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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association, Inc., celebrating W its 125th anniversaryeekly Vol. LXXXVII No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 $2.00 conference focuses on future Parties launch campaigns as Constitutional Court of Ukrainian in North America considers legality of pre-term Rada elections by Andrew Sorokowski According to the conference announce- ment, discussions would focus on the Special to The Ukrainian Weekly themes of the “Heart to Heart” program: WASHINGTON – Thursday, June 6, the “the beauty and art of living well in unity fifth day of the week-long events surround- with God and neighbor, youth and children, ing the inauguration of the ministry of and a grateful appreciation of God’s graces.” Metropolitan-Archbishop In his breakfast remarks, Metropolitan under the motto “From Heart to Heart,” Borys had called on his fellow clerics for a was devoted to a conference in Washington moratorium on criticism and negativity, on the future of the Ukrainian Catholic inviting all to a constructive discussion. Church in North America. With speakers on Taking place between Ascension Day and topics ranging from abuse to xenophobia, the Descent of the Holy Spirit, the confer- citing sources from Evagrius Ponticus to ence was envisioned as a prayer of God’s Jordan Peterson, the colloquium was nei- people “as we choose to trust and open our ther narrowly academic nor strictly ecclesi- hearts to the Lord and our neighbors.” At astical, but reached deep into the needs the center of its mission the Church would and concerns of laity as well as clergy. place youth, articulating the Gospel “in an Immediately preceding the conference, idiom of the 21st century.” the head of the Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav, The conference was open to all. Clergy presided over a hierarchical divine liturgy and laity of both the Latin and Byzantine at the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of rites, monks and nuns, Orthodox as well as Presidential Administration of the Holy Family. The newly enthroned Catholics, young and old, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the Constitutional Court of Ukraine on Metropolitan Borys and several hierarchs visitors from Ukraine and other countries, June 11 in Kyiv. The judicial body started hearings on the same day to determine officiated, while the Ukrainian Catholic whether the president’s May 21 decree calling for pre-term parliamentary elections is could be seen among the numerous partici- compliant with the Constitution. University choir sang the responses. pants. Father Morozowich introduced The conference participants then gath- Patriarch Sviatoslav, who led the partici- by Mark Raczkiewycz arguments for his May 21 decree and ered in the auditorium for breakfast. The pants in praying the “Our Father.” instead cited public sentiment. Rev. Prof. Mark Morozowich, dean of theol- University President John Garvey then KYIV – Constitutional Court hearings He said many factors point to the “spirit ogy at the Catholic University of America made the major announcement of the con- started this week on whether President of the law,” including low public trust of the (CUA), greeted the assembled hierarchs, ference: a $5 million gift from emer- Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decree to call pre- legislature and popular support for dissolv- clergy, monastics and laity. Then the entire itus Basil Losten for Ukrainian studies at term parliamentary elections for July 21 ing the . group, many in black monastic headdress CUA, focusing on theology, graduate studies are in compliance with the supreme law of “Society is very closely following this and robes, proceeded in the 90-degree heat and research. the land. matter… and I think you will make a fair across the CUA campus to Maloney Hall for Addressing the panel of 18 judges on decision, of which we won’t be ashamed the conference. (Continued on page 16) June 11, Mr. Zelenskyy eschewed legal before our people, all of Ukraine and our children,” Mr. Zelenskyy said. Referring to his lawyer, the president said his legal position is “indisputable and Philadelphia proclaims ‘Heart to Heart Week’ flawless” – one that he would prove in court. The main reason for calling snap in honor of new metropolitan-archbishop elections is the absence of a governing coalition, he argued. by Ulana Baluch Mazurkevich The hearing lasted all day as judges que- ried the president’s attorney on the specif- PHILADELPHIA – On Monday, June 3, ics of an existing governing coalition. the City of Philadelphia and the City After his opening statement in the Council marked the beginning of a new era morning, Mr. Zelenskyy left the courtroom, in the life of the Ukrainian Catholic commu- saying he didn’t want to pressure the pan- nity in America and the enthronement of el’s hearing or its ensuing deliberation. A Metropolitan-Archbishop Borys Gudziak. ruling is expected at the latest by the end of Archbishop Gudziak suggested that this month. the beginning of his ministry embody the The current Verkhovna Rada has so far embrace of “Heart to Heart” and the city voted not to dismiss the sitting minister of responded with a proclamation and cita- defense and foreign affairs and the chief of tion declaring the week of June 2 through the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), all of June 9 as “Heart to Heart Week.” Thus the whom have resigned. It also didn’t vote for spiritual embraced the temporal in the the president’s bill against illegal enrich- City of Brotherly Love. ment of public officials, a key requirement In the Chambers of the City Council, Courtesy of the Office of Allan Domb of international lenders and donors. council members joined in the reading of Mr. Zelenskyy has already tapped a the citation to Metropolitan Borys, which During the presentation of the proclamation of “Heart to Heart Week” in Philadelphia, in the City Council chambers (from left) are: Councilman Allan Domb, replacement for the country’s chief diplo- was followed by the reading of the procla- Eugene Luciw, Councilman David Oh, Ulana Mazurkevich (who organized the mat by nominating Vadym Prystaiko as min- mation, signed by Mayor James Kenney event), Metropolitan-Archbishop emeritus , Councilman Derek Green, ister of foreign affairs. He has been Ukraine’s Metropolitan-Archbishop Borys Gudziak, Councilman Al Taubenberger, the Rev. lead envoy at the headquarters of the North (Continued on page 7) Michael Hutsko, Councilwoman Helen Gym and Councilman Mark Squilla. (Continued on page 3) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 No. 24

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The Kremlin is actively working Ukraine slams Russia’s disrespect for law will issue a decision on jurisdiction. (RFE/ RL, with reporting by AP and AFP) Kyiv has urged an international arbitra- to assimilate in occupied Crimea tion panel in the Netherlands to hear its case Zelenskyy vows ‘tough’ response to Moscow about alleged Russian breaches of a United shines a light on this often neglected trend. by Paul Goble Nations maritime convention, accusing Ukraine says fresh clashes with Russia- Mr. Tymchuk is a member of the Verkhovna Eurasia Daily Monitor Moscow of “wholesale violations” of its backed separatists in the country’s east Rada and a leader of the Information rights in waters around Ukraine’s Crimea have claimed the lives of two of its soldiers, raising to six the number of Ukrainian The international community has devot- Resistance program that tracks develop- region. Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Foreign troops reported killed last week and ed significant attention to the actions of ments in Russian-occupied areas (Censoru. Affairs Olena Zerkal on June 11 told the prompting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Russian authorities in occupied Crimea to net, May 20). Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The to urge Moscow to “rein in” the separatists. repress, marginalize and force out Crimean According to Mr. Tymchuk, his group Hague that Russia’s objections to the panel’s The Defense Ministry said on June 7 that Tatars, a crime against humanity that believes that “humanitarian security in the jurisdiction were “without legal merit.” two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 10 involves harassment, arrests and other broadest sense is an important component Alleged Russian violations in the Black Sea, were wounded after separatists opened fire kinds of mistreatment that are all too visi- of national security.” Consequently, humani- the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait showed with machine guns, anti-tank missiles, mor- ble (Krymr.com, May 29). And the world tarian security focuses on threats that many Russia’s “complete disrespect for the inter- tars, sniper rifles and grenade launchers, has also paid some attention to Moscow’s overlook because they seem abstract and national law of the sea,” Ms. Zerkal said. Kyiv efforts to relocate more ethnic Russians to far removed from the battlefield. But what is violating a ceasefire 23 times in a 24-hour has filed a series of legal complaints against period. In a statement, Mr. Zelenskyy said the Ukrainian peninsula, sending in happening in occupied Crimea with regard Moscow over its seizure of the Crimean pen- Russian officials to take over positions pre- to ethnic Ukrainians shows that is a mistak- Russia had loosened its control over the insula in March 2014 and its support for separatists, whom he called “mercenaries.” viously held by others (Idelreal.org, July 2, en view. Based on an examination of text- separatists in eastern Ukraine in a conflict He said: “The blatant violation of the Minsk 2018). But there has been far less coverage books and books for general use that that has killed some 13,000 people. Ukraine [cease-fire] agreements – the use of artillery of Moscow’s efforts to change the ethnic Moscow has introduced there since 2014, filed the case at the PCA in September 2016, – demonstrates at least the partial loss of composition of its new possession by push- he continues, one is forced to conclude that accusing Russia of violating the Convention control over the mercenaries. We hope that ing ethnic Ukrainians living there to re- the Kremlin is “not even attempting to hide” on the Law of the Sea concerning its rights in the Russian side will regain control over identify as ethnic Russians. its goal to “totally assimilate ethnic the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and the Kerch these units.” He added, “Attacking Ukrainian Some of the decline in the number and Ukrainians in Crimea,” even as it more open- Strait. The PCA began preliminary hearings armed forces is an obvious attempt to dis- share of ethnic Ukrainians in occupied ly works to “isolate the Crimean Tatars.” into the case on June 10, with Russian repre- rupt the ceasefire talks. No matter who gave Crimea has been the result of fear. Wherever possible, the Ukrainian parlia- sentatives calling on the court to throw out the command [to attack], Ukrainian armed According to Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa mentarian adds, Moscow publications tar- Ukraine’s claim for lack of jurisdiction. They forces will respond in a tough manner to the Dzhemilev, tens of thousands of ethnic geting Crimea either ignore Ukraine and argued that the dispute is about sovereignty situation.” He reiterated Ukraine’s position Ukrainians have declared they are ethnic Ukrainians altogether or, when that is not over Crimea and falls outside the terms of the that there was a “need to preserve the Russians in order to avoid problems with possible, blame them for everything nega- Convention on the Law of the Sea. Ms. Zerkal ceasefire” and that its demands for the the occupiers. That was especially the case tive happening on the peninsula. Russia disputed that, telling the PCA that it had juris- “release of the captured ones remain firm in the first months after occupation, when and Russians, in contrast, are described in diction to decide any disputes arising from and unchangeable.” (RFE/RL) the share of ethnic Ukrainians in the popu- the Russian media as responsible for every- the U.N. maritime convention, which covers EU envoys agree to extend sanctions lation reportedly dropped from 24.5 per- thing positive that has happened in the issues such as mineral and fishing rights. The cent before Russian forces arrived to only region. One book published last year, for deputy foreign affairs minister reiterated European Union ambassadors have 15.5 percent after less than six months example, characterizes Ukraine as “destabi- Ukrainian and Western accusations that agreed to extend the bloc’s investment ban (Sprotyv.info, July 11, 2018). As Russian lized” even during the period when the Russia is illegally restricting passage of on the Crimean peninsula by another year. repression has increased, many more eth- Viktor Yanukovych regime was cooperating Ukrainian ships through the Kerch Strait – Sources familiar with the matter, speaking nic Ukrainians have decided on this course most closely with Moscow. Mr. Tymchuk the sole passage from the Black Sea to the Sea on condition of anonymity, told RFE/RL on of action. Moscow has encouraged assimi- suggests that such a rewriting of history is of Azov. “Russia built an illegal bridge across June 12 that the sanctions will officially be lation not only to weaken Kyiv’s influence intended to prompt young people in occu- an international strait. It harasses ships of all prolonged at ministerial level within the on the peninsula but also to boost the num- pied Crimea not only to accept Russian citi- countries as they navigate to and from next two weeks. The EU sanctions were ber of ethnic Russians, thus covering, or at zenship willingly but to give up their Ukrainian ports,” Ms. Zerkal said. “It steals introduced in 2014 as a response to least obscuring, the overall demographic Ukrainian identity. our energy resources within our maritime Russia’s seizure of Ukraine’s Crimea region decline of the Russian nation (Deutsche Mr. Tymchuk’s report further asserts areas,” she continued. “It excludes our fisher- in March 2014. The measures include an Welle Russian service, May 28). that for school-age pupils, “the history of men from the waters they have always EU-wide ban on imports from Crimea Since such identity shifts are based Russia, with all its specific features, has fished.” Ms. Zerkal accused Russia of acting unless they have Ukrainian certificates, a like an imperial power, adding, “Russia almost exclusively on fear or short-term replaced Ukrainian history. Now, Crimean ban on cruise ships flying the flag of an EU believes that it alone can make the rules, but calculations, they could be expected to children live in one mental space not with member state or controlled by a member it can’t.” It is not clear when the PCA, the reverse themselves when the fear passes or their neighbors from the Northern state to call at ports in Crimea, and a prohi- world’s oldest institution for the arbitration when being ethnically Ukrainian in Crimea Chernozem zone or even with residents of and resolution of disputes involving states, (Continued on page 13) once again becomes something positive. the Kuban and Caucasus,” but with Russian However, the Russian authorities are areas further away. 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NEWS ANALYSIS Russia’s “justification” for MH17 and other surreal moments at ICJ by Halya Coynash Convention against Racial This year, the Russian delegation pre- Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Kharkiv Human Rights Discrimination sented its submissions first on June 3, and Europe (PACE), Organization for Security Protection Group After four days of hearings in March 2017, does not seem to have mentioned the and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the the ICJ issued its judgement on April 19, Mejlis at all, which is perhaps not surpris- European Union and numerous interna- The latest round of hearings is under way 2017, agreeing to Ukraine’s request for provi- ing, given the contempt of court it has tional NGOs. before the International Court of Justice at sional measures only with respect to discrim- shown by ignoring the latter’s order. The Russia is also claiming that Ukraine did the Hague in Ukraine’s suit against Russia ination against Crimean Tatars and ethnic arguments with respect to Crimea were not fulfil the demands under the said con- over alleged violations of two international Ukrainians in occupied Crimea. By a majority largely identical to those presented in ventions by resolving disagreement through conventions. Russia is again trying to con- of 13 votes to 3, it ordered Russia to “refrain March 2017. A Crimean Tatar who has cho- “dialogue.” One member of the Russian vince the court that it lacks jurisdiction in from maintaining or imposing limitations on sen to collaborate with the Russian occupa- team, for example, asserted that Ukraine the case, with this just one of the déjà vu the ability of the Crimean Tatar community to tion regime and who is under EU sanctions was simply pretending to go through negoti- features linking the hearings with those in conserve its representative institutions, for this was added to the delegation, pre- ations, for the record, without really seeking April 2017. There are, however, some cru- including the Mejlis.” The order to “ensure the sumably as “living evidence” that there is resolution. This was the level of argumenta- cial differences. One is that the court found availability of education in the Ukrainian no discrimination against Crimean Tatars tion from a representative of the country prima facie jurisdiction over Ukraine’s language” was passed unanimously. under Russian occupation. that invaded and occupied Ukrainian territo- claims under both conventions on April 19, The situation with ’s delegation includes Refat ry, and that brings criminal charges against 2017, and ordered Russia to stop specific Ukrainian has only worsened since 2017, Chubarov, head of the Mejlis and a Ukrainians for objecting to such occupation. forms of discrimination in occupied Crime – and the Mejlis remains banned. During the Ukrainian national deputy, whom Russia Three Ukrainians in Crimea, Mejlis leader an order that Russia has flouted. hearings in 2017, the Russian delegation banned from his homeland within months Ilmi Umerov, journalist Mykola Semena and Ukraine is accusing Russia of violating lied about the ban on the Mejlis, casting of its invasion. Its submission is also backed Crimean Tatar activist Suleyman Kadyrov, two United Nations conventions, namely the false aspersions about supposedly violent by considerable amounts of evidence, were all given real or suspended sentences International Convention for the activities. It has since twice brought totally which has already served as grounds for for repeating the position of the U.N. and all Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism fabricated prosecutions against respected resolutions condemning Russia’s banning international bodies, regarding Crimea’s and the International Convention on the Crimean Tatars, with these used by the of the Mejlis and persecution of Crimean status. Elimination of All Forms of Racial Russian state-controlled media to try to Tatars and other Ukrainians in occupied Discrimination. discredit the Mejlis. Crimea by the U.N. General Assembly, the (Continued on page 7)

