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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXX No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 $1/$2 in Ukraine Journalists protest Stryiskyi Park Collegium censorship in Ukraine PARSIPPANY, N.J. – President Viktor Yanukovych’s on UCU campus is blessed September 3 speech to the World Newspaper Congress convening in Kyiv was interrupted by about a dozen journalists protesting media censorship in Ukraine. Mr. Yanukovych did not react as the journalists rose from their seats and held up signs reading “Stop cen- sorship” and “Media oligarchs serve the authorities,” but security guards violently ripped the signs out of the hands of some protesters. In his speech, Mr. Yanukovych vowed to uphold democratic principles and media freedoms, stating, “The main task of the government in the media sphere, as I have set it, is to create conditions when free press can develop freely and be independent of any kind of control.” Mr. Yanukovych called on journalists “to maintain a high level of ethical standards and uphold the princi- ples of being objective and politically biased.” He Zenon Zawada apparently meant to say the opposite: unbiased. The Stryiskyi Park Collegium of the Ukrainian Catholic University will consist of a residential wing (left), already According to a report by the Associated Press, in completed, and the academic portion, to be completed by next year. opening the World Newspaper Congress, which brings intellectuals and journalists – in order to create an envi- together news executives from around the globe, by Zenon Zawada ronment where diverse people can communicate and Jacob Mathew, president of the World Association of Special to The Ukrainian Weekly learn from each other. Newspapers and News Publishers, urged Ukrainian authorities to “regain freedoms that sustain democra- LVIV – Bishop Borys Gudziak couldn’t contain his What distinguishes it most is the presence of 10 spe- cy and human dignity.” excitement when presenting the half-completed Stryiskyi cial-needs individuals in six rooms, which fulfills UCU’s Observers say press freedoms in Ukraine have Park Collegium of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) identity as being an institution that serves those marginal- markedly declined since President Yanukovych came to the community that gathered there for a celebration on ized in society, Bishop Borys said. Collegium residents will to power in 2010. The AP noted that “opposition par- the evening of August 26. gain the spiritual lesson of serving those whom society ties have had little access to television, with the major- He was giving his address on an outdoor stage when, overlooks. ity of TV channels controlled by magnates loyal to the after his introductory remarks, he felt too far removed “Our friends aren’t those that need social pittances from government, reporters complain of being denied from his audience. As he took a giant leap off the stage, an us,” he said. “They will become for the students – just as access to crucial information, and a rising number of impressive feat for any 51-year-old, the newly consecrated they became for me already – professors of human rela- attacks on journalists are left unpunished.” bishop’s black robes and the headgear known as a “klo- tions. Students, teachers, teachers with families, nuns, World Newspaper Congress spokesman Larry buk” flapped in the air behind him. It gave him the appear- Kilman told the AP, “By choosing Ukraine as our ance of some kind of superhero in a cape. (Continued on page 12) venue, we stand in solidarity with the local indepen- “Western-type universities have existed 800, 900, dent press, and draw international attention to the sit- almost a thousand years, but there has never been a colle- uation here.” He added, “The protesters were a very gium at any of those universities quite like this one,” powerful reminder that there is still much to be done.” Bishop Borys, the acting rector of UCU, declared enthusias- On the eve of the congress, an open appeal – signed tically in his remarks to the several hundred gathered. by prominent journalists, human rights and civic Indeed the 7,500-square-foot Stryiskyi Park Collegium activists, writers and others – to President is the first building to emerge on a 10-acre plot that will Yanukovych and the international community was become the main campus for UCU. released on the website www.telekritika.ua. The It’s located in the shadows of Lviv’s grotesque State Tax September 2 statement demanded that Ukrainian Administration building on Stryiska Street on the city’s authorities stop the systematic destruction of the south side, about two miles from the university’s theologi- independent television channel TVi. As of September 6, the petition was signed by more than 1,600 individ- cal center, a 42-acre campus that was built under the lead- uals and representatives of organizations. ership of the Rev. Dr. Gudziak, then UCU rector, starting in The statement reads: 2002. “Over the last two years we have seen a reduction Students began living at the collegium’s residential half in these freedoms [freedom of speech and press free- on August 25. The academic portion will be completed dom] in Ukraine. Television has become monopolized next year. with a disproportionate amount of coverage given to It’s not the only university in Ukraine where students the point of view of those in power and the critical live side-by-side under the guidance of faculty, but certain- voices of the opposition and independent public mini- ly the only one where such faculty will have brought their mized. academic experience from places like Oxford and “However, what is taking place with the TVi chan- Cambridge universities. nel during the parliamentary election campaign is “For every 20 or 25 students, there’s a teacher, worker quite unprecedented. and administrator with a spouse, if he or she has one,” “The last television channel, TVi, where viewers Bishop Borys said. can still see a critical point of view about events in the The collegium has bigger distinctions. Three nuns will Ukrainian Catholic University Acting Rector Bishop live in the collegium. Four rooms are designated for high- (Continued on page 8) Borys Gudziak addresses the UCU community at the profile visitors to the university – such as artists, scholars, August 26 blessing of the Stryiskyi Park Collegium. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 No. 37

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Ukrainian high court rejects Courts reject lawsuit on ballots February 27 found Mr. Lutsenko guilty of abuse of office and sentenced him to four KYIV – Kyiv’s Administrative Court of years in prison, with confiscation of his Yulia Tymoshenko appeal Appeal has rejected a lawsuit filed by the property. The verdict came into force on Batkivshchyna Party regarding the inclu- Parliament and Ms. Tymoshenko’s ally, told May 16. Mr. Lutsenko had been held in RFE/RL Ukrainian Service sion of the names of former Prime Minister Kyiv’s pre-trial detention center since RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service after the deci- Yulia Tymoshenko and former Internal December 26, 2010. (Ukrinform) KYIV – The Ukrainian Specialized sion. “However, it is obvious to politicians Affairs Minister Yurii Lutsenko on election Supreme Court has rejected former Prime and experts that this political case, which ballots. A resolution on the matter was Khoroshkovsky on Ukraine and EU Minister Tymoshenko’s appeal against her was launched with the goal of removing adopted on September 3 by the court’s abuse-of-office conviction and accompany- Ms. Tymoshenko from the political process, panel of judges headed by Judge Natalia KYIV – Ukraine’s Association Agreement ing seven-year jail sentence. ended in the court of appeals also as a Troyan, the party’s press service reported. with the European Union could be a corner- The high court handed down its ruling political case.” “Judges said that Yulia Tymoshenko and stone for the enlargement of the European in Kyiv on August 29. The former prime minister says she is Yurii Lutsenko have not acquired the status Union to the east, First Vice Prime Minister Ms. Tymoshenko has been imprisoned the victim of a political vendetta by Mr. of subjects of the electoral process, and Valeriy Khoroshkovsky said on September since her conviction in October in connec- Yanukovych, who defeated her in the 2010 5. Speaking during a panel titled “New tion with natural-gas deals reached with presidential election. therefore they cannot be included on bal- lots,” read the statement. A lawyer repre- Visions for Hard Times: Europe and the Russia when she was prime minister in Ms. Tymoshenko was a leader of the World Confronting the Crisis,” which is part 2009. 2004 Orange Revolution protests that senting the Batkivshchyna Party, Tamara Mazur, said after the court session that the of the 22nd Economic Forum being held in Ukrainian authorities say she over- derailed Yanukovych’s first bid for the pres- Krynica-Zdroj, Poland, Mr. Khoroshkovsky stepped her authority when she negotiated idency. party would challenge this decision at the Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine said, “The Association Agreement between the deal with Moscow, saddling Ukraine She also contends that no judicial review Ukraine and the EU could be the corner- with exhorbitant costs for the Russian ener- was conducted into her detention, that the within two days, and on September 6 the lower court’s ruling was upheld. On August stone for the European Union enlargement gy supplies that the country depends on. conditions of her confinement were inade- into Eastern Europe. This is important both Her lawyers argued in court this month quate, and that she has not received proper 29, the Central Election Commission decid- for Europe and for Ukraine.” He stressed that negotiating the gas deal with Russia access to medical care. ed not to include the names of Ms. that the EU has two options for cooperation was a political act that in no way represent- Ms. Tymoshenko’s prosecution has been Tymoshenko, Mr. Lutsenko and former with countries that remain outside of a ed criminal action. condemned by the European Union and the Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko on elec- united Europe. The first option is for the Ms. Tymoshenko, 51, has not attended United States, who have accused authori- tion ballots for the October 28 parliamen- European Union to focus on solely its own the appeal trial herself, receiving treatment ties of abusing the justice system to target tary elections. (Ukrinform) for back trouble in a state-run hospital political opponents. problems, forgetting about other countries. Lutsenko sent to Mena penal colony since May. The European Union postponed the However, this, according to Mr. Khoroshkovsky, will only deepen the exist- Her defense lawyer, Serhiy Vlasenko, signing of agreements on political associa- KYIV – Former Ukrainian Internal ing differences between the EU and other accused the court of acting under pressure tion and a free-trade zone with Ukraine Affairs Minister Yurii Lutsenko has been countries. “The response to this is a large, from President Viktor Yanukovych by after Ms. Tymoshenko’s October conviction. transferred to Mena Penal Colony No. 91 in intelligent integration, which will help solve rejecting the appeal. “This ruling was the Chernihiv region to serve out his four- ‘Open wound’ with EU economic problems. Free movement of per- Viktor Yanukovych’s decision: to hold Ms. year prison term, the press office of the sons, capital and services is a recommenda- Tymoshenko, his main political opponent, U.S. State Department spokeswoman State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine tion for prosperity within the EU, the whole in prison for as long as possible, without Victoria Nuland said that the United States reported on August 31. According to the of Europe,” the first vice prime minister any evidence, without any explanation, was “disappointed by this decision.” State Penitentiary Service, Mr. Lutsenko noted. Mr. Khoroshkovsky said he believes without any sense,” he said. The European Union expressed “deep personally filed a statement with the that the crisis in the eurozone testifies to In a separate trial, set to begin on disappointment” over the high court’s rul- administration of the pre-trial detention the need to look for a “Europe of a lot of September 11, Ms. Tymoshenko is accused ing. center, which states: “I have no claims to speeds, a Europe of various levels of inte- of embezzlement and tax evasion. Other, “We have noted with regret the outcome the administration, medical unit and staff gration and openness,” for the countries of unrelated prosecutions have been suggest- of the review by Ukraine’s higher special- of the pre-trial detention center. I see no northern Europe differ from the southern, ed by the authorities. ized court for civil and criminal cases of the violations during my transfer to a penal verdict against former Prime Minister and the western countries from the eastern. ‘The appearance of serious review’ institution.” The penitentiary service also “My proposal is to focus the debate on the Tymoshenko which was presented this said that the Mena penal colony was the “The announcement of the verdict, which morning,” Michael Mann, spokesman for formation of a multi-speed, liberal and only institution in Ukraine where former took more than two hours, had the appear- EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton, open Europe,” Mr. Khoroshkovsky conclud- employees of the courts and law enforce- ance of a fundamental, serious review of said. “We are deeply disappointed with the ed. (Ukrinform) ment officers serve their prison terms. The [Ms. Tymoshenko’s] appeal,” Mykola Pechersky District Court in Kyiv on Tomenko, vice-chairman of the Ukrainian (Continued on page 6) (Continued on page 13)

