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о-о OZO raintan Oz VoU No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21.1982 25 cents D.C. honors Helsinki group Protesters hold vigil Gen. Grigorenko addresses ^;di Soviet "ЕгфсШу special concert program --Й/ WASHINGTON - Approximately WASHINGTON - Former Soviet 25 persons participated in a protest vigil political prisoner Petro Grigorenko was outside the Soviet Embassy here on the featured speaker at a special concert Tuesday, November 9, on the occasion program here on Monday evening, of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group'ssixth November 8, marking the sixth anniver­ anniversary. sary of the founding of the Ukrainian Led by members of the Philadelphia- Helsinki Group. based Ukrainian Human Rights Com­ The event was organized by an ad- mittee, the organizers of the demon­ hoc planning committee sponsored by stration, and former Soviet political the three Ukrainian parishes of Metro­ prisoner and member of the Ukrainian politan Washington. Helsinki Group Nina Strokata, the The commemorative program, held protesters handed . passers-by leaflets at Kay Spiritual Center on the campus, explaining the reason behind the de­ of American University drew an audience monstration as well as copies of the of over 2S0 people. Opening prayers, Petro Grigorenko addresses a special Ukrainian Helsinki group program; at left presidential proclamation of a day in conducted in both English and Ukrai­ is translator Jurij Dobczansky. „jtiicrirJSitte to the Ukrainian Helsinki moni­ nian by the local pastors, the Revs. tors.- Stephen Shawel and Mykola Churak, and the Soviets and the world denied group was able to do, he said. During the course of the vigil, corres­ were preceeded'by the singing-of the them recognition. Today; he вШн the After their arrests and incarceration pondents of the Voice of America and U.S. and Ukrainian national anthems. world knows of that struggle and the the group's members continued to study Radio Liberty interviewed Dr. Stro­ In his welcoming remarks, Jurij current struggle for human rights. and work for human rights - even in kata. Dobczansky briefly reviewed the history The sparks of the Ukrainian national the confines of Mordovian labor camps, Later that afternoon, Dr. Strokata, of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group. He struggle have never died out, he added. he noted, adding that they have not members of the Ukrainian Human emphasized the significance of the Is it not significant, he asked, that recanted. They now consider them­ Rights Committee, including Ulana November 9 proclamation by President Danylo Shumuk, a former member of selves corresponding members of the Mazurkevich, Christine Senykand Vera Ronald Reagan and the congressional the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) group. Andreyczyk, and other demonstrators concurrent resolution. and Mykola Rudenko, a former Soviet Gen. Grigorenko said that in contrast met for 45 minutes with representatives Mr. Dobczansky, who also served as officer find themselves in the same labor to the open activity of an earlier period of the State Department. translator, introduced Gen. Grigo­ camp? when he was directly involved with the The 12-member Ukrainian delega­ renko, founding member of both the Turning his attention to the members group, members today must operate tion met with Melvyn Levitsky, deputy Moscow and Ukrainian Helsinki groups. of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, Gen. clandestinely. The outside world does assistant secretary of state for human Gen. Grigorenko began by contrast­ Grigorenko described them as a small not know of them, he added, because rights and humanitarian affairs; Judy ing the situation today with that of 40 but spiritually strong group of people. they must remain silent under the Buncher, human-rights officer for years ago, when the Ukrainian people The group formed an external represen­ .constant threat of discovery and arrest. (Continued on pap; 12) rose to struggle against both the Nazis tation abroad, something no other (Continued on pap 5) UNA district chairmen і hold 7th conference at Soyuzivka estate KERHONKSON, NY. i- Repre- " sentatives of 18 UNA districts through­ out the United States and Canada met at the seventh conference of district": committee chairmen held here at Soyu^j zivka during the November 13-14 weeb-w end- CI.S The conference, attended byt0ej district committee chairmen, one fWS-' chairman and one secretary, was con­ ducted by Supreme Organizer Stefan Hawrysz. з м After the conference was opened wi^B'^ introductory remarks by UNA^e^" preme President John O. Flis,3(he^- d is trie t representatives present reported - on activity in their respective districts. Representatives of eight districts were unable to attend. Wasyl Orichowsky, senior field or­ ganizer, also took part, reporting on the problems encountered by the districts in Georje Za гуску his territory. Participants of the seventh conference of UNA district committee chairmen. (Continued on page 5) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21,1982 No. 47

Dissident profile Soviets continue to harass Moscow disarmament group

Lev Lukianenko: MOSCOW - Soviet authorities on measures authorities have taken since November I blocked attempts by a 11 Soviet intellectuals announced the serving second 15-year term beleaguered pacifist group here to hold formation of the Group for the -Esta­ a press conference, barring members of blishment of Mutual Trust between the JERSEY CITY, N.J. - In 1961, the Western press from the building United States and the USSR on June 6. imprisoned Ukrainian activist Lev, where the meeting was to take place, It. was the first pacifist organization to Lukianenko, then just 34, thought reported The New York Times. challenge - the official Soviet "peace" his life was over. Convicted of trea­ The conference was to have been the apparatus. son, he was sentenced to face a firing first appearance by Sergei Batovrin, a Members of the group have been squad. His sentence was later com­ 25-year-old artist and the unofficial subjected to considerable harassment, muted to 15 years' imprisonment. group's leader, since his release from a evidently because Soviet authorities^ This time, authorities tried to kill his psychiatric hospital in early September. perceive the group's existence as spirit, his dedication to the cause of But, according to residents of the challenging the officially projected Ukrainian independence and human apartment where the news conference image of a nation united behind Presi­ rights. They did not succeed. was scheduled, Mr. Batovrin and his dent Leonid Brezhnev's peace initia­ Today, Mr. Lukianenko is in the wife were prevented by security agents tives and politics. fourth year of a 10-year labor-camp from leaving their home. Mr. Batovrin spent a month in a sentence, which will be followed by a Two other members of the group psychiatric hospital after his arrest on five-year exile term. On December never reached the conference site and August 6, the day a group of American 12, 1977, just four months after he were presumed to have been inter­ activists was to visit him. Two other renounced his Soviet citizenship, Mr. cepted, while two who did arrive were members were detained for 15 days in Lukianenko was arrested and charged pushed back by plainclothesmen. Re­ July to prevent any contact with 200 with "anti-Soviet agitation and pro­ porters arriving at the site were ordered Scandinavians who staged a closely to leave. controlled peace march though several paganda." On July 20, 1978, he was Lev Lukianenko sentenced to his second 15-year term The forcible breakup of the planned Soviet cities. in 17 years. In addition, Mr. Lukianenko was meeting was typical of the repressive (Continued on paje 13) Lev Hryhorovych Lukianenko told by the KGB that constitutional was born on August 24, 1927, in the guarantees of Ukrainian secession village of Khripovka in the Cher- were "for foreign use," adding that if nihiv region in Ukraine. His parents mass demonstrations were organized Soviets abused Baptist prisoner were peasants. In 1957 he graduated in support of secession they would be from the law faculty of Lomonosov crushed by Soviet troops especially MUNICH - A young Soviet Baptist, During her two-day stay, she was not State University in Moscow. Shortly prepared for that purpose. who was released from prison last given any food, nor was she fed on a 14- after, he joined the Communist Party The secret trial began in May 1961. August, was so abused during her hour flight to Moscow. From Moscow, and began working as a staff propa­ All seven defendants were charged confinement that she only weighed 88 she was flown to her hometown of gandist in party district committees with treason and/or participation in pounds when she was freed, according Brest, Byelorussia, where she was in the Lviv region of western Ukraine. an anti-Soviet organization. Because to Soviet sources. briefly placed in jail. While working in the Lviv region, he had drafted the UWPU's pro­ Galina Vilchinskaya, 24, who served During her three-year confinement, he was to befriend several other gram, Mr. Lukianenko was sen­ three years for operating a religious young Ukrainian lawyers, among tenced to death, which was later Ms. Vilchinskaya reportedly suffered camp for children, had been denied from scurvy and lost six teeth. them Ivan Kandyba and Josyf Bo- commuted to 15 years in a strict- food for five days prior to her release rovnytsky. They began to discuss the regimen labor camp. from a Siberian prison, reported Following her release, she returned prospect of the eventual secession of Mr. Lutskiv, reportedly affected East/ West News. home, but sources indicate that she Ukraine from the USSR, a right by drugs, attempted to avoid punish­ Ten days before she was freed, Ms. continues -to be the subject of official guaranteed by Article 17 in the ment by supporting the prosecution's Vilchinskaya was transferred to a Vla­ harassment. On October 15 police Soviet Constitution. Soon they were contention that the UWPU advo­ divostok prison. She was reportedly conducted a search of her home, confis­ joined by others, men such as Stepan cated armed insurrection. He still accompanied by eight men armed with cating everything typewritten or print­ Virun, then 27, a Communist Party drew a 10-year sentence. Mr. Kan­ machine guns. ed. propagandist; Oleksander Libovych, dyba got 15years, Mr. Virun, II, and a 24-year-old agricultural engineer; the others each got 10-year terms. Vasyl Lutskiv, 24, a manager of a Throughout the trial the govern­ village club; and Ivan Kipysh, a 36- ment maintained that the aim of the Dissident seeks medical care abroad year-old employee of militia agencies UWPU was struggle against the in Lviv. Soviet state and system. Mr. Lukia- AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - find proper treatment in the USSR. By 1959, these men were discussing nenko's indictment accused him of Former Soviet political prisoner Valeriy In 1973 Mr. Marchenko began the possibility of forming a group to having "an anti-Soviet disposition," Marchenko has asked authorities to serving a sentence of six years in a labor represent their views, and drafted a and recruiting "unstable individuals allow him to travel to Italy for much- camp followed by two years' internal program of principles on which the and former OUN (Organization of needed medical attention, reported the exile for articles published in the group would be based, among them Ukrainian Nationalists) members" Smoloskyp Ukrainian Information underground samvydav. He was freed the democratization of life in Ukraine for the UWPU. Service. in 1981 and now resides in Kiev. and the possibility of forming an Mr. Lukianenko countered that he In a letter to the Ministry of the independent Ukrainian state. envisioned "an independent Ukraine Interior, the 35-year-old philologist said In the letter, Mr. Marchenko said In November I960 fivemember s of with- a broadly developed socialist that he suffers from glomerulonephritis, that friends in Italy have told him that the group, which became known as state system," noting that Article 14 an inflammation of capillaries in the they have found doctors in that country the Ukrainian Workers' and Pea­ of the Constitution of the Ukrainian kidneys, and that he has been unable to who could treat his condition. sants' Union, including Mr. Lukia­ SSR and Article 17 of the Soviet nenko, met to discuss the aims of the Constitution clearly delineate a organization. It was decided to revise republic's right to secede from the the objectives of the union. Instead of USSR. the secession of Ukraine, the new Mr. Kandyba denied UWPU links goal was to achieve legal status for to the OUN, but called the group Ukraine within the USSR through members "true patriots of Ukraine." official recognition. Because he was perceived as the Ukrainian WeeklV mastermind behind the UWPU, Mr. The meeting was also attended by FOUNDED 1933 a KGB agent, later identified as Lukianenko's imprisonment was par- Mykola Vashchuk. On January 20, ticularly harsh. In-1967 he was Ukrainian weekly newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal 1961, the KGB arrested Messrs. deprived of family visits, and he was non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St, Jersey City, N J. 07302. Lukianenko, Kandyba, Virun and frequently imprisoned within the (The Ukrainian Weekly - USPS 570-870) Lutskiv. Within months, the other labor camp for issuing numerous Also published by the UNA: Svoboda, t Ukrainian-language daily newspaper. three members were rounded up and demands and appeals. In addition, he arrested. spent four and a half years in the no­ The Weekly and Svoboda: UNA: During the pre-trial investigation, torious Vladimir Prison. (201) 434-0237, 434-0807 (201) 451-2200 the KGB put tremendous pressure on In 1974, Mr. Lukianenko was (212)227-4125 (212) 227-5250 the defendants to confess. Mr. transferred to a psychiatric institu­ Yearly subscription rate: S8, UNA members - 55. Lukianenko was placed in a cell with tion for convicted prisoners for two a KGB agent. In addition, he and Mr. months. As a result of his imprison­ Postmaster, send address changes to: Lutskiv were forcibly given a series of ment, Mr. Lukianenko developed THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Editor Roma Sochanfladzowycz debilitating drugs. The defendants severe stomach ailments. P.O. Box 346 Associate edhoc George Bohctan Zarycky Jersey City, NJ. 07303 Assistant editor: Marta Kolomayets were also physically abused. (Continued on pap It) No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21,1982 3 Derwinski tagged Misinformation is target of Media Action Workshop by George B. Zarycky addressing the session as an official the Ukrainian American community. for State Depi post spokeman. Because political clout is intimately related to the size of a given community, WASHINGTON - Rep. Ed Der­ KERHONKSON, N.Y. - Thirty Stressing that the Ukrainian commu­ Mr. Zabihach said that it is imperative winski (R-II1.). who