INSIDE: • “Directed chaos” in Ukraine: Cui bono? – page 3 • Book review: “The Silence of Trees” – page 11. • “The Glory of Ukraine” comes to Omaha – page 18.

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal Wnon-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXIX No. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011 $1/$2 in Ukraine Sviatoslav Shevchuk enthroned as leader of Ukrainian Catholics

by Zenon Zawada With the election of Major Archbishop Kyiv Press Bureau Shevchuk, the Synod of Bishops decided to hand over the reins of the Church to KYIV – Bishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Ukraine’s post-Soviet generation, which the 40-year-old native of the Lviv Oblast secretly prayed and worshipped during town of Stryi who was apostolic adminis- the last decades of the Soviet Union, and trator of the eparchy of Buenos Aires, built the first churches and eparchies in Argentina, was enthroned as the major independent Ukraine. archbishop of Kyiv-Halych of the “I’m impressed with the selection of a Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church at a young man because we need to orient grand, historic ceremony held on March ourselves towards the new generation,” 27 at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the said Yevhen Sverstiuk, 82, a Soviet-era Resurrection of Christ. dissident and chief editor of the Orthodox It was the first time in the Ukrainian newspaper Our Faith. Catholic Church’s history that its leader “We have people around us who carry was enthroned in Kyiv, on the Left Bank with them old habits, who have nothing of the Dnipro River, reflecting its remark- new to say, and repeat what they’ve able growth in Ukraine in the last decade. always said. But the Church is supposed It was also the first time in its history that to address different tendencies and dan- the outgoing patriarch witnessed his suc- gers of our time. And it’s clear that the cessor’s enthronement. youth re-orient themselves far better. It’s

Taras Hrynchyshyn Newly enthroned Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church.

a good, solid initiative to truly refresh Eparchy voiced his distaste for selecting thinking, methods and orientation in the someone too young. world,” he added. Bishop Shevchuk’s election surprised The Church’s last two major archbish- not only Ukrainian Catholics throughout ops – Myroslav Lubachivsky and Lubomyr the world, but the major archbishop’s Husar – were born in Ukraine but spent closest relatives and even some of the most of their service in the Church in the synod’s 40 participating bishops. In their United States after fleeing the Soviet occu- view, his election was confirmation of the pation of the Halychyna region. Holy Spirit’s influence. Major Archbishop Shevchuk wasn’t “I am very happy that we selected who considered a leading candidate by Church we selected,” said Bishop Hlib Lonchyna, observers because of his relatively young the apostolic administrator of the age. Not only was he the youngest bishop exarchate of Great Britain, who was in the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, among the most often mentioned candi- but he’s the fourth youngest among the dates for the post. world’s 5,000-plus Catholic bishops, “It became very clear to us we selected Volodymyr Musyak according to the Catholic Hierarchy web- who people were putting forth as candi- A view of the service at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in site. dates, but we were truly selecting the one Kyiv during which Bishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk was enthroned as major arch- Indeed, prior to the synod, Bishop bishop of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. Emeritus Basil Losten of the Stamford (Continued on page 5)

Shevchuk family of Stryi reflects on election of new Church leader

by Taras Hrynchyshyn – to preside over Vsevolod’s ordination He ended up returning to Stryi precise- was a radio technician by profession, as a priest in Stryi. ly a week after the ordination, this time as having worked on the railroad and served Special to The Ukrainian Weekly That was two days before the Synod of major archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek- as the director of a small, local factory STRYI, Ukraine – “Don’t rub salt on a Bishops began in the Lviv suburb of Catholic Church (UGCC), to preside over before his retirement. Yet it’s the mother, wound,” muttered Yurii Shevchuk, paus- Briukhovychi on March 21, which the funeral of Bishop Julian Gbur, the first Vira, who commands the authority in the ing for a minute. He was responding to a changed the Shevchuk’s lives forever. bishop of the Stryi Eparchy, who died on family. question asking how was it for him and “You know how it is for us in our older March 24, a day after Bishop Shevchuk’s “That one’s a rector, that’s one’s a his wife, Vira, to send their second son, age,” Mr. Shevchuk added, reflecting on election as primate of the UGCC. director – and I’m over them!” she joked. Vsevolod, to serve as a priest across the having two sons living abroad. Indeed the The Shevchuk home – situated along a Vira Vasylivna Shevchuk still works as a teacher of music at a local school and ocean in Parma, Ohio. Shevchuk family was as surprised as any- road of single-family homes near the city plays the piano. She taught Sviatoslav to Their elder son, Bishop Sviatoslav one to learn their elder son, Sviatoslav, center – opened its doors to reporters on play the violin, which he mentioned to be Shevchuk, had returned about a week ear- was selected to lead the more than 5.5 the day of the funeral, offering insight among his hobbies. lier from Buenos Aires – where he led million Ukrainian Catholics around the into the new major archbishop’s youth. that country’s Ukrainian Catholic eparchy globe. The father, Yurii Ivanovych Shevchuk, (Continued on page 26) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011 No. 14 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS

Ukraine set to take over Pope greets UGCC leader said. The fund says that Mr. Dershowitz’s involvement with the Kuchma legal team VATICAN CITY – During the lan- is beneficial due to his experience both Transneft oil product pipeline guage greetings of his general audience as an attorney for the defense and an on the morning of March 30, Pope by Vladimir Socor cally integrated oil company that would expert on criminal evidence. The website Benedict XVI, speaking in Ukrainian, include: the oil extraction company says that, during his almost 50-year Eurasia Daily Monitor greeted His Beatitude Sviatoslav Ukrnafta, the crude oil pipeline operator career Mr. Dershowitz has won numer- Shevchuk, recently elected as major On March 25 the Rivne Oblast’s eco- Ukrtransnafta, the oil product pipeline ous high-profile cases in the United archbishop of Kyiv-Halych, and the nomic court ruled that the state of operator Ukrnefteprodukt and the Poltava- States and elsewhere. His services have Ukraine, not Russia’s Transneft, is the accompanying bishops and faithful of the based Kremenchuk refinery (Ukraine’s been used by the heads of state and gov- rightful owner of the Samara [Russia] – Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, assur- largest), co-owned by Naftohaz and the ernments, United Nations figures, gover- West oil product pipeline’s section on ing them of his “constant prayer that the shareholders of Privat Group with 42 per- nors, members of the U.S. Congress and Ukrainian territory. Holy Trinity may bring abundance, and cent and 58 percent stakes, respectively business leaders. (Interfax-Ukraine) Ukraine’s State Prosecutor’s Office (Kommersant, March 24). confirm in peace and harmony the had brought this case before the Rivne The Dnipropetrovsk-based Privat beloved Ukrainian nation.” Addressing Chornovil’s son comments on probe court. The court found that the pipeline’s Group also controls the Halychyna and the new archbishop, the pontiff said, handover to Transneft during the 1990s Naftokhimik Prikarpattia refineries, “The Lord has called you to the service KYIV – National Deputy Taras had been unlawful. Accordingly, it located in Drohobych (Lviv Oblast) and and guidance of this noble Church, Chornovil said he believes that the ordered this asset to be transferred from Nadvirna (Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast), which is a part of the people who for Ukrainian Procurator General’s Office Transneft’s ownership into that of respectively, with a combined processing over a thousand years have received should be in charge of the investigation Ukraine’s State Property Fund, for further capacity of 6 million tons per year Baptism at Kyiv. I am sure that, illumi- into the death of his father, a former lead- disposition. (Interfax-Ukraine, January 18). The cur- nated by the work of the Holy Spirit, you er of Narodnyi Rukh, Vyacheslav The court issued a similar ruling rent chairman of Ukrtransnafta, will preside over your Church, guiding Chornovil. “I believe that, with the maxi- regarding a short stretch of a decommis- Oleksandr Lazorko, was formerly a her in faith in Jesus Christ in accordance mum possible involvement of the police, sioned oil product pipeline, Grozny- Privat refinery manager. with her own tradition and spirituality, in it is necessary for this matter to be over- Armavir [Russia]-Trudova [Ukraine], on The Rivne Oblast’s economic court is communion with the See of Peter which seen and administered by the Procurator Ukrainian territory. a first-instance court. In Moscow, is the visible bond of that unity for which General’s Office,” he told Interfax- The pipelines thus transferred into Transneft has announced that it will so many of her children have not hesitat- Ukraine on March 23. Mr. Chornovil said Ukrainian ownership a total of approxi- appeal the ruling in higher courts, and ed even to lay down their lives.” (Vatican he would meet with Procurator General mately 1,500 kilometers on Ukrainian will also take up the matter with Information Service) Viktor Pshonka, as he wants “to clear up territory, including some 1,400 kilome- Ukraine’s Fuel and Energy Ministry. several issues in this case.” He added, ters of the Samara-West line’s Ukrainian Melnychenko tapes arouse questions If Ukraine wins the case in the courts, “The Procurator General’s Office has not section (Interfax, ICTV, March 24, 25). Transneft would either have to pay transit KYIV – Alan Dershowitz, a professor Russia’s Transneft oil transport closed this case – it is still working on it. fees to Ukraine for using this pipeline, or of the Harvard Law School who has monopoly owned the Samara-West line in So the question arises: why is it being alternatively resort to railroad transporta- become a special legal advisor to former transferred from the Procurator General’s Ukraine, under a 1993 inter-state agree- tion. The latter is considerably more ment and 1995 inter-governmental agree- Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, has Office to the police for further investiga- expensive compared with transportation started examining the details of the crim- tion?” When asked whether the procura- ment that divided the ex-USSR’s proper- by pipeline, but sustainable when oil inal case opened in relation to the murder tor’s decision to send the criminal case ty. Quite anomalously, Ukraine did not prices are inordinately high. of journalist Heorhii Gongadze, it was on his father’s death for further investi- inherit this pipeline on its own territory at Transnefteprodukt has not suspended that time. Russia’s Transneft handed over reported on March 30. The website of gation is related to the opening of a crim- the pumping of oil products through the Mr. Kuchma’s charitable fund Ukraina the pipeline to its fully owned subsidiary, Samara-West pipeline for the time being. inal case against ex-President Leonid Transnefteprodukt, which operates oil says that the professor, who is studying Kuchma, Mr. Chornovil said this was However, company officials do not rule the details of the case, has the greatest product pipelines. Transnefteprodukt’s out that possibility, warning that Ukraine unlikely. “They are related indirectly, subsidiary on Ukrainian territory, doubts about the use as evidence from since the inviolability of certain individu- would be held responsible in that case for what is known as the Melnychenko Zakhidtrans, has operated the Samara- any shortfalls in deliveries to EU coun- als is disappearing,” he said. Vyacheslav recordings because for 10 years their West pipeline until now. tries via Ukraine. Chornovil and his driver, Yevhen Pavlov, authenticity has been either denied or The Samara-West pipeline carries According to Oleksander Todiychuk, were killed in a car crash when their car doubted. From the viewpoint of criminal Russian oil products to European Union former head of Ukrtransnafta and current collided with a heavy truck turning justice, it is relatively easy to make member-countries via Ukraine. It trans- chairman of the Kyiv International around on a highway outside Kyiv on changes in a digital recording that can ported more than 1.5 million tons of Energy Club, the transit income that March 25, 1999. Mr. Chornovil’s press refined products – largely, fuel oil and Ukraine would gain through this move create the impression of the guilt of the secretary was injured in the accident. diesel fuel – during 2010 (Kommersant, may not be worth risking Russian retalia- speaker, the lawyer noted. Different parts (Interfax-Ukraine) March 24). The products originate at tion. Moscow could stop using this pipe- of such a recording can be easily (Continued on page 24) Rosneft’s refineries in the Samara region line and switch the transit flow via removed, copied, inserted or changed, he on the Volga. The state-owned Rosneft Belarus and Poland. 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NEWS ANALYSIS Is ‘directed chaos’ part of attack on real nationalists?

by Taras Kuzio Third, the alleged First of January Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and If she receives either a prison sentence Movement stated it was the first of his personal bodyguard retinue is double or suspended sentence, her criminal record On December 28, 2010, a group of planned attacks on officials who “repress the number that former presidents used. will prevent her from running for young Ukrainian nationalists posted a Ukrainian patriots;” they also threatened The president’s paranoia is played Parliament next year and for president in video on the Internet claiming credit for the “destruction of Zionists and syna- upon by Mr. Yanukovych’s close inner 2015. the beheading of a monument to Joseph gogues.” Thus, the First of January circle and explains the numerous pre- Svoboda, like other political parties Stalin erected in May by the Communist Movement brought up two standard emptive “prophylactic” talks the SBU has allegedly backed by oligarchs close to the Party in Zaporizhia. Soviet bogeymen: Bandera and national- undertaken with journalists, academics authorities, is therefore what Ukrainians Three days later, the statue was blown ist anti-Semitism. and politicians. describe as a “controlled opposition.” up. On the same evening, Molotov cock- On January 14 Internal Affairs Minister The most intriguing case is the Stalin Svoboda has already begun working tails were thrown at the Party of Regions Anatolii Mohyliov warned that the opposi- monument, which was first qualified as with the Party of Regions in the Lviv offices in Kyiv in an alleged attempt at an tion was planning bloodshed during the “hooliganism” when the charges were City Council, where they voted to remove arson attack. January 22 anniversary of Ukrainian inde- made against its beheading, an act which the tax exemption from the city’s private A previously unknown First of January pendence and national Unity Day. Former Tryzub (Trident) nationalists have always Ukrainian Catholic University. Movement claimed credit for the explo- Minister of Defense Anatoliy Grytsenko taken credit for. Three days after the Some Ukrainian experts have claimed sion in “honor of the 102nd anniversary described the statement as aimed at beheading, the statue was blown up. that the ultimate aim of the strategy of of [Ukrainian nationalist leader] Stepan spreading fear. Three clues give rise to my suspicions Bandera’s birth [in 1909].” The claim “directed chaos” is to ensure that Six days later, two bombs exploded in of the authorities’ involvement in the Svoboda leader Oleh Tiahnybok enters was suspect for three reasons. the Donetsk town of Makiyivka. A note First, members of a real nationalist explosion. the second round of the 2015 elections left at one of the sites stated: “We are fed The first is that the blast enabled the with the incumbent Mr. Yanukovych, group, Tryzub, have denied involvement up with this government. We want 4 mil- in the blowing up of Stalin. It would be authorities to change criminal charges from where he would play the same role as lion euros. There are bombs planted in “hooliganism” to the more serious charge Communist Party leader Petro illogical for them to behead the statue and other buildings in the town.” In October of then return to blow it up. of “terrorism,” which carries a greater sen- Symonenko, who faced Leonid Kuchma last year, three bombs went off in tence. Arrested Tryzub members had alibis in the 1999 presidential elections. Second, a 102nd year is not a standard Kirovohrad ahead of a planned visit by anniversary to celebrate. for December 31 and, in addition to the In 2015, Ukrainian voters would, President Viktor Yanukovych. explosion, someone staged a second “ter- therefore, as in 1999, vote against Mr. This is all very suspicious, and I dare to Dr. Taras Kuzio is Austrian Marshall rorist” attack – an arson fire on the Party of Tiahnybok as they voted against Mr. say that it raises suspicions that “directed Plan Foundation visiting fellow at the Regions. Tryzub members, found with Symonenko, thereby ensuring second chaos” is being used by the authorities to Center for Transatlantic Relations, weapons that suspiciously look planted, terms, respectively, for Mr. Yanukovych undermine political opposition. School of Advanced International were arrested on January 10. and Mr. Kuchma despite their low popu- The public face of strength and power is Studies, Johns Hopkins University in A second clue came when more weap- larity. also undermined by the Yanukovych Washington. He has just completed a ons and explosives were found on nine The arrests and detentions of 15 administration’s evident paranoia about a contemporary history of Ukraine. The Tryzub members arrested in January. The Tryzub members have been plagued by possible second Orange Revolution and article above, which was originally pub- Internal Affairs Ministry claimed it con- illegalities. his personal paranoia. The head of the lished in the Kyiv Post (March 25), is fiscated an AK-47 assault rifle, a pump “If the authorities act with such bandit president’s bodyguards is a Russian citizen reprinted here with the author’s permis- action rifle, two sniper rifles, three pis- methods with us then tomorrow it could because Mr. Yanukovych does not trust the sion. tols, nine walkie-talkies and two gre- be applied to everybody,” warned Olesia nades. Prymenko, deputy leader of Women’s The third clue is the effect of wide- Sich, a member organization of Tryzub. spread arrests and detentions of Tryzub Incarcerated Tryzub members have leadership and members has on western complained about being denied access to Authorities release Hudymenko, Ukraine. The weakening of Tryzub leaves lawyers – some of whom were threatened the field open for another nationalist for defending the activists, confiscation Svoboda activist, from prison organization, Svoboda (Freedom), which of cellphones, denial of food and water, by Zenon Zawada simple hooliganism, which rights activists won the October 2010 local elections in toiletry hygiene and clothes. Worse still, three oblasts of Halychyna. the arrested activists have allegedly been Kyiv Press Bureau deemed political persecution. They said his incarceration wasn’t necessary, consid- Svoboda has long been dogged by subjected to interrogation methods that KYIV – Ukrainian authorities released ering Mr. Hudymenko was arrested and claims that it was originally funded by can be described as “torture,” such as Yurii Hudymenko from prison on March released by police twice in the last year, oligarch Igor Kolomoisky and is support- psychological threats. 14 after he reportedly pleaded guilty to never deciding to flee Zaporizhia. ed by First Deputy Prime Ministers Borys If a monument to Adolf Hitler were vandalizing the monument to KGB found- Authorities filed criminal charges in the Kolesnikov and Andriy Kliuyev. put up in Germany, anybody beheading it er Felix Dzerzhinsky on the central boule- same month as the May 2010 vandalism Another competitor to Svoboda, Yulia would be national heroes. In Ukraine, vard in his native city of Zaporizhia. incident, but they were dropped for lack Tymoshenko’s Batkivshchyna where a 2006 law classifies the 1933 He was given a suspended prison sen- of evidence. (Fatherland), is also under pressure and Holodomor that Stalin unleashed as tence of two years in exchange for admit- On their second try, Zaporizhia prose- was unable to put up candidates in Lviv “genocide,” charges of “hooliganism” for ting his guilt in scribbling the words, cutors said the first criminal case had been and Kyiv in the October 2010 local elec- the beheading of Stalin have been reclas- “Where’s the toilet?” on the statue, said closed illegally, without the necessary tions. Ms. Tymoshenko is charged with sified as “terrorism” through a strategy of investigations. On that basis, they re- his lawyer Vasyl Suhyra, as reported by diverting funds raised under the Kyoto “directed chaos” that seeks to maintain opened the case. They estimated that the the Maidan website. An unidentified Protocol to the pension fund. the current leaders in power indefinitely. graffiti cost the city $250 in damages. accomplice covered the statue in yellow Mr. Hudymenko joined the Svoboda paint in the same incident in May 2010. nationalist party in the fall in order to run Mr. Hudymenko, 23, didn’t respond to in the October 2010 local elections. After NDI quits working group attempts by The Weekly to confirm that his release, he wouldn’t confirm whether he did indeed plead guilty to the charges. he remained a party member, when writ- He is among the leading Ukrainian patri- ing on his Live Journal blog. on Ukraine’s election law otic activists in Zaporizhia, where the “The question remains without an Ukrainian National Information Service slide further from democracy as local government is dominated by the answer,” he wrote on March 15. opposed to working toward it. Communists and the neo-Soviet Party of WASHINGTON – The National When asked whether he plans to aban- NDI further reiterated how impor- Regions of Ukraine. Democratic Institute (NDI), a non-gov- don politics, he responded, “I haven’t tant it is for a country to have election Mr. Hudymenko was arrested on ernmental organization based in the decided yet.” results that the public can be confident January 9 as part of a nationwide sweep Mr. Hudymenko was pressured by his United States, has withdrawn its mem- conducted by Ukraine’s law enforcement bership in the Ukrainian working in. lawyer, Mr. Syhura, to confess to a crime When the NDI withdrew from the authorities against Ukrainian nationalists, that he didn’t commit, said Svoboda group dedicated to drafting a new elec- almost all from the Stepan Bandera tion law. NDI cited the undemocratic committee, it sent a letter to Justice spokesman Yuriy Syrotiuk, adding that he Minister Oleksander Lavrynovych urg- Tryzub Organization, following the New knows the vandals who smeared the paint nature of the group as the reason for Year’s Eve detonation of the Joseph Stalin departure. ing him to ensure that the process of on that day. drafting new laws remains democratic. statue in the city. Mr. Syhura is what’s known as a A statement by the institute’s In response to the accusations, Mr. However, none of the criminal charges “menotovskyi” lawyer, or a lawyer hired Eurasia regional director said “NDI has Lavrynovych said he disagreed with against the 15 defendants were related to by police to manipulate a defendant into decided it must suspend its participa- NDI and said the working group is the Stalin statue’s detonation. Nine were admitting criminal charges, Mr. Syrotiuk tion in the group unless steps are taken open to many different opinions. charged with hooliganism in the December said. Police denied Mr. Hudymenko to make the entire election law drafting 26, 2010, beheading of the Stalin statue, access to the Svoboda party’s lawyer, a process more inclusive and transpar- Ukraine has been working to devel- while the remainder faced entirely unrelat- violation of his rights. ent.” op new election laws after international ed charges, leading human rights activists Meanwhile Mr. Hudymenko mother The NDI said it hopes that Ukraine statements that the October 2010 elec- to allege political persecution. was desperate to have her son released will make the necessary changes tions did not meet fairness standards Mr. Hudymenko spent two months because if not the country will back- and thus were undemocratic. incarcerated for the criminal charge of (Continued on page 18) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011 No. 14

Volodymyr Musyak Volodymyr Musyak Following the enthronement ceremony (foreground, from left) Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk leads the liturgy at his Shevchuk and Cardinal Lubomyr Husar of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, and enthronement ceremony. Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate pose for photos. PHOTO REPORT: Enthronement of Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk

Zenon Zawada Cardinal Lubomyr Husar became the Zenon Zawada Volodymyr Musyak first major archbishop of the Ukrainian Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Newly enthroned Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church to witness the Shevchuk at his news conference. Greek-Catholic Church. enthronement of his successor.

