Inside: l Phone conversation between Poroshenko and Trump – page 3 l Boston Friends of UCU host Bishop Borys Gudziak – page 9 l Remembering the Holodomor 83 years after – centerfold

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXIV No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016 $2.00 Victims of 1932-1933 Holodomor Saakashvili resigns Odesa governorship, remembered at St. Patrick’s Cathedral citing sabotage of reform by central authorities by Mark Raczkiewycz KYIV – In July 2015, less than two months after his one-time college chum President Petro Poroshenko appointed him as governor of the strategic Black Sea region of Odesa, Mikheil Saakashvili deployed a bulldozer through an oligarch’s beachfront property to give the public access to the seashore. It was a display of his proclaimed resolve to sever the seemingly blurry nexus of politics and business, and clean up the region whose ports historically have served as a transit point for all sorts of vice and tax evasion. To replicate the feat, the former Georgian president, whom the World Bank named the world’s top reformer in 2006 for reducing graft and opening his country Mikheil Saakashvili/Facebook up to business, brought in a young, highly Mikheil Saakashvili, who resigned as educated team, some of them from his governor of Odesa Oblast. homeland, others from the West. nalists. “Odesa can only develop once Kyiv They included David Sakvarelidze, who Christine Syzonenko will be freed from these bribe-takers, who would simultaneously serve as the Odesa Children bring offerings of wheat stalks during the procession at the start of the directly patronize organized crime and Oblast’s prosecutor and as one of the coun- memorial service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. lawlessness.” try’s deputy prosecutors general. The president’s office subsequently by Roma Hadzewycz They came, as Bishop Paul Chomnycky After 17 months on the job, however, the accepted his resignation. Svyatoslav said in his opening remarks, because “It is energetic former president of Georgia Tseholko, the president’s spokesperson, NEW YORK – Hundreds of Ukrainian our solemn duty to remember this sad resigned on November 7, accusing his boss couldn’t be reached for comment. Americans from the tri-state area and page in the history of the Ukrainian people and local mafia clans allegedly loyal to him Lauded by Ukraine observers as a poten- beyond gathered at the landmark St. and, indeed, of the world, not only to of sabotaging him at every step, casting the tial model for emulation nationwide, Mr. Patrick’s Cathedral on Saturday, November ensure that it is never repeated anywhere sincerity of Ukraine’s overall reform project Saakashvili had slashed his Soviet-era staff 12, for the annual commemoration of the ever again, but to commend to the Lord the in doubt. by half to 400 and replaced department Holodomor, the genocidal famine that “The president personally supports two killed millions in Ukraine in 1932-1933. (Continued on page 10) clans,” Mr. Saakashvili told a group of jour- (Continued on page 16)

UOC of the U.S.A. Sobor announces Strategic Plan for future UOC of the U.S.A. at the Consistory rotunda, where the dele- ticipants of the 21st Regular Sobor of our Christians are called to overcome these gates, clergy and hierarchs gathered in Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the United issues. He said: We are all called to work SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – The 21st anticipation of the opening procession. States of America, taking place in the towards our salvation, to fix historical Regular Sobor of the Ukrainian Orthodox The Very Revs. Bazyl Zawierucha and Metropolia Center from October 19-22, errors that have overtaken our homeland Church of the U.S.A. (UOC-U.S.A.) was held Stephen Hutnick carried the reliquary that 2016, with the scope of evaluating a of Ukraine, which declared independence at the Metropolia Center on October 19-22. contained the relics of 48 saints, including Strategic Plan for Church activity over the over 25 years ago and is still struggling for Metropolitan Antony introduced the St. John Chrysostom, St. Antony the Great, next five years. For this God-pleasing desire that independence to be unassailable. We Strategic Plan for the Church, explaining St. Gregory Palamas, St. Olha (Equal to the and endeavor, we offer our wholehearted must work towards not only an indepen- how crucial it is that everyone participate Apostles), St. Gregory of Nyssa, and St. congratulations, as well as our prayers for dent nation, but an independent Ukrainian in order for it to be successful. A vibrant Volodymyr the Great (Equal to the faithful deliberations and for a successful Orthodox Church within Ukraine. presentation by Bill Marianes, filled with Apostles). Following the delegates and cler- conclusion, which we hope will rejuvenate Archbishop Jeremiah thanked eye-catching photos and verses, made it gy were Metropolitan Antony, Metropolitan a deeper love and longing for Christ and His Metropolitan Antony for his continuous, clear that it is the very future of the Yurij of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Holy Church. ...” generous and loving support of the UOC- Ukrainian Orthodox Church that is at stake. Canada, Archbishop Jeremiah of South Metropolitan Yurij greeted the Sobor U.S.A’s eparchy in South America. He The plan includes goals in the realms of America, and Bishop Daniel of the Western body and expressed his great honor at expressed heartfelt greetings on behalf of administration, clergy, communications, Eparchy of the UOC-U.S.A. and president of being present once again at the Sobor of all the faithful of South America and education, family and youth, healthy par- the Consistory of the UOC-U.S.A. the UOC-U.S.A. He confirmed the strong assured those gathered that they will be in ishes, outreach and evangelism, steward- Once the opening prayer, and ceremo- bonds between the Ukrainian Orthodox his prayers for a successful Sobor. ship and technology. nies and the appointment of the Sobor pre- Church in Canada and the U.S.A. and about Metropolitan Antony compared the new At the beginning of the Sobor, a divine sidium had taken place, delegates began a how well the two Churches often work path of the Church, the new Strategic Plan liturgy was celebrated at St. Andrew very intensive agenda. together, supporting one another in the that was to be discussed on the final day of Memorial Church by Metropolitan Antony Metropolitan Antony presented the for- common goal of growing Christ’s Church. the Sobor, to a “renovation.” of the UOC-U.S.A., assisted by clergy who mal greeting from Ecumenical Patriarch He mentioned that this is a critical time in Bishop Daniel then presented his report had arrived for the Clergy Conference that Bartholomew I: “…It is with great joy and the world, with much discord and disagree- preceded the commencement of the Sobor paternal affection that we greet all the par- ment and we, as Ukrainian Orthodox (Continued on page 14) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016 No. 47

ANALYSIS

Saakashvili’s resignation: Start U.N. panel condemns abuses in Crimea Ukraine in 2014 has not been allowed into Crimea. “Russia wants to make sure only UNITED NATIONS – A United Nations one voice is heard in Crimea – Russia’s,” of parliamentary election campaign? panel has condemned human rights abuses said U.S. Deputy Ambassador to the U.N. in Crimea and pressed Russia to allow U.N. by Oleksandr Gavrylyuk Yatsenyuk’s resignation, but President Sarah Mendelson. “States should not have Poroshenko ultimately preferred to see his monitors to visit the Ukrainian territory it to fear that a neighbor, however powerful, Eurasia Daily Monitor annexed in 2014. The U.N. General old client, Volodymyr Groysman, head the will seize their territory.” (RFE/RL, with Assembly’s human rights committee, in its The sudden resignation of the governor national government (Facebook.com/ reporting by AP and AFP) of Odesa Oblast, Georgia’s former President anton.gerashchenko.7, November 7). first action on Crimea, adopted a resolution Mikheil Saakashvili, roiled the Ukrainian Having appointed Mr. Groysman, the drafted by Ukraine and backed by the Hague prosecutor on Ukraine conflict media landscape last week (November 7). president took full control of the Cabinet’s United States, France and Britain by a vote of 73 to 23 on November 15, with 76 WASHINGTON – The lead prosecutor for Mr. Saakashvili was appointed to head the activity, just as he had earlier done with the the International Criminal Court (ICC) has coastal Black Sea province in May 2015 by country’s National Bank and the Foreign abstentions. The resolution next month goes for a vote before the full assembly of for the first time said the simmering con- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, a Affairs Ministry, wrote the influential flict in Ukraine should be considered an long-time personal friend. He attributed his Ukrainian blogger who goes by the name 193 members, which is expected to approve it. Russia lobbied hard against the international armed conflict between resignation to continual sabotage of his “Anti-Colorados.” This, in his opinion, Russia and Ukraine. As a practical matter, meant the preservation of Mr. Saakashvili resolution, dismissing it as “politically moti- regional reform efforts by the central gov- the determination by Fatou Bensouda, and his Ukrainian team and, at the same vated” and “one-sided.” The people of ernment, including by the president’s “cor- issued on November 14, will change noth- rupt inner circle” (YouTube, November 7). time, Mr. Poroshenko’s refusal to carry out Crimea “chose to vote in a historic referen- ing on the ground in eastern Ukraine, The presidential administration respond- radical reforms. “Saakashvili just could not dum to reunite with Russia,” said Russian where fighting between Russia-backed sep- ed the same day following Mr. Saakashvili’s implement his projects, as their scale was Foreign Affairs Ministry official Anatoly aratists and Ukrainian government forces announcement, claiming that his departure much larger than that of the [Odesa] region Viktorov. “It completely ignores the nega- has increased and decreased since April from the governor’s post was in fact and [his reform goals] dealt with issues tive impact that the actions of Ukrainian 2014 and continues despite ceasefire deals. planned as early as last summer. At that that could be addressed only in Kyiv. So authorities have had on the residents of point, however, Messrs. Poroshenko and Mikheil’s proper place should have been Crimea,” who have the same rights and Nor will it change Russia’s annexation of Saakashvili allegedly both agreed to post- that of prime minister, with a free hand to privileges as other Russian citizens, he said. the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, which pone the decision, so as to enable the latter effect reforms. But Poroshenko preferred Among the countries that backed Russia in has been rejected by the vast majority of to fulfill his goals for the region. Among Byzantine politics, having surrounded him- opposing the resolution were China, Iran, United Nations member states. Moreover, these unfinished projects were the con- self with his own cronies and clientele [sic]. India, Syria, South Africa, Kazakhstan, Russia is not a member of The Hague- struction of the Odesa-Reni motorway, the And this is the fundamental mistake, which Serbia and North Korea. Many Latin based court, whose mandate includes pros- streamlining of port customs procedures will one day count against the President,” American and African countries abstained ecution of war crimes and related crimes. (the so-called “Single Window System”) and he wrote. from the vote. The resolution condemned Ukraine is also not a member, though it has others. But none of these were accom- A man of Mr. Saakashvili’s political stat- abuses and discrimination in Crimea, accepted the court’s jurisdiction on a limit- plished, a source in the Poroshenko admin- ure was just too big to run a region, accord- which Russia seized in February 2014. ed basis. But the finding, included in a istration said, adding, “Saakashvili just pre- ing to Anti-Colorados. Having, however, Moscow’s annexation was not recognized report released November 14 by Ms. empted [his sacking] to produce the impres- accepted the president’s proposal, Mr. by the U.N., and the resolution calls it a Bensouda’s office, adds legal heft to argu- sion of a voluntary resignation” Saakashvili was supposed to understand “temporary occupation.” Ukraine’s Vice- ments in Ukraine, and much of the West, (Hromadske.ua, November 7). the implied difficulties and be prepared to Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergiy Kyslytsya that Russia is to blame for instigating the During his tenure as governor, Mr. respond to challenges in the long run. But it said the human rights situation has wors- war. “According to information received, the Saakashvili succeeded in fulfilling only 14 of proved impossible to transform a single ened in Crimea with “extrajudicial killings, situation in the Crimea and Sevastopol is his 34 policy promises. Another 14 can be region into an oasis in the middle of a cor- intimidation, arbitrary detentions, torture” equivalent to the international armed con- considered “in progress.” And he undeniably rupt desert. Still, Anti-Colorados believes and repression of free speech. Rights flict between Ukraine and the Russian failed to accomplish six of his declared the Odesa governor should have continued groups have raised alarm over the plight of Federation,” the report said. “This interna- promises, including holding an open compe- his efforts, no matter the problems and Crimea’s Muslim Tatars, who have been tional armed conflict started not later than tition for the head of the Regional Customs resistance he faced (Novaukraina.org, repressed for their opposition to Russian February 26, when the Russian Federation service, as well as instituting an electronic November 8). rule of the territory. The resolution urges employed members of its armed forces to customs regime at Odesa’s newest airport Meanwhile, Igor Tyshkevich, an analyst Russia to reverse its decision to shut down gain control over parts of the territory of terminal (Slovo i Dilo, November 7). with the Ukrainian Institute for the Future, the Crimean Tatars’ governing body, the Ukraine without the consent of the govern- Many local politicians and political thinks that Mr. Saakashvili’s resignation Mejlis, and to allow cultural and religious ment of Ukraine.” The report labels the sit- experts agree that the Odesa governor’s was neither unreasoned nor spontaneous. institutions to reopen. It calls on Russia to uation in Crimea an occupation by Russian discharge was long expected. Ukrainian Instead, it was well-thought-out and “take all necessary measures to bring an forces and highlights the plight of Crimean National Deputy Anton Gerashchenko – a marked the beginning of a new and intri- immediate end to all abuses against resi- Tatars, who have faced persecution, kid- close ally of one of Mr. Saakashvili’s main cate political game. “Saakashvili has found dents of Crimea” and to cooperate with U.N. nappings, and killings on the peninsula for political opponents in Kyiv, Internal Affairs himself in dire straits,” Mr. Tyshkevich rights staff seeking to monitor the situation their opposition to the Russian annexation. Minister Arsen Avakov – wrote on his wrote, adding, “his further presence in on the Black Sea peninsula. A U.N. monitor- Facebook page that it would have been Odesa would not only take him nowhere, ing mission on human rights set up in (Continued on page 12) impossible to repeat the success of but threaten his political prospects. The Georgian reforms in Ukraine. In his opin- post of regional governor is obviously not ion, back in 2003, in Georgia, Mr. the best launching pad for a political strug- Saakashvili was part of a unique team of gle” (Hvylya.net, November 7). he krainian eekly FOUNDED 1933 several democrats and reformers, which However, Mr. Tyshkevich has argued, it is T U W also included Kakha Bendukidze, Nino not only the former Odesa governor, but also Burjanadze and Zurab Zhvania. “[Within the Ukrainian president, who has reached a An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. stalemate. Mr. Poroshenko’s personal and that team,] Mikheil Saakashvili played the Yearly subscription rate: $90; for UNA members — $80. role of the destroyer of the old corrupt sys- party approval ratings have been slumping tem, but there were also those who were against the gloomy prospects of a pre-term Periodicals postage paid at Caldwell, NJ 07006 and additional mailing offices. building a new Georgia.” Mr. Gerashchenko parliamentary election. Yulia Tymoshenko’s (ISSN — 0273-9348) claimed that Mr. Saakashvili’s arrogance Batkivshchyna, Oleh Lyashko’s Radical Party The Weekly: UNA: and domineering character broke up this and Yuriy Boyko’s Opposition Bloc seem Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 644-9510 Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 292-0900 successful team in 2007, while its positive eager to exploit the popular discontent with achievements were undermined by accusa- soaring utility bills and shrinking living stan- Postmaster, send address changes to: tions of human rights violations by the gov- dards. All are ready to call for early elections The Ukrainian Weekly Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz ernment (Facebook.com/anton.gerash- next year. And, in those circumstances, they 2200 Route 10 Editor: Matthew Dubas chenko.7, November 7). could be expected to ride the wave of anger P.O. Box 280 “Petro Poroshenko, who has known and significantly expand their presence in a Parsippany, NJ 07054 e-mail: [email protected] Mikheil Saakashvili since his university new legislature. years in Kyiv, invited him to Ukraine. On the President Poroshenko, on the other The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com one hand, he wanted to utilize Saakashvili’s hand, is looking to avoid or at least delay a popularity and experience to imitate popular vote, so as to try to counteract his The Ukrainian Weekly, November 20, 2016, No. 47, Vol. LXXXIV reforms, while, on the other hand, he has opponents’ gains. Mr. Saakashvili, mean- Copyright © 2016 The Ukrainian Weekly used Saakashvili as a ram to divide his while, still enjoys soaring popularity and political enemies,” Mr. Gerashchenko main- his rhetorical talents are undisputable. In tained. So, Mr. Saakashvili was, in his opin- early elections, he would presumably be ADMINISTRATION OF THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY AND SVOBODA ion, instrumental in pushing Ukrainian oli- able to seriously challenge the Ukrainian garch Igor Kolomoisky’s team from Odesa political populists for votes. “The former Walter Honcharyk, administrator (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 Georgian president is no worse at sensing and advertising manager fax: (973) 644-9510 and in ousting the then–prime minister, e-mail: [email protected] Arseniy Yatsenyuk. According to Mr. the popular mood than Tymoshenko and Gerashchenko, Mr. Saakashvili was prom- Subscription Department (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 e-mail: [email protected] ised the premiership following Mr. (Continued on page 4) No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016 3