direct government decision-making power Parties launch... to the public, improving the rule of law, and more economic rights for businesses. (Continued from page 1) Following Ms. Tymoshenko on the list Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in are Donbas oligarch Serhiy Taruta, former Brussels since July 2017 and holds the post SBU chief Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, veteran of deputy minister of foreign affairs. lawmaker Serhiy Sobolev and party deputy Lithuanian-born Aivaras Abromavicius, Olena Kondratiuk. who was an economy minister in the post- Polling fifth with 6 percent is the party of Euro-Maidan government, was appointed to perhaps Ukraine’s most prominent rock the supervisory board of the state-run star, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, which is called defense and arms conglomerate Ukroboron­ Holos Zmin (Voice of Change). Also a one- prom. The umbrella company manages over time lawmaker and the first to voluntarily 100 enterprises in five major defense indus- resign, Mr. Vakarchuk said the party “won’t try sectors, yet is subject to little public scru- work in a coalition with political forces that tiny despite the fact that about 5 percent of don’t agree that Europe is Ukraine’s choice, the country’s yearly economic output of that will defend oligarchs, that do not share $100 billion is spent on defense. Presidential Administration of Ukraine the principle of equality before law and that The president signed a submission to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on June 3 sits with ex-President Leonid Kuchma, do not want to make the authorities Parliament to dismiss Prosecutor General who heads the Ukrainian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group that is part of accountable to the public,” according to an Yuriy Lutsenko. He also appointed Vladyslav the peace negotiation process for the Russo-Ukrainian war. Interfax-Ukraine report. Bukhariev to head the SBU’s foreign intelli- “The rest can be negotiated,” Mr. gence department. A national deputy within names of more candidates, sometimes up stability” to the country, its founding mem- Vakarchuk added. the Batkivshchyna party, Mr. Bukhariev lists to 100. However, that doesn’t mean the ber and current lawmaker Yuriy Boiko said At the June 8 party convention, it was a medal from Russia’s chief spy agency, the same ones will be registered with the at the party congress on June 6. A former decided that he will head the list, followed Federal Security Service, for “military coop- Central Election Commission by the June energy minister under President Viktor by Yulia Klymenko, former deputy minister eration,” in his political biography. 25 submission deadline. Yanukovych, he heads the list, followed by of the economy (2014-2016), information In a Facebook post in 2014 during the last The other half of the chamber is elected lawmaker Vadym Rabinovych, Viktor technology expert Kira Rudik, whose parliamentary election campaign, Mr. in single-mandate districts based on sim- Medvedchuk (Russian President Vladimir employer was bought by Amazon for $1 bil- Bukhariev said he received a certificate of ple-majority voting. Putin is godfather to his daughter), lion last year, Kyiv School of Economics pro- distinction from the U.S. Drug Enforcement The president’s pro-Western Servant of Luhansk oblast native Nataliya Korolevska, fessor Yarsolav Zhelezniak and Oleksandra Administration for his role in disrupting an the People party may capture nearly 49 per- a lawmaker of the Russia-friendly Ustinova, who last served as a board mem- international drug network while serving in cent of decided voters based on a nation- , and Serhiy Lyovochkin, a ber of the Anti-Corruption Action Center. wide survey that the Kyiv International lawmaker who headed Mr. Yanukovych’s the SBU in cooperation with Russia, the U.S. Update on the war and other countries more than a decade ago. Institute of Sociology released on June 10. Presidential Administration in 2010-2013. He earned the equivalent of $31,000 last Its platform calls for legislation stripping the Ex-President Petro Poroshenko’s re- Eight Ukrainian soldiers were killed from year, yet gave his daughter more than State Fiscal Service of police powers and the branded party and for- June 1 to 11, bringing the total death toll this $570,000 worth of gifts, according to his SBU of its power to investigate financial mer Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s year to 59 and more than 13,000 since the income and asset declaration. crimes. Included in its program is removing Batkivshchyna party each garner about 8 Russo-Ukraine war began in February 2014. Fifteen oblast governors were dismissed prosecutorial immunity from Rada deputies percent support. Nearly 340 anonymous bomb threats by the president. Ukraine has 24 oblasts – and confiscating property from corrupt offi- European Solidarity clearly makes NATO were reported at public gathering sites administrative regions – along with the cials. It also wants to provide a one-time and European Union accession a goal. Its throughout the country just on June 10, the autonomous region of Crimea, and the cit- amnesty on unexplained wealth. first five candidates are: Mr. Poroshenko, Internal Affairs Ministry said in a state- ies of Kyiv and that hold “special Regarding the defense sector, Mr. Parliament Speaker Andriy Parubiy, his ment. Russia’s warfare toolbox has also status.” Zelenskyy’s party’s platform wants to make deputy Iryna Herashchenko, Airborne included cyberattacks, economic sanctions punishment harsher for corruption in the troop commander of the Armed Forces Lt.- and propaganda. Party lists firm up ahead of election Armed Forces. Gen. Mykhailo Zabrodsky and singer-activ- Threats increased starting in February Political party congresses took place Dmytro Razumkov, who was the presi- ist Sofiya Fedyna. 2014, when Russia invaded Ukraine. Most over the weekend and Monday ahead of dent’s political adviser during the presiden- Batkivshchyna has already announced it recently, a bomb threat was called in to the next month’s Verkhovna Rada elections. tial race, heads the party list. Ruslan won’t be in opposition and wants to form a Constitutional Court hearing on June 11 dur- Polls suggest that five parties – three Stefanchuk, the party’s ideologist, is sec- coalition with Servant of the People. Its ing oral arguments on holding early elections. pro-Western, one populist and one pro- ond, while judicial reform expert Iryna platform has mostly populist overtones. It In related news, European Union ambas- Kremlin – are expected to pass the five-per- Venediktova is third. Women comprise a calls for a different format of negotiating sadors on June 12 extended sanctions on cent barrier for half of the 450 parliamen- quarter of the top 20 on the party list. peace in the Russo-Ukraine war, strength- Russia that stem from its illegal 2014 tary seats based on a proportional voting The pro-Russian Opposition Platform- ening the armed forces (a policy that the annexation of Crimea, a decision that EU system. Voters will only see the first five For Life party is polling in second with 12 previous president and current Parliament foreign ministers must first confirm later names of party lists on ballots, however. percent support. have mostly pursued), NATO accession, this month, according to a tweet by former Some parties, however, have revealed the It wants to “bring peace… and restore combating corruption, providing more U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 No. 24

Patriarch Sviatoslav visits Knights of Columbus headquarters in New Haven

by Msgr. John Terlecky NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Following his pastoral visit of the Philadelphia Archeparchy during the weekend of May 10-12, Patriarch Sviatoslav accepted the invitation of Supreme Grand Knight Carl Anderson to celebrate the divine liturgy on Monday, May 13, in New Haven, Conn. The patriarch traveled with his staff by train from Philadelphia to New Haven. The divine liturgy was cele- brated together with his staff and area clergy of the Stamford in the chapel of the Knights of Columbus building. The service was attended by members of the Supreme Council and some 150 managers and employees. The entire divine liturgy was sung in English according to traditional Galician chant. During Patriarch Sviatoslav’s presentation of the antimension to Supreme Grand Knight Carl Anderson of the Concelebrants of the divine liturgy were Msgr. John Knights of Columbus. Terlecky, the vice-rector of Holy Spirit Greek-Catholic Nazar Dmyterko and Roman Kuzmiak, and the Rev. “plashchnytsia” that is necessary by liturgical law in order to Seminary of Lviv when the patriarch was a student there in Mikhailo Myshchuk of Watervliet, N.Y. Vestments were pro- celebrate the divine liturgy in the Byzantine Rite. It usually is in 1992-1994; the Very Rev. Andriy Maksymovych, moder- vided by St. Basil Seminary. Close to 100 of those present placed on the altar beneath the Gospelbook. The antimen- ator of the Patriarchal Curia; the Rev. Volodymyr Malchyn, received Holy Communion (perhaps for the first time) sion is consecrated and signed by a bishop, which empowers vice-chancellor of the Kyiv Archeparchy as well as national according to the Byzantine rite. a priest to celebrate the liturgy for the faithful. In this case, spiritual director of the Knights in Ukraine; and the Rev. In his homily, Patriarch Sviatoslav focused on the Gospel the antimension was signed by Patriarch Sviatoslav and Ihor Iatsiv, communications director of the Curia. reading of the paralytic at the Bethesda pool. He addressed entrusted as a museum piece to the Knights of Columbus.] Bishop assigned the Rev. Ivan Mazuryk the man’s lonely character and how the glory of God A fine luncheon was provided to all the clergy by the of Bridgeport, Conn., to handle preparations needed for the touched him through the presence of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Grand Council and followed by a private audience of the divine liturgy. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Terlecky of Stamford, He also spoke about the Knights of Columbus organization patriarch with the supreme grand knight. The Knights of Conn., and Spring Valley, N.Y., provided an introduction to and how it addresses so many needs of the world’s popula- Columbus provided limousine service to the patriarch and the Byzantine liturgy to those in attendance; the Very Rev. tion and how it reveals the glory of God and His mercy. his staff to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New Archpriest Edward Young baked the prosphora bread. At the end of the liturgy, Patriarch Sviatoslav presented York for an evening flight to Ukraine. In attendance also were the Rev. Iura Godenciuc of New the signed antimension used in the service to the supreme Patriarch Sviatoslav is a founding member of the Haven and the Rev. Stefan Yanovski of East Haven, Conn. grand knight as his contribution to the noted Knights of Knights of Columbus Kyiv Council. The Knights of Congregational singing was beautifully led by three semi- Columbus Museum in New Haven. Columbus are the most active Catholic men’s society in narians of St. Basil Seminary in Stamford, Markian and [An antimension is a cloth in the design of a small present-day Ukraine. No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 5

