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ХРЙСТОС BOCKPEC - CHRIST IS RISEN

'Christ is risen; life is freed" Documents from Ukraine detail V Paschal pastoral letter of the There was a time when those who Catholic defense group's formation Sobor of Bishops of the Ukrainian crucified Christ rejoiced as did Mos­ Autocephalous Orthodox Church. cow also rejoice when it crucified AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - abnormal," the memorandum said. "It's with famine the devoted to Christ Two documents pertaining to the for­ comical that a country which announces "Christ is risen and life is freed." Ukrainian nation. mation in September 1982 of an Initia­ as its credo the principles of freedom, (From the paschal homily of St. John The terrible winter of 1932-33 and tive Group for the Defense of the Rights equality and brotherhood is waging an Chrysostom) in particular the spring of 1933, of Believers and the Church, set up to extensive persecution of its people only tragic in its consequences, severed work for the legalization of the out­ because they honor Christ in their own Dearly Beloved! from the midst of our nation almost 7 lawed Ukrainian Catholic Church, have language." Christ is risen! million people - our fathers, broth­ recently reached the West.. In its effort to secure what it called the The inspired authors of the won­ ers, sisters, infants and children. This One, a brief letter announcing the "legalization and registration" of the drous paschal hymns reveal to us the was the chief goal of Moscow — to group's formation, was signed by 40- Church, the group outlined nine basic very substance of the paschal holy condemn to plunder and depopula­ year-old Yosyp Terelia, a former politi­ demands, including the restoration of days and help us to enter into the joy tion our Ukraine in order to consume cal prisoner and chairman of the group Church educational facilities and semi­ of the Church which today celebrates all the treasures with which the Lord who has since been arrested. The other naries in the western Ukrainian cities of, victory over evil. generously graced our fatherland. is a nine-point memorandum signed by Lviv and Uzhhorod. and permission for The hymns cry out to us, "Let us However, those who crucify do not Mr. Terelia and the other four mem­ 50 divinity students to travel to the purify our senses and we will contem­ comprehend the mystery of resurrec­ bers, the Rev. Hryhoriy Budzynsky, Vatican to continue their studies and 10 plate Christ resplendent in the in­ tion. The holy Church knows of this secretary; the Revs. Dionisiy and others to go to Vienna, Warsaw and comprehensible light of the Resurrec­ mystery and we the children of the Ihnatiy, and Stefania Sichko, whose: Munich. tion." The hymns speak of victory Church believe that just as Christ husband and two sons are currently The group also called for free elec­ and of the human being who can be suffered and rose, so also Ukraine, incarcerated for "anti-Soviet"activities. tions in every eparchy in western and made worthy of glorifying Christ faithful to Christ, approaches victory Both documents were released by the Transcarpathian Ukraine, as well as the with a pure heart; they speak of the via torture and suffering. "O Death, Smoloskyp Ukrainian Information return of churches, monasteries and solace which comes from partaking where then is your sting? О Hades, Service. chapels in those areas where the majority of "the fruit of the new vine on the where is your victory?" We are given In his letter, Mr. Terelia said that the of the people are historically Ukrainian solemn day of Resurrection." strength and certainly foremost by formation of the initiative group was "a Catholic. In addition, the memorandum Obedient to the appeal of the the paschal hymns which proclaim in response of Ukrainian Catholics to the demanded that Ukrainian Catholics Church, we purified our senses song the mystery of victory over forced repression against our Church." should be allowed to build churches in during Great Lent and, having con­ death which is incomprehensible to The chief goal of the group, he said, areas where they are in the minority, sidered our errors and having in the human mind. was the "legalization" of the Church, and that the state return printing humility recognized our sins, we were Dealy beloved! Today we know which was officially dissolved in 1946 by materials confiscated in the five epar­ deemed worthy of receiving the Holy that there is no death, that our an illegal synod called without the chies of the Church. Eucharist. immortal soul is capable of eternally consent of the majority of the Church The other points were: the creation of Today we perceive how it was that being in the rays of the light of the hierarchs. The Church was absorbed ,a commission to investigate the crimi­ "joy came into the world via the Risen Christ. He Himself, having into the Russian Orthodox Church. nal behavior of the KGB and the MVD, cross." This joy was not easily ac­ bestowed life of those in the graves, "It is interesting and instructive that which are guilty of repression against quired but via suffering. It came via will extend His hand to us. Let us the atheist-communist (system) so Ukrainian clergy and parishioners, and Golgotha and through burial in a also offer our grateful souls to Him. ardently supported the joining of these another to investigate psychiatrists cave for, "He endured crucifixion Only then will we be able to compre­ two distinct Churches," the group said guilty of abusing Church activists; an and conquered death by death." hend the words proclaimed today: in its memorandum, adding that the acknowledgment that the Church is The crucifixion of Christ directs "Christ is risen and the demons have synod was illegal because it was not obliged to follow the laws of the state our thoughts to the crucifixion of the fallen! Christ is risen and life is called by the Vatican but by the state, and to impress this on its members,and Ukrainian nation. Fifty years ago, freed." which had no jurisdiction to do so. that the pope, as head of the Church, and not the state has the ultimate power during the days of spring, our nation Christ is risen! Indeed He is risen! The memorandum went on to say was subject to the excruciating tor­ that despite over three decades of over Church matters. ture of death by starvation. Those Mstyslav repression by Soviet authorities and the "The law of separation of Church and who miraculously survived the seve­ Metropolitan KGB, the state security organ, the state must be upheld,"the memorandum rity of the fierce winter were com­ Mark Church, though underground, "is alive said. pelled to eat fresh herbs, grass and Archbishop and flourishing" despite continued The status of the initiative group is roots which they dug up. Those who Constanrine official persecution. "``` unclear since the arrest late last year of were exhausted were not able to eat Archbishop "Today, after (official) indictment of Mr. Terelia, who has already served a such food, and thus they perished in Anatolij the crimes of Stalin's tyranny, the total of 19 years in Soviet jails, labor spasms and pains as sharp as a knife. Bishop situation of part of the Ukrainian camps and psychiatric hospitals. He is nation and its ancestral Church remains (Continued on page 4) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY MAY 8,1983 No. 19

Dissident profile. Polish police raid convent WARSAW - Polish security police saturated the Old Town neighborhood broke into a convent here on May 3 and to break up a spontaneous demonstra­ Anatoliy Lupynis: beat up workers for a church group tion by some 8,000 people following a helping the families of jailed Solidarity liturgy celebrated in honor of the activists, reported The New York Times. democratic constitution of 1791. 12 years in asylums The raid came as a large force of The demonstration, eventually broken JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Life for uniformed and plainclothes police most Soviet dissidents is extremely up by the riot police and water cannon, arduous, marked by relentless go­ came two days after tens of thousands vernment persecution, employment of supporters of the outlawed Solidarity "difficulties, harassment and intimi­ Badzio, Striltsiv union defied the government by holding dation. But some dissidents appear independent May Day rallies in 20 to be singled out for particularly cities. brutal treatment. stage hunger strike The convent raid, which was witness­ One such case concerns Ukrainian ed by a Western journalist and his ELLICOTT CITY, Md. - Sources interpreter, was conducted by a group prisoner of conscience Anatoliy in Ukraine recently revealed that two Lupynis, 46, who this year began of 15 to 20 men in leather jackets and Ukrainian political prisoners, Yuriy street clothing. serving the 12th year of an indeter­ Badzio and Vasyl Striltsiv, staged a one- minate term in Soviet mental institu­ According to church sources, the day hunger strike late last year to intruders broke through a back door of tions. He is currently in a special coincide with the 60th anniversary of psychiatric hospital in Orel, but he the Convent of the Franciscan Sisters, the formation of the Soviet Union. which is attached to St. Martin's has been incarcerated in five other According to the Smoloskyp Ukrai­ mental hospitals' across the Soviet Church. Once in the aid office, which nian Information Service, the two men, distributes parcels of food and clothing Union. both incarcerated in Labor Camp No. What charge warranted such harsh sent from abroad to jailed activists and 3-5, also sent an appeal to the Supreme their families, the police agents threw punishment for Mr. Lupynis? What Soviet of the USSR protesting the crime had he committed to justify furniture about and hit the lay workers unequal status of Ukraine in the Soviet with chairs, clubs and a shovel handle. treatment with insulin (in order to Anatoliy Lupynis U nion. They demanded that the Supreme cause insulin shock) and such drugs One of the men reportedly carried a Soviet investigate the situation with the two-way radio of the kind issued to as sulfazin and haloperidol, which for commutation, and promised to direct participation of human-rights when given to a healthy person help supply the necessary informa­ police. activists and political prisoners. Six members of the aid committee, induce hallucinations and delusions? tion and proffered assurances of a Mr. Badzio, a 47-year-old philologist On May 28, 1971, Mr. Lupynis favorable outcome. two of them women, were injured in the and a leading socialist theorist, is attack. The four others were young men was'arrested for reading a poem — In his statement, Mr. Lupynis currently in the third year of a seven- "Ya bachyVyakbezchestyfy matir`'(l noted that, although he was appeal­ who had been serving as watchmen and year labor-camp and prison term, which were later driven 15 miles out of town saw them dishonor mother) -at the ing for a suspension of his sentence, will be followed by five years' internal foot of the Taras Shevchenko monu­ he would not alter his views, and and dropped off in the Kampinoska exile. Forest, northwest of Warsaw. One of ment in Kiev a week earlier. After vowed to continue to act according Mr. Striltsiv, 54, is a member'of the examination at the Serbsky Institute to his convictions. The commutation the men was said to be seriously hurt Ukrainian Helsinki Group. In October and had to be hospitalized. for Forensic Psychiatry, he was was never granted. 1981, while imprisoned, he was sen­ remanded to the special psychiatric Mr. Lupynis was released in 1967 tenced to six years in a labor camp on an (Continued on page 14) hospital in Dnipropetrovske, one of after completing his term. Suffering unknown charge. the, country's most notorious. He has from paralysis in both legs, he was '' 'remained irf'tHe'mg^naVish'AYorld of classified as an invalid of the first , psychiatric wards ever since. -'- - category. The same year, shortly FBI chief cites - Mr.` LupyVris's arrest and incar­ before Mr. Lupynis`s release, his case Soviet planes ceration marked the culmination of was brought up in a letter by Lev KGB infiltration persecution which began in 1956, Lukianenko, himself a prisoner, to bomb refugees when Mr. Lupynis was 19 years old D.S. Korotchenko, primie minister WASHINGTON - William and two years after he began study­ of the Ukrainian SSR. Mr. Lukia­ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Afghan Webster, the director of the Federal ing mathematics at Kiev State Uni­ nenko, who was serving a 15-year Bureau of Investigation, said on versity. labor-camp term at the time, called insurgent sources said on April 25 that Soviet planes supporting a large ground April 24 that the FBI had identified That year, he was arrested for his Mr. Lupynis a "helpless cripple one of every three Soviet and Eastern slowly dying in captivity." offensive in western Afghanistan had poetry readings and charged under killed hundreds of civilians in bombing bloc diplomats in the United States :-ftftk)tS05S4Oj"a`'lpart of the Ukrai­ -After his release, Mr. Lupynis`s as a known spy, reported Reuters. health began to improve. In Decem­ raids on a major refugee route to Iran, nian Criminal Code which covers reported the Associated Press. Appearing on the CBS TV pro­ crimes deemed "especially dangerous ber 1969 he enrolled in the Ukrainian gram "Face the Nation," he denied Agricultural Academy as a corres­ The assertions coincided with reports to the state." He was sentenced to six from Western diplomatic sources of a that the recent increase in Western years' imprisonment. ponding student in the department of governments' expulsions of Soviet economics. Soviet offensive in the western Afghan In June 1957 he was transferred to province of Herat, which reportedly officials on espionage charges had the seventh division of Dubrovlag in By April 1970 he no longer needed began April 16 and ended recently. been orchestrated. crutches. He began work as ah the Mordovian ASSR, and in Sep­ Two rebel sources, reached by tele­ Nearly two weeks ago the United administrator in the concert program tember of that year, new proceedings phone in the eastern Iranian city of States expelled three Soviet officials department of the musical-choral were brought against him. Mashad told the AP that Soviet for spying, one of them a diplomat society in Kiev: . і For taking part in a strike by 2,000 bombers struck 35 villages west of caught with a file of secret U.S. . prisoners and for heading the strike A little over a year later, he was Herat, the provincial capital, killing as documents. France recently threw committee, Mr. Lupynis was charged arrested for reading the poem before many as 1,500 civilians and destroying out 37 Soviet diplomats and trade under Articles 58-10 and 18-11 ("or­ the Shevchenko monument 400 homes officials. ganizing activities") and Article 58- Although his trial was slated for 14, ("counter-revolutionary sabotage'). December, it was postponed, alleged­ For this, he was sentenced to 10 ly because of the "illnesis of the years' imprisonment to run con­ presiding judge." But in all;probabi- currently with his other term. lity, the trial was postponed because In 1962, while serving his sentence of the arrival in Kiev of dissident in Vladimir Prison in Moscow, Mr. physicist Andrei Sakharovf and U- Lupynis became seriously ill, suffer­ krainian activists Leonid Plyushch Ukrainian WeelclV ing from leg paralysis, stomach and Ivan Svitlychny to observe the ulcers, heart ailments, kidney stones proceedings. FOUNDED 1933 and an unspecified liver ailment. Three days later, in the absence of Ukrainian weekly newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal Less than a year after becoming ill, the defendant, his family land his non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St, Jersey City, NJ. 07302. Mr. Lupynis was back in Dubrovlag lawyer, a closed court handed down (The Ukrainian Weekly - USPS 570-870) (10th division — strict-regimencamp) the verdict committing Mr. Lupynis Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, a Ukrainian-language daily newspaper. where he spent most of the time to a special psychiatric hospital confined in the main hospital in the normally reserved lor seriously dis­ The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: village of Barashevo. turbed patients. (201) 434-0237, 434-0807 (201) 451-2200 In 1965, two years before the On January 15, 1972, after pro­ (212) 227-4125 (212) 227-5250 completion b( his sentence, Mr. cessing at the Serbsky Institute, he Yearly subscription rate: |8, UNA members tf. Lupynis`s parents appealed to the was transferred to the hospital in Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Dnipropetrovske. Postmaster, send address changes to: the USSR for a commutation of their Two years later, two recommenda­ THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Editor Roma Sochan Hadzewycz son's sentence. His physician also tions for his release, one in January РЛ. Box 346 Associate editor George Bohdan Zarycky Jersey City. NJ. 07303 ШШЛ тШиг. ШшЛш КоІніцуЦ suggested that he personally appeal (Conrtotl on page 4) No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY MAY 8,1983 3