Zenon Zawada Taras Hrynchyshyn Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk during the divine liturgy at his enthronement Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarch Filaret offers congratulations to ceremony. His predecessor, Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, prays in the background. Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk at the banquet following his enthronement.

Taras Hrynchyshyn Taras Hrynchyshyn Zenon Zawada Papal Nuncio in Ukraine Ivan Jurkovic congratu- Fatherland Party Chair Yulia Tymoshenko congratu- Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and lates Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk during lates Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church’s primate at his wife, Kateryna, attend the March 27 enthrone- the celebratory banquet. the banquet following his enthronement. ment ceremony of the new major archbishop. No.14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011 5

Patriarch Gregory III of the Church of While many of the cathedral’s walls of other Churches who attended. Sviatoslav Shevchuk... Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem; had white drywall, the concrete floors Former Prime Minister Yulia Metropolitan Ivan Babiak of the Slovak were entirely bare and rugged, leading Tymoshenko attended the banquet after- (Continued from page 1) Greek-Catholic Church; Marian Rojek, priests to place thin, green rugs at differ- wards, presenting the major archbishop delegate of the Polish Episcopal ent corners for the faithful to confess with a hefty bouquet of white roses. from the Holy Spirit,” he said. “It was a Conference; and Sergei Gaek, the apos- their sins. The stairs were also bare, as great spiritual experience. The fact that tolic visitator for the Belarusian Greek- was the choir loft. New leader’s priorities people from all over the world were pray- Catholic Church, among others. Major Archbishop Shevchuk was At a Kyiv press conference two days ing for this synod gave its fruits. We really For the first time in independent enthroned at a separate pulpit in front of felt it, because we ourselves were sur- after his enthronement, Major Archbishop Ukraine, a representative of the the main altar, in a ritual before the litur- Shevchuk made it clear that he had no prised with the outcome,” Bishop Ukrainian Orthodox Church–Moscow gy in which he held the trykiri candles as Lonchyna commented. intention of slowing the fast pace of Patriarchate attended a major ceremony worshippers chanted, “Axios,” the Greek growth the Church has undergone in the Yet, electing an especially young major of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. phrase for “He is worthy.” archbishop isn’t anything new to the last 10 years. Bishop Ilarii, the vicar of the Kyiv The enormous, glittering mitre placed Two of his three declared priorities Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. Metropolitanate, was dispatched to the upon his delicate-looking head served to Andrey Sheptytsky was 36 years old directly involve expanding the Church – enthronement. accentuate the immense responsibility evangelization and “meeting geographic when he was chosen in 1901. Political leaders attending the being placed upon the young major arch- Bishop Shevchuk’s candidacy fulfilled challenges,” which referred to establish- enthronement included Presidential bishop. ing churches in those Ukrainian commu- all the qualifications that the bishops Administration Deputy Chair Hanna The centrality of the cross was the were looking for in their new Church nities where it currently has none. Herman, who stood alongside and chatted main theme of the major archbishop’s “The first priest arrived in Argentina leader – a native-born Ukrainian with a with former Ukrainian President Viktor homily, which was short and concise. He command of the English and Italian lan- 40 years after the arrival of the first Yushchenko and his wife, Kateryna. Ms. repeated three times the phrase from the immigrants,” the major archbishop said. guages, with extensive study in Rome. Herman is the representative of the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great, Major Archbishop Shevchuk is the “Such a time lag negatively affected our Presidential Administration assigned to “We worship Your Cross, o sovereign people and their ability to survive in these first of the Church’s Ukrainian-born, handle relations with western Ukrainians, one, and we praise Your holiest foreign conditions of complete disorien- post-Soviet generation of priests to have as she herself is a native of the Lviv Resurrection!” (An excerpt from the ser- tation, a loss of understanding of why earned a doctorate in theology, graduat- Oblast. mon appears on page 4.) they’re there and even suicide,” he said, ing summa cum laude in 1999 from the Stefan Romaniw, the secretary general “In the 20th century, our Church went “When I first arrived in Greece, the Pontifical University of St. Thomas of the Ukrainian World Congress, also with its Savior to the end – unto the com- former head of the Ukrainian community Aquinas in Rome after five years of greeted the Yushchenkos, having worked plete liquidation on its native land and approached me – a person completely of study. with them extensively on Holodomor rec- death, it seemed,” the major archbishop the world – and said, ‘Father, we have a Enthronement ceremony ognition projects. said. “Yet this death of hundreds of thou- Standing a few rows behind the sands of our laity, clergy, monks and lot of suicide among Ukrainian immi- Chilly winds and steady snow envel- Yushchenkos was former Verkhovna nuns, with our episcopate in the lead, was grants,’ ” the major archbishop continued. oped Kyiv the day before the enthrone- Rada Chair Arseniy Yatsenyuk and his a death on the cross, and therefore life- “We hope that your presence will protect ment, but the sun’s rays brushed aside all wife, Tereza. Across the aisle were all giving! Our parents, grandparents and people from such a lamentable end.” clouds and precipitation for the grand three chairs of the oblast councils con- ancestors showed – through us, their As his third priority, Major Archbishop ceremony. trolled by the Svoboda nationalist party in descendants, and through us, to an inde- Shevchuk declared the need for a single Thousands of Ukrainian Catholic faith- the Halychyna region – Oleh Pankevych pendent Ukraine – the strength and invin- strategic center to unite and coordinate the ful filled the unfinished cathedral, along from Lviv, Oleksander Sich from Ivano- cibility of the honest and life-giving Church’s experience, as well as to orga- with more than 350 priests and 60 bish- Frankivsk and Oleksii Kaida from Cross of the Lord.” nize the necessary administrators to build ops, representing the Ukrainian Greek- Ternopil. Patriarch Lubomyr sat for most of the a chain of command that implements con- Catholic Church and other Eastern-rite Clergy stood shoulder-to-shoulder, ceremony to the side of the altar, his eyes temporary management techniques. Catholic Churches. forming the two rows along the main aisle peacefully resting, his aged body stand- “This Curia is already in Kyiv today. The Ukrainian Catholic clergy were for the Church hierarchy and Ukrainian ing up for only the most critical prayers. It’s developing, and such an administra- distinguishable by their red vestments, politicians to pass at the enthronement’s The stirring, bass voice of Deacon tive center should be very effective,” he which are worn on the Sunday of the start and finish. Mykhailo Prodyus of the Kyiv said. “We’re learning contemporary man- Veneration of the Cross. Those attending saw the work that had Archeparchy enhanced the liturgy, which agement, how to be most effective, but at Ukrainian religious leaders attending been accomplished since construction of echoed throughout the cathedral’s con- the same time the least expensive – the enthronement ceremony included the patriarchal cathedral started in fall crete shell. The clergy called for only meaning to do the most work with the Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian 2002, and what still needed to be done. those who had confessed recently to least costs.” Orthodox Church–Kyiv Patriarchate; The cathedral’s only icons were eight receive holy communion, given the large The first major step taken by Major Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox paintings hung at the altar, depicting the number of worshippers. Archbishop Shevchuk was to travel to the Church Bishop Volodymyr; the papal essential images of the Ukrainian Greek- U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Vatican to meet with Pope Benedict XVI nuncio in Ukraine, Archbishop Ivan Catholic Church – Jesus Christ, the Tefft attended the liturgy, listening to the to discuss, among other topics, recogni- Jurkovic; Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, pre- Mother of God, the Last Supper, St. Olha, speeches delivered afterwards with the tion of the UGCC’s patriarchate, a goal fect of the Congregation for the Oriental St. Volodymyr the Great, among others. help of a translator. launched by Major Archbishop Josyf Churches in the Roman Curia; As with most Ukrainian churches, The first to speak was the newly Slipyj in 1963, upon his arrival in Rome. Archbishop Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki of there were no pews. Clergy and politi- enthroned major archbishop, who He departed Ukraine on March 29, and Lviv of the Roman Catholic Church; cians sat on chairs. expressed gratitude to the representatives met with the pontiff the next day.

FOR THE RECORD: Sermon by newly enthroned UGCC leader Following are excerpts of the inaugu- which as the loyal inheritor of the faith of “To Your cross, O Master, we bow in of our Church, which in its resurrection ral sermon of His Beatitude Sviatoslav the Apostles – sings them in this Patriarchal veneration, and we glorify Your holy becomes younger through the Holy Spirit Shevchuk, primate of the Ukrainian Cathedral of the Resurrection! Is this not an Resurrection!” and smiles anew to the world with the light Catholic Church, during the hierarchical eloquent sign of God for all of us, who on For me, the young father and head of the of Christ’s Gospel. It is about her – ancient divine liturgy of enthronement on March this day – while venerating the Precious Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, these yet eternally new – that the psalmist sings: 27, in the Patriarchal Cathedral of the and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, do so in words are a summary of her past, a sense of “Who satisfies your life with good things, Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv. the Cathedral of the Resurrection? the present and a guidepost for the future. and your youth shall be renewed like the …Every Christian who follows his Our Church in the 20th century has fol- Today, we – the heirs of Volodymyr’s eagle’s.” (Ps. 102:5) Today, especially on Lord as a disciple of Christ must witness lowed her Savior to the end – until total Baptism – feel the unity and continuity this festive day, let us realize anew that we in his personal life the effectiveness of destruction, and seeming death, on her with our history and tradition, receiving are a renewed and rejuvenated Church. His paschal mystery. One can enter into native land. However, this death of hun- the precious heritage of our great prede- That is why I want to especially appeal to the celestial glory of the Resurrection dreds of thousands of our laity, priests, cessors: the Servant of God Metropolitan our – mostly still young – clergy, religious through its only door – through His monks and nuns, led by our episcopate, Andrey (Sheptytsky), Patriarchs Josyf and the entire Ukrainian youth! Today, Precious and Life-Giving Cross. Our was death on a cross, and therefore life-giv- (Slipyj), Myroslav Ivan (Lubachivsky) and Christ calls us, the young, to be responsi- vocation is to follow the Savior to the ing! Our parents, grandparents and great- Lubomyr (Husar). Today, these men, ble for His Church! Let us embrace her, end, possibly even until the death on the grandparents thus made known to us, their through the warm hands of Patriarch place the Precious and Life-Giving Cross Cross. The mystery of His Life-Giving descendants, and through us – to a free Lubomyr, bless us and enliven this trea- of our Savior in the center of our lives – Cross lies in that while this is the lowest Ukraine – the strength and invincibility of sure, making it eloquent and enlightening and He will sweeten it, like the rod of degree of humility, defamation and dis- the Precious and Life-Giving Cross of the for contemporary Ukrainians. “Holiness of Moses sweetened the waters of Marah in grace, it is exactly the place from which Lord. In its defamation, humiliation and the united people of God” is and will be the Father proceeds to raise and glorify us denigration, our Church has come to this the strategy of development of our Church. the desert! Let us accept and boldly imple- in His divine glory, before which every place: the place of resurrection, where the She lives and acts as one body in the ment our Christian vocation in the modern knee will bow, of those who are in heav- Heavenly Father glorifies her raised up in world, as a Church on a universal scale – it world, and together we can renew the face en and on earth and under the earth. His incorruptible glory, before which every is and shall be the soul of the Ukrainian of our nation and its state. “To Your cross, O Master, we bow in knee will bow and every tongue will con- people, in order to sanctify them, to open “We worship Your passion, O Christ! veneration, and we glorify Your holy fess – through the power of this Church’s their hearts to their brothers and neighbors, Show also unto us Your glorious Resurrection!” testimony in the Holy Spirit – that Jesus to preserve our nation as the people of God Resurrection!” These words come as a special sound to Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the and lead it to salvation and eternal life. Amen. us today! For us – the Church-martyr, Father. Today we are experiencing a new spring (Translated by Leo Iwaskiw) 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011 No. 14

