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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXX No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2012 $1/$2 in Ukraine Self Reliance New York Rampant corruption in Ukraine supports digital library hinders country’s ability to pay debts with $20,000 donation Level and scale of corruption called “extraordinary” PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Self Reliance (N.Y.) Federal Credit Union has once again shown its generous sup- by Zenon Zawada he’d find other sources, without specifically naming them. port for Ukrainian community endeavors with a Yet economists said they are puzzled as to what these Special to The Ukrainian Weekly $20,000 grant toward the new digital library project funding sources might be, considering that the Ukrainian initiated by Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly. KYIV – Rampant corruption under the administration of government resorted to extreme measures to make foreign Through the years, Svoboda Press published a Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has threatened the payments in recent months that will prove harmful in the number of significant books that have long been out government’s ability to pay its foreign debt. long term. of print. Digitization will make these historic books Bloomberg News reported in late February that Ukraine These measures include buying back its own bonds available to the general public, as well as universities, may be next in line for a sovereign default behind Greece, with additionally printed hryvni, increasing the capital libraries, scholarly institutions and other interested according to its survey of European nations. stock of state companies also through hryvnia-printing, parties around the globe. Experts blame corruption as a key factor for the eco- hastily privatizing strategic enterprises at below-market As noted in the description of the project provided nomic mess. Ukraine ranked 152nd out of 183 states on prices and even spending its international (forex) reserves, to Self Reliance, the goal of this new project is “to pre- the Corruption Perceptions Index released in December which have fallen nearly $7.5 billion, or about 24 percent, vent the fruits of the labor of generations of 2011 by Transparency International, scoring worst among in the last six months to $31 billion. Ukrainians from disappearing by digitizing our books European countries and lower than the Russian Federation, The National Bank of Ukraine has burned about $1 bil- and other documents to make them accessible for Tajikistan and Uganda. lion a month for the last six months on the currency mar- searching, browsing and downloading.” “The level and scale of corruption are so extraordinary kets, artificially propping up the hryvnia against the back- The Self Reliance grant, approved by the board of that they determine the state’s economic policy rather drop of a growing foreign trade deficit, growing foreign directors and received in early 2012 along with a let- than merely influene it,” said Andriy Novak, head of the debt and rising inflation, Mr. Novak said. Yet, such mea- ter of support from President and Chief Executive Committee of Economists of Ukraine and vice-rector of the sures may only serve to accelerate hryvnia devaluation and Officer Bohdan Kurczak and Treasurer and Chief inflation even further. Financial Officer Bohdan S. Sawycky, is currently being European University in Kyiv. As evidence of the inflationary threat, both foreign and put to use in purchasing the equipment needed to Prime Minister Mykola Azarov all but confirmed his domestic demand has declined for bonds issued by the undertake this worthy project. government’s lack of financial solvency on March 12 when Ukrainian government, the yields of which are approach- Work has already begin on digitizing such English- he said the Ukrainian government will try to pay its $3.1 and Ukrainian-language books as “Our Ukrainian billion debt due this year to the International Monetary ing double-digit levels, which confirm the high risk even Fund (IMF) by asking for another IMF loan tranche to help for short-term debt. (Continued on page 7) cover it. The next day, he retracted that statement, saying (Continued on page 3)

Legacy of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj commemorated at La Salle U. PHILADELPHIA – The 120th anniversary of the birth of Archeparchy of Philadelphia. Ukrainian Catholic Church; Cardinal Lubomyr, archbishop- Confessor of Faith Cardinal Josyf Slipyj (1892-1984) was The Saturday, February 25, session at La Salle University major emeritus; Ambassador Extraordinary and commemorated in Philadelphia with a bilingual conference was dedicated to the scholarly-theological aspects of the Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States of America held on February 25-26. The event was organized by the life and work of Patriarch Josyf. The two-session event was Olexander Motsyk; and Dr. Orest Popovych, president of St. Sophia Religious Association of Ukrainian Catholics chaired by Dr. Leonid Rudnytzky, president of the St. the Shevchenko Scientific Society, U.S.A. U.S.A., in cooperation with La Salle University, the Sophia Association, who conveyed congratulations from The opening prayer was offered by Brother Joseph Shevchenko Scientific Society, the Chicago-based Ukrainian the Church and state dignitaries. Among them were: Dougherty FSC, Department of Graduate Religion, La Salle Catholic Education Foundation and the Ukrainian Catholic Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk, major archbishop of the University. In his opening remarks, Dr. Rudnytzky briefly analyzed the activities of Patriarch Josyf as pastor, teacher of his people and Confessor of Faith. The principal virtues of this outstanding person were reflected in the papers presented by conference speakers, with the Very Rev. Dr. Iwan Dacko, professor at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv and the director of its Institute of St. Clement in Rome, delivering the keynote address. Having served for many years as secretary to Patriarch Josyf, the Rev. Dacko chose to analyze “The Spirit of Ecumenism in Josyf Slipyj’s Works.” He said Cardinal Slipyj tried to prove and show that Ukrainians – Orthodox and Greek-Catholics – can come to terms, pronouncing the renowned words: “I am as Orthodox as you are Catholic” and leaving his testament as an ecumenical vision for the Church of the future. Father Dacko acknowledged Patriarch Josyf’s unique ecumenical legacy to the universal Church, to the Ukrainian Church and the Ukrainian people. He also expressed his hope that the Organizers and speakers of the Philadelphia conference focusing on the legacy of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj (from left): patriarch’s successors would continue and complete the Gregory Lloyd, Albert Kipa, Roma Hayda, Andrew Sorokowski, Jaroslaw Zalipsky, William Tighe, the Rev. Iwan task leading towards the full communion of Churches. Dacko, the Rev. Marian Procyk, Brother Joseph Dougherty, Leonid Rudnytzky, the Rev. Ivan Kaszczak, the Rev. Andrew Onuferko, Ulana Prociuk and Nicholas Rudnytzky. (Continued on page 4) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2012 No. 12

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Ukraine prepares for elections Support declines for BSF in Crimea diplomat, Berlin commented on the fact that the Ukrainian government had allowed KYIV – The percentage of those who foreign doctors to examine Ms. with Putinization of security forces support the continued presence of the Tymoshenko. “It is, above all, about humani- Russian Black Sea Fleet (BSF) in Ukraine who has been involved in numerous brawls ty. In Germany, even the most dangerous by Taras Kuzio has decreased, and opponents now out- inside and outside Parliament (see a photo- criminals are entitled to hospital treat- Eurasia Daily Monitor number supporters by 16 percentage graph of his “boxing skills” in Ukrayinsky ment,” the minister underscored. She also points. These are the findings of a survey On February 24, on three Ukrainian tele- Tyzhden, February 17). His appointment is highlighted the problem of human rights in conducted on February 10-24 by the vision channels, President Viktor aimed at placing the security forces under Ukrainian prisons. “Yulia Tymoshenko was Rating Sociological Group and released on Yanukovych said, “There is a law and it the control of “The [Yanukovych] Family” nearly the first prisoner to have been exam- March 13. “Amid the escalated gas negotia- ined by medical professionals. In addition, should be observed, I believe. And a fight (see EDM, December 2, 2011) because Mr. tions, the number of supporters of length- within the law is a fair fight. And whoever Salamatin is ready to fulfill any order given as we understand the rule of law and ening the stay of the BSF until 2042 has sig- human rights, every prisoner before convic- breaks these rules should be punished for to him by the president (Ukrayinsky nificantly fallen,” the polling organization it… This is the first major election that is Tyzhden, February 9). Control over the tion is entitled to the presumption of inno- said. Thus, the number of supporters for cence. Therefore, in this respect, Ukraine being held by the current authorities, and security forces will be important in the the year has decreased from 42 percent to we must show that we are a civilized event of Orange Revolution-style mass pro- has still to make some changes,” she said. 33 percent, while the number of opponents On February 14 Ms. Tymoshenko was European country... At present, it is very tests during the 2012 and 2015 elections increased from 42 percent to 49 percent. At important that these elections should be (see EDM, January 13). examined by the head of the Berlin clinic the same time, 18 percent of the total num- Charite, Karl-Max Einhaupl, and Charite fair and transparent. I will assign appropri- Fourth, skepticism is warranted because ber of respondents (4,000) are undecided. ate tasks to law enforcement agencies that President Yanukovych has made many chief orthopedist Norbert Haas at the The Kharkiv agreements of April 21, 2010, Kachanivska women’s penal colony in will monitor the elections.” promises to European and American lead- which extended the presence of the BSF in Kharkiv. On March 7, during a visit to Kyiv, Nonetheless, we should remain skepti- ers in the past that have never been fulfilled. Crimea by 25 years in exchange for a dis- the two doctors said that Ms. Tymoshenko cal of the chances of democratic parliamen- Between February 28 and March 1 count in the price of Russian natural gas, was sick and needs medical treatment out- tary elections in Ukraine this October for (Ukrayinska Pravda), the EU and Ukrainian have lost supporters not only in the center side the prison. (Ukrinform) five reasons. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) exchanged and north of the country, but also in the First, in 2004 President Leonid Kuchma strong words, with the EU alleging the MFA east and south, including the Donbas. Boiko on talks with Turkmenistan issued a highly detailed decree where he had unleashed an “information war.” Furthermore, a large majority of those sur- outlined plans to hold a free election in In retrospect, minor, but Ukrainian and veyed – 78 percent – are against the trans- KYIV – Ukraine is in talks with October of that year. Nevertheless, the 2004 post-Soviet leaders are not used to being fer of control over the Ukraine’s gas transit Turkmenistan on the possibility of being elections turned into the most fraudulent in challenged by voters for not fulfilling prom- system to Russia. (Ukrinform) directly supplied with Turkmen gas, Ukrainian history against which millions ises. EU Ambassador Jose Manuel Pinto Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry protested in the Orange Revolution. Teixeira reminded the Ukrainian authori- Germany expects Yulia’s move to hospital Minister Yurii Boiko said. “We are continu- ing a dialogue in this connection,” he told Second, plans are already under way for ties that Mr. Yanukovych had stated that he KYIV – The German Foreign Office, which journalists in Kyiv on March 13, when asked election fraud (see Jamestown blog, needed to concentrate power in his hands had earlier sent German medical experts to what amount of Turkmen gas could be sup- February 21), which will be coordinated to fight corruption and undertake reforms examine former Prime Minister Yulia plied to Ukraine. Mr. Boiko also said that through Andriy Kliuyev who was appointed to improve the business climate, but that Tymoshenko, expects she will be moved Russian gas transit through Ukraine in 2012 secretary of the National and Security this had not taken place. from prison to a hospital, said Cornelia would reach 100 billion cubic meters. While Defense Council (NSDC) on February 14. In Fifth, Mr. Yanukovych cannot compre- Pieper, state minister in the German Foreign commenting on the reported decrease in the past he has been a behind-the-scenes hend that the conduct of this year’s elec- Office. Speaking with the press on March the volume of gas transit through Ukraine “fixer” for the Party of Regions, buying up tions in many ways is irrelevant because 13, she said, “In their conclusions, the by 12 percent, the minister said: “Our gas deputies in Parliament in 2007 and 2010, the Organization for Security and German doctors stress the need to consider transport system is currently operating at as well as leaders of NGOs and political Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will be the possibility of her treatment outside the full capacity.” (Interfax-Ukraine) parties. The NSDC will coordinate the unable to declare them to be in accordance prison. ...Therefore, we expect that Yulia authority’s election campaign to ensure the with democratic standards when opposi- Tymoshenko will be moved to a hospital, MFA: Association Agreement to be initialed “desired result” is received. Ukrayinsky tion leaders remain imprisoned. where she will have a therapeutic aid.” At KYIV – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tyzhden (February 24) headlined its analy- In the aforementioned February 24 tele- the same time Ms. Pieper drew attention to (MFA) has stated that the Association sis with “Kliuyev Appointed with an Eye on vision interview, Mr. Yanukovych claimed a statement made by Ukraine’s Procurator Agreement between Ukraine and the Elections.” that he approaches the opposition “with General Viktor Pshonka, who did not rule European Union will be initialed at the end out Ms. Tymoshenko’s hospitalization. “I In the 2004 elections, Mr. Kliuyev head- love,” and on the next day he said he of March, but the official date is not yet hope he will keep his word and another ed Mr. Yanukovych’s “shadow” election remained committed to Ukraine’s known, Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman campaign, which specialized in “black European integration. Two days later, how- step forward will be made in the case,” she operations” against the Viktor Yushchenko ever, a Kyiv court sentenced former said. Additionally, according to the German (Continued on page 12) campaign, and he appears on tapes made Internal Affairs Minister Yurii Lutsenko to illicitly by the Security Service of Ukraine four years’ imprisonment and a three-year (SBU), where he discusses the organization ban from public office. Mr. Lutsenko’s and of election fraud (see Eurasia Daily Ms. Tymoshenko’s sentences are meant to FOUNDED 1933 Monitor, December 3, 2004). remove them from the next parliamentary The Ukrainian Weekly At the same time, First Vice Prime and presidential elections. Minister Kliuyev was Ukraine’s main negoti- After attending the Brussels forum, for- An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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KGB officer Ihor Kalinin, who was promot- Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych reshuffle at the top last November, when he On February 8, President Yanukovych ed to chief of the Security Service of continues reshuffling his government with appointed two individuals reportedly replaced Admiral Mykhailo Yezhel with a Ukraine (SBU) on February 3, also has an eye on the parliamentary elections linked to his older son Oleksander, Vitalii civilian, Dmytro Salamatin, in the post of roots in Russia. scheduled for October 28. Political light- Zakharchenko and Oleksander Klymenko, defense minister. Mr. Yanukovych has long Following Mr. Salamatin’s new appoint- weights are being replaced with heavy- respectively, as internal affairs minister and been dissatisfied with slow reform in the ment, two of his former deputies at weights and individuals personally loyal to tax chief. Local pundits and journalists army; what is more, Admiral Yezhel was Ukroboronprom became deputy defense min- Mr. Yanukovych. immediately branded them, together with involved in corruption scandals, so his dis- isters. Mr. Yanukovych also replaced the Chief At the same time, the transfer of the Serhii Arbuzov, who was appointed as the missal was only a question of time. Mr. of the General Staff, Hryhorii Pedchenko, who influential election campaign manager for National Bank of Ukraine chairman in Salamatin before this appointment had had served in this position since May 2010, Mr. Yanukovych and his Party of Regions December 2010, as “the family group.” headed the state defense industry compa- with his former deputy, Volodymyr (PRU), Andriy Kliuyev, from the post of first This past January, Mr. Yanukovych pro- ny and arms exporter Ukroboronprom. He Zamana. Mr. Pedchenko reportedly failed to vice prime minister to the relatively low- moted Valeriy Khoroshkovsky, a person moved to Ukraine from Russia in 1999 and find common language with Mr. Salamatin key position of chief security adviser has from “the gas lobby” – that is, with report- is reportedly the son-in-law of former (Kommersant-Ukraine, February 20). left many local observers puzzled. Through ed links to gas and chemical oligarch Russian Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Mr. Kliuyev, Mr. Yanukovych may be creat- Dmytro Firtash, who co-owns the gas trad- Soskovets, who was very influential in the (Continued on page 8)