UNA CELEBRATES 125 YEARS: A snapshot from history, 1950

Lincoln Studio Seen above are participants of the 22nd Regular Kuropas, Walter Hirniak, Walter Kossar and Ambrose eration and native-born Ukrainian Americans. In order Convention of Ukrainian National Association, which was Kibsey, and Supreme Advisors Dmytro Szmagala, to facilitate the institution and upkeep of such courses, held on May 22-27, 1950, in . The convention John Romanition, John Wasylenko, John Kokolsky, the Convention recommends that funds from the Student was attended by 429 delegates and 20 members of the Peter Kuchma, Walter Didyk, Nicholas Dawyskyba, Aid Fund of the Association be allocated for this pur- UNA Supreme Assembly, who held a total of 909 votes. Taras Shpikula, Olena Shtogryn, Anna Wasylowska pose.” Another recommendation read: “In general, do UNA officers reported that, as of the end of 1949, the and William Hussar. Convention delegates approved everything and by all means possible to cultivate and organization had 472 branches, 56,009 members and $12,950 for community causes, $2,010 for scholar- advance the Ukrainian cultural heritage of Americans $11,167,057 in assets. Elected to the new Supreme ships and $4,715 to aid infirmed members. The cost of and Canadians of Ukrainian birth or descent.” Assembly were: Supreme President Dmytro Halychyn, subscriptions to the daily newpspaer Svoboda (which Supreme Vice-President Joseph Lesawyer, Supreme at that time included The Ukrainian Weekly as a supple- A photo archive of UNA history has been launched on the Vice-Presidentess Genevieve Zerebniak, Supreme ment) was raised to 50 cents per month. Among the UNA website. It is a work in progress that will be expanded Secretary Gregory Herman, Supreme Treasurer Roman recommendations of the 22nd Convention was: “Institute and refined. To take a look, go to unainc.org/una/the-una-is- Slobodian, Supreme Auditors Dmytro Kapitula, Stephen a series of Higher Cultural Courses for younger gen- 125-years-old/. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 No. 24

WINDOW ON EURASIA The Ukrainian Weekly Our Ukrainian media Any agreement with Moscow not worth Ukrainian Journalists of North America (UJNA) met in mid-May at Soyuzivka Heritage Center in Kerhonkson, N.Y., for their fifth professional conference. the paper it’s printed on, says blogger Participating were journalists of print, broadcast and digital media from various by Paul Goble tal reality that “agreements with Russia Ukrainian media outlets in and the United States who came to share with and aren’t worth the paper on which they are learn from their colleagues about the various challenges they face in today’s world. Sometimes it takes a private person to written” and instead to remember that vio- Significantly, the topic of this year’s UJNA conference was “The Future of News.” point out what officials are not willing to lating these fundamental values will under- It’s a future that is uncertain, as journalism faces multiple perils. face. That recently happened in Ukraine, mine the domestic situation in his country. Besides “fake news,” there is misinformation and downright disinformation remi- where blogger Vasya Baraban has punc- Any referendum on peace talks risks niscent of the Soviet era. There is widespread partisanship and bias in various tured talk about talks with Moscow by crossing such “red lines,” the young “news” media, and the level of discourse has sunk to new lows as opposing opinions pointing to what should be obvious: Ukrainian woman says. “A referendum in oftentimes are hatefully targeted. That, of course, leads the public to question what Ukraine would be trading its future with a which a professor and general of an army is the truth and, indeed, what is truth. Social media have now become news sources country that has repeatedly demonstrated in the field have the same voice as someone for much of the population, while traditional print and broadcast media decline. it won’t live up to its commitments. who hasn’t even finished middle school is Moreover, these days everyone’s a journalist. No qualifications, knowledge, profes- In a May 26 YouTube post that has gone not democracy. It is, instead, a guaranteed sionalism or ethics required. It’s a dangerous world out there, as the consumers of viral, she says that the only things Moscow power for frauds who will capably use news – or what they deem to be “news” – become less and less truly informed. The would accept in exchange for any conces- uneducated people” against their country. marketplace of ideas, whereby the free competition of ideas separated falsehood sions would be “the sovereignty of Ukraine “The people have no information, includ- from facts, has been replaced by an echo chamber, in which alternate opinions are and the future of our children” (censoru. ing maps, intelligence reports and the work not heard and a person’s views are merely reinforced by those of like-minded indi- net/35886-ukrainka-smelo-otvetila-zelen- of experts,” she says. “The people have no viduals. skomu-po-povodu-rossii-ja-ne-znaju-kak- international partners and specialists who In this climate, newspapers are dying off or merging; newspapers and magazines vy-uchili-istoriju-moschnoe-video.html). conduct consultations. The people have no are becoming online-only publications; and media conglomerates are acquiring She notes that Presidential Administra­ strategy which could be pursued for the more and more “properties.” The days when cities had more than one newspaper tion head Andriy Bohdan has said that “ter- achievement of its goals.” are quickly coming to an end, and those newspapers that do remain are losing their ritory and citizens cannot be the subject of What’s more, Ms. Baraban continues, “the individuality, becoming more and more homogenized. negotiations.” But if that is so, “what will be people have no responsibility. The president The Ukrainian news media, which serve a niche market, face many of these same their subject? Our sovereignty? The possi- must have such responsibility.” And she issues plus others. The intensely loyal readers who traditionally supported Ukrainian bility for Ukraine to take decisions inde- adds: “I don’t know how well you studied newspapers are aging, while younger generations don’t seem to be interested – pendently? The future of my daughter?” history, but I did – and not badly. And I can unless they want to publicize their particular event or project. Thus, the number of Ms. Baraban challenges Ukrainian tell you that there’s one overriding fact: subscribers is declining. Production and distribution expenses – including the cost of President Vladimir Zelenskyy to answer Russia can’t be trusted, as it will violate any mailing publications to a geographically dispersed readership – are constantly rising. and in doing so not to forget the fundamen- agreement Kremlin officials sign.” Sadly, the number of Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian print media has decreased markedly. Gone are such U.S. newspapers as America (Philadelphia) and Narodna Volya (Scranton, Pa.); The Way (Philadelphia), once a print weekly, is now a biweekly in digital format only; Canada’s New Pathway (Toronto) and Ukrainian News (Edmonton, Alberta) have merged into one bilingual weekly. New Attitude toward the past divides Pathway-Ukrainian News, Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly have online versions in addition to their print editions. Ukraine and Russia most profoundly And still, despite all odds, Ukrainian news media continue their mission, striving by Paul Goble were not (or ceased to be) Soviet people.” to serve new generations of Ukrainians in North America. These mainstays of our For people like these and others who community deserve our support via paid subscriptions, donations and advertising What sets the peoples of Russia and were informed by them, a novel like Vasily dollars. Ukraine apart most clearly is their attitude Grossman’s “Life and Fate” were critical toward the past, with the former preferring because it clearly distinguished between to retreat to the comfortable lies of Soviet the achievement of citizens of the USSR in times and the latter willing to face the hard liberating lands from the Nazis and the bes- facts of the past, Franco-Russian essayist tial actions of the Stalin regime that June Turning the pages back... Galia Ackerrman says. oppressed people there and elsewhere The author of many works on Russian “before, during and after the war.” Ten years ago, on June 17, 2009, the U.S. Armed Forces and Ukrainian affairs and most recently of According to Ms. Ackerman, “Grossman 17 European Command (EUCOM) and the U.S. 6th Fleet officially “Le Régiment Immortel. La Guerre Sacrée was brave enough to compare the two total- notified Ukraine’s Defense Ministry that foreign military units de Poutine” (The Immortal Regiment: itarian regimes in his dialogue between Liss 2009 scheduled to take part in the Sea Breeze-2009 naval exercises in Putin’s Sacred War; Paris: Premier Parallèle, and Mostovsky, possibly without even hav- Ukraine had to cancel their participation. The cancellation was 2019), Ms. Ackerman argues that far more ing been acquainted with the works of because Ukraine’s Parliament, stuck in political deadlock, failed to than tearing down Lenin statues is needed Hannah Arendt or with the shocking testi- authorize the entry of such units on the national territory of Ukraine for the 2009 exercise. to overcome the noxious legacy of the Soviet mony of Margarete Buber-Neumann.” Held annually for two weeks in July since 1997 (except 2006 and 2009), on Ukraine’s past (graniru.org/opinion/m.276245.html). In perestroika times, the peoples of the Black Sea coast and at sea, as well as the Shirokyi Lan base in Mykolayiv Oblast, the joint “Not everything in the Soviet Union was USSR were more broadly confronted by exercise combines naval, ground and air forces involving more than 2,000 military person- narrowly Soviet,” she continues. “Perhaps it revelations about the horrors of the Soviet nel from about 15 NATO members and partner countries by invitation. is difficult to define just what that past. Many incorporated these things into In subsequent years, Sea Breeze was moved to Odesa to avoid stirring anti-NATO senti- Sovietness is, but intuitively we understand their understanding of the world, the ments in Crimea, even though the exercise is not a NATO exercise, but a U.S.-Ukraine joint it perfectly well. Those few… who rejected essayist says, but many resisted because it exercise with participants being invited. However, Moscow used these sentiments to swell not simply communist ideology but the was hard for them to “separate normal protest groups in Crimea. entire system of Soviet life… lived in a patriotism from service to the regime.” The exercise is designed to enhance multinational interoperability – particularly with world of creators and thinkers who were All too few wanted to admit that they Ukrainian forces – by practicing operation information sharing, maritime interdiction, able to preserve spiritual honor.” had been serving something evil and, con- boarding and seizure of suspect ships, anti-submarine operations, mine countermeasures, That was “the world of Bulgakov and sequently, they welcomed the rise of diving missions, amphibious landings, urban warfare improvised-explosive-device detec- Mandelshtam, Tarkovsky and Paradzhanov, Vladimir Putin as giving them a break tion and disposal, paratroops’ landings, air warfare, and peacekeeping elements. Mamardashvili and [her] teacher V.V. Ivanov, because he argued “Soviet power was only This year’s Sea Breeze will be held in the Mykolayiv, and Odesa regions, of Sakharov and Shalmov, of Vysotsky and a means of preserving the Ukraine’s Defense Ministry reported. The maneuvers will include 30 warships, 30 aircraft Galich, and of hundreds of others who lived, and that the main impulse of the Soviet and more than 900 Marines from 14 different countries. Specifically, the Yatran sonar sys- created, suffered and died in Soviet times but leaders and the Soviet people… was patrio- tem, designed to detect ships and submarines, was adopted into the armament of the tism, love for the motherland and concern . Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak signed the decree Paul Goble is a long-time specialist on for its flourishing.” to adopt the new sonar system based on positive results of state testing, as reported by ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia But “returning to the Soviet past and its state-owned defense company Ukroboronprom. who has served in various capacities in the glorification could not take place without a The system includes special sonar buoys with sensitive acoustic sensors and a digital U.S. State Department, the Central significant rewriting of history,” Ms. information processing center that combines information from multiple passively operat- Intelligence Agency and the International Ackerman points out, noting that the Putin ing sonar buoys that are absolutely invisible to enemy warships, making it possible to Broadcasting Bureau, as well as at the Voice regime in Russia was more than ready to monitor the movement of hostile ships and submarines and to transmit their coordinates of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio engage in that. As a result, once again any for targeting purposes. The sonar buoys can be dropped via helicopter, creating a network Liberty and the Carnegie Endowment for crime became justified if it was committed of sensors in the shortest possible time to cover large areas of water and see a full picture International Peace. The article above is in the name of the Leviathan state. of the location and movement of all enemy ships. reprinted with permission from his blog But not all the people who emerged Source: “U.S.-led Sea Breeze 2009 exercise cancelled in Ukraine,” by Vladimir Socor called “Window on Eurasia” (http://windo- (Eurasia Daily Monitor), The Ukrainian Weekly, June 28, 2009. woneurasia2.blogspot.com/). (Continued on page 12) No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 7