Museum receives 339,500 grant In South Bound Brook NEW YORK - The Ukrainian Mu­ ing: 59,000 for cataloguing and research seum announced the receipt of a 539,500 of the museum's collection; and 512,000 grant from the New York State Council for an exhibition on Ukrainian settle­ Announce famine commemoration schedule on the Arts for the fiscal year 1983. The ment in the United States. receipt of this grant is a major victory Ms. Shust noted that the New York SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. Victims in Ukraine 1932-33. for The Ukrainian Museum because of State Council on the Arts grant is a — The Consistory of the Ukrainian ' 3:30 p.m. - memorial concert the extremely competitive nature of matching "in part" program. In order to Orthodox Church has announced at the Home of Ukrainian Culture, grant applications submitted by numer­ receive state grant aid. the museum the schedule of events lor the featuring opening remarks and ous cultural institutions. must clearly demonstrate strong finan­ Sunday, May 15, solemn memorial prayer by Metropolitan Mstyslav. cial support from the public. The Despite the recent severe cut-backs in observances of the 50th anniversary The concert program will also excellent community support received the availability of financial assistance of the Great Famine in Ukraine, feature soloists Andriy Dobriansky, by The Ukrainian Museum during the from government granting agencies. which will take place at the Ukrai­ Marta Kokolska-Musijtschuk and last five years has been one of the key The Ukrainian Museum continues to nian Orthodox Center of St. Andrew Olena Zamiata, recitation by Olha deciding factors in the council's con­ receive strong financial support from the First-Called Apostle. South Kyrychenko, violinist Rafael Wenke tinued support. these public organizations. Bound Brook, N.J. and the Dumka Chorus of New The New York State Council on the The Ukrainian Museum is placing " 9 a.m. — archpastoral divine York. The keynote speaker is Dr. Arts approved the grant based on the increasing focus on expanding its grant liturgy, with Metropolitan Mstyslav Anatolij Lysyj. outstanding quality of the museum's development program by submitting as the principal celebrant, in St. operations, exhibits and the highly applications not only to the state but to Andrew's Memorial Ukrainian Or­ Tickets to the concert are 510 (55 professional educational workshops federal agencies, and corporate and thodox Church. for standing room). They may be offered to the public. In recognition of foundation gift-giving programs to " 11:30 a.m. - memorial service purchased in advance at the Con­ this valued service to the community, supplement the contributions received (panakhyda) outside the church, sistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox the council continues to select The from both the public and the Ukrainian followed by a reading of the declara­ Church. The parking fee for the day Ukrainian Museum as one of the grant community. tion issued by the National Commit­ is S3, and commemorative ribbons recipients from a long list of competing In order to expand this program Ms. tee to Commemorate Genocide may be purchased for 52. organizations. Shust announced that Ruta Lototzky, In her thank-you letter, Maria Shust, who has prior professional grant- museum director wrote: "We are ex­ tremely grateful for this support, espe­ SKSSSS: grant development tpro ­ Ukrainians in Oldham, England, cially during this time of severe financial gram involves: identification and selec­ aid cut-backs. The New York State tion of appropriate granting agencies, plan Great Famine program Council on the Arts has contributed preparation of all grant proposals, and OLDHAM, England - Ukrainians Volodymyr Korotchenko, told the significantly to the museum's growth, representation of The Ukrainian Mu­ in this mill town on the northeastern paper: "There are some people in helped in financing our cultural pro­ seum before all public cultural assis­ outskirts of Manchester are planning a grams, and has stimulated increased Oldham who lived through it and we are tance organizations. special program to commemorate the responding to the community." funding from private donations and The Ukrainian Museum's past grant 50th anniversary of the Great Famine in Organizers also hope that a joint other granting agencies." development efforts have already been Ukraine (1932-33) to be held on May 15. The grant has been allocated for the very successful as evidenced by the commemoration will bring unity to the According to the Evening Chronicle, community. The paper said that the following purposes: 58,000 for general generous financial support received Oldham, a 20-member organizing com­ operating support; 57,500 for folk life from the New York State Council on effort marks "the first time in 30 years mittee has been working for over four that different sections of the Ukrainian activities, artistic fees and expenses of the Arts, the Institute of Museum months on the event, which will unite the folk arts programs; 53,000 toward Services, the National Endowment for community have gotten together to different sections of the Ukrainian organize a specific event." the preparation of a publication on the Arts and the Robert Sterling Clark community. Foundation. Ukrainian decorative folk woodcarv- The commemoration will include a On May 15, organizers also hope to і Ukrainian Orthodox service and an include interviews with people who afternoon exhibition, which will include lived through the famine, which the ' photographs of the famine collected by paper said has never been acknowledged Seminary fund contributions top S230,0Q0 the committee. by the Soviet Union. Between 5 and 7 by Michael J. Nagurney mostly with Ukrainian banking institu­ Organizers have also compiled a million Ukrainians starved to death as a tions at very favorable interest and book of articles which will be produced result of the famine, which was planned STAMFORD, Conn. - Joseph Le- dividend rates. Only the interest or in paperback, hardback and a special by the Stalin regime to break the sawyer, chairman of the Committee for dividends from these donations will leather binding for those who want a Ukrainian peasantry, ensure collectivi­ the St. Basil's College Seminary En­ ever be used for seminary expenses. The copy, the paper said. zation and weaken the Ukrainian dowment Fund has released a report on money in the fund, whose goal is SI.5 One member of the committee, nation. , ,.-.v. . the growth of the fund which shows that million, will remain invested to produce contributions to date are in excess of income. 5230,000. A list of donors will be published in Seminar on 1932-33 famine held In addition, approximately 5100.000 the appropriate future. The immediate has been pledged for payment in the goaiYthepdistoreachsmowby t Wayne State University near future. Among the donations to a October I2, the anniversary of the J J date were six at 55,000 each; one at launching of the fund. by Stephen M. Wichar Sr. featured lecturer, Dr. Roman Szporluk. 52,500; one at 52,000; 41 at SI,000; five Donations may be sent to: St. Basil's Dr. Szporluk chose the topic "Con­ at 5750; two at 5600; three at 5400; one College Seminary Endowment Fund. DETROIT - The Slavic languages temporary Ukraine in Historical Per­ at 5350; two at 5300; eight at 5250; six at 195 Glenbrook Road, Stamford, Conn. and literatures department of Wayne spective." The lecturer pointed out the 5200; 55 at SI0O and other lesser sums. 06902. All such donations are tax State University, in cooperation with geopolitical factors and events on the Matching grants have been received deductible; all are individually recorded the Ukrainian Community Committee European continent which ultimately from several corporations. where donors names will remain part of of Metropolitan Detroit Commemorat­ placed the land of Ukraine in a histori­ The donations have been deposited the perpetual record. ing the 50th Anniversary of Genocidal cally untenable position. He. also ela­ Famine in Ukraine, on Thursday, April borated on the economic and political 21, presented a seminar lecture by Dr. problems which beset Ukraine a..d Librarians' association to propose Roman Szporluk, professor of history emphasized the lack of industrialization at University of Michigan. which ultimately had significant, serious The lecture is the firsti n a series being historical ramifications. changes in classification system planned throughout the commemora­ Dr. Szporluk's lucidly explained the BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The cam­ of the group's executive board on tive year. factors that led to the Great Famine. In paign of the Ukrainian Librarians' March 26, and suggested guidelines Dr. Frank Corliss, chairman of the addition, he detailed the journalistic Association of America to influence which would make it easier for her staff Slavic department at WSU, welcomed a cover-up of this genocide, and scored the Library of Congress to change to review the proposed changes. capacity audience at the Manoogian the deliberate attempts by the media to inaccurate subject headings and class "My hope is that we will receive from room. After commending the Ukrai­ suppress the facts from the Western numbers relating to Ukraine may finally you several pages of specific suggestions nian community for initiating a famine- world. He criticized the Ukrainian be bearing fruit, judging by a recent showing our present practice and what oriented seminar, Dr. Corliss intro­ immigration for remaining virtually letter from a library official to associa­ you would like to see instead, and that duced Mary V. Beck, general chair­ silent. Dr. Szporluk concluded his talk tion officials. these suggestions represent thr com­ woman of Metro Detroit famine com­ on a note of skepticism concerning the bined wisdom and desires of the Ukrai­ mittee. Ms. Beck elaborated on the immediate ability of Ukrainians jo The April 7 letter from Mary K. D. nian community," she said in her letter. varied aspects of starvation horrors in actively refresh famine memories after Pietris, chief of the library's subject The ULAA has charged a Classifica­ Ukraine and emphasized the great need 50 years. cataloguing division, asked the ULAA tion Committee with drafting the spe­ for awareness of the "holocaust"disaster The question-and-answer period to send specific suggestions to the cific proposals. The committee, chaired in non-Ukrainian communities. With following the lecture proved to be library, and promised that "we will by Dr. Andrij Turchyn, asks anyone this she introduced Olena Liskiwsky, stimulating and thought-provoking. investigate the recommendations as with specific recommendations to send seminar coordinator and chairwoman Dr. Szporluk fielded the queries expert­ time permits." them to: ULAA Classification Com- of the educational division in the famine ly and indeed was able to galvanize Ms. Pietris had spoken with ULAA mittee, P.O. Box 1694, Bloomington, committee. After, a. short biographical more ideas,.more questions, and more officials by telephone.durinjia.meetin^^ind,^afe^`U-v^г^і^,^і.^ djgeoure, Ms.,Ш^^^аШ^М,^ЄВаШІШ..- ` ' -. . -' ,, " ` - ` - "' , ГНЕ jiWfNIAM JVEEK./ SUNDAY MAY 8.1983 No 19

Announcement of Supreme Assembly meeting UNA district committees meet n accordance with ;he JNA By-laws I nerepy announce tnat tne annua Tieeting of the Supreme Aeeemoiy of the Ukrainian National Mrs. Haras reported that she took Association wic be heio at Soyuzivna, tne JNAestateon Foordemoore Lehigh Valley part in the Philadelphia UNA Day in Road n Kerhonkson, N.Y., during the week of June 6, 1983. - EASTON, fa. - Supreme Adviser August and in the conference of district The Tieeting wi!' begin Monday, June6. at 10a.m . and will continue Anna Haras was re-elected chairman of chairmen, which took place at Soyu- through tne week until all items on the regular, agenda are covered the Lehigh Valley UNA District Com­ zivka in November Aii members of the UNA Supreme Assembly are oofigated to mit, ee by acclamation here on Sunday. Following were reports given by the participate in tnis meeting. March 6: vice-chairman, the secretaries and the John 01 File, Supreme President Also elected to the district executive treasurer. The chairman of the auditing Jersey City, N.J.. May 6, 1983. board were Michael Kolodrub and committee proposed tnarTfte outgoing Anna "yliurf. honorary chairmen: board be granted a vote of confidence. Stephan Kolodrub, Anna Sagan and Supreme President Flis then ad­ Nicholas Dubyk. vice-chairmen; Stephen dressed the audience. He thanked them Organizing Department designates May Mucna Ukrainian-language secretary; for their efforts in organizing new 1 Anna Strot, English-language secre­ members and said he appreciated the 30th Convention Delegates Month tary and Dmytro Mushasty treasurer. guidance the district receives from Mrs. Ivan Drabyk, Martin Sheska. (Cathe­ Haras. He then continued to inform all JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Reminding the delegates, and Supreme Assembly rine Sargent, Katherine Hutsayluk, present about the general situation of ihe delegates to last years 30th Regular members and honorary members noted Evhenia Cap, Stephen Sayuk, Anna the UNA. He said thai the UNA had UNA Convention that being a delegate that ;ney have a responsibility to Mandziuk and Walter Zagworsky were hoped for a higher success rate for is both an honor and an obligation, the comnbute toward the deveiopment of all re-elected members of the board. organizing new members during the Organizing Department here atjhe ihe UNA and that organizing members The newly elected auditing commit­ convenuon year. Tht quota was set at mam office has appealed to convention is a fitting way to do so. tee comprises Stefan Iwaseczko, chair­ 4,000 and only 2,483 new members were delegates to enroll at Jeast one new In the 1982 convention year. 253 man; and Ivan Hanych and Michael enrolled, for S6.0I9.000 of insurance. UNA -nember during the month of delegates enrolled 1.751 new members, Chromiak members. "During the last year, the UNA lost 1,207 Ma) while 146 did not enroll a single member The meeting, held at the local Ukrai­ members. He said that UNA assets The Organizing Department de­ To date in 1983, 132 delegates nave nian club, was chaired by Mrs. Haras. currently total over S48 million, and a signated May as 30th Convention enrolled 392 new members, the Or­ who greeted Supreme President John profit of S2 million is made by renting Delegates' Month during the 1983 ganizing Department reporter . O. Flis and honorary chairman Mr. space at the UNA building. organizing campaign. It was one vear The names of delegates who enroll at Kolodrub, as well as the 25 meeting ago in May that the 30th Convention .east one new UNA member during tht participants. Mr. Kolodrub began the Mr. Fits also spoke about UNA was held with she participation of 399 month of May will be announced in meeting with a prayer, followed by a publications and Soyuzivka. as well as delegates. 26 members of the Supreme Svoboda. minute of silence for the district's the UNA'S efforts to award scholarships 'Xs`semT)ly^a"h?rsiVen Bon'orary members The Organizing Department, which decreased members. - 900 students have received over of the Supreme. Assembly. . . - is headed by Supreme Organizer Ste­ Mrs. Strot and Mr. Mucha were SI76,000 in financial aid over the years. The Organizing Department also fan Hawrysz, also reminded convention elected to serve as the meeting's secre­ He also informed the. meeting partici­ urged the members and honorary mem­ participants that the і 983 organizing taries. Mrs. Strot proceeded to read the pants about the new types of insurance bers of the Supreme Assembly to enroll campaign is dedicated to the 90th minutes of last year's meeting, after available. " new members during 30th Convenuon anniversary of Svoboda. the 50th of The which the annual reports began. After Mr. Flis`s speech, there was a Delegates^ Month. Ukrainian Weekly and the 30th of the Mrs. Haras spoke about the district's question-and-answer period on various Letters sent from the main office to veseika children's magazine. work in the past year, mentioning that UNA matters. ihe first priority was fulfilling the The last item on the agenda was the Mr- Lupynis oe released. The court, membership quota. The district or­ planning of the calendar for the follow­ nowevei decided that the "treat­ ganized 54 members, not quite meeting ing year, including the goal of organiz­ tupymsr: its quoia of 70, thus being 77 percent ing 60 new members. The meeting also і Continued from page 2) ment" be continued, and on April 8, 1978. be was transferred to the successful. proposed to commemorate the 90th ana one 'n March, were ignored Pavio` Institute in Kiev. A month She said that of the 13 branches anniversary of Svoboda, the 50th.of The Mr Lupynis subsequently appeal­ later, ne was moved again, this time which the district encompasses, only Ukrainian Weekly and the 30th of ed to ihe Ministry of Health and the to the oblast psychiatric nospitai in two did not organize any new members. Veseika (The Rainbow)children's presidium of ihe Association of Cherkaske. near Kiev. Mrs Harass branch. Branch 47, (of magazine. Also, the UNA`ers decided to Neurologists and Psychiatnsts. Asa which she is secretary) organized 21 new plan a trip to visit UNA headquarters in result, he was transferred to a differ­ On June. 21. 1980. without any members and Branch 147, whose secre­ Jersey City, N.J. Mrs Haras concluded ent ward, and an investigation of his advance notice. Mr. Lupynis was tary is Mrs. Hutsayluk, organized 13 the meeting with her thanks to all case^was ишЩ ji transferred back to Dnipropetrovske new members. participants and Mr Пь following a meeting on June lOofthe In September 1976, Mr. Lupynis regional people's court of Smila. was moved to a special psychiatric In a Byzantine twist. Dnipro­ Connecticut ing 18 new members. Other secretaries hospital in Alma-Ata, wftere he petrovske did not admit Mr. Lupynis who organized new members include underwent further unnecessary drug because of a'lack of documents, and HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael Volodymyr Pypiuk. P'of Teluk and therapy similar to the kind he en­ he was once again sent back to Smila. Snihurowycz was unanimously re- Semen Kravec. He reported that five dured at Dnipropetrovske. Apparent­ from where he was eventually trans­ elected Connecticut UNA District branches did not recruit a single mem­ ly, the Dnipropetrovske institution ported to the special psychiatric Committee chairman at the Ukrainian ber during the year had failed to forward his medical and complex in Orel, where he remains to National Home here on Saturday, Dr. Snihurowycz staled tha: in his treatment history to Alma-Ata, this day м March 19 capacity as district chairman during the thereby necessitating further "treat­ It is impossible to determine when John Teluk was named honorary year he attended the following func­ ment." or if Mr. Lupynis will be released. chairman of the district. Also elected to tions, a retirement party for the late Mr. In February 1977 a. general соп–. Prisoners may be kept in psychiatric the executive board were: Yakiv Tymkiv in May, the 30th Regular UNA ference of physicians was called to hospitals as long as authorities deem Nestoruk, vice chairman; Tares Slewin- Convention in Rochester (as a delegate) -review the Lupynis case. The Dnipro­ treatment is necessary. sky, secretary; Wasyl Dobczansky, where he organized a caucus, Mr. petrovske hospital, instead of com­ Mr. Lupynis is reported to be in treasurer; Stephan Tarasiuk, Iryna Tymkiv's funeral in Willimantic, Conn., plying with the conference's request extremely poor health, suffering Olijnyk, Dmytro Stec, Osyp Hladun Hartford School of Ukrainian Studies to send a medical history, dispatched from recurrent paralysis. Jieart and and Vasyl Romanyshyn, members. The graduation, a district executive meeting information labelling Mr. Lupynis kidney trouble and other complica­ auditing committee is composed of in September, and a Branch 254 an­ an "especially dangerous enemy of tions. Although little is known of his Wolodymyr Vasylenko, Hryhoriy Gina niversary banquet in New Britain, the state" in view of his prior con­ personal life, his father, Ivan Trofi- and Stephan Mykhailyshyn. Conn. victions: movych, is reportedly living in the The meeting was opened by Dr. Dr. Snihurowycz said he also attend­ In 1978, a medical commission village of Monastyryshche in the Snihurowycz, who greeted the 30 meet­ ed organizing/ secretarial sessions in submitted a recommendation that Cherkaske oblast. ing participants, including Prof. Teluk, Willimantic, Conn., and a district UNA pioneer Vasyl Derlycia and UNA chairmen's meeting at Soyuzivka in Supreme Organizer Stefan Hawrysz. A November. Documents... Stefania Sichko, who served 10 years moment of silence was dedicated in The reports of the secretary and in Soviet labor camps in the 1950s, is the memory of the deceased, including treasurer followed. Mr. Vasylenko, the (Continued from page 1) wife of Petro Sichko, who along with UNA Branch 387 activist Mykhailo chairman of the auditing committee, perhaps best known in the West for his his son Vasyl were each recently re- Tymkiv. reported that all the district's books 1976 letter to Yuri Andropov, then head sentenced while imprisoned to three Mr. Hladun chaired the elections were in order and asked the meeting of the KGB. In the letter, released in the years in a labor camp. They had already meeting, Mr. Nestoruk recorded the participants to grant a vote of confi­ West as a booklet titled "Notes From a served three-year terms for their in­ minutes. The minutes from last year's dence to the outgoing board. Madhouse," Mr. Terelia described the volvement with the Ukrainian Helsinki meeting were read by Mr. Slewinsky. Mr. Hawrysz, the supreme organizer, torture and brutality he had to endure Group. Another son, Volodymyr, was Dr. Snihurowycz proceeded with his was then asked to speak. He discussed while in Soviet custody and an episode sentenced in 1981 to three years'impri­ annual report, stating that 51 new the financial situation of the UNA, its in which he was doused with water and sonment for "anti-Soviet" activities. members insured for S72.000 were S48 million in assets, its new insurance forced to run naked in sub-zero tem­ Little is known about the three priests organized by the district. He specifically policies, its proposed merger with the perature who signed the memorandum. commended Mr. Slewinsk\ for enroll­ (Continued on page 13) ': No. 19 rHE UKRAINIAN ЛЕШ.У SUNDAY MAY' 9,1983 5

