view that the nation of (Continued on page 3) Seven new members Kwasniewski opens Year of Poland in Ukraine by Roman Woronowycz welcomed into NATO; Kyiv Press Bureau KYIV – Poland’s President Aleksander Russia reacts negatively Kwasniewski and Ukraine’s President Leonid Kuchma opened the Year of Poland RFE/RL Newsline in Ukraine by noting the historic ties between the two countries and the need to WASHINGTON – The prime ministers stimulate much closer and deeper economic of seven new member-states delivered development between them. The presidents’ accession documents to U.S. Secretary of statements at the Shevchenko National State Colin Powell in Washington on Opera House in Kyiv on March 30 were fol- March 29, formalizing their membership lowed by a concert of Polish classical in NATO and expanding the Atlantic mili- music. tary alliance into countries once under the President Kwasniewski emphasized that Soviet sphere of influence, international the fates of the two countries were histori- news agencies reported. cally entwined and would continue to be in The move brings the number of NATO the future. He said that Poland and Ukraine members to 26, all pledged to defend each needed to continue to develop along the other militarily if any member comes same path. under attack. “There is no independent Poland without In a White House ceremony marking an independent Ukraine and no independent the historic expansion – the fifth since Ukraine without an independent Poland,” NATO’s founding in 1949 and the first asserted Mr. Kwasniewski, who added since Poland, the Czech Republic and “Poles and Ukrainians are unified by a deep Hungary joined in 1999 – U.S. President European likeness.” George W. Bush welcomed Bulgaria, AP/Efrem Lukatsky President Kuchma, who followed Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, Liudmyla Kuchma and Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma during a ceremony at the Shevchenko monument. (Continued on page 3) (Continued on page 10) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2004 No. 14

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Lazarenko protected money Our Ukraine stages protest rally Medvedchuk. On March 31, before the inauguration of a forum of human rights from president, says banker KYIV – Some 9,000 people turned up activists in Kyiv, two assailants claiming for an anti-government protest rally to belong to the organization Brotherhood by Roman Kupchinsky Kirichenko to open accounts, Mr. organized by Viktor Yushchenko’s Our splashed water and glue on Mr. Soros. RFE/RL Organized Crime and Terrorism Watch Walkowicz testified, they needed senior Ukraine in front of government head- (RFE/RL Newsline) approval at Credit Suisse, which has quarters in Kyiv on March 31, Interfax The second week of the landmark been accused by critics of failing to safe- and UNIAN reported. Mr. Yushchenko IMF approves $605 million loan money-laundering trial in a U.S. court of told the rally that poverty is the single guard sufficiently against illegal transac- KYIV – The International Monetary former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo tions. biggest problem in Ukraine, and Lazarenko (May 1996-July 1997) got Fund (IMF) has approved a one-year, Swiss banks have long been accused of demanded that Prime Minister Viktor under way in San Francisco on March 22 $605 million credit facility to Ukraine, lax efforts to combat illegal transactions. Yanukovych’s Cabinet raise wages and with testimony from a Geneva bank offi- Interfax reported on March 30. “Ukraine Anonymous coded or numbered accounts pensions. He also appealed to Ukrainians cer who claims Mr. Lazarenko requested has achieved a broad-based and sustained present major hurdles to law-enforcement to continue protests if the government an $85 million bank wire to protect the fails to heed that demand. According to economic recovery, and has subdued funds from President Leonid Kuchma. agents trying to combat the laundering of inflation following the 1998-99 financial ill-gotten funds, particularly funds flowing Mr. Yushchenko, the government is hid- Mr. Lazarenko is charged with using ing 10 billion hrv ($1.9 billion) in budget crisis,” IMF acting Managing Director U.S. banks to launder at least $114 mil- out of post-Communist Europe and Anne Krueger said, praising Ukraine for Russia. The Kremlin property manager revenues. “Today we have to secure a lion stolen from Ukraine, but he insists victory – to make the government bring macroeconomic stability, a strong bal- the proceeds were earned legally and that under President Boris Yeltsin in the early ance of payments, and the replenishing 1990s, Pavel Borodin, was accused of 10 million hrv out of the shadows,” Mr. he is being persecuted for having mount- Yushchenko said. (RFE/RL Newsline) of international reserves. The Ukrainian ed a political challenge to Mr. Kuchma’s using Swiss accounts to launder some $30 government will use the loan primarily to presidency ahead of a 1999 election. million in illicit proceeds in connection Bloc to form ‘European-model’ party cover high-interest government bonds Andre Walkowicz was the bank officer with the Mabetex Kremlin-reconstruction KYIV – Our Ukraine leader Viktor issued during the late 1990s, the DPA at Credit Suisse who handled the scandal. Mr. Borodin was found guilty by Yushchenko announced that his bloc has news agency reported, quoting Finance accounts of Mr. Lazarenko and his busi- a Swiss court and ordered to pay a fine of begun to create a new, “European- Minister Mykola Azarov. Meanwhile, ness partner, Petro Kirichenko. In a $700,000, but refused to comply with that model” party, Interfax reported on March Our Ukraine leader Viktor Yushchenko videotaped deposition, Mr. Walkowicz order. Swiss police confiscated $743,000 29, quoting the Our Ukraine press serv- commented that the IMF decision on the claimed Mr. Lazarenko was willing to from the Swiss account of Russian State ice. According to Mr. Yushchenko, taking loan is “groundless,” adding that “shad- pay substantial penalties in the late sum- Duma Deputy and singer Josef Kobzon part in a parliamentary election under a ow turnover in the fiscal-policy sphere” mer of 1998 for early withdrawal in late last year, insisting that those funds fully proportional party-list system is a has become the official course of order to rush the $85 million to an off- stemmed from illegal activities. key political task for Our Ukraine. “In Ukrainian government policy, according shore account in Guernsey in the British In his deposition, Mr. Walkowicz said order not to lose time, we should now to Interfax. (RFE/RL Newsline) Channel Islands. In a private conversa- another customer of his bank was formulate a response to this challenge,” tion the same day, Mr. Walkowicz said Konstantyn Hryhoryshyn, a prominent Has Ukraine lost track of missiles? Mr. Yushchenko said. The Ukrainska Mr. Lazarenko told him that he was tak- Ukrainian businessman living in Russia Pravda website quoted Borys Tarasyuk, KYIV – Ukrainian Defense Minister ing the unusual step to protect his money who presented himself as a “partner of leader of the Ukrainian National Rukh, from the Ukrainian president, whom he Mr. Lazarenko.” Mr. Hryhoryshyn is also Yevhen Marchuk said in an interview which is a constituent of Our Ukraine, as accused of seeking to punish him for his regarded as a business partner of Viktor with the Kyiv-based newspaper Den on saying on March 30 that the idea to set political temerity. Medvedchuk, the head of President March 25 that after assuming his post in up a political party based on Our Ukraine Mr. Walkowicz was asked whether Kuchma’s administration, and oligarch June he ordered an inventory to be taken before the 2004 presidential election is Credit Suisse took steps to conduct due Hryhorii Surkis, who is also among the of Ukrainian military property. Mr. “political suicide.” He commented: “This diligence on the source of the money in leaders of the Ukrainian Social Marchuk said his inventory revealed a [idea] will divert organizational and Mr. Lazarenko’s and Mr. Kirichenko’s Democratic Party. 900 billion hrv ($169 billion) gap with human resources from the main goal – accounts, and what level of management Mr. Hryhoryshyn was briefly held in the inspection made six months earlier preparing the victory of [Our Ukraine’s made the decision to deal with those two Kyiv last year on gun and narcotics-pos- under his predecessor, Volodymyr presidential] candidate.” (RFE/RL clients. Mr. Walkowicz replied that such session charges. Mr. Hryhoryshyn said Shkidchenko. “Unfortunately, even such Newsline) decisions were made at the highest levels the charges were trumped up and that the exotic things happen today as [that] we of the bank, for only they had access to real reason for his arrest was his refusal Soros receives cool reception are looking for several hundred mis- reliable information about such funds. In to provide money to Mr. Medvedchuk for siles,” Mr. Marchuk said. “They were order for Messrs. Lazarenko and political campaigns. KYIV – U.S. financier and philanthro- removed from military service, but we pist George Soros, who is currently on a cannot find them. They are said to have visit to Ukraine, said on March 30 that he been utilized. But where are [the] results Lazarenko trial reveals information bears no grudges for obstacles he faced to of their utilization?” Former Defense holding a roundtable on human rights in Minister Oleksander Kuzmuk told the Yalta, Crimea, earlier the same day, Ukrainska Pravda website on March 26 on gas sales between Ukraine, Russia Interfax reported. The management of the that Mr. Marchuk’s revelations are “non- Livadia Palace, where the roundtable was sense.” “I will not even comment on by Roman Kupchinsky These debts were being incurred by scheduled to take place, announced on such nonsense. We have this habit of RFE/RL Organized Crime and Terrorism Watch independent Ukrainian companies that March 29 that the palace will be closed washing our dirty laundry in public,” Mr. had been given licenses by the Ukrainian until April 1 because firemen are using it Kuzmuk said. (RFE/RL Newsline) On March 25 and 26, the jury at the State Committee for Oil and Gas to for training. The palace eventually hosted money-laundering trial of former import and distribute gas in Ukraine. the event only after an order from Marchuk: missing missiles could not fly Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Gazprom was not being paid and threat- Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma. Mr. Lazarenko, which is being held in the KYIV – Defense Minister Yevhen ened to cut off the gas supply. Soros said the inhospitality with which he Marchuk said on March 30 that the mis- Federal Building in San Francisco, was To control this dangerous situation, was confronted was inspired by presiden- given a heavy dose of often confusing the Ukrainian side created a consortium tial-administration chief Viktor (Continued on page 25) testimony on how natural gas was bought of gas traders in order to narrow the and sold between Ukraine and Russia. number of players in this sector and The ponderous videotaped testimony ensure that Gazprom would be paid. 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reconstruction of Iraq and contracts for that he supported a limited ban on gov- dent and the parliamentary majority sup- Armitage to Kuchma... Ukrainian businesses. Ukrainian officials ernment oversight of opposition organi- ported and the opposition was attempting (Continued from page 1) have complained that Ukrainian compa- zations, including by the State Tax to block, was ill-timed. He expressed the Mr. Armitage emphasized that he nies have been ignored in the bid process Administration and the various law belief that constitutional changes should believed that a good economic and secu- for contracts. He told the head of the enforcement bodies, until after the elec- always proceed “carefully and only after rity relationship already exists between Ukrainian government that Washington tions. considerable study,” and never in an elec- Ukraine and the U.S. He added that if would soon send experts to Ukraine to Mr. Armitage said the opposition lead- tion season. Ukraine held democratic elections free of provide support to Ukrainian businesses ers with whom he had met – Viktor Mr. Armitage also touched on the sub- “media intimidation and opposition in developing more successful bids on Yushchenko of the Our Ukraine Bloc and ject of the Odesa-Brody pipeline with intimidation,” relations between Iraqi reconstruction contracts. Yulia Tymoshenko of the eponymous Ukrainian officials, which was the focus Washington and Kyiv could “get back to Later, during his press conference, Mr. political bloc, along with several top sup- of considerable international attention in the type of relationship we envisioned Armitage said he believed that the two porters – impressed him with their dedi- the last several months. He expressed when Ukraine became free more than issues – Ukrainian participation in the cation and sincerity. support for the decision by Ukraine to about a dozen years ago.” Iraq peacekeeping effort and Iraqi recon- “My impressions are that the opposi- commit to using the Odesa-Brody Mr. Armitage’s trip encompassed near- struction contracts – needed to be sepa- tion is very tense, very dedicated, trou- pipeline in its originally planned direc- ly all the priority issues in Ukraine’s for- rated. He explained that he also wanted bled,” explained the U.S. official. “It tion and its rejection of a controversial eign policy towards the West, including to dispel any notion that Ukraine com- wants to be sure that the international effort to have it flow in reverse. its participation in the Iraq stabilization mitted to participation in the Iraq stabi- community is watching very closely to “The specter of oil going to Europe force; business contracts for rebuilding lization mission to obtain business con- see that generally recognized European without it having to go through the Iraq that Kyiv would like awarded to tracts. standards for elections are upheld.” Bosporus is an advantage,” said Mr. Ukrainian businesses; European Union “I have a higher feeling and opinion of Mr. Armitage said he believes that the Armitage, who added that it was good for and NATO membership for the country; the people of Ukraine,” explained Mr. political reform process, which the presi- the environment, too. and the Odesa-Brody oil pipeline. Armitage. “I do not think that Ukrainian During a day on which he met with soldiers, the sons of Ukrainian mothers, Putin. Most international observers agree top state and government officials, as went to Iraq in order to get contracts.” well as with opposition leaders, Mr. The deputy secretary of state, the Directors of VOA, RFE/RL... that Mr. Putin has taken control, directly Armitage repeatedly stressed free and highest ranking U.S. official to visit (Continued from page 1) or indirectly, over much of Russia’s fair democratic elections as the bench- Ukraine since the Iraq war, said the rea- were attracting,” said Mr. Dine. largest mass media outlets in the last mark that would determine Ukraine’s son that so few top level Bush adminis- The RFE/RL director explained that year. future integration with the West. tration representatives had visited Kyiv during their visit he and Mr. Jackson had Both Mr. Dine and Mr. Jackson tied After speaking with Minister of in the last few years had to do with what met with several commercial radio sta- the takeover of Radio Dovira and the Foreign Affairs Kostiantyn Gryshchenko, Washington had perceived as a question- tions located in different parts of Ukraine closing of Radio Kontynent – which had Mr. Armitage rejected notions that able dedication to democratic develop- about transmitting RFE/RL and VOA carried the transmissions of most of the Ukraine sent troops to Iraq to appease the ment by Ukraine. news and information programs. He con- major foreign state broadcasters in addi- U.S. He emphasized that it was “We didn’t have a high-level dialogue firmed that the two men had spoken with tion to RFE/RL and VOA, including Washington’s understanding that Kyiv with the president, and one of the reasons representatives of Voice of Kyiv as well, BBC, Deutsche Welle and Polish Radio – did so in response to the menace of inter- was that we had some real questions but would not state whether the parties directly to the upcoming presidential national terrorism and to express its com- about the commitment to democracy,” were close to an agreement. elections in Ukraine. mitment to fighting the threat. explained Mr. Armitage. Mr. Dine suggested that what was tak- “I have been coming here for 10 While meeting with President Leonid The U.S. undersecretary of state ing place in Ukraine in the run-up to the years,” explained Mr. Dine. “I have heard Kuchma, the U.S. State Department offi- emphasized that Ukraine’s commitment presidential election in October was the a basketful of proclamations that this is a cial gave the Ukrainian state leader a let- would be further tested through the stifling of independent mass media based democracy. But that is not the case when ter from U.S. President George W. Bush October 31 presidential vote. He noted on the methodology that had been used in there are questions of a free press.” and thanked Mr. Kuchma for “his brave that he had discussed with President Russia by the presidential administration Mr. Jackson added, “The world is decision to send Ukrainian soldiers to Kuchma the intimidation of the of recently re-elected President Vladimir watching what is going on in Ukraine.” Iraq.” Ukrainian mass media and the opposition With Prime Minister Viktor forces by government bodies. He told Yanukovych, Mr. Armitage discussed the journalists in his last appearance in Kyiv Year of Poland: from trade to culture