Oblast, only $200 million was invested in Another $75 million was plundered and their motivation is how to take maxi- Rampant... the oblast in the same period, reported from an Odesa sewage project in 2011 by mum advantage of their government posts,” Oleksander Paliy, a leading political expert, city and state officials. Mr. Novak said. (Continued from page 1) citing statistics offered by the Ministry of “Almost 600 million hrv ($75 million Another budget parasite is Ukravtodor, By the year’s end, the Ukrainian govern- Economic Development and Trade. U.S.) were sunk into this project without a the state enterprise responsible for ment will have to pay back $11.9 billion, “The foreign debt is a direct result of the head or brains,” Mr. Yanukovych said in late Ukraine’s road construction and mainte- reported the UNIAN news agency. Besides corrupt officials in government, who don’t February of the Odesa Sewage Collector nance that has become synonymous with the IMF, among the government’s biggest think about state interests and their scam. “Now more funds are needed to cor- corruption. creditors are the Russian Federation’s VTB accountability before the nation. However, rect this mistake. We’ll do this, correct it, The state budget earmarked $1.4 billion Bank, the World Bank and the European they think of how to maximally take advan- but a repeat of this won’t happen again.” for Ukravtodor in 2011 and $1.7 billion in Bank for Reconstruction and Development. tage of their government posts and take on Even costlier scams are what Mr. Novak 2012, “yet Ukraine is left with neither National Deputy Serhii Sobelyev of the debt, which they won’t have to pay, but calls “budget parasites.” These are corrupt roads nor the money spent on Ukravtodor,” Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc claimed in March instead the next generation of Ukrainians enterprises – both state and private – that said Mr. Novak, noting that condition of that he obtained information that the will,” Mr. Novak said. have leeched off the Ukrainian state budget Ukraine’s roads is the worst in Europe. Cabinet of Ministers issued a resolution to Government critics said Mr. Tigipko’s ever since independence and have cost the Weeding out corruption and getting the prepare for a hyperinflation scenario in proposal is populist theatrics. State officials Ukrainian people tens of billions of dollars finances of Naftohaz and Ukravtodor alone 2013. are better off cutting off corruption at its since. into shape would immediately bring the Such claims could be dismissed as politi- roots in Ukraine, rather than trying to tax The biggest parasite is Naftohaz Ukrainy, Ukrainian budget back into balance and cal speculation by a desperate opposition the embezzled funds by the time they reach the state natural gas production and distri- provide enough funds to pay foreign credi- politician if not for the fact President offshore banking zones such as Cyprus or bution monopoly, “which works in the tors, he added. Yanukovych declared a social payments ini- the Cayman Islands. most profitable energy sector yet ends up Among the biggest of them is the IMF, tiative on March 7, which experts said is Examples of alleged government cor- bankrupt every year,” Mr. Novak said. “Yet, which bailed out the Ukrainian govern- intended to boost the ratings of the Party of ruption that surfaced in just the last two somehow a new billionaire emerges after ment following the 2008 financial crash to Regions of Ukraine ahead of the October months include the state distributing $325 every bankruptcy, every year.” the tune of $14 billion between November parliamentary elections. million to invest in solar energy in 2011, a In the first three quarters of 2011, for 2008 and December 2010. The goodies to be distributed among business with few tangible results domi- example, Naftohaz earned $2.1 billion in An $800 million payment was due Ukraine’s population – about 80 percent of nated by National Security and Defense revenue but mysteriously finished the year February, another $800 million is due in whom are officially destitute based on Council Chair Andrii Kliuyev, and the 2011 with $6 billion in losses, as claimed by the May and $3.7 billion is due by the end of United Nations standards – include higher state purchase of a floating oil rig at a price president himself. “This is practically the 2012, reported Dr. Soskin, adding, “It’s pensions, a minimum wage boosted by 14 reportedly inflated by $150 million. destruction of a country,” Mr. Yanukovych understood the government can’t do this.” percent and compensation of bank depos- The rig was bought by Chornomor- told a December 2011 press conference. But the government did indeed make its that were lost in the Soviet collapse of naftohaz, a state enterprise managed by Such concern for the country remains the February payment – by dipping into its 1991. the Ministry of Energy and Coal Production limited to words, as President Yanukovych state international reserves, which are the “This means that Yanukovych has given led by Yurii Boiko, which deposited the has yet to introduce any initiatives or legis- state’s foreign currency and gold reserves. the go-ahead to printing money – $2 billion funds to buy the rig into a bank owned lation to improve financial management “Even Tymoshenko didn’t go to such in three months,” said Dr. Oleh Soskin, once partly by RosUkrEnergo partners, which and transparency at Naftohaz Ukrainy, extremes,” Dr. Soskin said. “They’re an economic advisor to former President include Mr. Boiko and billionaire oligarch economists said. destroying the foundation of the hryvnia, Leonid Kuchma. “It’ll be like Belarus, where Dmytro Firtash, the Ukrayinska Pravda “Unfortunately, the people in govern- which won’t be able to function without [President Alyaksandr] Lukashenka did the news site reported in January. ment think only about their own pockets, solid international reserves.” same before the 2010 presidential elec- tions. We all know how that ended – with the collapse of the Belarusian economy.” Top 10 budget scams in Ukraine Ironically, Ms. Tymoshenko first began returning lost bank deposits as prime min- The following, prepared by Zenon Zawada, is a list of the 10 costliest, allegedly corrupt state budget scams that surfaced in the ister in 2008, for which she was harshly Ukrainian press in 2012. The sums represent the amount mismanaged by the indicated source, while the asterisked sums are those bud- criticized by the Party of Regions of Ukraine, gets from which a significant sum is alleged by the indicated source to have been mismanaged. which was then in the opposition. Fulfilling such promises will cost the Amount Alleged scam Fiscal period Manager Source of information Ukrainian government another $2 billion, Committee of Economists $6.0 billion Naftohaz Ukrainy 2011 Yevhen Bakulin, Naftohaz board chairman estimated Sergey Tigipko, the vice prime of Ukraine minister for social policy. Yet he claimed on March 9 that the government will be able to $5.2 billion* Euro-2012 2008-2011 Volodymyr Kovalevskyi, director Ekonomichna Pravda make the payments without resorting to printing money and causing inflation. $2.1 billion* Committee of Economists Ukravtodor 2011-2012 Volodymyr Demishkan, chairman of Ukraine Currently, the Ukrainian government’s Rural natural gas Committee of Energy biggest source of revenue is a 20 percent $975 million* 2012 Yevhen Bakulin, Naftohaz board chairman value-added tax (VAT) on all retail sales. installation Independence of Ukraine Ukrhazbank Institute of Society Among Mr. Tigipko’s suggestions to raise $538 million 2011 Serhii Mamedov, board chairman more revenue is a luxury tax that would recapitalization Transformation also apply to offshore accounts, which he Rodovid Bank Institute of Society $500 million 2011 Yurii Raitburg, board chairman estimated would bring an additional $375 recapitalization Transformation million into the state coffers. $351 million Ukrnafta rent Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, In 2011 an estimated $6.9 billion was relief legislation 2012 Igor Kolomoisky, Privat Group partner Ekonomichna Pravda sent to offshore bank accounts, eluding any Solar energy $325 million* 2011 Andrii Kliuyev, National Security and Defense Dzerkalo Tyzhnia taxation according to Andrii Pavlovskyi, a development Council chair Tymoshenko Bloc national deputy, writing Floating oil Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, in a January blog on the Ukrayinska Pravda $150 million March 2011 Dmytro Firtash and Ivan Fursin, RosUkrEnergo partners; rig purchase Yurii Boiko, minister of energy and coal production Ekonomichna Pravda website. UkrHazVydobuvannia Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, While $3 billion was “invested” in Cyprus $106 million 2012 Dmytro Firtash, Group DF chair during the last five years from the Donetsk rent relief legislation Ekonomichna Pravda 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2012 No. 12

Legacy of Patriarch... (Continued from page 1) In his paper titled “Patriarch Slipyj and the Ukrainian Catholic Church in America,” the Rev. Dr. Ivan Kaszczak offered a brief history of the genesis of the Ukrainian American diaspora and its struggle for identity, which was enhanced by Patriarch Josyf’s three apostolic journeys to the United States. During these visits the patri- arch established parishes and patriarchal organizations whose mission it was to maintain the heritage of the Church and its unity. The afternoon session featured a paper The Rev. Iwan Dacko The Rev. Ivan Kaszczak Prof. William Tighe titled “From One Exile to Another: departure from the USSR in early 1963, and cern was to keep his Church out of the cen- Christian Studies (Faculty of Theology, St. Metropolitan Josyf Slipyj at Vatican II” documents of Metropolitan Maxim tralizing grip of the Vatican forces; he was Paul University) in Ottawa, offered his authored by Dr. Karim Schelkens, secretary Hermaniuk, CSsR, of the Archeparchy of keen on safeguarding the Eastern character paper on “ ‘Yet a little while and the world Winnipeg. to the Center for the Study of the Second of his Church, steering it away from will see me no more’ (John 14:19). Biblical Vatican Council at KU Leuven, and a member Dr. Schelkens discussed the less-than- Latinizing tendencies. In conclusion, Dr. Language and References in the Testament of the executive committee of the Cardinal favorable circumstances in which Patriarch Schelkens expressed his admiration for the of Patriarch Josyf.” The speaker, who was a Willebrands Research Center at Tilburg Josyf established the Ukrainian Catholic force and intensity with which Patriarch student of Patriarch Josyf, emphasized the University in the Netherlands. The paper University of Pope St. Clement in Rome in fact that the Confessor of Faith had put Josyf acted during Vatican II. was read by Nicholas Rudnytzky. Dr. 1963 in order to secure a seminary and much thought into how he wanted to be The Rev. Andrew Onuferko, the Roman Schelkens based his presentation on the dia- university education for Ukrainian Greek- remembered and the vision he had for his ries of the council participants, including Catholics and to safeguard the Byzantine and Maria Wynnyckyj Teaching and legacy. those of Cardinal John Willebrands, who character of the Ukrainian community in Research Fellow at the Metropolitan The Rev. Onuferko analyzed the use of played a key role in Metropolitan Slipyj’s the diaspora. On the Roman front, his con- Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern biblical quotations within each of the seg- ments, with a total of 44 direct and three indirect biblical quotes. The speaker noted that many changes had occurred since that day when the Testament of Patriarch Josyf was publically read at his Slipyj’s funeral. His Church is “no longer a persecuted enti- ty struggling for survival in an openly athe- istic state. A new generation of faithful has come of age, born in vastly different cir- cumstances: freedom and opportunity in Ukraine, assimilation pressures and Fourth-Wave immigration outside its bor- ders. The Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church has gradually re-established its ecclesial and pastoral structures. According to his testament today Patriarch Josyf would insist that in this pilgrimage of earthly life, the Word of God remain a constant com- panion and guide, a source of “superhuman endurance” and “mysterious strength.” William J. Tighe, associate professor of history, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa., spoke about “A Parallel Between Cardinal Slipyj and Pope Benedict XVI” in terms of liturgical translations. He approached the two translations into Ukrainian of the divine liturgy that were in use in the Ukrainian Catholic Church, pre- pared under the auspices of Cardinal Slipyj and promulgated in 1968 and in 1988 by the hierarchical synod of the Church. According to Prof. Tighe, it is worth examining Cardinal Slipyj’s writings and other archival materials from the period after his release from Soviet captivity in 1963. It may help us to discover whether he ever reflected, directly or indirectly, on the principles of liturgical translation, espe- cially while working on the 1968 Ukrainian liturgical translation. In the course of the discussion led by Dr. Andrew Sorokowski, questions about the particularity of the Church, language of the Divine Liturgy, and the works of Patriarch Josyf were answered by the speakers. Dr. Albert Kipa, professor laureate of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Muhlenberg College, offered con- cluding remarks on the conference, acknowledging the efforts of the organiz- ers, the participation of the attendees and the generosity of sponsors: the Central and East European Studies program and the Religion Department at La Salle University; the St. Sophia Religious Association; the Shevchenko Scientific Society; the Ukrainian Selfreliance Credit Union in Philadelphia; and the Wolodymyr Rak Foundation. St. Sophia Press Bureau No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2012 5

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Iryna Natalya Joyce Simpson, daughter of Annetta Hewko Simpson and Dr. Michael Simpson of Ridgefield, Conn., is a new member of UNA Branch 174. She was enrolled by her grandparents Lubomyr Timothy Michael Hewko and Andrew Davis Hewko, sons of Marc and Lisa Hewko of Ann Arbor, Mich., and Natalie Hewko. are new members of UNA Branch 174. They were enrolled by their grandparents Lubomyr and Natalie Hewko.

Amelia Richard and Erik Richard, children of Dr. Scott and Tania Richard of Franklin Park, Pa., are new members of UNA Branch 172. They were enrolled by their grandparents Eugene and Halia Mandzy. BUG announces date for spring clean-up at Soyuzivka PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The annual Spring Cleaning Weekend at Soyuzivka, sponsored by the Brooklyn Ukrainian Group (BUG), is scheduled for May 4-6. BUG invites its members and interested persons to assist in the clean-up. To date, BUG has helped to save Soyuzivka an esti- mated $55,000 in renovations, maintenance and repair costs. The weekend is fun for participants, with rooms and food provided by Soyuzivka in appreciation for the work done. Last year, BUG’s clean-up effort attracted 18 volunteers who painted, raked and scrubbed Soyuzivka in preparation for another mem- THE UNA: 117 YEARS OF SERVICE orable season. For more information, readers should send an RSVP to Maya TO OUR COMMUNITY Lew, via e-mail, [email protected] by March 31. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2012 No. 12

