INSIDE: • The question of succession in the Ukrainian Catholic Church – page 4. • Tabachnyk’s educational reform plan is defeated, for now – page 8. • Students from Ukraine hold “Zluka Camp” in Chicago – page 9.

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal Wnon-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXIX No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 $1/$2 in Ukraine Activists from Ukraine travel to U.S. Ukrainian Catholic Church leader to speak on developments back home Husar resigns, citing ill health by Yaro Bihun the State Department and other govern- Special to The Ukrainian Weekly ment officials, Congressional staff, as well as with members of commercial, WASHINGTON – Ten prominent judicial and civic groups interested in activists for reform in Ukraine spent three Ukraine’s development. days in Washington on February 2-4 Their first open meeting – in a briefing official and other interested par- Congressional hearing room – was facili- ties about the situation in their country tated by the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation in and discussing ways in which the United cooperation with the U.S. Helsinki States and others in the West could help Commission. Later they also had a work- improve Ukraine’s political, economic ing luncheon organized by the U.S.- and civic environment. Ukraine Business Council, a panel dis- That need to reform the way the cur- cussion at the National Endowment for rent Ukrainian government runs the coun- Democracy and a news conference at the try was spotlighted when one of the visit- National Press Club. ing activists, a member of Ukraine’s The delegation was headed by Oleh Parliament Volodymyr Ariev, learned Rybachuk, who chairs two prominent upon his arrival here that while he was on non-governmental organizations – Suspilnist Foundation and Centre UA – and is the initiator of the New Citizen “A bandit regime in Campaign. During the presidency of 21st century Europe Viktor Yushchenko, he served as the pres- ident’s chief of staff and vice price minis- is not normal.” ter for European integration. Illya M. Labunka The timing of their trip, according to Major Archbishop and Cardinal Lubomyr Husar at the February 10 press con- – National Deputy Mr. Rybachuk, was important so that they ference during which he announced his resignation. Oles Doniy could present their analyses and propos- als in Washington before the semi-annual PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Major Archbishop “Today, when I no longer have the nec- U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Partnership meet- and Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, 77, has essary strength, I want to transfer authority the plane flying to Washington, with his ing scheduled here for mid-February. resigned his post as the primate of the to my successor who will effectively con- voting ID card in his pocket, he was Ukrainian government officials strongly Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. The tinue this work. Because this is not my being recorded in Kyiv as voting for the recommended that their visit follow that official announcement was made in Kyiv work and I am not the key,” Patriarch constitutional changes proposed by the meeting. on February 10 at a 2 p.m. press confer- Lubomyr said. “The Church is the key and Yanukovych administration that postpone All of the members of this group were ence, although news of his departure was the goal of our work is service to the the next parliamentary election from this outspoken in their comments about the leaked a day earlier to some news media. Church, and we try to perform this as long year to 2012 – something he opposes. need for reforms in Ukraine. Another Our The patriarch, who has led the as we can do this effectively.” Mr. Ariev, along with three fellow Ukraine member of Parliament, Oles Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church since The patriarch added that he will contin- national deputies, journalists and the Doniy, commented on the Ariev absentee January 2001, resigned due to ill health, ue to serve the Church and the people. “I other reform activists in the group, spoke vote scandal, and noted the sad state of the and his resignation was accepted by Pope will do what can still be done. I will pray about these and other issues in meetings Benedict XVI. He had originally submitted (Continued on page 3) with representatives of the White House, a request to retire when he turned 75. (Continued on page 17)

Top Ukrainian law firm raided by police and state prosecutors

by Zenon Zawada Tymoshenko government, widely consid- Kyiv Press Bureau ered to be selective persecution. Magisters attorneys had been cooperat- NEW YORK – One of Ukraine’s most ing with prosecutors for a month prior to respected law firms became the latest tar- the raid, which was meant to pressure and get of President Viktor Yanukovych’s intimidate the firm’s lawyers into hand- campaign against of former Prime ing over information, said Andrew Mac, Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and her allies managing partner of the Kyiv office. when its Kyiv offices were raided on Magisters lawyers claim they don’t have February 3 by armed police and state the information the prosecutors are look- prosecutors. ing for. Mr. Mac declined to identify For six hours, officers detained 50 what information was being sought, cit- Yaro Bihun lawyers and staff at the Kyiv offices of ing the firm’s confidentiality agreements Ukrainian National Deputy Volodymyr Ariev describes his surprise to learn that Magisters, ranked among the top 100 in with clients. while he was flying to Washington unbeknownst to him his vote was being Europe. Officials from the Procurator “I anticipated they [prosecutors] would recorded in favor of a one-year postponement of the next parliamentary election. General’s Office of Ukraine confiscated be aggressive in questioning, accuse us Seated next to him at the February 4 U.S.-Ukraine Business Council working lun- documents, corporate stamps, video sur- during questioning or even subpoena us,” cheon in Washington are fellow Ukrainian political and human rights activists veillance materials and local computer Svitlana Zalishchuk (left) and Kateryna Levchenko. servers as part of its investigation of the (Continued on page 10) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 No. 7 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS

Cheap gas for basing rights: Russia Opposition appeals to court bled by the brutal post-election crack- down by Lukashenka’s regime on peace- KYIV – The opposition has appealed ful demonstrators, democratic activists, offers Ukraine-type deal to Moldova to the Constitutional Court in connection journalists and civil society. We are con- by Vladimir Socor mechanism and even a common under- with the amendments to the Constitution cerned about the wider implications, if of Ukraine that postponed the next parlia- Eurasia Daily Monitor standing of that arrangement are appar- left unchecked, these actions may have ently lacking. Last month in Moscow, mentary elections until October 2012. for democracy and security in the region Russia’s ambassador to Moldova, Finance Ministers Aleksei Kudrin of The press service of the Constitutional as a whole.” They went on record to Valery Kuzmin, insinuated via Chisinau Russia and Fedir Yaroshenko of Ukraine Court reported that the court has received state: “…we not only concur with, but media on February 1 that Moscow can started negotiations about implementing a constitutional appeal from 53 national would like to underscore the recommen- grant Moldova a price discount on those agreements. Mr. Kudrin insisted deputies on the constitutionality of the dations set forth by prominent U.S. advo- Russian gas, as it granted one to Ukraine, that “a new agreement” must be negotiat- amendments adopted by Parliament on cates for democracy and human rights in in return for military basing rights. ed to define “concrete terms and parame- February 1. In accordance with the rules their January 14, 2011, open letter to you. Mr. Kuzmin said: “Moldovan authori- ters, on which implementation would of the Constitutional Court, the appeal In particular, we believe that the imposi- ties must execute the conditions of the depend.” Mr. Yaroshenko apparently was submitted for study to the Secretariat tion of wider visa bans, targeted econom- agreement recently signed with pleaded for overcoming a deadlock: “For of the Court. On February 1 the ic sanctions, reduced/waived visa fees for Gazprom… One should not fully exclude us it is important to reach a common inter- Verkhovna Rada adopted changes to the Belarusian citizens, support for/place- politics from Russia’s relations with other pretation, define a common methodology Constitution that prolong the mandate of countries. The political dimension can be for implementing this agreement in real ment of students facing expulsion for the current Parliament; on February 3 their participation in the protests, and turned into an economic equivalent. Thus life” (Eurasia Daily Monitor, January 18). President Viktor Yanukovych enacted in Ukraine, for example, there was pro- greater support for civil society activities these changes. The opposition says the will demonstrate our readiness to con- vided a compensation mechanism [for legislature did not have the authority to gas] in the lease agreement for Russia’s Moldova could front the dictatorial nature of this current extend its mandate by a year and a half, regime, as well as help to safeguard the Black Sea Fleet base. Due to that mutual- since – based on the norms on the 1996 ly advantageous agreement, the gas price draw some lessons basic principles of democracy.” The Constitution to which Ukraine has dropped for Ukrainian end consumers. CEEC letter was signed by Frank Spula from the Russian- returned – regular parliamentary elections Moldova also has such opportunities. of the Polish American Congress, Chisinau’s politicians can make proposals Ukrainian agree- are be held on March 27 of this year. Michael Sawkiw Jr. of the UCCA and According to the Constitution of 1996, to Moscow. Then negotiations can be ments signed in Karl Altau of the Joint Baltic American held and a decision made. We do not the Verkhovna Rada is elected for four National Committee. Copies of the letter have such proposals on the political agen- April 2010. Ukraine years and the president is elected for five were sent to Sens. John F. Kerry, years. In addition, the opposition claims da thus far, but this does not mean that seems to have made Benjamin L. Cardin, Richard J. Durbin such proposals do not exist. We are open to have evidence that the voting cards of and Richard G. Lugar, and Reps. Ileana for discussions” (Unimedia, February 1; a loser’s trade-off absent national deputies were used in the Ros-Lehtinen, Howard L. Berman and Infotag, February 2). February 1 vote on the constitutional Christopher H. Smith. (CEEC) Mr. Kuzmin had just held a round of even in commercial amendments. (Ukrinform) bilateral meetings with party leaders from Missing Kyiv mayor returns terms. CEEC on sanctions against Belarus the governing Alliance for European KYIV – The Kyiv City Council says Integration (AEI) and the opposition WASHINGTON – The Central and Communist Party. In a concluding public Moscow can turn its side of that bar- Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi is back on East European Coalition (CEEC) – which the job after an absence of several weeks, statement he advised Chisinau to ask gain into a dead letter. The price of gas comprises 18 national ethnic organiza- Moscow to re-negotiate the price of gas. seems very unlikely to stay above $300 RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service reported on tions and represents over 20 million February 8. Council spokeswoman Olha Russia would “discuss anything” if per 1,000 tcm (unless Moscow decides to Americans – on January 24 sent a letter Moldova itself takes the initiative practice overt extortion, and by the same Tunii told journalists that Mr. to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Chernovetskyi had been back in the (Moldpres, January 28, February 2). token to subsidize its own extortion of “to express our appreciation for the state- Almost certainly, the ambassador made a office since February 7. She did not say Ukraine). Below that price level, Russia ments already issued, and respectfully more explicit offer for the politicians where the mayor was during his absence. can still pressure Ukraine into further ask you to take further, decisive and behind closed doors than he could make Local media reported in December 2010 concessions, in return for further dis- effective actions with respect to the publicly. counts on the gas price. that Mr. Chernovetskyi disappeared regime of Belarusian strongman Moldova’s Vice Prime Minister and Moscow is well-placed to implement shortly after he was ousted in November Alyaksandr Lukashenka.” CEEC mem- Economics Minister Valeriu Lazar pub- the military agreement while bargaining as head of the Kyiv city administration licly drew a parallel with the Russian- over implementation of the gas price bers, including the Ukrainian Congress and replaced by a senior municipal offi- Ukrainian tradeoff – military base leasing agreement. The April 2010 arrangements Committee of America (UCCA), noted cial, Oleksander Popov. Mr. for cheap gas – shortly before Mr. are asymmetrical in that the military that “the December 19, 2010, presidential Chernovetskyi retained the title of Kyiv Kuzmin did so. Arguing that the cost of agreement is self-enforcing, while the gas election in Belarus was neither free nor imported Russian gas depends in part on agreement is not. Ukraine lacks the fair” and that they “remain deeply trou- (Continued on page 14) political relations with Russia, Mr. Lazar power to withhold implementation or the said: “If we follow Ukraine’s example former, while Russia can set conditions and try to make some political conces- for implementing the latter. sions to Russia, then we could obtain The basing agreement contravenes he krainian eekly FOUNDED 1933 some discounts” (Radio Moldova, Ukraine’s Constitution, which bans the T U W January 30, cited by Infotag, January 31). stationing of foreign forces on Ukraine’s An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Following Mr. Kuzmin’s public refer- territory (with an exception made for a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. ence to a Ukraine-type deal with Russia’s Black Sea Fleet until 2017). The Yearly subscription rate: $55; for UNA members — $45. 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zine; and Svitlana Zalishchuk, a journalist Activists from... and cofounder of the non-governmental Heroes of Kruty battle remembered (Continued from page 1) organization Centre UA and coordinator of the New Citizen Public Campaign organi- economy of Ukraine, where the average zation. Earlier, she had worked as press sec- monthly wage is less than $200 and the retary to the president’s chief of staff and as need for clothing, food, housing “can be a television reporter. used to manipulate the electorate and bribe The two other male members of the election commissions.” The ruling Party of visiting group are journalists from TVi: Regions tried to bribe him twice to switch Editor-in-Chief Vitaliy Portnikov and over to their side, he said, once with a one- Mykola Kniazhytsky, channel director. time $10 million bribe, and again with a The problem of keeping hopes alive in $1 million down payment and monthly payments of $10,000 thereafter. how things develop about Ukraine, as Those who disagree and protest gov- well as in Russia, was the subject of a ernment suppression of their human panel discussion at the National rights are persecuted by the security ser- Endowment for Democracy on the last vices and through the courts, he said, as day of the Ukrainian group’s stay in are radio, television and other media that Washington. It was organized by NED provide access to unsanctioned points of Vice-President Nadia Diuk and featured view – some of which have had their Messrs. Rybachuk, Portnikov and broadcast wavelengths cut back or were Shevchenko, and Andrei Piontkovsky, taken off the air completely. one of Russia’s foremost political ana- Andriy Shevchenko, a parliamentarian lysts and commentators. Mr. Piontkovsky noted that there is “a from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and a Volodymyr Musyak journalist by profession, expressed his growing irritation and disillusionment” in fear that, under the current administration the Russian political arena. More and more people in the top echelon of KYIV – About 1,000 Ukrainian in Kyiv, the regressive process from the patriots gathered at the heroes level democracy previously achieved Russian power understand that politically, morally and metaphysically Vladimir of Kruty memorial 80 miles from may be working “much faster than the Kyiv on January 29 to honor other way around.” Noting that 10 offi- Putin is mismatched, that his system can- the 300 Ukrainian students cials of the former Tymoshenko govern- not provide the modernization of the ment are now unjustifiably sitting in jail, economy that Russia needs. “They’re fed and cadets, out of a 500-per- he said that Ukraine may well be on the up with Putin,” he said. “And they would son contingent, who died fight- road to becoming another Belarus, which dispose of him,” but they understand that ing the 4,000-strong Bolshevik Ukrainians do not want. if they did, the next day he would be in force advancing toward Kyiv And this is not a local problem, he added. prison and they would soon follow. So on that day in 1918. Former It should be an international concern. they focus on their own survival, he said. President Viktor Yushchenko As Mr. Doniy later added when talking Also commenting on the situation in made a rare public appearance about this trend: “A bandit regime in 21st Russia, Mr. Rybachuk said that, as he and told reporters he was con- century Europe is not normal.” sees it, Mr. Putin made a deal with the fident of Ukraine’s future inde- National Deputy Kateryna Levchenko, Russian people: “I’ll give you some rela- pendence with the passing of who is president of the international tively high salaries, but you don’t play the old generation and the arriv- women’s rights center La Strada-Ukraine politics.” And those who understand this al of the new generation. and is active in fighting the sexual exploi- message are enjoying the results, he said. tation of children, stressed the need to Mr. Shevchenko said he would rather change the present government’s casual not compare countries because similari- approach to these and other issues. ties sometimes lead to erroneous conclu- BBC ends Ukrainian radio broadcasts There is no policy on women’s rights and sions, citing the most recent developments KYIV – The Ukrainian Service of the Spanish (for Cuba), Vietnamese and gender equality in the Yanukovych govern- in Tunisia and Egypt, which at first glance BBC has stopped radio broadcasts, it was Turkish. The cuts also involve the closing of ment, she said. Indeed, she noted that seemed to be very similar, but are not. reported on January 27. The Ukrainian the Macedonian, Serbian and Albanian ser- President Yanukovych has been quoted as In Ukraine, he said, the government is section of the website “BBC My World” vices, as well as broadcasts in English for saying that the rightful place for a woman is building a “facade democracy” and “all will continue to function. the Caribbean and in Portuguese for Africa. “in the kitchen and not in politics.” of us try to look European.” The British Broadcasting Corp. said The BBC Ukrainian Service was And this approach is reflected in the As for the difference between the old that dismissals at the BBC World Service founded immediately after Ukraine re- sad reality of a woman’s role in and new governments, he said, “Under were linked to a reduction in funding that established independence in 1991. The Ukrainian society and government, she [Viktor] Yushchenko we had an adminis- the United Kingdom government allocates first BBC program in the Ukrainian lan- said, citing a number of statistical exam- tration that was saying the right words for foreign broadcasting. Peter Horrocks, guage was broadcast on June 1, 1992, ples: There is not a single woman in a but did not do much; now we have an the BBC’s global news director, said that and participating in it was the country’s senior position in the current govern- administration which says the right words 650 out of 2,400 jobs in the service would first president, Leonid Kravchuk. ment; women comprise only 7 percent of but does quite opposite things.” be closed over the next three years, most of The BBC pledged that it would reverse the members of Parliament, while the Now Ukrainians hear “nice words” them during the first year. the cuts in 2014, when it takes over local government level it’s 30 percent; about freedom of the press, and human In addition to Ukrainian, the BBC will responsibility for financing the World the average woman’s salary is less than rights, free and fair elections, and “see stop radio broadcasts in Azerbaijani, Service from the Foreign Office. 70 percent of what an average man earns. the opposite,” Mr. Shevchenko said. Russian (except for certain programs), (Ukrinform, The New York Times) And this is reflected in the migration of Instrumental in the organization of the labor out of Ukraine, to Russia and public meeting at the Rayburn House Europe, in which 2.7 million, or more Office Building were Orest Deychakivsky than 60 percent, are women, she added. of the Helsinki Commission and U.S.- Unlike official Ukrainian delegations Ukraine Foundation President Nadia Quotable notes that visit Washington, a much higher per- McConnell. Moderating the session was “… It’s no secret that Ukraine is undergoing some trying times right now. centage of this visiting group’s represen- former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Like many, the Helsinki Commission is deeply concerned by the backsliding that tatives were women – four out of 10. William Green Miller. we’ve witnessed over the course of the last year with respect to freedom of In addition to Ms. Levchenko, the group Morgan Williams, president of the expression, assembly, pressures on the media; attempts to curtail academic free- included: Alyona Getmanchuk, a journalist, U.S.-Ukraine Business Council, which dom and that of institutions and activists who peacefully promote the Ukrainian editor and screenwriter who is the director now has more than 150 member-compa- national identity; the flawed local elections; the lack of rule of law – and the list of the Institute for World Policy; Olena nies and institutions interested in expand- can go on and on. By most independent accounts, Ukraine is moving in an Gromnytska, vice president of Glavred ing economic ties between the two coun- authoritarian direction, although I would also caution against concluding that it Media and editor-in-chief of Profil maga- tries, organized the working luncheon. is already authoritarian – certainly not on the level of Russia or Belarus. In large part this is due to Ukraine’s political pluralism, diversity, and the vital role of civil society which is represented here. “The Yanukovych government clearly has been moving to consolidate and expand power and has prided itself on the ability to provide stability, contrasting it with the political chaos of the previous years. But a stability based on authori- tarianism is an illusory one, and if the Yanukovych regime thinks that rolling back democratic freedoms is the way to achieve stability, I frankly think this is a shortsighted and ultimately counterproductive approach. Recent events in Tunisia, Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East, or even the situations in Belarus and Russia, should remind one of the superficiality of the so-called sta- bility of authoritarianism. …”