77г e original І кгаіпіап– language . ^^WMmfc^^^-^iSl^^ ideological group wo .fi' like ю do - version of the arthte below has appear­ because then rie UCCA would not be ed in America, the official organ of the the UCCA but merely an affiliate of one Providence Association of. Ukrainian Forgive them, Lord, or another legal or illegal organization Catholics. Shliakh, the official organ of which receives its instructions from the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of for they know not what they do unknown sources. Philadelphia, qndSvoboda. the official One thing is certain: who goes against organ of the Ukrainian National Asso­ by the Rev. Thomas Sayuk the Church and bishops does not do ciation. The English-language version is patriotic work, and, no matter what published for the first time here in The high-sounding mottos be uses, does Weekly. falsehood. The Providence Association sky brought the Providence Association harm to our Church and the entire is not standing aside, at least not yet; out into the all-national sphere by community. And, in our present situa­ The Rev. Thomas Sayuk is vice tion, without the mediation of the chancellor of the Philadelphia Arche­ instead, it is actively attempting through joining the UCCA. The Providence the representatives of the bishops, Association was a co-founder of the Church, peace within our community is parchy of the Ukrainian Catholic impossible. Church. Msgr. Chomko. to bring about a settle­ UCCA. The supreme president then ment of the misunderstandings within was the Rev Volodymyr Lotovych,and our community. the supreme secretary was Antin Tsur- This we put before the members of all political groups whose dedication and CONCLUSION Is an understanding possible in our kovsky. The editors of America also played a major role in the UCCA's patriotism may be used by their leaders community, and can the Providence under the guise of ultra-patriotic mottos The anonymous author slates that establishment. Association resume cooperation with for purposes which in no way benefit the Providence Association left the the present leadership of the UCCA? The members of any ideological- our community, the Ukrainian cause UCCA. This - an obvious falsehood. Mstyslaw Dolnycky. in a series of' partisan organization believe what their and, first of all. our Church. Having The Providence \ssociation continues articles in the America daily newspaper, official organs write. It is difficult for carefully considered the situation. 1 am to pay its dues `o ihe UCCA. it still gave an extraordinarily lucid and them to check what is published and to convinced that the members of this financially supports the information accurate analysis of the situation within ascertain what is true and what isn't. group and of the opposition will heed bureau in Washington, and still con­ our community, and he made sound This is also the case with the members the appeals of our bishops and will siders itself a member of the UCCA. proposals. and supporters of the one political influence their leaders to agree to de- The Providence Association tempora­ But. neither the UCCA leadership, group that now controls the UCCA. politicizing the UCCA and to settle the rily withdrew ts representatives from nor t he opposition to the current UCCA serious conflict within our community the UCCA in order to allow Msgr. Within the UCCA. as well as within leadership reacted to these proposals. (from which only our enemies benefit) Stephen Chomko. the supreme presi­ the World Congress of Free Ukrainians. And these proposals were nothing new. through negotiation and compromise in dent, to play the role of unbiased both of which should act for the general They followed the line expressed by the the spirit of brotherly love and in mediator. good, there can be no outvoting and UCCA president. Dr. Lev E. Dobrian- forcing of one or another political line accordance with God's laws. But what happened? The representa­ sky, in his book "U.S.A. and the Soviet — as some of the leaders of the best- Myth" (The Devin-Adair Co., Old And, only then will the Providence tives of all groups agreed to meet with organized contemporary political- Association not stand aside. Msgr. Chomko - all the groups save Greenwich, Conn.. 1971, 267 pp.). In one, the one which now controls the the-final chapter of this book, which is UCCA. The leaders of this group are dedicated to the UCCA, Dr. Dobrian­ now shouting thai Msgr. Chomko's sky clearly states that the UCCA is not a mission of mediation failed; however, political organization, but an educa­ Quebec documentary focuses on Kurelek they do not say chat they themselves are tional one; that the UCCA is an Ame­ ;- MONTREAL - Radio Quebec TV the reason for lack of success rican organization of U.S. citizens of Channel 17, honored the late William because, though they know that Msgr. Ukrainian descent whose goal is to Kurelek, renowned Ukrainian Cana­ Chomko is acting in the name of our promote the Ukrainian cause. He says dian artist, by airing a program on his bishops, they have refused to meet with nothing about the rule by majority of life and works on the "Planete" TV him. Perhaps there is nothing strange one or another ideological group. Dr. series on Saturday, March 19. about this since these leaders divided Dobriansky categorically rejects the This unique, sincere and tormented our community into angels and devils notion that the UCCA should be a artist was born in 1927 to Ukrainian and, it seems, they have counted the surrogate of the Ukrainian government pioneers in the prairies of Alberta. representative of the bishops — and in exile, or a substitute for a Ukrainian Being a great traveler he painted a perhaps ; bishops themselves - parliament, and he states that the veritable kaleidoscope of Canada and among it- levils. Therefore, who is UCCA is independent of any foreign her people, in particular the rural life of really a; !ault: the opposition — the centers. But what is it really like today? the prairies. He honored Quebecthrough creation v л h\ch `vas actually caused It does not matter which political his series of paintings, which were by the tactics o! certain "revolutionary" group controls the UCCA. When this inspired by trie everyday life of the leaders ot` this gtoup. or those who do organization becomes a political-parti­ inhabitants of Charlevoix. not wish a spea` with their Ukrainian san one it ceases to represent all brother, accusing hiir. of various "sins"? In the program friends and admirers Ukrainian Americans. And, when the drew a portrait of a great artist. When we Гіги, within our community UCCA leadership, in violation of the those who art . ;iinst unity, coopera­ The documentary was made possible UCCA By-laws, disregards the right of due to the contributions of Jean tion and the . of one- brother for sovereign member-organizations of the another, we і .st suspect an enemy Kurelek, Taras Hukalo, Joan Murray, UCCA, including the Providence Asso­ Dr. Stephen Klemchuck, Maria Lo- hand a; wo,-.v And the moan ciation, then it becomes a one-party that "Moscow is fighting against gush, Edouard Fiset, Minou Petrowski, organization. Nataika Diduch and Ewhen Kostiuk. us, therefore, whe is against us acts in Dr. Dobriansky did not mention and concert with Moscow" is not only an The program was rebroadcast on Mr. Dolnycky only hinted at what Monday, March 21. The late William Kurelek empty super-patriotic motto, but also enabled the UCCA 40 years ago to be proof that some of our leaders, proceed­ the sole central representation of Ukrai­ ing from erroneous.assumptions, have nian Americans. Therefore, we must come to erroneous conclusions. review how the UCCA was established. UOL announces fund drive - How can the Providence Association, Over 42 years ago, as a result of party in such a situation, return its representa­ conflicts, it was difficult, even im­ tives to the UCCA? The UCCA to date possible, to create one representation of for 1983 memorial scholarship has not replied to the bishops' appeal. Ukrainians in the United States. The BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Ukrai­ moral character. How can the Providence Association Organization for the Rebirth of Ukraine, nian Orthodox League of the U.S.A. The first Lynn Sawchuk-Sharon return to active participation in the which at that time was the most power­ has announced the 1983 Lynn Sawchuk- UCCA when the Providence Associa­ ful and could take over the majority of Kuzbyt scholarship was awarded in Sharon Kuzbyt Memorial Scholarship tion, which earlier had lost'a member Ukrainian American organizations, 1976 at the 29th UOLconvention and in Fund drive. on the UCCA presidium, has no in­ tried to find a way out of tne situation 1982 a total of S2.560 was awarded to fluence on the activity and policies of and proposed that the idea of one students. the UCCA? How can the Providence central representation be realized by the The memorial scholarship was esta­ blished to perpetuate the memory of With the rising costs of education Association, under the aegis of the four fraternal associations who had today, the UOL asks that the Ukrainian Church, cooperate with the present one- members of all possible political persua­ two outstanding UOL members who died in 1974 and 1975. community contribute to this worthy party leadership of the UCCA woes sions. And this is. what happened. All cause. In recognition of individuals (or some of its leaders are decidedly opposed rides agreed that representatives of the . Both girls were/teenagers at the time organizations) who contribute S100 or to the participation of our bishops or four fraternal associations would be the of their deaths, but had already dis­ more, the scholarship committee has other Church representatives in nego­ directors of the UGCA.'The filial played leadership abilities as presiden ts established a special S100 club. Each tiation sessions aimed at bringing about agreement, was. reached at fHe head­ of rteirrcsrx^ivejVmpr. UOLchapte/s. person who contributes, this amount,, or peace? How ean the. Providence; 'Asso­ quarters of the Providence. Association more, will receive a certificate suitable ciation aHow one роШїеаг group to use of Ukramian Catholics: The scholarship's awarded annually for framing and his name-will be a CathoTiCorganization, and indirectly Arid, thus, the UCCA existed for'40 ;o a member of a junior chap'tcr of the puf)li'shed in ihe UOL bulletin.' - - the Church; for its own purposes? years, arid on the iye of the 13th UOL- who is enrolled in-i.'program of '"Why does the Providence Associa­ Congress it united all our'national advanecoVeducation, displays high СоліпЬиПоп.5 are tajt-)lec(uctible. organizations.' -` academic iamei'Qmeht in-h^b school, is Foj".aiorelnforrnationortostnri contri­ tion stand aside?" ask the leaders of one 1 ,political group ;hi ongh the anonymous ," VBiVf docs not write the truth when - involved".m -extracurricular and.-cjyie , butions please tfriie Or, S Sivulich. 52 ) : VjfiM. 'Oncoagairi, rfefe is an obvtoiv. -hc.sajs that the Rev. Vfitrcd V ІШп”–. activities, 'and is` uf high ',e'thfeal and Kudfern Галс. Ьеф'СДїе'т. Pa: ISni.7, 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY MAY 8 1983 Nr 19

A glimpse of Soviet reality Ukrainian WeeHу Ukrainian SSR Communist Party discusses ''merger of nations" concept by Dr. Roman Solchanyk expressed above all in the intensive The Easter season socialization of labor and production, A meeting of the Ukrainian Party the increased Integrative processes of and "Providna Nedilia" aktiv, which was held in Kiev on March economic and everyday life, and the 25, witnessed an important keynote strengthening of the material basis,of-` speech by Ukrainian SSR Communist the fraternal friendship of peoples. Party First Secretary Volodymyr V. Mr. Shcherbytsky urged party or­ The joy of Easter, the celebration of rebirth, is not a fleeting moment, an Shcherbytsky devoted in part to a ganizations to make a profound analysis ephemeral feast. On the contrary, the renewal of faith continues throughout number of issues bearing directly on of these processes in the course of their the 40 days of the Easter season until Pentecost, as Christians greet each other current Soviet nationalities policy. routine practical work, giving due with the words, "Christ is risen, truly He is risen." The meeting was convened in order to consideration to the changes said to be The Easter season, the miracle of the Resurrection, continues during the review the tasks of the republic's party currently taking place in the social week following Easier, which is known as Holy Week, or "Svftlyi Tyzhden." organization in light of last December's structure of the Soviet population. The At this time, Ukrainian tradition has it that the dead also resurrect for the speech "60 Years of the USSR" by Yuri point of departure, he emphasized, was Easter season and come among the living. - V. Andropov, general secretary of the the thesis advanced at the 26th Con­ Holy Week comes to a close the following Sunday, St. Thomas Sunday, Communist Party of the Soviet Union gress of the CPSU on the formation of a which is called "Providna Nedilia" (Seeing-Off Sunday). On this day, (CPSU), and to discuss "the concrete classless society in the USSR within the Ukrainians come to the graves of their beloved relatives and share with them measures" drawn up by the Ukrainian historical framework of mature socia­ the riches of their blessed Easter baskets, the paska and the pysanky. Food is Politburo for implementing Mr. An­ lism. The implications of this theoreti­ left on the graves of the deceased, who on that day are sent off once again on dropov's proposals. cal proposition for nationalities policy their journeys to heaven. The gathering of leading party offi­ are, in Mr. Shcherbytsky's words, that This year, "Providna Nedilia" holds an even greater meaning for the entire cials in the Ukrainian capital is the first "changes in the social sphere, which are Ukrainian community.for thousands will gather at St. Andrew's Ukrainian significant response by the. republic's already taking place now, significantly Orthodox Center to pay their respects and mourn for the 7 million men, party leadership to Mr. Andropov's promote the intensification of inter- women and children who perished needlessly as a result of the Soviet- speech marking the 60th anniversary of nationality interaction (obshcheniye) perpetrated Great Famine in 1932-33. the formation of the USSR, which and have a substantial influence on the "Providna Nedilia `` is a most fitting day, during the most appropriate presumably will set the tone for Soviet sphere of national relations." religious season, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this horrible crime nationalities policy in the years ahead. Stripped of its euphemistic shroud, against humanity. The place, St. Andrew's Memorial Church, which is The single most important aspect of this bit of theorizing points in the dedicated to those "who gave their lives in Tight or in martyrdom for liberty that policy appears to be the ге-єтег– direction of further assimilation of the and national independence for their country," and especially to the famine gence of the concept of merger of non-Russian nations, leaving the ques­ victims, reminds us that a tragedy such as the Great Famine cannot be nations (sliyanie) as a legitimate and tion of whether the concept of merger of forgotten, or brought to mind just once a year. viable objective on the party's agenda. nations has actually be,eh mentioned in This national commemoration of a horrible genocide is an opportunity for Western observers have noted that a public speech largely moot. the entire Ukrainian community to partake in common prayer for a common the idea of merging or fusing the nations Turning to more practical matters, cause. It is an opportunity to ensure that the memory of the victims of a little- of the USSR had been de-emphasized Mr. Shcherbytsky singled out the known holocaust will live on in the consciousness of all Ukrainians, and enter during the Brezhnev period. It is now important role of large workers' collec­ into, the consciousness of all people. clear, however, that even before Brezh­ tives in the internationalization process. Through this solemn observance during this season of new hope, the nev's death a movement was afoot Such collectives, he noted, are be­ Ukrainian community should advance an understanding of this national within the party to "rehabilitate" this coming increasingly multinational in suffering and vow to make others aware of one of the crudest genocides in concept. Certainly, a milestone of sorts composition, thereby "tranforming history. was reached in December when Mr. themselves into a genuine school of Andropov sanctioned merger of nations international upbringing." The core of by declaring it to be "our final goal." these collectives is composed of so- In this connection, it is rather surpris­ called cadre workers, and it is they who ing that neither Mr. Shcherbytsky nor "promote the strengthening of a high Mother's Day anyone else who addressed the meeting culture of inter-nationality interaction of the party aktiv referred to merger of (obshcheniye), the inculcation of inter­ nations - at least not as reported in nationalist norms of behavior in all Radianska Ukrayina. The routine pro­ toilers and the surmounting of indivi­ cedure on such occasions is that the dual cases of nationalist psychology." In addition to the usual list of stalwart virtues automatically associated lower party organs reiterate the main The experience accumulated by the with mothers, one frequently overlooked is resourcefulness. For surely if, as tenets of party policies as these are better workers' collectives is a signi­ the old adage goes, "necessity is the mother of invention," then invention is a reflected in the speeches of the general ficant accomplishment, affirmed the necessity for mothers. secretary, in Central Committee decrees Ukrainian SSR Communist Party For instance, who could argue that mothers did not invent (or perfect) such and resolutions, and in other party- leader, and it should be utilized to the qualities as patience, selfless love, tolerance and wisdom. documents. maximum degree. let's begin with patience. We have all seen that look of stoic acceptance in a Anyone with a taste for speculation Perhaps the most revealing part,of mother's eye when she realizes that her little darling has just decided to will no doubt wonder why merger of Mr. Shcherbytsky's address —and the redecorate the new living room with a purple crayon. That same look must nations is conspicuous by its absence in most significant as concerns nationali­ certainly have been there when the first babies decided to ply their art on cave the proceedings of the Kiev meeting. ties policy - was that centering on walls. Soviet experts on the national question cultural affairs and the role of the Selfless love? There probably isn't a mother in the world who has not gotten have acknowledged that this concept intelligentsia. Once again, the focal up in the middle of the night to gently tend to the needs of her children. It's the remains controversial and that in-some point was "internationalization." The same with tolerance. Teething pains, the "Terrible-2s," adolescent tantrums sectors of the population it arouses fear international content of Ukrainian and mother-in-law antagonisms — she's put up with them all. of ethnic assimilation. It may well be Soviet culture, he argued, was being But these things are all spiritual rather than tactile. Mothers have also been that it has been decided, at least for the promoted by broad cultural ties with responsible for some practical innovations. For example, mothers have time being, to avoid any unnecessary other fraternal peoples, "and first of all discovered 1,001 ways to use ground beef - no small accomplishment. exacerbation of an already highly with the universally acknowledged In addition, we are convinced that it was mothers who first developed sensitive issue. Certainly, one must great culture of the Russian people." telepathy and extra-sensory perception. When asked, they always know that assume that those problems have been This is said to be reflected in the more the lost sock is in the left-hand drawer of the bedroom dresser under the T- discussed in Ukrainian SSR Commu­ than 11,000 non-Ukrainian literary shirts and that the mislaid roller-skate is in the garage behind winter tires. nist Party circles and in the other works - 9,000 of them Russian - They don't have to look; they just know. republics during the three months that published in the republic since I9I7;the Mothers also invented creative financing systems so complex that they have elapsed since Mr. Andropov's 60-volume series of novels and short make John Maynard Keynes look like a rank amateur. More often than not, speech. stories titled "Treasury of Fraternal they manage to take care of the bills, get the groceries, pay the repairman and An over-all view of the Kiev proceed­ Literatures"; and the forthcoming have something left over for allowance. Many mothers manage to pull this off ings nonetheless leaves one with the publication of the first volume of the while holding down full-time jobs, leading many to believe that if mothers ran firm impression that cultural policies in new series of Soviet literary' classics the Federal Reserve the economy would be in much better shape. Ukraine will be oriented towards further called "Unity." In a similar vein, Mr. With all these accomplishments, it is somewhat ironic that mothers did not "internationalization" in the months Shcherbytsky referred to the produc­ invent Mother's Day. Ann Jarvis, the mother of Mother's Day, was never a ahead. The central theme of Mr. tions of the recently formed Druzhba mother herself. But her`s was a great invention, and we invite all mothers to Shcherbytsky's speech was "the interna­ Theater, which in fact is not a theater as join in celebrating this special day. After all, you have a lot to be proud of. tionalization of socio-political and such but rather a touring program in spiritual life as the most important law Kiev for troupes from other republics. (zakonomernost) of mature socialism." Mr. Shcherbytsky exhorted his According to the Ukrainian party listeners to utilize more fully the exist- leader, such internationalization is -''(Continued on pate 15) No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY MAY 8,1983 7