COMMENTARY The Ukrainian Weekly Axios – He is worthy Beauty and the beasts As the Synod of Bishops drew nearer in mid-March, there was much specula- tion, yet no favored candidates within the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church to by Mykola Riabchuk and his Ukrainophobic associates. replace the retiring patriarch, Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, who set a new standard for Ukrainophones are socially handicapped, In a recent interview with TVi – one of vision, political leadership and managerial skill. Ukrainian Catholics around the first and foremost, because they sang the few independent channels not yet world had some candidates under consideration, but few even considered that God patriotic songs with their gullible leaders completely “domesticated” by the authori- had in mind the Church’s youngest bishop. Yet, little more than a century earlier, it and cared too much about national sym- ties – Hanna Herman, the deputy head of was the 36-year-old Andrey Sheptytsky who was called to lead the Church. bolism, while the former Soviet nomen- the omnipotent presidential administra- The Bible tells us, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your klatura seized power and property and own understanding.” With the election of Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, tion, recognized that Ukrainian-speaking effectively transformed the political domi- it’s clear this is precisely what the bishops did between March 21 and 23 when Ukrainians are, in fact, second-rate citi- nance of the Russophone Soviet elite into meeting in the village of Briukhovychi on the outskirts of Lviv. zens in Ukraine, with a very weak social an economic one. Ukrainian Catholic leaders demonstrated exceptional boldness and confidence and economic position vis-à-vis the domi- Implicitly, this indulges Ms. Herman in the Holy Spirit when selecting Bishop Shevchuk of Argentina. Consider that he nant Russophones and, therefore, with a who was probably right to leave the wasn’t yet born when Patriarch Filaret, 82, of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – structurally restrained ability to influence national democrats since they were hope- Kyiv Patriarchate was already serving as a metropolitan in the Russian Orthodox the political, economic and cultural life of less idealists who were unable to bring Church in 1968. And there was no legal Ukrainian Church at the time. the country. about any real changes, and to join the Of course, it wasn’t a case of blind faith. Archbishop Shevchuk was the first Here are her comments verbatim: tough “pragmatists” from Donetsk who Ukrainian-born, post-Soviet priest to earn a doctorate in theology, graduating “Rich people are mostly Russian- understand what real life means and who speaking, while a great many citizens of summa cum laude from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in 1999. can, with her help, be cultured, enlight- Ukraine with Ukrainian mentality are He knows at least seven languages, including Italian and English. ened and perhaps Ukrainized, at least poor people. This is the legacy of the first Addressing Ukraine’s news media for the first time on March 29, Major politically, to comprehend the words Ukrainian leaders. Whereas Vyacheslav Archbishop Shevchuk confirmed that Ukraine’s post-Soviet generation, born in “national interest” and ultimately launch Chornovil [a former political prisoner and Ukraine but educated in the West, is ready to take the reins of leadership from their the much-needed modernization/ one of the leaders of the national-demo- predecessors and do things differently. Westernization of the country. cratic movement during perestroika and He didn’t shy away from the Church’s drive for a patriarchate, declaring he would One can only wish her good luck on the early years of Ukrainian indepen- raise it immediately with Pope Benedict XVI in his meeting the next day. He didn’t her project, even though the idea of accul- dence] led us to meetings, where we sang shy away from the need for evangelization, declaring it to be among the Church’s turating and gentrifying the tough guys ‘Chervona Kalyna’ [a patriotic song], the top priorities for wherever there are Ukrainians. He didn’t shy away from politics, from the Party of Regions looks nearly as Komsomol functionaries have seized declaring that he respects President Viktor Yanukovych, with the expectation that he, utopian as singing “Chervona Kalyna” banks, privatized factories, and now they in turn, will lead the Ukrainian government in respecting the citizens of Ukraine. with Chornovil. are wealthy, influential and dictate fash- Traveling to study in Argentina at the age of 21 clearly had a profound influence Even should Ms. Herman, by mesmer- ions” (http://ua.korrespondent.net/ on the major archbishop. He smiled frequently, exchanged pleasant jokes with izing, magic, or other means, succeed in ukraine/1194816-german-ukrayinomovni- reporters, and comfortably shared his childhood experiences. By the end of his first transforming her patron-cum-pupil into a gromadyani-ne-mayut-finansovogo-vpli- press conference, the Kyiv press corps – typically cynical or indifferent – offered real gem (or, as she put it in an earlier vu-v-krayini). the rare gesture of applauding the major archbishop, impressed that the leader of a interview, a “true diamond”), the Ms. Herman may know what she is major Ukrainian Church could conduct himself with such candor and humility, as Komsomol functionaries who captured talking about. As a journalist and demo- well as a positive energy that filled the room. the state and created, with criminals, cratic activist, she supported the anti- When asked by The Weekly to describe what it was like growing up in the under- today’s oligarchy, would not disappear. Communist, pro-independence movement ground Church, the new UGCC leader described how, during the 1980s, the Nor is likely to disappear their pro- Ukrainian Catholics of Stryi were concerned about their last priests gradually dying in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Eventually, she headed the Ukrainian ser- found contempt, even hatred for all those off, with no one left behind to lead them. These were the last priests of the pre-World natives who are usually nicknamed War II generation. But then, in 1987, the first young priest of the new generation vice of the Radio Liberty in Kyiv, but unexpectedly switched sides in 2004 and “lokhi,” “byki,” “raguli,” “kuguty,” “zhlo- emerged, and that renewed hope and confidence that the parish in Stryi would survive. by,” “bandery” or “svidomity” – in short, The same concern is held by diaspora Ukrainians about Ukraine. After 70 years became a close associate of Viktor Yanukovych – a presidential hopeful subhumans. Actually, it was Viktor of Soviet genocide, the Ukrainian people are lacking leaders. Those whom we Yanukovych himself who back in 2004 thought we could trust turned out to be devastatingly disappointing. whose victory in the forthcoming elec- tions looked, at the time, to have been inflamed the xenophobic feelings of his Sviatoslav Shevchuk is a new young leader, born of the post-Soviet generation, Russian-speaking electorate by describing who gives us hope that the temple in our hearts called Ukraine – just like the parish firmly secured. Whether her choice was ideological, or his political opponents as “goats who in Stryi – won’t ever vanish. spoil our life” (“goats,” in Russian crimi- With the election and enthronement of Major Archbishop Shevchuk, the purely mercantile, or, as some authors suggest, intimately personal, is not that nal argot, is a strong derogative like “ass- Ukrainian Catholic Church has demonstrated to Ukrainians throughout the world holes” or worse). how to raise new leaders – first by opening the doors to study, then offering the important. What really matters is the fact that she is one of a very few intellectuals, The contempt should not necessarily be responsibility of administering, and finally providing the opportunity to form long- interpreted as racial, or ethnic. It can be term visions and lead towards them. It has shown Ukrainians that they can be con- liberals and genuine Ukrainian-speakers within the profoundly illiberal, anti-intel- considered as merely the class superiority fident in passing the reins of leadership to a new generation, particularly if it’s of haves over have-nots, the advanced been well-educated and well-prepared. lectual and predominantly anti-Ukraino- phone team. Either by chance or choice, over the backward, urbanized over rural, (A postscript: The impact of this unexpected selection has already reverberated central over provincial. Yet, in Ukraine, throughout Ukraine, where many leaders have an ingrained Soviet mentality that or party assignment, she serves as the human face of the rather ugly political- these worlds and terms largely coincide. views authority as a cash cow and an opportunity to tell others what to do, instead The two centuries of settler colonization of helping them. Strange as it might seem, among the biggest news scoops of the cum-economic group that runs the coun- try. resulted in thorough Russification of weekend was the value of the major archbishop’s watch – $128 – compared to that urban centers and complete marginaliza- of the watch worn by Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church – $42,500.) As a person with some Ukrainophile and liberal-intellectual background, she tion of the Ukrainophone folk, primarily certainly cannot deny the conspicuous dis- as kolhosp slaves and unqualified workers parity between the two major ethno-lin- — illegal migrants from the rural “third guistic groups in the country. Yet, as a world” to the urban “first world,” in April Turning the pages back... person who switched sides and joined, to which the “propyska” was institutional- put it delicately, the dominant group, she ized as the ersatz-visa system. tries to justify her dubious move with For most Ukrainophones, the Russian Six years ago, on April 4, 2005, Presidents Viktor some rational statements. language was the only vehicle for social 4 Yushchenko and George W. Bush met at the White House in Ukrainophones, she implies, are in a advancement and higher cultural status. In 2005 Washington, ending a five-year hiatus in the high-level dia- backward position not because of colonial many cases, they were forced to adopt not logue between U.S. and Ukrainian presidents, which were legacy and particular policies of tsars and only the language of their colonizers but almost an annual event during the latter part of the 1990s. commissars, and certainly not because of also their superior attitude towards uncul- President Leonid Kravchuk began the process in May 1992, today’s policies of President Yanukovych tured kolhosp aborigines; they internal- when he arrived for a working visit, and came on an official visit in March 1994. ized the negative self-image imposed President Kravchuk’s successor, Leonid Kuchma, came to Washington for the first upon them by the dominant group and Mykola Riabchuk is an author and contributed themselves to the further time in 1994, and returned in 1996, 1997 and 1999. journalist from Ukraine, and a leading During those series of meetings, a number of agreements were signed, which Russification of their defiant or less edu- intellectual who is affiliated with the cated countrymen. reflected the priorities of the two countries: dealing with Ukraine’s denuclearization journal Krytyka. process – a U.S. priority, as well as security guarantees and economic assistance. Ms. Herman revealed a profound truth The article above is reprinted from the – that there are no oligarchs, no “rich peo- During President Kravchuk’s 1994 visit, Washington prepared a $700 million aid pack- blog “Current Politics in Ukraine” ple” with Ukrainian identity (or, as she age for Ukraine, half of which was set aside to aid Ukraine in ridding itself of its Soviet- (http://ukraineanalysis.wordpress.com/) put it, “Ukrainian mentality”). And the era nuclear arsenal. The remaining $350 million was earmarked for economic assistance. created by the Stasiuk Program for the problem is not only, and not so much, that Ukraine was also given U.S. assistance in subsequent summits in working with Study of Contemporary Ukraine, a pro- they do not speak Ukrainian as their major international trade and financial institutions and in obtaining much-needed credits gram of the Canadian Institute of language. from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. The bilateral relationship Ukrainian Studies at the University of (Continued on page 20) Alberta. It was posted on March 18. (Continued on page 8) No.14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011 7

The things we do ... by Orysia Paszczak Tracz

Kvitka moments in Lviv A chat with Col. Efesbekov At the end of February 2010, I was in 54 will house a memorial museum dedicat- “It seems our project in Kyiv is pro- ther liberals nor Catholics can accept the Lviv, just in from a conference at the ed to the singer. The unveiling of Kvitka gressing successfully, Roman nationalist glorification of violence. And University of Chernivtsi. I was watching Cisyk Street took place June 25, 2010. I Danilovich,” remarked Col. Efesbekov, there’s the anti-Semitism and xenopho- the morning news program – news as well will definitely have to visit this street the tossing a newspaper to a young agent sit- bia.” as light material, just like in North next time I’m there. ting attentively at a table extending at a “But is there any contradiction America. I was doing something else while Kvitka may have passed away in 1998, right angle from the front of his desk. As between liberalism and Catholicism?” listening and stopped, because a familiar but her voice and spirit are definitely still the agent scanned the newspaper, the col- asked Roman, shifting uncomfortably in melody began playing: “Misto spyt...” with us, in all corners of the world, espe- onel leaned back in his chair, puffing a the hard wooden chair. The violins led into Kvitka Cisyk’s cially in Ukraine. This can be seen in the Gauloise. Jazz fusion drifted from the “In the final analysis – of course. exquisite soprano singing “De ty teper” comments on the wonderful website Bose sound system in the corner of the Liberalism posits that men are basically (Where are you now?) as two ice dancers called “Pisni,” located at http://www.pisni. long, sparsely decorated office with high good and only corrupted by society. glided around a rink. The music and the org.ua/persons/16.html. curtained windows overlooking a small Catholics believe in original sin – that ice dancing fit so perfectly in this waltz. People who know her work, and those square with a bronze statue of St. George men are naturally inclined to evil. The At the end of the news program this seg- who have just discovered her are equally and the Dragon in the middle. liberal thinks that individuals should have ment was repeated. Wow! So beautiful enthusiastic about Kvitka. The Facebook “I see our boys have been doing their as much freedom as possible. You can see and comforting. group devoted to Kvitka is full of new job,” ventured Roman. the results in America. Catholics, on the A few days later I was in a cab, return- fans. (See http://www.facebook.com/ “Hardly,” responded Col. Efesbekov other hand, hold that people need ing to Ukrainskyi Krai, the restaurant/ group.php?v=wall&gid=47193252669.) drily. “The students do our work for us. restraint, otherwise they will exploit their motel just past Dubliany, where I was Kvitka’s two LPs, later CDs, are very True, we haven’t split the leftists from the brothers. When it comes to capitalism, staying. The conversation with the driver well known, and still sell very well. liberals, but the rightists have taken on they’ve got a point. They see freedom as covered many things. And then “Dva “Kvitka Cisyk” and “Dva Koliory/Two both. There will be some brawls. a means to an end – what they call a good Koliory” started on the radio. Of course, Colors” are popular around the world, and Meanwhile, our reforms continue.” and just society. Liberals see freedom as sung by Kvitka. one does not have to understand Ukrainian “But it’s a different story here, isn’t an end in itself. Just like the Americans. We talked about this remarkable sing- to love the voice and arrangements. it?” True, there are many liberals who imag- er for a while, and I told the driver that On YouTube, one comment about the “The socio-political picture is entirely ine that they are Catholics, and even some her father, Volodymyr Cisyk, tried to song “Ya Pidu v Daleki Hory” notes different. You don’t have a significant Catholics who think of themselves as lib- teach me violin through the Ukrainian “Kvitka – a Ukrainian woman who sang Left, or a true European conservatism; erals. But ultimately, they are both mis- Institute of Music in Newark, N.J., very with her soul.” Some other entries can be that died with Lypynsky and the taken.” long ago. He did not succeed very well, seen at: http://www.youtube.com/ Hetmanites. Of course, you have the lib- “This is all very abstract,” frowned because I was not interested in the dili- watch?v=PWIRT374Rac&NR=1; http:// erals, and you have the neo-fascist Right. Roman. “As a practical matter, how can gent practice and exercises and theory. I www.youtube.com/watch?v= You also have the Greek-Catholics. The we exploit it in our work?” wanted to play melodies right away! JYed8SUJMTU; and http://www.youtube. important thing to remember is that these “We’ve already had some success – The driver could not praise Kvitka com/watch?v=1mrKttoXQLM. ideologies usually appear in combination. remember that city council meeting enough. His 6-year-old daughter would As Ukrainians in the United States and Your average Galician is part liberal, part where the nationalists opposed the tax get her cellphone once she learned all of in Canada, we are so proud of this child of nationalist, part Catholic. Of course, he break for the Catholic university? But “Dva Koliory” and a few other Kvitka immigrants, of refugees, of displaced per- does not see the contradictions. It is nor- that’s only the beginning. What we have songs. He proudly told me that the Lviv sons, who treasured the homeland of her mal for human beings to hold mutually to do is push each of these ideological City Council would be naming a street parents in her heart and soul, and poured irreconcilable positions and never give elements to its ultimate logical conclu- after her. out through her voice all this beauty for them a second thought. Men of action sion. Then we must provoke our oppo- Later, I learned that on May 7, 2010, the the world to hear. choose one principle and abandon the nents into implementing those ultimate council named a street that connects others. Bandera and Shukhevych, for conclusions. In this way, they’ll tear Abraham Lincoln and Mykola Khvyliovyi example, were pure nationalists. themselves apart. At the least, we can Streets, in a northeastern section of the city, Orysia Tracz may be contacted at ory- Intellectuals, on the other hand, try to keep them in constant tension. And that’s as Kvitka Cisyk Street. High School No. [email protected]. synthesize them. They usually fail.” enough to enable us to control them.” The agent pondered a moment. “And “Could you give me an example?” how will we take advantage of this?” “Certainly” replied the colonel. “It’s Col. Efesbekov took a long draw on always amusing to begin with the intelli- LETTER TO THE EDITOR his cigarette and slowly blew out the gentsia – they’ve sold out to the Western smoke, watching it rise to the 11-foot- foundations, so they’ll promote any Whom do we believe? Is there a ques- high ceiling. “You must keep in mind our notion the Americans put into their heads, Whom should tion? overall strategy. On the one hand, the even if they don’t believe in it them- According to Ambassador Motsyk, the nationalist movement must be channeled selves. So let’s say we start with some- we believe? Ukrainian government is cooperating into its most radical form. Then we can thing provocative – condoms for school- with the U.S. government and is building easily crush it. But at the same time, we Dear Editor: children, Queer Theory for the universi- a positive image in the world. If that is have a local strategy – to find the contra- ties. The rightists will be there in an I read the well-written March 13 news correct, perhaps the honorable ambassa- dictions among the positions of our ene- instant, smashing heads. Remember that story by Markian Hadzewycz in The dor could answer the following: Will the mies, exacerbate them and exploit them. Ukrainian Weekly about the Leadership Holodomor monument be build in This will not only splinter the opposition; incident about a year and half ago with Conference in Washington. Washington by the Ukrainian government it will split individual hearts and minds, the gay and lesbian poetry? The The article requires a reader’s analysis in time for the 80th anniversary? Will psychologically paralyzing our enemies.” Svobodivtsi and Tryzubivtsi knocked regarding what information was present- President Yanukovych unveil the monu- Roman stared. “But what, exactly, are some skulls and even trashed an art gal- ed and by whom. Evidently, there were ment in person? these contradictions?” lery. It was grand. Actually, I was kind of two very different opinions on what is It is not an everyday event that the “Their three basic belief systems are sorry, because they had some interesting going on in Ukraine. U.S. government designates a parcel of all mutually inconsistent. Let’s start with artworks. But that’s neither here nor Ambassador Olexander Motsyk por- land to a foreign state to built a monu- the obvious one, nationalism. In its pure there. So after a while the Church will trayed the current Ukrainian government, ment. The United States, with this ges- form, it recognizes no value above the have to chime in because, after all, it’s a as well as President Viktor Yanukovych, ture, honors the victims of the nation. It is thus obviously inconsistent scandal to the faithful, an affront to public in a very rosy and optimistic image. After Holodomor. Will the Ukrainian govern- with religion. Indeed, in most of Europe morality. And before you know it they’ll all, it is his job to do so. However, the ment also honor the victims, or will it the Catholic Church historically opposed be at each other’s throats. Meanwhile, Ukrainian American speakers, Judge wait for Moscow to give it permission? nationalism. And even here, before the we’ll be quietly doing our work.” “Brilliant!” Bohdan Futey and Orest Deychakiwsky, Jerry Zinycz Great Fatherland War, the Greek-Catholic described very different current facts Church clashed with the radical national- “Not really,” sighed the colonel. He about Ukraine. Venice, Fla. ists. They had their own ‘decalogue,’ took a puff and blew a few smoke rings in which competed with Christian morality.” the air. “You know, I’ve been to many “It’s obvious that nationalism is also places in my career – Georgia, Armenia, The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters to the editor and commentaries on a variety of inconsistent with liberalism,” continued Chechnya… Now those are tough people. topics of concern to the Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian communities. Opinions Col. Efesbekov. “Liberalism puts the ulti- You need an army of agents to deal with expressed by columnists, commentators and letter-writers are their own and do not neces- mate value on the individual. them. But these characters – no offense, sarily reflect the opinions of either The Weekly editorial staff or its publisher, the Ukrainian Nationalism, on the other hand, subordi- Roman Danilovich – they’re a piece of National Association. nates the individual to the interests of the cake.” Letters to the editor must include the complete mailing address and daytime phone nation. Liberalism worships democracy; number of the letter-writer. nationalism favors authoritarian govern- Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at ment or even dictatorship. Besides, nei- [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011 No. 14

NEWS AND VIEWS Spilne: a new sociology journal published in Ukraine

by Roman Cybriwsky each issue. Both issues begin with interviews of They operate on a shoestring budget, My goal is not so much to plug this noted foreign scholars and translated and the magazine is supported by dona- That today’s Ukraine suffers from a periodical, although it does deserve excerpts from their works to provide tions and income from sales. host of pressing economic and social good press. Instead, I would like to call context and intellectual foundation for A number of the principals of Spilne problems is widely known. However, attention to the high scholarly level of the research conducted in Ukraine. are affiliated with the National less evident, certainly in North America, social science research that is now Issue No. 1, for example builds on the University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy is the response to those ills by grass- being conducted in Ukraine, and its work of the French sociologist at (NUKMA), where I now teach, includ- roots non-governmental organizations application to some of the country’s Berkeley Loȉc Wacquant, author of the ing its very active Visual Culture and dedicated professionals such as aca- most pressing social issues. influential book “Punishing the Poor,” Research Center, but there are research- demics, journalists and community The first issue, released in spring while Issue No. 2 cites social geogra- ers and authors from other parts of organizers who work together to bring 2010, focused on the criminalization of pher David Harvey and social critic- Ukraine too, as well as Ukrainian improvements. There is also ever more social problems in Ukraine and includes author Mike Davis, among other promi- scholars and graduate students at uni- cutting-edge new scholarly research articles about narcotics abuse, home- nent writers. Both issues also include versities abroad. The idea for the maga- about the country’s problems – and not lessness, informal markets for second- excellent black-and-white photography zine grew out of a website (commons. just complaints about how bad things hand goods and foreign labor migrants and moving photo essays, as well as com.ua) that is maintained by activists are. to Ukraine, among other topics. reviews of key texts from the West on at NUKMA and a scholarly symposium It is in this light that I want to intro- The second issue, Fall 2010, reported related topics. on the subject of the Wacquant book. duce a new sociological journal called on the transformation of public space in Not every reader will agree with Issues 3 and 4 of Spilne are already Spilne, or Commons. It is published in Kyiv and other cities since Ukraine’s every author’s arguments, or even with being prepared. The Spring 2011 issue, Ukrainian in Kyiv, comes out two times independence. The topics covered some of the choices of topics, but I due out soon, will focus on the politics a year, and focuses on a specific topic in include the dilapidated condition of think that we can applaud the maga- of education, a timely topic given the many residential buildings in the zine’s commitment to free expression controversial reform agenda of Dr. Roman Cybriwsky is professor of Ukrainian capital, the problem of litter of opinions and opportunity for debate. Education and Science Minister geography and urban studies at Temple and spontaneous garbage dumps, con- Spilne is the work of an open collec- Dmytro Tabachnyk, while the fall 2011 University in Philadelphia and a 2010- flicts about urban development and the tive of young professors, graduate stu- issue will be about conflicts of social 2011 Fulbright Scholar in the Sociology destruction of historical buildings, and dents, journalists, political activists and class. Department at the National University of the ill-conceived construction of high- others who are concerned about the Inquires about Spilne may be direct- Kyiv Mohyla Academy in Ukraine. rises in historic districts and city parks. nation’s problems and seek change. ed to [email protected].

AHRU marks three decades of human rights advocacy

by Bozhena Olshaniwsky suggested that AHRU should be dis- While unprecedented events and 5th Dispensary Children’s Clinic in banded since there would be no more changes happened in Eastern Europe in Lviv, and funding for Sabre-Svitlo in its Thirty years have gone by since a violations of human rights in an inde- general and in Ukraine in particular in quest to send books to Ukraine. small group of activists carne together pendent Ukraine. A beautiful dream? the 1980s and 1990s, the interest in the In order to accomplish the above- in order to bring relief and hope to Unfortunately, that dream did not mate- defense of human rights ebbed with the named projects, AHRU collected money Soviet prisoners of conscience. The rialize. The problems in Ukraine liberation of former Soviet republics and wrote letters and petitions to mem- newly formed group called itself became serious and continue to and their independence, This occurred bers of the U.S. Congress and other Americans for Human Rights in increase. due to the glasnost and perestroika insti- Parliaments of the world. It is interest- Ukraine (AHRU). We realized that in the Ukrainian tuted by Mikhail Gorbachev in the ing to note that the biggest financial They strove to get more attention American and Ukrainian Canadian USSR. support came for the Demjanjuk defense from Americans in order to publicize diaspora a relatively small group of AHRU worked on important issues, and the least support came for publish- the plight of Ukrainians who were under concerned persons did not possess such as: defense of Ukrainian political ing books. the heavy boot of Soviet Russia. The enough resources, financial backing prisoners, the establishment of the U.S. Currently, AHRU is continuing its time was propitious since defense of and knowledge of the true situation in Commission on the Ukraine Famine financial support for the children’s clin- human rights was in vogue and Ukraine in order to play an efficacious Commission and the defense of John ic in Lviv and defense of prisoners of President Jimmy Carter was a strong role in aiding the fledgling independent Demjanjuk. It cooperated with the conscience on the appeal of Amnesty proponent of human rights. Ukraine. Our comprehension of Green World association in Ukraine on International. Despite a loss of member- After Ukraine regained its indepen- Ukraine was romanticized and influ- exposing dangers of Chornobyl and its ship on the executive board, AHRU dence in 1991 there were voices who enced by wishful thinking rather than aftereffects on the environment and continues to work where or when condi- harsh reality. We did not realize how people. tions warrant. Bozhena Olshaniwsky is a founder badly affected the Ukrainian popula- In addition, AHRU raised money for We are grateful for the contributions and president of Americans for Human tion was by decades of Soviet domina- the construction of Holy Family wom- of the community that enable us to Rights in Ukraine. tion. en’s monastery in Hoshiv, support of the forge ahead.

