Inside: l Russia returns seized Ukrainian ships – page 2 l Statements in remembrance of the Holodomor – page 6 l UAYA Exchange Program with Ukraine – page 17

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association, Inc., celebrating W its 125th anniversaryeekly Vol. LXXXVII No. 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2019 $2.00 Sobor of UOC-U.S.A. elects Activists demand answers a year new Metropolia Council after Kateryna Handzyuk’s death

UOC-U.S.A. Roman Tymotsko Members of the newly elected Metropolia Council (standing, from left): the Rev. Victor “Silence kills” proclaims a sign at the remembrance event held near the Presidential Office Wronskyj, the Rev. Gregory Czumak, Howard West, Olga Lyskiwska, Elizabeth of Ukraine one year after the death of anti-corruption activist Kateryna Handzyuk. Symonenko, Aleksandra Kocelko, the Rev. Robert Holet, the Rev. Andriy Pokotylo, John Holowko, the Rev. Vasile Saucier, (seated, from left) the Rev. Stephen Hutnick, by Roman Tymotsko Ukraine is located. After Volodymyr Protodeacon Ihor Mahlay, Dr. Gayle Woloschak, Archbishop Daniel, Metropolitan Zelenskyy was inaugurated as president, one Antony, Dr. Paul Micevych, Karen Ferraro and the Rev. Taras Naumenko. KYIV – Kateryna Handzyuk, or Katya, as of his first decisions was to remove the fences friends and fellow activists called her, was that had blocked the entrance to Bankova, an anti-corruption activist in Kherson. On where the building formerly known as the UOC-U.S.A. Ukrainian Cultural Center mainly focused on financial matters concerning the Church July 31, 2018, she was attacked with sulfu- Presidential Administration stands. As a SOMERSET, N.J. – The 22nd Regular and ongoing expenses related to the main- ric acid in front of her house. Three months result, the public now has access to the Sobor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of tenance of properties and buildings owned later, she died of her injuries. Now, a year front door of the Presidential Office. the U.S.A. was held at the Metropolia Center by the Church. after her death, the main question in the The movement seeking justice in the of the UOC-U.S.A. on October 16-19, and This year’s Sobor theme was “Lord, I case still has no answer: Who ordered the Handzyuk case is known by the main ques- attracted more than 170 delegates and par- love the beauty of Your house and the place killing of Katya Handzyuk? tion it poses to the authorities – “Who ticipants. The Sobor is the highest adminis- where Your beauty dwells.” (Psalm 26:8) On November 4, several hundred people killed Katya Handzyuk?” Activists continue to ask this question, most recently in front trative body of the Church. gathered on Bankova Street, a small street in of President Zelenskyy’s window. The dem- The three-day Sobor held at the central Kyiv where the Presidential Office of (Continued on page 16) onstration started with the screening of a short documentary that tells the story of Handzyuk’s activism and death, focused on the corrupt investigation of her murder. Ukrainian Heritage Consortium convenes at Harvard When the film on screen morphed into an illustration of the anti-corruption activ- by Jurij Dobczansky ist with a huge red mark on her face, music and Andrew Fedynsky started playing. Demonstrators brought a CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Ukrainian huge red sign with the message “Silence Heritage Consortium of North America kills.” As the music continued, dozens of (UHCNA) convened its 2019 meeting at people began moving toward the sign with Harvard’s Ukrainian Research Institute lit candles. When all of the memorial lights (HURI). The UHCNA is a voluntary group were placed in a row, a minute of silence that coordinates the exchange of informa- was observed. tion, fosters friendships and cooperation Most of the activists then headed to the among Ukrainian cultural heritage insti- Ministry of Internal Affairs to demand tutions and professionals in the United action in solving the Handzyuk murder. States and Canada. Kateryna Handzyuk’s activism Past conferences have included the initial Kateryna Handzyuk (born June 17, 2011 meeting at Cleveland’s Ukrainian 1985) was a civil rights and anti-corruption Museum-Archives (UMA) and the following: activist. She was a deputy of the Kherson 2012 at the Ukrainian Museum and Library Oblast Council and the Kherson City at Stamford, Conn., 2013 at Chicago’s UHCNA Council, as well as an adviser to the mayor Ukrainian National Museum, 2015 at the 2019 participants at the UHCNA: (seated, from left) Maria Shust, The Ukrainian of Kherson. She frequently criticized the Library of Congress in Washington, 2017 Museum, New York; Andrew Fedynsky, Ukrainian Museum-Archives, Cleveland; security authorities and especially con- hosted by the Ukrainian History and Maria Klimchak, Ukrainian National Museum, Chicago; (standing) Tetyana demned corruption in the regional depart- Education Center in Somerset, N.J., and Chervinska, Ukrainian National Museum; Marko Slyz, Shevchenko Scientific ment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Ukrainian Museum in New York. Society, New York; Lubow Wolynetz, Ukrainian Museum and Library, Stamford, Handzyuk exposed the police’s involve- The sixth conference opened on Conn.; Olha Aleksic, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute; Jurij Dobczansky, ment in several cases of fraud. Thursday evening, October 17, with a Shevchenko Scientific Society and the Library of Congress; Lev Chaban, Harvard Before she was attacked, Handzyuk pub- reception in the Omeljan Pritsak Memorial University; Aniza Kraus, Ukrainian Museum-Archives; Zorian Stech, Ukrainian licly spoke out against the illegal wood Library of the Ukrainian Research Canadian Research and Documentation Center, Toronto; Christine Fedynsky, trade taking place near Kherson. At the Ukrainian Museum-Archives; Natalia Khanenko-Friesen, Prairie Center for the beginning of July, Handzyuk, then a deputy (Continued on page 15) Study of Ukrainian Heritage, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. (Continued on page 9) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2019 No. 48

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Aft er almost a year, Russia Sentsov receives Sakharov Prize tal freedoms. It is named after Soviet physi- cist and political dissident Andrei Sakharov. Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) returns seized Ukrainian naval ships was one of the most prominent political prisoners in Russia, has finally received last Putin, Zelenskyy speak ahead of summit by Pavel Felgenhauer allegations and produced footage of the ships being handed over on the high seas in year’s Sakharov Prize for freedom of Eurasia Daily Monitor thought from the European Parliament. Russian President Vladimir Putin has good order. In turn, the FSB insisted the spoken with his Ukrainian counterpart, Almost one year ago, on November 25, Ukrainians themselves were to blame if The award ceremony took place on November 26 in Strasbourg, France. Before Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on the phone, two 2018, two small Ukrainian Gyurza-M-class anything went missing after they took back weeks before their planned meeting in gunboats, together with a tug, attempted to the ships (TASS, November 21). accepting the award from the European Parliament President David Sassoli, Mr. Paris. Statements from the Kremlin and the cross from the Black Sea through the Kerch During his election campaign Mr. Presidential Office of Ukraine said the Strait into the Sea of Azov, where Ukraine Zelenskyy had promised the return of the Sentsov addressed the European lawmak- ers, urging them not to forget the November 25 call included discussion of controls two major port cities: Mariupol and “the men and ships.” On Wednesday three-way negotiations between Russia, Berdyansk. The Ukrainian convoy was (November 20), he flew to Ochakiv to meet Ukrainians’ sacrifices in the ongoing con- flict with Russia-backed separatists in east- Ukraine and the European Union for Russia stopped and attacked by Russian forces. and inspect the recovered boats. Mr. to keep sending natural gas to European One of the gunboats, the Berdyansk was hit Zelenskyy told journalists some equipment ern Ukraine. “Every time, when some of you think about stretching out a hand of customers via pipelines that traverse multiple times as the Ukrainians, who did is missing and that Kyiv would demand that Ukraine. A gas-transit contract between not return fire, were attempting a retreat. Moscow return it all. The ships will be refur- friendship to [Russian President Vladimir] Putin over our heads, you should remem- Moscow and Kyiv expires on January 1, The boats were boarded and all 24 bished and, in some three months, again while the next round of EU-mediated talks Ukrainian service members (some were ready for service, the president declared. ber each of the 13,000 [people] killed in Ukraine, the hundreds of our boys kept in for a new contract are scheduled for next wounded, though none fatally) were impris- Mr. Zelenskyy insisted the ships (and men) week. Disputes between the two neighbors oned in the Federal Security Service’s were returned without any preconditions: “I prisons, who may be tortured as we speak, the Crimean Tatars, who may at this very in 2006 and 2009 left many European Lefortovo prison, in Moscow; they were did not agree, or promise, or sign anything” countries with gas shortages in mid-winter. questioned and accused of crossing the (Militarynews.ru, November 21). moment be arrested,” Mr. Sentsov said to rapturous applause from the European Mr. Zelenskyy’s office also said he insisted Russian border illegally, despite the exis- But according to Nikolai Polozov, the that Russia “return all weapons, equip- tence of a 2003 Russo-Ukrainian treaty Ukrainian sailors’ Russian lawyer, the legal lawmakers. Mr. Sentsov, a 43-year-old Crimean native who opposed Russia’s 2014 ment, and documentation that had been defining the Kerch Strait as a joint sover- case has not been closed, and the boats are aboard” three Ukrainian naval vessels that eignty “internal” waterway. The seized ships legally still evidence items, though handed takeover of the Ukrainian peninsula, was arrested by the Moscow-imposed Crimean were impounded by Russia in 2018 and were impounded in Kerch (see Eurasia over to Ukraine for safekeeping. All weap- returned to Ukraine last week. Neither Daily Monitor, November 26, 28, 29, 2018). ons and munitions were removed from authorities on May 11, 2014, and charged with planning the firebombing of pro-Rus- statement mentioned the planned Ukraine and the international communi- aboard vessels by the Russian authorities, December 9 meeting with the leaders of ty protested. U.S. President Donald Trump and the Ukrainian Navy cannot use or sian organizations in Crimea. Until September 7, Mr. Sentsov had been serving France and Germany whose purpose is to canceled a summit with Russian President repair the boats until Russia allows it put an end to the Donbas conflict with Vladimir Putin, planned for December 1, (Interfax, November 21). a 20-year prison sentence on what interna- tional, Russian and Ukrainian rights groups Moscow-backed separatists. Russia’s 2018, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demand- Instead of clearing the atmosphere said were trumped-up charges. He had annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula ing the sailors be freed. But Moscow dug in before the Paris summit, the boat handover opposed and refused to recognize preceded the war, which has killed more its heels (see EDM, December 3, 2018). may have created yet another bone of con- Moscow’s imposed rule on the Ukrainian than 13,000 people and internally dis- Apparently, the Kremlin considered the tention between Kyiv and Moscow. After the territory. He was incarcerated for more placed 1.5 million more since April 2014. small Ukrainian naval contingent to be part Kerch Strait incident on November 25, than five years, and spent 145 days on hun- Shooting on both sides persist on a daily of a major Western-led conspiracy to 2018, Mr. Poroshenko declared martial law ger strike in 2018, demanding that Russia basis, often leading to casualties, including undermine Russian control of Crimea and in Ukraine for 30 days in regions bordering release all of its Ukrainian political prison- civilians. Russia continues to deny direct the Sea of Azov or possibly to sabotage the Russia, and reservists were partially called ers. Last year, the European Parliament involvement in the Donbas conflict, insist- Kerch Strait bridge to Crimea, which Russia up in anticipation of a possible Russian awarded Mr. Sentsov the Sakharov Prize ing that it is purely an internal conflict. built after 2014, at great expense. The FSB invasion, which ultimately did not material- while he was still imprisoned. It was “for (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) interrogated the sailors but apparently was ize. Today, the possibility of a sudden mas- freedom of thought and in recognition of unable to produce much concrete evidence sive Russo-Ukrainian military flare-up looks his peaceful protest against the illegal occu- Trump on “Ukrainian server” theory to warrant a public show trial. remote, though skirmishes in Donbas will pation of his native Crimea, as well as for On September 7 of this year, the 24 sail- most likely continue despite the coming U.S. President Donald Trump used an courage, determination and belief in sup- ors were returned to Ukraine as part of a Paris summit. Mr. Zelenskyy apparently extended televised interview to further porting human dignity, democracy, the rule larger Russo-Ukrainian prisoner exchange. hopes the French and German leaders may assert a theory of possible Ukrainian of law and human rights,” said Michael On November 18, the naval branch of the put pressure on Mr. Putin to agree on a solid involvement in cyberattacks on the 2016 Gahler, a member of the European People’s FSB Border Guard Service handed over the ceasefire and begin the process of reinte- U.S. elections that national security and Party, who nominated him. Individuals or Ukrainian ships – the two gunboats and the grating the Donbas territory controlled by other experts have publicly suggested is organizations are honored with the prize tug – to the Ukrainian Navy in the interna- Moscow-supported forces back into for defending human rights and fundamen- (Continued on page 14) tional waters of the Black Sea, off the Ukraine by handing control of the local Crimean coast. By November 21, Ukrainian Russian-Ukrainian border to Kyiv- salvage ships pulled the released ships into appointed officials (Interfax, November 20). the port of Ochakiv. The hand-off was Of course, Paris and Berlin lack the clout described in Moscow as a good-will gesture or desire to force Moscow to do anything of The Ukrainian Weekly FOUNDED 1933 (Interfax, November 21). the sort. 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NEWS ANALYSIS The ‘shadow cardinal’ of Ukrainian politics: Who is Andriy Bohdan?