lost his bid for a people attended a Media Action Work­ nity must understand the structure of that the Ukrainian community pressure 12th term in the-Republican primary shop here on November 13-14 to discuss government agencies before it can hope the Census Bureau to alter its category last spring, has been nominated by ways of tackling the problem of misin­ to effectively lobby for policy changes, structure. President Ronald Reagan to be a State formation on Ukraine and Ukrainians Mr. Dobczansky noted that there are Department counselor. in the Library of Congress and the U.S. 5,386 Library of Congress employees Because its function is to provide Census Bureau. spread out over 100 divisions and information, Mr. Zabihach suggested In his new assignment, Rep. Derwin­ subdivisions. that Ukrainian organizations such as ski will work directly with Secretary of The weekend workshop was held at Soyuzivka, the UNA resort, and was After offering a structural break­ Plast and the UNA request population State George Shultz and act as a figures from the bureau before the 1990 trouble-shooter for the department. He sponsored by the UNA in collaboration down of the library, Mr. Dobczansky with the Media Action Coalition. noted that Ukrainians would be best off census. Once that information is given is also expected to work with Congress in its present form, these organizations in helping to obtain legislative support The objective of the meeting was to addressing their concerns to the Subject devise a coordinated strategy to address Cataloguing Division. Rather than should then complain to the bureau for. the administration's foreign policy and, more importantly, to congression­ positions. such problems as inaccurate catalogu­ individual efforts such as letter-writing, ing and subject headings in the Library Mr. Dobczansky recommended that the al leaders, that the groupings are Senate confirmation of Rep. Derwin­ community devise a coordinated ap­ inaccurate, prompting Congress to ski is expected after Congress recon­ of Congress, and misleading or impro­ per language and ancestry categories in proach. pressure the Census Bureau to change venes on November 29. its policies. "I am looking forward to this most the census. In his presentation, "The Structure Like Mr. Dobczansky, Mr. Zabihach interesting and challenging assign­ The workshop got under way on and Significance of the U.S. Census said that a coordinated and organized ment," Rep. Derwinski said. "As a long­ Saturday in the Kiev guest house with Bureau," Mr. Zabihach said that the approach would more likely succeed time proponent of an aggressive foreign Zenon Onufryk, head of the Media bureau determines nationality figures than individual efforts. policy and recognizing the special threat Action Coalition, telling the partici­ based on information in the ancestry to our freedoms and those of our free- pants — mostly students and profes­ categories. Although the 1980 census Prof. Hunczak, who teaches history, world allies that are pcsed by the Soviet sionals — that misinformation about had a separate Ukrainian category then spoke on "The Perception of Union, 1 am hopeful that I can make a Ukrainians and Ukraine has a detri­ under ancestry, it beclouded the issue by Ukrainians in America." positive contribution to the new direc­ mental effect on Ukrainian identity and providing separate categories for Ukrai­ Noting that nations without a gov­ tion in U.S. foreign policy that is on non-Ukrainian perceptions. nian territories within the borders of ernment or statehood are usually per­ developing in the Reagan administra­ According to Mr. Onufryk, one such other countries, he said. ceived in terms of ethnicity, Prof. tion." inaccuracy is engendered in the decision For example, Bessarabia, Bukovina Hunczak said that Ukrainian issues are by the Library of Congress to retain the and Moldavia were listed under Ruma­ misunderstood not only in the United In March, Rep. Derwinski lost the States, but throughout the world. Republican nomination in the 4th adjective "Russian" in cataloguing nian, while Little Russian, Malo-Rus- subjects that refer to the USSR as a sian, Carpathian and Ruthenian ap­ The frequent and erroneous inter­ District to his long-time friend, Rep. changing of the terms Russian, Ukrai­ George M. O'Brien. The two men were whole. Although the library has proper­ peared under Ruthenian. Both Rusyn ly replaced the heading "Russia" with and Crimean were listed under Russian, nian and Soviet presents, in the profes­ forced to compete for the same seat sor's view, a "terminological problem because of a controversial reapportion- the Soviet Union, it still maintains such inexplicably, as were six non-Russian subdivisions as Russian literature and republics. with significant conceptual implica­ ment plan orchestrated by Illinois tions" in political and academic circles. Democrats in 1980. history, which includes non-Russian What's more, Mr. Zabihach contin­ During his long career in the House, materials, he said. ued, many of these groups were lumped On the positive side, Prof. Hunczak' Rep. Derwinski served on the Foreign The problem with the Census Bureau together under one computer code noted that Ukrainian issues have, of Affairs Committee since 1963. He was centers on its language and ancestry number, making it impossible to differ­ late, been addressed by politicians, and a member of the U.S. delegation to the classifications, Mr. Onufryk said, not­ entiate in the final tallies. Under Rus­ that more and more academic circles are United Nations in 1971, and a ranking ing that there are eight entries under sian, for example, Rusyn, Russian and beginning to discuss Ukrainian topics. member of the International Organiza­ Ukrainian language, including Ruthe- USSR were all coded 140, and under Thanks largely to Ukrainian studies tions Subcommittee. nian, Carpatho-Rusyn and Lemko. Ruthenian, Little Russian, Malo-Rus- chain and institutes at such leading First elected to Congress in 1958, However, in the ancestry section, Ru- sian and Ruthenian were coded 163. North American universities as Har­ Rep. Derwinski was an early supporter thenian is listed as a separate category, Carpathian, meanwhile, was coded 164, vard and the University of Toronto, of the Shevchenko Monument in Wash­ while Rusyn appears under Russian he said. non-Ukrainian academics are now ington, Captive Nations Week obser­ and Ukrainian remains alone, he said. Because of such structural confusion, willing to accept Ukrainian scholarship, vances and numerous congressional the 1980 census reported that there were he said. resolutions concerning the Ukrainian In addition to Mr. Onufryk, the only 500,000 Ukrainians in the United ' The final presentation was delivered cause. - workshop panel included MAC staffer States, a figure deemed far too low by (Continued on paft It) Roman Zabihach, a supervisory plan­ ner for New Jersey's Morris County who has had extensive dealings with the Human-rights groups Census Bureau; Prof. Taras Hunczak of Rutgers University; and Jurij Dobczan-. lobby at Madrid sky from the Library of Congress. The moderator for the weekend was MADRID - Several human-rights Marta Korduba, UNA fraternal activi­ groups from around the world held ties coordinator, who welcomed the press conferenceson the eve of the participants, most of whom were from opening of the Madrid Conference to the East Coast. She said that the idea for review compliance "with the Helsinki the workshop had evolved from a series Accords on November 9, but no Ukrai­ of three UNA-sponsored conferences nian organizations were represented, during which the issue of misinforma­ according to the Smoloskyp Ukrainian tion was mentioned as a critical prob­ Information Service. lem. Among those present were members Ms. Korduba added that the issue of of Scientists for Sakharov, Orlov and misinformation was also brought up at Shcharansky. last summer's UNA convention, which Roman Zabihach (standing), addresses the Media Action Workshop. Seated are Soviet Baptists were represented by adopted a resolution pledging to work (from left): Zenon Onufryk, Jurij Dobczansky and Marta Korduba. Lidia Vins, the mother of pastor Georgi toward alleviating the problem. The Vins who came to the United States in workshop, she said, was an outgrowth 1979. He is head of the International of that concern, adding that she hoped Representation for the Council of some type of infrastructure for coordi­ Baptist Churches of the Soviet Union. nated effort would come out of the Also at Madrid were Jeri Laber of the sessions. U.S.-based Helsinki Watch and Yuri She reported that both the Library of Kadalis of the World Federation of Congress and the Census Bureau sent Free Latvians. Representatives of the their greetings, and had indicated that Polish free trade union Solidarity were they were eager to get constructive also scheduled to hold a press confe­ feedback from the Ukrainian commu­ rence. nity. According to Smoloskyp, the ab­ Presentations sence of Ukrainian groups was con­ spicuous, With several reporters inquir­ The first speaker was Mr. Dobczan- ing about the lack of a press conference. sky, who talked about "The Organiza­ Two years ago, when the conference tional Structure of the Library of first convened, several Ukrainian Congress." groups met with the press and indivi­ Although he works at the library, dual delegations. Mr. Dobczansky noted that he was not Participants listen during the general strategy session. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1982 No. 47 Reunion of two sisters Vancouver Ukrainians open new church ends 30-year separation

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - When Helen homes in Germany, were sent to Ame­ Delphus, 36, and Lydia Gragg, 34, were rica. For a time they were even in the reunited at Blue Grass Airport in same home in Germany, but because Lexington, Ky., last February, the two one girl carried her father's last name sisters ended a 30-year separation. and the other girl carried her mother's, The two women were born to Ukrai­ they did not know they were sisters. nian parents at a British zone displaced In the fall of 1951, they both arrived person's camp near Hamburg, Ger­ in the United States; Lydia came by many, after World War II. plane, Helen by ship. They were both Their mother, Maria Tawrysz Wihak, adopted. Lydia's new family was in had studied medicine in Kiev, but in California; Helen was adopted by a 1942 the Nazis placed her in a forced- family in Philadelphia. labor camp. After the war, the mother As in the cases of many adopted wound up in the displaced persons children, Helen became restless and camp, where she met her future hus­ began searching for information about band, Dmytro Wihak. Helen (who was her parents 10 years ago. At this time christened Switlyna) was born in 1945 she learned she had a sister, but going to and Lydia (christened Ludmilla) in Germany and finding that her parents 1947. had died, she gave up hope also of The family had a difficult time in the finding her sister. camp; the mother was constantly worried Lydia learned that she had a sister that there would not be enough food to only two years ago and began to search keep her children alive. Thus, she for her sister. Finally, in February, the pleaded with a friend outside of the two women met; their historic meeting camp to take one of her children. The was taped by "PM Magazine," which friend took Helen. broadcast the show nationally. The newly dedicated Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Soon afterwards, Mrs. Wihak died at When the women first spoke to each Church. the age of 23. Mr. Wihak tried to take other on the phone, a few days before care of Lydia, but he, too, was sick and their meeting, they found out that they dying, and the baby was finally moved looked alike: both are 5' 4" and weigh by Walter Dushnyck to a hospital. Before he died, the father 110 pounds, both have brown hair and Obituaries signed papers declaring his children both are bow-legged. Interestingly, it VANCOUVER - Saturday and orphans and stating his wish that they be turns out that they had lived within 12 Sunday, October 30 and 31, will remain George Lucyszyn, sent to the United States for adoption. blocks of each other in New York City memorable days in the history of the So, after the father's death in 1951, both in the 1970s. Ukrainian community in Vancouver and British Columbia. On those days a girls, who until this time were shuttled Currently, the two women, along with branch secretary in and out of hospitals and children's new church, the Protection of the (Continued on page 13) Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catho­ lic Church, was blessed and opened with OLEAN, N.Y. - George A. Lucy­ several hundred persons, including szyn, a long-time member and secretary Canadian officials and clergy, attend­ of UNA Branch 363, died here on ing. October 9, following a brief illness. He The two-day festivities crowned the was 57. efforts of the Vancouver Ukrainian Mr. Lucyszyn was born on August Catholic community led by the Basilian 13, 1925, in Oiean, N.Y., the son of Fathers since the establishment of the Stephen and Mary Ewasiw Lucyszyn. parish in 1927. In September 1949 he married the former Julian K. Jastremsky, former Cana­ Betty Jo Goldthwaite. He was a veteran dian Ukrainian and now an American of World War II, having served with the citizen, was the designer-architect of the Navy Air Corp. church. Along with his wife Olha, he A lifelong resident of Olean, Mr. came from New York to attend this Lucyszyn was employed at the Day- historic event in the life of Ukrainian strom Corporation for 15 years and Canadians. later as a part-time realtor for Southern On Saturday afternoon, October 30, Tier Realty. For the past 20 years he the prayer of dedication and ribbon- worked as a machine operator at Mc- cutting ceremony took place at the Graw-Edison Power Systems Division. entrance of the church, with G. Ukrai- He was a member of St. Mary of the netz, president of St. Mary's parish, Angels Church and one-time branch presiding. Appropriate greetings and secretary of the UNA, which he joined remarks at the ceremony were delivered by in 1942. M.F. Harcourt, mayor of Vancouver, The funeral was held on Tuesday, and Sen. R.J. Perrault from Ottawa. October 12. Surviving are his wife; a Maria and Dmytro Wihak (couple on the right), with unidentified friends. The prayer of dedication was offered daughter, Bonnie Jo Hadley; a grand­ son and three sisters. ШЙШШЛ by the Rev. Stephen Chmilar OSBM, the young new pastor of St. Mary's Church. Assisting in the ceremony were Dr. James P. Kutney, chairman of the Stanley Prokopovich, ! щ building committee, Fred Koshman, л chairman of the finance committee, and branch treasurer я others. At 6 p.m. some 400 persons assembled BADEN, Pa. - Stanley Prokopo­ at the Ukrainian Catholic Center for the vich, treasurer of UNA Branch 161 of festive banquet, at which Robert Sawka Ambridge, Pa., for the past 30 years, was master of ceremonies. A prayer for died here on November 9. He was 60. Pope John Paul II was offered by the ФЯЩІЇ'І Mr. Prokopovich, a millworker, was Ик Ч.ц Very Rev. Raphael Melnyk OSBM, born in Ambridge on April 21,1922. He ЯИ ЩЕУІ provincial of the Basilian Fathers in served in the U.S. Army during World Canada, while Bishop Jerome Chimy War II. ^Я OSBM of the Ukrainian Catholic He was active in UNA Branch 161 Eparchy of New Westminster said and was a delegate to seven UNA grace. The traditional toast to the conventions held between 1954 and діДуНІІ І t щ queen, Elizabeth II, followed. 1978. Addressing the assembled at the He was one of the organizers of the ШшЩшж ,^ь ^ banquet were Dr. Kutney; Mr. Jastrem­ UNA's national .bowling tournaments т^і sky; Lloyd L. Bain, vice president of and participated in many UNA golf Dawson A Hall Construction; tourneys. . , 11Grac e McCarthy, minister of human Surviving are his wife Julia, son resources and deputy premier of British Stanley Richard, daughter Noreen, two Helen Delphus (left) and Lydia Gragg, two Ukrainian sisters who found each other Columbia; Sen. Perrault and Member brothers and two sisters. after a separation of over 30 years. (Continued on page 13) - The, funeraj.was,held November, 11.,. No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1982 5