The prospect of Westernization, i.e., ilar anti-incumbent camps in Russia and their authoritarian dominance. Beauty and... of real reforms, transparency, rule of law, Belarus. Ms. Herman is undoubtedly a worldly (Continued from page 6) and fair political and economic competi- Ms. Herman seems to sincerely sup- person, and she does her PR job pretty tion, frightened most Ukrainian oli- port a centrist line aimed at engagement well. She recently stated: There are quite a few Russophones in garchs. rather than containment of “We need professionals, the so-called Ukraine who are politically Ukrainian They invested heavily in a counter- Ukrainophones, aimed at their political Harvard boys, those young Ukrainians and, vice-versa, but there are quite a revolution and, after its victory, aban- cooptation rather than marginalization. who have received a good academic few Ukrainophones who are politically doned a middle-line policy of manipula- In the same TVi interview she defined training. These well-educated Ukrainians Soviet or ambiguously “East Slavonic.” tion as just too risky and unpredictable. her political mission as “to defend the with practical experience have a differ- The main problem with the Ukrainian They gave up the traditional Leonid interests of the people who did not vote ent vision of the world and Ukraine and post-Soviet “elite” is that they are pre- Kuchma-style “centrist” position for Yanukovych [...] because they merely Ukraine’s place should it come to power. dominantly Russian-speaking and their between the two camps – the position of did not know him well enough… I think that in the near future the presi- major identity is primarily off-shore. self-appointed peacekeepers and inter- Yushchenko failed to become a leader of dent will introduce his new team” (http:// Most of them live with their families mediaries. Instead, they placed their the whole nation. And I would not like zik.com.ua/en/news/2011/01/06/265602). in London, Monaco or Geneva, and stakes on the Russophile side that had our current president to repeat this mis- Who knows? Miracles do happen. consider Ukraine just a place from been traditionally more Sovietized, take” (http://news.liga.net/news/ Maybe she has really discovered some which to extract money. Of course, paternalistic and obedient, and therefore N1107113.html). hidden essence behind Mr. Yanukovych’s since they have captured the state, they looked more likely to support or, at least, This might be a good idea since Mr. personality, a diamond that will emerge need to promote some state-building accept their thuggish rule. Indeed, this is Yanukovych was elected president by like a phoenix from the ashes, at a secret and to construct a nation with a rather largely the same core electorate that sup- only 49 percent of the voters, who make time X, to usher in a truly new team and Russophone or Ukrainophone cultural ports Vladimir Putin in Russia and up just one-third of Ukraine’s adult pop- to build a really new country. core. For years, as sheer opportunists, Alyaksandr Lukashenka in Belarus. ulation. The only problem is that this Still, the question remains – what will they had manipulated both groups and In Ukraine, however, the promotion of appealing notion is alien to the basic he do with his old team? Or, if one dares the overall project, until the vague bal- homo Sovieticus requires the marginal- instincts and monopolistic habits of the to put it differently, what will the old ance of forces shifted dangerously dur- ization of homo anti-Sovieticus, which is ruling “elite” that not only despises team then do with the president himself ing the Orange Revolution toward the largely concentrated within the Ukrainophones as an inferior race but and with his sweetheart, the well-mean- Ukrainian, i.e. anti-Eurasian/pro-Euro- Ukrainophile camp and which signifi- also considers them, not unreasonably, as ing and delightful deputy head of his pean side. cantly exceeds, in every respect, the sim- pro-Western agents and a major threat to administration? No.14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011 9 Ukraine and Canada as witnessed by students at CIUS

EDMONTON, Alberta – A student student speakers from Ukraine and two seminar, “Ukraine and Canada as from Canada. This change made the Witnessed by Students,” was held at event more vibrant and allowed an Edmonton’s Ukrainian Youth Complex exchange of perspectives. on February 13. Lviv University was represented by This was the second annual seminar students in their fifth year of study at the organized by the Canadian Institute of Faculty of Law, Mykhailo Lavrys and Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) at the Mariana Hnatyshyn. In their joint presen- University of Alberta (U of A) and the tation, they spoke about their university Alberta Society for the Advancement of and faculty, comparing it with their expe- Ukrainian Studies as a forum for partici- rience in Edmonton since September pants in the exchange program between 2010. the Ivan Franko National University of They noted particularly that the curric- Lviv and the U of A. ulum at Lviv University is standardized The program offers young people an and permits little choice. At the U of A opportunity to study abroad, take special- they could choose elective courses and ized courses, improve their language take new ones unavailable at home. This skills, learn about their cultural heritage, allowed them to learn about Canadian gain new life experience and make new approaches to jurisprudence based on friends. Seminar speakers report on precedent law, which differs from norma- achievements of the program in promot- tive law as practiced in Ukraine. ing Ukrainian studies in Alberta and At Lviv University, students study in inform the public about the opportunities groups of 25 to 30 for five years, forming that it offers. friendships that last for many years. The Mariana Hnatyshyn and Mykhailo Lavrys. In 2009, students from Ukraine were Ukrainian students noted that the the only ones to speak at the seminar. A Canadian approach to university learning example, student grades may be posted and become more confident. They new format was introduced this year: two is more individual and competitive. For publicly in Ukraine, which would be praised the city’s rich cultural life and impossible in Canada. The Lviv students opportunities for meeting both local and have also found Canadian professors foreign students. While Ms. Lynn more open and friendly than their enjoyed wonderful theater presentations, Ukrainian counterparts, who may still Mr. Vincent managed to experience a resort to authoritarian methods in teach- Ukrainian wedding and even participate ing. Better access to the Internet would in a ritual. be also very helpful to Ukrainian stu- Once the students had spoken, audi- dents. ence members were eager to ask ques- Susanna Lynn (modern languages and tions and continue the discussion over cultural studies) and Jordan Vincent coffee. The use of numerous pictures and (History and Classics) represented the U other visuals enlivened the seminar. Both of A. Ms. Lynn took a summer course in the students and the representatives of Lviv, while Mr. Vincent spent a whole CIUS, which administers the student semester there. The Canadian students exchange program, noted its achieve- focused more on personal impressions ments and importance. But financial sup- from their stay. Besides regular classes, port of the program is still insufficient, their course of study included walking said CIUS director Dr. Zenon Kohut. He around the city, attending plays and con- called the creation of an endowment fund certs, and going to cafes and restaurants. in support of the program one of the insti- Such everyday socializing with Lviv tute’s priorities and encouraged the com- inhabitants, they said, helped them munity to become involved. improve their Ukrainian “monumentally” Susanna Lynn Jordan Vincent (Continued on page 9)

Kyiv Mohyla Business School named best MBA program in Ukraine

KYIV – The Kyiv Mohyla Business The business school includes a faculty courses in Strategic Ideas, Business tion and a robust competitive economy. School was named Best MBA Program of distinguished scholars and experts. Modeling and Change Management. He Courses and programs are conducted in for the year 2010 by the Kyiv Post. The list of lecturers includes nationally has over 15 years’ experience in managing both Ukrainian and English. For the last 10 years the newspaper has and internationally recognized profession- projects on change management, strategic In August 2010 the Kyiv Post featured issued awards to individuals, organiza- als such as Oleksander Savruk, business ideas, process management an article on the university headlined, tions and businesses that contribute to the Volodymyr Savruk, Viktor Pynzenyk, implementation, business process re-engi- “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Stands Out as development of Ukraine. As one of Viacheslav Briukhovetsky, Mychailo neering, and business quality management One of Nation’s Best.” The university Ukraine’s top reliable news sources, the Wynnyckyj and Yevhen Hlibovytskyi of in Ukrainian and international companies consistently receives top ratings from the Kyiv Post’s surveys are highly regarded Ukraine; Philip Kotler, Karl Zaininger and of various industries. country’s employers and organizations. and trusted. Michael Radnor of the United States; Jan Dean Savruk has a doctorate in eco- A panel consisting of 21 to 39 commu- Dirk Geertsema, and Ronald Heisman of nomics. He continued post-graduate work – Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America nity and business leaders and 1,000 online the Netherlands; Joe Pons of Spain; Vasil in North American and European univer- voters cast their ballots to determine Kalymon, Andriy Shepilov and Mykhailo sities. He is a partner at Strategic awards in various categories related to Zarichnyj of Canada; Jacek Leskov of Consulting Group (SCG) and founder of lasting contributions to Ukraine in various Poland and the Monitoring Committee of such Internet projects as Management: areas. the European Union Program in Poland. Methodology and Practice and Vision The Kyiv Mohyla Business School was Under the leadership of Dean (www.management.com.ua). He is also a established in 1999 to educate business Oleksandr Savruk, the Kyiv Mohyla member of the Ukrainian Association of leaders who make lasting contributions to Business School offers the following pro- Management Consultants. Dr. Savruk Ukraine and the world, with a focus on grams: President MBA (for business own- served as advisor to Ukraine’s minister of the highest quality learning, leadership ers), Executive MBA (for experienced the economy on microeconomic issues. with an international perspective and managers), Master of Arts in Management The Kyiv Mohyla Business School is social responsibility. (For more informa- and Leadership (for professional manag- one of the many academic schools of the tion readers may log on to http://www. ers), Master of Banking and Finance (for National University of Kyiv Mohyla kmbs.ua/en.) financiers) and System Business Academy. The university was founded in In a survey audited by Pricewaterhouse Development (for transformational lead- 1615 and, after centuries of suppression, it Coopers and conducted by the journal ers). was re-established in 1992. Since that Delovoy, one of the leading Ukrainian It also offers short-term and corporate time, the university has been the country’s business journals, KMBS has been named programs and intensive programs in leader in reforms in higher education Ukraine’s leading business school for Management Development and Corporate based on academic freedom and interna- three consecutive years. The school was Governance. A new program in Change tional standards of academic excellence. awarded a five-year international accredi- Management will be announced in the The NUKMA has been Ukraine’s lead- tation by the Central and East European near future. ing proponent of university autonomy and Management Development Association Dean Savruk is a former faculty mem- academic freedom, elements which are at The dean of the Kyiv Mohyla Business (CEEMAN). ber of the school and continues to teach the central core of civil society, innova- School, Oleksandr Savruk. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011 No. 14

Canadian group funds pediatric health projects in Ukraine LVIV – Pediatric hospitals in Ukraine Regional Neuro-Psychiatric Health pared a brief greeting to honor Mrs. Ukrainian community in Toronto, especial- will be receiving aid from the Anna Center and Lviv City Children’s Clinical Mazurenko: “The generosity of our sis- ly in the Ukrainian National Federation Mazurenko Children’s Health Project, Hospital. ters and brothers in Canada continues to (UNF). Following the untimely death of administered by the Medical Committee The Anna Mazurenko Children’s impress me. Their volunteerism and dedi- her beloved husband, Mrs. Mazurenko of the Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Health Project was established in 2010 to cation to Ukraine, is evidence of the enrolled in part-time studies the University Program (CUPP) Alumni Association. provide pediatric hospitals in Ukraine strength of this branch of the ancestral of Toronto at the age of 73. There, she stud- Funding for the project came from the with new and modern technical equip- tree. We in the land of that ancestral tree ied history and Slavic studies. She passed late Anna Mazurenko of Toronto, a life- ment, (e.g., newborn respiratory support continue to grow stronger from the nour- away just shy of completing her degree. long volunteer and member of the machines, blood gas analyzers, neuro- ishment we receive from our sisters and While pursuing her own goals, Mrs. Ukrainian National Federation of Canada, physiologic diagnostic equipment), pro- brothers in our second homeland. Long Mazurenko provided significant financial Toronto branch. The first project was vide for maintenance of equipment, and may Canada and its Ukrainians grow and support to the Canada-Ukraine inaugurated March 10 in Lviv. assist in the organization of workshops prosper.” Parliamentary Program. “We are very pleased to support pedi- for local doctors and hospital staff. Biography: Anna Mazurenko *** atric hospitals in Ukraine. We will work A focus of the project is coordination The Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary with local doctors to ensure that their among the Medical Committee of CUPP, Anna (Moroz) Mazurenko was born in Program (CUPP) was established in 1991 hospitals receive the equipment they very local physicians, hospital administrations 1923 in a small village in Ukraine called by the Chair of Ukrainian Studies much need,” said Dr. Antin Kushnir, head and regional health administrators. The Choloyeev, not far from the larger town Foundation in Canada for university stu- of the CUPP Medical Committee. “We project works to address the specific of Radekhiv. When she was 4 years old, dents from Ukraine. Over the last 20 look forward to presenting additional needs of recipient hospitals. after the deaths of her two brothers at the years, hundreds of students have com- projects in the future to other hospitals Dr. Oleksandr Myndyuk of Lviv hands of the Bolsheviks, Anna joined her pleted internships at the Canadian across Ukraine and are grateful to Anna Regional Clinical Hospital was instru- father and mother in making a new life in Parliament. CUPP alumni are successful Mazurenko for her generosity and atten- mental in this project. Unfortunately, his Canada. She attended public schools in lawyers, economists, medical doctors, tion to the needs of Ukraine’s children.” recent untimely death means he will not Ontario and excelled in her studies. political figures, deputies of the regional The inaugural project includes medical be able to see firsthand the positive During World War II, she was employed and city councils and the Verkhovna diagnostic and therapeutic equipment, impact it will have on the lives of chil- by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Rada of Ukraine. The CUPP Alumni worth an estimated $89,000 (Canadian). dren in Ukraine. His memory and the as an interpreter. Association works towards strengthening Recipients include the Neonatal Intensive memory of Mrs. Mazurenko will live on In 1949, she married Daniel democratic principles in Ukraine, contin- Care Unit at Lviv Regional Clinical through the children that will be served Mazurenko and together they built a suc- ually developing Ukrainian society and Hospital, Western Ukrainian Specialized by this project. cessful business in real estate. Together establishing a positive image of Ukraine Children’s Medical Center, Lviv Before his death, Dr. Myndyuk pre- they continued to be very involved in the in the world.

Telemedicine project launched in Kherson

KYIV – The Cardiology Department which was launched in February, has realize the telemedicine project, CCRDF proud to have played such a vital role in of the Kherson Regional Children’s been a work in progress, mostly due to donated the additional $2,500 to purchase the development of cutting edge medical Clinical Hospital (KRCH) has launched the costs associated with acquiring the a high-tech screen and audio system to care in Ukraine. Further, we are grateful an innovative project in telemedicine, sophisticated equipment powerful enough ensure the best video and sound quality to the corporate sponsors that understand which allows for real-time visual medical to provide and transmit detailed images. of the process. the importance of telemedicine. I encour- consultations with the best cardiologists The most essential piece of equipment – During the official project opening in age other companies and hospitals to join and cardio surgeons in Ukraine and the state-of-the-art Acuson CV-70 Kherson on February 11, Dr. Tamila this latest development in saving the lives experts connected to this network. Siemens cardiac ultrasound valued at Kozina, head children’s cardio-rheumatol- of children.” Telemedicine allows medical informa- $50,000 – was procured by the Children ogist of KRCH, noted “This equipment *** tion to be electronically passed safely and of Chornobyl Relief and Development will enable us to hold urgent consultations The Children of Chornobyl Relief and securely from one site to another. It pro- Fund (CCRDF) in 2006 with funding on the most severe non-transportable chil- Development Fund is an international vides an instant medical connection from a grant from UMC (MTS). dren, make the best decisions on the tim- nonprofit organization working to save between the rural and metropolitan areas. Since its installation, more than 5,000 ing of surgical intervention, and, if possi- the lives of children throughout Ukraine The benefit of such a link is substantial. pediatric patients have been screened for ble, perform such operations in Kherson.” through its life-saving medical programs. Telemedicine can dramatically improve various heart anomalies. Over 300 chil- Today, thanks to the telemedicine proj- Since 1990, CCRDF has launched 32 air- the quality of care for patients who other- dren who were diagnosed with life-threat- ect, doctors at KRCH engage in techno- lifts and 18 sea shipments, delivering wise would have to travel long distances ening conditions were transported to logically advanced consultations with over $63 million worth of medical aid to to receive specialized services. Kyiv’s Children’s Cardiac Center and suc- leading cardiologist and newly named 31 partner hospitals. Telemedicine is a relatively new field cessfully treated by surgical intervention. Minister of Health of Ukraine Dr. Illya CCRDF’s primary objective is to in Ukraine; it is developing at a slow The telemedicine project was launched Yemets and his colleagues from Kyiv’s strengthen the Women’s and Children’s pace due to the lack of appropriate tele- to further the cardiac department’s capa- Children’s Cardiac Center, the leading Health Initiative Programs in the fields of communications technology and high bilities. On September 25, 2010, 2,500 institution of its kind in the country and neonatology, perinatology, infant cardiac infrastructure costs. However, there is a local citizens participated in the “Hope in one of CCRDF’s partner hospitals. surgery and pediatric oncology. CCRDF real need for such projects in Ukraine Heart” charity run organized in Kherson Kherson telemedicine, a $61,250 proj- also works to improve the quality of life since it brings together, or digitally con- by Danone, the top-selling brand of ect, is the first joint cardiac diagnostics for orphans with disabilities in Ukraine nects, the most experienced and knowl- yogurt worldwide. In total, $8,750 was project of its kind in Ukraine and is antici- though nutritional, rehabilitation and edu- edgeable doctors throughout Ukraine to raised by the “Hope in Heart” initiative of pated to promote the further development cational programs. allow for ample and instant exchanges of which $3,125 was donated by Danone, of this medical application in Ukraine. To make a donation towards the information. the parent company of Dannon. CCRDF Country Director Alexa CCRDF’s worthy programs, readers may The Kherson telemedicine project, To complete the amount needed to Milanytch underscored: “CCRDF is visit the website www.ccrdf.org/donate/. UUARC sends four containers of humanitarian aid to Ukraine

by Larissa Kyj November 2010, went through customs in Ukraine just last month. PHILADELPHIA – In 2010 the United In January, the Red Cross in Ivano- Ukrainian American Relief Committee Frankivsk was the consignee to a contain- (UUARC) sent four containers of human- er approved by the Ministry of Health. itarian aid to Ukraine. Inventory included Most of the 40-foot container of medical medical supplies and equipment, office and office supplies and equipment, donat- supplies, wheelchairs, walkers, canes, ed by Dr. Jaroslaw Kolybabiuk of New crutches, clothes for men, women, chil- Jersey, were designated for the Dolyna dren and shoes. Regional Hospital, in Dolyna, Ivano While customs requirements have not Frankivsk Oblast. changed, procedures at the port have Donations received from Dr. Wasyl become painstakingly more difficult with Salak of the Philadelphia area, were each container. The UUARC has been delivered to the Muzhyliv Ambulatory able to deal with the problems that have Clinic and the Pidhaitsi Regional arisen. The latest shipment, sent out in Hospital. This shipment also contained four brand new diagnostic machines Larissa Kyj, Ph.D., is president of the (Мicro Maxx Sono Site Ultrasound national board of the United Ukrainian Vira Prynko American Relief Committee. (Continued on page 20) The contents of one of the containers in a warehouse in Ukraine. No.14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011 11 BOOK REVIEW: Listening to trees