NEWS ANALYSIS Moscow hopes Trump administration will give Russia free hand to suppress Syria and Ukraine

by Pavel Felgenhauer recent weeks, Mr. Trump had been insist- standing international stamina that it will The Russian ruling elite hopes Mr. Eurasia Daily Monitor ing the Iraqi army’s assault on the Islamic be able to “seriously take on the fascist Trump will run a nationalistic and isola- State’s northern Iraqi stronghold of Mosul state on its borders [meaning Ukraine],” the tionist administration that would give The news of Democratic presidential – assisted by Kurdish militias, Iran and the newspaper alleges (Komsomolskaya Moscow a free hand to suppress Syria and candidate Hillary Clinton conceding the U.S.-led coalition – was unfolding as a Pravda, November 4). Ukraine. Hopes are also high that Mr. race to Donald Trump was met with spon- “disaster”; and Russian propaganda sources Iranian-backed and financed Shia fight- Trump will be ready to sit down with Mr. taneous applause by the Kremlin- forcefully concurred. ers are an integral part of the forces Putin and negotiate a large-scale agree- controlled State Duma (the lower house of The Russian state news agency TASS besieging both Aleppo and Mosul. The ment akin to the “Big Three” accord in the Russian Parliament) during a plenary quoted an unnamed “military-diplomatic Shia-dominated Iraqi government in Yalta, in 1945, to delimit spheres of influ- session. Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the source” that “during the first two weeks of Bagdad is a close partner of Moscow, and ence – with Syria and Ukraine, along other Kremlin-linked flamboyant nationalist pol- the Mosul offensive, 16 U.S. servicemen the latter has provided weapons for the post-Soviet areas like Moldova, Belarus and itician and leader of the Liberal were killed in action and 27 wounded.” Iraqi armed forces leading the Mosul the South Caucasus, recognized by Democratic Party, invited deputies and TASS’s source stated that some of the U.S. assault. The joint Iranian-Syrian-Iraqi- Washington as essentially “Russian.” In Duma-accredited journalists to join him in casualties were the result of “friendly fire” Russian military coordinating committee, such a scenario, the North Atlantic Treaty uncorking bottles of champagne to cele- by B-52s carpet bombing Mosul. The formed in September 2015 as Russia Organization (NATO) could be substantially brate President-elect Trump’s victory source implied the U.S. military was press- began its Syrian campaign, sits in Baghdad. weakened, and European countries may (Interfax, November 9). ing the Mosul attack while disregarding It seems strange that the Russian authori- decide to reorient and agree to some kind Russian President Vladimir Putin swift- casualties (which are being kept secret) to ties are aggressively criticizing the Mosul of continental security treaty with Russia. ly congratulated Mr. Trump and expressed help Hillary Clinton win the November 8 anti-Islamic State offensive being carried This is especially likely if xenophobic- hope of improvement in relations (Interfax, elections (TASS, November 8). In Russia, out by their own allies. But apparently, this nationalistic parties that have also wel- November 9). Mr. Zhirinovsky called on Mr. military casualties are a state secret as a propaganda narrative was designed to comed Mr. Trump’s victory in the U.S. (The Trump to recall from Moscow the present matter of course, and are practically never paint the Mosul offensive as a cynical Guardian, November 9) themselves win United States ambassador, John Tefft, who, fully disclosed publicly. The Russian mili- Democratic Party election ploy to promote elections in other Western countries. according to Mr. Zhirinovsky, “hates Russia.” tary apparently believe the same applies to Mrs. Clinton. For Moscow, the most important press- A Trump presidency could change every- the U.S. Seemingly emboldened by Mr. Trump’s ing concern is regime change in Kyiv. Many thing in U.S.-Russia relations, continued Mr. In a recent article, the top-circulating victory, Russia is ready to bolster its mili- Russian experts believe that, as president, Zhirinovsky: “The problems in Syria and in pro-Kremlin daily Komsomolskaya Pravda tary attacks on the Syrian opposition. Mr. Trump will effectively abandon Ukraine Ukraine will be solved and everything compared the Russian-led siege of Aleppo According to Defense Ministry officials, the to its fate (Mk.ru, November 9). Russia’s would be fine. Forget Hillary – the with the U.S.-led Mosul offensive. The Russian naval task force assembled off the first tangible reaction to Mr. Trump’s victo- American people do not want foreign com- Syrian government forces with their Syrian coast and led by the aging carrier ry may be a renewed massive onslaught mitments” (RIA Novosti, November 9). Russian, Iranian and Lebanese allies are a Admiral Kuznetsov is ready to attack tar- against the Syrian opposition; but the next Ambassador Tefft shall automatically “legitimate, well-organized coalition that is gets close to Aleppo (Militarynews.ru, move may be against Ukraine. render his resignation next month. But methodically cleansing Aleppo of unruly November 9). The first deputy chair of the The Russian Federal Security Service since he is a career diplomat and not a terrorist gangs, while providing aid to inno- Duma Defense Committee, Frantz (FSB) has arrested three Ukrainians in political appointee, his replacement in cent civilians.” The disorganized U.S.-led Klintsevich, noted, “To assist Trump’s vic- Crimea, accused of being members of a Moscow by Mr. Trump is not obligatory. Mr. coalition, on the other hand, is desperately tory, a massive assault on Aleppo could “diversionary-terrorist group” sent by Zhirinovsky is known to be an unofficial and ineffectively bombing Mosul and disre- have been somewhat postponed; but now Ukrainian military intelligence to organize mouthpiece of the Kremlin and could be garding human life, the paper asserted. attacks on the Syrian fighters will com- explosions and terrorist attacks. A cache of privy to some alleged backdoor under- According to Komsomolskaya Pravda, the mence 100 percent, and the U.S. military arms and explosives was also allegedly standings (TVN24, November 10) between eventual Russian victory in Aleppo will dra- will cooperate” (Militarynews.ru, seized. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense the Trump team and the Russian authori- matically alter the situation in the Middle November 9). has denied any involvement (Interfax, ties. If, after taking office, Mr. Trump East and worldwide. And while the U.S. Mr. Putin’s economic adviser Sergei November 10). Moscow might be preparing promptly replaces Ambassador Tefft in continues to fail in Mosul, Russia will Glazyev believes Mr. Trump will dismantle to seize the opportunity to brand the Moscow with someone of his liking, this become the dominant power in the region. the United States’ anti-Russian economic regime in Kyiv a terrorist organization, could be a signal that the new administra- The regime of Bashar al-Assad will be tri- sanctions imposed over Ukraine, “because which must be destroyed by all means. tion is prepared to engage in all kinds of umphant, while the “moderate” Syrian the aggressively anti-Russian policies of deal-making with the Kremlin. opposition and its Free Syrian Army (FSA) the [Barack] Obama administration, aimed The article above is reprinted from Mr. Trump’s rhetoric and the Kremlin will be wiped out. The West will stop at maintaining U.S. world hegemony, have Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from agitprop frequently looked synchronized financing and supporting the discredited utterly failed” (Kommersant, November its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, during the U.S. presidential campaign: In FSA, while Russia may acquire such out- 10). www.jamestown.org.

Putin will find the world Poroshenko and Trump speak via phone Presidential Administration of Ukraine Trump agreed to maintain contacts, according to Trump a tough habitat including to hold a bilateral meeting. KYIV – President Petro Poroshenko President Poroshenko invited President- by Pavel Baev Syria in order to defeat terrorists of various of Ukraine had a telephone conversa- elect Trump to pay a visit to Ukraine at Eurasia Daily Monitor persuasions, and, at the very least, a readi- tion with the president-elect of the his earliest convenience. ness by the next White House to cancel United States, Donald Trump, on [Editor’s note: The conversation came The outcome of the presidential election sanctions on Russia, which are bad for busi- in the United States was celebrated in November 15. a day after Mr. Trump spoke via phone ness (Gazeta.ru, November 9). The Ukrainian president congratu- with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Moscow with such joy and triumphalism as Knowledgeable experts warn, however, if Russia had scored a major political victo- lated Mr. Trump on winning the presi- News media reported that the two men that a new course in U.S. foreign policy will dential election and emphasized his vowed to improve U.S.-Russia relations.] ry (see Eurasia Daily Monitor, November not necessarily be good for Russia (Grani. 10). Mainstream commentators gloated; readiness to work ru, November 9). the public forgot to reflect on the 99th anni- with the Trump The key issue will be the personal rela- versary of the (October) Russian administration Communist Revolution; and a joke made tionship between the two leaders – Russian and to further the rounds across social media alleging that President Vladimir Putin and President- strengthen the the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral elect Trump. For now, however, there are Ukraine-U.S. stra- Kuznetsov (famous for its dark exhaust few reasons to expect another “look-in-the- tegic partnership. fumes – see EDM, October 27) emitted eye” moment that could succeed in con- Mr. Poroshen­ko white smoke from its chimney ahead of the vincing the incoming U.S. leader that Mr. also stressed the announcement that Donald Trump was Putin is a man he can do business with. need for elected the next U.S. president. The Kremlin confirmed it had contacts Washington’s res- Russian political elites had good reason with the Republican campaign during the olute support of to worry about the expected victory of the course of the elections (RBC, November Ukraine in coun- Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, 12). And Mr. Putin wrote Mr. Trump a tering Russian knowing her as tough, competent and infu- “beautiful” letter of congratulations and aggression and riated by Russia’s cyber-attacks on her hopes for a new détente after their first implementing campaign (Republic, November 9). Now telephone conversation this week (Newsru. crucial reforms. they expect gratitude from the incoming com, November 12). Messrs. Trump administration for feeding the President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine and President-elect Poroshenko and Donald Trump of the United States. e-mail scandal, eagerness to join forces in (Continued on page 18) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016 No. 47 OBITUARY: Orysia Paszczak Tracz, cultural activist (1945-2016) PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Orysia Paszczak Foundation 2013 Award (Manitoba). Tracz, a well-known writer and activist Ms. Tracz recently became the recipient who specialized in Ukrainian culture and of two major Ukrainian Canadian awards: ethnology, died suddenly on November 10 the provincial Bulava Award in Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She had been hos- and the national Taras Shevchenko Medal pitalized briefly after suffering a stroke. awarded by the Ukrainian Canadian Ms. Tracz’s love and knowledge of Congress (UCC). On September 25, the UCC Ukrainian traditions, ethnography and Manitoba Provincial Council recognized her song were the essence of her spirit. A for “outstanding leadership in the Ukrainian researcher, lecturer, translator and story- community.” On October 1, at the XXV trien- teller, her activities spanned the globe, nial Congress of Ukrainian Canadians held from Australia, throughout Canada, the U.S. in Regina, Saskatchewan, Ms. Tracz was and Ukraine. An obituary in the Winnipeg awarded the Shevchenko Medal “for out- Free Press noted that a local broadcaster standing national contribution to the cultur- had once called her “a walking, talking al and artistic development of the Ukrainian Ukrainian encyclopedia.” Canadian community.” She was born in 1945 in a displaced per- She is survived by her husband, son’s camp in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, fol- Myroslaw; her three sons, Boyan, Dobryan lowing World War II and her family’s and Ruslan; her sister, Nusia Denysyk escape to the West. She was raised in New (Oleh); nephew, Ruslan (Kristin); nieces Jersey, where she was a member of the Dara (Will) and Lana (Mike); and grand- Ukrainian American Youth Association. She Winnipeg Free Press nieces Clara and Evelyn. She was prede- majored in political science at George Orysia Paszczak Tracz ceased by her parents, Sofia and Wasyl Washington University in the U.S. capital at the University of Manitoba’s Elizabeth telling the story of the rich and ancient Mazepa, and her elder sister, Lesia. and was active in the university’s Ukrainian Dafoe Library. Ukrainian heritage. Last year, she published A prayer service was held at Holy Students’ Club. She was active in a number of communi- “The First Star I See Tonight,” a collection of Eucharist Parish on Monday, November 14. It She met her husband, Myroslaw, at the ty organizations as a board member and/ her articles on Ukrainian Christmas tradi- was Ms. Tracz’s wish that all participants Soyuzivka Heritage Center in upstate New wear “vyshyvanky” (Ukrainian embroidered or volunteer, including Oseredok Ukrainian tions – the first of what was to be many York. They married in 1967. Arriving in shirts). In lieu of flowers, memorial donations Cultural and Educational Center, Prosvita books on why Ukrainians do “The Things Winnipeg in 1968, the Traczes found a city are requested to be made to the Canadian Reading Society, Alpha Omega Alumnae We Do.” That was the name of her column where they were able to raise their chil- Ukrainian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko and the Winnipeg Library Foundation. She in The Ukrainian Weekly, which readers dren in a community that embraced enjoyed for many years. (https://shevchenkofoundation.com/). Ukrainian culture. was a member and volunteer of the In Ms. Tracz’s honor, flags at the University Manitoba Writers’ Guild. She also taught at Ms. Tracz translated 10 books from Ms. Tracz worked as a library assistant Ukrainian into English and wrote numerous of Manitoba were flown at half-staff. at the University of Manitoba in 1968-1978 the local school of Ukrainian studies and The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) answered the call of Plast Ukrainian articles for Canadian and American publica- and 1988-2010. She worked in Special tions. She was the researcher for the interna- expressed its deep sorrow on the passing Scouting Organization and the Ukrainian Collections (which included the Slavic tionally recognized award-winning film of Ms. Tracz. “We have lost a truly excep- Youth Association whenever they needed Collection), in archives and in collections “Pysanka” by Slavko Nowytski. After she tional and inspiring community leader. Mrs. management. In 2006 she curated “An an expert on Ukrainian traditions. retired from the University of Manitoba Paszczak Tracz’s dedication and passion for Extraordinary Richness: The Works of Most recently, she was able to channel Libraries in 2010, she presented lectures at our culture, traditions and heritage was Jacques Hnizdovsky in Private Collections” her energy into her passion for books and the McNally-Robinson Booksellers unparalleled,” stated Paul Grod, national Community Classrooms in Winnipeg and led president of the UCC. “Her work and com- an annual folk art and culture tour to Ukraine. mitment greatly enriched Ukrainian life in In 2011, Ms. Tracz gathered personal Canada and beyond.” UCC welcomes introduction stories and reflections for a commemora- Ihor Michalchyshyn, chief executive offi- tive book for the Rusalka Ukrainian Dance cer of the UCC, commented: “Having grown Ensemble’s 50th anniversary. up in Winnipeg, I will always remember of legislation to implement CUFTA She was accepted into the Humber Pani Orysia’s warmth, enthusiasm and OTTAWA – The Ukrainian Canadian “When CUFTA enters into force, Canada College Creative Writing Course in October humor. She always readily shared her deep Congress (UCC) welcomed the introduction will immediately eliminate duties on 99.9 2014, and was awarded the Kobzar wealth of knowledge about our traditions, in Canada’s House of Commons of legisla- percent of imports from Ukraine. Similarly, Scholarship through the Shevchenko history and culture, and was a tireless tion to implement the Canada-Ukraine Free Ukraine will eliminate tariffs on approxi- Foundation. She received the Osvita advocate for all things Ukrainian.” Trade Agreement (CUFTA) and congratu- mately 86 percent of Canadian exports, lated all those whose hard work made this with the balance of tariff concessions to be historic agreement possible. implemented over a period of up to seven early elections (Tabula.ge, November 11). The legislation to implement CUFTA was years. CUFTA will thus eliminate essentially Saakashvili’s... His main problem at the moment is a lack of personnel and infrastructure for building introduced in the House of Commons by all tariffs on goods currently traded (Continued from page 2) Minister of International Trade Chrystia between Canada and Ukraine.” his own political project. Still, a close alli- Freeland on November 3. UCC National President Paul Grod stat- can teach her a thing or two about preach- ance with the president could certainly Ms. Freeland stated, “We are one step ed: “The Ukrainian Canadian community ing populism,” Mr. Tyshkevich argued. This, speed up the process of party building. And closer to being able to reap the benefits of warmly welcomes today’s news. This in the analyst’s opinion, is apparently in the the quicker he can build his party, the soon- the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, agreement is a win-win for both our coun- president’s interest and hints at a possible er one can expect the next parliamentary which will generate opportunities for tries, and will open up new opportunities secret agreement between Messrs. elections. Canadians and Ukrainians alike. It will in investment and trade. CUFTA will also Poroshenko and Saakashvili (Hvylya.net, boost our economies, spur innovation and provide incentive for further economic November 7). The article above is reprinted from strengthen the middle class and those reforms in Ukraine, and strengthen the On November 11, Mr. Saakashvili Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from working hard to join it.” deep bonds between the people of Canada announced he would be launching a new its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, The government of Canada stated, and Ukraine.” political party, New Force, and called for www.jamestown.org.