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INTERVIEW Bishop Borys Gudziak on his new assignment and UCU’s future by Zenon Zawada Jeffrey Wills is one of the people who really helped the Special to The Ukrainian Weekly university develop a healthy structure. Jeffrey was vice-rec- tor for university development for five years, from 2000 to LVIV – Speculation erupted within the Ukrainian Catholic 2005 and continued to be involved. There are seven vice- Church after the July 24 announcement of Pope Benedict rectors, each of which is a visible recognizable person whom XVI’s nomination of the Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak as apostolic people know. If Lviv University [Ivan Franko National exarch for Ukrainian Catholics in France, Benelux and University in Lviv] had the same percentage of vice-rectors Switzerland. to students as we do, it would have to have about 300 vice- His appointment drew inordinate attention because the rectors. That’s how strong our top management is. We have Rev. Gudziak, who was consecrated a bishop on August 26, 300-odd staff people, about 50 of them are co-authors of the spent the last decade leading the construction and develop- budget. So when the budget reaches the rector … I didn’t ment of the only Catholic university in the post-Soviet read it this year before I signed it. It’s not a question of negli- sphere. Under his leadership, the Lviv Theological Seminary gence. It’s question of trust. was built, and work has begun on its new main campus, So we’ve been always trying to prepare for having a plan Stryiskyi Park. B. There has been contingency planning all the time and a What fueled the speculation was the Vatican making the desire to foster the maturity of every member of the com- announcement, rather than the Synod of the Ukrainian munity – students, technical staff and faculty. I think there Catholic Church. has been a significant degree of success. Its context also drew suspicion, arriving after political pres- We have an outstanding financial manager. This year’s sure was exerted on the Rev. Gudziak, rector of the Ukrainian budget is $7.5 million. One-third is for operating expenses, Catholic University, by the Security Service of Ukraine, which two-thirds is capital investment. This is the one year we’re most notably attempted to recruit him as an informant in LUFA.com building three buildings at the Stryiskyi Park campus. All 2010. Since then, he has said that his phone is tapped. that goes through the hands of a fellow who’s 26 years old. Bishop Borys Gudziak Rather than being pushed to the shadows, as some spec- We have 41-year-old vice-rectors who have been vice-rec- ulated, Bishop Borys has been thrust into a position of great rare visit to Lviv during the August 25-26 weekend to wit- tors for 10 years already. In many universities, vice-rectors political authority, rivaling even the minister of foreign ness the consecration of the Rev. Gudziak as bishop. never serve for 10 years. affairs of Ukraine. In that sense, it’s a continuation of service in the Church, In an interview for The Ukrainian Weekly he confirmed PART I not an interruption. What we’re talking very much now is that he will serve as the Church’s representative to the Zawada: There’s the perception that this is a surprise for the university to be engaged in the exarchate of France, institutions of the European Union, including the Council that you’ve been appointed to your new position. But in Benelux and Switzerland. Already one person at the univer- of Europe in Strasbourg, France, and the European reality, it seems like you were well aware that this possibility sity has been appointed to be responsible for that contact. I Commission in Brussels. might emerge for several years now. Was there a surprise, or don’t become the exarch only by ordination. You have to be At the same time, Bishop Borys dispelled speculation had you known about his possibility for years? installed, enthroned, and that will happen December 2. So that he’s been removed from the leadership of the until December 2, my status is as an expectant exarch. Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU), assuring the public Gudziak: The Church is a nice, big family and it doesn’t always keep its secrets well. Yes, it’s been many years that Zawada: And I understand you will remain as acting rector? that he will be involved as acting rector at least until Gudziak: For the present, foreseeable future. December, but possibly longer. there have been various discussions. Zawada: Simultaneously with the other obligation. Yet it remained unclear to what extent Bishop Borys will Zawada: Formally or informally? remain involved in UCU’s affairs and what role he will have. Gudziak: These kinds of discussions are always rather Gudziak: Right. Which I don’t have until December 2. The university Senate will next meet in late September, informal, especially regarding a candidate. But they were Zawada: But even after December? when an official decision could be reached. real. This is not a decision of my making. This is a decision Gudziak: That’s a working hypothesis. All of this is only The interview that follows also involved Dr. Jeffrey Wills, that I’m accepting. I’m doing so with peace and joy because I weeks old. During the summer vacation, when we had the the former vice-rector of development and finances, as well trust that the Lord works through the Church. Plast jubilee, I was ready to get on a plane from Toronto to as two representatives of the London-based DF Foundation, I think the work here at the university is not finished and Sao Paolo when this became public news. Alex Walsh and Jack Wakefield. I will maintain a relationship with the university. But Zawada: That’s how you found out? The foundation was established by Dmytro Firtash, a besides this nomination, we were already making plans for Gudziak: I personally knew two days or three days in Ukrainian oligarch born and raised in the Ternopil Oblast. rearranging top management and going into a two-tiered advance when it would be published. I knew three months Since the election of President Viktor Yanukovych in 2010, system with a rector and a president, according to which I in advance that it was coming, but when it would come I Mr. Firtash has established a monopoly on the nation’s would become president. Eventually that is what might hap- didn’t know. I’ve been traveling. I’ve been in Lviv for just a nitrogen fertilizer and titanium production, as well as its pen – helping the university on questions with its mission, few days since the announcement so we haven’t had a natural gas distribution networks. its international representation and in fund-raising. There’s chance… given there’s 1,800 guests invited for… We’re Dr. Wills said the DF Foundation doesn’t influence the peace with that because the university community has university’s affairs and its representatives were making a matured remarkably. (Continued on page 8) Appeal of TVi channel journalists UCCA condemns persecution Following is the text of the appeal Since the end of July of this year, in the of Ukraine’s TVi television station released on August 31 by journalists of the run-up to the parliamentary elections, the The following statement on the upcoming parliamentary elections, these television channel TVi. National Council on Television and Radio Yanukovych administration’s continuing tendencies may severely threaten the Broadcasting of Ukraine has made an illegal pressure on independent news media was country’s ability to conduct free and fair To the Ukrainian public, the request to cable operators, asking them to issued by the Ukrainian Congress parliamentary elections. Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of turn off the TVi signal. Just in the month of Committee of America on September 5. The Ukrainian Congress Committee of Europe (PACE), the European Parliament, August, more than 60 cable companies have America calls for an end to the continuous the Organization for Security and excluded TVi from their packages. Starting The Ukrainian Congress Committee of persecution of Ukraine’s media by the cur- Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Election in early September, the largest cable opera- America (UCCA), the representative orga- rent leadership. It is vital that independent observation missions, international observ- tor of Ukraine, Volia Cable, is planning to nization of the over 1 million Americans of media in Ukraine be allowed to provide ers, members of the World Newspaper move TVi programs from a popular basic Ukrainian descent, is deeply alarmed by objective coverage of Ukrainian news Congress, the World Editors Forum, and package to an expensive advanced package the continued decline in media freedom in without threat or fear of retaliation or per- embassies of democratic countries: accessible only to one-third of its viewers. Ukraine and the current regime’s deliber- secution from government authorities. The end of July marks the start of the This is done without any announcements or ate persecution of independent television As Americans of Ukrainian descent, we parliamentary election campaign in notices to its customers. Only during the broadcasting in Ukraine. appeal to the government of the United Ukraine. TVi, the last TV channel that is not first month of the campaign two-thirds of Over the past few weeks, TVi, Ukraine’s States to take appropriate measures to under the control of the ruling party, and of Kyiv citizens were denied the opportunity last independent television channel, has defend and promote freedom of press in which I am the editor-in-chief, has been to watch our channel. become a target of constant intimidation, Ukraine. The UCCA also calls upon authori- raids and prosecutions. Additionally, in ties in Ukraine to do everything within subjected to unprecedented pressure We are aware of the fact that most cable response to pressure from current author- their power to guarantee and protect aimed at its destruction. operators act under illegal pressure from ities, a majority of cable operators have media freedom, particularly in the final On September 13, in the District Ukrainian authorities and are threatened removed the TVi channel from their pack- months before the crucial parliamentary Administrative Court of Kyiv, hearings will with closure. We need your support. We ask you to let ages. Such deliberate persecution is a bla- elections in order to ensure that they are be held in the case of State Tax Service tant attempt to introduce an informational conducted in a free and fair manner. Free against the TVi channel. As a result of the Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and other Ukrainian officials know that dictatorship and political censorship in the media are crucial to the electorate’s access ruling, TVi could be forced into bankruptcy media, and demonstrates the current to information and must be defended in and its leader, Mykola Kniazhytsky, could regime’s anti-democratic and authoritari- order to maintain a strong and vibrant face criminal prosecution. (Continued on page 12) an tendencies. Furthermore, in light of the civic community. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 No. 37 65th annual Ukrainian Orthodox League Convention convenes in Allentown ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Hundreds gathered at the Best Western Hotel here on July 25-29 for the 65th annual Ukrainian Orthodox League Convention, hosted by the Junior and Senior UOL chapters of the Protection of the Birth-Giver of God Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Allentown, Pa. The first full day of the convention began on Thursday with a divine liturgy celebrated by Archbishop Antony, locum tenens of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. Metropolia, and other clergy. The business sessions commenced with a solemn sing- ing of “Memory Eternal” (Vichnaya Pamiat) for Metropolitan Constantine, who lent support, guidance and love for the UOL throughout his earthly ministry. After opening statements, the junior convention body adjourned to its own conference room to begin delibera- tions. Most of the day’s senior sessions was spent in com- mittees. Archbishop Antony offered remarks to the Senior UOL, reflecting on the ministry of the Church’s largest organiza- tion. The archbishop noted the numerous accomplish- uocofusa.org ments of the UOL, and challenged the delegates of the con- Participants of the 65th annual Ukrainian Orthodox League Convention. vention to offer even more of their service to the Church in the times of spiritual, social and economic uncertainties. stockings, ornaments and other bric-a-brac. Guests were “with,” which calls to unity and openness of mind to the Before the conclusion of Thursday’s business day, Senior encouraged to wear their best holiday attire. Even the hier- needs of the world around us. “This convention’s theme – UOL President Martha Misko presented Archbishop Antony archs got into the holiday spirit by intoning “God Eternal” is about our investment in the future of the Church. and Bishop Daniel with checks to benefit St. Andrew’s (Boh Predvichnyi) when blessing the meal. ‘Behold how good and pleasant it is when brothers and sis- Society (in the amount of $4,045) and the UOC-U.S.A. (in the ters dwell together in unity’ (Psalm: 133:1).” Day two amount of $2,000). These monies were raised by the “Souper The convention body then broke into committees to fur- Bowl” Sunday initiative and Thanksgiving Tithing program. On the second day of the convention, Bishop Daniel, ther fine tune recommendations. This busy day concluded with the “Christmas in July” who serves as the spiritual father of the Senior UOL, The 66th Annual Convention Committee from St. evening at the nearby Meadows in Hellertown. The hall was offered a reflection on the theme of this year’s UOL Vladimir’s Cathedral in Parma, Ohio, gave a stirring presen- decorated with all types of holiday cheer, including lights, Convention, stressing the importance of the simple word tation highlighting plans for a wonderful convention, to be held July 24-28, 2013, with the theme “O Lord, how mani- fold are Your works, in wisdom You have made them all.” (Psalm 103). The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: July Planned events include a trip to the Cleveland Amount Name City Lydia Pastuszek Sudbury, MA Aquarium, a dinner/dance at the Windows on the River $250.00 Ukrainian National FCU New York, NY Daria Samotulka Hillsborough, NJ Restaurant, “An Evening in Ukraine” event, banquet and $100.00 Mike Otrok Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Andrea Tomko Short Hills, NJ ball, and Sunday divine liturgy with a farewell brunch. Serge Polishchuk Jersey City, NJ $15.00 Michael Bohdan Union, NJ Teresa Linck presented the results of the UOL essay con- Wolodymyr and Irma Rochester, NY Mary Bugryn Bristol, CT test. The following first-place winners received icons and Pylyshenko Ihor and Alla Cherney Oradell, NJ certificates: Pre-K and kindergarten – Anthony Sendeha, Stephen Zenczak Brecksville, OH Boyd Kowal Washington, DC Ss. Peter and Paul, Palos Park, Ill.; first and second grade – $55.00 Bohdan Hodiak Lafayette, CO Myroslaw Kulynych Jackson Heights, NY Logan Mroczk, St. Vladimir, Parma; third and fourth grade Jennie Kopystianskyj New York, NY Alexander Leskiw East Hanover, NJ – Peter Gordon, Ss. Peter and Paul, Palos Park; fifth and $50.00 Roxana Charkewycz Park Ridge, IL C. Mociuk Palos Park, IL sixth grade – Delia Walkowiec, Ss. Peter and Paul, Yaroslaw and Karen Morristown, NY Michael and Stefana Clinton, IN Youngstown, Ohio; seventh and eighth grade – Victoria Ann Chelak Nebesny Swindle, Holy Virgin, Arnold, Pa.; ninth and 10th grade – Helen Fedoriw Clifton, NJ Bill Pidhirny Stamford, CT Nicholas Woloschak, Ss. Peter and Paul, Youngstown; 11th Jaroslaw and Alexandra Tuckahoe, NY $10.00 Bohdan Sklepkovych Stockholm, Sweden and 12th grade – Joey Hutzaluk, Pokrova, Allentown; and Palylyk Peter Bubna Parma, OH adult category – Robin Bodnar, Pokrova, Allentown. A. Polewchak Colts Neck, NJ Victor Decyk Culver City, CA The day also included committee reports by the Youth, $45.00 Peter M. and Andrea Princeton, NJ Melasia Doll New York, NY Education, Resolutions, Ways and Means, Vocations and Ihnat Lida Doll New York, NY Clergy Support, Public Relations, Membership and Chapter Anna Kaczmar Phoenix, AZ Eugene Fedorenko Morris Plains, NJ Development, and the Christian Care-Giving Senior and Joseph Luczka Hartford, CT Rodion Folis Villas, NJ Junior Joint Committees. The Ways and Means Committee Stephen Olynyk Washington, DC Michael Gamrat Montreal, QC recommended that the 2014 UOL Convention be held in Boris Onufreiczuk Wathchung, NJ Myron Groch Fonthill, ON South Bound Brook, N.J., and hosted by the national execu- $40.00 Andrew Czernyk Bedford Cors, NY Iwanna Holowaty Venice, FL tive board, along with support from local chapters. Pearl Holubowsky North York, ON Cathy Kizyma Oxford, MI Joseph B. and Martha T. Danville, CA Myron Koblansky Charlotte, NC Day three Mazuryk Natalia and Stefan Springfield, IL The last full day of the convention began with divine lit- Anya and Jurij Petrenko Ashton, MD Kozak urgy in honor of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Great $35.00 Vera Andrushkiw Troy, MI Nestor Kropelnyckyj Warren, MI Prince Volodymyr, celebrated by the Rev. Myron Oryhon of Irene Durbak Madison, WI Maria Kudryk-Case Cedar Lake, IN the Protection of the Most Holy Birth-Giver of God Myra Heltsley Escondido, CA Taras Laszyn Trenton, NJ Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Allentown and a spiritual Zenon Matkiwsky Short Hills, NJ Stefan Lysiak Auburn, NY Maria Polanskyj Matawan, NJ Theodore Plaskonos Hamden, CT advisor of the host chapter, and the Rev. Bazyl Zawierucha, Sonia Prokopetz Toronto, ON Walter Salmaniw Victoria, BC provost of St. Sophia Seminary and a pastor of Assumption $30.00 Michael Dziubas Robbinsville, NJ Irene Szymanskyj Schiller Park, IL of the Virgin Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Jaroslawa Komichak Upper St. Clair, PA Roman Wolchuk Jersey City, NJ Northampton, Pa. Peter Yewshenko Sarasota, FL $5.00 Joseph Burdiak Lockport, IL After convening the final business sessions, the junior $25.00 Mark Dushnyck Brooklyn, NY Jerry Buzan Pittsford, NY convention body joined senior sessions to present commit- Sam Grogoza Naples, FL Dorothy Doloszycki Little Falls, NJ tee reports. Joseph Gural Bayside, NY Anatol Grynewytsch Newport News, VA Dr. Jeremy Oryhon of Palos Park was elected to serve as Maria Motyl Sunnyside, NY Edward Mikol Staten Island, NY the UOL delegate at the Extraordinary Sobor of the UOC- Richard and Ludmilla Silver Springs, MD Valentina Poletz Minneapolis, MN U.S.A. to he held in October. Joshua Oryhon of Philadelphia Murphy Jakym Teniuch White Plains, NY was elected to serve as the alternate. Mykola Mychalczak Manlius, NY The Junior UOL executive board presented a $700 check Christyna Rakowsky North Royalton, OH TOTAL: $2,465.00 to Archbishop Antony, president of the Consistory of the Christina Saldana Hackettstown, NJ UOC-U.S.A., as a result of its initiative to send 10 percent of Sincere thanks to all contributors to The Andre Traversa-Young Park Ridge, IL Junior UOL yearly revenue to the Consistory of the UOC- Maksym Wasyluk Montreal, QC Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund. U.S.A. $20.00 William Adamshick Perth Amboy, NJ The Senior UOL executive board then offered its parting Andrej Bachynsky Montreal, QC The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund is the only comments, and the Nominations Committee presented its Mary Efremov New York, NY fund dedicated exclusively to supporting the slate and elections were held. Askold Mosijczuk Clearwater, FL work of this publication. 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The Ukrainian National Association Forum