by Myron B. Kuropas gold earrings she received as payment were real, the gypsy looked at Nadya who began to ask questions. “I “There is a Ukrainian legend that once a year, on need silence to tell your story, peasant girl,” Liliana the night of Ivana Kupala, a magical flower blooms in says. the heart of the forest. Anyone who finds it will be “ ‘My name is Nadya,’ ” the 16-year-old says brave- granted their heart’s desire: the ability to hear the trees ly. whisper and watch them dance, the power to make “You are gadji, not Gypsy.” Liliana peered into anyone fall in love with them, the magic to make bar- Nadya’s eyes and explained that the cards she was ren lands bear fruit and barren women fruitful. It is a holding were not tricks... “This is the story of your single red flower with several names: tsvit paporot, life.” The vorozhka continues. “Nadya, your heart is liubava, chervona ruta. The legendary bloom can grant filled with love and dreams of romance. You live in a wishes, open the doorway to the past, and awaken world of fantasy, but your beliefs will soon be tested. spirits to visit with loved ones.” Lurking nearby is tragedy, separation. Loneliness will Thus begins the story of Nadya, a Ukrainian woman chase away your hope. This is true, this will happen.” from western Ukraine who witnesses Russian crimes, “In the future, I see warmth, stability, a large fami- German atrocities and a family destroyed by the ly,” Liliana declares. “You will cling to them and give Germans. She escapes to Slovakia with her first love, your heart to those you love. But first, there will be Stephan, who deserts his German-organized Ukrainian death and deception. A breaking away from the past.” police unit only to be captured by the “liberating” And that is exactly what happens to Nadya who nar- Russian army. Nadya spends time in Germany work- rates her own story. ing for a German family, more time in a Displaced As she is escaping from the Russians into Germany, Persons facility, marries a Ukrainian, and eventually Nadya reflects on her past. “Time. I had no more time. finds herself raising a family in Chicago. Soldiers took that and everything else from me. And Nadya is the main character in a novel titled “The always excuses to cover the graves. First the Russians Silence of Trees,” by Valya Dudycz Lupescu (Chicago: killed Dido and Uncle Ivan. Not starvation, they said. Wolfword Press, 2010), a Ukrainian American who Collectivization. A plan. Always a plan. What excuses dedicated the book to her grandparents, Parania and for the Germans who murdered Mama, Tato, Laryssa Iwan, and Maria and Petro. and Halya? And now again the Russians. Now they I’ve often wished there were more novels about the took away Stephan.” third immigration, about their fears, their triumphs – and most of all about the events in their lives which so Once Ukraine becomes independent, her children many have kept secret in their hearts. Valya’s novel is wonder if Nadya plans to visit. Nadya is conflicted. such a story. “The Silence of Trees,” “No,” she says. As she struggles with her demons, a Nadya’s saga begins when she is 16. Unbeknown to mysterious letter arrives from Ukraine and the plot her parents she sneaks into the forest on the edge of by Valya Dudycz Lupescu. shifts. Dramatically. town to visit Liliana, a gypsy. Liliana told fortunes and Chicago: Wolfsword Press, I was moved by Valya’s Dudycz Lupescu’s novel in Nadya wanted to hear hers. After checking to see if the so many ways. There were passages that brought me to 2010, 323 pp. $14.99. tears, unexpectedly. I could relate to the Ukrainian traditions mentioned throughout, and I learned much about some of the “Time. Where was my past? My future? The voro- myths and folklore that have been an integral part of zhka was right. What are we in war? Things. To be Ukrainian culture for centuries. Ms. Lupescu has writ- used. Broken. Thrown away. I had no more time. I had ten a delicious masterpiece, a lyrical tale of joy and nothing. I couldn’t even feel anything. Just dead sorrow, revelation and resolution, family struggles and inside.” triumphs, and the strong survival instinct that has Nadya’s life in the United States evolves just as the allowed Ukrainians to endure unspeakable tragedies. gypsy predicted. Her life was not easy. She worked Her first novel is an important part of the Ukrainian many years as a cleaning lady, but she is blessed with saga that has only now begun to emerge. Ms. Lupescu loving children and grandchildren who take pains to has a gift that needs to be tapped even more in the maintain their Ukrainian identity and traditions. future. Her husband, Pavlo Lysenko, is a hard-working, Born and raised in Chicago, Valya Dudycz Lupescu loving man but the marriage is missing something, received a degree in English from DePaul University. Nadya knows not what. She envies Ana, a close friend She earned her M.F.A. in Writing as part of the inau- whose marriage without children seems more interest- gural class at the School of the Art Institute of ing and far more exciting. Ana and her husband travel Chicago. Her novel was selected as a Semifinalist in the world. They even visit the Ukrainian festival in the 2008 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Dauphin, Manitoba! Ms. Lupescu occasionally teaches workshops on Nadya’s past leaves her no peace. Her parents dis- writing and has included 20 questions at the end of her appeared while she was visiting the gypsy. Why book for the reader to ponder. “The Silence of Trees” wasn’t she with them to protect them? She wonders could serve as an excellent teaching aid for use in why she was spared. Would life have been different those Ukrainian Saturday schools that teach units on with Stephan? Because they love her dearly, Nadya’s Ukrainian immigration history. grandchildren, especially Lesya, want to know more The book is available on Amazon.com and from about her life in Ukraine, but Nadya remains silent, Yevshan. Do yourself a favor and buy it and read it. Author Valya Dudycz Lupescu believing that the past is hers, and hers alone. Trust me, you won’t be disappointed.

Documentary “Genocide Revealed” wins award at Indie Fest

MONTREAL – The historical feature documentary other high-profile winners of this internationally respect- which is manufactured by the company that makes the “Genocide Revealed” produced and directed by Yurij ed award,” said Thomas Baker, Ph.D., who chairs the world’s most prestigious and celebrated awards, the Luhovy has won the prestigious Award of Merit at the Indie Indie Fest. “The Indie is not an easy award to win. Oscar, Emmy, Clio and MTV Video Music Awards. Fest international film competition held at La Jolla, Calif. Entries are received from around the world. The judges Mr. Luhovy is presently making a shorter version (52 The 75-minute documentary is narrated by Oscar- were pleased with the exceptionally high quality entries. minutes, 30 seconds) of the documentary for educational nominated actor Graham Greene, and voice-overs are by The goal of the Indie is to help winners achieve the rec- purposes. actress Jill Hennessy and actor Lubomir Mykytiuk. ognition they deserve.” For further information or “Genocide Revealed” read- “How amazing! I am very honored ‘Genocide “Genocide Revealed” will receive The Indie statuette, ers may log on to www.yluhovy.com. Revealed’ has won at the Indie international film festi- val. This award helps give international awareness to a genocide that has been deliberately silenced for too long. I wish to thank everyone who helped support the making Log on to www.ukrweekly.com Our unique archival website – which is open to the public – contains the full texts of all issues pub- of this film.” lished between 1933 and 2010. The Indie Fest – a virtual festival – “recognizes film professionals who demonstrate exceptional achievement Also available – to paid online subscribers only – are the full texts of each week’s issues published in craft and creativity, and those who produce stand-out during the current year. (The online version of each week’s issue appears on or before the issue date.) entertainment or contribute to profound social change To subscribe to the online edition of The Ukrainian Weekly: log on, click on “Subscriptions” and and compelling documentaries.” follow the instructions; or call our Subscription Department at 973-292-9800, x 3042. “In winning an Indie, Yurij Luhovy joins the ranks of 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011 No. 14 GENERATION UKE

Edited and compiled by Matthew Dubas Fulbright scholar shares travel essays from Ukraine

by Roman Skaskiw in your blood, press you with that lonely was his ragged velcro sneakers which urgency. You sense some critical knowl- seemed anachronistic, rather than the Roman Skaskiw is a Fulbright scholar edge that nobody’s telling you, as if you man himself. A melodic groan blew from studying in Lviv. He is originally from missed a day of school and are now con- his skinny neck, and I stepped still closer. New York City and his travel essays have demned to stumble on in confusion. Between breaths he opened his eyes appeared in The New York Times’ It is a rare thing when one of them slightly and seemed to take me in without Homefires blog, the Atlantic, Stanford speaks to you. giving anything back, never interrupting Magazine, Front Porch Journal, on I saw him in November. Small, sharp his ancient song. I leaned even closer, GoNomad.com, on the Mises Institute drops of cold rain had just begun falling tilting my good ear toward him. It website, and elsewhere. Now he has cho- through the wind. I actually walked past seemed he sang about a young girl whose sen to share his observations with read- him, coming within several steps without lover will not return from war, children ers of The Weekly. His blog can be found noticing him. Then I heard a tinkling in begging for bread, and a solemn line of at: http://romaninukraine.com. the wind, bells you might associate with horsemen and the grasses of the endless angels or the souls of babies. I turned and steppe opening then closing behind them During my recent visit to Kyiv, I saw the ancient man. like water. The sounds unwinding from veered off the touristy Andriivskyi His sun-baked cheeks were sunken, his strings contained the rocking of slave Descent, and walked down Desiatynna and eyes half shut. He looked so emaciat- ships on the Black Sea, devastated cities, Street, hoping to find the bandurist I had ed, my first thought concerned whether or and a mother whose children are con- once seen playing there. Desiatynna is a not I should seek medical attention for demned to work in foreign lands. There very unspectacular street. The sounds of him. The grey ends of his mustache were Scythian Mounds, torn open graves, the merchants at their tourist shops on betrayal and forgotten glory. There were Roman Skaskiw Andriivskyi fades as you walk. It is resi- curled off his face, and blew in the wind beneath his chin as I wondered what to people hiding in their gardens with the dential. From an apartment of one build- wagon cars outside, and the ashes of a played on, but my usual reality crept back ing hung a sign protesting the construc- do. His fingers were gnarled like roots, with thick, brown finger nails. They library. into my thoughts, crowding him away. tion of additional units on the roof. The If I could only have listened longer, Some important obligation — I don’t street gets more interesting when it dead- seemed to barely move over the strings of his bandura, perhaps having learning effi- taken a seat at his torn, velcro sneakers remember what — compelled me to ends into the parking lot of the imposing, and listened, I might have learned that move on. I made a mental note to return Soviet-style Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ciency over several lifetimes of practice. I saw all this before I heard him, as he missing bit of knowledge for which I’ve to that spot, thinking, idiotically, that I not far from St. Michael’s Golden- been so hungry, that elusive clarity. The could capture all the loneliness and histo- Domed Monastery, but I only walked to played very quietly. The street was empty except for us. I movements of his long-practiced fingers ry with my digital camera and post it on where I had once seen the ancient kobzar to retell the stories and glories consumed the Internet. (bandura player). As on my previous four would have liked a second opinion, a ver- ification of sorts. Some magic in the by fire, reignite the lights vanished by Regardless of how futile it would be, or five attempts, there was no sign of darkness. It was all there, but I woke up. I I’ve returned five or six times now with sounds he produced held me frozen in him. startled awake, as if from a dream. no luck. If I do come across the ghost place. I’d seen him only once, and now won- The ghost had vanished in the wind. I again, I hope I’ll find the courage to sit at The wood of his instrument was black- der if he wasn’t a ghost. There are many stood over the withered Kobzar. He his feet and listen. more ghosts wandering over Ukraine’s ened where his fingers gripped it, and the black earth than over the U.S. I don’t strings too were black with grime except know how to describe it to my American for where he plucked them. There, the friends. Perhaps it can be understood by strings shone as brightly as the domes of American Southerners and Native- St. Michael’s Monastery. He wore a great Americans (Indians), by the losers of wool hat, and an over-sized coat. I felt so wars. Those ghosts, half in the wind, half absorbed by this strange apparition that it

Drexel Ukrainian Society to host annual SUSTA conference

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Federation Harvard University (1970-1975). In 1959, of Ukrainian Student Associations in SUSTA organized an international confer- America (SUSTA) will be holding its ence for students representing the nations annual conference, hosted by the Drexel oppressed by Soviet communism. In the Ukrainian Society (DUS), at Drexel following decades, the activity of SUSTA University in Philadelphia on April 8-10. slowly subsided. In 2007, SUSTA was The theme of this year’s conference is reinvigorated and again began to organize “Ukraine – The Question of Independence annual student conferences. and Identity: A Political Dilemma,” and all SUSTA is a non-profit organization run Ukrainian students and professionals are by Ukrainian and Ukrainian American stu- encouraged to participate. dents/alumni of institutions of higher edu- This year’s featured speakers include: cation. Its mission is to promote the cre- Myroslava Gongadze, widow of slain ation and networking of Ukrainian student journalist Heorhii Gongadze and corre- clubs at American universities, educate spondent for Radio Liberty; Sviatoslav and inform Ukrainian American students Karavansky, Soviet-era dissident, activist, about issues relevant to them, encourage scholar, poet; and Alexander Motyl, pro- the development of a Ukrainian American fessor of political science at Rutgers student movement, foster an understand- University, writer and painter. ing among non-Ukrainian ethnic groups as Founded in 1953 in New York, advo- to Ukrainian affairs and issues, promote cating for Ukrainian studies to be estab- the formation of local Ukrainian clubs at lished in some of the major universities in American universities, and support United States, SUSTA organized financial Ukrainian clubs with resources and ideas assistance for students without means and for events. conducted student congresses and a vari- For more information regarding ety of conferences, representing and SUSTA and conference details, kindly defending Ukrainian interests in the inter- visit www.SUSTA2011.org or national forum. www.ukrainianstudents.org or Facebook SUSTA initiatives led to the creation of event: SUSTA 2011 Conference. Readers a permanent Ukrainian Student Fund in may also contact Arusia Watters, president 1954, and the Ukrainian Studies Fund in of DUS, at [email protected], 1957. The work of the latter helped create or Vera Partem, president of SUSTA, at three chairs in Ukrainian studies at [email protected].

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Edited and compiled by Matthew Dubas

Filmmaker’s recent works Larysa Kondracki earn kudos from critics film wins award PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Cinematographer Andrij scenes from the dismal present were contrasted with Parekh has completed work on two new films and is extreme close-up shots. working on a third. Mr. Parekh’s other recent work includes “It’s Kind of and nomination “Blue Valentine” (2010), the directorial debut of a Funny Story” (2010), featuring Keir Gilchrist, Emma Derek Cianfrance, goes back and forth over the span of Roberts and Zach Galifianakis. Set in a Brooklyn hospi- years of a contemporary married couple, played by tal’s adult psych ward, the film examines Mr. Gilchrist Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, whose marriage character’s teenage issues in comparison to the crazy is disintegrating. Mr. Parekh’s work has been described lives of the caregivers. in the press as “agile” and “artful.” Mr. Parekh used Mr. Parekh has collaborated previously with film- handheld super 16mm film shots for scenes from the makers Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck on the Academy couple’s happier past in a documentary style, while Award-nominated film “Half Nelson” (2006), which starred Mr. Gosling. Betsy Sharkey, film critic for the Los Angeles Times, described Mr. Parekh’s work on this recent film as “mas- terful” in keeping the different moods and landscapes separate. Mr. Parekh was named in Variety magazine as one of “10 Cinematographers to Watch” and Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film.” “Dark Horse” is a project that Mr. Parekh is currently working on that chronicles a romance between two 30-somethings in arrested development, an avid toy collector and a woman who is the dark horse of the family. The cast includes Christopher Walken, Donna Murphy and Justin Bartha. The film is written and directed by Todd Solondz. Mr. Parekh, who is of Ukrainian and Indian descent, is married to writer/director Sophie Barthes, and they recently had a child, Chloe Anastasia Parekh. The cou- ple collaborated on the 2009 film “Cold Souls,” which PARSIPPANY, N.J. – “The Whistleblower,” starred Paul Giamatti. Mr. Parekh is a graduate of the written and directed by Larysa Kondracki, won the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts Mercedes-Benz Audience Award for Best Narrative (FAMU) in Prague and received his master’s degree in Feature at the 22nd annual Palm Springs Andrij Parekh fine arts from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. International Film Festival, held on January 6-17. The award winners were announced on January 16. Based on a true story, the film stars Rachel Weisz as Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska police offi- cer who served as a United Nations peacekeeper in Chicago’s Ephyra releases post-war Bosnia and revealed a sex scandal that was covered up by the U.N. fourth album “Kartyna” The film also won the Phillip Borsos Award for Best Canadian Feature Film at the Whistler Film Festival (December 1-5, 2010), with a $15,000 cash CHICAGO – Ukrainian American rock band award. The festival is held annually at Whistler, Ephyra, based in Chicago, has released its fourth British Columbia. This award is presented by the album, titled “Kartyna.” Recorded in 2010 at Silver Smoke Productions in Chicago, Kartyna Director’s Guild of Canada – British Columbia. features eight songs – seven original composi- This year, the film was nominated for a Cinema tions and one popular song by legendary for Peace Award in the Justice and Human Rights Ukrainian composer Ihor Shamo, titled “Ne category. The Cinema for Peace gala was held at Shumy Kalynonko.” The band’s goal with this the Konzerthaus in Berlin on February 14 as part of record is to promote modern Ukrainian-language the Berlin International Film Festival. music; the album will be distributed throughout the diaspora and in Ukraine. Song lyrics on this album express the deep- running emotions of many young Ukrainians all over the world, feelings of frustration with Ukraine’s current political situation, hope for the future, as well as love for their homeland. This album will entertain a wide range of listeners, from the modern rock aficionado to the admirer of soothing harmonies and melodies. Ephyra was formed in 2002 and includes Marko Krutiak (lead vocals/guitar), Petro Krutiak (back-up vocals/bass), Stefan Zelenko (percussion), and Roman Tykhovskyy (key- boards). Ephyra’s other albums include “Symphonia” (2004), “Ty Son” (2006) and Unplugged (2008). The band is looking forward to promoting its new album with performances across North America and Ukraine. For more information, visit the band’s web- site, www.ephyramusic.net. Readers can pur- chase “Kartyna” on iTunes, CDBaby, AmazonMP3, and on the Ephyra website. CD cover for “Kartyna.”

