The Ukrainian Weekly 1995, No.49

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INSIDE: • Central and East European Coalition supports Clinton initiative in Bosnia — page 3. • Leonid Kuchma's "simpalico" image in Brazil — page 4. • Approaching the 400th anniversary of the Union of Brest — page 8. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXIIi No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1995 $1.25/$2in Ukraine The most popular politician Sochi talks signal new phase in Ukraine-Russia relations by Marta Kolomayets The first positive results in this newly did not say when this visit could occur. Survey says: Kyiv Press Bureau adopted policy were evident in Sochi on Praising the outcome of the talks, Gen. November 23-25, where Defense Grachev said the success of the negotia­ KYIV - After more than three years of Ministers Shmarov and Grachev were tions would "radically change the mili­ Leonid Kuchma talks and consultations that resulted able to sign eight economic and technical tary-political climate in relations between mostly in acrimony and ill will, Ukraine agreements concerning the military sec­ by Marta KoSomayets Ukraine and Russia." and Russia are attempting a new tor, as well as nine protocols and two Kyiv Press Bureau approach in negotiating their bilateral schedules. These documents cover Ukraine sells SS-19s, strategic bombers relations, according to Ukraine's Defense KYIV - Ukrainian citizens rate aspects of Russian-Ukrainian military In the course of the Sochi negotiations, Minister Valeriy Shmarov. President Leonid Kuchma the most popular cooperation, the withdrawal of special Russia proposed to acquire the 32 SS-19 "We will begin removing obstacles, politician in the country today, while equipment from Ukraine and the transit of missiles still on Ukrainian territory, accord­ working our way from the bottom up, expressing the least confidence in military units temporarily stationed in ing to the Ukrainian defense minister. step by step," said Mr. Shmarov during a Communist Party leader Petro Symonenko. Moldova via Ukrainian territory. "The acquisition of these missiles will November 27 news conference at the President Kuchma got 38 percent of Mr. Shmarov told journalists that the make it possible for Russia to maintain Defense Ministry after his return from the people's support - more than double agreement on military cooperation between its nuclear potential at the proper level Sochi, where he concluded two days of that of those who came in second place, the two countries signed in Sochi would be until the year 2009," said Col. Gen. Igor talks with Russian Defense Minister Oleksander Moroz, Vyacheslav Chornovi! that of "equal partners," and noted that this Segeev, commander of Russia's Missile Pavel Grachev regarding military issues and Leonid Kravchuk, who each had 16 document was "not linked to the signing of Strategic Forces. Minister Shmarov said and the future of the Black Sea Fleet. percent. Mr. Symonenko received 2 per­ a large-scale political agreement between Russia had "displayed a clear interest in cent. The result of this new strategy is the two countries." purchasing the SS-19s from Ukraine, More than 75 percent of Ukraine's resi­ expected to be a bilateral treaty on According to Interfax-Ukraine, declaring its intention to use t^ese rock­ dents are unhappy with their lives, and friendship and cooperation between the sources in Sochi said the two ministers ets for commercial launches and for the more than 84 percent are dissatisfied with two neighbors, which has been in the had reached an agreement on holding strengthening of its missile base." works since late 1992. the way things are going in Ukraine. joint Ukrainian-Russian military exercis­ Gen. Volodymyr Mikhtyuk, the com­ These are just some of the findings in "And we have the support of the lead­ es in the near future. mander of Ukraine's 43rd Rocket a recently released survey that polled ers of both countries - Presidents Leonid Defense Minister Grachev noted in Division, confirmed that all the nuclear more than 1,500 citizens in all 24 regions Kuchma and Boris Yeltsin," added Mr. Sochi that his talks with Defense warheads are to be withdrawn from of Ukraine, the autonomous republic of Shmarov, saying that he had received Minister Shmarov could help advance the Ukraine's territory before the end of 1998. instructions from President Kuchma to visit of Russian President Boris Yeltsin. the Crimea and the capital city of Kyiv. According to Ministry of Defense fig- Results of the poll, conducted by Prof. remove as many problems in relations He told reporters he is confident the Valeriy Khmelko, head of the sociology with Russia as possible. Russian leader will visit Ukraine, but he (Continued on page 4) department at the University of Kyiv- Mohyla Academy, and Prof. Volodymyr Paniotto, the chairman of the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, who Polish investigation uncovers victims of Soviet campaign also teaches at KMA, were released at a press conference at the university on by Andrij Wynnyckyj partition of Poland in 1939, a move foreseen by the notorious November 21. Toronto Press Bureau Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed in August of that year, the Soviet state police (NKVD) rounded up thousands of "enemies "Findings in our survey show that more TORONTO — The Polish government's continuing investi­ and counterrevolutionaries" and summarily executed them on than half of Ukraine's population is politi­ gation of the Katyn massacre, conducted in cooperation with the orders of NKVD Chief Lavrentiy Beria and Joseph Stalin. cally disoriented," said Dr. Khmelko. Ukrainian, Belarusian and Russian authorities, has confirmed Mr. Sniezko told the October 20 gathering that the procuracies "For example," he continued, "when that Ukrainian, Jewish, Belarusian and other civilians also were of Poland, Ukraine, Belarus and Russia have been working we asked them what political powers specifically targeted in the Soviet regime's 1940 campaign to together to sift through the mountains of newly available docu­ they would support in a critical situation, decapitate the Polish army and the intelligentsia living in former­ mentation, identifying mass graves, conducting exhumations, 46 percent said 'no power,' while 14 per­ ly Polish-controlled territories. and looking for families of the victims. The most recent meeting cent answered 'difficult to say.' That One of the Polish Republic's chief investigators of the opera­ of the international team of forensic investigators took place in means that, in effect, 60 percent of the tion, Stefan Sniezko, was in Toronto in late October to solicit Kyiv in May. population today does not have a clear help from members of the Ukrainian, Jewish and Polish com­ Mr. Sniezko said the Ukrainian effort is headed by Gen. political orientation." munities to help identify victims listed in documents his unit has Khomych, deputy head of the Ukrainian Security Service. "Gen. Prof. Khmelko added that of the compiled. Khomych provided a crucial 1943 document, from which we remaining 40 percent of the population, Mr. Sniezko, formerly the deputy attorney general in Prime generated a list of people who were sentenced to execution," the 17 percent would support the president Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki's administration and now a mem­ Polish official added. of the country, while 6 percent would ber of the Polish Parliament, met with a handful of community Mr. Sniezko explained that at the original site in the Katyn back the Supreme Council and 5 percent activists and the press at the Ukrainian World Congress head­ Forest there were about 300 Jews and about 600 Ukrainians. would turn to the government. quarters. Acting as liaison was Dr. Jan Kaszubal, vice-president, Some Ukrainians and Jews shot there were Polish Army offi­ Interestingly, only one out of every of the Canadian Polish Congress. cers, but most were civilians, including elderly women and 100 residents of Ukraine supports radi­ Those in attendance included Ukrainian World Congress children. cal-nationalist forces, one in 20 supports Secretary General Yaroslaw Sokolyk, UWC Acting Among the team's early discoveries was that many of those national democrats and one in 10 sup­ Treasurer Vasyl Veryha, Ukrainian Canadian Research and not shot at the Katyn site were taken to prisons in Ukraine and ports Communists. Documentation Center board member Ostap Wynnyckyj and dealt with there. Mr. Sniezko said the prisons of Kyiv, Kharkiv Prof. Khmelko noted that support a timely visitor from Kyiv, the head of the Ukrainian World and Kherson were particularly bloody Soviet killing grounds. toward the radical right is growing in Coordinating Council's Secretariat, Mykhailo Slaboshpytsky. NKVD operatives unmasked Ukraine, but the growth is not yet alarm­ Mass graves uncovered ing. "We know from Stalin on down who ordered the action "However, I must add that cases of In April 1943, German officials uncovered mass graves in the and who carried it out," Mr. Sniezko said. Among those political disorientation can create a dan­ Katyn Forest. Until Russian President Boris Yeltsin released directly responsible for the murders were about 200 NKVD gerous situation. It can create fertile incriminating documents from Soviet archives in October 1992, operatives. An NKVD officer named Syromiatnikov, sta­ ground for speculators of all sorts, and the Communist regime had maintained that Adolf Hitler's tioned in Kharkiv, was identified as a particularly bloody- then anything can happen," he added. killers were the ones responsible for murdering about 26,000 handed officially sanctioned serial killer. He is thought to Polish citizens in the Katyn Forest. The poll, which surveyed adults 18 It is now widely acknowledged that after the Nazi-Soviet (Continued on page 17) (Continued on page 3) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1995 No. 49 ANALYSIS: Ukraine's intelligentsia challenges Ukrainian government Kuchma criticizes government, opponents Republic" a zone of special strategic by Yuri Pokalchuk opponent of the incumbent President importance for the Russian Federation, Leonid Kravchuk, Mr. Kuchma found KYIV — At a news conference fol­ reported BASA-Press on November 27. On October 10 a group called Soyuz support in a group of advisors who sug­ lowing a visit to the Ivano-Frankivske was formed in the Ukrainian Parliament- According to a statement released by the gested that Russian be made a second region, President Leonid Kuchma criti­ Office of the OSCE Permanent Council's Its goal: to re-establish the former Soviet cized Prime Minister Yevhen Marchuk's language of Ukraine, and that Ukraine chairman, the. organization reaffirms its Union. Groups with the same name government, reported UNI AN on should reorient itself toward Russia recognition of Moldova's sovereignty already exist in Russia. November 25. Mr. ituchma noted that instead of the West. and territorial integrity within its current A month earlier, on September 14, the government has failed to act on eco­ Shortly after he was elected president, borders. The statement says the OSCE Russian President Boris Yeltsin in his nomic reform programs and is about to Mr. Kuchma understood the injustice and regards talks as the only way to ensure a decree on the strategic course of Russia, lose international credits as a result. He falseness of such an attitude towards the special status for eastern Moldova and concerning the countries of the former also voiced skepticism over the national nation of which he is president. During that it fears "the Duma resolution can USSR, had said that Ukraine is included his first year in office, he carried out a democratic forces in the country, saying in Russia's "zone of national interests." that personal ambitions of the far right impede the process of finding a peaceful steady and independent policy in his rela­ solution to the conflict." The OSCE calls The pressure, both from inside Russia tions with Russia. He also stopped speak­ are adversely affecting the political and from the Russian Communists of process. With elections for 45 seats in upon the Russian government to continue ing of Russian as an official language of to participate in negotiations, pointing Ukraine, was intended to force Ukraine Ukraine. Parliament less than two weeks away, into an Inter-Parliamentary Assembly out the important role it has played to But his administration, which was made such political sparring is unlikely to made up of all Parliaments of the former date. (OMRI Daily Digest) up of people who were pro-Russian, began diminish for the time being. (OMRI Soviet Union. These forces seek the mili­ Daily Digest) to halt the policy of Ukrainization as well Offshore oil drilling bids being sought tary and political integration of Ukraine as democratization. This made it clear that with Russia. Cabinet discusses 1996 budget Russia's policy over the four years of KYIV — As of November 27, bids for One of the biggest obstacles to their Ukraine's independence has been one of KYIV — The Presidium of the oil and natural gas extraction projects in goal of integration, however, was the political and economic pressure. Examples Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has Ukraine's sectors of the Black and Azov renaissance of the Ukrainian culture, of areas of conflict have included the begun discussing the 1996 draft budget, seas are being accepted by state authori­ including the fact that President Leonid Crimea, gas and oil prices, and national reported UNIAN on November 25, as ties. Experts believe that within 10 years, Kravchuk in 1991-1994 had made boundaries. There is no Russian-Ukrainian cited by the BBC. According to the draft the Black and Azov sea shelf can be Ukrainian the language of government. cooperation treaty. budget, the national deficit will be 6 per­ exploited for petroleum worth over $6 Despite its many shortcomings, the Russia has also shown the world its cent of gross domestic product (GDP), or billion. The deadline for bid tenders is Kravchuk government had brought about true face in the post-Communist era by 427,200 billion kbv. Budget revenues are January 31,1996. (Respublika) an independent national Ukrainian state, shelling its own Parliament. Such chau­ pegged at 2.4 trillion kbv and expendi­ and guaranteed the preservation of rights Lukashenka praises Hitler vinist leaders as Vladimir Zhirinovsky tures at 2.83 trillion. Problems that have of all its minorities. and Aleksandr Lebed have much support. to be addressed include the low output in MIENSK — Opposition parties in But, during the last year, policies in And, Russia has conducted a cruel and the industrial sector, which is expected to Belarus have blasted President Ukraine were changed, leading to the bloody war in Chechnya. increase by only 0.8 percent over 1995; Alyaksandr Lukashenka over a leaked publication on October 12 of the Despite changes in the personal politi­ limited external financing; and the chron­ interview with the German newspaper Manifesto of the Ukrainian Intelligentsia cal views of President Kuchma and his ic balance-of-payments and trade Handelsblatt in which he praised Hitler, in defense of Ukraine's language, culture deficits, largely due to Ukrainian reliance quite successful economic reform inten­ Western agencies reported on November and statehood. on Russian petroleum and natural gas tions, part of his administration is made 28. Izvestia, citing a Belarusian Radio On November 10, the Congress of the supplies. {QMRI Daily Digest) up of mostly Russian-oriented ex- broadcast, quotas Mr, Lukashenka as Ukrainian Intelligentsia put before the Communists, who are slowly but gradu­ saying, "Germany was once built up out government the above-mentioned prob­ Russian separatists let off the hook ally steering the country towards of the ruins with the help of a strong lems and formed a national council in Russification. SEVASTOPIL — This city's hand. Not everything that was connected defense of language, culture and state­ After Mr. Kuchma's election, the min­ Leninskiy District Court has dropped a to a certain Adolf Hitler in Germany was hood. It is no coincidence that this hap­ ister of culture, the popular Ukrainian lawsuit filed by the city procurator-gen­ bad." Opposition leaders said the presi- pened in November, because November writer and former dissident Ivan Dzyuba, eral against the organization Russian dent's comments showed a lack of 7 is the anniversary of the Communist was dismissed. The vice-premier of cul­ Community of Sevastopol, Russian respect for the many victims of World Revolution in Russia. And it is these ex- ture, Mykola Zhulynsky, was also Television reported on November 27. War II. A presidential spokesman said Communist forces that are now attacking sacked, as was Anatoliy Pohribny, The procurator-general had urged the dis­ the controversy was a "ruse that was cir­ Ukraine's national democracy. deputy minister of education. All three solution of the organization, charging it culated by the Belarus nationalists on the During the Soviet era, Ukraine, like were known as Ukrainian patriots. with "escalation of interethnic tension" eve of run-off parliamentary elections." other colonies of Communist Russia, Former Communist Party nomenklatura and "attempts to violate the territorial (OMRI Daily Digest) under the banner of "internationalism" members replaced them. There are many integrity of Ukraine" by assisting resi­ was subjected to a policy of Russification Experts differ on citizenship agreement other similar cases. dents in acquiring Russian citizenship. In in cultural, administrative and social life. recent years, the Duma of the Russian The head of President Kuchma's admin­ Prior to that, during the time of the Federation has asserted a territorial claim KYIV — Expert teams from Ukraine istration, Dmytro Tabachnyk, in his articles Russian Empire, the Ukrainian language on this port city, home of the controvert­ and Russia have discussed two opposing and books, openly talks about forging clos­ for decades was forbidden to be used ed Black Sea Fleet and focus of Russian versions of a bilateral treaty on citizen­ er ties with Russia rather than with the officially in Ukraine. separatism in the Crimea. (OMRI Daily ship, Yuriy Serheyiv, head of the infor­ West, and about new businessmen being Ukraine's national identity and con­ Digest) mation directorate of Ukraine's Ministry the future foundation of the Ukrainian sciousness was always seen as a threat by of Foreign Affairs, told correspondents on economy. But nothing in his statements Imperial Russia and Communist Russia, as , OSCE criticizes resolution on Moldova November 21. The teams met last week ; refers to developing the Ukrainian culture, the loss of Ukraine would deprive it of in Moscow, While the Ukrainian draft language and national identity. CHISINAU — The Organization for focuses on the avoidance of dual citizen­ extensive influence in Eastern and Central Security and Cooperation in Europe has Europe, and irv world politics in general. So the question posed by the ship in the future-and the elimination of Ukrainian intelligentsia is: Are these the criticized the Russian Duma's recent res­ There fore, after Ukraine obtained olution proclaiming the "Transdniester (Continued on page 16) independence, restoration of the political views of Mr. Tabachnyk or Ukrainian language as a government lan­ President Kuchma? guage and Ukrainization of cultural and Ukrainian-language book publishing community life, meant the democratiza­ and the press are faced every day with a FOUNDED 1933 tion of Ukrainian society. Ukraine today flood into their market of Russian-lan­ THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY guage printed material. And there is no has the best law to protect ethnic minori­ An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., ties of all the countries of Central and intervention by the Ukrainian govern­ ment to stop this. a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. 