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COMMENTARY The Ukrainian Weekly Media unfreedom Preserving our Ukrainian treasures “Ukraine has made its way, without exaggeration, from total censorship to an open by Myron Momryk can hire staff to process and select material society.” Those were the words of President Viktor Yanukovych on September 3 at for preservation. It is recommended that the World Newspaper Congress in Kyiv. The letter to the editor by Orysia Nazar these institutions should be contacted Nope, no exaggeration here. Just outright lies. Zinycz of June 10, and the article by prior to the donation to ensure that they That’s why a dozen or so journalists silently stood up holding banners that read Andrew Fedynsky, “Saving Ukrainian trea- are in a position to accept the donation. “Stop censorship.” The banners were ripped out of their hands by security guards, sures” in the July 29 issue of The Ukrainian Administrators of Ukrainian cultural insti- but Mr. Yanukovych did not react to the protest. He just kept on spinning his tale. Weekly have raised a number of important tutions in Canada and the United States “Irrespective of a certain clash of opinions, which is quite natural, all political forc- questions concerning the preservation of may wish to add their recommendations. es in Ukraine agree that democratic state development, an integral part of which is “Ukrainian Treasures.” Also, individuals may be encouraged to freedom of speech, is the only alternative,” the president said. “The main task of the During my 25-year career at the Library dispose of their “treasures” while they are government in the media sphere, as I have set it, is to create conditions in which the and Archives Canada working with mem- mobile and still in good health. Some of free press can develop freely and be independent of any kind of control,” he contin- bers of the Ukrainian Canadian community, these treasures – art works, rushnyky, ued. Mr. Yanukovych even had the audacity to call on journalists “to maintain a high I have encountered many similar cases embroidered shirts, carvings, musical level of ethical standards and uphold the principles of being objective and politically where I was called to dispose of or, more instruments etc. – may be given as gifts to biased.” Yes, he did say “biased” when he probably meant “unbiased.” Quite an appro- correctly, rescue archival material, photo- grandchildren and great-grandchildren on priate Freudian slip. graphs, publications, art works and other birthdays and anniversaries. The goal is to Mustafa Nayem, a well-known investigative reporter told the Associated Press Mr. material that are “Ukrainian treasures.” have a “Ukrainian treasure” on display in Yanukovych’s words about press freedom were cynical lies. “When the president says This was especially evident when the real every home with Ukrainian ancestors. This everything is good in Ukraine, he is lying... to put it mildly. It is not a secret to anyone estate market was booming in the larger practice may also reduce potential disputes that the [media] atmosphere under President Yanukovych has worsened drastically.” cities and houses sold quickly. among family members about the acquisi- Many individuals and organizations have stood up in defense of media freedom in The best advice I can give based on my tion of specific cultural treasures after the Ukraine, expressing their alarm over its continued decline since Mr. Yanukovych took experience is to encourage those who are death of a family member. power in 2010 and the regime’s intimidation of independent media outlets. The free preparing their wills to include instruc- If plans are made to donate photographs press is silenced, opposition activists are denied access to television and other media tions regarding the disposal of this materi- to cultural institutions, then the photo- outlets controlled by the regime’s cronies, reporters are not given access to informa- al. In some cases, asking an elderly graphs should be identified because many tion they need to do their jobs properly, and journalists are victims of physical Ukrainian individual to prepare a will can institutions will not accept unidentified attacks with no punishment in sight for the perpetrators. In short, in Mr. be a painful experience but a necessary photographs. Books should be examined Yanukovych’s Ukraine, basic freedoms have been severely curtailed and those who one, especially if this person has been for signs of damage or mold. Damaged dare to disagree pay the price. active in the Ukrainian community and books with torn pages or signs of mold A telling example is the case of TVi – according to its editor-in-chief, Vitaliy made contributions of historical signifi- should be discarded. Documents and corre- Portnikov, “the last TV channel that is not under the control of the ruling party.” cance. Executors of wills are obliged to spondence should be reviewed and only Having been targeted by the regime, most recently the independent channel has administer the instructions regardless if the most important material preserved. been dropped by a host of cable providers. Its journalists charge in a recently they are members of the family or not. Ideally, the documents should be in labeled released statement that “The National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council Lawyers who deal with Ukrainian clients file folders stored in boxes or containers demanded that cable operators illegally disconnect the TVi signal.” Over 60 cable should ask these questions when preparing with closed lids. Icons and other religious companies have removed TVi, and now the country’s largest cable provider, Volia, is a will. items can be donated to churches and transferring TVi to a more exclusive cable package that is nearly twice as expensive If plans are made to donate any material other religious institutions. as the basic offering. Mykola Kniazhytsky, TVi’s chief executive, notes on Facebook: to Ukrainian or other cultural institutions, This selection and disposal of material “We are going to lose more than two-thirds of our viewers.” then it is appropriate to also include a while the person is in good health will Thus, even fewer people will have access to an independent voice, the last TV financial donation. Most, if not all, channel where they can find a critical point of view about crucial developments in reduce the responsibilities of family mem- Ukrainian community cultural institutions Ukraine. What’s more, Ms. Portnikov warns that the authorities are laying the bers and executors after the death of a fam- – libraries, archives, art galleries – are groundwork for massive fraud in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Without ily member. Funerals are always a time of administered by volunteers and on very independent news media to report on election violations and to challenge the emotional stress and mourning, and not a limited budgets. With a financial donation, regime, he says, the regime’s falsifications will succeed and the Party of Regions will good time to make important decisions this material can be transported to the des- seize total power. regarding the disposal of cultural treasures. ignated institutions and these institutions Such systematic and deliberate destruction of basic freedoms by Ukraine’s current Much time and effort was sometimes leadership cannot go answered. The international community must staunchly defend devoted to the acquisition and preserva- freedom of speech and media freedom, and condemn censorship in the strongest Myron Momryk is a retired archivist from tion of Ukrainian cultural treasures – espe- terms. Without the freedoms intrinsic to democracy, the parliamentary elections of the Library and Archives Canada where he cially during the years of the Cold War to October 28 will be a sham and Ukraine’s future as a democratic European state will worked from 1981 until his retirement in ensure the survival of Ukrainian culture be at stake. 2006. Among his responsibilities was the then under threat by the Soviet Union. The acquisition of archival material relating to same time and effort should now be devot- the history of the Ukrainian community in ed to the disposition and preservation of Canada. these cultural treasures. Sept. Turning the pages back... with the European Union at the price of Ukrainian high court... allowing the bloc to interfere in the (Continued from page 2) Tymoshenko case. 14 Four years ago, The Ukrainian Weekly’s summer intern in Ms. Tymoshenko’s defense lawyers are 2008 Kyiv, Danylo Peleschuk, examined the language issue in Ukraine consequences of the current situation as appealing her conviction in the European after his experience of living in Kyiv. His commentary appeared two important leaders of the opposition Court for Human Rights based in in the September 14, 2008, issue. are prevented from standing for parlia- Strasbourg, France. That court on August 28 Looking at Kyiv and its unique situation, he rhetorically challenged readers, “Name mentary elections following trials which opened hearings into whether Ms. another European capital in which the predominant language you’ll hear on the street is did not respect international standards as Tymoshenko’s pretrial detention was lawful. one other than that country’s official language.” regards fair, transparent and independent Several hundred of Ms. Tymoshenko’s In 2008, most television programming and all government affairs and public signage legal processes.” supporters held a peaceful protest near the were in Ukrainian. Other everyday stuff, such as kiosk attendants and taxi drivers, spoke The British minister for Europe, David Kyiv court on August 29, after weeks of Russian; menus, real estate listings and street advertisements in Kyiv were in Russian; and Lidington, said in a written statement after gatherings there by other backers. most business in Kyiv was conducted in Russian. the appeal’s rejection that Britain will con- Ms. Tymoshenko is facing possible addi- “I would cringe internally when I heard government employees and civil servants tinue to press Ukraine to end “selective jus- tional jail time in a separate trial on charg- speaking Russian. ‘How dare they!’” Mr. Peleschuk wrote. “[I] naively believ[ed] that, tice.” es that she evaded millions of U.S. dollars in because they were serving the Ukrainian government in the capital city, they should be “It’s just pouring salt into an already taxes when she headed a private energy expected to speak Ukrainian, and only Ukrainian. Anyone who felt or acted otherwise, I open wound between Ukraine and the EU,” company during the 1990s. figured, should ‘go east.’” Amanda Paul, a British political analyst at In his travels, Mr. Peleschuk met two young men from Donetsk, who were hanging out on the Brussels-based European Police Center With additional reporting by Reuters, AP, Independence Square in Kyiv one evening. He recounted: “They spoke Russian, I spoke with expertise in Ukraine and the South and AFP. Ukrainian, and we understood each other. No tension, no frustration, no resentment. When I Caucasus, told RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service. asked them out of curiosity why they chose Russian over Ukrainian, their answer was sim- Copyright 2012, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted “It’s just going probably to deteriorate rela- ple: our grandfathers spoke Russian, our fathers spoke Russian, and now we speak Russian.” with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ tions, politicize them even further, obvious- Mr. Peleschuk also stated that the Ukrainian language deserved preservation and Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, ly going into this crucial period of Ukraine’s enrichment, but it should not be forced on the people like the Russians forced their lan- Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see guage on Ukrainians. parliamentary elections.” http://www.rferl.org/content/ukrainian- President Yanukovych said on August 24 court-to-rule-on-Ms. Tymoshenko- (Continued on page 7) that he would not negotiate integration appeal/24691133.html). No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 7