COMMENTARY The Ukrainian Weekly Patriarch Josyf’s legacy Toward an anecdotal history This year, many of our communities and Ukrainians worldwide are celebrating the legacy of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj by marking the 120th anniversary of his birth of politics in Ukraine (February 17, 1892). This great son of Ukraine and tireless advocate of the Ukrainian by Mykola Riabchuk work for the ruling party in the local elector- nation’s rights and freedoms was a true Confessor of the Faith: he was imprisoned al commissions as fake representatives of the for 18 years by the Soviets for refusing to betray his Ukrainian Catholic Church and Viktor Yanukovych’s presidency – the sec- opposition. for remaining faithful to the Holy See. He was a builder of the Ukrainian Catholic ond anniversary of which was marked on This is a clear hint, one of many, at how Church and a visionary who believed in, and practiced, ecumenism. February 25 – can be briefly defined in three the regime is going to stage the parliamenta- As we noted in the story reporting his death (September 7, 1984), “The patri- possible ways: as a period of authoritarian ry elections later this year. Actually, the arch… lived a life some have called a miracle, while others, citing his many years of consolidation, of imitative “reforms,” or of incumbents have little choice, given that the suffering under the Soviets, called it a living testimony that God watches over his permanent and pervasive scandals. The lat- popularity of the president and his party has flock.” Slipyj was the only member of the Ukrainian Catholic Church hierarchy to sur- ter definition is perhaps the best since it fallen to the low teens and their staunch vive the Soviet destruction of that Church in Ukraine in the 1940s. sheds a revealing light on the previous two. desire to stay in power indefinitely. Due to uncertain conditions in Soviet-dominated Ukraine, Metropolitan Andrey In February, there were at least four Mr. Zabzaliuk’s accusations were predict- Sheptytsky, with the approval of Rome, in 1939 had secretly consecrated Slipyj as major scandals – dramatic for their partici- ably downplayed by the government and archbishop of Lviv. After Sheptytsky’s death on November 1, 1944, Slipyj became pants, anecdotal for outsiders and highly pro-government media. The audio-clips are metropolitan of Lviv. On April 11, 1945, Slipyj, along with the entire Ukrainian instructive, in many ways, for political sci- worthless since Ukrainian law does not con- Catholic hierarchy, was arrested. He was sentenced in 1946 and disappeared into entists and cultural anthropologists. sider unauthorized records as evidence. The the huge Soviet penal complex. Only after Stalin’s death in 1953 did news begin to First of all, Roman Zabzaliuk, a member fingerprints on “Rybakov’s money” are also leak out about the fate of this saintly man. of Parliament from the Yulia Tymoshenko no proof, since he and his friends have Metropolitan Slipyj’s release in 1963 from Soviet incarceration was secured Bloc, who switched sides at the end of the already admitted they collected $100,000 through the intervention of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Pope John XXIII, and last year and joined the governing coalition, for Mr. Zabzaliuk at his request, allegedly for he arrived in Rome. In 1965 he was named a cardinal by Pope Paul VI. revealed the typical mechanism of recruiting treatment abroad. Already in 1963 Slipyj had begun to speak out for the establishment of a patri- opposition MPs by Mr. Yanukovych’s cronies. And Mr. Pshonka, the procurator general archate for the “Pomisna” (Particular) Ukrainian Catholic Church, arguing that, “A He confessed that he had acted as an “under- (and the president’s soldier, in case anyone patriarchate for the Ukrainian Catholic Church is an absolute necessity today. It is cover agent” on behalf of his party leader- has forgotten his earlier self-designation), essential for the very existence of our Church because on its native territory this ship and, therefore, simulated acceptance of announced that he saw no reason for a crim- Church has been denied the right for legal existence. It has become the Church of the a tempting offer to join the pro-Yanukovych inal investigation in this case since it was Catacombs. The faithful of this Church beyond the limits of Ukraine are scattered faction Reforms for the [sake of the] Future, merely an internecine quarrel among MPs. throughout the world as never before. …Without a unified administration to pre- at an impressive price of $450,000, plus an Mr. Zabzaliuk passed the money on to the serve the original identity of our Church, our Church will perish. Without a patri- additional monthly allowance of $20,000 in Kyiv Children’s Hospital, but the major TV archate our Church has no future.” cash for “proper” voting (http://www. channels, predictably, ignored his generous Despite the Vatican’s opposition to proclaiming him patriarch, because it would telekritika.ua/doc/images/news/69665/ move. Although the publication Tyzhden complicate diplomatic relations with Moscow, Cardinal Slipyj accepted the title of page%2012-15.pdf). (Week), did report the story in detail and patriarch from his bishops and his Ukrainian Catholic faithful. In 1973, at a liturgy in The news by itself was hardly revealing illustrated it graphically with fragments of St. Peter’s Basilica during the Archepiscopal Synod in Rome, the title Patriarch Josyf I since many other MPs have reported similar “Rybakov’s conversation,” it was immediate- of Kyiv and Halych was officially used for the first time. offers made to them at various times by ly withdrawn from the newsstands by some During his 21 years in Rome, Patriarch Josyf accumulated a lifetime’s worth of President Yanukovych’s people. The practice enigmatic order “from above” (http://www. accomplishments. He established a Ukrainian Catholic seminary, built St. Sophia was not invented yesterday, and certainly telekritika.ua/news/2012-02-17/69665). This might be considered the second big- Ukrainian Catholic Sobor and founded the Ukrainian Catholic University of Pope St. not by the Party of Regions. Observers gest scandal of the month, but we can illus- Clement. He traveled on pastoral visits to his flock worldwide. remember how the pro-Kuchma majority trate the creeping censorship in President At the recent scholarly conference in Philadelphia, the Rev. Dr. Iwan Dacko, who was forged in the Parliament in 2002, when two pro-presidential parties won only 20 Yanukovych’s Ukraine with a no less reveal- served as personal secretary to Patriarch Josyf, pointed to his unique ecumenical ing event. On February 14 Judge Olha legacy to the universal Church, to his Ukrainian Church and the Ukrainian people. He percent of votes but eventually mustered a formidable majority of both “independents” Salamon of the Desniansky District Court in noted that this great Church leader had tried to show that Ukrainians – Orthodox Kyiv suspended the popular website and Catholics – can come to terms, pronouncing the memorable words: “I am as and opposition defectors. Enormous, and largely unrecorded and Dorozhny Kontrol (roadcontrol.org.ua) in Orthodox as you are Catholic” and leaving his Testament as an ecumenical vision for response to a libel action by Hennady the Church of the future. uncontrolled, wealth accumulated by post- Soviet oligarchs enabled them to buy a host Hetmantsev, a traffic police officer, who had On this 120th anniversary, we pay tribute to Patriarch Josyf, and remember his of officials, national deputies, judges, journal- abused and humiliated a driver and then achievements and his bequest to us. ists, etc. at dizzying prices. This is why an denounced the website for publicizing the amendment was made to the Ukrainian video-record of his misbehavior. Constitution in 2004 that required the pro- Remarkably, the judge shut down the site government majority in the Verkhovna Rada by a simple order, not by a court decision. to be formed by factions and not by single Moreover, she closed all the content, not just March Turning the pages back... MPs, i.e., defectors from other factions. In the material in question. Still worse, she sus- March 2010, Mr. Yanukovych’s supporters pended the site for the whole period of court blatantly violated this law, which resulted in deliberations, which could last, in practice, for a sort of parliamentary coup d’état and years. This is how multiple ways to destroy 22 Twenty years ago, on March 22, 1992, Iryna Kalynets, a poet, independent media in Ukraine are perfected. paved the way for further violations of 1992 teacher, former dissident, political prisoner and a national depu- Ukrainian laws and creeping usurpation of Mr. Hetmantsev, one of the heroes of this ty in the Verkhovna Rada, wrote about the education system in power by the increasingly autocratic ruler. ugly story, attained notoriety a year ago in independent Ukraine and its transition from the Soviet system. The only new thing in Mr. Zabzaliuk’s rev- Odesa after he tried to intimidate the The Soviet education system, with roots in the Russian empire, was structured to alien- elations is that he recorded his conversations Roadcontrol activists who had filmed his col- ate the teacher from the students – the teacher was a lecturer working from a Moscow- with Ihor Rybakov, head of the Reforms for league Oleksander Shvets insulting a prescribed syllabus, and the students were to be obedient listeners. In addition to indoc- the Future faction, who allegedly gave him a Ukrainian-speaking driver by calling his trinating the students in Marxist-Leninist ideology during lessons in mathematics, phys- bribe and discussed with him some other speech a “cow language.” After the scandal ics, history and literature, inspectors were sent to schools to monitor, not the level of delicate matters. Thus, we can learn from the Mr. Shvets was reportedly dismissed from knowledge, but the level of their ideological preparation. horse’s mouth not only the price-list for vari- the traffic police, whereas Mr. Hetmantsev The program for each subject came from the Ministry of Education, not in Kyiv, but in ous deeds that can be considered immoral at survived and retaliated as promised (http:// Moscow. Textbooks translated from Russian, with the terminology made as Russian as best and criminal at worst, but also how “Mr. www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2012/02/ 15/6958817/). possible, were not very good, according to Ms. Kalynets. Bypassing the system with sup- Rybakov” (the real Mr. Rybakov, of course, There are probably no business or per- plemental material not approved by the Ministry of Education was done at the teacher’s denies the authenticity of the records) sonal ties between Mr. Hetmantsev and own expense; it was criticized and sometimes silenced by authorities. encourages Mr. Zabzaliuk to attract more Judge Salamon. Her responsiveness to his Knowledge was measured by the authorities based on quantity, not quality. Analytical defectors from the opposition and, most groundless demand reflects not only the skills, critical thinking and personal discovery were not reinforced in the Soviet system. interesting, to recruit more “slaves” (in his widespread incompetence of Ukrainian After all, this was pointless if the party told you when and how much seed to plant. words) in western Ukraine in particular to A culture of peer ridicule and even spying on one another was part of the system. judges in legal matters (it is an open secret Fostering the corruption further, some teachers accepted bribes to change grades. Ms. that many of them simply buy their universi- Mykola Riabchuk is an author and jour- ty diplomas and court positions), but also Kalynets wrote: “Things were not settled merely between parents and the teacher; the nalist from Ukraine, and a leading intellectu- the arbitrariness of the entire system and its children were aware of what was going on. The children saw that a dunce had received a al who is affiliated with the journal Krytyka. fundamental bias for the government ‘5’ [the highest mark]. They understood why she had gotten the mark. Therefore, why The article above is reprinted from the against members of society. The judges, study? Thus, we have an educated gray mass and people with inferior knowledge occupy- blog “Current Politics in Ukraine” (http:// police and prosecutors protect primarily the ing high positions.” ukraineanalysis.wordpress.com/) created by state and the authorities – with all their priv- And the corruption continued into institutions of higher learning, with bribery opening the Stasiuk Program for the Study of ileges and entitlements – but not the rights doors and creating careers. Contemporary Ukraine, a program of the and freedoms of Ukrainian citizens. Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at (Continued on page 12) the University of Alberta. 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Rep. Christopher Smith notes The things we do ... democratic setbacks in Ukraine by Orysia Paszczak Tracz Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.), dency of Viktor Yanukovych, who has chairman of the Commission on Security resolutely put the pause button on and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Ukraine’s once-promising advance Commission), entered a statement on the towards democracy. Instead, what we Lutsenko case into the Congressional now see is something increasingly remi- Record on March 6. Following is the text niscent of the kind of authoritarianism “Your mother cooks?!” of his statement. that exists in Russia, Belarus and else- The media have “discovered” home Village to Canadian Mainstream.” where in the post-Soviet space. cooking. As my Mama would say, “They But back to home cooking. My sister Mr. Speaker, last week, former Ukraine’s democratic backsliding is discovered America” [uh, it was always Nusia and I grew up without going to a res- Ukrainian Interior [Internal Affairs] harming relations with the EU and the there]. With the plethora of cooking shows taurant until we were in our teens. My par- Minister Yurii Lutsenko was sentenced to United States, and both have repeatedly and channels, and wannabee expert chefs, ents – both of them – cooked from scratch. four years imprisonment in yet another made clear that for relations to improve, one would think that people only now are It was normal, fresh, delicious food. I politically motivated trial. This comes respect for human rights and the demo- learning how to cook “real” food. remember the kitchen on Chapman Place after the imprisonment – also the result cratic process must improve. Most For those of us growing up in a in Irvington being draped in noodles hang- of an unfair trial on specious charges – of importantly, this now two-year deteriora- Ukrainian home, we never had a problem ing on every chair – homemade pasta has his ally, former Prime Minister Yulia tion negatively affects the Ukrainian peo- about needing home-made food. That’s to dry a bit before being boiled. There is Tymoshenko, who continues to languish ple, who, following the Orange what we had, that’s what we grew up on. nothing like homemade “rosil” – chicken in prison in ill health. Revolution, had tasted the fruits of free- I’m presupposing that even the following broth – with these noodles. The sentencing of Mr. Lutsenko is a dom, and are now increasingly experi- generations of the Ukrainian baby-boom- Of course, there was never any mea- further confirmation that the regime of encing the burden of its reversal. President Viktor Yanukovych is not tak- It is time for President Yanukovych to ers still know and appreciate home-cooked surement for quantities of ingredients. ing its OSCE human rights and democra- show respect for the dignity of his own meals. Even though both parents work, I’m “Just mix a nice dough… Add enough flour cy obligations seriously. The imprison- people by putting an end to political sure – or I hope – there is still some con- and knead until it glistens…” The home- ment of opposition leaders Tymoshenko prosecutions and other reprisals against nection to the kitchen and not only to the canned fruits and tomatoes were exquisite. and Lutsenko prohibits their participa- those who oppose him and allow their phone and take-out. Hey, I’m not a purist – And then there was the baking, the plum tion in October’s parliamentary elections, full participation in political life. In order a pizza or Chinese is wonderful every so “pliatsok” and the filled pyrih, among other raising serious questions about whether to find credibility with both the Ukrainian often. tasty pastries. Lidia Bastianich, eat your Ukraine will meet OSCE election stan- people and the international community, There is one difference now. We can heart out! dards. This could be especially troubling he must end restrictions on freedom of count on the Ukrainian church ladies and Of course, over the years, we have given Ukraine’s assumption of the OSCE speech and association and reverse the gentlemen for traditional foods for learned to use shortcuts, but when it chairmanship in January 2013, two debilitating corruption and judicial sub- Christmas and Easter, and for varenyky comes to a meal, my first thought is not to months after these elections. As chair- servience to the executive which have so every week. But as the editor of The order out or to go out, but to cook. What a man of the Helsinki Commission, it is also eroded the rule of law. Ukrainian Weekly wrote a few years ago in concept, eh? When our oldest son, Boyan, distressing to me and my colleagues, who Mr. Speaker, the time has come for the an editorial, for how much longer will we was about 4 years old, we decided to take have long advocated an independent, Ukrainian authorities to stop their slide be able to depend on the people pinching him to a restaurant for his first meal out. democratic, and free Ukraine. to authoritarianism and resulting isola- varenyky and slicing onions? We chose The Old Spaghetti Factory, full of Mr. Lutsenko’s conviction is discon- tion which will only harm Ukrainians In Winnipeg, where I have lived now for antiques and fun. So, as we finished our certing in that it starkly illustrates the who for so long – and at such great cost – most of my adult life, I can also depend on pasta, I asked Boyan what he thought of deterioration of human rights, democra- have struggled for freedom, dignity and the various Ukrainian delis and take-outs, the food. From the mouths of babes, cy and the rule of law under the presi- justice. in addition to the churches. This past “Mama lipshe varyt.’ ” (Mama cooks bet- Christmas, when an illness took away the ter). He was not impressed. main cook and his family members from A few years ago, my younger niece Lana volunteering at the best Ukrainian food- was going on her 8th grade school field Ukrainian World Congress plans supplying church, I was able to supple- trip to Washington. The itinerary showed ment my preparations with holubtsi, pyri- that one stop would be for lunch at 45th anniversary commemorations zhky and other foods from Mom’s Perogy McDonald’s. She asked the teacher if there Factory. was another option, because she doesn’t TORONTO – The Ukrainian World world, furthering the development of com- Yes, that’s the name of the place. It was eat fast food. The teacher was very sur- Congress (UWC) will mark its 45th anni- munity life, the defense of fundamental originally started many decades ago by a prised and asked what she ate. Lana versary this year. It was on November rights and freedoms of Ukrainians, and woman who arrived in Canada in the 1930s replied, “My mother cooks.” The teacher 16-19, 1967, that the organization was strengthening Ukraine as an independent, or so, then retired and sold to a family from was aghast: “Your mother cooks?!” founded as the World Congress of Free democratic European state. Terebovlia, western Ukraine. They expand- Yes, Ukrainian mothers and fathers cook Ukrainians during its first international The UWC has asked that information on ed the menu and do a thriving business, – most of them, I hope. We still appreciate gathering held in New York City. planned events be forwarded to the UWC often selling out before the day is done. the non-additive-saturated fresh foods, the Thus far, the UWC has planned a joint office to ensure that they are posted on the Then there’s Perogy Paradise, Perogy simple natural foods we grew up with, and commemoration of the anniversary during organization’s website. Patch Cafe, Ann’s Perogy Palace and many hope our children will continue to cook the UWC annual general meeting that will The Ukrainian World Congress is an others. The discussion of “perogy” vs “vare- and enjoy them for a long time. take place on September 8 in Anavyssos, international coordinating body for nyk” is for another time. It’s a Canadian Greece, and a jubilee banquet on November Ukrainian communities in the diaspora prairie thing. I cover this in my lecture Orysia Tracz may be contacted at orysia. 17 in Toronto. representing the interests of over 20 mil- “Perogies on the Prairies: from Ukrainian [email protected]. The UWC is also calling upon all of its lion Ukrainians. The UWC has member- member-organizations to mark this anniver- organizations in 32 countries and ties with sary with various cultural-educational initia- Ukrainians in 13 additional countries. tives, for example, town hall meetings, con- Founded in 1967 as a non-profit corpora- ferences, roundtable discussions, youth con- tion, the UWC was recognized in 2003 by IN THE PRESS: “How little tests, radio and television broadcasts. the United Nations Economic and Social Commemorative events can also be orga- Council as a non-governmental organiza- has changed” in Ukraine nized in conjunction with UWC’s May Appeal tion (NGO) with special consultative status. and serve as a great opportunity to support The UWC may be contacted at: 145 “In Ukraine, ‘how little has changed’ are seen together like they were, they the UWC’s annual fund-raising campaign. Evans Ave., Suite 207, Toronto, ON M8Z 5X8 even after Orange Revolution,” by had no right to do this,’ he said. ‘I The planned events should focus on the Canada; telephone, 416-323-3020; fax, 416- Diane Francis, Financial Post, March resigned because the president and UWC’s activities, such as enhancing ties 323-3250; e-mail: [email protected]; web- 10 (http:// opinion.financialpost. prime minister were behaving like teen- among Ukrainian communities around the site: www.ukrainianworldcongress.org. com/2012/03/10/in-ukraine-how-lit- agers. It was embarrassing to the coun- tle-has-changed-even-after-orange- try and they embarrassed Ukraine in revolution/): front of NATO and the European Union, project manager is Ihor Pylypchuk, who “… Oleh Rybachuk …worked for both which wanted to accept Ukraine in as Self Reliance... was responsible also for the digital archives the Orange Revolution’s leaders as members but needed to hear from one project of Svoboda and The Ukrainian [Viktor] Yushchenko’s campaign chair, voice.’ … (Continued from page 1) Weekly. chief of staff and [Yulia] Tymoshenko’s “The only hope, and one backed by Cardinal” (1966) about Josyf Slipyj, the 120th Previously, in 2008, Self Reliance New assistant. He is disgusted with them for U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is anniversary of whose birth is being marked York provided a grant of $50,000 for digiti- their actions and devotes his time to to partner with civil society, young peo- this year; “Ukrainians Abroad” (1971), an off- zation of the archives of both Svoboda and developing grassroots organizations, ple and international organizations. print of “Ukraine: A Concise Encyclopedia”; The Weekly. The full texts of all issues of NGOs, throughout the country to restart “ ‘It’s frustrating,’ said Tom Melia, dep- “Shevchenko in Washington” (1984) and both newspapers – founded, respectively, the Orange movement. … uty assistant Secretary of State in “Vinnytsia: A Forgotten Holocaust” (1986). in 1893 and 1933 – are now available “ ‘I blame them both,’ he said. ‘Politics Other donors are being sought to fur- online on their websites: www.svoboda- is cold-blooded, not a marriage. If you (Continued on page 11) ther support the digital library project. The news.com and www.ukrweekly.com. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2012 No. 12