Media reports on famine Cable-TV program THE GREAT FAMINE OTTAWA - The Great Famine in Ukraine (1932- CBC-TV news probe 33) was remembered here in Canada's capital last MONTREAL - CBC-TVs Academy Award- month with a special cable-TV program and a winning series "The Fifth Estate" presented a probe commemorative service by the Ukrainian Orthodox into the events surrounding the so-called "secret community. Ukrainian holocaust" on Wednesday night, April 27, On April 4, the monthly Ukrainian television show, at 8 p.m. broadcast on cable Channel 12 was devoted to the In 1933, an estimated 7 to 10 million Ukrainians famine. Hosted by Lesia Hirniak. the show opened starved to death in an artifically created famine with an appearance by two young members of the local secretly executed by the Stalin regime. choir, Dnipro, with background music provided by the local Orthodox choir. Now, 50 years later, evidence of this unprecedented holocaust and its coverup is gaining public attention. Also featured on the show was Ivan Jaworsky, a This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of What precipitated this deliberate mass genocide? Why graduate of Carleton University, who commented on history's most horrifying cases of genocide — the does Moscow persist in denying that such a famine the historical circumstances of the famine and the Soviet-made Great Famine of 1932-33, in which ever existed? And why were reports of the mass methods used by the Soviet regime to destroy the some 7 million Ukrainians perished. starvation ignored by the Western world? These are Ukrainian peasantry through collectivization. Relying on news from Svoboda and, later, just some of the questions that were explored by "The Prjof. Walter Tarnopolsky spoke of Moscow's The Ukrainian Weekly (which began publica­ Fifth Estate" reporter Bob McKeown. policies in Ukraine in the context of international law, tion in October 1933), this column hopes to To eliminate Ukrainian nationalist resurgence and as well as on the evolution of the principle of remind and inform Americans and Canadians of resistance to forced collectivization, Stalin confiscated international responsibility for genocide. Prof. this terrible crime against humanity. grain harvests and closed off the border to outside Tarnopolsky, an expert in international law at the By bringing other events worldwide into the food sources. What resulted was the brutal starvation University of Ottawa, also noted that despite evidence picture as well, the column hopes to give a of roughly one-quarter of the entire population. that the famine was created for political purposes, the perspective on the state of the world in the years international community largely ignored the tragedy. Even though Western governments were fully aware of Ukraine's Great Famine. of the systematic starvation, they remained silent for The program, which was re-broadcast on April 9, fear of compromising their diplomatic ties with the also featured still photographs of the famine which PartXD Soviet Union. appeared in several newspapers in the 1930s. "The Ukrainian Famine" was produced by Oleh On April 17, the Orthodox community held a December 1932 Rumak. The senior producer of "The Fifth Estate" is panakhyda (memorial service) led by the Rev. R. Bozhyk in memory of the famine's victims. Ron Haggart. Executive producer is Robin Taylor. On December 2, 1932, Svoboda printed a news In addition, the Canadian Council of European item datelined Moscow which reported that the Captive Nations in Ottawa sent copies Soviet government was issuing exit visas to its of materials relevant to the famine citizens who requested permanent emigration.'; to over 60 embassies, as well as to members of Radio Quebec report Workers could leave the country by paying the I Parliament, the Senate and other institutions. The government S250, professionals would have to " materials included copies of articles by William Henry MONTREAL - A TV documentary on the Great pay S500. Those who had money could buy Chamberlin, a journalist who reported on the famine, Famine in Ukraine (1932-33) was aired here on themselves out of the "Soviet paradise," Svo­ and Dr. James Mace of the Harvard Ukrainian Channel 17 of Radio Quebec, a French-language boda commented. network, on April 16 at 7 p.m. Research Institute, who is currently doing research for Dr. Robert Conquest's upcoming book on the famine. On December 6, Svoboda reported that two The documentary, with French voice-over, was Soviet newspapers, lzvestia and Pravda, had shown on the network's "Planete"series. A Ukrainian called for the shooting of all peasants who hid and English version are also planned. grain and foodstuffs from the authorities. The Participating in the 30-minute program were three Winnipeg Free Press concealment of these products was "betrayal of. eyewitnesses, as well as Dr. James Mace of the the revolution," arid called for 1 he rribst'severe' Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, Malcolm WINNIPEG - The April 9 issue of the Winnipeg punishment, the Soviet newspapers said. Muggeridge, a British writer who was one of the first Free Press featured three articles on the Great Famine Svoboda reported that these decrees in the Western journalists to report on the extent of the in Ukraine, including a interview with British author Soviet press stemmed from a recent incident in famine. Lev Kopelev, a Soviet dissident writer now Malcolm Muggeridge, one of the first Western which a peasant worker was sentenced to death living in the West who took part in the confiscation of journalists to report extensively on the tragedy. after killing a Soviet agent who came to collect grain, and Nina Strokata-Karavansky, a former In addition to the interview, conducted in 1982 by hidden wheat. The Soviet government reported Ukrainian dissident also living in the West. Toronto writer Marco Carynnyk, the paper published that its grain collection was below the needed Also taking part in the documentary were Soviet an eyewitness account by 72-year-old Winnipeger quota and it had to search the peasants for dissident Dr. A. Babyonyshev, now with the Univer­ Oleksa Hay-Holowka, and a story on the reluctance of anything they might have hidden. sity of Alberta, Prof. Bohdan Bociurkiw of Carleton some survivors to talk about the man-made catastro­ On December 7, the Svoboda headline read - University in Ottawa, Dr. Bohdan Krawchenko of the phe, which killed between 5 and 7 million Ukrainians. "(Soviets) Want to Use Hunger to Force Workers University of Alberta, Prof. Roman Serbyn of the to Stay on the Job." The news story said that the University of Quebec, and Marco Carynnyk, a Along with the three articles, the Free Press Soviet government had issued a decree, signed Toronto writer. printed the following note: by Vyacheslav Molotov,premier of the USSR, Interviews were done in four languages, Ukrainian, "Few events of such enormity have attracted and Joseph Stalin, party chief, which stated that French, English and Russian. so little public clamor or more press apathy than factory workers would be given foodstuffs, The research, script and interviews for the program the government-programmed famine which led clothes and everyday necessities only in the were done by Taras Hukalo. to the extermination in 1932-33 of 8 million state stores at the factories in which they worked, people in Ukraine. The Free Press was a party to and only on the days they worked there. In this way, that apathy — in the years immediately after the the government hoped to limit the number of famine and in efforts this year to publicize its 50 "days off" the workers took. The decree was to Ottawa Citizen article anniversary. Editors took it for granted it was a take effect January I. Until that time the factory OTTAWA - The April 18 issue of the Ottawa matter best left to history books and academics, workers had been issued special books Citizen, this capital city's only daily newspaper, ignoring much significant new research on the which enabled them to obtain supplies from any carried an article on the 50th anniversary of the Great subject. Readers have noted the shortcoming. government-sanctioned factory store. 'As of the Famine in Ukraine (1932-33) which focused on the These pages acknowledge it." new year, they would be able to receive supplies harrowing experiences of a 60-year-old survivor. only from the store affiliated with the factory for which they worked. The paper identified the woman, who was 8 years Interviewed at his home in Sussex, England, the 80- old when the famine began, by the pseudonym Olena, year Mr. Muggeridge, who was the Soviet correspon­ Svoboda also received news that Walter noting that she would not give her real name because dent for the Manchester Guardian in the early 1930s, Duranty, correspondent for The New York she feared "for the safety of her friends behind the Iron called the famine "the most terrible thing I have ever Times, had arrived in Paris and reported that Curtain." seen." statistics about the Soviet way of life were Her story is typical of those who managed to live He said that although he had witnessed mass difficult to obtab. Mr. Duranty reported that through the famine, which was imposed by the starvation and disease while in India, the sight f the Soviet government eliminated all informa­ Communist regime to hasten collectivization and people dying of hunger as the result of a deliberate tion that could be harmful to its regime and destroy the social basis of Ukrainian nationalism — government policy was something he had never censorship was common. He added that over a individual peasant agriculture. Experts put the death experienced. million peasants had escaped from the Soviet toll at between 5 and 7 million people, although some Union during the last year and that this had been say the actual number was much higher. "The novelty of this particular famine, what made it hushed up by Soviet authorities. so diabolical, is that it was not the result of some According to Citizen columnist Louise Crosby, In an editorial dated December 8, Svoboda catastrophe like drought or an epidemic," he said. "It Olena's father was a kurkul, a prosperous peasant spoke out against Mr. Duranty, who, although was the deliberate creation of a bureaucratic mind farmer, until he was forced to deliver a huge quota of he believed in the Soviet system and often which demanded the collectivization of agriculture, grain and vegetables to authorities. Olena told the praised it, could not conceal the fact that all was immediately, as a purely theoretical proposition, paper that when her father had turned everything over not well in the USSR. The editorial stated that ' without any consideration whatever of the conse­ to authorities, their property was searched to make according to Mr. Duranty, the Soviet govern­ quences in human suffering." sure the family had not hidden any food supplies. ment was not aware of the emigration of over a "My mother had a bag of dried peas hanging in the /AUs tolu whwily aswo manuiauy y WesterTTULV.NnI luiwivwiuoiintellectualsa symOJMI­- summer chimney," Olena told the Citizen. "They pathized with the Soviets and refused to acknowledge (Continued on page 12) (Coctfaraedon page 12) (Continued on pagpape 12) . - --- -:: ;/,;І^;І '-^v^i.. .- І.Й;ТІ;',.ЛІ--v,^r..; т^^ч–"'/Л' v. -.-. - гш. ^' ГНЕ UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY MAY 8.1983 No 19