by Alla Hurska implementation of the state’s domestic and Mr. Bohdan was ranked second (after Mr. many of the president’s major decisions – Eurasia Daily Monitor foreign policies. Apart from that, this body Zelenskyy) in the “Top 100 Ukraine’s most he controls virtually all processes, looks at is also responsible for arranging communi- powerful and influential people” rating (Nv. every document that goes to Mr. Back on September 27, the secretary of cation between the president and the ua, August 15), surpassing all of Ukraine’s Zelenskyy’s desk and controls key person- the National Security and Defense Council of Verkhovna Rada, the Cabinet of Ministers, richest oligarchs. Furthermore, it is hard to nel appointments (Nv.ua, August 10). For Ukraine (NSDC), Oleksandr Danylyuk, the Constitutional Court, local government overlook Mr. Bohdan’s nearly constant prox- example, Mr. Bohdan introduced Oleksiy announced his resignation (Pravda.com.ua, bodies and other institutions (President. imity to the sitting Ukrainian head of state: Honcharuk, who became the prime minis- September 27), which was confirmed by gov.ua, June 25). rarely does Mr. Zelenskyy go on a business ter of Ukraine, to Mr. Zelenskyy’s team President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Pravda. Thus, taking into account the relative trip or even on vacation without Mr. Bohdan (Thebabel.net, July 31). com.ua, September 30). According to Mr. power of this mainly administrative entity, it present – be it going swimming in Odesa, a Mr. Bohdan’s experience in policymak- Danylyuk, he stepped down in protest is important to point out that prior to Mr. weekend lunch at a restaurant, watching a ing and ties within Ukrainian political cir- against the actions of oligarch Ihor Bohdan’s appointment as the head of the soccer match, or participating in a working cles explain why and how he has been able Kolomoisky and his former lawyer, Andriy Office of the President, Mr. Zelenskyy and meeting with the director of aerospace to accumulate such substantial authority Bohdan, who presently heads the Office of his team reportedly hoped to secure this manufacturer Yuzhmash (BBC – Ukrainian and power. Previously, he worked with a the President of Ukraine and is a member of position for their own people. Early candi- service, July 30) or with Mr. Kolomoisky number of top politicians, judges and busi- the NSDC (Rnbo.gov.ua, accessed October 1). dates for the post included, for example, (Pravda.com.ua, September 13). On nessmen. In 2007, Mr. Bohdan tried to enter For Mr. Danylyuk, whose conflict with Mr. Ivan Bakanov and Sergiy Shefir – long-time September 24, Mr. Bohdan accompanied Mr. the Verkhovna Rada with the Our Ukraine – Bohdan had dragged on for months (BBC – associates and close business partners of Zelenskyy during his trip to the U.S. and was People’s Self-Defense Bloc, an electoral alli- Ukrainian service, October 1), the last straw Mr. Zelenskyy (Gazeta.ru, May 21). present at the United Nations General ance associated with former President was the situation around PrivatBank, which Nevertheless, despite the incoming presi- Assembly (Russia.tv, September 25). Viktor Yushchenko. However, he was able to was nationalized in 2016 during Petro dent’s initial staffing plans and in spite of According to one Ukrainian journalist, work in the Parliament not as a deputy but Poroshenko’s presidency (Nv.ua, the United States’ and the European Union’s Ukraine has never had such an influential as an assistant to Andrey Portnov, a Rada September 27). Now, with Mr. Zelenskyy in strong criticism of individuals close to Mr. head of the Office of the President (previ- deputy with the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. power, Mr. Kolomoisky is said to be Kolomoisky (Zn.ua, May 21), Mr. Bohdan ously, this body was officially called the Under the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych, expressing more determination to obtain a was appointed to this post on May 22. Presidential Administration): “It seems that Mr. Bohdan worked in the government of handsome compensation for PrivatBank, Notably, Mr. Kolomoisky publicly “predict- he [Bohdan] does not notice that it is Mykola Azarov. Immediately after the Euro- which the Ukrainian billionaire owned until ed” this appointment two weeks earlier, on Zelenskyy who is the president of Ukraine, Maidan revolution, he became an advisor to the state took it over (Nv.ua, September May 10 (RBC, May 10). and with all his appearances he demon- and later a lawyer of the then-head of the 27). And Mr. Bohdan may be the key person The level of Mr. Bohdan’s influence on strates [his] impact on Ukrainian politics” Dnipropetrovsk Oblast State Administ­ in Kyiv to implement such a plan. President Zelenskyy and the wider (Radiosvoboda.org, September 26). ration, Mr. Kolomoisky (Bihus.info, June 18). The main tasks carried out by the Office Ukrainian political landscape is difficult to Apart from that, Mr. Bohdan is responsi- According to a journalist investigation, of the President of Ukraine essentially boil overstate. Aside from his direct responsibili- ble for all communication as well as legal Mr. Bohdan was directly involved in the down to rendering legal, organizational, ties in the Office of the President, he has and political issues. Members of his office Ukrainian government’s negotiations with advisory, informational and expert analyti- earned a reputation as one of Ukraine’s completely rely on his expertise and deci- Russia, arguing for joining the Moscow-led cal assistance to the president, as well as most famous and influential politicians sions (Ukrinform.ua, June 4). According to preparing proposals on the formation and (BBC – Ukrainian service, September 16). Ukrainian sources, Mr. Bohdan is behind (Continued on page 4)

Quotable Ukrainian president appoints U.S. lawyer notes as adviser amid outreach to diaspora “There are pages in our history that are very painful to recall; still, they by Todd Prince ing with the Justice Department. actions involving the United States, Ukraine cannot be forgotten. Crimes that RFE/RL There are more than 1 million and other former Soviet states, according to prove that violence and cynicism have Americans who identify as Ukrainian, a biography on Asters’ website. no limits. Disasters that a normal per- Ukrainian President Volodymyr according to Andrij Dobriansky, director of Asters, which is headquartered in Kyiv, son will not wish even on his enemies. Zelenskyy has appointed an American law- communications for the Ukrainian includes on its client list Ukraine’s largest Tragedies so great that humanity has yer as a new adviser with a mandate to Congress Committee of America. lender, PrivatBank, which is in the midst of a not yet invented words to describe build relations with ethnic Ukrainians liv- In an interview with RFE/RL, Mr. Mac major legal and political fight involving its for- the pain that Ukrainians have experi- ing in the United States and elsewhere. said that after Mr. Zelenskyy was elected mer co-owner, billionaire Ihor Kolomoisky. enced. Today we honor the memory Andrew Mac, who heads the Washington president in April, he was contacted by one The bank was nationalized in 2016 when of the victims of the Holodomor, a of Mr. Zelenskyy’s advisers, Andriy Yermak, international auditors found a $5.5 billion office of the Kyiv-based law firm Asters, was crime of genocide committed by the officially named to the position on whom he called a good friend. He said his hole in its balance sheet; Mr. Kolomoisky, totalitarian Stalinist regime against November 5, according to a presidential efforts were not focused on improving who has close ties to Mr. Zelenskyy, has our people, the people of Ukraine. … decree. Ukraine’s image among Americans, but insisted that the bank was improperly “However, the huge volume of facts In filings with the U.S. Justice rather on building closer ties with nationalized by Ukrainian regulators. Department’s Foreign Agent Registration Ukrainians in the United States and Canada. According to a 2010 interview with the and evidence still gives no answer to Act unit, Mr. Mac said the appointment was “The diaspora is great, but it’s an under- Kyiv Post, Mr. Mac said he was recruited in the simple question either to the mind for an indefinite period and he would not utilized asset,” Mr. Mac said. “My role is to 2002 by the accounting firm Pricewater­ or to the heart: For what? How can a be paid for his services. fortify existing bridges, but more impor- houseCoopers and decided to stay in Kyiv thought of eliminating the whole “The registrant participates in confer- tantly to build new ones.” longer after being “inspired” by the 2004 nation emerge? How can one take ences and other engagements in his per- “My goal is not to inform Americans Orange Revolution that brought a pro- away the last crumb of bread and the sonal capacity that promote ties between where Ukraine is on the map,” he said. “I’m Western government to power. last crumb of hope. Hope that you or Ukraine and the Ukrainian-American com- not hired to be a public-relations consul- In 2009, Mr. Mac was made managing at least your children will live until the munity and American investment in tant for Ukraine’s global image.” partner at Magisters, a major law firm next morning. … Ukraine which may indirectly benefit the A spokeswoman for Mr. Zelenskyy did founded in Kyiv. After the Russian law firm “We are Ukrainians. And we can do President of Ukraine,” according to the fil- not return RFE/RL messages seeking com- Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners everything. But there are two things ing, dated November 14. ment. Mr. Yermak could not be immediately acquired Magisters in July 2011, Mr. Mac we can never do. We cannot forget it. Mr. Mac’s appointment comes as reached for comment. established a firm in Washington associat- And we cannot forgive it. Today, Ukraine’s reputation in the United States Mr. Mac’s main role will likely focus on ed with the practice. Ukraine and the entire civilized world has taken a hit during the Democratic-led promoting Ukraine as a place to do busi- Mr. Mac, born in New York City and pray for the innocent victims of this impeachment hearing into whether ness, Mr. Dobriansky told RFE/RL. Fighting raised in the Philadelphia area, has horrific crime against our people. President Donald Trump withheld military the perception that Ukraine is corrupt will Ukrainian roots. Today, Ukrainians will light candles in aid to the country in order to pressure probably also be part of his portfolio, he their windows. Let them warm the President Zelenskyy to conduct investiga- said. “President Zelenskyy’s goal is to grow With reporting by Mike Eckel in Prague souls of all the deceased. Eternal tions into a potential rival in the 2020 pres- the economy as he has very concrete bud- and the Kyiv Post. memory to them.” idential election. getary concerns,” he added. Copyright 2019, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted Republicans have sought to defend Mr. Mr. Zelenskyy met with the leaders of with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump in part by casting Ukraine as one of the Ukrainian World Congress and the Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, speaking on November 23 in Kyiv at a the world’s most corrupt countries. Ukrainian Canadian Congress in July during Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (to remembrance of the victims of the Mr. Mac’s role will “likely involve” speak- a visit to Toronto; he met with members of read the full text of this story, see https:// Holodomor of 1932-1933, as cited on ing with Ukrainian American media or the U.S. diaspora during his trip to New www.rferl.org/a/zelenskiy-appoints-u-s- the website of the Presidential Office of media outlets read by the Ukrainian York in September. lawyer-as-adviser-amid-outreach-to-ukrai- Ukraine. American community, according to the fil- Mr. Mac specializes in cross-border trans- nian-diaspora/30278949.html). 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2019 No. 48 UCU grad to be world’s Pope Francis accepts resignation youngest Catholic bishop of Auxiliary Bishop John Bura by Matthew Matuszak by the Rev. John M. Fields Ukrainian Catholic Education PHILADELPHIA – Pope Francis on Foundation November 15 accepted the resignation from CHICAGO – Father Stepan Sus, a gradu- the office of auxiliary bishop of the Ukrainian ate of the Ukrainian Catholic University Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, pre- (UCU) in Lviv, has been nominated to sented by Bishop John Bura. become a bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Bishop Bura, who reached the canonical Church. Father Sus, who turned 38 in retirement age of 75 in June, submitted his October, will be the world’s youngest resignation pursuant to the provisions of Catholic bishop. Canon 210 of the Code of Canons of the On Friday, November 15, Vatican officials Eastern Churches. announced that the Synod of Bishops of the Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, having Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of received prior approval from the pope, con- Philadelphia and metropolitan of Ukrainian ducted the canonical election of Father Sus, Catholics in the United States commented a priest of the UGCC Archeparchy of Lviv, as “Bishop John is a kind and noble man who a bishop of the Curia of the Kyiv-Halych has served God, the Church and the com- munity-at-large with dedication, both as a Supreme Archbishop. He was given a Zegris priest and as a bishop. Throughout a life titular residence. that began in great danger and hardship he The news was reported by Vatican remained faithful. In my first months of ser- Radio. Stephen Fartuszok The Rev. Stepan Sus, head of the vice Bishop John has been for me a most Bishop-nominee Stepan Sus was born valuable and reliable guide for understand- Bishop John Bura on October 7, 1981, in Lviv. After studying Military Chaplaincy Center in Lviv. ing the pastoral history and current issues After completing elementary and middle at Lviv Theological Seminary of the Holy educational institutions. In 2008-2012 he of our archeparchy. On behalf of our school, he entered St. Basil Minor Seminary Spirit (now the Ukrainian Catholic was responsible for the pastoral care of ser- Auxiliary Bishop Andriy Rabiy, our clergy, in Stamford, Conn. From 1965 to 1970 he University), he received diaconal ordina- vicemen in the Lviv Archeparchy. Since religious and faithful, our prayers are that studied theology at The Catholic University tion in 2005 and on June 30, 2006, his ordi- 2012 he has been synkellos of the Lviv the Lord will grant him good health and of America and resided at St. Josaphat nation as a priest. Archeparchy for servicemen, students and longevity in retirement as he begins this Seminary in Washington. He was ordained He served as a chaplain at Lviv National orphans’ affairs, as well as a parish priest of new chapter in his life.” to the priesthood on February 14, 1971, for Ground Forces Academy and other local Ss. Peter and Paul Garrison Church in Lviv. Bishop John was nominated on January the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of 3, 2006, as auxiliary bishop of the Philadelphia by Metropolitan Ambrose Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Senyshyn, OSBM. OBITUARY Philadelphia by Pope Benedict XVI upon Following ordination, he served in vari- the recommendation of the Ukrainian ous administrative positions, including as Catholic Synod of Bishops. teacher of religion and the Ukrainian lan- He was ordained a bishop by Cardinal guage and vice-rector of St. Basil Minor Longtime sports activist Lubomyr Husar on February 21, 2006, in Seminary in Stamford and rector of St. the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Josaphat Seminary in Washington. Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia. The Some of his pastoral assignments includ- Omelan Twardowsky, 92 principal co-consecrators were Archbishop ed St. Michael’s Church, Shenandoah, Pa.; PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Emilian (Omelan) Nash Sport (Our Sport) magazine pub- Stefan Soroka of Philadelphia and Bishop Holy Ghost Church, Chester, Pa.; and St. Twardowsky passed peacefully on October lished. In 1969 he, along with then Sitch Michael Kuchmiak, CSsR. of Great Britain. Nicholas Church, Wilmington, Del. 19 in his home with his family by his side. President Myron Stebelsky, established a Bishop John was named the apostolic While he was serving as pastor in He was 92. Twardowsky is survived by his summer youth sports camp, the administrator of the Eparchy of St. Josaphat Shenandoah, home of the first Ukrainian wife of 61 years, Anna, his daughter, Odarka Chornomorska Sitch Sports School, which in Parma on July 29, 2009, and served in that Catholic parish in the United States, on (Daria), his son, Yaroslaw (Jerry), and rela- celebrated its 50th anniversary just this capacity until 2014, when Bishop Bohdan Easter Monday, April 7, 1980, the landmark tives in Ukraine. year. Danylo was named bishop of that eparchy. church and adjacent rectory were Born May 28, 1927, in the village of In 1977, he became a sports contributor Bishop Bura was born to Hryhoriy and destroyed by a devastating fire. As a young Nahuyevychi in the Drohobych region of for the Ukrainian-language newspaper Maria Bura on June 12, 1944, in Wegeleben, priest, Bishop John provided the fatherly the Lviv Oblast in Ukraine, his emigration Svoboda (published by the Ukrainian Germany. His parents were refugees on the compassion to guide the parish family move from Ukraine, who like hundreds of journey took him from Ukraine to Austria, National Association) and also wrote through this tragedy and provided the lead- thousands of their countrymen where then to England and thereafter to Canada. sports articles for several newspapers out ership for the rebuilding task. On caught between the genocidal policies of He ultimately settled in the U.S. in Newark, of Pennsylvania, as well as several newspa- November 27, 1983, the blessing of the cor- the Nazis and Soviets. They were forced N.J., where he married Anna Czolij in 1958. pers in Ukraine. During this time, he was nerstone and first divine liturgy were held from their home in the midst of World War in the newly constructed church. He also lived in Union and Parsippany, N.J. elected as a board member of the Ukrainian II. Bishop John’s childhood was marked by The Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Mr. Twardowsky’s Ukrainian patriotism Sports Federation of U.S.A. and Canada devastation and displacement. Yet, Philadelphia includes the District of and activism started at an early age. In (known by its Ukrainian acronym USCAK) throughout his life he was a man of sereni- Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Austria, he studied at the Ukrainian and served as its press secretary for almost ty. In 1950, his family moved to the United New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania, and National University in Scharding. While in 40 years. States and settled in Jersey City, N.J. has a total Catholic population of 13,944. Camp Mortimer in England, he joined the In 1991 Mr. Twardowsky started a fund- Ukrainian Youth Association (UYA or SUM) raising campaign in the Ukrainian press for and served as its press secretary, sang in the rebirth of sports in Ukraine, which gen- the men’s choir and was a member of the erated over $400,000. lustration law that forbids individuals impli- Ukrainian dance ensemble. During this He received numerous recognition The ‘shadow...’ cated in Mr. Yanukovych’s corrupt business practices to assume top positions in govern- time, he also served as a correspondent for awards throughout his life, the most nota- (Continued from page 3) ment (Hromadske.ua, September 23). two gazettes – the Ukrainian Tribune in ble of which were his inductions into the The skyrocketing growth of Mr. Munich and the Ukrainian Dumka in Chornomorska Sitch Hall of Fame in 2014 Eurasian Customs Union (which became Bohdan’s political influence within the London. and the Ukrainian Sports Hall of Fame in the Eurasian Economic Union, in 2015). On November 19, 2013, Mr. Bohdan (at the Zelenskyy administration, combined with After settling in Montreal, he again 2016. the already-visible scandals, suggest the joined SUM and also joined the Sports Funeral services were held on October time, the government commissioner for anti-corruption policy), together with growth of Mr. Kolomoisky’s power beyond Association Ukraina, serving as their press 25 at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Prime Minister Azarov and Yuriy Boyko, the business domain. This also suggests secretary. Here too, he was a correspondent Church in Whippany, N.J., followed by inter- traveled to Russia. This trip was preceded that the private interests of powerful indi- for multiple Ukrainian newspapers out of ment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in East by Mr. Azarov’s sudden decision to suspend viduals continue to have a major impact on Toronto. Hanover, N.J. plans to sign the EU-Ukraine Association Ukraine’s political landscape – a phenome- Mr. Twardowsky joined the Ukrainian Donations can be made in his memory Agreement, which sparked the public non that was (it now seems, unsuccessful- Athletic-Educational Association to the Ukrainian Athletic-Educational upheaval that quickly transformed into the ly) targeted by the Euro-Maidan revolution, Chornomorska Sitch in 1955 in Newark. As Association Chornomorska Sitch. This can Euro-Maidan. Mr. Bohdan refuses to com- and was attacked by Mr. Zelenskyy himself a member of Chornomorska Sitch, he held be made either via https://www.paypal. ment on his involvement in these negotia- within the scope of his presidential cam- several positions through 2017, including com/donate/?token=CWgUOYX7CYZIzBcB tions, but it is known that already in the paign to win public support. president. His most significant role was as vkIBXt5QLpYp1cymGxI5iFIZOj8ffF1aO09lI midst of the mass protests in Kyiv, Mr. press secretary, a position he held for p0sDQC6hJSoty5ZpG&country. Azarov awarded him an honorary diploma The article above is reprinted from almost six decades. x=US&locale.x=US or by mail to (Radiosvoboda.org, September 26). Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from During that time, he had countless arti- Chornomorska Sitch, 60-C N. Jefferson Critics of Mr. Bohdan’s appointment have its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, cles, several books and over 50 editions of Road, Whippany, NJ 07981 also accused Mr. Zelenskyy of violating the www.jamestown.org. No. 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2019 5

