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INSIDE:• Observers report on parliamentary elections in Ukraine — page 2. • Senate subcommittee focuses on organized crime in Ukraine — page 3. • Commentary on Vatican decree regarding married clergy — page 6.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXVI HE KRAINIANNo. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1998 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine Ukraine and U.S. sign agreement VaticanT decrees UkrainianU Church’s W married clergy cannot serve in Poland on peaceful nuclear cooperation PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Married priests to which they should “return.” Of the by Pavel Politiuk State Madeleine K. Albright. “I hope that of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church close to 60 priests serving the two Special to The Ukrainian Weekly this document becomes the basis for future serving in Poland will have to return to eparchies, more than a dozen are mar- cooperation,” Secretary Albright said in the Ukraine in accordance with a recent ried. KYIV — Ukraine and the United statement. decree issued by Cardinal Angelo In his letter Cardinal Sodano recom- States signed an agreement on May 6 on The Ukrainian foreign affairs minister Sodano, Vatican’s secretary of state. On mends that the Ukrainian Greek- peaceful nuclear cooperation between indicated that after the signing Kyiv expects March 4, Archbishop Jozef Kowalczuk, Catholic Church use the services of the two countries that allows the former a series of foreign investments from U.S. apostolic nuncio to Poland, and the bish- Roman Catholic, biritual, priests in the Soviet republic to export new nuclear companies into the Ukrainian market, and ops of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic event that there are too few Ukrainian technologies for Soviet-designed nuclear specifically the energy sector. Church in Poland were notified of this Greek-Catholic priests. stations. Negotiations on the treaty between the decision in a letter from the Holy See. According to Catholic News Service, “This agreement becomes the corner- U.S. and Ukraine lasted more than a year, According to the Vatican’s letter, the Bishop Lubomyr Husar, auxiliary bish- stone in the development of a strategic but the agreement was reached only after pastoral service of married priests in op to Major Archbishop Myroslav partnership between our two countries,” Ukraine declined to participate in a Poland “creates problems,” so the priests Lubachivsky and administrator of the said Ukraine’s new foreign affairs minister, Russian-Iranian nuclear deal. must return to their eparchies (dioceses) Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, stat- Borys Tarasiuk, after signing the docu- In March, during a one-day official visit in Ukraine. According to Catholic News ed in Lviv that the letter is very surpris- ments with U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Service, representatives of the Ukrainian ing since married priests of the Steven Pifer. (Continued on page 15) Greek-Catholic Church in Ukraine and Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church have Mr. Tarasiuk said the initial benefits of Poland have voiced their dissatisfaction served in Poland, the U.S. and Canada. the signing will be real assistance from U.S. with the decree, and Cardinal Achille Roman Catholic bishops in America and nuclear and energy companies to bring new Silvestrini, prefect of the Congregation Canada stated that they have nothing technologies to make Ukrainian reactors Chornobyl plant for the Eastern Catholic Churches in against the presence of married safer and more effective. Rome, has refused to comment. Ukrainian priests in their countries. “The treaty means that now Ukraine can Most of the married priests serving in Bishop Husar said the Vatican’s propos- look for different sources of nuclear fuel for director dismissed the two eparchies of the Ukrainian al to substitute biritual Roman Catholic Ukrainian nuclear reactors,” said by Pavel Politiuk Greek-Catholic Church in Poland were priests for their married Greek-Catholic Ambassador Pifer, and U.S. companies can Special to The Ukrainian Weekly born in Poland and are Polish citizens, now help Ukraine to construct a full nuclear colleagues is a sign of “disrespect toward KYIV — The director of the Chornobyl according to the press service of the the Ukrainian Church and its traditions.” fuel cycle. Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, which Ambassador Pifer also read a statement nuclear power facility was fired on May 4, means that they do not have an eparchy (Continued on page 13) of congratulations from U.S. Secretary of after he had charged that Energoatom, the governmental organization that oversees Ukraine’s nuclear energy industry, is inef- fective and unnecessary. Ukraine commemorates centennial of Patriarch Mstyslav’s birth Mykola Oberkovych, spokesman for Energoatom, said the main reason for Mr. by Roman Woronowycz Parashyn’s dismissal was the Chornobyl director’s demands that Ukraine’s state KYIV — Mstyslav Skrypnyk was a energy-producing company stop its activi- soldier, a politician, a writer, a religious ty because he said Energoatom had been man and, finally, the first patriarch of the created illegally and was operating unlaw- modern Ukrainian Orthodox Church. fully. In early April, Ukraine commemorated Serhii Parashyn was released by Nur the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nigmatulin, the director of Energoatom, Ukraine’s first Orthodox patriarch, who for “serious violations of work disci- died in 1993, with celebrations in Kyiv, pline.” Poltava and Lviv. In a statement released on May 5 The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Energoatom explained that it was impossi- U.S.A. will hold celebrations on May 17 ble for Mr. Parashyn to continue in his post at the Archdiocesan Church Center in because of the important position of the South Bound Brook, N.J., with a divine Chornobyl nuclear station in Ukraine’s liturgy and panakhyda, followed by the energy network. dedication of a stone memorial. For his part Mr. Parashyn, who had held The 95-year life of Patriarch Mstyslav the post of director since April 1994, said stretched through one of the most turbu- he is sure his firing was the result of several lent periods of Ukrainian history: from letters he had written to President Leonid the Bolshevik Revolution and Ukraine’s Kuchma and to Energoatom Director initial fight for independence in the years Nigmatulin. 1918-1920, during which he served in the Roma Hadzewycz “I sent several letters to them in April, Ukrainian National Republic Army; Metropolitan Mstyslav in his South Bound Brook, N.J., office in 1983 (before in which I explained my position and my through terms as a representative to the he became patriarch). vision of the activity of Energoatom, and Polish Sejm from the Polish-occupied demanded that this terrible situation Volyn region of Ukraine; to his ordination have accepted the schisms that have testament he told [the religious factions] [alleged illegal activity] be changed,” said as a priest in 1942 and then exile to the occurred in the Ukrainian Orthodox to come together, look each other in the Mr. Parashyn. West after World War II; and finally his Church since his death, a Church that he eye and elect the one who has the most He told Agence France Presse on May 4, election as the patriarch of the Ukrainian helped re-establish in Ukraine after inde- potential,” said Mrs. Skrypnyk. “If he “I was dismissed because I was embarrass- Orthodox Church, after Ukraine declared pendence was declared. Had he lived, the lived, the split would not have happened.” ing people at Energoatom.” He was also independence for a second time in the Orthodox faith in Ukraine, no doubt, Of the three Orthodox Churches in quoted by the news agency as saying that 20th century in 1991. would have been different, believes his “the organization lacks experience and is It is difficult to conceive that he would daughter-in-law Sofia Skrypnyk. “In his (Continued on page 8) (Continued on page 6) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1998 No. 19