LETTER TO THE EDITOR FOR THE RECORD

genocidal . If it had not been for those who helped the DPs, many of us Project seeks to honor would not be here today, for those refugees speaks on health care “Heroes of Their Day” were our parents and grandparents. Clearly, we need to remember the “Heroes amidst Russia’s war against Ukraine Dear Editor: of Their Day” while we still can. The Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties We’ve made it easy to donate online. Just Ukraine’s acting minister of health, Dr. What if over 70 of your citizens were Foundation (www.ucclf.ca), in association go to www.ucclf.ca. Or, if you prefer, mail a Ulana Suprun, spoke at the 72nd session of kidnapped and tried in kangaroo courts on with the Association of Ukrainians in Great check to: UCCLF, 48 Wood Crest Close SW, the World Health Assembly (WHA) in trumped-up charges and sent to penal colo- Britain, is raising funds to install a commem- Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2W 3P9. Geneva on May 21. Below is the text of her nies in Siberia? That’s what happened to orative stained glass window in a church in Overall, this heroes project has a budget address (as delivered). Source: Ministry of filmmaker Oleh Sentsov from Crimea and London to honor the men and women who of just over $100,000. We hope to unveil this Health of Ukraine. dozens of Crimean Tatars. volunteered for overseas service during the window in May 2020, marking the 75th While the world’s media parrots the lies second world war. Some of these veterans anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day, The transformation of Ukraine’s health promoted by the Kremlin’s industrial lying remained in Europe afterwards and helped the symbolism of which I am sure all of your care system has been a hallmark of change machine, almost every day, a Ukrainian sol- rescue thousands of Ukrainian political ref- readers will appreciate. Fittingly, this memo- in our country. Over the last two and a half dier dies on the frontlines of Russia’s war ugees and displaced persons. rial will be installed on the very site of the years, the path to universal health coverage against Europe, a war that has taken the We’re calling this project “Heroes of Central Ukrainian Relief Bureau’s HQ, where and attaining SDG 3 [Sustainable lives of 13,000 people. Their Day” (based on Flight Lt. G. R. B. these men and women gathered during the Development Goals regarding good health What if 24 members of your navy were Panchuk’s memoir of that title). These war years in their “London Club,” reaffirm- and well-being] in Ukraine was built by taken prisoners of war by the Russian navy Canadian and American soldiers saved ing who they were as Ukrainians even as redefining how health care services are while sailing through international waters, thousands of Ukrainians from forcible they served bravely in the ranks of the financed by creating the National Health guaranteed passage according to interna- repatriation to the Soviet Union. Many of armed forces of all of the Allied nations. Service of Ukraine, a single payer system. tionally recognized rules and treaties? Is those very same DPs went on to make sig- Thanks for your donation and support In just over a year, 27.6 million patients this not a clear act of aggression? as we honor the “Heroes of Their Day.” nificant contributions to the life of the signed declarations with a family doctor of Handing out Russian passports on occu- Ukrainian , not only in the United their choice. Over 1,900 primary care facili- pied Ukrainian territory, forcefully or not, is States and Canada but in Australia and Lubomyr Luciuk, Ph.D. ties and almost 25,000 doctors have joined another act of aggression. And requiring across Europe, as they told the truth about Kingston, Ontario the new system, making the presence of a Ukraine’s struggle for independence and The letter-writer is chairman of the patient-centered medi- Russian passport to bore witness to what happened during the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Foundation. cine a reality. Multiple We have imple- receive health care is a surveys show patient mented health human rights violation. There were some rather staggering satisfaction with their care reforms Everyone assembled Russia’s... moments, such as Mr. Wordsworth’s appar- family doctors at over in this room must find ent attempt to justify the provision of a Buk 70 percent and disap- while the Rus- the will to say “no” to (Continued from page 3) missile launcher to the Russian/pro-Russian proval in the single dig- sian Federation doing business as usual. Convention on Financing Terrorism militants in the occupied Donbas. He states: its. Family doctor’s sala- The United Nations “First, the alleged supply of the weapon used ries have doubled and, has invaded should not tolerate the It was clear back in 2017 that this was to shoot down Flight MH17 was in response in some cases, tripled or and waged war presence of the Russian going to be the harder of the two cases to to a request for assistance in defending quadrupled. The system Federation on the win. In the summary of its judgement in against a series of armed strikes by Ukraine’s is built on a digital solu- against Ukraine. Security Council until April 2017, the court explained that “Ukraine military aircraft that were taking place within tion, where e-health is they decide to rejoin the contends that the Russian Federation has the context of the ongoing armed conflict.” the source for billing, health data and quali- international rules-based system, begin- failed to respect its obligations under Articles Nowhere do Mr. Wordsworth, or his ty assurance. ning with withdrawing their troops and 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 18. In particular, Ukraine Russian teammates, mention crucial informa- I have been asked, how has Ukraine command structures from occupied territo- maintains that the Russian Federation has tion which also makes his use of the term made this transformation a reality? One of ries of Ukraine’s Donbas and Crimea and failed to take appropriate measures to pre- “alleged” highly suspect. The Joint vent the financing of terrorism in Ukraine by the reasons behind our success is our freeing all Ukrainian prisoners of war and Investigative Team (JIT), which was formed public and private actors on the territory of team’s ability to say “no” to business as political prisoners. by countries directly affected by the MH17 the Russian Federation and that it has usual. Corruption schemes and rent seek- Member countries of the WHO and disaster after Russia blocked a U.N. investi- repeatedly refused to investigate, prose- ing behavior will no longer siphon billions other international organizations must be gation, was very specific about the source cute, or extradite “offenders within its terri- from the state budget to the detriment of willing to say “no” to Russian money flood- tory brought to its attention by Ukraine.” of the Buk missile. patient care. With evidence-based medi- ing western banks otherwise you risk Russia denies all of this. The court conclud- It concluded: cine, we said no to privileged medical becoming hostages of the Kremlin. ed that “at least some of the allegations “The Buk missile which downed paternalism and created a network of state The sanctions regime must be kept in made by Ukraine” appeared to fall within Malaysian airliner MH17 on 17 July 2014 financed angiography centers around the place and expanded otherwise you risk the scope of the convention. came from the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile country, reducing deaths from myocardial rewarding behavior that annuls the bene- It did, however, note that elements men- brigade which is a unit of the Russian army infarctions by 20 percent. In the past, peo- fits society gains from peace and prosperity tioned in Article 2 of the convention “such from Kursk in the Russian Federation.”… ple who required stents would have paid and threatens the implementation of SDG as intention, knowledge, as well as the ele- “JIT presumes that within the 53rd bri- out of pocket. We achieved change because 16 – promotion of peace and inclusive soci- ments of purpose” need to be present. The gade and within the circle around it, people we believe in letting the truth have its day. eties. Dividing the world into spheres of court concluded “that, at this stage of the have knowledge about the operation in which And the truth is, we have implemented influence should not be how we organize proceedings, Ukraine has not put before it that particular Buk-Telar was deployed and these reforms while the Russian Federation international affairs in the 21st century. about the persons that were involved in it.” evidence which affords a sufficient basis to has invaded and waged war against Ukraine. The sovereignty of Ukraine belongs to Mr. Wordsworth’s claim that no other find it plausible that these elements are Consider the following: what if you were the people of Ukraine and the fate of country but Ukraine treats the so-called mil- present,” and rejected its request for provi- forced to leave your home and all you could Ukraine will be decided by Ukrainians, not itant “republics” as terrorist organizations is sional measures. take was one suitcase, what would you by foreign capitals. Russia is, on the one hand, continuing to also not quite accurate. While he tries to present Russia’s supply of sophisticated sur- take? Over 1.5 million Ukrainians were Allowing imperialistic authoritarian claim that the conflict in Donbas is a “civil forced to make just such a decision when states to act with impunity shortens lifes- war” and to deny any involvement. During face-to-air missiles capable of downing a civilian airliner as a “response to a request Russia annexed Crimea and invaded east- pans in Ukraine and around the world. We Russia’s first presentation in March 2017, ern Ukraine in 2014. will continue to defend those values that Ilya Rogachev claimed that the militants for assistance,” at least three countries, including Mr. Wordsworth’s own United What if you found your name on a list of have enabled global peace and prosperity. had “found” weapons stored back in Soviet people to be liquidated by Russian secret The past five years have shown that times inside Donbas mines, and that some Kingdom, have convicted their own citizens services, the FSB? Hundreds of Ukrainians Ukraine is a reliable and trusted partner for of the militants’ vast supplies of weapons under terrorism legislation for fighting with today live with a price on their heads, a the world community. Together we are had been left by the Ukrainian army. the illegal armed formations in the Donbas. price put there by the Kremlin. stronger. It is certainly easy enough to provide The hearings continued, with Russia video footage and other evidence, proving responding to Ukraine’s presentation on that weapons, tanks, etc. came from Russia, June 6, and then Ukraine on June 7. however it remains to be seen whether * * * vide wonderful spiritual guidance and com- Ukraine will need to, and be able to, prove EDITOR’S NOTE: A news release from Philadelphia... mends the evolving ways they serve our residents’ many needs.” “intent” and “elements of purpose” to fall the International Court of Justice dated (Continued from page 1) under the relevant convention. June 7 reported: “The public hearings on “ I, James F. Kenney, Mayor of the City of It was noticeable, amid all the Russian the preliminary objections raised by the and read by City Councilman Allan Domb. Philadelphia , do hereby proclaim the week denials back in March 2017, that one of the Russian Federation in the case concerning The proclamation stated, in part: of Sunday, June 2, to Sunday, June 9, 2019, foreign lawyers, Samuel Wordsworth, made Application of the International Convention “Philadelphia is proud to have a dedicat- to be Heart to Heart Week in Philadelphia only a cursory attempt to deny Russian for the Suppression of the Financing of ed Ukrainian American population (and) a and congratulate Archbishop Gudziak on involvement in the downing of Malaysia Terrorism and of the International major aspect of this vibrant culture is their this impressive opportunity to lead the Airlines Flight 17 (MH17). Instead he con- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms faith, which brings so much strength, unity Ukrainian American Catholic community in centrated then, and on June 3 of this year, of Racial Discrimination (Ukraine v. and sense of community to those living in our city and the region and wish everyone on the likely lack of intent to shoot down a Russian Federation) were concluded today. our city. Philadelphia is fortunate and a joyous week as they welcome this new civilian aircraft. The court will now begin its deliberation.” thankful to have so many people that pro- spiritual leader to our area.” 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 No. 24