UNA CELEBRATES 125 YEARS: A snapshot from history, 2005

On April 1-3, 2005, the Ukrainian National Association held a District President Lysko conducted one of the sessions. Oksana Trytjak, national Chairpersons’ Meeting and Secretaries’ Course at Soyuzivka. organizer, presented the scope of her newly created position, and Robert Represented were eight districts and 16 branches. In addition, eight mem- Mitchell from Western Catholic Union gave an excellent seminar on annui- bers of the UNA General Assembly attended. See above are participants ties. Each of the four speakers presented a different but vital aspect of of the meeting. Seated in the front row (from left) are: Alexander Serafyn, UNA history, community involvement, business and Home Office innova- auditor and Detroit District chairman; Martha Lysko, first vice-president; tions. Stefan Kaczaraj, president; Christine E. Kozak, national secretary; Stefan Hawrysz, advisor and Philadelphia District chairman; Gloria Horbaty, A photo archive of UNA history has been launched on the UNA website. It is a work advisor and branch secretary; and others. National Secretary Kozak orga- in progress that will be expanded and refined. To take a look, go to unainc.org/una/ the-una-is-125-years-old/. nized the event and planned the agenda for the meeting, while First Vice-

Greetings to the Ukrainian National Association for its 125th anniversary celebration

Following are the texts of greetings received by the Ukrainian National Association on the eve of its gala 125th anniversary concert (November 2).

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) Ukrainian Canadian Congress Dear Friends, Dear Delegates, I am honored to welcome you to the Ukrainian National On behalf of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC), I Association’s 125th anniversary concert at the Dolan extend congratulations to the Ukrainian National Performance Hall of the College of St. Elizabeth. This is the Association on your 125th anniversary. finale of a wonderful year-long commemoration of this It cannot be overstated how important organizations important milestone! like the Ukrainian National Association are in recognizing Established in 1894 to cover Ukrainian immigrant fami- and continuing to grow the Ukrainian contribution to lies working in mining communities, the Ukrainian North America. I would like to personally congratulate all National Association (UNA) has grown into a fraternal soci- members and volunteers for their continued efforts in ety insuring tens of thousands of members. Since the assuring the success of this organization. beginning, your organization has focused on supporting On this, the 125th anniversary of the Ukrainian National and uniting the Ukrainian community, and on celebrating Association, it is of vital importance that we recognize all Ukrainian culture. the individuals involved that have made this milestone pos- This night of dance, chorus, music, and celebration is a sible and look toward the future in building our existing great tribute to the impact you’ve had on your community relationships and creating new ones. and exemplifies the spirit of your founders. Have a great We commend the Ukrainian National Association for all evening! that you have done and continue to do. We wish you well at Sincerely, your celebration! Mikie Sherrill Yours truly, Member of Congress Ukrainian Canadian Congress 11th District, New Jersey Alexandra Chyczij, National President 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2019 No. 48

ON THE 86th ANNIVERSARY OF THE HOLODOMOR The Ukrainian Weekly Remarks by Sen. Charles E. Schumer Blaming Ukraine Below is the text of remarks delivered by These events are more than just a stain In our September 29 issue, when we commented in this space about Ukraine Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) on on their nations or their continent. They being on the front pages of our newspapers, little did we know that the situation November 16 at the Holodomor commemo- are a stain on all of humanity. would evolve as it has. Back then, we worried that Ukraine had become a political ration at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. Every time genocide occurs, we say, football in the U.S. as the 2020 presidential election draws nearer. Now, as the “Never again.” Time and again, we promise impeachment inquiry – looking into whether President Donald Trump used the Good afternoon, everyone. It’s an honor that we have learned a lesson; that we will power of his office to pressure Ukraine into discrediting a political rival – has pro- and a privilege to be here with you. stop these crimes from being repeated in gressed, we see Ukraine not only being depicted as hopelessly corrupt, despite all I’d like to thank Andriy Futey, Tamara other countries. the evidence that major progress has been made on battling corruption, but also Olexy and the Ukrainian Congress We should never fail to keep that prom- being falsely accused of having intervened in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Readers should be aware that such accusations are part of a long-running and Committee of America for organizing this ise. relentless disinformation campaign directed against Ukraine by Russia. Certainly, meaningful remembrance. And to do that, we must stare directly such disinformation should come as no surprise to Ukrainians who are well-aware I also want to recognize the Ukrainian into the heart of darkness that occurred in of Russia’s and the Soviet Union’s decades-long disinformation campaign about ambassador to the United Nations, Volody- Ukraine in 1932 and ’33, and ask ourselves, Ukraine, Ukrainian leaders and the Ukrainian people. myr Yelchenko, and the consul general, “How did this genocide happen? Who was Testifying before the House Intelligence Committee on November 21, Dr. Fiona Oleksii Holubov, for being here with us responsible? Who answered the call for Hill, formerly the top Russia specialist on the National Security Council, spoke about today. help? And who ran from responsibility?” the attempt to blame Ukraine for election interference. “Based on questions and And if you can see close-up, I’m wearing If we don’t ask these questions, then we statements I have heard, some of you on this committee appear to believe that yellow and blue in honor of the Ukrainian ignore our moral responsibility to the Russia and its security services did not conduct a campaign against our country — flag. May it wave forever! countless innocent victims to make sure and that perhaps, somehow, for some reason, Ukraine did,” Dr. Hill said. “This is a fic- Today, we remember how Stalin, an evil the whole world knows the truth. tional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security man, used the sharp scythe of hunger to Just a few days ago, Senator Bob services themselves.” Dr. Hill emphasized: “In the course of this investigation, I brutally, brutally cut down millions of inno- Menendez asked for unanimous consent to would ask that you please not promote politically driven falsehoods that so clearly cent Ukrainians. He tried to annihilate the pass a resolution formally recognizing the advance Russian interests,” she told the committee. “These fictions are harmful even Ukrainian people and the Ukrainian spirit. Armenian genocide at the hands of the if they are deployed for purely domestic political purposes,” she added. And still, the very next day (November 22), President Trump repeated those spu- But praise God, he failed on both counts. Ottoman Empire; a resolution that passed rious claims on the air with Fox News. He continued to insist that Ukraine is con- Stalin is gone, Soviet Russia is gone, and the House of Representatives – bipartisan, nected to the 2016 hacking of the Democratic National Committee and that a the Ukrainian people live on. Long may Republican and Democrat – with more Ukrainian company is in possession of the hacked server belonging to the DNC – a they live! than 400 votes. conspiracy theory debunked by Mr. Trump’s own national security advisors. I want to particularly honor the survi- But Senator Lindsay Graham objected. Furthermore, U.S, intelligence officials who recently briefed senators and their aides, vors who are here. Thank you for coming. He didn’t want to offend the president of said that, for years, Russia had engaged in a disinformation campaign whose aim And of course, there are so many in this Turkey, who was visiting the White House was to frame Ukraine for meddling in the 2016 election. audience who have parents, grandparents, at the time. The Washington Post reported: “The revelations demonstrate Russia’s persis- great aunts or uncles, relatives of all kinds, That was shameful. tence in trying to sow discord among its adversaries — and show that the Kremlin who were killed during this shameful My friends, America cannot be the apparently succeeded, as unfounded claims about Ukrainian interference seeped crime against humanity. world’s perfect policeman at all times and into Republican talking points. … The accusations of a Ukrainian influence campaign Their memory calls down to us through in all places, but we have a responsibility to center on actions by a handful of Ukrainians who openly criticized or sought to dam- the decades for justice. confront the evil of genocide when it rears age Mr. Trump’s candidacy in 2016. They were scattershot efforts that were far from Every year, I have joined you on this sol- its ugly head. And we must always use our a replica of Moscow’s interference, when President Vladimir V. Putin ordered mili- emn day because I believe, from the bot- moral compass to shake the conscience of tary and intelligence operatives to mount a broad campaign to sabotage the tom of my heart, that it is our sacred duty the world when the lives of innocent mil- American election. … Starting at least in 2017, the [Russian intelligence] operatives peddled a mixture of now-debunked conspiracy theories along with established to honor the victims of the Holodomor by lions hang in the balance. facts to leave an impression that the government in Kyiv, not Moscow, was responsi- pushing for widespread recognition of the That is why this annual commemoration ble for the hackings of Democrats and its other interference efforts in 2016.” To that horrors they suffered. is so important; not just for Ukrainian- we must add that Mr. Putin himself on several occasions dating as far back as early For too long – far too long – the Americans and all of us assembled here 2017 tried to pin the blame on Ukraine. Ukrainian genocide was not properly rec- today, but for all Americans. It reminds us Some supporters of Mr. Trump in Congress continue to promote an “alternative ognized or given the historical significance of the immense cost incurred when some narrative,” to use Dr. Hill’s words, and to insist that Ukraine was involved. Lately, it deserved. That is why I worked so hard allow moral equivocation to get in the way some of them have apparently opted to take a middle-of-the-road position by saying, for the construction of a Holodomor of principled action. essentially: yes, Russia was involved in the hacking, but so was Ukraine. Readers memorial in Washington, D.C. That is why Ladies and gentlemen, today we honor may recall that Mr. Trump had insisted back in May that Ukrainian leaders had col- we gather here every year. the millions of lives that were cut short by luded with the Democrats to meddle in the 2016 election. “They tried to take me We can never, never forget these things Stalin’s cruelty – his evilness – nearly a cen- down,” he was quoted by many news media as saying. “They are horrible, corrupt because a genocide that’s not properly tury ago. people.” There is much speculation about why the president and his supporters ped- remembered can lead to another. And we take solace in remembering that dle this conspiracy theory, but Fox News contributor Ken Starr said it has become What happened in Ukraine may have Ukraine has outlasted authoritarian thugs clear that the president just doesn’t like Ukraine. Many will protest, arguing that, been one of the earliest genocides of the in the past, and will continue to do so in the after all, it is the Trump administration that came through with the much-vaunted 20th century, but it certainly was not the future. Javelins for Ukraine. But such support, both material and moral, from the U.S. admin- istration could now hang in the balance. last. Millions more died as a result of the les- May God ensure that the flag of Ukraine What’s truly worrisome about the current situation in our country is that facts sons unlearned, a legacy of suffering that proudly flies forever, no matter what have become malleable; indeed, they are no longer facts, but merely opinions of one stretches from the Three Pashas in Armenia, another Stalin may try to do! side or another. Moreover, facts can easily be labelled as “fake news,” while false- to Hitler in Germany, to Pol Pot in Cambodia; God bless you all. God bless the people hoods, repeated often enough, come to be believed. Discussions, once civil, are now to the Balkans, Rwanda, Sudan, and beyond. of Ukraine. toxic. Our sincere hope is that the truth will emerge to overcome the lies and disin- formation that have become rampant here in the U.S. and beyond. Statement from U.S. Department of State