FOR THE RECORD: Election report NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS by the International Republican Institute 130,000 participate in May 1 events Leonid Kuchma. “I do not know if it will be The International Republican Institute Election administration signed or not, but I do not think I will work (IRI) announced on March 30 that the KYIV – May 1 demonstrations were ... [T]he Central Election Commission any longer than May 12. The longer I con- March 29 elections in Ukraine were a defi- held in most regions of Ukraine. According tinue, the harder it is for me to find a com- nite step forward in that nation’s political (CEC) had only a short time in which to to police estimates, nearly 130,000 persons prepare for parliamentary elections under a mon language with Finance Minister Ihor development. nationwide took part in such public displays new election law and with inadequate fund- Mitiukov and the Economy Ministry,” he “IRI observers found polling sites – nearly a third more than in 1997. The ing. The CEC also had the additional said. Mr. Kostenko occupied the post for across Ukraine to be filled with interested largest meetings were in the Zaporizhia, responsibility of overseeing the funding of the last six years and has been hailed for voters and dedicated election commission- Luhansk, Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk local election commissions throughout the managing to attract international attention ers,” said the IRI delegation’s leader, for- oblasts, as well as in Crimea. Trade unions country. This hampered the CEC’s ability to to problems caused by the Chornobyl disas- mer U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense were largely responsible for organizing the conduct a comprehensive voter education ter. (Eastern Economist) William Howard Taft IV. “The election May Day events; in various cities they were program and ensure enforcement of all ele- administration has improved since the last joined by political parties, women’s groups, P&G likely to receive import certificate ments of the law. The mechanics of the [1994] parliamentary balloting because of and youth organizations. Demonstrators election also merit consideration. Hand KYIV – Procter & Gamble is likely to the use of positive voting, the elimination of called for wages to be paid out to workers, counting paper ballots, particularly in multi- receive a certificate to import detergents the minimum voter turnout threshold, and social protection for workers, and better ballot elections, too easily leads to mistakes, into Ukraine that will be valid for 1998, the addition of proportional representation. educational, cultural and medical services. disputes and delays in reporting, thus under- (Respublika) said State Standardization Committee While there are areas of concern and room mining confidence in the electoral process. Chairpersons Tetiana Kyseliova on April for improvement before the presidential Overall, delegates reported that polling Coal miners begin strike on May 4 30. Ms. Kyseliova confirmed that the election in October 1999, democracy in site election commissioners were dedicated Vinnytsia Standardization, Metrology and Ukraine is progressing,” he continued. to ensuring free elections. They were, for KYIV – According to the Independent Certification Center, which was appointed IRI is a U.S.-based non-profit, non-par- the most part, knowledgeable about the Trade Union Federation, 29 mines from to conduct certification of products at eight tisan organization dedicated to advancing election process and welcomed both domes- several holding companies began strike P&G plants in Turkey, Poland, Romania, democracy worldwide. The IRI has worked tic and foreign observers. However, dele- action May 4. The next day the strike the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, in Ukraine since 1993, maintains an office gates witnessed few election commissioners expanded to 39 sites. He said back wages Russia and France, will complete its work in Kyiv and observed the 1994 election. discouraging community voting – voters owed to miners, not including debts for with maximum company support. P&G Below are excerpts from the March 30 discussing balloting choices and voting out- April, now total 2.036 billion hrv., adding Ukraine will call off its suit against the preliminary statement of the International side of balloting booths. Community voting, that in the last week of April the Cabinet Chamber of Independent Experts. Republican Institute Verkhovna Rada though customary in past elections in allocated 45 million hrv to miners, although According to Ms. Kyseliova, two plants in Election Observation Mission. Ukraine, could at some point in the future the monthly salary fund is 210 million hrv. Istanbul and Warsaw that manufacture lead to questions of free choice. The Miners are demanding a ban on coal detergents, shampoos and bleach have KYIV – The 30-member International increased number of party observers at the imports and better work conditions, as well already been inspected. The U.S. Embassy Republican Institute (IRI) Election polls – in itself a highly commendable as payment of back wages and reinstate- expects Procter & Gamble will remain and Observation mission led by former U.S. development – makes the practice more ment of wages and pensions to the level of operate normally on the Ukrainian market. Deputy Secretary of Defense William Taft questionable than in previous elections. 1990, when coal mining was the second- U.S. Ambassador Steven Pifer said the IV found the March 29 elections to In several instances, IRI delegates wit- best-paid industry in Ukraine. Coal mining American company has serious plans for Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada to be a definite nessed irregularities involving the military. since has dropped to 17th place. (Eastern the Ukrainian market, noting its plans to step forward in Ukraine’s political devel- They observed military officers assisting Economist, RFE/RL Newsline) invest $200 million (U.S.) over the next five opment. In addition, continued refinements enlisted men in filling in their ballots out- Russia criticizes U.S. vote on NATO years. (Eastern Economist) in the election law and the seriousness side the voting booth. Worse, IRI delegates with which the Ukrainian electorate partic- observed a military commander marking MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Affairs Communist leader meets with Kuchma ipated in this election demonstrated ballots for his soldiers in Crimea. Efforts to Ministry spokesman Valerii Nesterushkin KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma met Ukraine’s commitment to continuing dem- encourage effective voter turnout by on May 5 said the U.S. Senate’s April 30 Communist Party leader Petro Symonenko ocratic development. Ukrainian military is to be welcomed, but vote in favor of NATO membership for on April 13 to discuss the results of parlia- Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic is IRI’s observation [military] command influence on voter mentary elections and the socio-economic choices or compulsory participation is not. “unlikely to contribute to stabilization on situation in the country. Mr. Symonenko IRI deployed 15 observation teams to In addition, delegates witnessed numer- the European continent,” Russian news said his party is ready to support the activi- 11 oblasts ... Cherkasy, Chernivtsi, ous instances of couples voting together in agencies reported. Mr. Nesterushkin repeat- ties of the executive branch in intensifying Chernihiv, Donetsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, polling booths and ballot boxes located out ed that Russia considers the policy of the fight against organized crime, especial- Kharkiv, Odesa, Ternopil, Zhytomyr and of view of the election commissioners. ... NATO enlargement to be “incorrect.” But ly when it comes to approving relevant the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Two Voter turnout was 69.6 percent, a meas- he expressed hope that regular meetings at legislation and reforming the tax system. teams remained in Kyiv to monitor voting urement that reflects a commitment on the the ministerial and ambassadorial levels President Kuchma noted that it is impor- in the capital city and to observe the part of Ukrainian voters to the democratic between Russian and NATO officials will tant for representatives of different politi- national counting process ... more than 100 process. alleviate some of the “concerns” that will cal forces to consolidate for the legislative arise during the expansion of the Western polling sites across the county were moni- The playing field resolution of socio-economic problems tored. military alliance. Meanwhile, Anatolii and the continued progress of reform. Before deploying to their respective Political parties were fully prepared to Kvashnin, the head of the Russian General (Eastern Economist) oblasts, IRI delegates met with political compete in these elections, kept abreast of Staff, flew to Brussels on May 5 to attend a party and civic organization representa- the content of the new election law and session of the Russia-NATO Permanent Symonenko meets with U.S. ambassador remained current with amendments to the Joint Council. (RFE/RL Newsline) tives, issues experts and the Central KYIV – Petro Symonenko, leader of the law. Political parties had advantages in the Election Commission. U.S. Ambassador Kostenko hands in resignation Communist Party of Ukraine, met with new election law that allowed them to par- Steven Pifer and IRI staff also briefed the U.S. Ambassador Steven Pifer on April 13 ticipate more easily than in the 1994 elec- delegates. In their deployment cities, IRI KYIV – Ukrainian Environment and at the latter’s request. Mr. Symonenko tion. Many, though not all, parties appear delegates met with local authorities, repre- Nuclear Safety Minister Yurii Kostenko told claimed that the Communist Party is “the sentatives of candidates and local election to have had ample funds to carry on their Eastern Economist on April 29 that he has commissions and Ukrainian media. campaigns. Reports have raised significant submitted his resignation to President (Continued on page 10) concerns about the sources of some of New election law these funds, both private and public, and Ukraine adopted a new parliamentary certainly the financial reporting practices FOUNDED 1933 election law in October 1997, which made of the parties in the course of the campaign significant improvements to the previous have not satisfactorily answered the HE KRAINIAN EEKLY election law governing the 1994 parlia- charges [of corruption] that parties have TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., mentary elections ... made against each other in this regard. ... a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. 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Box 280 Irene Jarosewich cal parties and candidates received the lim- candidates, contributed considerably to an Parsippany, NJ 07054 Ika Koznarska Casanova ited access to media coverage required by atmosphere of confusion, uncertainty and law, but in some regions delegates reported The Ukrainian Weekly, May 10, 1998, No. 19, Vol. LXVI tension both prior to the election and on Copyright © 1998 The Ukrainian Weekly election day. (Continued on page 14) No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1998 3 Ukrainian community in Canada Senate subcommittee focuses campaigns against Sher appointment on organized crime in Ukraine by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj Merritt, the Cleveland judge who found the by Eugene M. Iwanciw presence here today stands as a testimony Toronto Press Bureau U.S. Office of Special Investigations had Special to The Ukrainian Weekly to the commitment by the government of committed fraud during its prosecution of Ukraine to develop modern law enforce- OTTAWA — Following the appointment John Demjanjuk. WASHINGTON – With the words ment agencies that are based upon the rule of former OSI Director Neal Sher as a con- The JCDD chair said that a conference “democracy is under siege from ruthless, of law.” sultant to Canada’s War Crimes Section on call of his committee’s members would be well-financed, well-organized criminal Throughout his testimony, the FBI December 12, 1997, the country’s conducted on May 6 to examine what fur- organizations,” Sen. Mitch McConnell (R- director gave examples of successful coop- Ukrainian community generated consider- ther avenues can be pursued based on the Ky.) convened an April 21 hearing by the eration with Ukraine and other nations. He able heat. Subcommittee on Foreign Operations of testimony given at the hearing, and that a mentioned that “through our office in An information campaign was coordinat- the Senate Appropriations Committee to press release would be issued. Kyiv, the FBI has a number of ongoing ed from the UCC’s Toronto branch and focus on international crime programs. The April 28 hearing was attended by money laundering and financial fraud from the UCC’s national headquarters in Referring to the nations of the former five of the Canadian Jewish Committee’s cases. In addition, this joint cooperation Winnipeg. Over 25,000 pieces of corre- Soviet Union, the subcommittee chairman leading representatives, led by Toronto CJC led to the extradition of a United States spondence were directed at various mem- went on to say: “To sustain support for President Bernie Farber. Prior to the ses- federal fugitive, despite the absence of an bers of Parliament, senators and govern- crucial political and economic reforms, sion, Mr. Farber handed committee mem- extradition treaty.” ment officials following Mr. Sher’s appoint- individuals and communities must be con- bers a CJC communiqué in which the In his testimony, Gen. Smeshko stated ment. vinced that their government works well umbrella body “strongly reaffirmed its that “converting state property to private This campaign led directly to the request and can protect their property, their assets endorsement of the federal government property created an explosion in organized by Official Opposition’s Justice Critic Jack and their families from crime and the decision to engage ... [Mr.] Sher.” crime and corruption.” He also noted that Ramsay that the Canadian House of mafia.” CJC War Crimes Committee Chair Prof. President Leonid Kuchma has recognized Commons Standing Committee on Justice The topic of the hearing was on U.S. that organized crime and corruption are and Human Rights call Mr. Sher as a wit- Irving Abella is quoted in the communiqué programs to assist and cooperate with as saying that his organization “for years ... Ukraine’s main national security threat. ness and review the reasons and justifica- other nations in battling international crime The general stated that the new democ- tions of retaining him. advocated the hiring of expert outside coun- and corruption. Testifying before the sub- sel to deal with the unique and complex racies clearly were not prepared for the However, only a handful of Ukrainian committee were FBI Director Louis Freeh problems of crime and that organized community members attended the April 28 aspects of Nazi war crimes cases from a and Gen. Ihor Smeshko, director for strate- crime is “like a cancer” that, if unchecked, hearing, and at least 20 of the chairs fresh perspective.” gic planning and analysis on the National continues to expand. He noted that reserved for observers stood empty. Prof. Abella, also a national past presi- Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. Ukraine lacks the resources to effectively UCC Justice Committee on dent of the CJC, added that, “with his years (Gen. Smeshko was Ukraine’s first mili- battle organized crime on its own and reit- Denaturalization and Deportation (JCDD) of experience, the government could not tary attaché in Washington.) erated Ukraine’s commitment to this Chair John Petryshyn, a Winnipeg-based have made a better choice than Mr. Sher The hearing focused on the Russian effort. lawyer, did not attend the hearings, nor did when it decided to retain such an advisor.” mafia operating throughout the new inde- In questions about the situation in any senior UCC representative. Also quoted was the CJC’s general pendent states and in the U.S. Ukraine, Gen. Smeshko reported that “the Reached in Winnipeg following the hear- counsel and executive director, Jack In his opening comments, Sen. Patrick level of crime is increasing,” pointing to ing, Mr. Petryshyn said, “we submitted Silverstone, who commented that the hir- Leahy (D-Vt.) said: “I was a prosecutor for money laundering, which is “like a vacu- questions in advance to Mr. MacKay and ing of Mr. Sher “provided one more indi- eight years and I know how difficult it can um cleaner,” and the resale of resources Mr. Ramsay, and we asked members of the cation that the federal government under- be to work together with law enforcement such as energy. He also noted that the community to attend to see what matters stands the need for urgent action in the officers of another state, not to mention “level of corruption of some government needed follow-up.” few years we have remaining to rid another country with different languages, bodies is very high.” He attributed the “Three MPs referred to the many letters, Canada of the perpetrators of the most different laws and traditions. The United increase to the struggle for power between postcards and e-mails that actually caused heinous crimes in human history.” States has a lot to offer, but we also have a the left and right as well as the privatiza- the hearing to be called, so I think that’s Mr. Silverstone’s statement concludes: lot to learn from countries like Ukraine. tion of enterprises. quite satisfactory,” Mr. Petryshyn said. “Mr. Sher’s efforts should effectively This needs to be a partnership. We both The general underlined that Ukraine The immigration attorney said he was complement the good work currently have everything to gain by working maintains good security over nuclear mate- impressed with Mr. Ramsay’s efforts, par- emanating from the Justice Department’s together.” rials and that not a single smuggling case ticularly in having contacted Judge Gilbert war crimes unit.” “One of the hallmarks of your tenure as has surfaced. In the area of conventional director is a commitment to improve and weapons, Ukraine has been successful in expand on the working relationships stopping much of the smuggling, he added. between the FBI and its foreign counter- In describing the sophistication of crim- A look at Canada’s war crimes unit part agencies,” said Sen. McConnell to inal elements operating in Ukraine, Gen. by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj approximately 90 individuals, some to Director Freeh. Addressing Gen. Smeshko, Smeshko said that they are “becoming Toronto Press Bureau Africa and Central America. the Kentucky senator said: “Your reputa- richer and wiser” and are trying to buy Mr. Sims said the WCS adds tion and your portfolio of responsibilities state enterprises for money laundering pur- OTTAWA — During the April 28 “approximately four cases a year” to its are impressive.” poses. He noted that they are using more hearings into the hiring of former OSI dossier, and that currently four cases are Director Freeh said in his testimony, sophisticated equipment including encryp- Director Neal Sher as an advisor to the “in advanced preparation, while another that “international organized crime is an tion devices for laptop computers. Canadian Justice Department’s Crimes eight are in the early stages of prepara- immediate and increasing concern, not Accompanying Director Freeh was the Against Humanity and War Crimes only for United States law enforcement, tion.” FBI agent stationed in Kyiv, who pointed Section (WCS), Assistant Deputy but also for the worldwide law enforce- Mr. Sims suggested that “an old case, out that there are currently 90 cases on Attorney General John Sims provided ment community.” He went on to state: not a Nazi case, is being pursued and which the U.S. and Ukraine are cooperat- some information about the operations of “International organized crime groups are over the course of this year it will be ing. Thirty of the cases were initiated by this judicial unit. engaged in myriad criminal activities that brought as a denaturalization and depor- Ukrainian authorities. He noted that task Mr. Sims reported that the WCS has include: murder, extortion, corruption of tation case.” forces on crime in the U.S. routinely pass “exceeded its target” of bringing 12 cases public officials, bribery, drug trafficking, leads on clans to Ukrainian government to trial by 1997 set by former Justice In a related story, on March 27, a money laundering, financial fraud, kidnap- report was filed clearing the WCS of officials. The two FBI agents stationed in Minister Allan Rock, and said another ing, prostitution, arms smuggling and alien Kyiv have responsibility not only for five cases would be before the courts by allegations of anti-Semitism leveled at it smuggling.” by an independent researcher. In April Ukraine, but also Georgia, Azerbajian and December. Prodded by Progressive He noted that Russian authorities report Armenia. Conservative Justice Critic Peter 1997 York University Law Prof. John “the existence of over 8,000 McCamus was asked to conduct an Director Freeh explained that the MacKay, he offered that for every case Russian/Eastern European/Eurasian crimi- International Law Enforcement Academy brought to trial, two were being devel- investigation into the conduct of a former nal groups” of which 25 are active in the director of the WCS, William Kremer. (ILEA) in Budapest serves as “a law oped and that his department would be U.S. These groups “have shown an ability enforcement training center for officers issuing the first of a series of annual Mr. Kremer was alleged to have told to work closely with established American Arnold Fradkin in 1990 that Mr. Fradkin from Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine and reports some time this spring. criminal elements,” including the Cosa the Baltic states.” The FBI coordinates lacked objectivity “because he is Under further questioning from Mr. Nostra and drug traffickers, he added. activities at the institution, which is funded Jewish.” In his report, filed on March 27, MacKay, Mr. Sims said that Canada’s The FBI director pointed out that “there by the Department of State. It was opened Prof. McCamus wrote that Mr. Kremer policy with regard to the prosecution of are three key elements to the FBI’s interna- in April 1995, and by the end of May will merely told Mr. Fradkin that the war criminals and those who committed tional law enforcement initiative,” includ- have graduated 632 students from 20 crimes against humanity is broad and not researcher’s work “on a case known as ing “an active overseas presence,” a pro- countries. Thirty of the graduates are from restricted to acts committed during World the R file lacked objectivity in the sense gram to train foreign law enforcement offi- Ukraine. Sen. McConnell noted that he War II or any other conflict. that he was too close to the case and did cers, and an institution-building program had visited the ILEA and was impressed Mr. Sims said the WCS’s mandate not give detached and objective advice to “help establish and foster the rule of law with its programs. applied to points everywhere around the with respect to the difficulties presented.” in newly democratic republics.” Director Freeh also pointed out that, in globe, regardless of time period. He said Prof. McCamus also found “no factual In comments about Ukraine, Director addition to the ILEA, “during the past that, working in conjunction with foundation” to accusations that other Freeh said, “Gen. Smeshko and his agency three years, the FBI has provided training Canada’s Ministry of Citizenship and managers or staff of the WCS “were are one of the several organizations in for over 13,000 foreign law enforcement Immigration, the WCS has contributed to motivated by anti-Semitic attitudes or Ukraine that are direct beneficiaries of the personnel from over 60 countries.” the denaturalization and deportation of beliefs.” training and institution-building programs that are the focus of this hearing ... Their (Continued on page 8) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1998 No. 19 Seminars focus on Ukraine’s Constitutional Court