chase the mill from the Polish government, by Roman Woronowycz as Poland entered Europe it did not want Kwasniewski opens... Polish government officials announced after Kyiv Press Bureau to leave Ukraine behind. “We want our (Continued from page 1) a delay of several days that a British-Indian friendship in Europe to be as effective and President Kwasniewski to the podium, concern, LNM Group, would be awarded KYIV – Officials of Ukraine and successful as it has been in the last 12 emphasized the need to deepen economic the tender. IUD accused the Polish govern- Poland announced here on March 22 that years,” he said. they would commence a Year of Poland relations between the two countries. He ment of favoring LNM Group and allowing Mr. Tabachnyk explained that he and in Ukraine beginning on March 30 in noted that Poland ranked only a weak 11th it to adjust its offer upwards after the IUD Polish Minister of Culture and National order to stimulate closer economic, politi- among the top foreign investors in Ukraine, bid had been received. The controversy Heritage Waldemar Dombrowski had cal and cultural cooperation. while Ukraine’s investments in Poland escalated when the Ukrainian government signed an agreement on March 15 in “The development of a closer relation- remained a paltry $1 million. became involved. ship with Poland is important to us as a Warsaw that delineated an extensive pro- “We must boost joint economic projects,” President Kuchma noted that he believed primary strategic partner especially in gram of business, economic, political and declared Mr. Kuchma. the controversy had been blown out of pro- conjunction with its entry into the cultural events for the next 12 months. The Year of Poland in Ukraine, which portion by the mass media, but nonetheless European Union,” explained Ukraine’s The economic and business aspects should be followed by a similar program in thanked President Kwasniewski for attempt- would include conferences, exhibits and ing to resolve the issue fairly. “We want to Vice Prime Minister for Humanitarian Poland next year, will proceed under the Affairs Dmytro Tabachnyk. forums aimed at developing further busi- motto: “Poland and Ukraine Together in see fair and transparent rules here,” ness contacts and trade ties between the explained Mr. Kuchma. The Ukrainian vice prime minister Europe.” The yearlong series of events, noted that Poland has most enthusiastical- two countries. Mr. Tabachnyk noted that which will coincide with Poland’s entry into The two-day visit by President Ukraine’s trade turnover with Poland Kwasniewski originally had been planned as ly supported Ukrainian membership in the the European Union in May, are designed to EU and worked with Kyiv to help grew by 40 percent last year – the largest increase trade turnover and stimulate cultur- a three-day state visit, but was downgraded increase with any country. In comparison, to a working visit after Polish Prime Ukraine begin to meet the minimum al, educational and economic exchanges. requirements. He said that one of the 2003 trade with Russia in goods and serv- Minister Leszek Miller announced his resig- The Ukrainian government has stated that goals of the Year of Poland in Ukraine ices grew by 32 percent. nation on March 27 to allow President it would nonetheless like to utilize Poland’s was to intensify the process. The Year of Poland in Ukraine also Kwasniewski to return to Warsaw sooner to experience in increasing foreign investments “The purpose is to use the successful involves an extensive cultural program. It begin to organize a new government. and in developing further political and eco- Polish example in completing political will include concerts by contemporary The two presidents also announced that nomic relations with the EU, with the ulti- and economic reforms,” explained Mr. Polish musicians, conductors, and orches- they would work to hold the 2012 European mate aim of obtaining membership for Tabachnyk. He said that similar events in tras; photo and art exhibits, including the Ukraine as well. Football Championships jointly in both conjunction with Russia held in 2002 and works of Jewish-Polish writer and artist The first investment hurdle that the two countries. The two state leaders noted, how- 2003 in Kyiv and Moscow had proved Bruno Schultz, whose mural was uncov- countries needed to overcome to continue ever, that essentially it would be up to the very successful, particularly in developing ered in 2002 in Drohobych; literary along a smooth path of strategic develop- two countries’ football (soccer) federations economic relations. evenings; drama and film presentations. ment was to iron out the misunderstanding to win the right to host the championships The Ukrainian government official Several Polish film directors, including that has occurred over the privatization of together, as well as to obtain the financing to said that another goal with Poland would internationally regarded Jerzy Hoffman, the Polish steel mill, Huta Czestochowa. cover costs. be to tighten the relationships between have agreed to give workshops in Kyiv President Kwasniewski took the first step Mr. Kwasniewski, who sat for an inter- civic organizations and the divergent ele- for aspiring young Ukrainian directors. in that direction when he announced the day view broadcast on Ukrainian State ments of society, as well as to further heal Among the highlights of the year is a after the evening ceremonies that he had Television during his visit to Kyiv, said that the historical acrimony between the two Festival of Polish Music scheduled for ordered a halt to the privatization process of one of his goals has been and would contin- nations. September-October in Kyiv. The event the Polish steel mill until an independent ue to be to pull Ukraine into European struc- Poland’s ambassador to Ukraine, will focus on the contributions of Polish commission had reviewed how the tender tures. Marek Ziulkowski, noted that the Year of minorities to its cultural heritage, with had been awarded. “After my presidency is over and I look Poland in Ukraine would proceed under Ukrainian ensembles receiving much of After a Ukrainian firm, Industrial Union back on it, I want one of the shining the slogan, “Poland and Ukraine together the attention. Ukrainians are considered of Donbas (IUD), was informed it had sub- moments to be Ukrainian-Polish relations,” in Europe.” Mr. Ziulkowski explained that the largest ethnic minority in Poland. mitted the highest bid for the right to pur- stated President Kwasniewski. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2004 No. 14 U.S. officials air concerns about Ukraine at Action Ukraine Coalition meeting in D.C.

WASHINGTON – The first of a departments of State, Treasury and Ukraine’s membership in Euro-Atlantic meetings, which covered the upcoming planned series of working lunches focus- Commerce, contractor organizations institutions, freedom of the press, access election, NATO and U.S. briefings on a ing on Ukraine and U.S.-Ukrainian rela- working through the U.S. Agency for to Ukrainian radio audiences for U.S. broad range of issues, including South tions was held here on Wednesday, International Development, the Office of government broadcasters (VOA and Asia and Iraq. March 17, at the initiative of the Action Personnel Management and the Library RFE/RL) and economic issues, among “We stressed throughout the impor- Ukraine Coalition, comprising of the of Congress. Representatives from inter- others. tance of the elections. We don’t support Ukrainian American Coordinating national organizations, development Mr. Gawdiak opened the session by any particular candidate; our interest is in Council, the Ukrainian Federation of banks, think-tanks, the media, and the asking what, if anything, can be done by a free and fair electoral process. We America and the U.S.-Ukraine Embassy of Ukraine also participated. the U.S. government to ensure a truly fair would be willing and quite happy to Foundation. The Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs and democratic election campaign pre- work with whoever is elected in a free The luncheon was to have featured provided a conference room at its ceding Ukraine’s fall presidential elec- and fair electoral process,” Dr. Carter Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.), co-chair of Washington headquarters. tion and to influence a more democratic contined. “One thing in terms of the elec- the Ukrainian Congressional Caucus, Morgan Williams, AUC coordinator and judicious approach to the controver- tion to keep in mind is Ukraine’s aspira- member of the House Armed Services and editor of AUC’s Action Ukraine sial “reforms” being contemplated in tion toward a closer relationship with Committee, and chairman of its Tactical Report 2004, organized the event. Ihor Ukraine. Euro-Atlantic institutions, including Air and Land Forces Subcommittee. Gawdiak, president of the Ukrainian Vera Andrushkiw, director of the U.S.- NATO. Ukraine has expressed interest in Although a crucial committee session in American Coordinating Council, served Ukraine Foundation’s Community joining NATO and the United States sup- the House of Representatives prevented as moderator. Partnership Project, pointed out that it is ports this action.” Mr. Weldon from attending the AUC The meeting covered considerable important in attempting to understand the It is a matter of timing, he said. “If the luncheon, the participants engaged in a ground, including the upcoming current situation to take into account the election goes well, and we have made dynamic and fruitful wide-ranging analy- Ukrainian presidential election, the con- effect upon Ukraine of the accession of this point quite often, the U.S. will be sis and debate on Ukrainian issues. troversial constitutional reforms of the the country’s neighbors to the European much more inclined to support an early The close to 50 attendees represented Ukrainian political system, attitudes of Union. decision regarding membership in NATO U.S. government agencies, including the the U.S. government towards Ukraine, Dr. Bill Gleason, chair, Advanced for Ukraine.” Ukrainian Studies, and coordinator of Dr. Carter went on to note: “One of Eurasian Studies of the Foreign Service the participants on the Ukraine side at the Institute at the State Department, noted Foreign Policy Committee meeting said, that, at a conference co-sponsored a week ‘There is too much focus on this election earlier by FSI, “great concern was in the international community. Who expressed by several members of the remembers what happened to the election conference that the OSCE [Organization in Poland in 1939?’ Our response to that for Security and Cooperation in Europe] was that we certainly don’t think that is a is not moving aggressively enough and good way to look at it. But if this election that it is focused too much on the final does go poorly, maybe we won’t remem- election result and not enough on the ber it. Fifty years from now, we may events leading down to the election.” think of it only as another bad election in He emphasized that this is what needs that part of the world. That this election to be talked about now; otherwise, the went nowhere and Ukraine went “damage will be done, or could be done, nowhere.” and it may be too late” to ensure a fair Responding to a query, Dr. Carter election in Ukraine. He also noted that avowed that the Bush administration has some participants at the FSI conference certain sanctions in the planning stage felt that the Azeri model – between “East should the upcoming presidential elec- and West” with a lot of control in the tion indeed prove to have been fraudu- At the Action Ukraine Coalition meeting (from left) are: Stephen B. Nix of the hands of the presidency – is the most per- lently carried out. He declined to offer International Republican Institute; Christopher Grewe of the Treasury tinent model for the Ukrainian situation. any details. Department; and Dr. Paul Carter of the State Department’s Ukraine Desk. This last assertion was categorically On the positive side, Dr. Carter gave opposed by Nadia Diuk, director for recognition to many in the room who are Central Europe and Eurasia, at the carrying out important, “workaday” Press freedom found to be deteriorating National Endowment for Democracy, assistance to Ukraine in the attempt to Stephen B. Nix, director for Eurasia at build a civil society and promote demo- the International Republican Institute, cratic reform. Another positive sign, he in Eastern Europe and the Middle East and by Ukrainian Embassy representa- said, was President Leonid Kuchma’s tives Olexander Scherba, political coun- recent move to cut inspections of the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty dozen reporters. selor, and Volodymyr Samafalov, first mass media by the tax police. “But,” he The practice of “embedding” reporters secretary and head of Information added, “we are watching the implementa- WASHINGTON – Press freedom con- with military units was seen as a success Section, as an inaccurate model. tion of this very closely.” ditions continued to deteriorate in by both media organizations and the “Ukraine fatigue?” Mr. Scherba, political counselor at the Eastern Europe and the Middle East dur- Pentagon, Campagna said. He noted, how- Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, ing 2003, according to two experts from ever, that “embedded” journalists were The Ukraine Desk political officer at responded to Dr. Carter’s remarks by not- the Committee to Protect Journalists. The able only to provide a localized view of the U.S. Department of State, Dr. Paul ing that the United States tends to panel, which included Alex Lupis, what they themselves were experiencing. Carter, emphasized that the U.S. also emphasize everything that is negative Europe and Central Asia program coordi- “Unilateral” journalists, on the other hand, views the coming election in Ukraine “as about Ukraine but ignores positive devel- nator, and Joel Campagna, senior pro- who attempted to cover the war independ- a critical event in Ukraine’s history,” that opments in that country. Mr. Scherba gram coordinator for the Middle East and ently of the military, had a more “mixed” “will set the stage for Ukraine’s relation- stated the U.S. pays far more attention to North Africa, told an RFE/RL audience experience in Kuwait and Iraq. ship not only with the U.S. but interna- Russia than to Ukraine, and that it that safety concerns, a culture of fear and After the end of the war, working as a tionally for years to come.” He pointed ignores Ukraine’s considerable and self-censorship place journalists in journalist in Iraq remained very risky – out that, “if the election does not go well, steady economic progress. Everyone, he increased danger. the CPJ considers that country to have this could set Ukraine’s membership in said, is aware that this year Ukraine faces Mr. Lupis asserted that government been “the most dangerous place to work” NATO back for quite some time.” critical changes. corruption contributes to the poor media Furthermore, he said, “there are cer- in 2003. As for the coming presidential elec- conditions, citing the example of two tain psychological factors at work here. Mr. Campagna noted, however, that tions, Mr. Scherba stated that a potential journalists in Russia who were allegedly It’s not just a question of the formal despite the war-related risk to journalists’ presidential election victory for Viktor killed because of their reporting on cor- things, like memberships in certain safety, the media in Iraq has prospered Yushchenko is not viewed in Ukraine as rupt practices. He said that a rise in the organizations or not, that’s important since the fall of the Hussein regime. He some completely remote possibility. The level of fear among journalists has also here. If this election goes poorly, United States, therefore, should not be led to a steady decline in investigative said that Iraqis are now gaining access to Ukraine will be lumped in with other the uncensored Internet and that owner- telling Ukraine how to behave and threat- reporting throughout what used to be the countries – I don’t want to pick out any en it with some sort of sanctions, but Soviet Union. ship of satellite dishes has risen dramati- particular country to the East – that have cally in Iraq – an act that carried criminal should treat Ukraine as an important Furthermore, some governments have not done well on the democracy front, partner and accept the results of the com- restricted the ability of news organiza- consequences during the rule of Hussein. and ‘Ukraine fatigue’ so to speak will set The same sort of progress has not ing elections as a legitimate expression tions to report on poverty, organized in. People will just not be interested. of the Ukrainian electorate. occurred in Iran, according to Mr. crime and armed conflict occurring with- There is an awful lot hanging on this for Dr. Carter admitted to this unequal Campagna, where the hardline judiciary in their borders. For example, several Ukraine.” treatment but countered by saying that continues to use its powers to harrass and branches of the Russian government Dr. Carter described a recent series of the U.S. administration is harsher on arrest journalists, as well as to censor and intimidated reporters trying to cover the bilateral meetings with Ukraine at the Ukraine than on Russia because of close newspapers. Mr. Campagna added war in Chechnya, said Mr. Lupis. State Department. These meetings, Ukraine’s stated desire to become part of The physical safety of the working that the situation for journalists in Iran known as the Foreign Policy Committee, Europe and join European institutions. press was the dominant concern in the has degenerated so badly that their lives are held semi annually, and it was the Thus the question of democratic progress Middle East last year, according to Mr. are in danger, noting specifically the U.S.’s turn to host the talks. Vice Prime in Ukraine is very important for the Campagna, who said that the war in Iraq death in detention of Iranian Canadian Minister Volodymyr Yelchenko led the resulted in the death of more than a freelance photographer Zahra Kazemi. Ukrainian delegation at the two-day (Continued on page 28) No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2004 5

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Young UNA’ers Insurance Matters by Joseph Hawryluk

Don’t cash surrender! Dear Osyp: I purchased a $1,000 Ukrainian National Association P20 (life) policy for my granddaughter in January 1984. After 20 years of payments, I finally have it all paid up! My granddaughter did get UNA scholarships every year she was an undergraduate, but now that she is a graduate student, she is no longer eligible for UNA scholarships. But the expenses are still there. Should I cash in this $1,000 policy and give her that money for graduate school? – Concerned Grandfather

Dear Grandfather: Alexander B. Kuzma and Irene Kytasty-Kuzma enrolled their three children into UNA Branch 277 in Hartford, Conn. The children are: Alina Lubov (above left), That P20 (life) policy is all paid up for a $1,000 death benefit. Due to your grand- Teryn Nadia (above, right) and Maya Victoria (below, left). daughter’s young age, the policy will only pay out $359, its current cash value, if you cash surrender now. If you had purchased a 20-year endowment policy, the premiums would have been higher, however, your granddaughter would receive the entire $1,000 after 20 years. Once you cash surrender her P20 there will be no $1,000 death benefit, no cash value and no UNA member benefits (a 10 percent Soyuzivka discount, a $10 subscrip- tion discount on Svoboda, a $10 subscription discount on The Ukrainian Weekly, etc.). Also, your granddaughter may want to consider purchasing her own life insurance policy. At her young age, premiums are very low, she is healthy and you’d be sur- prised how difficult it is sometimes to get life insurance at a later age because of unfa- vorable medical circumstances, etc. And, the approximate cost of an average funeral is approaching $10,000! So, my advice is don’t cash surrender the policy. Let it accumulate cash value. Instead, I wish you luck in helping her find a good paying summer internship! – Osyp

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THE UNA: 110 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2004 No. 14

