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human-rights movement before the Dissidents Moscow Olympics and the opening Free Olympics of the Madrid Conference, Soviet authorities began charging many This was the year of the Moscow 1980: dissidents on criminal rather than Olympics and the ill-fated Olympic overtly political charges. boycott. Although many Western zations held a Free Olympics in nations did attend the Games, Among Helsinki monitors sen­ Buenos Aires. tenced on non-political charges Ukrainians in Canada and Argentina were Vyacheslav Chornovil (at­ staged their own counter-Olympics tempted rape ), Yaroslav Lesiv (drug to dramatize concern for Soviet possesion), Vasyl Lisovy (parasi­ human-rights violations, the inva­ tism) and Mykola Horbal (attempted sion of Afghanistan and the subjuga­ rape ). tion of non-Russian nations that Helsinki monitors sentenced or cannot compete under their own arrested for political "crimes" in­ national flags in international com­ cluded Petro and Vasyl Sichko, petitions. Nearly 400 athletes`of Zynoviy Krasivsky, Vitaly Каїупу– Ukrainian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Es­ chenko, Olha Heyko, Vasyl Stus, tonian and Armenian descent par­ Oksana Meshko and Ivan Sokulsky. ticipated in the Free Olympiad out­ Among other dissidents so charged side Toronto, while 200 young peo­ were Bohdan Chuiko, Vasyl Вагіа– ple from various Ukrainian огдапі– dianu, Hryhoriy Prykhodko and Hanna Mykhailenko. Svitliana Кугу– official U.S. delegation to the talks, chenko, a Helsinki monitor and wife Madrid Conference acted as a liaison between the dele­ of imprisoned dissident Yuriy Bad- Vyacheslav Chornovil gation and the various Ukrainian zio received an administrative sanc­ groups assembled in Madrid. During tion - three months' extra labor. Various Ukrainian groups and A crackdown on Ukrainian dissi­ former dissidents kept a high profile the conference, issues such as dents, particularly Helsinki moni­ Only two of the 37 Ukrainian at this year's Madrid Conference to Russif ication and the Soviet destruc- tors, continued with renewed viru­ Helsinki group members remain review implementation of the Hel­ tion of the Ukrainian Catholic lence in 1980, with numerous ar­ free - Ivan Kandyba, and Stefania sinki Final Act. Their active partici­ Church were raised as a result of the rests, re-arrests and trials. In an Shabatura, who is under constant pation and pre-conference prepara­ efforts of the Ukrainian activists. attempt to thoroughly decimate the surveillance. tions helped pave the way for Wes­ Moreover, nearly all Western dele­ tern delegations to severely criticize gations cited individual cases of Hostage the Soviet Union for human-rights Ukrainian political prisoners during violations. In addition, Myroslaw review of the so-called Basket III provisions of the accords. Another political prisoner, Mi­ Smororiskv a public member of the chael Metrinko, the 33-year-old Ukrainian American among the hostages being held in Iran, is spend­ Women in Copenhagen ing his 421 st day in captivity. Signifi­ cantly, President Jimmy Carter spe­ Twenty-two Ukrainian women To this end, the members of the cifically referred to the American comprising the delegation of the delegation staged a hunger strike in hostages in this year's Human Rights World Federation of Ukrainian solidarity with women political pris­ Day proclamation issued on De­ Women's Organizations took part oners in Ukraine, held a press con­ cember 10. in the Non-Governmental Organiza­ ference, gave numerous interviews tions Forum held concurrently with and conducted a workshop. The The Ukrainian community, ever- the World Conference of the United latter event, which.was disrupted by mindful of the plight of the hostages, Nations Decade for Women in Cop­ women from Latin America, was one celebrated liturgy in Mr. Metrinko's enhagen this summer. example of the politicizing of the hometown of Olyphant, Pa., and forum by radical feminists and by in many other cities, offered prayers The stated aim of the delegation political activists of certain groups. for the hostages'release. Many was to focus attention on the de­ Main spokesman for the delega­ organizations, including the UNA, fense of Ukrainian women political tion was Dr. Nina Strokata who, as a also called on their members to send prisoners and their families, and to former political prisoner, gave ex­ Christmas greetings to Mr. Metrinko, protest Soviet violations of human tensive information in her testimony thus affirming their moral support. Michael Metrinko and national rights in Ukraine. on the issues in question. Winter Olympics (HUNGER STRIKE"! IN SOLIDARITY WITH. UKRAINIAN WOMEN J '.POLITICAL PRISONERS! J,Nw TUCAiSSR P^BSn^l IS??"Ml