The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund: September 2016 Amount Name City State Makar-Laudi S Brooklyn NY Nebesny Michael & Stefana Clinton IN $3,000.00 Mazur Leonard L & Helena Mountain Lakes NJ Melnyk Irene Plains PA Niepritzky Tamara St Paul MN $100.00 Hayuk Hlib Apo AP Motyka Walter North Port FL Pawlowsky Myron Winnipeg MB $90.00 Sereda Bohdan New York NY Olenchuk Alice North Royalton OH Sacharuk Eva Wenham MA $50.00 Bilash Borislaw & Natalia Millburn NJ Pidhirny Bill Stamford CT $5.00 Goras Stephan Jersey City NJ Breslawec Halyna Potomac MD Puzyk Bohdan Osprey FL Pryshlak Natalie Getzville NY Hladky C & A Randolph NJ Shepelavey Anya Columbia MD Lushniak Boris Rockville MD Tomkiw Bohdan Fair Oaks CA TOTAL: $3,910.00 Omecinsky Alex Troy NY Urban Peter Cary NC $30.00 Kashuba Ostap Chicago IL $15.00 Harhaj Bohdan & Maria Howell NJ Sincere thanks to all contributors Pakula Lida Dearborn MI $25.00 Szafranski Joseph West Bloomfield MI $20.00 Barna William Jackson NJ Zobniw Lubomyr Binghampton NY to The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund. Blyznak Ulana New York NY $10.00 Humnicky Michael Murfreesboro TN Fedeckyj Mary Elizabeth NJ Lobachevsky Oksana Somerset NJ The Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund is the only Hotz Michael Watertown MA Maksymonko G Springfield VA fund dedicated exclusively to supporting Kuncio Z Whitestone NY Melnitchenko Mann Helena Owings MD the work of this publication. No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016 5

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM New Jersey District Committee holds fall organizing meeting

by Roma Hadzewycz PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The New Jersey District Committee of the Ukrainian National Association held its fall organizing meeting here at the UNA Home Office on Friday, November 11, with representatives of UNA Branches 25, 37, 42, 76, 133, 155, 171, 269 and 287 and in attendance. The UNA Executive Committee was rep- resented by UNA First Vice-President Michael Koziupa. UNA President Stefan Kaczaraj stopped by the meeting to greet participants, while Treasurer Roma Lisovich, who could not attend, sent a writ- ten update on UNA matters that was dis- tributed to attendees. At the beginning of the meeting, a moment of silence was observed and a prayer said for the repose of UNA National Secretary Christine E. Kozak, who passed away in June. New Jersey District Chairperson Oksana Stanko delivered a report on the district’s activity, pointing to its presence at area fes- tivals where members manned UNA infor- mation tables. She related the success of the Petrykivka workshop held under UNA sponsorship at the Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey in Whippany, Roma Hadzewycz as well as the district’s attempt to organize Participants of the New Jersey UNA District Committee’s fall organizing meeting. buses for a day trip to the Ukrainian Cultural Festival at the Soyuzivka Heritage of insurance (for total annual premiums of During a discussion that followed the events like the Petrykivka workshop (April Center – a project that ultimately was not $35,845). He also reported that the UNA reports, branch representatives exchanged 8) or the earlier health and wellness pre- carried out because very few people signed Home Office was responsible for selling 39 ideas on how to improve organizing efforts. sentation (November 21, 2015) at various up. policies for $985,230 of insurance (total Among the suggestions was to set up UNA Ukrainian centers in New Jersey. The UNA’s deputy national secretary, annual premiums of over $42,306). Mr. information tables at local schools of Meeting participants also agreed to set Yuriy Symczyk, participated in the meeting, Symczyk went on to explain changes in Ukrainian studies in order to inform par- up a New Jersey District Organizing delivering a report on organizing matters. annuity rates and to note positive trends in ents about the benefits of UNA member- Committee headed by district’s organizing During the first nine months of this year, he the annuity business, reporting that UNA ship. Other recommendations were to set director, Michael Bohdan. Committee mem- said the New Jersey District had enrolled annuities sales have taken off since the up such information displays at parishes bers are: Nina Bilchuk, Ms. Stanko and Mr. 21 members insured for a total of $815,230 June 1 rate increase. and to hold more community outreach Symczyk. Thanksgiving is the perfect time to insure Thanksgiving is the perfect time to insure what youwhat are you most are most grateful for... LIFE! grateful for... LIFE! Single Premium Whole Life Insurance* can provide a fi nancial safety net to help families maintain their standard of living. Now through 12/20/16, the UNA is waiving its $25 fee to help you take the fi rst step to insure you and your family’s future.

For instant quotes call 888-538-2833

* Not available in all states. Ukrainian National Association, Inc.

2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054 • General information – 800-253-9862 www.UkrainianNationalAssociation.org • facebook.com/UkrainianNationalAssociation 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016 No. 47

NEWS AND VIEWS The Ukrainian Weekly Our solemn responsibility to remember A Holodomor information outreach The following is a guest editorial by Andriy Futey, president of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America. The text is adapted from his remarks at the project continues to deliver Holodomor memorial service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York on November 12. It has become our tradition to gather each year within the sacred walls of St. Patrick’s Cathedral to pray for and honor the memory of the millions of innocent vic- tims lost in one of the worst tragedies that befell the Ukrainian nation – the Holodomor, the Genocide of 1932-1933. What occurred 83 years ago in Ukraine was evil in its design and brutal in its methods. It was deliberate act with the intent to destroy the Ukrainian nation. Through a carefully orchestrated mass collectivization effort, the Soviet regime imposed unreachable grain quotas upon the Ukrainian people, confiscated all food- stuffs and even sealed Ukraine’s borders, trapping Ukrainians within their own country, with no food and no chance of escape. This barbarous act resulted in the deaths of 7-10 million people. And thus, in the very heart of Europe, in a country that boasts some of the world’s most fertile soil and has often been referred to as “The Breadbasket of Europe,” at the height of the Famine in 1933, Ukrainians were dying at the rate of 25,000 per day. This was a deliberate, premeditated effort by the brutal Communist regime of Joseph Stalin to subjugate an entire nation. This was, in fact, an act of genocide as later defined by the Convention on Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. Raphael Lemkin, the Polish-American-Jewish lawyer, educated in Lviv, coined the word “genocide” and spent his life working to develop the international law against such crimes. Lemkin applied the concept of genocide to the tragic events in Ukraine Screenshot of a page from the website www.holodomorct.org. in 1932-1933. He stated: “What I want to speak about is perhaps the classic example of Soviet genocide, by Lana Babij ars, as well as articles in academic journals the longest and broadest experiment in Russification – the destruction of the and subscription online databases. Several Ukrainian nation… the attack has manifested a systematic pattern, with the whole During this year’s peak period for school high school-level genocide studies publish- process repeated again and again to meet fresh outbursts of national spirit. The first reports, March through June, the ers have also included the topic of the blow is aimed at the intelligentsia, the national brain, so as to paralyze the rest of the Holodomor information website www. Holodomor in their books. Every effort has body… Going along with this attack on the intelligentsia was an offensive against the holodomorct.org received approximately been made to find and list all such text and churches, priests and hierarchy, the ‘soul’ of Ukraine. The third prong of the Soviet 75,000 visits. Was it 75,000 people in four media that might be both useful and gener- plan was aimed at the farmers, the large mass of independent peasants who are the months? Or more likely, 10,000 to 15,000 ally accessible for students, the general repository of the tradition, folklore and music, the national language and literature, who came back multiple times because they public and beginning researchers. the national spirit of Ukraine. The weapon used against this body is perhaps the kept finding things worth returning to? It has been the particular goal of this most terrible of all – starvation. This is not simply a case of mass murder. It is a case In either case, the growing popularity of website to gain and keep the trust of educa- of genocide, of destruction, not of individuals only, but of a culture and a nation. ” the website for users throughout the tors by the quality and currency of the Today, we must also recommit ourselves to exposing the truth, the whole truth English-speaking world is a telling indicator. resources we present, our understanding about the Holodomor. There is obvious interest and a very real of what educators need and the stability of It is our solemn responsibility to pass the torch to the next generation, as they need for an online guide to Holodomor our product. So it was certainly rewarding must continue to stand firm in honoring the millions who needlessly suffered at the resources that are authentic; comprehensible when the editor of Social Studies hands of a dictator, and to help to educate the world – especially now as we watch to the general public and students of varying Professional had the website listed in its with horror the rise of modern dictators and tyrannical regimes around the world. ages and backgrounds; that meet today’s January/February 2015 issue, based on an The Holodomor cannot remain merely a Ukrainian issue – it must be a global one so educational standards; and are readily acces- informal demonstration of the website at that such tragedies do not reoccur. sible to a social media-savvy population. Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute’s It is also our solemn responsibility to serve as the voice of the millions of inno- As constrained as it is by its bare-bones exhibit booth at the 2014 National Social cents who were silenced and can no longer speak of their tortures. website platform, www.holodomorct.org Studies Conference in Boston. And it is our solemn responsibility to remember – so that the world never forgets. has strived since its beginnings in 2007 to The website also strives to keep relevant The Holodomor is but one example of Russia’s ongoing campaign to enslave meet that need both by content and strate- in a dynamic environment. When the Ukraine. As we mark the 83rd anniversary of the Genocide of 1932-1933, we also commemorate the third anniversary of Ukraine’s “Revolution of Dignity” and we gic design. Maidan Revolution of Dignity was born in note that Russian aggression against Ukraine, in violation of international law and In addition to offering a “Facts” outline, late 2013, the website added a category the Budapest Memorandum of 1994, continues into the present. Yet the Ukrainian the website continually builds its list of now linking to numerous online articles people’s endurance during the horrors of the Holodomor, their bravery during the carefully selected resources, which now that address the connections of the Maidan Maidan, and their steadfast fortitude during the present-day struggle in Crimea and stands at well over 200 items. With empha- and the current war in Ukraine with eastern Ukraine are all testimonies to the commitment of the Ukrainian people to sis on including materials accessible online, aspects of the Holodomor. live with dignity in a democratic and sovereign nation. two-thirds of the entries are linked to In terms of visual concept, artist and As Russia continues to whitewash its inhumane crimes, we must uphold the prin- online content, such as curriculum units webmistress Natalka Sazonova has created ciples of honor and truth. Because truth and an informed public are the linchpins of and PowerPoint presentations, Harvard’s an overall design that shuns sensationalism, a free society, ensuring that despotism does not triumph over democracy. MAPA projects (the digital atlas of Ukraine that projects our sense of respect for both To those who were fortunate enough to survive the Holodomor, we thank the program), dozens of articles, quality video the victims and the survivors, and promotes Lord for sparing your lives. And to the millions of innocent victims who perished as a content and much more. our educational mission. Furthermore, Ms. result of Stalin’s brutal genocide policy, may you rest in peace. You will always be Educators and students can connect Sazonova had applied smart optimization remembered and honored. Vichnaya yim pamiat! (May their memory be eternal). directly to primary-source materials, such techniques to get the website visible in the as numerous audio and/or video or written first place. Her initial efforts and consistent- transcriptions that present survivor and ly increasing user traffic to the website have witness testimony. The website also links to placed the website as second only to the entire U.S. Commission on the Ukraine Wikipedia when searching the term Nov. Turning the pages back... Famine hearings, which can be read online “Holodomor” on the most popular search in a very stable and easy-to-navigate for- engines. Twenty-two years ago, on November 22, 1994, Ukraine’s mat, the online congressional resolutions Originally intended in 2007 to inform President Leonid Kuchma made history with his arrival to the regarding the Holodomor; decrees by the the Connecticut public of the upcoming 22 Soviet Politburo and other documents in 75th anniversary commemoration plans of White House as the first Ukrainian head of state to be welcomed 1994 on a state visit to the U.S. capital. English translation that reveal the deliber- the newly formed CT Holodomor From the South Lawn of the White House, U.S. President Bill ate enactment of measures to crush the Awareness Committee, the website turned Clinton hailed Mr. Kuchma as a reformer, citing Ukraine’s signing people of Ukraine via starvation; and other into a passionate commitment for Ms. of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. In exchange, Ukraine received $900 million in aid legal documents. Sazonova. Arriving in the U.S. from Ukraine packages (making it fourth in terms of amount of U.S. aid) in 1994-1995, as well as securi- Many important works on the at the age of 16, she recalled how she was ty assurances. Holodomor, however, are not available “completely ignorant of the Holodomor… During the visit, Mr. Kuchma met privately with Mr. Clinton and Vice-President Al Gore, online; therefore, the website lists these Back then, Soviet schools, as well as newly and a luncheon was hosted by the State Department. items with sufficient detail so that they may independent Ukrainian schools didn’t have The leaders of Ukraine and the U.S. signed a charter for American-Ukrainian be readily located in libraries or purchased. that subject as a part of their curriculum, Partnership, Friendship and Cooperation, and a Bilateral Civil Space Agreement. This was These include specific chapters about the and no adult ever talked about it, used to Holodomor found in numerous works by (Continued on page 9) prominent historians and genocide schol- (Continued on page 7) No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016 7