Chicago organizations by Victor Lychyk ishment was meted out and “not as a place where justice is sought.” He said the new Constitution and the WASHINGTON — The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation in Constitutional Court have created opportunities for citizens host author of book cooperation with the Pylyp Orlyk Institute for Democracy to assert their rights and encouraged them to use the courts if held the first in a series of seminars on “Integrating the they believe that their rights have been violated. Constitutional Court into Ukraine’s Civil Society” on on Galicia Division Friday, March 27, in Kyiv. Developing a respected and effective court system by Roman Golash This program, which is funded by a grant from the Education and Cultural Bureau of the United States Clearly, one of the challenges before the court system in a CHICAGO – The Ukrainian American Justice young democracy like Ukraine is to gain the confidence of Committee, the Ukrainian Business Network and Information Agency under the authority of the Fulbright- Hays Act of 1961, seeks to enhance public understanding of the public. In his presentation, Judge Stephen Williams dis- the Ukrainian National Association sponsored cussed the practices and doctrines that have been developed Michael Orest Logusz, the author of “Galicia Ukraine’s Constitution and especially of the Constitutional Court. by the U.S. courts that have helped them earn the confi- Division,” on a two-day book tour in the Chicago dence of Americans. area. The Constitutional Court was created by the Constitution “The authority of courts is essential to a free society, but On March 14 Mr. Logusz gave a presentation of 1996 and is the only government entity that has the the courts have only as much authority as people think they at the Ukrainian Youth Building in Palatine, Ill. authority to issue official interpretations of Ukraine’s have,” Judge Williams stated. In order to earn this authority, The following day, on Sunday, a presentation was Constitution. judicial power must be exercised prudently, not brazenly. As made at the Ukrainian Cultural Center of Ss. The topic of the first seminar was “Defending the a rule, U.S. courts have done this. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church. Constitutional Rights of Ukraine’s Citizens. Requirements The most important doctrine that promotes prudent use of Roman Golash introduced the author, while Dr. and Procedures for Bringing a Case before the judicial power comes from Article III of the U.S. Myron Kuropas gave a review of the book. (Dr. Constitutional Court.” Presenters included Judge Stephen Kuropas has also reviewed the book in The Williams, circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Constitution, which grants the Supreme Court and lower Ukrainian Weekly). District of Columbia Circuit, Judge Bohdan Futey of the federal courts jurisdiction over cases and controversies. In The “Galicia Division” is a unique book with U.S. Court of Federal Claims and a member of the USUF fact, these courts will only hear cases, i.e., give the plaintiff over 136 pages of notes and bibliography. Many Board of Advisors, and attorney Stephen Nix, who has “standing” before the court, if the plaintiff alleges that an historical documents were obtained from Fort served as legal counsel of the International Foundation for injury has been caused by the defendant and that the injury Benning, Ga., where archives were kept on all the Election Systems in Ukraine. can be remedied by a court ruling. divisions. Mr. Logusz, a historian and a military The seminar consisted of two sessions, one at the The doctrine of “standing” prevents the courts from rul- officer in the reserves, explained that an accurate National Academy of Sciences before representatives of ing on hypothetical matters. For example, they will not con- historical perspective had to be presented. The various non-governmental agencies and the other at the sider a request to determine whether a bill going through author spent more than 10 years researching to Kyiv-Mohyla Academy before about 70 law students. Congress is constitutional or not because the factual setting complete the 558-page book. He also researched Constitutional rights of an actual case is absent. the “war crimes” allegations that have been made In addition, federal courts will not decide an issue on regarding the Galicia Division and found no Judge Bohdan Futey discussed the rights embodied in constitutional grounds when it can be decided on nonconsti- proof to substantiate such charges. the Constitutions of the U.S. and Ukraine. He also noted tutional grounds. Over 50 books were sold at both Chicago pre- that Ukraine’s Constitution of June 28, 1996, contains a Judge Williams concluded that, although it may seem sentations. To order this book from Schiffer number of rights not found in the old Soviet Constitution, paradoxical, the self-restraint demonstrated by the courts has Military Press in Atglen, Pa., call (610) 593-1777 such as freedom of association, movement, and privacy of been a source of strength to them because it reinforces the or fax (610) 593-2002. The e-mail address is communication. The new Constitution does, however, public’s perception that they are doing what courts should, [email protected]. The book lists at $35. retain certain rights found in the old Soviet Constitution, that is, ruling on cases and controversies. including the rights to housing, gainful employment, and rest and leisure. The latter group of rights (known as “pos- The Constitutional Court and the Elections itive”) are much more difficult to enforce than rights in Attorney Stephen Nix spoke about the Constitutional the former group (known as “negative”) because their Court’s ruling on the Law on Elections. Although the Court realization requires substantial action by the government. did find some of the individual provisions unconstitutional, For example, if a Constitution states that everyone has the it upheld the law as a whole. (positive) right to a job, it may be difficult to find work First, the Court let the mixed system of voting and the 4 for all unemployed persons if employers have no money percent threshold for party list candidates stand because it to hire them. If the public sees that its guaranteed rights determined that this was a political issue, not a constitutional are not being provided, it may lose confidence in the gov- one. By demonstrating its unwillingness to get caught up in ernment and the courts. It is precisely establishing and political matters, the Court established an important legal maintaining the credibility of the court system that is cru- cial for Ukraine’s nascent democracy, Judge Futey said. precedent for Ukraine. Second, the Verkhovna Rada and the Central Election The Constitutional Court Commission acted immediately to implement the Court’s decision. The Constitutional Court has the power to rule on the constitutionality of laws of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada as Third, although the Court held that the practice of allow- well as on legal acts of the President, the Cabinet of ing candidates to run in both a single mandate district and Ministers and the Verkhovna Rada of the Crimean on a party list was unconstitutional, it applied this rule only Autonomous Republic. It also determines the constitutional- to future elections, thereby permitting the March 29 elec- ity of international treaties to which Ukraine is a party, tions to take place. issues official interpretations of the Constitution and laws of Finally, Mr. Nix emphasized that the timing of the Ukraine, and decides whether the process of presidential Court’s decision was just as important as its substance. If the impeachment has been conducted according to the Court had waited until after the elections to rule on the law, Constitution. it would have remained unclear whether the new Parliament Cases may be brought before the Constitutional Court in should be dissolved, whether the old Parliament should con- two ways. First, a number of governmental entities have the tinue serving or whether new elections should be held. right, or legal “standing,” to bring a case (konstytutsiyne Following the second session the seminar speakers, along podannia) before the Court and request a ruling on any of with this writer, Constitutional Court project manager at the the items mentioned above. U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, and Valentina Telychenko of the Second, citizens of Ukraine, foreigners, non-citizens and Pylyp Orlyk Institute, met with the president of the Kyiv legal entities have the right to file an appeal (konstytutsiyne Mohyla Academy, Dr. Viacheslav Briukhovetsky, and with zvernennia) with the Constitutional Court for an official the dean of the academy’s Law School, Volodymyr interpretation of the Constitution or laws of Ukraine in order Sushchenko. to realize or defend their constitutional rights and liberties. For more information, please contact the foundation by Michael Orest Logusz In conclusion, Judge Futey pointed out that during the phone at (202)347-4264, by fax at (202)347-4267 or by e- Soviet period, courts were seen strictly as places where pun- mail at [email protected]. No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1998 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

Young UNA’ers

Vanessa Lee Storozuk, daughter of Peter and Cheryl Miller Storozuk, is a new member of UNA Branch 253 in Ludlow, Mass. She was enrolled by her Sarah Ellen Holovinsky, daughter of great-grandmother Catherine J. Karen and Bohdan Holovinsky, is a Christina M. Worth, daughter of Peter Storozuk, widow of Harry Storozuk, new member of UNA Branch 26 in and Vera Worth, is a new member of who was known as a choir director and Toms River, N.J. She was enrolled by UNA Branch 173 in Wilmington, Del. Ukrainian dance instructor in Canada. her father. She was enrolled by her grandparents John and Josephine Sadiwnyk.

Teikyo (top) and Marion (middle) Mowchan, members of UNA Branch 277 in Hartford, Conn., welcome their baby sister, Hope, into the ranks of the UNA. They are the children of Patrick Insure and be sure. and Stacey Mowchan. The three were enrolled by their grandfather Michael Join the UNA! Mowchan.

OBITUARY: Frank T. Kozemchak Jr., 40, branch secretary in Derry, Pa. DERRY, Pa. — Frank T. Kozemchak Jr. held at the Assumption of the Blessed died on March 24, at his home here, at the Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church in age of 40. Mr. Kozemchak was manager at Latrobe, with the Rev. Xavier Elambassery the family-owned Derry Contract officiating; interment was at St. Joseph Patrick Karl Peters, born January 26 Alexander Stephan Firko, son of Machinist Inc. Cemetery in Derry. to Kimberly and Kurt Peters, is a new Natalia and Stephan Firko, is a new An active member of the Ukrainian com- member of UNA Branch 238 in member of UNA Branch 162 in munity, Mr. Kozemchak was a lifelong Boston. He was enrolled by his great Philadelphia. He was enrolled by his member of Ukrainian National Association uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Walter V. grandparents Maria and Wasyl Branch 113, which he served for the past Boyko Jr. Panczak. five years as branch secretary, a post he took over upon his father’s death. He was also a member of the Derry Ukrainian Society. Mr. Kozemchak also was a Democratic Committee person for Derry Borough. He was a member of FOE Aerle 1612, Twin Maples Hunt Club, and the Rod and Gun Club, all of Derry, and the Kingston Veteran’s and Sportsman’s Association. An avid bowler, he participated in many UNA tournaments. He had his first 300 game at the Derry Ukrainian Bowling Lanes and bowled in various other leagues in the area. Mr. Kozemchak was born on July 7, 1957, in Latrobe, Pa., the son of Mary Shrum Kozemchak of Derry and the late Frank T. Kozemchak Sr. He is survived by his wife, Carol (nee) Moxinchalk, who is a banquet manager, and his mother, Mary, who is active in the Ladies Auxiliary. Funeral services were Frank T. Kozemchak Jr.