FOR THE RECORD UCCA statement expresses concern about Ukraine’s election campaign Following is the text of a statement by the prominent politicians or public figures who Ukrainian Congress Committee of America have long declared their intention to run about Ukraine’s upcoming parliamentary for election in certain districts. This has Survivors elections. The statement is dated August 17. occurred in several districts where candi- Ivan must have been born around of the Party of Industrialists and dates from the opposition or independent 1836. He belonged to that portion of the Entrepreneurs, had even run for the dis- The Ukrainian Congress Committee of candidates are running. Galician “shliakhta” (petty gentry or trict council. He used to drive an Audi but America (UCCA), the representative organi- And finally, the UCCA is deeply troubled minor nobility) that clung to its now had a Mercedes. Yes, she had been to zation of the over 1 million Americans of by reports of voter intimidation. One such Ruthenian-Ukrainian identity, despite the United States, visiting New York and Ukrainian descent, has been actively example was in Kyiv’s 218th District, where Polish attempts to assimilate it. An ances- involved in monitoring Ukraine’s elections opposition candidate Volodymyr Ariev was Florida, as well as the Bahamas, but the since 1991. The UCCA supports Ukraine’s slated to hold a meeting with the electorate. tor had supposedly fought with Jan really fun trip was to Madagascar, commitment to OSCE [Organization for Prior to the meeting, two unknown assail- Sobieski at Vienna in 1683. Their coat of Mauritius and the Seychelles. She had Security and Cooperation in Europe] stan- ants threw an explosive package into the arms was “Sas,” held by dozens of local studied international relations but, with dards for free and fair elections that accu- crowd. Thankfully there were no serious families – evidently, Galicia was so poor no prospects of employment, she’d joined rately reflect the will of the electorate, and injuries, however such incidents strongly that even the heraldry had to be shared. the family business. therefore is deeply concerned and troubled suggest that there are forces ready and will- The Galician Ukrainian shliakhta retained The road wound through the rolling by recent reports of election violations and ing to intimidate voters. a firm sense of its social standing, though countryside, alternating between fields acts of subterfuge that may potentially The UCCA believes that the above-men- in the democratizing nationalist discourse and dense forests and tall stands of ripe threaten the outcome of the upcoming tioned violations and acts of subterfuge of the diaspora this is rarely acknowl- corn. Practically every village was elections. could have a systemic character and are edged. crowned with the gleaming gold dome of One especially disquieting violation is the causes for serious concern. If not Ivan, who served as village prefect, may a church, and marked by monuments to gerrymandering of electoral districts, espe- addressed, they have the potential of alter- have fought in the Austro-Prussian War of Ivan Franko or the UPA. Leggy storks cially in the Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv ing the outcome of the October 28 parlia- 1866, for he told his son Petro about a ter- cruised lazily over the houses, alighting and Luhansk oblasts, as reported by various mentary elections. The UCCA strongly rible battle, possibly Sadowa (Königgrötz), slowly upon their nests atop tall poles or election observers and Ukrainian NGOs. urges the government of Ukraine to uphold in which he had participated as an artil- chimneys. Alas, our guide noted, the vil- Another disturbing development has its commitment to the OSCE standards of leryman. Little Petro broke his father’s been the recent use of the concept of free and fair elections, and calls upon the lages were dying; people didn’t want to till rusty old sword and got a thrashing. Petro the land, preferring to buy farm products “clone” or “twin” candidates – technical democratic community of nations to close- studied in Krakow, became a lawyer, prac- candidates who have the same first and last ly monitor the 2012 parliamentary cam- in Poland and sell them at a profit at ticed in Lviv, and left for Vienna when the name (and sometimes even patronymic) as paign and elections process. home. We crossed the Dnister River and Red Army approached for the second time entered Drohobych, population 90,000, in 1944. He eventually emigrated with his heralded by a sign with the city’s medieval LETTERS TO THE EDITOR two daughters to the United States. His emblem of nine cones of salt. By the mid- brother Teofil served as a colonel on the 19th century, the city was no longer a cen- the disaster of this action. The Yushchenko Serbian front in World War I, then in the ter of the salt industry; instead, it experi- presidency was questionable from the very Polish-Ukrainian war, was taken prisoner, enced a boom prompted by discoveries of Watching Ukraine’s contracted tuberculosis and died in 1921. beginning. Mr. Yushchenko’s preference for ozocerite, petroleum, and natural gas. But Teofil’s son Myron was arrested by the Vladimir Putin’s candidate, Mr. Yanukovych, today its economy is stagnant. great Olympians Soviets in 1945 and spent eight years at against his own prime minister, Yulia We drove into a courtyard of broken Tymoshenko, was evident to all. We all fell Vorkuta in the Arctic Circle. Another Dear Editor: pavement, puddles, dirt and crabgrass. victim to Mr. Yushchenko’s mesmerizing brother, Mykola, became a judge, and died Watching the Olympics and seeing the Ivan, now 80 years old, greeted us. He had Hollywood looks. during the German occupation in 1942. Ukrainian athletes gain a total of 20 medals the aquiline features and imperious man- Where were the leaders of the diaspora The youngest brother, Justyn, stayed on and placing 12th in total medals was great. ner that one would expect of a scion of the to warn us of the turn of events in Ukraine? the family land. He had 75 morgy (about But what was exciting was Ukraine’s shliakhta. Ivan showed us into his Soviet- Was there no vision about which direction 43 hectares, or a little over 100 acres). Olympians being very competitive in most era dormitory-style apartment that he Mr. Yushchenko’s leadership would take Around 1946, one of Justyn’s three sons of the events, and placing fourth, fifth and shared with another granddaughter and Ukraine? There was plenty of time to take was sentenced to death for participation sixth in many events. her small son. Ivan’s low-ceilinged room note and correct the course of Mr. in the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), Jerry Petryha, Esq. Yushchenko’s elusive leadership. but the sentence was commuted to 25 was decorated with an UPA poster-calen- Encino, Calif. Now former President Yushchenko is years. dar and a print of the Sacred Hearts of enjoying all the privileges of the Soviet Jesus and Mary. After an opulent meal class, while the democratic opposition is There were also five sisters. Evdokia was arrested by the Soviet authorities and punctuated with the customary toasts, incarcerated and silenced. Ukraine is Ivan showed us the sights of the city: the Ukraine becoming becoming another Belarus. perished in the infamous Drohobych pris- on around 1946. Her sister Pavlina was verdant park with its fine statues of Yurii another Belarus Bohdan Nehaniv reportedly axed to death by members of Drohobych (who served as rector at Sterling Heights, Mich. the UPA. Bologna in 1481-1482) and Stepan Dear Editor: In 1949 the Soviet authorities began Bandera – the latter somewhat incongru- ously beset by peaceful doves. Near the Writing in Svoboda on August 24, on the collectivizing the lands in the Sambir dis- square, where a giant billboard commem- occasion of the 21st anniversary of trict. In 1950 Justyn, as a landowner, was Re: Reflections orated UPA Gen. Roman Shukhevych, we Ukrainian independence, Askold Lozynskyj, arrested and exiled to the Krasnoyarsk chairman of the International Conference in by Victor Rud region of Siberia along with his family. At saw a memorial plaque on the spot where Support of Ukraine, suggested a boycott of that time his son Ivan, who bore his the Polish Jewish writer Bruno Schulz was present-day Ukrainian officials in the Dear Editor: grandfather’s name, was 17 years old. His shot to death by a German officer on administration of President Viktor I would like to commend Victor Rud for father died not long after. Ivan married the November 19, 1942. Yanukovych. This is the correct move. his reflections called “Plus one” (August 5 daughter of political exiles from The hot afternoon came to an end and It is a known fact that the Ukrainian dias- and 12). Drohobych. In 1960 the surviving family it was time to return to Lviv. What, we pora was instrumental in supporting Viktor Mr. Rud clearly points out that only part was amnestied, and Ivan, who already had later wondered, would Ivan, the survivor Yushchenko’s candidacy for president of of the Ukrainian Genocide of 1932-1933 is one son, moved to his wife’s town. He sub- of Sadowa who lived to the age of 93, have Ukraine during the Orange Revolution in presented for the world to see. This is so sequently had three more. thought of his grandson and namesake, October of 2004, in which I participated as a unfortunately true. One hot morning last July Ivan’s grand- the survivor of Siberia who had lived to representative of the Ukrainian Congress Pearl Holubowsky daughter picked us up outside our Lviv see prosperous sons, affluent granddaugh- Committee of America. And now we all see Toronto apartment house in a shiny black Toyota ters and a delightful great-grandson? Venza. A diminutive 20-something blonde One reason sometimes given for East in a pink miniskirt sporting fashionable Europe’s historical backwardness is the Turning... and respect. We should encourage the dark glasses and a silver cross, she sped failure of its nobility – by contrast with Ukrainian language gradually, through the down Stryi Street onto the highway lead- that of Western Europe – to enter the (Continued from page 6) arts, education and culture, instead of ing southwest to Drohobych. Zipping modern world of business and finance. instantly forcing upon people a language around a series of heavy trucks along the Indeed, the Galician gentry was well It is a delicate matter, he noted. “… We that they never really spoke at home.” two-lane highway and deftly dodging the known for its contempt for commerce. mustn’t battle [the Russian language] with Source: “Notes from the homeland, Part oncoming traffic, the radio blaring generic Ivan’s family is a remarkable exception. blindly pro-Ukrainian sentiment and stub- III: The language issue,” by Danylo pop, she told us about her father’s sausage born hatred for Russian speakers; we must Peleschuk, The Ukrainian Weekly, September business and her mother’s credit union. Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at accept it with contextual understanding 14, 2008. They had done well; her father, a member [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 No. 37

spread out in more than six countries. tion is the present minister of education 1950, from the 300,000 people, maybe Bishop... Walsh: What would being exarch really Dmytro Tabachnyk says I can’t be rector 50,000 were left, which is less than 20 per- involve? because I am a U.S. citizen and I don’t have cent. The city wasn’t destroyed. (Continued from page 3) all the Ukrainian academic regalia. [Bishop If you move forward 25 years later, it’s a Gudziak: There are new immigrants Gudziak earned his Ph.D. from Harvard city of a million people. A hundred thousand already planning the dedication of the build- from Ukraine in the population and we have University.] Although the previous ministers Russians came here through the Soviet ing. That date was set nine months ago. access to young priests here. So in fact, made exceptions, given the fact that this was migrations. 600,000 Ukrainians came from Zawada: This is being perceived in differ- maybe this will make the job easier, having an innovation project that was doing things the urbanization during the 1960s and ’70s. ent ways, and that happens with any big the connection. One of the most important that no other Ukrainian university was This whole area that we’re looking at, about event. Some perceive it as a demotion, some historic cultural institutions in Europe in the doing. So basically our internationalism, my 150,000 people in this neighborhood, are perceive it as a political decision given the second half of the 20th century for personal citizenship, my educational back- from rural Ukrainian stock. So you see a city government is hostile to Western values and Ukrainians was a center in Sarcelles, in the ground, the fact that I studied at Harvard that has an uninterrupted architectural tra- institutions, some are perceiving it as the north of France, which published the and not at a Ukrainian university, the fact dition, which wasn’t destroyed, with some of Synod shielding you from pressure or even Encyclopedia of Ukraine, which was translat- that many of our students studied … the it going back to medieval times. persecution to some degree. And there’s ed in Toronto into English. That was a project dean of our theology faculty got his doctor- But the city of people – that fabric was also the perception that you’ll be cut off mainly of the 1960s and ’70s, which forced ate at Oxford – from the point of view of the shred to threads and is only now being from the university. How much of what I just the Soviet Ukrainian republic to issue its own ministry, that crosses the line. It’s against sown together. Lviv had the highest concen- said is true? Encyclopedia, the Soviet Ukrainian encyclo- the law. tration of KGB agents of any Soviet city pedia, as a response to the emigrants. That Gudziak: Some of it might not be true. I Wakefield: In a sense, this enlargement because the opposition to Soviet rule here think a lot of it is part of some people’s encyclopedia was really a first-rate encyclo- and building of dialogue is in opposition to was so active after the war. So the degree of thinking. This choice in the end was made in pedia. Prof. [Volodymyr] Kubiyovych, who the [aim of] Ministry of Education, which is fear, the physical human trauma and then Rome and ultimately by the pope. I haven’t was editor-in-chief, was a very demanding to close it [dialogue] down. the systemic fear is very high. That’s why had the chance to ask him why. But I think scholar and a great organizer. It was a build- corruption is high – people don’t trust each Gudziak: That’s very much the case. I there’s a desire to bring some of the quali- ing where 27 people lived, like a commune, other. Your father did business with my think there’s an emotional and psychologi- ties that the university has demonstrated – who corresponded with contributors glob- father, our grandparents crossed path in cal fear, but also it’s politically much easier the top leadership and collegial leadership ally. But that building belongs to the some school or university, all those tradi- to manipulate if you have control and if peo- of our Church. exarchate and it’s not used now. tions of alumni, schools guilds, all of that ple are not connected or international. The exarchate in France needs some new There’s also a pilgrimage center in was gone. The communication that is need- That’s why one of the first things Stalin did energy. The previous bishop [Mikhail Lourdes which needs to be revived. It’s a ed for good politics and social engagement after the occupation of western Ukraine was Hrynchyshyn] has been sick for quite a place that Ukrainians like to go to. In is crippled. That’s what we’re trying to do at to outlaw the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic while. And it includes Paris, Brussels, Belgium, the exarchate has a student home the university – to be a place where people Church, which was part of the broader Strasbourg. So there’s an expectation to rep- house, a study, which doesn’t have students meet. That’s why this [Plast] jamboree is Catholic community and was not internally resent Ukrainian spiritual, religious, ecclesi- in a systematic way. So there’s a lot of aca- such a thrill for me – there’s people from isolated. Our university is very international. al, cultural, social, political issues in the demic, cultural university-type activity, many countries and continents here. At our university, every secretary has to heart of Europe. which the university is now poised and Walsh: Some people said that the univer- have basic English and maybe a second ready to contribute to. We need to raise the sity is so international that it doesn’t care Walsh: From the point of view of your level and knowledge of the French language. Western language. We’re the poorest uni- time, could you conceivably be the exarch about Ukraine. How would you respond to Everybody learns English, but much of the versity in the city, but no other university and have a good involvement with the uni- that? philosophical, theological moving and shak- has built a teaching building like this one or versity? Gudziak: We think the greatest need that ing has been in French. The Second Vatican residences like the one we’re dedicating on Sunday [August 26]. We’ve tried to foster Ukraine has is for contexts, formative con- Gudziak: Well, physically speaking, in the Council, the most important occurrence that texts, whether education or other social last years I’ve spent up to a half year outside formed the Catholic Church in the last 50 relations and some people are perplexed by the type of relations that we have fostered. contexts, in which people feel their dignity, of Lviv. For example, this academic year, out of years, was in French. Much of the theoretical are relieved of their fear and are formed 10 or 11 months, I’ve spent at least six underpinnings of what’s called post-modern We’re rejoicing in that perplexity and the multifaceted nature to our relationships. We with competencies to function fruitfully and months outside of Lviv, in terms of being is French, contemporary philosophy and freely in the 20th century. That’s Ukraine’s always on the move, a hundred flights, five theology is very much influenced by really want to build bridges. If you want take a historical x-ray and look at what happened greatest need, and I think we’re addressing weeks at airports, six weeks in the air. That’s Francophone literature, which Ukrainians it very consciously and systematically. an annual toll, if you count by 40-hour work in this city, it had about 300,000 people in are largely ignorant of. Zawada: How much was the donation weeks. So my physical absence from here and We don’t have many people who know 1939. Only 18 percent, maybe 20 percent were Ukrainian. A third, over 30 percent, from the DF foundation? my non-involvement in micro-management… French. So one thing the university must do were Jews, and another third were Poles. Gudziak: $4.5 million. Or let’s say what has been a process of is send 10 students in the next three years Then there were Armenians, German- fruitful, successful, smooth delegation has a to Paris. And we want the sister-city type of Zawada: Is more expected? speaking people, Romanians, Serbians, etc. relatively long history in our institution by links, people-to-people contacts. So instead Gudziak: We very much hope for contin- It always was a rather cosmopolitan city. By now. We have constant Skype conference calls. of seeing things as an interruption, I see ued support. the end of the war, maybe 60,000 of those Communicating is much easier now. I hope them more as an opportunity to generate Zawada: residents were left. All the Poles were That’s $4.5 million out of $25 there will soon be a flight from Paris to Lviv. more relationships. deported, the Jewish population was exter- million invested in the new campus? Wakefield: The greater issue wouldn’t Zawada: When did you become acting minated by the Nazis, at least 98 percent. Gudziak: Certainly out of about $15 mil- be so much the geographical distances as rector? The Ukrainian population was decimated. lion. About a third. In that ballpark. the greater number of responsibilities else- After the war, in Lviv and in western Zawada: So as we approach $25 million, where in the world. Gudziak: My term ended in the end of February, first days of March. I’ve been act- Ukraine, 10 percent of all of the Ukrainian you hope to maintain that third? Gudziak: Right, right. Bishops are not ing rector since then. population was deported to Siberia. Every Gudziak: We’re open to magnanimity all only managers. First of all, they should be 10th person. So you have a city that by the time. spiritual leaders and witnesses. But there Zawada: So there’s a possibility that you are managers who take responsibility for can remain acting rector? operations much bigger than the exarchate Gudziak: Up to two years is the limit, I and the university combined, which are think. The reason there hasn’t been an elec-