FOR THE RECORD UCCA on U.S. relations with Ukraine The statement below was released by the United States should further develop this Ukrainian Congress Committee of America existing military relationship as a buffer on November 11. against rogue nations threatening the col- lective security order. Ukrainian Americans are united in their Lesia got it right! support for the independence and territori- Ukraine with defensive equipment, servic- al integrity of Ukraine. As Americans, we es •and The training United as States already should authorized provide by Like most Americans, I could hardly Although there were many Ukrainians believe that a democratic and independent Congress (HR 5859, enacted on December wait for November 8. This election year who supported Mr. Trump – there was Ukraine is in the national security interests 18, 2014), in order to counter offensive was the most grueling, nasty and unpre- even a late effort to formally establish a of the United States. With a new adminis- weapons and re-establish Ukraine’s sover- dictable in my lifetime. Almost everybody Ukrainians for Trump organization (led by tration looking to take a fresh approach to eignty and territorial integrity. got predictions wrong. Everybody, that is, Roman Golash, Oleh Saciuk, Jaroslav foreign policy, the Ukrainian Congress - except my Lesia. She was confident all Martyniuk, Christine Hoshowsky and oth- Committee of America, the largest grass- pendent Ukraine can be the stabilizing along that Donald Trump would be our ers), their efforts were not visible, especial- roots representation of Americans of partner• With the U.S. United support, States a democratic,has been seeking inde next president. ly in The Ukrainian Weekly, the premier Ukrainian descent, has reached out to to decrease U.S. international deployments I’ve been a Republican all my adult life. English-language Ukrainian publication. President-elect Donald Trump with a letter as Europe’s pro-democratic East steps up The GOP has been good to me, honoring Perhaps they can now resurrect the of congratulations urging him to fortify to repay the faith invested in them. me with many significant appointments. I Ukrainian National Federation of relations with Ukraine while reinforcing am grateful. Republicans. international principles of sovereignty and NATO’s “Open Door” policy of membership I have participated in every presidential Most Ukrainians appeared to support territorial integrity. Towards this goal, we for• aspiring The United qualified States CEE countries. should support campaign since 1960. Lesia and I even Hillary Clinton. Ukrainian Democrats are to urge policy-makers of both national parties The Russian Federation’s aggressive shortened our honeymoon in 1964 to cam- be congratulated for their efforts. I pray to move forward with the following actions. behavior poses a threat to the national paign for Barry Goldwater. All my presiden- that their talented leadership – I’m think- The United States, together with the EU, security of the U.S., as it acts to demolish tial votes have been cast with enthusiasm. ing primarily of Ulana Mazurkevich and needs to communicate a unified, steadfast the Euro-Atlantic community’s unity and This year was different. During the GOP Marta Farion – will not fade. We need a and explicit commitment to Ukraine’s sov- destabilize countries on its periphery. As primaries I initially supported Ben Carson. loyal opposition and the Democratic Party ereignty, independence and self-determina- such: I had followed his life for years, read his needs mending after its devastating loss. I tion. The territorial integrity of Ukraine’s books, and promoted him as an exemplar am confident that the Ukrainian Caucus in internationally recognized borders cannot EU, must maintain and strengthen targeted of grit and focus to my university classes. Congress will also step into the vacuum be negotiated. As such: economic• The United sanctions States, against together the withRussian the When Dr. Carson dropped out, my next and continue the good fight. Federation, including a possible ban on choice was Marco Rubio. Chris Christie This brings me to Europe and Ukraine. Russian rule over Crimea. SWIFT banking, until it fully complies with trashed him during the debates and the NATO has been surviving on our dime for • We reject any form of recognition of its international obligations, including the senator never recovered. decades. That was fine during the Cold of covert and overt Russian forces and Budapest Memorandum and Minsk agree- Mr. Trump’s nomination did not fill me War, but an adjustment is long overdue. It’s equipment• We demand from Ukraine.the immediate withdrawal ment. with joy, especially after his campaign time for Europe to take care of its own Today, Europe’s largest country – manager Paul Manafort had his people defense needs. The same holds for Ukraine, Ukraine – is on pace to field Europe’s larg- creation of a Center for Information Analysis change language in the GOP platform which, like Europe, has neglected its armed est military, with spending levels exceeding and• Response,The United which States would should lead support and coordi the- removing references to lethal weaponry for forces for decades. As we now know, NATO’s minimum requirements. nate the collection and analysis of informa- Ukraine. Fortunately, Mr. Manafort faded Ukraine’s elite leaders have accumulated Furthermore, Ukraine already stands as the tion on foreign government information quickly once his ties to Viktor Yanukovych an abundance of riches, enjoying an opu- only non-NATO partner to have contributed warfare efforts (S 2692 and HR 5181). and Vladimir Putin were exposed. Still, I lent lifestyle far above that of the average actively to all NATO-led operations and found reports of close ties between Messrs. Ukrainian. It’s time for them to get off the missions for the past 20 years. As such: assets of and deny visas to elite Russians Trump and Putin extremely troubling. I gravy train and begin fighting for their suspected• The United of money States laundering should orfreeze involve the- was also turned off by Mr. Trump’s behav- nation. Yes, Ukraine is their nation. Enough binding security guarantees to Ukraine, the ment in the actions against Ukraine. wailing about “poor Ukraine.” What • In addition to living up to its public and ior. No “gravitas” as they once said about George W. Bush. I pegged Mr. Trump as a Ukraine needs now is some “tough love.” narcissistic, vulgar oaf, hardly a person to So what now? We’ve been here before. interconnectivity with other social media. serve as president of the greatest country One side wins, the other loses. That’s poli- Although the website has reached a wider A Holodomor... in the world. tics. With few exceptions in the past, than expected audience in spite of these (Continued from page 6) Taras Szmagala’s interview in The New Ukrainian Democrats and Ukrainian constraints, it is time for us to move to the York Times gave me pause. He is an old Republicans have come together to work the fact of it being a forbidden subject for next level in order to provide a much better friend, my “kum.” I respect his views. for our common causes. We’ve moved on. I so many decades.” informational experience for our users, and The entire campaign season was ugly. believe this will happen again. As Ms. Sazonova began to read eyewit- also to allow website users to share their Mud-slinging from all sides. Yuk! It got so President-elect Trump needs us too. As ness accounts and other materials in order experience and recommendations across bad that I stopped watching the evening Peggy Noonan pointed out in her to create the original homepage, “the sheer social media. news for a while. Who needs all that vitriol! November 12 Wall Street Journal column, horror of the magnitude of the injustice” Ms. Sazonova has selected a new plat- I agonized. I knew I could never vote for “A Trump administration will be populated made her determined not to let those “who form; however, transferring our data-rich Hillary Clinton. Her advocacy of Planned by three kinds of people: loyalists, oppor- lost their lives during the Holodomor be for- website will be a formidable task that must Parenthood and partial birth abortion, her tunists and patriots… It is the patriots who gotten.” The resulting website was well- be done in a very short span of time. Ms. support for progressive Supreme Court matter, many of whom kept away from Mr. designed, with a historically accurate outline, Sazonova is determined to do this herself. Trump in the past. They are needed now. a broad selection of survivor and witness We have operated from the outset as a vol- judges, and her unbelievable lack of accom- plishment – she couldn’t point to one out- They have heft, wisdom, experience and testimony, event notifications and a dozen unteer, unfunded project. The transfer, insight.” Ukrainians Americans have always references to further information. Positive however, is a one-time job that is certainly standing achievement after all those years of public service – were non-starters for been patriots. Let’s remember that the feedback poured in from Americans previ- deserving of a subsidy. United States is our country! ously unaware of the Holodomor. What keeps us going, you may ask? me. I seriously considered a write-in, per- haps John Kasich. Michael Hnatyshyn has a great idea. When I came on board in 2008, I offered Perhaps the many notes, like this one that Instead of carping about “how Trump is a to build up and manage the “Information came a couple of months ago from a college While I was hesitant about Mr. Trump, Lesia was not. She was on board the Russian lover or useful idiot,” he writes, Links” portion of the website. As an aca- student in South Dakota: “Hello my name is why not contact your congressman, the demic librarian with considerable experi- Emily… and I am contacting you in hope that Trump train from the get-go. When I would grumble every time Donald said next secretary of state and others in the ence in reference research in an online you could help me in citing your website. new administration and tell them about The information you had on Holodomor was something off-putting, Lesia would make environment, working with Ms. Sazonova your concerns regarding Russia. A sugges- some of the best and easiest to understand... an excuse. To preserve our domestic tran- proved to be an ideal partnership in terms tion from me: emphasize how Russia’s Thank you for having such a comprehensive quility, I finally stopped grousing. And then of skills, as well as our shared passion to behavior is a danger to the United States and informative website.” it happened. New disclosures from the FBI, promote Holodomor awareness. We intend and the free world, not just Ukraine. to continue our “labor of love” indefinitely, The site www.holodomorct.org is always more dirt about the Clinton Foundation, Will Donald Trump be a good president? continually updating, continuing to apply a work in progress: There are several new the Soros involvement and Zenon Lesia assures me he will. I believe her. She’s what we learn from educators such as our titles that need to be added to the Zawada’s letter in The Ukrainian Weekly been right all along. committee chair, Lidia Choma; Valentina Information Links, and a page or two finally turned me around. During the last It’s been a wonderful year. The GOP con- Kuryliw, director of education with the “under construction.” We are looking to add two weeks of the campaign, I was once trols the White House and Congress, and Holodomor Research and Education new features. Like all dynamic websites, it again a passionate supporter of the GOP the Chicago Cubs won the World Series for Consortium; and many others. We are con- is always in flux! We welcome your visits presidential candidate. I joined the “deplo- the first time since 1908. God is good! tinually innovating and upgrading. and we welcome your comments. rables.” The website arose from humble begin- Like Lesia, our two sons, Stefko and nings – offering few options for design, no Lana Y. Babij ([email protected]) is content Michael, and our grandchildren were with Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is indexing or internal cross-linking and no manager for www.holodomorct.org. Mr. Trump from the beginning. [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016 No. 47 No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016 9

Nadiya Krawchuk The Boston Friends of UCU Committee with Bishop Borys Gudziak (from left): Maria F. Saxe, Tamara Nary, Tania Vitvitsky, Bishop Gudziak, Christine Slywotzky Bishop Borys Gudziak at Boston Friends of UCU reception. and Alicia Szendiuch. Boston Friends of UCU hold reception for Bishop Borys Gudziak

by Peter T. Woloschuk “I am also very proud of our program for providing “The program began with a short video and then a deeply work and accommodation for the handicapped at the uni- spiritual talk by Bishop Borys. It got even better when he BOSTON – The Boston Friends of the Ukrainian Catholic versity from all over Ukraine who would otherwise be asked us, the audience, why we support UCU. Right there, on University (UCU) held a cocktail reception for Bishop Borys unemployed and destitute,” Bishop Gudziak continued. “By the spot, he made us think. The answers were varied, Gudziak, Ukrainian Catholic Bishop of Paris, France, and doing so, we hope to encourage others throughout the thought-provoking, challenging and often inspirational.” President of the University, and more than 60 invited country to start similar programs.” Commenting on the evening, UCEF’s Mr. Kuzma said, guests on Friday evening, October 28, at St. John’s “Through the new Good Governance Program, the uni- “We have been deeply grateful for the staunch support of Seminary, the seminary for the Archdiocese of Boston, versity has provided hands-on training to regional and our friends in the Boston area and Rhode Island, who have which sits on an expansive campus adjacent to Boston local government officials from all oblasts of Ukraine in been among the most generous in their donations for the College. Also present were a number of seminarians and current moral and ethical Western governmental practices university anywhere in the country. Tonight’s event was members of the staff. and has helped them break with the corruption that is so especially gratifying because we were joined by many new The reception was held in one of the seminary’s high- endemic in Ukraine,” the bishop said. donors and supporters who also offered their professional ceilinged, gothic rooms with windows overlooking the rose “Finally,” Bishop Gudziak emphasized, “UCU is impor- expertise to help strengthen UCU’s various programs.” garden with a towering statue of Our Lady, the cloister, as tant because it acts as a light in darkness and as a Catholic Although the cocktail reception was not a fund-raiser well as the façade of the Romanesque chapel. institution grounded in morals and values it tries to set a per se, several thousand dollars were donated for the In the stately surrounding provided by the seminary, standard for the new Ukraine to follow. It is also scrupu- Boston Friends of UCU’s current project of endowing the guests had ample time to mingle and to speak individually lous in money matters and sets a standard for fair dealing, Good Governance Program lectureship, raising the amount and the cost for educating the future leaders of Ukraine is gathered to over $60,000 of a projected goal of $100,000. and in small groups with Bishop Gudziak and Alexander B. kept as low as possible. It is a small fraction of what the In 2012 the Boston Friends of UCU also funded the Boston Kuzma, the Ukrainian Catholic Educational Foundation’s same education would cost in the West.” Seminar Room in one of the buildings that was then rising (UCEF’s) chief development officer. During the discussion that followed, one woman who on the UCU campus in Lviv. During the course of the evening, the group was asked identified herself as Orthodox said she was proud to be Speaking of the Boston Friends of UCU’s work, commit- to assemble in one of the facility’s high-tech classrooms, involved in the growth and development of UCU because tee member Alicia Szendiuch said, “UCU is a trail blazer in where Bishop Gudziak was able to show a video of the lat- she felt that it held out promise for the country of Ukraine Ukraine with the Good Governance Program and we are est developments on the UCU campus in Lviv, give an oral as a whole. delighted to support it by raising funds here in Boston. And report and then take questions from those present. After the formal session, financier Adrian Slywotzky said, we hope to fully fund a lectureship in the near future.” The video highlighted the development of UCU’s new campus and its building program, and showcased its vari- ous state-of-the-art facilities, including its newly consecrat- ed, three-level chapel. It also gave an overview of various innovative programs pioneered by UCU, including its Catechetical Program, its Handicapped Program, its Rehabilitation Program for Wounded War Veterans, its business and journalism Graduate Schools, and its new Good Governance Program. Bishop Gudziak pointed out that the university was playing an important role in helping Ukrainians recapture their intrinsic individual dignity as human beings and noted that the doom and gloom of Soviet-era Ukraine had been dispelled and everyone in the video was smiling. “The ability to trust others is slowly being restored,” Bishop Gudziak said, “and this is fundamental to the build- ing up of community on a local and on a national level. Students and professors from UCU were among those in the frontlines on the Maidan in 2014 for example.” Bishop Borys Gudziak during his presentation at the Boston Friends of UCU reception at St. John’s Seminary.