Ukrainian hockey update 'ft - by Ihor N. Stelmach ` g ^ Tommy Lysiak should stick ю what he Chicago's Tom Lysiak: truly excels at and leave the career the leader planning to guidance counselors. The first couple of times yours truly saw Tom Lysiak play hockey, 1 knew I'd All-Star Babych ready like him. Of course it helps that he happens to be Ukrainian. Once in to join elite class Atlanta, at the height of the Philadel­ Flattered and flustered, Dave Babych phia's Broad Street Bullies act, Lysiak was lost for words. But he couldn't skated after Flyer Don Saleski (his suppress his chuckles of delight. The big mom is Ukrainian). The implication Ukrainian defenseman had just learned was clear - Lysiak was not inviting of the fact he had been selected to the "Big Bird" to join him at a nearby Campbell Conference team for the refreshment stand where, incidentally, National Hockey League's 35th annual Lysiak was as popular as he was at the all-star game. Omni (home of Atlanta's indoor sports "It's pretty satisfying." he said, teams). finally, after thinking about his reply for When Bobby Clarke publicly stated more than two minutes. "I never watch he'd like to play on the same team as myself play. I don't know what it is Lysiak, I knew the young Altanta center about my game other people like." was special because Clarke reserves Perhaps it is his brutal strength, the such compliments only for people he cannonball shot, his powerful skating respects. Another likeable quality of or his ability to handle a puck. Lysiak's was his candor. For example, "You are looking at the guy who is asked what lessons he had learned in his going to become the premier defense- rookie NHL season, this pride of man in nockey," said Bill Sutherland, Medicine Hat replied, "You have to the assistant coach of the Winnipeg Jets learn how to cheat - on faceoffs and in charge of defense. things like that." Only 21. Babych has become the first Lysiak, the second player chosen in member of the Jets to be elected to the the 1973 amateur draft behind Denis mid-season all-star aggregation. He Potvin, has always been good for a polled 96 out of a possible 150 points. laugh and an honest comment about the Only Doug Wilson of the Chicago game. Lately, however, a more serious Black Hawks had more (144). But he side of Lysiak has been surfacing. This was far ahead of his nearest challengers, dimension probably has been inside him namely Craig Hartsburg of Minnesota for a long time, but, when you develop and Paul Coffey of the Gretzkyi er. an image, sometimes it is difficult to Edmonton Oilers. make people believe there is more to It was only two years ago that a you than laughs. Of course, playing for controversy developed when Babych's Orval Tessier doesn`t leave muchroom Ukrainian brother, Wayne, in the midst to laugh it up. Tessier, Chicago's rookie of a 50-goal season with the St. Louis coach, and GM Bob Pulford are as Blues, was neither voted nor added to serious about hockey as Dick Vermeil the Campbell Conference all-stars. He was about football. was, however, a last-minute addition Lysiak was always a very capable when someone else dropped out. scorer - not a league leader, as some "Maybe this is their way of getting rid expected when he was drafted, but he Tom Lysiak of the Chicago Black Hawks. of any guilt feelings," said Babych, has averaged a nice 25 goals a season. referring to the members of the Pro­ And, he has usually been a team leader. and Sutter, two guys who take different Phil Russell, Ivan Boldirev and Darcy fessional Hockey Writers Association ..But now, J,ysiak the Leader is more but equally effective approaches to their Rota. The three were among the most who did the voting. ' apparent than ever. Like many players jobs. popular Black Hawks. On the night David's modesty is genuine. After all, who have been successful but have one "He (Lysiak) is a very, very important Lysiak made his debut with the Hawks, he still bears the scars of the 1980-81 major item missing in their wardrobe part of this hockey club," Tessier told three tombstones bearing the departed edition of the Jets that won only nine accessory collection - a championship the Chicago Tribune. "He's a leader, a Hawks' numbers. were painted on a games and went 30 in a row without a ring — Tom Lysiak wants to win, now. helluva leader. People look up to him. bedsheet that was draped from the victory. Nicknamed "Slug" by his With this skilled, well-coached Chicago He doesn't make much noise, but he stadium balcony. That night, the Hawks teammates, Babych is the quietest team, Lysiak sees the opportunity to comes to play and the guys appreciate were blanked by Philadelphia, thus member of the team. He doesn`t prod win the Stanley Cup and he is willing to what he does. His line is an example line beginning a frosty relationship with his teammates to work harder. Instead, perform any role to do it. If this means for us. It's not that out other lines can`t Lysiak that did not thaw until last he tries to compensate for their failing turning over most of the scoring respon­ do it, but they're less experienced. They season. by working harder himself. sibility to Denis Savard, Lysiak will watch what he does and copy him." very willingly oblige. While Lysiak finally feels at home in "I have never seen a player with his Not long ago, if teammates copied Chicago, Atlanta remains close to his stamina," said Sutherland. "The more "Pully started it a couple of years Lysiak off the ice, they would have been heart in more ways than Melinda he plays, the better he is. We have to ago," Lysiak said. "I was maybe our too exhausted to practice. Lysiak knew Lysiak. "I still love the place and I'm play him every second shift." most defensive centerman at the time. I how to have a good time. Now, he still glad I went there when the franchise was Winnipeg fans are gradually becom­ was trying to check and score, too. has a good time, but with Mrs. Lysiak. new," he said. "The Boomer (Bernie ing more appreciative of young Mr. Now, they tell me just to check and I end Tom and Melinda, one of Atlanta's Geoffrion) was my first pro coach and Babych. They know hell never terrorize up scoring. It's not as hard as it sounds peaches, were married a year ago. he let me do everything. He gave me an opponents with his massive fisticuffs or because most offensive players believe Marriage must be good, eh? insight into what this game is really all his bone-crunching hits. There is nothing they're too good to backcheck, too, so "Well, it keeps you home at nights," about." abrasive about his game. If he were a you can take advantage of that." Lysiak said, smiling. He added: "I'm Lysiak frequently takes time to think. cowboy, he'd definitely wear a white getting near the end of my career - I'm He even advises sports writers on career hat. But, heaven help the man who Hawks' main man 30 now - and I'm not financially set. I planning. Bill Fleischman, correspon­ crosses him or a disadvantaged team­ like the little horse farm we have outside dent to the Hockey News, had just mate. He can be truly devastating when "Tommy has more of a role now," of Atlanta. I don't mind shoveling that returned from covering the NCAA he absolutely has to be. said Darryl Sutter, the Black Hawks' stuff every morning, but I think I'd Convention in San Diego on one ocas- Rated first but selected second over captain. "For a while he was supposed rather listen to it." sion, a fact that aroused Lysiak`s all in the 1980 draft. Babych has gra­ to be our big offensive guy. Now, he interest. As their discussion concluded. dually developed into a front-line plays their big center." Atlanta on his mind Lysiak said, "They say you should defenseman. On the ice, he has brokeri Although Sutter wears the "C." he change cities every once in a while - it's the habit of trying to do everyone's job. insists that Lysiak is the Black Hawks' In other words. Lysiak sees himself good for you, refreshes you." Teammates now react to him rather main man. "Tommy is really our true playing several more seasons at peak Tom Lysiak didn't change cities by than watch in awe. leader," admits Sutter. form. Having a good team around him choice, but it is clear the change has "I'd say the biggest difference in "He has matured a lot. Away from will make those plans easier to fulfill. refreshed him. And Bill Fleischman Dave, compared to years past, is the the game, he is still a happy-go-lucky Also, having the Chicago Stadium fans immediately volunteered to be the new intensity he has found," said type. But when we're here, he's serious on his side is important. Gone are those Hockey News' correspondent in San Sutherland. "He is starting to make and the guys really listen to him." first unsettling days after the March Diego. Of course that sunny city does things happen in his own special way." The suspicion is the Black Hawks 1979, trade which brought Lysiak, Greg not yet have a hockey team. Now what He is an exceptionally strong skater. h. -`Mtstanding leaders in Lysiak Fox and three others to Chicago for kind of career planning is that? Maybe (Continued on page 15) No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY MAY 8,1983 9

Panorama of Ukrainian culture in the Big Apple by Helen Perozak Smindak

The Julian Easter Irish or Swedish neighbor. I know that service — Utrennia — the voices of outdoors for a candle-lit procession some Ukrainians still go by the Julian choir and congregation blend in the around the church and. alter the service Easter, the principal spring festival in calendar But the Julian Christmas was ancient Easter hymn of triumph :"Khrys- the blessing of Easter baskets. the spiriiuai culture of the Ukrainian on January 7. exactly 13 days after the tos Voskres" (Christ is Risen). Through­ Ukrainian parishes in Queens, the people, is being celebrated this week­ "regular" Christmas. Why isn't the out the service, the priest repeats the Bronx and Staten Island are holding end in Ukrainian Orthodox churches Julian Easter celebrated 13 days after phrase "Khrystos Voskres" and the resurrection services early this morning and Byzantine Rite Ukrainian Catholic the Gregorian Easter? worshippers respond in unison, "Vois- - Holy Cross Ukrainian Catholic parishes which follow the Julian calen­ The answer: Easter is not a fixed date, tynu Voskres" (Indeed He is Risen). Church in Astoria. 6a.m.: St. Andrew's dar. but is set by church dictum to fall on the Manhattan's three Ukrainian Ortho­ Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Jamaica. For the general public, an Easter first Sunday after the first full moon dox parishes - St. Vladimir's, All 10:30 a.m.; St, Mary's Ukrainian Ca­ Sunday five weeks late is a puzzling following the vernal equinox. Reckon­ Saints and Holy Trinity - and St. tholic Church in the Bronx. 8a.m.; and phenomenon Yes. says your Jewish or ed by the Julian calendar, Easier Sun­ George's Ukrainian Catholic Church Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church. day thus comes on May 8. scheduled their resurrection services to Staten Island, 6 a.m. With all but two or three of New begin between 9 p.m. and midnight on Parishioners oi these four churches York's dozen Ukrainian churches ob­ Saturday. take their Easter food baskets to church serving the Julian Easter, many Ukrai­ In Brooklyn's Williamsburg section, on Saturday afternoon to be blessed, as nians throughout the city are absorbed a Saturday midnight resurrection ser­ do worshippers of All Saints and St this weekend in time-honored customs. vice at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Ortho­ George's churches in Manhattan. These include a resurrection service dox Cathedral was to be followed by a St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church with glorious a capella choral singing, divine liturgy. Like Holy Trinity in Ozone Park, Queens, which now the blessing of Easter foods, and joyous parish in Manhattan, the Holy Trinity follows the Gregorian calendar, plans family gatherings. congregation in Brooklyn (they come an Easter liturgy for 10 a.m. todaj. During the jubilant great Easter under different jurisdictions) goes Easter events

A number of cultural events in the Big Apple coincide with the Julian Eastei observance, bringing Ukrainian arts and traditions into greater public view " The Ukrainian Museum's exhibit ot pysanky has drawn a great number of admiring viewers from the public and the media, and the Easter-egg decorat­ ing workshops and demonstrations directed by Natalka Duma were full) booked. The exhibit continues through the end of June. The museum, at 203 Second Ave.`, is open Wednesday to Sunday. 1-5 p.m. (Closed lodav tor Easter). i- сі і " Traditional spring dances (hahilk'y) will be performed at I p.m. today by children of St. George's Ukrainian Catholic School on the street in front of St. George's Church, on East Seventh Street between Second and Third avenues. The youngsters were instruct­ ed by Daria Genza. a "Easter Selection," an exhibit of oils, drawings, watercolors, sculpture Olena Cherwoniak (left) and Lesia Lebed demonstrate how to make pysanky for and ceramics by Aka Pereyma is being One of Aka Pereyma's sculptures. Channel 4's "Live at 5" program. held through May 13 at the Ukrainian Artists' Association gallery, 136 Second Ave. Mrs. Pereyma. a strong advocate of folklore, uses symbols from tradi­ tional folk patterns, especially Easter eggs, as she did in watercolors included in the show. Her sculptures are of two styles - geometric abstract pieces fabricated by the Hobart School of Welding, and found object pieces (pri­ marily old agricultural implements such as scythes, sickles, rakes and saws) which have been formed into істагк– able birds (ostrich, turkey, rooster and crane) up to six feet in size. Decorated ceramic plates and unique pencil draw­ ings give the exhibit great variety. A resident of Troy, Ohio, Mrs. Pereyma has had her work exhibited in many one-man shows and group exhibits. The artist will be at the gallery during viewing hours. Monday to Friday, 6-8 p.m.. and Saturday and Sunday, 1-8 p.m. e A retrospective exhibit of work by the late Alexis Gritchenko (Hrysh- chenko), whose marine and landscape paintings assured him a distinguished place in French painting, opened on April 16 at the Ukrainian Institute of America. 2 E. 79th St. at Fifth Avenue. Viewing hours are 2 to 6 p.m. Tuesday to Sunday. " The Ukrainian Dancers of Astoria, directed by Elaine Oprysko, will per­ form Ukrainian folk dances at the Ninth Avenue Festival on May 15 at 12:30 A historic photo of the early members of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus. (Continued on pace 13) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY MAY 8,1983 No. 19 UNWLA Social Services Conference Philadelphia Plast unit captures draws over 70 participants basketball title at annual tourney by Roman Juzeniw ing, that we have balanced scoring." Christine Santore. one of the many BAYONNE, N.J. - Philadelphia's Plast members who came to cheer their llth Unit defeated last year's cham­ home teams on,said: "Our Philadelphia pions, Washington's 45th Unit, to team is well-prepared." capture first place in the seventh annual Mr. Hromockyj, said that his team's basketball tournament for Plast "yu- strengths included "Adrian Gawdiak as naky" (boys age 12-18) here at Bayonne playmaker and Andrij Jarosewich as High School on Sunday, April 17. the big man up the middle." The Wash­ Washington's 45th Unit has won the ington team lost one of its key players, previous three tournaments, leading its D. Bazarko, who hurt his ankle in the coach, Alex Hromockyj to remark after first preliminary game and couldn't play his team's second-place finish: "All again. dynasties must end — the Ming, John The final game was extremely close Wooden's UCLA basketball teams' and and fast-paced throughout. At halftime Washington's, too. But well be back the score was 9-9 and was an indication next, year." of how evenly matched these two teams New York City's 3rd Unit took third were. Until the final minute of the game, place in the competition organized the lead held by any team was never yearly by the Jersey City-New York more than two points. With one minute chapter of the "Orden Khrestonostsiv" to go, Philadelphia led, 21-19. Plast unit. Eugene Kotyk was tourna­ Washington gambled and purposely ment director. fouled, in order to get the ball back. The tournament's opening cere­ Unfortunately for them, Philadelphia's monies were conducted by Oles La- L. Rejtariwsky and Nestor Bojko made bunka, president of the "Orden Khresto­ three of the foul shots and Philadel­ nostsiv" unit for young adults, who led phia's llth Unit went on to win, 24-19. everyone in prayer and then wished the The MVP award went to Philadel­ competitors luck in their games. Al­ phia's Myron Bojko, who scored 12 together, 37 youths competed in this points in the championship game (eight year's tournament. Some of the participants of the UNWLA's Social Services Conference held in points coming into the second half). Each team played six games, with Bojko said that he wished he could give Irvlngton, NJ. Philadelphia (6-0) and Washington (4- the trophy to every member of the team, 2) advancing to the finals. New York's "since they deserved it as much as I." IRVIiNGTON, N.J. - Over 70women Ukrainians in Poland" - L. Pencak; 3rd Unit took third place, beating out Trophies, as well as other expenses, attended the Ukrainian National Wo­ "Aid to Ukrainians in Ukraine" - O. Newark's 5th Unit. were funded by the Ukrainian National' men's League of America Social Ser­ Zaremba; "Difficulties in sending mail Both Philadelphia and Washington Association, the Jersey City Self- vices Conference sponsored by the New and packages to Ukraine" - N. Svitly- met in last year's final game, which was Reliance Ukrainian Credit Union and Jersey Regional Council here on Satur­ chna; "UNWLA scholarship program won by Washington. This year, in the the "Vovcha Tropa" Plast camp. Mem­ day, April 16. in Europe" - V. Mycio; "UNWLA preliminary games, the two teams bers of the "Orden Khrestonostsiv" Anna Krawczuk, UNWLA social scholarship program and aid to Ukrai­ played against each other, and Phila­ Plast unit refereed, kept time and did service chairperson, welcomed women nians in South America" - A. Kraw­ delphia won by scores of 9-8 and 17-7. the score-keeping. OrestSiryj served as front tJNWLA branches in New Jersey, czuk. The afternoon session concluded Before the championship game, Phila­ referee. Philadelphia, New England, New York with Mrs. Sawycka's slide presentation delphia coach Oleh Luba stated: "It's The tournament champions in pre­ City and Washington. of her trip to Brazil. not a grudge match. We just want to vious years were: 1977 - Trenton's 49th The full-day conference was divided The conference drew to a close with win. Our team's strength lies in our Unit; 1978 - New York City's 3rd Unit; into two sessions. The morning panel the recommendations committee pre­ good bench strength and in the fact that 1979 - Hartford's 23rd Unit and 1980- was moderated by Teodozia Sawycka, senting several ideas, including an every player on our team is contribut­ 81-82 - Washington's 45th Unit. first vice president of the UNWLA. appeal to the United Ukrainian Ameri­ Topics covered in the morning session can Relief Committee to help with included: "Information on Ukrainian scholarship funds. translations of Social Security pam­ phlets" - Mrs. Sawycka; "St. John's The UNWLA, as a community or­ social services for senior citizens" — S. ganization, is involved in providing Lang; "Social services - clubs, homes financial aid for needy Ukrainian for the elderly in New York," — L. causes. Currently, the UNWLA is Chernyk; "Homes for the elderly in involved in a campaign ("Help Rostyk") Philadelphia and vicinity"— N. Oranska; to aid a 2-year-old Ukrainian boy in "Homes for the elderly in New Jersey, Poland who needs an operation on his Sloatsburg, N.Y.,and Baltimore" - O. injured hand. The UNWLA works both Zaremba; "Abused Women" — B. through its 121 branches and the central Polanska and R. Myskiw; "Rehabilita­ Social Services Committee. tion of the blind and visually impaired The women's league is, as always, and talking books/cassettes" - L. continuing its scholarship campaign for Danyk; "Aid to grandmothers" - O. students in South America and Europe. Hnatyk. In 1982, 205 students received scholar­ The afternoon panel was moderated ships, totaling 536,881. This year, the by Mrs. Krawczuk and the following UNWLA has received 57 new applica­ topics were discussed: "UNWLA Pen tions and once again hopes that the-H Pal Center"— Mrs. Krawczuk; "Aid to community will contribute to this cause