about a determined policy of restricting Journalists... free movement of information on (Continued from page 1) Ukrainian television, destroying pluralism of information and purging the country’s country, as well as news which indepen- television of criticism of the government dent experts consider the most balanced, is once and for all.” in danger of disappearing. …” On August 31, TVi had released its own The petition explained: “In August alone appeal to the public, the Parliamentary more than 60 cable television companies Assembly of the Council of Europe, the removed TVi from their packages. Each day European Parliament, the Organization for thousands of people in various cities and Security and Cooperation in Europe, elec- villages in the country are losing the possi- tion observation missions, members of the bility of watching TVi. From September 5 World Newspaper Congress and embassies the largest cable operator in Ukraine, Volia of democratic countries. Cable, intends to move TVi from a popular Signed by the channel’s editor-in-chief, base package to an expensive extended Vitaliy Portnikov, the appeal said: “The end package accessible only to the better-off of July marks the start of the parliamentary third of users of this cable network. Volia’s election campaign in Ukraine. TVi, the last decision will result in over two thirds of TV channel that is not under the control of those viewing the channel not being able to the ruling party, and of which I am the edi- receive important information. tor-in-chief, has been subjected to unprece- “…TVi’s chief editor asserts that it is in dented pressure aimed at its destruction.” fact the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council which is demanding Sources: RFE/RL, Interfax-Ukraine, that the cable operators illegally cut off the Associated Press, Reuters, www.telekritika. TVi signal,” the petition noted. “…This is ua. No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 9 Ukraine in fifth place at Paralympic Games in London by Matthew Dubas PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Ukraine’s Paralympic team is in fifth place in the gold medal count at the Paralympic Games in London, being held on August 29 through September 9. As of press time, Ukraine had 62 medals – 23 gold, 18 silver and 21 bronze – and was situated in the rankings behind China, Russia, Great Britain and Australia. Ukraine’s swimmers won 28 medals – 11 gold, nine silver and eight bronze. Gold medalists included Natalia Prologaieva in the women’s 50-meter freestyle in 35.88 sec- onds (S5), in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke in 1:43.99 (SB4) and the women’s 200-meter individual medley in 3:13.43 (SM5); Maksym Veraksa in the men’s 100-meter freestyle in 51.40 (S12) and in the men’s 200-meter individu- al medley in 2:12.42 (SM12); Eskender Mustafiev in the men’s 50-meter freestyle in 38.26 (S4); Dmytro Zalevskyy in the men’s 100-meter backstroke in 1:07.81 seconds (S11), Yevheniy Bohodayko in the men’s 200-meter individual med- ley with a time of 2:33.13 seconds, setting a new world london2012.com record (SM7) and in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke in Yegor Dementyev (left) and Michael Gallagher of Australia compete in the men’s Individual C4-5 Road Race on 1:20.17 (SB6) for another new world record; and Andriy September 5 at the London 2012 Paralympic Games in London. Dementyev went on to win gold. Kalyna in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke in 1:07.45 (SB8). Silver medalists included Bohodayko in the men’s 100- meter backstroke in 1:11.31 (S7) and the men’s 50-meter butterfly in 30.19 (S7); Dmytro Vynohradets in the men’s 150-meter individual medley in 2:44.85 (SM3); Danylo Chufarov won in the men’s 400-meter freestyle in 4:05.85 (S13); Olga Sviderska in the women’s 100-meter freestyle in 1:52.91 (S3); Kateryna Istomina in the women’s 100-meter butterfly in 1:11.53 (S8); Oksana Khrul in the women’s 100- meter breaststroke in 1:35.68 (SB7); and Yana Berezhna in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke in 1:29.99 (SB11). Bronze medalists included Oleksii Fedyna in the men’s 50-meter freestyle in 24.09 (S13); Sergii Klippert in the men’s 400-meter freestyle in 4:17.12 (S12); Vynohradets in the men’s 50-meter breaststroke in 58.51 (SB2); Oleksandr Mashchenko in the men’s 100-meter breast- stroke in 1:14.43 (SB11); Viktor Smyrnov in the men’s 100-meter backstroke in 1:08.22 (S11); and Ani Palian in the women’s 50-meter freestyle in 33.30 (S7). Ukraine’s athletes collected 17 medals in track and field events – five gold, six silver and six bronze. Long jumper Iurii Tsaruk leads the field to win gold in the men’s 100-meter - T35 final on August 31 at the Paralympic Games. Ruslan Katyshev (F11 category) won gold with a distance of silver in the women’s shot put (F20) with a distance of 12.67 in the men’s R5-10-meter air rifle prone SH2 competition 6.46 meters and a bronze medal in the men’s triple jump meters, and Svitlana Kudelya won bronze in the same event with a total score of 706.4 points. (F11) with a distance of 12.50 meters. Roman Pavlyk also with a distance of 12.24 meters. In table tennis, Ukraine won four medals – one silver won gold in the long jump in the F36 category with a dis- Road cyclist Yegor Dementyev won two gold medals, the and three bronze. Mykhaylo Popov defeated Maksym tance of 5.23 meters (a personal best), and he won the first in the men’s individual C5 time trial (24 kilometers) with Nikolenko of Ukraine 3-2 and won bronze in men’s singles bronze in the men’s 100-meter (T-36) race (12.08 seconds, a a time of 32:12.98 and the second gold medal in the men’s (class 7), Anontina Khodzynska (class 6) won silver after personal record), and another bronze in the men’s 400- individual C4-5 road race (80 kilometers), finishing in 1:55:38. losing to Raisa Chebanika of Russia 0-3, Yuliya Klymenko meter (T36) race (55.18 seconds, a personal best). Iurii Ukraine’s judoka picked up five medals – three gold and won the bronze in the women’s singles (class 6) after Tsaruk won gold in the men’s (T35) 100-meter race with a two bronze. Davyd Khorava defeated Xu Zhao of China in defeating Stephanie Grebe of Germany 3-1, and Viktoriia time of 12.62 seconds (a new regional record). Andrii the final of the 66-kg division to win the gold. Dmytro Safonova defeated Kubra Ocsoy of Turkey 3-1 to win Holivets won gold in the men’s shot put (F11/12) with a dis- Solovey defeated Sharif Khalilov of Uzbekistan in the 73-kg bronze in the women’s singles (class 7). tance of 16.25 meters. Oleksii Pashkov won silver in the division final. Olexandr Kosinov defeated Jose Effron of Wheelchair fencer Anton Datsko won silver in the men’s men’s discus (F35/36) with a distance of 37.89 meters, (a Argentina in the 81-kg division final. individual foil (category B). In the final match, Datsko lost personal best), and Vasyl Lishchynskyi won silver in the F11 In women’s judo, Yuliya Halinska tied for bronze with to Daoliang Hu of China 10-15. category discus throw with a distance of 35.66 meters. Victoria Potapova of Russia in the 48-kg division; and In women’s athletics, Mariia Pomazan won gold in the Nataliya Nikolaychyk tied with Michele Ferreria of Brazil Top 10 finishes women’s shot put (F35/36) with a distance of 12.22 meters, for the bronze in the women’s 52-kg division. Vasyl Lishchynskyi finished in fourth place in the men’s setting a new world record, and a silver in the women’s dis- Lidiia Soloviova won the bronze medal in the women’s shot put (F11/12) with a distance of 13.09 meters. cus throw (F35/36) with a distance of 30.12, setting another 44-kg powerlifting division, with a total lift of 100 kilograms. Volodymyr Zhaivoronok finished in fifth place in the men’s world record. Inna Stryzhak won silver in the women’s long In rowing, Alla Lysenko won gold in the women’s single discus throw (F35/36) with a distance of 37.34 meters. Alla jump (F37/38) with a distance of 4.79 meters. She also won sculls ASW1x race (1,000 meters), with a time of 5:35.29. Malchyk finished in fifth place in the women’s shot put a bronze medal in the women’s 100-meter (T38) race with a Ukraine’s mixed rowing race team (Andrii Stelmackh, Olena (F35/36) with a distance of 9.09 meters and in eighth place time of 13.64 seconds. Oxana Boturchuk won a silver medal Pukhaieva, Denys Sobol, Kateryna Morozova and coxswain in women’s discus (F35/36) with a distance of 21.63 meters. in the women’s 400-meter (T12) race (55.69 seconds) and a Volodymyr Kozlov) won the bronze medal with Klippert finished in seventh place in the 100-meter freestyle bronze in the women’s 100-meter race (T12) with a a time of 3:23.22. (S12) and in fourth place in the men’s 200-meter individual time of 12.18 sec- onds. Anastasiia Mysnyk won Vasyl Kovalchuk won gold medley (SM12), Smyrnov won fourth place in the men’s 100- meter backstroke, Ievgen Poltavskyi finished in fourth place in the men’s 100-meter backstroke (S7), Mashchenko fin- ished in seventh place in the men’s 100-meter backstroke (S11), Veraksa finished in fourth place in the men’s 100- meter backstroke (S12), Iryna Sotska finished in eighth place in the women’s 100-meter freestyle (S3). Viktoriia Savtsiva finished in fifth place in the women’s 50-meter freestyle (S5). Medal hopefuls Ukraine’s seven-a-side soccer team is in the semifinals, as it faces Iran on September 7. Ukraine has been a force in the tournament, with its 9-0 defeat of Great Britain on September 1 and a 7-1 win on September 3. Ukraine’s September 5 match against Brazil ended in a 1-1 draw. Other teams in the semifinal playoffs include Russia and Brazil. The winner of the Brazil-Russia match will play the winner of the Ukraine-Iran match in the final, with the remaining two teams competing for third place. Gold medalist Andrii Holivets (center), silver medalist Vladimir Andryushchenko of Russia (left) and bronze The Paralympic Games conclude on Sunday, September medalist Russell Short of Australia (right) pose on the podium during the medal ceremony for the men’s shot put - 9, and coverage of the Games will continue next week, with F11/12 on September 2 at the Paralympic Games. more results and analysis to follow. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 No. 37 No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 11