– Orest Deychakiwsky, policy advisor for Belarus, Bulgaria, Romania and Yaro Bihun Ukraine, at the U.S. Helsinki Commission, delivering welcoming remarks at the At a panel discussion on February 5 at the National Endowment for Democracy meeting on “Civil Society Efforts to Defend Democracy in Ukraine” held on on “Keeping Democratic Hopes Alive in Russia and Ukraine” (from left are) February 2 at the Rayburn House Office Building, House of Representatives, Vitaliy Portnikov, Andrei Piontkovsky, NED Vice-President Nadia Diuk (modera- Washington. The meeting featured 10 prominent activists from Ukraine. (See tor), Oleh Rybachuk and Andriy Shevchenko. story beginning on page 1.) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 No. 7

ANALYSIS The question of succession in the leadership of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church by Oleh Turiy to fall apart only because the laws of Pope Pius XII to name his own successor: nature are at work? Can we not face the Josyf Slipyj. Currently, Church life in the countries challenges with a greater reliance on Metropolitan Andrey nominated and of the former Soviet Union often oscil- God? Examples from the history of the consecrated Slipyj as his archbishop and lates between two extremes: from a sacro- Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church during co-adjutor with the right of succession. sanct uplifting, at times reaching the point the last century reveal new hopeful pros- This happened on December 22, 1939, at of exaltation, to a pervasive atmosphere pects for us. the start of the second world war and the of deadening secularism. Such wounds as In other words, the Church has been in occupation of Halychyna by Soviet forc- the liquidation of visible structures of the analogous situations before and is now es. No doubt, this period in Ukrainian his- Church and repressions against hierarchs facing similar trials. tory was more critical than our current sit- and faithful, the spiritual crippling of peo- If we are to look at the last four transi- uation. Indeed, at that time, it seemed that ple and the destruction of ecclesiastical tions of the top leaders of the Ukrainian the entire civilized world was collapsing traditions are slow to heal even with Greek-Catholic Church, we will see that around them. God’s intervention and human remedies. each one occurred in a “special” and “crit- So, when Metropolitan Andrey died on Most likely, we have not even reached ical” time. Each transition was accompa- November 1, 1944, at the age of 79, the the first phase of rebirth and normaliza- nied by turmoil and fear, fiery debates and young Metropolitan Josyf had to lead his tion when it comes to our search for bal- disputes. And at the same time, each of Church and support his people, who were ance and stability, for choosing conversa- these historic moments was blessed by traumatized during the war and faced ter- tions about all that is spiritual and holy. God, as each head of the Ukrainian rible material losses and moral devasta- This concerns various aspects of Church Greek-Catholic Church proved to be an tion. Less than six months went by when life, including the Church’s hierarchical authentic leader, even a prophetic individ- Slipyj and his entire episcopate were leadership. Illya M. Labunka ual. Let us look at these precedents. arrested and put behind bars. With these In various countries and among many On December 17, 1900, when Pope arrests began the martyrdom of our confessions, there is often a discussion Patriarch Lubomyr Husar in a photo from 2008. Leo XIII nominated Andrey Sheptytsky to Church – and paradoxically the most about who should lead and how he should the post of Galician metropolitan, famous and singularly heroic pages in the lead a particular religious community and, almost half a century. Their persons are Sheptytsky was a 35-year-old who came history of our Church. It is hard to imag- although at times this polemic is long and clearly embedded in the consciousness of from established Ukrainian ancestry, ine a more steadfast and persevering lead- heated, it is always considered a normal their faithful and often they personify the which had been Polonized over the centu- er during this era of trials and tribulations. course of action. As a result, there is a good of their Church communities. ries. Many patriotic Greek-Catholics Slipyj spent 18 years (1945-1963) in concrete, practical and most importantly, The question arises: what happens believed that this appointment was cata- prisons, concentration camps and in exile. a moral and prayerful preparation for a next? Is the inevitable change in leader- strophic seeing it as a Polish plot to bring At the age of 71, he found himself deport- change in Church leadership. We, on the ship not threatened by turbulence, conflict their Trojan horse up the hill to St. George ed to the free world. There, already elder- other hand, often do not know how to and even demise? Cathedral, the bastion of the western ly, this Confessor of the Faith – in a approach this issue: we either panic clam- For Greek-Catholics, the prospect of a Ukrainian society. 20-year span – was able to not only gather orously, or try to hush it up, thinking that change in leadership provokes even great- During his 44 years as the pastor of the together the Church community, but the if we ignore it, it will go away. In general, er anxiety. The brilliance of the pastoral Church, Ukrainian society accepted entire Ukrainian community, breathing the silent approach is fostered by a good, witness of His Beatitude Lubomyr and his Metropolitan Andrey gradually, and some into them a new faith that the battle for fundamental principle, which cannot be spiritual insight are recognized not only in people did not always understand him to human dignity continues in Ukraine, that taken lightly. And that is the fact that our Ukraine, but well beyond its borders. The the struggle for Church freedom and life, in particular, our Church life is in recent celebrations of his 10 years as national rights goes on behind the Iron God’s hands, so any kind of political patriarch clearly accentuated the special What will happen Curtain. speculation, or habitual gossip cannot be role that he plays not only in the He initiated broad reforms in Church fruitful when contemplating the situation Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and to the Ukrainian administration, renewing the synodal gov- and the future of the Church leadership. among all Ukrainian Church life, but Greek-Catholic ernance of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic A state of panic is never productive. throughout our entire society. Many speak Church and raising the level of conscious- The components of fear and helplessness of him by name. He radiates such authen- Church after Pa- ness of all Ukrainian Christians regarding at a time of crisis can be turned around tic love and a sense of deep peace, cou- ecclesiastic identity, the particular Church and a time of crisis can be a time of pled with humility, wisdom and warm and triarch Lubomyr and especially regarding patriarchal digni- opportunity and a challenge for growth witty humor, and he shares all of this with ty. And so, if Metropolitan Andrey was and maturity. (In Greek, “krisis” means a everyone. It is difficult to name anyone in Husar resigns? chosen as the UGCC leader by Rome, and time to make decisions). When making Ukrainian society today who is regarded Archbishop Slipyj was chosen by such an important decision, it is essential as a greater moral authority than Lubomyr Metropolitan Andrey with the consent of that a spiritual focus and a steadfast faith Husar. the end. Although with time, the metro- the Holy See, the future election of in God’s divine Providence, as well as a For this reason, there is trepidation. politan became a pre-eminent authority, Ukrainian Catholic Church leaders was to calm and composed thought process and What will happen after Patriarch he almost always faced groups that were include the Ukrainian Synod of Bishops. harmonious cooperation be present Lubomyr? These thoughts are not without in opposition to him, whether it be the This was no easy task to secure, and among those who are responsible for this grounds. Even more so because His Austrians, the Poles, the Germans, or Patriarch Josyf faced many challenges challenge. Beatitude Lubomyr has clearly and Soviet powers, or his Church’s monks and and obstacles to achieve this status. And, Where am I going with these thoughts? unequivocally said publicly that he would priests or “right” or “left” politicians. He this was all happening in the free world, Various Churches in Ukraine and the like to pass on the leadership of the was not an expected hierarch, but because without the “strong arm” of Moscow Belarusian Orthodox Church have had a Church to his successor while he is still he was both wise and creative, he always interfering, without the totalitarian repres- relatively long history with their current on this earth. And what is even more remained unpredictable. sions that the Church faced in the Soviet leaders. The first personas of the important, he has kept his word. Today, looking back at the history of Union. After the emergence of the Church Ukrainian Orthodox Churches – both the When these statements were first the 20th century, we realize that it was from the catacombs, today, the election of Kyiv and the Moscow patriarchates – voiced in 2009, they prompted quite a few Metropolitan Andrey who – at first was a Church leader in an independent Filaret and Volodymyr, and the publications in the Ukrainian press and met with prejudice – became both the Ukraine adheres to the principles elabo- Metropolitan of Minsk and All-Belarus stirred numerous conversations among the spiritual and national leader of rated by Patriarch Josyf and promulgated Filaret, the head of the Ukrainian Greek- faithful of the UGCC and the broader Ukrainians. He became a man of univer- by the Holy See. Catholic Church His Beatitude Lubomyr community. Many members of the sal significance, rising in significance The transition of the leadership in the – are all now or soon to be octogenarians. Church, hearing about the final decision beyond the communities of the Ukrainian underground took place in extreme condi- And, there are laws of nature. of His Beatitude Lubomyr are now bewil- Greek-Catholics and the Ukrainian people tions. When in early 1963 the Soviet gov- While we all wish them many more dered and live with a real fear: how is it in general. He was, perhaps, the most sig- ernment unexpectedly released years on this earth, every member of the that at such a complex time, when nificant Ukrainian of the 20th century. Metropolitan Slipyj from exile and put Church who is concerned about the Ukrainian society is facing such unprece- Metropolitan Andrey was chosen by him on a train to Rome via Moscow, his Church’s welfare, should contemplate, or dented threats, the spiritual leader of the the Holy See in Rome. Pope Leo XIII was mission was to quickly secure a leader for at least actively pray, for a worthy succes- Church is voluntarily leaving his respon- personally acquainted with the young the “Church in the Catacombs,” in sor for each Church’s leadership. sibilities? monk – 15 years before making this Ukraine. By telegram, he summoned a Nevertheless, many active and committed Without a doubt, if we are to approach appointment in 1900. Today, it is clear Redemptorist monk, Vasyl Velychkovsky members of the above-mentioned this question as laymen, there is indeed that this choice was courageous, one dare to Moscow and in a hotel room in the Churches look to the future with fear. And reason for bewilderment and fear. We can say brilliant. God’s divine providence so Soviet capital on February 4, 1963, this is not surprising. Patriarch Filaret, delve deeply into these feelings and wal- ordered that the successor to Metropolitan ordained him a bishop. (Velychkovsky Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and low in them. However, it is probably more Andrey was chosen differently; however, was recognized as a martyr in 2001). Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk have been interesting and more spiritually beneficial the caliber of the individual was of no Bishop Vasyl was the head of the leaders of their respective Churches for to look at the decision from a different lesser quality. Pope Pius XII granted underground Ukrainian Greek-Catholic perspective. In reality, does this decision Metropolitan Sheptytsky extraordinary Church until 1972. That year, the Soviet Dr. Oleh Turiy is vice-rector for disturb the accepted order and traditions? rights in personnel policy and other regime deported him to the West research and head of the Department of Cannot the Church, at a critical time, issues. So, in fact, Metropolitan Andrey Church history at the Ukrainian change its leader? Does everything have received permission and consent from Catholic University in Lviv. (Continued on page 11) No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 5

Archbishop Antony’s 25th anniversary celebrated in Maryland Bartholomew I, who greeted the arch- Church School students, and more than bishop with the following congratulatory 30 other representatives of various reli- letter: gious and social institutions of the “On the occasion of the 25th anniver- Orthodox and Ukrainian community. sary of your dedicated service in our Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United Holy Church, we hasten to convey to you Nations Yurij Sergeyev greeted the arch- our personal prayers and wholehearted bishop in South Bound Brook, N.J., after best wishes, as well as those of the participating on January 19 in the divine Ecumenical Patriarchate. We too, along liturgy and the Great Blessing of Waters with the Orthodox clergy and Christ- on the Feast of Theophany/Epiphany, loving faithful that have gathered today, presenting him with an original icon of share in the joy and celebration of your St. Andrew. gracious tenure. We express to you our A wonderful musical interlude during warm congratulations and applaud your the program featured the vocal duet of zealous and dynamic ministry in the ser- sisters Nadia and Nataliya Pavlyshyn and vice of the people of God. We appreciate a performance by Solomiya Gorokhivska your vibrant ministry and pray that our on violin and Andrei Pidkivka on wind Lord will bestow upon you strength and instruments. spiritual joy so that you may continue to Towards the end of the banquet rightly teach the word of His truth. Metropolitan Constantine spoke of “From our Venerable See, the Mother Archbishop Antony’s life and ministry Church of Constantinople, we confer our and called upon the Archbishop to patriarchal blessings upon your emi- address the faithful gathered at the silver Archbishop Antony distributes the Eucharist during divine liturgy. nence, on this celebration, and to all those jubilee. SILVER SPRING, Md. – Hierarchs, unity among the faithful of the Church in present, so that the Lord will grant all Archbishop Antony spoke of the great clergy and faithful from across the United Ukraine, his humanitarian efforts and his that is good and profitable for your mystery of events that took place 25 States, Canada and the United Kingdom dedication to the ministry of the UOC- souls.” years ago on October 6, 1985, when he traveled to St. Andrew Ukrainian U.S.A., as well as his efforts to continual- Metropolitan Yurij greeted Archbishop knelt down before the altar at St. Andrew Orthodox Cathedral here on January 22 ly improve the life circumstances of the Antony at the banquet on behalf of his Memorial Church in South Bound Brook, to honor Archbishop Antony, ruling hier- clergy of the Church on all levels. Church administration and all his clergy N.J., and was gifted with the reality of arch of the Eastern Eparchy and president Bishop Daniel stated that during the and faithful, recalling their more than the Grace of God, which would fulfill of the Consistory of the Ukrainian years of Archbishop Antony’s service, he 40-year friendship since meeting in his that which was lacking in him and Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. (UOC- continuously proclaimed the teachings of first year and the archbishop’s final year strengthen him along the entire path of U.S.A.), during the celebration of the the gospel with conviction and hope, cel- of studies at St. Andrew Seminary in his episcopal ministry. 25th anniversary of his episcopal conse- ebrated the divine liturgy and all the mys- cration and ministry. teries of the Church prayerfully and fer- Metropolitan Constantine and Bishop vently, and shepherded his flock with Daniel of the UOC-U.S.A., along with patient attentiveness to the gifts and Metropolitan Yurij and Bishop Andriy of needs of all. In that process, Archbishop the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Antony often stated that he matured and Canada (UOCC) joined Archbishop grew in the spirit himself. Antony at the altar to celebrate a divine Metropolitan Constantine spoke fol- liturgy. The cathedral was filled to capac- lowing the conclusion of the divine litur- ity with faithful who came from all over gy, expressing his gratitude to God for the country. Archbishop Antony’s dedicated service The Rev. Volodymyr Steliac, pastor of and the ability to touch the lives of those St. Andrew Cathedral, and nearly 50 cler- who were entrusted into his spiritual care. gy of the UOC-U.S.A. and other Metropolitan Constantine stated: Orthodox jurisdictions welcomed the “Twenty-five years ago the archbishop hierarchs at the entrance to the cathedral. heard the word ‘Axios’ proclaimed Cathedral Board of Administration repeatedly during his consecration. The President Olga Coffey, and Sonya term Axios – he is worthy – is an existen- Krawec and Nadia Kolesnik from the tial term and an affirmation of the faithful parish sisterhood, along with children and a directive or a goal to be achieved – from the parish church school and those a lifelong process. When all is said and Metropolitan Constantine of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. visiting from other parishes also wel- done, our Lord welcomes him into His recalls Archbishop Antony’s 25 years of episcopal service. comed the heirarchs. Each child present- joy. For 25 years Archbishop Antony has Winnipeg, Manitoba. He spoke of the The archbishop offered special and ed a bishop, including visiting hierarchs asked himself: ‘What would Christ do in many times they have worked together on emotional words of gratitude to many from other Churches, with individual this situation?’ For 25 years in his care various projects as hierarchs of the people for their influence on his life. He bouquets of flowers. Following the and loving fatherly concern, he has trav- Church and the many times that presented a bouquet of flowers to his Gospel reading, Bishop Daniel reflected eled fulfilling the affirmation of Axios. It Archbishop Antony has taken part in the mother, Dorothy, who was overcome upon the meaning of the episcopal ser- is our deep prayer that the silver of this life of the Church in Canada. with emotion at the long standing ovation vice in the life of a Church, recalling the anniversary will turn to gold and be Bishop Andriy greeted the archbishop given to her by the entire gathering. lives of such figures as St. Basil the embellished by a diamond… God grant on behalf of all the Canadian hierarchs – The archbishop made special mention Great, St. John Chrysostom and St. the archbishop many years.” including Bishop Ilarion, who was unable of all those who provided very specific Gregory the Theologian, and making ref- The day continued with a festive ban- to attend the celebration – and presented and powerful spiritual and emotional erence to the 25 years of the archbishop’s quet at the parish hall with over 300 Archbishop Antony with a beautiful icon presence in his life, all at the appropriate ministry among the faithful of the UOC- guests. Metropolitan Constantine opened of St. Antony the Great for utilization in times: the members of his family, his U.S.A. The bishop spoke of the archbish- the gathering with a prayer and read an his liturgical and prayer life. brother bishops – Metropolitan op’s attempts to further ecclesiastical address from Ecumenical Patriarch In addition to the Orthodox hierarchs Constantine and Bishop Daniel, the Very present at the celebration, Metropolitan Rev. William Diakiw and his family, the Stefan Soroka of the Ukrainian Catholic Very Rev. John Nakonachny, Emil Archeparchy of Philadelphia, Bishop Skocypec and the Very Rev. Michael Emeritus Basil Losten of the Ukrainian Rosco, among others. Catholic Eparchy of Stamford, Bishop He expressed his gratitude to all the Ken Nowakowsky of the Ukrainian hierarchs, both Orthodox and Catholic, Catholic Church of Canada, and Bishop present for the celebration, to the cathe- John Kudryk of the Byzantine Catholic dral choir for the spiritually uplifting Eparchy of Parma, Ohio, also attended responses during divine liturgy. He the celebration and delivered words of offered most special appreciation to the greetings. Very Rev. Volodymyr Steliac and his Greetings were also given by wife, Marta, to Ms. Coffey and the cathe- Archbishop Demetrios of the Greek dral board, who dedicated many hours of Orthodox Archdiocese of America, the preparation for the anniversary celebra- Very Rev. Michael Rosco, representing tion. He also thanked all the members of Metropolitan Nicholas of the Carpatho- the Cathedral present and other guests Rusyn Orthodox Church, Ukraine’s who came – even from as far away as Ambassador to the U.S. Oleksander London, England, in the person of the Motsyk, Christine Balko of the Ukrainian Very Rev. Bohdan Matvijczuk of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Metropolitan Yurij of the UOC of Canada greets Archbishop Antony on the National Credit Union, the seminarians of occasion of his 25th anniversary as bishop. St. Sophia Seminary, the Cathedral (Continued on page 10) 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 No. 7