NEWS AND VIEWS Looking back: Two decades at CIUS an Internet publication. ies. In Lviv, our close relations with the Ivan Franko and Without doubt, CIUS has become a leading center for the Ukrainian Catholic universities was further reinforced by study of Ukrainian history. Much activity was centered on the the establishment of the Jacyk Program for the Study of translation, editing, and publication of Mykhailo Hrushevsky’s Modern Ukrainian History and Society, including sponsor- classic 10-volume “History of Ukraine-Rus’.” The Hrushevsky ship of the journal Ukraïna Moderna. In Kyiv, CIUS is collab- Translation Project required extensive research, as each orating with the National University of Kyiv Mohyla volume was provided with an updated scholarly apparatus Academy and with the Institutes of History and Ukrainian and an in-depth analysis by a leading historian. Archaeography of the National Academy of Sciences. Other history projects included the researching, writing The shaping of Ukrainian studies in eastern Ukraine has and publication of a comprehensive multi-volume inter- been the primary focus of the Kowalsky Program for the pretative history of Ukrainians in Canada, the development Study of Eastern Ukraine. The program’s Kowalsky Eastern and completion of a “Historical Dictionary of Ukraine,” the Institute of Ukrainian Studies, housed at the Karazyn initiation and publication of fundamental works on Russo- National University in Kharkiv, has engaged in numerous Ukrainian relations, the support of publications and cen- research projects, conferences, and scholarly publications. ters of historical study in Ukraine, and the participation of Its Zaporizhia branch continues to carry out one of the CIUS scholars in the national and international develop- most extensive oral-history projects in Ukraine. Zenon Kohut, CIUS director. ment of Ukrainian historical studies. The annual archaeological excavations in Baturyn have In undertaking this leadership role, CIUS fostered the become widely known in Ukraine and in the diaspora. In by Zenon Kohut expansion and globalization of Ukrainian studies. It initiat- addition, the Program currently supports three important My appointment as director of the Canadian Institute of ed or participated in major projects with Columbia, Ukrainian Studies ends as of June 30, and currently the Cologne, Bar Ilan, Vienna, Harvard, Munich, St. Petersburg, Akademiia (Kyiv Mohyla Academy) and Kur’ier Kryvbasu University of Alberta is conducting an international search Cambridge and East China Normal universities. It was journal(the only publications: Ukrainian literary Skhid-Zakhid journal in the (Kharkiv), Kryvyi Rih Kyїvs’ka region). for a successor. I have served as director for almost two through CIUS that the University of Alberta became a focal The many initiatives and accomplishments of CIUS decades (18 years as director and one as acting director). point of Ukrainian studies beyond Canada and established would not have been possible without an unprecedented As my term is coming to an end, I would like to look back an international reputation in the field. fund-raising effort. When I came to CIUS, most of the bud- and note some of the transformations, accomplishments The University of Alberta acknowledged the stature of get came from funds allocated by the university. Currently, and difficulties of the past two decades. CIUS by recognizing it as a center of research excellence in less than 30 percent of the budget is provided by the uni- When I arrived in March 1992, everyone at CIUS was 1998 and as part of an emerging area of research excel- versity; the rest comes from endowments, donations and working at fever pitch. As Ukraine gained its indepen- lence in Central and East European Studies in 2001. grants. Over the years, CIUS has pursued a vigorous and dence, CIUS became a clearinghouse of information for the The challenge of newly independent Ukraine extended coherent fund-raising strategy based on developing a close Canadian government and for Western academic, political well beyond academia. CIUS was expected to provide lead- personal relationship with Ukrainian educational founda- and business elites. New opportunities presented them- ership in assisting Ukraine’s transition to a democratic tions and major and minor donors. selves for undertaking academic projects in Ukraine. society and a free-market economy. Thus, CIUS initiated This was not an easy task for me, for I admit that even At the same time, CIUS had to fulfill its mandate in several large-scale projects. Through a series of conferenc- today I am a bit uncomfortable asking for money. The Canada by continuing projects such as the “Encyclopedia of es, the Canadian Ukrainian Business Initiative attempted to response from the foundations and the community, howev- Ukraine,” and the curriculum for bilingual schools, and pro- establish contacts between Ukrainian and Canadian busi- er, has been outstanding. We are privileged to be working viding resources for the Ukrainian community. nesses. Two large-scale projects funded by the Canadian in a field that enjoys such broad support. It is the donors It was clear that the demands of newly independent International Development Agency (CIDA) attempted to who make us feel that what we are doing is vital to the Ukraine were overwhelming the institute. If CIUS was to reform the legislative process in Ukraine. Senior parliamen- maintenance of Ukrainian culture and identity. Such sup- achieve measurable long-term results, it needed greater tary, government, and other Ukrainian participants came to port has gone far to ameliorate the many financial crises of systematization, with a clear delineation of priorities, func- Canada in order to gain broad knowledge of Canadian pub- the last two decades. tions and responsibilities. Thus, Dr. Frank Sysyn, Dr. Danylo lic-policy approaches and processes. Another effort, the It is my belief that the seeds of academic ambition and Husar Struk and I worked out a plan for a fundamental Ukrainian Transparency and Election Monitoring Project, restructuring planted in the early 1990s have come to frui- reorganization of CIUS into separate components, each sent Canadians to Ukraine in 2004 in order to give semi- tion. The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies is now with its own director, personnel, allocated funds and pro- nars on election laws, policies and procedures for local offi- indeed the foremost Canadian and a leading world research grams. In essence, we created a template not only to serve cials; some also acted as international observers. institute dedicated to the discovery, preservation and dis- current needs, but also to take on new projects in an order- Considering the current difficulties in Ukraine, one may semination of knowledge about Ukraine and Ukrainians. I ly and consistent manner. question the impact of these projects. Recently I asked the am grateful that I was able to participate in the shaping of The seeds planted in the early 1990s were carefully cul- opinion of Sen. Raynell Andreychuk, who served on the the institute’s multifaceted programs and activities. tivated for the next two decades. CIUS promoted Ukrainian governing board of the CIDA project. She assured me, on Needless to say, CIUS could not have achieved its current studies by awarding undergraduate, graduate and post- the basis of her extensive experience not only in Ukraine stature without excellent colleagues and staff. CIUS was graduate scholarships, fellowships and grants. It became a but also in Africa, that these projects are the necessary blessed by a resourceful and hard-working staff that was able leading publisher and developer of publications in “bricks” for the construction of a more democratic society. I to adjust to changing priorities without losing sight of long- Ukrainian studies. Its Ukrainian Language Education certainly hope that the senator is correct and that our con- term goals. I thank not only them, but also my family, friends Centre developed, published and distributed an outstand- siderable efforts to “reform” Ukraine have had some effect. and donors who have given me such support. ing Ukrainian language acquisition program. Not only did In academic matters, however, there is little doubt that I wish the new director every success and offer any CIUS research, organize and publish the five-volume CIUS has left a considerable imprint. In fact, it has helped assistance that I can provide when he or she faces the chal- “Encyclopedia of Ukraine,” but it continued the project as shape the emergence of post-Communist Ukrainian stud- lenges of a new generation and era.

the NSDC has not been a very influential advisory body, former defense minister, suggested that the NSDC under Mr. Yanukovych continues... with a small budget during the past several years. Kliuyev would de facto become the PRU’s election head- Ukrainian pundits have almost unanimously ruled that quarters (Interfax, February 14). (Continued from page 3) Mr. Kliuyev was demoted. Ukrayinska Pravda on February Mr. Yanukovych explained his decision by the need to On February 14 the president relieved Mr. Kliuyev of his 15 said the new position was a “humiliation” for him, while strengthen security (president.gov.ua, February 16). Mr. duties as first vice prime minister and economic develop- Zerkalo Nedeli said on February 17 that Mr. Kliuyev defi- Kliuyev himself said he would supervise reforms in the uni- ment minister and appointed him as secretary of the nitely lost the chance to replace Prime Minister Mykola formed agencies and focus on economic and energy securi- National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), which is Azarov. Kommersant-Ukraine reported on February 15, ty (liga.net, February 15). chaired by Mr. Yanukovych. Mr. Kliuyev replaced on the quoting a source from the Yanukovych team, that Mr. Mr. Kliuyev, being one of Mr. Yanukovych’s most loyal and NSDC Raisa Bohatyriova, who was appointed to serve con- Kliuyev could be punished for corruption. The source did able lieutenants, may try to raise the profile of the NSDC, currently as vice prime minister and health minister. The not elaborate. transforming it into a center of power alternative to both decision on Mr. Kliuyev may have been spontaneous and Earlier, the same newspaper cited an anonymous source the Cabinet and the Presidential Administration like it was not well thought through, given that the position left by him from the European commission as saying that the during President Leonid Kuchma’s first term in 1994-1999 remained vacant for more than a week. Commission would freeze assistance to Ukraine over mis- and under President Viktor Yushchenko in 2005. Mr. Kliuyev, a businessman-cum-politician from Mr. spending, as a grant issued last year was spent not on ener- On February 22, President Yanukovych rather unexpect- Yanukovych’s native region of Donetsk, has been equally gy-saving projects as planned but on new transmission edly promoted Mr. Khoroshkovsky to first vice prime minis- distant from “the family group,” “the gas lobby” and the lines to connect new solar power plants in southern ter. On February 23, he offered the post of economy minis- influential oligarch Rinat Akhmetov. Mr. Yanukovych trusted Ukraine to the national power grid. The solar plants in ter to the independent-minded oligarch Petro Poroshenko, him to such an extent that Mr. Kliuyev has managed his and question must be a business of Activ Solar, a Liechtenstein- who served a brief stint as NSDC secretary and then was the PRU’s election campaigns and liaised, when needed, registered company linked to Mr. Kliuyev (Kommersant- foreign affairs minister under Mr. Yanukovych’s predeces- with Mr. Yanukovych’s bitter opponents from the camp of Ukraine, February 8). sor, President Yushchenko (UNIAN, February 22, 23). former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. As first vice Alternatively, it has been suggested that Mr. Kliuyev’s prime minister, Mr. Kliuyev supervised industry, including new appointment has not been a demotion or a punish- The article above is reprinted from Eurasia Daily Monitor the military-industrial complex, and was the main negotia- ment but an attempt to strengthen President Yanukovych’s with permission from its publisher, the Jamestown tor with both the European Union and Russia. By contrast, rule. Anatoliy Grytsenko, an opposition national deputy and Foundation, www.jamestown.org. No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2012 9