Need a back issue? Mark Andrew Melinyshyn (right) is a new member of UNA Branch 220 in If you’d like to obtain a back issue of The Ukrainian Weekly, Chicago. He is seen above with his brother, Matthew John, who has been a send $2 per copy (first-class postage included) to: Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, UNA’er since 1996. They are the sons of John and Jill Melinyshyn, and were 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. enrolled by their grandparents John and Helen Melinyshyn. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1998 No. 19

COMMENTARY THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Israel at 50 A Church is not a rite... Following are excerpts from a May 3 age of Greek Catholic priests in Poland be On April 29-30, Israel, Israelis and well-wishers around the world marked the 50th editorial in Eastern Catholic Life, the offi- satisfied with Roman Catholic biritual Yom Ha’atzmaut (Independence Day) according to the Hebrew Calendar. cial newspaper of the Byzantine Catholic priests betrays, in the very least, a lamenta- On May 14, 1948, Israel’s founding father and first prime minister, David Ben- Eparchy of Passaic, N.J., written in ble discourtesy to the Greek Catholic Gurion proclaimed a Jewish state at the Tel Aviv Museum. As the British Mandate in response to a letter issued on March 4 by Church, as well as a misreading of canon Palestine expired on the following day, there was already jubilation on the streets. the Vatican Secretariat of State to the office law and church history. Mr. Ben-Gurion and the 36 other signatories of the new country’s Declaration of of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Nuncio to ...the heritage which admits married men Independence made a 3,000-year-old dream a reality. The state emerged from the Poland authorizing, among other things, to the sacrament of Holy Orders is the patri- Jewish people’s darkest nightmare, the Holocaust, perpetrated by the Nazi regime the mandatory return of married Ukrainian mony (tradition) of all the Churches of the and its collaborators. However, the new state was immediately plunged into a desper- Greek-Catholic priests in Poland to East. It is a common thread in history for ate fight for existence, as its indignant neighbors vented their rage. Ukraine. them from the time of the apostles ... On the eve of the country’s 50th year, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs made an Moreover, with the Greek-Catholic announcement that was both joyful and sobering – in 1998, the population of Israel ... Recently, in a letter from the Vatican’s Eparchy of Przemysl [Peremyshl] having a would reach 6 million. It is uplifting that the country continues to draw people, the Office of the Secretariat of State ... a partic- history which dates back to 1085 A.D., it is “ingathering of exiles,” with its promise. Yet it serves as a grim reminder of the num- ular Eastern Catholic Church was referred curious how the discipline of clerical ber who perished in the Nazi mills of death in 1933-1945. to as a rite and was then required to submit celibacy can be referred to as a constant tra- On June 15, 1948, Ukrainian Congress Committee of America President Stephen to a list of mandates. The distinction dition that cannot be changed except with Shumeyko sent a greeting to Israeli President Chaim Weizman expressing happiness between the words rite and Church cannot consultation of the Conference of Roman that “the Jewish people have managed to establish their own free and independent be overemphasized, and misuse of those Catholic Bishops in Poland. State of Israel,” sympathy for their “valiant efforts to preserve it,” and the hope that a terms requires elucidation. The document of Vatican II, Orientalum truce then reached between Arab and Jewish combatants would “allow the State of The distinction between the words rite Ecclesiarum, and the Code of Canons of the Israel to live in peace and security as a sovereign and independent state.” and Church is an important one. In the Eastern Churches clearly designate the Mr. Shumeyko pointed out the parallel experience of Ukrainians and Jews in pur- Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, a Eastern Catholic communities as Churches suit of their dream of statehood. Zionism was born out of the same ferment of desire particular term is used to describe the not merely rites. ... because the Ukrainian for national self-determination that gave impetus to Ukrainian aspirations. One of its Eastern Catholic Churches: it is “Church Greek-Catholic Church is a particular and great leaders, Ze’ev Jabotinsky, the founder of the Israeli Army, was born in Ukraine sui juris,” or self-governing church. More self-governing Church the mandate in the and worked closely with Ukrainians. precisely, the Code of Canons, in Canon 27, letter would seem to be incredulous. Now that Ukraine also has its independence, even more similarities present them- defines Church sui juris as follows: A group We support Bishop [Lubomyr] Husar selves. Both Ukraine and Israel have a state born out of an empire’s loosened grip. of Christian faithful united by a hierarchy who decried the substitution of Roman Ukraine benefitted from the dissolution of the USSR, Israel from the passing of according to the norm of law that the Catholic biritual priests for married Greek- Britannia’s supremacy in the Middle East. supreme authority of the Church expressly Catholic priests as not at all respectful, and Along with the realization of any dream come both transports of euphoria and or tacitly recognizes ... we affirm what he said in behalf of cautionary tales, fulfillment and disillusionment, new opportunities for peace yet new In the same Code of Canons, Canon 28 Cardinal Myroslav Lubachivsky, head of bones of contention and conflict. Over the 50 years of statehood Israel has seen its defines rite as: the liturgical, theological, the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, that share, and as a state it invites mature examination. spiritual and disciplinary patrimony, culture the letter is odd . ... As the realization of a people’s dream, however, Israel inspires awe and celebra- and circumstances of history of a distinct tion. Mazel Tov. people, by which its own manner of living the faith is manifested in each Church sui Chornobyl plant... juris. ... (Continued from page 1) The Code of Canons goes on to state that May the rites referred to in the code arise from incapable of insuring the nuclear safety of the Alexandrian, Antiochene, Armenian, its power stations.” TurningTurning the pagespages back... back... Chaldean and Constantinopolitan Meanwhile the Kyiv daily Den said that (Byzantine) traditions. Each Church sui Mr. Parashyn’s firing was political. It quot- 10 juris follows one of these rites. ... rite refers ed President Leonid Kuchma as saying that to the way in which one expresses one’s Mr. Parashyn was dismissed because he 1994 Four years ago on May 10, the Ukrainian National Association faith, while Church refers to the Christian had run for election to the Verkhovna Rada. concluded its 33rd Regular Convention – its centennial convoca- community united to its duly presiding hier- He “engaged himself in his campaign for tion – in Pittsburgh. It was held in that city as a tribute to the UNA arch. national deputy and disengaged himself pioneers from that area who gave birth to the organization in 1894. ... the letter from the Office of the from his work — for this he should have The Ukrainan Weekly’s May 15 story about the convention began thus: Vatican Secretariat of State needs to be been thrown out a long time ago,” said “The Ukrainian National Association began its second hundred years of activity pledg- examined closely ... Repeatedly, the President Kuchma, according to Den. ing at its 33rd Regular Convention to keep the best of its deeply rooted traditions, while Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church is Mr. Parashyn’s firing took place a week looking toward its younger ranks to secure a promising future for this oldest Ukrainian fra- referred to as the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic before the convention of the European ternal organization in the world. rite. ... To blur the meaning of the two dis- Bank for Reconstruction and Development, “Meeting at the Pittsburgh Hilton and Towers, the 242 delegates representing 247 UNA tinct words, or to use the words inter- but the former Chornobyl director said he branches from throughout the United States and Canada, marked this jubilee year for the changeably is not only incorrect but also did not link his firing with the upcoming UNA under the slogan ‘With reverence for the past, with a vision for the future.’ They dangerously compromises the possibility of convention. He added, however, that “any- voiced their concerns and expectations for the UNA as it prepares to enter the 21st century, maintaining a clear perception, understand- thing is possible in the difficult political and demanding that it provide competitive insurance products for its clients, but continue to ing and appreciation of a community of economic situation in Ukraine.” provide fraternal benefits for all of its members. people united by a common tradition. This Mr. Parashyn, an experienced nuclear “The five-day conclave began on Friday morning, May 6, and concluded on Tuesday, is of particular concern when the distinction energy engineer, had staunchly supported May 10, re-electing Ulana Diachuk as president of the fraternal organization. ... between church and rite is blurred on the the continued operation of the Chornobyl “In her acceptance speech upon being elected to a second term as president on Tuesday highest level. nuclear power plant after the year 2000. Mr. afternoon, May 10, Mrs. Diachuk emphasized the role of youth within the ranks of the To refer to the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Parashyn’s position was clear: “The station UNA.” Church, or any Eastern Catholic Church, is in good condition, and there does not The Weekly’s editorial that week noted that the convention had begun and ended with simply as a rite of the Catholic Church exist any technical point to discontinue references to youth. “Hopefully, that will be a harbinger of things to come as this fraternal implies a minimizing of their status from a operating the station in the future.” organization celebrates its centennial,” the editorial stated. The convention “concluded with Church to a type of subdivision of the In a 1995 memorandum between the the election to the 25-member General Assembly of eight persons under the age of 50 – two Roman Catholic Church. The Ukrainian Group of Seven industrialized states and of them to the Executive Committee. A further indication of the rejuvenation of the UNA Greek-Catholic Church, as well as the Ukraine, Kyiv pledged to close the ranks was the fact that there were 30 persons present at the Youth Caucus – more than in Melkite Greek-Catholic Church, the Chornobyl plant by the year 2000 in recent memory – and 14 of them were candidates for office.” Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church, the exchange for international aid to complete The editorial went on to point out: Romanian Greek Catholic Church, etc. all construction of two nuclear facilities, one at “The 33rd Convention will go down in history also as the one that stated unequivocally are fully Churches and not merely rites (or Rivne and the other at Khmelnytskyi, and that Svoboda must remain a daily, as delegate after delegate rose to speak of the importance rituals) ... each is in communion with the for support in resolving the social and med- of the Ukrainian-language newspaper and its role as one of the major fraternal benefits pro- other Eastern Catholic Churches and, in ical problems of Chornobyl’s many victims. vided by the UNA. To that end, the delegates approved an increase in the subscription fees turn, in communion with the Church of Ukraine has also been pressing the charged both UNA members and non-members for Svoboda, as well as The Ukrainian Rome. They are not merely sub-communi- EBRD for financial aid to complete the Weekly and Veselka. ties of a larger structure that must submit to two nuclear facilities. The bank has “Among other developments at the convention: delegates approved donations totaling the changes imposed on it. ... delayed a final decision due to concerns $50,000 to various scholarly, religious and community organizations, and passed resolu- The letter which directs the married about safety and the soundness of the loan. tions calling for, among other things, a marketing strategy for UNA publications, a special priests of the Catholic Church of the Energoatom announced that Vitalii conference to examine the demographics of the Ukrainian American community, better Byzantine-Ukrainian Rite to return to Tovstonohov, former chief engineer of the relations between branch secretaries (the mainstay of the UNA) and the association’s new Ukraine would seem to submit the Greek- station, would replace Mr. Parashyn. insurance sales force, further development of the UNA Fund for the Rebirth of Ukraine and Catholic Church in Poland to the Roman During the past few years Mr. Tovstonohov the activation of the already chartered Ukrainian National Foundation ... Catholic Bishops Conference in Poland on has worked as a department head in the a matter of an internal disciplinary nature. State Committee on Nuclear Energy (Continued on page 15) And the suggestion that any resulting short- Affairs. No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1998 7 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places sources, which clearly had an interest in establishing the theory that Russians, by Myron B. Kuropas Program regulations Ukrainians and Belarussians are one and the same people. To support this theory, the exclude most aid Soviet Union in 1954 celebrated the “300th Dear Editor: anniversary of reunification of Ukraine and Our organization, Hand in Hand Russia” and built a monument in Kyiv col- Together, is dedicated to sending humani- lectively known as “The Yarmo” (The The UNA, decade by decade tarian aid to the people of Ukraine. Much of Yoke). Two major institutions were involved in Ukrainian refugees. UNA officers personal- our aid was sent through the U.S. govern- Letters can be sent to “Atlas of World the formation of the Ukrainian community ly sponsored hundreds of refugee families ment program Operation Support Freedom History” National Geographic Society, in North America: the Church and the and cared for them until they were able to (OSF). 1145 17th St. NW, Washington, DC 20036- Ukrainian National Association. As we manage on their own. With the help of this program, which 4688. prepare for the 34th regular convention of The 1950s was a decade of publications paid for land and sea shipping costs, we the UNA, it is important to review the most of them authored by Prof. Clarence Bohdan Maciw were able to send 130 tons of much-needed accomplishments of this remarkable Manning of Columbia University. These Dollard des Ormeaux, Quebec food, clothing and medical supplies. The organization. included “The Story of Ukraine,” aid is carefully distributed by our commit- Between 1894, the year of its found- “Twentieth Century Ukraine,” “Ukraine tee in Ukraine to needy families, pension- ing, and 1994, its 100th birthday, the Under the Soviets,” and “Hetman of ers, orphanages, schools and hospitals. Olympic rings UNA or “Batko Soyuz” as it has been Ukraine, Ivan Mazeppa.” The UNA also Unfortunately, Operation Support affectionately called, has been involved purchased Soyuzivka in the Catskill Freedom was canceled at the end of 1996. over the tryzub in every significant event in our commu- Mountains, established cultural courses at By all accounts, it was an extremely effec- Dear Editor: nity’s history. the UNA resort, initiated the campaign for a tive foreign aid program. The aid was During the first 16 years of its existence, Shevchenko monument in Washington, and donated, gathered and packed by private Ukraine is probably the only country in the UNA worked closely with the helped establish Captive Nations Week as citizens and volunteer organizations. the world that allows the Olympic emblem Ukrainian Catholic Church, struggling an annual All-American event. Therefore, the only expense for the U.S. to manifest itself over its national symbol, against inroads being made by the The Shevchenko monument was government was the shipping costs. No the tryzub. Even fast-food outlets, pizza Moscow-supported Russian Orthodox unveiled during the 1960s, and the UNA other program could boast such cost-effec- parlors, etc., saw to it that their logos and Church in America as well as the Budapest- was deeply involved with the establishment tive service with such tremendous benefits trademarks were proudly imposed atop the supported Uhro-Rusyn Greek Catholic of the World Congress of Free Ukrainians to needy people. From my first-hand expe- Olympic logo during the Winter Games in Church. Leaders of both denominations and the Harvard Ukrainian Studies Fund. riences while working on humanitarian Nagano, Japan. declared that the Ukrainian people were a Volume I of Ukraine: A Concise Encyclo- projects in Ukraine, I can attest to the great One doesn’t have to be a heraldry expert mirage, that they didn’t exist, that they were pedia was published during this decade. good provided by the OSF. to know better and to move the Olympic either Russian or Rusyn. Working closely The 1970s saw the erection of a new 15- In 1997, Congress wisely realized the “rings” under the tryzub where they belong. with patriot priests, it was the UNA that story UNA headquarters, publication of need for such a program and called for a Let us show ourselves some self-respect helped convince some 40 percent of the Volume II of Ukraine: A Concise Encyclo- new program to replace OSF. It is called by displaying our national symbols proudly Rusyn from Ukraine that they were really pedia, UNA involvement with the release of Operation Provide Hope. However, the reg- and properly. “Ukrainian.” Given the odds, this was no Valentyn Moroz and other Ukrainian dissi- ulations for this new program are so restric- Ivan Jaciw small accomplishment. dents, and passage of the Ethnic Studies tive and burdensome that it virtually Windsor, Ontario It was also at this time that the UNA, Heritage Bill. The UNA made an honest excludes most aid – especially from small again with the assistance of Ukrainian effort to create a meaningful dialogue with groups such as ours. These rules even Catholic priests, was able to convince the Jewish American community. exclude help to the orphanages that we aid. Rome to appoint America’s first Ukrainian During the 1980s, the UNA focused For example, we cannot send food or used More questions Catholic bishop. Given the opposition of much of its attention fighting the rising tide clothing to Ukraine. the powerful Roman Catholic Church in of defamation emanating from the Jewish It was my hope that this program would on fraternal mergers America, this, too, was no small victory. nomenklatura. The UNA Heritage Defense help humanitarian organizations to keep the Dear Editor: The decade that began in 1910 and Committee was created and quietly, without ended in 1919 was a cataclysmic time fanfare, the UNA provided significant sup- candle of hope burning for countless needy The more I read these days, the more people in Ukraine. However, the oppressive period during which Ukraine declared its port to the Demjanjuk Defense Fund. confused I get. I just don’t understand this independence and the UNA established the When Ukraine became an independent restrictions effectively shut down many whole issue of changing the UNA’s name. good organizations that are trying to help Ukrainian National Federation (later the state during the 1990s, the UNA began When did this get started? The article by Ukrainian National Council), which lob- assisting interested Ukrainian Americans against all odds. Dr. Myron Kuropas (May 3) brings up The new program purports to “provide bied Congress and the White House on who went to Ukraine to teach English-lan- more questions than answers. behalf of Ukrainian freedom and published guage classes during the summer months. hope,” but instead offers discouragement to Who are all these alphabet soup frater- the sending and receiving groups, as they English-language brochures. The UNA Even before independence, the UNA nals? Why are they looking to merge with and the council fought the powerful opened a press bureau in Kyiv. find it almost impossible to comply with the UNA? Financial solvency, I guess. How the oppressive regulations. Ukrainian Communist bloc in America Thousands of Ukrainian Americans par- much of a drain will this be on the UNA? and funded a delegation to the Versailles ticipated in these accomplishments during Clifford Netz What is the financial justification for this? peace talks. the past 104 years. Could any of them have Maple Grove, Minn. I certainly hope these issues will be dis- Between 1920 and 1929, the UNA con- been realized without the UNA? Some, per- cussed and questioned in Toronto, and that tinued a strong presence in Washington, haps, but not all. Our community needed an The writer is president of Hand in Hand answers are provided to the delegates. lobbying on behalf of an independent organization that could define issues of con- Together. The ad placed by Michael Yurcheniuk in Galicia and countering Ukrainian cern to mobilize all segments of our society. The Weekly (April 26) sounded very omi- Communist propaganda that Soviet Ukraine Our community needed a vehicle that had nous regarding the future of the UNA. Do was an independent state. The UNA was the vision to develop a plan of action and Historical atlas others feel the same way? Why? involved also in the campaign to maintain bring it to fruition. Our people needed an Let’s all work together for the good of the integrity of the Ukrainian Catholic organization that could serve all of them full of inaccuracies the UNA. Remember, it’s for the children. Church. regardless of religious or political persua- Dear Editor: Roman Golash During the 1930s, a decade of financial sion, with the exception, of course, of Schaumburg, Ill. turmoil, the UNA experienced one of its Ukrainian Communists. I would like to draw your attention and best decades. Membership grew from When you think of the UNA what do that of the readers to the 1997 edition of the 21,000 in 1919 to 38,000 in 1941. The you think of? Is it insurance premiums, or National Geographic Society’s “Atlas of UNA helped establish the Ukrainian Youth is it Soyuzivka? Is it your branch secre- World History.” Would the UFA League of North America, inaugurated pub- tary, or is it The Ukrainian Weekly? Is it The overall presentation, illustrations, lication of The Ukrainian Weekly, spon- the UNA national executive, or is it photographs and artwork are most impres- change its name? sored various sports teams for Ukrainian Svoboda? How many of you can identify sive. How disappointing, in comparison, Dear Editor: youth, helped finance the Ukrainian the UNA president by name? The vice- are the various inaccuracies and distortions I read the most recent column by Dr. Pavilion at the World’s Fair in Chicago, president? Most of us know the UNA by of European history. Especially disturbing Myron Kuropas (April 26). I would be very continued publishing English-language its fraternal benefits – and not by its insur- is the superficial treatment of the emer- surprised if the UFA would want to take on books about Ukraine, supported the ance or the names of its national leader- gence and political and economical impor- a new name if the UFA and UNA merged. Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, and ship. Insurance and fraternalism have tance of Kyivan Rus’. Following Russian I recently rejoined the UNA. I have been assisted Carpatho-Ukraine in its struggle for made the UNA what it is. sources, authors describe Kiev [sic] as the very aware of the UNA name and all the independence. Today the UNA is still a vital organiza- principal city of Russia (p. 222). As another great things the organization has done. Between 1940 and 1949, the UNA con- tion. But it’s not invincible. The UNA con- example that can be pointed out is the state- They run Soyuzivka, print The Weekly and fronted the Soviet-inspired defamation vention in one week is probably the most ment that refers to activity in the 16th cen- Svoboda, the list goes on and on. campaign (led by the Popular Front and the important conclave we’ve had in 20 years. tury, namely that many “Russians” moved However, I have not heard much about Anti-Defamation League of the B’nai Delegates will make decisions that will into borderlands – into a region called the UFA and I don’t feel it has the same B’rith), played the leading role in the decide where the UNA will be in the 21st Ukraine (p. 225) – clearly implying that name recognition. Therefore, I think it Ukrainian Congress Committee of America century. Those decisions may also deter- Kozaks under the leadership of various makes sense to keep the UNA name. and the United Ukrainian American Relief mine the future of our community. Hetmans were, in fact, Russian. Committee, lobbied on behalf of the Scholars in the Western Hemisphere Alex Stanko Displaced Persons Act of 1948 and was Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: continue to base their research on Soviet Orlando, Fla. intimately involved in the resettlement of [email protected] 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1998 No. 19