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But for the Ukrainian majori­ ty in Ukraine, the main problem is the Postmaster, send address Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz implementation of the Ukrainian lan­ Yuri Pokalchuk, noted writer, literary changes to: Associate editor: Marta Koiomayets (Kyiv) guage in administrative entities, as well The Ukrainian Weekly Assistant editor: Khristina Lew critic and cultural activist was one of the as the areas of culture and education. organizers of the Congress of the P.O. Box 346 Staff writers/editors: Roman Woronowycz For example Channel 1 on Ukrainian Jersey City, NJ 07303 and Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj (Toronto) Ukrainian Intelligentsia. TV is about to be sold into the private The article above was translated by hands of Alexander Rodniansky, a talent- The Ukrainian Weekly, December 3,1995, No. 49, Vol. LXIII Tony Leliw, a London-based free-lancer Copyright © 1995 The Ukrainian Weekly who frequently writes for The Weekly. (Continued on page 7) No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3,1995 US. couple seeks to return Statement on U.S. involvement baby adopted from Ukraine in Bosnia and European security JERSEY CITY — A United States couple dren to U.S. couples. asked a Ukrainian court here on November Mr. Balayev said the baby's legal status The Central and East European Coalition urges the United States Congress 21 to allow them to return a baby they had still had not been checked. "As far as we to support the president's deployment of U.S. military personnel to Bosnia as adopted in early 1993. Reuters reported that know, this case has nothing to do with the part of an international peacekeeping force and to provide funds for United the couple said they cannot pay monthly alleged illegal adoptions, but it is very deli­ States participation in the international effort to rebuild a sovereign Bosnia. bills stemming from treatment the child cate. We are talking about a child. You The Central and East European Coalition (CEEC), comprising 18 needs for a severe birth defect. cannot really take a puppy in today and national organizations representing 22 million Americans of Armenian, The court adjourned after 45 minutes of turn it into the street tomorrow, much less a Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, testimony and ordered an examination of the child." Polish, Romanian, Slovak, and Ukrainian descent, strongly believes that boy, in part to determine whether the child Investigators have been examining up to the vital national security interests of the United States require a strong had suffered from mental problems at the 800 cases of alleged sales of children since commitment to the establishment of peace, stability, democracy, and free time of the adoption, and whether his mother Ukraine stopped foreign adoptions in 1993. markets throughout Europe. had been in good health. Some infants were allegedly sold after In this century, the United States was called upon to fight two world The case is another in a series of contro­ their parents were told they had been still­ wars and a 45-year cold war - conflicts which emanated from the heart of versies surrounding adoptions that have born. Europe - in the furtherance of our vital geopolitical interests. The cessa­ flared in Ukraine in recent years. Most recently, on November 27, authori­ tion of all hostilities and institutionalization of democracy and market The attorney for the adoptive parents, ties agreed to send special investigators to economies in Central and East Europe are the best means of guaranteeing Fakhrat Balayev, told the court, "This family the United States where many of the chil­ that there will be no future European conflicts which will entangle the spends $7,000 on treatment for the child. dren are said to have ended up, said Reuters. United States. Those objectives require the continued engagement, sup­ American doctors say this treatment is point­ Mykola Horyn, head of the Lviv Oblast port, and assistance of the United States and the West. less as half the child's brain is not function­ Council, said, "The (handicapped) child has Conflicts in Central and East Europe have the potential of drawing in ing." focused attention once again on the issue of other nations of Europe and, eventually, the United States. After four The infant is currently back in Ukraine adopted children, which continues to trouble years of such a conflict in Bosnia, the parties have agreed to a peaceful without his legal parents. "It is not known our people. I have been told that this matter solution to their differences. The United States played and continues to how this child was brought back to cannot be resolved because some of the facts play a critical role in that peace process. It was under United States aus­ pices that the three parties agreed to meet and to find common ground for Ukraine," said a legal official connected to are missing. An investigation is required on a solution to their conflict. The resultant peace agreement is contingent on the case. the territories of the countries where these the continued engagement of the United States. Baby Alexander was given up for adop­ children were taken — first and foremost the The United States will not stand alone in Bosnia. The soldiers of 26 tion by his natural mother a month after his United States." European nations will stand side by side with young American men and birth in December 1992. He was taken to the According to local reporters, $10,000 has women assisting with the implementation of the agreements reached in U.S. three months later. The American cou­ been provided to finance a two-week fact­ Dayton and to be signed in Paris. It is significant that this international ple, who were not present in court, already finding mission. effort includes countries of the NATO alliance and Central and East have a U.S.-born child — also adopted. An initial investigation has shown that European nations which only recently emerged from Soviet domination. The court was told the couple, who are 114 of the alleged illegal adoptions originat­ Both understand that the success of this peace process is critical to peace from Massachusetts, suffered intrusions into ed in the Lviv region. Three doctors from and security throughout Europe and its failure could jeopardize peace for their private lives from publicity over allega­ Lviv have been detained for more than eight the Euro-Atlantic community. tions that Ukrainian doctors had sold chil­ months in connection with the investigation. Today, the United States faces a critical choice similar to that faced at the conclusion of the two world wars. We can withdraw from Europe, as we did after World War I, with similar consequences, or we can remain Engaged in Thyroid cancer increases sharply Europe and provide the leadership for building a lasting peace. The organiza­ tions of the Central and East European Coalition, therefore, urge Congress to support continued United States involvement in the Balkan peace process in areas contaminated by Chornobyl with both troops and funding. The assistance must not, however, come at the expense of existing U.S. programs aimed at building democratic and free JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Thyroid cancer spread across the region and hundreds were market institutions in the other nations of the region. among children has increased some 100 hospitalized. Dr. Hiroshi Nakajima, the times in the areas most contaminated by fall­ director general of WHO, said at the confer­ Signed by: American Latvian Association, Armenian Assembly of America, out from the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, ence that 564 cases of thyroid cancer in chil­ Belarusian Congress Committee of America, Bulgarian Institute for Research wrote the New York Times on November dren had been recorded through 1994 in the and Analysis, Congress of Romanian Americans, Czechoslovak Council of 21, citing the World Health Organization three countries most affected by Chornobyl America, Estonian American National Council, Inc., Estonian World Council, (WHO). radiation: Belarus, with 333 cases; Ukraine, Inc., Hungarian American Coalition, Joint Baltic American National A significant increase in leukemia has not with 208; and Russia, with 23. Committee, Lithuanian American Council, Inc., Lithuanian-American been detected but could still occur because it The rate of thyroid cancer in Belarus Community, Inc., National Federation of American Hungarians, Polish develops more slowly, said experts who before the accident was about one case per American Congress, Slovak World Congress, Ukrainian Congress Committee gathered for a conference sponsored by the million children. By last year it was up to 36 of America, Inc., Ukrainian National Association, Inc., U.S.-Baltic Foundation. United Nations agency in Geneva as part of cases per million children, while in the * * * the 10th anniversary attempt to assess the southeastern Belarusian district of Homiel, The Ukrainian National Association supports this action by the Central long-term impact of the April 26th, 1986, located directly north of the stricken reactor, and East European Coalition. It is asking its members and readers of The fire and explosion at the Ukrainian reactor. the rate has reached more than 100 cases per Ukrainian Weekly to contact their representatives and senators to urge The Times noted that some five million million children, said the Times, citing their support for President Bill Clinton's Bosnian initiative. people were exposed to the radiation that WHO.

while in 1995 that figure fell to 20 percent. second official language in Ukraine (as When asked if the United States still Survey says... Regarding land privatization, in 1994, compared to 40 percent in 1994). In 1995, sees Ukraine through Russia's prism, atti­ (Continued from page 1) 66 percent fully agreed that people should 10 percent found this question difficult to tudes among those polled have changed. years of age and older, who live in cities, have the right to own, buy and sell land, answer, in comparison to 6 percent in For example, in 1994, 26 percent felt that with 12 percent agreeing partially. In 1995, towns and villages, was conducted in the 1994. U.S. policy was more favorable to Russia, only 44 percent agreed with this statement and 8 percent felt it was more favorable to autumn of 1995. The findings were com­ Almost one-third of Ukraine's resi­ in full, and 18 percent in part. dents still think that Ukraine and Russia Ukraine. However, this year only 19 per­ pared to those of a similar survey con­ The problems that plagued Ukraine's should unite into one country. The 1995 cent thought that U.S. policy was more ducted one year ago. citizens last year continue to haunt them figure of 31 percent is down from 34 per­ favorable to Russia, while 12 percent There was little difference in how peo­ this year, with the standard of living, crime cent a year earlier. However, 49 percent thought it was more favorable to Ukraine. ple viewed the situation in Ukraine, with and relations with Russia once again rank­ of those surveyed, both in 1994 and Interestingly, 34 percent of the citizens sur­ 84 percent dissatisfied this year, as com­ ing as problems one, two and three, (in 1995, think that Ukraine and Russia veyed thought that U.S. policy to Ukraine pared to 87 percent last year. 1994: 74, 49 and 29 percent, respectively; should be independent of each other was favorable in 1995, down from 38 per­ Whereas 75 percent of those surveyed and in 1995: 72,55 and 28 percent) while maintaining friendly relations. cent in 1994. were unhappy with their lives this year, One question in the survey asked what Attitudes toward the Commonwealth Forty-six percent of those surveyed 76 percent were unhappy in 1994. the government policy should be regarding of Independent States has changed signif­ thought that Canada had a favorable poli­ However, it seems some attitudes have the Russian language in Ukraine. Fifteen icantly in the last year, with only 49 per­ cy toward Ukraine, down from 50 per­ changed significantly. In 1994, 53 per­ percent of those polled said it should be cent of those polled pulling for Ukraine cent in the previous year. cent of Ukraine's citizens said the bulk of dismissed from official use in all of to become a full-fledged member, down When asked to rate various Western the responsibility for citizens' welfare Ukraine (up from 13 percent in 1994); 35 from 68 percent in 1994. Whereas in countries, the U.S. won with 69 percent rests on the state, while in 1995 that fig­ percent in 1995 said it should be made the 1994, 11 percent thought Ukraine should of those surveyed regarding it very posi­ ure was down to 30 percent. second official language only in the be an associate member, now 17 percent tively, or simply positively, followed by The people have become discouraged regions where most of the populace desires see it as an associate member - in other Canada and Germany with 68 percent with market reforms and privatization. In so (that figure is down from 41 percent in words, they regard the CIS as a structure each, Great Britain and France with 65 1994, 27 percent believed that common 1994). And, this year 39 percent of those for Ukraine to participate in only when it percent, Japan with 64 percent and Italy folks can gain from private ownership, surveyed said Russian should be made the is convenient for Ukraine. with 60 percent. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1995 No. 49 Sochi talks signal... Brazilians see Kuchma as "simpatico" (Continued from page 1) by George Hawrylyshyn Paulo, Brazil's industrial center, was highly disappointed ures, by the end of October, Ukraine had disman­ when a half-day visit was canceled due to time constraints. tled all of its SS-24 rockets as well as 80 of its RIO DE JANEIRO - President Leonid Kuchma 130 SS-19s. Ninety percent of Ukraine's nuclear charmed Brazilian officials and the press during the first Press coverage potential is now inoperative, and beginning in visit of a Ukrainian chief executive to Brazil and South Although the general public in Brazil probably knows April of next year, Ukraine is planning to elimi­ America, earning the popular sobriquet of "simpatico." even less about Ukraine than their non-Ukrainian counter­ nate its silos for missile launching. In both the prepared speeches during his heavy formal parts in the U.S. and Canada, President Kuchma's visit here In addition to the rockets, the Russian side also schedule that included an overnight stay in Rio de Janeiro, had broad press coverage in print and broadcast media. requested 10 TU 160 and 15 TU 95MS bombers. as well as in impromptu comments and toasts at the gover­ A very moving scene was the playing of part of the Mr. Shmarov told reporters that, according to a nor's reception and the press conference, President Ukrainian national anthem on a nationwide TV news preliminary agreement, Russia will pay for the Kuchma won the applause and the sympathy of those who broadcast while on screen viewers saw the hoisting of the Tupolev bombers with money, as well as energy heard him here, as he had done in his previous stopovers in blue-and-yellow flag and the cannon salute upon the arrival credits, and spare parts for the Ukrainian Air the capital city of Brasilia (the capital) and Curitiba (the of President Kuchma at the Presidential Palace in Brasilia. Force. center of Ukrainian settlement). He came equipped with A total of 16 spots was noted on various TV newscasts. The decision to turn the bombers over to Russia the right phrases to describe the commercial and political There was a score of radio mentions, coverage in the major was reached in March, but the price of the aircraft objectives of the visit and the savvy to stress that trade is a daily newspapers, and photos and stories in the biggest cir­ had been undetermined. Interfax-Ukraine reported two-way operation. But he also demonstrated a sensibility culation magazine. The number of printed items was close that Kyiv asked for $250 million, but was offered for a well-placed comment, which often served to break a to 100; these came not only from the press in the cities vis­ $180 million; that price is still being negotiated. heavy mood, raise smiles and elicit rounds of applause. ited by the presidential party, but also from newspapers all Protocols on cooperation Of the visit's accomplishments, three could have immedi­ the way from the southern state of Santa Catarina to ate effect. Manaus, located north, in the middle of the Amazon jungle. The defense ministers also signed protocols on • I) The first formal commercial agreement between the Prior to and on the eve of the visit, the headlines cooperation in the military space sphere, as well as two countries - to be backed by import credit letters and stressed the contributions of the 500,000 descendants of Ukrainian-Russian relations regarding flank limita­ other financial guarantees by the central banks of the two Ukrainian immigrants to the development of Brazil for tions and Russian-Ukrainian interaction, i.e. peace­ countries - is expected to multiply trade, which now stands over more than a century and the fact that Ukraine, once keeping forces to help settle the Bosnian conflict. at an insignificant and one-sided less than $1 billion (U.S.) the world's third largest nuclear power, is in the midst of According to a spokesman for the Russian dele­ of Ukrainian exports to Brazil and $10 billion of imports. a difficult period of ridding itself of nuclear weapons and gation, both sides agreed that the peacekeeping Almost all of that is being done through third countries. reconverting its military industry to peaceful uses. operations should be carried out in accordance with • 2) An agreement to establish aerospace cooperation is During the visit itself, the focus of coverage turned to the U.N. Security Council's mandate, and that aimed at the sale or a partnership for the use of Ukrainian pronouncements by President Kuchma and other Ukrainian Ukrainian representatives should participate in a manufactured rocket launchers, now converted from mili­ and Brazilian officials. The headlines played up the satellite special international council for the coordination of tary purposes to that of commercial satellite launching. launching possibilities and the sale of pipelines, but there these operations. These could be used in Brazil's satellite launching facilities were also interesting references to the need for cooperation "Moscow and Kyiv have identical views on the at Barreira do Inferno - strategically located almost on the between Third World countries who share problems that issues of flank limitations," said Minister Equator and facing the South Atlantic. This mutually bene­ often are not understood by developed countries, and whose Grachev. Mr. Shmarov said Ukraine views as ficial arrangement is a classic case of economically comple­ needs are for "trade (and investment), not aid." unacceptable the flank restrictions on its Odessa mentary conditions: Ukraine claims to have world-class Journal do Brazil, the local equivalent of The New York Military District while Russia cannot accept the launchers; Brazil - the best launching site. Meanwhile Times, in a story headlined: "President of Ukraine Warns flank limitations in the North Caucasus. international demand for launching communications, the West," quoted Mr. Kuchma as saying, "the delay of the Mr. Shmarov said he hoped proposals regarding weather and other commercial satellites is growing. developed countries in providing investments for the former this issue would be taken into consideration at the • 3) The commercial agreement also opens the door to members of the Soviet Union that are now going through a Vienna Consultations on the Conventional Forces the rapidly-expanding Brazilian oil and gas equipment and stage of political changes...could have serious conse­ in Europe Treaty. materials market. Initial talks were held with the state oil quences." It stated that, hopefully, the rich nations' compla­ The two defense ministers also coordinated a company, Petrobras, for Ukrainian participation in the cency will be shaken by the war in the former Yugoslavia, schedule for the transfer of some facilities of the upcoming international bids for the supply of 400,000 tons which prove it is better to solve these problems rather than Black Sea Fleet to the Ukrainian and Russian of steel pipes for the $2 billion (U.S.) Bolivia to Brazil gas wait for them to turn into armed conflicts. navies, reported Interfax-Ukraine, however, no pipeline. The arrival of some 8 million cubic meters of Caras, the local equivalent of People magazine, pub­ details were available, as the scheduling docu­ Bolivian gas per day through that pipeline will create a lished photos of the first couple, saying their visit was ments are still being drawn up. demand for a score of thermo-electric plants. marked by "simplicity and good humor." "The Black Sea Fleet problem cannot and will In their meetings with Brazilian authorities, the Much of the press coverage of the latter part of the visit not inhibit the development of relations between Ukrainian delegation stressed its know-how and technolo­ was marked by an incident at the state dinner offered the Russia and Ukraine," stressed Gen. Grachev. gy in gas-fed thermal generators, pointing out that three of Ukrainians by President Fernando Henrique Cardoso at the "This is a political problem, and it should be the former Soviet Union's five generator facilities are Foreign Ministry. Apparently the shrimp served, or a local resolved on the level of the heads of state," he located in Ukraine. On the question of pipelines, Ukraine spicy condiment, was bad, resulting in "stomach disorders" added. has the steel, energy and long experience in manufacturing for the Brazilian president and other local officials. The Admiral Eduard Baltin, the commander of the them, including supplying much of the piping used in the biggest selling national daily, Rio's О Globo, with a circula­ Black Sea Fleet, told reporters in Sevastopil on biggest pipeline of them all: the Trans-Siberian. tion of over 1 million, commented that as nobody in the eve of the Sochi talks that there is no Black This official state visit, which aside from Brazil President Kuchma's delegation complained about "stomach Sea Fleet problem, only the problem of Russian- included trips to Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Santiago, disorders" after the state dinner, a question crops up: "Do Ukrainian relations. Chile, followed President Kuchma's address at the 50th the Ukrainians remain as strong as the old-time Kozaks, or "There cannot be two fleets on one base," he anniversary of the United Naitons. From New York, the was Kuchma being kind (to his Brazilian colleague)?" said, adding that he did not see the Sochi talks presidential party flew directly to Brasilia, the mod­ Other briefs, such as the first lady's newfound passion resulting in anything positive because there had ernistic new capital in Brazil's interior. for "Coconut Water" and the first couple's wish to visit been no change in foreign and domestic policies There the president, First Lady Liudmyla and the rest of Ipanema Beach and Sugar Loaf Mountain, complemented between Ukraine and Russia since the last round their entourage were met by a plane load of other partici­ the serious stories of the visit published and broadcast here, of talks in the summer. pants of the state visit, coming directly from Kyiv: More providing a strong recall factor. Never has the name Indeed, not much progress was made on the than 80 persons, ranging from vice-prime ministers, other "Ucrania" appeared in the local media as frequently as it issue of the Black Sea Fleet, and the future of ministers and others, mostly commercial/industrial officials, did during the president's visit. Sevastopil was not even touched upon during the as well as security, communications and other staffers. It Except for Curitba, where the large Ukrainian colony talks, reported Interfax-Ukraine. However, an was an exhausting 10 days, with a heavy schedule of official made the visit into a repeat performance of President understanding was reached on the procedure of functions. This might account for the sour mood of some of Kuchma's visit to Ukrainian centers in North America, the turning over Black Sea Fleet facilities to Ukraine, the entourage, which contrasted with the president's sense of visits to Brasilia and Rio were non-diaspora events, as the specifically, Kerch. humor. The tropical rainstorms that poured in usually sunny Ukrainian colony there amounts to only a dozen families. Russian Navy Admiral Felix Gromov told Rio de Janeiro during the visit resulted in the cancellation of Much of the credit for the wide press coverage is due to Interfax-Ukraine that the talks in Sochi covered the the only informal part of the presidential stay here: a visit to voluntary promotional work done by Brazilian newsmen, possibility of completing the construction of Sugar Loaf Mountain (the city's best known vista), which public relations and other professionals of Ukrainian back­ Russian vessels in Ukrainian shipbuilding yards in had been a personal request by the first couple. ground, with the help of their non-Ukrainian colleagues. Sevastopil and Mykolayiv. The Brazilian trip was organized by the newly estab­ They complemented the work done by the press offices of He added that the withdrawal of the Russian coast lished Ukrainian Embassy in Brasilia, headed by Charge various state organs involved in the visit, as well as that of guard division stationed in Symferopil was also dis­ D'affaires Oleksander Nykonenko, who is fluent in the newly established Ukrainian Embassy in Brasilia. cussed and that it was agreed that all the facilities Brazilian-Portuguese, First Secretary Serhiy Chubatey and For instance, TV Manchete, the second biggest television would be turned over to Ukraine, and armaments other staffers. During the visit, Mr. Nykonenko was network in the country was the most consistent in covering would be divided 50-50 between both sides. upgraded to the rank of ambassador. all stopovers on its "Evening News." The network is owned The withdrawal of the marines from the The Ukrainian colony (as the community is called here) by 93-year-old Kyiv-born Adolfo Bloch, a member of the Crimea was not discussed at the talks. also was instrumental in helping with much of the prepara­ Jewish family of printers that in the early days of this centu­ Mr. Shmarov, who remarked that the meeting was tions, especially such activists as Mariano Czaikowski and ry produced the big colorful posters announcing the shows "better late than never," as he began discussions with Sergio Maciura, from Curitiba. The Ukrainian colony in Sao in the Kyiv Opera House. his Russian counterpart at the Black Sea resort, told Thus, the combination of pre-visit promotions and the reporters that the two ministers and their delegations, George Hawrylyshyn is a Ukrainian Canadian jour­ "simpatico" image conveyed by President Kuchma himself, now have the status of "joint sessions of enlarged nalist based in Brazil. was the formula for media success in Brazil. collegiums" and will meet twice a year, with the next meeting to be held in March in Ukraine. No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1995 Winnipeg pastor named OBITUARY: J.B. Rudnyckyj, leader in Ukrainian studies TORONTO — Prof. Jaroslaw Bohdan Rudnyckyj, a Canadian Linguistic Association (1958-1960), the bishop of Saskatoon leader in the field of Ukrainian studies, died in Montreal Canadian Association of Slavists (1959), the Canadian on October 19. He was 84. Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations and by Christopher Guly Prof. Rudnyckyj was born in Peremyshl, Galicia (now in the Ukrainian Language Society, among others. OTTAWA - The Ukrainian Catholic Church in Poland), on November 28, 1910. He obtained a master's He also edited a number of academic journals, includ­ Canada will яооп have a new bishop. degree (1934) and a doctorate (1937) from Lviv University, ing Slavistica (which he founded in 1948), Ucrainica The Rev. Cornelius Ivan Pasichny, the 68-year-old then became a research associate of the Ukrainian Scientific Canadiana (1951) Ucrainica Occidentalia (1953-1973) pastor of St. Nicholas Church in Winnipeg, will replace Institute in Berlin and joined the faculty of the Ukrainian and Slovo na Storozhi (1964-1989), in addition to pub­ retired Bishop Basil Filevich of Saskatoon. The Free University in Prague (later in Munich). lishing scores of articles and reviews on Ukrainian lan­ appointment was announced by the Holy See on He served as a lecturer at Charles University in Prague guage, dialects, linguistics, lexicography, onomastics, November 22. (1941-1945), then at the University of Heidelberg (1947- folklore and literature. "When I heard about my appointment, I was slightly 1948). Prof. Rudnyckyj authored "Modern Ukrainian apprehensive because someone my age is usually Prof. Rudnyckyj emigrated to Canada in 1949, set­ Grammar," first published in 1949, which has been thinking about retirement," said Bishop-designate tling in Winnipeg, and became the first chairman of the widely used as a text and reprinted many times, and Pasichny in a telephone interview from his office in University of Manitoba department of Slavic studies, a compiled a two-volume Ukrainian etymological dictio­ Winnipeg. position he held until 1977. nary (1962-1982). The Rev. Pasichny was born in Winnipeg on March A member of the Canadian Royal Commission on Prof. Rudnyckyj became a member of the UNR gov­ 27, 1927. He entered the Order of St. Basil the Great in Bilingualism and Biculturalism in 1963-1971, Prof. ernment-in-exile in 1978, and served as its head in 1942, made his solemn profession in 1948, and was Rudnyckyj was at the forefront of the effort to formulate 1980-1989. In the 1980s he arranged for the the housing ordained a priest in Rome on July 5, 1953. Canada's policy of multiculturalism. He also submitted of the emigre political body's papers at the National He holds a licentiate in theology from the Pontifical briefs to the government on the subject of Ukrainian Archives of Canada in Ottawa. Gregorium University in Rome and a master's degree language rights in Canada in the 1970s and in 1980 dur­ Funeral services were held on October 25, in from the University of Ottawa. The Rev. Pasichny has ing the Constitutional Commission's hearings. Montreal, where he had been residing in retirement. served as pastor of St. Nicholas Church for the past 10 Prof. Rudnyckyj served as president of the Ukrainian Prof. Rudnyckyj is mourned by his wife Maryna, fami­ years. He is the second Ukrainian-rite Basilian to be Academy of Sciences in Canada (1955-1970), the ly, colleagues and friends. appointed to the episcopacy this year. In March, Bishop Severian Yakymyshyn was named to the British Columbia Eparchy of New Westminster. Prior to his latest pastoral appointment, the Rev. Torontonians welcome champion gymnast Pasichny served as provincial consultor and bursar for by Nestor Gula week. Miss Pidkopayeva said her training schedule does the Basilian Fathers in Canada and superior of St. not leave her much time for hobbies or non-gymnastic Josaphat Monastery in Ottawa, and in parishes through­ TORONTO - Going into the 1996 Summer Olympics activities. "When I have time I like to read books or go in Atlanta, Lilia Pidkopayeva, feels no pressure to win out Canada. to the ballet," she added. gold medals. Canada's newest bishop has also held teaching posi­ She explained that her diet is fairly flexible, and she She is the current world champion of gymnastics, tions at the University of Ottawa and the Basilian House does not avoid anything except for breads. She admits to of Studies in Mundare, Alberta, and served as editor of winning five gold medals in six events. Most Ukrainians a weakness for sweets, particularly ice cream and the bimonthly Basilian periodical Beacon. expect her to repeat her world-champion results at the chocolate. No date has been set for the Rev. Pasichny's conse­ summer games next year. For her part, 17-year-old Lilia The high school graduate says that although she has cration or installation. But he said the ceremonies could says, "I do not feel pressure because I enjoy what I am not made up her mind about what she will do after her be split between Winnipeg and Saskatoon within the doing. I am having fun." next three months. The native of Donetske was introduced to gymnas­ career in gymnastics is finished, she has plans to enter The Ukrainian Eparchy of Saskatoon - which tics by her grandmother at the age of 5. There she law school and to work as a lawyer. includes the entire province of Saskatchewan - has trained at the Dynamo gymnastics club with trainer Lilia Miss Pidkopayeva was in Toronto on November 11, 20,000 Ukrainian Catholics in 102 parishes, served by Ivanovna. At the age of 9 her training was taken over by attending a fund-raising dance organized by the 30 diocesan and Redemptorist priests. her current trainer, Halyna Losynska. Canadian Friends of the National Olympic Committee Bishop Filevich, 77, has headed the diocese since She competed for the Ukrainian republic team in of Ukraine (CFNOCU) and sponsored by Kobza 1983. There are five Ukrainian Catholic eparchies in Soviet meets and was invited to join the Soviet team at International and PRODAN. Canada. its training facilities at Russia's Round Lake. But, she About 200 people attended the event to meet Ukraine's never made it there because of the break-up of the top gymnast. The organizers of the event gave her two Soviet Union. She does not regret not going to Round stuffed Panda bears to add to her collection of stuffed ani­ Lake, saying "there are more opportunities for me in mals. In addition she was given Olympic shirts and hats. Historic Alberta church Ukraine, as part of the Ukrainian National Team - espe­ The president of CFNOCU, Stan Haba, said this cially for attending international competitions and com­ dance was just a kickoff for the group's main fund-rais­ is now museum artifact petitions outside of Ukraine." ing dinner which will be held on February 4, 1996, in Ms. Pidkopayeva also said that Ukraine has great Toronto. The event will be co-sponsored by CFNOCU by Christopher Guly facilities for gymnastics which were recently built just and the Ukrainian Canadian Committee (Toronto) and outside of Kyiv. Located in a forest one-hour's drive proceeds will be used to house the Ukrainian athletes HULL, Quebec - Abandoned for 30 years, a historic from the very center of Kyiv, Koncha Zaspa has state- who will arrive a month early for the Summer Games in church in Alberta has found a new home - in a museum of-the-art facilities for training in gymnastics. Atlanta to train and acclimate themselves to the clear across the country in western Quebec. There she trains for seven hours a day, six times a Olympic facilities. Built in 1915, St. Onufrius Ukrainian Catholic Church in Smokey Lake, Alberta - about 40 miles northeast of Edmonton - could hold 20 people in its two pews. It was closed in 1965 to make way for a new church. The original structure remained in a field until Alberta heritage officials dismantled it. Last month, parts of the wooden building - measur­ ing about 4C by 23 feet - were shipped in crates to the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull, Ottawa's sis­ ter city in Quebec. The church's onion-like dome remained behind. On June 12, the feast day of St. Onufrius, the church's ornate inner wall and gilt decor will be unveiled in :he museum's Canada Hall. It will become the most authentic artifact in the museum's exhibit, which now mostly consists of replicas that cover the history of present-day Canadian territory beginning in the year 1000. However, since the original wooden exterior of the Ukrainian church was replaced with fake brick, and its cedar shake roof with asphalt, museum officials will construct a new, clapboard exterior and new roof. The Ukrainian Catholic Episcopal Dioceses Corporation of Western Canada donated the church to the museum. In return, the Canadian Museum of Civilization is rebuilding the church foundation wall, and installing an altar and a cairn for outdoor services. The entire project will cost $500,000 (about $400,000 US.) for construction and research toward a Lilia Pidkopayeva (holding bouquet) and her trainer Halyna Losynska are welcomed by the local community, historic manuscript. including Stan Haba, president of the Canadian Friends of the National Olympic Committee. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBERS, 1995 No. 49 "Families and Children of Ukraine" THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY evaluates population's health status On the eve of Chornobyl's 10th by Dr. Zoreslava Nizhnik The study is being carried out simultane­ ously in 14 European regions. It is a well-known fact that the demo­ The chief objective of the Ukrainian On November 28 there was disturbing news from the United Nations headquar­ graphic situation in Ukraine is deteriorat­ project is to define biological, ecological, ters: the international trust fund set up to help the victims of the 1986 Chornobyl ing every year. The birth rate is plum­ social, medical, psycho-social and cultur­ disaster had run out of money. Some $1 million had been pledged to the fund, and meting: in 1992, it was 11.4 per 1,000 al factors that affect health and the sur­ about $8 million more was donated by various nations. But that was far short of persons; in 1994, it had fallen to 10.1 per vival capacity of the family, the fetus, the the estimated $650 million needed to take care of the victims' needs. 1,000. Over the same period, the mortali­ child, and subsequently the survival of Meanwhile, the effects of the Chornobyl's fallout continue to be felt. About 9 ty rate has been increasing: in 1992, it the new generation in Ukraine. million persons have been affected in some way by Chornobyl, said Peter was 13.4 per 1,000 persons, and was 14.6 The results will provide a basis for Hansen, undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs, speaking at a press con­ in 1994. developing strategies to protect and ference on November 28. Some 375,000 people in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia In Ukraine, the mortality rate has strengthen the gene pool by means of remain displaced, many of them homeless, more than nine years after the acci­ begun to exceed the birth rate, and popu­ improving social, ecological and medical dent forced them from their homes. The U.N. official said that figure is equiva­ lation growth fell to 4.5 per 1,000 in lent to the number dislocated in strife-torn Rwanda. And, then there are the protection of the mothers, children and 1994. This is a considerably worse indi­ families. 800,000 workers and military personnel sent to the area to "liquidate the conse­ cator than in Western Europe and North quences" of the accident — there has been no systematic effort to track them. America. Expected results The bad news came just a week after the United Nations' health agency, the In Ukraine, the mortality rate of chil­ As the project develops in Ukraine, World Health Organization, reported that the incidence of thyroid cancer recorded dren under age 1 was 14.4 percent in through 1994 in children in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia, had grown rapidly in results will become available on the actu­ 1994. The birth rate is falling dramatical­ al health status of the population of preg­ those exposed. For example, in one of the most severely affected regions, Homiel, ly: in the 1970s, there were 70 births per Belarus, the rate of thyroid cancer has reached over 100 cases per million chil­ nant women, their fetuses and babies or year per 1,000 women age 15-49; by children, and their association with dren, whereas the normal rate is 1 case per million. (See story on page 3.) 1993, this figure had fallen to 46 births What is most distressing, however, is that there is no end in sight to the suffer­ social, psychological, economic, ecologi­ per 1,000 women age 15-49. According cal, educational, occupational, health and ing or dislocation. "It is not easy to see the end here," Mr. Hansen pointed out. to official statistics, pregnancy outcomes "In fact, we don't really know where we are in the process." And, much of the sanitary factors affecting the lives of were unfavorable in approximately families and their ability to bring up work of foreign experts dealing with Chornobyl has been in research — not 50,000 women. However, the causes of humanitarian assistance. As a result, he said, many of those affected by the healthy children. this phenomenon have not been ade­ The study will result in an in-depth nuclear accident "feel like laboratory rats to be studied, not victims to be helped." quately examined. All of this, of course, comes just before the new year, 1996, during which evaluation of the effects of these factors Already Ukraine is failing to repro­ on the health of infants and children in the 10th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear accident will be marked. duce its population at a steady rate. The Yuri Shcherbak, Ukraine's ambassador to the United States, has taken the Ukraine through the end of the 20th cen­ demographic situation has become a tury. initiative in planning for next year's Chornobyl anniversary. He knows where­ source of particular concern as a result of of he speaks, as he is not only an epidemiologist, but also a writer who visited A database, unprecedented in scope, the stricken area and authored a book called "Chornobyl: A Documentary the complex political and economic cir­ will be set up. Use of the database will Story." As well, he was one of the founders and a leader of both the Green cumstances stemming from the problem- facilitate the analysis of the biological World ecological movement and the Green Party of Ukraine. laden process of democratization, higher effects on the population related to the The ambassador has already convened two meetings of an ad hoc committee, stress levels (in all segments of society) democratization process in Ukraine and a "Chornobyl coalition" if you will, that comprises medical, fraternal, profes­ socio-economic instability, the introduc­ the extensive economic reform program. sional and women's organizations, and the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund. tion of the free market, the accident at the "Families and Children of Ukraine" is Alex Kuzma of CCRF has been tapped as the coalition's coordinator. The pre­ Chornobyl Nuclear Power Station- indus­ being conducted at various sites in liminary plans mentioned by the coalition include a mass rally, a scholarly con­ trial waste in many region^ and- water Ukraine. The sit.es are m regions of ference and a concert. Among its goals, most importantly, is to involve non- contamination due to pesticides, as well Ukraine with various ecolrjgieal, eco­ Ukrainian organizations. Therein, we believe, is the key. as damage to the balance of nature. nomic, climatic and geographical condi­ Mr. Kuzma, Writing recently in The Ukrainian Weekly, challenged our com­ Under these circumstances, it is obvi­ tions: ihKyiy (both its left and right munity to shift its priorities. Ihstead of being inward-looking as we are so prone ous that the family is under grave threat. banks, specifically the Kyiv Left Bank to be, we must look past our own community to the general public, to govern­ Therefore, the development of measures and Shevchenko districts), as well as ments, the business community, etc., to make them aware of Chornobyl's last­ to better protect the family, and, in par­ Mariupil, Dniprodzherzhinske, Ivano- ing and exponentially increasing effects. "Our appeal for assistance to Ukraine ticular * women and children from the Frankivske, and Krasnyi Luch (Luhanske must be based on a broad, worldwide consensus: if Chornobyl was truly a disas­ array of social, medical, and ecological region). ter of global significance, then the world must be part of the solution." factors, is sorely needed. Such measures are extremely significant and timely, The over-all objective of the research Our common goal for the solemn 10th anniversary of the world's worst project is to identify problems and priori­ nuclear accident then must be to reach out far beyond the periphery of our com­ both from a social and a humanitarian point of view. Studying the effects of a ties within the country's social infrastruc­ munity. Just as Chornobyl's deadly fallout knew no boundaries, so our work in ture that relate to family life, mother­ this field should extend past our community' s self-imposed ethnic boundary. variety of factors (caused by the collapse of our political and social system; exten­ hood, fatherhood and childhood. sive economic reform; and, in particular, The project will make it possible to the introduction of the free market and develop strategies and tactics to improve resultant high inflation) is a venture the social and health care of the family, unprecedented throughout the world. thus boosting the health of succeeding generations in Ukraine. "Family and Turning the pages back... Taking account of the current situation Children of Ukraine" will last seven in Ukraine, under the leadership of the years, continuing into the 21st century. Institute of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, a study called "Families The study began with the observation and Children of Ukraine" has been of all pregnant women, 15,000 in all, reg­ My kola Ustyianovych's biography reflects the turbulent undertaken to conduct this extensive and istered at maternity clinics in 1993-1994 times and shifting allegiances that were characteristic of west­ multifaceted research. in the above-named regions. The various ern Ukraine in the 19th century. aspects being studied include social, eco­ Questionnaires are now being distrib­ nomic, environmental, health and biolog­ Born in the village of Mykolayv, near Stryi in Galicia on December 7, 1811, uted by medical staff of maternity and Ustyianovych studied at the Greek-Catholic Theological Seminary in the 1830s, and ical factors; all of which determine fami­ pediatric clinics to families. The com­ lies' lifestyles and their ability to meet served as a priest throughout the region thereafter. pleted surveys are then collected and sent In 183£, he began writing poetry in Ukrainian and was drawn into the circle of the needs of motherhood, fatherhood and back to Kyiv to the project coordination child-bearing. The study envisages moni­ intellectuals gathering around the Ruska Triytsia (Ruthenian Triad) by organized center, in order to prepare a,database. l : toring children's development, as well as Markian^ashteevyctb '. The program also includes a medical 5 In 1848, he was one of the initiators and brgariizers of the (Congress of Ruthenian their ability tb adapt to their social envi­ assessment of pregriartt women» their ronment, until the children reach age 7. Scholars, at which a broad program for organizing Ukrainian research and public edu­ fetuses, and newborns. For this reason, a cation was worked out. large number of practicing obstetricians, The project aims to determine what During the revolution of 1848-1849 against the Austrian Habsburgs, he began pub­ gynecologists and pediatricians have kind of children will be living in Ukraine lishing Romantic verse on historical, patriotic, social and lyrical themes, and wrote become involved. in the 21st century, for the children of prose and essays on political and cultural issues for Lviv's Zoria Halytska and today are the leaders, the strength and the The program will provide answers to a fiber of tomorrow. A further aim is to Vistnyk in Vienna. whole series of questions about the As did many of the "Old Ruthenian" establishment, the Rev. Ustyianovych became determine whether the next generation - a socio-economic, educational and cultural generation that could develop into a highly a Russophile. Many in this group had become convinced it was pointless to try to aspects of contemporary life for families mobilize the Ukrainian masses, waiting instead for Russian support. From 1861 on, qualified, hard-working, productive and in Ukraine and will be of direct interest creative adult population - has the intellec­ the Rev. Ustyianovych concentrated on his parish in Suceava, in Bukovyna, and wrote to various governmental organizations verse and prose in Russian and the artificial "yazychie" (an amalgam of Ukrainian, tual capacity to accumulate the knowledge and authorities. required for a civilized state. Old Church Slavonic and Russian). The "Family and Children of Ukraine" The Rev. Ustyianovych died in Suceava, present-day Romania, in November 1885. The study commenced with the social project is an integral part of the interna­ observation of all families in which there Sources: "Ustyianovych, Mykola," "Congress of Ruthenian Scholars," Vols. 1, 5 (Toronto: tional European Longitudinal Study of was a pregnant woman, detailed observa- University of Toronto Press, J 984, 1993); О rest Subtelny, "Ukraine: A History" (Toronto: Pregnancy and Childhood, which was ini­ University t)f Toronto Press, 1988). tiated by the World Health Organization. (Continued on page 17) No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1995

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CANADA COURIER second model of Church. More on Orwell's When I go to Seattle and see its by Christopher Guly Ruthenian parish packed to the rafters with classic in Ukrainian a young and vibrant congregation with more youth than in our entire eparchy, and Dear Editor: when I see that their services are virtually Some additional information about exclusively in English, and when I see the Remembering a Canadian war hero George Orwell's "Animal Farm" in truly spiritual focus of their community, Ukrainian (The Ukrainian Weekly, and when I see that the traditional authen­ OTTAWA - The Ukrainian Canadian originai British medal. November 19): the book was published ticity and beauty of their services have Professional and Business Association But following World War I, Sergeant in 1947 by the emigre publishing house remained intact, and then compare it to our (UCPBA) of Ottawa recently unveiled a Konowal fell on some tough personal Prometei (Prometheus) owned by Roman dwindling and largely geriatric congrega­ new membership recognition: The Filip times. Ron Sorobey, first vice-president Paladiychuk. Prometei existed in tions in British Columbia, then I say that Konowal, V.C. Memorial Achievement of the UCPBA of Ottawa, says that in the Augsburg and Neu-Ulm, Germany, from they are doing something right and we are Award. Two-time association president, early 1920s, the Ukrainian Canadian 1947 to 1951. doing something wrong. Irena Bell, was named the first recipient. V.C. winner was arrested for manslaugh­ The Ukrainian edition of "Animal I would like to see us learn something An active woman in the local Ukrainian ter. "There was a bar-room fight, where Farm" was translated by Ihor Shevchenko, from this and, yes, I enter strongly into Canadian community, the group nod to someone was killed," he explained. who later became a well-known Byzantine dialogue with my new shepherd and Ms. Bell was most appropriate. "Konowal didn't speak English very scholar and Harvard professor; his transla­ father, Bishop Severian, to fulfill my But in creating the new citation, the well, and the police arrested him." tion was the first foreign-language edition obligation to advise and inform him of UCPBA of Ottawa has also afforded a Although Sgt. Konowal was never- of the work. the enormous challenges he is facing. recognition to a man heralded for rare charged, Myron Momryk, archivist with One should remember that, in 1947, crit­ But let me also say that I am encour­ bravery in his time. And one not without the National Archives of Canada's social icizing the Soviet system was not a popular aged by the manner in which Bishop controversy. and cultural section of the manuscript divi­ political position in Europe. Orwell was Severian has responded to all of this. He For his fellow Canadian soldiers dur­ sion, says that the former Canadian soldier- very pleased to be asked to provide an has not forbidden the use of English, but ing the first world war, Mr. Konowal was was "a rough character, a typical immi­ introduction to the Ukrainian edition. even promoted its use where there is a undoubtedly the mouse that roared. Born grant of that period." Mr. Momryk refused Prometei was the leading Ukrainian pastoral need. He has not reacted harshly in the Ukrainian town of Kudkiv in 1888, to elaborate, but did opine that some of the publishing house in post-war Europe. It to those who have left but is trying to Mr. Konowal emigrated to Ottawa in questions raised about Sgt. Konowal's published the literary works of Ivan understand their legitimate concerns. He 1913, a year before war broke out. He character may have been the result of Bahriany, Yuriy Kosach and Ulas has never spoken harshly with me nor had already spent five years serving in "people envious of the man's glory." Samchuk; the political writings of Isaak