NEWS AND VIEWS The Ukrainian Weekly The Russian Federation vs. Let the reader beware It’s embarrassing and disappointing, but it can’t be ignored. Americans play a the Ukrainian minority in Russia key role in the success of the Party of Regions of Ukraine, the political machine that enriches Ukraine’s oligarchy at the expense of the Ukrainian people. by Askold S. Lozynskyj change of address which was yet another After making a career of consulting African dictators, Paul Manafort was violation. hired by Rinat Akhmetov to give the Party of Regions the proper makeover they The Union of Ukrainians of Russia The government requested a court order needed to compete in Ukrainian politics. The candidates adopted stories of a (UUR) is the central coordinating organi- liquidating the UUR based on “repeated poor childhood, memorized some crafty sound bytes and mastered the rules of zation for the Ukrainian ethnic minority in and gross violations” and “failure to cure politics in the TV age: attack relentlessly and never admit you’re wrong. In addi- the Russian Federation. It was formed in the violations within the time period tion, their strategy included stirring the passions of voters with ethnic and reli- 1992 and registered with Russia’s Ministry imposed.” gious scandal and avoiding discussion of boring stuff like economics and bank- of Justice in 1994. Assuming “arguendo” the accuracy of ing. The makeover was also aimed at foreign political and business leaders, who Its nightmare began on July 22, 2009, all factual allegations in the complaint, the needed convincing that it was acceptable to do business with these thugs. It when the Russian Ministry of Justice tar- violations/defects alleged were minor by worked marvelously. Much of the Western world threw its support behind Viktor geted it for an audit. The audit lasted any democratic measure and, essentially, Yanukovych after the 2010 election without concerns about his shady history, or almost three weeks. The findings were of an administrative nature. Furthermore, that of his entourage. minor and administrative in nature – call- no allegations were made that the viola- Following the 2010 triumph, the Party of Regions saw the need to hire a main- ing for updating its list of members, add- tions were of a repeated nature or that tenance crew to keep the momentum going. Their point man in Washington ing certain provisions to its by-laws in these violations persisted despite previous became former Freedom House President Adrian Karatnycky, whose commentar- order to comply with the Russian statute admonishments. No allegations were ies touting the Yanukovych administration in leading publications such as the and the like. made of prior audits, similar findings and Financial Times have distorted the political situation in Ukraine and downplayed Upon receipt of the findings the UUR’s a failure to comply. Still, the government the rise of authoritarianism, political persecutions, dismantling of democratic executive convened a meeting on concluded that the violations alleged were institutions and violations of individual rights. September 12, 2009, passed what it both “repeated and gross.” For dissolution The Regions’ American lapdog in Kyiv is Anthony T. Salvia, whose writings deemed to be the necessary motions and of an organization the Russian law and statements on the Yanukovych administration embrace tried and true propa- began the process of updating its member- requires “repeated or gross.” ganda tactics. Allegedly receiving Party of Regions seed money, Mr. Salvia ship lists, including deleting inactive Despite the absence of a “prima facie” established the American Institute in Kyiv. His latest bid for attention was his members. case, the government’s confidence borders incredible claim that Mr. Yanukovych ought to be considered for the Nobel In the meantime, the ministry notified on arrogance. The Supreme Court of the Peace Prize (see http://www.kyivpost.com/news/opinion/op_ed/detail/95770/). the UUR that pending correction of the Russian Federation is expected to rubber- Mr. Salvia ignores the Yanukovych administration’s authoritarian rule. Given defects, its activities were suspended until stamp the government’s position. that he rarely speaks Ukrainian, Mr. Salvia is unable to appreciate firsthand the May 2, 2010. Twice, once in December Exposure of the judicial system in Russia Russian chauvinist policies pursued by the Yanukovych administration that have 2009 and then again in March 2010, the as an instrument of government politics exacerbated ethnic tensions in Ukraine like never before since the country’s UUR wrote to the ministry refuting some does not seem to trouble the existing pow- renewed independence. His claim to represent an “American Institute” while of the allegations and advising that it had ers in Russia. This matter is scheduled to praising the Yanukovych administration not only fails to convince, but is a slap take care of the defects that needed correc- be heard by the court on January 31. in the face to those Ukrainians who are working to bring Western values to tion. The ministry did not respond. Over the last few years a pattern has Ukraine. On December 10, 2010, the Russian emerged in the Russian Federation – an Supporters of a democratic and Western-oriented Ukraine must serve as the government brought an action in the unrelenting war against perceived enemies counterbalance to these guns for hire in offering information about what is truly Supreme Court to liquidate the UUR. The of the state, including ethnic communities happening in Ukraine – rigged elections, the dismantling of an independent judi- complaint referenced Russian law and not kowtowing to government pressure, ciary, nihilistic approaches to law and legislation, restrictions on freedoms and repeated five allegations from the audit and the executive branch exploiting the the media, and the persecution of ethnically conscious Ukrainians and the oppo- findings, specifically, that its list of mem- legislative and judicial branches to imple- sition. There are serious observers of the scene who accurately present what is bers included an autonomous non-com- ment its policies. Ukrainians in Russia going on in Ukraine, people like David Kramer and Alexander Motyl, to name mercial organization that could not be its have felt this pressure. Murders of just two. But we all can play a role in countering disinformation and getting the member since it was autonomous, that Ukrainian activists remain unsolved. A necessary message across, whether through op-ed pieces, letters or blogs. the list of members itself was not well Ukrainian language class at a Moscow Readers, meanwhile, need to heed the principle “caveat emptor,” let the buyer documented, that its qualified members public lyceum has been discontinued. And, beware – in this case the consumer of information presented on myriad websites do not operate in more than half the very most recently, the Moscow Library of and in diverse publications. Today’s consumer of information has to be acutely regions of the Russian Federation as Ukrainian Literature was ransacked, shut, aware of who is who and why they write what they write. required since it’s an All-Russian public reopened, then ransacked again and its association, that its by-laws do not spe- head librarian assaulted. cifically provide for the election of its The reference in the complaint to the governing body by a qualifying majority, UUR co-chair appearance on radio and and that while the law allows for mem- television (Radio Liberty and “Freedom Feb. bers who are foreign citizens, they must of Thought”) and violating the organiza- Turning the pages back... be lawfully on the territory of the Russian tion’s suspension, hints at the govern- Federation, yet the UUR’s by-laws do not ment’s political motivation. The appear- include that restriction. Interestingly Seven years ago, on February 18, 2004, Gen. Valeriy ances had nothing to do with the pending 18 enough, there were no allegations that the proceeding. Regardless of his position, Kravchenko of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) told UUR included actual members who were the subject individual is also a human 2004 Deutsche Welle radio that he had documents in his possession foreign citizens. that proved Ukraine had illegally spied on members of its polit- who has the right of freedom of speech The complaint acknowledged receipt of protected under international law, ical opposition when they traveled abroad. Gen. Kravchenko the two responses from UUR, but rejected served as the liaison officer between Ukrainian and German intelligence services at Russia’s treaties, covenants and its own them as insufficient. The government then Constitution, irrespective of any adminis- Ukraine’s Embassy in Berlin. alleged that the UUR’s meeting of “The head of the SBU, Ihor Smeshko, and the chief of the Central Intelligence trative suspension. September 12, 2009, was not conducted in In November of 2010, following an Directorate, Oleh Synianskyi, in contravention of enacted legislation give their staff accordance with administrative regulations abroad orders to track representatives of the Ukrainian opposition, as well as members almost identical pattern of proceedings, in that the members present at the meeting the Russian government “persuaded” the of government at the ministerial level and higher,” said Gen. Kravchenko. and information on the voting results were “At first the order was to track Ukrainian delegations and then ‘ministers and higher’ to Russian Supreme Court to liquidate anoth- not disclosed. The government deemed it er all-Russian Ukrainian organization – gather information about who they were meeting and for what reason. The most important impossible to determine the validity of the matter was whether they were criticizing Ukraine and the current leadership and whether the Federal National Cultural Autonomy action taken. of Ukrainians in Russia. Subsequently, they supported the opposition,” explained Gen. Kravchenko in a telephone interview with Additionally, the government stated that Dzerkalo Tyzhnia. Gen. Kravchenko noted that he was ordered to return to Kyiv on Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov the UUR had violated its suspension acknowledged that the liquidation was the February 13, 2004, to receive a security briefing on an upcoming visit by President Leonid because its co-chair appeared on Radio Kuchma to Berlin, but failed to do so after the general’s friends in the SBU told him that result of political activity. Liberty on January 4, 2010, and on a tele- During Russia’s last presidential elec- upon his return he would be fired. The same day as his appearance on Deutsche Welle vision program titled “Freedom of radio, the SBU dismissed Gen. Kravchenko for failure to appear in Kyiv. tion process in 2008, the Organization for Thought” on April 27, 2010. Finally, the Security and Cooperation in Europe was Gen. Kravchenko, who was hiding out in Germany, said he would not allow materials government alleged that, in connection to be published in the press because they were classified “secret” and, therefore, it was restricted in the allotment of election with this matter, the Justice Ministry had observers. The OSCE refused to partici- unlawful for him to do so. But he said he would submit the documents to the Procurator forwarded a notice to the UUR on General’s Office and would entrust them to several lawmakers, including Borys Oliinyk of pate. Then President Vladimir Putin November 11, 2010, which was returned admonished the OSCE not to “teach” the Communist Party of Ukraine, Ihor Yukhnovsky of Our Ukraine or National Deputy with the note “addressee vacated.” Thus, Mykola Tomenko, who headed the parliamentary Committee on Press Freedoms. Russia. Mr. Lavrov, foreign minister then the government alleged, the UUR failed to and now, said that no self-respecting coun- Two days after Gen. Kravchenko’s statement, President Leonid Kuchma signed a notify the appropriate authorities of its decree banning the assignment of SBU intelligence officers to Ukrainian government try would bow to “ultimatums” set by the offices. Virtually all Ukrainian government ministries, departments, military installa- OSCE. President Putin concluded his tions, embassies and consulates – and even banks – had intelligence officers assigned as Askold S. Lozynskyj, a New York City admonishment to the OSCE with the attorney at law, is immediate past presi- words, “Let them teach their wives to (Continued on page 20) dent of the Ukrainian World Congress. make cabbage soup!” No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 7

FOR THE RECORD Valentyn Nalyvaichenko’s letter PERSPECTIVES to OSCE re: national minority rights by Andrew Fedynsky EDITOR’S NOTE: The following open crediting the political course of the letter was sent by Valentyn Russian government on interracial unity, Remembering Shevchenko Nalyvaichenko, chairman of the Political and such activity threatens the constitu- Council for the Our Ukraine Political tional regime…” March 10 this year is the 150th anniver- guage. And so, while Russian culture Party, to Ambassador Knut Vollebaek, the • On January 3, 2011, Russian Foreign sary of the death of Taras Shevchenko. thrived, Ukrainian culture was kept at a vil- high commissioner on national minorities Minister Segey Lavrov officially stated Looking for an angle for my column, I lage level, sustained only by the cultural at the Organization for Security and that “FNCAUR’s activity was targeted at thought I might cite something about the giants who emerged across the border in Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The let- damaging bilateral Russian-Ukrainian poet from 1911 when Ukraine commemo- Austrian-ruled Galicia. ter was originally published in the Kyiv relations.” rated the 50th anniversary of his death. So I Despite the language ban, Shevchenko’s Post on January 26. • In December 2010 we witnessed a went to the Ukrainian Museum-Archives verse proved to be so memorable and quot- new round of repressions against the library and sure enough I found a slim able that it helped sustain the national con- Your Excellency, on behalf of the Our Library of Ukrainian Literature in 45-page booklet published by the Prosvita sciousness of a largely illiterate peasantry Ukraine Party, I write this letter of grave Moscow (the only official Ukrainian lit- (Enlightenment) Society in Lviv titled for the next 50 years. The commemoration concern and ask for your immediate erature library in Russia). The Russian “Taras Shevchenko on the 50th Anniversary of Shevchenko’s death in 1911 and even attention to systematic violations of Prosecutor’s Office launched a criminal of his Death” by Bohdan L. more so the centennial of his birth three national minority rights in Russia. investigation based on charges of distri- I was instantly taken aback. The very years later, was a national celebration, cul- We highly respect your authority on bution of printed materials with xenopho- first line reads: “Life was bitter for our peo- minating in a profound way in January these issues and would like to address bic content at the library. During the past ple a hundred years ago.” And just like that, 1918 with the declaration of Ukrainian them with you. These are matters of three months, the Extremism Department Bohdan L. took me back two centuries. independence, followed by a decade of utmost importance for my country and all of the Interior Ministry of Russia con- “Deprived of a country of their own,” he unprecedented creativity, the “Ukrainian Ukrainian communities around the world. ducted three searches at the library, went on, “torn apart by borders, exhausted Renaissance.” It ended horrifically in the We have witnessed a series of resonant seized books and computer hardware, as by eternal battles for their freedom, they 1930s with mass executions of artists and events with the Ukrainian community in well as inflicted wounds to the director of groaned under the weight of a foreign yoke the deliberate starvation of millions as Russia. These events are clearly aimed at the library, Nataliya Shariniy. At present, and as if debilitated and in semi-slumber, Stalin re-imposed Russification and serf- the Ukrainian minority and in our opinion the library is closed for an undetermined called on stories and songs to remember dom. are deliberate actions of the Russian gov- time-frame. better times from long ago.” But they couldn’t kill Shevchenko. ernment in systematic violations of the • Russian media continue to report that In 1811, most Ukrainians were serfs, Too big to ignore, the Soviet government Ukrainian national minority rights in that the Russian Ministry of Justice petitioned descendents of proud, freedom-loving cynically invoked his words to justify its country. the High Court of Russia to liquidate the Kozaks, but no less enslaved than Black policies, putting up a monument to him The Russian Federation is the largest other Russian-wide civic Ukrainian com- Americans in the Deep South. Empress in Kyiv in 1939 to commemorate his neighboring country of Ukraine. munity organization, Union of Ukrainians Catherine’s governor general for “Little 125th anniversary. Twenty-five years According to the national population cen- in Russia, which comprises 41 regional Russia,” Pyotr Rumiantsev, declared that later, Ukrainian Americans dedicated a sus in Russia of 2002, more than 3 mil- associations such as Batkivschyna, “the peasant [khlop] and the field are one monument to Shevchenko in lion ethnic Ukrainians live within the Blakytna Desna, Prolisok, Mriya, the and the same; the ‘khlop’ born for the sole Washington, inscribing his words about country. Ukrainians in Russia are one of Ukrainian regional center Dnipro, the purpose of working the field to benefit the the ultimate liberation of his homeland 90 officially registered communities in 16 Yasen-Ural Ukrainian national culture master.” One of those serfs would be Taras on the pedestal. The Soviet Union pro- regions of the country. center, the Ukraina-Seim partnership, the Shevchenko. We’ll be celebrating the bicen- tested vociferously that Ukraine’s nation- Our party and our civic partner-organi- Association of Ukrainians from tennial of his birth in 2014. al poet had been kidnapped by national- zations vigorously advocate for the free Povolzhie, Kyiv Rus,’ and the Ukrainian Shevchenko’s story is utterly astonish- ists. Diaspora Ukrainians argued it was utilization of national minority develop- culture centers Promin, Svitanok, and ing: Orphaned at an early age and raised by the other way around. The dueling inter- ment principles. We believe this to be an Krynytsia. the village, he was eventually taken in by pretations of who “owned” Shevchenko inalienable part of an interstate good- The abovementioned cases followed his master to serve as a houseboy. When he and what his message was pretty much caught him stealing paper and pencil so he neighbor policy between Russia and previous years’ actions by the Russian ended with the break-up of the Soviet could draw pictures, Taras’s owner saw the Ukraine. authorities, such as: Union and the re-establishment boy had talent and enrolled him as an Respect for the cultural and civic • In April 2008 the Moscow city Ukraine’s Independence in 1991. apprentice in St. Petersburg, expecting to rights of national minorities is an obliga- authorities shut down the Ukrainian edu- In March, President Viktor Yanukovych pocket the earnings once his slave got a job tion of Russia envisaged in many interna- cational center, which allegedly did not will place a wreath at the monument to as an artist. A group of Ukrainian and tional and Ukrainian-Russian bilateral have the necessary licensing documenta- Shevchenko in Kyiv and then in August he Russian intellectuals who also recognized agreements. tion. The Ukrainian educational center in will have the privilege of presiding over the the boy’s gifts thought otherwise and Regrettably, we have to admit that, in Moscow had worked for more than 10 20th anniversary of Ukraine’s indepen- bought him his freedom. Not only an artis- practice, the Russian authorities do not years under the license of School No. dence. Shevchenko, I bet, would be doubly respect their obligations to guarantee the 124, and its members were employed in tic prodigy, Shevchenko it turned out, had a genius for poetry and composed terrific sto- pleased, although you don’t have to be an free development of the Ukrainian accordance with the law of the Russian expert to know that he would have seen national minority on its territory. Federation. After the shut-down of the ries about Ukraine’s folklore and Kozak battles which he published in his book independence as a beginning not an end. Protection of Ukrainian cultural rights center, its employees were questioned by Ukraine’s current president dutifully dis- in Russia is of outmost importance. the Federal Security Service (FSB). “Kobzar” (Minstrel) when he was 26. The book made him famous. plays the trident, salutes the blue-and-yel- Opportunities for educating children • On May 10, 2009, Russian authori- low flag and, invoking an orientation on in the Ukrainian language are very limit- Instead of being grateful for his unex- ties declared Yurii Kononenko persona Europe, says all the right things about ed. There are approximately 10 non grata. He was the first deputy direc- pected freedom and celebrity, Shevchenko was bitter that his family and countrymen democracy and freedom even as he steers Ukrainian Sunday schools and a dozen tor of the Union of Ukrainians in Russia, were condemned to a life of ignorance and his country toward Russia and its odious schools with Ukrainian as an optional an activist of the Ukrainian cultural-edu- toil, and secretly began writing severely policies and practices. It’s a big disappoint- study language in all the regions of cational movement in Russia and founder critical poems condemning serfdom and ment and a cause for alarm. Russia. All petitions to the official of the Library of Ukrainian Literature in Russian imperialism, which he shared with What would Shevchenko say? I authorities for establishing Ukrainian- Moscow. a small circle of friends. And that’s what got wouldn’t presume to speculate, other than language schools in the regions of com- • In 2008-2010, a series of administra- him in trouble. to note he was never impressed by over- pact residence of the Ukrainian commu- tive measures were imposed on the Turned in by an informant in 1847, weening authority. Instead, he appealed, nity remain unsatisfied. Ukrainian cultural movements in St. Shevchenko was arrested and sentenced and still does, directly to the people of Ukrainian communities do not receive Petersburg, Surgut, Voronezh and Ufa. to indefinite exile with a personal admo- Ukraine – the living, the dead and those yet state support for their functioning – there Such situations inflict uneasiness on nition from the tsar that the prisoner was to be born – to study, to embrace what is are no Ukrainian-language newspapers Ukrainian community representatives in forbidden to write or paint. For 10 years, theirs, and defend their rights and values and radio or TV broadcasting in the Russia. The Union of Ukrainians in he served in a penal battalion on the with their deeds. Russian Federation. Russia and the Federal Nation-Cultural remote shores of the Caspian Sea in In looking for inspiration for this col- The following and most recent actions Autonomy of Ukrainians in Russia urged Kazakhstan, quietly ignoring the tsar’s umn, I happened to come across what a by official Russian authorities to drasti- Russian authorities to stop the harass- ban. Pardoned in 1857 after the death of writer said a century ago and I ended up in cally limit the cultural and civic freedoms ment of Ukrainian organizations. They Tsar Nicholas, he lived another four 1911. And yet, re-reading Shevchenko’s of the Ukrainian community must be claim that state authorities of Russia are years in St. Petersburg, writing, painting, unfiltered words I discovered anew that his addressed: set to eradicate the well-organized drawing portraits of friends and attending message is about the future, much more • In November 2010 the High Court of Ukrainian community in Russia and the theater. He died a day after his 47th than it is about the past. We honor his mem- Russia cancelled registration of one of replace it with new pseudo-Ukrainian birthday. Among the mourners at his ory this year and every year by rolling up the biggest civic communities of the ones. funeral were Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Ivan our sleeves and working to help make his Ukrainian minority, the Federal Nation- Harassment of the Ukrainian commu- Turgenev, Mykola Kostomarov and vision a reality. That’s how the nation got Cultural Autonomy of Ukrainians in nity in Russia is accompanied with the Panteleimon Kulish. from 1911 to where it is today. Russia (FNCAUR). The reason the court decrease in civic rights and democratic Days before Shevchenko’s passing, serf- ruling was the conclusion of the Justice freedoms throughout the country, and Ministry of Russia to the effect: “…the dom was abolished in the Russian Empire. Andrew Fedynsky’s e-mail address is activity of the FNCAUR is aimed at dis- (Continued on page 18) Two years later, so was the Ukrainian lan- [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 No. 7