Ukrainian women in Copenhagen. Election-year politics its invasion of Afghanistan, and touched upon his government's positions on the Madrid Conference 1980 was a federal election year in and multiculturalism. both the United States and Canada, In April, President Jimmy Carter and politicians of all stripes courted personally accepted a gift of pysanky Ukrainians demonstrate at the Lake Placid Olympics. favor with the "ethnics," including from a group of Philadelphia Ukrai­ Ukrainians. In the process, they nians and met with the group for Last winter's Olympics in Lake staged a six-hour mobile demon­ scored a number of firsts. some 10 minutes. Placid saw two sets of demonstra­ stration at the Olympic site, while Joe Clark, then-prime minister of In May, Vice President Walter tions by two Ukrainian organiza­ the Ukrainian Liberation Front and Canada, became the first head of Mondale wrote "Ukrainians" on his tions. Both had the same aim, how­ its sub-groups staged a series of state in recent memory to address a compaign schedule and slated a ever - to protest Soviet human- actions throughout the week. The program commemorating the inde­ stopover at the New Jersey home of rights violations, the choice of Mos­ groups did not get together for a pendence of Ukraine. Perhaps with Myroslaw and Camille Smorodsky, cow as an Olympic site, and the unified joint effort. Unfortunately, an eye on the calendar and the thus becoming the first U.S. vice inability of Ukrainian athletes to their lack of unity is indicative of the upcoming February 19 elections, he president in history to be hosted at compete for their own nation. The widening schism polarizing the took advantage of the opportunity to a Ukrainian home. Smoloskyp Organization for the Ukrainian community, a rift that has denounce the Kremlin for its human Republican presidential hopeful Defense of Human Rights in Ukraine grown more pronounced this year. and national rights violations and Ronald Reagan, accompanied by t -,'.'.` Vt"l :'-'- ї'.!вЙІ;934 ^ і " .' ' ' Л ' . -``.v-; " . No. 31 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, ШО 9

Both Gov. Reagan and President Carter sent their representatives, UCCA congress Gen. Alexander Haig and Dr. Zbig- ^ ^T`T"^ r?. p " j-Л'г, ^ -. verview niew Brzezinski, respectively, to the ВИШНІ UCCA congress held in October in jjgv i. his wife Nancy, decided to take in Philadelphia. some Ukrainian culture and cuisine, In sum, Ukrainians were begin­ it k -`r r?Wi 1 МІ and possibly collect some Ukrainian ning to be noticed by the powers тш/ JfJ votes, at the sixth annual Ukrainian that be. In fact, an increasing A l^Jt'i -I ' Festival at the Garden State Arts number of persons was beginning to - У?т ШШ Center. The Carter camp was repre­ get personally involved in election m `'"r ;'` /, I-.`E-'V sented by the president's ethnic campaigns of candidates. Several - affairs adviser, Dr. Stephen Aiello, most notably Steve Postupack, exe­ fy,,M and his oft-mentioned Ukrainian cutive director of the Nationalities ЙШРУ^ , ` Щ"0Ш і assistant, Natalie Sluzar. Division of the Reagan/Bush Cam­ paign Committee - were named to \ЯЇ і ' ^f`- я ?W'— ' m mm` Rosalynn Carter did her part for high-level positions. ;- ' Д ` her husband's campaign among ethnics when, in late October, she шЩ– "`Ja visited St. John the Baptist Ukrai­ V:`'` " i,f;,. ' ^ nian Catholic Parish in Newark, t " N.J., to meet with school children and senior citizens. The visit - the first everby a First Lady to Ukrainian The 13th UCCA Congress. institution — seemed to recognize that New Jersey would be a key state Despite the presence of Gen. In an attempt to heal the painful if the president was to be re-elected. Alexander Haig and National Secu­ rift in the Ukrainian community rity Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinksi, which affects individuals and orga­ the personal representatives, re­ nizations from the local to the inter­ spectively, of Republican presiden­ national levels, a delegation of the tial candidate Ronald Reagan and Committee on Law and Order met President Jimmy Carter, the un­ with UCCA representatives on De­ lucky 13th Congress of the Ukrai­ cember 12. This first meeting bore nian Congress Committee of Amer­ no fruit, however, and further nego­ ica will undoubtedly go down in tiations between the two groups history as one of the greatest fail­ were scheduled for 1981. ures of Ukrainian emigre communi­ ty life. Twenty-seven organizations which After one political grouping man­ protested the by-laws violations and aged to wrest control of the UCCA other irregularities of the 13th con­ - all the while determinedly ignor­ gress later united to form the Com­ ing the opinions of the minority and, mittee for Law and Order in the in effect, imposing a gag rule on all UCCA and pledged to work together dissenting voices - over 20 national for the reform of the UCCA and organizations walked out of the normalization of Ukrainian commu­ congress. nity life in the United States.