EASTER PASTORALS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY NATO: toward “a Europe whole and free” Celebrate the Resurrection of Christ Paschal Letter of the Permanent is a chosen, sacred day, the unique It was a historic week as NATO welcomed seven new members, bringing the num- Conference of Ukrainian Orthodox Sabbath of the King and Lord, the Feast ber of its member-states from 19 to 26. But even more significant was the fact that Bishops Beyond the Borders of Ukraine to of all feasts” for on it our Lord and these new members – Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and the venerable clergy and devout faithful of Savior Jesus Christ rested from His labor Slovenia – comprised countries once considered to be part of the Soviet sphere of the Holy Ukrainian Orthodox Church. – His saving passion and death endured influence and states that once were part of the USSR (though we must underscore that voluntarily for the life of the world and May the Light of the Risen Lord, shin- the U.S. never did recognize the USSR’s forcible incorporation of the Baltic states). our salvation – saw that it was good, and ing in splendor, illumine your every good Taken together with the previous group of countries admitted in 1999 – Poland, through His Resurrection brought us and holy work so that those who behold the Czech Republic and Hungary – this means that 40 percent of NATO is now “from death to life and from earth to composed of formerly Communist states. Set up in 1949 as a counterbalance to the them may glorify our Father in heaven! heaven,” giving us a taste of eternity USSR’s military prowess, the alliance has moved well beyond its Cold War-era rai- Each year at Pascha, we are reintro- (Song I and VIII of the Paschal Canon). duced to the genius of the author of the son d’être toward a partnership in global affairs, though mutual defense remains its Each year the words of this spiritual Paschal Canon, the Venerable John of fundamental purpose. masterpiece invite us all: “Come! Let us Damascus, a Christian teacher of pro- “When NATO was founded, the people of these seven nations were captives to purify ourselves and then shall we behold found faith. In the splendid verse of that an empire,” said President George W. Bush during the accession ceremony held on Christ ... celebrate the Resurrection of canon, which proclaims profound spiritu- March 29 in Washington. “They endured bitter tyranny. They struggled for inde- Christ ... for in Him is our foundation.” al realities, we are invited to declare and pendence. They earned their freedom through courage and perseverance. And today We, in these first years of this 21st to spiritually relive and reap the fruits of they stand with us as full and equal partners in this great alliance.” century, need to remind ourselves that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ’s To be sure, the expansion is something that President Vladimir Putin’s neo-impe- Christ is indeed the foundation of our rial Russia is none too happy about. (Of course, Russia wasn’t pleased either with Resurrection. We proclaim anew to the Orthodox Christian way of life as a par- the first round of NATO expansion after the disintegration of the USSR.) CNN culture in which we live that, “Indeed ticular tradition and heritage made holy reported that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov commented that Russia might Christ is Risen!” Our celebration far sur- have to revise its defense policy unless NATO revises its military doctrine. RFE/RL passes the mundane and fleeting con- by the Risen Lord through the presence noted that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said his country is particularly concerned cerns of this life for “this [our Passover] (Continued on page 35) by NATO’s decision to base warplanes in Lithuania to patrol the Baltic states’ air- space. Air Force Gen. Anatolii Kornukov was quoted by RFE/RL as saying, “We must take the most decisive measures. And this includes in relation to the alliance’s Let us live as Easter people aircraft. If they violate our border, they should be shot down and that’s it.” Konstantin Kosachiov, chair of the Russian Duma’s International Affairs Easter 2004 pastoral message of holy house. The doors were closed, just as Committee said that NATO “has recently been making steps that are unfriendly to Metropolitan Stefan Soroka to the most the gates of heaven were closed to mankind Russia,” adding that “it cannot be ruled out that Russia ought to look at the possibil- reverend bishops, the reverend clergy after original sin. We incense the doors and ity of taking corresponding measures.” And, by a vote of 305-41, with two absten- and religious, and the faithful of the joyously proclaim the Resurrection of tions, the Duma adopted a resolution that calls upon NATO to “genuinely take into Ukrainian Catholic Church in the United Christ. With the loud knock on the church account [Russia’s] concern over the alliance’s expansion.” According to RFE/RL, States of America. doors with the cross, and the proclamation the resolution says that if NATO fails to do these things, the legislature will recom- that Christ is Risen, the doors are opened mend that the government revise Russia’s defense policies, “including re-evaluating Christ is Risen! for us, the followers of Christ. the expediency of the Russian Federation’s continuing participation in international Have you noticed how much running At this time, something very different conventional-arms-control treaties and a review of the structure of Russia’s armed there is in the Easter story? occurs. The bishop and priests, who repre- forces toward increasing their potential for nuclear deterrence,” and calls on the The women rush to the tomb early in sent Christ, enter first into the Church, and Russian Security Council to consider deploying additional forces to regions border- the morning, before sunrise. Guards at the the procession of the faithful follows, ing NATO member-states. tomb run to tell the Pharisees about the singing “Christ is Risen!” We arrive to Russia’s reservations and threats aside, most commentators this week welcomed earthquake and the stone being moved. find the Royal Doors of the Iconostasis, as NATO’s expansion and looked ahead to the next round. As noted in an online dis- Peter and the Beloved Disciple race each well as the deacons’ doors, wide open. cussion on washingtonpost.com by Robert Hunter, NATO ambassador during the other to the tomb to check out the story told This signifies that the doors of the heaven- Clinton administration, the expansion “is a further step in fulfilling the potential – by the women. Why all this running, and ly kingdom are wide open to all followers and the promise – of a ‘Europe whole and free.’ ” Those were the words, readers yet in a cemetery? Usually, people walk of Christ during Easter Bright Week. may recall, of President George H.W. Bush as he outlined NATO’s new mission in quietly and slowly in a cemetery. The The Risen Christ also faced closed 1989 – before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Gospel tells us of much running and activi- doors on that first Easter morning. His We hail NATO’s new members, and look forward to the day when, in keeping ty at the cemetery that first Easter morning. closest friends, the apostles, and Mary, with the open door policy reiterated this week by President George W. Bush, Easter is a day that makes us get up and Ukraine can join its ranks. And we urge the United States and other NATO mem- his mother, and Mary Magdalene, were move! This is the day that we loudly all locked behind closed doors that morn- bers to redouble their efforts toward making that integration a reality and reuniting announce that Christ is Risen! He is Risen, Ukraine with Europe. ing. They were afraid and they were con- indeed! We process around the Church fused. The atmosphere of that room was three times on Easter morning, proclaiming shattered! Christ entered the room, stood the Resurrection of Christ. We face the before them, and said, “Peace be with April closed doors of the Church. The Church Turning the pages back... itself represents heaven on earth, God’s (Continued on page 29) 7 The Risen Christ is always with us 1996 Eight years ago, in April 1996, President Leonid Kuchma Easter pastoral letter of Bishop Basil they knew in their hearts the Good News once again confirmed that there is no going back for Ukraine – Losten of the Stamford Eparchy of the that Christ had risen. After 45 years of sup- that it will stay the course of economic and democratic reforms. Ukrainian Catholic Church. pression and persecution, our Church in That was the principal message of his annual state of the state Ukraine – kept alive by those who nour- “Christ is Risen – Indeed He is Risen” address to the Parliament on April 2, 1996. “Integration into Europe – this is our conscious ished it with their very blood – has risen is our Easter season greeting. We say and strategic choice,” he underscored. from the ashes and is now vibrant and flour- these words so often, but I wonder, do His remarks came on the same day that the presidents of the Russian Federation and ishing. Our Church is witness to the world we really ever ponder their meaning? Do Belarus signed a treaty of reintegration, in what many see as the first step in reviving the that no matter how the forces of evil try to Soviet Union, reported our Kyiv Press Bureau correspondent at the time, Marta we take this fact of our faith for granted? destroy the church, they will never prevail. Kolomayets. In sharp contrast to the events taking place in the Kremlin on that day, Mr. Not too many years ago, Communists Too, in our own life, no matter how Kuchma, sounding confident, said: “We consider and firmly hold the position that any assumed that they had destroyed the faith hopeless matters seem, we have Christ attempts to reanimate the Soviet Union carry no historic perspective and only harm the of our brothers and sisters in Ukraine. My with us. He will never abandon us, development of normal integration processes.” family once told me of an incident that whether we struggle with poverty, with In his state of the state address, Mr. Kuchma delineated some of Ukraine’s most press- they had witnessed. One Easter morn, a illness, with family, with society, with ing problems and listed its most crucial policies, both domestic and foreign. “Ukraine has Communist Party functionary came to self. The firm foundation on which our passed the point of historic return, and there will be no going back. However, the danger of their village. He ordered everyone to the faith is based will not crumble; it will attempts to return to the past cannot be excluded; in fact, both internal and external forces local meeting hall, where he delivered an support us despite the trials with which must be considered,” he cautioned in his opening remarks. impassioned lecture on atheism. Ending life assails us. Easter, joyously celebrated The Ukrainian leader also underscored the importance of a consensus regarding funda- his talk and confident that he had con- with candles, processions, incense and mental values, which includes a common understanding of the national idea, devoid of vinced the villagers that they should song, reminds us, once again, that Christ “isms,” and a search for compromise based not only on world experience, but also on reject Christ and embrace atheism, he Is Risen! Indeed He Is Risen! Ukrainian political culture. “We should begin – finally – moving not in a direction which turned the meeting over to the parish With my fervent wish that the Risen pulls us apart, but in one that brings us together and unites us,” said Mr. Kuchma. priest. The priest complimented him on Christ will bless you in a special way, I In conclusion, the Ukrainian leader said: “Today Ukraine and its people need not his eloquence, then, turning to the assem- remain, Yours in Christ Jesus, prophets, but people who are willing to roll up their sleeves and work.” bly, he dismissed them with the words, “Christ Is Risen!” The people instinctive- Most Reverend Basil H. Losten D.D. Source: “Kuchma reaffirms determination to stay the course on reforms,” by Marta ly thundered back, “Indeed He Is Risen.” Bishop of Stamford Kolomayets, Kyiv Press Bureau, The Ukrainian Weekly, April 7, 1996, Vol. LXIV, No. 14. 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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR PERSPECTIVES Worries for safety 1596 Union of Brest BY ANDREW FEDYNSKY of Patriarch Lubomyr a bad miscalculation Dear Editor: Dear Editor:

That the pope will not, anytime soon, be Myron Kuropas in “Back to square one” (March 14) iterates the complicity of A Ukrainian thumb on the electoral scale recognizing the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic With the field for the presidency now among his allies and agents in Ukraine. Church (UGCC) as a patriarchal Church is the Vatican with other agents in preventing the establishment of a Ukrainian Greek- narrowed to George W. Bush and John All of this is an ominous departure. no surprise for watchers of West-East Kerry, the country will be subjected to Despite shortcomings as leaders, both ecclesial developments. It’s interesting, Catholic Patriarchate. Also is mentioned an earlier revolt of Ukrainian Catholics against seven months of rallies, bumper stickers, Presidents Leonid Kravchuk and Leonid however, that Blazhennishyi Lubomyr, Rome. yard signs, tracking polls and interminable Kuchma had worked to orient Ukraine regardless of the outcome, believes the A more complete historical under- commercials that market the candidates like toward the West, with the goal of someday Pope to be a supporter of a Greek-Catholic standing of this consternating conflict a dose of Viagra or an herbal shampoo. joining NATO and the European Union. But Patriarchate in Kyiv (February 29). So, too, may be obtained from the 33 Articles of That’s when the campaigns aren’t denigrat- for that, Kyiv needs strong support from the does another important Catholic voice. the Union of Brest that defined the ing the other guy. Already, we’ve had accu- United States, the world’s only superpower. Father Robert Taft, S.J., of the Pontifical Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in sations, distortions, attacks, counterattacks, Recognizing what was at stake, the Oriental Institute in Rome, portrays John 1596, at a time when faithful Ukrainians with pundits dissecting what might have Clinton administration went to great lengths Paul II as a willing party to such recogni- suffered under Polish rule (www.fordham. been said or done a year, a decade, a gener- to strengthen Ukrainian sovereignty and tion, contingent on other considerations. edu/halsall/mod/1595brest.html). ation ago. democracy. Ukraine became the third largest The Rev. Taft, described as “a pioneer in Article 9 and others of that document Yet for all the spin and hoopla, elections recipient of American foreign aid, behind Eastern liturgical studies and a veteran of insist on a married priesthood and unaltered are a vital exercise, challenging the country Israel and Egypt, and was a major focus of East/West dialogues” and “one of the lead- liturgical practices. Articles 25, 10 and 32 to consider serious issues that go to the heart attention at the highest levels: President Bill ing [Catholic] experts on Orthodoxy” spoke ask for restitution for destroyed Ukrainian of what many interest groups care about Clinton visited Kyiv three times; First Lady at length on the plight of the UGCC in an churches and monasteries, allow the selec- most. For farmers, it’s crop supports; for Hillary Rodham Clinton four times and interview posted on the National Catholic tion of bishops by the Polish king, and union members, the minimum wage. The Vice-President Al Gore five. The various Reporter’s online edition, http://www.nat- request him to prevent entrance to Greek NRA cares passionately about guns; the secretaries of State and Defense visited cath.com/mainpage/taft.htm. His views, priests who are coming to excommunicate Brady Campaign wants to restrict them. Ukraine no less than 15 times. Senior however intemperately and definitely not the clergy who signed these Articles of Right to Life and NARAL have intense and Ukrainian officials reciprocated with visits very diplomatically expressed, will interest Union. opposing views on abortion. For seniors, it’s of their own. Ukrainian Americans enjoyed both partisans and opponents of patriarchal In an interview by Prof. Antoine Medicare. Most Cuban Americans look for the spotlight as well, with frequent visits to status for the UGCC. Arjakovsky at the Ukrainian Catholic candidates to condemn Castro. Most Jewish the White House, the Executive Office Father Taft reminds us how most patri- University in Lviv on January 26 voters won’t even consider them unless they Building and the State Department to meet archates that came into being after the (www.risu.org.ua/content.php?pageid- support Israel. And so on, issue after issue. with National Security staff, Cabinet secre- establishment of the major historic sees of 164&1=en&print=yes) Cardinal Lubomyr Candidates weigh the different interest taries, the vice-president, indeed with the the Mediterranean world were uncanonical Husar stated ambivalently: “If we take groups, promise to create jobs and protect president himself. in their origins. Ukrainian historians have Uniatism in this classical way of trying to national security, then hope they’ve assem- Sadly, the Bush administration has bled a coalition that can win a majority in long known that the Muscovite establish unity, we as well do not accept it. dropped the ball on Ukraine. Aid to Ukraine the Electoral College. Well, I happen to Patriarchate existed uncanonically from the We were tricked into it. It was not the has been cut by more than 50 percent. High- belong to an interest group with strong get-go, for more than a generation, and was intention of our bishops at the end of the level visits to Kyiv have dropped from more views about Ukraine. So without apology, recognized only under duress, after the vis- 16th century. But this was the political sit- than 25 (in eight years) to a mere two: both let me press my own thumb on the electoral iting patriarch of Constantinople had been uation within the Polish kingdom of that from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, scale. held hostage on orders of the tsar. time.” He added, “Our attitude presently is largely on Middle East matters. Even on the Not so long ago Ukraine was a really hot What is bold is Father Taft’s suggestion that between the Orthodox and ourselves symbolic Famine issue, the administration issue – rightfully so. In 45 years of the Cold falls short, withholding support from Senate that the UGCC also act on its own, declare there is no difference in faith.” War, the U.S and the “Free World” invested Resolution 202, which is blocked in com- itself a patriarchal Church and let recogni- For nationalist Ukrainians who consider trillions of dollars and countless lives in an mittee because of apparent objection to the tion (and, therefore, full canonicity) come the Treaty of Pereiaslav (1654) to be a tragic epic struggle against the “Evil Empire.” For word “genocide.” when it may. Novel is his added advice to mistake, then the Union of Brest is a bad Ukrainian Americans and other ethnics who And so Ukraine drifts. The Bush admin- Patriarch Lubomyr’s office: accept no mail miscalculation. that is not properly addressed to the patri- had long contended that liberation of the istration, to be sure, is not the only reason or Captive Nations would be the key to victory, even a principal cause for the sorry state of arch, to the Patriarchate; simply return to Alec Danylevich sender until they get it right. Ukraine’s independence in 1991 was sweet Ukrainian democracy or Vladimir Putin’s Worcester, Mass. vindication, providing as it did the ultimate Father Taft expresses one concern: that neo-imperialism, but it’s also clear that blow that knocked the underpinnings from the UGCC first assure itself that all her America’s turn from Ukraine has been a sig- under the Soviet Union. Out of the rubble, a bishops are supportive of the initative. nificant contributing factor – one that’s puz- new strategic alignment emerged, with Unity is important, but difficult: despite the zling and deeply disappointing. Surely, Thanks for articles Ukraine squarely at the center. efforts of the Kyivan Church in 1596, even Ukraine’s failure as a state is not in In his 1995 book, “The Grand America’s strategic interest; a reconstituted then several bishops turned away from the on Ukrainian philately Chessboard,” former National Security Russian empire, even less so. Union at Brest. Dear Editor: Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski saw Ukraine’s After a recent trip to Kyiv, former My own bigger worry is for the safety independence as essential to Russian Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright of Patriarch Lubomyr as he navigates the I would like to thank The Weekly and democracy and critical to the unfettered, argued persuasively that democracy in shoals between Lviv and Kyiv and beyond. Ingert Kuzych for the marvelous philatelic sovereign development of Poland, the Baltic Ukraine is just as important for America as articles, especially the one in the March 7 Father Taft speaks generally of a “lunatic states, the countries of the Caucasus, etc. Middle Eastern democracy. Ukrainian issue. Being a lifelong philatelist who in fringe” in the Orthodox Church. Living in Nearly a decade later, in a March 1 article, American Republicans need to send that 1991 converted all his philatelic energy to Russia almost two years now, I can attest to Jackson Diehl of The Washington Post message to President George W. Bush as he collecting Ukraine. I needed a primer on the this. I’ve seen various media reports (see makes a similar argument: “As giant seeks support in battleground states like http://www.stremba.us/churchOutsItself.ht fine points of Ukrainian philately, and I Ukraine goes, so, likely, will slip most of the Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania, ml) that make you wonder where are the found all I wanted in The Weekly. other former Soviet states that now live Florida, etc., where Ukrainian voters, work- lines demarking the real thinking of The Weekly is truly a newspaper that has uneasily between the expanding European ing in coalition with others who oppose a Church leadership from craziness among something for everybody be it community Union and Russia ...” rejuvenated Russian empire, can make the primitive elements. news and views, arts, Ukrainian sports, Those who follow events even casually difference between victory and defeat. A It often seems the Muscovite Church music review and, yes, stamps. I enjoy the know that Ukrainian democracy is in crisis. campaign ad in The Ukrainian Weekly is no leadership not only tolerates but humors or well-written philatelic articles, which are The independent press is being strangled. substitute for an active policy. even, at worst, adopts as its own the crazi- well researched by Dr. Kuzych. Stamps Opposition candidates and their supporters As for Sen. Kerry, Bush administration ness of its fringe. It truly pains me to see teach us so much: Ukrainian history, arts, are harassed, even arrested on spurious neglect of Ukraine has given him an open- that, to say that, for there is much about the geography, traditions, historical figures and charges. The ruling party is pushing dubious ing to an energized constituency, but it’s Russian Orthodox Church I find admirable. more. I save every article that is published. constitutional reforms to try to strip the next only an opening. Although U.S. support for That said, I still sense a murky milieu, Ukrainian stamp collecting should be president of authority and shift power to the Ukraine should be a no-brainer, the candi- stretching from Russia throughout what the encouraged in our Saturday schools, and at Parliament, after having bribed, manipulated date still has to prove himself. Sen. Kerry’s Muscovite Church regards as its canonical Plast and SUM meetings. Those boring and coerced its way into control two years early co-sponsorship of the Senate’s Famine territory, namely the whole Kyivan See. I “hutirky” can come alive with stamps of ago, defying the electorate which had voted Resolution is a positive sign, but it’s just a hope our Church leaders will take the best Ukraine. In this hobby you collect whatever in an opposition slate. start, a symbolic gesture. Ukrainian security measures as they go from place to interests you, and your imagination takes Hovering over the growing mess is the American Democrats need to let him know place in this vast area. The Greek-Catholic you to mythical places and events. Dr. specter of a rejuvenated Russian Empire, led that. Churches don’t need more martyrs now. Kuzych should be considered for the UCCA by a former KGB operative who is openly Candidates will say and hopefully do Rather, we need men and women alive Shevchenko Prize for his philatelic service pursuing a neo-authoritarian, neo-imperialist what they sense the electorate wants, partic- with intelligence, energy and conscience. to the Ukrainian community. policy and finding resonance for both ularly when it’s good for America. First, though, voters have to weigh in. So go Matthew-Daniel Stremba Zenko Halkowycz Andrew Fedynsky’s e-mail address is: ahead and put your thumb on the electoral Yekaterinburg, Russia Teaneck N.J. [email protected]. scale. Mine’s already there. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2004 No. 14