Following meetings with members of Congress, senior largest in the world at the time. Turning the pages back... officials and the International Monetary Fund, Mr. Kuchma Clinton administration officials stated that Ukraine’s attended a state dinner hosted by President Clinton and independence and security are “a very important factor in (Continued from page 6) the first lady. Among the 130 guests were Olympic figure European stability,” and stressed that the U.S. “firmly sup- the first-ever agreement on space cooperation between skater Oksana Baiul, actors Jack Palance and Kathleen ports the borders and territorial integrity of Ukraine.” the U.S. and Ukraine. A Joint Statement on Expansion of Turner, and singer Michael Bolton. Following the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014, Trade and Investment was signed by Ukraine’s foreign During the November 21-23 visit, Mr. Kuchma met with the U.S., Canada, the U.K. (all signatories of the Budapest economic relations minister and the U.S. commerce secre- Ukrainian community leaders from the U.S., visited the Memorandum that was signed on December 5, 1994), tary. Taras Shevchenko monument and the U.S. Holocaust identified Russia’s involvement as a breach of its obliga- The two leaders also discussed NATO, and Mr. Kuchma Memorial Museum, and met with business leaders at tions to Ukraine. This same memorandum was transmit- echoed Mr. Clinton’s stance that which countries join and Overseas Private Investment Corp. OPIC signed two project ted to the United Nations under the signature of Russia’s when they are admitted to NATO is not as important as the commitments – one with FMC Corp. and the other with Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov, among others. manner in which European security is achieved. “Security Intertrade Uzviz for a hotel project in Kyiv. on the European continent should be pursued not in a rev- On November 21, Mr. Kuchma addressed the United Source: “Ukraine’s president arrives for state visit to U.S., olutionary way but in an evolutionary way. It is not who, Nations General Assembly, and spoke about Ukraine’s vol- U.S. promises additional $200 million in assistance,” by but what – we cannot have a new Berlin Wall,” he said. untary relinquishment of its nuclear arsenal – the third Khristina Lew, The Ukrainian Weekly, November 27, 1994. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016 No. 47

REMEMBERING THE HOLODOMOR Statement by White House Opening remarks by Bishop Paul Chomnycky Opening remarks by Bishop Paul Every year during the month of press secretary Chomnycky of the Ukrainian Catholic November in churches, public squares and The following statement by the press sec- to food, Ukraine – once Europe’s breadbas- Eparchy of Stamford, Conn., at the memorials throughout Ukraine and the retary was released by the White House on ket – turned into a land of immeasurable Holodomor commemoration at St. Patrick’s world, wherever Ukrainians live, the recol- November 11. The text was read at the human suffering. Cathedral on November 13. lection of those millions of innocent victims Holodomor memorial service conducted on As Ukrainians have proven to the world who perished in such an indescribably hor- Dearly beloved in Christ: November 13 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in time and again, the human spirit is indomi- rific way is brought to mind and we pause I wish to welcome all of you to this venera- New York. table. Even during the darkest times, the for a moment amid the business and bustle ble Cathedral of St. Patrick for this solemn Ukrainian people have continued with dig- of our lives, and we remember them and commemoration of the Holodomor – the This month, the United States joins in nity the struggle for peace, freedom and we pray for the repose of their souls. Famine-Genocide that was inflicted by Joseph solidarity with Ukrainian people around democracy. Today, faced with new threats Stalin and his henchmen upon the Ukrainian the world in remembrance of the victims of to these values, Americans stand together people in the dark days of the last century. (Continued on page 12) the Holodomor, one of the most horrific with Ukrainians as they bravely defend man-made tragedies in modern history. their territory and democracy. The Eighty-three years ago, more than 3 million Ukrainian-American community and people in Ukraine died as the result of the friends of the Ukrainian people have merciless policies of Joseph Stalin. Through worked hard to ensure that the memory of Remarks by Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.N. the deliberate seizure of Ukrainian land and those who suffered during the Holodomor crops, the Soviet Union caused widespread live on as we collectively seek to build a Text of remarks by Ukraine’s ambassador The former secretary general of the starvation. Under siege and without access better, freer and more just world. to the United Nations, Volodymyr Yelchenko, United Nations, Kofi Annan, once said, “A delivered on November 13 at St. Patrick’s genocide begins with the killing of one man Cathedral. — not for what he has done, but because of This month Ukraine and Ukrainians of who he is.” the whole world commemorate the 83rd Stalin, following a paranoiac plan, chose 2017 Ukrainian Gift Catalog anniversary of a most terrible catastrophe, the Ukrainian peasantry, who were the the artificial famine known as [the] core, the foundation and the pillar of our Holodomor of 1932-1933. nation, to be the victims. [The] Holodomor is much more than our His henchmen spared no effort to carry pain and wound. It is a black hole in our it out. At the Holodomor’s worst period of history. time 25,000 people died every day. It was a well-planned attempt to subju- First, the food was confiscated. Then the gate our nation. It was the totalitarian territories of Ukraine and Kuban were cor- Communist regime that organized and car- ried out this plan. (Continued on page 12)

paying tribute to the two Holodomor survi- Victims... vors present, Nadia and Alexander Severyn. He went on to reiterate that “it is our duty (Continued from page 1) to remember” the Holodomor and under- poor souls who had no one to pray for scored that “Stalin tried to annihilate the them.” Ukrainian nation and the Ukrainian sprit. The Ukrainian Catholic eparch of He failed.” Sen. Schumer also pointed to the Stamford, Conn., explained: “It is our obliga- current war on Ukraine being waged by tion today, and always, to remember and to Russian President Vladimir Putin. pray for those poor souls who had no one Ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko, the to pray for them, for those whom the world permanent representative of Ukraine to the had forgotten for so long…” United Nations, cited historical information The solemn ceremonies began with a pro- about the Holodomor: 25,000 died each cession of Holodomor survivors, students day; Ukraine and the Kuban (an ethnically and members of the Ukrainian American Ukrainian region) were cordoned off; Youth Association and Plast Ukrainian towns were blacklisted and ghettoes were Scouting Organization. The children carried created where the people were left to die. wheat stalks symbolizing the harvest seized Meanwhile, tons of harvested grain from by the Stalin regime from Ukraine. Ukraine were exported abroad by the Metropolitan Antony of the Ukrainian Soviet authorities. Orthodox Church of the U.S.A., and Bishop William Pope, senior advisor for Europe Chomnycky and Bishop Emeritus Basil to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, Losten of the Ukrainian Catholic Church led read a statement issued by the White House the memorial service for the Holodomor’s press secretary (see text on page 10). victims. Responses were sung by the Other notables present in St. Patrick’s Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York, were Sergiy Kyslytya, Ukraine’s vice-minis- under the direction of Vasyl Hrechynsky. ter of foreign affairs, and Ihor Sybiga, After the service, the newly elected pres- Ukraine’s consul general in New York. ident of the Ukrainian Congress Committee Closing remarks were offered by of America, Andriy Futey, addressed the Metropolitan Antony, who emphasized the prayerful assembly, reminding them that importance of this annual remembrance of the Holodomor is not merely a Ukrainian the Holodomor. “It is something that we issue, but a global one, and that “it is our need to speak about to our children and solemn responsibility to remember so that our children’s children,” he said. As families the world never forgets.” died during the Holodomor, “there was no Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United one left to pray for them,” therefore, “it is States Valeriy Chaly stated that Joseph Stalin our responsibility to pray for them from had decided “to crush our nation with a new generation to generation to generation.” weapon – food” and then embarked on a The metropolitan also expressed grati- propaganda campaign “to convince the tude to Cardinal Timothy Dolan “for mak- world there was no famine.” He referred also ing this magnificent cathedral available to Order your copy today! to another genocide committed by the Stalin us for prayer” and to Sen. Schumer, “who regime – the 1944 genocide of the Crimean has been with us for so many years.” He Tatars – and noted the presence at this com- said of Sen. Schumer: “He gets it,” and he “is 1-800-265-9858 memoration of a leader of the Crimean Tatar not afraid to use the word genocide,” while movement, National Deputy of Ukraine others in government are. Books - Music - Calendars - Embroidery Mustafa Dzhemilev. Speaking of “the sacred responsibility of Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), a regular sharing the history of the Holodomor,” Chocolates - Gifts - Novelty Items participant of the annual commemorations Metropolitan Antony said that is the only of the Holodomor, began his remarks by way to prevent another such genocide. No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016 11

Christine Syzonenko The service is led by hierarchs (from left) Bishop Paul Chomnycky, Metropolitan Holodomor survivors Nadia and Alexander Severyn are escorted in the solemn Antony and Bishop Emeritus Basil Losten. procession. Victims of 1932-1933 Holodomor remembered at St. Patrick’s Cathedral

Speakers at the commemoration included (from left): Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. Valeriy Chaly, Sen. Charles Schumer and Metropolitan Antony.

Seated during the speeches are: (front row, from left) Bishops Basil Losten and Paul Chomnycky, (back row) Senior Advisor to the U.S. Mission to the U.N. William Pope, Seminarians of St. Sophia Seminary of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev, Ukraine’s Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs U.S.A. Sergiy Kyslytsya and Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.N. Volodymyr Yelchenko.

Vasyl Hrechynsky conducts the Ukrainian Chorus Dumka. UCCA President Andriy Futey delivers his address. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016 No. 47

Hundreds protest Ukraine’s government of the defunct party of former President political allies of Yanukovych and encourag- NEWSBRIEFS Viktor Yanukovych, who was driven from ing early parliamentary elections. “We have KYIV – Ukrainian authorities locked power by the Euro-Maidan protests and fled previously stated that we have the informa- (Continued from page 2) down the heart of the capital on November to Russia in 2014 – and former Prime tion proving Russia’s attempts to hijack 15 as hundreds of demonstrators protested It also concludes that shelling by both sides Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s Batkivshchyna Ukrainian politics and internal affairs, outside government buildings over poor in eastern Ukraine and Ukraine’s detention party. “Three years after the [Euro-Maidan], exploit different grievances to provoke mass economic conditions and rising prices for of Russian military personnel there “points we can say that Ukraine’s clan system has revolt and destroy the existing political sys- to direct military engagement between vital necessities such as natural gas and been revived. Unfortunately, we again have a tem,” Mr. Tkachuk told RFE/RL. He was Russian armed forces and Ukrainian gov- bread. Police vehicles and officers in riot president who is an oligarch of the highest referring to a document leaked by Ukrainian ernment forces that would suggest the exis- gear blocked streets around Kyiv’s govern- level,” Ms. Tymoshenko said of President hackers last month which they claim was tence of an international armed conflict.” ment quarter and stood guard with bomb- Petro Poroshenko in a call to protest pub- taken from the e-mail of a senior aide to The finding that the fighting constitutes an sniffing dogs in front of the presidential lished on the party’s site on November 14. Russian President Vladimir Putin. The docu- international armed conflict could also trig- administration, the central bank, and Oleksandr Tkachuk, chief of staff of Ukraine’s ment’s authenticity has not been confirmed. ger more legal scrutiny for how prisoners Parliament, where crowds braved freezing domestic SBU security service, said that “It does not necessarily mean that today’s of war are treated, as well as heightened cold to demand lower utility prices and security was particularly tight because the demonstrations are completely organized protections for civilians affected by the higher pensions. Government officials authorities fear that the protests marked the by Russia’s puppets,” Tkachuk added. He fighting. The report was released as part of claimed the protests marked the start of a start of a Kremlin-managed plan to under- an annual accounting of the preliminary Kremlin-orchestrated plan to “destabilize” mine the government by supporting former (Continued on page 13) investigations that ICC investigators have Ukraine, which faces economic difficulties conducted in 2016. Under the court’s rules, and a simmering war against Russia-backed if the prosecutor concludes there is enough separatists who hold parts of the Donetsk said. In Soviet Ukraine the famine was evidence to merit a full investigation, he or and Luhansk oblasts in the east. Organizers Opening remarks... never mentioned, the dead were never she must then seek court authorization. of the protest included leaders of the commemorated, neither memorial plaques (Mike Eckel of RFE/RL) Opposition Bloc – created from the remnants (Continued from page 10) nor crosses were erected. It was as if noth- It is our solemn duty to remember this ing had happened. sad page in the history of the Ukrainian Therefore, it is up to us. It is our obliga- people and, indeed, of the world, not only tion today and always, to remember and to to ensure that it is never repeated any- pray for those poor souls who had no one where ever again, but to commend to the to pray for them, for those whom the world TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 Lord the poor souls who had no one to had forgotten for so long – forgotten they or e-mail [email protected] pray for them. It is our sacred obligation to were perhaps by the world, but never by pray, in the words of the late American his- God. Let us then, in their memory, lift up torian and Holodomor scholar James Mace our hearts to the Lord and pray: SERVICES PROFESSIONALS “over the millions of bones that don’t even “Great and powerful God, You created all have graves and over which not a single people in Your image and likeness. Lead us prayer has been recited and whose voices to see your compassion as we listen to sto- to this day have not been heard.” ries of our past. We place before You the Indeed, in reading the testimonies of pain and anguish that our people have those who survived the Holodomor, it is experienced. Touch the hearts of the bro- evident that the inhuman indignities suf- ken and inflicted, and heal their spirits. fered by the bodies of their deceased loved “We place before You, our God, all the ones were almost as painful to them as the wrongs committed against our brothers and pangs of hunger and despair which sisters during the time of the Great Famine wracked their emaciated bodies. in Ukraine. We pray for those who suffered For the dead, there were no priests, no great wrongs and cruelty at the hands of the religious ceremonies, no sacraments, no merciless perpetrators. For those who per- coffins, no farewell – not even a decent ished, grant the forgiveness of their sins and burial place. Common pits, even potato eternal rest among Your saints. To those mounds served as graves. “Many people who survived and those few still among us, died,” testifies one survivor. “They lay there grant a healing of their memories. Remove like chaff, and there was nobody to bury whatever bitterness and unforgiveness that them… Family might drag them to the cem- may still be in their hearts. Grant them the etery, dig a small hole and cover the body peace that comes from being united with so that the dogs wouldn’t tear it apart.” You. O Lord, send us Your Holy Spirit, the More often, wagons would clatter comforter, the Spirit of all truth, fill our through the villages to collect the dead. hearts with love so that we may gain the SERVICES One person recalls, “They were all loaded freedom which comes from You. up on those carts, driven to the burial “For You are indeed the true happiness place, the cart was turned over, and plop- and joy of those who love You, Christ our plop-plop, the bodies were dumped into God, and we give glory to You together with the pit and covered up.” At that was it. Your eternal Father, and Your all holy, good For 60 years, until Ukraine gained her and life-giving Spirit, now and forever and independence in 1991, nothing more was ever. Amen.”