NEWS AND VIEWS Tabachnyk education “reform” plan is defeated, challenges expected The analysis below was prepared by initiative of NUKMA students, more than the Press Service of Kyiv Mohyla 1,000 students from various universities Foundation of America (Chicago) and protested in Kyiv on January 31 against the Press Service of the Canada Ukraine budget cuts and centralized control of Foundation (Toronto). education. Marching from the Khreschatyk metro The draft law on higher education (No. station to the Parliament Building, stu- 7486-1) proposed by Ukraine’s Minister dents held banners that displayed signs of Education Dmytro Tabachnyk was such as “Kyiv Mohyla Academy against defeated on February 2, at the commercialization of education,” Parliamentary Commission on Education. “Tabachnyk out” and “Equality, freedom The Tabachnyk draft law would have and student solidarity.” imposed substantial limitations on uni- A Kyiv Mohyla student spokesman, versity autonomy and academic freedom, Yagor Stadnyk, said, “This proposal budget cuts and other provisions that brings education under total control of would have returned Ukraine to Soviet- the ministry. This means that all disci- style control and censorship in education. plines, all books and subjects to be The provisions and budget cuts applied to learned will depend on the ministry’s all universities of Ukraine, not only to the approval.” National University of Kyiv Mohyla He continued: “This is only our first Academy. The draft law also included warning. We, students of Kyiv Mohyla the absurd proposal that universities with Academy and the other universities of Oleksandr Prylepa/UNIAN fewer than 10,000 students would no lon- Ukraine will not give up our destinies ger be considered universities, a require- and our futures.” Students in Zaporizhia take part in the nationwide protest “Against Degradation ment that would disqualify even some of Some students of other universities of Education” held on January 31. The students were demanding the rejection of the world’s most respected universities. wore masks, fearing retribution by uni- the proposed law on higher education. Mr. Tabachnyk’s proposed changes in versity administration or government Miroshnichenko draft law on higher edu- the government took over the university’s Ukrainian higher education had been con- authorities. Upon reaching the Parliament cation (Draft No. 7486) includes provi- accounts and that the academy is termi- troversial in international academic cir- building, the students were met by sions which support university autonomy, nating the contracts of 40 percent of its cles, as well as among the general public National Deputy Andriy Shevchenko, academic freedom and Ukraine’s integra- faculty and closing down programs. I for several weeks. The National who told the students that no law on edu- tion into the world academic community. don’t know how these rumors and hear- University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy cation reform would be passed without an The Miroshnichenko draft is supported say begin, but they do not reflect the (NUKMA) and the Kyiv Mohyla open debate that included students. by the National University of Kyiv facts,” she said underscored. Foundation of America issued statements The combination of student pressure, Mohyla Academy and the administration To set the record straight, rumors of of opposition to the draft law and the international criticism and other negotia- of President Yanukovych. Hanna diminished faculty ranks and academic Ukrainian Catholic University supported tions helped defeat the draft law proposed Herman, deputy chief of staff of the programs and closures are unfounded. NUKMA’s statement. Other Ukrainian by Mr. Tabachnyk. Presidential Administration, called for The faculty and students of NUKMA are universities remained silent about the Alternate draft law proposed support of Mr. Miroshnichenko’s draft on secure in their position as leaders in pro- draft law, possibly fearing retribution in reforms in education, which support moting university autonomy and academ- the form of dismissals and budget cuts. As the Tabachnyk draft law became European integration, autonomy and free- ic freedom. Reports of closure, dismissal Student protests mired in controversy, increasing support dom. Other members of the Presidential or reduction of faculty or programs are developed for an alternative draft law Administration also expressed support for unfounded. They are based on sensation- The law proposed by Mr. Tabachnyk registered by Party of Regions National Mr. Miroshnichenko’s proposed reforms. alism and hearsay. The budgetary reduc- was opposed also by large numbers of Deputy Yurii Miroshnichenko, who is tions announced by the Ministry of Debate on academic freedom Ukrainian university students, who orga- also the representative of President Viktor Education relate to all of the country’s nized protests in several cities. At the Yanukovych in Parliament. The The current controversy over reform of universities, not only the NUKMA. higher education in Ukraine has brought Dr. Serhiy Kvit, president of the the longstanding issues of academic free- National University Kyiv Mohyla dom and university autonomy to the pub- Academy, clarified the university’s posi- IN THE PRESS: The freedom agenda lic arena. tion, stating that, “reductions in the bud- “It is a welcomed development. It’s get will be implemented in other areas at “The Quest for Dignity,” by David but no worse than, say, the first Bush well-known that Kyiv Mohyla the university, such as utilities or equip- Brooks (op-ed columnist), The New administration’s reaction to the uprisings Academy’s administration, faculty and ment, but that no reductions in faculty or York Times, January 31: in the Baltics and Ukraine. The point is, students took the lead years ago in academic programs will take place.” there’s no need to be continually wrong- reforming higher education in Ukraine, Educational reform in Ukraine will be “…More than 100 nations have seen footed. If you start with a healthy respect and academic freedom and university a long and difficult process, and it is not democratic uprisings over the past few for the quest for dignity, if you see autoc- autonomy have always been at the center advanced by the dissemination of misin- decades. More than 85 authoritarian gov- racies as fragile and democratic revolts as of those reform efforts,” said Marta formation. The quality of information ernments have fallen. Somewhere around opportunities, then you’ll find it much Farion, president of the Kyiv Mohyla about Ukraine needs reform, as well. 62 countries have become democracies, easier to anticipate events. …” Foundation of America. Challenges expected ahead loosely defined. “I returned from Kyiv a few days ago “The experiences of these years teach “Obama needs a freedom agenda he and witnessed first-hand the ’round-the- The defeat of the draft law on educa- us a few lessons. First, the foreign policy can believe in,” by Fred Hiatt (colum- clock work of Viacheslav Briukhovetsky tion proposed by Minister Tabachnyk was realists who say they tolerate authoritari- nist and editorial page editor), The and Serhiy Kvit related to the controver- only the first step in a long struggle ahead an government for the sake of stability Washington Post, February 7: sial activities of the Ministry of for university autonomy and academic are ill informed. Autocracies are more Education,” Ms. Farion said. “The freedom. The day after the defeat of the fragile than any other form of govern- “…For the Obama administration 1.0, Academy’s position and standing in measure, Maksym Lutskyj, the formal ment, by far. Egypt mattered most for the help it could Ukraine has been strengthened in this co-author of Mr. Tabachnyk’s proposal, “Second, those who say that speeches provide on Iran, Israel-Palestine, counter- process,” she added. “I’d like to take this announced that the main provisions of the by outsiders have no influence on places terrorism and nuclear nonproliferation. opportunity to thank everyone in the proposal will remain in place in the con- like Egypt have it backward. The climate ‘Values’ were a luxury, in a separate bas- States and in Canada for their support of solidated text that is to be reviewed in of opinion is the very basis of the revolt. ket – something to push for, but only in the National University of Kyiv Mohyla committee within two weeks. “Third, for all the pessimism and ner- so far as doing so didn’t interfere with Academy and higher education in The National University of Kyiv vousness that accompanies change, most strategic interests. Ukraine.” Mohyla Academy and the academic com- countries that have experienced uprisings Now, as [Secretary of State Hillary] In Canada, the Canada Ukraine munity of Ukraine need the support of end up better off. … Clinton explained it here, there’s an Foundation has taken the lead in assisting the international community to advance “Fourth, while the public hunger for understanding that pushing for democrat- the National University of Kyiv Mohyla an acceptable law that will be ultimately dignity is unabated, the road from author- ic reform is a national interest, too. ‘This Academy and Kyiv Mohyla Foundation adopted by Parliament. In this regard, the itarianism to democracy is rocky and per- is not just a matter of idealism,’ she said. of America in this reform effort. Kyiv Mohyla Foundation is working with ilous. Over the past few years, the world ‘It is a strategic necessity.’ “But I regret that the Tabachnyk con- the Canada Ukraine Foundation, and has experienced a ‘freedom recession’ “…The best antidote to such tactics troversy generated an avalanche of Canadian and American organizations to with more governments retreating from [Hosni Mubarak’s trampling of “any rumors and misinformation in the diaspo- organize a conference of high-level democracy than advancing toward it. For shoots of democratic reform”] is to nur- ra community in recent weeks. When I Western academics in Kyiv, to advise the outside powers, the real work comes after ture a free press, a diversity of political returned from three weeks in Ukraine a government of Ukraine, and to put for- the revolution — in helping democrats parties, labor unions and other indepen- few nights ago, I was immediately asked ward, a modern post-secondary education build governments that work. dent organizations – the kind of work that to respond to wild rumors circulating on law that would allow Ukraine’s universi- “…The Obama administration’s reac- America’s National Endowment for the Internet that the Education Ministry ties to flourish and expand in a global, tion [to the uprising in Egypt] was tardy, (Continued on page 10) closed down Kyiv Mohyla Academy, that best-practice fashion. No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 9 “Zluka Camp” held in Chicago by students from Ukraine problem existed. It was only after he pre- sented his statistics, showing that drugs were readily available and that the chil- dren of alcoholics were the most at risk, that the city fathers reacted. An action committee was formed consisting of members of the police, the schools, par- ent, and city officials to address the prob- lem. Among other things, Viktor discov- ered that the more time children spent at home, the less likely were they to use drugs. Valya Dudycz-Lupescu, a third-gener- ation Ukrainian American author, was also one of the presenters at Zluka Camp. Born and raised in Chicago – her father, Walter Dudycz, was a state senator for many years – Valya read from her recent- ly published first novel, “The Silence of Trees.” The book honors her Ukrainian grandmother who lived through the war and struggled to survive. Valya wondered about her “silence,” her reticence to talk about her experiences during those diffi- cult years. My grandmother was deter- mined to restore and maintain Ukrainian culture in the free world, Valya Lesia W. Kuropas explained. Her book, an example of “magical realism,” has received excellent Group picture of Zluka camp participants at Selfreliance with map of Ukraine. by Myron B. Kuropas CHICAGO – When Daria Kaleniuk, a Fulbright scholar from Ukraine, first con- tacted me about a conference involving students from Ukraine, I was intrigued. “We’re calling it ‘Zluka Camp’ in honor of January 22, 1919, the day Ukraine was united,” she said. “There are a lot of us studying in the Chicago area,” she told me “and we’re interested in knowing more about the Ukrainian diaspora. Would you be willing to give us a brief history?” No problem. Daria had another request. Venue. I contacted Bohdan Watral of Selfreliance Ukrainian American Federal Credit Union and he was happy to let us use the auditorium on the top floor. So far so good. I contacted Daria via e-mail with the good news. “Who else will participate in At the history panel: Mykola Kotcherha of Illinois, Maksym Plakhotniuk of Valya Dudycz-Lupescu, author of “The the event?” I asked. Her reply read: “As Zhmerynka (Vinnystia Oblast) and Islam Ismailov of Crimea. Silence of Trees.” for the panelists, the format of the event reviews and is available on Amazon.com. will be barcamp – it’s a new worldwide one who didn’t use PowerPoint. gram, she declared that there are some 50 I was followed by Maria Zaloznaya, of alumni today, some of whom, like Anna Originally from Zhytomyr, Daria format of conducting conferences. The Kaleniuk, a Fulbright fellow at Chicago’s main idea is that potentially every partici- Kerch, Crimea, whose topic was “Social Lysyanskaya, an associate professor at Scientific Research on Ukraine: Why We Brown University, are teaching in the Kent College of Law, studied at the pant can be a speaker/panelist... I have Should Get Involved.” A Northwestern United States. Kharkiv National Law Academy. She been a participant of several barcamps in University Ph.D. candidate in sociology, Today, Ukrainian students associated mentioned how, prior to her departure, Ukraine and was organizing some of and a USA/USA alumna, Maria discussed with USA/USA are studying at such pres- her friends urged her not to return to them and must say, that this way of con- corruption at Ukrainian universities. tigious universities as Yale, Harvard, the Ukraine. “You won’t be respected here,” ducting conferences is very productive. Bribery can be found at all levels, Maria University of Chicago and the University they said. “You will be insulted.” “You But you never know the panelists from said, and it varies from university to uni- of Michigan. Oksana recalled that will need to take bribes to survive” “Your the very beginning. Barcamp is being cre- versity and from faculty to faculty. Ukraine’s Prime Minister Mykola Azarov career will suffer.” Daria was not swayed. ated to find the panelists.” Corruption is a relative concept. It must promised to provide financial support for She plans to return. It all seemed quite chaotic, but since I be defined before it can be studied scien- study abroad. Unfortunately, no one “I want to make friends here and urge had met Daria before – and found her to tifically, and it needs to be dealt with on a knows where “abroad” is. them to come to eastern Ukraine and be both enthusiastic and bright – I decid- case-by-case basis. Yulia Pashchupinka, a Muskie Fellow work there as mini-ambassadors from the ed to cross my fingers and suspend judg- Maria’s research focused on teacher/ at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, United States. To make it all happen, she ment. I shouldn’t have worried. student relationships. Ukraine has been addressed the topic of “How Both plans to pair young people from the U.S. Everything fell into place, and Zluka rated 2.4 out of 10 by Transparency Ukrainian Students and the Diaspora Can with partners in Ukraine, the goal being Camp turned out to be a most enlighten- International, the global coalition against Support the Efforts of Ukrainian Civic greater understanding and camaraderie. ing event for my wife, Lesia and me. corruption, Maria noted. Social scientific Organizations in Ukraine.” Yulia specifi- It’s an ambitious project, but if anyone Zluka Camp began with all partici- research in Ukraine has improved some- cally mentioned three Internet sites that can pull it off, it’s Daria. She also men- pants standing around a blank, outline what since independence, Maria told us. can be accessed by Ukrainians through- tioned a number of exciting web sites map of Ukraine. As we introduced our- It has moved from the ideological mind- out the world www.newcitizen.org.ua/en; such as [email protected] and selves, we marked our cities of origin on set of Soviet times, but resources are www.totalaction.org.ua; and http:// “Sunday Borsch.” I checked them out and the map. Amazingly, all regions of scarce and many outstanding scholars let’sdoit.org.ua. I checked them out and you should too. Ukraine were represented. have left Ukraine. Ukrainians, moreover, they’re fascinating. Maksym Plakhotniuk, Ph.D. candidate There were seven student panelists, all don’t seem much interested in social sci- I was much impressed with Yulia’s at the University of Illinois, Chicago studying at American universities. All ence research. enthusiasm for all the projects currently (UIC), had an interesting topic titled were associated in one way or another Oksana Polhuy, a student at DePauw under way in Ukraine, mostly led by the “Perspectives and Initiatives of the with Dr. Bohdan A. Oryshkevich, the University, originally from Chernihiv, youth. There’s much that is going on in Ukrainian Student Movement in Illinois energetic founder of the USA/USA pro- and another alumna of the USA/USA Ukraine that is positive and youth-initiat- and the United States.” He spoke about gram. The purpose of the program is to program, spoke about the important role ed. the many possibilities that Ukrainian identify the brightest and best students of USA/USA in the development of Viktor Burlaka, a Ph. D. candidate in American young people have in pairing from Ukraine, and to help win grants and Ukraine’s future leadership. Dr. social work and clinical psychology at up with students in Ukraine. scholarships to outstanding universities in Oryshkevich is a pioneer in this area, the University of Michigan, discussed his Following the presentations, we broke the West. Oksana pointed out, and he deserves the research of Ukraine’s vulnerable children. into groups to brainstorm, and to enjoy My presentation was first – I am support of the diaspora. After enumerat- He began his research in Dnipropetrovsk, pizza, courtesy of Selfreliance. There was embarrassed to admit that I was the only ing the stringent requirements of the pro- where the city’s leaders initially denied a (Continued on page 11) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 No. 7

attorneys during any investigations,” the tion against RosUkrEnergo. had already represented for the firm since Top Ukrainian... statement said. Ukrainian law allows for a simplified 2002,” he said. (Continued from page 1) The aggressiveness of the raid, which procurement procedure in such instances, A wholesale degradation of legal and was launched at about 1:30 p.m., startled a he said, and the Ministry of the Economy legislative standards has occurred ever said Mr. Mac, the managing partner of pregnant employee, who had to be taken duly allowed it for Naftohaz because since Mr. Yanukovych became president the Kyiv office. “I didn’t anticipate them to the hospital. No employees were urgent representation was needed. in February 2010 and began implementing sending up to 30 guys with guns to detain allowed to leave the office for six hours, “Korniychuk is accused of abuse of authoritarian rule, according to numerous our people for six hours. I thought those even if they had no relation to the investi- power from a letter he wrote in 2009 stat- political observers. days were over in Ukraine.” gation. ing this is an emergency, and Naftohaz “Westerners don’t understand – the The raid shocked Ukraine’s legal com- No one had access to their work places, needs to have legal counsel to represent Party of Regions has no principles,” said munity, which condemned the strong-arm and communication was restricted among itself on such a date,” Mr. Mac said. “The Ivan Lozowy, a Kyiv lawyer who graduat- tactics. All files related to the litigation employees and beyond the office. minister of the economy ordered the ten- ed from New York University Law between Naftohaz Ukrainy and Mr. Mac told The Weekly in a February der process to be expedited. Naftohaz School. “Pressuring the opposition is the RosUkrEnergo were confiscated in the 10 interview that the raid was part of a chose us to represent them after seven overriding concern.” raid – a move out of line with Western government investigation into criminal years of work prior to that.” The Procurator General has kept standards. charges of abuse of authority that were Prosecutors filed the same criminal Magisters under the heat, even after the The Ukrainian Bar Association issued a filed against Yevhen Korniychuk, the for- charges against Mr. Korniychuk in 2009, criticism from Ukraine’s legal community. statement four days afterwards, expressing mer vice-minister of justice who is cur- which produced no convictions in the A court ruled on February 10 to allow its deep concern and criticizing such meth- rently imprisoned. courts. Refiling criminal charges against prosecutors access to Magisters’ banking ods as unacceptable. Prosecutors allege Mr. Korniychuk and the same defendant with no new evidence records, in spite of sufficient banking pri- Ukrainian legal standards, approved by other state officials violated the law when is another violation of international stan- vacy laws in Ukraine, Mr. Mac said. the International Bar Association in 1990, they selected Magisters to represent the dards. Meanwhile Mr. Mac couldn’t confirm forbid sanctions against or harassment of state natural gas distribution monopoly Mr. Korniychuk is a former partner of whether his lawyers have access to the lawyers for having legitimately advised or Naftohaz Ukrainy in its legal wars against Magisters. Mr. Mac said his firm enjoyed materials on the local servers that were represented a client. RosUkrEnergo, the opaque intermediary no special relationship with the confiscated. “The board of the Ukrainian Bar that had 11 billion cubic meters of its natu- Tymoshenko government, having been In response to the government’s moves, Associations appeals to the Procurator ral gas confiscated by Ms. Tymoshenko. selected for legal work by Ukraine’s min- Magisters has sent a petition to the General of Ukraine to respect the rights Magisters was chosen without conduct- istries ever since 2001. Magisters has con- Procurator General’s Office demanding the of lawyers and attorneys who advise or ing an open procurement tender, prosecu- sistently represented Naftohaz since 2002. return of all the materials confiscated, as represent clients – individuals or busi- tors allege. Mr. Mac acknowledges no ten- “Naftohaz chose Magisters to act well as a letter expressing its concern over nesses – and to ensure civilized and non- der was held, but only because Naftohaz together with the renowned international excessive tactics. Magisters has also con- aggressive relations with lawyers and urgently needed to retain legal representa- law firm White & Case because Magisters tacted several Western embassies in Kyiv and high-ranking government officials. “I’m concerned about harm to the investment environment caused by the authoritarian tendencies, which will nega- tively impact the entire legal profession,” said Mr. Mac, a native of Philadelphia. He became one of Ukraine’s most recognized corporate lawyers when becoming a part- ner in Magisters in 2005.