FOR THE RECORD: Bishop Basil Losten’s open letter to Orthodox patriarchs Following is the text of an open letter ing of President Franklin D. Roosevelt of have unanimously stated their declaration but actually absorbed by another Church to Orthodox Patriarchs by Bishop Basil the United States at a critical point in the of a patriarchal structure to meet the needs sui juris is a relic of the past and a deep scar H. Losten, chairman, Ecumenical history of the United States, “My fellow of its faithful scattered throughout the in the history of all parties Involved. The Commission, Ukrainian Greek-Catholic citizens. The only thing we have to fear is world in many different canonical territo- Second Vatican Council clearly identifies Synod of Bishops. The letter is dated fear itself!” I am also reminded of another ries. This declaration has been formally the Eastern Churches in communion with March 1. age-old adage: “There are three sides to presented from the Synod to His Holiness, the See of Rome under a different term: every story: there is my side and your side, Pope John Paul II, for confirmation in the Eastern Catholic Churches. Since that his- Your Holiness/Your Beatitude! and then there is the truth!” person of its Primate: His Beatitude toric gathering, the sacred canons of the The basic principle of the ecumenical It is fear and not dialogue that has been Lubomyr Cardinal Husar, the Catholic Eastern Catholic Churches as well as all movement in Christianity relies upon seek- conveyed to your office by the Patriarchate Metropolitan of Kyiv and Halych official documents of the See of Rome per- ing the truth in a spirit of charity. The of Moscow. I, just as you, have had the (Ukraine). taining to its Eastern churches sui juris movement itself depends upon honesty in same opportunity to read the many state- The polemics advocated by the Moscow reveal a clear policy trumpeting the preser- acknowledging those wounds of the past ments made by Orthodox hierarchs that Patriarchate presents an ecclesiological vations and growth of each such Church in that did not foster unity; an openness in the appeared on Internet news services and am view that exists in a vacuum in the global- its traditions “whole and entire.” To accuse present to dialogue about all matters that certainly flabbergasted by them! Could this ized world of today! It is a position that is the Ukrainian Catholic Church of being “a affect the welfare of the Church; and a tempest be anything farther than derailing based upon past privileges granted by Uniate wolf in sheep’s clothing” in this day burning hope that the future might bring us into a paralysis of fear of seeking the Russian imperialism and godless and age is tantamount to accusing the about Our Lord’s most fervent desire: ut truth and relating to one another in a spirit Communism. There are no exclusive Moscow Patriarchate of being “Uniate” in unum sint! of charity? I find it significant that there canonical territories either in the East or the the 1980s because of its public policy of The recent chain of events set off by the have been no verbal attacks upon the West in the world of today – there are only tolerating and using latinized practices in Moscow Patriarchate and the massive Moscow position either from the Holy territories of ancestral lineage. That is why Ukraine as a way of keeping the local pop- polemical reaction it engendered in the Synod of Ukrainian Catholic Bishops nor any Patriarchate of the Orthodox or ulace “happy” and satisfied with its juris- Orthodox world is a step back from this from the Office of the Patriarch of First Catholic world may have a jurisdiction of dictional leadership. most basic principle. The concept of a Rome! influence anywhere in the world dictated It is ironic how easy it is to sway from Ukrainian Catholic patriarchate in the city The position of the Holy Synod of by its own sacred canons. There are no the ecumenical path of dialogue through of Kyiv has been assailed universally in the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops under the boundaries for the exercise of spiritual pat- polemical propaganda! It is much more dif- Orthodox world even before it was even omophorion of the Patriarchal See of Rome rimony! ficult to remain in dialogue – to walk on a brought forth as a point of dialogue in the is clear: our Church is an ecclesla sui juris The ancestral line of the Ukrainian path together to Emmaus, dialoguing with 21st century. within the internal structure of Eastern Catholic Church to the metropolitan see of the Lord who opens our hearts and minds The polemics of the Moscow Catholic Churches in full communion with Kyiv is as valid a claim as any other pre- to understanding rather than stopping still Patriarchate remind me of the famous say- the Patriarchal See of Peter. Its bishops tenders! It was the metropolitan see of in the mud of our tracks. The world outside Kyiv (including present territories in of the canonical territory of the Moscow Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania) gathered Patriarchate offers wonderful examples of in synod of its bishops-suffragans that what can be hoped for in dialogue. The Passion of Christ: freely renewed full ecclesiastical ties with I cite but a few examples: the Melkite the See of Rome in 1595-1596. It was this Catholic Patriarchate with the Orthodox see that had only one metropolitan bishop Patriarchates of Antioch and Jerusalem, the a look at other sources which was Catholic for a decade until the unofficial Congresses of the Syrian by Msgr. John Terlecky approached the film with a reserved Patriarchate of Constantinople re-estab- Catholic and Orthodox Churches brought recommendation. lished an Orthodox hierarchy there in the together by “Pro Oriente”; the positive dia- STAMFORD, Conn. – Mel Gibson’s The film can do much good in the early 17th century. It was in the 17th centu- logue taking place between Greek- film “The Passion of the Christ” has spiritual life of an individual believer. ry that the Catholic and Orthodox metro- Catholics and Ukrainian Orthodox regard- opened to much-hyped publicity and Any vehicle that causes us to honestly politan of Kyiv entered into dialogue on the ing the use of church properties of an astounding $200 million plus dol- reflect on the Passion of our Lord and question of the canonical establishment of a Zakarpatska Province [Zakarpattia Oblast] lars of business in the first 10 days of God Jesus Christ must be given the Kyivan patriarchate. It was in 1684 that the of Ukraine; the present fraternal encounters its release. Recently a group of 30 benefit of the doubt in its favor. I was “Third Rome” usurped the relationship of between the Ukrainian Catholic bishops of Ukrainian Catholics attended a special the Orthodox Metropolitanate of Kyiv with the Northern Hemisphere under the showing of the film at a local cinema not surprised to hear that the much-bal- the Patriarchate of Constantinople – by omophorion of the First Rome with the in Stamford, Conn. The special screen- lyhooed charge of anti-Semitism did subjugating the ancestral see under its Ukrainian Orthodox Bishops of the ing was playing at 9:15 a.m. and all six not result in a single case reported over the news telecasts of the first week of omophorion by decree of the tsar and the Northern hemisphere under the omophori- movie screens of the theater had been intrigues of the Kozak hetmanate. rented by a number of church groups. Great Lent. on of New Rome! The film needs to be followed up The polemics of “Uniatism” are once His holiness, Pope John Paul II, has con- There were no tickets to be bought, for again rearing their ugly head. The only all seats were previously reserved. with additional reading materials. The stantly repeated one scriptural verse – from film is made available in print in the Uniate Church that exists in the world the opening sentence of his acceptance as I was not among those attending. I today is that which is deeply imbedded in had my regular religion class of eight form of a pictorial book simply called the successor of Peter to virtually every “The Passion” by Mel Gibson. There the Orthodox psyche. The concept of one children in grades 3 and 4 at St. Church sui juris being not just united with (Continued on page 26) Vladimir’s Saturday School of also is the soundtrack of the film with Ukrainian Studies. It was important to its haunting score. Both are readily teach the children how to do “poklony” available in bookstores or from online (solemn prostrations) and other practices book services. To The Weekly Contributors: associated with the Great Fast. In speak- For those looking for a less visceral ing with my parishioners who viewed presentation of the Passion of the Lord, We greatly appreciate the materials – feature articles, news stories, press clippings, let- the film, I heard a genuine excitement I strongly recommend a book that I ters to the editor, etc. – we receive from our readers. In order to facilitate preparation of The Ukrainian Weekly, we ask that the guidelines listed below be followed. and a pitch of religious fervor that is was introduced to us a student in a appropriate for the Lenten season. high school seminary over 30 years ® I intend to see the film, but at my ago: “The Day Christ Died” by Jim News stories should be sent in not later than 10 days after the occurrence of a given event. pace and selection of time. I will wait Bishop. It is an hour-by-hour account ® All materials must be typed and double-spaced. for all the brouhaha to quiet down and of the day of the Passion told in the ® Photographs (originals only, no photocopies or computer printouts) submitted for pub- sit in a theater where I won’t be crowd- style of a newspaper reporter. lication must be accompanied by captions. Photos will be returned only when so ed and when I can honestly form an For those seeking something more on requested and accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. the spiritual plane, I highly recommend ® independent evaluation of the film. Full names (i.e., no initials) and their correct English spellings must be provided. the 19th century classic “What Jesus ® I’ve read a lot of reviews of the Newspaper and magazine clippings must be accompanied by the name of the publi- Saw from the Cross” by the Dominican film. Among the positive comments I cation and the date of the edition. priest the Rev. A.G. Sertillanges. While ® have heard is that of the value of the Information about upcoming events must be received one week before the date the religious experience: “It was like being Mr. Gibson’s film and so many other information is to be published. ® at the foot of Calvary, watching and works deal with the Passion from a per- Persons who submit any materials must provide a daytime phone number where they feeling everything as an eyewitness.” son’s point of view, Father Sertillanges may be reached if any additional information is required. ® Among the salient critical comments I approaches the Lord’s Passion from the Unsolicited materials submitted for publication will be returned only when so request- heard was that Mr. Gibson presented divine perspective as backed by scrip- ed and accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. the who, what, were, when and how of ture and the physical environment of the Passion, but overlooked the why of salvation history. It is a book that I Mailing address: The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. the Passion in his account. It is signifi- enjoyed reading the first time and enjoy cant to note that the Office of reading every time since. PLEASE NOTE: Materials may be sent to The Weekly also via e-mail to the address Broadcasting of the United States All three titles are readily available [email protected]. Please do include your mailing address and phone number so that Conference of Catholic Bishops from amazon.com and cost less than we may contact you if needed to clarify any information. $20. The only book that exists in audio Please call or send query via e-mail before electronically sending anything other than form is “The Day Christ Died” at a Word documents. This applies especially to photos, as they must be scanned according to Msgr. John Terlecky is librarian at price of $58.95 with no guarantee of our specifications in order to be properly reproduced in our newspaper. the St. Basil College Libary in delivery – it is a fairly rare item that Any questions? Call 973-292-9800. Stamford, Conn. has to be hunted down! No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2004 9 Radio Canada International’s Ukrainian program faces cuts this fall by Christopher Guly licly funded Radio-Canada counterpart, Affairs provides an advisory role, often for our Brazilian audience.” Special to The Ukrainian Weekly officially announced that it was “reposition- through its diplomatic missions.) On March 26, RCI launched a weekly ing” its programming and added a new But while he’s grateful for the reprieve, 30-minute program that covers news and OTTAWA – After October 31, the day Portuguese-language program “specially Mr. Skrypnyk is not pleased that RCI’s information in Canada and Brazil. Through Ukrainian citizens head to the polls to elect tailored to Brazilian audiences” last month. Ukrainian program, which last year marked an agreement with Radio Netherlands, the their next president, Montreal-based Radio RCI was originally scheduled to reduce its 50th anniversary, has been slashed. show is broadcast on 300 AM and FM sta- Canada International’s Ukrainian-language Ukrainian programming around that time. “Some might say something is better than tions throughout Brazil, and is also aired program could be broadcasting less fre- But an 11th-hour intervention by Canadian nothing, but when it’s cut to a few minutes a live via short-wave on Friday afternoons, quently to Ukraine. Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham to week should we be happy?” and on weekends via satellite and the Lina Gavrilova, head of RCI’s Ukrainian CBC president and chief executive officer Internet. section, told The Weekly that Ukrainian He says that ever since RCI introduced Robert Rabinovitch kept the programming programming for post-World War II With a growing population of nearly 180 programming is scheduled to drop from 30 million (compared to the estimated 50 mil- minutes a day, seven days a week to a total intact until after the forthcoming Ukrainian Ukrainians in the Soviet Union, it has given election, said Ostap Skrypnyk, executive them information about life in Canada and lion people living in Ukraine) and home to of one hour per week. the fifth-most spoken language in the world She said RCI officials have yet to decide director of the Ukrainian Canadian how Canadians of Ukrainian descent active- Congress. ly and freely participate in the country. “It (Portuguese), Brazil is an “important part of whether the 60 minutes of airtime will be the world” for RCI programming, said Mr. presented in its entirety or divided into two In an early March meeting with Mr. has told them a lot about civil society,” Mr. Graham in Winnipeg, where the UCC is Skrypnyk said. Pellerin. 30-minute segments. In addition to the new Portuguese show, It’s also unclear whether the Ukrainian headquartered, Mr. Skrypnyk reiterated the And it still will, said RCI spokesman UCC’s opposition to RCI’s cuts to the Denis Pellerin. “Those who claim that RCI has also redirected its English-language program will continue to be heard over programming to India and sub-Saharan short-wave. Ukrainian program and was “pleased” when Ukrainians need to have access to Canadian Mr. Graham informed him that he had talked values should know that we will still be Africa instead of the United States, which In addition to that format, the daily will now have short-wave access to CBC’s shows are transmitted over the Internet and with Mr. Rabinovitch about the matter. broadcasting in Ukrainian,” he explained, “Mr. Graham understood that RCI is an adding that a “large part of the Ukrainian domestic radio programs. via satellite, and appear on Ukraine’s Through a new agreement with German National Radio Company’s regular sched- important part of Canada’s foreign policy population speaks Russian” and can also lis- and said it’s important for Ukrainians to ten to RCI programming in that language. international radio broadcaster, Deutsche ule. Welle, RCI is also now reaching major capi- NRC’s president Viktor Nabrusko is have information in the lead-up to the elec- “I’m not sure if the Ukrainian communi- tion in October,” Mr. Skrypnyk said in an ty really understands the changes that we tals in French-speaking North and sub- expected to meet with RCI director Jean Saharan Africa. interview. are looking at and is afraid that RCI will Larin in Montreal this summer to discuss Mr. Pellerin noted that the Ukrainian pro- Last September, when RCI began eventually stop broadcasting in Ukrainian, arrangements for broadcasting the Canadian gram is not the only one to face the ax. One reviewing its programming, the UCC began which is not the case. The Ukrainian pro- Ukrainian-language program. of the Chinese programs will be cut as RCI a lobby campaign to keep the Ukrainian gram is an important part of RCI,” he con- As well, the RCI-Ukrainian section’s looks to develop more partnerships with program intact and sent the minister a letter tinued. staff will be cut in half when the program- Chinese radio. “We are doing less news and asking him to use his “influence” to keep Mr. Pellerin said the changes, which have ming changes take effect this fall. Two casu- more context of news and current events,” al employees have been dropped, leaving the status quo. yet to be completely finalized, to the he added. only Ms. Gavrilova and Luba Demko, both In reply, the congress was told the federal Ukrainian section reflect the “normal man- With Portuguese, RCI now broadcasts in of whom serve as announcer-producers. government has an “arm’s length” relation- agement” of RCI’s resources and programs, nine languages, including English, French, In early February, RCI, the international ship with RCI. (The Department of and will help the Canadian international Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Mandarin, radio service for the Canadian Broadcasting Canadian Heritage funds CBC-Radio radio network “invest in what we think is Corp. (CBC) and its French-language, pub- Canada, which in turn funds RCI. Foreign crucial, which is to broadcast in Portuguese (Continued on page 29)