Bolsheviks would not have gained victory Remarks... in Ukraine if independence supporters HELP WANTED united their forces rather than killed each (Continued from page 10) other to the pleasure of Moscow. doned off by the military. A third of all Standing here today, I remember how SEEKING FULL-TIME NANNY Ukrainian villages were put on the “black deeply honored I was, speaking at [a] simi- Family in Millburn, NJ is seeking a lists” – and eventually turned into ghettos lar event at St. Patrick’s Cathedral 19 years Ukrainian-speaking, full-time (M-F), of famine, long before Hitler set up his own ago – in November 1997 – for the first time live-out nanny to care for two girls: ghettos. ever for Ukraine’s ambassador to the 2.5 years and 5 months. The older The harvested grain which remained United Nations. girl has started pre-school part- available in huge quantities was instead I am saying this to you simply because time. Additional responsibilities exported abroad. The grain that could have we must remember our past and draw con- include light house keeping. Able saved millions of lives, was processed into clusions from it. The Ukrainian nation has to integrate with a young, busy, and vodka. survived a series of massive tragedies, and FOR SALE There was no chance to survive. People professional family. Please contact today, unfortunately, our big trouble once started to eat corpses. again comes from the East. 201-207-8300 if interested. House for Sale on Hunter Mountain Even now we don’t know the full scale of As a great thinker Ortega y Gasset put it, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, this tragedy, which took the lives of millions. nations are born and live until they have a Today we traditionally light candles in program for tomorrow. That is why we OPPORTUNITIES 2.5 acres of land, mountain views. Reduced price $285,000. memory of the Holodomor victims. Today should fiercely defend our place on the Check web site: Fran Clark, Unique we honor every soul, every victim and map of Europe and the world. We should Realty, #HFS 130020 every martyr. We pray for pure souls of develop more strength. Through resisting, Earn extra income! innocent Ukrainian victims who are invisi- we should reinforce our identity and con- The Ukrainian Weekly is looking bly here among us. solidate our unity across the world. for advertising sales agents. Run your advertisement here, History knows no “ifs,” but it is my The key to our victory can be only For additional information contact in The Ukrainian Weekly’s strong belief that the Holodomor would not unshakable unity of the Ukrainian people. Walter Honcharyk, Advertising Manager, have happened if we had not lost our state- This is the imperative without which we The Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. CLASSIFIEDS section. hood in the early 1920s. The Moscow cannot survive. No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016 13

Pre-screening proposed for Schengen zone “maintaining pressure on Russia until it who are actually profiteers and social mis- respects the security and sovereignty of fits,” Mr. Saakashvili told a press conference. NEWSBRIEFS BRUSSELS – The European Commission Ukraine,” said John Smith, acting director of “Our goal is for early parliamentary elec- on November 16 will propose pre-screening (Continued from page 12) the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets tions to be carried out as quickly as possi- for everyone who enters the EU’s Schengen Control. “Treasury will continue to sanction ble,” he said. Mr. Saakashvili again lashed provided no specific evidence of a Russian zone from a third country, even if that coun- role in the protests. Many analysts believe those individuals involved in Russia’s out at Ukrainian President Petro try’s citizens normally enjoy visa-free travel. annexation of Crimea and its destabilizing Poroshenko, a former schoolmate whom he Russia is continuing to seek to foment divi- The pre-screening plan, unveiled on sions and instability in Ukraine after forci- activities in Ukraine,” he said. The sanctions had accused of sabotaging reform efforts in November 16, is similar to a system used in bar Americans and U.S. corporations from the Black Sea port region. Mr. Poroshenko bly seizing the Crimean Peninsula in March the United States, which requires that peo- 2014 and backing the separatists in eastern doing business with the six. Any assets they accepted Mr. Saakashvili’s resignation earli- ple pay a fee and fill out a form providing have on U.S. territory are also frozen. (RFE/ er this week and suggested that the latter’s Ukraine, where the conflict has killed more details about themselves before being than 9,600 people since April 2014. But RL, with reporting by AFP) political ambitions in Ukraine were stoked granted entry. The fee will be 5 euros and by a thumping that Mr. Saakashvili’s former observers also say that Poroshenko’s gov- people’s profiles will remain in the system Saakashvili announces new political force party received in Georgian elections last ernment uses warnings about a Russian as long as their passports are valid. The KYIV – Mikheil Saakashvili, a onetime month. Mr. Saakashvili, who now has threat to deflect criticism over pressing commission expects 97 percent of those Georgian president who resurrected his Ukrainian citizenship, dared Mr. problems such as corruption and economic pre-screened to be allowed to enter without political career in nearby Ukraine, has Poroshenko at his press conference to kick troubles. (Christopher Miller of RFE/RL) problems, with the response to the screen- announced the launch of a new Ukrainian him out of the country. Mr. Saakashvili – NATO wants dialogue with Russia ing coming the same day as the request. political party and called for early elections whose reforms in post-Communist Georgia Citizens of all countries granted visa-free just days after resigning his governor’s post following its so-called Rose Revolution in BRUSSELS – NATO wants dialogue with status will have to apply when they travel to in Odesa. Speaking to reporters in the 2003 won widespread international praise Russia, the chief of the alliance said ahead the EU. This includes most countries in the Ukrainian capital on November 11, Mr. – said his new party would fight for of talks with EU defense ministers in Western Balkans and Moldova, and eventu- Saakashvili repeated accusations that ram- Ukrainian business but oppose the pres- Brussels. “Russia is our biggest neighbor, ally Ukraine and Georgia, which currently pant profiteering and obstacles to reform ence of business representatives in politics. Russia is there to stay,” Secretary-General are in the process of getting visa-free status. are hurting Ukraine, which remains divided He also said his party would refuse mem- Jens Stoltenberg said on November 15. EU counties outside the Schengen zone such two years after Russia seized Crimea and bership to anyone who has served in “And especially when tensions run high and as Bulgaria, Croatia, Ireland, Romania and Moscow-backed separatists began fighting Parliament for more than one term, which especially when we face many different the United Kingdom are exempt from the against Kyiv’s authority. “We will create a could exclude many in the political elite at security challenges, it is important to have new system. EU member states and the new broad political power, a platform of the time of Ukraine’s Euro-Maidan unrest dialogue.” But Mr. Stoltenberg insisted that European Parliament are expected to new forces, and our goal is to change the in 2013-2014. (Christopher Miller of RFE/ NATO “will never respect or accept the vio- approve the proposal and have it up and present, existing, so-called political elite, RL) lation of the territorial integrity and sover- running by 2020. (Reporting by RFE/RL’s eignty of Ukraine.” Moscow’s relations with Richard Jozwiak in Brussels) the West have plunged to levels of acrimo- ny unseen since the end of the Cold War U.S. puts six Crimeans on sanctions list following Russia’s military seizure of WASHINGTON – The United States has Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in March added six Crimean representatives newly 2014 and an ensuing war between Kyiv’s elected to Russia’s Parliament to its sanc- forces and Russia-backed separatists. Mr. tions blacklist for supporting Moscow’s ille- Stoltenberg also said he was sure that gal annexation of the Ukrainian territory in It is with great sadness that we announce President-elect Donald Trump would meet 2014. The six – Dmitry Belik, Andrei the passing on November 5, 2016, of all U.S. commitments to the alliance. “A Kozenko, Konstantin Bakharev, Svetlana strong NATO is important for Europe but Savchenko, Ruslan Balbek and Pavel Sophia Radio it’s also important for the United States,” he Shperov – were all elected on September 18 said. Mr. Trump caused concern during his to represent the Black Sea peninsula and its (1924-2016) election campaign when he called NATO naval port of Sevastopol. The elections were President of the Womens Association “obsolete” and said he would withhold U.S. “illegitimate,” the U.S. Treasury said on for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine support from alliance members unless they November 14, adding that the sanctions (WADFFU)-Hartford Branch from 1970-2000. increased military spending and “fulfilled announcement follows similar action their obligations” to the United States. On against the six by the European Union. They In addition to WADFFU Hartford, Mrs. Radio was an active member of November 14, President Barack Obama were complicit in policies “that threaten the St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church, its Sacred Heart Guild, Ukrainian said he was sure Mr. Trump would stand by peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or ter- National Home, Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), U.S. security commitments. (RFE/RL, based ritorial integrity of Ukraine,” the Treasury Greater Hartford Council of Ukrainian American Organizations and on reporting by Reuters and AFP) Department said. The move was part of Ukrainian American Youth Association (CYM) – all in Hartford CT. Memorial Donations can be made to St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Ділимося сумною вісткою з родиною та знайомими, Church, 125 WethersŽ eld Avenue, Hartford CT 06114, Ukrainian American що відійшла у вічність 11 листопада 2016 року наша Youth Association (CYM), 961 WethersŽ eld Avenue, Hartford, CT 06114, найдорожча Дружина, Мама, Бабця, Сестра і Тета or United Ukrainian American Relief Committee (UUARC), 1206 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia PA 19111. св. п. We extend our sympathies to the family and friends of Sophia Radio. Марта Христина Шевчук Vichnaya Pamyat. з дому Гаврилюк Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine (ODFFU), народжена 15 березня 1951 року, вона виростала у Бафало, Н.Й., Womens Association for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine де була дуже активною у суспільній праці, в школі українознавства, (WADFFU) and у проводі УККА та в інших організаціях, і була довголітньою пласто- Ukrainian American Youth Assn (CYM) in Hartford CT вою виховницею. Останніх 40 років проживала у штаті Ню-Джерзі, де була учителькою у народних школах, як також далі була зайнята у суспільних працях при українській та американській громадах. Осо- бливо раділа дітьми та внуками. Похоронні відправи відбулися в середу, 16 листопада, в церкві св. Стефана в Томс-Ривер, Н. Дж., а тлінні останки спочили на цвинтарі св. Духа у Гемптонбурґу, Н.Й. У глибокому смутку залишилися: чоловік Юрій On the 25th anniversaty of the passing of син Ґеньо дочка Таля Полі з чоловіком Михайлом Hans Bauer та дітьми Шарльот і Юрчиком брат Осип Гаврилюк з родиною a memorial mass will be celebrated сестра Уляна Педерсон з родиною on Saturday, November 26 2016, at 10 a.m., та кузини і дальша рідня at St John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, Вічна Їй пам’ять! 60C North Je erson Rd, Whippany, NJ 07981. Замість квітів можна зложити пожертви на Український Католицький The Bauer family asks for prayers for the repose of His soul. Університет (UCEF), або на Українську католицьку церкву св. Стефана (St. Stephen UCC, Toms River, New Jersey). May His memory be eternal! 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016 No. 47

UOC of the U.S.A.... (Continued from page 1) as president of the Consistory, expressing his gratitude to each and every Church employee while outlining their responsibil- ities and accomplishments in the many ministries and work areas of life at the Metropolia Center and throughout the entire Church. He discussed the various buildings located at the center and the increasing maintenance problems, along with the usage of each of these buildings during the three years since the last Sobor. The director of financial affairs, the Rev. Hutnick, and Audit Commission Chairperson Hanja Cherniak outlined three years of financial activity in the life of the UOC of the U.S.A. Church – under the still very difficult cir- cumstances created by what seems to be Participants of the 21st Regular Sobor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. the never-ending recession in the U.S. ing crowd, feeling the impact of so many receiving this award are those who have Center, such as Metropolitan Council meet- The afternoon session concluded with prayers and so many voices raised together served in various capacities on the national, ings and Sobors. the approval of reports from St. Sophia to glorify God. regional and local parish level for decades The evening concluded with a musical Seminary, the senior Ukrainian Orthodox The grand banquet that evening began exhibiting leadership and example for the selection of Ukrainian folk songs and melo- League, the Junior UOL and St. Andrew’s with a procession of the Metropolia faithful of our Church to emulate. dies presented by the Gerdan trio: Dr. Society – the central organizations of the Council, followed by the hierarchs, includ- The recipients of the “Great Benefactor” Andrei Pidkivka, Dr. Solomia Gorokhivska Church. ing Archbishop Demetrios, exarch of the award, which is awarded only during our and Dr. Richard Miller. Following dinner, the delegates viewed Ecumenical Patriarch and primary hierarch Church Sobors, were: The final day of the Sobor began with the exhibit “From Social Realism to Church of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of divine liturgy celebrated by Archbishop Art: the Work of the Ukrainian Lemko artist North America. Other guests included served on the Executive Board of the UOL as Jeremiah. Following liturgy, the faithful Nicholas Bervinchak” in the UOC History Consul General of Ukraine Ihor Sybiga, president• Stephen and Sivulich, in other who capacities,for 30 years as has a rolled up their sleeves and were ready to and Education Center’s temporary gallery Mayor Caryl Shoffner of South Bound founding committee member of St. Sophia begin work on the presentation of the located in St. Sophia Seminary/UOC Brook, N.J., and the Rev. Martin Ritsi from Seminary, director of the Consistory Office Strategic Planning portion of the Sobor. Library. the Orthodox Christian Mission Center. of Development for eight years, head of the The coordinators of each goal cited in On the Sobor’s second day, divine liturgy As the meal concluded, the St. Sophia UOL fund-raising committee to purchase the strategic plan came forward to present was led by Metropolitan Yurij, who prayed Theological Seminary took to the stage to and establish All Saints Camp, chairman of their tasks: for the continued success of the ancient tra- dazzle the public with a variety of pieces the Metropolitan John Scholarship Fund and dition of the Sobor throughout all the histo- sung a capella. the LSSK Scholarship Fund, president of Komichak, will focus on: empirical metrics; ry of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Archbishop Demetrios assured the dele- parish board and other offices of Ss. Peter skills• Administration, matching; UOC-U.S.A. led by byoperational Daria Pishko- and The day’s plenary sessions heard the gates that he is praying for the success of and Paul Parish, Carnegie, Pa., head of par- personnel needs. reports of all the ministries of the Church their Strategic Plan and the success of the ish kitchen and senior social affairs at the including the Offices of Stewardship, Ukrainian Orthodox people. He expressed parish and visitor to the parish shut-ins; will work on: a clergy development pro- Christian Charity, Youth and Adult Ministry, his positive impression of Ukraine and her - gram;• Clergy, clergy led compensation by the Rev. Anthony and wellness; Perkins, Religious Education, Liturgical Publications, faithful, their vibrancy and enthusiasm, and dent of the UOL and 20 years as a member and U.S. clergy recruitment. Public Relations, Cultural Affairs, Archives, shared a very positive vision of his partici- of •the Helen Metropolia Greenleaf, Council, who servedmember as ofpresi the Symonenko, will focus on: welcoming min- External Affairs, Clergy Development, St. pation, along with Metropolitan Antony, as Church Constitution Commission, secretary istry; a comprehensive UOC-U.S.A. commu- Sophia Seminary Library, St. Andrew part of the Ecumenical Patriarchate delega- of the Consistory and in various capacities • Communications, led by Elizabeth nications platform; and a cohesive UOC- Cemetery and All Saints Camp. tion to the Great and Holy Council of the of her local UOL chapter at St. Vladimir U.S.A. brand. Bishop Daniel and Metropolitan Antony Orthodox Church, which took place in June Cathedral, Parma, Ohio; asked all the delegates to respond to the on the island of Crete in Greece. He spoke of on: an Orthodox education lifelong learning Bishops’ Annual Appeal for contributions the extreme importance of this meeting – and president of St. Andrew Society for 20 program;• Education, and ledan byOrthodox Mark Host, leadership will work to the UOC-U.S.A. Metropolitan Mstyslav • Michael Heretz, a founding member the first such important gathering of years, member of the Metropolia Council development program. Endowment Fund, requesting that every- Orthodox hierarchs in over 1,300 years, for 20 years, member of the Church one consider making a five-year pledge to since the last Ecumenical Council of 787. Constitution Commission, Ukrainian com- Cepynsky, will work on: a family lifecycle the Church. Metropolitan Antony announced the munity leader and commentator in After lunch, the nominations committee program;• Family a college and youth, student led outreach by George pro- results of the elections for the Metropolia Ukrainian media; gram; and an adolescent outreach program. reviewed all submissions for the various Council, the Audit Commission and the - positions on the Consistory, for the Ecclesiastical Court. dent and in other offices on the Executive Protoeacon Ihor Mahlay will focus on: a Metropolia Council, Audit Commission and The following were elected to the Board• Gayle of Wolocshak,the UOL, whoa member served as of presi the healthy• Healthy parishes parishes, program; led and by thea caring Rev. Ecclesiastical Court. Once the elections Council: Clergy – the Revs. Robert Holet, Metropolia Council for over 20 years, chair- ministry program. were concluded, the nominations commit- Stephen Hutnick, Anthony Perkins, Pokotylo, man of the Metropolitan Council Strategic tee retreated to count the votes, and the Vasile Sauciur, Victor Wronskyj and Bazyl Plan Committee, the Church’s representa- Jeremy Oryhon, will focus on: outreach and Sobor sessions were concluded for the day. Zawierucha; laity – Hanja Cherniak, Michael tive on the Executive Committees of the evangelism• Outreach ministry; and evangelism,new successful led mis by- Metropolitan Antony addressed the Dobransky, Aleksandra Kocelko, Paul Orthodox Christian Mission Center, sion parishes; and philanthropic outreach. Sobor body before dismissing it. He stated Micevych, Charles Sanderson, Elizabeth International Orthodox Christian Charities, that so many people has spoken to him Symonenko and Gayle Woloschak. president of the Orthodox Theological will work on: a comprehensive stewardship about the many and huge responsibilities Presidents of Central Organizations are Society of the U.S.A., president of the program;• Stewardship, long-term led and Tanya planned Tschaikowsky, giving. undertaken by Bishop Daniel over the 10 automatic members of the Council: John Orthodox Association of Medical, years of his episcopacy – the enormous Holowko, Ukrainian Orthodox League and Psychology and Religious healing profes- focus on: parish and ministry web resourc- number of people to whom he ministers Protodeacon Ihor Mahlay, St. Andrew sionals, and professor and lecturer at five es;• aTechnology, church services led by app;Eric Senedak,parish cloud will not only in the Church here in the U.S.A., Society; alternates elected were: the Very Orthodox Theological Schools, including St. administration; and a national collabora- but also in Ukraine and the priceless work Rev. Michael Hontaruk, the Rev. Andriy Sophia Seminary; tive website portal. he does for the Church and her people, giv- Matlak, the Very Rev. Myron Oryhon, the - Having been introduced to the various ing of his time, his skills and efforts. The Very Rev. Robert Popichak and the Very Rev. ber of the Metropolia Council for over 20 goals, the entire Sobor body broke-up and metropolitan stated that Bishop Daniel Gabriel Rochelle, Luba Lewytskyj, Lydia Djus years,• The pastor Very ofRev. St. Taras Demetrius Chubenko, Cathedral a mem in each person headed to one morning and one should be nominated for elevation to arch- and Valentine Olynyk. Carteret, N.J., for 30 years, adjunct professor afternoon break-out session corresponding bishop. With a roar of approval and a Elected to the Audit Commission were: of pastoral theology at St. Sophia Seminary, to whichever goal interested them. standing ovation the entire Sobor body res- the Revs. Oleh Hucul and Michael Danczak, dean of the New York-New Jersey Deanery When the breakout sessions were com- onated exclamations of “Axios! Axios! Elizabeth Davies, Tamara Host, Stephanie for 20 years, and vice-president and mem- pleted, all the members of the Sobor gath- Axios!” (he is worthy). The delegates then Remedio; alternates: the Rev. Taras ber of the Consistory for 20 years; and ered once again for a final review of the sang “Mnohaya Lita,” wishing Bishop Daniel Chubenko and Edward Zetick. Strategic Plan and goals. With the motion many years. Metropolitan Antony informed Elected to the Ecclesiastical Court were: St. Andrew Cathedral in Silver Spring, Md., made to accept and implement the Strategic the delegates that the nomination would be the Rev. Stephen Masliuk (chairman), the following• Olga Coffey, retirement who served committed as president to a five of Plan, the entire Sobor body seconded the presented to Patriarch Bartholomew and Rev. Gregory Czumak, the Rev. Theophan year term of dedicated and devoted service motion and it passed by acclamation. The the Holy Synod for formal election and Mackey, Dr. James Guba and David Mukai; in the Consistory of the UOC-U.S.A., refusing plan will be introduced at the parish level inclusion in the Dyptychs of the Holy alternates: the Rev. Silouan Rolando and to take any salary as administrator of St. over the coming weeks and months when Ecumenical Church. Protodeacon Anthony Szwez. Andrew Cemetery and major donor to the individuals within each parish are sought Bishop Daniel urged the faithful to par- The Council of Bishops presents the Church’s History and Education Center. She out as volunteers to coordinate efforts with ticipate in the vespers that evening. The Church’s highest award – “Great served not only as cemetery administrator the goal captains, chairpersons and hier- Rev. Anthony Perkins, who led the service, Benefactor” – for a lifetime of service and but also as organizer for all the meetings archs. stated how moved he was by the overflow- dedication to the UOC-U.S.A. Individuals normally occurring at the Metropolia Compiled by Matthew Dubas. No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016 15