The “Generation Uke” page accepts photo submissions for the photo of the month space, which features Ukrainians being Ukrainian. Send photos to: [email protected] or The Ukrainian Weekly, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Larysa Kondracki 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011 No. 14 No.14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011 15 USUF and UACC share a vision and successes

by John Kun Silver Spring, Md. Such face-to-face meet- ings between Ukrainian activists and the WASHINGTON – The following is a Ukrainian American diaspora provide an success story based on a shared vision and excellent direct means of communication cooperation between two well-known for both sides concerning current develop- organizations, the U.S.-Ukraine ments in Ukraine. Foundation and the Ukrainian American In addition to keeping abreast of current Coordinating Council. conditions in Ukraine, both organizations The goals of the U.S.-Ukraine have been dedicated to publicizing the Foundation (USUF), a non-governmental record of events from Ukraine’s history, nonprofit established in 1991, include fos- especially those that are little-known, have tering democratic development, advanc- been kept purposefully hidden or have been ing free market reform and furthering distorted by past and current hostile human rights in Ukraine. The scope of the regimes. Keeping the memory of the USUF’s activities, facilitated in large part Ukrainian Holodomor of 1932-1933 alive by grants from other foundations and the and supporting research to establish that this U.S. government, has been broad over the tragedy was a genocide directed specifically years. One far-reaching program has at the Ukrainian people, for example, has brought Ukrainian legislators and officials been a major focus of both organizations. from all levels of Ukraine’s government In this context, UACC and USUF part- to the U.S. to see the workings of democ- nered in 2010 to assist Edvins Snore, direc- racy firsthand. In recent years, the USUF tor of the film “The Soviet Story,” when he U.S.-Ukraine Foundation has broadened its ability to disseminate traveled to Washington to publicize his film. information about and for Ukrainians by His documentary shows the close physical, Ukrainian American Coordinating Council President Ihor Gawdiak presents web casting various programs. political and philosophical collaboration U.S.-Ukraine Foundation President Nadia K. McConnell with a $5,000 check for The Ukrainian American Coordinating between the Nazi and Soviet systems in the UACC’s sponsorship of one of the foundation’s Ukraine 2020 Task Forces. USUF Council (UACC) is a charter member of Vice-President/COO John A. Kun (left) and UACC Executive Committee mem- the Ukrainian World Congress and also a (Continued on page 16) ber R.L. Chomiak look on. not-for-profit entity. It was established in 1983 to provide an alternative Ukrainian American umbrella organization for those Ukrainian American individuals and organizations wishing to support a demo- cratic and collaborative organization working for the interests of the Ukrainian American community. Since the rebirth of independent Ukraine, the UACC has also striven to promote mutually beneficial relations between the U.S. and Ukraine. The UACC also focuses on cultural and educational endeavors, such as helping underwrite the publication of scholarly research on Ukrainian topics. A recent example was its support for the pub- lication “A Chronicle of Collectivation and the Holodomor in Ukraine, 1927-1933,” Volume 1, Book I, jointly with the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. Because the USUF and UACC share similar goals and a similar professional and humanitarian ethos, they have been working together for some time. The current eco- nomic situation has increased the need for a more efficient pooling of dwindling finan- cial resources. The resulting synergy of the collaboration of these two organizations has strengthened their individual efforts. On February 2 of this year, for instance, the two organizations sponsored a commu- nity meeting with members of Ukraine’s opposition deputies from the Verkhovna Rada and various non-governmental organi- zations with the generous cooperation of St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in

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have also worked together and with other USUF and UACC... organizations on charitable causes, such CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS as providing humanitarian help to eastern (Continued from page 15) Ukraine when the area was ravaged by TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI (973) 292-9800 x 3040 floods in 2008. Both organizations helped or e-mail [email protected] years before and during World War II, with to create the Ukraine Disaster Assistance a significant portion of the film dedicated to Fund, together with the Ukrainian the Holodomor. Federation of America and the U.S.- SERVICES PROFESSIONALS The archival documents seen in the film Ukraine Business Council. In 2008 and also reveal just how much the Soviet Union 2009, nearly $40,000 was raised by the helped Nazi Germany create the Holocaust coalition for this fund. and uncover the scope of Stalin’s atrocities During 2010 the coalition decided to aid committed in the Soviet Union. Mr. Snore an area in Ukraine that was particularly hard made considerable progress not only in pro- hit by the floods. What was needed was a moting this important film, but in creating large school bus to serve the Holovetsko vil- interest and support for further investigation lage school and the children of eight nearby into the injustices and atrocities perpetrated villages in the Staryi Sambir District, on the people within the Soviet Union and including Ripiano, Dnistryk, Smerichka, Eastern Europe during the Soviet era. Babyno, Hrozovo, Vytsiv, Mshanets and Shining a more public light on the Hvozdets. The coalition worked directly Holodomor was achieved via USUF’s with the principal of the school for the pur- recent web casting initiative, which chase of the bus, which had to be approved allowed the members of both organiza- by the Ministry of Education. The bus now tions and the public to participate in per- transports over 200 students. son or virtually in the November 2010 Ukraine’s future political direction con- presentation by Prof. Timothy Snyder of tinues to be a concern and for this reason the his book, “Bloodlands: Europe Between continued cooperation of such organizations Hitler and Stalin.” The book contains the as UACC and USUF is essential. The foun- Yale history professor’s analysis of his dation’s newest program, Ukraine 2020, is Holodomor research, and the session was an initiative of the USUF in Washington moderated by UACC President Ihor and the Pylyp Orlyk Institute for Gawdiak, a former history professor. (To Democracy in Kyiv. Its aim is to support view this video, readers may log on to Ukraine’s European integration, which http://www.usukraine.org/events/timothy- Ukraine has declared to be a priority goal. snyder-bloodlands111510.shtml .) Ukraine 2020 will involve exchanges The USUF recently sponsored a discus- and policy dialogue that will bring together sion about the proposed Holodomor government officials, public policy experts, Memorial in Washington, and how it may business groups, nonprofit organizations affect the “memorial landscape” in the and individuals interested in Ukraine’s capital (http://www.us Ukraine.org/events/ European future. A component of this new holodomor-memorial-dc-discussion. program, supported by the UACC, is the shtml). The foundation also assisted Education and Culture Task Force led by Eugenia Dallas, a Holodomor survivor, in Ambassador William Green Miller. her meetings in Washington, including an Both UACC and USUF encourage your interview with Voice of America. involvement and support. If you would The Ukrainian American Coordinating like to volunteer your talents, please con- Council and the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation tact us via email: [email protected]. OPPORTUNITIES

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With great sorrow we announce that our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother Stephanie Baranowsky née Dmochowsky passed into eternity on March 20, 2011 at the age of 96. She was born August 9, 1914 in Peremyshl, Ukraine. Panakhyda was held on Friday, April 1, 2011 at Humiston Funeral Home in Kerhonkson, NY. Funeral services were held on Saturday, April 2, 2011 at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church in Kerhonkson, NY, followed by interment in Pine Bush Cemetery in Kerhonkson, NY. In deep sorrow: Son Dr. Yurij Baranowsky with wife Areta Daughter Vera Hrabec with husband Yurij Grandchildren Natalie Reffner with family Andrea Soleiman with family Larissa Hrabec Taras Hrabec with family Families Baranowsky, Pomirko, Skrobach, Pilecky, Fedyniak, Iwanyshyn, Korol, Jackiw, Poluchowycz

Extended family in the US, Canada, Australia and Ukraine. Eternal memory! In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Plast in Ukraine, or to Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church in Kerhonkson, NY.

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With deep sorrow we announce that on December 23, 2010, at age 88, our Felicia Flis Woolsey loving, mother and grandmother 59, of East Charleston, VT, died on March 7, 2011, in Newport, VT. She was born on July 11th, 1951 in Manhattan, NY, daughter of John ANNA KRYZANOWYCZ and Mary Flis. née KOSOWSKA, She received a B.A. in Education from St. John’s University and her Master of Education from The University of Vermont. entered into eternal life. Felicia was an educator who will long be remembered in her communi- Born November 8, 1922, in the village of Stary Lublin in Ukraine ty for her sense of humor, storytelling ability, and love of life. She was (present day Poland), daughter of Mark Kosowsky and Anna passionate about teaching her students life skills including how to write (Overko) Kosowsky well, communicate ideas effectively and enjoy good literature. Former stu- dents often visited Felicia to express their gratitude for the ways that she Our beloved Anna Kryzanowycz, passed away in her sleep in her touched their lives and the lessons she imbued. home in Chicago. Even as Felicia faced serious health problems, her courage and sense In deep sorrow: of humor always shone through. Her insatiable curiosity transformed her Son - Bohdan Kryzanowycz medical issues into opportunities to learn and reflect on the complexities Daughters - Marika (Kryzanowycz) Arko and beauty of life. Her storytelling ability always highlighted the humor - Suzanna (Kryzanowycz) Milanez she saw in even her most trying experiences. Above all, we will all miss the joy of being in her presence and the privilege of being a part of her Grandson - Stephen Arko narratives: as audience and actors. Granddaughters - Sonya (Arko) Shidenko She is survived by all those who loved her: her husband, Bill Woolsey, - Maryanna Milanez brother, John Flis, nieces Tatiana Flis and Ariana Nester, mother-in-law Nieces - Yaroslava (Kosowska) Kalynovska Dolores Woolsey, sisters-in-law, Phyllis Triarsi and Susan Sova, her - Lesia (Zapoluch) LaBean beloved dog Harris and many many more. Nephews - Vasyl Buniak A celebration of her life will be held this spring (her favorite season). - Ivan Buniak In lieu of flowers, and as a tribute to Felicia’s charitable nature, dona- - Michael Zapoluch tions can be sent in memory of Felicia Woolsey to the Humane Society of - Andriy Kosowsky the United States or the Vermont Food Bank. - Peter Kosowky You can donate to the Humane Society by going to www.humanesociety. - Raymond Zapoluch org and making a Kindred Spirit memorial gift or make checks payable to The HSUS, and send to: The HSUS, 2100 L St. NW, Washington, DC 20037 She was predeceased by her husband, Mykola Kryzanowycz, and her six You can donate to the Vermont Foodbank by going to www.vtfoodbank. siblings: Eva Kosowska, Kateryna Zapoluch, Anastasia Buniak, Ivan org or make checks payable to Vermont Foodbank and send to: Kosowsky, Stefan Kosowsky, and Konstantyn Kosowsky. She was also pre- Vermont Foodbank, 33 Parker Rd., Barre, VT 05641 deceased by her nephew Andy Zapoluch. Anna was forced to leave her home in Ukraine at the age of 17 on March 12, 1940. She spent the next 5 years as a slave laborer in Nazi Germany during WWII. Her brother Stefan and her sister Kataryna were also forced to Ділимося сумною вісткою з родиною та знайомими, be slave laborers in Germany. At the conclusion of the war, Anna, Kataryna, що дня 12 лютого 2011 р. упокоїлася в Чикаґо, Ілл. and Stefan lived in several displaced persons’ camps as war refugees in Germany. During the five years Anna lived in the camps, she married a fel- після довгої недуги low refugee and had her first two children. Her father Mark and her brothers св. п. Konstantine and Ivan, perished during the war. In 1949, Anna and her family were granted asylum in the United States. ІВАННА з ТРИШНЕВСЬКИХ She eventually located her brother Stefan, who had already settled in the САВИЦЬКА-ПАВЛІШ US, through listings in the Svoboda Ukrainian Newspaper. Her sister нар. 14 березня 1914 р. на Лемківщині Kateryna was also already in the US, living in Michigan. Anna and her broth- er Stefan settled in Chicago. Залишені: In 1961, Anna was finally able to locate her sisters Eva and Anastasia who stayed behind in Ukraine. Their childhood home was destroyed, and син – Роман Савицький ІІ з дружиною Мартою Шлемкевич внук – Роман Савицький ІІІ з дружиною Одалик Ґарсія the family was resettled in Ternopilska Oblast. She learned that her mother правнуки – Роман ІV і Даріян Anna had passed away shortly before the family was able to re-establish contact with each other. внучка – Миколая Савицька з мужем Филипом Кара Anna Kryzanowycz, and her sisters who remained in Ukraine, wrote let- правнуки – Филип і Олівія ters to each other regularly for the remainder of their lives, and Anna saw ближча і дальша родина. them once more in 1995 when she visited Ukraine with her younger daugh- ПОХОРОННІ ВІДПРАВИ відбулися в четвер, 17 лютого 2011 р. ter, Suzanna. Anna Kryzanowycz was an active member of CYM, as well as a founding в Чикаґо. Вічна Йому пам’ять! member of Sts. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church in Chicago. She worked nights until her retirement. She raised three children and loved her three grandchildren. She was a very pious and selfless woman who tried to better the lives of everyone around her. She gave of herself endlessly. Visitation and Parastas were held at Muzyka Funeral Home in Chicago on Monday, December 27, 2010. The funeral liturgy was held at Sts. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church on Tuesday, December 28th, 2010. Following the burial at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery in Chicago, a luncheon was held for family and friends at the Ukrainian Cultural Center of Sts. Volodymyr and Olha Parish in Chicago. The 40th day liturgy was held on February 5 at 9:00 AM at Sts. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church. May she rest in peace knowing she will be missed and very much loved by family and friends. VICHNAYA PAMYAT!

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Omaha museum hosts Ukrainian spiritual and national treasures

The artifacts from the PlaTar Collection — “Golden ceramic materials; bronze sculpture; extraordinary Treasures and Lost Civilizations” — will premier at transparent glass, bronze and silver vessels; an exqui- Joslyn (34 objects were included in the Meridian site silver headdress and gold jewelry, including pen- International Center display last fall, providing a pre- dants, rings, bracelets and necklaces with precious view of the show to come in Omaha). stones; and objects of Christian worship that include The PlaTar pieces will travel from Omaha to the relics, a gold chalice and crosses. Houston Museum of Natural Science followed by The * * * Museum of Russian Art (Minneapolis). Joslyn is the The Joslyn Art Museum is holding several exhibi- only U.S. museum to display both components of tion-related classes and workshops for teens and “The Glory of Ukraine” exhibition in their entirety. adults, including: The Ukrainian icons can be enjoyed for their religious • icon painting – Saturdays: March 5, 12, 19, 26, and cultural symbolism as well as for their amazing April 2, 9; 12:30-3:30 p.m. Cost: members – $135, artistry. The artifacts are fascinating and beautiful general public – $152. Icon paintings in “The Glory of examples of ancient European pottery and metalwork Ukraine” will inspire this class. Participants will make from civilizations as old as 5,000 B.C. paints by mixing natural pigments with egg whites and spend time studying the symbolism of Orthodox ico- More about the two collections nography before creating a composition on a tradition- The “Sacred Images from the 11th to the 19th al wooden panel. Instructor: Jane Tan Creti. Centuries” exhibit focuses on icons. Most commonly a • Pysanky: Ukrainian Easter eggs – Saturday: April flat panel painting, an icon is a religious image used 16; 1-4 p.m. Cost: members – $35, general public – for devotion and often believed to possess miracle- $40. In the Ukrainian tradition of pysanka writing, working abilities. Deriving from Eastern Orthodox participants will use wax to create an intricate design Christianity, icons depict holy beings or objects such on an egg shell with a stylus, drop the shell in dyes, as Jesus, Mary, saints, angels, or the cross. and watch a fantastic, multi-colored design emerge. The exhibition presents more than 80 objects, Instructors: Carey Hernandez and Therese Straseski. which, in addition to some of the finest icons from the • Icon workshop – May 5-10; 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. extensive holdings of the Monastery of the Caves, daily. Fee dependent upon enrollment (approximately include some truly exceptional liturgical objects: chal- $650 per person). All materials provided. Registration ices, ceremonial and altar crosses, silver gospel cov- deadline: March 15. Contact Jane Tan Creti at 402- ers, and textiles displaying masterful needlework and 391-2448 or [email protected]. To provide deeper embroidery. study of the 11th through 19th century sacred images exhibited in “The Glory of Ukraine,” Joslyn will be the host site for an intensive icon-painting workshop conducted by Prosopon School of Iconology founder and master iconographer Vladislav Andrejev and facil- itated by local school member Jane Tan Creti. Workshop participants will be introduced to iconology, the practical and theoretical aspects of the iconograph- ic tradition, and the teaching of Christianity through “The Mother of God of the Trinity – St. Elijah the language of light, color, image and symbol. Monastery of Chernihiv,” 18th century, Kyiv, wood, Explanations of iconographic symbolism and the theo- oil, Collection of the Kyiv-Pechersk Historical and logical base of each step of the process will be pre- Cultural Preserve. sented parallel to technical instruction. Daily instruc- tion and supervised work will result in a complete OMAHA, Neb. – Comprising two distinct and rare- piece for each student. ly seen collections, “The Glory of Ukraine” is a two- For more information readers may log on to www. part exhibition that forms an unprecedented celebra- joslyn.org or call 402-661-3858. tion of the spiritual and national treasures of this large Garland, late fourth-early third centuries B.C., gold, Eastern European nation. PlaTar Collection Icons and other religious objects from the famous churches, cathedrals, bell towers and underground The artifacts in the “Golden Treasures and Lost caverns of the nearly 1,000-year-old Monastery of the Civilizations” exhibit are from the PlaTar Collection Caves (Pecherska Lavra) join artifacts of ancient civi- (the private collection of Nikolai Platonov and Sergei lizations from the private PlaTar collection for a visu- Taruta) of thousands of objects from ancient civiliza- ally rich and historically intriguing presentation. “The tions that populated modern-day Ukraine. Among Glory of Ukraine” is on view at Joslyn Art Museum them are weapons, flint and copper tools, ritual through May 8 (it opened on February 12). objects, earthenware, and gold and silver jewelry. In cooperation with the U.S.-Ukraine Business Of particular significance are a number of objects Council (USUBC) and with the support of the that date to the Trypilian culture. Considered the Embassy of Ukraine in the United States and the greatest city of “Old Europe,” Trypillia was the center Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, “The Glory of of Neolithic pre-civilization, boasting some 15,000 Ukraine” is presented by the Foundation for inhabitants as early as 5,000 B.C., and pre-dated the International Arts & Education (FIAE) (of Bethesda, rise of the Romans, Chinese, Greeks and Egyptians. Md.). The Trypillians’ large, urbanized communities flour- Exhibition organizers are FIAE, the Kyiv-Pechersk ished with technological, ideological, religious and National Historical and Cultural Preserve and the political structures. They developed techniques of Museum of National Cultural Heritage PlaTar. A small metalworking and pottery-making, as well as applied selection of works also comes from the Andrey and decorative arts that precede all known markers of Sheptysky Lviv National Museum. the development of civilization. The exhibition is slated for viewing in five U.S. cit- Other cultures represented in the exhibition include ies – New York, Washington, Omaha, Minneapolis and several ancient horse-riding, nomadic groups: the Houston. Cimmerians of Indo-European and the Scythians of The icons from the Monastery of the Caves — Iranian origin (known for their gold objects), “Sacred Images from the 11th to the 19th Centuries” Sarmatians (an Iranian people flourishing from the 5th “Congregation of All the Saints of Pechersk Lavra,” — debuted at the Museum of Biblical Art (New York) century B.C. to the 4th century A.D.), Greeks, Celts, Icon-Painting Workshop of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, and were on view during the fall of 2010 at Meridian Goths, Huns, and the Khazar (a semi-nomadic Turkic Kyiv, late 18th-early 19th centuries, oil on wood, the International Center (Washington) before concluding people). The splendid array of objects includes stone, National Kyiv-Pechersk Historical and Cultural their tour at Joslyn. flint and copper tools and weapons; pottery and other Preserve.

occurred without any witnesses. He was told to Vyshniuk, contracted tuberculosis. Authorities release... acknowledge the crime or spend a long time in jail. Yet Since his release, Mr. Hudymenko began publishing (Continued from page 3) any lawyer would have known very well that long terms his “Prison Notebook,” a guide to Ukrainian prisons, aren’t given for hooliganism.” on his Live Journal page. and cooperated with Mr. Syhura, Mr. Syrotiuk said. Mr. Svoboda lawyers are preparing to appeal the new ver- Hudymenko was denied contact with anyone besides the dict, he said. CORRECTION: Zenon Zawada reported in his authorities during his two months of incarceration. On his Live Journal page, Mr. Hudymenko said he “Reporter’s Notebook” published on February 27 that Yurii “Hudymenko was isolated from society and didn’t was treated adequately in jail, “with respect.” Several Hudymenko had been arrested for smearing red paint on know what was happening,” Mr. Syrotiuk said. “His others arrested in the January anti-nationalist raid report- the statue of Feliz Dzerzhinsky in Zaporizhia. In fact, yel- lawyer didn’t tell us the date of the court trial, which ed torture, however, and one Tryzub activist, Vitalii low paint was smeared on the statue in the incident. No.14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011 19