UNA Branch 347 to celebrate 70th MILLVILLE, N.j. - Ukrainian excerpts from the minutes of the first UNA district committees meet National Association Branch 347, branch meetings, and presentations also known as the Zaporozska Sich of certificates of merit to long-time Society, will celebrate 70 years of branch activists and pioneers. first meeting for the purpose probably activity and will honor its pioneer Pittsburgh will be held in latter part of October or members at an afternoon banquet on UNA Branch 347 was established beginning of November, he added. Sunday, November 28. December 9, 1912, with 20 founding PITTSBURGH - The first district to meet after the 30th UN A Convention Mr. Flis then stated to the members, The banquet will be held at the members - most of them southern that the UNA planned to commence on New Jersey fanners. Today, Branch was the Pittsburgh UNA District, which Ukrainian National Home on Carmel is headed by UNA Supreme Advisor the following day a new life insurance Road in Millville beginning at 2 p.m. 347 members are no longer farmers program for the benefit of its members. but professionals, and the branch has Andrew Jula. The district committee That morning, special memorial met here on Sunday, October 10. The UNA will agree to accept insurance services will be offered in memory of grown in recent years to encompass applications from all UNA members up Branch 347 pioneers following divine over 200 members. Present were 23 representatives of nine branches and convention dele­ to 65 years of age for additional in­ liturgies at the Ukrainian Orthodox The present executive officers are: surance that would double a member's and Catholic churches. Teodor Suszczyk, president; Daria gates. After calling the meeting to order, Mr. Jula immediately delved into insurance with the UNA. No medical The banquet program, which will Capar, secretary; Geraldine Sesok, insurance will be required, except where treasurer; Katherine Gordon, assistant organizing matters. He stated that be preceded by cocktails, will include Pittsburgh has a quota of ISO new the application shows the need for a keynote address by UNA Supreme secretary; and Serhij Kowalchuk, further medical examination. Many chairman of the auditing committee. members to fulfill in 1982. To date, he President John O. Flis, readings of said, the district has organized 68 new questions were posed relating to the members. Mr. Jula reminded the Pitts­ initiation of this new insurance pro­ with with greetings by Mr. Flis and an burgh District that last year it filled its gram, which Mr. Flis stated, would UNA district... invocation recited by the Rev. Dr. quota to the extent of 86.6 percent. terminate on December 31. Mr. Flis suggested that everyone watch Svoboda (Continued from page 1) Bohdan Volosin. Mr. Hawrysz served He urged the district to again meet its and The Ukrainian Weekly for further The afternoon session was devoted to as emcee of the dinner program, which quota, or at least fill it to the extent of 75 developments on the program. brief presentations by UNA supreme included an address by Supreme Ad­ percent so that it would receive an officers. Mr. Flis spoke on the respon­ visor Walter K was, the former manager organizing award. A question-and-answer period sibilities of district committees; Su­ of Soyuzivka; and brief remarks by John Flis, UNA supreme president, followed, and many secretaries and preme Secretary Walter Sochan covered Marta Korduba, fraternal activities was then called upon to say a few words. delegates took" part. A most friendly new developments in life insurance; coordinator for the UNA, who reported He stated that as of September 30, the discussion continued even after the Supreme Treasurer Ulana Diachuk on her work and plans. UNA had enrolled 1,434 new members. meeting was adjourned so that those discussed how the UNA is beneficial to The after-dinner program included He congratulated Mr. Jula, who or­ present would partake of a reception its members and the Ukrainian commu­ the screening of two films produced by ganized 17 new members; Mr. Kohut, prepared by the Pittsburgh District nity at large; and Mr. Hawrysz reported Slavko Nowytski for the UNA: The who organized 12 new members; Mr. D. Committee. on the organizing activity of the UNA first, "Helm of Destiny," is about the Holowaty, who organized eight new for the first 10 months of 1982. beginnings of Ukrainian community life members; Mr. A. Reft, who organized That evening, a dinner was held for in America; the second, "UNA — six new members; and Mr. S. Evanttsky, Chicago all district committee representatives Insurance Plus," is a promotional film who organized six new members. CHICAGO - Forty-eight represen­ and their spouses. The evening began about the benefits of membership in the The district promised Mr. Flis that it tatives from 16 branches of the UNA UNA. would fill at least 75 percent of its quota. Chicago District and officers of the Early Sunday morning the district Mr. Flis then gave an over-all report UNA Supreme Executive Committee committee representatives met for on the accomplishments of UNA during participated in the district's organizing Gen. Grigorenko... another business session at which UNA this year. He thanked, first of all, those meeting held here at the UNA Home on (Continued from page 1) supreme officers replied to matters who attended the convention held in Saturday, September 25. Forced to work underground, these touched upon in the district reports. May of this year and who elected him Michael Olshansky, the district chair­ men and women are deprived of Mr. Flis also pointed out that in 1983 supreme'president of UNA. man, opened the meeting and wel­ the most precious elements of human Svoboda will mark the 90th anniversary He stated that the dues collected comed participants and UNA Supreme dignity and self-respect. Gen. Grigo­ of its establishment, while the UNA during the last eight months were Vice President Myron Kuropas, Su­ renko observed tearfully. would mark its 90th jubilee in 1984. He 52,221,000 as compared to 52,160,000 preme Vice President Gloria Paschen, The general encouraged the audience called on the district committee repre­ for a similar period last year. He Supreme Auditor Anatole Doroshenko, to continue efforts to publicize the sentatives to organize appropriate reported that UNA assetsnowamount to Supreme Advisor Helen Olek and plight of Ukraine. Small efforts such as observances on their respective terri­ 546,991,000. He also reported that honorary member of the Supreme letter-writing, he said, are of great tories. according to the UNA's last account, Assembly Stephen Kuropas. importance to the Ukrainian cause. The Speaking on behalf of the conference the convention expenses amounted to spirit of bravery and determination of participants, Michael Snihurowycz of 5353,223 with an additional S 10,000 Presiding at the meeting was Roman the Ukrainian Helsinki monitors must the New Haven District thanked the of expenses yet unpaid. Jacenkiw, with Osyp Sharun serving as be transmitted to the West, along with Supreme Executive Committee for Dividends of 5580,302 were paid in secretary. Minutes from the last meet­ their writings. preparing such a worthwhile meeting. June 1982, he said. ing were read and accepted unanimous­ John Finery, staff member of the In turn, Mr. Hawrysz thanked the Expenses have increased somewhat ly- U.S. Commission on Security and participants for their interest and due to the fact that 20 years ago was a Next on the agenda was the reading Cooperation in Europe, conveyed a attendance, and explained what the convention year and therefore a year of the annual reports. Mr. Olshansky tnessage of support and assurance from UNA main office would like the district when many new members had signed up gave an overview of the 32 branches in the U.S. delegation to the Madrid committees to accomplish before the for endowment policies. These policies the district, which have a total of 5,811 Conference. At one point, he asked for a end of the year. - ' matured in 1982 and therefore UNA members. The district work is slow, he moment of silence to honor a Lithua­ Alter a joint luncheon, the district payment of such policies amounted to reported, as only 119 members have nian priest and Helsinki monitor, the representatives bid each other farewell date to 5675,449. been organized. The district was plan­ Rev. Bronius Laurinavicius, who was and headed for home. Payment for death benefits amounted ning to organize 390 new members for recently murdered, probably by the The district-chairmen present were: to 5525,000, while cash surrenders the UNA, he added. KGB. Supreme Advisor Anna Haras, Lehigh amounted to 5326,000. Reports were a^adelivered by secre­ The special program also featured Valley, Pa.; Bohdan Jasinsky, Balti­ Mr- Flis gave a report on the UNA tary Roman Pryjlcpn^and treasurer performances by mezzo-soprano Renata more; Roman Konotopsky, Buffalo, building and stated that during the first Stefan Kasian. sbgJsgi Babak and bass-baritone Andriy Do- N.Y.; Wolodymyr Hetmansky, Boston; nine months of this year the UNA The head of tbejp^png committee, briansky, who were accompanied by Mychajlo Olshansky, Chicago; Roman collected 51,637,784 in rents. The net Jakiv Berestiansky, Told the partici­ pianist Thomas Hrynkiw. Tatarsky, Detroit; Walter Bilyk, Jersey profit for the same period amounted to pants of the meeting that the work of the At the close of the concert, Mr. City, N.J.; Supreme Advisor Tekla 5289,868. district committee board members was Dobczansky thanked the audience and Moroz, Montreal; Mychajlo Juzeniw He emphasized that the UNA is now all in order, and presented a motion to the performers for honoring the Ukrai­ (vice chairman), New York; Mr. Snihu­ accepting funds for promissory notes give the outgoing board a vote of nian Helsinki Group, the ad hoc com­ rowycz, New Haven, Conn.; Peter from members on which it is paying confidence. mittee and American University for Tarnawsky and Iwan Dankiwsky (se­ interest at the rate of 14 percent per On a motion by the nominating organizing the program, and representa­ cretary), Philadelphia; Supreme Ad­ annum. Promissory notes now amount committee, consisting of John Gawaluch,. tives of Smoloskyp Publishers for visor Walter Hawrylak, Rochester, to 54,164,000. He encouraged everyone Edwin Blidy and Mr. Jacenkiw, a new sponsoring an extensive exhibit of N.Y.; Tymko Butrey, Shamokin, Pa.; to invest with UNA and with the executive board was elected unani­ samvydav publications. Wasyl Sharan, Toronto; Michael Saw- Ukrainian National Urban Renewal mously. The new board consists of Mr. The event was covered by locaH kiw, Troy, N.Y.; Wasyl Stefuryn, Corporation in order to take advan­ Olshansky, chairman; Mr. Gawaluch, media, including The Washington Post Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Supreme Auditor tage of interest rates which are a little vice chairman; Levko Pankiw, vice (November 9) and The Eagle of the John Hewryk, Winnipeg; Leon Hardink, higher than can be obtained elsewhere. chairman; Mr. Sharun, secretary; Mr. American University (November 12). Woonsocket, R.I. The members expressed anxiety as to Blidy, treasurer; and Stefania Lisovych, Wrote the Post of Gen. Grigorenko's In keeping with UNA tradition, the what is being done in regard to the Mr. Jacenkiw, Orest Horodysky, Karlo emotional statement: "His message of district representatives brought with merger of the UNA and Ukrainian Krajnyk, Ivan Siryk and Mr. Liash- pride and determination was a powerful them new membership applications — Fraternal Association. Mr. Flis assured chenko, members. prelude to the music, and set the scene 50 new membership applications for everyone that no meetings have been The auditing committee consists of more impressively than a clearly or­ SI50,000 of insurance coverage were held, but that friendly discussions Mr. Berestiansky, chairman; Petro ganized voice of protest could have." presented to Mr. Hawrysz. toward that end are continuing. The (Continued on page 19) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21,1982 No. 47