ed to play the études. The cycle’s electri- fying content, where each measure is of significance, may be said to build archi- tectonically into spectacular pillars of sound. Then again, the 12-note Brahmsian chords are toned to a delicate, evocative made, as in Étude No. 8 in F- Sharp Minor. Like his fellow composer Vasyl Barvinskyi in western Ukraine, Kosenko was a master of chamber music. The second half of the program focused on music for violin and piano, Kosenko at the institute most notably the Sonata in A Minor for As part of its concert series, “Music at which he added a personal elegiac style Violin and Piano, Op. 18. It was per- the Institute” on March 18 presented that often precipitated into dramatically formed by Dr. Osinchuk together with pianist and musicologist Juliana Osinchuk massive sound. the fine violinist Lee Wilkins, whose in a program titled “Anthologies – Works Widely recognized as a gifted pianist, sensitive style proved idiomatic to the of Viktor Kosenko.” Kosenko’s compositions display a profound repertory. Each performer did not vio- The series is sponsored by the knowledge of this instrument. Dr. Osinchuk late the sonic space of the other but kept Ukrainian Institute of America in New presented a selection of Kosenko’s piano a fine sense of ensemble in the joint York, with Mykola Suk, artistic director, music from the years 1919-1930. The four projection of the sonata form as well as and Dr. Taras Shegedyn, executive direc- delightful “Children’s Pieces” were remi- the other pieces. Composer Viktor Kosenko tor. By maintaining high performance niscent of Schumann’s “Kinderscenen,” The star of the evening, however, was standards, the series has grown into an which likewise are an evocation of a child’s Dr. Osinchuk, for it is to her that one important and permanent artistic pres- world. These Kosenko pieces have long owes, in the words of one critic, “the ence in the tri-state metropolitan area. been recognized as a standard by which greatest discovery since Scriabin,” – The evening provided the audience similar music of other (Ukrainian) com- namely, Kosenko. Dr. Osinchuk’s tech- with the opportunity to see and hear the posers was measured. nique was extraordinarily clean; the results of a comprehensive study of The evening’s piece de resistance, complex scores were thought through Kosenko by the featured artist, who on however, was the monumental cycle – and worked out in great detail. Besides this occasion, apart from providing illu- “Eleven Études, Op. 8, ” which was per- technique and discipline, Dr. Osinchuk minating background information, chose formed for the first time in North has that special skill to convey the soul Kosenko’s own idiom – the piano– as a America. Kosenko was wont to say that of the music. Thus, in the performance, means of expression. he was “a composer in the minor Kosenko sounded fresh and immediate; It’s high time that the work of this mode,” The majority of these études he came through as a refined cultural major composer have exposure outside of explore the minor scales with detectable force transcending national boundaries. the capitals of Eastern Europe. As early traces of Scriabin and Rachmaninoff. Dr. Osinchuk’s sustained dedication to as 1954, musicology reference books Just as this reviewer does not perceive and exuberance in promoting choice (e.g., Grove Dictionary of Music and Rachmaninoff’s sound as being simply Ukrainian repertoire is well worth emu- Musicians) noted Kosenko’s ties to the sad, but rather filled to overflowing with lating. The announcement of the forth- Western- European romantic tradition. A melancholic reverie, so also Kosenko’s coming Kosenko CD notwithstanding, graduate of the St. Petersburg moods can be somber and dark (not one still hopes to see the publication of Conservatory, Kosenko, rather than fol- unlike Rembrandt’s canvases) as well as Dr. Osinchuk’s doctoral thesis on low a distinctly national school, showed a complex, as was the composer’s life. Kosenko’s piano music – the first disser- preference for neo-classical composition Kosenko wrote Op. 8 at the age of 26 tation on a Ukrainian composer written Dr. Juliana Osinchuk, pianist and combined with late romanticism, to in a burst of energy not unlike that need- at Juilliard. musicologist.