attempted to punish me, and, though we the Russian Imperial Army, where the However, Mr. Momryk says that in the Mazepa, Semen Pidhainyi's memoirs, still disagree on this question of our barely 5'6", stocky, mustached soldier 1960s, the Montreal branch of the children's books and other contemporary vision of the future of our Church, we excelled in training soldiers in close Ukrainian Canadian Veterans works. It was closely associated with are able to discuss it and argue the points quarters bayonet combat. Mano a mano, Association (UCVA) quickly halted a Mystetsky Ukrainsky Rukh (Artistic in a Christian and civilized manner. in simple terms. fund-raising campaign to erect a monu­ Ukrainian Movement) and published Bishop Severian is not the villain in any Mr. Konowal enlisted in the 47th ment in Mr. Konowal's honor. However, MUR periodicals. of this - nor am I, nor any of the clergy or Canadian Infantry Battalion in 1915, he did become patron of Ukrainian Publisher Roman Paladiychuk later people of our eparchy. We know who our after Canada had been at war with the branch No. 360 of the Royal Canadian lived in Toronto; he died in 1994. enemy is - the same enemy of mankind German and Austro-Hungarian empires Legion in Toronto. since God created us who will sow dissen­ since August 4, 1914, and while some of In 1939, Sgt. Konowal enlisted in the Oksana Zakydalsky sion and confusion whereever it can and his fellow Ukrainian Canadian were Regiment de Hull, but never served over­ Toronto will stop at nothing to prevent the Church being rounded up into internment camps. seas. from confronting this very real crisis until During the summer of 1917, Cpt. Following World War I, money was it is perhaps too late. Konowal was part of the Canadian offen- tight for Mr. Konowal, who worked as a A clarification So, please don't report that our sive deployed to Hill 70 near the caretaker in the House of Commons in eparchy is in a state of crisis as though German-held French town of Lens. The Ottawa. But thanks to the V.C. ribbon from B.C. priest that were a bad thing and unless you're Canadian Army forced the Germans into he always wore on his lapel, former- Dear Editor: willing to admit the whole Church is in retreat during the morning of August 15 Liberal Prime Minister Mackenzie King,, the same crisis! Report rather that the and initiated a counterattack two days noticing the insignia, invited the veteran With regard to an article you pub­ Holy Spirit is bringing about a dialogue later, using mustard gas. The battlefield to work as a special custodian in his lished recently (August 27) in which I in New Westminster that can have heal­ was narrow, confined to chalk trenches office. am quoted, I wish to make some obser­ ing ramifications for the entire Church. and galleries, forcing both sides to skir­ But even that distinction eventually vations and one correction. Report that a newly consecrated bishop mish with bayonets and bare knuckles for eluded him, says Mr. Momryk. Mr. It is not true that I am leaving the is facing challenges to the presupposi­ the next four days. Konowal sold his V.C. medal to a person Eparchy of New Westminster and trans­ tions of the last century to enable him to On August 21, when most of the living in England in order to pay for his ferring to the Ruthenian Rite Diocese of respond to the current Church crisis in a Canadian senior officers were either mortgage. Van Nuys. The publication of this state­ positive and constructive way. Report injured or severely wounded, Cpt. Sgt. Konowal, who lived across the ment has caused some consternation here that the New Westminster Eparchy is in Konowal led an attack on a German so- river from Ottawa in Hull, Quebec, died and perhaps also for Bishop Kuzma, and I ferment with ideas and hopes and dreams called machine gun nest singlehandedly. on June 3, 1959, at the age of 72 and was request that you publish this clarification. and plans for the future of the Church in After throwing in a couple of grenades, buried with full military honors from St. It is true that some of the clergy of the response to the call of the holy father for he entered the area armed with a Enfield John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic New Westminster Eparchy have taken a new evangelization. God grant that I rifle tipped with a 14-inch blade bayonet. Church in Ottawa. may taste that new wine! leaves of absence or sought to transfer Within 10 minutes, nine Germans were Despite his life's controversies, the elsewhere and that some of this exodus Call it controversy if you must. We dead and three were taken hostage by UCPBA of Ottawa may have been wise from the eparchy may be related to a see it more as opportunity. Working Cpt. Konowal. to recall Filip Konowal, if at least to rec­ divergence in view from our new bishop's together in Christian charity does not Four days later, he tried the same ognize the soldier's ethnic roots. Mr. personal vision and hopes for our Church. mean simply smiling at one another and maneuver but was wounded and taken Momryk noted that the Canadian War There are two different visions for the saying what one thinks will please the prisoner by the Germans. However, Cpt. Museum, which displays! photograph of future of our Church. One model, that has other person - be it true or no. True Konowal managed to secure an escape the Ukrainian Canadian war hero, has been until now virtually the only one prac­ Christianity challenges our complacency and kill another seven German soldiers in tagged him of Russian descent. ticed, is that of an ethnic Church strongly and often places us in uncomfortable the process. After 10 days, the Canadian based in and on Ukrainian nationalism, cul­ positions - even perhaps with Christ on a Corps had successfully captured Hill 70 ture and language, regardless of where it is cross. True Christians will struggle with for the Allies. this in charity and love for each other Ukraine's intelligentsia... found in the world. The other model is that For his part, Cpt. Konowal was promot­ ever confident that, in the end, God and of an international, multicultural and multi­ ed to sergeant and personally awarded the (Continued from page 2) His Blessed Mother will gain the victory. lingual worldwide Greek-Catholic Church Victoria Cross (V.C.) by King George V in ed young director of documentary films. with headquarters in Lviv come Rome. The Very Rev. Kenneth E. Olsen London. According to the Canadian honors The question that needs to be asked is: It is hardly surprising that Bishop Victoria, British Columbia system, the V.C. is considered the highest Who is backing him financially? And will Severian promotes the ethnic model of military valor decoration, awarded "for the the government's Ukrainian channel - Church as it is the only one he has The writer is ex-administrator of the most conspicuous bravery, a daring or pre­ comparable to, say, the BBC as an instru­ known. On the other hand, the vast exo­ New Westminister Eparchy, pastor of St. eminent act of valor of self-sacrifice or ment of providing a national service - be dus of the young, English-speaking, Nicholas the Wonder Worker Church in extreme devotion to duty in the presence of Ukrainian-speaking, or will it use the lan­ North American-born from the ethnic Victoria, and protopresbyter for Vancouver the enemy." guage of the Ukrainian nouveau riche? Ukrainian Church model has prompted Island. The award, instituted by Queen, This is the problem now facing the many of us to look to another model, Victoria at the end of the Crimean War in Ukrainian patriotic intelligentsia: com­ The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters namely the second one, to find^.iope for a 1856, was awarded to Canadians in all munist Russifiers, backed by a Russian to the editor. Letters should be typed (dou­ neo-imperialistic policy, are confronting future for our Church outside of Ukraine. ble-spaced) and signed; they must he origi­ wars until 1945. To date, 96 V.C.'s have It is possible that I was misunderstood nals, not photocopies. been handed out to Canadians or to for­ Ukrainian patriotic democrats. Such a und reported moving to the Ruthenian The daytime phone number and eigners serving in Canadian or British conflict could endanger Ukraine's own Church because I expressed admiration address of the letter-writer must be given Comrronwealth forces. A Canadian ver- independence and threaten peace and .-•:- \iTlfjcy*.;'*n proposes. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1995 No. 49

THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNION OF BREST Approaching the quatercentenary: Kyiv Study Group conference reinterpretation, reunion and reform focuses on history of union by Andrew Sorokowski ical view of the past (taking into account by Archimandrite Andriy Partykevich many Ukrainian Orthodox think that the the context of events) that can give us the Ukrainian Catholics are blinded by their How should we observe the Union of understanding that in turn can make us "Son, you tell them that the Union of loyalty to Rome and thatnthe Union of Brest? better comprehend - and deal with - the Brest is a black page in the history of Brest divided the Ukrainian nation into two All too often in our public discussions, present. For the key to understanding an Ukraine." Churches. On the other hand, many we find ourselves asking whether the institution is a familiarity with its origins. "However, the Union of Brest pre­ Ukrainian Catholics think that to be a true Union of Brest was a good thing - Thus, for example, if we try to see served the Ukrainian Orthodox Church." Ukrainian one has to be Catholic; because whether it was good for the Ukrainian Brest through the eyes of its creators - as Armed with these two opposing senti­ true Orthodox are Russian. Each side Church, whether it was good for Ukraine. an attempt to reunite the Church, rather ments, I left Boston in order to attend the thinks that things would be better if every­ These discussions typically turn out to be than to break with the mother Church of Kyiv Study Group conference held in one just converted to their side. In my opin­ catalogues of advantages and disadvan­ Constantinople or to create a new Church Rome in June. The topic of the confer­ ion, this is an insincere sentiment and, tages - scorecards of worldly success. - then our identity as a Church of re­ ence was the 400th anniversary of the worse, an extremely unrealistic one. On the one hand, some argue, the union union rather than as a Church of division Union of Brest (1596) through which a The Kyiv Study Group was formed a failed to unite all the Orthodox, or even all becomes clearer. majority of the bishops of the Ukrainian few years ago with the purpose of gather­ the Orthodox of Rus\ It was successfully If we look at the issue of union as a Orthodox Church had entered into com­ ing scholars (hierarchs, priests and lay­ liquidated by Russia in Belarus and Right- problem of the entire Kyivan Church - munion with the pope of Rome. men) interested in dialogue between the Bank Ukraine, surviving only in Austrian which today is torn between Moscow, The conference's agenda included a his­ Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and Ukraine (and there only as a new Church Rome, and Constantinople, with an the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate. In created in 1807 by the Pope and emperor). torical view of the Union of Brest and the unrecognized portion centered on Kyiv - aftermath of the union, as well some initial the past, the largest Ukrainian Orthodox It divided Ukraine's Church and society. then our duty to heal the internal divi­ Church in the diaspora, the "Bound And today, they point out, even in suggestions as to how the two modern sions of Christian Ukraine is revealed. If Ukrainian Churches, Orthodox and Brook jurisdiction," had not been invited Western Ukraine the Ukrainian Greek- we remember that what was sought in the to these conferences. Ukrainian Orthodox Catholic Church is no longer the bearer of Catholic, might once again find unity. In 1590s was the re-unification of the line with the teaching of our Lord Jesus opinion had been represented by the national identity (the state has taken over Ruthenian Metropolitanate of Kyiv Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada that function), or of Ukrainian Christianity Christ that "all may be one," many confer­ (including most of present-day Belarus ence participants had an even loftier agen­ and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in (the Ukrainian Orthodox Churches would as well as Ukraine) - and, in the inten­ America led by Bishop Vsevolod. dispute that title), or (with the fall of com­ da: the unity of all Christians, Ukrainian tions of some, of the entire Orthodox Having received an invitation to the munism) of Catholicism in the East, nor Orthodox and Greek-Catholic, Rome and world - with the Church of Rome (in a conference, Archbishop Antony offered even the bearer of Catholicism in Ukraine Constantinople. revival of the Union of Florence) - then me the chance to represent our Church at (since a Latin-rite Ukrainian Catholic In discussing the Rome conference our mission as peacemakers between the conference, an opportunity for which Church is competing for that role). with my father, I quickly received a piece East and West, well beyond the borders of advice which I had heard over and I am grateful. (The trip was paid for by a On the other hand, we customarily argue of Galicia or western or even all Ukraine, over again while growing up. "You tell private Orthodox charity, for which I am that our Church contributed decisively to comes into focus. them, the Union of Brest is a black page also very grateful.) the formation and persistence of Ukraine's in the history of Ukraine." The conference was held at the identity between Orthodox Muscovy and Reunion These sentiments are not unusual Ukrainian Catholic Seminary of St. Roman Catholic Poland, that it made possi­ By looking at past events historically, among many Ukrainian Orthodox emi­ Josaphat and was attended by 16 people ble the national revival of the Galician in the cultural, theological, political and gres. My father, raised in western (four bishops, 10 priests, and two lay­ Ruthenians as Ukrainians (and not; as Poles social context of their time, we gain a Ukraine, known as a bastion of Ukrainian men). Eight of the participants were or Russians), that it ensured their survival new understanding of history which Catholicism, was born into an Orthodox Ukrainian Catholics and eight were through decades of Polish and Russian yields a new view of the present. This in family. Baptized an Orthodox Christian, Orthodox. The attending hierarchs were oppression, and that it provided a vital cul­ turn makes possible a new vision for the he went to school and had friends who Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk (retired tural link to the European West. future. What, for our Church, is that were for the most part Ukrainian Ukrainian Catholic primate of Canada), Of course, such debates are somewhat vision? Catholics. The children themselves never Bishop Basil Losten of Stamford, Bishop beside the point. The reality is that today At Vatican II it was declared, "This made any distinction; rather, it was the Vsevolod (Majdansky) and Bishop the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church is Ukrainian Catholic priests who made my Kallistos (Ware). an important and highly respected insti­ sacred synod, therefore, exhorts all the Catholic faithful to recognize the signs of father and the few other Orthodox chil­ Four major papers and responses were tution, particularly because of its record dren leave the classroom when religion presented at the conference: "The Papal of integrity and martyrdom in the face of the times and to participate skillfully in the work of ecumenism" (Decree on was taught. Later he was called "katsap," Encyclicals of Orientale Lumen and Ut Soviet repression. More important, it is a a derogatory word for Russians, by the Unum Sint"; "Conflicting and the Body of Christ - and for Christians to Ecumenism, No. 4). The work of ecu­ menism, as the reunification of the older children. Indeed, anyone who was Contrasting Perceptions of the Brest discuss the wisdom or folly of its found­ thrown out of religion class must be a Accord"; "Divisions and Healing of the ing is absurd, Christian East and West, is our duty as Catholics. But it is also our particular monster, must, in fact, be a Russian. Union"; "Conciliarity and Sobornost, Such discussions are also ahistorical. duty as Eastern Catholics, for it goes to I experienced similar things during my Koinonia and Cattolica." That is, they are based on certain fallaci­ the very essence and origin of our own childhood as a member of the Each presenter addressed specific prob­ es resulting from a lack of historical Church. Ukrainian American Youth Association lems of the separation between the thinking. First of all, it is unfair, mislead­ (SUM-A). I was once told by a counselor Ukrainian Churches and proposed solu­ ing and illogical to impose today's cate­ Thus, the Second Vatican Council of the organization that one could not tions for reunification. Each participant gories on events that took place in an reminded us that the Eastern Catholic possibly be Orthodox and a member of voiced the thought that the unity of entirely different cultural, religious, Churches "have a special role to play in SUM-A. The counselor who expressed Christians is a commandment of Christ, social and political context. promoting the unity of all Christians, par­ this thought later became my good friend and, in that vein, it was important to Second, our typically political per­ ticularly Easterners" (Decree on the and a Ukrainian Catholic priest. He remember that what united us as Eastern spective, emphasizing Ukrainian national Eastern Catholic Churches, No. 24; see believed that the Union of Brest had pre­ Christians is greater than what divides us. interests, is hafUly applicable to the 16th also CCEO Can. 903). Understanding how served the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The participants also had the opportunity century realities of the Ruthenian lands the Berestian Union sought to reunite the That is, since the Orthodox Church in to attend the papal audience of John Paul