FILM REVIEW “Genocide Revealed” explores ever painful but necessary topic by Cheryl A. Madden Director Yurij Luhovy’s documentary “Genocide Revealed,” through use of primary source interviews with Holodomor survivors and explanatory commentary by his- torians, dispassionately addresses many controversial points of the Holodomor. Well-paced topic development explains contributing historical factors dating to the Soviet takeover and enlightens viewers unfamiliar with Soviet history and the Stalinist-era Famine. Discussion of newly released documentation sparks the interest of those pos- sessing previous knowledge. A director dealing with such dire subject matter might have chosen to employ even greater shock value and yet, by doing so, such a film would have risked losing the audience to mere sensations of horror. Mr. Luhovy chose a higher road, and created “Genocide Revealed,” a documentary that, thus far, has won a dozen film awards internationally. The director/producer explains that, whereas the earlier film “Harvest of Despair” demonstrated that a famine took The Rev. Anthony Perkins, St. Michael Ukrainian Orthodox Church; Cheryl Madden, Holodomor researcher; Yurij Luhovy, producer/director; Msgr. Roman Golemba, St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church; and Erika place in Ukraine during 1932-1933, “Genocide Revealed” Namaka, coordinator of the November 12, 2011, Woonsocket, R.I., premiere of “Genocide Revealed.” shows that the Holodomor was an act of genocide. Those who deny the genocidal nature of the Holodomor often ing their significance and increasing the empathetic reac- of markedly increased Russification of Eastern Ukraine. To maintain that Joseph Stalin’s concurrent policy of forced tion of the viewer to those images. He tried to recreate eliminate the stench and contagion from the decaying bod- industrialization necessitated the extraordinarily high quo- with sound and picture the impression that the soul is ies of famine victims, many homes were razed and burned. tas of grain repeatedly expropriated from Ukraine. leaving the body. Depopulated in their entirety, it is now impossible to tell In the film, a Holodomor survivor counters this point by Historical film footage showing many of the aspects of exactly where many villages were located or how many asking why the Communist cadres sent into the country- the Holodomor provides visual proof of the deliberate persons once lived there. side expropriated every item of nutritional value – not nature of the Holodomor. It is troubling to watch these film Arrest, deportation, imprisonment and execution dur- merely the grain, but also meats, fats and vegetables. Those clips of Stalin, Kaganovich, Molotov and other Communist ing the time of the Holodomor, and in following years until Communists (the so-called “25,000ers”) charged to find figures as they go about the functions of government or the 1980s, crippled the Ukrainian intelligentsia and cultur- any hidden stocks of food, taunted the villagers, “Why are conduct their personal lives fully aware, but uncaring, of al elite. The OGPU (secret police) falsified charges in show you still alive?” Their acts of carrying off all livestock fod- the suffering they caused and exacerbated that killed 5 to trials. The peasant base in the villages, who had for centu- der and seed grain confirms the government’s intention 12 million people. ries kept the home-fires burning, and who held the oral that the villagers not survive. By 1932, 127 districts of Ukraine had reported to the histories and folklore, were targeted for destruction. The film describes how, being designated socialist prop- highest level of Soviet government that they were facing As Ivan Drach points out, Ukraine had its own system of erty, all livestock and food products came under the posses- extermination by famine. Nonetheless, Stalin and the government lost to Soviet dominion only a few years earli- sion of the Soviet government. Starving people were shot if Soviet hierarchy – “criminals on a global scale” – allowed er. Ukraine was “a state within a state” in the Soviet Union caught trying to gather even just a few ears of corn or grain their own people to perish by starvation and related dis- and as such posed a viable political threat to Stalin’s from the fields, or from stockpiles of grain left to rot due to eases at the rate of 25,000 per day. increasing hegemony. the lack of sufficient means to transport it to trains or ships Lazar Kaganovich targeted the Kuban; Viacheslav The film addresses how thousands of peasants’ and for export. Carbolic acid poured onto any dead animals Molotov worked his evil in Ukraine. The Politburo decreed women’s revolts over widespread areas fought against prevented the starving people from eating this carrion. the suspension of all trade of provisions to Ukraine. forced collectivization, and the destruction of churches, Survivors in the film recount how desperate fathers Certificates of death were altered to erase hunger as the against which “repression was continuous.” Already kissed the boots of Soviet officials in hopes of mercy. cause of death or, in 1933, destroyed by Stalin’s order. Still- deprived of their weaponry and armed only with pitch- Weeping mothers begged for food to feed their children. alive victims were taken to the burial pits for premature forks or whatever “weapons” they could devise, the people These innocent children perished of hunger. After her own internment, so the burial parties would not have to return fought a losing battle against well-armed Soviet forces. starvation dried her breast milk, one mother remembered to the same house. They preferred meeting their deaths in battle, rather than her infant son whom she could no longer feed: “I held him Daily, Stalin followed the progress of the Holodomor. He to die slowly, as starvation takes several weeks to kill. and sang until he died in my arms.” deprived the victims of foreign assistance from the The madness of extreme hunger led to cannibalism, of Survivors recalled their elementary school classmates International Red Cross, the League of Nations and the course, because the dire need for sustenance negates pro- dying of hunger in their classrooms or schoolyards. Yes, Ecumenical Council of Churches by denying that a state of hibitive social mores. even starving children were required to attend school. famine existed in the Soviet Union. Prof. Wolodymyr Serhijchuk, historian, points to the great There was no mercy. In turn, Stalin’s cohorts and underlings vied with each percentage of ethnic Ukrainians in geographic areas outside All food was taken; the borders sealed to prevent the other to up the ante by increasing the already impossibly of Ukraine proper that also were targeted for destruction: peasants from traveling to bordering Russia or Belarus, high quotas, thereby demonstrating their Communist fer- the Northern Caucasus, the Kuban, the Lower and Middle where food was available; internal passports were denied vor in hopes of personal aggrandizement or professional Volga, and Kazakhstan. Ukrainians came to populate these to the peasantry; those persons who did slip across the promotion. regions due to earlier crisis-generated migrations. At the border and acquired food were arrested upon their return However, fearing that Ukrainian Communists working in time of the Holodomor, approximately 850,000 persons trip, and the food taken from them. the Holodomor-afflicted areas might suffer lapses of politi- claiming Ukrainian ethnicity lived in Kazakhstan. The government decreed that these persons were to be cal obedience or even join in the numerous village protests, Mr. Luhovy’s methodical presentation of facts resulted charged as speculators and either shot or sent to the labor a massive purge of party ranks took place. In Ukraine, in a teaching tool that builds the viewer’s comprehension. camps of the gulag, or “returned to their domiciles” to Russian cadres replaced those of Ukrainian ethnicity. By the As such, it is highly suitable for the task of educating per- starve there with their families and neighbors. There, they end of the Purges of the 1930s, few Party functionaries in a sons “outside the choir” of Ukrainian ethnicity about this perished horribly – as Stalin intended. position to know the hidden responsibilities and the delib- too-long hidden genocide. After all, in the 20th century Mr. Luhovy’s film technique of altering still photographs erate mechanics employed by the genocidaires of the alone, not only Adolph Hitler, but Chairman Mao Tse Tung from the Holodomor into negative images depersonalizes Holodomor survived. Indeed, “dead men tell no tales.” as well, learned from Stalin’s success in perpetrating the and yet universalizes their tragic content, thereby enhanc- Archival film footage with signs posted on the doors of Holodomor of how to conduct and conceal heinous acts of empty cottages belonging to Ukrainian victims of the ethnic and cultural genocide. Therefore, be it ever so pain- Cheryl A. Madden is a Holodomor researcher and recipi- Holodomor read, “All are dead.” Russians were relocated to ful a topic to explore, it is necessary to build an under- ent of Ukraine’s Order of Princess Olha. repopulate the affected areas, leading to the present state standing of the methods and results of genocide.

Yanukovych said that after Tymoshenko was imprisoned he ignored (Current History, March 2012). They were wrong Ukraine prepares... never expected such “noise from any European country or the on every count. (Continued from page 2) USA.” Mr. Yanukovych continued: “I did not expect that they Western policy-makers, including seasoned diplomats, would give us demands” (Ukrayinska Pravda, February 25). find it very difficult to comprehend Soviet newspeak – say- Mr. Yanukovych was given a final warning by Secretary of Mr. Yanukovych’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and foreign ing one thing and doing another. Here, therefore, is a word State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Munich security confer- policy advisers are obviously completely unknowledgeable of advice: when President Yanukovych says he wants free ence in February, which he ignored, and the sentencing of about international affairs and the process of adapting to elections, think of President Kuchma and understand he Lutsenko went ahead. Earlier, U.S. Ambassador John Tefft EU requirements in the process of European integration. means the opposite. was denied the right to visit Ms. Tymoshenko in prison. Worse still, as former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Steven A clash of civilizations exists between Ukraine’s neo-Sovi- Pifer suggests, President Yanukovych and the MFA believed The article above is reprinted from Eurasia Daily Monitor et administration and the European Union and the United Ukraine was as strategically important to the West as with permission from its publisher, the Jamestown States. In his televised February 24 interview, Mr. Russia and that human rights infringements could be Foundation, www.jamestown.org. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2012 No. 12 No. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2012 11 Report: Th e reconstruction of a Mazepa church by Volodymyr Mezentsev to erase Mazepa’s imprint on Dikhtiarivka, even his coat- of-arms was eradicated. Last year, thanks to the support of Ukrainians in The Soviets continued the onslaught. The church was Canada and the United states, we began the restoration closed; the miraculous icon disappeared; in 1960-1961 process of the partly destroyed, noteworthy Cathedral of the head of the collective farm ordered the destruction of St. Mary the Protectress of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church the eastern and the western domes, which were bull- – Kyiv Patriarchate in the village of Dikhtiarivka in the dozed together with the altar section; the cupolas Chernihiv Oblast. were removed. Since they were uncovered, the This project is led by the director of the Kyiv Research remaining parts of the church were exposed to Institutes of Theory and History of Architecture and City the elements, which led to further destruction. Building, architect Serhii Yurchenko. He is deeply grateful Beginning with the Khrushchev-era thaw to the sponsors of the project: the Ucrainica Research continuing through today and repeated Institute affiliated with the Ukrainian League of Canada attempts were made by scholars and histori- and St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox Society of the ans to secure funds from the government for United States, for the generous donation of $20,000 to reconstruction of the historic church. Tetiana continue the rebuilding of the shrine in 2011. Skolna, the patriotic chairperson of the Many generous donors from North America have sent Village Council, together with the communi- their contributions; their names will be gratefully ty, did not succeed in obtaining funding. acknowledged at a later date. However, we should men- Thanks to the tireless efforts of Mr. tion Emil Zaylo of Florida, whose gift constituted the lion’s Yurchenko and the commitment or dedicated share of the $20,000 mentioned above, and cite the first diaspora sponsors, the reconstruction process support for the project, given in 2010, from the late began in earnest in 2010. Mr. Yurchenko hired a Mykola Plawiuk, head of the Organization of Ukrainian team of qualified masons and carpenters; they Nationalists in Ukraine and member of the Oleh Olzhych were led by an experienced church restorer, Foundation. To these names we add the St. Olha Chapter Aleksander Yeremets. In the fall of 2010 they built a of the Ukrainian Women’s League of Canada. temporary roof for the entire remaining structure in Hetman Ivan Mazepa (1687-1709), a prominent patron order to stop its further deterioration. of the arts, built 43 churches, church-related structures From May to December 2011, the workers cleared the and public buildings in Ukraine and beyond its borders. site of mountains of bricks and masonry, constructed a The last and one of the best, was St. Mary the Protectress solid scaffolding and rebuilt the eastern damaged arched (1708-1709) in Dikhtiarivka. The cost: 15,000 gold coins – buttress that supports the central dome. They almost slightly less than the Holy Trinity Church that he built in completely reconstructed the southern dome, rebuilt, his capital, Baturyn, for 20,000 gold coins. plastered, covered with a temporary wooden cupola and The cross-shaped St. Mary’s had five domes, the central topped with a cross. Mykola Turchynov This southern part of the church can now be used as a one being 30 feet in diameter – unusually wide compared A copy of the miraculous icon of the Dikhtiarivka chapel for church services, until the restoration of the to Kyivan St. Sophia’s central dome of 25.26 feet. This Mother of God, adorned with silver and gold vestments. massive dome, with its cupola and cross, stood 48 feet entire church is finished. The inhabitants of Dikhtiarivka high, and was seen from a seven-mile distance. have already established a parish of St. Mary the many of us in the United States and Canada stood ready to This church was also renowned for its miraculous icon Protectress, led by the Rev. Viacheslav Pavlenko of the support them with our donations. Let’s do it again! Let’s of the Dikhtiarivka Mother of God. Painted in the 17th UOC-KP, whose dedication to his flock and the rebuilding again share the burden: they will do the work; we will pro- of his church, is without equal. century, the original was lost; it now exists only in copies. vide the needed finances. The Toronto-based Ucrainica The chair of the Village Council, Ms. Shkolna, and her The deeply religious Mazepa visited the church and Research Institute and St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox prayed before the icon, which he had adorned with silver secretary (a history teacher), Lidia Shvets, have petitioned Society of the United States will continue their sponsorship and gold vestments. These vestments are currently pre- the commission in charge of historical treasures to take and fund-raising. served in the Pecherska Lavra Museum of Historical the church under its protection, with the proviso that the Canadian contributors are asked to make out their tax- Treasures. Two similar samples of silver and gold icon ownership be returned to the local parish upon comple- exempt checks to: Ucrainica Research Institute, memo: vestments, bearing the Mazepa coat of arms, were dis- tion of the rebuilding. played in 2010 as part of the Ukraine-Sweden exhibit at The major part of the reconstruction is still ahead. “Mazepa church project” and mail them to: Orest Steciw, The Ukrainian Museum in New York. During this year’s building season, Mr. Yurchenko plans to President, Ucrainica Research Institute, 83 Christie St., This rather uncommon church, and Dikhtiarivka, are rebuild the partially demolished walls, the facade and Toronto, ON, Canada M6G 3Bl. closely tied to momentous events. In 1708 the troops of ornamental elements of the northern dome, followed by U.S. contributors are asked to make out their checks to King Charles XII had established their encampment not work on the central part of the shrine. Technically, the St. Andrew’s Society Inc., memo: “Mazepa church” and mail far from the village, on the banks of the Desna River. It was most challenging part of the work will be the rebuilding them to: St. Andrew’s Society Inc., 1023 Yorkshire Drive, there that Hetman Mazepa and his Kozak forces joined with bricks of the central dome, with its semispherical Los Altos, CA. 94024 them. This was also the place where the articles of the mil- cupola, 30 feet in diameter, adding windows, forged doors For additional information about the restoration of the itary and political Swedish-Ukrainian alliance were for- and a gilded cross. Dikhtiarivka shrine, readers may contact the author of this mulated and signed. For all this to be accomplished this year, the Yurchenko article in Toronto: telephone, 4l6-766-l408, e-mail, In 2008 local authorities erected a monument in honor team will need substantial additional funds. To our knowl- [email protected]; or the architect, Mr. Yurchenko: of Mazepa and Charles XII to commemorate the edge, the Ukrainian government is not contributing any cell, 095-877-3508, e-mail, [email protected]; or the Rev. 300th anniversary of their alliance. money to this endeavor. Pavlenko, cell, 096-238-3752. After the defeat of the Swedish- As this report explains, the people involved in With God’s help, when the rebuilding of St. Mary the Ukrainian forces at Poltava, the this project in Ukraine have worked tirelessly Protectress is completed, it will become a functioning Russian authorities did everything and enthusiastically, also being aware that church, cared for by its parishioners. Only then can we all consider it truly reborn and a historical edifice saved from destruction. This will be a real miracle of the Dikhtiarivka Mother of God and additional testimony to the greatness of Hetman Mazepa, the unsurpassed builder of churches. Volodymyr Mezentsev, Ph.D., is executive director of the Baturyn Archeological Project, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. The text above was abridged and translated from the original Ukrainian by Volodymyr Bakum.

