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Archbishop Yurij Is Enthroned As UOC Metropolitan for Canada Historical ïêàëíéë êéÑàÇëü! CHRIST IS BORN! THEPublished U by theKRAINIAN Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal Wnon-profit associationEEKLY Vol. LXXVIII No. 51 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 $1/$2 in Ukraine Archbishop Yurij is enthroned Wikileaks spotlight Ukraine’s as UOC metropolitan for Canada power struggles and corruption PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Hundreds of faith- by Zenon Zawada current government has nothing to be con- ful and clergy attended the enthronement of Kyiv Press Bureau cerned about from Wikileaks. “I don’t Archbishop Yurij as the sixth metropolitan think there will be enormous scandals,” he of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of KYIV – The natural gas industry’s told the Inter television network on Canada and as eparch of Winnipeg and the mafia links. Shady oligarchs in close December 3. “Ukrainian politics has so Central Eparchy on November 21 at Holy cahoots with presidents. The Party of many scandals that the people have devel- Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Regions covering up falsifications. Illegal oped immunity to them.” Winnipeg, Manitoba. arms shipments to Sudan. Some have walked away so far largely Attending the divine liturgy were: The ongoing drip of Wikileaks only untarnished, among them President Viktor Archbishop Soterios, metropolitan of the confirms what long had been suspected Yanukovych. Yet, others suffered damage Greek Orthodox Church in Canada and about Ukraine – it’s a nation where crime that will taint the remainder of their exarch of Ecumenical Patriarch and corruption extend into every nook and careers. Bartholomew I of Constantinople; cranny of government, be it the energy Tymoshenko’s no economist Archbishop Lawrence Huculak, metropoli- sphere, the Defense Ministry or the presi- tan of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of dency itself. Much of the skepticism about former Canada; Archbishop Antony of the UOC of “The Wikileaks cables confirmed that a Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko that the U.S.A.; Bishop Alexander of the ‘bandokratiya’ (rule of gangs) governs was voiced by her critics repeatedly sur- Antiochian Orthodox Church; Bishop Ukraine, which has no democratic govern- faced in the U.S. diplomatic cables Ilarion, western eparch of the UOC of ment,” said Dr. Oleh Soskin, director of exposed by Wikileaks, including her Canada; Bishop Andriy of the UOC of the Institute of Society Transformation in alleged lust for power, her populist politics Canada, bishop-elect of Saskatoon and the Kyiv. “But what’s most disturbing is the and close relations with Prime Minister Central Eparchy; and Bishop Daniel, west- U.S. government has covered this up and Vladimir Putin. ern eparch of the UOC of the U.S.A. is willing to cooperate with Ukraine’s The most embarrassing cable surfaced At the conclusion of the divine liturgy, ‘bandokratiya.’ ” on December 15; it was authored by U.S. Metropolitan Soterios read a proclamation The Ukrainian politicos and oligarchs diplomats in Kyiv and sent to the State of enthronement on behalf of Patriarch Department by former U.S. Ambassador exposed by Wikileaks spent the last weeks Bartholomew I and the Holy and Sacred William Taylor Jr. in December 2009. performing damage control on their imag- Synod of bishops. Metropolitan Yurij then Ms. Tymoshenko’s presidential cam- es, issuing public statements denying what received the articles of his new office to the paign was based on a “populist economic refrains of “Axios – He is Worthy!” UOCC.ca was reported or not directly addressing the policy,” they reported, which would A banquet followed the ceremony, during Metropolitan Yurij of the Ukrainian revealed information. which, Paul Grod, national president of the Orthodox Church of Canada. Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said the (Continued on page 12) Ukrainian Canadian Congress, delivered greetings, personally congratulating Metropolitan Yurij. He also delivered greet- ings on behalf of the Ukrainian World Historical map of Holodomor is released in Ukraine Congress, and its president, Eugene Czolij. Mr. Grod thanked Archbishop Yurij for his by Illya M. Labunka farmers. leadership and support on a variety of Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Its main feature is a 38-inch by-26-inch important issues for the Ukrainian commu- map of Ukraine signifying those blacklisted nity in Canada, including urging the KYIV – Among the last projects of the villages targeted for annihilation (the so- Canadian government recognize the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory – called “chorni doshky”), as well as markers Holodomor as a genocide against the before its overhaul by Soviet apologist for the nation’s monuments and memorials, Ukrainian people. Valerii Soldatenko – was the printing of a which number several hundred. The most “We are very fortunate to have historical map, “Holodomor 1932-1933,” were established in the Cherkasy and Kyiv Archbishop Yurij with us as both a spiritual which shows graphically the