Archbishop Antony’s... (Continued from page 5)

Church in the Diaspora. On Sunday, January 23, Archbishop Antony celebrated a divine liturgy at St. Andrew Cathedral, while the parish fami- ly greeted their hierarch on his upcoming name’s day and birthday. Concluding the liturgy, the archbishop stated: “As I give thanks to God for the unique privilege of having been your shepherd all these years, I also want to thank each of you for your own witness of openness to the gifts and challenges of the Holy Spirit according to the particular circumstances of your life. …I want to take the occasion to publicly thank all the members of the clergy – deacons and priests alike – for their faithful service and partnership in proclaiming the Gospel and celebrating the Mysteries of our Lord. You have contributed immense- ly to our holy Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.SA. and the many differ- ent ministries we have embraced.”

In the press... (Continued from page 8) Democracy and its offshoots were created to do. No one outside Egypt could control its destiny, but the United States – with the leverage of $1.5 billion in annual aid – could have insisted that Mubarak show more tolerance for tendencies that already existed in Egyptian society. “For the most part, the Obama admin- istration chose not to – because the ‘free- dom agenda’ had become too associated with President George W. Bush, because U.S. involvement in Iraq had tarnished the idea of democracy promotion and because it believed ‘feel-good’ democra- cy promotion would interfere with hard- headed engagement on Mideast peace. “Now the harder-to-imagine risks of the coddling strategy are all too visible. …” No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 11

and in the autumn of that year, at the The question... request of Cardinal Lubachivsky, Bishop “Zluka Camp”... (Continued from page 4) Husar was named his assistant with dele- gated authority to lead the Church. (Continued from page 9) (Winnipeg, Manitoba) where he soon His assignments were difficult at the consensus that the group needed greater died of poisoning that was induced time, as he was tasked to renew Church visibility in the Ukrainian American com- through delayed-reaction chemical sub- structures in Ukraine and establish rela- munity. I agreed to help make that happen. stances on June 30, 1973. tions between the Church in the diaspora The final session convened at the While still in Ukraine, and with the and in Ukraine. And, all this was to hap- Ukrainian National Museum, where a premonition that he may be arrested, pen at a time of a deepening economic panel discussion under the rubric “Silent Bishop Vasyl (who was indeed arrested in crisis. And, a new wave of Ukrainians Pages of Ukrainian History” was held. 1969) had taken precautionary measures was beginning to emigrate. Islam Ismailov’s topic was “The to secure Church leadership in Ukraine. When Lubachivsky died on December Crimean Tatar People: Who Are They?” On July 19, 1964, he ordained his succes- 14, 2000, more than 100,000 people lined Islam explained how the Tatars were sor, a fellow monk from the Redemptorist the streets in Lviv, parting with him deported from the Crimea by Joseph Order, Volodymyr Sterniuk. Bishop warmly and with great reverence. One Stalin and were forced to live in Volodymyr was very careful and level- month later, in January 2001. Bishop Kazakhstan where they were tormented headed in his work with the underground Husar, who had been consecrated 19 by the locals. His family eventually Lesia W. Kuropas Church. He served as locum tenens for years earlier, was elected by the Synod of moved to Nalchik, Russia, where he was Daria Kaleniuk of Zhytomyr. the Church in Ukraine for both Patriarch Bishops to serve as the leader of the born. The entire family returned to Slipyj and his successor, Myroslav Ivan Kotcherha has been actively involved in Church. Crimea in 2006. Lubachivsky, until the latter returned to Despite some initial adjustment issues, the restoration of Baturyn, a historic town However, it was no secret that, during Ukraine on March 30, 1991. Ismailov feels comfortable there. Some in the Chernihiv Oblast of north central this Synod, the episcopate was divided During these complicated times and 12 percent of the people of the Crimea Ukraine. and many did not want Bishop Husar as under almost impossible conditions, when are Tatars, he explained, but “we are not a A Kozak regional center since the days the Church was banned and repressed in a the leader of their Church. This was also minority because we are home.” “Today, of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Baturyn thrived totalitarian state by the Soviet regime, true among vocal lay Catholics who I am a Ukrainian,” he declared proudly. during the rule of Hetman Ivan Mazepa God’s Providence passed on the leader- explicitly spoke out against the possible Islam is currently a Fulbright student in boasting a population of some 20,000 ship of the Church into reliable hands that election of Lubomyr Husar as head of the computer science at UIC. inhabitants and 40 churches and chapels, were able to secure its future. Church. Thanks be to God, Providence Maksym Plakhotniuk’s topic revolved two monastaries, and a college for gov- As Slipyj turned 90 years of age, Pope directed the synod differently. around the work of his relative, Andriy ernment officials. Baturyn was sacked by John Paul II allowed him to call together If we are to draw conclusions on the Gudyma, a modern Ukrainian author who Muscovite troops in 1708. By 1726, the a Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian basis of the abovementioned changes in wrote about the Famine. Two volumes of city was a ghost town. Greek-Catholic Church, in 1980, which the leadership of the Ukrainian Greek- Mr. Gudyma’s works were presented to Many thanks are due to the officers of identified three candidates as his co-adju- Catholic Church, it is understood that the national museum during Maksym’s Selfreliance, especially George Bozio and tors with the right of succession. Of these each one of these transitions – without presentation. Walter Tun, who coordinated the event. It three candidates, on March 27, 1980, exception – took place in a time of deep The final panelist was Mykola is also important to note that the Consul Pope John Paul II chose the first name on political, social, national and Church cri- Kotcherha, a local, who discussed the General of Ukraine, Kostiantyn Kudyrk, the list – Lubachivsky. ses, and was at a time of great fear and need for, and value of, archeological was present for all of the sessions. Mr. This choice was not met with any great criticism. The new leader was always met research in Ukraine. “Ukraine’s historical Kudryk rarely misses an important event enthusiasm. Following such hierarchs as with resistance. sites are being sadly neglected,” Mr. in our community. He is an excellent rep- Sheptytsky and Slipyj, who were great Yet, every time the Church welcomed Kotcherha exclaimed, “and this neglect is resentative of Ukraine. figures of authority and ruled the Church a leader who was good, unexpected, yet erasing our glorious history.” Mr. Zluka Camp ended with dinner. Lesia collectively for 84 years, Lubachivsky original and deeply spiritual, a real helms- and I, however, had to beg off and head was a quiet, soft-spoken academic, who man who left his mark in the annals of for home. Both of us were heartened and lacked the charisma of his predecessors. Church history as well as on the pages of inspired by what we had just seen and In the diaspora, the faithful panicked that Ukrainian history. Whether it was during heard at Zluka Camp. The presenters were commendable individuals worthy of Myroslav Ivan would not be able to the period of the Austro-Hungarian resolve the complex assignments that our support. I’m confident that they will empire, or the rule of Poland, or whether stood before him and his flock. have an impact, either in Ukraine or in during the raging world wars, or whether On September 7, 1984, when Slipyj the United States. They are anxious to died in Rome, and Myroslav Ivan became it was at the time of the underground meet Ukrainian Americans, so invite his successor, the Church in Ukraine had Church and totalitarian rule, or among the them to speak at your events. Better yet, spent two generations in the underground Ukrainians scattered over four continents, have your organization organize a special and there was great doubt as to its future. or at a time of Ukrainian independence, conclave to introduce these young repre- The Church in the diaspora was also the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church sentatives of a better Ukraine. beginning to falter. In the 1980s, the pro- always had a worthy leader. If you’re interested in helping Dr. cesses of assimilation and secularization In respect to the wishes of His Oryshkevich in his efforts to bring the were progressing and young men who Beatitude Lubomyr, we should prepare to brightest and best Ukrainian students for responded to a calling from the Church pray, to fast and to be courageous and further study here, you can contact him at were few and far between. mature regarding affairs of the Church, in [email protected]. Dr. And then, once again, Providence sur- order for us to receive the grace that is Oryshkevich can always use your support prised the skeptics. It was during the ten- needed to choose a new leader, who will Islam Ismailov of Crimea. in this worthy endeavor. ure of Myroslav Ivan as head of the lead the Church on to new spiritual Church that the Church in Ukraine was heights. God’s grace supplements all of legalized and it experienced a wonderful mankind’s weaknesses. If Providence – rebirth in Ukraine. Thus, when in 1989 acting through people and circumstances close to 300 priests emerged from the calls a specific person to serve the leader underground Church, this proved to be and the reverend of the Particular Church, only the beginning. In the next 10 years, it will certainly give the newly chosen more than 1,500 priests were serving in leader the grace needed to do this job Ukraine and today that number is over well. 2,500. The history of the salvation of humani- New immigrants and pastors from ty in general and the Ukrainian Greek- Ukraine are also strengthening the histor- Catholic Church in particular gives all of ic church structure in the diaspora and are us the grounds to face a transition with creating new parishes. The gift of prayer, hope, faith and peace. That is why His humility and directness exhibited by Beatitude Lubomyr – in his decision – is Myroslav Ivan was shown to be necessary preparing his flock for the future and during a time of euphoria, and in this way, he won a quiet, but real respect assures one and all that our Lord, even among his faithful. after his tenure – will be with his flock. The last transition in the leadership of His move is strong, courageous and mod- the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, as ern. It sets a precedent and is an example, with all those before, had no exact prece- not only for our Church, but for all who dent and took place in an atmosphere of don’t have the courage to look reality in dynamic social change in Ukraine. the eyes and react in a timely manner. Patriarch Josyf had consecrated Lubomyr But, foremost, the decision of the patri- Husar clandestinely on April 2, 1977, in arch is a manifestation of his great faith in the Studion monastery on the outskirts of God, his faith in the entire Church and Rome. Bishop Lubomyr‘s episcopacy toward his future successor. All of us, remained secret for 19 years. In the spring who are not apathetic to the fate of the of 1996, his consecration as a bishop was Church, now have a wonderful opportuni- publicly recognized by Pope John Paul II ty and a personal responsibility through and the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC, prayer to have this trust justified. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 No. 7 Theophany celebrations held at St. Paul University in Ottawa

Priests blessing the water on the occasion of Theophany (from left) are: the Revs. Peter Galadza, Andrea The procession to the ice cross in front of St. Paul Spatafora, Stephen Wojcichowsky, Kevin Flynn and Taras Cherewick. University. OTTAWA – The Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky under the supervision of their spiritual director, the Rev. Also present during the celebration were Father Institute of Eastern Christian Studies (MASI), an aca- Andrew Onuferko. Onuferko, research and teaching fellow at MASI, the demic unit of the Faculty of Theology, on January 19 During the blessing, the Rev. Stephen Wojcichowsky, Rev. Michael Winn, rector of the Ukrainian Catholic hosted its annual blessing of water for the Feast of Director of the Sheptytsky Institute, was joined by the Seminary in Ottawa, and Ukraine’s Ambassador to Theophany. This year, Eastern Christians joined with Rev. Peter Galadza, a professor at the Sheptytsky Canada, Dr. Ihor Ostash, and his staff. Many students, visitors of various backgrounds at St. Paul University Institute; the Rev. Taras Cherewick, a lieutenant-colonel professors and staff from St. Paul University, as well as for a unique and uplifting experience. in the Air Force and chaplain to the Canadian Armed members of the Ukrainian community attended. Following matins and divine liturgy at MASI, approx- Forces; the Rev. Andrea Spatafora, a Roman Catholic This celebration marks one of the most significant imately 70 people proceeded to a beautiful ice cross in priest and Dean of the Faculty of Theology, St. Paul feasts celebrated by Christians, recounting the first man- front of St. Paul University for the blessing of the water. University; and the Rev. Kevin Flynn, Assistant profes- ifestation of the Holy Trinity to humanity while Jesus The cross, which stands two meters tall, was built by the sor and director of Anglican Studies at St. Paul Christ was baptized in the Jordan River by John the seminarians of Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Seminary University. Baptist. No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 13 CONCERT REVIEW: Edmonton’s joyous Festival of Carols by Olesia Talpash ist: Hrytz Maluzynsky). In addition to these two carols, the women’s chorus EDMONTON, Alberta – This city’s sang a four-part schedrivka based on Ukrainian community brought its ancient texts and melodies, “Oy u Poli Christmas cycle of holy days to a joyous Pluzhok Ore” (The Plough in the Field, close with a Festival of Carols on text: Y. Brenya). Sunday, January 23, at St. Josaphat’s Conductor Irena Tarnawsky and the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral. large choir from St. George’s Ukrainian Organized by the Ukrainian Music Catholic Church performed two less- Society of Alberta (UMSA), and hosted often-heard carols – the majestic by the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of “Kheruvymiv Zbir” (A Gathering of Edmonton, this well-attended event was Cherubi, O. Nyzhankivsky), and “Tam na graced by the presence of Bishop David Yordani” (At the Jordan River, Y. Motiuk, eparch of Edmonton, the Rev. Yatsynevych), as well as a rousing “New Michael Kowalchyk, St. Josaphat’s parish Year’s Blessing” (arranged by E. Pip, I. priest, and other clergy. Tarnawsky and R. Wasarab). Admission to this concert appropriate- Edmonton is often referred to as the Michael Bell ly consisted of a charitable donation to city that sings. It is indeed a city rich in the “Bridge of Hope” project in Ukraine. St. Josaphat Ukrainian Cathedral Choir. UMSA President Luba Boyko-Bell choirs. Contributing mightily to this rich- greeted those present with a poetic invo- ness is the Ukrainian community; indeed, cation to transcend our differences it could be said that – if the reader will through the act of carolling together. permit a skewed reference to a popular Occurring on an almost annual basis Ukrainian adage – when four voices gath- since January 1973, this carol festival, as er, a choir is born. And so, in addition to always, presented performances by the church choirs mentioned above, the church, community and children’s choirs. Edmonton “hromada” (community) Ksenia Maryniak, this year’s concert boasts of a number of top-notch commu- host, interspersed concert program items nity choirs. with readings from a selection of relevant As of September 2010, the newest verse-narratives chosen and prepared by choir in Edmonton’s Ukrainian communi- Halyna Kotovych. A wonderful tapestry ty, and arguably in all of Edmonton, is of words and music. Kapella Kyrie, an ensemble hand-picked St. Josaphat’s Choir, under the direc- and organized by Dr. Turgeon. It is an tion of Dr. Melanie Turgeon, led the audi- ensemble that might well be in a position ence in the singing of the first carol, “Boh to take on the role of introducing Predvichnyi” (God Eternal). The choir Ukrainian Eastern-rite sacred and liturgi- followed this sing-along with its own per- cal music to a wider public. formance of “Z Namy Boh” (God is with The Kapella’s choices for this concert Us, S. Dekhtiariv), “Spy, Isuse, Spy,” consisted of two traditional carols – “A (Sleep, Jesus, Sleep, arr. J. Vsklyknuly Yanholy” (The Angels Kyshakevych), and “Rozhdestvo Exclaimed, М. Stetsenko) and “Slava vo Khrystove Ves Myr Praznuye” (The Vyshnikh Bohu” (Glory to God in the St. Basil Ukrainian Catholic Church Choir. World Celebrates the Birth of Christ, arr. Highest, A. Kastalsky) – and the kondak K. Stetsenko). from the Christmas Liturgy – “Diva The other participating church choirs Dnes” (Today, the Blessed Virgin Mary, also chose to perform a selection of well- znamenny chant, arr. A. Kastalsky). known and well-loved carols. St. Basil’s The Ukrainian Youth Association’s Ukrainian Catholic Church Choir, con- well-known Verkhovyna Choir, in color- ducted by Elizabeth Lesoway-Anderson, ful folk costumes and under the direction sang “Boh sia Razhdaye” (Christ is Born, of Halyna Lazurko, performed two carols R. Kupchynsky), “Maria Diva” (Blessed in new, or at the very least, rarely heard Virgin Mary, Y. Kyshakevych), and and musically interesting arrangements. “Vistku Holosyt” (Wondrous Tidings, M. The first, “Oy, Rano, Rano” (O, Morning Kopko, arr. I. Nedilsky). The choir then of Mornings) was arranged by V. regaled the audience with a surprise – an Stupnytsky. The second, а Lemko carol unprogrammed “vinshuvannia” – a tradi- “Pasly Pastyri Voly” (The Shepherd’s tional invocation, a call for blessings and Watch), arranged by M. Volynsky, pre- good wishes for all. sented an enjoyable challenge to both the The combined choirs from St. John’s listener and, no doubt, the singers, with Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral and St. its many instances of imitative cascading Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox Sobor, chromatic lines and use of sectional poly- conducted by Alice Chumer on this occa- rhythms. Thank you for introducing this sion, performed S. Dekhtariv’s “Z Namy koliadka to our listening repertoire! Boh” in an arrangement different from The polished performances of the that chosen by St. Josaphat’s choir, and Heryvymy Ukrainian Female Quartet – M. Haivoronsky’s arrangement of “Na Andrea Leader, Melanie Turgeon, Patty Sviatyi Vechir” (On Christmas Eve, solo- Tachynski, Kathy Tachynski – and Axios, The Verkhovyna Choir of the Ukrainian Youth Association. a male ensemble conducted by Boris Choir of St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Derow, are a happily anticipated feature Catholic Church under the instruction of of any concert program. Heryvymy Sister Miriam Golub, SSMI, the musical opened their set with “Nebo i Zemlia” direction of Sister Emmanuela (Let Heaven and Earth, Tone I Bulgarian, Kharyshyn, SSMI, and the artistic direc- Litia prayers from the Great Compline tion of Kasia Antoszko – was certainly for the Nativity of Our Lord). Two carols that, and more. This was an unusually followed the Litia prayers: “Yanholy v well-prepared and well-executed vertep. Nebi” (Angels in Heaven, A. Koshetz) Child-appropriate snippets of well-spo- and “Na Rozhdestvo” (At the Birth, arr. ken narrative, verses of favorite carols, M. Haivoronsky). Axios sang a tradition- simple costuming and the overall sense of al arrangement of “Presviata Maria” calm relayed by these youngest perform- (Blessed Virgin Mary); conductor ers as they retold the timeless Christmas Derow’s composition of “Khrystos story was both magical and life-affirm- Narodyvsia” (Christ is Born), and again, ing. Edmonton’s Dnipro Choir, the “elder Derow’s arrangement of the carol “Nyni statesman” within our vibrant choral Adame” (On This Day, Adam). community, brought the concert program As is often the case, children’s and to a quietly solemn, yet gently playful young people’s performances are peren- close with a set of three carols. Solemn, nial crowd pleasers. The “Christmas The Children’s Choir of St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral. Story” – as presented by the Children’s (Continued on page 18) 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 No. 7