“How little has changed”... (Continued from page 7)

Washington. ‘We talk to them [the Ukrainian government] all the time, but they’re not hearing us.’ “What’s important is that Rybachuk, the Orange Revolution insider, and his colleagues are ‘optimistic.’ “ ‘People are not afraid. We now have 150 NGOs in all the major cities in our “clean up Parliament campaign” to elect and find better parliamentarians,’ he said. ‘People don’t watch the propaganda in the media. … The Orange Volodymyr Mezentsev Revolution was a miracle, a massive peaceful protest that A view of the restoration work under way at the Cathedral of St. Mary the Protectress in the village of Dikhtiarivka, Chernihiv Oblast. worked. We want to do that again and we think we will.’ ” 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2012 No. 12

aimed at improving social welfare and pub- and return home the same day. They can character, as they were made through cred- NEWSBRIEFS lic trust in government. At a televised use this alternative if they consider hotel iting from state banks and banks friendly to Cabinet of Ministers meeting on March 7, accommodations to be too expensive for the state. “At the end of the year, they man- (Continued from page 2) Mr. Yanukovych said the government need- them. (Ukrinform) aged to attract a considerable part of ed to re-establish the trust of the Ukrainian resources thanks to government bonds, Oleksander Dykusarov said at a briefing in Russia to fund cathedral’s reconstruction Kyiv on March 13. “I’d say that we look for- people in the abilitiy of the authorities to denominated in dollars. For 2012, we ward to initialing the agreement before the improve the lives of citizens. The president KYIV – The Ministry of Defense of the expect state debt to grow by 16.8 percent, end of this month in Brussels,” the spokes- said he supported changes such as increas- Russian Federation will finance reconstruc- mainly at the expense of new receipts from man said. According to him, after initialing es in the minimum wage and improved tion of the Cathedral of St. Volodymyr in the IMF, as well as due to internal debt the agreement, the European and the labor standards, higher wages for govern- Sevastopol, Cremea, according to represen- growth,” he forecast. According to the Ukrainian sides will prepare it for signing. ment workers, modernization of state-pro- tatives of the ministry who spoke during Ministry of Finance, the total state debt of “These procedures will also involve techni- vided health services, and reductions in the the visit of Russian Defense Minister Ukraine (direct and guaranteed) grew by cal work, including preparations for trans- cost of education. Mr. Yanukovych has Anatolii Serdiukov to Sevastopol on 9.1 percent to $59.216 billion (U.S.) in lation of the text of the agreement into the come under criticism from Ukrainians over February 27. The decision to allocate the 2011. (Ukrinform) his failure to fulfill pledges he delivered funds was passed in January 2011. The Ukrainian language and languages of the Doubt about Putin ‘assassination plot’ EU member-states,” the MFA spokesman during his presidential campaign two years work will include restoration of the frescos said. Mr. Dykusarov also expressed the ago to improve social welfare and the coun- and major repair of the building. The KYIV – Ukraine lacks the evidence to hope that a statement calling for the try’s average standard of living. (RFE/RL) Russian minister was satisfied with the charge two men with plotting to kill state of the restoration work. Plans call for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin European Union to sign the Association UCCA condemns sentencing of Lutsenko Agreement and enact its economic part as the reconstruction to be completed by despite the fact that Russian television soon as possible will be supported by all NEW YORK – The Ukrainian Congress December 2012. (Religious Information aired a confession from them days ahead of factions of the Verkhovna Rada. Ukraine Committee of America, the representative Service of Ukraine) Russia’s presidential election, according to a news report that aired on March 12. and the EU completed negotiations on the organization of the over 1 million Increase in state debt is forecast Association Agreement with the creation of Americans of Ukrainian descent, on March “Russia’s Channel 1 television revealed the a deep and comprehensive free trade area 7 issued a statement noting that it “strong- KYIV – In 2012, Ukraine’s state debt will alleged plot to kill Putin in a report broad- on December 19, 2011. (Ukrinform) ly condemns” the recent sentencing of grow by 16.8 percent mainly at the expense cast less than a week before presidential Ukraine’s former Internal Affairs Minister of new receipts from the International elections that the Russian strongman won Berlin’s doubt on Association Agreement and opposition leader Yurii Lutsenko. “On Monetary Fund, as well as internal debt in a landslide victory,” The China Post KYIV – The European Union could have February 27 Mr. Lutsenko, convicted of cor- growth. This forecast was made by econo- noted. “His opponents had already cast sus- signed the Association Agreement with ruption and abuse of power in office, was mist Oleh Ivanets of the Art Capital invest- picion on the plot – which the report said Ukraine this summer, but such a time sentenced to a four-year prison term. In ment group on February 7. “In 2011, a bal- was hatched by Islamist militants in the frame is under threat according to Minister accordance with the sentence, his property ance was observed between internal and Ukrainian port city of Odesa – as having the of State at the German Foreign Office was confiscated and he has been banned foreign borrowings. In the first half of hallmarks of a stunt to boost Putin’s rat- Cornelia Pieper, who spoke to the press on from holding public office. In light of the 2011, against---- the backdrop of the favor- ings.” Kommersant Ukraine business daily March 13. “Technical prerequisites for the upcoming parliamentary elections in able market conjuncture, the government quoted a source familiar with the investiga- signing of the Association Agreement Ukraine, the Kyiv Pechersk District Court’s managed to make considerable borrow- tion as saying, “The investigation lacks could have been created this summer. But recent verdict strongly suggests that the ings, both on internal and foreign markets, direct evidence of the detained men pre- now I see the realization of this time frame sentencing of Mr. Lutsenko has been dictat- and at the same time a reduction of rates paring [to commit] an act of terror against under threat, at least as long as there are ed by the government in order to remove was observed as well as an excess of Vladimir Putin.” Kommersant said no clear signs that Ukraine is making prog- opposition leaders from taking part in the demand over supply,” he noted. According Ukrainian investigators did have enough ress, taking into account respect for the upcoming elections,” the UCCA stated. “This to Mr. Ivanets, in the second half of 2011, evidence to charge the two men with fire- principles of the rule of law and democra- display of the current regime’s selective due to the crisis in the Eurozone and the arms and explosives violations — crimes cy,” she noted. In addition, she stressed and politically motivated justice is the lat- growing hryvnia devaluation risks, bor- that carry prison penalties of two to five rowings mainly were not of the market that preparations for parliamentary elec- est example of the ongoing political repres- years.” (The China Post) tions in Ukraine would be important for sions in Ukraine. The UCCA calls upon the the further ratification of the Association government of Ukraine to respect the rule Agreement by the parliaments of EU coun- of law and conform to its international tries. “It’s very important that all parties, commitments. The UCCA also urges the including opposition ones, be able to par- United States government to take appropri- ticipate in the elections and have free ate measures to support democracy and access to the media. This is a basic condi- human rights in Ukraine.” (UCCA) tion for free and fair elections, the holding It is with great sadness that we announce the passing on January 31, 2012 Price cut for Euro-2012 guests? of which we, in fact, expect in Ukraine. of our mother, grandmother and great grandmother Germany and the EU will closely observe KYIV – The government will enact these elections. Preparations for these mechanisms so that prices for accommoda- elections will be important for the possible tions for soccer fans during the Euro-2012 JOSEPHINE SADIWNYK ratification of the Association Agreement,” are accessible in Ukraine. Vice Prime Mrs. Sadiwnyk was born in Paczewa, Yugoslavia. She came to the United she said. The German diplomat also called Minister and Infrastructure Minister Borys States in 1951, and met and married her husband, John, in 1953. She was a on Kyiv to continue to walk the path of Kolesnikov commented on February 29 on devoted mother, and her family always came first. modernization if it wishes to continue the the trend of rising hotel prices in host cities process of rapprochement with the EU. on the eve of the European soccer champi- She is survived by her son, Stephan (Lillian) and daughter Vera (Peter); “Germany has a strong interest in Ukraine onship. “Poverty gives birth to greed. In her grandchildren: Alice, David, Eric, Christina, and Mark, and her great and is ready to help the country and its due time, we have exempted hotels from grandchildren: Elizabeth and John. civil society, but the Ukrainian government taxes for 10 years, counting on their loyalty. The viewing and mass were held on February 3, 2012 at St. Nicholas must recognize our values,” she stated. And now we have such an answer. But in Ukrainian Catholic Church in Wilmington, DE. Interment was held at St. (Ukrinform) the government, we will finally find lever- Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery in Fox Chase, PA. President orders social reforms age on their business appetites,” Mr. Kolesnikov underscored. Also, according to May her memory be eternal! KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych has the vice prime minister, an initiative for ordered the government to work on a open Ukrainian skies for all world airlines series of new reforms that he says are will allow football fans to fly in for matches

Shevchenko Ukrainian Language Society, Turning... which was incorporated into the Prosvita Society in 1989, promoted affiliations (Continued from page 6) between teachers and students as its mem- Ms. Kalynets noted: “The school pro- bers, in addition to the Young Prosvita Seventh anniversary: youth organizations. duced ‘Homo sovieticus,’ a marginal entity “But [Ukraine] cannot afford to play that was needed by Soviet society at the around or try to achieve some ‘world-class time. But the school was also a factor in Dr. Wasyl Kostrubiak level’ until we have trained new teachers,” producing a pathologically sick society. I Mr. Kalynets added. “ ….We have to find passed into eternity March 15 of 2005. am not afraid to use the term – the society gifted, talented and dedicated young peo- is really sick. It has a psychological prob- ple, and open all doors for them, for they He remains alive in the memory of his wife, family members and friends. lem: the psychology of a poor society, a will be the ones who will change our beggar society, a prison society; the prob- schools and build Ukraine.” May his soul rest in peace, in the Glory of God lem of people behind bars, of people who were taught to hate one another, not to Source: “The creation of obedient slaves: The mass for the eternal rest of his soul was celebrated on March 15, 2012, trust one another, yet above whose heads Iryna Kalynets on the Soviet school,” by Iryna in the church of St. John the Baptist in Oviedo, Spain. hung inspirational slogans.” Kalynets, The Ukrainian Weekly, March 22, To combat the backsliding, the Taras 1992. 89 91 90B

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With great sorrow we announce to family and friends that our dearest WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER AND AUNT NEONILA BEDRIY KRAMARCHUK

entered into God’s Eternal Kingdom on March 11, 2012, at the age of 76. She was born on May 14, 1935, in Ternopil, Ukraine.

In 1949 the family moved from Ulm, Germany, to the US, and settled in Newark, NJ. In Newark she finished high school and accounting. With her brother Anatoliy she belonged to Ukrainian American Youth Association. As a young woman she loved ballroom dancing and playing piano. In 1958 at the beautiful Verkhovyna resort she met Zenon Kramarchuk. They married in 1959, and, shortly thereafter, Zenon Jr. was born. When their children, Zenon and Boris, were in school, Neonila worked for St. George’s Church, of which she was also the parishioner. With all her heart she loved her grandchildren. She had a great desire for her granddaughter Oksana to continue the tradition of ballet dancing. To the end of her life she was a faithful daughter of the Mother of God and Lord God Jesus Christ. She often prayed the rosary. FUNERAL LITURGY AND PANAKHYDA: March 15, 2012 – Visitations at the funeral home March 16, 2012, at 7:30 pm – Panakhyda at Peter Jarema Funeral Home, 129 E 7th Street, New York, NY 10009 March 17, 2012, at 10:30 am – A Divine Liturgy at the St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church in New York City. Interment to follow at Holy Cross Cemetery in Hamptonburgh, NY. In deep sorrow: husband – Zenon son – Zenon with wife Natalia son – Boris with wife Irene grandchildren – George, Oksana, Bernard, Stephanie, Laryssa and Mark sister-in-law – Tanya Bedriy, Mississauga, Ontario In-law – Oksana in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine Extended family in Ukraine, US and Canada Eternal memory! In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to: Сестри Чину св. Василія Великого, Монастир Введення в храм Пресвятої Богородиці, Провул. 3-ій Селецький, 9, м. Житомир 10009, Україна. Checks should be sent to Ukrainian National Federal Credit Union, 215 2nd Ave., New York, NY 10009. Tel. 212-533-2980. Please note that the donation is for the Monastery Construction Fund, Acct. No. 16504. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2012 No. 12

www.worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/alexan- Duquesne University Toward an anecdotal... der-j-motyl/yanukovych-brings-russian- thugs-back). (Continued from page 6) The fourth scandal is probably the most The third scandal in February was related, interesting and unusual. Earlier this month, once again, to the new government nomina- in Odesa, customs officers confiscated 38 America’s Premier Folk Ensemble presenting the music, songs, and dances of tions. This time, President Yanukovych sur- kilos of cocaine worth $7.5 million hidden in Eastern Europe and neighboring cultures including 6 performers of Ukrainian descent prised everyone by appointing Ihor Kalinin pineapples and transported from Costa Rica CONCERTS as head of the Security Service of Ukraine inside a refrigerator. The unusual part of the Saturday, March 31, 2012, 8 PM (SBU), and Dmitri Salamatin as minister of story is that the incident should not have Symphony• Space, Peter J Sharp Theatre Tickets: Box Office defense. Neither is a personal friend of the happened because the cargo was “super- New York City, NY 212-864-5400 president nor a native of the Donbas region, vised” by one of four “fashionable” (as they as has been the norm for appointments over are euphemistically called in Odesa) broker • Sunday, April 1, 2012, 2 PM • Saturday, April 21, 2012, 7 PM the past two years. Both of them seem to be companies that de facto control the green Paramus Catholic High School, Paramus, NJ Saucon Valley High School, Hellertown, PA acts of patronage by the president’s older corridor at the seaport. They have, reported- Tickets: 877-826-6437 (D.U.Tamburitzans) son Oleksander, a dentist who has emerged ly, such influential patrons in Kyiv that nei- Info: www.duq.edu/tamburitzans as a successful businessman. Last year, he ther customs nor security service officers reportedly placed his acolytes in the upper dare to interfere in their business. At the echelons of the National Bank, Ministry of moderate price of $10,000 to $15,000 in Internal Affairs and State Tax Administration kickbacks, therefore, they provide clients (http://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/ with a virtually customs-free access to the 2012/02/3/6951682/). Ukrainian market (http://www.segodnya. None of them as yet gained prominence ua/news/ 14340652.html). as major specialists in their fields. But this is There are two explanations of why the probably not why they were hired (http:// fashionable company failed to protect its dt.ua/POLITICS/oy_ti,_ksivonko_moya_ client’s cargo from customs on this occa- bogatirskaya-97141.html). sion. One story is that the power supply Mr. Kalinin was a Russian KGB officer and was disconnected from the refrigerator for Afghan war veteran who in 1992, for a few days and the customs officers were unknown reasons, moved from Moscow to surprised that the cargo owners were Kyiv and made a career in the SBU – all the unconcerned. A more realistic version is way to the top, which may give Ukrainians that the cargo was tracked by the American pause for thought about Vladimir Putin’s dic- anti-drug service from the outset and the tum that KGB agents are appointed for life. search in Odesa was made at their request. Mr. Salamatin lacks even such dubious And here the unusual part of the story professional credentials. His entire experi- ends and the interesting part begins. The ence in defense, to the best of our knowl- scandal was reported in detail by the popu- edge, amounts to a couple of scuffles with lar tabloid Segodnia, owned by Rinat opposition national deputies in the Akhmetov, the leading Ukrainian oligarch Parliament during which he skillfully broke and Mr. Yanukovych’s main sponsor in the a few noses and jaws of his political oppo- past. Whereas analysts muse about the real nents, and was rewarded henceforth by the meaning of this publication – either Mr. president with the position of head of the Akhmetov is doing a favor for the Americans State Arms Trade Agency. to persuade them to finally grant him a U.S. Born in Kazakhstan, Mr. Salamatin moved visa, or else he is fighting some business to Ukraine in 1999 as a Russian citizen. How competitors, or he is merely trying to dis- he acquired Ukrainian citizenship remains a tance himself from the potentially damaging mystery. Even less clear is whether he relin- affair: no one believes that the Ukrainian quished his Russian citizenship, as Ukrainian customs officials merely did their job, that it law requires. Thus, his appointment has led was a case of business as usual and they some observers to speculate on the “Russian caught the smugglers. And that is the point. hand” in Ukrainian politics and Mr. We live in a country where no one believes Yanukovych’s readiness to cave in to Moscow the mass media simply report the news, cus- (http://tyzhden.ua/Politics/42594). toms officials take care of smugglers, and More likely, however, is that Mr. law-enforcement agencies protect the citi- Yanukovych does not trust his fellow oli- zens rather than themselves and their real garchs and party bosses any longer, relying masters. President Yanukovych is certainly instead on a kind of Praetorian Guard. Or, as not the main culprit, and he did not invent Alexander Motyl suggests, Mr. Yanukovych’s this system. But he is definitely someone who reliance on “complete outsiders can only does his best to exploit its faults rather than mean that [he] is expecting serious trouble to fix them. And, frankly, there are no reasons at home in the coming year and doesn’t to believe that the next three years of his think native cadres can do the job” (http:// presidency are likely to be any different.