Our community celebrates Ukrainian Independence Day 2012

classical and folk flute virtuoso Andrei Pidkivka and violinist Solomia Gorokhivsky. SOMERSET, N.J. Together with guitarist Richard Miller and bassist Branislav Brinyarskyy, they present- by Mike Andrec ed traditional music from Ukraine and sur- rounding countries played in an eclectic, SOMERSET, N.J. – On August 24, the cross-cultural style. Ukrainian Historical and Educational In addition to traditional music from the Center of New Jersey celebrated Ukrainian Carpathians, their two sets included pieces Independence Day with a festive concert of as diverse as their own re-arrangement of a music and dance for a diverse 200+ person folk song arranged by contemporary audience, which included non-Ukrainians Ukrainian composer Myroslav Skoryk, and and Ukrainian Americans of the new and a setting of the classic “Hutsulka Ksenia” old immigrations, here at the Ukrainian done in a Bossa Nova style (complete with Cultural Center in Somerset, N.J. a verse in Portuguese sung by Mr. Miller, The music was provided by the who is half-Brazilian). Washington-based ensemble Gerdan, led by The Iskra Ensemble of Whippany, N.J.,

The Iskra Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of Whippany, N.J. provided the dance fireworks. Starting New York City and the Permanent Mission with a “Pryvit” (Greeting) that covered vir- of Ukraine to the United Nations, respec- tually the entire spectrum of Ukrainian tively. regional dance styles, through the Hopak Franklin Township Deputy Mayor Phil grand finale, they did not disappoint. Kramer, Councilwoman Rozalyn Sherman, Directed by dancer and choreographer chair of the Cultural and Arts Committee Andrij Cybyk, the troupe combined folk for Franklin Township, and Stepan dance with ballet and character dance in Kaczurak, chairman of the board of direc- numbers that went well beyond the typical tors of the Ukrainian National Credit Union, Ukrainian dance ensemble staples, ranging the advertising sponsor for the event, also from humorous depictions of village gos- addressed the audience. sips to the melding of social folk dancing A proclamation of Ukraine’s from the Volyn region with swing dance Independence Day from New Jersey Gov. acrobatics. Chris Christie was read. Vice-Consul Konstantyn Vorona and Readers may log on to www.UkrHEC.org First Ambassador Yuriy Vitrenko presented or https://www.facebook.com/ukrhec for The musical ensemble Gerdan of Washington. greetings from the Ukrainian Consulate in more photos.

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by Peter T. Woloschuk BOSTON – The greater Boston area com- memorated the 21st anniversary of the proclamation of Ukrainian independence with two separate events that have become iconic for the region’s celebrations. Both are coordinated by the Boston Branch of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA Boston). The first is always held on August 24, which marks the date of the actual vote for independence taken by the Ukrainian Parliament in 1991, and involves the rais- ing of the flag of Ukraine at Boston City Hall, the reading of the legislation enacted Ihor Pryadko and a brief formal ceremony. It is a public Local Ukrainians assembled at Boston City Hall for the raising of the Ukrainian flag to commemorate the 21st anniversary of Ukraine’s independence proclamation of 2001. event that serves to remind the body politic of the events in Ukraine. as the Ukrainian flag was hoisted. Ostap gathered after the local liturgies to continue tual and national development, so that they The second occurs on the Sunday fol- Nalysnyk then read the act declaring the Ukrainian Independence Day celebra- might continue to praise God in their native lowing the 24th and involves liturgies for Ukraine’s independence in both English tion on the grounds of Christ the King par- Ukrainian language.” the Ukrainian nation at all the Ukrainian and Ukrainian. ish in Boston. There was a brief formal cere- Mr. Petriv thanked everyone for partici- churches in eastern Massachusetts fol- Three candidates for the U.S. Congress – mony coordinated by Ms. Gentyk, which pating and specifically mentioned all of the lowed by a formal ceremony, cultural pro- Sean Bielat, Jeff Semon and Matt Temperly consisted of the posting of colors by the volunteers who gave unstintingly of their gram and picnic on the grounds of Christ – spoke briefly and offered their support to Ukrainian American Veterans of Boston, a time and talent to fittingly commemorate the King Ukrainian Catholic Parish in the local Ukrainian American community. prayer for the Ukrainian nation offered by the occasion. Boston. Although also open to the general Ihor Pryadko read Boston Mayor Thomas Father Nalysnyk, readings of the act of inde- Following the speakers, a local vocal public, this event is specifically geared to M. Menino’s proclamation designating pendence and the mayoral proclamation by ensemble, Lvivska Khyvlia with Irina the Ukrainian community. August 24 as Ukrainian Day in the City of Ostap Nalysnyk and Mr. Pryadko, brief Malynivska, Stephania Zarytska, Ms. Approximately 100 people from the Boston. remarks by UCCA Boston President Gentyk and Vasyl Menko, performed a region, including a large contingent from Mr. Onyskiv and UCCA Vice-President Vsevolod Petriv, and greetings and a bene- number of songs. Zenoviy Prots and Lyuba Salem, Mass., came together by the City Lyuba Gentyk thanked everyone for their diction offered by Father Tarnavsky. Gentyk sang a duet, Sophia Syneyko recited Hall’s flagpole at noontime on Friday, participation in both languages and the Several of the speakers alluded to the a poem about Ukraine, as did the Zayets August 24, for the first celebration. They Very Rev. Dr. Yaroslav Nalysnyk, dean of recent passage of legislation in Kyiv giving brothers, and Nastya Kurchak and Maksym were welcomed by Yuri Onyskiv, one of Boston and pastor of Christ the King, the Russian language special status. Father Malynivsky concluded the program with a UCCA’s organizational coordinators who offered the benediction. The event was Tarnavsky emphasized that, although number of impromptu songs and stories. was acting as master of ceremonies. The concluded with the communal singing of Ukraine is currently under a cloud, this will The picnic portion of the day featured a Rev. Roman Tarnavsky represented St. “Bozhe Velykyi” under the direction of ultimately pass and better days are still in kitchen offering typical Ukrainian fare pre- Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox Parish of choirmaster Igor Kowal and Ms. Gentyk. store for the nation. pared by volunteers drawn from UCCA Boston and offered the invocation. He was The celebration concluded with a group Father Nalysnyk prayed that “Ukraine Boston and the Boston Branch of the followed by Michael Hotz and Olga of participants taking a boat and cruising protect its citizens from internal and exter- Ukrainian American Youth Association Lisovskaya, who sang the American and the Charles River. nal enemies and guarantee them freedom (UAYA). Ukrainian music was played con- Ukrainian national anthems, respectively, On Sunday, August 26, some 300 people and human rights, as well as ongoing spiri- tinuously and people lingered until sunset. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 No. 37

“This collegium is the latest testimony Mr. Firtash became identified as a bil- ning consecration of the Stryiskyi Park Stryiskyi Park... that Ukrainian Catholic University is trying lionaire by investment banks and the Collegium, though his press secretary, to reinterpret the phenomenon of the uni- media only after the creation of Eugene Smaglyuk, said he came for a few (Continued from page 1) versity in the 21st century,” Bishop Borys RosUkrEnergo, whose financial operations minutes. renowned figures from the whole world said. were opaque. Mr. Firtash is an Orthodox Christian, are radical professors of human relations,” At the end of his remarks, Bishop Borys Bishop Borys’ decision to accept funds said Mr. Smaglyuk, who declined The Bishop Borys said. “Romanticism? thanked the biggest donors to the collegi- from Mr. Firtash enraged certain intellectu- Weekly’s request to confirm whether any Perhaps.” um’s construction. als, in Ukraine and abroad, who pointed to of his parents or grandparents were The collegium’s diverse community will The biggest was Dmytro Firtash, an oli- his business dealings as a key factor in Ukrainian Catholic. Mr. Firtash also play a critical role in fulfilling the vision garch with reported close ties to the ruling Ukraine’s failure to integrate with the financed the renovation of the Ukrainian that UCU’s leadership adopted as its mis- Party of the Regions of Ukraine and a close European Union (EU) and adopt Western Catholic Church in his native village of sion in Ukrainian higher education – associate of former President Viktor political institutions. Synkiv in the Ternopil Oblast, Mr. Smaglyuk Service, Testimony, Communication – a slo- Yushchenko, from whom he gained state Since the election of President Viktor said. gan that was prominently displayed on a support in launching the scandalous tran- Yanukovych in 2010, the oligarch gained a Bishop Borys publicly thanked other banner hung from the collegium during its sit intermediary RosUkrEnergo in the monopoly on Ukraine’s ammonium nitrate recent big contributors to UCU. August 26 blessing. European natural gas market. and titanium production, as well as natural They included Ukrainian Canadian gas distribution, according to numerous James Temerty, an energy company execu- media reports. tive who gave $1.2 million for the launch of Through his DF Foundation, Mr. Firtash three professorships of Ukrainian-Jewish donated $4.5 million to the construction of studies; Adrian and Chrystyna Slywotzky the Stryiskyi Park campus, close to one- of Boston who donated $1 million; the late third of its cost so far, said Bishop Borys. Walter Hendricks, a New York City high TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 or e-mail [email protected] UCU’s leadership is open to further such school teacher who bequeathed $3.8 mil- cooperation, he confirmed in an interview lion in 2009; the German Catholic published in this issue of The Ukrainian Renovabis Fund, which contributed about SERVICES PROFESSIONALS Weekly (see page 3). $1 million; Canadian Member of Mr. Firtash attended the morning conse- Parliament Borys Wrzesnewskyj; the cration ceremony in St. George Cathedral Antonovych Fund; Selfreliance Ukrainian on August 26, sitting in the second row of American Federal Credit Union of Chicago; seats, on the altar’s right-hand side and Self Reliance New York Federal Credit just behind Bishop Gudziak’s relatives. Union; and Lviv businessman Yaroslav The Weekly didn’t notice him at the eve- Rushchyshyn.

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Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo). relevant anti-piracy actions to the coast of such as cheaper energy supplies and NEWSBRIEFS Speaking with reporters on September 3, he Somalia. “This is a step in the right direc- improved market access, but Kyiv has so far said, “I will meet with Education Minister of tion, because it’s impossible to always be in refused to do so. (Reuters) (Continued from page 2) Ukraine Dmytro Tabachnyk and we will dis- a defensive position,” Mr. Voloshyn said. cuss those issues, among other things.” He (Ukrinform) Filaret comments on language law Russia on Russian language in Ukraine explained that there exists in Russia a fed- Ukraine revs tax engine in car trade war KYIV – In an August 30 interview with KYIV – In Russia there is an opinion that eral target program on “The Russian Gazeta.ua, the head of the Ukrainian regional status in Ukraine is not enough for Language,” designated for the period of KYIV – Ukraine is preparing to introduce Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate, the Russian language, Konstantin Kosachev, 2011-2015. “Certainly, it was not adopted a new tax on car imports in response to a Patriarch Filaret, analyzed the recently the head of the Russian Federal Agency for under the situation in Ukraine, but within similar move by Russia, the Ukrainian gov- passed language law. The hierarch, noting the Commonwealth of Independent States, its framework a considerable part of its ernment announced on September 3, in that he had visited more than 10 regions in Compatriots Living Abroad and resources [the total budget of our agency is what could become yet another trade war two months, said, “There is a difference in International Humanitarian Cooperation approximately 150 million rubles in the between the ex-Soviet neighbors. Russia, the moods of the people. Patriotism and (Rossotrudnichestvo), told reporters on current year] is spent for the purchase and which must cut import duties on cars after democratism dominate in the western and September 3. “Of course, Russia is interest- donation of Russian language textbooks joining the World Trade Organization, this central regions. In the eastern regions, ed in the highest possible status of the and other textbooks in the Russian lan- month introduced a so-called utilization many people are inclined towards Russia. Russian language in Ukraine. There’s no guage to schools,” Mr. Kosachev said. fee, which analysts say aims to compensate But there are Ukrainians defending the doubt,” said the official. Thus, commenting (Ukrinform) domestic producers for the lower customs interests of the nation even there. They say on the new language law adopted in Ukraine to participate in anti-piracy operation duty and protect them. However, Ukrainian everywhere that our authorities are pursu- Ukraine, Mr. Kosachev noted that it’s not producers say the move will effectively ing the wrong course.” Patriarch Filaret said about how this document is treated in KYIV – Ukraine has officially confirmed raise import duties and add $600 to that, for the sake of self-identification, the Russia. “If the law will make the lives of citi- its participation in the NATO-led Ocean $20,000 to the price of Ukrainian vehicles Ukrainian nation must first of all preserve zens of Ukraine easier, it’s successful. If not Shield anti-piracy operation, the director of sold in Russia. “If we, too, introduce a cer- its language, as there is no nation without – then it needs to be improved. But the the Information Policy Department of the tain utilization fee, then the Russian cars its own language. He stressed that the answer should come out of that environ- Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry, Oleh coming to our market will become $1,000 Ukrainian language is being attacked now ment and not from Russia,” explained the Voloshyn, announced at a briefing in Kyiv more expensive and Ukrainians will not exactly for that reason. “If we do not uphold head of Rossotrudnichestvo. At the same on September 4. Mr. Voloshyn said that buy them,” the Interfax news agency quot- it as the only state language, Russian will time, he expressed the hope that this mat- Ukraine would deploy the Hetman ed Prime Minister Mykola Azarov as saying dominate here again. It means that we will ter will take into account the opinion of all Sahaidachny frigate, with a helicopter and on September 3. Ukraine’s Environment be losing our identity and national idea,” he Ukrainians, and not only certain groups. a group of special forces on board, for its and Natural Resources Ministry has underscored. “Secondly, it is necessary to participation in the operation. In addition, already drafted a bill introducing such fees, have our own independent Ukrainian “Will this law become the end point, or will according to Mr. Voloshyn, the Ukrainian a spokeswoman for the ministry said. Church. Without it there can be no indepen- it lead to any subsequent decisions – that’s Defense Ministry and NATO are now jointly Russia, which bought $344 million worth dent country. All the states that arose after up to Ukrainian politicians. But I hope that agreeing on technical aspects related to the of Ukrainian cars, buses and trucks last the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Greece, it will take into account the opinion of the participation of the Ukrainian side in this year, accounts for 90 percent of Ukrainian Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Albania, gained whole Ukrainian people, not just a part of operation. “It is expected that the practical car exports and 40 percent of its total out- independence for their Churches. It did not it,” the Russian official noted. (Ukrinform) participation of units of the Ukrainian put. Ukraine, in turn, bought Russian- happen in Ukraine. There is an independent Russian textbooks for Ukraine armed forces in Operation Ocean Shield produced vehicles worth a total of $453 Church, the Kyiv Patriarchate. But there is will start in 2013. This will be our direct million last year. The two neighbors have also UOC-Moscow Patriarchate. If services KYIV – Moscow is planning to discuss contribution to international efforts to already fought a “cheese war” this year are celebrated in Old Slavonic, which is not with Minister of Education and Science, strengthen security and protect Ukrainian when Russia banned imports of cheese understandable for a modern person, and Youth and Sports Dmytro Tabachnyk a pro- sailors and crews working on international made by a number of Ukrainian producers, the sermons are delivered in Russian, the posal to present textbooks to Ukrainian sea trade routes,” he said. He also wel- accusing them of using cheap ingredients Orthodox population will be brought up not schools, said Konstantin Kosachev, the head comed the extension of the mandate and such as palm oil in place of milk fats. Russia in the spirit of the Ukrainian national idea of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth activities as part of operations conducted has also long urged Ukraine to join its post- but in the spirit of Russian imperialism,” the of Independent States, Compatriots Living by NATO, the European Union and coun- Soviet customs union, which includes patriarch stated in the interview. (Religious Abroad and International Humanitarian tries in the region, including the transfer of Belarus and Kazakhstan, offering perks Information Service of Ukraine)