Ukrainian Journalists of North America gather for fifth conference

by Roma Hadzewycz Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy: “We don’t know who he is based on his political posi- KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Ukrainian tion, because he has none.” Mr. Zissels went Journalists of North America gathered at on to explain who voted for the untested Soyuzivka Heritage Center on Friday through candidate: those who want change, Maidan Sunday, May 17-19, for their fifth conference, supporters who did not understand what whose theme was “The Future of News.” President Petro Poroshenko had indeed Among the media outlets represented were accomplished, people suffering economi- New Pathway – Ukrainian News, Kontakt cally, those who want peace, and people Ukrainian TV Network, Svoboda and The who are against the oligarchs. He said the Ukrainian Weekly; also in attendance were 73 percent vote for Mr. Zelenskyy reflects independent journalists and media profes- the “infantilism of Ukrainian society, which sionals from across the U.S. and Canada. awaits a miracle.” Those who arrived Friday evening had a Nonetheless, the speaker voiced his faith chance to meet with colleagues at an infor- in civil society and said he believes mal get-together before the conference ses- Ukraine’s course toward Europe and NATO sions got under way the next morning. will continue. He also noted that he expects Opening remarks were delivered on Russian President Vladimir Putin to apply Walter Kish Saturday morning by the immediate past pressure on the new president, adding, “we Participants of the fifth conference of Ukrainian Journalists of North America at president of the UJNA, Roma Hadzewycz, will see how this develops.” Soyuzivka Heritage Center. editor-in-chief of The Ukrainian Weekly A final topic broached by Mr. Zissels was and Svoboda, who set the stage for the anti-Semitism. He cited “the very low level weekend’s sessions by recalling the major of anti-Semitism in Ukraine” – lower than in topics of the previous four conferences and the United States, Canada or the West in noting that the current year’s topic alludes general – and pointed out that Ukraine is rid to “a future that is uncertain as the journal- of the Soviet-era’s state-sponsored anti- ism field faces many challenges.” Semitism. Speaking of the Jewish citizens of Among those challenges are: fake news, Ukraine, he said “their Jewishness is not an misinformation and outright disinforma- influence on their lives” and characterized tion; social media that have become de them largely as “assimilated citizens of facto news sources for the public; and ram- Ukraine.” pant partisanship and bias in much of the Another special guest at the UJNA confer- media, which leads consumers to question ence was Melinda Haring, editor of the what is true. Atlantic Council’s most popular publication, “Today everyone’s a journalist,” she the “Ukraine Alert” blog, a senior fellow at noted, adding that “the type of journalism the Foreign Policy Research Institute and a we studied seems to no longer be impor- term member of the Council on Foreign tant.” Meanwhile, traditional print and Relations. Ms. Haring offered “the view from broadcast media are in decline, newspa- Washington” about the current alignment of pers are merging, media conglomerates are political forces in Ukraine and the future of acquiring ever more outlets, and newspa- the next Verkhovna Rada, which she pre- pers and magazines are becoming online dicted would be “fragmented, fragile and Roma Hadzewycz only publications. “So, what does the future less reform-minded.” She noted that the Melinda Haring, editor of the Atlantic Council’s “Ukraine Alert” blog, addresses UJNA members, as Andrew Nynka (left) and Stefan Genyk-Berezowsky listen. hold for Ukrainian community news presidential election was all about domestic media? Perhaps we’ll find some answers issues, not foreign policy, which explains activity are decidedly underreported. pogroms in Ukraine. In fact, Mr. Homelsky during our discussions over these two President Poroshenko’s poor showing. Marco Levytsky of the newspaper New said, Petliura tried to stop the pogroms, days,” Ms. Hadzewycz said. The prognosis for the next five years, she Pathway – Ukrainian News, who is UJNA called on the public not to succumb to prov- Jurij Klufas, president of the UJNA, then told the journalists, is “mixed, but now is vice-president for western Canada, spoke ocations and cooperated with the Jewish introduced the first speaker of the confer- not the time to give up.” Ukraine needs about the history of Ukrainian newspapers community of Ukraine. ence, Josef Zissels, co-president of the strong independent news media, as oli- in Canada, pointing out that the first Mr. Homelsky also released a book called Association of Jewish Organizations and garchs now control television and opposi- Ukrainian newspaper in Canada was “History: Unlearned Lessons,” and his next Communities of Ukraine, a human rights tion forces can’t get on the air. Another Svoboda – from the United States. In 1896, project is a book about the Ukrainian activist and former member of the Popular problem is that the public broadcaster in that newspaper carried a regular column nationalist leader Yaroslav Stetsko. He Movement of Ukraine (Rukh) and its Ukraine is very poor. “The U.S. should put called “News from Canada.” underscored in his talk that “understanding Council of Nationalities. Participating via real money into Ukraine and Ukrainian TV Kanadiyksyi Farmer (Canadian Farmer), among nations must be found through the Skype from Toronto, Mr. Zissels offered his to challenge the dominance of the oli- founded in 1903, was the first Ukrainian truth.” perspective on journalism in Ukraine, garchs,” she observed. Canadian newspaper, followed by, among A global affairs analyst and the UJNA’s which he said, “has a way to go to reach the Ms. Haring concluded her remarks by others, Robochyi Narod (Working People, vice-president for international relations, standards of the ‘civilized’ world.” saying: “Ukraine has a story to tell, but it’s 1909) Ukrayinskyi Holos (Ukrainian Voice, Michael Bociurkiw focused his remarks on He also commented on the “uncertainty” not telling that story” – its achievements in 1910) and Kanadiyskyi Rusyn (Canadian Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy, whose elec- surrounding the newly elected president of IT, fashion, agriculture and other realms of Rusyn, 1911). tion by such a huge margin was due to a Through the decades, newspapers in protest vote. “The election was [Petro] Canada experienced much growth and late- Poroshenko’s to lose, but he was tone deaf,” ly have declined, Mr. Levytsky said. The sur- the speaker noted. “He came across as vivors are: New Pathway – Ukrainian News angry, … and he did not deal with bread- (the result of a merger of two newspapers and-butter issues.” that occurred in 2017), Homin Ukrainy At the same time, Mr. Bociurkiw (Ukrainian Echo), Meest and the Ukrainian acknowledged that “a lot of people proba- Canadian Herald. The speaker also cited bly voted for the TV persona,” rather than some online only Ukrainian publications in for Mr. Zelenskyy himself. “Whether we like Canada, such as Ukrainian Vancouver. He it or not, Ukraine elected Zelenskyy, and we explained that though there are 1.4 million have to give him a chance,” he added. Ukrainians in Canada, only 10 percent of He spoke also about the influence of fake them claim Ukrainian as their mother lan- news and disinformation, pointing out the guage. Russia spends $1.1 billion for such “infor- Alik Homelsky joined the conference via mation,” while the European Union spends Skype from Toronto to report on facts vs only $5.67 million to counter it. He warned myths in the story of Symon Petliura. Mr. that we should expect an uptick of Russian Homelsky, an independent researcher, is misinformation before the elections of the the author of a Ukrainian-language book Verkhovna Rada in Ukraine. about Petliura (1879-1926), the supreme “ Newspapers: A commander of the army of the Ukrainian Changing Business Model” was the topic National Republic (UNR) and president of tackled by Walter Kish, UJNA vice-president

Philip Roslin the Directory of the UNR. Petliura was for eastern Canada. The challenges faced by UJNA members (from left) Michael Bociurkiw, Myroslava Rozdolska, Roma assassinated in 1926 in Paris by Shalom Ukrainian newspapers in North America Hadzewycz, Jurij Klufas and Cassian Soltykevych stand before the banner of the con- Schwartzbard, who cited vengeance for ference’s principal sponsor, Self Reliance New York Federal Credit Union. Petliura’s purported responsibility for (Continued on page 13) No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 9 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 No. 24

Illya Labunka Metropolitan-Archbishop Borys Gudziak processes, as Ukraine’s Ambassador to the Some of the Ukrainian Catholic, Roman Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox hier- U.S. Valeriy Chaly and Ukrainian World Congress President Paul Grod look on. archs and clergy who were at the enthronement ceremony. Photo report: Enthronement of Metropolitan-Archbishop Borys Gudziak

The papal bull announcing the appointment of the new metropolitan is During the rite of enthronement. displayed. Applauding is Metropolitan-Archbishop emeritus Stefan Soroka.

Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the U.S., reads the text of the papal bull. Patriarch Sviatoslav (right) and Metropolitan Borys seated during the service.

The combined choirs of the Philadelphia Archeparchy’s parishes sing the responses. Deacons and altar servers during the liturgy. No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 11

The new metropolitan with his brother, Dr. Marko Patriarch Sviatoslav celebrates liturgy. Gudziak, and family.

Illya Labunka Metropolitan Borys addresses the faithful (above), including Adriana Wojcickyj (below, in wheelchair), saying he would always be there for her.

Metropolitan Borys with fellow members of the Plast fraternity “Orden Khrestonostiv.” Biography of Metropolitan-Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia On February 18, 2019, the Holy Father, , for the Renewal of the Lviv Theological Academy. From appointed the Most Rev. Borys Gudziak as archbishop of 1995 until 2000, he served as vice-rector of the Lviv Philadelphia for Ukrainians and metropolitan for the Theological Academy, then as rector from 2000 to 2002. Ukrainian Catholic Church in U.S.A., thus concurring In that year, Father Gudziak became rector of the with the recommendation of the appointment offered Ukrainian Catholic University (founded on the basis of by the Synod of Ukrainian Catholic , which met the Academy), and in 2013 its president. in September 2018 in Lviv. His enthronement was held In 2012 Father Gudziak was appointed bishop of the on June 4 at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in France, Belgium, the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia. Netherlands, Luxemburg and Switzerland. Bishop Borys Borys Gudziak was born in 1960 in Syracuse, N.Y., the also serves as a member of the Permanent Synod of the son of immigrants from Ukraine. He earned a bachelor’s Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and as a head of the degree in philosophy and biology from Syracuse Department of External Church Relations. University in 1980 and then studied in Rome, in the cir- In 2016, with the help of American consultants with cle of Patriarch . He received aa STB degree in experience in church administration as well as business, theology from the Pontifical Urban University in 1983 Bishop Borys launched a program of strategic pastoral and then returned to America to pursue a doctorate in planning to create an eparchial vision for its future Slavic and Byzantine Cultural History at Harvard activity and growth, increased the number of priests University, which he successfully defended in 1992. and parishes, established a new financial model for the In 1995 he earned a licentiate in Eastern Christian eparchy’s sustainability and widely engaged the laity. During the 2013-2014 Maidan movement for human studies from the Pontifical Oriental Institute. He was dignity, Bishop Borys was an active supporter and ordained as a priest on November 26, 1998. appeared regularly on leading global TV channels and In 1992, he moved to Lviv where he founded and media providing expert commentary. directed (1992-2002) the Institute of Church History. In

1993, he was appointed chairman of the Commission (Continued on page 12) Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 No. 24