Highlights from the UNA’s 110-year history A special yearlong feature focusing on the history of the Ukrainian National Association.

The ninth convention of the UNA was held in Scranton, Pa., on June 25-28, 1906, with 72 delegates participating. It was reported that the UNA had grown to 139 branches and 7,888 members. Assets now totaled $23,705.34. Among the notable decisions adopted at the convention were: St. Volodymyr was named the patron saint of the UNA; and the phonetic (Continued on page 10) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2004 No. 14

Ukrainbyia Andrewn Can Nynkaadian comple“Ifte its hadn’t asc ebeennt foro fthe K thoughtilima ofn thejaro, continues fund-raising for children of Chornobyl children of Chornobyl, reminding myself PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Ukrainian that I was dedicating my climb to a cause Canadian Bohdanna Zwonok reached higher than just a sports challenge, that Mount Kilimanjaro’s 19,340-foot-high my pain was nothing to compare to what summit at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, February the children are going through, I would 15, completing her goal of climbing have turned back. Putting my pain and Africa’s highest peak in order to raise money and awareness for victims of the discomfort into a wider perspective made 1986 nuclear disaster in Chornobyl, me feel that the climb was not difficult,” Ukraine. Ms. Zwonok said in an e-mail. “Some of the most touching support In a diary Ms. Zwonok kept while and donations came from individuals climbing the mountain and subsequently within the Ukrainian community: anony- shared with The Weekly, she wrote, “On mous donors, friends and family. Without each of our four days of upward climbing them, such a journey would simply not on Kili, we will be crossing four seasons have been as rich and nurturing,” Ms. and climates; on day one it was a tropical Zwonok said in an e-mail message sent ... rain forest. Today, it is slowly turning to The Ukrainian Weekly. into a temperate, warm day and cool night. “I am very proud and touched by the Tomorrow will be a cooler ... day and a Ukrainian community’s response. It cold night, close to the freezing point. And reminded me of the power of solidarity, the last day and night will be no less harsh which is an essential element for humani- than a freezing arctic environment.” Benny Raozo tarian work,” she said. The last leg of the climb to reach the summit started at midnight and took Viviane Elferink (left) and Bohdanna Zwonok on Mount Kilimanjaro’s Uhuru While Ms. Zwonok and her Canadian Peak, Africa’s highest point at 19,340 feet. climbing friend Vivian Elferink, who more than seven hours of ascending accompanied Ms. Zwonok on the climb, through freezing temperatures and thin, have yet to raise their $19,340 goal – a oxygen-deprived air. Over the course of dollar for each vertical foot climbed up their 11-day expedition on Mount the mountain – they have said they are Kilimanjaro, the two climbers were nonetheless determined that they will accompanied by a guide, an assistant reach that amount. guide, a cook and three porters. The two climbers agreed to split the Asked if she spoke with other climbers fund-raising responsibilities equally about her reasons for climbing Mount among themselves, and Ms. Zwonok said Kilimanjaro, Ms. Zwonok said, “I had a that to date she has raised $6,500 of her sign sewn onto the back of my backpack $9,670 goal, but plans to have raised the before I even left Canada. I wore it every entire amount by the end of the year. day and was approached and recognized The money raised by the Ukrainian by other climbers throughout the trip. Canadian, who turned 51 the day she There was talk about me and the children summited Mount Kilimanjaro, will go of Chornobyl, about the disaster, also toward supporting rehabilitation pro- many questions asked, interest spurred grams, medical clinics and equipment, by my initiative. I encouraged many of relief for orphanages and summer camps the climbers who elected to suffer in in Ukraine. “I have complete confidence many of their adventurous treks to at in the distribution of funds by CCCF in least suffer for a humanitarian cause.” Canada and by CCRF in the U.S. to the The Ukrainian Canadian climber said institutions and children whose needs are that once her fund-raising goal has been most pressing,” Ms. Zwonok said. met she will announce plans for her next Viviane Elferink Bohdanna Zwonok and assistant guide Benny Raozo rest for a picture during an expedition on Mount Kilimajaro. Chairman Konstantin Kosachev (Unified Seven new members... Russia) noted that four of the new mem- expedition, which she has planned for early Chornobyl Canadian Fund (CCCF). (Continued from page 1) bers – the Baltic states and Slovenia – 2005. “You can count on the next peak Individuals interested in donating to Slovakia and Slovenia into the alliance. have not signed the Treaty on being higher, even more difficult to attain.” Ms. Zwonok’s campaign should contact “The people of these seven nations Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) and Ms. Zwonok chose two charity organi- either of the two organizations directly. were captives to an empire. They endured that this failure could produce “a gray zations as beneficiaries for any funds she Interested donors can make donations out bitter tyranny. They struggled for inde- zone” that would worry Moscow, ITAR- raises during the “Climbing for a Cause” to “Kili Project.” pendence,” President Bush said. “They TASS reported. campaign, which will continue through CCCF may be reached by e-mail at earned their freedom through courage and Duma Defense Committee Chairman 2004. The Children of Chornobyl Relief [email protected] and its mailing address perseverance, and today they stand with General Viktor Zavarzin (Unified Russia) Fund (CCRF), which is headquartered in is: CCCF, 2118 Bloor St. W., Suite 200, us as full and equal partners in this great said Russia must rethink its defense pos- Short Hills, N.J., is the beneficiary of any Toronto, Ontario M6S 1M8. alliance.” ture now that the Baltic states have joined donations made to the campaign from CCRF may be contacted by e-mail at President Bush stressed NATO’s open- NATO. “Taking into account NATO individuals or businesses located in the [email protected] and its ness to further expansion. Albania, actions, we can adjust our military-con- United States, while donations made mailing address is: CCRF, 272 Old Short Croatia, and Macedonia are likely candi- struction plans. Moreover, I believe out- from Canada will go to the Children of Hills Road, Short Hills, NJ 07078. dates for the next round of expansion. lays for national defense should be boost- Prime Ministers Juhan Parts of Estonia, ed,” Mr. Zavarzin was quoted by ITAR- Indulis Emsis of Latvia and Algirdas TASS as saying on March 29. Brazauskas of Lithuania participated in As NATO’s expansion was being for- Highlights from the UNA’s 110-year history the NATO-accession ceremonies in malized, four Belgian F-16 fighter jets (Continued from page 9) landed at Lithuania’s Zokniai airport near Washington. alphabet was adopted for use by Svoboda and the UNA – that is the “Latvia’s accession to the alliance is a the northern city of Siauliai on March 29, great day for our nation,” BNS quoted Mr. shortly before NATO-accession cere- alphabet used in all Ukrainian schools, books and newspapers. Emsis as saying as he deposited the coun- monies in Washington, Lietuvos Rytas Also, the UNA would henceforth accept Canadians as members, the try’s accession documents with the U.S. reported on March 30. benefit amount to be paid out on insurance policies was increased to State Department. “It is a day for celebra- The aircraft will patrol the airspace $1,000, and members were to contribute 2 cents per month to the tion, a long-awaited moment and fulfill- over Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Reserve Fund and 1 cent each to the Indigent Fund and the newly cre- ment of a long-cherished aspiration.” Lithuanian armed forces commander Lithuanian Parliament Speaker Arturas Major General Jonas Kronkaitis and Air ated National Fund. Convention delegates also voted to contribute Paulauskas, who was among parliamentar- Force commander Colonel Edvardas $100 to the Liberation Fund in Halychyna. ians and foreign dignitaries assembled at Mazeikis attended a ceremony at the air- Constantine Kyrchiv was re-elected to his second term as UNA president. the Parliament building to watch the event port to welcome the pilots. A Svoboda editorial commented: “This convention reorganized the live on television, said: “When we heard The defense ministers of the three UNA, giving it a firm foundation and thus assuring further growth Baltic states on March 29 issued a joint NATO planes roaring today, while sitting and a bright future.” at a radio station studio, we understood statement in Washington in which they that NATO is a reality.” welcomed the beginning of NATO air Source: “Ukrainian National Association: Its Past and Present, (1894- patrols over their territories and gave Meanwhile, in Russia, officials and 1964),” by Anthony Dragan (translated from the original Ukrainian by commentators reacted negatively on assurances of their states’ readiness to March 29 to the admission of seven new provide technical and legal support in Zenon Snylyk). Jersey City, N.J.: Svoboda Press, 1964. The border featured in members to NATO, Russian media report- implementing the airspace-surveillance this special feature is reproduced from a UNA membership certificate dating ed. Duma Foreign Relations Committee system. to 1919. No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2004 11