Letters to the editor Ukrainian Weekly Rusyn issue: clearing the air Dear Editor: Ukrainian Weekly has adapted a posi­ Ukrainian Helsinki Group is not dead The article, "Rusyns, Rusyny and tive approach by publishing Dr. Sysyn's Ukrainians," published in Svoboda report, but that Svoboda is somehow The Ukrainian Helsinki Group is not dead, a fact that seems particularly (August 24) generated some response guilty by implication in anti-Rusyn irksome to two seemingly disparate groups that would relish claiming its and I would appreciate an opportunity attitudes foi publishing my article. demise. The first group, of course, is the Kremlin powermongers, for whom to clear up a few misunderstandings. To begin with, I do agree completely the very existence of the Helsinki group represents a defiant repudiation of with Dr. Sysyn's analysis, since as a the Soviet system and its brazen disregard for the national and human rights A letter from the Carpatho-Rusyn Re­ careful reader will be able to tell, Dr. of its citizens. search Center (The Ukrainian Weekly,' Sysyns' arguments and conclusions Recently, judging by newspaper accounts, elements in our own community October 10) described my article as differ substantially from Dr. Magosci's. have surprisingly negated the existence of the Ukrainian Helsinki group. Ina clearly supporting the precept: "if you It is also puzzling why Svoboda November 14 Ukrainian-language article printed in The National Tribune, a are not with us, you are against us." For should be guilty by association. Svo­ new community newspaper published by the "Fr-eedom" Ukrainian- the sake of fairness it should be pointed boda did what every respected news­ American House (under the auspices of the Liberation Front), the author out that I did not mention in my article paper in a democratic society does. It writes that the Ukrainian Helsinki Group has disbanded. either the Carpatho-Rusyn Research published an article expressing an The argument is based on the totally erroneous premise that the Kiev-based Center or the Rusyn community. My opinion by a writer, who signed his Ukrainian group was nothing more than an arm of the Moscow Helsinki arguments were directed only at Dr. name to it. Group. Since the Moscow group has disbanded, the author argues, the Magosci's interpretation of Rusyn I do agree with Mr. Onufryk that: Ukrainian group, along with those in Georgia, Lithuania, Estonia and identity. "our identity in the real world is indeed Armenia, no longer exists. This of course, is simply not true, given the It is my understanding that Rusyns a sorry mess." It unfortunately will independent nature of the Helsinki group's structure. No one in the are Ukrainians, that they had their continue to be a sorry mess as long as Ukrainian Helsinki Group has ever announced its dissolution. national state in 1939, and that it was not attempts to be uncompromising on the (We should also note here that Petro Grigorenko, a founding member of just "an autonomous pro-Ukrainian question of our national identity are both the Ukrainian and Moscow Helsinki monitoring groups, has disputed state." I am assuming that Dr. Magosci being interpreted as "emotional rudi- the "self-dissolution" of the Moscow group, since, he points out, three is familiar with such scholarly works on mentariness," or as being motivated by members of the group cannot decide for the entire group. In a commentary the topic as two books by Prof. A. the fear of "contamination of Ukrai­ published in both Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly he said: "Each Shtefan and a book by Dr. Stercho. nian national purity." It has been (Moscow group) member could make recommendations for a document; it There are no convincing historical, contaminated enough as Mr. Onufryk would be considered the group's official paper only upon its being signed by cultural or linguistic facts to suggest himself so eloquently argues. an acceptable number of members.") that Rusyns are not Ukrainians. Prof. Ivan Z. Holowinsky But there's more. The Tribune author writes: "From now on, nobody The letter from the Carpatho-Rusyn Rutgers University abroad, not Gen. Grigorenko or anybody else, can speak in its (the Ukrainian Research Center further stated that The New Brunswick, N.J. Helsinki group's) name. They can speak as private individuals, wherever and whenever they wish. P. Grigorenko can consider himself a former member of the former Kiev Helsinki Group." Praise for Pittsburgh test Following this addle-brained and wholly specious line of reasoning to its Dear Editor. book featured a most interesting history conclusion, we soon realize that President Ronald Reagan's proclamation Now that the first Pittsburgh Ukrai­ of the 100 years of Ukrainian settlement honoring the Ukrainian Helsinki Group — only the second such nian Festival, held September 20-26 to in western Pennsylvania. proclamation dealing with a specifically Ukrainian issue — is worthless commemorate the centennial of Ukrai­ The fact that the festival workers because, the logic goes, the Ukrainian Helsinki Group has ceased to be. nian settlement in Pittsburgh and represented many different Ukrainian The potential damage to the Ukrainian cause inherent in this ill-conceived western Pennsylvania, is over, it is time churches and organizations showed the nay saying cannot be overstated. First,^t, implies that the .president of the to appraise the accomplishments of the vitality and cohesiveness of the Ukrai­ United States was wrong in issuing the proclamation, a notion that could festival. Under the chairmanship of nian community here. discourage further government involvement with a community that Bohdan Konecky, the Festival Commit­ The weeklong series of lectures and seemingly does not know what it wants. tee at its first planning meeting set as its movies and the weekend festivities were Second, this element in our community, obsessed with its own narrow and goal the presentation of a festival an eye-opener to many governmental parochial "political" purposes, appears willing to write off the sacrifices of comprising more than "dancers and officials and public leaders. The exper­ such Helsinki monitors as Shukhevych, Rudenko, Senyk and Svitlychna, pyrohy." tise, and high quality of educational ex­ sacrifices acknowledged not only by the president, but by Congress and most Specific objectives were to: hibits by the organizations and the U- Western delegations at the Madrid Conference. 1) present to the general public the krainian students at. the University of We would be remiss in our analysis if we did not briefly touch on some of variety and quality of Ukrainian cul­ Pittsburgh, and the dedication of the the reasons for this anti-Helsinki fervor. ture and to educate the public about festival workers made many When six original members of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group were forcibly Ukraine and Ukrainians; sit up and take notice of the Ukrai­ exiled from the USSR, several formed the External Representation of the 2) to show the western Pennsylvania nian community in Pittsburgh. Ukrainian Helsinki Group. It is this representation that has been targeted for Ukrainian community that there is a How, they wondered, could particular vilification by the Liberation Front leadership, particularly Gen. strong, organized Ukrainian commu­ such a quality festival be put on without Petro Grigorenko, who, it should be noted, was tormented in Soviet mental nity life around Pittsburgh and that public or governmental funding? When hospitals for his beliefs. area Ukrainians should reconsider their they looked into the festival, they were Now, it is not our place to defend Gen. Grigorenko or explain his views. own involvement, or lack thereof; shown the support of the Pittsburgh The main point here is that in their stated attempt to discredit the general, to 3) through achievement of the first Ukrainian community for the plight of make his position less tenable when he travels the world pushing the cause of two objectives, to bring to the attention their brothers and sisters in Ukraine. national and human rights in Ukraine, the Liberation Front, judging by its of governmental officers and public This was accomplished through a lecture newspaper, has decided to kill the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, thereby leaders and the news media the plight by Dr. Nina Strokata on the Ukrainian robbing him of any official capacity. of our brothers and sisters in Ukraine, dissident movement and by booths The National Tribune writes: and of the strong support of the Pitts­ manned by Amnesty International and "P. Grigorenko, having understood that he no longer has any political burgh Ukrainian community for them; Americans for Human Rights in U- kraine. platform, besides perhaps his 'sotrudnichestvo' (collaboration) at Novoye 4) to raise funds towards the con­ Russkoye Slovo, hastened to publish in the UN A's Svoboda of October 1 an struction оГТЇІе Ukrainian Nationality The money-raising aspect of the article titled 'On the self-dissolution of the Moscow group.' He attempts to Room at the University of Pittsburgh festival also was a success. A sum prove that 'no one of the group can decide for other members.' which will serve as community gather­ exceeding several thousand dollars will "But, what's done is done - as of September 1982, neither the Moscow, ing point and vibrant symbol of the past be presented to the Ukrainian Nationa­ nor the Kiev, the Tbilisi, or the Yerevan Helsinki groups exist in the Soviet and present presence of Ukrainians in lity Room Committee under the chair­ Union." western Pennsylvania. manship of Dr. George Kyshakevych It would not be hyperbolic to say that this is indeed an elephantine example How well were the objectives met? upon completion of the final audit. of cutting off the nose to spite the face. ^ Comments from festival visitors indi­ The Pittsburgh Ukrainian Festival Horribly persecuted by the Soviets at home, its representatives and original cate that all the objectives and goal Committee is proud of its accomplish­ members defamed by elements in the Ukrainian community abroad, the were met and exceeded. ments and hopes that other Ukrainian entire Ukrainian Helsinki apparatus is fighting a two-front war. But despite The presentation of Ukrainian cul­ communities that do not yet have a the efforts of the Kremlin and those here, the group will survive. Although ture to the general public was accom­ festival will follow the Pittsburgh lead. most members are incarcerated, there are reliable reports that other plished foremostly through the festival The first meeting about the second Ukrainians have secretly taken up the work of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group. concert which featured four local dance Pittsburgh Ukrainian Festival will be Obviously, if their identities are made known, they would risk arrest and troupes, two local regional choirs and a held on December 12 at the Ukrainian persecution. vocal trio. In addition to the concert, Home, Carson Street, Pittsburgh at 3 We only hope, and fervently so, that our community will remain aware of there were displays of traditional Ukrai- p.m. Comments on the first festival and the invaluable work and meaning of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, continue nian pysanky, embroidered items, ideas for the second festival are most to support U.S. politicians and international human-rights groups who are woodcarvings and ceramics, as well as a welcome. Please send them to: Pitts­ working tirelessly on its behalf, and eschew the disinformation and half- superb exhibition of church architec­ burgh Ukrainian Festival Committee, truths propagated by a disgruntled and narrow-minded group hopelessly ture, liturgical items and Ukrainian P.O. Box 16242, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15242. incapable of seeing the big picture, a group that would seemingly like to see costumes. Of course, delicious Ukrai­ N.C. Kotow the Ukrainian Helsinki Group dead and buried. nian food specialties and baked goods festival secretary were also available, and the program Pittsburgh No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21 1982 7

oppressively difficult to view because uncanny realism. But again it was a Art review ^ Mr. Bergman made the dying and death reality hyped-up by the network editors of the sister graphically explicit — a - not as artistic video, but as a seg­ realism beyond the realm — and yet mented, timed, transmuted message to Chrystya Olenska's art: painfully true to life. fit into the 6 o'clock news. The reality of I left the cinema toward the end of the war was in itself a tragic and brutal conservative and eclectic that film feeling that Mr. Bergman had event in history, yet on television, it had overstepped a certain invisible limit or undergone a transmutation and become by Yuri Myskiw certainly, necessary for a retrospective threshold in his relationship to a univer­ more specific and personal. One can cite exhibit. sal audience. Many of us do not want examples from the press, adding some­ The 1982-83 season at the Ukrainian The obvious dichotomy of this retro­ the agonies of life, the inevitability of thing to us on a daily basis, which aptly Institute of Modern Art in Chicago spective exhibit exists, between the oils death so explicitly portrayed by a master remind us of the emptiness and absur­ opened on September 10 with a retro­ and the papier-mache figures. Ms. artist, who can create on such an dity of life, the abuse of human beings spective exhibit of paintings and sculp­ Olenska reveals herself to be both a elevated level in his other films. and the certainty of (possibly gruesome) ture by Chrystya Olenska. craftsman and master of oil on canvas. Here I must state that my taste for the death. Ms. Olenska died in 1979 at the age of Her landscapes and still lifes offer the arts is in no way squeamishly prurient. I Having cited the above examples, let 38. Her creative life demonstrated a viewer an opportunity to see how an accept themes of violence, or death, or me now get to Ms. Olenska's sculpture. constant search for individual expres­ artist experiments with color and style sex in as liberal a manner as possible. It is enigmatic; it is puzzling; it is sion within a variety of artistic media. of approach. This series of paintings But there is that line - invisible as it unexplainable, if we consider it against Ms. Olenska studied art as a Regents runs a gamut of tones and colors — seems — of decorum that no artist the fabric of her brief life. and National Arts Council scholar at some darkly rich, others strikingly should cross. "The Wild Bunch" treats We do not have Chrystya Olenska New York University. During the 1960s bright. Her approach to nature, if one - violence clinically, yet manages to stay around anymore to explain herself. We she experimented with papier-mache, views it contemplatively, is almost within the boundary; "Texas Chainsaw have a list of titles on a page, we have creating colorful and exuberant jewelry, religious. Massacre" does not... her family and friends, who can perhaps, which was displayed at the Museum of Mr. Solovijt. in his brief memoir Another example of that same point at a later date (in the light of the recently Modern Art, the Museum of Contem­ about Ms. Olenska in Suchasnist (Octo­ would be the television coverage of the established -museum in her name near porary Crafts and Expo 6T. These ber 1980), quotes her on this particular Vietnam war. Bloody, gory and graphic, Glen Spey, N.Y.), fit the pieces of the pieces were also displayed in topic: "Oh, once again to listen to the it came into our private homes with (Continued on page 12) publications such as Vogue, Harper's crunch of fallen leaves under my feet, to Bazaar, Avant Garde, Life and Look. feel refreshed by the cold, cold wind, During the last years of her life, Ms. which howls through the branches." Olenska concentrated on sculptures Nature in Ms. Olenska's work is vivid (some life-size) and reliefs from papier- and revivifying. The muted tones of mache, as well as paintings that de­ "Still Life with Flowers" and "Still Life picted landscapes and still life. Some of with Marigolds" provide a progressive that work is on permanent display at the contrast to the lively tones of "Still Life Kennedy Cultural Center in Washing­ with Fruit" or "Patio View." Also in the ton, and Pepsico World Headquarters exhibit were two portraits, each done in in Purchase, N.Y. a different style: one of Lesia Ukrainka, It is this phase of Ms. Olenska's art, the other of her own mother. Ms. more than SO pieces, that was displayed Olenska had two interesting figure at the UIMA in Chicago until October studies, "Nymph I" and "Nymph II," 10. again revealing another stylistic ap­ proach. Taken as a whole, Ms. Olenska's Initially, it is difficult to objectify the oils offer nothing breathtakingly ori­ creative subject