A BRIEF HISTORY: Ukrainian Catholic The Coat of Arms of the Metropolitan Archeparchy of Philadelphia Most Reverend Borys Gudziak Catholics of the Byzantine ritual tradition in the Austro- Archeparchy of Philadelphia now includes the District of Hungarian Empire were known in church terminology as Columbia, the states of , and New Jersey, . Large numbers of them began to immigrate to and eastern Pennsylvania to the eastern boundaries of the the United States in the late 1870s. A priest of their own following Pennsylvania counties: Potter, Clinton, Center, arrived in 1884, Father John Wolansky and blessed their Mifflin, Huntington and Fulton. first church building in Shenandoah, Pa., that same year. The Archbishop of Philadelphia is the metropolitan for These Catholics were placed under the jurisdiction of the the Ukrainian of the United States, which have Latin ordinaries of the places of residence by virtue of the their sees in Stamford, Chicago and Parma. He is, according Apostolic Letter of Leo XIII Orientalium Dignitas (1895). to law, a metropolitan outside the territory of the Major In 1907 Bishop Soter Stephen Ortynsky was appointed Archiepiscopate in accordance with canons 133-138 of the their ecclesiastical superior, but he had to procure actual Code of Canon Law of the Eastern Churches. The bishops of jurisdiction as vicar general from the Latin ordinary of each the Metropolitan Province of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians community where his faithful had settled. In 1913 Bishop enjoy jurisdiction over all their faithful in the territory of Ortynsky was accorded full ordinary jurisdiction and inde- their eparchies, thereby excluding the concurrent jurisdic- pendence from the Latin ordinaries (Cum Episcopo, August tion of bishops of any other co-territorial (Western or 17, 1914), under the vigilance of the apostolic delegate in Eastern) Catholic autonomous churches. Washington. Today the Metropolitan Archeparchy of Philadelphia, Bishop Ortynsky died prematurely on March 24, 1916. with a population of 13,051 souls, comprises 62 parishes World War I had severed communications with the dioceses and two missions presently served by 57 priests. of origin in Austro-Hungary. The Holy See did not then Hierarchs of the Philadelphia Archeparchy appoint another bishop but ordered the apostolic delegate to assign two priests as temporary administrators, one for the faithful who came from the ecclesiastical province of Lviv- Consecrated May 12, 1907; died March 24, 1916. Halych ( [Halychyna] and Bukovyna), and another for • Most Reverend Stephen , OSBM those whose origin was in some part of the kingdoms then Appointed bishop in the United States May 20, 1924; con- called Hungary and Croatia. This division implied the permis- secrated• Most June Reverend 15, 1924; Constantine appointed Bohachevsky first metropolitan-arch- sion for either group of the faithful to detach themselves from bishop of the Philadelphia Archeparchy August 6, 1958; an existing parish and found one of their own, defined either enthroned November 1, 1958; died January 6, 1961. according to the criterion of regional origin or of language, which was to be decided by the majority of the faithful in each parish. Smaller groups chose sometimes not to separate Appointed second metropolitan-archbishop of the themselves and to stay with the majority in the local parish. Philadelphia• Most Reverend Archeparchy Ambrose August Senyshyn, 14, 1961; OSBM died September This separation was made permanent when in 1924 11, 1976. The coat uses a laconic modern reflecting bishop ordinaries were appointed for each group. For the the semiotics of a contemporary logo. The faithful and parishes who traced their origin to the province Appointed third metropolitan-archbishop of the Trinitarian, Christocentric, Eucharistic and Old of Lviv, the seat of the ordinary (soon to be termed apostolic Kyivan accents are clearly discernible. The coat of ), Bishop , was established Philadelphia• Most Reverend Archeparchy Joseph OctoberM. Schmondiuk 1, 1977; died December 25, 1978. arms is not in the form of a militaristic shield, but of on May 20, 1924, in Philadelphia. a chalice as symbol of the Pascal bloodless sacrifice. On July 20, 1956, Pope Pius XII created the Apostolic The trident, the main element, is a sign of St. Exarchy of Stamford, Conn., assigning to it the parishes situ- Appointed fourth metropolitan-archbishop of the Volodymyr the Great’s acceptance in 988 of the ated in the state of New York and in all of New England, and Philadelphia• His Eminence Archeparchy Myroslav September Cardinal Lubachivsky 21, 1979; appointed faith in the Triune God and symbolizes the fullness appointed as its first titular bishop , pre- apostolic administrator of Philadelphia October 3, 1979; of Divinity. Its crimson color represents the sacri- viously auxiliary in Philadelphia. consecrated November 12, 1979; named coadjutor major fice of Christ, the martyrs, and wine of the The same Roman pontiff erected on July 12, 1958, the archbishop of Lviv March 24, 1980; became major archbish- Ecclesiastical Province of Philadelphia, consisting of the Eucharistic. Gold is the color of Divinity and of op of Lviv September 7, 1984; named cardinal May 25, bread. The Son of God becomes man and sheds his Archeparchy of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians, and the 1985; died December 14, 2000. Eparchy of Stamford. Pope John XXIII separated the western blood, accepting death on the cross to witness in part of the Archeparchy of Philadelphia on July 14, 1961, this world to God’s eternal love and glory. comprising all the states of the U.S.A. west of the western Appointed fifth metropolitan-archbishop of the The cross in the center symbolizes the Savior’s boundary of and on the west of the Missouri and Philadelphia• Most Reverend Archeparchy Stephen December Sulyk 29, 1980; consecrated Easter victory – through the Cross – to the Mississippi Rivers, and established it as the Eparchy of St. March 1, 1981; retired November 29, 2000. Resurrection. This devotion to Christ and the Cross Nicholas of Chicago for the Ukrainians. Bishop Jaroslav is shown by the princes and passion-bearers Ss. Gabro was installed at the time of the canonical erection of Borys and Hlib, sons of Volodymyr, representatives Appointed sixth metropolitan-archbishop of the the Eparchy on December 12, 1961, as its first bishop. of the first generation of the baptism of Rus’- • Most Reverend Stefan Soroka Pope John Paul II created on December 5, 1983, the Philadelphia Archeparchy November 29, 2000; enthroned Ukraine, and the first saints canonized on Kyivan Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma, Ohio, comprising the February 27, 2001; retired April 16, 2018. land. Their bowed heads – vivid fraternal benevo- states of Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, lence – exemplify an interpersonal relationship of , , North and South Carolina and West Appointed seventh metropolitan-archbishop of the harmony, peace and joy, reflecting the interpersonal Virginia, and western Pennsylvania. Bishop Robert M. Philadelphia• Most Reverend Archeparchy Borys Gudziak February 18, 2019; enthroned love in the Holy Trinity. Moskal was installed at the time of canonical erection of the June 4, 2019. The motto Eucharisto (“thank you” in Greek) new eparchy on February 29, 1984, as its first bishop. stands for both the Eucharistic sacrifice and grati- As a result of these separations, the Metropolitan Source: Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia. tude for the grace and generosity of God.

the Holodomor on Ukrainian territory, but of scholarly works, among them a doctoral Attitude... also on the destruction of the Ukrainian intel- Biography... dissertation on 16th century church history, ligentsia in the 1930s, de-kulakization and published as “Crisis and Reform: The Kyivan (Continued from page 6) (Continued from page 11) political repressions throughout the entire Metropolitanate, the Patriarchate of from the collapse of the USSR have gone in Soviet period and so on.” Bishop Borys has received numerous Constantinople, and the Genesis of the this direction. One nation that hasn’t is the In many ways, these actions recall what awards and distinctions. In 2015 he Union of Brest” (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Ukrainians. And it is in this regard that one happened in the Soviet Union during pere- became a Cavalier of the Order of Legion of University Press, 1998), as well as numer- must look for “one of the main causes of the stroika, and that is important to remember Honor (Chevalier de l’Ordre national de la ous articles in European and North break between Russia and Ukraine.” Russia now because “in Ukraine, there are millions Légion d’honneur), the highest decoration American academic journals. He has also wants to return to a rose-colored vision of of former Soviet citizens who, just like in France. In 2016 he was awarded the Jan penned articles in popular magazines, news- the Soviet past; Ukraine doesn’t. many Russians, feel uncomfortable in the papers, commentary on political, cultural and religious affairs, position papers on aca- “By law, Ukraine has equated Nazism to cold win of historical truth and want to Poland, in recognition for his work in shap- demic curricula and educational reform, and communism and banned their propaganda return to the comfortable and idealized Nowak-Jeziorańskiing civil society in Central Award inand Wroclaw, Eastern Europe. In 2018 he received an honorary introductions to scholarly and spiritual pub- and symbolism,” Ms. Ackerman writes. cocoon of the past.” doctorate from his alma mater, Syracuse lications. Bishop Borys is among the authors “After the defeat of the Nazis, the Banderite As Ms. Ackerman puts it, “here lies the University, and a literary award from the of “A Pope Francis Lexicon,” edited by Cindy OUN fought against the occupation of west- essence of the conflict between progressive Ukrainian chapter of PEN International. Wooden and Joshua J McElwee (Collegeville, ern Ukraine by Soviet forces.” Russians view Ukraine and part of its south-east, in the He travels globally with lectures and talks Minn.: Liturgical Press, 2017) and a collec- its actions as a crime, even though “this was first instance the Donbas.” The struggle of on theology, history, spirituality, education, tion of essays about the future of Europe. a classic national-liberation struggle.” these two views of the past will determine society, and current challenges in Ukraine. He continues to be an active member of “In Ukraine, great work on restoring whether “Ukraine will be able to finally He speaks English, Ukrainian, Italian, Polish, Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization and national culture and the national past is going break out of the suffocating embrace of ‘the French, Russian, and German. the head of its supervisory board. He is an on, including research on the Holocaust and elder brother.’ ” Bishop Gudziak is the author of a number honorary citizen of Lviv. No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 13

During the concluding session of the Ukrainian Journalists... conference on Sunday, there was a wide- ranging discussion on the UJNA’s plans for (Continued from page 8) 2019-2020, including the possibility of include aging readers and a declining read- sponsoring presentations in several cities ership; rising production and distribution in North America on the topic of human costs; competition from Internet sources; rights issues and the work of journalists in and an uncertain business model. Ukraine’s territories occupied by Russia. He went on to speak of the experience of Other topics broached were mentoring stu- New Pathway of Toronto (founded in 1930) dents of journalism, co-op training and and Ukrainian News of Edmonton (1929), workshops for journalists, as well as the which merged in 2017 to become the larg- UJNA’s use of social media. est broad-based newspaper in Canada, and Also during that business session, Mr. provided information on the new publica- Klufas was re-elected to lead the UJNA as tion’s expenses and income. He noted that president. Also re-elected were: Andrew the newspaper benefits from a government Nynka, vice-president, eastern U.S.; Mr. subsidy that helps cover costs. Kish, vice-president, eastern Canada; Peter Mr. Kish’s look at the benefits and draw- Borisow, vice-president, western U.S.; Mr. backs of going to an online-only publication Levytsky, vice-president, western Canada; was a good lead-in to the dinnertime pre- Mr. Bociurkiw, vice-president, international sentation by Cassian Soltykevych, owner of relations; Oleksander Kharchenko, secre- the company Urban Block Media, which tary/treasurer; and Ms. Hadzewycz, imme- specializes in web design and marketing Roma Hadzewycz diate past president. The prime sponsor of the 2019 UJNA con- solutions. Journalists take a break from their sessions to enjoy Soyuzivka’s natural beauty. The final topic of Saturday’s conference ference was Self Reliance New York Federal sessions was the state of the Ukrainian lan- 33 percent of newspapers. He also dis- let’s audience, both current and potential; Credit Union. Individual sessions were spon- guage in Ukraine, presented by Stefan cussed the use of Ukrainian in the broad- the format of a publication online and how sored by Selfreliance Federal Credit Union Genyk-Berezowsky of Toronto. Under­ cast media, where he noted an increase in it is perceived by the general public; and (based in Chicago), SUMA Federal Credit scoring that “Language is the heart of a its prevalence, as well as on the Internet, the all-important topic of content, which Union (Yonkers, N.Y.), Ukrainian Credit nation,” he provided information on the use where Ukrainian loses when it comes to does not have to be the same as the printed Union (Toronto) and Ukrainian Selfreliance of the , which is now news sites, games and commerce. version of a publication. Federal Credit Union (Philadelphia). being strengthened in Ukraine. The speaker also gave a chronology of Also important, he said, is the ease of The sixth conference of Ukrainian Among the interesting statistics cited by ultimately successful efforts to pass the subscribing to a publication. Things to con- Journalists of North America has been Mr. Genyk-Berezowsky: 68 percent of new law on language in Ukraine, calling it a sider include: Can a subscriber pay online? scheduled for May 15-17, 2020 (the week- Ukraine’s people consider Ukrainian their “a historic chance to restore justice” to a Is there a discount for longer-term sub- end of Canada’s Victoria Day), once again at native language, yet only half speak it in language that had been repressed and per- scriptions? Is there a price for combined Soyuzivka Heritage Center. their families; although Ukrainian is the secuted. print/online subscriptions? Can a reader For information about the UJNA, readers language of instruction in schools, Russian During dinner, Mr. Soltykevych spoke auto-renew? may contact: Jurij Klufas, c/o Kontakt is dominant beyond the classroom; 75.9 about digital technology options for As far as social media are concerned, Mr. Ukrainian TV Network, 145 Evans Ave., percent of books and brochures in Ukraine Ukrainian media in the diaspora, covering Soltykevych’s advice was simple and direct: Suite 210, Toronto, ON, M8Z 5X8; jurij@ are now published in Ukrainian, but only such topics as the demographics of an out- “Either use it or delete it.” kontakt.ca.