officials behaving like Mr. Tselovalnyk Russia (FNCAUR). The court resolution Foreign Affairs Minister Kostyantyn NEWSBRIEFS would be punished in a more severe way. entered into force and the organization Gryshchenko,” the ministry’s information (Continued from page 2) On February 2 Mr. Tselovalnyk ignored ceased to exist on January 27. Back on policy department head Oleh Voloshyn journalists’ requests to comment on a November 24, 2010, the Supreme Court said. There are more than 130 regional mayor, a separate, less-powerful position. meeting of Kyiv’s City Planning Council liquidated the FNCAUR at the demand of and local ethnic Ukrainian organizations On January 27 Prime Minister Mykola and proceeded to the hall where the gath- the Justice Ministry. The FNCAUR was in Russia. “The meeting with the ambas- Azarov urged Mr. Popov to find Mr. ering was to take place. When Olha registered on May 15, 1998, as a public sador showed that Ukrainian Russians Chernovetskyi and bring him back to Koshelenko, a journalist for the 1+1 tele- organization engaged in charity projects planned to hold a congress within the work. (RFE/RL) vision company, caught up with Mr. in culture and arts. The Justice Ministry next few months to discuss their prob- Tselovalnyk and tried to ask him again suspended the organization’s activity in lems,” he added. That would be a break- Memorial vandalized in Kryvyi Rih about the meeting, she said Mr. October 2009 in connection with what it through, because no such congresses KYIV – Vandals have destroyed a Tselovalnyk forced her into a utility room said was violations of its charter and eco- were held for several years. Ukraine’s memorial cross to “Ukrainian fighters for and locked her in. Ms. Koshelenko was nomic activity rules. Another reason was Foreign Affairs Ministry said it will not freedom” in Kryvyi Rih in Ukraine’s later released from the room. Mr. the public statements by the organiza- interfere in the ethnic Ukrainian move- Dnipropetrovsk region, Yuriy Tselovalnyk then stated at the City tion’s head, Valerii Semenenko, at events ment nor put any pressure on it; on the Nastusenko, the leader of the local branch Planning Council meeting that he intend- dedicated to “the memory of Ukrainians contrary it will encourage Ukrainians liv- of Svoboda said on February 9. The ed to expel all the journalists from the who died during the Great Famine ing in Russia to make an independent memorial cross was erected near a building because they “interfere in the [Holodomor] years.” The Justice Ministry decision. At the same time, Mr. Voloshyn church. The cross was knocked from its work of experts.” Mr. Popov said appealed to the Supreme Court for the said, “The Ukrainian state will support concrete basis and smashed into pieces Ukrainian laws demand that officials liquidation of the FNCAUR early last any of their initiatives.” The Russian with a sledgehammer. “This is nothing should provide adequate conditions for year, but the hearing was delayed because Supreme Court closed down the Federal other than an anti-Ukrainian stunt. And any media outlet to cover any official the organization challenged the ministry’s National Cultural Autonomy of all this because of the names engraved on event and those laws should be respected. order in Moscow’s Tverskoy district Ukrainians of Russia (FNCAU) on the cross, in particular, Hetman Bohdan (RFE/RL) court. The court turned down the appeal November 24, 2010. Court hearings con- Khmelnytsky, head of the Ukrainian in May, and the Moscow City Court tinue on the closure of the Union of Ukrainian group in Russia to be closed National Republic’s Directory Symon upheld the decision in September, after Ukrainians in Russia. (Interfax-Ukraine) which the Supreme Court started hearing Petliura, leader of the Organization of KYIV – Another organization of the Justice Ministry’s appeal. Fatherland Slovakia to open honorary consulates Ukrainian Nationalists Stepan Bandera, Ukrainians in Russia will soon be closed, Fund activist Nikolai Zhuravlev was a poet Vasyl Stus, Hero of Ukraine Roman the director of the Ukrainian Foreign KYIV – Slovakia is developing a net- witness at the Supreme Court hearing on Shukhevych, Vyacheslav Chornovil and Affairs Ministry’s information policy work of Honorary Consulates in Ukraine. November 23, 2010. “The autonomy others,” Mr. Nastusenko said. The Kryvyi department, Oleh Voloshyn, said on This was announced at a January 26 offers nothing but politics and says only Rih branch of Svoboda has reported the January 27. “The process is ending meeting of press club at the Ukrainian negative things about my country act of vandalism to the police, he said. regarding the closure of the second orga- Foreign Affairs Ministry by Ambassador [Ukraine]. It also glorifies Stepan (Interfax-Ukraine) nization that worked along with the Pavol Gamzhik of the Slovak Republic in Bandera and Roman Shukhevych,” the Ukraine. Answering a question from Kyiv official is reprimanded Union of Ukrainians in Russia,” the dip- witness said. In his opinion, the organiza- lomat said live on Channel 5. He noted Ukrinform, the ambassador said that the tion provided information support to consulates would open soon in Donetsk KYIV – The Kyiv City Administration that the Foreign Affairs Ministry was Chechen militants. (Interfax-Ukraine) and Kharkiv, as well as Uzhhorod and has officially reprimanded the city’s gen- doing everything to prevent this process. Ivano-Frankivsk. There are also plans to eral architect for briefly locking a jour- Mr. Voloshyn added that such decisions Kyiv interested in diaspora in Russia open honorary consulates in Symferopol nalist in a room during a council meeting. would not make Ukrainian-Russian rela- and Odesa, as well as in Lviv. Mr. City administration Chairman Oleksander tions more constructive. As reported, the KYIV – Kyiv expects that consulta- Gamzhik said Slovakia attaches great Popov said at an official meeting on Appeals Chamber of the Russian tions between Ukrainian and Russian importance to developing relations with February 7 that he signed a decree offi- Supreme Court on January 27 upheld the vice-ministers of foreign affairs regarding Ukraine, particularly in the economic cially reprimanding architect Serhii liquidation of the Federal National humanitarian issues will be positive, sphere. The diplomat noted the increasing Tselovalnyk. He said any future cases of Cultural Autonomy of Ukrainians of Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Oleh Voloshyn told Interfax trade between the two countries in 2010 on January 26. “The existence of a strong and expressed hope that in 2011 the trade organization of Ukrainians in Russia is a turnover would reach the pre-crisis level, CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS priority for Ukraine, and the Foreign when it was nearly 1.22 billion euros. 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However, tensions surrounding Ukrainian Consulate for Novosibirsk some organizations of Ukrainians in Russia “unfortunately play into the hands KYIV – Ukraine will open a general of those who are not interested in the Consulate General in Novosibirsk, development of constructive relations Russia, this year, Ukraine’s Ambassador between Ukraine and Russia and who act to Russia Volodymyr Yelchenko said on based on the logic: I would burn down January 20 during a working visit to this my own home if only the smoke could city. The diplomat said this had been con- engulf the neighboring country,” he said. firmed by Ukrainian President Viktor Therefore, Kyiv “once again urges Russia Yanukovych at a meeting with the region- to take as balanced approach as possible al leadership, which took place during a toward all steps in relation to the PROFESSIONALS technical landing of the Ukrainian presi- Ukrainian diaspora in Russia,” he said. dent’s aircraft in Novosibirsk. Mr. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian World Yelchenko noted, “Novosibirsk is the Congress sent memoranda to a number of center of the federal district, which has international organizations on January 4 services with almost all corners of the to declare the conducts of the Russian world; the Ukrainian diaspora lives here authorities towards the Ukrainian nation- and there are several powerful organiza- al minority as “unacceptable.” The mem- tions.” (Ukrinform) oranda said that Russian authorities were trying to liquidate the two largest Ukrainian Consulate opens in Plovdiv Ukrainian non-governmental organiza- KYIV – An honorary consulate of tions in Russia and to stop the activity of Ukraine formally opened in the Bulgarian the Library of Ukrainian Literature in city of Plovdiv on January 28. Dimitar FOR SALE Moscow. 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Karpaty Construction Company Ministry told Interfax-Ukraine pm (Ukrinform) All work, large or small: complete home February 7. “More than 70 leaders of Ukrainian communities and organizations 2.5 M illegally work in Ukraine renovations, bathrooms, basements, Run your advertisement here, roofs, masinry work, exterior and from the majority of Russian regions KYIV – In Ukraine, the number of interior painting. Call Vasili Cholak: in The Ukrainian Weekly’s attended the meeting held by Ukrainian illegally employed persons is estimated 718-392-0138; cell 347-515-5437. CLASSIFIEDS section. Ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko on February 5 at the order of Ukrainian (Continued on page 15) No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 15