genocide’s oblasts. and community leader. He has incredible devastation wrought upon the Ukrainian This genocidal policy was introduced in intellect, humility and a tremendous sense people. Ukraine by a decree of the Communist of humor. I look forward to working closely The double-sided cartographical issue Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) on with His Eminence for many years to was published jointly by the Ukraine November 18, 1932, and was reinforced by come,” said Mr. Grod. Institute of National Memory (UINM) and a joint decree issued by the CPSU and the Celebrations continued during the ban- the state-subsidized publisher, Communist Part of the Ukrainian SSR on quet, where the guest hierarchs, civic digni- “Kartohrafiya.” The UINM, led by its for- December 6, 1932. taries and family members presented gifts mer chair Dr. Ihor Yukhnovskyi, provided “Getting blacklisted meant armed detach- and greetings. Metropolitan Constantine of the map’s photos and images, as well as sta- ments surrounding a population center, the UOC of the U.S.A. was unable to attend tistical information. which was practically isolated from the out- the festivities, but Archbishop Antony and “A map of this kind hasn’t been pub- side world and condemned to death,” Dr. Bishop Daniel of the UOC of the U.S.A lished,” said Iryna Rudenko, the chief editor Yukhnovskyi said at the June 30 presenta- passed along greetings. of Kartohrafiya. “The Holodomor, as a his- tion of the map. A native of Lachine, Quebec, Archbishop torical topic, hasn’t been represented at all in The publication also includes two small- Yurij was born on May 26, 1951, to Petro cartographical publications.” er, subject-related maps, the first of which and Anastasia Kalistchuk and graduated The map marks what’s likely to be the pinpoints the peasant uprisings of 1930. from St. Andrew’s College (the UOC of last government-sponsored project, for as Before the Holodomor, scores of Canada’s seminary) in Winnipeg in 1973. In long as Viktor Yanukovych remains presi- Ukrainian villages rebelled against the 1975 he studied music at McMaster dent, to raise public consciousness about the forced collectivization imposed by Soviet University, graduating in 1980 with a bache- Holodomor, a famine engineered by the dictator Joseph Stalin in villages such as Cover of the “Holodomor: 1932-1933” Soviet government to destroy Ukrainian map published earlier this year in (Continued on page 35) cultural identity and eradicate middle-class (Continued on page 9) Ukraine. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010 No. 51 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS Russia plans to strengthen Ukraine attends Nobel Prize ceremony of opportunities to strengthen the strategic partnership between Ukraine and the KYIV – First Secretary of the Ukrainian United States, a correspondent of Interfax- its Black Sea Fleet Embassy in Norway Iryna Bilorus attended Ukraine reported. “Ukrainian diplomacy by Taras Kuzio membership in NATO is ruled out as long the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony in should take full advantage of the opportuni- Oslo on December 10, Ukrainian Foreign Eurasia Daily Monitor as Mr. Yanukovych and the Party of ties offered by the strategic partnership with Regions remain in power and guarantee the Affairs Ministry spokesman Oleksander the United States in overcoming the eco- The April 2010 extension of the Black de facto permanent basing of the BSF base. Dykusarov said. “Due to the fact that nomic crisis and cooperating with interna- Sea Fleet (BSF) treaty base in Sevastopol Mr. Yanukovych is the first of four Ukraine’s Ambassador to Norway tional financial institutions, in addressing until 2042 or 2047 has three ramifications Ukrainian presidents to oppose Ukraine Oleksander Tsvetkov is going to Kyiv on security issues, in the field of science and for Ukraine’s democracy and its relations joining NATO. The modernization of the December 10 to participate in a meeting of technology, and in the modernization of with Russia, NATO and the European BSF would have security implications for ambassadors on December 14-16, he will energy complex,” the president said. At the Union. Russia now has an investment in NATO members Turkey, Romania and not be able to attend the Nobel Peace Prize same time, Mr. Yanukovych urged President Viktor Yanukovych staying in Bulgaria, and for Georgia. BSF vessels Award Ceremony. At the same time, Ukraine’s diplomats to pay special attention power at least for two terms until 2020 and were used in the August 2008 Russian inva- Tsvetkov has agreed with the Nobel to developing trade and economic relations possibly longer. The opposition has stated its sion of Georgia, which prompted protests Committee that the right to attend the cere- between the countries, and attracting U.S. intention of annulling the treaty extension if by the then President Viktor Yushchenko, mony in Oslo will be temporarily granted to investment to Ukraine. “Today, we know it receives a majority in Parliament in the who supported Georgia. Ukraine’s Charge D’Affaires and First exactly what our interests in the dialogue September 2012 elections.
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