Crimean Tatars jailed for ‘extremism’ were suspected of being members of Hizb wide, released on April 29, the U.S. NEWSBRIEFS ut-Tahrir, an Islamic group that is banned in Commission on International Religious A court in Russia-controlled Crimea has Russia but not in Ukraine. The U.S. Embassy Freedom said that “[in] Russian-occupied (Continued from page 2) sent eight Crimean Tatars to pretrial deten- in Kyiv condemned the arrests in its Crimea, the Russian authorities continued tion for two months on extremism charges. Twitter statement on June 11. “Eight more to kidnap, torture, and imprison Crimean bition of the purchase by EU companies of A court in Crimea’s capital, Symferopol, Crimean Tatars have been unlawfully Tatar Muslims at will.” (Crimea Desk, RFE/ property and companies there. Under the ruled on June 11 that Lenur Khalilov and detained this week. Russian authorities’ RL’s Ukrainian Service) ban, goods and technology for the trans- Eldar Kantemirov must be jailed until increasing persecution of Crimean Tatars is port, telecommunications and energy sec- August 5. A day earlier, the court sent six Protest against “capitulation and revanche” tors also cannot be exported to Crimean other Crimean Tatar activists – Riza Omerov, unacceptable and needs to stop,” the state- companies or for use on the peninsula. his father Enver Omerov, Eskender ment said. Rights groups and Western gov- Radio Svoboda reported on June 10 that Moscow is also supporting separatists in Suleymanov, Ayder Dzhepparov, Ruslan ernments have denounced what they a protest took place at the Presidential eastern Ukraine in a conflict that has killed Mesutov and Ruslan Nagayev – to pretrial describe as a campaign of repression by the Administration. “Demonstrators voiced their some 13,000 people since April 2014. EU detention for the same period. The eight Russian-imposed authorities in Crimea opposition to ‘capitulation and the revanche leaders are expected to prolong the bloc’s men were detained on June 10 after Russian who are targeting members of the Turkic- of pro-Russian forces in Ukraine’ and burned economic sanctions against Russia, which Federal Security Service (FSB) officers and speaking Crimean Tatar community and a white flag. Demonstrators demanded the mainly target the country’s energy and police searched their homes in the districts others who have spoken out against removal of Ukraine’s head representative at banking sectors, by six months when they of Alushta, Bilohirsk and Symferopol. The Moscow’s takeover of the peninsula. In its meet in Brussels on June 20. (RFE/RL) FSB said then that the eight Crimean Tatars annual report on religious freedom world- (Continued on page 18)

Ділимося сумною віскткою, що 8 червня 2019 року, відійшла у вічність в Ню Йорку, Н.Й. The Board of Directors of the св. п. Ірена Вербицька Ukrainian Institute of America з дому Бехметюк regrets to announce that our long time Member народжена 26 квітня 1933 року в Делятині, Україна. Ірена була членкою пластового куреня Перші Стежі. Mr. Marko Melnitschenko Панахида відбулася в п’ятницю, 14 червня 2019 року, о 7-ій годині вечора в похоронному заведенні Петра Яреми у Ню-Йорку. passed into eternal rest on May 25, 2019. Похоронні відправи відбулися в суботу, 15 червня, о годині 9:30 ранку в церкві св. Юра в Ню-Йорку, а відтак на Українському като- Mr. Melnitschenko was a devoted member, ardent supporter and лицькому цвинтарі св. Духа в Гемптонбурґу, Н. Й. benefactor of our organization. His contributions into the work and У смутку залишилися кузини: success of the Ukrainian Institute have been invaluable. - Андрій Косович з дружиною Вірою і дітьми Адріяною й Олесем (Ню-Джерзі) Our heartfelt condolences go out to Marko’s entire family, in particular, - Христина Федосова з родиною (Україна) his wife, Ljuba, his daughters, Roxana and Renata, two cousins, Lilia and - Надя Шаран з дітьми Мартою і Юрком (Сиракюз, Н.Й.) Eugene, nieces and nephews, as well as to his friends and the many - Стефан, Данило та Андрей Косович (Вiрджінія) Members of the Ukrainian Institute and the Ukrainian community whose lives he touched. та ближча і дальша родина в США, Канаді та Україні. Замість квітів пожертви можна складати на Український Музей в Ню-Йорку або на Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation (UCEF), May he rest in Eternal Peace. канцелярія в Чікаґо , Іліной. Вічная пам’ять! Вічна Їй пам’ять! 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 No. 24 No. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 15

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Iskra Academy holds spring recital WHIPPANY, N.J. – The Iskra Ukrainian Dance Academy held its spring recital program on Saturday, May 11, at the Ukrainian American Cultural Center in Whippany, N.J., offer- ing a program of dances by the school’s five groups. The dances were interspersed with musical numbers, both vocal and instrumental, performed by some of the older students. Iskra Ukrainian Dance Academy was established in 1996 and cur- rently has approximately 75 stu- dents ranging in age from pre- school through high school; its artistic director is Andrij Cybyk. Wowk Photography SGA students introduced Patriarch Sviatoslav visits Basilian Sisters to opportunities at Cooper Union SGA such as NYC Transit engineering improve- ment and Department of Sanitation NEW YORK – On April 1, St. George Logistical Scheduling initiatives, to name a Academy students had the unique opportu- few. nity to meet with Dr. Elizabeth Waters, asso- Students were then informed of the vari- ciate director of Cooper Union’s STEM ous summer and afterschool classes avail- Outreach initiative, in order to participate in able to them at Cooper Union, many of an engineering workshop, as well as to learn which are free of charge. Students also about incredible opportunities available to learned of scholarship opportunities high school students at Cooper Union. should they be interested in participating During the workshop on April 1, stu- in summer programs at Cooper Union. dents participated in various STEM (sci- Cooper Union was founded by inventor, ence, technology, engineering, mathemat- industrialist and philanthropist Peter ics) activities, the highlight of which Cooper in 1859. The Cooper Union for the allowed students to work in groups on Advancement of Science and Art is one of design projects of their choice to brain- the premier colleges in the world offering Sister Joann Sosler storm about issues of concern in New York education in art, architecture and engineer- Bishop looks on while Patriarch Sviatoslav is greeted by Sister Dorothy City, and formulate various solutions to ing, as well as courses in the humanities Ann Busowski, provincial superior of the Sisters of St. Basil the Great. these concerns. Students tackled issues and social sciences. by Sister Dorothy Ann Busowski Sister Dorothy Ann warmly welcomed Patriarch Sviatoslav with the traditional FOX CHASE, Pa. – The Sisters of the presentation of bread and salt and with Order of St. Basil the Great, Jesus, Lover of heartfelt joy and gratitude for the opportu- Humanity Province, were honored to wel- nity to break bread with him, listen to him come Patriarch Sviatoslav to their and thank him personally for all that he is Motherhouse in Fox Chase, Pa., on May 20. doing as the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Accompanied by Bishop Andriy Rabiy, Church. In her remarks, the provincial apostolic administrator of the Ukrainian superior specifically thanked the primate Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, and for his spiritual leadership, inspiration and by Fathers Andriy Maksymovych, support, gifts that he has bestowed both in Volodymyr Malchyn and Ihor Yatsiv, the person and in writing. patriarch was greeted by Provincial Patriarch Sviatoslav was also personally Superior Sister Dorothy Ann Busowski, by greeted by all the sisters and guests attend- Sisters Joann, Miriam Claire and Ann Laszok, ing the event. After asking that the and by the entire Fox Chase community. Resurrected Jesus bless the patriarch with Also attending this special event were abundant grace, good health, a strong faith, the Basilian associates, the Rev. John selfless love and courage, the Basilian SGA Ciurpita (chaplain), Sean McLauglin (direc- Sisters intoned a heartfelt “Mnohaya Lita.” St. George Academy students listen to a presentation by Dr. Elizabeth Waters, associ- tor of the Basilian Spirituality Center) and A festive dinner followed in the sisters’ din- ate director of Cooper Union’s STEM Outreach initiative. visiting iconographer Raymond Vincent. ing room. Plast sea scouts mark birthdate of Ukrainian naval fl eet

WHIPPANY, N.J. – “Den Morya,” or the Day of the Sea, was celebrated at a special ceremony held at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Whippany, N.J., on Sunday, May 5. Above, members of the Chornomortsi fraternity and Chornomorski Khvyli sorority of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, as well as other members of Plast, stand near the icon of St. Nicholas, patron saint of sailors and patron saint of Plast sea scouts. The annual ceremony marks the founding of the Ukrainian Navy on April 29, 1918, when ships of the Black Sea Fleet raised the Ukrainian flag at 1600 hours, marking a victory of the Ukrainian movement toward independence as the fleet came under the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian National Republic. Bohdanna Pochoday-Stelmach 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 No. 24