BOOK NOTES Portrait of Bishop Basil Losten “The Selfless Way,” Myroslava Roz- dolska, editor. Lviv: Svichado Publishing House, 2010, 100 pp. In 2005, the Ukrainian-language book “Doroha Samoposviaty” was published by the Svichado Publishing House in Lviv, Ukraine. Now, an English-language version – “The Selfless Way” – has just been printed by the same publisher. Edited by Myroslava Rozdolska, long- time Ukrainian-language editor of the Stamford Eparchy’s official publication, The Sower, this easy-to-read documenta- ry presents a compelling portrait of Bishop Basil H. Losten, D.D., focusing on his 28 years as eparch of Stamford. It is translat- ed by Leo Iwaskiw, editor of America. As shepherd of his flock, Bishop Losten always placed top priority on ser- vice to his Church and his people. He succeeded in developing the Stamford Eparchy as a Ukrainian religious, cultural and educational-research center. The readers of the book cannot help being impressed by this hierarch, who has self- lessly dedicated himself to successfully briefings, etc., all of which underscore his serving God and the Ukrainian people. ceaseless efforts to present the Ukrainian There are many interesting narratives in Catholic Church in the best light, both in the book, highlighting Bishop Basil’s the United States and beyond. It also great generosity and efforts in rebuilding includes kind words by friends and those the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Ukraine who used to be hostile to the bishop, but as it emerged from the modern catacombs later worked productively with him for (with the impending collapse of the “evil the sake of higher ideals. empire”). His monumental labors in Many high-quality color photos illus- Christ’s vineyard have yielded much good trate this informative book. fruit for the benefit of the Church, both in The book is available free of charge (a his distant home and here in the U.S. $5 check is requested to cover mailing Especially inspiring is the last section costs) by writing to Bishop Basil Losten of the book, containing excerpts of the at 122 Clovelly Road, Stamford, CT bishop’s sermons, public appeals, press 06902-3033. Essays in comparative literature “Svitovyi Kod Ukrayinskoho Ukrainian-German (as well as Austrian) Pysmenstva” (The World Interplay of cultural and literary convergences and Ukrainian Literature), by Leonid Germanic themes and motifs found in Rudnytzky. Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine: Ukrainian literature. National Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian Among the authors featured in the col- University, 2010. 334 pp. lection are such luminaries of world liter- ature as Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Robert Towards the end of 2010, the National Louis Stevenson, Thomas Mann and oth- Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian University in ers. The editorial arrangement of the arti- Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, published a col- cles provides an organic unity of the book lection of articles and essays in comparative and places Ukrainian literature within the literature authored by Prof. Leonid context of world literature. Rudnytzky of La Salle University. The title The collection is supplemented by the of the Ukrainian-language collection is “The author’s selected bibliography compiled World Interplay of Ukrainian Literature.” by Nicholas Rudnytzky. The 34-page The articles and essays comprising the book also includes essays on Leonid book have been selected and edited by Rudnytzky the man and the scholar by Prof. Stepan Khorob of the Precarpathian the eminent Ukrainian poet Dmytro University. They deal primarily with Pavlychko and Prof. Khorob.

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tributed by the UUARC Kyiv office staff containers filled with clothing, coats, step in and help our brothers and sisters. UUARC sends... this past fall and early winter to needy shoes, wheelchairs and medical supplies Generous donors and benefactors who disabled individuals in the eastern, west- that were destined for Kyiv and Ternopil. contribute funds, adult pampers, wheel- (Continued from page 10) ern and southern oblasts of Ukraine. This The container designated for Kyiv suc- chairs and other medical supplies, cloth- Systems), which were purchased and container was made possible by funds cessfully made it through customs and its ing, shoes and other items for shipment donated by Dr. Roxolana Horbovyj. raised by the Women’s Association for contents have been distributed by make the UUARC’s shipments possible. These four units were delivered to the Defense of Four Freedoms for UUARC staff. The container designated Volunteer staff sort everything, catalogue Dolyna Central Regional Hospital Ukraine, Alla Horska chapter of Chicago, for Ternopil (consignee: Charitable Fund it and repackage it; men then get together (Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast), Koriukivka and by funds donated by Charles Ukrainian Family), which was shipped in to load up the 40-foot tractor-trailers Central Regional Hospital (Chernihiv Podpirka of New York. November 2010, was finally released by under the watchful eyes of the customs Oblast), Rohatyn Central Regional While the government of Ukraine is customs officials in Ukraine in early inspector in the required two-hour time Hospital (Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast), and obligated to provide each disabled person 2011, and will soon be released by the limit. the Vyshhorod Central Regional Hospital who requires a wheelchair with one for local Ternopil customs officials for distri- For additional information on the vari- (Kyiv Oblast). his or her use, the reality is far from that. bution. “Brother Helping Brother” con- ous programs of the UUARC readers A second medical container was deliv- This container proved to be a godsend to tinues to be the motto for UUARC activi- may contact the UUARC office at 1206 ered in September 2010 to the UUARC many persons who would otherwise still ties. Wherever in the world Ukrainians Cottman Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111; office in Kyiv. This container provided be without wheelchairs. need assistance, whether through their telephone, 215-728-1630; website, 280 wheelchairs purchased through the In 2010 the UUARC prepared and own misfortune, acts of nature, poverty, http//:www.uuarc.org. Wheelchair Foundation, which were dis- loaded two additional containers. These or other tragedies, the UUARC strives to (Translated by Ihor Bilynskyj)

Washington before becoming president Turning the pages... was in February 2003 as leader of the Tribute to Canadian PM postposted Our Ukraine opposition forces in the WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Citing fidence in the government headed by (Continued from page 6) Verkhovna Rada and the expectant presi- Canadian political developments, the Prime Minister Harper; the date of new dential candidate in the 2004 election. Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) elections was announced as May 2.] was fostered with the creation of the During that visit, he met with second-tier decided to postpone the tribute event Prime Minister Harper was selected U.S.-Ukraine Binational Commission administration officials, including Vice- scheduled for March 25 in Toronto to to receive the Shevchenko Medal on (also known as the “Kuchma-Gore President Richard Cheney and Deputy bestow the Taras Shevchenko Medal on February 6 by the board of directors of Commission”), with committees that Secretary of State Richard Armitage. Prime Minister Harper. the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, upon worked on improving political, economic Ukraine’s current president, Viktor “Given the uncertainty around the recommendation of its Awards and business relations between the two Yanukovych, briefly met with U.S. whether there will be a confidence Committee, for his contribution in rec- countries. President Barack Obama on April 12, motion in the House of Commons dur- ognizing the Holodomor as a genocide Tha last U.S.-Ukraine summit of the 2010, on the fringes of the two-day ing the Opposition Day, which has against the Ukrainian people; reconcili- Kuchma years was held in December Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, been scheduled for March 25, 2011, or ation for Canada’s First National 1999. Afterwards, the meetings and where President Yanukovych announced the potential timing of a federal elec- Internment Operations (1914-1920), momentum stopped, despite Ukraine’s Ukraine’s decision to dispose of its stock tion, it was decided that the tribute to which affected thousands of Ukrainian willingness to send a contingent of troops of highly enriched uranium by the time of Prime Minister Harper would be post- Canadians, for enhancing Canada- to Iraq. Persistent reports about political the next Nuclear Security Summit in poned,” stated UCC National President Ukraine relations, and supporting and economic corruption in Ukraine, offi- 2012. No formal announcement was Paul Grod. “We do not want to politi- democracy and human rights in Ukraine. cial complicity in criminal activities and made as to where Ukraine’s highly cize the good work done by the prime The tribute gala was originally shady arms sales to renegade states, enriched uranium would be shipped. minister and the reason he is a recipi- scheduled to take place on March 25 at including Iraq, appeared to put a damper ent of the Shevchenko medal.” Liberty Grand in Toronto. Tickets sold on the relationship – until President Source: “White House meeting for [Editor’s note: Since the UCC made will be honored for the new date. For Yushchenko’s hard-fought victory in the Ukrainian president ends five-year hia- its announcement, the Canadian further information, readers may con- presidential election of 2004. tus,” by Yaro Bihun, The Ukrainian Parliament on March 25 voted no con- tact the UCC at 204-942-4627. Mr. Yushchenko’s last visit to Weekly, April 3, 2005. No.14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011 21

NOTES ON PEOPLE

Judge begins second term on bench SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Acting New York State Supreme Court Justice and Family Court Judge Michael Hanuszczak was administered the oath of office by Appellate Justice John Centra at a cere- mony held recently at the Onondaga County Courthouse. The judge’s son Peter held the Bible before an audience of family members, fellow judges, parishio- ners, campaign volunteers, and elected officials. The Rev. Bohdan Hedz, assistant pas- tor of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, opened the ceremony on December 28, 2010, with a prayer and best wishes for another successful term. Keynote speaker Marion Hancock- Fish, president of the Onondaga County Bar Association, noted that Judge Hanuszczak had rendered “compassion- ate and distinguished service” during his first term. Judge Michael Hanuszczak In his remarks, Judge Hanuszczak thanked everyone for their support and bility to make sure their child or children encouragement and also recognized the are raised in a safe environment.” efforts of his campaign treasurer, Maria Judge Hanuszczak, a member of Smaha LeGacy, and campaign manager, Ukrainian National Association Branch James Corl Jr.. He stated that serving as a 127, was re-elected this past November judge “requires making difficult deci- as a candidate running with the support sions but the most challenging job is of the Republican, Conservative, being a parent, who has a daily responsi- Independence and Veterans parties.

Honored with Racial Justice Award that the award was presented to an indi- vidual and not to one of the 44 associa- tions in the region. A monetary award, which will be given to the YWCA of Bethlehem, accompanies the award. The award was presented on October 18, 2010. Ms. Hnatiw’s work with the Hallmark Committee includes the creation of the Racial Justice Hour at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Meetings, the Hallmark Summit and the inception of a Hallmark signature program for the Mid-Atlantic Region. Ms. Hnatiw is active in the Ukrainian community. She served on the board of directors of the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center of Philadelphia and the board of directors of the Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble. Stephanie Hnatiw In addition, she was a committee member of the first AIDS in Ukraine BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Stephanie Hnatiw, Awareness Weekend. Her hand-embroi- executive director of the YWCA of dered square is part of the “Rushnyk Bethlehem, recently received the Racial Nadiyi.” She also secured 43 handmade Justice Award at the YWCA Mid-Atlantic quilts that were donated by Quilts for Region annual meeting held in Pittsburgh. Kids. The quilts were delivered to chil- Ms. Hnatiw was honored with the dren with AIDS in Odesa, Ukraine. award because of her work as Chair of the Ms. Hnatiw lives in Macungie, Pa., YWCA Hallmark Committee. This is the with her husband, Ihor Puhacz, and first time in YWCA Mid-Atlantic history daughter, Raisa Puhacz.

Receive greetings from Obamas BETHANY, Conn. – Adrian and Halia Lodyn- sky of Bethany, Conn., in early March received a congratulatory letter on their 25 years of marriage from President Barack Obama and First Lady Mi- chelle Obama last week. They celebrated 25 years of marriage on September 21, 2010. They have three children, Alexandra, Andrei and Adrian Lodynsky. They attend St. Michael’s Ukrai- nian Catholic Church in New Haven, Conn. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011 No. 14

Detroit museum hosts presentation on Ukrainian rituals and traditions

by Chrystyna Nykorak medicine, as well as ethnography, folk songs, and the rites and rituals of death WARREN, Mich. – The Ukrainian and funerals. American Archives and Museum on Ms. Tracz is known for the articles she February 20 held the event “Why We Do has written, including “Baba was right all What We Do – Origins of Ukrainian along,” “Vesillia: Ukrainian weddings in Rituals and Traditions” featuring folklor- Manitoba over the last century,” and “Our ist, researcher and writer Orysia Tracz at Christmas traditions: wheat, poppy and the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Warren, honey.” Mich. Guests wore their Ukrainian ethnic This event was funded in part by a shirts and blouses, called “vyshyvanky,” grant from the Michigan Humanities which were photographed for the muse- Council, an affiliate of the National um’s archival photo collection to be digi- Endowment for the Humanities. It was tized at a future date. A video of the event also supported by the Ukrainian Future was made as well. Credit Union and Ukrainian Selfreliance An exhibit of 12 Ukrainian folk cos- Michigan Credit Union. tumes from different regions of Ukraine, The guest speaker, who is from such as Polissia, Kyiv, Poltava, Chernihiv, Winnipeg, Manitoba, on the Canadian Bukovyna, Cherkasy, Borschiv and prairies, was introduced by the museum’s Verkhovyna, were displayed. They were president, Svitlana Leheta. Mrs. Tracz prepared by the executive director of the spoke on the rituals and traditions that museum Chrystyna Nykorak with the remain with Ukrainians throughout the advice and expertise of Olena Papiz. years and every phase of their lives from Members Marian Loginsky and Svitlana birth to death. Leheta assisted with the set-up and dis- She presented information on play. Christmas, Easter and Kupalo traditions The interested audience stayed and and included topics on food, matchmak- asked many questions after Ms. Tracz con- ing, wreaths, courtship, weddings, folk cluded her talk. A lively discussion ensued.

Details of the sleeves of embroidered shirts from various regions of Ukraine (beginning with top row from left): Chernihiv, Borschiv, Verkhovyna, Cherkasy, Polissia, Bukovyna.

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COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Generations of Faith program held at Hempstead Parish HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – “The Great November 14, 2010, Sister Ann Laszok, Fast” was the theme of the first OSBM, director of the Eparchial GOF “Generations of Faith” Program (GOF) program, had presented an overview of that was held at St. Vladimir Ukrainian the innovative five year-long cycle of Catholic Church in Hempstead, N.Y. on programs. Sunday, March 13. Previously, on “Generations of Faith” is a collabora- tive project of Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox eparchies of the United States. The curriculum is an intergenerational, event-centered approach to faith forma- tion for the whole parish. Its goal is “lifetime and systematic” faith formation by bringing people of all ages in the par- ish together to learn and participate in all aspects of their Byzantine faith tradition. The bilingual program at St. Vladimir’s was organized by Dr. Cathy Szul, president of the Rosary-Altar Society. The members of the Rosary- Altar Society also contributed to the pro- gram by preparing and serving breakfast and lunch. The program began with a presentation on the Crucifixion Icon by Maria Olynec, Maria Olynec delivers a presentation about the Crucifixion icon. parish choir director. Parishioner Slava Kunitska, who serves as director of St. “Repentance” and closed the program by ences and exhortations on forgiveness, Vladimir’s Ukrainian Studies School, leading a discussion on all three topics. repentance, and prayer and fasting, to continued the program with a scripturally The more than 25 people in attendance their own lives. based presentation about “Forgiveness.” engaged in a lively exchange of ideas and The Rev. Wasyl Hrynkiw, pastor of St. Dr. Cathy Szul, organizer of the Former Ukrainian Studies School teacher questions concerning these Lenten topics Vladimir’s, also actively participated in “Generations of Faith” program held Ola Pyszczumuka then presented on the as the diverse group ranging in age from the discussion. Following the program, at St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Catholic topic of “Prayer and Fasting.” an elementary school child to senior citi- plans were discussed for the next GOF Church. Dr. Szul gave the final presentation on zens worked to apply the scriptural refer- program to be held in the fall.

Ukrainian Floridians enjoy musical and literary evenings

by Ann-Marie Susla Vynnytsky’s own “Lost Tango” among others. Mr. Vynnytsky also included a NORTH PORT, Fla. – The Ukrainian solo performance of one of Chopin’s community in southwest Florida has sonatas. The concert, organized by Anna enjoyed a series of musical and literary Pawliw Mariani, was warmly received evenings sponsored by the Ukrainian by the attendees and well covered by Catholic parish of the Presentation of the North Port Sun. the Most Holy Mother of God (St. At a Valentine’s “Evening of Mary’s) in North Port under the guid- Romance” organized by Halyna ance of its pastor, the Rev. Dr. Severyn Kovalyshin, guest were entertained by Kovalyshin. local talent and enjoyed an evening of On February 19 the general public love songs and poetry. Vocals by was invited to a world class concert by Christyna Bodnar Sheldon, Taras cellist Natalia Khoma and pianist Shkandriy, Romana and Petro Volodomyr Vynnytsky. The mistress of Lotoshynsky, Nadia Veremczuk, the ceremonies, Lidia Bilous, introduced quartet of Lubow Ingram, Romana the virtuoso performers to an audience Lotoshynsky, Ulana Stadnyk and Olha abuzz with anticipation. Their breath- Stasiuk, recitations by Natalia taking and moving performance Goncharuk and Irena Zyznomyrska, and enthralled the audience as the two musi- piano selections and accompaniment by cians performed Chopin’s “Polonaise Orest Lazor were deftly interwoven Brillante,” Opus 3, as well as works by together by master of ceremonies Taras Lysenko, Bartok, Brahms and Shkandriy. A literary evening on February 5 offered by Roxolana Yarymovych and The troupe from Miami for the “Evening in Lviv” with the Rev. Severyn Dr. Iwanna Ratych reviewed various Kovalyshin (center) and Lidia Bilous (far right). fiction and non-fiction writings about Ukraine published in English. They spoke of novels such as Irene Zabytko’s “The Sky Unwashed” and Askold Melnyczuk’s “The House of Widows, An Oral History” and non-fiction works ranging from Vita Susak’s “Ukrainian Artists in Paris” to “Wormwood Forest” by Mary Mycio and “Bloodlands” by Timothy Snyder. The evening ended with questions and discussion with the audience. Back in October 2010, Ms. Bilous organized an “Evening in Lviv” (Lvivskyi Vechir), at which the audi- ence was transported to a café in old Lviv where they sipped coffee and enjoyed the skits, singing and dancing of our talented visitors – members of the Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Dr. Iwanna Ratych (left) and Roxolana Center of Miami, under the direction of Yarymovych during a literary evening. Irena Dziubynsky. Performers for the “Evening of Romance.” 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011 No. 14