II in the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth. Kyivan and the Roman Church can help us Ukraine was in a period of decline and as well as a specially arranged audience of In fact, what we are doing is using our realize what this "special role" means for moral decay at the end of the 16th centu­ Patriarch Bartholomew, who was in Rome view of the past to vindicate current posi­ our Church today. ry, it was the union with Rome that had to attend the liturgy on the feast day of Ss. tions, validate current attitudes, justify Reform served as a wake-up call for the Peter and Paul. It was edifying to listen to current action or inaction. This is simply Orthodox. His argument was that without the words of Patriarch Bartholomew, who an abuse of history. The Joint International Commission for the union there would have been no especially addressed the Kyiv Study Group In fact, one of the things we can learn by Roman Catholic-Orthodox Theological Metropolitan Petro Mohyla, no visitation and the Ukrainian Churches. In his speech, taking a close historical look at the Union of Dialogue has stated that uniatism - the to Ukraine of the Orthodox patriarch of the patriarch voiced the hope that the Brest and its aftermath is the way in which method by which our Church joined with Jerusalem, and no creation of the vigilant Ukrainian Churches would play a signifi­ history was used - or abused - by both ene­ the Church of Rome - is not a valid model Orthodox brotherhoods. cant role in the reunification of all Christian mies and apologists of the union. for Church union today (the 1993 state­ These two deeply rooted sentiments Churches, especially the churches of Rome ment at Balarhand, Lebanon). To histori­ continue in the diaspora among Ukrainian Re-interpretation and Constantinople. ans, this is obvious - what institution today Orthodox and Catholics. On the one hand, Paradoxically, it is precisely an histor- would wish to revert to 16th century meth­ During the entire period, whether it ods? This in no way detracts from the was during the conference specifically, at The Rt. Rev. Archimandrite Andriy legitimacy of our Church or from its right various audiences, while making official Andrew Sorokowski is managing editor Partykevich is pastor of St. Andrew - indeed, its duty - to participate in the calls at various ecumenical offices and of Harvard Ukrainian Studies, the journal Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Boston, ecumenical dialogue, and the joint com­ colleges, or during periods of socializing, of the Ukrainian Research Institute at located in Jamaica Plain, Mass. The mission has said as much. everyone spoke of union The importance Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Rev. Partykevich represented the It does mean, however, that we cannot of this conference was to look one anoth­ The article above was delivered as a paper Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the realize the ecumenical vision without a er in the eyes while confronting our mis-. at the St. Nicholas Eparchial Conference U.S.A. at the Kyiv Study Group confer­ in Chicago on September 30. (Continued on page 14) ence held in Rome on June 28-29. (Continued on page Ї5) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1995 N0.49 mgu,™ ^ _ Kyivan Church StudyGroupmeets withipopeandecummc^Patr^rch Study Group, with befitting honor we greet paper Osservatore Romano. * c ^ v.,;,,™ directioлп^гіоnп ooff restoratiorestorationn ooff fulfulll communiocommunion paper Osservatore Romano. all oJf you, the membermemberss ooff ththee KyivaKyivann OTTAWA - Members of the Kyivan That very evening, the Kyivan Church with the Orthodox. After all, the highest Church Study Group, in the words of the Church Study Group were present during Study Group had an audience with authorities of both the Catholic and Psalmist: 'Behold, how good and pleasant the last visit to Rome by the ecumenical Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomaios in Orthodox Churches have repeatedly it is when brothers dwell in unity!' Truly, patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomaios the Sala Reggia next to the Sistine emphasized the normativity of the first nothing is more beautiful and holy than a I which occurred June 28-29 on the occa­ Chapel. When the patriarch entered the millennium in any discussion of structures gathering such as ours today, in which sion of the feast of Ss. Peter and Paul. The room, the members of the group greeted for reunion. The Orthodox and Catholic brothers from several traditions are bound ecumenical study group was holding its him with a hearty eis polla eti despota bishops present agreed to refer the ques­ together by the bond of love and strive sixth consultation in the Eternal City. ("many years'", in Greek). tion to the relevant authorities. through contemplation and theological Taking advantage of the historic occa­ Bishop Vsevolod offered words of In the afternoon session, Bishop study 'for the work of service, for building sion of the patriarchal visit, the Kyiv greeting to the patriarch, explaining the Kallistos Ware of Diokleia led the Study up the Body of Christ, until we all attain to Study Group participated in a number of work of the Kyivan Church Study Group. Group through a discussion of questions the unity of the faith and of the knowledge important meetings, including encoun­ Among other things, Bishop Vsevolod of collegiality and conciliarity at various of the Son of God...' and 'we are to grow ters with Pope John Paul II and Patriarch stated: "As Christians continue to strive levels of the life of the Church. up in every way into him, who is the head, Bartholomaios I. towards the unity of the Holy Churches of The final day of deliberations occurred intoChrist.' (Ephesians4:12-16) The Kyivan Church Study Group was God, the hope has arisen that the Ukrainian on Tuesday, June 27. In the morning ses­ After his address, the patriarch founded in 1992 at Oxford and is com­ Greek-Catholic Church, which has been sion Dr. Gudziak presented to the mem­ approached the members of the Kyivan posed of interested bishops and scholars estranged from the Great Church of Christ, bers of the Study Group his vision of the Church Study Group, warmly embracing from the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic the Ecumenical Patriarchate, for several renewal of the Lviv Theological Academy, not only the Orthodox Bishop Vsevolod, Church on the one hand, and the centuries, may be able to renew her proper which has a clearly ecumenical focus and but also the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Patriarchate of Constantinople and affili­ spiritual relationship, and above all full which emphasizes a resourcement (based hierarchs Metropolitan Maxim and ated Churches, most notably the eucharistic communion, with the on Scripture, Church fathers, and liturgy). Bishop Basil. Ukrainian Orthodox Churches of Canada Ecumenical Patriarchate and thus with the Members of the Study Group received his Then the editors of Logos, the Rev. Drs. and the United States, which are in full plenitude of the Orthodox Church. The ideas enthusiastically and offered construc­ Chirovsky and Peter Galadza, presented communion with Constantinople. first hierarch and the Synod of Bishops of tive comments. three issues of Logos to the patriarch, Earlier ecumenical consultations of the the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church have Afterwards, all visited the Pontifical explaining that it was here that the papers Kyivan Church Study Group have taken expressed this aspiration in several public Oriental Institute, with its invaluable of the Study Group were published. place in Oxford (1992), Stamford, Conn. documents which have been sent to the library, and were received by the Patriarch Bartholomaios accepted the gift (1992), Ottawa (1993), Stamford (1993), Holy Throne of Constantinople." Institute's rector, Clarence Gallagher, SJ. with a smile and said "Yes, I know. And I and Ch'evetogne, Belgium (1994). Bishop Vsevolod went on to say: "The The final afternoon session was, as is expect that in these very days you are Papers presented at these consulta­ progress of the International Theological customary, devoted to planning. It was working on the next volume." tions are printed in Logos: A Journal of Dialogue between the Orthodox Church decided to hold the next consultation dur­ Individual members of the Study Eastern Christian Studies, which is pub­ and the Catholic Church, and the divinely ing Bright Week, April 16-19, 1996, at the Group then had an opportunity to speak lished by the Metropolitan Andrey appointed grace of this present visit of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute briefly with the patriarch and receive his Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Your All Holiness to the Bishop of the of Eastern Christian Studies in Ottawa. blessing. Studies at St. Paul University in Ottawa. Elder Rome and Patriarch of the West, The following day, June 28, members of The following day, June 29, the Pope The Rome Consultation of the Kyivan Pope John Paul II, strengthen us in the the Kyivan Church Study Group had the and the patriarch prayed together at St. Church Study Group began on June 23, prayer that the painful division between opportunity to meet with Pope John Paul II. Peter's Basilica. The two Church leaders at the Pontifical Ukrainian College on Ukrainian Orthodox and Ukrainian The Study Group was seated in the first row sat together on identical thrones before the the Gianicolo Hill near the Vatican. Greek-Catholics may at last be resolved at the audience, thus enabling all of its Bishop Basil Losten of Stamford pre­ with the sacred blessing and wise leader­ main altar of the Basilica. They recited the members to briefly discuss the work of the sented a paper on two recent papal docu­ ship of Your All Holiness, as we have Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed without group and to receive individual blessings. ments: "Orientate Lumen" (in which the rejoiced to witness the reconciliation of the medieval western addition "filioque," The pontiff expressed a keen interest pontiff calls for a new appreciation for the Ukrainian Orthodox of the Diaspora (that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the and happily received three rather weighty the Eastern Christian approach to life under the Sacred Omophorion of the Father and the Son). They also exchanged issues of the journal Logos, in which the and ways of thinking in the modern Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople." the kiss of Peace, and both preached on the papers of the Kyivan Church Study world), and "Ut Unum Sint" (in which Then the bishop explained the work of necessity of repentance for true ecumenical Group are published. His personal secre­ the pope for the first time invites the Kyivan Church Study Group and rapprochement to occur. tary, Msgr. Dziwisz, also posed some Catholics and non-Catholics to help find emphasized that, while there is still much to * * * questions. The founder of Logos, retired a formula for papal primacy that would do, nevertheless, much has been achieved Persons interested in reading the papers Metropolitan Maxim (Hermaniuk) of be acceptable to all). That afternoon, Dr. which until recently seemed impossible. of the Kyivan Church Study Group may Borys Gudziak delivered a paper on vari­ Winnipeg, requested and received the The patriarch then responded with an subscribe to Logos: A Journal of Eastern ous historiographical approaches to the pontiffs blessing for the ongoing schol­ extensive allocution, offered in Greek and Christian Studies, as well as purchase back issue of the 1596 Union of Brest. Both arly and ecumenical work of the journal. followed by an English translation. In his issues. Please write to: Logos, c/o The pape-s initiated lively discussions. The presence of the Kyivan Church address, among other things, the patriarch Sheptytskv Institute, St. Paul University, Study Group was noted in the pope's The Kyivan Church Study Group visited said- "Dear Brothers of the Kyivan Church 223 Main St., Ottawa, Ontario, K1S IC4. the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity allocution, as well as the Vatican news­ on June 24, where they had a fruitful two- hour meeting with its president, Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy and his major assis­ tants. Members of the Study Group also paid a brief visit to the neighboring Congregation for the Eastern Churches, and in the afternoon visited the ancient Greek College and other Eastern Churches in Roms". Visits to various churches and monasteries continued on Sunday. On Monday, June 26, Bishop Vsevolod Majdansky of Scopelos deliv­ ered a paper on the question of healing the wounds that have developed since the rival (Orthodox and Catholic) Councils of Brest in 1596. The first for­ mal response to this paper was presented by the Rev. Dr. Andriy Chirovsky of the Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies it St. Paul University, Ottawa. An animated discussion ensued, in which two points were emphasized/First of all, it was discussed how to withdraw the mutual anathemas which the two branches of the Kyivan Church hurled at each other. Secondly, the discussion focused on whether it be possible for the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church to issue an official statement, similar in form to the first of the 33 articles of 1595, in which it could be emphasized that the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church accepts the teach­ ing on papal primacy according to the Romano teaching of. the Gospel and the Holy Greek fathers of the Church. It was noted that this might be a great step forward in the •••J""™ 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1995 No. 49

BOOK NOTES The writings of Sheptytsky A journey through borderlands by Nestor Gula JERSEY CITY, N.J. — "Between giving the necessary background for each East and West: Across the Borderlands country she enters. TORONTO - A group of Ukrainian of Europe," by Anne Applebaum, is a As she passes through, she focuses on Catholics in Toronto has published a fascinating travelogue that looks at histo­ the changes the collapse of the Soviet book of English translations of the writ­ ry and politics through the eyes of people Union has wrought in the lives of ordi­ ings of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky. in Poland, Lithuania, Russia, Belarus and nary citizens, from nationalists striving to "Words of the Servant of God" was Ukraine. re-estabiish their heritage, to "business­ recently published by the Seniors Club of As a student traveling the Soviet men" trying to make a fast buck, to the the Ukrainian Catholic Brotherhood of Union, Ms. Applebaum grew frustrated confused people just struggling to adjust Canada. This book contains the translations with the "dull Soviet landscape and bor­ to the new ways. of two of Metropolitan Sheptytsky's spiri­ ing regulations." She longed to see the Her purpose was to discover for her­ tual works. "On Prayer" was published in forbidden areas not on the tour; she got self the countries that were so long for­ 1932 and "The Gift of Pentecost" in 1937. her chance when her train pulled into gotten by the West, whose identity was Both originally appeared in The Lviv Lviv for a five-hour repair. All of a sud­ concealed by a superimposed Soviet Archeparchial Bulletin. Union. As she writes in her introduc­ Additionally, the book contains a brief den she was free to roam unrestricted. "It biography of Prof. Ilarion Holubowycz, was as if someone had told me it was tion, "A traveler can meet a man born who worked with Metropolitan possible to step into a picture frame," she in Poland, brought up in the Soviet Sheptytsky, and an article on the metro­ writes. Union, who now lives in Belarus — and politan as an author by Dr. Anatol M. Those five hours whetted her appetite, he has never left his village. To sift Bazylewycz. Both works were previously and years later she returned to the areas through the layers, one needs to prac­ published and were adapted for this col­ that were no longer the Soviet Union, tice a kind of visual and aural archaeol­ lection. looking for "evidence that things of ogy, to imagine what the town looked beauty had survived war, communism like before the Lenin statue was placed The publishers of this book wanted to "Words of the Servant of God" to every and Russification; proof that difference in the square, before the church was pay tribute to the metropolitan and to English-speaking bishop in the world. mark the 50th anniversary of his death in and variety can outlast an imposed converted into a factory and the main The publishers also do not deny the fact 1944. The book also has come at a time homogeneity; testimony, in fact, that street renamed." that they hope the metropolitan is when Roman Catholics are focusing people can survive any attempt to uproot Ms. Applebaum, 31, is the deputy edi­ declared a saint. Metropolitan Sheptytsky more attention on the Eastern Catholics them." tor of the Spectator in London. She has of the Byzantine Rite. was declared a "Servant of God" in 1968 The trip covered in this book deals also written for The Wall Street Journal, Although Metropolitan Sheptytsky is by Pope Paul VI. with the author's travels to western Foreign Affairs, and the Literary Review, well known to Ukrainians, both Catholic Publication of the book was made pos­ Lithuania, eastern Poland, western and was the Warsaw correspondent for and Orthodox, he is largely unknown in sible by grants from the Canadian federal Ukraine, Belarus and Romania. The Economist. She was recently award­ non-Ukrainian circles. The book is meant government and other private sources. The writer traveled from Kaliningrad ed the London Times Charles Douglas- to be an introduction of Metropolitan This 200-page hardcover book costs $20 to Odessa, from the Baltic Sea to the Home Award for reporting in the former Sheptytsky to the English-speaking (postage included) and is available from: Black Sea. Soviet Union. world. UCBC Seniors Club, 4 Bellwoods Ave., Ms. Applebaum somehow manages to "Between East and West" is published The publishers plan to mail a copy of Toronto, Ontario, M6J 2P4. condense long histories into a few pages, by Pantheon Books; its price is $24.