The Board of Directors of the Ukrainian Institute of America invites you to a memorial concert in honor of our esteemed past president WALTER NAZAREWICZ

with performances by: violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv, cellist Natalia Khoma, soprano Oksana Krovytska, pianists Mykola Suk and Volodymyr Vynnytsky

Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 8 p.m.

At the Ukrainian Institute of America 2 East 79th Street New York, NY 10075

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NOTES ON PEOPLE Zuk awarded Ukraine’s State Prize for Architecture Romankiw to be inducted into Inventors Hall of Fame MONTREAL – By presidential decree, PARSIPPANY, N.J. – In celebration of its the State Prize of Ukraine for Architecture mission to recognize and foster invention, for 2011 was awarded to Radoslav Zuk, the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) professor emeritus of the McGill University on March 1 announced the names of its 10 School of Architecture in Montreal. inductees for 2012. The inventors to be hon- As leader of the design team, Prof. Zuk ored this year, notes a release from the NIHF, was awarded the prize for the design of the created remarkable innovations that include Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy the now ubiquitous laser printer commonly Theotokos in Lviv. Other members of the found in the workplace, the thin-film head team who received the prize were: the technology that has contributed to the suc- director of the firm responsible for contract cess of the disk drive industry, and the first documentation and administration, Zenon statin which pioneered the class of drugs Pidlisny (posthumously); the iconographer, targeted at lowering cholesterol. Sviatoslav Vladyka; and the parish priest, Among the National Inventors Hall of the Very Rev. Orest Fredyna. Fame 2012 inductees are Lubomyr The only other project which has been Romankiw and David Thompson, IBM recognized with the State Prize of Ukraine researchers who invented the first practical for Architecture in 2011 is the reconstruct- magnetic thin-film magnetic storage heads. ed Metalist sports complex (soccer stadi- Thin-film technology increased the density um) in the city of Kharkiv. of data that could be stored on magnetic The State Prize of Ukraine for Prof. Radoslav Zuk disks, even while the disk size was being Dr. Lubomyr Romankiw Architecture is an annual award for “…the substantially reduced, dramatically reduc- creation of significant domestic-civic and ment of the country’s architecture and ing the cost of data storage. Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization. commercial architectural complexes, build- urban design and which received broad Lohud.com, which serves New York’s Nominations for Inductees to the NIHF ings and structures; works in the domain of civic recognition.” Lower Hudson Valley, wrote: “When must meet two threshold criteria. The urban design, landscape architecture, regu- Members of the jury for the prize consti- Lubomyr Romankiw sees a smartphone or inventor must hold a U.S. patent, and the lation of cities and settlements, restoration tute a committee of experts, which submits an MP3 player, he doesn’t swell up with invention must have contributed to the of historic monuments of architecture and its recommendations for approval by a pride. If he did, it would be understandable. welfare of mankind and have promoted the urban design; works of research in the the- decree of the president of Ukraine. The After all, he invented the technology that progress of science and the useful arts. ory and the history of architecture that are decree recognizing Prof. Zuk was dated made modern data storage possible, paving This year’s induction ceremony, spon- of special importance for further develop- November 29, 2011. the way for such devices.” sored in part by the United States Patent The March 11 news story on the website and Trademark Office, will take place on quoted Dr. Romankiw as saying, “Pride is May 2 at the historic Patent Office Building, the last thing on my mind. I think I now the Smithsonian American Art shouldn’t be spending more time on it. I Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, should move on to the next thing.” in Washington. “That’s the nature of a great inventor The National Inventors Hall of Fame is and an attitude that recently landed the premier non-profit organization in Romankiw and his former partner, David America dedicated to honoring legendary Thompson, in the National Inventors Hall inventors whose innovations and entrepre- of Fame. Thompson is retired, but neurial endeavors have changed the world. Romankiw is still working hard at IBM’s Founded in 1973 by the U.S. Patent and research facility, a place where he will mark Trademark Office and the National Council 50 years in December,” lohud.com noted. of Intellectual Property Law Association, During his career at IBM, Dr. Romankiw the Hall of Fame will have 470 inductees has published 130 inventions. According to with its 2012 Induction. The National lohud.com, he is currently working on tech- Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum is nology that will harness solar power for located in the atrium of the Madison everyday energy use. Building on the campus of the U.S. Patent The Ukrainian-born Dr. Romankiw is and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Va. well-known also in the Ukrainian commu- (For a full listing of inductees, readers may The Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in Lviv. nity as an activist and the chief scout of visit www.invent.org.)

ness, kindness and love. I pray that when ing to your word in peace.’” (Luke 2:29) Msgr. Hrynuck feted on 100th birthday God will call me from this earthly life, and Photos from the birthday celebration, when I will have to say to you goodbye, I taken by Gene Maslar, can be viewed and PARSIPPANY, N.J. – More than 350 peo- The Rev. Nestor Iwasiw, pastor of Ss. Cyril will be able to say with St. Simeon, ‘Now O prints may be ordered at: http://photos. ple gathered at Fiorelli Family Catering on and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church, Lord you can dismiss your servant accord- maslar-online.com/100/. December 27, 2011, to mark the 100th said in his opening remarks to Msgr. birthday of Msgr. Stephen Hrynuck of Ss. Hrynuck, “You’ve given us nourishment,” as Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic reported the Scranton Times-Tribune. Church in Olyphant, Pa. Lauren Telep, a parishioner who coordi- During his 73 years as a priest, Msgr. nated the birthday celebration, noted, “He Hrynuck has presided over more than 800 has inspired us.” marriages, baptized at least 2,000 babies and Also in attendance were Metropolitan served the faithful of the parish for 57 years. Stefan Soroka, archbishop of the Born in Philadelphia on December 27, Philadelphia Archeparchy, as well as 1911, to parents from Ukraine, and bap- Olyphant Mayor Jamie Morano, who read a tized at Immaculate Conception Ukrainian proclamation marking the centennial birth- Catholic Cathedral in Philadelphia on day of Msgr. Hrynuck. January 1, 1912, Msgr. Hrynuck was In a statement posted on http://stcyrils. ordained to the priesthood in Rome on maslar-online.com, Msgr. Hrynuck stated: April 3, 1938. He was elevated to the ranks “…I was overwhelmed by all the parish- of papal chamberlain by Pope Paul VI in ioners and friends who honored me at the 1968, with the title of monsignor, and in celebration at Fiorelli’s. … 1982 he was nominated a mitered arch- “I am thankful to God for giving me the priest by Cardinal Josyf Slipyj in Rome and strength to live 100 years and serve Ss. installed by Archbishop-Metropolitan Cyril and Methodius Church for over 57 Stephen Sulyk. He retired from the priest- years. There are so many great memories I Gene Maslar hood in December 2008. have that I will never forget, and I thank Msgr. Stephen Hrynuck (center), is joined by Bishop Joseph Bambera (right) of the A more detailed biography appears on you again for all you have done for the Roman Catholic Diocesee of Scranton, Pa., the Rev. Nestor Iwasiw (left), the Rev. the website: http://stcyrils.maslar-online. church and me. Jeffrey Paulish (far left), the Rev. John Wysochansky (background), the Rev. August com/hrynuck/index.html. “Today I am thanking you for your good- Riccardi (far right), and altar servers. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2012 No. 12

Soccer Pavlo Tymoshchenko won second place in the men’s division, of the International Modern Pentathlon World Ukraine’s Metalist Kharkiv defeated Salzburg 4-0 on Cup• #1 in Charlotte, N.C., on March 8-11 with 5,860 points. February 16 and again 4-1 on February 23. Metalist advances The competition is held under the auspices of the Union to the• group of 16 stage before the quarterfinals. On March 8 International de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM). The scond Metalist lost 0-1 against Olympiacos of Greece. Metalist leg of the championship began on March 15 in Rio de have one more chance to remain in European League the Janeiro, with results to appear in the next Sportsline. competition with a second leg match against Olympiacos. Futsal Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, defensive midfielder for Bayern Ukraine was eliminated during the quarterfinals of the Munich, was voted as the best soccer player ever in the his- Futsal Euro championship held in Croatia on January 31 tory• of Ukraine for 2011, as announced on the Bayern through February 11. Ukraine tied 1-1 against host team Munich’s club website on December 20, 2011. The Croatia at Spaladium Arena on February 6 in Split, Croatia, 32-year-old was named the winner of a two-month poll by losing 1-3 on penalty kicks. Ukraine was in second place in Ukrainskyi Futbol magazine to determine the stalwarts of Group B after two games played, with one win and one Ukrainian soccer ever since Ukraine reclaimed indepen- loss, with seven goals for and seven against, for zero points dence in 1991. Tymoshchuk won the “Ukrainian Player of on aggregate and 3 points total. Ukraine defeated Slovenia the Year” three times, in 2002, 2006 and 2007, and in 2011 6-3 on February 2 and Ukraine lost to Spain 1-4 on became Ukraine’s leading capped player, with 113 caps. February 4. Other teams in the group stage include the Tymoshchuk played for Shakhtar Donetsk, winning the Czech Republic, Russia, Italy, Turkey, Portugal, Serbia and Ukrainian league and cup three times, and in 2008, while Azerbaijan. Spain defeated host team Croatia in the final. playing for Zenit St. Petersburg, won the UEFA Cup. Tymoshchuk nearly followed compatriot Andriy Tennis Shevchenko in winning a UEFA Champions League trophy Alexandr Dolgopolov (13th) lost to Bernard Tomic of in the 2010 final between Bayern and Inter Milan, but the Australia 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 6-2, 3-6 in the third round of men’s Germans lost to the Italians 0-2. Tymoshchuk has played singles division of the Australian Open held on January for Bayern since 2009 and was a key component in his UNIAN/Valery Solovyov 16-29 in Melbourne. Dolgopolov defeated Greg Jones of team’s winning season in 2010. Pentathlon champion Nataliya Dobrynska. Australia in the first round, 1-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2, and Tobias Kamke of Germany in the second round, 4-6, 6-1, Boxing Pentathlon 6-1, 3-6, 8-6. Sergiy Stakhovsky defeated Illya Marchenko Four Ukrainians were ranked by the Amateur Nataliya Dobrynska won the gold medal at the World in the first round, 6-3, 6-7, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 and lost to Kevin International Boxing Association’s (AIBA) top three spots Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 9-11 Anderson (30th) of South Africa in the second round, 6-3, in 10 weight divisions. Taras Shelestyuk (69 kg) and Ievgen at •Atakoy Athletics Arena, becoming the first woman to 1-6, 6-7, 3-6. In the women’s singles, Lesia Tsurenko Khytrov (75 kg) were ranked in first place, and Vasyl break the 5,000-point mark in the five-event discipline. defeated Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands 7-6, (7-4), 6-1 in Lomachenko (60 kg) and Oleksandr Usyk (91 kg) were Dobrynska, with 5,013 points, beat the 20-year-old record the first round and lost to Daniela Hantuchova (20th) of ranked in third place in their respective weight divisions. set by Irina Belova of Russia (4,991 points). Jessica Ennis of Slovakia 6-4, 4-6, 3-6. Kateryna Bondarenko lost in the first Ukraine is to participate in the AIBA’s European Great Britian scored 4,965 points and finished in second round against Vania King of the U.S.A. 6-7, (3-7), 3-6. In Championship held in Trabzon, Turkey, on April 13-22. place, followed by Tatyana Chernova of Austria with 4,802 men’s doubles, Stakhovsky and Mikhail Youshny of Russia The competition serves as a qualifier for the London points for third place. Eight athletes from six countries par- Summer Olympic Games. ticipated. (Continued on page 17)

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last place in Pool A, after three games played, with zero Ukraine ranked in ninth place in the medal count as of Sportsline points. Ukraine faced against Russia on March 15 and Chile press time. The International Biathlon Union (IBU) will also on March 17, with results to appear in the next Sportsline. host the IBU-Biathlon 8 on March 7-11 in Altenberg, (Continued from page 16) Germany, followed by Alpencup 3 in Obertillach, Austria, on lost to Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, both of Ukraine’s women’s field hockey team defeated Canada March 9-11 and E.ON IBU World Cup 9 Biathlon on March Columbia, in the first round 4-6, 5-7. In women’s doubles, 5-2 at the Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi, 13-18 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. India. The competition is a qualifier for this year’s summer Mariya Koryttseva and Akgul Amanmuradova of • Heptathlon Uzbekistan lost in the first round to Iveta Benescova and Olympic Games in London. Ukraine, ranked in 26th place, Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, both of the Czech Republic, is in fourth place in the pool after Ukraine lost 0-2 against Oleksiy Kasyanov won second place in the men’s divi- 4-6, 1-6. Kateryna Bondarenko and Jelena Dokic of South Africa, and tied India 1-1. First and second places are sion of the World Indoor Championship on March 9-10 at Australia lost to Andreja Klepac of Slovenia and Alicja held by South Africa and Italy, respectively. Atakoy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. Eight athletes Rosolska of Poland in the first round, 6-7, (6-8), 5-7. Olga Skiing from seven countries participated. Kasyanov scored 6,071 Savchuk and Greta Arn of Hungary lost in the first round to points. Investors in the Bukovel Ski Resort, located in Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania and Virgine Razzano of Polianytsia, Yaremche district in the Ivano-Frankivsk France 4-6, 0-6. Mountaineering Oblast, have announced that they are ready to spend $1 The body of Maryna Khytriakova was found on March 5 billion on infrastructure development if Ukraine wins the Wrestling by rescuers at the elevation of 4,700 meters on Mount right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Oleksandr Elbrus in Russia. The 21-year-old set out for the summit Olha Korobka, Ukraine’s Olympic silver medalist at the Shevchenko, director of the Bukovel Complex, made the with two other climbers, but got lost. Thirty-five rescuers 2008 Beijing Games and among Ukraine’s hopes for a announcement on March 2 during a meeting of the continue to search for the third remaining Ukrainian medal at this year’s summer Olympics in London, has been Verkhovna Rada’s Committee on Family, Youth and Sports. climber. On March 3 rescuers found one of the climbers at banned from the sport for four years for doping. The He noted that annual investment of $20 million to $30 mil- 4,100 meters on the descent. Kantemir Davydov, spokes- International Weightlifting Federation’s website listed lion would go toward the resort’s infrastructure whether person for the North Caucasian Regional Emergency Korobka’s ban from the sport and disqualified her bronze Ukraine wins the bid to host the Olympics or not. The Center of Russia, said, “During their descent from Mount medal position in the over 75 kg category at this year’s International Olympic Committee visited the resort for an world championships in Budapest, Hungary. The 27-year- evaluation on March 3-4. Construction for the resort began Elbrus, two residents of Kharkiv fell behind, and the head old Korobka left her team’s training camp without com- in 2000 by Skorzonera Ltd., a subsidiary of the Privat of the Dnipropetrovsk group, Maryna Khytriakova, decided ment after the ban was announced. Ukrainian media said Group of Dnipropetrovsk. to stay with them, while eight people safely descended to her coach, Vasyl Kulak, had been fired. the Gara-Bashi hut.” Biathlon Field hockey Vita Semerenko won third place in the women’s 7.5-kilo- Ukraine’s men’s team lost to Ireland 0-12 at the FIH meter sprint race at the Biathlon World Championships in Electric Ireland Road to London Olympic field hockey qual- Ruhpolding, Germany, on February 29 through March 11. Visit our archive online: ifier• on March 11 in Dublin. Ukraine lost to Malaysia 1-5 on Semerenko finished 37.6 seconds behind the leader, www.ukrweekly.com March 13 and South Korea 2-8 on March 10. Ukraine is in Magdalena Neuner of Germany, who finished in 21:07.0.