Graduateby Oksana Zakydalsky student symposium on Ukraine – a North American first TORONTO – Two graduate students from Ukraine – one in literature, the other in political science – recently organized the first graduate student semi- nar on Ukraine. University of Toronto students Olena Nikolayenko, a Ph.D. student in compar- ative politics from Donetsk Oblast and Oksana Tatsyak, a Ph.D. student in Ukrainian literature from Lviv, conceived the idea a year ago – to bring together graduate students working in Ukrainian- related fields so that they could find out about each other and showcase their research to a wider public. The students found support for their idea at the Center for Russian and East European Studies (CREES) at the University of Toronto and sponsors in the Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Symposium participants (from left, back): Ilya Khineiko, Nadia Zavorotna, Rory Finnin, Oleksandr Melnyk, Anita Ukraine and the recently created Petroski, Olena Nikolayenko, Mark Andryczyk, Chrystyna Dail, Oksana Tatsyak, (front) Mykola Polyuha, Margrethe Wolodymyr George Danyliw Sovik, Prof. Dominique Arel, Prof. Serhy Yekelchyk, Scott Orr, Oksana Babenko and Marko Stech. Foundation. Helping them in the admin- used the experience of World War II in on the use of Russian. Some of the discussants saw the current istration of their project was Larysa Kherson oblast to show how Soviet defeat Finally, Mykola Polyuha (Penn State) situation as one of opportunities, albeit Iarovenko, who runs the Petro Jacyk fragmented identity. Whereas Soviet spoke on “Ukrainian Internet Identity.” different ones than in the past. Sociologist office at CREES. mobilization when Germany attacked the Although it is too soon to speak of this Wsevolod Isajiw (University of Toronto, The Graduate Student Symposium, USSR on June 22, 1941, resulted in a large being an influential indicator of identity retired) saw the future in joint projects of titled “Exploring Ukrainian Identity: numbers of volunteers, this “patriotic because of the low use of the Internet in the diaspora with Ukraine and pointed to Gender, Ethnicity and Statehood” was unity” lasted only until July when the war Ukraine (where there are 1.2 internet users the establishment and support of the held on March 12-13 at CREES, with 12 per 100 persons whereas in the US the rate National University of Kyiv-Mohyla presentations from graduate students at arrived in Kherson. Mr. Melnyk pointed is 50.1, Canada – 46.7, Poland – 9.18, Academy in Kyiv and the Ukrainian various universities. The symposium out that the behavior of the defeated Soviet Russia – 2.9 and Germany – 37.4), he Catholic University in Lviv as examples. consisted of four panels, each featuring army – widespread desertions and surren- pointed to questions that could be pursued Marko Stech (CIUS) stated that more three students, a faculty chair and a fac- ders – showed not only the inherent dis- in the future: Does the cybernation exacer- books than ever are being published on ulty discussant – a very ambitious and loyalty of the Soviet soldier but the weak- bate existing imperfections in society? Ukrainian topics in the West and saw a full program. In addition, there were two ness of Soviet identity that buckled quick- What does the current divide between those bright future in research. He suggested keynote speakers: Prof. Serhy Yekelchyk ly under a real threat. that have access and the huge “other” that that it was the responsibility of the cur- (University of Victoria) and Prof. The topic of gender and its interplay does not do to national identity? rent professors in Ukrainian studies to Dominique Arel (University of Ottawa). with identity was dealt with by Rory Finnin In his summing up remarks, visiting outreach and find people and money for Writer Mykola Riabchuk, who was in (Columbia) in the context of the problem of writer Mykola Riabchuk pointed to the such projects to continue. Toronto to deliver the Wolodymyr the trafficking of women. Because data on internationalization of Ukrainian studies, Both historian Paul Magocsi George Danyliw lecture, provided who is trafficked is hard to come by, he which no longer are “Slavs teaching Slavs (University of Toronto) and Roman remarks on the panel presentations. used studies in migration intention to show about Slavs.” He suggested more use Senkus (CIUS) referred to the number of Thus the graduate gathering involved that there exists an inverse relationship should be made of post-colonial method- tenured faculty as proof of the robustness a total of 23 participants and a further 55 between being Ukrainian and wishing to ology as a tool for the analysis of process- of Ukrainian studies. Prof. Magocsi persons who registered for the sympo- migrate (the lowest percentage of women es in Ukraine such as the concepts of doffed his academic cap to the “genius of sium. Of the graduate students taking wanting to migrate was from western post-colonial trauma dominant discourse. the Galicians” who institutionalized part in the program, seven were from Ukraine, the highest from Kyiv and eastern The symposium ended with a round- Ukrainian studies in North American uni- Canada and five from the United States, Ukraine). He questioned the tie of traffick- table discussion among seven professors versities. Mr. Senkus pointed out that and five of the total had received their ing to the economic situation as women and two CIUS editors on the topic of: currently there are 23 tenured positions undergraduate education in Ukraine. from economically underperforming areas “Have Ukrainian Studies a Future?” held by Ukrainianists in North America. The presentation topics, which cen- in Ukraine did not exhibit as high an incli- “Historian Olya Andriyewska (Trent New contexts for Ukrainian studies tered around the main theme of identity, nation to migrate as those from areas eco- University) focused on the changes in were mentioned by historian Serhy were extremely varied. Mark Andryczyk nomically more secure. society and in the institutions of higher Yekelchuk (University of Victoria) and and Oksana Tatsyak, both from the The panel on “Empirical Studies of learning which are influencing Ukrainian political scientist Dominique Arel University of Toronto, discussed identity Nationalism” examined the influence of studies. Ukrainian studies began as a cold (University of Ottawa). Prof Yakelchuk as revealed through contemporary social identities on attitude to language war project, she said, sponsored by the said that, since independence, Ukraine Ukrainian literature. and language usage (Margrethe Bakstad diaspora and the shift of the center of such has been comfortably positioned in Mr. Andryczyk focused on the impor- Sovik, University of Alberta/University studies to Ukraine has not yet occurred. Eastern Europe for the study of history, tance of language for the so-called of Stockholm); regional differences in The loss of interest in the USSR, retreat while Prof Arel claimed that Ukrainian “Visimdesatnyky” who emerged in the the attitude to national symbols (Ilya from the study of national histories, the studies are undergoing a shift from the 1980s out of the grayness of the waning Khineiko, University of Alberta); and abandonment of Eurocentrism in the acad- humanities to the social sciences. As evi- Soviet Ukraine. For them, using the national pride (or patriotism) as an ele- eme, the corporate management of univer- dence, he pointed to the fact that of 12 Ukrainian language was a way of under- ment influencing language usage in the sities are all placing Ukrainian studies at papers presented at the symposium, eight lining their “otherness” from the Soviet public domain (Olena Nikolayenko, the crossroads. were in the social sciences. reality, an “otherness” that was an impor- University of Toronto). tant part of their identity. They came There other interesting presentations from the “anti-sovok” underground such as the study of the “vertep” as cultur- which regarded the Soviet Ukrainian lan- al performance and how it was transferred guage as a false language. They accepted to immigrant communities in the U.S. as a a metaphysical and sacral view of lan- tie to home (Chrystyna Dail, University of guage rather than a practical one. For Maryland) and an examination of person- them, language was a moral source; al ads in Ukraine as a guide to the lan- using Ukrainian meant “serving a guage of male and female identity cause.” (This was the view of language (Oksana Babenko, University of Alberta). that was prevalent in the diaspora.) By examining and comparing ties Ms. Tatsyak analyzed Oleksandr between NGOs within Ukraine and Irvanets’ satirical novel: “Rivne/Rovno- Latvia, Scott Orr (Ohio State) claimed Stina” in which the author paints the that a state where people have multiple western Ukrainian city of Rivne as split identities which are not mutually exclu- by a wall, not only physical but also sive and which encourage horizontal ties symbolic – a wall in the head. She point- means that the society is more democrat- ed out that surzhyk, the popular slang ic. (Ukraine won this one). mixing Ukrainian and Russian, is an Anita Petroski (Columbia), who example of this split identity and empha- served in the Peace Corps in Odessa, sized that such fragmentation has pre- pointed out that because Ukraine is cluded progress in identity-building. essentially bilingual – 48 percent use In the second panel, which dealt with Russian daily, 40 percent use Ukrainian factors influencing identity change, and 12 percent use surzhyk – state policy Symposium organizers (from left) Olena Nikolayenko, Larysa Iarovenko and Oleksandr Melnyk (University of Alberta) on language has been necessarily relaxed Oksana Tatsyak. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2004 No. 14

The following day (October 30, 2003) their concern. I phoned the U.N. Postal Administration I thanked Mr. S very much for his (UNPA) and asked for whoever was in assistance in resolving this matter so FFOOCCUUSS OONN PPHHIILLAATTEELLYY charge of stamp design. I was given the promptly (only six days passed from by Ingert Kuzych name of a Mr. S whom I then contacted. when I made my first call to when they After introducing myself as the president got back to me about withdrawing the of the UPNS, I explained the potentially stamp). It could not have been an easy embarrassing situation to him. He prom- decision to go ahead and destroy such a ised to get back to me shortly, and about heavily publicized issue. Frankly, I was Pysanky on stamps: 10 minutes later I received a call from Mr. very impressed with the courtesy they G, chief of the UNPA in New York. I showed me under somewhat trying cir- again spelled out the nature of the offen- cumstances. one good turn deserves another siveness on the stamp and he promised to PART II front of the U.N. headquarters. These see what could be done. The return favor flags are in alphabetical order, with The first good turn In a phone call with Mr. S the follow- After the flag stamp situation was Afghanistan at the level of 48th Street ing day, he admitted the photo used was resolved, a very appreciative Mr. G asked In addition to the 192 countries on this and Zimbabwe at 42nd Street. The flags an old one – dating to 1985. He also inti- me if there was anything the UNPA could globe that print postage stamps to move shown on the stamp began with “U” mated to me that he entirely sympathized do for the UPNS, or at least for the mem- their mails, the United Nations organiza- countries and proceeded through the “T” with our situation, but that the bottom line bers who had participated in contacting tion also produces stamps for postage, countries and then on in reverse alphabet- was that the stamps were already printed his office. After thinking about it for a and these are recognized around the ical order. What was so irksome was that and the administration was loath to have day or two, I got back to him with the fol- world. However, the U.N.’s stamps are the very first stamp – that from Ukraine – to destroy them (initial printing was lowing proposal. Wouldn’t it be nice if valid only for letters and packages mailed showed the old Soviet Ukrainian banner, 100,000 panes). the U.N. could release a stamp featuring from U.N. buildings (see sidebar). U.N. not the present-day sky blue and yellow. He mentioned that one proposal was to some sort of Ukrainian topic? The only stamps are avidly collected by many phi- I had received my copy of Linn’s add a copyright symbol and the year previous U.N. stamp with anything of the latelists worldwide. Stamp News announcing the new person- “1985” in a little subscript at the bottom sort was released in 1981 as part of the In late October of last year, the United alized stamps on Monday, October 27, of each of these flag stamps, to show the U.N. stamp series showing the flags of States philatelic press featured numerous 2003, and noticed that the stamp in ques- age of the image. He didn’t sound too U.N. member-states. Of course, the articles of new personalized United tion looked a bit funny. I thought it might enamored of the idea, however, and I ensign depicted was the old Soviet banner Nations stamps that would be released be the old flag of Belarus or Ukraine, but added I didn’t think it was really an of the time (Figure 2). sometime in November at the U.N.’s New I didn’t think it was possible that such an acceptable solution. Mr. G was happy to inform me that just York headquarters. These stamps would old image of U.N. flags could be used. I Mr. S also mentioned that the original such a Ukrainian-themed stamp was display an attached tab that could be cus- then got distracted and didn’t get back to photo left out several other new countries, planned as part of the ongoing U.N. tomized with a personal photograph. Each the article. On Wednesday evening, I such as Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, that Indigenous Art series. Ukrainian Easter stamp pane was to include 20 stamps (of received a phone call from UPNS’s would have been in such a flag photo had eggs (pysanky) would be shown along 37-cent denomination) with five different Adjudicating Committee Chairman, it been taken more recently. So, there was with many other artistic representations designs: one stamp showing the U.N. Borys Fessak, who also saw the article another potential problem of additional from this year’s designated part of the emblem, while the other four depicted and who pointed out to me that the first countries being offended. He reassured world – Europe. I was delighted to different photographs of U.N. headquar- flag on the stamp in question had to be me, however, that they would keep work- receive this news but asked if he could ters (Figure 1). the old Soviet Ukrainian flag and could ing on the predicament and would get forward to me a copy of the image so that It was one of these photos that caused something be done about it? I re-exam- back to me the following week. I could verify that the eggs were indeed consternation to members of the ined the stamp illustration in the article to In the meantime, Borys Fessak had e- from Ukraine. (Having narrowly avoided Ukrainian Philatelic and Numismatic confirm to myself that it indeed was the mailed about a half dozen other UPNS one faux pas, I wanted to make sure Society (UPNS). Depicted on it were the Soviet Ukrainian banner and then told members, urging them to contact the U.N. another one wasn’t inadvertently created.) national flags that line First Avenue in him I would see what I could do. about the potential problem. He also sent As it turns out, I was happy I made the an alert to Ukraine’s Mission to the request. The scan that was sent me United Nations. How many UPNS recipi- showed eggs that were indeed from ents acted on his message is not known. Ukraine, but the picture was, in a word, The response Mr. Fessak received via e- awful. Of the half dozen or so eggs in the mail from the UNPA was a standard form scene, three were so shadowed that they letter thanking him for his message. looked black. I quickly got back to the All weekend I wondered what the U.N. representatives and told them that result of our mini-campaign would be. By the image was of Ukrainian eggs, but that Monday I was sorely tempted to phone it seemed extremely dark. I had slides of once more to see what was happening, pysanky that were much brighter than but decided to wait and give the U.N. theirs and would they like to have a look folks some more time. On Tuesday, at them. If they found something they November 4, 2003, I received a call from liked, they could use it at no charge. Mr. S informing me that the stamps had Although they sounded just a trifle been pulled. A new, different flag design skeptical, I had by now developed a would be substituted. Apparently, in the friendly relationship with the U.N. folks preceding days, Ukrainian U.N. Mission and they agreed to have a look. I quickly representatives had visited the U.N. Postal Administration to also express (Continued on page 13)

FIGURE 1: Part of a UN Postal Administration ad publicizing the launch of Personalized Stamps at its New York headquarters. The product was developed to provide a special sheet of souvenir stamps to the many thousands of tourists who visit the U.N. in N.Y. each year. It consists of a gummed stamp sheet contain- Concerning U.N. stamps ing 20 U.N. stamps with blank tabs next to each stamp. Five stamp designs are The postage stamps and postal sta- Stamps for use at the U.N. repeated four times each on the sheet (it was one of these designs showing U.N. tionery of the United Nations do not European Office (also known as Palais flags that had to be altered). At a Personalized Stamp Shop in the public visitor serve the postal system of a single des Nations) in Geneva, are denomi- area of the U.N. building, a photo can be taken and within 90 seconds applied to country, as most stamps do. Instead, nated in Swiss francs and centimes, the blank tabs on the souvenir stamp sheet. U.N. stamps carry mail sent from the and are inscribed with the name of the offices of an international organization organization in French “Nations that represents many different coun- Unies.” tries and billions of people all over the The third set of stamps is created world. for use at the U.N. Donaupark Vienna The stamps of the United Nations International Center, or the often feature designs that promote the International Atomic Energy Agency world causes of peace and justice, in Vienna. These issues are denominat- international cooperation, environmen- ed in Euros, and are inscribed in tal and health issues, assistance for German “Vereinte Nationen.” developing countries and similar con- The stamps of the United Nations cerns. cannot be used outside of U.N. offices. Most of today’s United Nations Mail bearing a stamp from the New stamps are issued in three versions for York U.N. office must be deposited three different U.N. offices, New York, into the mail stream at U.N. Geneva (Switzerland) and Vienna Headquarters on Manhattan’s East (Austria). Stamps for use at the United Side, not in a U.S. mailbox or a U.S.- Nations headquarters in New York post office elsewhere in New York. City are denominated in U.S.-dollars and cents, and the postage rates corre- Source: Linn’s Stamp News, April FIGURE 2: A first day cover of the only previous U.N. stamp to depict a spond with United States rates. 17, 2000. Ukrainian topic – the old Soviet Ukrainian flag – in 1981. No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2004 13

appropriate (Figure 4). After all, I’m only Pysanky on stamps... half Ukrainian, the other half is Austrian! (Continued from page 12) All 18 stamps in this year’s series are sent out a plastic slide holder of 20 stamp square in format (35 by 35 mm in size). images I had taken for a project many The Viennese souvenir sheet displays the years ago. Sure enough, about a week word “Eingeboreneskunst” (Indigenous later, I learned that the UNPA had decided Art) in large letters across the top and a to use one of my most colorful slides U.N. emblem at the bottom center. Stamp prominently featuring a bright red egg. designers were Rorie Katz and Robert Not only that, they would use the image Stein. A total of 133,000 souvenir sheets on the cover of their next Philatelic were prepared for the Austrain U.N. Bulletin (Figure 3) advertising forthcom- office (798,000 stamps) by Joh. Enschede ing U.N. stamp releases. Needless to say, Stamps Security Printers B.V. in the I was ecstatic (or should I say “eggstat- Netherlands. ic.”) The Vienna stamps received a value of Stamp details 0.55 euros (about 70 cents) and the souvenir sheet (item number 792.2972) was assigned The Indigenous Art stamp series origi- a price of $4.31 in the Philatelic Bulletin nated from a “Voices” exhibition, which catalogue. Jumbo first day covers with the was prepared for the first Permanent Austrian U.N. souvenir sheet (item number Forum on Indigenous Issues that took 892.2972) acquired a price of $5.30. Orders place at the United Nations Headquarters may be placed at the:U.N. Postal Admni- in New York in May 2002. In collabora- stration, P.O. Box 5900, Grand Central tion with several working artisans and Station, New York, NY 10163-5900 or at musicians, the “Voices” exhibition high- www.un.org/Depts/UNPA. This site has all FIGURE 4: The U.N. souvenir sheet issued in Vienna that included the pysanky lighted basic issues of indigenous rights, the pertinent information about the stamp to portray native art of Ukraine. with the primary focus being preservation Indigenous Art release, as well as lots of of culture. Issues addressed in the exhibi- color images. A $3 postage and handling tion were: the right to preserve and main- charge is added to all U.N. philatelic orders. tain ceremonies and traditions, the right to I would like to extend my personal Our traditions in literature: protect intellectual property, the right to protect lands and the environment, and thanks to Borys Fessak and any others the right to maintain spiritual ceremonies who lobbied the U.N. last fall concerning Shevchenko and pysanky the original inappropriate flag stamp. and sites. The first stamps from this by Orysia Paszczak Tracz va” [something renewed] are talking series, released in 2003, featured native * ** about the new clothing and accessories art of Latin America and the Caribbean. If you need to think of a Ukrainian they received as gifts. Being an orphan The U.N. has two other headquarters No one won the pysanky pane and sou- poem describing the beauty of the himself, Shevchenko often wrote about buildings around the world in addition to venir sheet offered in last month’s “Focus on Ukrainian village and countryside, a “syroty,” “syritky” (orphans) and their the one in New York City: in Geneva and Philately” column. The correct number of poem by Taras Shevchenko (of course!) sad life. The poor orphan has nothing to in Vienna. Eighteen stamps were released animals depicted on both items was 42: 41 usually comes to mind: “Selo, i sertse show off, nothing to brag about, other on March 4 as part of this year’s on the pane and one on the souvenir sheet. odpochyne, selo na nashii Ukraini, than the remarkable thing that she was Indigenous Art stamps, six to a souvenir nenache pysanka, selo...” [A village, and invited for Easter breakfast at the priest’s sheet and one sheet assigned to each city. Ingert Kuzych may be contacted at the heart is at peace, a village in our home. “My” stamp was assigned to the Viennese P.O. Box 3, Springfield, VA 22150 or at Ukraine, a village like a pysanka...] At the beginning of the poem, the chil- souvenir sheet, which seemed entirely his e-mail address: [email protected]. In another poem, “Na Velykden, na dren are playing with krashanky, the solomi...” [on Easter, on the straw...] solid-colored eggs that are cooked and Shevchenko describes how children brag about what gifts they received for Easter. meant to be eaten. Shevchenko describes The essence of the poem comes through the custom correctly, because later, in the English translation. But what will through the years, some people thought not and cannot come across in English is that it was the pysanky that you played the beauty of Shevchenko’s work. The with at Easter. This is incorrect. Pysanky phrase “lost in translation” is certainly are the symbolically decorated raw eggs, true here. The melody and beauty of the usually done by the batik process, which Ukrainian language – and how are reverent, ritual objects, symbols of Shevchenko incomparably used it – the rebirth of nature, the power of the sun defies translation. Ukrainian and Italian and the Resurrection. Traditionally these are regarded as the two most musical lan- are not to be played with. guages in the world, for singing, for Because of their symbolism pysanky opera and, I think, for poetry. This poem were so revered that they were to remain is in the C.H. Andrusyshen/Watson raw, unemptied, so as not to destroy the Kirkconnell translation, which retains the embryo inside the shell. In our time, to rhythm of the original: prevent old pysanky from exploding or oozing, we do empty them. Some pysan- On Easter Sunday among the straw ka writers wait to empty their pysanky Out in the sun the children played until after Easter, after the blessing of the With Easter eggs in colors braw Easter basket and its contents, and the And each of them loud boasting made breakfast – thereby respecting the sym- Of gifts received. One, for the feast, bolism at least during the holy days. Was given a shirt with sleeves of white; Vadym Shcherbakivsky emphasized One with a ribbon had been pleased, this in his 1926 work “Osnovni Elementy One with a garment, laced and tight; Ornamentatsiyi Ukrainskykh Pysanok i This boy was given a lambskin cap, Yikhnie Pokhodzhennia” [The Basic That one a pair of horsehide boots, Elements of the Ornamentation of And one a jacket to unwrap. Ukrainian Pysanky and Their Origin], Only one child among their bruits, Pratsi Ukrainskoho Istorychno- An orphan, had no gift of bliss; Filolohychnoho tovarystva v Prazi. Her hands are hidden in her sleeves. Volume 1, Prague 1926. “The pysanka She hears: “My mother bought me this, was never baked or cooked, and when My father got me that.” (She grieves.) this did occur, obviously it was from the “My good godmother made a blouse degeneration of the custom. Pysanky Embroidered gay with dainty thread.” were never played with, not in the games “The priest has fed me at his house,” ‘bytky’ nor ‘kotky.’ The reason for this At last the little orphan said. was not only that the pysanka is raw, but [Kos Aral, 1849, in exile] also, to my mind, that it was not proper [ne hodytsia] to break the portrayal, the It was traditional to dress in your finest symbols of the sun on the pysanka, it clothing on a Sunday, especially in a white would just not be proper for a Christian “sorochka,” a linen shirt – meaning not one to break a cross or an icon, or the impro- for everyday, which may have been of priety of breaking any kind of talisman.” hemp and slightly grayish. Those who In his book “Ornamentyka could afford it wore the finer, white linen, Ukrainskoyi Khaty” [Ornamentation of instead of the cheaper, grayer hempen cloth. the Ukrainian House] (Rome, Bohoslovia FIGURE 3: The cover of the U.N. Postal Administration’s January-March 2004 For Easter, you wore everything new. Philatelic Bulletin used the pysanky stamp to represent its Indigenous Art issue. The children bragging about their “obno- (Continued on page 26) 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2004 No. 14