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Chosen festival queen video-film with the Ukrainian Puppet Theater titled. "The Mitten." In her Notes on people spare time, she likes to paint ceramics, make "pysanky" (Ukrainian Easter eggs) and embroider. Renya, as her friends call her, said she contest as. "enjoyable, but competi­ Me" writing contests. She won an feels "proud grateful, honored and very tive." As one of the contestants. Miss award for her entry. "Ancestry" in the moved to be Miss Ukraine of 1983." Juzych had to appear before a panel of Lawrence Institute of Technology five judges from various organizations Poetry Contest. She views the event as a symbolic one. "This year we are commemorating 50 of the Ukrainian community. All the She has received national recognition years of the famine in Ukraine when 5 girls were required to dress in ethnic for mathematics and chemistry, the Phi million Ukrainians starved because of costume. Each was individually ques­ Beta Kappa Honoree Award, and the the Soviet-made genocide famine. I feel tioned in two languages. Ukrainian and United States Congressional Medal of a great responsibility as a representative English, on matters pertaining to Ukrai­ Merit for her community work. She is of the Ukrainian community to bring nian culture, history, geography, cur­ listed in "Who's Who Among Ameri­ knowledge of my beloved Ukraine and rent affairs and community affairs. can High School Students." "Who's its culture to the American people." Besides being judged, in the areas of Who in Sports." and "Who's Who in Music." As the Ukrainian Ethnic Queen, Miss poise, intelligence, community involve­ Juzych will be able to display freely and ment and appearance, the girls com­ Miss Juzych`s extracurricular activi­ share the heritage of which she is so peted in a talent exhibition. Miss ties include music, dance, and sports. proud. "Being Ukrainian, I appreciate Juzych demonstrated her knowledge She plays the piano and bandura, and is the freedom 1 enjoy in America. Being and skill in Ukrainian dance by per­ a member of the Ukrainian Music both Ukrainian and American, I feel I forming a number she herself choreo­ Institute. She has studied ballet for 10 have been twice blessed." graphed. Ms. Juzych will perform on years under Motria Makar, Severe and the opening night of the Ukrainian Rosemarie Floyd, and has performed in After graduation from immaculate festival after the coronation ceremony. many school and community functions. Conception Ukrainian Catholic High She has competed at dance camps and School, Miss Juzych intends to study Miss Juzych was this year's "Home­ dentistry at Wayne State University. coming Queen" at Immaculate Concep­ contests sponsored by the Dance Educa­ Christina Renata Juzych tors of America. She is the daughter of Dr. Marius and tion. She was also participated in Christina Juzych of Warren. The HAMTRAMCK, Mich. - Christina several academic, community, sport, She belongs to Plast Ukrainian Juzyches belongs to Immaculate Con­ Renata Juzych, 18, a senior at Immacu­ and talent contests. Youth Organization and is a youth ception Ukrainian Catholic parish in late Conception Ukrainian Catholic A member of the National Honor counselor. She plays volleyball for the Hamtramck. High School, here, has been selected to Society, Christina will graduate with school and Chernyk Ukrainian Sports reign as queen over the Ukrainian highest honors. She is a recipient of the Club teams. She has won awards at the Ethnic Festival to be held on May 13, Wayne State University Merit Scholar­ American Gymnastics Academy, as 14, 15 on the Detroit riverfront. ship, and a National Merit Scholarship well as medals for track and swimming. To compete in pageant In the annual contest, girls of Ukrai­ semi-finalist. Her other awards include These activities have kept Christina nian ethnic background compete for the the,Wayne State Science and Humani­ busy, but she has found time to "Adopt honor of representing the 50,000 Ameri­ ties Symposium Award, first-place a Grandmother." Through this pro­ cans of Ukrainian descent in the metro winner in the Optimist Club Oratorical gram she visits the elderly who are area. District Contest and the "America and confined to nursing homes. This year's winner described the Me" and the "What America Means to She has just completed working on a

became worn and tattered, Joe himself went and had a new Detroit parishioner turns 100 one made. 1 felt it was so much part of him that on the day he DETROIT. 4- Joseph Evanish, a-member of St. John's leaves to go to his eternal rewara our society will give himthe Ukrainian Catholic Parish in Detroit was feted on his 100th banner to accompany him on the way," he said. birthday on Sunday, March 20, as over 300 guests joined the The Rev. Demetrius Kowalchik OSB, associate at St. Evanish family in this celebration. Scores of letters, telegrams John's parish, spoke of how uplifted he was by the day's and messages greeted this devout and loyal Ukrainian celebration. "We of the Benedictine Order at St. Procopius Catholic centenarian. Abbey in Lisle, III., were very much involved in serving the After the divine liturgy of thanksgiving celebrated earlier in Czech community spiritually in the Midwest. Little did I St. John's Church, the pastor, the Very Rev. Canon Joseph know that one day I would come into contact with people who Shary, called the beaming "Joe" Evanish to the front of the were also a part of this activity, and especially Joseph church, and there spoke of thejubilarian`s great devotion to Evanish, a Ukrainian Catholic with Czech roots." the rosary and the Blessed Mother. The pastor then asked to light the 100 candles on a "Undoubtedly, it was through the intercession of the beautifully decorated birthday cake. The Evanish sons. Adam Blessed Virgin Mary that God favored you with such a long and Leo, and daughter Emilia, escorted their father to the life. Furthermore, it is evident that you kept the fourth place where the cake was displayed. Everyone broke into commandment of God, for that commandment tells us: singing"Happy Birthday"and. the honoree joyfully and with 'Honor your father and mother and you will have a long life!'" great gusto began to blow out the candles. Of course, he had The large crowd in church then burst into spontaneous help from all the guests. applause for 100-year-old Mr. Evanish. The pastor concluded After the closing prayer everyone present came up to "Joe" the ceremony by leading everyone in singing: "Mnohaya and congratulated him. He beamed with joy every time one of Mary Lynn Seleman Lita." the ladies came up to hug and kiss him. At the delicious and bountiful dinner that followed, the EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Mary honoree received a double papal blessing and a commenda­ Lynn Seleman of Terryville. Conn., will tory message from the head of the Ukrainian Catholic compete in the Miss U.S.A. Pageant in Church, Patriarch Josyf Slipyj. Bishop Innocent Lotocky, Knoxville, Tenn.. on May 12, carrying eparch of the St. Nicholas Diocese in Chicago for Ukrainians, the title of Miss Connecticut U.S.A. transmitted a letter of congratulations to Mr. Evanish in (The pageant will be televised live on which he conferred his assurance of prayers for the jubilarian. Channel 3. a the CBS television net­ work affiliate.) During the dinner the guests were treated to the delightful Miss Seleman held the title of Miss Ukrainian mandolin orchestra, Kobzar, under the masterful Bristol 1982 and was selected Miss direction of Sam Mills. Connecticut U.S.A. in a pageant held at Master of ceremonies of the day was the Very Rev. John the Yale Theatre in New Haven on Lazar, head of the Detroit Ukrainian Deanery, who noted March 6. that 73 years ago Mr. Evanish had married Maria Klisz in a She attends Mattatuch Community beautiful ceremony at the old St. John's Church on Cicotte College in Waterbury and is a dance Street in Detroit. Father Lazar revealed several vignettes in instructor at the Schulz Schoel of the life of the oldest parishioner of St. John's. He related the Dance in Bristol. Her ambition is to interesting sidelight that Mr. Evanish had the honor and own her own dance studio. distinction of providing the episcopal throne for the saintly Miss Seleman is the daughter of Dr. Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky when he was in Detroit for and Mrs. Alden Seleman. Thefamfljris a visitation. At this time St. John's couldn't afford its own active in St. Michael's Ukrainian-Ca­ throne and especially one to accommodate the almost seven- tholic Church and community of Тейу– foot frame of the saintly Metropolitan Andrey. ville. ф Traveling from Terryville to Km 1 Marie E. Wentela, from the Michigan Commission on ville in a mobile home, her parents, ! Aging Citizens, brought greetings from state, county and city sisters and five brothers will watch І officials who could not attend in person. Seleman compete against 50 other і Norbert Kaszparek noted that for 58 years Mr. Evanish finalists for the title of Miss U.S.A.'j was the banner bearer for St. Stephen's Brotherhood at St. Joseph Evanish, 100-year-old member of St. John's possible entry into the Miss Univ John ifepomUcehe Church' in Detroit.'"When the banner Ukrainian Catholic Parish, was honored on March 20. Pageant. ' : 12 THt UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY МАУ 8,1983 No 9 Winnipeg.. Opposition to Stalin continued to grow, December 1932 (Contisnte` from paat t) according to Svoboda headlines on December. ius reports of mass starvation. Mr. Muggeridge said he (Conttaord frora pap 7) 29. More and more people believed that the suspected that "the liberal mind is attracted by this sort million peasants. It believed the emigration was "glorious five-year plan" had brought the of regime." country to economic ruin. Svoboda commented: a seasonal matter, and that the peasants would "They wouldn't have admitted they likedit." he said. all be back for the next planting. According to "Stalin is too much of a politician to allow this opposition to harm him. He knows how to "1 think that those people believe in power." Mr. Duranty, the government also refused to In his recollections. Mr. Holowka. a plant disease believe that the crackdown on grain collection handle his opponents and will ease off on some of his policies during the next meeting of the expert who came to Canada in 1949 and is writing a (which led to a famine scare) would frighten the book, his 13th, on the Great Famine, told of being peasants into leaving the country. Communist Party."Therefore, no major changes in the Soviet government were to be expected. pressed into service to help remove the bodies of The editorial commented that Mr. Duranty's famine victims. statements were geared toward having the Soviet On December 30. the headlines read: "Bol­ "The first house we went to, we found two dead government relinquish responsibility for the sheviks will introduce passports for the entire children lying on the bed," said Mr. Holowka, who country's tragedy. Mr. Duranty, according to population." According to the news from returned to Ukraine from Leningrad in 1932, the start the editorial, was trying to condone the behavior Moscow, a person was not able to leave his home of the famine. "The mother was leaning on the bed. of the Soviet government in his eyes and in the without a passport, which included such infor­ She was dead, too. The father was lying on his back on eyes of people who thought as he did. mation as home address and place of employ­ the floor." The editorial concluded with the following ment. He said his own parents, three sisters and a brother statement: "If unemployment is the fault of According to the Soviet government, this was managed to survive by hiding some grain, pumpkins, capitalism, the escape of peasants from Ukraine to ensure that the people stayed at their jobs or sugar beets and sunflower pulp in straw bins. is the fault of communism." collective farms. The Soviets hoped to keep "People ate dogs, cats and rats. When pets and rats A purge of the ranks of the Communist Party track of their workers in this way, making sure were gone, there was alot of cannibalism," he recalled. in the Soviet Union was reported in Svoboda on that the peasants did not make their Way into Though he had rations himself, Mr. Holowka December 14. A practice established during towns and cities where living conditions were remembered 1933 as a year of constant hunger. Lenin's government, the purge of party members better. Svoboda noted that according to the In the article on survivors, columnist Manfred Jager consisted of questioning about the party's Soviet authorities: "The workers are patient with quoted Dr. Jaroslav Rozumnyj, head of the Slavic policies, and the ouster of people who did not these trials and tribulations, because they have studies department at the University of Manitoba, as follow Stalin's policies. In this way, the govern­ been made to believe that in order for socialism saying that it is difficult to get many survivors to talk ment hoped to ensure party discipline and a to be introduced and successfully brought into about their experiences. strong following for its next five-year plan. power, they must suffer for the time being." "For one thing, many of these people still have Stalin saw it as a way to throw out anyone who On the last day of the year, Svoboda reported family members living in the Soviet Union and are would stand in opposition to him. that the Soviet government had issued yet afraid of what might happen to them if people here According to news sources in Berlin, the another decree, effective January I, which speak out and get their names in the paper." Prof. Ukrainian SSR Communist Party had been purged obligated all women up to age 56 to work in the Rozumnyj told the Free Press. earlier. Most of the leading members found factories, if they were to obtain sugar and bread. But people do speak out. Prof. Rozumnyj told of themselves in Siberia and the Solovetski Islands. Up to this point, women were allowed to work in one woman who called him shortly after hearing a This was also true of many Ukrainian nationa­ the home, take care of the family and be issued lecture in Winnipeg by Dr. James Mace of the lists, professors and scholars. food stamps to collect bread for their families. Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, who is doing On December 21, yet another decree was As of 1933 this was to be no more. The Soviet research for an upcoming book on the famine by signed by Stalin and Molotov - this one regime's decree was aimed at destroying family Robert Conquest. delineated which foodstuffs the peasants were to structure in Ukraine, Svoboda commented. "She told me she never believed the story her grand­ contribute to the government. In addition to the father had told her, how he actually cut pieces of flesh various meats and eggs they had to turn over, the from his arm and leg to feed his children to keep them Soviet government now included milk on this alive," he said. "The details in Dr. Mace's lecture list. Collective farm members were to contribute Around the world: brought all this alive to her and she almost broke .down between S3 and 613 quarts of milk,yearly from; Sir James Eric Drummond, the first secretary- realizing the horror of it all." each cow they had. According to the report, the general oi the League of Nations, announced his The survivors "know and don't forget," the government would set a quota; it would pay IS resignation, effective in June 1933. It was historian said. kopeks for each quart, and charge five rubles for received with profound regret, for much of the each quart sold. Those who did not turn over league's success in its first decade of existence the milk, would be punished severely, (he was due to Sir Drummond`s tact and skill. He government said. According to government was to be succeeded by Joseph Avenol of Ottawa... figures, in the first 10 months of 1932, the Soviet France. (Continued from pafc 7) Union exported 27,875 tons of butter. Prohibition, which came into effect on broke the chimney and the bag fell down. One man iOn December 23. Svoboda reported that the January 16. 1920, once again faced a vote in slammed my mother over the back with the butt of his So'yiet state farms, which the government hoped Congress. In existence for almost 13 years, rifle. They took the peas and that was the last we saw of would produce one-seventh of all needed grains, prohibition had become a major issue in the them.". had failed miserably. The government experienced presidential campaign of 1932. A plank in the After the incident, the family fled by hopping a just as much difficulty with the workers on these Democratic platform was unequivocally for freight train. They spent the winter living in the corner state-owned farms as it did with the factory repeal, and a Republican plank apparently of another family's house By spring, the lack of food workers. favored submission of a proposal to revise the began to take its toll. Olena's father died of a heart On December 27, Svoboda ran a news item 18th amendment with some safeguards attached. attack, her mother was dead of a stroke and her 12- datelined Moscow which stated that the Soviet Congress came close to repealing the amend­ year-old sister had died of malnutrition. press and Communist Party leaders had abrupt­ ment in December, only six votes short of the Orphaned and alone, Olena returned to her village, ly stopped talking about a second five-year plan, required two-thirds majority. where she was taken in by a family and managed to which had been in the planning stages for the last France, Belgium, Poland and Hungary survive. two years. According to Svoboda: "The Bolshe­ informed the State Department that they could She told the Citizen: "All the houses in my village viks said that the first five-yearplan , which was not meet payments on their war debts, because were boarded up and the people had disappeared. scheduled to be finished in four years, was still of their poor financial situations. Only one house was lit. In it were five women who far from being completed. The Bolsheviks in Japan had designs on turning Manchuria and could hardly move from starvation. They were eating I933 want to build up the agriculture and solve the northern Chinese territories into an empire, the leaves of trees, corncobs. Nobody cared what the lack of factory-workers, at least to help ease as Chinese nationalists spoke out for war against happened to them." the needs of their citizens." Japan. In addition to Olena's.story, the article also provided descriptions of the famine by Thomas Walker, who chronicled his 1934 journey across the Soviet Union in a series of articles in the now-defunct Chicago American. - The paper quoted from Mr. Walker's account of a A REMINDER starving village in which people were forced to devour pets to survive. "In One hut they were cooking a mess that defied TO OUR READERS analysis," Mr. Walker wrote. "There were bones, pigr Ws that tint of the year арія - RENEWAL TIME. Many of you km already weed, skin and what looked4 like a boot top in this pot. received expiration notices wtricn wire, sent at the end of April. To decrease the The way the remaining half dozen inhabitants eagerly administrative cost of sending a second notice, we are giving you this gentle watched this slimy mess showed the state of their : reminder. . hunger:"" ^ . ,. .. :.j --s, If yon mail your renewal today, you'll be sure to receive the Weekly - your - The citizen- also noted tfiat 0ver 100 people attended Ukrainianperspective `oit the news-- without interruption. - a special seprice in memory of the famine victims at the We're counting on yoti to remit-today. So please send your renewal, along with a Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in the city. In check or money order, (S5 for UNA members, S8 for'яоп-members) to:-The. addition; it said thar the annual ecumenical service at Ukrainian Weekly. Subscription Department. 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, N.J. St. Matthew's Anglican Church' will focus on^the. 0730?: famine) as-will a panel discussion sponsored by the, local branch of the Ukrainian CanadianComfflittce'ifi 'carlv fall. ? ' - " , '': :"' , -'- '. .v. vV д.'v. .^ ``'.'^^``'`^W '^; - ГНЕ ,^?A'NiAN WE SuNJA" MAY 8,1883