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Sheptytsky Institute organizes conference on reading the Bible proclamation of the good news that God has triumphed over evil and has accom- plished his plan of salvation for his people – a message of hope and affirmation. On the closing day, Dr. Edith Humphrey (professor, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary) tackled the Old Testament with caution in her presentation, “Dare We Ignore the Scriptures of the Apostolic Church?” While Eastern and Orthodox Christians honor the Old Testament, she said, it is also the case that the collection is not well known among many, especially in our day when weekly services, matins and vespers are not as well attended as the divine liturgy, where there is no Old Testament reading. While highlighting the unique value of the Old Testament, Dr. Humphrey took on some of its most diffi- cult passages, and showed that even in these places (indeed, perhaps especially here) we are drawn into the mystery of the Triune God. The plenary sessions were augmented by workshops offered by a variety of Eastern Catholic, Roman Catholic and Orthodox presenters. These were of a prac- tical nature, integrating theological insight with opportunities to apply this knowledge Participants of the 2012 Study Days at the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies. to one’s family circle, community and par- OTTAWA – For the fifth consecutive year, and Canada (British Columbia, demic study in a Christian’s search for the ticular circumstances. the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec). meaning of Scripture; what can we learn Study Days included vespers, matins and Institute of Eastern Christian Studies This year’s theme was “The Bible – A from our own experience as Eastern divine liturgy, a youth program (led by (MASI) hosted its Study Days, held Friday, Timeless Text for Today? Celebrating … Christians, as we celebrate, study and are Justine Kruz), a community supper and the June 30, to Monday, July 2. As a family Understanding … Living … the Word of God.” transformed by the living Word of God? In chance for participants to interact in a truly event, with approximately 125 adult partic- The conference began with a plenary all, it was an excellent “setting of the scene” positive Christian environment. ipants and 25 young people (age 5 to 12) in address by the Very Rev. Dr. Andrew for the rest of the conference. Following the Study Days, two summer the youth program, MASI reached out to Onuferko (Wynnyckyj Teaching and The Very Rev. Dr. Andrea Spatafora (dean, courses were offered at the Sheptytsky Eastern and Western Christians in offering Research Fellow, Sheptytsky Institute) who Faculty of Theology at St. Paul University) Institute for those who wish to continue an academic and spiritual event to enlight- discussed the topic “The Timeless Truth of focused on the “Good News According to the their academic and spiritual growth. This en and deepen their faith. the Written Word of God.” His session Apocalypse.” Father Andrea acknowledged year’s summer courses were taught by the The participants of various Christian examined questions such as: how do we that, for most readers, the Apocalypse, also Rt. Rev. Dr. Andriy Chirovsky (Selected communities – Anglican, Eastern Catholic, discern between what is timeless and true known as the Book of Revelation, is filled Topics in Eastern Christian Thought II: Orthodox, Protestant and Roman Catholic – and what may be the product of dated and with fearsome images that speak of judg- Theosis [Deification]) and the Rev. Dr. came from many parts of the United States limited human knowledge; what can con- ment and punishment. Although there are Roman Rytsar (Selected Topics in Eastern (Arizona, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, temporary literary theory teach us about some disconcerting images in the book, he Christian Thought I: Metropolitan Anthony Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York) Scripture and what are the limits of aca- assured us that the Apocalypse is in fact a Bloom and Kenotic Theology). Chornomortsi senior Plast fraternity holds biennial meeting by Yaromyr Oryshkevych Yurij Kuzmowycz, vice-president; Yarema Kochan, recording secretary; Eugene KERHONKSON, N.Y. – The senior Plast Mandzy, treasurer, and Borys Pawluk, liai- scouting fraternity “Chornomortsi” (Sea son. Scouts) held its biennial meeting on June Yaromyr Oryshkevych, who had been 23-24 at the Hudson Valley Resort annex fraternity president since 2008 and editor located in Kerhonkson, N.Y. of the Chornomorets since the beginning of Hosted by Orest Fedash, the manager of 2011, continues as co-editor of the news- the resort and a fraternity member, the letter, with the other co-editor to be named Chornomortsi elected a new slate of offi- from among Chornomortsi in Ukraine. cers consisting of: Andrij Kozak, president; Chornomortsi, as a scouting organization,

Members of the senior Plast fraternity Chornomortsi during their annual conference.

had their beginnings in 1927 in Ukraine. “morski tabory,” are planned and executed There, a group of Plast members established by the young adult scouts of Chornomortsi the principles of sea scouting and began with the Chornomortsi seniors providing training scouts in those disciplines. They advisory, technical and financial support. started with a boating voyage down the Sea scouting camps have taken place since Dnister River. This was followed by the con- the 1950s on various bodies of water in struction of several row boats, purchase of the Adirondacks, Berkshires, Poconos, camp equipment, and, ultimately, organiza- Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River. tion of several sea scouting camps. The Chornomortsi and the Plast sorority During and after World War II, about 20 Chornomorski Khvyli actively participated Chornomortsi paid the ultimate price in the in the Jubilee International Plast Jamboree fight, against overwhelming odds, for a free in Ukraine, celebrating the centennial of Ukraine. The development of sea scouting Plast. Activities included a sea scouting Members of the senior Plast fraternity Chornomortsi after divine liturgy at Holy continued in displaced persons camps in camp and a visit to the locale of the first sea Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church in Kerhonkson, N.Y., with the pastor, the Rev. Dr. Europe and, eventually, in North America. scouting camp that took place in 1927 at Ivan Kaszczak. The sea scouting camps, also known as Monastyrsk on the Dnister River. No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 15

Swimmers with instructor Roman Hirniak (third row, right) and assistant Danylo Soccer players with instructors Lesia Danyliuk (far left) and Valentyn Kovalenko Santore (far left). (far right). Soyuzivka hosts 43rd Chornomorska Sitch Sports School

by Omelan Twardowsky and Matthew Dubas

KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Seventy-one boys and girls attended the first session of the 43rd Chornomorska Sitch Sports School held at the Soyuzivka Heritage Center on July 22-29. A second session was held the following week on July 31 through August 4, with 81 campers. The sport school’s curriculum included instruction in: soccer – coached by Valentyn Kovalenko, with Lesia Danyliuk and Jaroslaw Twardowsky; volleyball – Bohdan Hrynyk and Andriy Stasiuk; tennis – Zenia and Lubomyr Olesnycky (first ses- sion), and Danylo Tylawsky and Viktoria Kuritza (second session); swimming – Roman Hirniak and Danylo Santore. Oksana Telepko led the campers in singing Tennis participants during the second week, with instructors Danylo Tylawsky (second row, far left) and Viktoriya Kuritza Ukrainian songs and conducted other activ- (second row, far right). ities for the campers at the Hutsul-themed Telepko, for Saturday concerts for parents gazebo. and guests. These concerts were attended All of these instructors helped the camp- by Roma Lisovich, treasurer of the ers to achieve new heights in their selected Ukrainian National Association, and sports. Soyuzivka has the facilities for the Yaroslav Zaviyskyi, vice-president for the sports school’s intensive program, includ- eastern U.S. of the Selfreliance Ukrainian ing six tennis courts, two volleyball courts, American Federal Credit Union, two staff- a soccer field and a first-rate swimming ers of Ukraine’s Consulate General in New pool. York, whose children attended the sports The campers put their skills to the test school, and others. at the Ukrainian Youth Games, sponsored The camp concluded with an official by the Ukrainian Sports Federation of the closing ceremony and a festive farewell U.S.A. and Canada (USCAK), and co-hosted banquet and concert. Maria Polischuk by Sitch at Soyuzivka and the Ukrainian thanked the parents and camp staff. Other American Youth Association sports camp in staff members included Marika Bokalo, Ellenville, N.Y., where participants won secretary; Taissa Bokalo-Hegarty, girls’ gold, silver and bronze USCAK medals. head counselor; Mr. Hirniak, boys’ head In addition to training in sports, the counselor; and Omelan Twardowsky, camp campers also had an opportunity to per- director. Following the banquet, campers form on stage, with songs and recitations were awarded individual medals and tro- prepared under the instruction of Ms. phies.

Volleyball participants of the first week of the Chornomorska Sitch Sports School, with instructor Bohdan Hrynyk (first from left, third row) and assistant Andriy Stasiuk (far right). 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 No. 37

UCCA to co-host conference on “Ukraine’s Quest for Mature Nation Statehood” NEW YORK – On the eve of Ukraine’s or regression in six categories. Kyiv Mohyla Academy); Oleh Rybachuk American, Canadian, European and first parliamentary elections under the Such distinguished panelists as Paula (New Citizen); Oleksander Sushko (Institute Ukrainian governmental and NGO sectors presidency of Viktor Yanukovych, experts Dobriansky (foreign policy advisor to Gov. for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation); and Jan are expected to address the conference from the United States, the European Mitt Romney); Richard Lugar [R-Ind.] Pieklo (Polish Ukrainian Cooperation proceedings. Union, Canada and Ukraine will assess the (ranking member of the Senate Foreign Foundation), will address the status of The first day of the annual conference country’s progress over the past 21 years Relations Committee); Philip Gordon (assis- Ukraine’s democracy, market economy, will take place at the Reagan International of renewed independence in a special edi- tant secretary of state for Europe and social cohesion, security, energy security Trade Center located at 1300 Pennsylvania tion roundtable conference titled, Eurasia); Borys Tarasyuk (national deputy and national identity. Ave.; the venue for the second day’s pro- “Providing a Pre-2012 Parliamentary of the Verkhovna Rada); Oleksander Sushko Such forums have proven to be an ceedings will be University Club of Elections Report Card.” (Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation); invaluable opportunity to open up lines of Washington, located at 1135 16th St. The 13th conference in the “Ukraine’s John Herbst (National Defense University); communication and address issues of The suggested donation for the confer- Quest for Mature Nation Statehood” Jorge Zukoski (Ukrainian American importance in furthering Ukraine’s path to ence is $50 per day. For further information, Roundtable series, which will be held in Chamber of Commerce); James Sherr (Royal a truly democratic European state. To facili- a detailed program or to register, readers Washington on September 19-20, will Institute of International Affairs); tate the said examination, the event will may contact the UCCA National Office either bring together over 35 government and Volodymyr Viatrovych (Center for Research run six plenary sessions, three highlight by phone at 212-228-6840 or by e-mail at non-governmental representatives to take on the Liberation Movement of Ukraine); focus sessions and a forum patrons’ recep- [email protected]. To register online, log on to the measure of Ukraine’s recent progress Andreas Umland (National University of tion. A veritable who’s who from the www.usukrainianrelations.org.