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Khmelnytskyi nuclear-power plants on its Petro Symonenko, 12 percent, National official audits of media outlets in Ukraine NEWSBRIEFS own, Ukrainian Television reported. Bank of Ukraine Chairman Serhii during the 2004 presidential-election (Continued from page 2) “Basically, this amounts to us making a Tyhypko, 3 percent; and presidential campaign, UNIAN reported. A similar siles that went missing in the 1980s pose no challenge to the world, above all, to the administration chief Viktor Medvedchuk, resolution, which was proposed by threat because they could not fly, Interfax G-7, which undertook a commitment but 2.5 percent. Under the second scenario, Mykola Tomenko from Our Ukraine and reported. Mr. Marchuk was commenting on has not yet honored it,” Mr. Kuchma said. Mr. Yushchenko would be backed by 25 Ivan Bokii from the Socialist Party, was rejected by the Parliament earlier this his revelation last week that the Ukrainian “They promise to give us money this percent of voters; Mr. Yanukovych by 18 month. President Leonid Kuchma issued military cannot account for “several hun- summer or autumn. Well, they may keep percent; Mr. Symonenko by 10 percent; an instruction to state authorities on dred missiles.” (RFE/RL Newsline) it for themselves. We will do it without Socialist Party leader Oleksander Moroz them. I have no doubt about that.” The by 7 percent; Yulia Tymoshenko by 6 March 15 to introduce a similar moratori- CIS foreign ministers meet Ukrainian president was referring to an percent; and Radical Socialist Party um. (RFE/RL Newsline) earlier pledge by Western governments to Chairwoman Natalia Vitrenko by 3 per- MIENSK – The CIS Council of Foreign Rada extends ban on sale of farmland assist Kyiv in completing the two reactors cent. (RFE/RL Newsline) Ministers held a session in the Belarusian to make up for the power loss caused by KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada voted capital of Miensk on March 26 to discuss the closure of the Chornobyl power plant Rada OKs government program ... overwhelmingly on March 3 to extend a draft documents on cooperation to combat in 2000. Mr. Kuchma threatened to sack ban on the sale of agricultural land until crime, conduct peacekeeping operations, KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada voted Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Kliuyev 239-38 on March 16 to approve the gov- 2010, reported the Kyiv Post on March and monitor elections, Belapan reported. “with a bang” if the reactors are not start- 18. Under the nation’s land code, the ban, The session also reportedly addressed the ernment’s action plan for 2004, called ed “on time.” The government previously “Consistency. Efficiency. Responsibility,” introduced at the end of 2001, was to coordination of Commonwealth of pledged to complete the Khmelnytskyi Interfax reported. The vote simultaneously expire by the end of this year. In the first Independent States members’ stances on reactor in August and the Rivne reactor in acknowledged the performance of Prime of three required readings, 299 parlia- nuclear non-proliferation as part of prepa- October of this year. (RFE/RL Newsline) mentarians from the right and left oppo- Minister Viktor Yanukovych’s Cabinet in rations for the Non-Proliferation Treaty sition blocs, as well as pro-presidential 2003 as satisfactory. Most lawmakers from Review Conference scheduled for 2005. Poll reveals attitude toward government forces, voted to extend the moratorium Belarusian President Alyaksandr Our Ukraine, the Communist Party, the KYIV – Ukraine’s Social Research on the land sales. In the debate on the Lukashenka, who met with CIS ministers Socialist Party and the Yulia Tymoshenko Institute and Social Monitoring Center bill, lawmakers expressed concerns that before the session, said he regards the Bloc did not participate in the vote. A sepa- existing land law was insufficiently found in a March 6-12 poll that 14 per- rate motion by the opposition to rate the quick establishment of a free-trade zone as cent of respondents have a positive atti- developed for sales to take place, and the CIS’s top priority. “We do not need any government’s performance last year as fears that wealthy individuals would take tude toward Prime Minister Viktor unsatisfactory was supported just by 109 new declarative documents – it is neces- Yanukovych’s Cabinet, while for 32 per- advantage of the opportunity able to buy sary to finalize domestic procedures for the lawmakers, well below the 226 votes up land at low prices. 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Department’s concern is that free and U.S. officials... fair elections support a free market econ- (Continued from page 4) omy. This is a well-established correla- United States. tion throughout the world. “You can get He responded to a question on what economic growth without a democracy, was meant by “if the elections go well,” as we have seen many times, but a really by saying that it was what would lead up well functioning market economy really to the election that is important – what requires a free society, otherwise things have to stop, like pressure on jour- resources can’t move within the econo- nalists, harassment of opposition at ral- my because they are blocked by political lies, as happened at Donetsk, and the concerns,” Mr. Grewe noted. like. If these things were to stop, that Acknowledging the positive side, Mr. would be a very positive step he noted. Grewe observed that Ukraine has had its Christopher Grewe, international fifth year of growth. It’s a balanced economist and Ukraine Desk officer at growth with growth in consumption, in the U.S. Treasury Department, agreed investments and in exports. All these dif- with the two participants from the ferent parts of the economy growing are Embassy of Ukraine that Ukraine has very encouraging signs, especially in view been doing well economically. He noted of the economic situation in Ukraine in that the beneficial influence of the poli- the 1990s. “In looking at this growth and cies set in place in 2000 and 2001, under the good outcomes, one of the questions Mr. Yuschenko’s term as prime minister, we have asked is what is driving this? are still being felt and that the first half Where is the growth coming from?” Mr. of last year was also a good period for Grewe said. It is really coming from economic policies. Russia. Russia is growing in a very stable Ukraine’s macroeconomic policy has manner. Ukraine has reduced its share of been good, Mr. Grewe observed, and exports to Russia, but Russia is still its Ukraine has also been “very lucky.” major trading partner, he concluded. Ukraine has a good central bank that has Arriving at the meeting representing been reasonable and has had a fairly good Rep. Weldon, Xenia Horczakiwskyj, the fiscal policy. “You have to have stability congressman’s legislative director, if you are going to have economic relayed his apologies and explained that My mother, father, brother and sister growth. Our concerns are for the future. legislative priorities required him to stay While we applaud what has happened, on Capital Hill. Ms. Horczakiwskyj and the rest of the family have life we always point out that Ukraine is not heard direct appeals about broadcasting there yet; some substantial distortions concerns from participants who spoke on insurance. What about me? still exist,” he said. The time to address behalf of the Voice of America and Radio these distortions is now because some of Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Rates are low. See the chart on the these reforms will cause pain, so it is bet- Asta Banionis, special assistant to the ter to suffer that pain when the economy president for public outreach at RFE/RL, is doing well, observed Mr. Grewe. next page for more information. and Jaroslaw Martyniuk, regional Misdirected resources research manager, InterMedia, which does audience research in Ukraine for For U.S. Treasury officials looking at Radio Liberty and Voice of America, Ukraine’s situation, the energy sector is a both spoke about Ukraine’s clampdown major concern. “It is still one of the least on media outlets in Ukraine for interna- transparent, most corrupt sectors in the tional broadcasts. economy” and provides subsidies to Soviet- Mr. Martyniuk observed that the only era industries, even so far as to make them turn a profit. These resources are being means of getting the signal to Ukraine misdirected,” Mr. Grewe asserted. currently is by short wave, but that the The second major area to improve is short wave signal to Ukraine for the business climate. Mr. Grewe stated Ukrainian broadcasts is much weaker than that there is a tremendous amount of the one for Russian-language broadcasts, potential in Ukraine for people to set up as it has always been. Since 1996, broad- new businesses. He pointed to great trade casters found a way around this through ties with the EU and former Soviet access to FM stations, but now that these republics, and the fact that the old Soviet are no longer available, the strength of the system did not kill the entrepreneurial short wave signal is a critical issue. spirit. Instead of favoring some groups He urged that the U.S. assign a over others, however, there needs to be a stronger frequency to Radio Liberty, at transparent way for the government to least to the Ukrainian short wave, but obtain the funding that it needs. warned that this would have to be done On the political side, the Treasury almost immediately in order for the U.S. to have an impact on elections six months ahead. Ms. Horczakiwskyj promised to relay this appeal to Rep. Weldon and to work directly on the problem. 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Our Church needs Easter people! Let us live... Resolve to let the Risen Christ work (Continued from page 6) through you to bring forth His living pres- you!” Then Christ showed them the scars ence in your church, in your homes, in in his hands and his side. And Christ your community. Resolve to become more The UNA has a single payment plan repeated to them, “Peace be with you!” involved with people and to show more The Risen Christ’s appearance to the interest in the well-being of other people apostles and His assurance of His peace and of your church. And always do it joy- that will insure your child’s life at upon them, comforted them, reassured fully! Choose to live as Easter people! Not them, and also challenged them. They only will you share and give life to your $5,000 for one low payment. Find were comforted with the knowledge that family, parish and community, but you will the living presence of Christ was always gain life – everlasting life that the Risen your child’s age below and that’s all with them. They were reassured that eter- Christ promised to all those who love Him! nal life in heaven with Christ was a sure That is my prayer for you and for me you have to pay. Call today for your thing. And they were challenged. It meant this Easter – that we live as Easter people that Christ’s way of life must become for Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! application. their way of living. Christ’s resurrection is a divine stamp of approval upon every- +Stefan Soroka 1-800-253-9862. thing Jesus said and did. Now Christ is Metropolitan-Archbishop among us as a living presence to help us do with our lives what Jesus did with his. Easter means that loving one’s ene- Radio Canada... AGE PREMIUM mies is not some novel idea. It is God’s (Continued from page 9) way. It is what God expects all of us to 0 $ 300.00 do. Easter means that forgiving 70 times Cantonese and Ukrainian. is not an idealistic goal. It is God’s way, Those involved with the latter language 1 $ 300.00 take little comfort from RCI’s assurances. and the way He wants us all to deal with 2 $ 310.00 our hurts and resentments. Easter means The UCC’s Mr. Skrypnyk said he is wor- that greatness through service is more ried about the future of a shortened 3 $ 310.00 than just a lovely slogan. It is God’s stan- Ukrainian program that might not be readi- dard. It is what we are all called to do as ly available to people living in Ukraine. 4 $ 320.00 followers of Christ – serve one another. “There is a need for Ukrainians to have Let us all joyfully receive the comfort and access to unbiased information and learn 5 $ 330.00 reassurance of the meaning of Easter. Let us about the Ukrainian community in Canada. also embrace the challenge of Easter. Let If RCI relies on buying space on Ukrainian 6 $ 340.00 each of us resolve to live as Easter people! stations, there’s a risk that bad people run- 7 $ 355.00 Easter people are people who choose life in ning them can cut off broadcasts of the Christ. They try and live out their faith in all Ukrainian program,” he underscored. “RCI 8 $ 365.00 they say and do. Yes, there are times when has to be on short-wave so that it’s available we may make mistakes, or fail, or go into a to everybody.” 9 $ 380.00 slumber. We are all human. Easter people do The lingering uncertainty surrounding an not stay down. They rise above their faults already tough situation has left the 10 $ 395.00 and limitations, and try and make the living Ukrainian program’s employees “stressed,” presence of Christ felt among us! And that is said Ms. Gavrilova, who joined the show in what we are called to be as a Church – bring- December 1993. “I don’t know what to feel ing forth Christ’s living presence among us. anymore – I’m sad.” 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2004 No. 14 No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2004 31 Connecticut ballet production features Ukrainian talents

Areta Bojko (center) performs with American Ballet Theater stars Jared Matthews and Sarah Lane in the production of “The Snow Queen” at St. Joseph’s College in Hartford. by Alexander Kuzma there was no musical score ... we had to put one together with the music of Glazunov WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – On and Shostakovich. [Other excerpts included January 10, at the Carol Autorino Center on Dvorak and Chopin.] We had to listen to the campus of St. Joseph College, the hundreds of CDs in order to select from Connecticut Dance Project and Premier them the golden passages of melody that Dance Studio produced a new ballet pro- reflect the mood and events of the story. duction titled “The Snow Queen.” Under the direction of two recent émi- Furthermore, as a new arts organization in grés from Ukraine, Alla Nikitina and Boris the Greater Hartford dance community, we Gershman, this original ballet related the didn’t receive any funding for our venture, timeless story by Hans Christian Andersen and so our budget was, literally, zero. We of a cruel snow queen who resents the had to borrow costumes, instead of having growing love between two youngsters them made especially for this work, and we (Gerda and Kai). She casts a wicked spell had to rent scenery, as well, instead of hav- on Kai and carries him off to her ice castle, ing it custom-built for our purposes,” she forcing his heartsick friend Gerda to set out related. on an arduous journey through dangerous In addition to the 60 members of the and mysterious lands before she can break Premier Dance Studio, “The Snow Queen” the spell and win back his heart. also drew on the talents of the Hartt School The ballet featured a promising young of Music – Dance and Theatre Division, star in Areta Bojko of Glastonbury, Conn., Dance Connecticut, the University of as Gerda. Ms. Bojko danced flawlessly and Hartford, and Ethel Walker School in with charming grace, having to hold her Simsbury. own in the company of seasoned virtuosi The sold-out crowd at the Autorino such as Sarah Wroth of the Boston Ballet, Center rewarded the performers with a who convincingly played the role of the well-deserved standing ovation. At a time Snow Queen, and Jared Matthews and when few ballet companies are willing to Sarah Lane of the American Ballet Theatre. risk original new productions, much less in (Ms. Lane and Mr. Matthews traveled from the classical tradition, the audience was left New York City to perform a stunning pas to wonder what exciting new creations Ms. de deux in the roles of the Prince and Nikitina and Mr. Gershman may produce in Princess). Another standout in the produc- the future. tion was Anastasia Teterichko, who danced in the role of the chieftain of the Child Robbers who steal Gerda’s possessions on her journey north. The chieftain’s role demands tremendous energy yet subtlety as she eventually takes mercy on Gerda and commands her gang of robbers to return the stolen items. In addition to their training with the Premier Dance Studio, Ms. Teterichko and Ms. Bojko are both members of the Zolotyi Promin Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of Hartford under the direction of Orlando Pagan, formerly of Syzokryli and currently a member of the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Other Ukrainian American children in the Snow Queen cast included Olya Lyba and Orest Markiv. In describing their motivation for the new ballet, Ms. Nikitina and Mr. Gershman stat- ed that they were looking for an alternative to Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” that might be of interest to the public during the winter season. “We grew up in a time and a place, Ukraine, where this particular story was very popular. The powerful impression that this story made on us then inspired us to create and choreograph it for the stage.” The creative process that led to the suc- cessful production was quite daunting, according to Ms. Nikitina. “It was a great pleasure to work on this ballet, but it was also an enormous challenge. First of all, 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2004 No. 14

"UKRAINIAN AMERICAN VETERANS WALKWAY" CREATE A SENSE OF HISTORY

Honor those who have fought loyally for our country and pay tribute to Ukrainian American Veterans!