held in Kyiv in November 2010. The tent percent) and the United States (9.5 per- Stryzhavka, could become a branch office NEWSBRIEFS camp was put up by businessmen protest- cent). Great Britain occupies last place (2.7 of the Vinnytsia History Museum, it was (Continued from page 14) ing against the proposed tax code. Police percent). (Ukrinform) reported on January 28. Local authorities have placed restrictions on Mr. suggested establishing a museum of Nazi to be between 1.5 million and 2.5 million, Akhtyrsky’s movements, according to the 1.5 M hrv spent for evacuation victims on the site. Kateryna Vysotska, noted Vice Minister of Social Policy press service of the Common Business KYIV – The evacuation of Ukrainian Vinnytsia History Museum director, said the Andrii Cherkasov. “These are the spheres civil movement. On January 6 police citizens from Egypt, according to prelimi- huge underground six-floor concrete bun- of public catering, services and trans- charged Mr. Akhtyrsky with committing a nary data, cost Ukraine 1.5 million hrv, ker, known as Wehrwolf, has constantly attracted tourists. Unauthorized tours are port... Some of the workers do not have crime under Part 2, Article 24 (a crime Minister of Emergency Situations Viktor any juridical relations with employers committed in collusion with a group of currently conducted there, with every guide Baloha told reporters on February 8, com- and, as a result, do not make any pay- individuals) and Part 1, Article 194 (delib- telling his own version of the site’s history. menting on media reports saying that the ments [to the government[,” he said. erate damage to property that entails large- Professional people knowledgeable about Cabinet had allocated 10 million hrv for Now, according to Mr. Cherkasov, exami- scale losses) of the Criminal Code of history should tell the story of Wehrwolf, that purpose. The minister noted that this nations of enterprises in different spheres Ukraine. Police said there was deliberate Ms. Vysotska added. The complex was amount of funds earmarked from the are in the preparatory stage. The aim is, damage to the granite pavement on located in a pine forest, about 12 kilometers over the next one to one and a half years, Independence Square during the erection Reserve Fund was calculated on the basis north of Vinnytsia in Ukraine, between the to legalize labor relations that will pro- of tents. “The Common Business move- of the total number of Ukrainians who villages of Stryzhavka and Kolo- vide at least an additional 1.5 billion hrv ment believes that such accusations are were staying in Egypt. Those citizens who Mykhailivka on the Kyiv highway. It was for the labor remuneration fund. In addi- unreasonable, and ...a tool of intimidation traveled as tourists will return on scheduled built between December 1941 and June tion, the ministry made a number of pro- and demoralization of the active part of flights for which they have already paid to 1942 under top-secret conditions. The loca- posals on toughening legislation on viola- society,” read a statement released by the travel agencies, he added. The tion may have been influenced by the Nazis’ tion of labor relations. Following the movement. On January 17, Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry provided three proposed trans-European highway to example of Western countries, the minis- entrepreneurs and representatives of oppo- flights, returning 419 people to Ukraine. Crimea, which would have connected with try proposes to fine enterprises that offi- sition political parties organized a rally The minister promised that all financial the site. In March 1944, when abandoning cially do not register employees. behind the walls of the Presidential procedures would be carried out transpar- the region, the Nazis destroyed the site, (Ukrinform) Administration building in Kyiv. They ently and the results would be announced including mining access to the underground called for the closing of criminal cases publicly. (Ukrinform) complex. The site was examined after the Coin to honor Ivano-Frankivsk against the so-called “tax maidan” and a Fugitive to face trafficking charges Nazis’ departure on the orders of Joseph KYIV – The National Bank of Ukraine stop to the persecution of the opposition. Stalin, but no documentation was found. (NBU) will issue a commemorative coin The entrepreneurs say the government NEW YORK – A fugitive charged with The military took steps to permanently seal dedicated to the 350th anniversary of wants to intimidate the activists and pre- forcing Eastern European women to the underground parts of the complex. Ivano-Frankivsk, city authorities said on vent new protests in the center of Kyiv. become exotic dancers was set to travel Today only the swimming pool and con- January 17. In 2012 Ivano-Frankivsk Seven members of the protest against the from New York to Michigan to face charg- crete fragments remain visible on the site, (until 1962 the city was known as tax code last November have had criminal es. Prosecutors said Veniamin Gonikman which is an open recreation area. Nearby is Stanyslaviv) will celebrate 350 years cases brought against them. Participants of agreed to the transfer on February 4 during a memorial to the thousands of laborers and from the date when city was granted the the meeting say the tiles on the square were a brief court appearance in New York. He others buried by the Nazis in gravepits at Magdeburg Law, giving it municipal damaged in 2007 when tents were set up was flown to New York the previous night Stryzhavka. (Ukrinform) after he was captured in Ukraine. A 2005 autonomy. (Ukrinform) by the pro-presidential Party of Regions Agreement on AN-70 production and representatives of leftist forc- indictment accuses Mr. Gonikman, 55, a Policeman fired for comments on language es. However, no charges were brought U.S. citizen, of using a Detroit business KYIV – Ukraine and Russia will assem- called Beauty Search Inc. as a front to lure KYIV – A Ukrainian police sergeant in against them at that time. Activists showed ble the military transport aircraft AN-70 at women into servitude. He is charged with Odesa was fired after he was caught on pictures of those meetings with the pitched the two main production sites: in Kyiv trafficking in persons, forced labor, smug- video insulting the Ukrainian language, tents as evidence. Ukrainian human rights (Aviant plant) and Ulyanovsk (Aviastar- gling of aliens, money laundering, extor- RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service reported on activists have condemned the arrests of SP), Antonov State Enterprise said in a tion, conspiracy and other offenses. Federal January 27. In the video, the policeman participants in the tax protests and the per- statement released on January 12. The deci- authorities say he used threats to force the tells the driver of a car who demands to be secution of the opposition. The sion was made at a joint meeting of repre- women to turn over more than $1 million in addressed in Ukrainian that “I do not under- Verkhovna Rada’s commissioner for sentatives of the Ukrainian and Russian air- earnings. He faces up to 20 years in prison stand the cows’ language.” The driver asks human rights, Nina Karpachova, noted that craft industries in Kyiv. The date for the if convicted. “This arrest is a potent exam- him if he does not like Ukraine’s state lan- “Ukraine is a leader in Europe for the mas- start of AN-70 assembly in Russia was not ple of ICE’s [U.S. Immigration and guage. The police officer replies: “No, and sive use of arrests, and this situation is dis- named, but it was stated that this will hap- Customs Enforcement] unyielding resolve I’m not going to ever love it.” Activists graceful.” (NTD Television) pen after the completion of certification to bring human traffickers to justice,” said from the opposition Yulia Tymoshenko testing of the aircraft. According to Average monthly wage: 2,239 hrv ICE Director John Morton. “Victims in Bloc called the policeman’s answer “an Antonov Deputy Chief Designer forced labor cases are particularly vulnera- insult to the state language and [an instance KYIV – The average monthly wage in Oleksander Kiva, the certification testing ble targets who are lured with promises of of] inciting interethnic hatred.” They Ukraine was 2,239 hrv in 2010 (7.94 hrv will last for one and a half to two years. employment and stable lives and then end demanded his immediate dismissal. The equal $1 U.S.), the State Statistics Back on September 30, 2010, Russia’s up in abusive and deplorable situations.” Internal Affairs Ministry’s press service Committee reported on February 1. The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) and (Associated Press, CBS Detroit) said on January 27 that the video was deter- highest average monthly wages were in Ukraine’s Antonov State Enterprise mined to be authentic. The ministry said aviation transport (6,773 hrv), financial Hitler’s HQ to be Nazi victims museum approved documents establishing a joint several of the sergeant’s supervisors were activities (4,602 hrv) and water transport venture to coordinate joint programs for the also punished for “failing to properly train (2,987 hrv). The lowest average monthly KYIV – Adolph Hitler’s former military construction of the AN-140, AN-148, the officer.” The punishments ranged from wages appeared to be in the fishery and the headquarters, located in the village of AN-74 and AN-70 aircraft. (Ukrinform) disciplinary reprimands to firings. (RFE/ fishing industry (1,191 hrv), in the sphere RL) of hotel and restaurant activities (1,455 hrv) and in the medical and social assis- More charges against Hrytsenko tance spheres (1,631 hrv). (Ukrinform) KYIV – A second criminal case has 55 percent not satisfied with incomes been opened in Ukraine against former Crimean Parliament Chairman Anatoliy KYIV – According to a report of the Hrytsenko, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service International Foundation WageIndicator reported on January 28. The press service for the fourth quarter of 2010, in a compar- of the Procurator General’s Office ative analysis of labor payment conditions Marguerite Hentosh announced that Mr. Hrytsenko was charged in 23 countries around the globe, 55 per- with abuse of power. He is said to have cent of Ukrainians are not satisfied with December 24, 1926 – January 31, 2011 made a decision while in office, without their incomes, while 28.7 percent are not. discussing it in Parliament, to allow a pri- The survey was conducted via anonymous The Executive Committee of the Ukrainian National Association vate company to rent cottages in the online questioning on work and wage web- Rossiya Black Sea coast resort at a big dis- sites. People’s satisfaction with income regrets to announce to the members of the General Assembly, to count. Mr. Hrytsenko, who is a member of was categorized as: extremely unsatisfied, members of Branch 305 and to the UNA membership at large that the ruling Party of Regions, was charged unsatisfied, indifferent, satisfied and great- Marguerite Hentosh, Secretary of Branch 305 for 35 years, passed earlier in January with the illegal transfer ly satisfied. Ukraine ranked third in the away on January 31, 2011. of ownership of property belonging to the number of citizens who are extremely Azov collective farm in Crimea. On unsatisfied with their wages. Ukraine is The Executive Committee and the entire UNA membership wish January 27 the Symferopol Central District surpassed only by Chile (28.8 percent) and to express their deepest sympathy to daughters Carol Dunlap and Court ruled that Mr. Hrytsenko should be Argentina (29.7 percent). The least unsatis- arrested and held for two months in a pre- fied persons are in the Netherlands (9.6 Darlene Hentosh, sisters, Lorraine Lupcho and Joan Brown, broth- trial detention center while the investiga- percent). Furthermore, 16.5 percent of ers Jack, Joseph and Frank Deesing, 7 grandchildren, 8 great tion continues. (RFE/RL) Ukrainian respondents are satisfied with grandchildren; her nieces, and nephews. Mrs. Hentosh was a long- their incomes, and among them 4.1 percent Tax protest leaders targetted time supporter of the UNA. Her loyalty and dedication to the are greatly satisfied. By this index, Ukraine KYIV – Police opened a criminal case ranks fourth from last. The largest number Ukrainian National Association will not be forgotten. against Oleh Akhtyrsky, the commandant of respondents who are very satisfied with of the tent camp sent up on Independence the level of their wages reside in Eternal memory Square in conjunction with the tax protests Azerbaijan (19 percent), Columbia (11.9 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 No. 7 No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 17 Violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv heads MATI program by Helen Smindak Ivakhiv, a professor and doctor of science, enjoys listening to music. NEW YORK – Ukrainian violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv is She competed in Moscow’s 1991 Diaghilev Competition facing a new and exciting challenge in her remarkable at age 11 and continued to participate in international com- career. petitions in Ukraine and other countries, winning the First Ms. Ivakhiv has been named artistic director of the high- Degree Diploma at the 1993 International Kocian ly popular Music at the Institute (MATI) series at the Competition in the Czech Republic. In 2000, she took sec- Ukrainian Institute of America (UIA) in New York. She is ond prize at the prestigious Prokofiev Competition. Other now in charge of the institute’s longest-running musical awards include the Ukrainian Presidential Award for her program, a project that helps to fulfill the organization’s cultural accomplishments. mission of promoting Ukrainian music, composers and art- When she was just 17, she competed with 100 young ists to the general public. violinists from around the world and won a scholarship to At 30, she is the youngest artistic director in the pro- the world-renowned Curtis School of Music in gram’s history and the first woman to hold the position. Philadelphia. Completing the six-year course of studies Ms. Ivakhiv is taking on a post previously held by three with high honors and winning the school’s Charles-Miller renowned Ukrainian musicians, beginning with composer, Kreisler Award were her first steps to realizing a successful conductor and pianist Virko Baley, who served as MATI’s career as a soloist and chamber musician violinist. She also artistic director from 1989 to 1991. Violinist Oleh Krysa enjoys playing symphonic repertoire in great orchestras. led the MATI program from 1991 to 1996, followed by While a member of the Curtis Symphony Orchestra and internationally renowned pianist Mykola Suk, who was later as its concertmistress, Ms. Ivakhiv performed on the artistic director from 1996 until 2010. world’s famous stages, including the John F. Kennedy Commenting on the appointment, UIA President Dr. Center in Washington (with President Bill Clinton and First Dan Swistel said: “The MATI concert series at the Lady Hillary Clinton in the audience), New York’s Ukrainian Institute has had a long and very successful his- Carnegie Hall, and a 15-city tour of Europe with conductor tory. Its prior directors and Mykola Suk set a very high Andre Previn and violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter as soloist. standard for interesting performances and accomplished She performed for former President Gerald Ford in performers. We are very excited that Solomiya Ivakhiv has Philadelphia in 2002 and for former Secretary of State agreed to be the next director, and we’re looking forward to Henry Kissinger in 2005. further enhancements to our programming.” Many of her solo performances, including appearances The Music at the Institute series was created by institute in this country, Ukraine and China, have been broadcast on member Irene Stecura in 1989. The first season was spon- Solomiya Ivakhiv National Public Radio, Ukrainian National Radio and sored by Dr. Walter Hoydysh and the late Daria Hoydysh Television, and China’s Hunan Television. by funding the rental of a Steinway grand piano for each of Later programs will spotlight the vibrant Enso String A chamber musician the initial concerts. Quartet, nominated for the 2010 Grammy Awards’ best The MATI series endeavors to present a mix of well- chamber music performance; Phil Setzer, a founding mem- As a chamber musician, Ms. Ivakhiv has collaborated known classics and rarely performed works of chamber and ber of the Emerson Quartet; and Ukrainian primadonna with such renowned artists as Joseph Silverstein, Claude solo music by famous artists as well as new talent, and Victoria Loukianetz, in collaboration with pianist Marianna Frank and Eugene Drucker in many national and interna- aims as well to highlight the Ukrainian influence on cham- Humetska, in an evening dedicated to Ukrainian Romantic tional festivals, including the Tanglewood Music Festival, ber music. songs by Ukrainian composers. The March 20012 program Holland Music Festival, Normandy Chamber Music Ms. Ivakhiv says her goal as MATI’s artistic director is will star the Cavatino Piano Trio, joined by a longtime Festival in France, the Kyiv Music Fest and the Festival of to “interest and engage a younger generation of Ukrainian Juilliard Quartet member, violist Samuel Rhodes. Modern Music “Contrasts” in Ukraine. Americans in appreciating and supporting classical music.” The final concert of the season, scheduled for April 2012 Most recently, she has given recitals in CBC’s Glenn She hopes that an admission price accessible to young with the theme “Europe Between the Wars,” will bring Gould Studio in Toronto, the Lysenko Collonaded Hall in Kyiv and the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington. adults will draw them to MATI concerts to experience clas- together four celebrated musicians: Joseph Silverstein, Active in the cultural life of the Ukrainian American sical music on a mature level. soloist, conductor and member of the Lincoln Center Her responsibilities include creating programs for six community, she frequently collaborates with Ukrainian Chamber Music Society, touted as one of the most celebrat- musicians at such venues as The Washington Group’s music classical music concerts showcasing Ukrainian musicians ed concertmasters in history; Gary Graffman, said to be the “of the highest professional level.” She said she is privileged series, the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art in Chicago, the only piano soloist with America’s top six orchestras; and Ukrainian Music Festival in Toronto, the “Grazhda” sum- to have the opportunity to direct the institute’s music series Turkish cellist Efe Baltacigil, associate principal cellist of mer concerts in Hunter, N.Y., the Ukrainian National and will continue efforts to introduce works of Ukrainian the Philadelphia Orchestra and winner of the 2005 Young Association’s Soyuzivka resort and the MATI series. composers to non-Ukrainian musicians, with the hope that Concert Artists International Competition; with Ms. Ms. Ivakhiv is also an avid proponent of modern music these artists will perform the music at other venues. Ivakhiv completing the quartet. and enjoys working with today’s composers. In this respect, Next season’s programs Beginning in October of this year, concerts will be held she has premiered works by Ukrainian composer Yevhen on the first Saturday of the month (with the exception of Stankovych, American composer Eli Marshall, and John Ms. Ivakhiv has already set up next season’s programs, September and January, when the dates conflict with Labor Mackey, performing with the Jean Ruddy Dance Company. though the current season with two remaining concerts Day and Ukrainian Christmas Day), with the hope that a She has recorded original music by Philadelphia-based falls in her domain. These include a March 12 perfor- fixed date will encourage music lovers to set aside the first composer David Ludwig and, as a soloist, collaborated mance by the Caravel Quartet in a program of works by Saturday of the month for MATI. with the Paul Taylor Dance Company. Haydn, Filipenko, Lysenko and Shostakovich, and an Musical beginnings Ms. Ivakhiv has been praised by critics for superb musi- April 2 presentation by the Kandinsky String Quartet from cianship and a distinct ability to illuminate a score with Germany, performing Schubert, Reger and Beethoven As so often happens in a musically endowed family, Ms. mature and “deeply realized” insight. compositions. Ivakhiv received her early musical instruction from her In addition to her Curtis degree, Ms. Ivakhiv holds a For the opening concert of the 2011-2012 season next mother, pianist and choral conductor Lesya Ivakhiv, and Master of Music degree with honors from the Mykola October, featuring Mr. Suk, Ms. Ivakhiv has chosen an all- her brother Yarema, preparing her for violin studies at the Lysenko Music Academy in Lviv and a Doctor of Musical Liszt program marking Liszt’s Bicentennial and pointing Solomeyea Krushelnytska Specialized Music School and Arts degree from Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, out the composer’s frequent use of Ukrainian melodies. the Mykola Lysenko Academy in Lviv. Her father, Orest N.Y.

UGCC, Major Archbishop Husar was born tasks: to increase faith and unity in Christ. among the Christians. He stressed that in Ukrainian Catholic... in Lviv on February 26, 1933, and in 1944 “To live in faith, to help faithful and non- the times of Prince Volodymyr the Great (Continued from page 1) emigrated with his family, settling in the believers so that we are all united in faith, there was one Church and that today’s divi- United States. In 1958 he was ordained to so our people and our Church are united in sion may be a consequence of diminished for the Church, I will ponder the past and the priesthood, and in 1972 he went to Christ Jesus. And this is not my personal faith. He strove to revive faith, to make it will follow developments so that nothing Rome and joined the Studite Order. program. This is what we inherited from active in daily life, in relations among from the past of our Church is lost. I would In 1977 Patriarch Josyf Slipyj secretly our ancestors,” he said, according to infor- Catholics and among Christians, and even like to conduct meetings with youth, as ordained him bishop for the Church in mation posted on the UGCC website. in the lives of people of different faiths. well as with various professional groups,” Ukraine. In 1992 Archimandrite Lubomyr “On this throne sat the metropolitans of During the decade of Patriarch he explained. returned with the Studite community to Halych, and so we continue the life of our Lubomyr’s tenure, the Ukrainian Greek- The election of a new UGCC leader, in Ukraine. On October 17, 1996, he was Church. More than a thousand years the Catholic Church found its faithful across accordance with canon law, will take place appointed auxiliary bishop to the primate Lord God bestowed upon our nation the all regions of Ukraine. The Donetsk- during the Synod of Bishops to be held of the UGCC, Major Archbishop and gift of the holy faith. And our nation Kharkiv Eparchy was established in within the next two months. In the mean- Cardinal Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky. gladly accepted this gift. And it was this February 2002, the Odesa-Crimea Eparchy time, Archbishop Ihor Vozniak of Lviv was After the death of Cardinal faith that formed our nation,” continued in July 2003 and the Lutsk Exarchate in tapped to serve as administrator for the Lubachivsky, the Synod of Bishops of the the patriarch. January 2008. affairs of the Church, which has 7 million Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church elected “In the last century – a century of terri- The most momentous event took place faithful worldwide – 5.5 million in Ukraine Bishop Husar as the next major archbish- ble persecution – people laid down their on August 21, 2005, when the see of the and 1.5 million in Europe, North and South op. He was enthroned on January 28, 2001, lives to keep this faith,” he said, adding, head of the UGCC was transferred from America, and Australia. The Ukrainian and on that same day it was announced that “We have many martyrs and confessors Lviv to Kyiv – the place where Prince Greek-Catholic Church, also known as the Pope John Paul II had named him a cardi- in the ranks of the Church, and we must Volodymyr baptized his nation and the Ukrainian Catholic Church, is the largest nal. maintain this most valuable, most pre- capital of independent Ukraine. Patriarch of the Eastern Catholic Churches. In his enthronization speech, the new cious gift.” Lubomyr stated: “We did not arrive – we According to the official website of the leader of the UGCC emphasized his main The patriarch also discussed the division returned to Kyiv.” 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 No. 7

“we’ve come carolling for a treat… and a Edmonton's joyous... five-cent-piece!” (Continued from page 13) For the finale? One more communal perhaps, because of the choice of carols; carol, as the audience joined Dnipro Self Reliance (NJ) Federal solemn, perhaps, because Maria Choir in the singing of “Vo Vyfleyemi” Credit Union in Clifton, N.J. Dytyniak, conductor of Dnipro since (Tidings in Bethlehem) – and warm 1976, was conducting her choir in this words of greeting and thanks from the annual Festival of Carols for the last time. Rev. Kowalchyk. However, in keeping with her energet- And, if we believe, as did our ances- will hоld its ic personality, Ms. Dytyniak chose to fol- tors, that the very act of singing a carol low Alexander Koshetz’s elegant arrange- magically enables the realization of all ment of “Na Sviatyi Vechir” (A New Joy) that is good – good health, wealth and ANNUAL MEETING and M. Haivoronsky’s arrangement of prosperity, a bountiful harvest, perhaps a “Na Sviatyi Vechir” (On Christmas Eve) felicitous match – then surely something with P. Kozytsky’s mischievous “Oy wonderful was wrought by this after- On Sunday, February 27, 2011, at 12:30 PM Koliada, Koliadnytsia,” which noted: noon’s Festival of Carols!

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Ukrainian pro sports update: Soccer by Ihor Stelmach

The history of professional sports is The turn of the century marked the Ukrainian pro soccer – a man who bought chock full of heated rivalries. In hockey, onset of Dynamo’s decline as a quartet of a club not as a plaything or an invest- Canadiens vs. Maple Leafs goes back to key players departed Kyiv for greener ment, but to revitalize and give back to the days of only six teams in the league pastures elsewhere. Shevchenko, Rebrov, Donetsk. Soccer was and is an integral and can also be viewed in the context of Kakha Kaladze and Oleg Luzhnyi moved part of Akhmetov’s life; Shakhtar French vs. English. In basketball, the to Western European clubs for bigger Donetsk is a critical piece of Ukrainian 1980s brought out the Celtics vs. Lakers, bucks. Eventually there would be a new football. as two championship-winning franchises generation of talented footballers coming In a very short period of time personalized a rivalry behind Larry Bird up through the ranks, but coach Akhmetov established a soccer school, an vs. Magic Johnson. The Dallas Cowboys Lobanovsky became seriously ill and up-scale training facility and a medical vs. Washington Redskins was a classic later died. His respected and intelligent center, in short creating a soccer head- football hatred that peaked in the ‘70s guidance would be missed, as Dynamo’s quarters institution. Shakhtar was reorga- and ‘80s when Tom Landry and Roger capable players and holdover coaches nized, and an internal structure was care- Staubach opposed George Allen and Joe continued their success at home, but fully put in place. It would simply be a Theismann. Probably the greatest rivalry struggled some on the continental front. matter of time for the club to achieve its in sports is baseball’s Red Sox vs. ultimate goal of championship status and Yankees: the Curse of the Bambino, Ted show all of Ukraine Donetsk was worthy Williams vs. Joe Dimaggio, Bucky Dynamo Kyiv vs. Shakhtar Donetsk: of lifting the trophy. Refining the training Dent’s home run and the epic comeback regimen, stability in the personnel ranks by the Sox against the Bronx Bombers in and buying into the systems in place was 2004 to finally break the curse. Heated soccer rivalry in Ukraine what it would take to reach the top. To these great rivalries we add a Italian coach Nevio Scala’s coaching Ukrainian one in professional soccer: players and benefited from strong finan- strategy was based on a combination of perennial champion Dynamo Kyiv vs. cial support from its backers. Shakhtar attacking skills on offense and solid team recent upstart challenger Shakhtar Donetsk. played the role of a provincial upstart, not discipline defensively. His approach to Their fierce rivalry has exploded in the capable of matching Dynamo’s more elite training and the game itself was totally past several years mainly due to two key level. different from what Ukrainian players factors. Firstly, matchups among the two The early ‘90s saw Dynamo become were used to hearing in the past. Scala’s football superpowers usually go a long even more of a power, led by the great attitude received major praise and deemed way in deciding Ukraine’s top club. player then coach, Valery Lobanovsky, a significant contribution to Shakhtar’s Secondly, Shakhtar has recently estab- who created a development program first Ukrainian title win in the 2001-2002 lished itself as a major player in Europe, complete with a soccer school to nurture season. Perhaps the Italian gave too much thus tarnishing Dynamo’s luster even home-grown talent. Lobanovsky grasped of himself as his deteriorating health more on an international level. the transformation going on in the sport caused him to resign his post. during the mid-‘90s – more emphasis on Early rivalries included Russian clubs Having claimed the national trophy, speed and a tactical approach. The sys- Shakhtar decided to challenge Dynamo’s Back in the days of the old USSR, par- tems he incorporated spurred his young rule at the top of Ukrainian pro soccer. ity was the rule, with many very compe- squads to many a surprise victory over What used to pass as normal match-ups European club teams in the Champions Shakhtar poses challenge tent clubs, most pretty equal in talent. between two league teams became pow- The battle for the top spot was usually League. At this same time, there appeared a erful collisions between a pair of soccer limited to the more superior squads from The main talents spearheading formidable competitor from eastern powerhouses. Shakhtar and Dynamo Spartak Dynamo, Dynamo Moscow or Dynamo’s success were Andriy Shevchenko and Sergei Rebrov – a duo Ukraine – a club that dared to challenge became the entire focus of the Ukrainian Dynamo Kyiv (wow, three Dynamos!). League, knowing full well one or the Dynamo Moscow peaked in the 1950s that meshed perfectly on the forward line. Dynamo Kyiv’s roost as the ruler of other would end up the champion. The and ’60s behind legendary goalkeeper The pair of scorers helped Dynamo tri- Ukrainian pro soccer – Shakhtar Donetsk. two or three annual meetings between the Lev Yashin. Once Yashin retired, umph over the likes of Real Madrid, Today the Miners, as they are called in clubs every season took on critical impor- Dynamo Moscow was passed in the Arsenal, Barcelwwwona, PSV Eindhoven European football terminology, are a soc- tance. standings by Spartak and Dynamo Kyiv, and others. In addition to shocking top cer power to be reckoned with, proving to despite a great personnel pipeline from clubs in Europe, Dynamo ruled the all of Europe that a lone man can estab- Historically, Shakhtar had always the Soviet Army. Ukrainian pro league on a yearly basis. lish a professional franchise on the sports shown the propensity to win elimination The 1970s and ’80s were a constant The year 1999 saw Dynamo Kyiv globe. Ukrainian oligarch Rinat matches, capable of performing well at battleground for supremacy between advance all the way to the Champions Akhmetov became the George high level events. The team had captured Spartak and Dynamo Kyiv. Almost every League semi-final, barely losing to Steinbrenner (baseball’s Yankees) or year in these two decades competition for Bayern Munich and a spot in the finals. Jerry Jones (football’s Cowboys) of (Continued on page 20) the USSR Championship came down to one of these soccer powers. Match play for the USSR Cup, however, was a differ- ent story, with more competition and a knockout system that enabled clubs like Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Shakhtar Donetsk to emerge as contenders. At the outset, the Shakhtar club was extremely inconsistent in its on-field per- formance, seemingly playing with an on- off switch. It would barely put forth an effort against weaker squads, while amazing fans by defeating the Soviet Union’s top teams. Competing in the USSR Cup was perfect for the Donetsk team that could elevate its game in an elimination scenario. Performing in league play with Dynamo and Spartak over a long season was still another story until the Soviet Union collapsed and everything changed, including the sports landscape. Dynamo first in Ukraine Now with separate leagues for Russia and Ukraine, Spartak Moscow became the Russian Federation’s top club and played in its own national league, while Dynamo and Shakhtar were at the top of Ukraine’s pro league. European competi- tion was the only venue for these Eastern European football protagonists. In inde- pendent Ukraine, the primary focus was on Dynamo, the nation’s greatest club of all time. Kyiv always recruited the finest 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 No. 7 Ukrainian Days planned for Washington in April Ukrainian National Information Service Genocide of 1932-1933; as well as, the overall context of the U.S.-Ukraine stra- WASHINGTON – Following previous tegic partnership. 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Evening receptions are with U.S. government officials and repre- also being planned for the Ukrainian sentatives of non-governmental organiza- Days participants to become acquainted tions (NGOs). Of particular interest will with each other and with personnel in be a discussion about topics of concern to Washington who follow U.S.-Ukraine the community, including: U.S. foreign relations. assistance to Ukraine; NATO enlarge- For more information readers may ment; democratic freedoms in Ukraine; contact the UNIS at 202-547-0018 or continued advocacy of the Ukrainian [email protected].