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moan under their domination," and now again, Prof. Cap re-establishes the truth, Annotated edition of 18th century play that Peter I has defeated them, they "are destroying the myth of Catherine's chastity finally losing their ferocity." before her marriage to Peter. Charles-Henri d'Estaing, "Rozenie ou Les Moscovites," with an introduction and notes Mazepa is depicted as a barbarian, an To sum up, Г would like to add that by Jean-Pierre Cap. Boulder, Colo.: East European Monographs, 1993, J54 pp. $23. ignominious villain who, according to throughout his annotated edition, both in his d'Estaing, had been a mercenary in the critical introduction and in his footnotes, by Volodymyr Bakum thy of publication for purely literary rea­ service of the Turks before becoming Prof. Cap brings out the Russophilia raging sons - for its dramatic elements, elegant This is an edition of an unpublished 18th hetman and, with them, he had ravaged in France at that time, and the popularity of style, noble sentiments, its truly despica­ Ukraine. He is accused by almost every Russian monarchs among the philosophies century play whose author was a French ble villain, its honorable father, a couple nobleman, Admiral Comte Charles-Henri character in the play of being cowardly, and the French intelligentsia had made them of passionate lovers. As Prof. Cap aptly treacherous, perfidious, cynical, insensi­ ready to accept the official Russian disinfor­ d'Estaing, who was guillotined during the remarks, it would not be out of place in tive to attacks on his honor, unscrupu­ mation steadily fed to them. last violent phase of the French Revolution an anthology of French 18th century the­ lous, vile, false, servile and utterly cor­ This even applied to a writer like in 1794. The manuscript, titled "Rozenie ou ater. He does the play justice: he gives a rupt. If we find him at the encampment Voltaire, who, in his "History of Charles les Moscovites," was probably written thorough analysis of the work, seen as a of Peter I, after Poltava, it is because, XII" (1731), truthfully depicted Mazepa around 1780, during the reign, in Russia, of literary and dramatic creation, discusses having been defeated, he and his Kozaks and clearly stated the fact that Ukraine had Catherine II. its structure, the plausibility of the plot, have been magnanimously pardoned by The play is in elegant classical alexan­ the verisimilitude of the characters, the always wanted to be free. Years later, how­ Peter, and were now once again gener­ drine verse. As one of numerous paeans influence of the changing mentality in the ever, in his "History of the Russian Empire ously accepted into his entourage. to the Muscovite Tsar Peter I and his sec­ second half of the 18th century. under Peter the Great" (1763), he had changed his mind, and referred to Mazepa ond wife, Catherine I, commissioned by Of particular interest to us, however, is Prof. Cap sets the record straight, and as an ungrateful traitor - proof that even Catherine II, the manuscript did not the manner in which d'Estaing represents reminds the reader about the barbaric great minds can be swayed by the big lie deserve to be published. Mazepa, the Kozaks and Ukrainians in extermination of the 7,000 inhabitants of and money. This play is an early example In his foreword to the annotated critical general. Giving credit to the author, Prof. Baturyn, slaughtered by Peter's army in edition, the author, a professor at Lafayette Cap writes: "Contrary to most authors then 1708, prior to the Battle of Poltava; about of the Russian disinformation which has College, writes that his interest was awak­ and since, d'Estaing did differentiate cor­ the 900 members of the Ukrainian intelli­ falsified history and deceived Western ened by the names of Cantemir and rectly and consistently between gentsia who were tortured and killed for intellectuals. It will take a long time to set Mazepa in the cast of characters. He was Moscovites/Russians on the one hand and having sided with Mazepa; about the the historical record straight. even more intrigued when he realized that Cossacks/Ukrainians on the other." One 1,500 to 2,000 Kozak prisoners who were Prof. Cap's edition is thoroughly Mazepa appeared in the entourage of the can suspect that he did not do so out of tortured to death by the Russians after the researched, well-written, rich with impor­ tsar after Poltava. As he readily admits in concern for historical truth. Quite the con­ battle of Poltava. tant, interesting historical data, some of it his introduction and historical notes to the trary, this differentiation seems to have Our Kozaks do not fare any better in anecdotal, at times presented with a sense tragedy, d'Estaing was not overly con­ been needed to underscore the contrast d'Estaing's play: when Mazepa was in of humor. The critical introduction and cerned with historical truth, and had adopt­ between the "noble" Russians and the the service of the Turks, they had fol­ the footnotes will make d'Estaing's play ed the historical events to suit his dramatic "ignoble" Ukrainians. In the 19th century lowed him "always ready for pillage and accessible even to those who have some­ plot, which was meant to bring out the this obsessive Russian superiority complex never for combat." Later, when he had what forgotten their French. greatness, nobility and generosity of the found its expression in the "Great joined forces with Charles XII, being Had "Rozenie ou Les Moscovites" been two main protagonists. Russian'7"Little Russian," and more "cowardly traitors" just like their hetman, published in the 18th century as a regular His was only the third treatment of the recently, "Big Brother'T'Little Brother" they had been won over by Swedish gold. theatrical publication, it would have been Mazepa legend in French, and since tandems. Rozenie, the future Catherine I and Peter yet another example of a biased literary Mazepa has an important role in the play, What shocks us, who have been condi­ I, on the contrary, are shown to be models work, detrimental to the reputation of the it deserved to be published. I hasten to tioned to this sort of treatment, is the of magnanimity, generosity, forgiveness, Ukrainian people and one of its best known add that, in Prof. Cap's opinion, the pres­ fiercely and unrelentingly negative char­ nobility of heart. Just as Rodrigue and figures. It might also have prevented ence of Mazepa in the play was not its acterization he gives Ukrainians and one Chimee in Corneille's "Le Cid," they can Mazepa from capturing the imagination of only virtue. He correctly noted that of their greatest historical figures: "The love one another only if each of them is the romantic writers, painters and musi­ d'Estaing's tragedy was not without haughty Ukrainians, proud of their igno­ worthy of the other. Virtue is their only cians who, inspired by the "wild horse merit, and that, if we put aside the histor­ rance, stultified by the yoke, raised in pursuit. Rozenie is pure and chaste, ready ride" episode of his life, created one of the ical inaccuracies, it could be judged wor­ poverty, no longer cause humanity to to kill herself to preserve her purity. Here very few romantic heroes. No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1995 Ukrainian artists featured at university's art festival by Oksana Zakydalsky Balahutrak, according to Prof. Mudrak, express "an undeniably unsettling feeling." TORONTO - Several Ukrainian artists She sees both artists as struggling to find "a from Toronto and the Cleveland area were zone of comfort" between the disparate featured at the 16th annual New Music and worlds of their experience - the tightly knit Art Festival held recently at Bowling community with its ritualized family life Green State University in Ohio. and the wider world lacking in shared val­ Guest composers and performing ues. "Husar's works are about the excesses artists of international stature invited to of belonging," while Bodnar-Baiahatruk the festival and the music program "pays homage to universal tragedies...but included the world premiere of a work by identifies these poignant moments of the Pulitzer Prize-winning American com­ human condition with tragedies that have poser Gunther Schuiler. The festival also been visited upon Ukraine: the famine and featured three art exhibits; one of which, Chornobyl," Ms. Mudrak writes. "Tangled Roots," held October 13 to The festival program also included a November 3, was devoted to artists of performance titled "History", presented by Eastern and Central European heritage. performance artist Jurij (Jerzy) Onuch, Curated by Jacqueline S. Nathan and originally from Poland but now living in Myroslava Mudrak, the exhibit included Toronto. The central theme of the perfor­ the works of Toronto artists Natalka mance revolves around the male-female Husar and Irma Osadsa; Aka Pereyma relationship while focusing on what Prof. and Bogdan Chernetskiy from Ohio; and Mudrak calls "the image of the wanderer." Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak, now living in Mr. Onuch describes the story line of Houston. The works of Russian artists the performance: "The stage consists of Rimma Gerlovina, Valeriy Gerlovin and two walls and the furnishings of a con­ Oleg Kudyashov and Maciej Toporowicz ventional room - table, chairs, TV, of Poland were also shown. microwave - all in black and white. The In the introductory essay to the exhibit whole room is packed with 'stuff.' On a catalogue, Dr. Mudrak, associate professor screen, in the middle of the room, a "Aqua Vitae" (Ektacolor) by Rimma Gerlovina and Valeriy Gerlovin. of art history at Ohio State University, female shadow appears and disappears, writes that, although the artists featured at its pulsating image present throughout Madonna overlap with the Ukrainian the same time sphere, in real time. the exhibit are of different generations the performance. An important element music becoming dominant. I finish the bot­ "Sometimes people walk out of my per­ with different life experiences, "under­ of the performance is the soundtrack tle of whiskey, and start to construct a sort formances because they do not want to see neath the surface of all the works in the seemingly coming from a radio. At first a of central altar out of the 'stuff on the what will happen next and then ask - what show one finds a matrix of common pur­ voice declaims on the male-female rela­ stage, while the music loops. At the end, happened? In this performance, men partic­ suits and shared inspiration relating to con­ tionship, then Madonna's 'Justify my my inhibitions disappear completely. I ularly react in such a way - for some it is nectedness with a mother culture." Love' is heard, gradually changing to split the central screen and go into it." too close for comfort. In North America, In Ms. Pereyma's works, Prof. Mudrak Ukrainian songs accompanied by drums. Mr. Onuch calls this performance his people value their comfort zones and don't says, this connectedness is expressed "From a suitcase, I begin to pull out cer­ most theatrical one - its components a want intrusions. They avoid discomfort - through the artist's rediscovery of "the tain objects - pictures of my wife and "clip art" of ready-made things. What is and if they want to confront it, they go to power of nature that defined the visual daughter, which I place in the room, a can the philosophy behind the performance? psychotherapists. Here art is more entertain­ experience of Ukraine's ancient culture" of Campbell's soup which 1 put in the "In this performance I try to point out the ment, whereas I come from a tradition while Ms. Osadsa's work "draws on motifs microwave and a video - a porno film - contradictions that exist within each per­ where art can be therapy," Mr. Onuch said. used in pysanka that the artist then abstracts which I put into the TV. The soup turns son, especially those that come to the Created two years ago, this was the and uses as talismans to evoke the organic out to be too hot; I get fed up with watch­ fore in a person (in this case a man) fourth time that Mr. Onuch has presented life-generating forces of the symbols." ing the video and cover the TV with a approaching middle age. In my perfor­ "Hi-Story." In May, 1994 Mr. Onuch Whereas the works of the above two cloth, leaving only the sound. I pull out a mances, I try to maintain a balance gave this performance in Kyiv at the artists stress the majestic and ritual ele­ bottle of whiskey (the real thing) and start between convention and real life. Brama Center for Contemporary Arts, an ments of the ancient culture of Ukraine, the drinking, then dancing while, on the Although I keep the distinction between event that was reviewed in the recent paintings of Ms. Husar and Ms. Bodnar- soundtrack, the Ukrainian music and myself and the audience, we both exist in issue of the journal Terra Incognita. Art journal is revived by Oksana Zakydalsky TORONTO - The second issue (No. 3-4) of Terra Incognita - New Art from Ukraine, has been pub­ lished in Kyiv. As in the first issue, which came out in 1993, the journal is made up of two parts - the first deals with the theory of some aspect of contemporary art, and the second is a chronicle of the Ukrainian con­ temporary art scene. All the articles and reviews are in three languages: Ukrainian, Russian and English. In this 87-page issue, the first part is devoted to the topic of "Exhibiting"; the second part, with twice as many pages, provides information on recent art events in Ukraine, not only in Kyiv, but in Odessa and Lviv as well. The journal editorial notes that, although the number of events deal- ing with contemporary art have increased in Ukraine, the same works reappear in different exhibi­ tions. The art chosen for exhibits, according to the editors, is not selected by the decisions of inde­ pendent curators but as the result of (Continued on page 14) Performance artist Jurij (Jerzy) Onuch in "Hi-Story.5 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3,1995 No. 49

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ecumenical gatherings. Kyiv Study Group... At the end of the conference, all of the (Continued from page 8) participants felt they had become closer and understood each other more fully, and conceptions, animosities and distrusts. were more than willing to study and There can be no question in the minds address the painful issues which divide us, of Christians that disunity is our great gift as well as find the path to unite us. to Satan. It is also true, however, that However, the faithful may have a long many disagreements remain between the way to go, as was shown one evening. Orthodox and Catholic Churches. Of pri­ After a lengthy day of discussions, the par­ mary concern is papal primacy and infalli­ ticipants gathered with the seminarians for bility. This for the Orthodox is a dogmatic dinner and a hymn of worship. After the issue of faith upon which the teachings of "scholars" discussed ways to heal the divi­ the Church cannot be compromised. How sions, the future "soldiers" of the Church this and other issues are to be resolved is, (the seminarians) sang a hymn to St. however, work for future conferences and Josaphat. We have a long way to go.