Mstyslav’s son who lives in Edmonton, but courier for the newly formed Ukrainian United States. Ukraine commemorates... attended most of the celebrations in Ukraine National Republic Army, and later an offi- There have been some efforts to have (Continued from page 1) with his wife. cer of the chief otaman (supreme command- the patriarch’s body transferred to Ukraine, Ukraine only the Ukrainian Orthodox Earlier that day the public was invited to er) of the UNR, who happened to be his but no concrete plans have yet developed. Church – Moscow Patriarchate did not the National Art Museum for the unveiling famous uncle. As Hryhorii Melanchenko, a reporter for the Kyiv newspaper the Ukrainska Hazeta commemorate Patriarch Mstyslav’s cen- of an official portrait of the late patriarch After the war he ended up in Poland, wrote in a tribute to the late patriarch that tennial. painted by the artist Feodosii Humeniuk. where he spent time in a detention camp an unfinished piece of business for the The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Then on April 10, Patriarch Mstyslav’s before resettling to the western Ukrainian Ukrainian Orthodox Church is to have Church that the late patriarch re-rooted in birthday, he was again honored with the region of Volyn. After attending the School Patriarch Mstyslav’s body interred in Kyiv. Ukraine, which today is struggling for sur- placing of a commemorative plaque at the of Political Sciences in Warsaw, he was “The one thing that troubles the soul,” vival, held a celebratory religious service at historic Church of St. Andrew the First- elected to the Polish Sejm in 1930. He wrote Mr. Melanchenko in the April 23 its small chapel near the Church of St. Called, Kyiv’s most beautiful religious served until 1939 and gained a reputation as article, “is why the body of the first Michael of the Golden Domes. The UAOC building. The blessing of the plaque was a defender of the Ukrainian Orthodox faith. Ukrainian patriarch still lies on the distant also organized a meeting with the press at followed by a panakhyda sung by the Kyiv In 1942, after the death of his wife in a American continent. We must believe that which the current leader of the UAOC, Spiritual Academy and Seminary. Soviet concentration camp, Stepan entered a time will come when the remains of the Patriarch Dymytrii, recalled his friendship That evening a gala concert of spiritual the priesthood and quickly became bishop famous son of the Ukrainian nation will be with Mstyslav and the impact the first patri- music was held at the Volodymyrskyi of Pereiaslav. During the German occupa- returned to [Ukraine] and buried on native arch had on the Church. Sobor, where attendees listened to the tion he was arrested and persecuted by the works of Vedel, Bortniansky, Leontovych Gestapo and ended up in Germany. soil on the territory of our largest shrine — “He was a man who had a vision, who St. Sophia Sobor.” knew how the Church in Ukraine should and Sonevytsky, among others. After the war he emigrated to North look,” said Patriarch Dymytrii. Patriarch Mstyslav’s son Yaroslav said he America. In 1947 he was named archbishop The main commemorations were organ- believes his father made a lasting contribu- of Winnipeg, the head of the Canadian ized by the organizing committee of the tion to the development of the Ukrainian Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada, and Senate subcommittee... Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Orthodox Church. then in 1949 he became metropolitan of the (Continued from page 3) Patriarchate, which broke with the UAOC He explained that his father’s legacy is in UOC of the United States. While the hearing was generally com- in 1992. The committee was chaired by how the Ukrainian nation looks at him In 1969 his authority was extended over plimentary of Ukraine’s battle with cor- UOC-KP Patriarch Filaret and included today. “He is looked at today as the symbol the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox newly elected National Deputy Ivan Drach of a united Ukrainian Orthodox Church, as Churches of Europe and Australia. ruption and organized crime, Gen. and Prof. Dmytro Stepovyk. the person who renewed the Ukrainian Finally, at the age of 92, he was named Smeshko was asked why there has been The celebrations of the birth of Patriarch Autocephalous Church in Ukraine,” said patriarch of Kyiv and all Ukraine. He no prosecution for corruption of even Mstyslav began on April 7 at the Budynok Mr. Skrypnyk. returned to Ukraine several times after his one Ukrainian government official. He Uchytelia (Teacher’s Building), the premis- “They look at him as a political, cultural appointment, the first time on October 20, responded that there is a problem in the es of the Central Rada, which in 1918 and religious figure. He contributed to the 1990. In Kyiv he was greeted by thousands manner in which the law was written: the declared Ukraine’s independence. Patriarch rebuilding of the Ukrainian nation, a person as a returning hero. chapter on corruption is unclear. Director Filaret spoke, as did National Deputy and who renewed not only the spiritual but the Surrounded by a quickly disintegrating Freeh added that the U.S. and Ukraine former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs national aspect of the Ukrainian people. He Church, which was feeling pressure from are closely cooperating on gathering evi- Mykola Zhulynskyi and National also reinvigorated the intellectual landscape within and also from the Russian Orthodox dence against a former high official of University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy of the Ukrainian nation.” Church in Moscow, the nonagenarian did Ukraine. President Viacheslav Briukhovetsky. Patriarch Mstyslav was born Stepan what he could. But by 1992 the UAOC had In light of increased tension between Conspicuous by his presence was Skrypnyk in Poltava on April 10, 1898. The lost its legal standing in Ukraine and had yet the United States and Ukraine regarding Patriarch Dymytrii, whose Church has been nephew of the Ukrainian World War I mili- to find a permanent home. business disputes and the slow pace of feuding with Patriarch Filaret’s UOC-KP tary and political leader, Symon Petliura, the Before Patriarch Mstyslav could act on reform and privatization in Ukraine, the over church property for years. The two young Stepan dreamed of a military career. the problems confronting the UAOC, he hearing was welcomed by both U.S. and religious men even exchanged formalities He finished Officers’ School in the city of passed away on June 11, 1993, in Canada. Ukrainian officials as a concrete exam- during the evening, a hopeful sign for future Orenburg in the Urals just as the Bolshevik He was interred in South Bound ple of an area of close cooperation dialogue said Yaroslav Skrypnyk, Patriarch Revolution began and became a diplomatic Brook, N.J., the UOC center in the between the two countries. No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1998 9