Hruzdovsk' rasi back ftpm a montn- .-.nip orac-. ice whicb has cauehi he." oenefn St Josephs Hospital and an Panorama... long wckoui on woodcuts anhe Virginia attention. "1 IbV^i to rsvive los'arts OL" appearance i"` Philadelphia on the 24th (Continued from page li Center VorCreat;`^ Anists will travel ш 1 ;an t ;'ind anyone in the United Su:e^ as accompanist lor Me- Opera basso p.m Vhe'danccf` wflliuuttheii surf on Toronto mis week to attend the open­ who atil does it." she lamented aurmga Paul Plishkm. On his agenda for May IS ` a stage Vocated an Ninth Avenue and ing ."jaf a retrospective exhibit рГ щ recent phone call Throughout ah :his. is a solo recital at 4pm ai the Gardner -- 42nd S'reet work` ut the Ukra man Canadian Art she continues her work, on glass paint­ Museum in Boston. fos which he. has t m The ykrainian.Bandunst Chorus. Foundation. Mr Hnizdovsky willbethe ings and etchings, some ol which aere selected compositions b\ Kosenko and . conducted by Hryborj Kytastv. will guest: of honor at a dinner and reception on view in Saskatoon's Vesnr. ceswa! Nyzhankiwsk\ In July. Mr Hrynkiw - appear ш'concert at Carnegie Чан or at the University of.Toronto on May aiong with woodcuts b\ lacques Нт/– will taKe up his customary summer -May20at8p.tn. -Pickets, at S15' ?:.їЛИ0 JXOn his. return, he wil'take up his dovskv m an exhibit ol логк by artists duties as \ocai director and artistic aria" S8 are on sate at the Carnegie Hail "duties as visiting artist fur a month at featureo over the years in trie festisa. advisor of the Newport Music. Festival і ' box office, the А-'ка Company чюге at All red `'. rsity in і he Allegheny where he will also make frequent ap­ 4в Б -Seventh St and the Ek'o Shop. region. ' Pianist Thomas Hrynkiw declares pearances as a soioist and accompanist. : '45 Second Ave. Organized m '9:s the " "The Caine Mutiny Court-Mar` he had a ball during ihe week ong ensemble combines two Ukrainian чаі. ' now piaymg at Circle in the preview oi'ihc Newport Music Festival's mustca traditions - chora І singing and Square. 50th Street and Broadway, 15th season, held in iate March at Lord Connecticut the r,ai.onai instrument, \ne bandura. starred Henry Fonda. Lloyd Nolan and A Taytor's j)egant Fiftn Avenue store. (Continued from pane 4) The all-male chorus sings folk music John Hodiak when j.t was first pre­ The week included exr..bits. \ideo Ukrainian Fraiemai Association as well Ukrainian ftozak songs, historical epic sented on Broadway 2s- years ago Mr shows and live recitals on every floor, as the upcoming anniversaries of Jthe poems oailed duim, and classical -works Hodiak played the rote oi Lt. Stephen prem Hostesses in nauticai-siyiedresses Svoboda daily The Ukrainian Weekly by Slavic composers. Maryk in the piay. which is based on welcoming customers, a cocktail party and the Veselka children's magazine. "St, George \ Ukrainian street fair Herman WouV Pulnzer Prize-winning wan hundreds oi cciebnties. and a S100- . Mr Hawrysz praised the secretaries scheduled to open on May 20 around .. novei. a classic study of the military a-plate dinner benefiting the (estiva: for their organizing work and urged.Ujje і p m , will roti into high gear during the mino and how the abuse of power leads During daily noontime performances distnct to fulfill its quota this year, A afternoon and evening hours of May 21 to corruption, the current production, in a mnth-t"lopr concert area. Mr. discussion ensued, which touched upon , and 21. Dance bands, folk dance and presented by Circle in the Square and Hrynkiw gave solo recitals before various UNA matters, including the choral ensemoles will provide stage the Kennedy-Center, stars John Rubin- appreciative audiences and served as UNA-sponsored film, "The Helm oi emertainmeni. and foods, handicrafts stem Michael Moriarty and William accompanist for a dozen or more Destiny," praise for The Weekly's and A variety of wares will be offered at Atherton. Mr. Hodiak. a leading Holly­ festival artists. Always a humorist, Mr. special issue on the famine.' and .the kiosks'iociated aiong East Seventh wood actor until his untimely death due Hrynkiw cannot refrain from pointing possibility of building seniors' housing Street between Second and Third ave­ to a heart attack, was featured in over 35 out that the concert area was Ideated at Soyuzivka. nues movies between 1943 and 1956. MOM`s near the store's bed and bath supplies The last item of the evening was "The Harvey Girls" 11946). in which he department, and adds "IVe played in planning events for 1983 including an Update... update... starred with Judy Garland and Ray sheets and towels before, but never in exhibit of Svoboda press publications, a Bolger. was aired by WNEW-TV public." few evening lectures and a lot of or­ " Scouting агошш for Rath у Babmk, Channel 5m Aprii. The pianist - Apr., engagements ganizing work to meet the ;983 mem­ included a recita' in Scranton. Pa., bership quota for the Connecticut : whose name і spotted in the production ? Ukrainian folk art. pysanky, Cyrillic sponsored by ;ne Vtrusa Ciub to District. І credits following a recent airing of NBC's writing, glass paintings and etchings, -Pr.;r,r o: '.'our і Те" (hosteri by Arlene stained glass windows, and now. some­ Francis and Joe Garagioia/. I uame thing new that's really old - pictorial RECENTLY PUBLISHED upon another Babiak in the performing flourishing, have been keeping artist arts field George Babiak (no relation to Yaroslava Surmach Mills busy, in IVAN FRANKO: THE ARTIST AND THE THINKER . Kathy Babiak;. has been appearing in March, Mrs. Mills gave a demonstra­ Off-Off-Broadway productions. The tion of pysanka-decorating. In April, A COLLECTION OF PAPERS COMMEMORATING THE 125th ANNIVERSARY Of THE 26-year-old actor, a native New Yorker she presented a lecture with slides on BIRTH AND THE 65th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF IVAN FRANKO who attended Si George grammar Ukrainian folk. art. sponsored by the Eugene Fedorenko. editor . school and academy, studied acting tor Historical Society of Rockland County 212 pages (bound).^rice-H5:00 portotl.Ob. ' ',""`7 - :,3a^nc! two years. He has performeu in an Off- in New City, \.V and conducted Neft Jersey residents add fa sales tai . Broadway production ot "A Mid­ a one-day course in Cyrillic writing at Now available at the summer Night's Dream." As a member Rockland County s Center for the Arts SVOBODA BOOK STORE. 30 Montgomery Street. JERSEY CITY N.J 07302 of Stage Left, he played the roJe of the before dashing off to Canada to oversee boy. Joe Brennan. in the company's the installation of the stained glass recent production of the Irish play windows she designed for St. Demetrius "Winners" at Pace University in Man­ Church m Weston. Ont. Last Sunday, hattan. Mrs. Mills offered instruction in pic­ e Master woodcut artist Jacques torial flourishing, a Victorian рептап– MBLE PROMIN 1983 SUMMER PROGRAM INVITES YOU TO A at SOYUZIVKA: FRIDAY THE I3t TENNIS CAMP - (Boys and Girls 12-18 years) June 19-30 food and lodging J170.00 - UNA members. J180.00 - non-members, tennis fee - S60.00 DANCE GIRL'S CAMP - (7-12 years) June 18 - July 2 y UNA members - S100.00 per week, non-members - S120.00 per week MUSIC BY: " TEMPO" BOYS' CAMP - (7-12 ?ears) July 3 - July 16 MAY ІЗ , 1983 900 P.M. (Same price as Girls' Camp) UKRAINIAN NATIONAL HOME UKRAINIAN CULTURAL COURSES - (Teens 14-18 years) July 17-30 140 SECOND AVE., N.Y , N.Y, UNA members - S220.00, non-members - S250.00 ADMISSION: JS.OO DANCE CAMP - July 31 - August 13 Food and lodging - S195.00 - UNA members. S205.00 - non-members, instructors fee - J60.0O. For applications and more information, phase write or call the management of Soyuzivka: UNA-UIA PERFORMING ARTISTS GROUP SOYUZIVKA UNA Estate? invites you to Foordemoore Rd. о Kerhonkson, N.Y. 12446 a (914) 626-5641 A PREMIERE PERFORMANCE OF AN ORIGINAL. ONE-ACT COMEDY SOYUZIVKA THE EXHIBIT Author - Laryssa Lauret ! MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND 0/rec/or and Set Designer Volodymyr Lysniak Featuring, in order ol appearance: Victor Furmanec, Xenia Mokriwskyj, George Rubczak, Yaroslav Shut, Bohdan Andrusyshyn, Irene Paslawsky, Melania FRIDAY, MAY 27 - Buffet Dinner and Dance. Hrybowych. SATURDAY, MAY 28 - Cocktails. Buffet Dinner, Cabaret Performance, Dance. Producer George Klapischak Saturday, May 14, 1983 at 8:00 p.m. 2 nights and 6 meals plus show and dances (Friday, Saturday. Sunday). Package deal: S70.00 - і 100.00 Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 East 79th street. New York, N.Y. Music: Alex and Dorko Band Sponsored by ENJOY - TENNIS, SWIMMING. VOLLEYBALL The Ukrainian National Association and the Ukrainian Institute of America For reservation call: Soyuzivka: (914) 626-5641 Д wne and cneese reception mil loliovi tne conce'i Suggested donation S6 00 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY MAY 8,1983 No. 19 Students'program cited for public service West Point cadets visit OTTAWA - At the ninth annual nouncers include Chrystyna Chudczak, CKCU-FM awards night on Saturday, Oksana Maryniak, and other students St. George Church, museum April 9, in Ottawa the "Nash Holos" belonging to the Ottawa Ukrainian Ukrainian show received an award in Students' Club. the category of "best public affairs Kevin Crombie, director of public program." affairs at CKCU, said the show won the award on the basis of "its consistent "Nash Holos" is a biweekly radio attempt at improving quality" and program produced by Ukrainian stu­ because of "the very good blend of dents and broadcast alternate Sundays Ukrainian" and English-language pro­ at 7:30 p.m. on CKCU-FM. The show gramming." was instituted in 1980 and features a bilingual Ukrainian-English format of Upon receiving the award, Mr. Bo­ interviews, documentaries, news, com­ ciurkiw said, "my crew and 1 are all very munity events and music. In 1982, the overwhelmed and surprised." He added: show began syndicating interviews and "Our achievement says something documentaries to Ukrainian radio about the potential of ethnic pro­ programs in other Canadian cities. gramming on Canadian radio stations." In the near future, the "Nash Holos" The producer and technical operator staff plans to seek approval of a pro­ of the show is Carleton University posal altering the show's format to a student Mykhailo Bociurkiw. An­ weekly, one-hour production.

Irene Wokwodiuk West Point cadets listen to the Rev. Patrick Pascbak, pastor of St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church, describe the interior decoration process. Now available: NEW YORK - Fifty West Point 8, according to the Julian calendar) was cadets, students of the Russian-lan­ also pointed out. guage classes of the academy's foreign Following a question-and-answer additional copies of language department, visited St. George period which revealed that a few cadets The Ukrainian Weekly's Ukrainian Catholic Church here on had been in Ukrainian churches pre­ special issue on the Friday, April 22 viously (one student lived in Moscow Major William Doyle escorted the for three years and visited Kiev fre­ young men and women cadets to New quently), the cadets voiced a desire to York to acquaint them with Ukrainians, visit the church once its interior decora­ their language, customs, culture and tions are complete. After a visit to The GREAT religious activities. Ukrainian Museum on Second Avenue, The Rev. Patrick Paschak OSBM, the cadets returned to St. George pastor of St. George's, informed the Academy, where they were treated to a FAMINE. group about the Ukrainian community full-course Ukrainian meal. in New York City, singling out its efforts to preserve the area by building n I' U Iі the stylized Byzantine Ukrainian church гОІІоП D0IIC6... on Seventh Street. J (Continued bom page 2) Order by writing The cadets had the opportunity to observe, at close hand, the intricate Earlier in the day, protesters battled or calling mosaic and marble iconostas which is police in Gdansk, Lublin, Cracow and The Weekly scheduled to be completed in May. The Nowa Huta. In the Baltic seaport of at (201) 434-0237. church dome painting by artist My- Gdansk, the police broke up a march by chaylo Dmytrenko, which is expected 3,000 people chanting "Solidarity," The to be completed by Easter Sunday (May Times said. The marches occurred even though the underground had asked that people refrain from protesting on the national holiday marking the country's first 1983 democratic constitution. "What this shows is that there is still Escorted SHIPKA tremendous resentment at the grass roots," a Western diplomat said on May TRAVEL 2, commenting on the May Day pro­ Tours to tests. "Solidarity as an organization may be broken, but it is still a symbol of AGENCY strong feelings. The government, on the INC. other hand, has no real authority other UKRAINE than power, no legitimacy, no ability to command the allegiance of the people." Tour No. 2 Tour No. 5 According to The Times, Jerzy JUNE 19 - JULY 3 "SUMMER IN UKRAINE" SEPT. 15 - SEPT 24 "MINI UKRAINE" Visiting Moscow. Lviv. Ternopil. Kiev-Kaniv Visiting Budapest and Lviv Urban, the government spokesman, on Sl.654.00 from New York SI.181.00 from New York May 3 dismissed the May Day demon­ strations as insignificant actions blown Tour No. 3 Tour No. 6 up by the Western press, and said the JULY 10 - JULY 22 "SUMMER HOLIDAY" SEPT. 15 - OCT. 2 "FALL IN UKRAINE" government had no intention of meet­ Visiting Budapest. Lviv. Kiev-Kaniv. Moscow Visiting Budapest. Lviv. Ternopil. Kiev-Kaniv ing with Lech Walesa, the founder of SI.518.00 from New York SI.520.00 from New York Solidarity, whom Mr. Urban called a "has-been." Tour No. 4 ALL TOURS INCLUDE: AUGUST 10 - AUGUST 24 "ACCENT ON UKRAINE" Airfare, hotels, meals, full sightseeing and tour escort. Visiting Moscow, Lviv. Kiev-Kaniv. Lenmgrad-Petradvorets Call or write for reservations or brochures. UKRAINIAN COOKBOOK S 1.670.00 from New York 130 pages m 60 recipes m 70 colour pictures ONLY 17.90 For more information, send name 8 address MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW! to: Case Int., P.O. Box 1586, BEST OF AUSTRIA AND MUNICH Includes: Kitchener. Ont., Canada N2G 4P2 JULY 2 - JULY 15. 1983 Airfare, hotels, breakfast and dinner daily, three special meals, Visiting Vienna (4). Salzburg (2), Innsbruck (3). baggage handling and tips, gratuities, sightseeing, and tour escort. Munich (3) REAL ESTATE Sl.675.00 from New York To whom H may concern; PRIME COM. PROP. S250.00 deposit required SHIPKA 5434 STATE ROAD for sale, lease or rent on Rte 209 in Kerhonk- TRAVEL CLEVELAND (PARMA), OHIO 44134 son,. N.Y. Will build, to suit, owner willing to AGENCY Phone: (216) 351-1700 . ` finance. . INC. ut -- . Ceil (914) 626-7917 -. between l'p.m. to 9 p.m. No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY MAY 8,1983 15