matter of Ms. Olenska's ginal, but nevertheless stand on their art because very little recorded docu­ own against all such other subject' mentation is available — her artistic matter in art, for they reveal an expert credo, or her attitude toward reality as it craftsman with an individual style in the becomes transmuted through the artist's cycle of formulation of her own persona psyche, or her particular and peculiar in aesthetic evolution. selection of subject matter. Anyone who is sincerely interested in the persona My reaction to Ms. Olenska's sculp­ behind the body of her work feels tures should be prefaced by a few of the cheated or frustrated — as if the only following parallel examples. Some signposts in her creativity were birth years ago, the Swedish director Ingmar and death, and her legacy - those few Bergman made a film titled "Cries and sculptures and paintings. Whispers." Many of us who view filma s The only documentation that exists is visual art have become quite saturated brief, idealized statements by Juriy with his constant philosophical searches Solovij, Bohdan Pevnyj and Bohdan for the meaning of life, the presence or Boychuk's short piece in the catalogue for absence of a divine being, or the agony the exhibit. The point I wish to make is and ecstasy of love. Mr. Bergman's that the audience — many of whom films have always been deeply intellec­ have no sophistication in art - deserves tual and symbolically rich. When I saw some sort of aesthetic key to fully "Cries and Whispers," I noticed a comprehend the world of Ms. Olenska's change in Mr. Bergman's approach to a output, j plot about three sisters - with their own plethora of problems — one of Most Viewers came away with a sense whom is dying of cancer. Mr. Bergman of shock, without fully understanding enclosed them -in a mansion, wherein the reasons for this type of reaction. Ms. the action revolves. The film became Olenska's art can be better appreciated "Still Life with Flowers," an oil by Chrystya Olenska. if it is viewed twice, even several times. Such an approach unlocks the conun­ drum of her themes and the purpose : behind the grot esqueness of her figures. ' Most people do not bother to do that, and for them a well-documented essay by a competent art historian or artist 1 would be that key to Ms, Olenska's art. It would have dispelled some of the sentiment attached' to the fact of an artist dying youngs the tragedy of it all, etc. і Wm Along this same line of reasoning, the catalogue for the exhibit, (professionally kdE^Afl designed by Zenon Holubec), lacks any kind of substance because Mr. Boy­ chuk's well-written introductory essay is appallingly brief and too general. But what is most disappointing, since the exhibit was called a "retrospective," is mЩ-^шкІ that the list of titles printed at the end of the catalogue contain no dates, dimen­ sions of the pieces, nor type of media in which each work was done. Such ele­ Chrystya Olenska's papier-mache ments are mandatory for a catalogue and, "Dreams," a bas-relief by Chrystya Olenska. sculpture "Flasher." 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER.21,1982 No. 47

out in Berlin, 1929. The "Little Russian" designation was dropped and the correct one substituted. However, a curious little mistake crept into the Lysenko entry: Lysenko's research paper "Folk Music Instruments of Ukraine" was dated 1909 when in reality the work saw printer's ink in Lviv, 1894. (This over­ sight was to be copied later by other encyclopedias, as we shall see). The Riemann work was not revised until 1959-61, when it appeared in Mainz in its 12th edition and the recent Mykola Lysenko in foreign sources supplement, the entry on Lysenko received considerable expansion: most Part II - dictionaries, encyclopedias otherwise gives a satisfactory account of his activities. notably in the supplement "Nikolai The huge nine-volume work, "Enci- Lissenko" was adjusted to "Mykola clopedia dello Spettacolo" (Rome, Lyssenko," more space was allotted to 1959), in a medium-sized entry, calls his writings on Ukraine's folk music (the Lysenko a Ukrainian composer, men­ 1909 date still remained in force, how­ tions his teachers, among them Nicolai ever), and a more extensive biblio­ Rimsky-Korsakov. The article also graphy of sources was appended includ­ explains Lysenko's significance and ing works of the 1960s and 1970s. importance in Ukrainian music, cata­ The composer in 1903. logues his main works and logs a brief Other German sources bibliography. Present, Kassel-Basel, 1949-68), edited "Encyclopedia della Musica," four Besides the dominating Riemann by the ambitious Friedrich Blume in 14 volumes (Milan, 1963-64), has Lysenko there were, through the years, many huge volumes, was in its time the born in Ukraine, mentions his chief other works which wrote of Lysenko. world's largest and greatest music works briefly and the fact that in his The general encyclopedic handbook reference tool of biography and other research Lysenko concluded Ukrainian "Meyers Lexikon" (Leipzig, 1925) aspects of music, until it was finally folk songs were based on ancient Greek carried a detailed description of U- overshadowed in 1980 by the English modes. kraine, its society, geography, lan­ "New Grove." The Blume work called The latest Italian work to speak of guage, history and literature. While Lysenko the greatest Ukrainian com­ Lysenko is the general encyclopedia poetess Lesia Ukrainka was called poser of his time, listed his chief works, "Dizionario Enciclopedico Italiano," 12 Ukrainian, Lysenko, however, was still included a dicussion as to his signifi­ volumes (Rome, 1970). The entry is very designated as Russian. The same desig­ cance and. presented a good biblio­ brief. Lysenko is designated a "Ukrai­ nation befell Lysenko in "Das Neue graphy of sources. nian composer" who studied the folk Musiklexikon" (Berlin, 1926), which The mammoth encyclopedia also Mykola Lysenko, circa 1900. music of his country and composed for was Alfred Einstein's translation of an included a separate article titled voice and piano. English work by A. Eaglefield Hull of "Ukraine," which being a survey of Articles on Lysenko are entered in two years before (see English sources). Ukrainian music, also included an many reference works, especially those Germany As we have seen the Riemann work additional mention of Lysenko. This published in the West. This survey is called Lysenko Ukrainian as far back as article and the main entry on Lysenko meant to be an introduction to those 1929. However, Paul Frank's "Kurzge- was contributed by Myroslaw An- works and is subdivided by country. As Probably the first work to list Ly­ fasstes Tonkunstler-Lexikon" (Concise tonowycz, contemporary Ukrainian in thrfirst part of this article, I will not senko's compositions was the monu­ Dictionary of Musicians, Regensburg, musicologist, conductor of the cele­ discuss Russian materials; they are too mental "Universal-Handbuch der 1936) re-edited and expanded by Wil- brated Byzantine Choir in Utrecht, numerous and require a separate study. Musikliteratur aller Zeiten and Volkef" (Universal Handbook of Music Litera­ helm Altmann, still referred to Lysenko Holland. (It must be noted that he also 1 will demonstrate cases where ency­ ture of all Times and Peoples) compiled as a "Little Russian," but called him a wrote other Ukrainian entries in this clopedias are compiled not only by in 34 volumes by Franz Pazdirek popular composer. encyclopedia.) original research but to some extent by (Vienna, 1904-10). This ambitious Many more year's passed until Ly­ The latest German encyclopedias to copying preceding works including the ' undertaking is an enormous index of errors. senko was to be satisfactorily listed in speak of Lysenko are not music ency­ published musical works and it was German sources. Lysenko's nationality designation clopedias but general ones, the famous reprinted in 1967 in a "mere" I2volumes. The country that gave us the world's Brockhaus line, which could be called will be allotted more than average We now come to the several editions space, since this is an important and greatest composers would be incom­ the German Britannica. "Der Grosse of the famous "Musik Lexikon"authored plete without the world's greatest music Brockhaus" (Wiesbaden, 1953-58) in 13 sensitive issue in a survey of this scope. by the eminent German music lexico­ Page numbers are not indicated encyclopedia. "Die Musik in Geschichte volumes, describes Lysenko as a Ukrai- grapher Hugo Riemann. After Rim- and Gegenwart" (Music in the Past and (Conttnned on page II) because most works follow a dictionary . mann's demise his "lexikon" was edited format and Lysenko may be easily by others but the influential name of located in the appropriate places of the Riemann remained on the title page. New release volumes or may be found in the con­ The ninth edition of the "Musik Lexikon" cluding indexes. as edited by Alfred Einstein (Berlin, 1919) has a few Ukrainian entries such Poland as "bandura" and "kolomyika" and First bandura album from Mishalow identifies them as Ukrainian or at least I have logged only one work that has Ruthenian; Lysenko .is listed, too, but MONTREAL - Bandura an article on Lysenko (there must have he is depicted as "Little Russian." virtuoso Victor Mishalow of been more), namely, "Mala Encyklo- The 11th edition of this encyclopedia, Sydney, Australia, is the pedia Muzyki" (Little Music Ency­ again edited by Alfred Einstein, invited featured solo artist on a new clopedia) edited by Stefan Sledzinski Ukrainian contributors in the persons instrumental recording re­ (Warsaw, 1968). In this work Lysenko is of musicologists Philaret Kolessa and leased here by Yevshan identified as Ukrainian (along with Osyp Zalesky. The 11th edition was put Communications. Vasyl Barvinsky and Salomea Kru- Titled simply "Bandura," shelnytska) and his works are described . the record album includes 12 as belonging to the romantic tradition. solo bandura performances In this edition one notices also a of variations on Ukrainian separate article on Ukrainian music, folk music and classical se­ where Lysenko is additionally men­ lections, including Beetho­ tioned. ven's "Moonlight Sonata" and Bortniansky's Sonata in Italy C Major. Also featured are several original composi­ This musical country has produced tions by Mr. Mishalow. many encyclopedias of music. Probably Other composers whose the first work that mentioned Lysenko works or arrangements are was "Dizionario Universaledeimusicisti" performed by the bandurist edited by Carlo Schmidl (Milan, 1926), are Andrij Bobyr, Serhiy a leading two-volume edition of the Bashtan, Victor Kukhta, time. Many decades passed until Ly­ Kost Miaskov and Hryhorij senko appeared again.,Dizionario Hembera. Ricordi della musica e dei musicisti Recorded in Sydney, the (The Ricordi Dictionarry of Music and album is Mr. Mishalow's Musicians, Milan, 1959) wrote that first; it is one of the very few Lysenko was born in Ukraine and Lysenko's wife, Olha. (Continued on pa(e 10) Victor Mishalow No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1982 9 600 attend benefit concert for New York's Ukrainian Museum

by Helen Perozak Smindak Martynuk's "Hrytsiu,"a medley of Ukrainian dance steps and movements NEW YORK - Over 600 persons set to lyrical and lively melodies. thronged to the Eisnerand Lubin Audito­ Mezzo-soprano Christine Lypeckyj, rium at New York University's Loeb in Ukrainian songs and in the aria Student Center last Sunday for a "Faites-lui mes aveux" from Gounod's concert held to benefit The Ukrainian "Faust," revealed an appealing voice Museum. capable of a wide range of notes. The occasion was a gala afternoon Andrij Dobriansky, a bass-baritone that featured leading Ukrainian artists for many years with the Metropolitan in performances of chamber music, Opera, remained true to style in his operatic arias, piano solos, a recitation delivery of the doctor's aria from of a Shevchenko poem, historic ban- Bortniansky's opera "Syn Supernyk" dura "dumy," modern dances and and Ostap's aria from "Taras Bulba." ballet. Tongue-in-cheekishly, he imitated an Some 200 concert-goers stayed on old woman's raspy voice in portions of after the conceit for a reception and the song "Old Woman in Church," by meetings with some of the artists in the Y. Stepovy and S. Rudansky. center's Top of the Park room. Although Metropolitan Opera bass Mr. Hrynkiw was the piano accom­ Violinist Halyna Strilec, pianist Thomas Hrynkiw and cellist Nestor Cybriwsky Paul Plishka, who had been scheduled panist for Messrs. Dobriansky and perform as a trio. to appear in the concert, came down Evanko, while Ms. Osinchuk accom­ with laryngitis and could not take part, panied Ms. Lypeckyj. the concert was termed a definite Following intermission, Julian Ky- success by the audience and museum tasty sang a "Kozak Lament" patterned officials. after a Shtokalko composition and a A beautiful beginning for the after­ haunting "duma" or epic ballad about noon was the Hutsul-themed finale "The Widow and Her Three Sons,"ashe "Kolomyika" from Barvinsky's Trio in accompanied himself on his bandura. A minor, skillfully rendered by the trio Stravinsky's "Three Easy Pieces" of pianist Thomas Hrynkiw, violinist were danced with grace and precision by Halyna Strilec and cellist Nestor Cy- ballerina Motria Slupchynskyj. briwsky. A dramatic recitation of Taras Shev- Edward Evanko, who recently signed chenko's poem "Sova" (The Owl) was a contract with the New York City given by actress Lydia Krushelnytsky. Opera, showed off his tenor voice to She was attired in a stylized Poltava great advantage in Andriy's aria from costume that included a lustrous white Lysenko's opera "Tares Bulba" and in "korsetka" and apron and a, long the aria "Amor ti vieta" from Gior­ paneled skirt of geometric-patterned, dano's opera "Fedora." gold-threaded orange and green fabric. The modern dance team of Nusha Liszt's "Ukraine" ballad, which Martynuk-and Carter Mc Adams, in all- repeats variations of the folk song "Oy, white outfits of short-sleeved shirts and ne khody, Hrytsiu," was given anappeal- knee-length leotards, stretched, rolled, ing performance by pianist Juliana і Sochan Hidwwyci curled and slid around the stage as they Osinchuk. She also played a piece from Carter McAdams and Nusha Martynuk dance "Dark Forms." interpreted "Dark Forms," which they Shtoharenko's "Etudes" and brought choreographed in collaboration with O. her appearance to a close with Revut- the artists before their appearances. donating their time, effort and talents Rodriguez. Later, with Miss Martynuk sky's beautiful Prelude in E-Flat Major. Addressing the audience at the close for the benefit of the museum and noted in a black skirt and Mr. McAdams in Television-screen actress Laryssa of the concert, Dr. Bohdan Cymbalisty, that the Ukrainian community is inten­ black pants to set off their Ukrainian Kukrycky Lysniak, as master of cere­ chairman of the museum's board of sifying its efforts to raise funds for the shirts, the couple performed Miss monies, gave bilingual backgrounds of directors, thanked the performers for museum.