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Boston commemorates Holodomor with focus on educating the public by Paul Thomas Rabchenuk Ms. Walzer’s presentation outlined the history of the course at Boston University, he said, when the subject of Holodomor as historic documents and pictures from 1932- genocide came up his fellow students were surprised to BOSTON – The Greater Boston Holodomor 1933 were shown in the background. She explained how hear about the Holodomor from him for the first time. Remembrance Committee of the Ukrainian Congress her father, Konrad Husak, started the movement toward Throughout the presentations by Ms. Raniuk and Father Committee of America remembered the victims of the Holodomor education after the family’s arrival in the Nalysnyk, documents and photographs continued to Holodomor with memorial services held concurrently at United States in 1949. Mr. Husak conducted marches, appear in the background. Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic Church and St. Andrew appeared at public functions and inspired his daughter to The Boston events were held on the eve of the the First-Called Ukrainian Orthodox Church. circulate information about the Holodomor so that the Holodomor commemoration at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in At Christ the King, the “panakhyda” conducted on Friday, then-unknown tragedy would be brought to public light New York on Saturday, November 12. November 11 by the Rev. Archpriest Yaroslav Nalysnyk was and not be forgotten. She outlined the various measures Chairman Rabchenuk noted the number of activists who followed by the entire congregation reverently participat- taken recently by members of the Holodomor had contributed to the effort toward Holodomor education ing in a candlelight procession around the church grounds. Remembrance Committee to educate the public and to during the past year. They collected signatures on petitions Father Nalysnyk was flanked by Holodomor Committee obtain the support of non-Ukrainian educational groups and obtained letters of support from state and national Chairman Paul Thomas Rabchenuk and activist Maria such as Facing History and Ourselves. leaders. They also attended numerous meetings with state Walzer as he left the church. The march consisted of Ms. Raniuk, dressed in a “vyshyvanka,” read a statement educational leaders and key officials of the Massachusetts approximately 100 participants. from her late grandmother, Anna Raniuk, which detailed Department of Education. Following the march, participants viewed a commemo- the suffering of the victims during 1932-1933 and her Among activists who deserved special recognition for rative video made under the auspices of Medway grandmother’s first-hand experiences and observations. their efforts, Chairman Rabchenuk cited Hania Kurniawka, Massachusetts Cable Television and featuring local activists Father Nalysnyk spoke in detail about the history of the Mary Ann Hrinada, John Chopyk, Orest Fedan, Roman Ms. Walzer, Father Nalysnyk and Alexa Raniuk, the grand- Holodomor and specifically mentioned the need for educa- Palenga, Michael Hotz, William Stan, Walter Balyk, Ostap daughter of the late Holodomor survivor Anna Raniuk. tion outside the Ukrainian community. While taking a Nalysnyk and Ms. Walzer.

UCC Toronto branch honors heroes on Remembrance Day by Nadia Prokopiw TORONTO – Over 300 people attended a very moving and poignant Remembrance Day ceremony on Sunday, November 6, organized by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Toronto branch, and the Ukrainian War Veterans Association of Canada. The event commemorated Canada’s fallen and veterans, as well as all Canadians of Ukrainian descent who served and contributed to Canada’s military forces and the defense and security of Canada. Some 10,000 Canadians of Ukrainian descent took part in World War I and over 35,000 served in the Canadian military during World War II. The ceremony commenced with a procession from St. Demetrius Ukrainian Catholic Church to the cenotaph at Canadian Ukrainian Memorial Park. The Orion Male Choir together with the Vanguard Band performed powerful ren- ditions of the Ukrainian lament “Plyve Kacha” and “The Proud Canadian Soldier” with soloist Gregory Yasinsky. This year’s Remembrance Day ceremony marked the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme in World War I, where the creeping artillery barrage and tanks were employed for the first time with brutal efficiency. Fighting Stephen Parry raged for over four months and resulted in over a million The president of the Ukrainian War Veterans Association, Andre Sochaniwsky (left) addresses the gathering. With him are Capt. Vladimir V. Zaharchenko (center) and Lt.-Col. Alexander Stakhnevych of Ukraine’s armed forces. casualties to Allied and German troops. We must also support and applaud those who serve lence against them with the Russian occupation of Crimea... forces. Over 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died or been today, preserving freedom and opposing tyranny at every and the continuing attacks by Russian forces in eastern injured in the still ongoing battles in defense of Ukraine,” turn, Andre Sochaniwsky CD, president of the Ukrainian Ukraine. Today, Canadian Forces have deployed personnel he stated. “In Iraq and Syria, we have witnessed the violent War Veterans Association of Canada and a former officer of in Central and Eastern Europe as part of NATO assurance and grotesque onslaught of ISIS with its complete disre- the Canadian forces, said. “We have witnessed the erosion measures. Canadian troops have also been deployed in gard for life and any norms of civil behavior... Canadian and of the rights of the Crimean Tatars and the increased vio- Ukraine under Operation UNIFIER to mentor Ukrainian coalition forces continue to degrade ISIS.” This year’s event was attended by Capt. Vladimir V. Zaharchenko from Ukraine’s naval forces, who endured numerous harrowing weeks in Sevastopol, Crimea, while the city and the entire peninsula were annexed by Russian mili- tary forces starting in February 2014. He witnessed first- hand the destructive actions of occupying Russian forces. The event concluded with a ceremonial wreath-laying at the monument by government representatives and those from various Ukrainian organizations, including wreaths from: the government of Canada, represented by Borys Wrzesnewskyj, member of Parliament for Etobicoke Center; the Ukrainian people and its government, repre- sented by the Consul General of Ukraine in Toronto Andrii Veselovskyi and Consul Liudmyla Nedilska; the govern- ment of Ontario, represented by Yvan Baker, member of Provincial Parliament for Etobicoke Center; the city of Toronto, Ward 4 (Etobicoke Center), represented by Councilor John Campbell; the Canadian Armed Forces, rep- resented by veteran Armin Kohn and Lt.-Col. Zenon Myshkevich, among many others. In the end, over 30 beau- tiful wreaths graced the monument. In his closing remarks, the president of the UCC’s Toronto branch, Taras Bahriy, spoke of the importance of honoring the lives and contributions not only of those sol-

Mykola Swarnyk diers who fought for our freedom in past wars, but also of The Toronto branch of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress held its annual Remembrance Day Ceremony with cere- those who are giving their lives today for their country, monial wreath-laying at the cenotaph at Canadian Ukrainian Memorial Park. Ukraine. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016 No. 47

strides he made, the more roadblocks the here, I wanted there to be the same tempo yet lashed out at his inner-circle during his Saakashvili... 48-year-old Columbia Law School graduate of development as in Batumi,” as quoted by governorship. The English- and Ukrainian- encountered. the Financial Times. He was referring to a speaking Georgian also started a nation- (Continued from page 1) For example, shippers started register- Georgian Black Sea coast city that was over- wide corruption-fighting group with oppo- heads with his young crew, according to the ing with the Kyiv customs service to hauled after being freed of criminal gangs sition-minded members of Parliament Kennan Institute in Kyiv. deprive the Odesa branch of revenues for during his presidency. while still in office. Only last month, when “It took the new governor only three reaching a benchmark from which it could Much of what was supposed to change he failed to win a seat in Georgia’s parlia- months to launch the new Odesa police start filling the budget to repair roads. in Odesa Oblast was dependent on the cen- mentary election, did he resign his post. force and five to open the transparent Mr. Sakvarelidze had started probing tral authorities, including the splintered “Sure, Saakashvili is a pop star in poli- Odesa Center for Administrative Services,” local wrongdoing by mafia clans, including Parliament where Mr. Poroshenko holds a tics,” Ms. Smagliy of the Kennan Institute Kennan Institute’s Kateryna Smagliy wrote allegedly those by the current Odesa mayor, paper-thin majority. told The Ukrainian Weekly over the phone. in an essay for the Atlantic Council in Gennadiy Trukhanov, who has Russian citi- According to the Kennan Institute in Kyiv, “But his resignation is only one bit of the Washington. zenship and ties to the underworld dating “Saakashvili’s team set up the Odesa Package puzzle… he resigned not only because of One of the change-makers was Yuliya over two decades. Investigations had of Reforms initiative and submitted dozens the fight with oligarchs or his own inability Marushevska, who became a visible face for stalled before Mr. Sakvarelidze’s outgoing of legislative proposals to the Verkhovna to deliver [on reforms], he ran for Georgia’s the Euro-Maidan Revolution on YouTube allegedly corrupt superior, Prosecutor Rada… Yet not a single one of those has ever Parliament, so where’s the commitment? during the tumultuous three-month General Viktor Shokin, fired him after only been voted in – some got ‘lost’ at their Either you serve the Ukrainian or the upheaval that saw disgraced ex-President six months on the job. respective ministries, while others got stuck Georgian government.” Viktor Yanukovych abandon office as a Mr. Trukhanov’s mayoral office couldn’t in parliamentary committees.” She continued: “He realized to save his result. Despite her inexperience, she took be reached for comment before The Despite the accusations, Mr. Poroshenko’s own political star he should no longer live charge of the local customs office and Ukrainian Weekly went to print. administration has achieved much in the in the Odesa swamp and start doing politi- reduced inspections to only 15 minutes per Ms. Marushevska then quit seven days past two and a half years since the Euro- cal stuff, and that only is possible if one is container at the port while removing after the governor’s resignation. Prosecutors Maidan Revolution, according to the independent… He’s probably tired of being numerous tax evasion schemes. had launched seven investigations into her Reanimation Package of Reforms, a loose Poroshenko’s puppet.” Taking advantage of newly enacted office’s activities for alleged wrongdoing, but coalition of Western-educated Ukrainian pro- Mr. Saakashvili is now joining the opposi- “decentralization” laws, Mr. Saakashvili’s no charges have been filed so far. fessionals dedicated to change. tion with a new political party that has all the oblast administration envisioned keeping “I was left, instead, with the impression Regarding the relegation of more pow- signs of being populist, a trend spreading more revenue at bay instead of sending it to that local leaders of the president’s party ers to regional and local governments, and across Europe and the kind of sentiment that state coffers to repave the region’s dilapidat- were working to undermine the anti-cor- communities – known as decentralization – American president-elect Donald Trump ed roads, whose disrepair had cut off whole ruption efforts,” Mr. Saakashvili said in an the group said in a report this month that captured to his ascendency this month. communities from the region’s capital. opinion piece for The New York Times on budget revenues in the first half of 2016 Any political force the Georgian heads Bolhrad, where Mr. Poroshenko was November 16. “My administration was increased in “territorial communities” by would enjoy only 2 percent of the public’s born and a city 241 kilometers from Odesa starved of funding for months, the appoint- more than three times compared with the votes, according to a nationwide public near the pro-Russian breakaway region of ment of several of my key deputies has same period last year to 1.3 billion hrv ($53 opinion survey commissioned in October Transdniester, is literally cut off due to been stalled, and some of our most able million U.S.). by the International Republican Institute. unnavigable potholes and unpaved roads reformers have quit in frustration.” Other accomplishments include the roll- “On balance, we see no immediate politi- that are dirt-filled. It should take about Georgian colleagues left holding other out of a new police force, the eschewing of cal implications but, depending on three hours for the drive, but now takes positions, among them national police chief direct Russian natural gas supplies, an elec- Saakashvili’s ability to emerge as a uniting more than six hours to reach the border Khatia Dekanoidze on November 14, who tronic public procurement system that has opposition figure, next year could herald a town that has access to more Russian tele- oversaw the swearing in of about 13,000 saved millions of dollars, and the creation new round of political turbulence, poten- vision channels than Ukrainian ones, patrol officers in 32 cities, including near of three graft-fighting institutions. tially resurrecting the prospect of early par- according to a Financial Times report from the three war zones of Kramatorsk, Ever the politician, Mr. Saakashvili’s liamentary elections should the govern- earlier this year. Sloviansk and Mariupol – all in embattled track record and his true intentions have ment fail to act on its low approval ratings Yet Mr. Saakashvili never got the needed Donetsk Oblast. been questioned by some. He had never by delivering some notable reform success- support from Kyiv, he told journalists as he Speaking of having no backing from the publicly criticized his one-time university es,” Kyiv-base Dragon Capital investment tendered his resignation. And the more capital, Mr. Saakashvili said, “When I came mate Mr. Poroshenko until his resignation, bank noted in a note to investors last week. No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016 17

Plast Stanytsia Newark cordially invites you to the rst Debutante Ball of the season!