come to know and understand our Approaching... Orthodox neighbors - first of all the (Continued from page 14) Greeks, for it was they who gave us our fellow Ukrainian Catholics about the Byzantine rite. As an integral part of this union in its historical, theological, cultur­ dialogue, however, we should do all that al and other aspects. To better do this, we can so that the Ukrainian Orthodox we should foster cooperation between may find the way to Church unity Church and academia - specifically, by through their own united, autocephalous, participating in scholarly conferences and universally recognized Church, and organizing educational activities. We accepted by both the Ecumenical should also support institutions of spiri­ Patriarchate and Rome as a worthy par­ tual and theological formation, for these ticipant in the ecumenical process. will educate the priests and theologians With its 400 years of experience in who will help us understand our own Catholic-Orthodox relations, during Church identity. which it has borne the wounds of divi­ We should also work more closely sion, is the Church of Kyiv to be cast with our fellow Catholics of the Latin aside as an obstacle to the search for Rite. Some of them understand our situa­ unity? I think not. Our mission is not to tion better than we do ourselves. There is obstruct that search, but to lead it. much that we can teach the Latins about But leadership requires study, work, and our Church - and of course, one can best above all, vision. Our observance of the learn by teaching. At the same time, Berestian Union must, therefore, not be there is much in their experience that can merely retrospective or apologetic. It must be a lesson to us - for example, how to be prospective, prophetic and ecumenically creatively cultivate a tradition rather than inspired - proceeding from a renewed- merely preserve traditions. understanding of our past, to a transforma­ To subscribe: Send $60 ($40 if you are a member of the UNA) to The Ukrainian At the same time we should increase tion of our present, to the future that has Weekly, Subscription Department, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. our cooperation with other Eastern been offered to us. Catholics. We will discover that many of our experiences are not unique, and that we face problems similar to those of, for example, the Syro-Malabar Church of AN IDEAL CHRISTMAS GIFT India. This resulting sense of solidarity HISTORY ECONOMY CULTURE GEOGRAPHY INDUSTRY DEMOGRAPHY will strengthen us in our quest for eccle- sial identity and recognition. Most difficult, yet crucial for our future as a Church of re-union, are relations with the Orthodox. Among the ways in which Encyclopedia of UKRAINE the Second Vatican Council encourages Eastern Christians to work for Church unity are "by greater mutual knowledge, by collaboration, and by brotherly regard For Business Executives, Journalists, Diplomats, for objects and attitudes" (Decree on the Eastern Catholic Churches, No. 24). Scholars, the Community The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches mandates a forum for ecumeni­ A complete Library of Ukrainian Knowledge — in Five Volumes cal work: an eparchial council, or where this is impossible, at least a designated A Powerful Reference Tool Published in English layperson (CCEO Title XVIII Over 15,000 Alphabetical Entries. Maps. Thousands of Illustrations. [Ecumenism] Can. 904 Sec. 3). Working through this eparchial institution, we can ENCYCLOPEDIA OF UKRAINE ORDER FORM For Sale By Owner PLEASE SEND ME: SHIPPING ADDRESS: (Please Print) Kerhonkson, New York (Please Print) $98,000 • The complete 5 volumes of Encyclopedia of Ukraine at the special price of $715.00 per set $_

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For oth­ Beria to agents involved in "special oper­ ers, only the surname," he said. ations," whence it was deduced in which "What we need is a document that "wet actions" they took part, Mr. Sniezko gives a full appreciation of the lives these said. people lived; we hope to gather specific information on the victims, their profes­ 100 shot per day sions, standing in the community, politi­ He related that Polish authorities have cal activity - only then will we serve obtained evidence suggesting that the their memory properly," he added. СЕДЕ<В%Я<ҐЕ 9фМуЕЯ№ Я<7SOyUZlV%A number of shootings carried out rose to Mr. Sniezko asked the UWC's offi­ about 100 a day in 1940 when Poles and cials for assistance in obtaining this FRIDAY EVENING DECEMBER 29, 1995 THE PARTY BEGINS: LVIVYANY PLAY IN others began arriving in Kharkiv's main information, securing a promise from Mr. THE MAINHOUSE LOBBY WHILE LATER ON ... Sokolyk that this plea would be forward­ prison from points west. 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Ukrainian National Association PREVIEW... (Continued from page 20) Monthly reports Thursday, December 14 EDMONTON: The Peter Jacyk Center Cash Surrenders 33,943.73 for Ukrainian Historical Research at the RECORDING DEPARTMENT Death Benefits 68,245.00 Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies is Unversal Life Withdrawals 8,814.71 holding a lecture by Serhiy Yekelchuk, MEMBERSHIP REPORT Dividend Accumulations 3,767.64 Dividend To Members 503,873.03 Institute of History, Ukrainian Academy JUV. ADULTS ADD TOTALS Dues And Annuity Premiums From Members Returned 850.04 of Sciences, Kyiv and University of TOTAL AS OF MAY 31, 1995 17,210 39,461 5,136 61,807 Endowments Matured 78,089.00 GAINS IN JUNE 1995 Indigent Benefits Disbursed 400.00 Alberta, titled "Creating a Sacred Place: Interest On Death Benefits 107.64 New members 55 42 5 102 The Ukrainian Patriots of the Russian 5,939.63 Reinstated 22 75 5 102 Reinsurance Premiums Paid Empire and Shevchenko's Tomb in Kaniv Transferee! in 9 10 1 20 Total 727,715.68 Change class in 5 8 13 Operating Expenses: $ (1861-1900)" The seminar will be held in Transferee! from Juvenile Dept. Real Estate 90.622.56 the CIUS Seminar Room, 352 Athabasca TOTAL GAINS: 91 135 11 237 Svoboda Operation $ 50,971.72 Hall, University of Alberta, at 3:30 p.m. LOSSES IN JUNE 1995 Washington Office 30.689.51 Suspended Official Publication-Svoboda 91,016.78 Saturday, December 16 Transfered out Organizing Expenses: Change of class out Advertising 4,542.61 Transfered to adults Commissions And Overrides On Universal Life 3,626.61 NEW BRITAIN, Conn.: A Ukrainian Died Field Conferences 1,172.16 Christmas food fair will be held at St. Cash surrender Medical Inspections 260.75 Endowment matured Reward To Organizers 21,732.32 Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Church Hall, Fully paid-up Reward To Special Organizers 23,104.93 54 Winter St., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Featured Extended insurance Traveling Expenses-Special Organizers 2,256.51 Certificate terminated will be foods made with recipes from the Total 319,996.46 TOTAL LOSSES 76 197 14 287 parish's cookbook "Best Recipes of Payroll, Insurance And Taxes: $ INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP 7,973 20,143 28,116 GAINS IN JUNE 1995 Employee Benefit Plan 10,627.04 Ukrainian-American Cooks"; the book Insurance-General 15,090.08 Paid-up 16 32 48 $ sells for $ 12.50. Free admission. Extended insurance 10 14 24 Salaries Of Executive Officers 17,213.86 Salaries Of Office Employees 102,261.57 Wednesday, December 13 TOTAL GAINS 26 46 72 Taxes-Federal, State And City On Employee Wages 23,331.80 LOSSES IN JUNE 1995 Total 16&524.35 NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Literary Died 43 43 Cash surrender 9 9 18 General Expenses: $ and Art Club jointly with the Sodality of Reinstated 6 10 16 Actuarial And Statistical Expenses 33,661.75 the Blessed Virgin Mary at St. George Lapsed 3 3 6 Bank Charges $ 242.36 TOTAL LOSSES 18 65 83 Bank Charges For Custodian Account 1,497.96 Ukrainian Catholic Church are holding a TOTAL UNA MEMBERSHIP Books And Periodicals 636.98 reading based on the book 'Twelve Let­ AS OF JUNE 30.1995 17,233 39,380 5,133 61.746 Furniture & Equipment 2,474.05 General Office Maintenance 2.648.93 ters of the Rev. Andrey Sheptytsky to His MARTHA LYSKO Insurance Department Fees 728.00 Mother," a 1985 publication of the Phila­ Secretary Postage 13,329.07 Printing and Stationery 2,410.57 delphia Archeparchy of the Ukrainian Rental Of Equipment And Services Catholic Church. Excerpts from the book Telephone, Telegraph 5,545.08 will be read by Nadia Sawchuk and FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT Traveling Expenses-General 9,174.25 Total Oleksander Ihnatusha, with musical selec­ INCOME FOR JUNE 1995 Miscellaneous: tions prepared by Laurentia Turkevych. Donation From Fund For The Rebirth Of Ukraine 13,002.17 The event will be held at the Mayana Dues From Members 243.315.55 Exchange Account-UNURC Annuity Premiums From Members 205,357.63 Expenses Of Annual Sessions 2.677.58 Gallery, 136 Second Ave., at 6:30 p.m. Income From "Svoboda" Operation 207,278.05 Investment Expense-Mortgages 105.00 Investment Income: Professional Fees 8,820.00 ADVANCE NOTICE Banks 663.12 Rent 3,128.42 Bonds 216,063.00 Taxes Held In Escrow 1,102.95 February 18-25 Certificate Loans 1,233.46 Transfer Account Mortgage Loans 43,356.51 Ukrainian Publications TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands: The 102,488.58 Youth Sports Activities Ukrainian-American Nautical Association 4,085.27 Total 7.655.93 Inc. announces its fourth annual Carribean ToteT 1,031^7.10 regatta, to be held in the British Virgin Refunds: 216,255.00 Islands. Experienced sailors and novices Employee Hospitalization Plan Premiums 535.70 Real Estate 109.935.20 Endowment Matured 850.04 Short Term Investments 179,753.72 alike are invited to join fellow Ukrainians General Office Maintenance 543.70 Stock 4.708.26 for a week of sailing, snorkeling, swim­ Operating Expenses Washington Office 8,497.52 514,640.64 ming, etc. Since the regatta will take place Rent 498.45 Disbursements For June, 1995 Reward To Special Organizer 4,141.17 during high season, interested persons Taxes Federal, State & City On Employee Wages 29,246.56 should sign up and book air flights imme­ Telephone 35.49 Total diately. For information, contact Julie Miscellaneous: Pawluk, (612) 561-8965 (e-mail at Dividend Accumulations 30.982.01 [email protected]) or, Olenka Stercho, Exchange Account-UNURC 203,639.11 ASSETS LIABILITIES Reisurance Recovered 324.31 Cash 4,122,909.74 Life Insurance (610)489-6956. Sale Of "Ukrainian Encyclopaedia" 470.00 Short Term TransferAccount Investments Correction Total 1,900847.32 Bonds Investments: Mortgage Loans 7.104.484.16 The sale of artworks by Hnizdovsky, Bonds Matured Or Sold 19,386.70 Certificate Loan Holowchak-DeBarry and Wasiczko spon­ Certificate Loans Repaid 421.16 Real Estate 38,712.67 Accidental D.D. sored by UNWLA Branch 30 of Yonkers, Deposit Repaid 10,000.00 Printing Plant &E.D.P. Mortgages Repaid 153,484.36 Equipment 714.106.36 Fraternal N.Y., at St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Short Term Investments Sold Stocks 1.785,727.26 Orphans Church, Shonnard Place and North Total 1,093,709,11 Loan to D.H.-U.N.A Housing Corp. 104.551.04 Old Age Home Broadway, was incorrectly listed in the Income For June, 1995 3^70,402.16 Loan To U.N.U.R.C. 10,927,530.25 Emergency November 26 issue of The Weekly as tak­ total 74,540,96247 " і 74ЛИ0Л62.47 ing place December 3. The correct date is Sunday, December 10, 9a.m.-2 p.m. For DISBURSEMENTS FOR JUNE 1995 more information call Nadia Cwiach, Paid to Or For Members: ALEXANDER BLAHITKA (914)949-7010. Annuity Benefits And Partial Withdrawals

Field & Olesnycky NOTICE Attorneys at Law To UNA Members and Branches 11 Eagle Rock Ave., Suite 100 Members and Branches of the Ukrainian National Association are hereby East Hanover, N.J. 07936 notified that with the ending of its fiscal year, the Home Office of UNA must close its accounts and deposit in banks all money received from Branches (201) 386-1115 Fax (201) 884-1188 no later than noon (Three Miles North of Ramada Hotel, at Ridgedale Ave.) of December 22,1995. Money received later cannot be credited to 1995. Therefore we appeal Representation of Small Businesses, to all members of the UNA to pay their dues this month as soon as possible Wills, Estates and Asset Protection, Commercial and Corporate Law, and all Branches to remit their accounts and money in time to be received Real Estate and Family Law. by the Home Office no later than noon of FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22,1995. For the convenience of clients unable to travel to Morris County, Notice is hereby given that Branches which send their dues in late will will schedule conferences in Essex, Union and Hudson Counties. be shown as delinquent and in arrears on the annual report.

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS ABSOLUTELY ...SHUMKA Thursday, December 7 tion at the Ukrainian National Home, 140 Second Ave., at 3 p.m. Keynote speaker at CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: Harvard Ukrainian the reception will be Dr. Jaroslaw Leshko, Research Institute is holding a lecture by From lie producer of the award wlnlig "Хитка Return it the WMPIWM" professor of art history, Smith College, and Iaroslav Isaievych, member. National curator of the exhibit. The entertainment Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and presi­ ...3 BRAND NEW ALL-DANCE VIDEOS! program will feature mezzo-soprano Kalyna dent, International Association of Ukrainian The Ukrainian Shntka Dangers' stunning new skew Cholhan, with Barbara Bachynsky as mis­ Studies, on the topic "Bibliographic and tress of ceremonies. Tickets: $30 per person. has keen captured en video and presented like you've never seen Skunka before! Information Systems m the Humanities and Social Sciences in Ukraine." The lecture will For reservations contact the museum by N О W... for the first time, get ONE or get ALL THREE videos, be held at the institute's seminar room, 1583 December 5 at (212) 228-0110. Massachusetts Ave., 4-6 p.m. NEW YORK: The Rev. Dr. Peter Galadza but get the DANCE SENSATION OF THE YEAR for your very own! of the Sheptytsky Institute, Saint Paul Saturday, December 9 University, Ottawa, will deliver a lecture HARTFORD, Conn.; A holiday craft fair, titled 'The Ukrainian Catholic Church on the Katnsia Cycles of tke Sun NiintofPerun sponsored by the Ukrainian American Youth Eve of Its 1996 Council: New Perspectives in is an adventure of a blacksmith's a rich tapestry of Ukrainian is a modern interpretation of Association SUM-A^ will be held at the a New Ecumenical and Pastoral Context." spirited daughter during 17th seasonal celebrations of nature and the consequences of "blind Ukrainian National Home, upper hall, 961 The lecture, which is sponsored by the New century Ukraine, that takes you regional community traditions. faith" in a ceremonial ritual Wethersfield Ave., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Featured York Branch of the Ukrainian Patriarchal to a Tartar mercenary camp, and set in pre-Christian Ukraine. will be professional crafters, Ukrainian gift Society, will be held at the Shevchenko a Sultan's comical harem, ending items, baked goods, raffle prizes, and a Scientific Society, 63 Fourth Ave., at 2 p.m. with Shumka's famous Hopak. Ukrainian kitchen. St. Nicholas will visit the fair at noon-2:30 p.m. Donation: $1 or one WASHINGTON: The Meridian Inter­ non-perishable food item to be donated to national Center and The Washington Group FoodShare of Greater Hartford. For addition­ Cultural Fund invite the public to a conceit al information call (860) 665-9388. featuring soprano Oksana Krovytska in a program of operatic selections and traditional SILVER SPRING, Md.: The Washington Ukrainian Christmas carols. The concert, branch of the Plast Ukrainian Youth which is part of the 1995-1996 "Countries in Organization is holding an "Andriyivsky Concert" series at MIC, will be held at the Vechir" — an evening of folklore, fortune Meridian House, 1630 Crescent Place, at 5 telling and fun — at Holy Trinity Particular p.m. For additional information call MIC, Ukrainian Catholic Church, 16631 New (202) 939-5568, or Laryssa Chopivsky, (202) Hampshire Ave., 6:3C p.m. Admission: $5, 363-3964. adults; $3, children. For further information contact Tamara Woroby, (301) 622-5456. CLIFTON, NJ.: Holy Ascension Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 635 Broad St., will hold NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific its annual Christmas bazaar, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Society and the Slovo Association of Featured will be works by Canadian artist Ukrainian Writers invite the public to a liter­ Vitaliy Lytvyn and diorama military minia­ ary evening to be held on the occasion of the tures displayed by Walter Velechko as well publication of Bohdan Nyzhankiwsky's col­ as Ukrainian crafts and Christmas items. lection of stories "Vyrishalni Zustrichi" There will be a Ukrainian and American ("Decisive Encounters"). Taking part in the kitchen, baked goods and take-out food. For program are Bohdan Boychuk, Uliana more information call (201) 777-4920. Liubovych, Liubart Lishchynsky and Yuri Tarnawsky, with Olha Kuzmowycz, moder­ LINDEN, N.J.: Ukrainian American Post ator. The event will be held at the society's 6 will hold its Christmas dinner at Big building, 63 Fourth Ave., at 5 p.m. Stash's, South Wood Avenue (off US 1 North) at 1 p.m. For more information call PHILADELPHIA: The Professional John Samila, (908) 687-0861. Society of Philadelphia will hold its annu­ al traditional Christmas Party at Ulana\s, AMBRIDGE, Pa.: The Ukrainian Cultural TO ALL SECRETARIES AND NEW MEMBERS OF U.N.A. 205 Bainbridge, 8 p.m.-2 a.m. There will Trust Choir of Western Pennsylvania, under be a live band, food and loads of fun. the direction of Dorothy Waslo, will hold Everyone welcome. For more information the first of two Christmas concerts at Ss. All English-speaking new members who purchased UNA insurance in call Ulana's, (215) 922-4152. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church, Melrose Avenue and 404 Sixth Str., starting the Adult Department as of September 1, 1995 will receive four com­ Sunday, December 10 at 3 p.m. The concert will feature traditional plimentary copies of "The Ukrainian Weekly". All Ukrainian-speaking NEW YORK: An exhibition of the works "koliady" (Christmas carols) and of Jacques Hnizdovsky (1915-1985) — "shchedrivky" (New Year's carols). members will receive "Svoboda". By introducing our new members to paintings, woodcuts, exhings, weavings and Admission is free. For more information ceramics — will open at The Ukrainian these publications, we hope they will become subscribers. call Yurko Honchar, (412) 429-1536. Museum, 203 Second Ave., at 1:30 p.m. Following the opening there will be a recep­ (Continued on page 18) U.N.A. Home Office PLEASE NOTE: Preview items must be received one week before desired date of publication. No information will be taken over the phone. 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