Concert notes UNA-UIA players: polished performers

by Oles Kuzyszyn Ukrainian community from many pre­ vious appearances: Laryssa Krupa — Every performer requires a stage and pianist, Laryssa Magun-Huryn — so­ an audience to showcase his achieve­ prano, and Stefka Nazarkewycz — ments in his chosen field. For a young actress. performer, the door to success is not Miss Krupa holds an M.A. in piano always wide open. Stage experience is as performance from the Peabody Con­ necessary to achieving success as the servatory. Her program included arduous years of practice and prepara­ Schubert's "Impromptu" Op. 142, tion. For a performing artist, opportu­ Liszt's "Sonetto 123 Del Petrarcs"and nity means access to the stage and the Paganini-Liszt's "La Campanella." audience. Miss Magun-Huryn is a former With this in mind, the Ukrainian soloist with the Verdi Opera Company КоІммувЬ in New York. She performed the aria National Association/ Ukrainian Insti­ Concert performers (from left): Laryssa. Krupa, Laryssa Magun-Huryn, Stefka "Un Bel Di" from Puccini's opera tute of America Performing Artists Nazarkewycz, Lidia Hawryluk arid Marichka Sochan-Shmorhay. Group was formed in March. The group "Madame Butterfly", Lysenko's "Asters" includes young Ukrainian performing (text by Oleksander Oles), Liudkevych's artists in the fields of dance, drama and "111 Escape" (text by Oleksander Oles), Association and the Ukrainian Institute included champagne during intermission music, as well as enthusiasts, not Liudkevych^ "111 Escape"(text by Oles) of America for their sponsorship of the and a reception following the concert, directly involved in the performing arts. and Stepovyj's "Away with You, Dark concert. Miss Korduba, representing the event had to be the bargain of the The goal: to showcase the talents of Thoughts" (text by Lesia Ukrainka) the UNA Fraternal Activities Office, is month. The only sour note was the fact young Ukrainian performing artists, Marichka Sochan-Shmorhay provided the initiator of the performing artists that the Institute's hall was not filled to and to give them the opportunity to the piano accompaniment for Miss group. capacity. work together in developing their Magun-Huryn. One can only be optimistic as to this unique skills. Miss Nazarkewycz was featured in first effort of the UNA-UIA Performing With more extensive support from The first of two concerts scheduled by the leading roles of several productions Artists Group. First and foremost, the the Ukrainian community, there is no the group for the 1982-83 season took of Lydia Krushelnytsky's Drama Studio performers themselves exhibited a reason the efforts of the UNA-UIA place on Sunday, October 31, at the in New York. She recited Taras Shev- praiseworthy blend of enthusiasm and Performing Artists Group should not Ukrainian Institute of America. The chenko's "Kateryna." professional polish. be realized to their full potential. For to program, coordinated and emceed by Closing remarks were provided by From an organization point of view, give a performer the stage is an invest­ Lidia Hawryluk, featured three Ukrai­ Miss Hawryluk and Marta Korduba, efficiency and class were the order of the ment which yields unlimited returns - nian performers well-known to the who thanked the Ukrainian National day. And at S5 admission, which the priceless gift of his artistry. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WttKtY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1982 No. 47

in scope, characterized by short bio­ Ulster County legislator. Муко la Lysenko... graphies including names of teachers, Misinformation... In his brief talk, Mr. Flis praised the (Continued from page t) types of musical compositions, Dutch (Continued from page 3) efforts of the workshop, and pledged nian composer and the creator of the text. The entry on Lysenko and several by Mr. Onufryk, who outlined the goals full UNA support to its activities. He Ukrainian opera. This encyclopedia's additional 20th century Ukrainian and strategy of the Media Action said that the problem misinforma­ most recent edition, "Broackhaus En- musicians was contributed also by Workshop. tion concerning Ukrainians is indeed zyklopadie" (Wiesbaden, 1966-74), musicologist Myroslaw Antonowycz. acute, and must be rectified. enlarged to 20 volumes, contains only a He said that the community should pressure the Library of Congress to Mr. Kwas gave a brief synopsis of his brief entry stating that Lysenko was a France political career, emphasizing the' need Ukrainian musician who studied at the reverse its position regarding the use of the adjective "Russian" to classify non- for Ukrainian Americans, particularly Leipzig Conservatory, founded a Great source of culture, fatherland of young people, to become involved in Russian subjects, a practice, he said, Musico-Dramatic School in Kiev and Ravel and Debussy, produced an im­ the system. was also founder of the Ukrainian portant line of Larousse encyclopedias that has resulted in Kievan Rus' being listed under Russian History. Following dinner, workshop parti­ national opera. some of which we shall examine here. cipants joined visiting chairmen of As to the Census Bureau, Mr. Onuf­ "Larousse de la musique"in two volumes UNA district committees, who had ryk stressed the need for an organized Holland (Paris, 1957) carried a separate entry on their own meetings, for a viewing of Lysenko and considered him a Ukrai­ effort urging the agency to change its Slavko Nowytski's film "The Helm of nian composer. 1 must, note that this classification system and computer Destiny" in the Veselka auditorium. This picturesque country of wind­ code number assignment. mills produced, as far as I know, only source wrote also about many other The film, which was funded by the one encyclopedia with information on Ukrainians, especially those of the 20th Afternoon sessions UNA, focuses on the history of the century. Ukrainian musicologist and Lysenko. The work is "Encyclopedia Following a brief lunch break, the Ukrainian immigration to the United van de Muziek," compiled by several violinist Aristide Wirsta contributed States. The feature-length film was pro­ much here; incidentally he authored a workshop reconvened, with partici­ editors into two large volumes (Am­ pants choosing between three discus­ ceeded by a Short film, also by Mr. sterdam, 1956-57). This is a biographical separate article on the history of Ukrai­ Nowytski, about the UNA. nian music in this encyclopedia which is sion groups. Prof. Hunczak's group dictionary of musicians, international worked on drafting a position paper A small party in the Kiev lobby entered under "Ukraine" and again followed the screening. mentions Lysenko. outlining the workshop's concerns regarding the two federal agencies. On Sunday morning, the workshop Another valuable work in three He said that the workshop plans to concluded with a brief wrap-up of the volumes, "Encyclopedia de la musique" send finished copies of the position weekend's activities. "Maybe (Paris, 1958-61), carried a medium- paper to Ukrainian academic institu­ Participants' room and board were sized, well-edited entry on Lysenko tions and the UNA, and it will ultimate­ provided free, courtesy of the UNA. it will naming him a Ukrainian composer. ly be presented to federal legislators as According to this source, Lysenko well as the library and the Census First bandura... Bureau. go studied orchestration with Rimsky- (Continued from page 8) w Korsakov, in 1904 founded his own Mr. Onufryk's group, meanwhile, solo bandura recordings ever music school and composed to texts of drafted a letter — to be signed by the released. Mr. Mishalow, 22, a away. UNA — regarding the library's Shevchenko. There is also a very brief Sydney native, began studying the The five most classification and cataloguing system. bibliography. Lysenko is additionally bandura when he was 11. In 1974 he dangerous mentioned in a separate article "Ukrai- Copies are scheduled to be sent to all words in the members of Congress. became a student of Hryhory Bashul, a nienne musique" contributed again by former student of Hnat Khotkevych. In English Aristide Wirsta, who authored many The third group, moderated by Mr. language. Zabihach, discussed overall strategy, 1979 he received an Australian Arts entries on 20th century Ukrainian Council grant that enabled him to travel musicians in this encyclopedia. such as the need for mobilizing resour­ ces, forging community contacts, net­ to North America, where he studied We now come to France's general with Petro Kytasty and Petro Hon- encyclopedia of the Larousse line. I working and the need for establishing some type of central coordinating body charenko of the Taras Shevchenko have logged two latest editions and Bandurist Chorus of Detroit. found out that in them everyone who as a means of gathering individual American should be is correctly labeled as Ukrai­ complaints, and then communicating For a two-year period beginning in nian. "Grand Larousse Encyclopedi- them to the, proper channels. 1979 Mr. Mishalow was a student at the Cancer que" in 10 volumes (Paris, 1960-64), During dinner, workshop partici­ Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Kiev, Society includes many Ukrainians such as Ivan pants were welcomed by John Flis, where he worked with Mr. Bashtan, a Kotliarevsky, Mykola Kostomariv, UNA supreme president, and Walter renowned bandurist. He also studied with Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Alexander Kwas, former Soyuzivka manager and Hryhory Tkachenko, who is thought to Korniychuk (all non-musicians, of be the last living authentic kobzar in course). In addition to these there is a Ukraine. brief entry on Lysenko, who is likewise Lev Lukianenko... Mr. Mishalow has performed in defined as Ukrainian. A genuine sur­ (Continued from page 2) Europe, Australia and North America. prise here is the fact that composer- Released in 1976, Mr. Lukianenko He teaches bandura playing and has conductor Dmytro Bortniansky and became a founding member of the authored many articles for various GREAT GIFT IDEAS Lysenko and correctly defines their Ukrainian Helsinki Group formed publications on this classical Ukrai­ (CHRISTMAS BOOKS nationality. Lysenko's listing is very that November in Kiev to monitor nian instrument. brief; he is spelled "Nikolai Lyssenko" Soviet compliance with the 1975 The cover of "Bandura," designed by and is described as a creator of operas, Bohdan Tymyc, includes trilingual This new book contains Helsinki Accords on human rights favorites from Bulgaria. cantatas and piano works. and European security. Deprived of (English, Ukrainian, French) notes on Croatia, Russia, Slovenia. Czechoslovakia, Poland and the right to work as an attorney, Mr. the bandura and Mr. Mishalow. the Ukraine. It includes such The album will be available after cu liл агу t reaaurea as Chicken Spain Lukianenko found a job as an electri­ Kiev. Bibka. Charlotte Rune. cian. He was the subject of con­ Thanksgiving in major Ukrainian shops Сголшп Sarmj, Bed 5(rogJ- notl, Chnsfm.il Carp. UJV/JVJ. Even from the land of the flamenco tinuous police surveillance. throughout the United States, Canada, and hundreds of other famous England and Australia or by mail and lesser known Slavic come brief additions to our survey. The As a member of the Helsinki recipes. huge 70-volume "Enciclopedia Univer­ group, he signed numerous appeals order (S8.98 plus SI postage) from Yevshan Communications, 3207 Beau- 276 pp. Paper S7.95 sal Ilustrada" (Madrid, 1908-30) stated and memoranda, including several CROATIAN CUISINE that Lysenko displayed prodigious which asked for Ukrainian participa­ bien E., Montreal, Quebec H1Y IH6. This best selling cookbook activity, but called him Russian and a has over 450 delightful step- tion in the Helsinki review process. by-step recipes from all collector of Russian folk songs. In For his membership in the group, regions of Croatia with Chicago beautiful full color photo­ comparatively recent sources Lysenko's he was arrested in 1977, just one year (Continued from page 5) graphs. The authors have nationality becomes corrected. "Dic- included an introduction full after his release. Sentenced to 15 Wrubliwskyj and Zenon Dziadyk, mem­ of anecdotes, folklore and cionario de la musica labor" (Bar­ years, Mr. Lukianenko, who is bers. Croatian culinary history. celona, 1954) and "Diccionario bio- This is the only comprehen­ married with one child, is not sche­ Mr. Olshansky thanked the partici­ sive Croatian cookbook graphico de la musica" by C.J. Ricart available in the English duled for release until 1992 - when pants for their faith in his work and language. Matas (Barcelona, 1956) finally con­ he will be 65. І sider our musician a Ukrainian. presented some ideas for the fall or­ ganizing campaign. The Supreme Exe­ cutive Committee members also offered SEND TODAY! their ideas for this campaign, as did ASSOCIATED BOOK PUBLISHERS, INC. members present at the meeting. Su­ P.O. 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No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21,1982 11 Perozak named provincial judge HAMILTON, Ont. - Morris John Ivanna, 13, for their years of love and Perozak, Q.C., who was recently ap­ support. pointed provincial court judge (criminal For his parents, Anastasia and Michael division) in the Hamilton-Wentworth Perozak, he had nothing but praise. Mr. district, has begun presiding over cases and M rs. Perozak came to Canada from in Hamilton provincial court. Ukraine in the 1920s and now live in Judge--Perozak, 49, who spent his В rant ford. legal career in private practice in "They've spent the past 60 years Hamilton, was sworn in during cere­ working as hard as they can to ensure monies on October 1. that in the new land their children are Some 350 people packed a courtroom educated properly and make their and the hallway at the Main Street East contribution to society," he said. courthouse as he swore an oath of office Born in Thunder Bay, Ont., Judge and one of allegiance to the queen Perozak spent his early boyhood in the before donning the red-trimmed robes town of Geraldton in the mining coun­ of office. The assembly included family try north of Lake Superior. The family members, friends, fellow judges from moved to the Hamilton area in 1942. He various courts and municipal and graduated from McMaster University thekamilton Spectator provincial politicians. in 19S4, studied law at Osgoode Hall in Judge Perozak took his place on the Toronto and was called to the bar in Judge Morris J. Perozak with daughter Ivanna, sons Michael and Stephan, and bench beside Chief Justice Frederick C. 1958. wife Stephanie, at swearing-in ceremony. Hayes to hear words of praise and take He has served on the Ontario Advi­ with the Hamilton-Wentworth Legal legal counsel for the dominion execu­ some good-natured ribbing from friends sory Council on Multiculturalism, the Aid Committee and the John Howard tive of the Ukrainian National Federa­ and former colleagues. Citizens Committee of the Hamilton- Society of Hamilton. tion, and a member of the Ukrainian Attorney General Roy McMurtry, Wentworth Regional Detention Centre He has also belonged to the local Canadian Committee's Hamilton branch. who went to school with Judge Perozak and the Hamilton Housing Authority. Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary The family belongs to UNA Branch 468, and played hockey with him on the He was a trustee of the Hamilton Law Club. whose secretary and pioneer organizer Osgoode Hall Owls in Toronto, spoke Association for several years, special Like his wife, who has served on an is Peter Samitz, Mrs. Perozak's father. of his dedication and commitment to counsel in 1979 to the minister of executive level in many Ukrainian justice as he welcomed him to the bench. justice, and crown counsel in 1980 to the organizations, Judge Perozak has been Judge Perozak's sister, free-lance Assistant Crown Attorney Dean commissioner of the Canada Elections active in the Ukrainian community. He journalist Helen Perozak Smindak, is Paquette praised the new judge for his Act. was president of the Ukrainian Pro­ the author of The Weekly's Panorama respect and concern for the rights of the Judge Perozak has also been active fessional and Business Association, column. accused as well as his concern for the rights of the members of the commu­ nity. Judge Perozak, formerly senior СЛ" УКРАЇНСЬКЕ БЮРО jfigyA" partner in the firm of Perozak, Winchie and Lennon, told the assembly he was "really overwhelmed" by the whole day. ОІЛ ПОДОРОЖЕЙ W^m He thanked his wife, Stephanie, and children, Michael, 21, Stephan, 18, and SCOpe tRQOeL flQC Марійки Гепьбіґ tjgV| (201) 371-4004 - 845 Sanford Avenue, Newark, N.J. 07106 .УЩ^'ж" REAL ESTATE (2^5) 379-2755 - 700 Cedar Rd., Philadelphia, Pa. (Ukrainian Center) 3. і