pastor of Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian 65th annual... Orthodox Parish in Carnegie, Pa.; the Rev. (Continued from page 4) Deacon Mikhail Sawarynsky of the Assumption of the Birth-Giver of God The newly elected 2012-2013 Senior Ukrainian Orthodox Parish in Northampton, UOL national executive board are: presi- and the Rev. Deacon John Charest of Ss. dent – Ms. Misko, Northampton; first vice- Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Parish president – Natalie Bilynsky, Philadelphia; in Palos Park. second vice-president – Joshua Oryhon, Prior to the beginning of the divine litur- Philadelphia; treasurer – Oleh Bilynsky, gy, the bishops tonsured and set aside as Philadelphia; financial secretary – Pam readers and subdeacons, Ivan Chopko and Scannell, Johnson City, N.Y.; recording sec- Yurii Andreiko, seminarians of St. Sophia retary – Laryssa Charest, Palos Park; corre- Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary sponding secretary – Christine Mills, in South Bound Brook, N.J. Carnegie, Pa.; and auditor – Mark As the liturgy progressed, over 200 peo- Meschisen, Woonsocket, R.I. ple received the Holy Eucharist, with The 65th annual Ukrainian Orthodox parishioners from the local Ukrainian League Convention was adjourned and the Orthodox communities as well as from Committee meetings discuss proposals Delegates present ideas to address issues delegates began preparations for the ves- and recommendations. facing the Church’s organizations. pers service, as well as a traditional UOL banquet, at which Archbishop Antony other Orthodox jurisdictions participating appointed Bishop Daniel to serve as a spiri- in the services of the day. tual father of the Senior UOL executive At the conclusion of the service, Bishop board and the Rev. Anthony Ugolnick as Daniel called the newly elected Senior and spiritual father of the Junior UOL executive Junior UOL executive boards to come for- board. ward in order to be presented to On Sunday, July 29, the delegates gath- Archbishop Antony for a formal induction ered at Holy Protection of the Birth-Giver- into their service in the life of the UOL and of-God Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral for the Church. Holding candles in their hands, divine liturgy concelebrated by Archbishop the officers of the organization made a sol- Antony and Bishop Daniel. emn promise to work for the glory of God At the entrance to the cathedral, chil- and the fulfillment of the mission of the dren greeted the bishops with flowers of organization: “Dedicated to the Church; love, while Nick Fartuch, president of the Devoted to Her Youth!” parish board of administration, and Ms. Then Bishop Daniel called upon the del- Misko, Senior UOL president, and Gregory egates of the St. Vladimir UOL Chapter Markiw, Junior UOL president, presented from Parma to come forward to receive the hierarchs with the traditional from the hands of the pastor of the cathe- Ukrainian bread and salt. The pastor of the dral’s community, the Rev. Oryhon, a travel- parish family, the Rev. Oryhon, offered sin- ing icon of the Mother of God of Pochaiv, cere words of prayerful welcome to the that will remain at St. Vladimir Cathedral in hierarchs, and asked them to pray for the Parma the entire year until the conclusion success of the numerous ministries of the of the 66th annual UOL Convention. Church’s central organization. After the veneration of the cross follow- The hierarchs were joined at the altar ing the service, the faithful joined each by the spiritual fathers of the local and vis- uocofusa.org other in the cathedral’s social hall for a iting parish communities, including: the Newly tonsured and ordained subdeacons, Ivan Chopko and Yurii Andreiko, seminari- farewell brunch prepared by the local UOL Rev. Zawierucha; the Rev. Stephen Repa, ans of St. Sophia Theological seminary, with Bishop Daniel and Archbishop Antony. chapter and the entire congregation.

216 Foordmore Road P.O. Box 529 Kerhonkson, NY 12446 1-845-626-5641 [email protected] 2012 Summer Events September 10 – September 13 – Gymnasium Reunions: Bayreuth, Berchtesgaden, Karlsfeld, Landshut, Regensburg September 17 – September 19 – Gymnasium Reunions: Mittenwald & Salzburg (From left) Bishop Daniel, Archbishop Antony, the Rev. Bazyl Zawierucha (standing), September 22 – September 23 – KLK Weekend the Rev. Paisius McGrath and the Rev. Stephen Repa, joined by seminarians during one of the festive convention dinners. No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 17

September 14 Performance, Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, September 22 Oktoberfest, featuring music by the Auslanders, Bryn Mawr, PA Bryn Mawr College, 610-526-5210 or Buffalo, NY Ukrainian American Civic Center, www.uaccbuffalo.com www.brownpapertickets.com September 22 Book presentation by Maria Rewakowicz, “Persona non September 14 Art exhibit, “Ukrainian Socialist Realism,” Ukrainian New York Grata and The New York Group: An Anthology of Poetry, through October 7 Institute of America, 212-288-8660 Prose and Essays,” Shevchenko Scientific Society, New York 212-254-5130

September 14-16 Ukrainian Festival on Bloor Street West, September 22 Concert, Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus and the Hoosli Toronto [email protected] or 416-410-9965 Toronto Ukrainian Male Chorus, Ryerson Theater, www.bandura.org or 416-518-0292 September 14-16 Conference, “Ukrainian Museums, Libraries and Archives,” Stamford, CT Ukrainian Museum, 917-501-8881 or 203-323-8866 September 22 Potato bake and pig roast, Ukrainian Homestead, Lehighton, PA 610-377-4621 or www.ukrhomestead.com September 15 Roundtable discussion, “Ukraine before the Decisive New York Elections of 2012,” Shevchenko Scientific Society, September 22 Dinner-dance, Ukrainian American Veterans, The Lantana, 212-254-5130 Boston 508-245-1890 or [email protected]

September 15-16 Washington Ukrainian Festival, St. Andrew Ukrainian September 22-23 Art exhibit and sale, Women’s Association for the Defense Silver Spring, MD Orthodox Cathedral, 301-622-0838 Palatine, IL of the Four Freedoms for Ukraine, Ukrainian American Youth Association center, [email protected] September 16 Performance, Yatran Ukrainian Song and Dance Ensemble, Philadelphia Ukrainian Federation of America, Northeast High School, September 25 Fund-raiser, Calgary Friends of the Ukrainian Catholic 215-782-1075 or www.brownpapertickets.com Calgary, AB University, St. Stephen Ukrainian Catholic Church, 403-670-9145 or [email protected] September 19-20 Conference, “Ukraine’s Quest for Mature Nation Washington Statehood,” Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, September 28 Monument unveiling, Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Reagan International Trade Center and the University Sydney, NS Foundation, Endowment Council of the Canadian First Club of Washington, www.usukrainianrelations.org World War Internment Recognition Fund, Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church, [email protected] or September 21 Concert, Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus and the Hoosli [email protected] St. Catharines, ON Ukrainian Male Chorus, Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria, www.bandura.org or 905-934-7352 September 29 Conference, “65th Anniversary of the Establishment of New York the Shevchenko Scientific Society in America,” September 21-23 Rummage sale, Ss. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Shevchenko Scientific Society, 212-254-5130 Olyphant, PA Catholic Church, American Legion Hall (Raymond Henry Post 327), 570-489-2271 or www.stcyrils.maslar-online.com Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions September 21-23 Convention, Ukrainian American Veterans, Comfort Inn, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Randolph, MA 781-961-1000 or www.uavets.org and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 No. 37 UKELODEON F Nor The ext Generation

Ukraine’s students win medals at International Chemistry Olympiad According to the Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports, in unofficial team rankings Ukraine’s students were in the top 10. Upon completing the Olym- piad, the four students visited the Embassy of Ukraine in the U.S., where they met with Ambassador Olexander Motsyk. The ambassa- dor thanked the students for their participation in the Olympiad, noting that a worthy representa- tion of Ukraine at this international event was a sign of its high scien- tific prestige around the world. He wished the young Ukrainian chem- ists further success in the scientific field. Ukrainian students have been participating in the International Chemistry Olympiad since 1994. In 17 Olympiads, Ukraine’s young chemists have won 66 medals, At the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington (from left) are: Andriy Stelmakh, Olga Kostreksi (a guide from the or- including 10 gold, 29 silver and 27 ganizing committee of the International Chemistry Olympiad), Ambassador Olexander Motsyk, Iryna Zaporozhets, bronze. Ihor Chernyukh and Dmytro Shybanov.

Embassy of Ukraine in the U.S. sity. Iryna Zaporozhets, a graduate WASHINGTON – Students from of Balakliya School No. 1 of the Ukraine were among 73 teams from Kharkiv Oblast, and Dmytro Shy- all over the world that competed in banov, a graduate of Sevastopol the 44th International Chemistry Specialized School No. 57, won sil- Olympiad, held at the University of ver medals; and Andriy Stelmakh, Maryland, College Park campus. a 10th grade student of the Lviv The closing ceremonies of the Physics and Mathematics Lyceum, competition took place on July 30 won a bronze medal. at Georgetown University. All of The Ukrainian team’s research Ukraine’s students won medals. advisor, Yury Kholin, vice-principal A gold medal was awarded to Ihor for educational research of the Chernyukh, a graduate of the Lviv Vasyl Karazin Kharkiv National Physics and Mathematics Lyceum at University, assessed the team’s Ivan Franko Lviv National Univer- performance as very high.

Lesia Ukrainka School of Ukrainian Studies in Morris County, NJ

announces the beginning of the school year for children from pre-kindergarten (age 5) through 12th grade on September 8, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. Parents’ meeting at 9:45 a.m. Ukrainian American Cultural Center 60-C N. Jefferson Road Whippany, NJ 07881 Please register on line: www.ridna.org Lubodar Olesnycky, President of the Parents’ Committee Website: www.ridna.org

242B 253B No. 37 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 19 Dance rocks Wildwood Crest by Adrian Horodecky WILDWOOD CREST, N.J. – Hundreds of Ukrainians gathered at the Crest Pier Recreation Center for a night of dancing and interac- tive entertainment that was emceed by Roma Odulak. Ksenia and Alex Salewycz led the “Party Ptashat” kids’ zabava to rousing renditions of the “Limbo,” “Secret Agent Man,” “YMCA” and a host of other Ukrai- nian and American children’s fa- vorites. DJ Matt Liteplo provided an assortment of terrific dance music. Next came the “Wildwood Idol” dance contest, which brought out the best dancing of the evening. Five winners were announced by the three judges, Ania Bohachevsky Lonkevych, and Nina and George Kobryn. Topping off the evening A view of the fun during the dance. was the “Club Crest” disco party, is a fund-raising event benefiting at which groups of teens danced the Plast campgrounds. The “Khmeli” night away. The Crest Pier deck was expressed thanks to all the Ukrai- a great meeting place for all those nian vacationers who attended the who wanted to enjoy the night air zabava and contributed to this wor- and cool breeze. thy cause. Pictures of the zabava are The dance, organized by the available for viewing in the galleries Khmelnychenky fraternity of Plast section of www.xmel.org, the official Ukrainian Scouting Organization, website of the Khmelnychenky. Mishanyna

This month’s Mishanyna challenges you to find popular Ukrainian names for girls hidden in the grid below. Adan re Lesia Sofia Halyna Marianna Tetiana Melania Katriya Uliana Natalia Khrystyna Oksana Vira Larysa Sonia Zoriana The winners of the dance contest. BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIAL: A subscription to The Ukrainian Weekly! Give the college students in your family their own nine-month gift subscription to The Ukrainian Weekly. The Weekly is a great resource for students who plan to write college papers on topics about Ukraine, helps students keep in touch with the Ukrainian community throughout the United States and Canada, and gives students the opportunity to keep learning about their Ukrainian heritage once they leave home.The subscription rate for the academic year is only $50 ($40 if the student is a member of the UNA). To take advantage of this special offer, phone The Weekly’s Subscription Department at (973) 292-9800, ext. 3042, and charge the subscription to your credit card. Make sure you have your stu- dent’s college mailing address handy; or, if you prefer, you can order an online subscription for your student by providing his/her e-mail address. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012 No. 37

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Saturday, September 15 Saturday-Sunday, September 15-16 NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific SILVER SPRING, Md.: The 10th annual Society invites all to a roundtable on Ukrainian Festival of the Metropolitan “Ukraine Before the Decisive Elections Washington, D.C., area takes place on of 2012.” Participants include George G. both days noon to dusk. Come one, Grabowicz (Harvard University), Valery come all to celebrate the 10th anniver- Kuchinsky (Columbia University), sary festival. There will be great food, a Mikhail Minakov (National University of Kozak beer garden, fabulous entertain- Kyiv Mohyla Academy) and Alexander ment, a variety of crafts and super chil- Motyl (Rutgers University). The round- dren’s activities. The festival venue is table will take place at the society’s 15100 New Hampshire Ave., Silver building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth Spring, MD 20905. For further informa- and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For addition- tion call 301-622-0838 or e-mail afili- al information call 212-254-5130. [email protected].

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