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The Program participants stay with pre- Intensive Summer Language and Culture screened Ukrainian families in Lviv, allow- program offers a unique opportunity for stu- ing students to perfect their Ukrainian lan- dents to study intensive Ukrainian language guage skills and experience first-hand daily and area studies (political transition, society, life in Ukraine. For Bart Redford, a partici- economics, culture, etc.) at Ivan Franko pant in the early years of the program University. (1996), living with a family was one of the During the six-week program (June best aspects of the program. 4-July 19), students work with individual According to Mr. Redford, “talking with faculty on a research topic associated with your hosts, going to events with them, and their field of concentration in addition to just working through the day-to-day com- the regular language and area studies munication with your family, this teaches A view of Ukrainian Heritage Park in Parma, Ohio. classes. The program also includes numer- you so much more about the country and ous teacher-accompanied excursions in its culture than you could ever pick up from PARMA, Ohio – The Ukrainian Village [email protected]. and around Lviv and to the capital, Kyiv, as a textbook. There really is no substitute for Committee of Parma is inviting all artists to Ukrainian Heritage Park sits in the heart well as to the Carpathian Mountains and that experience.” submit proposals for a sculpture that will of the Ukrainian Village. The plot of land the medieval castle of Olesko. The program is open to any graduate or be permanently positioned in the center of has progressed greatly from an empty lot Dr. Alex Tsiovkh, who teaches a number undergraduate student with an interest in Ukrainian Heritage Park located in the where a dilapidated house was razed, to a of courses in KU’s Ukrainian Studies learning Ukrainian. No prior language heart of the Ukrainian Village section of peaceful green space where all can come Program, has been leading the summer study required. Students receive six hours Parma. The sculpture will attract the atten- and enjoy the sights and sounds of the program in Lviv since its inception in 1993. of KU credit for the program. The applica- tion of the Ukrainian and American public, Ukrainian Village. According to Dr. Tsiovkh, a native of Lviv, tion deadline for the program has been and will become a strong symbol for the The Ukrainian Heritage Park grounds “participants are sometimes surprised to extended to March 15. For detailed costs, Ukrainian Village. were donated to the Ukrainian Village by discover that their teachers at Ivan Franko dates and information, as well as an online The mission of the Ukrainian Village is the city of Parma. In August 2010 an official University have years of experience in application, readers may visit www.study- to preserve, empower and advance the dedication and blessing of the grounds teaching American students, and the pro- abroad.ku.edu/?go=Ukraine. Ukrainian Village as a thriving neighbor- took place, and thus began the process of hood by celebrating the culture and heri- park development for the community. tage of Ukrainian Americans and to collab- The city of Parma began the first phase orate with the city of Parma in creating of park development following plans business and economic development with- drawn up by Ukrainian community mem- in its boundaries. The sculpture should be bers. This included hardscape and land- dynamic and represent in a large-scale for- scaping of the area with flora native to TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL WALTER HONCHARYK (973) 292-9800 x3040 mat this mission of cultivating and exhibit- Ukraine. Birch, cherry and chestnut trees or e-mail [email protected] ing the Ukrainian heritage. bend in the wind, kalyna bushes beautify All artists interested in participating in the grounds and periwinkle intertwines the sculpture concept competition need to along the paths. SERVICES PROFESSIONALS submit their application of interest by May On September 24, 2011, Ukrainian 1. Thereafter, the Sculpture Project Proposal Heritage Park was opened to the communi- Packet will be sent out to all interested ty with great fanfare, including a parade applicants. The deadline for submission of and dedication ceremony. Mayor Dean sculpture concepts is November 1. DePiero of Parma welcomed all to Interested persons are advised to send Ukrainian Heritage Park. It is under his their name, address, telephone number, leadership that the Ukrainian Village was e-mail, and preferred method of communi- first established in 2009, and whose con- cation to the Ukrainian Village Committee, tinued support helped develop the P.O. Box 34084, Parma, OH 44134; ukraini- Ukrainian Village.

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Through Art exhibit, “Artexistence,” featuring works by Emma March 28 Film screening, “The Night Coachman” (1928) by Heorhy April 23 Beglyarova, Ukrainian Institute of America, New York Tasin, Ukrainian Film Club at Columbia University, New York 212-288-8660 or www.ukrainianinstitute.org www.columbia.edu/cu/ufc or 212-854-5627

March 23-31 Easter Bazaar, Ukrainian Museum-Archives, 216-781-4329 March 29 Presentation by Tamara Hundorova, “Post-Chornobyl Cleveland New York Ukrainian Literature: Lost in the Nuclear Sublime,” Columbia University, 212-854-4697 or March 24 Pysanka workshop, with instruction by Vera Samycia, [email protected] Chicago Ukrainian National Museum, 312-421-8020 March 29 Lecture by Timothy Snyder, “Bloodlands: Europe Between March 24 Book presentation, “Scratches on a Prison Wall” by Luba Winnipeg, MB Hitler and Stalin,” University of Manitoba, 204-474-9986 Cleveland Komar, Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, or 204-474-7866 Verkhovyna, 440-526-6863 March 29 Film screening, “The Desert of Forbidden Art” by March 24 Concert with Greg Kyryluk, The Rotunda, New York Tchavdar Georgiev, The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 Philadelphia www.hrresonance.blogspot.com or www.ukrainianmuseum.org

March 24 Pysanaka workshop with instruction by Gloria Horbaty, March 30 Lobster, Varenyky and Beer Dinner, Ukrainian American New Haven, CT Ukrainian National Women’s League of America – Branch Whippany, NJ Youth Association – Whippany branch “Druzhynnyky,” 108, St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church, 203-269-5909 Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey, 973-714-0389 or [email protected] March 24 Silent auction, Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation, New York Ukrainian Institute of America, 773-235-8462 or March 30 Fish dinner, Ss. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic [email protected] Olyphant, PA Church, Regal Room, 570-489-4348

March 25 Spring bazaar, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Ukrainian March 30-31 Sale, “Attic Treasures,” Ukrainian National Women’s Ottawa Orthodox Cathedral, 613-830-1472 Parma, OH League of America – Branch 12, St. Josephat Astrodome, 440-882-3928 March 25 Fund-raiser “Tea with Friends and Family,” Whippany, NJ Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey, March 31 Multimedia performance, “Kilims and Constructions,” [email protected] or 973-590-8026 New York featuring the New York Bandura Ensemble, The Ukrainian Museum, www.ukrainianmuseum.org March 25 Art exhibit, featuring works by Bohdan Borzemskyj, through April 15 Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation art gallery, March 31 Performance, Duquesne University Tamburitzans, Peter J. Toronto 416-766-6802 or www.kumfgallery.com New York Sharp Theater at Symphony Space, 212-864-5400

March 26 Lecture by Harun Yilmaz, “Making and Remaking Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events Cambridge, MA National Histories in the Soviet Union: The Case of advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Ukraine (in Comparative Perspective with Azerbaijan and from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Kazakhstan),” Harvard University, 617-495-4053 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2012 No. 12

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Tuesday, March 20 Catholic University. The event begins with University for a lecture by Dr. Tamara breads, a new cookbook, varenyky, stuffed cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at 7-8 p.m.; art Hundorova titled “Post-Chornobyl: cabbage, borsch, homemade cake and des- NEW YORK: Please join the Ukrainian Studies and program opens at 8 p.m.; bidding closes at Catastrophism in Contemporary Ukrainian serts, a raffle and a tag sale. Lunch and takeout Program at the Harriman Institute, Columbia 9:30 p.m. For more information call Sofika Culture.” Dr. Hundorova is a doctor of philolog- are available. Admission and parking (behind University for a talk by Dr. Valentyna Zielyk, 212-533-6419, or Marta Kolomayets, ical sciences and a corresponding member of the church) are free. For information call Kharkhun titled “Museumification of the 773-235-8462, or e-mail [email protected]. the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 860-229-3833 or 860-677-2138. Soviet Past or Communism in the Museum?” head of the Department of Theory of Valentyna Kharkhun is professor at the Sunday, March 25 Literature at the academy’s Institute of NEW YORK: The Center for Traditional Music Department of Ukrainian Literature, Mykola WHIPPANY: Please join us at the Ukrainian Literature, as well as the author of eight books and Dance, New York Bandura Ensemble, Hohol State University (Nizhyn, Ukraine) and American Cultural Center of New Jersey for and many articles on literary modernism, Bandura Downtown and The Ukrainian senior researcher at the Department of 20th Tea with Friends and family, an afternoon of post-modernism, Ukrainian literature and Museum present “Kilims and Constructions,” a Century Ukrainian Literature, Taras tea, an assortment of tea sandwiches and feminism. The lecture is free and open to the multi-media performance to complement the Shevchenko Institute of Literature, National delightful desserts. A complimentary glass of public and will take place at noon in Room museum’s current exhibitions “Kilims” and Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. As a Fulbright wine is included. The event will feature prize 1219, International Affairs Building, 420 “Borys Kosarev: Modernist Kharkiv 1915- Scholar visiting Columbia University, Dr. baskets, door prizes, unique silent auction W.118th St. For more information contact Dr. 1931.” Performers include bandurist/singer Kharkhun is studying Volodymyr items, and a 50/50 raffle. Guest speaker Mark Andryczyk, 212-854-4697 or ma2634@ Julian Kytasty and the Black Square Ensemble Vynnychenko’s archive, which is the main goal Petrusia Kotlar-Paslawsky will present a brief columbia.edu. in a program of musical compositions and of her Fulbright research project, “The overview of the differences between tradition- improvisations intertwined with video projec- Ideological World of Volodymyr Friday, March 30 al beverage teas and herbal teas. Gather your tions, movement and text. Concert starts at 7 Vynnychenko’s Emigrant Heritage.” This lec- friends and family and let us help you organize WHIPPANY, N.J.: Druzhynnyky (young adults) p.m. at The Ukrainian Museum, 222 E. Sixth St. ture is co-sponsored by the Ukrainian a table. Admission is $40 per person, advance of the Ukrainian American Youth Association – Admission is $15 ($10 for CTMD/museum Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S. and ticket sales only, cash bar. Checks payable to: Whippany branch will be hosting a “Pyrohy, members) and includes reception. Tickets will be held at noon in Room 1219, ACE/UACCNJ should be sent to: UACCNJ, Att’n: Pyvo and Lobster Night” on March 30 at the may be purchased online at www.ukrainian- International Affairs Building, 420 W. 118th Tea Fund-Raiser, 60 N. Jefferson Road, Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New museum.org. St. The event is free and open to the public. For Whippany, NJ 07891. For information e-mail Jersey, 60 N. Jefferson Road. Tickets for the more information contact Dr. Mark Andryczyk, Sunday, May 6 [email protected] or call 973-590-8026. event are $30 in advance (if purchased by 212-854-4697 or [email protected]. Thursday, March 29 March 25), $40 at the door. For more informa- TORONTO: The Markian Ochrymowych Saturday, March 24 tion contact Solomia Pylypiw, 973-714-0389 Humanitarian Award Banquet, honoring Erast NEW YORK: The film “The Desert of or [email protected]. Huculak and Zenia Kushpeta, who have dem- NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society Forbidden Art” (2010), an incredible story of onstrated the spirit of humanity through vol- invites all to a lecture by Dr. Oleh Slupchynskyj Saturday, March 31 how the Kyiv-born Igor Savitsky (1915-1984) unteer work, advocacy, leadership and philan- on the subject “Innovative Procedures in Facial stashed some 40,000 works of banned Soviet NEW BRITAIN, Conn.: The 18th annual thropy here at home or around the world, will Rejuvenation.” Dr. Slupchynskyj is board certi- avant-garde art in a remote museum deep in Ukrainian Easter Festival will be held at St. be presented at a dinner at The Old Mill Inn. fied in both facial plastic and reconstructive an Uzbekistan desert, will be screened at 7 Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church hall, 54 Cocktails are at 6 p.m.; dinner is at 7 p.m. The surgery as well as in otolaryngology, head and p.m. at The Ukrainian Museum. Prof. Jane Winter St. (behind Newbrite Plaza) from 9 event is sponsored by the Ukrainian Canadian neck surgery. He is the director and founder of Ashton Sharp of Rutgers University will intro- a.m. to 2 p.m. (Snow date is Saturday, April 7). Social Services (Toronto). Tickets are $200 per The Aesthetic Institute of New York and New duce the film. A Q&A via Skype will take place Pysanky and egg decorating supplies will be person; to order tickets/tables call Olena at Jersey and clinical instructor of facial plastic after the screening with Odesa-born filmmak- featured. Other highlights will be Easter the UCSS Toronto Office, 416-763-4982. surgery at the New York Eye and Ear er Tchavdar Georgiev. The film is in English Infirmary. The lecture will take place at the and Russian with English subtitles, featuring society’s building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between the voices of Ben Kingsley, Sally Field and Ed PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For addition- Asner. Admission (includes reception) $15; al information call 212-254-5130. $10 for museum members and seniors; $5 for Preview of Events is a listing of community events open to the public. It is a service students. Tickets may be purchased at www. provided at minimal cost ($20 per listing) by The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Catholic Education ukrainianmuseum.org or at the door. The community. Items should be no more than 100 words long. Foundation and the Ukrainian Institute of Ukrainian Museum is located at 222 E. Sixth Information should be sent to: [email protected] or Preview of Events, The America cordially invite you to attend a Silent St.; phone, 212-228-0110. Art Auction at the Ukrainian Institute of Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054; fax, 973-644- America, 2 E. 79th St. Admission is $75 per NEW YORK: Please join the Ukrainian Studies 9510. 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