tional cultin^ is. to be sire, incom­ continues to stick his 1009b Ukrainian Ukrainian SSR... patible with the objectives and tasks of Ukrainian pro hockey... neck on the line with some more (actually (Continued from page 6) Communist unbrineinc. so also is the (Continued from page 8) one more) fearless forecasts. The Bruins ing possibilities for "incorporating the passion for antiquity in the narrow Earlier, the Jets went 33 games without barely bled into the semi-finals - toilers into the general spiritual treasure meaning of the word, its idealization, giving up a short-handed goal. The battering a bruised bunch of Buffalos. and strengthen the propaganda of the singing the praises of patriarchalism, goaltending of Doug Soetart, in parti­ Pretty smooth sailing for Islanders literary and artistic accomplishments of the hyperbolization of the significance cular helped preserve the streak, but so (Bossy), Black Hawks (Lysiak and the fraternal peoples of the USSR."The of certain more often than not second- did the hasty retreats of Babych, who Ludzik) and Oilers (Gretzky and Se- suggestion advanced by the Kiev City rate historical events and phenomena, ' caught many penalty killers in the menko). Party Committee to establish a republic and just a kind of national egoism." middle of breakaways. center of the friendship of the peoples in It might be wondered whether this "You look at him and you wonder Heck, we all know Edmonton won4 Kiev on the basis of the October Palace criticism was meant for those Ukrai­ where the speed comes from," said have much or any trouble with the of Culture, said Mr. Shcherbytsky, nian writers who found the recent Sutherland. "But if you'll notice, he Black Hawks. Boston against the deserves further attention. He also celebrations of the 1,500th anniversary gains the most out of every stride. I love Islanders may turn out to be the top criticized the work of the republic's of Kiev a convenient vehicle for delving to watch him circle the net and pull Stanley Cup squirming skirmish. Oh network of museums and art galleries. into Ukraine's past through the genre of away from a forward who is chasing well — can't go back on my sacred word "It cannot be regarded as normal that the historical novel. him." now, even though 1 might have reserva­ some museum holdings that reflect the Finally, in the context of the current At season's end, a whole lot of other tions about choosing those Веап– attainments of the spiritual culture of emphasis on equal representation of all NHL defensemen found-themselves towners many peoples are in practice not utilized nationalities in the republic's party and chasing this Ukrainian phenom up the and left in storage. This is a serious state organs, Mr. Shcherbytsky cited ladder of success and recognition. Why? Anyway, taking into consideration question for the Ukrainian SSR Ministry some useful — and otherwise un­ Because David Babych is already my New England background, gotta'go of Culture and the republic's Council of available - statistics on the national thought of as`onc of the very best. with Gretzky and comrades all the way. Ministers," he said. composition of the secretaries of the No Islander or Bruin will foil The Kid The touring program of Ukrainian oblast, city and raion committees of the Stanley Cup picks out of a Stanley Cup this year. concert organizations was likewise Ukrainian SSR Communist Party: 80 singled out for criticism: "The reper­ percent Ukrainian and 19 percent As promised last week, thiscolumnist Remember, you heard it here first! toire of certain collectives is full of Russian. A comparison of these figures works that, to put it mildly, have no real with the national composition of full artistic value." and candidate members of the Ukrai­ The role and status of the Russian nian SSR Communist Party on January language as the language of inter- 1, 1981 - namely, 66.1 percent Ukrai­ nationality discourse in the USSR and nians and 27.5 percent Russians - as an international language was pro­ reveals an overrepresentation of Ukrai­ SOYUZIVKA TENNIS SEASON minently featured in Mr. Shcherbyt- nians at the secretarial level. sky's address. Citing data from the In sum, the meeting of the Ukrainian 1983 censuses of 1970 and 1979, he main­ SSR Communist Party aktiv may be tained that practically the entire adult said to have afforded some interesting USCAK East - -- July 2-4 population of Ukraine has a good insights into a number of issues at the command of Russian. At the same time, center of contemporary nationalities Doubles - August 6-7 he urged that the study of Russian be policy in Ukraine. The meeting is all the USCAK Nationals September 2-5 improved in the republic's schools along more significant in view of the fact that with that of the native language. The these problems have not been discussed UNA Invitational September 17-18 most interesting remarks, specifically at such a high-level forum and in such KLK October 8-9 the criticism leveled at the Ukrainian detail since the post-Shelest cultural Writers' Union and the Lviv literary, purge of 1972-74. monthly Zhovten, concerned language culture: "Concern must always be shown for УКРАЇНСЬКЕ БЮРО the purity, study and knowledge of the ПОДОРОЖЕЙ native language. And in this connection the language culture of newspapers, so Марійки Гелибіґ books, films, and television and radio programs must be carefully watched. Unfortunately, in some works, parti­ scope traaoeL f гас cularly in translations and sometimes in (201) 371-4004 - 845 Sanford Avenue, Newark, N.J. 07106 the practice of instruction, there is a completely unjustifiable passion for archaic forms of language and the needless use of foreign words. These: UKRAINE 1983 shortcomings are characteristic of certain publications of the Ukrainian Writers' Union, specifically the journal Dip. No. Air­ Zhovten and others." Tour name: date: days: Itinerary. line: Escort | It should be borne in mind that KVITKA July3 16 Prague/Lviv/Yalta/Kiev-Kaniv KL criticism of "archaic forms" is tanta­ P0D0LANKA 1 July 13 16 SR Kvitka Semanyshyjl mount to criticism of linguistic usage that predates the Soviet period. In the BANDURA Ml July 17 16 KL Luba Krupa я. case of western Ukrainian writers, who LASTIVKA July 28 19 SK constitute the largest single group of Leningrad-Petrodvorets і s contributors to Zhovten, this simply means a passion for Ukrainian language ZOZULIA II August 4 17 LH Maria Chodnowsk that is free of the inevitable Russian R0MASHKA August 18 17 KievKaniv/Rivne/Lutsk/Lviv/Prague SR Halyna Porytko І j influences. It is worth noting that a recent review of the new works of Lviv LVOVIANKA II September 19 11 SR Harijka Helbig . \ ; writers by the Council on Ukrainian PODOLANKA II September 21 16 Prague/Lviv/Ternopil/Prague-Karlsteln SR Oksana Trytiak \ Literature of the USSR Writers' Union 1 in Moscow also took the western Ukrai­ PRICE INCLUDES: All applicable air. rail and bu s trar sportation: first class hotels with private bathrooms based on.twin basis: f ull mea1 plan (except Warsaw Vienna and Prague where lunch is not inc uded) daily eicursions. sightseeing including admissions to museums etc.; gala di ner in Lviv 8 Kiev: hotel taxe: 1 nian'writers to task' for "certain short­ і tips: baggage andling: Scope Travel Jkrain an/English speaking escort from the U.S. with every lour. comings." No less interesting were Mr. Shcher- bytsky's observations about attitudes JAPAN-HONG KONG' towards the historical past. Citing Mr. VIENNA GREECE - TURKEY TAIWAN Andropov's reference to proper care of 1 week tour - Air (Hotel) incl. t 7 days Cruise 12 days tour Air (Hotel) incl. historical monuments, the Ukrainian Escort B. JAMINSKYJ Air (Hotel) Meals (China Option) Escort OLHA KOLANKIWSKY party leader mentioned "incoming (999.00 Escort BOHDANNA CHUMA signals" that ancient burial mounds and Depart SEPTEMBER 7, 1983 Sl.799.00 Sl.250.00 ' tax Depart SEPTEMBER 15, 1983 remnants of old villages and towns, Depart SEPTEMBER 18.1983 including those under state protection, were being destroyed. The problem of history and historical interpretation BERMUDA CRUISE SPAIN DISNEY - FLORIDA 15 days tour Air (Hotels) also has another dimension: 7 days 7 day tour Air (Hotel) Escort ORESTA FEDYNIAK "To the same extent that a nihilistic Escort: ANYA DY0YK Escort M. 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іиуИ sports rally the weekend of June 10- Monday, May 9-Tuesday, May 10 12 at the Holiday Inn in Indepen­ PREVIEW OF EVENTS dence, Ohio. JENKINTOWN, Pa.: A five-hour The Very Rev. Leo Tymkiw, chap­ Sunday, May 29, at the gallery of the Ukrainian Catholic Parish will spon­ seminar on "Word Processing Equip­ ter spiritual director, the Rev. Steven Ukrainian Cultural and Educational sor an Easter dinner in the church ment: Guidelines for Successful Zarichny, sports rally spiritual direc­ Center, 184 Alexander Ave. E. On hall following the 10 a.m. divine Selection and Purchase" will be held tor, and the sports rally committee display will be Mr. Mazuryk's most liturgy. Tickets are required. For from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Manor Junior and hosts invite the public to come recent oils and icons. Gallery hours more information please call (914) College. Fee for the seminar will be and enjoy a fun-filled weekend in are Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 963-0209. St. Michael's is located at S40. Cleveland. Many events have been This seminar is designed for busi­ a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays 2 to 5 21 Shonnard Place. p.m. planned: a welcome party, a ball, an ness management and supervision awards brunch and a host of sporting CHICAGO: The public is invited to staff who need guidelines for deter­ NEW YORK: The Promin vocal events, including golf, bowling, volley­ attend a showing of the UN A-spon- mining office automation needs with ensemble will host a dance at the ball, horsehoes, archery, tennis, sored film, "The Helm of Destiny,"at respect to the secretarial function. Ukrainian National Home, 140 Se­ racquetball and children's mini- St. Joseph Ukrainian Catholic In addition to learning the ter­ cond Ave., at 9 p.m. Music will be Olympics. Church hall, immediately following minology of the field, practical provided by the Tempo orchestra. examples on how to choose equip­ the 8:30 and 10:30 morning liturgies. Admission is S5. SACRAMENTO, Calif.: The Ukrai­ ment features to suit departmental The church is located at 5000 N. nian Heritage Club of Northern and company needs will be pre­ Cumberland. For more information NEW YORK: The third young pro­ California has announced plans for a sented. Topics include a survey of please call UNA Supreme Vice Presi­ fessionals lecture, "Planning'for dinner-dance fund-raising event to currently available equipment, deter­ dent Gloria Paschen at (312) 823- Career Success," will be held today at be held in Folsom on Sunday, June mining present and future needs, and 2064. 8:30 p.m. The evening, sponsored by 12 a look at vendor support services. the Ukrainian Institute of America in The purpose of the dinner will be cooperation with Ukrainian Ame­ Wednesday, May 18 Registration for the seminar can to raise funds to support Ukrainian rican professionals of New York City be made by visiting the Office of activities and for Ukrainians to meet will cover such topics as the job MONTREAL: Artist Laryssa Luhovy Continuing Education located in the each other. A dinner of Ukrainian market, resume writing, interview will have a one-woman exhibit at Academic Building on the Manor foods and a dance to the sounds of techniques. For more information Galerie Gerard Gorce from May 18 Junior College campus, Fox Chase Ted Wiatr's bands are also sche­ call the institute at (212) 288-8660. to June 1 at 1535 Sherbrooke St. W. Road and Forrest Avenue in Jenkin- duled. town. Pa. 19046. Registration may Born in Ukraine in 1942, she has had The dinner-dance will be held at also be made by calling (215) 884- numerous group exhibits in Canada Saturday, May 14 the Folsom Club House, 52 Natoma 2218 or 884-2219, or can be com­ and the United States, including a St., from 1 to 7 p.m. pleted by mail. one-woman exhibit at the Barbara NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Insti­ The public is invited to this fund- tute of America will present the third Walter Gallery in Manhattan. She graduated from the Ecole des raising event. Tickets are S8 for Wednesday, May 11 of its Information Briefings for the adults, S3 for children under 12. Elderly, today from 10 a.m. to noon. Beaux-Arts in Montreal in 1965 and received her master of fine arts Reservations are encouraged by May JENKINTOWN, Pa.: "Job-Hunt­ Free transportation will be available 23. Send check payable to Ukrai­ ing: A Full-Time Job," a workshop to bring the senior citizens to the degree from George Washington University in 1969. nian Heritage Club, 9094 Trujillo for the serious job hunter, will beheld institute from St. George Ukrainian Way, Sacramento, Calif. 95826. For The exhibit at Galerie Gerard Wednesday, May II, at Manor Catholic Church. For more informa­ information call (916) 363-8143 or Gorce will feature her recent works in Junior College. Sessions will run tion call the institute at (212) 288- 482-4706. from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. each 8660. acrylic. The opening is scheduled for night. Fee for the workshop is S20. tonight at 7 p.m. For further infor­ ONGOING The workshop will be offered by NEW YORK: The premiere perfor­ mation, please call (514) 934-0413. Nancy Brown, director of continuing mance of an original, one-act play, JENKINTOWN, Pa.: An expanded- education at Manqr. It will focus on "The Exhibit," will take place at the Weekend of May 20-22 function dental assisting continuing how to make'finding a job a real Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 education course is scheduled for the "full-time job," and how to increase E. 79th St., at 8 p.m. NEW YORK: The annual St. Georges summer session extending from May the chance of success in job hunting. Written in English by Laryssa Seventh Street Festival will take place 9 through July 8 at Manor Junior How to read the want ads, the Laurel and directed by Walter this weekend on Seventh Street College, Fox Chase Road and Forrest effective use of employment agencies Lysniak, the play is a comedy which between Second and Third avenues. Avenue. Classes will be held on a and how to utilize available support will be performed by a seven-member As in previous years, the festival will daily basis with students being able services, will be included in the cast (members of the Ukrainian feature arts-and-crafts exhibits, to select either morning or afternoon workshop, which will be repeated National Association/Ukrainian Ukrainian food booths, and a show­ sessions. Enrollment is limited to May 18 and 25. Institute of America Performing case of entertainment. For more dental assistants who have been Registration for the workshop Artists Group). information, please write to St. certified by the American Dental can be made by visiting the Office of A wine and cheese reception will George Ukrainian Catholic Church Assistants Association. A command Continuing Education, located on follow the performance. A donation Rectory, 33 E. Seventh St., New of four-handed chairside skills is campus at Fox Chase Road and of S6 is requested. For more informa­ York, N.Y. 10003. recommended. Forty-five lecture Forrest Avenue, Jenkintown, Pa. tion, please call Marta Korduba at hours and 180 laboratory hours will 19046, or by calling (215) 884-2218 or the UNA, (201) 451-2200 or (212) Sunday, May 22 be provided to assist the student in 884-2219. Registration' may also be 227-5250. The event is jointly spon­ developing competence in perform­ made by mail. sored by the Ukrainian National NEWARK, N.J.: The Ukrainian ing these functions. Association and the Ukrainian Insti­ Community Committee here wi'.l For class time schedules and more Friday, May 13 tute of America. observe the 20th anniversary of the information on the course, please release of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj from contact the Continuing Education WINNIPEG: An exhibit of paintings Sunday, May IS the Soviet Union. Initiated by the Office at (215) 884-2218 or 884-2219. Ukrainian Patriarchal Society in by Omelian Mazuryk will open today PREVIEW OF EVENTS, a listing at 8 p.m. and will run through YONKERS, N.Y. St. Michael's Newark, the commemorations will include a solemn liturgy at St. John's of Ukrainian community events open штшяшшшшштшштшвшшшшштт Ukrainian Catholic Church in Ne­ to the public, is a service provided wark at noon. At 4 p.m. a festive free of charge by The Weekly to the Plan conference on Jewish-Ukrainian relations concert will be held in honor of the Ukrainian community. To have an patriarch at the Ukrainian National event listed in this column, please HAMILTON, Ont. - The Michigan, Canadian Institute of Ukrai­ Home, 141 Prospect Ave. in Irving- send information (type of event, Interdepartmental Committee on nian Studies, University of Alberta, the ton, NJ. date, time, place, admission, spon­ Communist and East European Chair of Ukrainian Studies at the sor, etc.), along with the phone Affairs of Mc Master University here University of Toronto and the Bronf­ MAPLEWOOD, N J.: Holy Ascen­ number of a person who may be has announced a forthcoming confe­ man Foundation. sion Ukrainian Orthodox Church reached durirg daytime hours for rence, "Jewish-Ukrainian Relations in Conference sessions will deal with will sponsor its annual "Sviachene" additional information, to: PRE­ Historical Perspective." Jewish-Ukrainian relations during the dinner immediately following the '0 VIEW OF EVENTS, The Ukrainian This four-day conference will be held Kievan-Lithuanian period, the Kozak a.m. divine liturgy. During the tradi­ Weekly, 30 Montgomery St, Jersey at Mc Master University on October 17- period, the I7th-I8th centuries, the 19th tional dinner, the parish choir, di­ City, N J. 07302. 20. century, the turn of the century, World rected by Leonid Charchenko, will PLEASE NOTE: Preview items Its purpose is to provide a scholarly War I and the revolutionary period. perform various Easter hymns. The must be received one week before setting where the question of Jewish- World War II and the Holocaust, the Sisterhood of St. Mary the Protec­ desired date of publication. No Ukrainian relations may be explored by contemporary period. The conference tress is in charge of arrangements. information will be taken over the internationally khown scholars from will include a session on Jews and phone. Preview items will be publish­ Canada, Israel and the United States Ukrainians in North America. ADVANCE NOTICE ed only once (please note desired date active in the fields of history, politics, For more information contact: Prof. of publication). All items are publish­ literature and sociology. P.J. Potichnyj^ chairman. The Commu­ INDEPENDENCE, Ohio: The ed at the discretion of the editorial The conference is being sponsored by nist and East.European Affairs.Com­ League of Ukrainian Catholics Cleve­ staff and in accordance with available a variety' of institutions, including mittee, c о department of Political land chapter wil! host this year's space. McMaster University, Harvard Ukrai­ Science, McMaster University, Hamil­ nian Research Institute, University of ton, Ont. L8S 4M4. fv` ;;"iiis::: :-jr... '..ІІЙШ ущ^^т-К,–.---.^ттт-іттіж'-її-пі;