The following statement was made by Today, Ukraine is again under attack. Turning the pages back... U.S. State Department spokesperson Morgan Russia’s occupation of Crimea and con- Dec. Ortagus on November 23. tinued aggression in eastern Ukraine has Five years ago, on December 1, 2014, Russia announced its resulted in roughly 13,000 deaths. surprise abandonment of its South Stream pipeline project that This November we honor and remem- Even still Moscow attempts to manipu- 1 would have run across the Black Sea from Russia to Bulgaria. ber the millions of Ukrainians who per- late and destroy the aspirations of the peo- 2014 The European Union said Moscow’s move to forgo the project ished 86 years ago during Holodomor, the ple of Ukraine. underscored the need for diverse energy sources, while Moscow catastrophic famine created by the barbar- But Russia’s malign campaign misjudges vowed to find other ways to get its natural gas to paying clients. ic policies of the Stalin regime. Ukrainians resilience and ignores their The announcement was made by President Vladimir Putin in Turkey, and the decision Through the deliberate seizure of desire for a better future. That campaign is followed years of wrangling between the EU and Russia over energy supplies. Many in the Ukrainian land and crops and forced collec- doomed to fail. West claim Moscow uses its energy exports as a geopolitical tool and it reflected the tivization, the Soviet Union caused wide- As people around the world unite in severe strain in ties caused by Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its support of military spread starvation and death and immea- remembrance of the Holodomor’s innocent action in eastern Ukraine. surable human suffering. victims, the United States reaffirms its Frederica Mogherini, the EU’s foreign policy chief, said, “The decision that was taken While this horrific tragedy was one of commitment to a democratic and prosper- and announced by Russia yesterday [December 1] tells us that it is urgent not only to the most atrocious of the 20th century, the ous Ukraine – secure within its internation- diversify the routes but also the sources of energy for the European Union.” Soviet Union could not break the spirit of ally recognized borders and able to shape (Continued on page 7) the Ukrainian people. its own destiny. No. 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2019 7

FOR THE RECORD COMMENTARY Remembering the Day of Dignity and Freedom It’s counterintuitive, but Trump Ukrainian World Congress his office, and Ukraine’s Parliament impeachment inquiry may help Ukraine appointed a new government. The Ukrainian World Congress issued the Over 100 brave Ukrainian patriots were by Peter Dickinson systematically executing the moral and intel- following media release on November 21. killed in those February days. Their names lectual leadership of the Ukrainian nation. and their faces are today etched upon stone At first glance, the entire Trump impeach- Incredibly, Ukraine survived. However, evi- On November 21, 2013, the people of in Ukraine’s capital. They shall forever be ment probe looks like terrible news for dence of this grim inheritance remains all too Ukraine gathered in the capital’s remembered as the Heavenly Hundred – Ukraine. With Russian forces still firmly easy to identify. It is apparent in the complex Independence Square in defense of their will entrenched in the Donbas and Russian political divisions of the diverse Ukrainian to live freely in a democracy that respects the so that Ukraine may be free. We honor their President Vladimir Putin eager to exploit the state that emerged from the ruins of the choice of the people. This day, which began a Небесна Сотня – and they gave their lives inexperience of the country’s new president, Soviet Union and lies behind the continued spiral of events leading to the Revolution of The Revolution of Dignity was an the last thing Ukraine needs now is a crisis dominance of traditional Russian historical Dignity with tragic consequences, is now memory.expression Вічная of a nation’sПам’ять. resolve to live in in relations with its most important ally. narratives among outside audiences trying to marked as the Day of Dignity and Freedom. freedom, of the Ukrainian people’s centu- While the potential security implications make sense of the country. Precipitated by the refusal of the ries-long struggle for self-determination. of impeachment are ominous enough in The press frenzy surrounding the Trump Yanukovych regime to sign the EU-Ukraine Through their courage and their unity, the their own right, the optics of the scandal impeachment inquiry presents Ukraine Association Agreement, the peaceful pro- Ukrainian people cemented their right to are arguably even worse. As U.S. coverage with an unparalleled international stage test was answered by authorities with vio- choose their own common destiny. has intensified, Ukraine has become a upon which to share its side of the story. There is certainly much to tell. Ukraine’s lence spurring the country to rise up in Today, as so many times through history, byword for graft and political sleaze, with long journey toward statehood is an epic in mass demonstrations. Unwilling to hear the Russia wages war against Ukraine, seeking Donald Trump’s defenders frequently dis- its own right with the capacity to shock and voice of the people, the regime took more once again to subjugate the Ukrainian peo- missing the nation as “one of the most cor- awe even the most seasoned of observers. drastic measures resulting in the deaths of ple to Moscow’s tyranny. On the battlefields rupt countries in the world.” This is not a In the more recent past, the country’s vol- over 100 innocent men and women to and in the trenches of eastern Ukraine, winning message, by any stretch of the imagination. Nevertheless, the fact remains unteer miracle of 2014 appears tailor-made whom we pay tribute and remember as the Ukrainians fight for the ideals of the that in the space of a few short months, the for Hollywood. The success of HBO’s spring “Nebesna Sotnia.” Revolution of Dignity. The Ukrainian people impeachment story has garnered Ukraine 2019 Emmy award-winning television mini- The fight for freedom that began six are defending their country and their far more international attention than the series “Chernobyl” proves that there is an years ago today continues as the hybrid homes with valor, bravery and unity of pur- country has enjoyed in the previous 28 international audience for Ukrainian dra- war of the Russian Federation against pose. The cause of the Ukrainian people is years of its independent existence. The mas. The challenge now is for Ukrainians Ukraine persistently claims the lives of the cause of free peoples the world over, question Ukrainians should now be asking themselves to take on the role of storytell- brave soldiers and innocent civilians alike, and with God’s help, they will be victorious. and a rampant disinformation campaign themselves is whether there really is no ers. This is not just a task for filmmakers and TV producers. On the contrary, every- aims to discredit Ukraine and its people. such thing as bad publicity. one can get involved in the storytelling pro- “The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) The true significance of the current glob- Слава Україні! cess, from journalists and academics to stu- pays tribute to those who took a stand in al spotlight only becomes apparent when UkrainianГероям Слава! Congress viewed in the context of Ukraine’s historic dents and activists. defense of the Ukrainian people’s right to problems with international anonymity. Beyond the banner headlines of live in dignity and freedom, and to those Committee of America This low profile is no accident. It is the Ukraine’s traumatic and triumphant nation- who continue to stand on the frontlines of The following release was issued by the product of longstanding and remarkably al story, the country also has an abundance this modern day war refusing to allow Ukrainian Congress Committee of America successful Russian efforts to suppress of contemporary hipster narratives that Ukraine to once again be pulled under the on November 21. Ukrainian identity and prevent the emer- would instantly appeal to the Instagram yoke of a foreign aggressor,” stated UWC generation. Indeed, representatives of The Ukrainian Congress Committee of gence of a separate Ukrainian polity. President Paul Grod. “We urge the interna- Ukraine’s vibrant music, fashion and tech America (UCCA), the largest representative Russia’s motives are not hard to grasp. tional community to remember the sacri- scenes may never have a better chance to organization of Americans of Ukrainian After all, Ukraine’s perceived closeness to fices made by the Ukrainian people in the Russia involves issues of security, geogra- grab the global limelight. In doing so, they descent, celebrates the indomitable name of global peace and security, and phy, ethnicity and religion stretching back will also be helping to demonstrate that Ukrainian spirit on this Day of Dignity and remain steadfastly on the side of the to a common foundation myth that sees there is much more to Ukraine than lazy Freedom – Hidnosty ta Svobody. Ukrainian people by increasing pressure on both modern nations trace their roots from stereotypes of corruption and war. The historic Revolution of Dignity in the Russian Federation to withdraw its the early medieval Kyiv Rus’ state. This Even if Ukraine fails to capitalize on the 2013-2014, when ordinary people began troops, mercenaries, weapons and materiel makes possession of Ukraine, along with present bout of impeachment mania, the gathering outside during a cold winter in from Ukrainian territory.” Kyiv as the “mother of all Russian cities,” exposure the country is receiving could still Kyiv, literally laying down “soul and body for Glory to Ukraine! Glory to Heroes! central to Russia’s own sense of self. prove to be a turning point. In the short [their] freedom” as Ukraine’s anthem Indeed, when viewed through the Russian period since the scandal first erupted, lead- declares, came to be when ordinary Ukrainian Canadian Congress prism, the real separatists in today’s ing international media outlets including the Ukrainians chose their own destiny. The Ukraine are the Ukrainians themselves. BBC, The Washington Post, The Wall Street The statement below was released by the courage and self-sacrifice of these Euro- Since the 17th century, such thinking has Journal and the Financial Times [and, most Ukrainian Canadian Congress on November Maidan protesters is reminiscent of the dar- led to everything from language bans and recently, The New York Times – ed.] have all 21. ing of another group of people, who, many rigorous Russification policies to mass officially adopted the Ukrainian-language years ago, because of their love for freedom deportations, population transfers and “Kyiv” spelling when referring to the On November 21, Ukrainians all over the and their determination, won the right to forced famines. The drive to absorb Ukraine nation’s capital. This small but symbolically world mark the Day of Dignity and live in their own independent and demo- reached a tragic crescendo in the 1930s, significant gesture offers a hint of the Freedom. Six years ago, the Ukrainian peo- cratic nation – the United States of America. when the Soviet authorities deliberately ple took to the streets to defend their On this date, we also recall the estimated starved millions of Ukrainians to death while (Continued on page 18) choice to live in liberty and democracy. 7 million Ukrainians who participated in the On November 21, 2013, demonstrations historic peaceful protests that came to be began in response to the government’s deci- known as the Orange Revolution in 2003- sion not to sign the EU-Ukraine Association 2004. In response to the falsification of the naively suggested that the project would be Agreement. On November 29-30, the regime final round of the 2003-2004 Ukrainian Turning... saved if Russia were to follow the rules. Mr. Plevneliev said: “If Russia agrees to comply responded with violence, and security forces presidential election, the Ukrainian Congress (Continued from page 6) attacked and beat student protestors on Committee of America organized the largest with European law, I do not imagine any- Kyiv’s Independence Square (the Maidan). In election observer mission ever registered Mr. Putin blamed the EU for the decision, body having objections to this project. At response, Ukrainians in cities and towns by Ukraine’s Central Election Commission, with Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry the same time, up until this moment, across the country rose up in mass demon- flying in over 2,000 observers from around spokesman Aleksandr Lukashevich adding, Russia has not given indications of its strations. So began the Revolution of Dignity. the world to ensure that new elections “You can’t force people to like you. We will intentions to comply with EU law.” Months of demonstrations were met would be transparent, democratic and in find other forms to achieve our plans in Since then, Russia has pursued two with increasing repression and retribution accordance with international standards. connection to supplying gas to other other pipelines – TurkStream (which runs by the state. But in the face of growing vio- On this Day of Dignity and Freedom, we regions. The consequence should rather be from Russia under the Black Sea to Turkey) lence ordered by the regime, growing honor the legacy of these wintry revolu- calculated by those who, as a matter of fact, and Nord Stream 2 (which runs from arrests and attacks, the Ukrainian people tions and their transformational legacy of drove the project to the grave.” Russia under the Baltic Sea to Germany). bravely defended their inalienable right to national identity and patriotism in Ukraine Doubts about the South Stream project TurkStream is scheduled to be completed freedom. The people demanded that their and beyond. The Ukrainian Congress deepened in June 2014 when the EU said by 2020 and Nord Stream 2 cleared a major government hear and heed their voice – Committee of America celebrates this Bulgaria had breached the bloc’s rules by hurdle when Denmark approved construc- they would not be denied their right to be defense of democratic values, rights and the way it awarded contracts for its leg of tion through its territorial waters, but the treated with dignity. freedoms for which the Ukrainian people the pipeline. project faces opposition from the United On February 18-20, 2014, at Kyiv’s gathered in mass rallies, supported by the Mr. Putin claimed that Bulgaria had States and members of the EU, who claim it Maidan, the Yanukovych regime ordered countless hours of heroic humanitarian ceded its sovereignty to Brussels, but will increase EU dependency on Russian security forces to open fire upon their own work by our diaspora community, whose European Commission Vice-President energy supplies. people. But the Maidan withstood the enormous charity and goodwill helped sup- Kristalina Georgieva said Russia was using Source: “Russia nixes South Stream pipe- regime’s attack, and the regime retreated. port the people of Ukraine during these this as an excuse. line,” (RFE/RL, AFP, AP and Reuters), The Viktor Yanukovych fled Ukraine, abdicating historic times. Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev Ukrainian Weekly, December 7, 2014. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2019 No. 48 No. 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2019 9 Activists demand... New York Capital District’s community (Continued from page 1) mayor at the time, wrote a Facebook post with a picture of a truck fully loaded with wood. She accused the head of the remembers victims of the Holodomor Kherson Oblast Council, Vladyslav Manher, and Kherson Governor Andriy Gordeev of involvement in corrupt schemes of wood sales. Her friends say that Handzyuk had a history of rivalry with Mr. Manher dating back to the last local elections four years ago. Mr. Manher was one of the primary candidates for head of the Kherson City Council, but he lost to Volodymyr Myko­la­ yenko, on whose team Handziuk played a leading role. On July 31, 2018, just a few weeks after Handzyuk went public with information on corruption in the wood trade, she was attacked with a liter of sulfuric acid. She suffered chemical burns on 40 percent of her body. The first arrest in the case came only four days after the attack. Mykola Novikov was the main suspect, and he spent almost three weeks in detention before his alibi was proven thanks to journalists carrying out a parallel investigation. Thanks to the massive pressure of activists and journal- ists, the Security Service of Ukraine and the police arrested five new suspects by the end of August. Four of them admitted their involvement in the attack. But those who ordered the attack remained at large. Months of ineffective investigations were accompanied by pressure from society. It is worth noting that this was Elizabeth Baran not a unique case – in 2018 alone, more than 50 attacks on Iryna Petryk sings the American national anthem. activists remained unsolved. The European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy by Andrij Baran 86th anniversary with solemnity and reverence. Johannes Hahn wrote on Twitter that “Attacks on civil soci- The program opened with the laying of a wreath at the ety activists are unacceptable. Those responsible for this COHOES, N.Y. – Members of the Ukrainian community of Cohoes Holodomor Memorial located in a small medita- insidious crime must be held accountable.” New York’s Capital District gathered on Saturday, tion park, followed by the singing of the U.S. national Dozens of demonstrations throughout Ukraine became November 16, to commemorate the victims of the anthem by Iryna Petryk. larger and more demanding after November 4, 2018, the Holodomor. Dr. Andrij Baran, chairman of the New York Capital day that Handzyuk died at the age of 33 in a Kyiv hospital. At 10 a.m., braving 20 degree temperature and a blus- District Holodomor Committee, then spoke about the “The As a direct result of the acid attack, she had suffered multi- tering wind chill, participants observed the Holodomor’s History and Meaning of Holodomor,” reminding all why we ple organ failure, a fact confirmed by President were there. This was followed by a moment of silence. Poroshenko that same evening. U.S. Congressman Paul Tonko then graciously added his The question now changed from “Who attacked Katya sentiments regarding this tragedy and pledged to do his Handzyuk” to “Who killed Katya Handzyuk?” best to help keep the memory of the genocide alive. A day after Handzyuk’s death, a friend published on Facebook an accusation against a person alleged to be the Poems were then recited by the children of the Capital middleman in the murder. The talk was about a Kherson District School of Ukrainian Studies, among them Marina businessman, Ihor Pavlovsky. At this point, the case Serdyuk, Sofia Lozynska, Larissa Lee, Natalka Petroff and became more political. It was the beginning of the presi- Bohdan Oliynyk. John Seneta contributed with a haunting dential election campaign, and Mr. Pavlovsky was an offi- rendition of “Allelluia” in Ukrainian. cial aide to a lawmaker from Mr. Poroshenko’s parliamen- A panakhyda memorial service then followed, with pas- tary faction. Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko reacted by tors of all four Ukrainian Churches of the Capital District accusing Handzyuk’s friends of slowing down the investi- participating: the Very Rev. Volodymyr Marusceac of Ss. gation by publishing the name of a possible suspect. But in Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church in Cohoes, the a few days, officers of the Security Service of Ukraine Rev. Mikhail Myshchuk of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic arrested Mr. Pavlovsky in Kherson and brought him to Kyiv. Church in Watervliet, Father Vasyl Dovgan of St. Nicholas At the end of January, Handzyuk’s father accused Mr. Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Troy and Father Marian Poroshenko and Yulia Tymoshenko, who at the time were Kostyk of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in in the active phase of campaigning, of covering up for their Amsterdam. They were assisted by Deacon Thomas Gutch party members. Thanks to information from parallel inves- and accompanied by the Watervliet Church Choir. tigations, he accused three officials of ordering his daugh- The program ended with the singing of the Ukrainian ter’s killing: Mr. Manher, Mr. Gordeev and Mr. Gordeev’s Rep. Paul Tonko (right) and Dr. Andrij Baran, with schoolchilden (from left) Zenia Karpishka, Roman national anthem by all, led by the children of the Ukrainian deputy, Yevhen Ryshchuk. school and directed by Ms. Petryk. As a result of pressure, or for political dividends, Ms. Karpishka, Sofia Lozynska and Marina Serdyuk. Tymoshenko expelled Mr. Manher from her party. There was no reaction from Mr. Poroshenko, but his team mem- ber Mr. Lutsenko charged Mr. Manher with organizing Handzyuk’s murder and said there is evidence against Mr. Hartford school participates in Holodomor remembrance Ryshchuk. Ms. Tymoshenko responded by saying that Mr. Lutsenko was attacking her party and covering up for members of the Poroshenko team. In the following months, those three names – Manher, Gordeev and Ryshchuk – appeared on banners carried by anti-corruption activists. They brought it to numerous events where Mr. Poroshenko appeared. Nonetheless, by the end of his presidency, there still was no result. No significant progress in case Since Mr. Zelensky and his Servant of the People party came to power, no significant progress has been made in the Handzyuk case. On November 4, the president wrote on Facebook that all those who ordered the attack “will be found and punished. I promise.” Kherson Oblast Council Chairman Manher, who is accused of ordering the attack on Handzyuk, had posted bail of 2.5 million hrv in February. Then, on November 25, a Kyiv court decreased his bail by more than half – now it is 1 million hrv (around $40,000 U.S.). His lawyers argued that the reduction was justified because Mr. Manher is now accused not of ordering the murder, but of ordering griev- ous bodily harm. Thus, observers say, the main suspect now has even more chances to get away with murder. Oksana Szwez The question of who is responsible for the murder of HARTFORD, Conn. – The Hartford branch of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America organized the annual Katya Handzyuk still has not been answered. And now, bus trip to the New York City Holodomor memorial service at St Patrick Cathedral on Saturday, November 16. Shown demonstrators say, it is the responsibility of Ukraine’s new here are the students from St. Michael Ukrainian School of Hartford before the services. government officials to provide an answer. – Myron Kolinsky 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2019 No. 48 No. 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2019 11 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2019 No. 48