DATELINE NEW YORK: Echoes of Ukrainian melodies by Helen Smindak

Three recent musical events (two of them outside the Ukrainian community) brought attention to a very sig- nificant fact – there is a wealth of Ukrainian-inspired music out there, pleasing the ears and teasing the fan- tasies of music lovers around the world. I refer not only to direct Ukrainian borrowings, but to Ukrainian musical elements in general – melodic phras- es, themes and folklore, as well as actual lyrics and music – which have directly or subliminally influenced non-Ukrainian composers. Often mistakenly identified or referred to as Russian, Polish, Hungarian or Gypsy – even Turkish – the Ukrainian components exist in a multitude of compositions, reflecting the charm of Ukrainian folk melodies and lyrics. We all know, of course, about the derivation of the popular Christmas song “Carol of the Bells;” it came to these shores with the Koshetz Ukrainian National Choir as the New Year carol “Shchedryk.” And who has not heard the 17th century folk song “Oy Ne Khody, Hrytsiu” (Don’t Go, Gregory) – either the English ver- sion by Russian-American Gregory Stanley, the orches- tral score by the Decameron Orchestra, or Liszt’s use of the melody in his piano suite “Glanes de Woronince” (Harvest at Voronyntsi), or Jack Lawrence’s light ver- sion titled “Yes, My Darling Daughter,” recorded by Dinah Shore and other popular American singers, as well as by the big-dance bands of Benny Goodman and Glen Miller? Musicologist Roman Sawycky of New Jersey, who made a scholarly survey of the “Hryts” theme and varia- tions in one of his “Sounds and Views” column in The Weekly in 1984, points to other manifestations of the Hryts ballad. It was arranged by Alois Jedlicks, a Ukrainian composer of Czech descent; printed in a Russian songbook; translated into Polish, Czech, German and English and widely performed in Ukrainian Members of the Odesa Philharmonic by the opera and concert soprano Marcella Sembrich. Yakov Soroker’s monograph “Ukrainian Musical and Beethoven, all based on Ukrainian themes. by the Self-Reliance (N.Y.) Federal Credit Union. The Elements in Classical Music” (published in 1995 by the Performing the third and fourth movements of event drew an overflow audience, a fitting tribute to the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press in “Ukrainian Evenings,” violinist Alex Kirillov and year’s planning and preparation handled by Mr. Suk, Edmonton and Toronto) also attests to the widespread pianist Vyacheslav Bakis brought out the work’s bright Mr. Sawycky and Music at the Institute executive direc- popularity of the Hryts ballad. Mr. Soroker, a harmonies and exuberant folk humor, evolving the con- tor Dr. Taras Shegedyn. Bessarabian by birth who held the chair of music histo- tentment of a quiet evening and the jolly carousing of Taras Bulba in Brooklyn ry and theory at the Ivan Franko Pedagogical Institute in village lads. Drohobych, Ukraine, from 1962 to 1976, noted that Pianist Mykola Suk, artistic director of the Music at Semen Klymovsky’s song “Yikhav Kozak za Dunai” the Institute series, offered a highly sensitive presenta- The Kyiv-born composer and conductor Rheinhold (The Kozak Rode beyond the Danube) was equally well tion of Franz Liszt’s “Ballade d’Ukraine.” Part of the Glière, of Belgian Jewish descent, was professor and known. The song or its melodic refrain occur in works set “Glances de Woronince,” the lovely ballad with its director of the Kyiv Conservatory of Music from 1913 by Beethoven, Hummel, Weber and the Polish com- rippling passages and dark, moody sections recreates to 1920. Glière is credited with editing and orchestrat- posers Franciszek Lessel and Henryk Wienawski. the tragic love story known to us as the folk song ing Ukrainian operettas and the cantata “Shevchenkovi” According to Mr. Sawycky, the Kozak song was used “Don’t Go, Gregory,” attributed to the Kozak songstress (To Shevchenko), and rewriting the orchestration for also by George Gershwin and Herbert Stothart for the Marusia Churai. Hulak-Artemovsky’s opera “Zaporozhets za Dunayem” soprano and tenor duet, “Don’t Forget Me,” in the 1925 Soprano Oksana Krovytska made excellent use of her (Zaporozhian Kozak Beyond the Danube). operetta “Song of the Flame” (made into a film in fine voice admired by New York City Opera audiences Glière’s 500 compositions include the symphonic 1930). to interpret the brooding and sorrowful moods of Sergei tableau “Zaporozhtsi,” a musical recreation of Ilya In his musical quest, Mr. Soroker examined 9,077 Rachmaninoff’s “Three Romances” – monologues by Repin’s famous painting of the Kozaks writing a letter melodies in Zinovii Lysko’s 10-volume collection of Taras Shevchenko dealing with the theme of fate, set in to the Turkish sultan; “Zapovit” (Testament), a sym- folk songs from Eastern Europe “Ukrayinski Narodni free Russian translations by Aleksei Pleshcheyev and phonic poem dedicated to Shevchenko, which begins Melodiyi” (Ukrainian Folk Melodies, New York, Jersey Ivan Bunin. with the well-known song composed by Hordiy Hladky City and Toronto: 1967-1986), and studied 500 other Johan Nepomuk Hummel’s delightful treatment of to Shevchenko’s poem “Zapovit,” and the ballet “Taras folk melodies as well. His list of world-famous classical “The Kozak Rode Beyond the Danube” (a work, in Mr. Bulba.” composers who were drawn to the riches of Ukrainian Sawycky’s estimation, whose richness of color, orna- Commissioned by the Bolshoi Theater to mark the folk music includes Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, mentation and dynamic motion make it superior to the centenary of writer Gogol’s death, Glière’s “Taras Liszt and other German, Austrian and Hungarian com- Beethoven chamber piece on the same tune) was heard Bulba Ballet Suite” (1952) depicts a towering figure posers. Polish composers such as Chopin and Karol in Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano, Op. 78. The piano, drawn from Ukrainian folk mythology – Taras Bulba, Szymanowski, and many Russian (several of whom with Mr. Bakis at the keyboard, took the spotlight, the hero of one of Gogol’s short stories, based on the were of Ukrainian descent) composers, including author’s observations and memories of life in Ukraine. while guest flutist Maria Elena Tobon and cellist Mussorgsky, Glière, Rimsky-Korsakov, Serov, The suite was the opening selection in the concert Volodymyr Panteleyev added their superb talents to a Prokofiev, Glinka and Tchaikovsky (who, technically, presented at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing polished production. was of Ukrainian ancestry). Arts by the touring Odesa Philharmonic Orchestra, Beethoven received his share of attention with the Add to this line-up Mr. Sawycky’s American discov- which has achieved unique federal status in Ukraine Leontovych String Quartet’s splendid performance of eries of Charles Loeffler, Quincy Porter, Nikolai under the direction of the dynamic young American his Quartet in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3. Part of a cycle Berezovsky, Halsey Stevens, Kurt Schindler and Efrem director Hobart Earle. commissioned by, and dedicated to, Count (later Zimbalist, among others, and you can easily see that Mr. Earle chose the Glière work because the score Prince) Andrii Rozumovsky of Ukraine, who served there was an abundant supply of Ukrainian-inspired abounds with Ukrainian folk songs such as “Spin, My as Russia’s ambassador to Austria-Hungary, the work works to choose from when the Ukrainian Institute of Spinner” (heard in the first movement, “The Kozaks is referred to as the Razumovsky Quartet (the America, the Odesa Philharmonic Orchestra and the Ride Forth to the Zaporozhian Sich”) and music bor- Ukrainian name Rozumovsky is often spelled with an American Symphony Orchestra planned their 1998 rowed by the composer from his symphonic picture of “a” outside Ukraine). Two themes resembling spring programs. 1927, “The Zaporozhian Kozaks” (used in the final Ukrainian songs occur in the work: one, a repeating scene). A rare program augmented second (an interval which Mr. Soroker has Despite the afternoon’s unusually high temperatures, found to be characteristic of the Ukrainian idiom), for March 29, the 100-piece orchestra showed its mettle and two, a theme reminiscent of the vesnianka (spring The original version of Charles Martin Loeffler’s in recreating vivid events by performing five excerpts suite “Les Vieilles de l’Ukraine” (Evenings in Ukraine), welcoming song). from the ballet. With auditorium doors wide open on an 1891 work based on the short stories of Nikolai The Leontovych ensemble included violinists Yuriy three sides, the musicians gave a professional and mas- Gogol (Mykola Hohol), was heard in a rare program Mazurkevich and Yuriy Kharenko, violist Borys terful depiction of Kozaks riding off to their Sich presented by the Ukrainian Institute’s Chamber Music Deviatov, and Mr. Panteleyev on cello. stronghold, the boundless Ukrainian steppes, a whirl- Society. The late winter concert, held at the Institute’s A distinctive jewel in the Ukrainian Institute’s excel- wind Hopak, and a grand adagio, ending with the historic mansion at Fifth Avenue and 79th Street, also lent music series, this outstanding evening was billed as included selections from Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Hummel “Ukrainian Themes in Western Music” and sponsored (Continued on page 14) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1998 No. 19

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NOTESNOTES ONON PEOPLEPEOPLE A Memorial Service for UNA’er attends United Nations ceremony Kvitka Cisyk 4/4/53 - 3/29/98

The family and friends of our beloved Kvitka would like to invite you to a memorial service to be held on Sunday, May 17, 1998, at 4:30 p.m. at St. Bartholomew’s Church, 50th Street and Park Avenue

Contributions to a perpetual musical endowment fund in her honor can be made to: The New York Steiner School Foundation UNITED NATIONS – Shown at the United Nations recently, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada is flanked by Roman Hnatyshyn, former governor general of (memo): Kacey Cisyk-Rakowicz Fund Canada, and Mary Dushnyck, honorary member of the UNA General Assembly. 15 East 79th St. The occasion was the presentation of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award to Canada for its leadership in improving the lives of the disabled. New York, NY 10021 Canada designated the National Educational Association of Disabled Students as the recipient of the $50,000 award. Also present at the event were: Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations Louise Frechette, a Canadian; Aline Chrétien, wife of the prime minister; and Christopher duPont Roosevelt, grandson of President Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt. Mrs. Dushnyck was a friend of Mr. SEND THE WEEKLY TO UKRAINE Hnatyshyn’s late mother, Helen Hnatyshyn, a long-time leader in women’s organi- To order an air mail subscription to The Ukrainian Weekly for addressees in Ukraine, zations in Canada and internationally. send $160 for subscription fee and postage costs to: Subscription Department, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Illinois University. Retired professor The IESC was founded in 1964 by David Rockefeller with the guidance of Sol M. Linowitz, then chairman of volunteers in Ternopil Xerox, later U.S. ambassador. Since STAMFORD, Conn. – Dr. Jaroslaw then, volunteers have served on more Komarynsky recently returned from a than 18,800 projects in 122 countries. monthlong volunteer mission in The IESC is supported by grants from Ternopil, Ukraine, where he prepared the U.S. Agency for International and presented a detailed training pro- Development, U.S. Department of gram in the field of financial manage- Defense, U.S. Information Agency, U.S. ment to the Ternopil Institute of Trade and Development Agency and con- Economics and Entrepreneurship. tributions from corporations, founda- Dr. Komarynsky served as a volunteer tions, clients and individuals. executive with the International J. Brian Atwood, administrator of Executive Service Corps (IESC), a non- USAID, speaking about foreign assis- profit organization that sends retired tance, said: “Rarely has history wit- Americans to assist businesses and pri- nessed a time of such profound change in vate enterprises in the developing world the lives of nations and people. A social and the new emerging democracies of and political and economic metamorpho- Central and Eastern Europe and the for- sis is now under way throughout the mer Soviet Union. The IESC’s mission is world, and the United States has a unique to end the cycle of dependency by help- opportunity to help shape the outcome.” ing countries reach a point where they no For information on volunteering with longer need foreign assistance. the IESC, write to: Jill H. Kassis, Vice- Dr. Komarynsky is a retired professor President – Recruiting, IESC, P.O. Box of finance, college of business, Northern 10005, Stamford, CT 06904-2005.

In the 1998 edition of “America’s Best Earns B.A. in theater Colleges,” published by U.S. News & World Report, Alfred ranked No. 14 from Alfred University among regional universities in the North, ALFRED, N.Y. – Ruta O. Lew the 10th straight year that the university received a bachelor of arts degree in the- has been ranked among the top 15 north- ater from the College of Liberal Arts and ern regional universities in the annual Sciences at Alfred University. She is the guide. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wasyl Lew of Ms. Lew is member of UNA Branch Oakton, Va. 158.

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Artist is making a big splash in the world of watercolors by Maria Koropecky Ms. Cheladyn’s works are mostly flo- ral compositions, and the flowers literally TORONTO – Larisa Sembaliuk jump off the canvas. Instead of maintain- Cheladyn is an artist whose watercolors ing straight, traditional, clean, white bor- are gaining international attention. In ders, she paints to the edges of the paper May 1996, His Royal Highness Prince and tears the edges, making the borders Philip the Duke of Edinburgh opened her of the paintings rough. “It was a real exhibit in Geneva, Switzerland. stretch for me. You always stayed within “You can’t be afraid to ask for things,” the paper. You never went off the edge of Ms. Cheladyn said. Her introduction to the paper. I tried it. I painted right off the Prince Philip was the result of a letter she edge of the paper. I got a really good addressed to him in his capacity as head response.” of the World Wildlife Fund. At the time In some of her paintings, she also cuts she did not expect much of a response. “I thought, ‘He’s going to think I’m nuts,’ ” around some of the leaves and petals cre- she confessed, but soon learned that ating a growing out of the canvas, pro- “Nobody’s going to shoot you for try- ducing a three-dimensional effect. The ing.” first time she tried it, the framer humored Mrs. Cheladyn’s artistic career has her ripped and jagged edges. “When he evolved over time. “I had never set out a finished [setting the painting in the goal that I was going to be an artist. I frame], it looked truly 3-D. He had the enjoyed learning art. It was always an petals hanging over the matte, he liked it easy subject. I think it was only recently and recommended the technique to other that I actually started calling myself an artists,” the artist said. artist.” The colors in the paintings are striking She said she’d been illustrating chil- and vivid. “I don’t paint to a formula. I dren’s books for 15 years with pen and paint what I think will look good to the ink and then, in the fall of 1990, she eye. I must be pre-disposed to long and decided to take a formal watercolor thin – either vertical or horizontal – com- course – and fell in love with it. “The positions,” she explained. techniques are not the same as oil, and I Ms. Cheladyn recently realized her like the textures of the different papers,” Ukrainian heritage might be influencing Ms. Cheladyn said. her compositions. “When I was about 15, Soon afterwards her first piece sold at I painted flower patterns called ‘rozpys’ St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Ukrainian kitchens and halls. The in Edmonton, which hosts an art exhibit, compositions were all long and vertical. called “Portfolio,” every spring. Some people thought I was going These days, she does not paint in a through a hippie period – they didn’t traditional studio setting. Two or three know the flower patterns were part of my times a week, she takes her paints to the Ukrainian roots.” Mansion Café located in the Le Ms. Cheladyn said her family has Marchand Mansion, a historic site in been very supportive. “My husband, Edmonton. “I found out after I started Mich, is my business partner,” she relat- that William Kurelek used to go to a ed, “It’s a full-time, separate job. I paint. café occasionally to paint. He painted in He helps coordinate the daily life and the the Bessborough Hotel in Saskatoon, in business life. We work together on my the café that overlooks the North shows. His support has been fantastic. Saskatchewan River.” My daughters are really cooperative,

The Cheladyns, Michael, Larisa, Tatiana and Ileanna, at the Geneva Botanical Gardens.