Melanie Boychuk Saturday, January 21, 2017 Viktoriya Ivanyshyn Ross Kujdych Danilo Kyzyk Grand Ballroom at Hanover Marriott 1401 Route 10 East, Whippany, NJ 07981

Cocktails 6:00 p.m. Presentation of Debutantes 7:30 p.m. Deanna Chrystyna Hanchuk Zabava 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. Anna Kosachevich Danylo Duvalko Alexander Komarynsky Dinner and Zabava - $160.00 per person by December 31, 2016 Adriana Hirniak (Advance ticket sales only) Juliana Orysia Ivanka Maximilian Bohdan Chuma Paslawsky Zabava - Advanced - $50.00 (payable until January 4th) Matthew Bach At the door - $60.00

Music by TEMPO & HRIM

Ticket information and purchase Romana Hladky Natalia K. Bilash Julia Pavlyuk Mykyta Duvalko 31 Rosedale Avenue, Millburn, NJ 07041 Zack Firko Tel.: 973-809-7580; email: [email protected]

Hotel Room Reservation: 800-228-9290 or 973-538-8811 Sophia Hodowanec Christine Starozytnyk Ask for PLAST room block rate. Mark Kachai Darko Borsa 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016 No. 47

As for NATO cohesion, the European Putin will find... member states have discovered an urgent need to uphold it, and increasing their (Continued from page 3) defense budgets appears to be the best pre- However, for the U.S. president-elect, it emptive measure against U.S. “unilateral- will be important to demonstrate that he is ism” (RBC, November 13). Recovering from not Putin’s “puppet” – an accusation the the initial shock, many European politi- Clinton campaign tarred him with. Mr. cians conclude that the newly uncertain Putin considers it crucially important to be U.S. leadership makes it imperative to take treated as an “equal”; but Mr. Trump, it greater responsibility for the future of their seems, cannot possibly consider anyone his collective project, and that is hardly good equal, so it is rather improbable that these news for Moscow (Novaya Gazeta, two oversized egos will be able to develop a November 12). beautiful friendship (Moscow Echo, Russia might also encounter new prob- November 11). lems in its “pivot” to China, which – unlike One change the Russian leadership Moscow – had expected a more stable and would warmly welcome would be predictable U.S. course (Carnegie.ru, decreased U.S. attention to violations of November 8). Now, the Chinese leadership human rights and democratic freedoms in has to assess and address the risks of a Russia. As a candidate, Mr. Trump notably series of trade wars with the United States, expressed indifference to this liberal agen- and Russia is generally irrelevant in such da (Novaya Gazeta, November 9). The geo-economic maneuvering (Kommersant, Kremlin might, therefore, relax its obses- November 10). Mr. Putin and President Xi sive concern about U.S. sponsorship of Jinping may find it useful to demonstrate “color revolutions,” and that could open up perfect personal rapport. But the contrac- space for pragmatic bargaining on several tion of their bilateral trade is set to contin- matters of practical importance (Carnegie. ue as Russia’s economic stagnation pro- ru, November 9). ceeds and Beijing has to prioritize its rela- Russian liberals may be in dismay about tions with Washington in order to avoid an this prospect, but it is essential to remem- aggravation of the economic slowdown. ber that U.S. protestations never had any The net value of Russian oil and natural gas real impact on Mr. Putin’s policies of sup- resources could depreciate further as U.S. pressing domestic dissent. Flourishing cor- exporters feel encouraged to expand their ruption in the law enforcement structures entry into global markets, while China’s is, in fact, the main obstacle to Russia demand slackens (Nezavisimaya Gazeta, becoming a full on “police state.” And in this November 8). regard, as Alexei Navalny argues, nothing In a world becoming less sentimental has changed with Mr. Trump’s surprising and more competitive, Russia might find its victory (Navalny.com, November 9). space to maneuver narrowing and interests While the new U.S. administration will squeezed. Mr. Putin has learned to enjoy almost certainly not entertain any ideas the position of producer of uncertainty, but about “regime change” in Russia, this fact now the U.S. has become the major source will not reduce the Kremlin’s continued of uncertainly in the global system. Mr. need to pin the blame for Russia’s deepen- Putin’s propensity for surprise initiatives ing economic disaster on external “enemies” and interventions is going to be reduced to (Ezhednevny Zhurnal, November 10). insignificance by the new mercurial quality Interpreting Mr. Trump’s victory as proof of U.S. leadership in world affairs, and positive of the unfolding crisis of the West, Russia is just not ready for the surprises Mr. Putin’s courtiers now expect a further that Washington may soon begin to throw erosion of the North Atlantic Treaty around. Organization’s (NATO) unity and, in particu- Economic growth and modernization lar, of the alliance’s united position on the could become the key criteria for success, war in eastern Ukraine (see EDM, November and the degradation of the economic foun- 10). Russian media describes in rich detail dation of Mr. Putin’s policies will likely the disappointment and worries in Kyiv, undercut all his ambitions for a central role where a decline of attention from in the world arena. Attempts to compensate Washington is reasonably anticipated for this weakness by the use of “hybrid” mili- The Pobratymy Foundation would like to express enormous gratitude (Nezavisimaya Gazeta, November 9). The tary force as an instrument of policy could to all of our wonderful individual and corporate sponsors and volunteers Russian special services have been quick to present opportunities for Washington to for their support, generosity, and commitment to the 18th Annual test this indifference by staging an operation demonstrate toughness and determination against a group of Ukrainian “terrorists” in Plast- Chicago Open Golf Outing on Saturday September 10th, 2016 to cut troublemakers down to size. Crimea (Kommersant, November 11). Moscow’s habit of punching above its weight Moscow may indeed feel free to increase and bluffing with no trump cards can bring PATRONS 2016 pressure on Ukraine, but the fundamentals of trouble, which it has no stomach to absorb. the Minsk ceasefire deadlock are unlikely to Walter Bratkiv, President - Andrew Kolomayets, Partner, change because the Russian armed forces are The article above is reprinted from REM Builders Cook, Alex Ltd. not ready for a large-scale winter offensive, Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from Dr. Bohdan and Roxana Charkewycz Dr. Diana and Nick Iwanik while budget cuts are aggravating Russia’s its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, Michael Charysh, Dr. Wolodymyr Minkowycz military over-stretch (RBC, October 28). www.jamestown.org. Charysh & Schroeder, Ltd. Wasyl Mirutenko, Andrij and Dawn Chychula Metro Security - President Dr. George and Christine Dr. Roman and Mary Mycyk Demidowich Nestor and Olya Popowych Andres and Motria Durbak Dr. Andrew and Ruta Ripecky Antin Durbak Oleh and Marijka Sajewych Dr. Roman and Marijka Dykun Dr. Roman and Katrusia Saldan George and Bohdanna Domino Selfreliance Foundation – Dynamic Electronics, Inc. – Oresta Fedyniak, Chairperson of Myron Stasiuk Selfreliance Ukrainian-American Farmer’s Insurance- Greg Kocko Federal Credit Union - Chicago Dr. George and Areta Kuritza, Drs. Alex and Maria Sosenko Edgebrook Radiology Oleh and Luba Skubiak Roman Hirniak Irene Tkaczuk Dr. Maria Hrycelak, Dr. Roman and Marichka Tkaczuk, Park Ridge Pediatrics North Avenue Animal Hospital Drs. Daniel and Christine Hryhorczuk

Pobratymy Foundation, founded by the Plast Pobratymy Fraternity in 1992, is a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt corporation, which supports the ongoing activities of Plast-Ukrainian Scouting Organization and other similar tax- exempt organizations. No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016 19

November 21 Seminar with Sergei Zhuk, “The Disco Mafia and ‘Komsomol November 28 Petro Jacyk Memorial Seminar, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Capitalism’ in Soviet Ukraine During Late Socialism,” Cambridge, MA www.huri.harvard.edu or 617-495-4053 Harvard University, www.huri.harvard.edu or 617-495-4053 November 29 Lecture by Lucia Nimcova, “Khroniky: the Alternative November 21-22 Panel discussion, “The Dissolution of the USSR: 25 Years New York Folklore of the Region – Hard Mountain Rap, Vintage Cambridge, MA Later,” Harvard University, http://daviscenter.fas.harvard. Feminism and Filthy Karpaty Hip Hop,” Columbia edu/events/dissolution-ussr-25-years-later University, http://harriman.columbia.edu

November 21- Exhibit, “The Demise of the Soviet Union, 1985-1991: A November 29 Panel discussion, “Elections Have Consequences: A Look December 31 25-Year Retrospective,” Harvard University, Washington at Poland,” Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Cambridge, MA www.huri.harvard.edu Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 202-691-4000 or [email protected] November 22 Lecture by Frank Sysyn, “The Russian-Ukrainian Conflict: New York A Clash of Civilizations?” Columbia University, 212-854-4697 December 1 Forum, “Ukraine at 25: A December 1 Remembrance,” New York Shevchenko Scientific Society, 212-228-6840 or November 23 Holodomor commemoration, Ukrainian Women’s [email protected] Toronto Organization of Canada, Ukrainian National Federation Hall, 416-925-2770 or www.unfcanada.ca December 3 Ukrainian Christmas Traditions, with Lubow Wolynetz, The New York Ukrainian Museum, www.ukrainianmuseum.org or 212-228-0110 November 24 Thanksgiving Feast, Soyuzivka Heritage Center, Kerhonkson, NY 845-626-5641 or www.soyuzvka.com December 3 Concert, “A Bandura Christmas,” Ukrainian Bandurist November 25 Chornomorskyi Ball, with music by Svitanok, Chornomortsi New York Chorus, www.bandura.org or [email protected] Whippany, NJ fraternity of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, December 3 Ukrainian bazaar, St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey, Ottawa Shrine, 613-723-1673 or www.st-john-the-baptist-shrine.ca Fairbridge Hotel, 973-386-5622 December 3-4 Christmas Bazaar, The Ukrainian Museum, November 26 Chess tournament, Ukrainian Sports Federation of the New York 212-228-0110 or www.ukrainianmuseum.org Whippany, NJ U.S.A. and Canada, Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey, www.uscak.org December 4 Concert, “A Bandura Christmas,” Ukrainian Bandurist Yonkers, NY Chorus, www.bandura.org or [email protected] November 26 Day of Remembrance for Holodomor victims, Ukrainian Ottawa Canadian Professionals and Businesspersons Association, December 4 End of Year Thanksgiving/Christmas Dinner, St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Shrine, Horsham, PA www.tryzub.org 613-723-1673 or www.st-john-baptist-shrine.ca December 4 St. Nicholas program, Immaculate Conception Ukrainian November 26 Holodomor commemoration, St. Demetrius Ukrainian Hillside, NJ Catholic Church, 908-289-0127 or 908-322-7350 Toronto Orthodox Church, [email protected]

November 27 Requiem service for victims of the Holodomor, with film Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events Ottawa screening of “The Living,” Assumption of the Blessed advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Virgin Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors 613-728-0856 or www.ukrainianorthodox.info and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2016 No. 47

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Tuesday, November 29 Come early for the best selections or check NEW YORK: Please join the Ukrainian the online gift shop at www.ukrainianmuse- Studies Program at the Harriman Institute, um.org). Admission is free. The Ukrainian Columbia University, for a talk by artist Museum is located at 222 E. Sixth St., Lucia Nimcova titled “Khroniky: the between Second and Third avenues; tele- Alternative Folklore of the Region – Hard phone, 212-228-0110. Mountain Rap, Vintage Feminism and Filthy Tuesday, December 6 Karpaty Hip Hop.” Ms. Nimcova will discuss her project – an archive of photography, NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Studies Program video and sound recordings from western at the Harriman Institute, Columbia Ukraine. This event will take place at noon University, invites you to attend a screening in the Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room of “The House on Seven Winds: Vasyl (Room 1219, International Affairs Building, Makhno’s Portrait.” Filmed over the course of 420 W. 118th St.). The event is free and a season, this film portraying the life and open to the public. For additional informa- thoughts of the Ukrainian poet, essayist and tion call 212-854-4697. prose writer exposes the fragility of time and its manifestation through the art of the writ- Saturday-Sunday, December 3-4 ten word. Mr. Makhno and the film’s director, NEW YORK: Do not miss the Christmas Oleksandr Fraze-Frazenko, will be present at Bazaar and its unique gifts from 11 a.m. to 5 the event. This event will take place at 7 p.m. p.m. This annual sale organized by the in the Harriman Atrium (12th Floor, museum’s “Wednesday Volunteers” is a International Affairs Building, 420 W. 118th great opportunity to purchase folk art items, St.) and is co-organized by the Ukrainian ornaments, Christmas cards, books, art- Film Club at Columbia University. The event work, contemporary crafts and jewelry, is free and open to the public. For additional home-baked goods and much, much more. information, please call 212-854-4697.

PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES Preview of Events is a listing of Ukrainian community events open to the public. It is a service pro- vided at minimal cost ($20 per listing) by The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian community. To have an event listed in Preview of Events please send information, in English, written in Preview format, i.e., in a brief paragraph that includes the date, place, type of event, sponsor, admission, full names of persons and/or organizations involved, and a phone number and/or e-mail address to be published for readers who may require additional information. Items must be no more than 100 words long. Preview items must be received no later than one week before the desired date of publi- cation (i.e., they must be received by 9 am Monday morning). Please include payment for each time the item is to appear and indicate date(s) of issue(s) in which the item is to be pub- lished. Also, senders are asked to include the phone number of a person who may be contact- ed by The Weekly during daytime hours, as well as their complete mailing address. Information should be sent to [email protected]. When e-mailing, please do not send items as attachments – simply type the text into the body of the e-mail message. Preview items and payments may be mailed to: Preview of Events, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Thursday, Nov. 24th at Soyuzivka Traditional Thanksgiving Feast, 1:00 to 4pm Buffet Style $40- per adult 5 to 12: ½ price; 4 & under: free Call for reservations: 845-626-5641 ext 140 SOYUZIVKA 216 Foordmore Rd Kerhonkson. NY 12446 Email: Soyuzivka @aol.com