SPORTSSHORTS by Matthew SOCCER after a ruling by the Control and Holoborodko (50 kg) won bronze. Dubas Kharkova wins silver in women’s épée Disciplinary Committee of the Ukrainian Ukraine draws the Netherlands in Euro 2020 Ukraine wins third at blind grand prix Vlada Kharkova won silver in the wom- Association of Football found its fans guilty en’s épée and countryman Anfisa Ukraine was placed in Group C with the of misconduct during the Ukrainian Ukraine won third place in the medals Pochkalova won bronze in the same event Netherlands (group hosts) as part of the Premier League match against Shakhtar standings (one gold and one bronze) at the at the fencing tournament in Bratislava, group stage of the UEFA Euro 2020. The Donetsk on November 10. Shakhtar mid- IBSA Judo Grand Prix (for blind athletes) in Slovakia, on September 14-15. In the semi- remaining two teams in Group C are to be fielder Taison was disqualified for one Tashkent on September 21-22. Inna final, Kharkova won 15-12 against named based on results of the play-offs (if match and suspended for two more after Cherniak (B3, 52 kg) won gold in the final Pochkalova, and in the final, Kharkova lost Romania wins Path A of the play-offs it will he gave the middle finger to Dynamo fans against Priscilla Gagne of Canada and 14-15 against Dorina Budai of Hungary. be placed in Group C, otherwise the during the same match. Ihor Hryshchenko, Davyd Khorava (B2, 66 kg) won bronze remaining teams – Bulgaria, Hungary and a member of the committee, said the against Sergio Ibanez Banon of Spain. WRESTLING Iceland – will be placed in Group F, with the reports of the match delegate and the secu- Khammo and Cherniak win bronze Women’s team third at Junior Worlds play-off finals on March 31, 2020; should rity officer stated that Dynamo fans had the latter happen, the winner of Path D chanted racist monkey chanting. Yakiv Khammo (+100 kg) and Maryna Ukraine’s junior wrestlers won nine play-offs will advance to Group C, if Cherniak (48 kg) won bronze medals at the medals at the World Junior Wrestling Romania wins Path A, the winner of Path D BOXING Judo Grand Prix in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on – Georgia, Belarus, North Macedonia, September 20-22. In their respective August 12-18. In the men’s freestyle divi- Slavinskyi wins by unanimous decision Kosovo – will enter Group F). Matches are bronze medal matches, Khammo won sion, Erik Arushanian (70 kg) won gold and set for June 14, 18, 22, and if Ukraine finish- Super featherweight Viktor Slavinskyi against Temur Rakhimov of Tajikistan and Andrii Dzhelep (61 kg) won silver. In Greco- es in first or second place in its group, will (11-0-1, 6 KO) won by unanimous decision Cherniak won against Shushila Devi Roman, Igor Bychkov (72 kg) and Dmitri advance to the Round of 16, which begins after six rounds against Rigoberto Likmabam of India. Vasetski (77 kg) won bronze medals. In the on June 27. Ukraine’s goalkeeper, Andriy Hermosillo (11-2-1, 8 KO) of the U.S.A. on women’s freestyle, Alina Akobiyian (57 kg) Pyatov, was ranked in 19th place (1,459 November 23 at the MGM Grand Casino in Vehera wins Junior Euro championships won silver, and bronze medalists were points) among the best players of the quali- Las Vegas. Judges scored the fight 60-54, Yevhen Vehera (100 kg) won silver at the Maria Vynnyk (50 kg), Kateryna Zelenykh fication tournament. The ranking was 59-55, 58-56. Slavinskyi was an undercard Junior European Judo Championships in (59 kg) and Anastasiia Alpyeva (72 kg). In determined by the FedEx Performance of the Deontay Wilder-Luis Ortiz re-match. Vantaa, Finland, on September 12-14. In the junior women’s division, Alina Akobiia Zone algorithm, which evaluated the con- the final, Vehera lost to Illia Sulamanidze of (57 kg) won silver. tribution of players to the success of their JUDO Georgia. Vehera won the semifinal against Beleniuk is champion in Greco-Roman national teams. Second-place finish at cadet championships Tanou Keita of France. Ukraine fielded a team of nine male and seven female ath- Zhan Beleniuk (87 kg) was named Ukraine finished in second place with U-19 men’s team advance to Euro elite round letes, and the tournament attracted 342 champion of the world in Greco-Roman three gold, three silver and four bronze Ukraine’s Under-19 men’s team won 2-1 athletes from 44 countries. wrestling for 2019. In 2019, Beleniuk won medals at the Cadet European Judo Cup in against Sweden in the qualifying round of gold at both the European Championships the 2020 UEFA European U-19 Gyor, Hungary, on November 15-17. Gold Bilodid wins gold at World Championships and at the second European Games. Championships on November 19. The Elite medalists were Iia Kuchava (52 kg), Yuliia Daria Bilodid (48 kg) won gold at the Round matches resume in the spring 2020, Kurchenko (70 kg) and Yana Zinchenko (57 World Judo Championship in Tokyo on TENNIS with the final stage of the tournament held kg). Silver medalists were Yelyzaveta August 24-25. Bilodid won the final against Svitolina runner-up at Shiseido WTA Finals Lytvynenko (70 kg), Danylo Tokar (60 kg) in Northern Ireland. Funa Tonaki of Japan. Ukraine finished in Elina Svitolina won 7-6, 14-12, 6-4 and Rostyslav Berezhnyi (66 kg). Yevhen second place in the medals standings with Rada investigates FFU head Pavelko Honcharko (66 kg), Nazar Kulieshov (66 against Karolina Pliskova of the Czech one gold. The tournament attracted 839 Republic at the Shiseido WTA Finals in Some 260 members of Parliament voted kg), Danylo Kulinych (55 kg) and Hahik athletes (509 men and 330 women) from Martirosian (50 kg) won bronze. Ukraine Shenzhen, China, on October 27-November to create a provisional commission for 47 countries. 3. Svitolina won 7-5, 6-3 against Simona investigation into alleged abuse by Andriy fielded a team of 31 male and 17 female Team tops medals table at Junior Euro Halep of Romania, and won 7-5, 7-6(12-10) Pavelko, president of the Football athletes, and the competition attracted 461 athletes from 30 countries. against Sofia Kenin of the U.S.A. In the semi- Federation of Ukraine. The investigation Ukraine topped the medals table with 12 final, Svitolina won 5-7, 6-3, 4-1 against focuses on issues of financing and imple- Bilodid wins gold at Abu Dhabi medals (three gold, two silver and seven Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, who retired mentation of construction of football pitch- bronze) at the Junior European Judo Cup in in the third set. In the final the Ukrainian es with artificial turf in Ukraine in 2017- Daria Bilodid (48 kg) won gold and Yakiv Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on August 17-18. Khammo (+100 kg) won silver at the Grand lost 4-6, 3-6 against Ashleigh Barty of 2018. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau Gold medalists were Yevheniy Balyevskyy Australia. of Ukraine reported on June 2018 that such Slam Abu Dhabi on October 25-27 in the (+100 kg), Vadim Velkov (90 kg) and an investigation was underway and that the United Arab Emirates. In the final matches, Nataliia Chystiakova (78 kg). Silver medal- ATHLETICS Bilodid won against Marusa Stangar of ists were Yaroslva Knysh (+100 kg) and NBU searched the premises of the FFU in Mahuchikh, Bekh-Romanchuk win silver June of this year. Investigative journalists Slovenia, and Khammo lost against Roy Ruslana Bulavina (+78 kg); and bronze from Bihus.info said that the price per Meyer of the Netherlands. medalists were Serhii Bilets (90 kg), High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh won Stanislav Hulenkov (73 kg), Stanislav silver in the women’s high jump (2.04 square meter of artificial turf proposed by Cadets win gold and two silver in Slovenia FFU Production was 3-4 euros higher than Semkov (66 kg), Stanislav Shapovalov (81 meters) at the World Athletics Champion­ its competitors, which import their prod- Anton Kleinos (60 kg) won gold and kg), Denys Tupytskyi (60 kg), Oleh ships in Doha, Qatar, on September 27 ucts to Ukraine from abroad, also the Heorhii Kurkoid (55 kg) and Ivan Shcherba Veredyba (60 kg) and Yevhenii Verkush through October 6. Maryna Bekh-Roman­ majority of the 300 tenders for the con- (+90 kg) took silver. In the final, Kleinos (100 kg). The tournament attracted 234 chuk won silver in the women’s long jump tracts were held without open auctions for won against Simone Aversa of Italy. Kurkoid athletes from 27 countries. (6.92 meters). lost against Mikhail Neliubin of Russia and competitive bidding. Protsenko wins silver at Meeting de Paris Shcherba lost against Aleksandar Stojkov of FENCING Ukraine wins 1-0 against Estonia in friendly Serbia. Women’s épée team wins European Cup Andriy Protsenko won silver in the Ukraine won 1-0 against Estonia in an men’s high jump (2.28 meters) at the Three gold, five silver, two bronze at worlds Ukraine’s women’s épée fencing team – Meeting de Paris on August 24. His best international friendly match on November Kataryna Chentsova, Anna Taranenko, Ukraine’s veteran judo athletes won 10 result this season was 2.32 meters for gold 14 in Zaporizhia. Roman Bezus scored the Oleksandra Seniuta and Daria Myroniuk – medals – three gold, five silver and two at the IAAF Diamond League final in Zurich lone goal late in the match in extra time of won gold in the team competition at the bronze – and finished in fourth place in the on August 29, which gave him a wild card the second half at 90+2 minutes. European Cup in Bucharest on September medals standings at the World Judo entry for the 2019 World Athletics Statistically, Ukraine dominated the match, 29-29. with 67 percent ball possession, 91 percent Championships for Veterans in Marrakesh, Championships in Doha. Wheelchair fencing team at Worlds passing accuracy, nine corner kicks, five Morocco, on October 18-20. Illya SWIMMING shots on target, and one yellow card shown Chymchyuri (90 kg), Nugzar Mesablishvili Ukraine won 10 medals at the the Ukrainian side. Estonia was shown (100 kg) and Dmytro Selezen (+100 kg) Wheelchair Fencing World Championships Romanchuk wins gold in 1,500-meters three yellow cards during the match. won gold; silver medalists were Oleksii in Cheongju, South Korea, on September Mykhailo Romanchuk won gold in the Ovcharenko (100 kg), Mykola Dankanych 17-23. Individual gold medals were won by men’s 1,500-meter freestyle (14:51.61 sec- Yaremchuk to continue playing for Gent (66 kg), Volodymyr Ivanenko (+100 kg), Serhiy Shavkun and Anna Pashkova, while onds) at the seventh FINA Swimming Roman Yaremchuk, who plays for Oleksandr Venher (66 kg) and Vitaliy in team competition, gold medalists were World Cup in Doha, Qatar, on November Ukraine’s national team, said he was not Yuzhakov (66 kg); and bronze medalists Andriy Demchuk, Artem Manko, Dmytro 7-9. The result set a world cup record. going to move to another European club in were Ievgenii Suprun (90 kg) and Georgii Seryozhenko and Anton Datsko. Bronze Romanchuk also won silver in the men’s the near future, after extending his contract Pyshniak (81 kg). medalists included Natalia Morkvych, Oleh 400-meter freestyle. with Gent. He said his thoughts are focused Naumenko, Nadia Dioloh, Serhiy Shavkun, Two silver, one bronze at Cadet Worlds on this team. “I like everything here.” Pashkova and Yevhenia Breus; in team Bukhov wins gold at Junior Worlds Rsotylsav Berezhnyi (66 kg) and Tymur competition, Morvych, Breus, Olena Fedota Vladyslav Bukhov won gold in the men’s Dynamo fined 500k hryvnia for fan behavior Valieiev (90 kg) won silver medals at the and Dioloh. The tournament attracted 50-meter freestyle (22.13 seconds) at the Dynamo Kyiv was fined 500,000 UAH World Championship Cadets in Almaty, more than 200 athletes from 30 countries. Seventh FINA World Junior Swimming and will play a match in an empty stadium Turkey, on September 28-29. Mykyta Fifteen represented Ukraine. Championships in August 20-25 in Budapest. 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The company that concluded Russia was impeachment panel entered its fifth day of Mulvaney. According to Mr. Holmes, instead NEWSBRIEFS the culprit, Crowdstrike, is based in testimony. In his opening statement on of pursuing policy goals that focus on California and is owned by a naturalized November 21, David Holmes, a senior staff “peace and security, economic growth and (Continued from page 2) American who came from Russia. A former member from the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, reform, and rule of law,” Mr. Giuliani pur- part of a Russian plot to smear its smaller Russia adviser on the White House told the hearing that Mr. Giuliani made it sued a political agenda of smearing then- neighbor. The accusations involving Kyiv National Security Council, Fiona Hill, testi- clear that a White House visit by Ukrainian U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie appear to fly in the face of cybersecurity fied to lawmakers on November 21 that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was con- Yovanovitch and calling on Kyiv to investi- and intelligence officials’ conclusions that unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about tingent on the newly elected leader publicly gate the Bidens. Over time, Mr. Holmes said Russia, and not Ukraine, attacked those Ukrainian interference were “a fictional announcing investigations into former he learned that a White House visit by Mr. elections. “I still want to see that server,” Mr. narrative that has been perpetrated and Vice-President Joe Biden, a Democrat who Zelenskyy and up to $400 million of U.S. Trump told Fox News in a nearly hourlong propagated by the Russian security servic- is seeking to challenge Mr. Trump in next security assistance was tied to Mr. Trump’s interview broadcast on November 22. “You es themselves.” U.S. intelligence agencies year’s presidential election, and his son wish for Kyiv to pursue investigations into know, the FBI has never gotten that server. have concluded that Moscow tried to influ- Hunter, who sat on the board of Ukrainian the Bidens, particularly Joe Biden. The That’s a big part of this whole thing. Why ence the 2016 election in favor of Trump. natural-gas company Burisma. This, Mr. funds were later released. (RFE/RL) did they give it to a Ukrainian company? The New York Times quoted three Holmes said, was part of a narrative that UCC on new Canadian Cabinet Why?” Speaking after the fifth and final day unnamed U.S. officials as saying U.S. intelli- led him to believe that Mr. Trump cared of scheduled public impeachment hearings gence officials in recent weeks told U.S. sen- only about personal gain and not on The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) in the House of Representatives that Mr. ators and staff that “Russia had engaged in agreed-upon interagency foreign policy pri- on November 21 congratulated Canada’s Trump again labeled a “hoax,” he said he a yearslong campaign to essentially frame orities. Mr. Holmes added that he was Cabinet Ministers who were sworn in the does not expect to be impeached but that Ukraine as responsible for Moscow’s own “shocked” on July 18 when he found out previous day at Rideau Hall. The UCC he would welcome “a trial” to turn the hacking of the 2016 election.” (RFE/RL, security assistance to Ukraine, which is wished Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and tables on Democratic lawmakers who with reporting by AP, Reuters and The New engaged in a war with Russia-backed sepa- Canada’s Cabinet all success in their service accuse him of wrongdoing in his dealings York Times) ratists in its eastern region, was being with- to Canada and said it looks forward to con- with Ukraine. His accusations stem in part held. Mr. Holmes told lawmakers that, Concerns over role, aims of Giuliani tinuing a productive and effective relation- from federal law enforcement’s reliance on beginning in March, the Embassy’s work ship with the Government of Canada. “On forensics from an outside cybersecurity Two U.S. officials, one current and one became overshadowed by Mr. Trump’s per- behalf of the UCC, I congratulate Canada’s firm – which the FBI subsequently con- former, say they became increasingly sonal attorney, Mr. Giuliani, and a “cadre of Ministers on their appointments. We look firmed – as opposed to physically possess- alarmed by the role President Donald officials” with a direct line of contact to the ing Democratic National Committee serv- Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani president and his chief of staff Mick (Continued on page 15) ers that were reportedly hacked in 2016. played in Ukraine, as a congressional