they have a slightly different lifestyle writer’s blocks. Some days I think maybe than their friends. My parents, brothers I should make casseroles,” she laughed. and sister – any show I have, they It doesn’t sound like the Edmonton- always somehow pitch in.” born artist spends very much time in the In 1995, Ms. Cheladyn exhibited her kitchen. “I have just completed a com- work in South America. Her “Flowers of missioned piece for the Vegreville the Americas” collection featured depic- Festival’s 25th anniversary celebrations tions of rare flowers of North and South in July. Lithographs of the piece will also America. “When I was researching the be released as a fund-raiser for the festi- Venezuelan flowers, I found out a lot of val,” the painter said. them were endangered,” she said. “I She has also independently released a wondered if there were any endangered new lithograph titled “In Time for the flowers in Canada, and I found over three Concert,” the third in a series of dance pages’ worth.” costume images. “Painting endangered flowers is my Prices for Ms. Cheladyn’s original most favorite theme,” claims the watercolors range from $400 to $20,000 Edmonton-based painter. “Not only are (Can.). In the Ukrainian community, sever- the flowers dying, but the stories that go al art shops carry her works, including with them die as well. I like the idea of Yevshan in Montreal; Trypillia Arts, educating people about the environment. Toronto; Ukrainian Treasures, St. I still have a library of flowers that I Catharines; The Bay, Winnipeg; Todaschuk haven’t painted yet.” Sisters Boutique, Winnipeg; Oseredok She also enjoys painting pansies, pop- Boutique, Winnipeg; Sopilka Ukrainian pies and orchids. “The one that came the Books and Gifts, Calgary; Ukrainian Book easiest was the poppy. I also like orchids Store, Edmonton; Lakeland Photo and Art a lot. They’re a challenge to paint.” Services Ltd., Vegreville; and Marika’s Her ideas come from many sources. “I Jewelry and Fine Art, Banff. will come across something that inspires “We are right in the process of putting me. I walked into a museum and there together my summer itinerary. Plans are were several Ukrainian blouses hanging to exhibit at most of the summer on the wall with all of their sleeves hang- Ukrainian festivals. Tentative schedule: ing down. I thought – what a neat image. May – Vesna Festival – Saskatoon; June - I thought that would be a spectacular Mosaic. Regina; July – Vegreville image to paint, maybe in a different for- Festival, Vegreville; August - Folklorama mat. Then I will work on an idea – some- – Winnipeg. I will be attending them in times for a couple of years.” person to meet people and sign prints, But sometimes the ideas don’t appear and I will be exhibiting originals and at all. “I get painter’s block just like prints at all locations.” No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1998 13

Church of the Byzantine-Ukrainian Rite Vatican decrees... in this country. After the collapse of com- Greetings to delegates to the 34th Regular Convention (Continued from page 1) munism, the Catholics of this rite have Several experts familiar with the Code also been able to manifest their religious of the Ukrainian National Association membership freely. For its part, the of Canons of Eastern Churches noted that and best wishes for successful deliberations. the terminology in the Vatican letter Apostolic See has provided an adequate seemed to confuse the concepts of ecclesiastical reorganization. The present situation causes new prob- — Roma Hadzewycz Church and rite, and that justification for lems, which must be addressed and the decision was reliance upon a “con- resolved in a spirit of collegiality among stant tradition” of celibacy, though such a I the ordinaries of the said rite, the Polish UNA advisor for eight years tradition is neither historically accurate Bishops Conference and the Holy See. I nor canonically applicable to the member of UNA Scholarship Committee, I refer to the pastoral activity in Poland Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. Internet Committee and Mission Statement of a few married priests, theoretically As far as official instructions regarding Committee incardinated in dioceses which are found I the pastoral service of married priests in in the territory of the republic of Ukraine. actively involved in work of the Ukrainian Poland are concerned, they have not been On behalf of the holy father, I have the Heritage Defense Committee promulgated so far, the chancery of the I honor of communicating to you the fol- member of General Assembly committees on Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church lowing, asking that you convey it to their informed. To date, the Ukrainian Greek- advertising/publicity, fraternal activities, publi- Excellencies, the Ordinaries of Przemysl- cations, resolutions and scholarship policy Catholic Church has issued no official reac- Warsaw and Wroclaw-Gdansk: I tion to the letter and the Vatican decision 1) The bishops of the Byzantine- member of the board of the Ukrainian National will most likely be reviewed and discussed Ukrainian Rite cannot unilaterally modify Foundation Inc. at the sobor to be held early this fall. the practice in use, according to which the I editor of The UNA in FOCUS (For a reaction to this issue, see Greek-Catholic priests in Poland must I Commentary, page 6.) also maintain the discipline of celibacy. A English-language press liaison for the Northern *** change of this constant tradition cannot New Jersey District Committee take place without consulting with the I vice-president of UNA Branch 287, “Sons of Below is an unofficial translation from Polish Bishops Conference and receiving the original Italian of Cardinal Angelo the authorization of the Holy See. Ukraine” I Sodano (the text was provided by sources 2) Therefore, the married priests who editor of The Ukrainian Weekly for 18 years from the Roman Catholic and Ukrainian presently work in Poland must re-enter I Catholic Churches.) their dioceses of origin in Ukraine. member of Plast, the Ukrainian American 3) In the event that there are not a suf- Professionals and Businesspersons Association Secretariat of State ficient number of celibate priests, the of New York and New Jersey, the Ukrainian N. 2005/98/RS question could be resolved, by relying on National Women’s League of America; editor of from the Vatican, March 4, 1998 biritual priests. After all, this is a practice newsletter published by the Mothers’ and already in force. Fathers’ Clubs of St. John the Baptist To His Most Reverend Excellency Thanking you in advance for your Ukrainian Catholic School (Newark, N.J) Bishop Jozef Kowalczuk valuable cooperation, I take advantage of Apostolic Nuncio this opportunity to confirm my senti- Warsaw, Poland ments of distinct respect to Your Most Together we can secure the future of the Ukrainian National Reverend Excellency, Association in keeping with its founding principles of Most Reverend Excellency: Most Devotedly in Christ, You well know with what care the [signed] fraternalism and commitment to the Ukrainian community. Holy See follows the fate of the Catholic A. Cardinal Sodano

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(Continued from page 6) “Among the topics of discussion, at times quite heated, were the work and expenses associated with the professional insurance sales force, whose performance, the Secretaries’ Committee noted, had ‘fallen short of expectations’ in reversing the UNA’s decline in mem- bership. The managerial style of two executives and their lack of responsiveness came under attack, as did the idea that the UNA headquarters building in Jersey City, N.J., might be sold. Delegates agreed that cost-cutting measures are needed in various facets of the UNA’s activity, but they also demanded that stricter and more precise accounting proce- dures be followed to keep closer track of expenditures – department by department. “Delegates approved changes to the UNA By-Laws, some dealing with terminology, as the term ‘supreme’ has been banished, some bringing the UNA into compliance with mod- ern insurance standards. However, ... the convention simply did not have time to review all the proposals prepared for the delegates’ review by the By-Laws Committee. Thus, the cul- mination of three and a half years of work by the Special UNA By-Laws Committee will now be put off until the next UNA convention in 1998. “So, what can one say about the 33rd UNA Convention? To put it simply: there was some progress, but perhaps not as much as had been expected.” And, thus, the UNA moved ahead into its second century of service. Sources: “Ukrainian National Association convention looks to future” by Marta Kolomayets and Editorial: “The UNA moves on,” The Ukrainian Weekly, Vol. LXII, No. 20, May 15, 1994.

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Looking for a First Mortgage? Saturday, May 16 above-listed number. NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.: The Need to refinance? Society is holding a lecture by Dr. Ruzena Cantabile Chamber Chorale, Rebecca Siskova, member of the Czech Academy Scott, director, and St. Andrew’s Looking for - of Sciences, who will speak on the topic Ukrainian Orthodox Choir, Taras “The Ukrainian Dialect and Diactology in Pavlovsky, director, present a joint concert the Czech Republic and Slovakia.” The of sacred and secular choral music by lecture will be held at the society’s build- Britten, Bortniansky, Haydn, Leontovych, ing, 63 Fourth Ave., at 5 p.m. Lysenko and Brahms, to be held at the Great Rates First Reformed Church, Bayard at Neilson NEW HAVEN, Conn.: The Children of Street, at 8 p.m. Cantabile Chamber Chornobyl Relief Fund, New Haven Chorale, a Middlesex County-based Low Fees Chapter, will host a spring dance (zabava) group, was organized in 1985. Cantabile’s featuring New England’s premier band repertoire includes a wide range of choral Zorepad (Starfall). The dance will begin at music, emphasizing contemporary compo- Prompt Approval 8:30 p.m. and continue until midnight and sitions and performing many premieres. beyond. It will be held at St. Michael’s St. Andrew’s Choir is based at St. Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall, 569 Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church in CALL 1 (800) 253-9862 George St. Admission: $15, adults; $10, Bound Brook, N.J. The two central New students. Proceeds to benefit CCRF’s 20th Jersey choirs performed together previous- medical airlift to Ukraine. For driving ly in 1992. Three of the jointly performed directions and advance ticket sales contact works by the Cantabile Chamber Chorale Mary Antonyshyn, (203) 795-6959, or call and St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox the CCRF’s Connecticut office, (203) 407- Choir will be the Choral Concerto No. 31 0261. by Bortniansky, “Kamo Pidu” by Lysenko, and “Liodolom” by Leontovych. Tickets Sunday, May 17 for the concert are $12; $10, seniors and students. For additional information call PHILADELPHIA: The School of the (732) 560-7132, ext. 2. Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble is hosting its annual Spring Festival to be COSTA MESA, Calif.: Soprano held at St. Michael’s Church, 1013 Fox Alexandra Hrabova will appear in concert, Chase Road, Jenkintown, Pa., beginning at along with soloists Brenda Harris and 1 p.m. There will be a performance by the Carol Neblett, at the Orange County Voloshky Ensemble and the Voloshky Performing Arts Center’s final concert of School at 2:30 p.m. There will also be the season titled “Three Divas.” The con- entertainment for children. Admission: $4, cert will also feature the William Hall adults; $2, children age 3-12. For addition- Master Chorale and the full symphony al information call Nina Prybolsky, school orchestra. The performing arts center is director, (215) 572-1552. located at 600 Town Center Drive. The concert begins at 8 p.m. For tickets call Saturdays, May 23 and June 6 (714) 556-6262. HAMILTON, Ontario: The St. Vladimir Sunday, June 14 Institute Outreach Program presents a two- day “Gerdany-Loomwork Ukrainian- HAMPTONBURG, N.Y.: The annual pil- Style” workshop at St. Vladimir Ukrainian grimage to the Holy Spirit Ukrainian Orthodox Sobor. Learn how to make your Catholic Cemetery will take place. A own pendant-style neckpiece on a custom- parastas will be celebrated by Bishop made wooden loom by stringing the warp Basil Losten of the Stamford Eparchy at 2 threads with connector beads and weaving p.m., with Metropolitan Archbishop Ivan your pattern. Maria Rypan, program direc- Martyniak as guest homilist. Thereafter, tor and instructor, will cover all aspects for clergy will celebrate panakhydy at individ- the ready-to-wear piece. The classes will ual graves. For more information contact be held at the TYC Room, 855 Barton St., the Eparchial Chancery Office, (203) 324- at 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Fee: $40/series or 7698. $20/session. Loom and supplies may be purchased at each session. For informa- ONGOING tion/registration call Ms. Rypan, (416) EASTON, Pa.: The White Birch Gallery 923-3318. is holding an exhibit of Carpathian land- Saturday, May 30 scapes by artist Myraslava Voloch from the Drohobych area in western Ukraine; LAS VEGAS, Nev.: The Ukrainian- sculpture by Ivan Bratko, a Ukrainian folk American Social Club of Las Vegas will master; and watercolors by New York- hold a Memorial Day remembrance and a based artist Mariana Tsesarska. The exhib- beginning of summer celebration. The fes- it opened May 6 and will run through tivities will start at 6 p.m. at 3776 Longs August. The gallery is located at 135 Peak Court. Admission: $7; dress: very Northampton St.; gallery hours: casual. The club will furnish several Wednesday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m.; entrees (please bring a side dish or a bev- Thursdays, noon-6 p.m.; or by appoint- erage, and check with Mary on what is ment. For more information call Oli needed by calling, 702-228-2312. For Landwijt, gallery director, (610) 923- reservations and more information call the 6200.

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