Historic church

шЩШШ ш^^^Ж іЗ? с Щ9Ш 0. КФЦ І(в/Шшщ ЩІ ИрД '` Ronald and Nancy Reagan at the New Jersey Ukrainian Festival. Ifsvf^tt г^р– д^НмСТІ^уУА^РІІИІ г^В for the self-regulation of the Цкгаі– ШшШЩЖ Church nian Catholic Church in accordance with the traditions Of Eastern r`ssys ІИ HF This year was marked by two Churches and the resolutions of the Іймв'їш ь^р( major events in the life of the Ukrai­ second Vatican Council. м щл nian Catholic Church. -fr ІЩШМ' ^^-^ „ ;gSL1фШ У ,' : п Philadelphia Metropolitan Муго– Apart from nominating can­ slav I. Lubachivsky was named didates to episcopal positions in the coadjutor with right of succession to Philadelphia and Chicago eparchies Interior of St.MichaersChurch as it appeared before fire destroyed the historic Cardinal Josyf Slipyj on March 27 at and other auxiliary episcopal posts building. the first synod of Ukrainian Catholic (the candidates' names were submit­ The first Ukrainian Catholic Ivan Voliansky, who had been ap­ bishops to have been convened by a ted to Pope John Paul II for the final church in America, St. Michael's pointed to serve Ukrainian Catholics pope. selection), the synod issued a docu­ Byzantine-Ukrainian Catholic in this country by the Metropolitan ment denying the legitimacy of the The First Regular Synod of Bi­ Church in Shenandoah, Pa., was of Lviv, Sylvester Sembratovych. 1946 Lviv Synod. The 1946 synod, in shops of the Ukrainian Catholic was completely destroyed by fire on The parishioners of St. Michael's effect, liquidated the Ukrainian Church, convened and headed by April 7. have vowed to rebuild the church, Patriarch Josyf Slipyj on November Catholic Church and subordinated The historic church was built in which was located in the town 25, with the approval of Pope John the faithful in Ukraine to the Russian 1885, a year after St. Michael's known as the cradle of organized Paul II, constituted a cornerstone Orthodox Church. parish was established by the Rev. Ukrainian American community life.

Appointments

Several Ukrainians were appoint­ ed this past year to important gov­ ernment and academic positions in the United States and Canada. A- mong them were: \/ Myroslaw Myroslaw Smorodsky, a New Jer­ Smorodskv sey attorney, who was appointed a public member of the U.S. delega­ Julian Kulas, a Chicago attorney, tion to the Madrid Conference by was named to the U.S. Holocaust A scene from the synod of bishops. President Jimmy Carter. (Continued on page 11)