The Ukrainian American Veterans from Post 27- Brooklyn, NY, Post 19 – Spring Valley, NY, Post 31 – Boston, MA and Post 301 – Yonkers, NY have undertaken a joint effort in having a monument erected at the Holy Spirit Cemetery in Hamptonburgh, NY.

This monument is dedicated to all Ukrainian American Veterans who have honorably served in the Armed Forces of the United States. It is in their honor, and those who follow, that we remember the sacrifices made by these veterans.

The monument will be dedicated on Sunday, June 13, 2004 at 1:30 pm by His Excellency Bishop Basil Losten and clergy of the New York – New England Eparchy.

"WALK" with us in this campaign by purchasing a marker with the name of a veteran, "In Memory Of…" or just someone close to your heart to be placed on the "Walkway" to the monument.

Organizations, businesses and other donors may have their names imprinted on the plaques. Donations should be sent in as soon as possible to the UAV Monument Committee. Each donation for the marker is a minimum of $200.00 and all donations are appreciated and tax deductible.

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Certainly not. I didn’t know this. Lazarenko trial... “Question: Were you aware that in (Continued from page 2) 1996 approximately $84 million was paid CROSSING guarantees that Gazprom was insisting into accounts controlled by Mr. upon. Lazarenko and a man named Peter YEARS The transcript states: Kiritchenko [Petro Kirichenko] by “Question: So [then Gazprom head Somolli Enterprises. [Somolli Enterprises a novel by Rem] Viakhirev wanted bank, prime is described in Mr. Lazarenko’s indict- bank guarantees, but you got him to ment as an offshore company controlled George O. Dzul accept sugar, vegetable oil, butter, pork by Ms. Tymoshenko.] and beef instead? “Rosenthal: Now, this is just sheer “Answer (Minchenko): Yes. The food- argument. “The interpreter: By whom? Sorry. I stuff.” Now Available at: Mr. Minchenko explained that the con- didn’t get the name. sortium had Ukrainian state guarantees “Boersch: Somolli Enterprises. www.crossingyears.com for barter payments for 2.5 billion cubic “Answer: Well, I never knew this. And meters of gas monthly. The monthly I don’t know this today. I have no idea. I or www.amazon.com needs of Ukraine were 7 billion cubic have no idea about these things.” Barnes & Noble book retailers meters. But this guarantee was only in On March 26, Interfax-Ukraine report- case Ukrainian commercial structures, ed that Ms. Tymoshenko stated that she Borders Books members of the consortium, failed to pay would not attend the trial in San Gazprom. Francisco as a witness, giving as her rea- or by telephone: (510) 548-0244 In the transcript, Mr. Minchenko says: son her busy schedule in Kyiv. 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When asked how Rosenthal that he had numerous occa- this came to be, the former minister for sions to cross-examine Mr. Karpovtsev. fuels and energy replied that he did not Mr. Karpovtsev later appeared in person know. in San Francisco to testify, at which time Afterwards, according to the transcript he said that he was pressured by his Appears May 2 in The Ukrainian Weekly of the deposition, Mr. Minchenko was superior at the Cabinet of Ministers, who A Ukrainian Summer asked: in turn was being pressured by Mr. “Question: (Martha Boersch, the U.S. Lazarenko, to endorse an inflated pay- prosecutor): And when you worked for ment chit for six homes purchased by the Travel to Ukraine and learn about your heritage... the government were you aware that in Cabinet of Ministers from GHP Corp., a 1997 $13 million was paid by [UESU] to company controlled by Mr. Kirichenko, Focus on Ukrainian studies, and earn college credit... accounts controlled by Mr. Lazarenko in then Mr. Lazarenko’s partner. 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UAVeterans post Morris County UCCA concert celebrates arrival of spring in Palatine engaged in diverse activities PALATINE, Ill. – The Ukrainian American Veterans 1st Lt. Ivan Shandor Post 35 located in Palatine, Ill., has established itself in the community via diverse activities. The post has been involved in the local “Yellow Ribbon” project which sends out care packages to soldiers in the Iraqi theater of operations. The veterans are also involved in training local citizens to respond to ter- rorist and natural disasters through the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) sponsored by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The CERT training includes: search and rescue, terrorism, disaster psychology, medical care and a final realistic exercise. On March 7 members of Post 35 attended a special military divine liturgy Performers of the spring concert organized by the Morris County Branch of the UCCA. at St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Bloomingdale, Ill., whose pas- by Antin Bilanych Samotsvit. Samotsvit, whose members are Zoryana tor, the Rev. Bohdan Kalynyuk, is the and Michael Koziupa The concert started off with a greeting Kovbasniuk, Ms. Telepko, Orest Kucyna chaplain for the Palatine post. and general introduction by Michael and Mr. Koziupa, who also accompanies The UAV post members also continue WHIPPANY, N.J. – On March 7, with Koziupa, vice-president of the Morris the group on the accordion. The quartet to encourage the Ukrainian government nature starting to stir after a long win- County Branch of the UCCA. performed four songs expressing a vari- to recognize the Ukrainian Insurgent ter’s sleep, a concert to greet spring was First on stage, prepared by their coun- ety of musical styles and emotions. Army (UPA) and to provide full benefits organized here by the Ukrainian selor, Katia Kucyna, were the younger The last number of the concert was the to these veterans. Congress Committee of America, Morris members of the SUM Whippany Branch, well-known song “Chervona Ruta.” All In the future, UAV Post 35 plans to County Branch. who performed a short play titled “Three the performers came on stage and the hold a conference on World War II and to The event took place in the St. John Butterflies” and also sang two songs. audience stood to sing this song together organize leadership meetings with youth the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church They were followed by members of Plast in remembrance of the 25th anniversary groups. hall. The performers were members of organized by Nusia Paszczak Denysyk. of the death of the song’s composer/lyri- Veterans in the Chicago suburban the Ukrainian American Youth An excerpt from Taras Shevchenko’s cist, Volodymyr Ivasiuk. areas may join the Palatine post, named Association (SUM), Whippany Branch; “Son” (Dream) was read by Adrian With raised spirits the audience left the for 1st Lt. Ivan Shandor, by contacting Ukrainian Scouting Organization, Sirko. Members of the girl’s troop hall believing that the soon-to-be-built the commander, Roman Golash, at Newark branch; School of Ukrainian Berizky read an excerpt from Ivanna Ukrainian Cultural Center in Whippany [email protected]. Studies; and the local singing quartet Savytska’s “Vesnuvannia.” will be utilized to help preserve the Next to perform was a choir composed Ukrainian culture for succeeding genera- of children from the younger grades of tions. the Lesia Ukrainka School of Ukrainian A hearty thank you was expressed to Studies under the direction of Oksana Ms. Kovbasniuk (events organizer for the Telepko. The choir sang three songs. Last local UCCA branch, Linda Kleban and to perform was the local quartet Mr. Koziupa for decorating the stage.

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Buchach Buchach We are looking in the USA and in Canada for past residents of Buchach, Ukraine, who are interested in organizing humanitarian aid to the Buchach area. We are aware that many of us provide major support to our relatives. Therefore, we can not count on large sums of money from any individuals. But together, as a com- munity, we can certainly provide significant help by combining our resources.

In Buchach there are many establishments worthy of our attention. By helping them we help those villages whose children attend these institutions.

We will distribute further detailed information by mail. Those interested please contact the members of the organizing committee.

Eva Hamenrka/Sacharuk, 157 Main St., Wenham, MA 01984 Tel.: (978) 468-2737; e-mail: [email protected] or Taras Shepelavy, 1360 Wemple Lane, Niskayuna, NY 12309 Tel.: (518) 393-5515; e-mail: [email protected] No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2004 35

Pascha 2004 challenges us to be faithful Celebrate the Resurrection... to the Gospel and to the Kingdom of God of (Continued from page 6) which we became inheritors at our Baptism. and preaching of His First-called Apostle Our predecessors – men and women, Andrew in our native Ukraine. We need fathers, mothers and children of faith, once to remind ourselves that reducing Christ altered the face of the world. Is it so difficult – risen from the dead – to some formula, to believe that the world in which we live some sort of nominal and convenient and work out our salvation can again be belief system, be it personal or societal, enhanced by a new generation of apostles does injustice to His Gospel of Life, the and disciples – people of faith – who after spiritual constitution of every Christian. personal purification, could be enabled to The society in which we live today, behold Christ in their fellow man? Is it so though technologically advanced, is con- difficult to believe that we can overcome the fronted by the same ills that confronted the evils of our time instead of enabling them? people of Christ’s era and the earliest We believe, we are convinced that we Christians following Pentecost. Poverty, can accomplish as much as our predeces- injustice, amorality, revolutions, military sors in the faith if only we will, in the occupation, religious communities with a words of St. Paul, “behave in a manner fit- political agenda, slaughter on a grand scale ting our vocation” and be convinced that – they all plagued society then as they do we and all who celebrate this “day of now. The followers of the Risen Christ pro- Resurrection” in the U.S.A., Canada, claimed the Gospel of Life to the troubled England, Latin America, Western Europe, and confused world of their time, especial- Australia, New Zealand and Ukraine are ly by example of their personal way of life. “a particular people ... a holy nation,” They had no political agenda, they coerced purified and sanctified by the Holy Spirit, not. The secret of their success was their called to seek first the Kingdom of God loyalty to Christ resurrected. They were and His righteousness, called to witness formed by faith, convinced that all life is the truth despite the climate of our time. sacred and that true religion – the binding May this day of Resurrection, Pascha, of one’s self to God – is, paraphrasing sanctify us and bring us ever closer to Apostle James, in helping others to know Christ and through Him to each other, as that God is Love and to love is to serve. we proclaim: “Christ is Risen from the These followers of Christ purified them- dead trampling down death by death and selves first and repented or simply put – to those in the tombs bestowing life!” changed their attitude – served the least of Christ’s brethren, regardless of race, gender + Wasyly, Metropolitan or religion. They remained faithful to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada spotless Bride of Christ – His Church – and + Constantine, Metropolitan thereby altered the course of history and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the face of civilization, creating a strong, posi- U.S.A. and Diaspora tive impact on all aspects of social life. + John, Archbishop We now live in an age of convenient Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada compromises. Marriage, the foundation of + Antony, Archbishop society, sanctified by Father, Son and Holy Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Spirit from the very beginning and affirmed U.S.A. by the Son of God in Cana of Galilee, has + Vsevolod, Archbishop and is being distorted, slowly compromised Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the and redefined. Abortion is a matter-of-fact U.S.A. occurrence, just another form of family plan- + Ioan, Archbishop ning. The Church, often harmed by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in actions of its members – clergy and laity Diaspora alike – is the object of slow and methodical + Yurij, Archbishop marginalization, its forms of worship, Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada Western or Eastern, being reduced to exotic + Jeremiah, Bishop and charming trappings of a bygone era – an Ukrainian Orthodox Eparchy in Latin “unenlightened” period in human history. America

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Wednesday, April 14 zine in the Ukrainian language; with introduc- tory remarks by Jaroslawa Gerulak. The audi- TORONTO: The Center for Russian and Soyuzivka’s Datebook ence is invited to participate in the discussion. East European Studies and the Petro Jacyk Donation: $7; students, $5. The gallery pres- April 10, 2004 May 22, 2004 Program for the Study of Ukraine in cooper- ents the “Ukrainian Literature for Children” Easter Brunch – $17.00 Girls Scout Fashion Show ation with the consulate general of Ukraine exhibit. The program will take place at the + tax & gratuities per person in Toronto, present a panel titled “Evolution Mayana Gallery, 136 Second Ave., fourth Doors open at 11:30 a.m. May 28-31, 2004 of Canadian-Ukrainian Economic Relations: floor, at 7 p.m. For more information call Memorial Day Weekend A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective.” The April 17, 2004 Friday pub night with band, (212) 260-4490 or (212) 777-8144; log on to panel will be chaired by Dr. Ihor Lossovskyi, www.geocities.com/ukrartlitclub/; or e-mail Wedding – Nancy Medwid Saturday with Fata Morgana, and consul general of Ukraine in Toronto, and [email protected]. and Jonathan McFall Sunday with Askold Buk Trio will touch upon the following issues: “Bilateral Trade Flows in the Global Monday, April 19 April 19-21, 2004 June 3, 2004 Context,” Dr. Oleh Havrylyshyn, CREES CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Spring Clergy Days Ellenville Teachers School visiting scholar and deputy director, Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) is Related Association Banquet International Monetary Fund, with Andrew pleased to announce that this year's Vasyl April 21-23, 2004 Shipilov, Ph.D. candidate, Rotman School of and Maria Petryshyn Memorial Lecture SUNY New Paltz June 7-10, 2004 Management; “History and Prospects of will be given by Dr. Yaroslav Hrytsak, – Migrant Special Education Clergy Days Economic Relations between Ukraine and director, Institute for Historic Research, Program Canada,” Mykola Kryzhanovskyi, head of Ivan Franko National University, Lviv. The June 13, 2004 the Trade and Economic Mission, Embassy lecture, titled “A Ruthenian Peasant in a April 30-May 2, 2004 80th Birthday Party, Tony Percoco of Ukraine, Canada; “Business Experience German Outfit: Ivan Franko and the UNWLA Branch 95, Kerhonkson, and Legal Procedures,” Bohdan S. Making of Ukrainian Identity,” will be held Onyschuk Q.C., Gowlings, and CREES N.Y. sponsors a Spa Weekend June 14-18, 2004 in the Thompson Room, Barker Center, UNA Seniors’ Week advisory committee; and, “A Historian's Harvard University, at 4-6 p.m. The Barker Perspective,” Orest Subtelny, professor, May 7-9, 2004 Center is located at 12 Quincy St. For more June 18-20, 2004 departments of history and political science, information call HURI at (617) 495-4053 2nd Annual Cinco De Mayo York University. The panel will be held in or e-mail [email protected]. 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