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lions of Ukrainians through starvation. year ago by the Russians, and our sailors. aimed at ending the conflict in the Luhansk NEWSBRIEFS (notesfrompoland.com) And that’s all that I promised.” Ms. Zerkal and Donetsk regions. Known as the led Ukraine’s case against Russia at the Normandy format, the next four-way talks (Continued from page 14) U.S., Ukraine in nonproliferation dialogue International Court of Justice. In a victory involving Ukraine, Russia, France and forward to working with Canada’s new The United States and Ukraine held a for Ukraine, the ICJ ruled on November 11 Germany are scheduled to be held in Paris Cabinet,” stated Alexandra Chyczij, national non-proliferation working group meeting that the court has jurisdiction and will hear on December 9. (RFE/RL) president of the UCC. “In particular, I would the case brought by Ukraine alleging that in Kyiv and Chornobyl on November 21-22. Horlivka mayor was Ukraine informant like to personally congratulate the Interagency experts from both sides met to Russia breached treaties on terrorist Honorable Chrystia Freeland, a Ukrainian discuss a range of challenges related to financing and racial discrimination in east- The former “mayor” of Horlivka, a town Canadian, on her appointment as Canada’s non-proliferation, counterproliferation, and ern Ukraine and Crimea. (Ukrainian in the Donetsk region controlled by Russia- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of strategic export control and border securi- Canadian Congress Daily Briefing) backed separatists, is a Ukrainian military Intergovernmental Affairs. Vitayemo!” ty. During the two-day dialogue, partici- Zelenskyy opens rebuilt bridge intelligence agent. A spokesman for the Deputy Prime Minister Freeland is the first pants also visited Chornobyl to see the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s military intel- Ukrainian Canadian ever appointed to the recently completed New Safe Confinement, Ukrainian President Volodymyr ligence, Vadym Skibitskiy, said on post of deputy prime minister. The UCC a work of engineering without precedent in Zelenskyy, in a symbolic move that high- November 25 that Eduard Matyukha had thanked Ms. Freeland for her outstanding the field of nuclear construction built to lights efforts to rebuild Ukraine’s war-torn provided Kyiv with information on the situ- leadership as Canada’s Minister of Foreign convert the site into a stable and environ- east, has reopened a bridge in the Luhansk ation in the territories Ukraine doesn’t con- Affairs (2017-2019). The Ukrainian mentally safe condition. The meeting is one region that has sat in ruins the past four trol in the eastern region of Donetsk for five Canadian Congress is the voice of Canada’s of several dialogues the United States and years. Mr. Zelenskyy wrote on Facebook years. Mr. Matyukha said the day before 1.4-million-strong Ukrainian Canadian Ukraine hold to strengthen bilateral coop- late on November 20 that the bridge will be that he had returned to Ukraine-controlled community. (Ukrainian Canadian Congress) eration and to address the threats posed by limited in function for several days before territory after carrying out intelligence the proliferation of sensitive dual-use tech- traffic will be fully restored. The bridge activities in separatist-controlled Horlivka, Ukraine honors Holland, Applebaum nologies, weapons of mass destruction, and over the Siverskyi Donets River in the town an industrial town that had a prewar popu- Ukraine’s President Volodymyr their means of delivery. (U.S. Department of of Stanytsia Luhanska, where a Kremlin- lation of approximately 267,000 people. Mr. Zelenskyy has honored Polish filmmaker State) backed separatist checkpoint is located, Matyukha was mayor for an unspecified Agnieszka Holland and American writer Zerkal explains why she is leaving office was destroyed during clashes between the brief period because a conflict erupted Anne Applebaum for their work showing militants and Ukraine’s armed forces in between rival militant groups that was international audiences the history of the On November 20, Radio Svoboda report- 2015. Since the bridge’s destruction, local partly one of his alleged assignments to Soviet-era famine that killed millions of ed that Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs residents have been unable to visit relatives cause. However, he gained the trust of the Ukrainians in 1932-33. Mr. Zelenskyy Olena Zerkal confirmed her decision to and friends and get food and medical sup- pro-Russian militants and became the first awarded the pair Ukraine’s Order of leave office and explained the motivation plies from the other side. “I want to counter secretary of the Communist Party in Princess Olga – bestowed on women for for her actions, in an interview with Bihus. any possible manipulations right away – Horlivka, Mr. Skibitskiy said. He managed to outstanding merit – on the national day of info. “In terms of, ‘we are going to be tanks will not be able to pass over the establish contacts with the Communist remembrance for victims of the genocidal friends with Russia,’ – I’m not the person bridge as it is too narrow. But an ambu- Party of Russia and, through those links, famine known as the Holodomor. Ms. who is about friendship,” stated Ms. Zerkal. lance can easily pass over it. It is also possi- managed to clarify their role in Russia’s Holland is the director of “Mr. Jones,” a She was referring to words by Minister of ble to transport food via the bridge and it policy toward Ukraine’s eastern regions of Polish-Ukrainian-British production Foreign Affairs Prystaiko, who has stated won’t be difficult to walk from one side to Donetsk and Luhansk, where some districts released this year, which tells the true story that “there is a societal demand for peace another,” Mr. Zelenskyy wrote. Bridge have been controlled by Russian-backed of Welsh journalist Gareth Jones (played by with Russia.” Ms. Zerkal stated that, in the repairs started in early September after separatists since April 2014. Kyiv-Moscow James Norton), who published the first last month, she has been excluded from demining work around the bridge had been relations have been tense since Russia accounts in the Western press of the processes regarding natural gas [negotia- finished. The opening came a week after annexed Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula and unfolding tragedy in Soviet Ukraine. Ms. tions], and this was the final argument, that Kyiv and the Russian-backed militants said incited separatism in the east, where more Applebaum, who is based in Poland and it’s time to go. Ms. Zerkal stated that, before they had completed a pullback of troops than 13,000 people have been killed in the became a citizen of the country in 2013, is she leaves, she will carry out her final task. and weapons from a third frontline area in ongoing conflict since 2014. Before the war the author of “Red Famine: Stalin’s War on “I’ll oversee the procedural hearing in the eastern Ukraine. The move is one of a and until November 2013, Mr. Matyukha Ukraine,” in which she argues that the Hague on the new arbitration regarding series of confidence-building measures that was the first deputy mayor of Horlivka. Soviet leader deliberately set out to kill mil- our military ships that were detained a could pave the way for a four-way summit (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service)

exhibition “From Vision to Reality.” HURI Kaptur’s (D-Ohio) Anastasia Foundation. duplicates – and their progress with this Ukrainian Heritage... Fellow Viktoriya Sereda presented the Chryzanta Hentisz from The Ukrainian ongoing project. Ms. Wolynetz is also a MAPA Project’s “Digital Atlas of Ukraine” – Museum in New York spoke about the highly respected long-time curator of (Continued from page 1) a multilingual, interactive online resource museum’s programming and shared copies exhibits at The Ukrainian Museum in New Institute. Faculty members, university http://gis.huri.harvard.edu/. Ms. Aleksic of several magnificent catalogues of recent York and decades-long instructor of work- librarians, research fellows and associates focused her presentation on preserving the exhibitions staged by the museum. shops on Ukrainian culture. of the institute welcomed participants. The institutional memory of the Ukrainian Especially noteworthy is the “Full Circle” Maria Klimchak, curator, and Tetyana following day HURI Director Dr. Serhii studies program at Harvard by discussing exhibition marking the centennial of Chervinska, docent, of the Ukrainian Plokhy delivered opening remarks empha- the 50-year -old collection of audio record- Ukraine’s statehood in 1917-1920. She National Museum, reported on their exten- sizing how important it is to preserve ings from the Seminar in Ukrainian Studies. gratefully noted the number of museums in sive program of exhibits and outreach to Ukrainian culture and history and uncover After lunch, the group visited the the U.S. and Ukraine that provided loans similar institutions in Chicago. During a trip their lost or little-known aspects. Harvard Art Museums and then heard from their collections to enhance these to Ukraine Ms. Klimchak participated in cel- The conference began on Friday, October reports from the institutional members of exhibitions. ebrations of Ukraine’s naval military legacy. 18. Olha Aleksic, the Petro Jacyk the UHCNA. Marko Slyz from the Shevchenko She brought with her a century-old banner Bibliographer for Ukrainian Collections at Dr. Zorian Stech of the Ukrainian Scientific Society’s library in New York of Ukraine’s Black Sea Fleet from the muse- Harvard University, served as organizer and Canadian Research and Documentation reported on the challenges of downsizing um’s collection to the frigate Hetman host. She put together a fascinating program Center in Toronto outlined how the center the collection and creating an online cata- Sahaidachny, the flagship of Ukraine’s Navy, focused on library collections and research. began its activities by documenting the logue. The effort to eliminate duplicates for a commemorative ceremony. Presentations included information about Holodomor. He then described a collection and out-of-scope materials created an The final speaker was Dr. Natalia the vast library system at Harvard and its of documents he is working on pertaining unexpected opportunity to search the cata- Khanenko-Friesen from the Prairie Center diverse collections of Ukrainian and other to members of two Ukrainian military units logues of the Library of Congress and uni- for the study of Ukrainian Heritage in Slavic publications, along with photos and of the German armed forces who led a versity libraries, resulting in a chance to fill Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. A newcomer to ephemera related to social movements. mutiny and joined the French Resistance. gaps in their collections. the UHCNA, she spoke of documenting the Experts described how to curate collections Many of its participants later joined the Jurij Dobczansky of the Shevchenko experience of Ukrainian immigrants to in the digital age and how best to serve French Foreign Legion. While researching Society and the Library of Congress showed Canada and the center’s most recent exhi- users of these collections. in the French National Archives, Dr. Stech how establishing authority records for new bition “Letters from the Old Country” fea- The group visited the Weissman accessed 5,000 documents he will process subject headings and proper names pro- turing correspondence between Ukrainian Preservation Center to observe restoration for future study. motes Ukrainian scholarship and, indeed, Canadians and their homelands. and preservation operations first-hand. A Andrew Fedynsky of the Ukrainian cements the very notion of Ukrainian iden- Discussion about coordination of efforts special highlight of the day was a presenta- Museum-Archives in Cleveland spoke about tity and nationhood. He encouraged his col- followed – especially consolidating cata- tion of selected rare books and manuscripts its extensive programming with festivals, leagues to focus their library collections to logues to allow scholars easy access to at Widener Library. It included Ivan summer intern projects, an archival dis- supplement and enhance their museum available resources. As always, funding is a Fedorov’s primer published in 1574, a first placed persons camp project with the and archival holdings rather than acquire problem as all the participant institutions edition of Shevchenko’s “Kobzar,” 17th cen- Holocaust Museum, and cooperation with books indiscriminately. In light of the have limited paid staff and rely a great deal tury ecclesiastical books as well as rare Ohio State University, Oberlin College, unique holdings of UHCNA member institu- on volunteers. The Ukrainian Museum in 20th century editions. The day ended with a Baldwin Wallace University and other aca- tions, cooperative cataloguing of their Detroit and the Ukrainian History and walking tour of Harvard Yard conducted by demic institutions. Curator Aniza Kraus relat- diverse resources may well become a reali- Education Center in Somerset, N..,J were Dr. Lubomyr Hajda, followed by dinner at ed how the UMA incorporated the library ty in the near future, he added. unable to attend this year because of the Harvard Faculty Club. from the now-defunct publisher Ukrainske Lubow Wolynetz, a renowned expert on scheduling conflicts. On Saturday morning, October 19, Dr. Slovo in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She also Ukrainian folklore and director of The conference adjourned on Sunday, Hajda, a member of the initial group of reported on a project in Ukraine inspired by Stamford’s Ukrainian Museum and Library, October 20, with the expectation of meet- Ukrainian scholars at HURI, spoke about its historian Timothy Snyder’s “Bloodlands” and addressed the challenge of coping with ing once again in 2021 but the host loca- 50-year legacy and led a tour of the special supported by Congresswoman Marcy growing collections – both new items and tion has not yet been determined. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2019 No. 48