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process of time as it is reflected in the this with bas-reliefs of an archaic "Long cannot be classified as a "schizoid" Chrystya Olenska's... physical body. Gross are the two wo­ Island Lady," "Miami Beauty,""Ginger artist, for in that most deep of despairs, (Continued from page 7) men figures ("Vanities I A. II") who, in Rogers," "Betty Grable," painted and she chose to venture across that line, puzzle together for us. If not, then it is their diaphonous nightgowns or fur surrounded by the accoutrements for invisible, yet so defined in the patina of ' also valid that she remain the mystery stoles, wish to recapture the fleetingness replenishing their lost glamour, youth, an artist's creative horizon. that she is. Mr. Solovij quotes her as of youth by daubing their faces with and beauty -jewelry, mirrors, tubes of I refer to her most negative output. saying: "Life has not taught me to be maskings of makeup and, in the pro­ hair remover, sequined sunglasses, etc. One of the most tragic realities of life is temperate, yet like a deaf-mute, who cess, become' banal caricatures of their Men are not spared Ms. Olenska's the death of an infant or a young child. was killed by an abusive assailant former selves, or the two nudes ("Sitting satirical artistic criticism. "Flasher" One cannot dismiss the thought that calling him 'dumb' on the F Subway Nude" A "Nude I"), with their dispro­ shows a decayed old man with an open here was a potential human being in line, I will have the last word. That is a portionately shaped bodies, their lurid coat, exposing his veined, dried-up development, with all the hopes, fears God-given right, by a 'gentleman's faces and their paraphernalia of mesh body as a kind of perverted phantom of and anxieties, with all of the possibili­ agreement'; to share ideas and to "ex­ hose, black lace panties, the discarded sex that has become impotent with time ties of becoming the epitome of creation, press' oneself." Perhaps, Ms. Olenska's brassiere. and moral decay. At this point, this Shakespeare's "angel," the essence of artistic legacy is that last word. The message is strong and highly ugliness remains in perfect balance with love, the potential of genius. The death The life-size papier-mache sculptures overstated, but it helps the viewer to ' the positive amplitude of nature found of children — innocent, uncorrupted — portray both a physical and moral recognize a whole social ritual — the in her oils. is probably the biggest irony of life. decay. To call them ugly would be to cult for unnatural youth and beauty — Unlike most of these examples are the Remember My Lai? Remember the understate; to call them grotesque and beyond that, the physical cocoon, two lyrical pieces, "Woman on a Swing" little children of Jehovah rounded up would then necessitate the use of .a the moral decay, the emptiness, the and "Dreams." The former is a gently like rats under the Gestapo boot? thesaurus for synonyms for that same Dorian Gray duality of corporeal and balanced figure perched on what ap­ Remember the thousands of babes that term. The grotesqueness has a purpose. spiritual. pears to be a swing with chains. The perished in the artificial famine in Ms. Olenska is concerned with the Again Ms. Olenska re-emphasizes figure-in-white floats, suspended stati­ Ukraine? Need I go on? We have cally, yet poised to swing in air. Lebanon, Africa; Asia to remind us "Dreams" is a huge bas-relief of children every time we watch the news or pick up Union. For example, Ukrainian rights sheltered by the wings of a vulture or a newspaper. Think of the death of an Protesters hold... activists are much more severely per­ buzzard, with smaller carrion birds ordinary child, anonymous, being laid (Continued from радо 1) secuted than those of other nationalities. sailing through the air, ready to take into the earth in its owirminiature coffin. Europe; and Terri Tull, director of the In regard to the possible resumption flight off a wall. "Dreams," is by far the If I have become graphically explicit office of human rights. of plans to open a U.S. Consulate in best piece in the retrospective. It has a at this point, I have done so only in In addition to general human-rights Kiev, the delegation was told that at this life of its own, which pulsates with pure reference to the last part of Ms. Olen­ issues, the Ukrainian delegation raised point such a move is impossible because aesthetic energy. What underlines this ska's art. It is baffling, it is morbid, it is questions concerning the possibility it involves a reciprocal agreement with action is Ms. Olenska's use of color. It is in bad taste. But, then, there are trends of a separate listing for Ukraine in the the Soviet government. The U.S. had perfectly chosen and integral to the in ait, as vapid as they are, that concern State Department's annual "Country scrapped the agreement in response to work. themselves with violence for its own Reports on Human Rights Practices" the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan "St. Teresa," "St. Sebastian," and sake, or controversy for the sake of and the U.S Consulate in Kiev. and the worsening situation in Poland. "Madonna and Child," are Ms. Olen­ controversy, and there are people who The "Country Reports" now list only In speaking about the Reagan ad­ ska's own individuated statements judge the success of an exhibit as to how the Soviet Union as a category, but ministration's human-rights policy, Mr. about organized religion. The figures much of that controversy it can stir up. spokesmen for the Ukrainian Human Levitsky said that the U.S. government are distorted, banal and grotesque. I do not think Ms. Olenska's show Rights Committee said they had learned is now focusing on promoting "demon- Perhaps the artist had chosen these falls urJer that category. But picture that in the next edition of the report the cratization" throughout the world, representations of her ouvre to reveal "Hanging Baby," a child hanging sus­ Baltic states; Lithuania, Latvia and including the USSR. the hypocrisy of organized religion and pended on a noose; "Strangling Baby," Estonia, would be listed separately, Mr. Levitsky, who met with the its institutionalized dogmatic back­ choking itself with a piece of rope; because the United States has never re­ Ukrainian delegation in the absence of wardness. It is as if religion distorts the "Baby in a Basket," a blue baby dying at cognized their incorporation into the Elliot Abrams, the assistant secretary saints to the image of humankind, and birth; "Sleeping Baby," being eaten on USSR. for human rights and humanitarian vice versa. Her "Icon" is in bad taste and the neck by a rat; an "Untitled" work, a The Ukrainian delegation argued affairs, is a veteran foreign service is a vulgar companion to the above- baby lying with both feet cut off; "Hell," that Ukraine should have its own listing officer who served as first secretary and mentioned "religious?" pieces. a large painting in which children are since conditions there are so different political officer at the U.S. Embassy in We now come to the enigmatic subject devoured by rats; "Baby in Playpen" from those in other areas of the Soviet Moscow. matter of Ms. Olenska's art. Here is and "Baby on Stool," both mongoloid where the demons of her psyche play distortions of normal children. with the reactions of the viewer. This is How much of this can an ordinary her CNeillian or Mahlerian longjourney viewer take? Am I simply referring to into the dark night. Here exists the taste (my own) or am I objectifying "troubled" Ms. Olenska, acting out her through the lens of aesthetic criticism? most frightening fantasies. Here reside The public came and simply had to the chimerical monsters of her micro- judge for itself. I found this aspect of cosmos. Ms. Olenska's work without taste, merit, It is a negative world, without mercy, philosophical symbolism or statement. or reason, or love. And it is a world Who was Chrystya Olenska, the without life, without a touch of under­ painter, the sculptor, the artist of such standing. striking extremes? I hope in time we will Rollo May, the eminent psychologist, know. I hope that in time we will find in "Love and Will," talks of a "schizoid" out about the gentleness of her paint­ world in which people (and artists) are ings and the terror of her sculpture. For out of touch, avoid personal relation­ it is, also, the funetion of art to be ships, and their feelings become apathetic enigmatic, mysterious, baffling, fright­ and mechanical. Mr. May does not use ening, nauseating, distant and out of the term in the context of the technical reach. The museum-workshop in Glen term "schizophrenic," but rather in a Spey founded in her memory might help general connotation for people who are solve that puzzle about her, especially if out of touch. He aptly attaches that young artists, with new approaches and term to artists, who, according to Ezra creative drives, will be able to view her Pound, are the "antennae of the race." work, to learn from it and to create their The true "schizoid" artist should own reflections of the world. present the broken image of man, Chrystya Olenska's legacy, perhaps, transcendent in the very fact of being can be an artistic gauge for the beautiful transmuted into art. This creative act and banal, for the joy and the pain, for gives meaning to nihilism, alienation the love and the hate in our ordinary and the state of the modern temper. The lives. How wonderful it would be. And true "schizoid artist" does not cross that how especially appropriate and respect­ invisible line of decorum which I have ful to her memory. mentioned in previous paragraphs. Who was Chrystya Olenska? I am It would be banal or naive to term told she was beautiful, intelligent and Ms. Olenska existential, as Mr. Boy- wise. I am told that her person burned chuk has done in the preface to the with an energy for life. She was both catalogue. There is nothing existential, in conservative and eclectic. She was a the classical sense of the term, in Ms. treasure to her family; a voluminous Olenska's most negative works. If she source to her friends. I am guessing experienced that well-known "encoun­ because her life never crossed my own. ter with nothingness," her most morbid But I wish' her happiness and calm, for output would not be an example of it. through her works she has known hell. She may.have been aesthetically "frozen" Eternal rest be granted unto you, in the moment of her deepest despair. Chrystyu. May you fulfill your most But that is all. Also, Ms. Olenska desired dreams and find peace. No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21,1982 13