tion. Novyi Obrii was also granted the use names will be added to Yad Vashem’s data- and networking to share experiences. Mr. NEWSBRIEFS of 43 other broadcasting frequencies. Radio base, which still lacks the names of some 2 Popov said Kyiv is ready for systematic col- Melodiya urged Mr. Khoroshkovskyi to million Jewish victims, most of them from laboration. “The main thing we should (Continued from page 2) investigate the Novyi Obrii media company Eastern Europe. Additionally, Yad Vashem know is the needs of the team that works and determine whether its founders have is hopeful that the new documents will here, and their initiatives will be supported Ukrainian judge killed in Kyiv financial or other ties with NRUTR mem- enable Holocaust researchers to retell the by us,” he said. The municipal administra- KYIV – A Ukrainian district court judge bers. The letter also says that Radio personal histories of other victims who up tion head presented a selection of Ukrainian has been killed in Kyiv, RFE/RL’s Melodiya’s staff wrote twice to President until now were identified only by a name. literature and film collections on DVD, and Ukrainian Service reported on March 22. Viktor Yanukovych asking for help. but did (Haaretz News Service, Kyiv Post) his deputy, Leonid Novokhatko, presented not receive a response. The authors asked the library’s director, Natalia Sharina, with a Police found Serhii Zubkov dead with two Neighboring countries grant passports gunshot and three stab wounds late on Mr. Khoroshkovskyi to take personal con- book on the monuments of Russian history March 21. Mr. Zubkov, 42, of Kyiv’s trol of the investigation and make sure that LVIV – Verkhovna Rada Vice-Chairman and culture in Ukraine, published in three Shevchenko District Court, was attacked the president is briefed on its progress. Mykola Tomenko said Ukrainians residing languages (Russian, Ukrainian and around 6 p.m. on Holosiyivska Street. Radio Melodiya, a news and music station, in border areas are being granted citizenship English). (Ukrinform) is an RFE/RL affiliate and carries programs Residents called police after they heard of Russia, Romania and Hungary on a large Ukraine-Canada project in Rivne gunshots. Kyiv police officials told journal- of its Ukrainian Service. It has been avail- scale, Delo reported on March 21. Mr. ists a murder investigation has been able in major towns and cities since 2002. Tomenko has complained to the Security KYIV – The second phase of a launched. They said investigators are con- (RFE/RL) Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the foreign Ukrainian-Canadian project for decentral- sidering Mr. Zubkov’s professional activi- Teachers protest education cuts affairs minister of Ukraine about actions ization of vocational training in Ukraine is ties, problems associated with his personal taken by the consular offices of Russia, being implemented by the Rivne regional life and robbery as possible motives for the KYIV – Thousands of Ukrainian teach- Romania and Hungary to lure Ukrainians employment office, according to March 1 killing. (RFE/RL) ers have demonstrated in Kyiv against dras- into applying for these countries’ citizen- news reports. The project provides for the tic cuts in education funding planned by the ship. Even officials and politicians do not development of educational programs for Cross-country auto rally protests taxes government. According to March 22 news hide their dual citizenship, he added. Many the unemployed in accordance with the LVIV – Critics of a new Tax Code in reports, more than 6,000 teachers – most of organizations with foreign funding have requirements of the labor market. It is sup- Ukraine are taking part in a cross-country them women employed in Kyiv-area school launched campaigns to persuade Ukrainians ported by the Ministry of Social Policy, the auto rally to protest the code’s impact on – gathered in central Kyiv and chanted anti- (using financial awards) to report them- Association of Canadian Community small businesses, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian government slogans as part of their protest. selves as citizens of other countries in the Colleges and the Saskatchewan Institute of Service reported on March 22. The auto Hundreds of teachers blocked an avenue 2012 population census. Since the SBU, the Applied Science and Technology (ACC/ rally – under the slogan “Take the country heavily used by senior government officials Foreign Affairs Ministry and local executive SIAST). According to Patricia Alcalde, an back from oligarchs and return it to the peo- for 10 minutes before police forced them bodies have not reacted to the massive expert with the Canadian International ple” – started on March 21 in the western back onto the sidewalk. Police say they did enrollment of Ukrainians by diplomats of Development Agency (CIDA), which is city of Lviv and the far eastern city of not arrest anyone. It was the second day of the three neighboring countries, Mr. funding the project, Ukrainian and foreign Luhansk. The protesters’ main demands are demonstrations against a plan sponsored by Tomenko has appealed to President Viktor experts used foreign experience as a basis for officials to preserve the simplified sys- Prime Minister Mykola Azarov to cut the Yanukovych to consider the issue at a ses- for the new methods of training and retrain- tem of taxing businesses and make changes national deficit, in part, by reducing educa- sion of the National Security and Defense ing adult citizens. Based on the Canadian to the Tax Code adopted in the fall. Some tion funding. The International Monetary Council. The Hungarian Parliament has model, changes have been introduced in the 90 cars left Lviv for the town of Kamianka Fund says reducing Ukraine’s budget deficit recently passed the law making any ethnic organizational structure of the Rivne Center Buzska, where a rally was held before nine is a key precondition for more loans, which Hungarian eligible to apply for a Hungarian of Vocational Training of the State cars continued on to Kyiv, about 500 kilo- Azarov says are critical to keep the country passport. Following this, relations between Employment Service. (Ukrinform) meters from Lviv. One participant, Lviv solvent. (RFE/RL) Hungary and Slovakia deteriorated signifi- cantly. (ZIK – Western Information Service) Ukraine opens Consulate in Mexico entrepreneur Roman Oleksevych, told RFE/ Kliyuev sees great potential of CIS RL he was unhappy with the business cli- Kyiv and Moscow to cooperate KYIV – The official opening ceremony mate in the country. “After the Tax Code KYIV – Ukraine sees a significant poten- of Ukraine’s Honorary Consulate in Mexico was adopted, the number of inspections of tial and future in the existence of the KYIV – The chairman of the Kyiv City took place in the city of Tijuana. The cere- businesses increased,” he said. “I do not Commonwealth of Independent States, and State Administration, Oleksander Popov, mony was attended by Ukraine’s have employees but still have to file reports Kyiv is also ready to participate actively in and the mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, Ambassador to Mexico Oleksii Branashko. each month. Too many reports.” Along with the projects of the CIS, First Vice Prime signed in the Russian capital signed a pro- Well-known Mexican businessman Pedro street traders and small-business owners, Minister and Minister of Economic gram of cooperation between Kyiv and Ramirez Campuzano is the head of the the protest action is also supported by min- Development and Trade of Ukraine Andriy Moscow for 2011-2013, according to March Honorary Consulate, it was reported on ers and teachers demanding that their wage Kliuyev said at the opening of the CIS eco- 21 news reports. The document, signed in March 3. During the Consulate’s opening arrears be paid. Seven cars started driving nomic forum in Moscow, summing up the Moscow, includes a number of specific ceremony, which was attended by leaders of the 600 kilometers from Luhansk toward results of 20 years of cooperation. areas that will be implemented in order to the city and the state, local media represen- Kyiv. Rally participants told RFE/RL they According to March 18 news reports, he strengthen socio-economic relations tatives, as well as leading entrepreneurs in were stopped by police in the eastern part of noted that these 20 years have been difficult between the two capitals. One of the objec- the region, the ambassador noted the impor- the country several times on the suspicion for the CIS and for its participants. tives of the program is to make up for the tance of having an active honorary consul of that their cars had been involved in traffic However, thanks to the CIS, its member- time lost due to various political circum- Ukraine in one of the leading states in accidents, but were allowed to continue countries were able to resolve many issues. stances in the past. The priority areas are Mexico, primarily in terms of the develop- their journey. Protesters said they hope to According to Mr. Kliuyev, without coopera- cooperation in the spheres of trade, econo- ment of tourism, and trade, economic and gather more supporters on their way to tion in various areas of economy, it will be my, education, culture and sports, including regional cooperation between the two coun- Kyiv. Last fall, the Assembly of Small and very hard for CIS countries to survive. He specific plans to create a business council. tries. Mr. Branashko said that the Honorary Medium-Sized Businesses of Ukraine was a expressed his belief that the key task is to As noted after the signing by Mr. Popov, the Consulate would also contribute to ensuring leading initiator of the protests against the “move from words to deeds.” (Ukrinform) Ukrainian side is set for cooperation the rights and legal interests of Ukrainian new Tax Code, which were attended by tens between the two capitals “to pass from theo- citizens living in Mexico. (Ukrinform) of thousands of people in various cities Kyiv and Yad Vashem sign agreement retical proposals into practice.” In turn, Mr. Chevrolet Aveo to be made in Ukraine across the country. Under pressure from the KYIV – In a modest ceremony, with no Sobyanin said, “The whole inter-regional protests, President Viktor Yanukovych media presence, a trailblazing agreement cooperation between the countries largely KYIV – The popular Chevrolet Aveo vetoed the first bill adopted by the was signed last month between Jerusalem’s depends on how the relations between will soon be produced in Ukraine. The Verkhovna Rada and later signed an amend- Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Authority Moscow and Kyiv will develop.” UkrAVTO Corp. announced in late ed version of it. But critics say the changes and the archives of the former KGB in The program also provides for coopera- February that at the end of this year produc- made to the tax law are unsatisfactory. Ukraine. According to March 21 news tion between Moscow and Kyiv in the areas tion of the model will be transferred from (RFE/RL) reports, the agreement is expected to of construction, architecture, property and the Polish plant FSO to the Zaporizhia inventory; trade-economic, scientific-techni- Popular radio station battles closure upgrade historical research on the fate of Automobile Building Plant (ZAZ). hundreds of thousands of Jews who were cal and humanitarian-cultural cooperation; UkrAVTO President Tariel Vasadze said KYIV – A popular Ukrainian radio sta- persecuted and murdered during the cooperation in the sphere of public utilities, negotiations with General Motors about tion has appealed to the head of the Security Holocaust in the Soviet Union. Ukraine’s security and protection of the population; as opening production at ZAZ began at the end Service of Ukraine (SBU), asking him to security services will supply Yad Vashem well as tourism. (Ukrinform) of 2010. The company planned to transfer intervene to prevent the station’s closure, with invaluable World War II documents, Kyiv ready to help library in Moscow equipment from the Polish FSO to ZAZ, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service reported. In an including lists of deported and murdered where Aveo was assembled for the open letter to Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi made Jews, the minutes of meetings held by offi- KYIV – Kyiv authorities are ready to European Union market. The Aveo will public on March 23, the leadership of Radio cials of Soviet Ukrainian security forces fol- assume patronage over the Library of replace the Slavuta (ZAZ 1103), which was Melodiya wrote that since the SBU’s prima- lowing the liberation of the concentration Ukrainian Literature in Moscow, Kyiv City withdrawn from production in January. ry task is to protect the state’s interests and and death camps, and information on the tri- State Administration Chair Oleksander Producing the Aveo in Ukraine will allow national statehood and to fight corruption, als of those involved in killing Jews. “This Popov said during his visit to the library on the cost of the model to be cut. Presently, he is obliged to intervene in the situation is a real breakthrough; it is a major event of March 21. “We are ready to take on the the Chevrolet Aveo is supplied to Ukraine that has arisen with regard to the station. outstanding importance,” Avner Shalev, patronage of the library, and this will be dis- from Korea. In Ukraine, the minimum price Radio Melodiya claims a March 16 deci- chairman of the Yad Vashem directorate, cussed at a meeting with the mayor of for this model is 92,900 hrv (about $11,600 sion by the Ukrainian National Council for told Haaretz. In the next few months, the Moscow. I think that he will support us,” U.S.), while hatchback models begin at Television and Radio Broadcasting Yad Vashem’s researchers will visit the Mr. Popov said. According to the head of 99,600 hrv ($12,400). The company is plan- (NRUTR) to deprive Radio Melodiya of 12 archives in Kyiv to begin photocopying the municipal administration, the leadership ning to sell the Aveo at export markets also, radio frequencies and to assign them to the documents. Afterwards, back in Jerusalem, of the Ukrainian capital is ready and willing particularly in Russia. The Aveo is a sales previously unknown Novyi Obrii (New they will catalogue and process them, in an to partner with the library in addressing the leader; in the first 11 months of 2010, 4,600 Horizon) media company is illegal and attempt to identify as many names as possi- questions of filling book collections, intro- such cars were sold in Ukraine – a market should be investigated for possible corrup- ble of Jewish Holocaust victims. These ducing modern educational technologies share of 24.2 percent. (Ukrinform) No.14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011 25 26 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011 No. 14

Having finished Grade 8 with honors, books, drawing immeasurable astonish- he could have aimed for a diploma and ment from his colleagues, who were more competed for the school’s gold medal. interested in drinking. However, the school hosted quite a num- On the other hand, he earned the ber of the city’s “Soviet elite,” so achiev- respect and love of officers, who also ing that was unrealistic. gave him quite a bit of literature to read. Instead, Sviatoslav pursued his studies To this day, shelves of books line the at Boryslav’s medical institute, becoming walls of the Shevchuk home, from the qualified as a medical assistant by the floor to the ceiling. time he was 19. Another wall displays the awards and He put his medical experience to use souvenirs earned by Sviatoslav, docu- as part of his mandatory Soviet military menting the successes of his life’s path. service between 1989 and 1991, which Major Archbishop Shevchuk enjoys was spent at the Luhansk Higher Aviation traveling, relatives said. In the almost two Institute of Navigators on the eastern years following his appointment as bish- edge of Ukraine. op of Argentina, he visited all corners of With the limited money given to sol- the country where Ukrainian Catholics diers (it was 3 Soviet rubles a month are scattered, amidst humid forests and then, or the equivalent of $5), he bought arid pampas.

Taras Hrynchyshyn Television cameras film Yurii Shevchuk, the father of the newly elected major archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, taking a walk around his home in Stryi, western Ukraine, on March 26.

sia” (grandmother) with planting the seeds Shevchuk family... of his faith and nurturing its growth. When this reporter visited with Yurii (Continued from page 1) and Vira Shevchuk, also present were Father Vsevolod and his wife, Halyna, The Ukrainian spirit fills the home, which explains why both sons, Sviatoslav who are awaiting his assignment in the and Vsevolod, received princely names – Parma Eparchy in the United States. The unusual for the 1970s generation. major archbishop’s junior by 11 years, The home’s rooms are decorated with Father Vsevolod completed St. Basil’s Ukrainian embroidery and icons; its Seminary in Stamford, Conn., and The small front yard is surrounded by several Catholic University of America in sheds and a new fence. The home was Washington. built by the maternal grandfather of the Family members said Sviatoslav was major archbishop, Vasyl Krokis, a tailor. exceptionally hard-working from a young He was skilled with his hands, sewing age, and participated in the most diverse vestments for the underground clergy dur- academic competitions in school – math- The Shevchuk family: (from left) the Rev. Vsevolod Shevchuk, the younger brother ing the Church’s persecution. His wife ematics, physics, chemistry. of Sviatoslav and a priest assigned to the Parma Eparchy of the Ukrainian was exceptionally pious, and Major Besides playing violin he enjoyed rais- Catholic Church in the United States; parents Vira and Yurii Shevchuk; and Archbishop Shevchuk credits his “babu- ing pigeons as a hobby. Halyna Shevchuk, Father Vsevolod’s wife. No.14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2011 27 OUT AND ABOUT

Through May 8 Exhibit, “Glory of Ukraine,” Joslyn Art Museum, April 12 Presentation by Orysia Tracz, “What are Pysanky and Omaha, NE 402-661-3858 Winnipeg What Do They Mean?” Winnipeg Public Library, 204-986-4314 or 204-986-6779 April 8 Discussion with Stefan Romaniw, “Ukraine and Current Yonkers, NY World Affairs/Australian Night,” Ukrainian Youth Center, April 15-16 Spring flea market, Ukrainian National Women‛s League 914-476-6781 Parma, Ohio of America – Branch 12, St. Josaphat Astrodome, 440-887-1201 April 8-10 Conference, Federation of Ukrainian Student Organizations Philadelphia of America, Drexel University, www.ukrainianstudents.org April 16 Book presentation, “The Jew Who Was Ukrainian” by New York Alexander Motyl, Ukrainian Institute of America, April 8-10 Spring clean-up, Brooklyn Ukrainian Group, Soyuzivka 212-288-8660 Kerhonkson, NY Heritage Center, [email protected] April 16 Presentation by Madhu Patel, “India and Radical Islam,” April 8-24 Performance, “Raven,” based on poetry by Oleh Lysheha, Palatine, IL Ukrainian American Veterans 1st Lt. Ivan Shandor New York La MaMa Experimental Theater Company, 212-475-7710 Post 35, Palatine Library, 847-910-3532 or www.lamama.org April 16-17 Easter bazaar, St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church, April 9 Pysanka workshop, Ukrainian American Cultural Club of Baltimore, MD 410-967-4981 Houston Houston, Alliance Française Houston, [email protected] April 17 Easter bazaar, Ukrainian Homestead, 215-536-3709 Lehighton, PA or 610-377-4621 April 9 Pysanka workshop with Olga Kobryn, Middlesex County Piscataway, NJ Cultural and Heritage Commission, East Jersey Olde April 17 Easter bazaar, St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Towne Village, 732-745-4489 Whippany, NJ Church, Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New April 9 Ukrainian Easter Festival, St. Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Jersey, 973-476-1970 New Britain, CT Church, 860-229-3833 or 860-677-2138 April 17 Easter bazaar, Pokrova Ukrainian Learning Center, April 9 Pysanka workshop, Ukrainian Homestead, Houston [email protected] Lehighton, PA [email protected] or 215-235-3709 or 610-377-4621 April 18 Lecture by Zenon Kohut, “The Political Culture of Cossack April 9 Lecture by Leo John Wolansky, “Radiology in Ukraine: A Cambridge, MA Ukraine,” Harvard University, 617-495-4053 New York 15-Year Teaching Experience,” Shevchenko Scientific Society, 212-254-5130 April 19 Lecture by David Marples, “Chornobyl 25 Years On: A Toronto Reanalysis of a Ukrainian Tragedy,” University of Toronto, April 10 Concert by pianist Alexej Gorlatch, The Washington [email protected] Bethesda, MD Group, Westmoreland Congregational United Church, 301-320-2770 Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events April 11 Lecture by Michael Moser, “What is the Mother Tongue? advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Cambridge, MA Grammars of Ukrainian and Rusyn, 1919-1941,” Harvard from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors University, 617-495-4053 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected].

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Friday, April 8-24 Saturday, April 16 NEW YORK: La MaMa E.T.C. and Yara PALATINE, IL: The Ukrainian American Arts Group present “Raven,” an original, Veterans 1st Lt. Ivan Shandor Post 35, ACT experimental performance piece based for America and the Veteran Defenders of on the poem by Ukrainian poet Oleh America invite the members of the commu- Lysheha. It is directed by Virlana Tkacz nity, veterans and patriots to a briefing on and created in collaboration with artists “India and Radical Islam” presented by from America and Ukraine. “Raven” fea- Madhu Patel. Mr. Patel is the editor and tures Andrew Colteaux and an English publisher of a magazine in Des Plaines, Ill. translation of the poetry by Ms. Tkacz He will describe the current situation in and Wanda Phipps. Performances are on India and how the United States can learn T h u r s d a y - S a t u r d a y from India regarding the spread of the at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at jihadist ideology. The meeting takes place La MaMa Experimental Theater 74 E. at the Palatine Library located at 700 N. 4th St. (between Second and Third ave- North Court, Palatine, IL 60067 at 2-4 p.m. nues) in New York City. Tickets $18; $13 There is no charge for this event. For more for students and seniors. For information information contact the post commander, call 212-475-7710 or log on to www. Col. Roman G. Golash (ret.), at romango- lamama.org. [email protected] or call 847-910-3532. Saturday, April 9 Monday, April 18 N E W Y O R K : T h e S h e v c h e n k o CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Scientific Society invites all to a lecture Ukrainian Research Institute will host the by Leo John Wolansky, M.D., titled Vasyl and Maria Petryshyn Memorial “Radiology in Ukraine: A 15-Year Lecture, which this year will be given by Teaching Experience.” Dr. Wolansky is a Zenon Kohut, director of the Canadian neuroradiologist and professor of radiol- Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University ogy at the UMDNJ – the University of of Alberta. His lecture, “The Political Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Culture of Cossack Ukraine,” will be held The lecture will take place at the soci- at 4 p.m. in the Lower Level Conference ety’s building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Room, Center for European Studies, 27 Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For Kirkland St. This event is free and open to additional information call 212-254- the general public. For more information 5130. e-mail [email protected].

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