Dynamo aims back Dynamo Kyiv... While Shakhtar climbed upward, (Continued from page 19) Dynamo was left searching for ways to regain its elite status. Several coaches the Ukrainian Cup in 1995 and 1997, came and went as the Kyiv club won well before being strengthened by the more than its share of matches, but coaching regimes of Scala or current couldn’t match its rivals, especially in manager Mircea Lucescu. The latter’s Europe. Domestically Dynamo Kyiv and taking over, however, was the impetus for Shakhtar Donetsk rate 1-A and 1-B. Their more trophies to begin accumulating in spirited battles draw sellout crowds, the Shakhtar Museum. Taking over in ensure thrilling games and motivate other 2004, Lucescu was at the forefront of the Ukrainian clubs. rivalry with Dynamo becoming more As Shakhtar won the UEFA Cup, meaningful than ever. Shakhtar began Dynamo tackled different avenues on the seeing continued success domestically road to European success. Shevchenko and on the European stage at Dynamo’s returned to Dynamo in hopes the legend- expense. ary icon would bring glory back to Kyiv The two clubs have much in common. with an occasional goal and by serving as Both have ambitious owners with a mentor to the club’s next generation of Dynamo’s Ihor Surkis striving to match young talent. Today’s matches feature Shakhtar’s Akhmetov. Both spend to field young Ukrainians in white and blue battling ultra-competitive squads. Both believe in against orange-clad, experienced Brazilians, the finest training facilities with campus- Croatians, Poles and Ukrainians. In the future there will be additional es to develop homegrown talent. teams to deal with, as clubs like Metalist When it comes to a winning attitude, a Kharkiv strive to prove they are worthy championship mentality, the similarities of being mentioned with Dynamo and end. After making little or no progress in Shakhtar. Kharkiv has already shown it is European play, Lucescu had one foot out capable of winning matches in European the door with the Ukrainian press scream- competitions. ing for a coaching change. Pressured into When all is said and done, however, making a decision, Akhmetov decided to Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk give the Romanian another 12 months to remain the Red Sox vs. Yankees, Celtics prove his worth. The lame-duck coach vs. Lakers and Cowboys vs. Redskins of rewarded his owner’s patience by win- Ukrainian Premier League soccer. The ning the UEFA Cup (European champi- duels of these two rivals are and will onship) to sit next to another Ukrainian continue to be legendary for quite some League title. time.

Mr. Tomenko made public abridged versions of the secret documents received Turning... from Gen. Kravchenko on March 3, 2004. (Continued from page 6) Six months after the story broke, Gen. security officers, a legacy of the Soviet Kravchenko returned to Ukraine and was Union and its KGB. arrested. He was released in 2005 after the President Kuchma called the charges presidential elections and the replacement baseless. “I give my permission for of Mr. Smeshko. Kravchenko to publish in the press all that he has in his possession. Believe me, he Source: “Kuchma denies charges that has nothing. This is all nonsense,” he said Ukraine’s intelligence services spied on at a monthly press conference on February opposition,” by Roman Woronowycz, The 25, 2004. Ukrainian Weekly, February 29, 2004. No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 21 OUT AND ABOUT

February 16 Concert, with music by Boombox, Club La Boom, February 24 Presentation, “Imagining Mazepa: From Byron to Montreal 514-737-0447 or 514-620-6000 New York Broadway to Hollywood,” Columbia University, [email protected] February 18 Presentation, “Imagining Mazeppa: From Byron to Philadelphia Broadway to Hollywood,” Ukrainian League of Philadelphia, 215-684-2180 February 26 Film screening, “Folk!” by Roxy Toporowych, Revue Toronto Cinema, [email protected] February 18 “Kartyna” CD release party, Ephyra band, Ukrainian Chicago American Youth Association Center, February 26 Presentation by Marta Farion and Tetiana Yaroshenko, [email protected] or 773-486-4204 New York “Access to Global Academic and Research Information,” February 19 Winter ball, featuring music by Hrim, L’Enfant Plaza Shevchenko Scientific Society, 212-254-5130 Washington Hotel, [email protected] or 800-635-5056 February 26 Debutante ball, featuring music by Hrim and Vorony, February 19 Lecture by Volodymyr Mezentsev, “Architectural Parsippany, NJ Ukrainian American Youth Association, Sheraton Hotel, New York Reconstructions of the Zaporizhian Host, Chyhyryn and http://cym.org/us/archives/Deb2011/2011Deb.asp Baturyn of the 17th -18th Centuries,” Shevchenko Scientific Society, 212-254-5130 February 27 Film screening, “Ukrainians in Quebec 1891-1945” by February 19 Leadership conference, “Ukraine’s Current Reality and Montreal Yurij Luhovy, St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, Washington Prospects: Ukrainian American Community Needs and 514-259-7162 or www.yluhovy.com Directions,” The Washington Group, L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, www.lenfantplazahotel.com or [email protected] February 27 CD release recital by pianist Anna Shelest, February 20 Concert by the Dnipro Choir of Edmonton, Knox New York Ukrainian Institute of America, 646-450-3879 or Ottawa Presbyterian Church, 514-238-4774 [email protected]

February 20 Lecture and film screening with Volodymyr Mezentsev, February 27 Concert, “A Ukrainian Montage,” featuring the Ukrainian Somerset, NJ “Historical-Archeological Discoveries at Baturyn, Capital Ft. Lauderdale, FL Dancers of Miami, Broward Center for the Performing of the Kozak-Hetmanate State,” Ukrainian Cultural Center, Arts, 954-462-0222 or www.browardcenter.org/ukrainian 732-356-0090 February 20 Film screening, “Ukrainians in Quebec 1891-1945” by February 27 Pork and kapusta family dinner, St. Vladimir Ukrainian Lachine, QC Yurij Luhovy, Prosvita organization – Lachine Branch, St. Scranton, PA Greek-Catholic Church center, 570-346-2414 Basil Ukrainian Catholic Church hall, 514-481-5871 or www.yluhovy.com February 27 Children’s circus masquerade, Plast Ukrainian Scouting New York Organization – New York branch, St. George School February 20 Geneology presentation by Mike Buryk, Ukrainian auditorium, 646-306-1379 Lehighton, PA Homestead, www.buryk.com or [email protected] Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events February 20 Presentation by Orysia Tracz, “Why We Do What We Do: advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Warren, MI Ukrainian Rituals and Traditions,” Ukrainian Cultural from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Center, 313-366-9764 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected].

The Board of Trustees of The Ukrainian Museum

Requests the pleasure of your company to celebrate THE UKRAINIAN MUSEUM’S 35th ANNIVERSARY

Sunday, April 10, 2011, 1-5 p.m.

Battery Gardens at Battery Park, 17 State Street, New York, NY 10004 212.809.5508

Cocktails 1 p.m. Luncheon 2:30 p.m.

MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES Motria Kuzycz

SILENT AUCTION During the cocktail hour

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Askold Buk Trio

$150 per person

Proceeds to benefit The Ukrainian Museum All contributions, less the cost of the luncheon, valued at $125 per person, are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law

SPONSORS ARAMARK Prof. Jaroslaw and Alla Leshko UNWLA Branch 113 Marta Lewycky Ulana Diachuk Dr. Wolodymyr and Anna Rak Drs. Andrew and Taisa Nahirny Rak Andrey Hankevych Oleh and Christine Samilenko Myron and Olha Hnateyko Dr. Ihor and Alexandra Sawczuk Dr. Jurij and Tania Kuzycz Olya Zarycky

For reservations please call: 212.228.0110 e-mail: [email protected] www.ukrainianmuseum.org RSVP by March 28th Space limited Valet parking $30 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 No. 7 UKELODEON F Nor The ext Generation

Parish children present Nativity play Ridna Shkola of New Haven greets Sviatyi Mykolai

Roma Hadzewycz WHIPPANY, N.J. – The children of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, under the direction of the Rt. Rev. Roman Mirchuk, pas- by Halia Lodynsky tor, presented the parish’s traditional Christmas pageant on Sunday, NEW HAVEN, Conn. – On December 19, 2010. Seen above are the young performers of the Nativity Sunday, December 19, 2010, after play with Father Mirchuk. the divine liturgy, the children of “Ridna Shkola” (School of Ukrainian Studies) and children of Newark Plast members assemble St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church greeted their special guest, for traditional “Svichechka” Sviatyi Mykolai, or St. Nicholas. The students were very excited. They performed in a beautiful play and then everyone sang “koliady” –Ukrainian Christmas carols. After St. Nicholas arrived and said a few words, gifts were given out to the children. All enjoyed being part of this beautiful tradition.

Roma Hadzewycz WHIPPANY, N.J. – The Newark, N.J., branch of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization held its annual “Svichechka,” a traditional Plast celebration of Christmas according to the old calendar, on Saturday, January 8, at the Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey. At the assembly, Plast members lit candles from the Bethlehem Peace Light that is distributed worldwide every year by scouts, including Plast mem- bers. Above, some of the “plastuny” with their lit candles. Below, little girls about to receive their yellow neckerchiefs, indicating their official entry into the ranks of Plast’s “novatstvo” (cub scouts).

Seen in the photos above are students of New Haven’s School of Ukrainian Studies who performed in a play welcoming Sviatyi Mykolai (St. Nicholas). No. 7 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 23

“The Christmas Mitten” is presented in Minneapolis

Michele Mak The school drama theater presents “The Christmas Mitten.” The schoolchildren with St. Nicholas.

by Svitlana Uniyat Anchoring the festivities was the Sarazhynska; cat – Lesia Uniyat; er Volodymyr Ilemsky. Volodymyra MINNEAPOLIS – The children presentation of the play “The frog – Anna Naconechna; hedgehog Kramarczuk, Helen Tataryn, of the school of Ukrainian studies at Christmas Mitten” by the school- – Koltyn Mak; sqirrrel – Natalka Dmytro Tataryn and all the parents St. Constantine’s church in children, who brought to life a ver- Mak; dragon – Danylko Ripetsky; organized this event and decorated sion of a folk fable. A young boy owl – Kifer Miskiw; rabbit – the stage; Andrii Mak and Lesia Minneapolis eagerly awaited the goes into the forest to chop down a Marianna Cournoyer; fox – Julia Hutsal designed and made the arrival of St. Nicholas at their Christmas tree. While there he Cournoyer; wolf – Taras Hutsal; embroidered mitten. The teachers school, and, on December 19, 2010, loses a mitten knitted for him by his and puppies – Vasyl, Natalia and and parents also prepared and their wishes were granted. St. grandmother. Some forest creatures Anastasia Shevtsov. served a snack for the children. Nicholas arrived with gifts for all stumble upon the mitten and decide Musical arrangement and accom- the children and even some adults. (Translated from Ukrainian by Zenon to make it their home. Soon other paniment was provided by compos- Stepchuk.) The children of the school pre- animals find the mitten, and con- pared a very interesting program for vince those inside to let them live this feast. The school choir under there as well. Miraculously, the mit- Mishanyna the direction of Yurii Ivan greeted ten expands and grows to accommo- the audience with a medley of car- date each new group of animals, This month, in honor of Super Bowl XLV, we challenge our ols, creating a festive atmosphere of who, in the spirit of Christmas, readers to find the names of National Football League teams joy. learn to live in peace and harmony. that are hidden in the Mishanyna grid. Next, a wonderful surprise greet- In the end, St. Nicholas arrived to ed the audience – the debut of the reward the children with gifts and Atlanta FALCONS New Orleans SAINTS school dance ensemble. The troupe blessings. The cast for the play con- Baltimore RAVENS New York GIANTS delighted everyone with its dances, sisted of: narrators – Aleksa and especially with the dance Tataryn and Sofia Hutsal; boy – Chicago BEARS New York JETS “Snowflake.” The dancers formed a Taras Tataryn; devil – Nazar Green Bay PACKERS Philadelphia EAGLES large snowball, which then burst Voronchak; witch – Olia Indianapolis COLTS Pittsburgh STEELERS open, flinging many individual Voronchak; grandmother – Halia Jacksonville JAGUARS San Diego CHARGERS snowflakes across the entire stage. Voronchak’ mouse – Olesia Kansas City CHIEFS Seattle SEAHAWKS New England PATRIOTS Tampa Bay BUCCANEERS

The school dance ensemble marks its debut.

Let us hear from you! The next edition of Ukelodeon will be published on March 13. Please send in your submissions by March 4. to [email protected]. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 No. 7

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Saturday, February 19 Sunday, February 27 NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific MONTREAL: Marking the 120th anniversa- Society invites all to a lecture, illustrated with ry of Ukrainian immigration to Canada, the slides, by Dr. Volodymyr Mezentsev of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress Montreal University of Toronto titled “Architectural branch will premiere the newly remastered Reconstructions of the Zaporozhian Host, documentary “Ukrainians in Quebec 1891- Chyhyryn and Baturyn of the 17th-18th 1945” by filmmaker Yurij Luhovy. Based on Centuries and the Excavations of Mazepa’s rare photos and personal accounts, and narrat- Main Residence in 2010.” Prof. Mezentsev is ed by Yarema Kelebay, the film depicts the the scholarly director of the Baturyn archeo- formative years of the first two waves of logical project. The lecture will take place at immigration to Montreal, Lac Castagnier, Val the society’s building, 63 Fourth Ave. d’Or and Rouyn Noranda. The film was origi- (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For nally shot in 16 mm following four years of additional information call 212-254-5130. research. The film screening will take place at St. Sophia Cathedral Hall, 6250-12 Ave., at 1 Sunday, February 20 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults. Proceeds go LACHINE, Quebec: Marking the120th anni- towards remastering from the original 16 mm. versary of Ukrainian immigration to Canada, For information contact Bohdanna, 514-259- the Ukrainian Canadian Congress Montreal 7162/514-481-5871 or log on to www. branch and Prosvita-Lachine will premiere the yluhovy.com. newly remastered documentary “Ukrainians in Quebec 1891-1945,” produced and directed NEW YORK: All New York metro area by filmmaker Yurij Luhovy. Based on rare children are invited to participate in this photos and personal accounts, the film depicts year’s “Circus” masquerade party (“kos- the formative years of the first two waves of tiumivka”), organized by the New York City immigration to Montreal, Lac Castagnier, Val Plast branch. Children will be appearing as d’Or and Rouyn Noranda. The film was origi- acrobats, lions, strongmen and other circus nally shot in 16mm following four years of performers. There will be organized fun and games after the “Circus” tale. Food will also research. The film screening will be at St. be available. Come join the fun at the St. Basil’s Church Hall, 875 Provost St., Lachine, George School Auditorium (between Sixth at 12:30 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults. and Seventh streets) beginning at 2:15 p.m. Proceeds go towards remastering from the Admission: adults, $10; children under 12, $5. original 16mm. For information contact For more information call Adriana at 646-306- Bohdanna, 514-259-7162/514-481-5871 or 1379. log on to www.yluhovy.com. NEW YORK: Ukrainian Institute of America LEHIGHTON, Pa.: Mike Buryk, a presents an international award-winning pia- Ukrainian American family researcher, will nist Anna Shelest in a CD Release Recital at 5 offer a workshop on Lemko and Ukrainian p.m. Ms. Shelest, featured in The Ukrainian genealogy focused on the Sanok region of Weekly’s January 30 issue, will present selec- Poland. The talk will cover local historical tions from her newly released CD “Pictures at background, how to research your family an Exhibition,” including pieces by tree, archives, online resources, and soft- Mussorgsky, Glinka and Tchaikovsky. The ware and hardware tools. This session takes Ukrainian Institute of America is located on place at 1-4 p.m. at the Ukrainian the corner of East 79th Street and Fifth Homestead on Sunday, February 20. Snow Avenue. The recital will be followed by a date is February 27. For travel direc- reception and CD signing. Admission is free, tions: http://www.ukrhomestead.com/direc- but reservations are required. RSVP to info@ tx.html. For a flyer: http://www.buryk.com/ dvsworldwide.com by Sunday, February. For our_patch/docs/ukrlemkogentoolkit022011. additional information call 646-450-3879. pdf. An exhibit of books and maps is includ- ed. There is a $10 workshop fee. For addi- CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Institute of tional information contact michael.buryk@ Modern Art invites its members and members verizon.net. of the community at large to a presentation of four books on Ukrainian liturgical songs and Wednesday, February 23, Christmas carols edited by Dr. Vasil Truchly. and Saturday, March 5 The presentation, titled “Language – Gift of SCHAUMBURG, Ill.: Col. Roman G. God,” will be followed by a choral concert of Golash (retired) is campaigning for a high these songs and little-performed Christmas school board seat in District 211. The district carols. The choir will perform the songs in is responsible for five high schools and 12,800 Ukrainian, underscoring the literary nature of students. Col. Golash plans to hold several these traditional Ukrainian songs. The concert town hall meetings to discuss district issues will conclude with a champagne reception. and answer questions. Two meetings will take Please join us at this music event at 1 p.m. at place at the Schaumburg Library on February the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 2320 23 at 7-8:30 p.m. and March 5 at 2-4 p.m. All W. Chicago Ave. Admission $15. For addi- members of the community are invited. Col. tional information call 773-227-5522 or Golash is the commander of the Ukrainian e-mail [email protected]. The event American Veterans 1st Lt. Ivan Shandor Post is sponsored by the Selfreliance Foundation of 35. For more information go to www.golash- Selfreliance Ukrainian American Federal fordistrict211.com. Credit Union.

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