Sobor of UOC-U.S.A.... (Continued from page 1) Following the official opening with a Moleben service led by Metropolitan Antony and Archbishop Daniel, and the singing of the U.S. and Ukrainian national anthems, Metropolitan Antony reminded the delegates of their responsibilities dur- ing the sessions of the Sobor, underscoring that all must act under the guidance of the Holy Spirit throughout the Sobor. Metropolitan Antony read a message of greeting from Ecumenical Patriarch

Bartholomew, who offered his warm greet- UOC-U.S.A. ings and well wishes for the Sobor, as he Metropolitan Antony presents a gift to Bishop Apostolos of the offers continued prayers for the UOC-U.S.A., Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Members of the Youth Sobor report on their sessions. its hierarchs, clergy and faithful. finances to protect the Metropolitan Archdiocese of America and Exarch of the delegates, with holy water. He called upon Archbishop Daniel was recognized by Mstyslav Endowment Fund for the future, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of the delegates to carry the message of this Metropolitan Antony for his work, not only in he said. Constantinople. Sobor home to their individual parishes the U.S.A., but for the Orthodox in Ukraine as During the Sobor, funds were being col- During the banquet, Archbishop Daniel and to their parish family members, and well by assisting in Patriarch Bartholomew lected for the Endowment Fund, and the spoke intermittently between the concert stressed the importance of the Metropolia as an exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Rev. Hutnick challenged the delegates to performances and speeches. Performers Center in Church life and the need for the who played a key role in the granting of the raise $1,000, noting that an anonymous included the Barvinok Ukrainian Dance prayers of the faithful for himself and Tomos of Autocephaly to Metropolitan donor would match that same amount. The Ensemble, the musical duet of Lida Dzus Archbishop Daniel, “for without them, it Epifaniy and the creation of the Orthodox bar was raised when $1,000 was reached, and Zina Dzus-De Bole (accompanying would be impossible to function,” he said. Church of Ukraine. and it was announced another anonymous themselves on mandolin and guitar), and The Sobor benediction was led with the Archbishop Daniel, as president of the donor would match $10,000 if the Sobor the St. Sophia Seminary Choir (Deacon singing of “It is Right in Truth,” to officially Consistory, delivered his remarks and was able to meet the challenge. During the Sviatoslav Hot, Mykola Zomchak, Yurii close the Sobor. report, noting that the future of the UOC- course of the Sobor, the participants were Bobko [now a deacon], Ihor Protsak, Delegates and participants enjoyed a U.S.A. has been given to us (for it is not able to raise more than $21,000 for the Myroslav Mykytyuk, Yaroslav Bilohan, final dinner together, at which Archbishop ours, but Christ’s) for “nurturing and edifi- Endowment Fund. Maksym Zhuravchyk, Pavlo Vysotskyj and Daniel presented a poetry book written by cation.” Regarding the future, the archbish- With the conclusion of the financial Andrij Vatrych). one of the orphans in Ukraine who is sup- op also underscored the need to adapt to report, other reports were presented by On Friday, the Youth Sobor, organized by ported by the UOC-U.S.A. The girl is wheel- technological advancements, meeting the the Audit Commission, St. Sophia Seminary, Natalie Kapeluck-Nixon, director of the chair-bound however, her mind flies free needs of the faithful and cultivating the the Ukrainian Orthodox League (both Office of Youth and Adult Ministry, deliv- over Ukraine and she puts her dreams, next generation of leaders of the Church. senior and junior branches), St. Andrew ered its report. Although only a handful of wishes and love of her homeland on paper, The Church continues to develop and Society, and the Ukrainian History and youth participated in the fourth such Youth which the archbishop gathered and worked implement the Strategic Plan of the UOC- Education Center. Consistory Offices of Sobor, their suggestions and recommenda- to compile into a book, printed by the U.S.A., with a focus on spiritual renewal, Ministry reports were presented on stew- tions to the Sobor, as Metropolitan Antony Church in support of the orphanage. The educational opportunities and responsible ardship, Christian charity, youth and adult said, showed maturity with forward-look- text was typed by Victoria Zomchak, sister stewardship, he said. ministry, religious education, liturgical pub- ing ideas and thought-provoking sugges- of Seminarian Mykola Zomchak. The majority of the Sobor discussions lications, public relations, archives, external tions. The youth report showed a need for a Iryna Bilohan, mother of Seminarian were focused on the financial report, pre- affairs, clergy development, St. Sophia closer relationship between adults and Yaroslav Bilohan, created a number of sented by the Very Rev. Stephen Hutnick Seminary Library, St. Andrew Cemetery, All youth, promoting love, understanding, a hand-crafted teddy bears that she donated and Natalia Honcharenko. Metropolitan Saints Camp, and the Strategic Plan of the clear explanation of the faith with gentle for auction, with the proceeds going toward Antony reminded Sobor participants that UOC-U.S.A. encouragement from their elders. The the orphanage fund. the Metropolia Council needed to hear During the Sobor banquet held on Youth Sobor received a standing ovation for Another book, “Sacred Grounds of St. thoughts and concerns about the finances Thursday evening at the Ukrainian Cultural its work and Metorpolitan Antony urged Andrew Cemetery” was presented by of the Church because the council is the Center, the special guest for the evening the students to remain strong in their faith Archbishop Daniel, who introduced its body charged by the Church Constitution was Bishop Apostolos, chief secretary of and devoted to God and His Holy Church. compiler, Lev Khmelkovsky, editor of the with stewardship decisions, including the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of On Friday afternoon, delegates and par- newspaper Svoboda. Mr. Khmelkovsky finances and property development. It is America, who represented Archbishop ticipants were invited to view the Rushnyky explained the historical significance of the primary goal of any discussion of Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox exhibit at the St. Sophia Seminary Library, important people in the Ukrainian commu- as well as the new museum building that is nity who call St. Andrew Cemetery their nearing completion. Additional donations final resting place. Mr. Khmelkovsky Greeting to Sobor are being collected for interior finishes to stressed the importance of telling the sto- the museum building. ries of over 9,500 people buried at St. The Sobor concluded with the election of Andrew Cemetery. by Archbishop Elpidophoros a new Metropolia Council, Ecclesiastical Divine liturgy was celebrated each day A greeting from Archbishop Elpidophoros and affirm our presence in the context of Court and Audit Commission. of the Sobor, with Archbishop Daniel cele- of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of liturgy, where we stand physically in Elected to the Metropolia Council were: brating on Wednesday, Metropolitan America on the occasion of the 22nd regu- communion with one another and spiri- the Revs. Robert Holet, Hutnick, Taras Antony on Thursday, Archbishops Daniel lar Sobor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church tually in communion with God and the Naumenko, Andriy Pokotylo, Vasile Saucier, and Jeremiah (Eparchy of South America) of the U.S.A. was read by Bishop Apostolos of Saints. In this respect, we find ourselves Victor Wronskyj, Gregory Czumak, as well as concelebrating on Friday, and Metropolitan the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese during the in the beauty of heaven on earth and in lay members John Holowko, Olga Lyskiwska, Antony and Archbishop Daniel concele- Sobor banquet on October 17. Archbishop the temple of divine glory. Aleksandra Kocelko, Dr. Paul Micevych, brating the closing hierarchical divine litur- Elpidophoros is the exarch representative In other words, the theme of your Howard West, Elizabeth Symonenko, Dr. gy on Saturday. for Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Sobor confirms the necessity of being Gayle Woloschak, with Karen Ferraro (UOL Following the concelebrated hierarchical Constantinople (New Rome). together – united as human beings in a president), and Protodeacon Dr. Mahlay (St. divine liturgy closing the Sobor in prayer specific place – in order to participate in Andrew Society president). Alternates to the and thanksgiving, Archbishop Daniel Your Eminence, Metropolitan Antony, the union and communion of the Body of Council are: the Revs. Vasyl Sendeha, Gabriel reminded the faithful of Christ’s words, Your Eminence, Archbishop Daniel, Christ. Such unity is impossible and inac- Rochelle, John Charest, Mykola Andrushkiv, “Follow Me.” The Lord calls to each of us, he Most reverend hierarchs, beloved cessible when we are not gathered togeth- Richard Jendras, Deacon Charles Sanderson, said. “The time is at hand, and we need to brothers and sisters, er in one and the same place. This is why Deacon Valentine Olynyk and Michael hear His voice, get up and follow Him.” I greet you in the name of our Lord we are assembled this evening. And this is Dobransky (layperson). Participants then had an opportunity to and Savior Jesus Christ, who is and ever why we concelebrate the Divine Liturgy as Elected to the Ecclesiastical Court were: venerate the Icon of the Mother of God of shall be among us. In spirit and prayer, I Orthodox Christians under the spiritual the Revs. Stephen Masliuk (chair), Pochaiv, which hangs above the solea in am also with you as you assemble for care of the Mother Church of Theophan Mackey, Silouan Rolando, front of the Royal Doors. The icon was your 22nd Regular Sobor at the Constantinople. We are called to love one Martha Misko (layperson), Deacon Michael mechanically lowered for the faithful to Metropolia Center. While I am regretfully another so that with one mind we may Abrahamson. Alternate: Christine Charest. venerate the icon. unable to be with you in person, I have confess: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Elected to the Audit-Control Commission A farewell brunch was held at the asked His Grace Bishop Apostolos of Trinity consubstantial and undivided. were: Elizabeth Davies (chair), the Revs. Ukrainian Cultural Center. With final bless- Medeia to attend and present my heart- However, as I have already mentioned, James Cairns, Andriy Matlak, as well as lay- ings, parting hugs and kisses, exchanges of felt message and sincere greetings. the theme of your Sobor is not only persons Tamara Host and Wolodymyr contact information, and final handshakes, The theme of this year’s Sobor […] unique; it is also very timely. For, even as Katolik. Alternates: the Rev. Borislav Kroner delegates departed for home. Following highlights the importance of personal we celebrate together in this joyful ban- and Alexandra Stryzak (layperson). brunch, the first meeting of the new presence and particular place in the con- quet, what is foremost in our minds is Following the induction and pledge by Metropolia Council was held at the text of a boundless and eternal God. For the precious unity that we share as the new council members, Metropolitan Consistory Offices. us as Orthodox Christians, as we pray the Antony graced each member with a medal Based on reporting by Elizabeth words of this psalm, we acknowledge (Continued on page 17) signifying the office and then blessed the Symonenko, secretary of the Consistory and newly elected members, along with all the Metropolia Council member No. 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2019 17 2019 UAYA Exchange Program with Ukraine focuses on work with kids at Charitable Camp