begin,” he concluded, “led and inspired by the name of the person receiving. Young perceive the liturgy as being always the Washington... our youth.” people, he continued, are particularly hun- same. Consequently, the Church has to go gry for authenticity and integrity. out to them, using social media to address The heart of the matter (Continued from page 1) Lamenting the loss of a sense of truth, he them directly. The next speaker was Kyle Archbishop Metropolitan Borys spoke Father Morozowich then presented the described our times as a state of war in Hayes, a former Lutheran pastor who is next, promising that this academic encoun- moderator of the first panel, titled “Heart to which our consciousness is under siege by now a parishioner at the UCC’s Front Royal ter would not be a stereotypical one. Heart,” the Rev. Dr. Stefanos Alexopoulos. A destructive influences. After questions and Mission in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Thanking Bishop Basil for the generous Greek Orthodox priest and faculty member answers, the conference broke for lunch. Virginia. To him, the Ukrainian Church, at CUA, Father Alexopoulos introduced the seeking what is real, what is true and what endowment, he reminded the audience Unity, not uniformity that the university, one of the most respect- panelists. Dr. Julie Dezelski, assistant direc- is beautiful, offers something beyond “mor- ed institutions in the modern world, was an tor for marriage and family at the U.S. The first afternoon panel was devoted to alistic therapeutic deism” (a phrase coined invention of the Catholic Church. He asked Council of Catholic Bishops, opened the dis- unity. Dr. Young introduced the first speak- by Smith and Denton in a 2005 study of whether the Church uses the university as cussion. She pointed out that the “heart to er, the Rev. Alexopoulos, who had moderat- American teenage religiosity). it should. Truth, he said, can only be discov- heart” dialogue takes place primarily in the ed the previous panel. He pointed out that The British-born Father Joseph Matlak, ered through dialogue and dispute, but family, which teaches relationships, self- Eastern Catholics and Orthodox share more now of Charlotte, N.C., recognized that for a above all when we meet “heart to heart” in knowledge and love of God. Dr. Susan than what divides them. Maria Muñoz- young person, the decision to join the a triangular relationship including God. We Timoney observed that young people desire Visoso referred to Pope Francis’s 2014 Church can be lonely and difficult. It takes need Catholic universities to witness to that mentors who, speaking their language, can statement that “unity does not imply uni- courage (a word derived, incidentally, from relationship. In these days of waiting for help them to discern who they are and who formity.” Nor, she added, does it mean loss the Latin for “heart”). Lest we tradition- the descent of the Holy Spirit, he asked, can they are called to be. Dr. Robin Darling of identity. bound Ukrainian Catholics become mere we open our hearts, minds, and souls for Young, a professor of early Christian history, The Rev. Dr. Peter Galadza warned that museum curators, he advised, we must His arrival? traced the phrase “heart to heart” to John the phrase, popular among Ukrainians, model holiness, for only “attractive, coher- Turning to the history of his Church, the Henry Newman, St. Augustine, John Cassian, about “the unity of Church and people” ent and authentic models” of Christian life metropolitan pointed out that it had sur- Luke, Paul and the Psalms. (yednist tserkvy i narodu) has been used to can attract youth. vived a colossal and determined attempt to The Rev. Dr. Andrij Chirovsky of the defend ethnocentrism — a mistake of the Deacon Daniel Galadza, currently a fel- destroy the relationship between God and Metropolitan Institute Third Wave of Ukrainian emigration (which low at the Center for Advanced Studies at humanity. In order to understand how the of Eastern Christian Studies in Toronto, treated the Church as a surrogate for state- the University of Regensburg, pointed out Lord is calling us to live today – what we perhaps subtly referencing Pope John Paul hood) that the Fourth Wave should not that North America has a culture of open- should say, and how we should say it – we II’s 1990 apostolic constitution “Ex Corde repeat. He also cautioned against a distrust ness. Church scandals have demonstrated need critical thought and reflection. The Ecclesiae,” reminded the audience that the of scholarship and inquiry, which could the need for transparency. Cyril Kennedy university helps us to do that, he continued. university is “at the heart of the church.” skew the Church’s mission. In his view, bluntly stated that today, young people in Turning to the topic of unity, Heart and intellect, he stressed, need to unity means overcoming distances and general don’t trust the Church. It has hardly Metropolitan Borys stressed the impor- work together. The Christian East offers a looking each other in the eye. any cultural capital left. A “heart to heart” tance of Orthodox participation in the con- heart-centered spirituality, recognizing that The Rev. Dr. Thomas Pott recommended conversation is therefore most welcome, ference. He warned, however, that “the the intuitive intellect relates us to God and the formulations “united, not absorbed” but we must also recognize the many bro- Divider is at work” throughout the human our fellow humans. and “the Other is me” as bywords of unity. ken hearts, the sexual and financial abuse, community. Wars rage in Ukraine and Following on this last point, Father Ethnic traditions should serve unity, not which have prompted people to leave. around the world. Unity among genera- Morozowich raised questions about identi- division. The Rev. Dr. Bohdan Prach, rector These last comments elicited several tions is important too, for the human race – ty, community, and communion. To live in of Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, responses from the audience. One young its values, mindsets and world views – has truth, we need to see the image of the Lord referred to the concept of “becoming an woman described the woundedness of changed more in the last 50 years than in in our neighbor. In this regard, Father icon,” that is, being spiritually transformed. those who had witnessed the Church scan- the last 5,000. It is therefore time, said the Chirovsky noted that when we talk to Where no one has become an icon, there dals. She also wondered how we can relate metropolitan, to listen to young people. homeless people, the most important thing can be no community. to people from eastern Ukraine who did Here in the metropolia they can be free and is to ask them their names, because that In brief follow-ups, Father Galadza not grow up in the Church, know nothing of creative, and their abilities and talents will gives them their humanity; similarly, when quizzed the audience on the four defining Christianity, but want to be a part of the be accepted and appreciated. “Let us we give holy communion, we pronounce aspects of the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic community. Another member of the audi- Church (answer: spirituality, liturgy, disci- ence complained that the UCC’s long pline and theology – the last being the least “Orthodox” liturgies drive young people to recognized). These unique traits make it a Roman Catholic parishes. In reply, Father missional Church. Pointing out that a histo- Matlak reported that in his experience, chil- ry of persecution thrusts Churches into self- dren actually wanted more services, for preservation mode, Father Alexopoulos they could perceive the beauty of the rite. TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 argued that although the Byzantine Church To a question about how to reach those or e-mail [email protected] was historically outward-looking, it had who had left the Church, Mr. Hayda related become inward-looking. Finally, Ms. Muñoz, his group’s practice of reading and prayer: SERVICES PROFESSIONALS drawing on her experience with young being able to read liturgical texts in English, Latinos, observed that a lack of spiritual rather than simply chanting them, brings rootedness can even lead to suicide. out their meaning. In a tearful testimony, a In the lively question-and-answer ses- high school nurse related how an unmar- sion, among the issues raised was the litur- ried pregnant student who had chosen to gical commemoration of hierarchs, Eastern have her baby rather than abort it was Catholic monastic life, the re-evangelization mocked, abused and ridiculed by her of North America, and expanding the con- schoolmates until she finally left the school. cept of Ukrainian community to include Today, the nurse concluded, Christians live people of varied ethnic, religious and racial in an atmosphere of hostility. backgrounds. Father Galadza remarked The conference was followed by Vespers that, while the Third Wave produced a lot of at the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of youthful enthusiasm for the Ukrainian the Holy Family, with Bishop Basil presid- МАРІЯ ДРИЧ cause, especially after the Maidan, what was ing and Father Morozowich and Father- neglected was true Christian discipleship Deacon Volodymyr Radko celebrating. The SERVICES Ліцензований Продавець Страхування Життя and personal dedication to Jesus Christ. Ukrainian Catholic University choir provid- ed the responses. If the Byzantine liturgy, as МАRІA DRICH The perennial youth problem Licensed Life Insurance Agent is sometimes said, foreshadows the Ukrainian National Assn., Inc. These comments led to the topic of Kingdom of Heaven, then the singing of the 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054 youth, which the final panel took up after a UCU choir was a foretaste of angelic song. Tel.: 973-292-9800 ext. 3035 break. 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Through August 4 Art exhibit, “Raw Reckoning,” by Michael K. Paxton, June 28 Annual general meeting, Ukrainian Canadian Professionals Chicago Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 773-227-5522 or Ottawa and Businesspersons Association (Ottawa), Lounge Room www.uima-chicago.org at Vimy Brewing Company, 613-324-5409 or [email protected] Through June 23 Photo exhibit by Jenn Blatty and Dylan Tete, “Frontline, Chicago Peace Life: Ukraine’s Revolutionaries of the Forgotten June 28 through Art exhibit, “Ivan Marchuk: World-Renowned Weaver War,” Ukrainian National Museum, www.jtblatty.com August 18 of Polarities,” Ukrainian National Museum, Chicago 312-421-8020 June 21 Concert, “Centennial of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus,” Washington Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, Ukrainian Catholic Shrine June 29 Webinar, Ukrainian-Canadian genealogy, Ukrainian History of the Holy Family, www.bandura.org or 571-484-6463 Online and Education Center, Ukrainian Genealogy Group (Ottawa), www.ukrhec.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=53 June 22 Concert, “Centennial of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus,” New York Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, Lincoln Center, Alice Tully June 29-30 19th annual Lemko Vatra, Organization for the Defense Hall, www.bandura.org or 212-721-6500 Ellenville, NY of Lemkivshchyna, Ukrainian American Youth Association camp, www.lemko-ool.com June 22 Ukrainian Festival, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Perth Amboy, NJ Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church, 732-826-0767 or June 29-30 Sacred Heart Ukrainian Festival, Sacred Heart Ukrainian www.assumptioncatholicchurch.net Castle Creek, PA Catholic Church Picnic Grounds, www.sacredheartucc.org

June 22 Theater piece with Bob Holman, Susan Hwang and Julian July 1-5 Folk dance camp and workshop, Ukrainian American New York Kytasty, “SLAP!” by Yara Arts Group, The Ukrainian Lehighton, PA Heritage Foundation, Ukrainian Homestead, Museum, 212-228-0110 or www.ukrainianmuseum.org 570-708-1992 or 610-37-7750

June 22 Zolotyj Klen Music Festival, Ukrainian Youth Association July 3-6 Brantford International Villages Cultural Festival, Halton Hills, ON of Canada Camp Veselka, www.zolotyjklen.com Brantford, ON Ukrainian Village Pavilion, Harmony United Church, [email protected] or 519-752-6222 June 22 through Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute, Harvard August 10 University, www.huri.harvard.edu/husi or July 4-7 Nadiya Ye! Festival, Ukrainian American Youth Association Cambridge, MA 647-687-4953 Ellenville, NY camp, www.cym.org/us-ellenville or 845-647-7230

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Ukraine, with activists accusing the authori- Ukraine set for U-20 World Cup NEWSBRIEFS ties of failing to complete the investigation or identify the mastermind. All five defen- (Continued from page 13) final against South Korea dants pleaded guilty and made deals with the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk Leonid investigators. The Pokrovske District Court foul-heavy with 18 for Colombia and 16 by Matthew Dubas on June 6 sentenced Serhiy Torbin, the coor- for Ukraine, with four yellow cards and Kuchma. ...Similar protests took place in dinator of the attack, to six and a half years PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Serhiy Buletsa’s shot one red card for Colombia, and three yel- other cities of Ukraine.” Radio Svoboda also in the 65th minute was the lone goal that low cards for Ukraine. South Korea won reported: “On June 5, for the first time in a in prison, while Mykyta Hrabchuk, who car- sealed Ukraine’s 1-0 win against Italy on 1-0 against Ecuador in the other semifinal month and a half, a meeting of the Trilateral ried out the attack, received a six-year pris- June 11 in the semifinal of the FIFA Under- match on June 11. Ecuador and Italy face Contact Group took place. Leonid Kuchma on term. Volodymyr Vasyanovych and 20 World Cup in Gdynia, Poland. With the off in the third place match on June 14. made a proposal to revoke the economic Vyacheslav Vyshnevsky were sentenced to win, Ukraine advanced to the final against blockade of the occupied parts of the four years in prison each, and Viktor UEFA European Championship Donbas. ...On June 7, following shelling in the Horbunov received a three-year prison term South Korea on June 15 in Lodz. qualifiers Ukraine won 1-0 against Colombia in the Donbas, the Presidential Administration for their roles in the attack. The five men quarterfinal on June 7 in Lodz. In the 11th Ukraine’s men’s national team is in first reported that President [Volodymyr] were initially charged with murder but that minute, Danylo Sikan (Ukraine’s top goal- place in Group B of the UEFA European Zelenskyy spoke about ‘the loss of control was eventually lessened to inflicting severe scorer for the tournament with four goals) qualifiers with 10 points after four match- over mercenaries by Russia.’ He stated his bodily harm. In February, the head of scored a left-footed shot from outside the es played. Ukraine won 5-0 against Serbia expectation that Russia will renew control Ukraine’s Council, Vladyslav penalty area to the center of the goal. on June 7 and won 1-0 against over these units.” (Ukrainian Canadian Manher, was arrested on suspicion of order- Against Italy, Denys Popov, who has Luxembourg on June 10. The lone goal on Congress Daily Briefing) ing the attack, an allegation he has denied. three goals for Ukraine in the tourna- June 10 was scored by Roman Yaremchuk Mr. Manher was later released on bail as an Court sentences five in Handzyuk death ment, was shown a red card after two in the sixth minute. investigation of the crime continues. consecutive yellow card fouls in the 55th Both Serbia and Luxembourg are tied A court in Ukraine’s eastern Handzyuk suffered severe burns to nearly and the 79th minutes. for second place with four points each. Dnipropetrovsk region has sentenced five 40 percent of her body and lost sight in one Ukraine committed 16 fouls to Italy’s Portugal (two points) and Lithuania (one men to prison terms in the high-profile of her eyes after the acid attack, according 20, and each squad was booked for one point) are in fourth and fifth places, case surrounding the death of anti-corrup- to doctors who treated her at a burn center yellow card each. Italy had more set- respectively. tion activist Kateryna Handzyuk. The in Kyiv. Doctors performed 11 surgical oper- piece opportunities with four corner Ukraine plays against Lithuania on 33-year-old civic activist and adviser to the ations to try to save her life. From her hospi- September 7 and October 11, against kicks and 61 percent ball possession. mayor of the Black Sea port city of Kherson, tal bed, Handzyuk was stinging in her criti- Ukraine was more offensive on goal with Portugal on October 14 and against died in November 2018 – three months cism of police corruption, vowed to track 14 shots to Italy’s nine, and on-goal shots Serbia on November 17. If Ukraine main- after she was severely injured in an acid down her attackers. Her death came amid a were three-to-one in favor of Ukraine. tains its success streak, the team will attack near her home in the southern city wave of attacks on Ukrainian civic activists. The Ukraine-Colombia match also was advance to the play-off stage. of Kherson. The Handzyuk killing outraged (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service)

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Saturday, June 22 from Perth Amboy will continue the pro- NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Museum and gram in the school hall. A live band, Zorepad, Yara Arts Group present “SLAP!” – a new and DJ Zemlianyn will play outdoors at 5-9 theater piece with Bob Holman, Susan p.m. The festival also features delicious Hwang and Julian Kytasty, directed by homemade Ukrainian food, Ukrainian beer, Virlana Tkacz. Artist David Burliuk (1882- delicious desserts, vendors, a church tour, a 1967) is slapped by a Scythian Ice Princess; beautiful basket raffle and 50/50 cash raffle. Futurism in Siberia, Japan and New York are All are invited. the obvious result. Join us at 7 p.m. Order Saturday, June 29 tickets in advance online. General admission is $15; $10 for members and seniors; $5 for NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Museum is students. The Ukrainian Museum is located pleased to present ”Silent Music for at 222 E. Sixth St.; telephone, 212-228- Reflection,” the third Open International 0110; website, www.ukrainianmuseum.org. Musical Marathon in Memory of Wassyl Slipak (1974-2016), the Paris Opera bari- PERTH AMBOY, N.J.: The seventh annual tone who put his career on hold in order to Parish Ukrainian Cultural Festival will be defend Ukraine, the country of his birth. held at Assumption Catholic Church, 684 This multi-city event is organized by the Alta Vista Place, Perth Amboy, NJ 08661, Wassyl Slipak Foundation (Ukraine). Join us from noon to 9 p.m. on the parish grounds. at 7 p.m. to honor the memory of one of With free admittance the festival program Ukraine’s beloved fallen heroes. Order tick- will start with the parish choir, Boyan, per- ets in advance online. General admission is forming national anthems. Ukrainian dance $15; $10 for members and seniors; $5 for groups Barvinok based in Bound Brook, N.J., students. The Ukrainian Museum is located and Malvy from Jersey City, N.J., will perform at 222 E. Sixth St.; telephone, 212-228- at 2 p.m. At 4: p.m., the Nadiya Dance School 0110; website, www.ukrainianmuseum.org.

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