delivered the closing prayer. The writer hopes that some readers of Vancouver... The event was extensively covered by Reunion... The Ukrainian Weekly can help fill in (Coatfaratd from paf e 4) the Vancouver press and French-lan­ (Continued from рче 4) gaps in the sisters' knowledge about of Parliament Patricia Carney, both guage TV and radio. writer Peggy Beattie, are working on a their parents, Maria Tawrysz Wihak from Ottawa; and the guest speaker, the The church building - the first to be book which will tell their story. Ms. and Dmytro Wihak. Rev. Eugene Richlark OSBM, principal designed in Canada by Mr. Beattie says that "although the tone of Anyone having any information of St. Basil's College in Toronto. Jastremsky — is cruciform in plan the book will be fiction, the structure about these people, on DP camps in the The closing prayer was delivered by with windowed walls rising to an arched will be based as closely as possible on British zone, especially those in West­ Bishop Myron Daciuk, auxiliary to roof which is surmounted by three actual events and real people."The phalia, Hamburg and Falkenberg, or on Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk in golden domes, the dome being the single writer would appreciate assistance from International Refugee Organization Winnipeg and former pastor of St. most important motif in the Byzantine Ukrainians who will talk about their (IRO) children's homes in Rohlstorf, Mary's parish. style of architecture. experiences during and immediately Klinberg, Holstein and Blankensee, is On Sunday, October 31, the cere­ With the construction of the new after World War II. All contributions of asked to contact: Peggy Beattie, 1164 monies began with a procession accom­ church, St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic information will be acknowledged in Cleveland Ave., Park Hills, Ky. 41011; panying the transfer of the blessed Parish has witnessed the culmination of the book, unless requested otherwise. (606) 291-6567. sacrament from the old church to the a 20-year development program of its new church. This was followed by the 6.4 acre property. The site, in addition member of the group, had proposed pontifical divine liturgy presided over to the new church, also includes the Soviets... calling for an international 10 minutes by Bishop Chimy, and attended by Ukrainian Catholic Center, the old of peace, during which all work would Archbishop James Carney of the Ro­ church — a future gymnasium, a (Continued from page 2) be stopped in the name of disarmament. man Catholic Archdiocese of Van­ monastery and parish offices, and St. Yosip Brodsky, a physician at whose Although the unofficial group has couver. A combined chorus of St. Mary's Ukrainian Gardens, a senior apartment the news conference was to received a steady stream of support Mary's Church and that of the Ukrai­ citizens' home. be held, said, by telephone that the from Western pacifist groups, and nian Catholic Church of Edmonton There are some 35,000 to 40,000 November 1 meeting was to have been claims to have affiliated cells in Lenin­ performed during the liturgy. Ukrainians in British Columbia, and in on the subject of Oleg Radzinsky, a 24- grad, Odessa and Novosibirsk, it is still After the liturgy some 700parishioners Vancouver alone there are over 650 year-old linguist who was arrested last dwarfed by the 80 million members assembled for a banquet, at which Dr. Ukrainian families. There are some 12 week on charges of "anti-Soviet agita­ claimed by the officially sanctioned Kutney was master of ceremonies. Ukrainian Catholic churches and mis­ tion and propaganda." Soviet Peace Committee led by Georgi Grace was delivered by Archbishop sion stations in British Columbia. Before his arrest, Mr. Radzinsky, a Zhukov. Carney. Greetings and brief remarks were delivered by Archbishop Carney, who related how he as a boy had witnessed YEVSHAN Records proudly announces the birth and growth of St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Parish in Van­ the bandura record of the decade couver and good-naturedly stated that he "was jealous" of the beautiful Ukrai­ nian-style new church; Bishop Chimy, the Rev. Melnyk, and Sister Ambrose Stachiw, provincial superior of the Sister Servants of Mary Immaculate in Canada. The Rev. Sebastian Shewchuk, now administrator of St. George's Ukrainian BANDURA Church in New York, who had come for UKRAINIAN INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC the occasion to Vancouver and who was one of the first pastors after the parish of St. Mary was established in 1927, told the audience of the original trials and ordeals and his pastoral efforts. The guest speaker was the Very Rev. Isidore Patrylo OSBM, protoarch- mandrite of the Basilian Order, who VICTOR MISHALOW'S had arrived from Rome for this signal event. Other greetings were delivered by the Rev. Victor Soroka, Grimsby, Ont.; first recording the Rev. Methodius Nychka OSBM, originally of Brazil and now pastor of St. Basil Parish in Edmonton; the Very from Australia Rev. Bohdan Hanushevsky, mitred archpriest of the New Westminster Eparchy; and Olha Haydamowsky, president of the Women's Branch of the League for the Liberation of Ukraine; and others. Special messages sent by Prime Minister Pierre E. Trudeau, Governor General of Canada Edward Schreyer A magnificent collection of famous variations of Ukrainian folk songs and Premier W.R. Bennett of British and folk dances including classical pieces of well-known Columbia were read at the banquet. composers and arrangers as Bortniansky, Beethoven, Andrij Bobyr, Concluding the banquet, attended by a recorded crowd, the Rev. Chmilar Serhiy Bashtan, Victor Mishalow, Victor Kukhta and Kost Miaskow. thanked all guests and parishioners for helping to bring about the realization of Titles include: this great project. Bishop Daciuk Bandura', Kozachokf, Naletily Zhuravlr, Sonata Opus 27 No. 2, Plyve Choven", Maryna4, Verchovynoe, Yak by meni cherevychky', Sonata in C major, Horlytsiaf, Oops Nich taka misiachna', and Ukrainian Fantasia. In the Sunday, October 3, issue of The Weekly, under "Book Notes," we ' Variations on Ukrainian folk themes, t Ukrainian folk dances. listed the incorrect zip code in the address of author Martha Wichorek, from whom "A Ukrainian Grammar for Beginners, Self-Teaching" is available. Record: YFP 1017 The correct address is: Martha Cassette: CYFP 1017 To order. Wichorek, 13814 Vassar Drive, Detroit S8.98 plus shipping (1.25 per) Mich. 48235.' Yevshan Communications Inc. All shipments prepaid. 3207 Beaubien East All orders shipped parcel post Montreal, Quebec, Canada H1Y 1H6

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It will be dance will be held at Pines Manor sity Place; the cocktail hour will LOS ANGELES: The Ukrainian Art a showcase of shops featuring Ukrai­ (State Highway 27) here. The Tempo begin at 6:30 p.m. Dress is semi- Center will nave an open house this nian ceramics, embroideries, cards, orchestra will provide dancing formal. Dinner reservations are S25 weekend and invites the public to toys, records, homemade breads, music. per person'and may be made by join in traditional caroling and to cakes, handmade holiday wares, plus calling Mrs. Bohdan Konecky (412) learn more about Ukrainian holiday much more. All priced very reason­ NEW YORK: A poetry reading by 343-0309 or by writing the society at customs and crafts. The center will be ably. the American poet David Ignatow on P.O. Box 4277, Pittsburgh, Pa. open from 11 a.m. on both days. the occasion of the publication of his 15203. Ukrainian holiday food will be The men of Holy Name Society collection of poems, "A Surprised will cater the "kitchen Kiev" where a Sunday, November 28 available both days. Guest," by Suchasnist Publishers in a This year's exhibit at the center traditional Ukrainian menu will be translation into Ukrainian, will be served, such as pyrohy, holubtsi, MAPLEWOOD, NJ.: The Junior will open with the lighting of the 1982 held at 6:30 p.m. at the Ukrainian Christmas tree, decorated with tradi­ kovbasa and kapusta, plus refresh­ Institute of America, 2 East 79th St. Ukrainian Orthodox League and ments. Sunday School of Holy Ascension tional ornaments. Dr. Ronald Terranella will discuss Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 650- An unusual collection' of icons in Mr. Ignatow's poetry. The poet's 652 Irvington Ave., will sponsortheir the Byzantine style will be on display Sunday, November 21 works in Ukrainian will be read by annual Christmas bazaar and bake at the upstairs gallery for the annual translators Bohdan Boychuk and sale following the 10 a.m. liturgy. On holiday exhibit. NEW YORK: The opening of an Vitalij Keis and by actors Laryssa sale will be Christmas cards, gift For this special festive time of exhibit of woodcuts by Christina Kukrycky and Volodymyr Lysniak. wrap, handmade novelties, and re­ year, there are several cookbooks Holowchak-Debarry will take place A reception will follow the program. ligious and Ukrainian articles. For available at the center, all Tilled with today at I p.m. in the Ukrainian The event is sponsored jointly by the more information, call the rectory at traditional favorite recipes. A new Artists Association Gallery, 136 UIA and Suchasnist Publishers. (201) 763-3932. recipe card (No. 8) has been added to Second Ave., fourth floor. Mrs. David Ignatow has been hailed by the "How to Have a Ukrainian Debarry studied graphic art at the literary critics as "one of the best, Monday, November 29 Christmas" series. Throughout the Newark School of Fine and Indus­ most durable poets of his genera­ two days, traditional carols and trial Arts, New York University and tion," " a poet of plain, authentic NEW YORK: The Fordham Ukrai­ holiday music will set the mood for the Art Students League. The exhibit speech who has in the last several the festivities at this year's open of her works will be open November years begun to be widely acknow­ nian Society is sponsoring a Ukrai­ nian Festival Day in the McGinley house and holiday exhibit. For more 21-28. Gallery hours are 6-8 p.m. ledged as a distant voice in contem­ information, call the center at (213) weekdays and 1-8 p.m. weekends. porary writing." Center Ballroom at the Rose Hill Campus in the Bronx. The festival 668-0171 Mr. Ignatow was born in 1914 in will feature the Ukrainian Dancers of NEW YORK: The Providence Asso­ Brooklyn into a Jewish emigre family Astoria, Ukrainian Bandurists of ciation of Ukrainian Catholics, New from Kiev. His poems reflect varied New York City, Lubov Wolynetz York and New Jersey districts, will aspects of his life: having had to speaking on Ukrainian Christmas mark the 70th anniversary of the work from early youth at various traditions, Ukrainian foods and a association with a divine liturgy, odd jobs, subsequently entering the rock band, Shepnechlom. The festival PREVIEW OF EVENTS is a followed by a panakhyda for all world of writing, editing, and not runs from 3 to 8 p.m.; admission is deceased members of the associa­ until 1965, the world of academe. service provided free of charge by free. For more information, call The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrai­ tion. Concelebrating the services will Mr. Ignatow has published widely Marusia at (212) 824-0031. be Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk, in magazines, including Poetry, The nian community. To have a Ukrai­ Bishop Basil Losten, Auxiliary New Yorker and Yale Review. As a nian community event listed in this Bishop Robert Moskal and Msgr. teacher or poet in residence he has Friday, December 3 column please send information Stephen Chomko, president of the been associated with the University (type of event, date, time, place, association, at St. George Ukrainian of Kentucky, Columbia University, EDMONTON: The Oxford Galleries, admission, sponsor, etc.) - along Catholic Church, here. This will be the University of Kansas, Vassar 10464 Whyte Ave., presents the with the phone number of a person followed by a 2:30 p.m. banquet and College, The New School and the opening of an exhibit by sculptor who may be reached during daytime program to be held at St. George's City University of New York. Gregor Kruk. The opening will take hours for any additional information place at 7:30 p.m. with Prof. Ivan - to: PREVIEW OF EVENTS, The School. Tickets for the banquet are Among his collections of poetry S12. Keywan speaking about the artist's Ukrainian Weekly, 30 Montgomery and prose are: "The Notebooks of works. Mr. Kruk's simplified figures, St., Jersey City, N.J. 07302. David Ignatow, Poems: 1934-1969," NEW YORK: St. Volodimir's Ukrai­ "Rescue the Dead," "Whisper to the nian Orthodox Cathedral, 160 W. Earth" and "Facing the Tree." 82nd St., invites the public to a His work has brought him many ODUM slates fifth biennial meeting bandura concert at 1 p.m. in the honors, including the Poetry Society s church hall. The Lesia Ukrainka Shelley Memorial Award, a Guggen­ DETROIT - The Association of 'ODUM and the Ukrainian Commu­ Bandurists will perform under the heim Fellowship and an award from American Youth of Ukrainian Descent nity" will round out the ideological- direction of Nina Galion. After the the National Institute of Arts and (ODUM) in the United States will hold, problematic portion of the program. concert there will be a Thanksgiving Letters. its fifth biennial conference of ODUM A banquet will be held Saturday dinner. senior counselors here November 26-28. evening at St. Mary's Church Hall to be PERTH AMBOY, NJ.: A Ukrai­ The purpose of the conference is to followed by a dance. The conference nian Fall Festival, sponsored by the analyze the work of ODUM over the will be hosted by the ODUM branch in Ukrainian Cultural Club of Perth past two years and to elect a new Detroit headed by Wasyl Karpenko. Friday, November 26 Amboy, will be held today at the national executive board. Working Ukrainian School Auditorium, Jac­ sessions of the conference will be held at CHICAGO: The opening of an exhi­ ques and Meredith streets. Art exhi­ St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Church bit of ceramic works by Alexandra bits will start at 5 p.m., followed by Hall in Southfield, Mich. Chess champs Diachenko Kochman, sponsored by an entertainment program at 7 p.m. the Ukrainian National Women's The conference program will be and a dance at 9 p.m. Adult dona­ divided into two parts: organizational slate tourney League of America Branch 29, will be tions are S10, student donations are held tonight at 7 p.m. The three-day and ideological-problematic. PHILADELPHIA - Ukrainian S5. For tickets and more informa­ The organizational part of the pro­ exhibit will be held at the Plast tion, call Rosalie Naumenko at (201) chess champions will meet at the Ukrai- Home, 2124 W. Chicago Ave. Satur­ gram will consist of reports of the, hian'CathoIic University, Philadelphia 826-5654 or Melanie Lawrence at members of the outgoing executive day and Sunday hours are; 10 a.m. to (201)738-7224. center, for a four-day tournament, 6 p.m. The public is invited to attend. board and branch presidents, work of November 25-28. the various conference committees, The masters/experts tournament, TORONTO: The opening of an discussion, question-and-answer per­ organized by Richmond, Va., UNA EAST HANOVER, NJ.: The Chor- exhibit of drawings by Ludmilla will iods and the election of the new national Branch 34 members, will include such normortsi Plast unit is holding a fall be held tonight at 8 p.m. at Trypillia executive board. participants as Stephan Popel of North dance at 9 p.m. at the Ramada Inn, Arts, 2285 Bloor W. The exhibit runs The ideological-problematic portion Dakota, O. Popovych of New York, B. Route 10. The Tempo orchestra will through December 4. of the program will consist of the key­ Baczynskyj of California, S. Stoyko of provide music; admission is S7 in note address titled "ODUM Today New Jersey, Lev Blonarovych of Vir­ advance, S9 at the door. For reser­ PITTSBURGH: The Ukrainian of and Tomorrow — Directions for the ginia, M. Turiansky of Chicago and the vations call Oleh Kolodiy, (201) 763- the Year Award, sponsored by the Future" which will be delivered by Rev. Marian Procyk of Philadelphia. 1797. Ukrainian Technological Society of Andrij Shevchenko, current president The tournament will commemorate of the ODUM executive board. the 90th birthday of Patriarch Josyf and A panel discussion on "Politics, will be held at 7911 Whitewood Road.