by Khrystia Bihun The UYA has organized and hosted this Charitable Camp in various cities of NEW YORK – Since 2010, the Ukrainian Ukraine. Funding for the camp comes from American Youth Association (UAYA) has donations and pledges from UYA organiza- sent young adults to Ukraine to participate tions in the diaspora, such as the UAYA. The in an exchange program. The exchange children participating in the two-week occurs with UAYA’s sister organization, the camp do not pay to participate. Ukrainian Youth Association of Ukraine In response to the UYA world governing (UYA). The mission of this program is to body’s call for volunteers to staff this year’s facilitate the exchange of ideas, best prac- camp, the U.S. Exchange Program’s tices and life experiences between the Selection Committee decided to have this counselors and junior counselors of the year’s participants help staff the Charitable two countries. Camp. The committee felt this decision In previous years, UAYA members went would keep the program’s mission intact to Ukraine to work at children’s camp for while adding another dimension to the pro- UYA members, but the focus of the gram by concentrating on Ukrainians exchange program has changed for the U.S. directly affected by the war in the east. participants since 2017. For the last three The participants of the camp were chil- years, starting a year after the Euro- dren age 6-16 who have been touched by Maidan, the U.S. participants have volun- the war. Some children have one of their teered at a Charitable Camp (Blahodiynyi parents fighting in the war; others have a Tabir) for orphans of the warriors of ATO parent that was wounded or disabled; oth- and the refugee children of the war in east- ers have lost a parent in the war. Some chil- Participant Marianna Semanyshyn with her group of girls on the banks of the Desna River. ern Ukraine. dren live near the battle lines and attend the camp as their “vacation” from the fight- of their experience. on there. Different cultural and political ing. Many children are displaced, having Ms. Semanyshyn: Going to Ukraine for a events have been unraveling in the past few had their homes destroyed. These needy program through which I had to work with years, and who better to teach us about children were identified and invited to children who were affected by the ongoing them than the people who are living attend the Charitable Camp as part of a war in Ukraine was such a humbling expe- through it. This glimpse into Ukrainian life tedious process of community outreach by rience. Going as an adult to Ukraine is what I found to be one of the most valu- members of UYA in Ukraine. showed me the real world. Although I was able and important takeaways from the The Charitable Camp was nestled in the extremely nervous and did not know what exchange program. Although I was not beautiful pine forest outside of Chernihiv in to expect, I ended up crying when I was quite sure what to expect, this experience northern Ukraine during the first two leaving. I truly hope that people will did not disappoint, I walk away with new weeks of August. It was organized accord- become more open-minded and be willing friends and long lasting memories. ing to UYA guidelines, though it was the to learn how to help countries being Ms. Chychula: I am a second-generation first introduction to UYA for many of the destroyed by wars. Together, we can help Ukrainian whose parents have raised me to camp’s participants and counselors who one another rise up and become stronger have an immense love for my heritage and came from war-torn areas. The American individuals and as a nation alike. culture. I have always dreamed of going to participants of the exchange program had Ms. Bihun: Saying good-bye to campers Ukraine to get in touch with who I am. This the opportunity to work with service mem- after two weeks has never been an easy exchange gave me the chance to go to bers of the war in eastern Ukraine – some task for me in all my years of working as a Ukraine for the first time in my life, and it of whom were taking a leave of absence counselor. However, after spending morn- made me fall even more in love with my from the fighting – and with adults who ings dancing with my 6- to 9-year-old girls, heritage. were affected by war, many of whom are chasing them down to see who left their The children were the highlight of my displaced and living in new cities. The shirt in the refrigerator (yes, I said a refrig- entire exchange experience. The ability to adults were identified by community out- erator) and every night singing them lulla- have a positive influence on the lives of chil- reach and recruited to volunteer as coun- bies, I found leaving them to be nearly dren who have been through so much trag- selors. This is the first introduction to vol- impossible. …working with children and edy is life-altering. It was amazing and unteerism for many of these individuals, counselors who were touched in some way heartbreaking learning about each child’s and they were intrigued by an organization by the war in eastern Ukraine made this an experiences and gratifying to see how they whose goal it is to raise children on especially unique group of people to con- formed such lasting bonds with the coun- Christian and nationalistic principles. nect with. I was able to learn from, collabo- selors and with each other. The children This year’s exchange participants were a rate with, laugh alongside, and be humbled learned organization and discipline representation of the East and Midwest by so many incredible and resilient people. through the fun yet activity-packed sched- areas of the U.S. Mariana Semanyshyn, 19, a While the goal of an exchange of ideas ule, which gave them tools they can use to sophomore at DePaul University studying seemed straight forward, I initially failed to be successful in their lives. I had the oppor- business management and law, is a mem- realize what forms these ideas could take. tunity to teach lessons about the Ukrainian ber of the Chicago branch of UAYA. Oksana There were incredible memories to be diaspora, and it was remarkable seeing the Bihun, 22, graduated from Cornell formed. Some of them include line and children open their minds to the world and University in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree group dances paired to upbeat music, a pic- to their own potential. in environmental and sustainability scienc- nic along the beautiful river Desna, incen- Being able to travel to Ukraine as a part es and now works as an urban agriculture tivizing participation by using Chupa Chups of UAYA and volunteering in a charity camp research analyst for Agritecture in (their favorite lollipops), creating anima- was one of the most enriching experiences Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She is a member of tions, and learning that one man’s trash is in my life. I left this camp with some of the the Goshen/Kerhonkson, N.Y., branch of another’s art were all concepts passed most amazing memories. I look forward to UAYA. Olena Chychula, 20, a junior at the around during our brief two weeks in the returning and exploring my Ukraine. The participants of 2019 UAYA Illinois Institute of Technology studying woods. * * * Exchange with Ukraine (from left): architecture, is a member of the Palatine Being a Ukrainian American can lead to Readers can watch the multimedia pre- Oksana Bihun, Marianna Semanyshyn branch of UAYA. a knowledge gap between what is reported sentation of the exchange participants on and Olena Chychula. Following are some of their impressions about Ukraine and what is actually going the UAYA page at cym.org/us.

Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of This is precisely why your Sobor’s theme en.’” (Genesis 28:16-17). Greeting... the United States of America since its estab- is opportune. For if we truly “love the beau- Dear friends, the unity of the Orthodox lishment. The Assembly has truly great ty of the Lord’s house” and if we genuinely Church is in our hands. What will we do (Continued from page 16) potential, but it needs our ongoing support desire to be in the same “place where His about it? The unity of the Orthodox Church Orthodox Christians here in the United and nurturing in order to realize this poten- glory dwells,” then we cannot permit poli- here in the United States is in your hands. States of America. In this regard, we are tial. …I am talking about the need for all of tics and nationalism – what our Church has What will you do about it? Because if we obliged to call to mind the growth and us Orthodox Christians – and for all of our historically and repeatedly condemned as respond to our call and mandate to work development of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Churches and jurisdictions here “ethnophyletism” to separate us from one for greater unity, if we realize our duty and Orthodox Bishops, which was founded 10 in the United States of America – to be and another and ultimately from the love of obligation to present a united witness to years ago at the recommendation of to work together. I am speaking of the Christ. Instead, we must instead be like the world around us, then we shall truly Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and responsibility to persist in our efforts for Jacob, who “woke up from his sleep and experience the beauty and glory of God in with the endorsement of the primates of all greater unity, despite any and all external said: ‘Surely the Lord is in this place – and I our midst and in all places of His dominion. autocephalous Orthodox Churches. temptations or challenges. We cannot allow did not know it! … How wonderful and May God bless all of you in your deliber- Metropolitan Antony and Archbishop what is happening elsewhere to distract us beautiful is this place! For it is none other ations. And may God bless you and your Daniel have proved vital members of the from what is in our hands. than the house of God and the gate of heav- families all the days of your life. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2019 No. 48

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Plast Stanytsia Newark along with Lanka Batkiv cordially invites you to The first Debutante Ball of the season! Saturday, January 25, 2020 Grand Ballroom at Hanover Marriott, 1401 Route 10 East, Whippany, NJ 07981

Adriana Hotsko Valeria Drybushar Victoria Kuz Vera Hrab Daryna Behen Kateryna Morhun Olena Hryvnak Sophia Myshchuk Roman Zharovsky Michael Knysh Igor Shkvarok Gregory Gawdiak Darius Kulchyckyj Ivan Soroka Valentyn Boyko Stephan Bilyk

Dinner and Zabava, inclusive of Open Bar Cocktail Hour: Cocktails & Appetizers at 6:00 pm $165 per person Adults over 25 Presentation of Debutantes 7:15 pm $$125 per person Students up to age 25 Zabava 9:00 pm $45 per person Children up to age 10 Tickets must be purchaised by December 31, 2019 Music by Tempo & Philadelphia Funk Authority Zabava –$50 ($60 at the door) For further information and to purchase tickets online www.plastnewarkdeb.com or contact : Plast Deb 2020, c/o Alexandra Zawadiwsky, 2 Balbrook Drive, Mendham NJ 07945 email: [email protected] Tel: 908-448-6389 Hotel Room Reservations: 800-228-9290 or 973-538-8811. Ask for PLAST room block rate. No. 48 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2019 19

Through Exhibit, “The Impact of Modernity. Late 19th and Early December 7-8 Ukrainian Babka Bread Sale, made by Ihor Godzak, Ukrainian May 3, 2020 20th Centuries Ukrainian Art,” a major gift from Dr. Jurij Syracuse, NY National Home, 315-218-1468 or [email protected] New York Rybak and Anna Ortynskyj, The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 or www.ukrainianmuseum.org December 7-9 Annual Danyliw Research Seminar, University of Ottawa, Ottawa [email protected] or 613-562-5800 ext. 3692 December 4 Presentation by Simone Bellezza, “Transnational Cambridge, MA Belongings and the Formation of a Ukrainian December 8 St. Nicholas program and visitation, Immaculate Community in the West (1860-1991),” Harvard Hillside, NJ Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church,

University, www.huri.harvard.edu or 617-495-4053 www.byzcath.org/immaculateconception December 8 Performance, “Koliada and Music from the Carpathians,” December 5 Presentation by Sergei Erofeev, “The Putin Exodus and Jenkintown, PA featuring the Koliadnyky of Kryvorivnia, Yara Arts Group, Stanford, CA its Implications for Russia and the West,” Stanford Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, www.ueccphila.org University, https://tec.fsi.stanford.edu/node/232176 or 650-724-9656 December 8 Workshop, Ukrainian Christmas tree ornaments and Somerset, NJ cookie decoration, Ukrainian History and Education December 6 Pyrohy Supper, Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church Center, 732-356-0132 Prince Albert, SK Auditorium, 306-764-2423 December 11 Presentation by Timothy B. Erikson, Harvard December 6 Presentation by Dina Moyal, “Law Under Lake Cambridge, MA University,www.huri.harvard.edu or 617-495-4053 Stanford, CA Socialism: Politics, State and Society in post-Stalinist USSR,” Stanford University, https://creees.stanford.edu December 13 Exhibit, “Wild Fragility” by Beth Shadur and Bonnie Chicago Peterson, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, December 6-7 Performance, “Koliada and Music from the Carpathians,” www.uima-chicago.org or 773-227-5522 New York featuring the Koliadnyky of Kryvorivnia, Yara Arts December 13 Exhibit, “Through the Lens: Unbending Life,” Rodovid Press Group, The Ukrainian Museum, 212-228-0110 or Chicago photographers Sophia Jablonska, Sergey Melnitchenko www.ukrainianmuseum.org and Yevgeniy Pavlov, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, www.uima-chicago.org December 7 Fund-raiser, “Dinner and a Show,” Iskra Ukrainian Dance Whippany, NJ Ensemble, Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New December 14 Annual fund-raiser, featuring Orbert Davis, Ivan Shmilo Jersey, www.facebook.com/events/4938513280044506 Chicago and Lidia Lykhach, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, www.uima-chicago.org or 773-227-5522 December 7 Holiday Market at the Soyuzivka Gift Shop, Soyuzivka Kerhonkson, NY Heritage Center, www.soyuzivka.com or 845-626-5641

December 7 Presentation by Lubow Wolynetz, “Ukrainian Christmas New York Traditions,” The Ukrainian Museum, www.ukrainianmuseum.org or 212-228-0110

December 7 10th anniversary of Carol of the Bells, “A Ukrainian Miami, FL Christmas Choral Concert,” Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church, 954-434-4635 or [email protected]

December 7 Ukrainian Christmas Bazaar, Ukrainian Catholic Women’s Ottawa League of Canada, St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Shrine, [email protected]

December 7-8 Christmas Bazaar, The Ukrainian Museum New York 212-228-0110 or www.ukrainianinstitute.org

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Friday-Saturday, December 6-7 Choir. The event is at 3 p.m. at the Ukrainian NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Museum and Educational and Cultural Center, 700 N Yara Arts Group present “Koliada and Music Cedar Road, Jenkintown, PA 19046. from the Carpathians” featuring the Saturday-Sunday, December 14-15 Koliadnyky from Kryvorivnia, Ivan and Mykola Zelenchuk, with the “troista” musi- NEW YORK: Create your own traditional cians Mykola Ilyuk, Vasyl Tymchuk and Ukrainian Christmas tree ornaments such as Ostap Kostyuk. They will be joined by spe- spiders, cradles, stars, mobiles and garlands, cial guest bandurist Julian Kytasty. The using beads, walnut shells, colored ribbons event is at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at and paper. This is a great activity for the The Ukrainian Museum, 222 E. Sixth St., entire family (children age 7+). Workshop New York, NY 10003. Tickets are $25 for times are: Saturday, 2–4 p.m.; Sunday, 11 adults; $20 for seniors, students, members; a.m.-1 p.m. or 2-4 p.m. Fee: Cost: adults – $10f or children. For information call 212- $15; students over 12 and seniors – $10; 228-0110 or visit www.ukrainianmuseum. children age 7-12 – $5. Members get a 10 org. percent discount. Pre-registration is required. The Ukrainian Museum is located Saturday, December 7 at 222 E. Sixth St., between Second and NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Third avenues; telephone, 212-228-0110; Society invites all to a film premiere of “New website, www.ukrainianmuseum.org. York. Malaniuk” (2019), directed by Saturday, December 15 Oleksandr Fraze-Frazenko. The film recon- structs the New York period (after World WASHINGTON: The Taras Shevchenko War II) of the distinguished Ukrainian emi- School of Ukrainian Studies will host a gre poet Ievhen Malaniuk (1897-1968) – Mykolai Show and Holiday Bazaar. Students how he lived, how he wrote and how he will present a Mykolai show at noon. Sviatyi loved. Opening remarks by Vasyl Makhno Mykolai will then meet with each grade/age and Oleksandr Fraze-Frazenko. The film group (non-students are welcome). The includes comments on this key figure in “Heavenly Office” will be open at 9:15-11:45 Ukrainian literature of the 20th century by: a.m.; only one item per child ($2 fee), labeled Bohdan Boychuk, Bohdan Rubchak, Yuri with child’s name and grade/age. The Tarnawsky, George Grabowicz, Vasyl bazaar/bake sale at 9:30 a.m.-noon will fea- Makhno, Yuri Andrukhovych, Tamara ture a variety of home-baked treats and holi- Skrypka and Anna Procyk. Based on day foods, books, gift items. Location: Ukrainian archives in New York and New Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Jersey, the film also presents unique read- Holy Family, 4250 Harewood Road NE, ings by the author on Radio Svoboda. The Washington, DC 20017. For further informa- event will take place at the society’s build- tion, visit ukrainianschoolbazaar.weebly.com ing, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th or contact Galyna Franken at MykolaySho- streets) at 5 p.m. For additional information [email protected]. call 212-254-5130. Thursday, Friday and Sunday, Saturday-Sunday, December 7-8 December 19, 20 and 22 NEW YORK: Do not miss the Christmas NEW YORK: La MaMa Experimental Bazaar and its unique gifts at 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Theatre and Yara Arts Group present the This annual sale organized by the museum’s new theater piece “Opera GAZ” created by “Wednesday Volunteers” is a great opportu- Yara and Nova Opera from Kyiv. This is the nity to purchase folk art items, ornaments, American premier. “Opera GAZ” played at Christmas cards, books, artwork, contempo- the National Theatre in Kyiv and at a festival rary crafts and jewelry, home-baked goods in Vienna to great reviews. The event is at 7 and much, much more. Come early for the p.m. on Thursday and Friday, and at 3 p.m. best selections, or check the online gift shop on Sunday. Tickets are $30 adults, $25 for at www.ukrainianmuseum.org. Admission is students/seniors. For information call 212- free. The Ukrainian Museum is located at 352-3101 or visit www.lamama.org/gaz. 222 E. Sixth St., between Second and Third Saturday, December 21 avenues; telephone, 212-228-0110. NEW YORK: Yara’s new theatre piece Sunday, December 8 “Winter Songs on Mars” with Koliada and JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The Ukrainian vertep featuring Koliadnyky, Yara artists and Educational and Cultural Center Library and special guests will be presented at 7 p.m. Yara Arts Group present “Koliada and Music There will also be a special school show at from the Carpathians” featuring Koliadnyky noon. Venue: La MaMa Experimental from Kryvorivnia, Ivan and Mykola Theatre, 66 E. Fourth St., New York, NY Zelenchuk, with the “troista” musicians 10003. Tickets are $26 for adults; $21 for Mykola Ilyuk, Vasyl Tymchuk, and Ostap seniors and students, $10 for children. For Kostyuk. They will be joined by bandurist information call 212-352-3101 or visit Julian Kytasty and the Accolada Chamber www.lamama.org/gaz.

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