INSIDE:• Diaspora responds to airshow disaster near Lviv — page 3. • Kobzar Society’s mission: providing computers for Ukraine — page 4. • Summer camps of Plast and SUM youth organizations — centerfold.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXX HE KRAINIANNo. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2002 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine Rep.T Sander LevinU introduces bill Another fatalW accident claims to establish Famine memorial in D.C. 20 lives at Zasiadko coal mine by Serhiy Zhykharev crush the nationally conscious Ukrainian by Roman Woronowycz sion. Ukrainian National Information Service people and destroy their national, political, Kyiv Press Bureau The Procurator General’s Office on cultural and religious rights.” August 1 charged a deputy director and a WASHINGTON – In preparation for the In an interview, the sponsor of the KYIV – A disastrous month for blasting foreman with criminal culpabili- upcoming 75th anniversary commemora- Famine Memorial Bill, Rep. Levin, com- Ukraine culminated on July 31 with one ty for “violation of safety rules in an area tion of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide of mented on the necessity of establishing a more deadly accident that may have been of high danger.” Prosecutors were also 1932-1933, a bill has been introduced in the monument to the victims of the genocide in preventable, when 20 miners died as a investigating the managing director of U.S. Congress to erect a memorial in Ukraine in 1932-1933. “This memorial is result of an explosion at the infamous the Zasiadko mine. Washington to the victims of the Famine. important,” stated Rep. Levin, “because it Zasiadko mine in Donetsk. It was the “Ukraine does not need coal at such a At the initiative of the Ukrainian commemorates a horrific event that must third such disaster in the last three years price,” said President Leonid Kuchma in Congress Committee of America (UCCA), not be relegated to a footnote in history at the colliery, which is controlled by Sevastopol on August 1, referring to the Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.), co-chair of books,” he said. “By introducing this legis- lawmaker and former Prime Minister deaths of more than 60 miners in the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, was lation, I seek to honor the memory of all Yukhym Zviahilskyi. approached with the idea of constructing Ukraine in three separate incidents in the those who perished, and hope to ensure that Tragedy struck again at what is con- this monument. Having a strong Ukrainian last month, and 187 deaths in 13 separate such a tragedy never happens again.” sidered the country’s most productive American constituency and being an ardent incidents since the beginning of the year. Commenting on the congressman’s coal operation around 8 p.m., when a supporter of the community’s concerns, The president told the government to remarks, Michael Sawkiw Jr., president of build-up of coal dust exploded at about a establish a mine safety commission to Rep. Levin was also the main sponsor of the kilometer below the surface in an area 1998 congressional resolution on the 65th the Ukrainian Congress Committee of enforce and develop additional safety where 21 miners were working. One anniversary of what is known as the Great America, stated: “The entire Ukrainian procedures. worker survived, suffering non-critical Famine.The resolution had over 70 co- American community is truly grateful for all He also ordered all mines in Ukraine injuries. The remains of 19 of the men sponsors. of Rep. Sander Levin’s efforts. His support checked for their adherence to safety The Famine Memorial Bill, H.R. 5289, of Ukrainian American issues in the past, were brought to the surface immediately, standards and the closing of those that did provides for a parcel of land in Washington and now the current legislation proposed by while the body of the last unaccounted- not meet minimum requirements, which for the construction of a memorial, which him to erect a monument to the victims of for miner was discovered the next day, resulted within two days in the shut down will be dedicated in 2008 in commemora- the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide, shows the reported Interfax-Ukraine. of 60 percent of the mines of the Donbas tion of the 75th anniversary of the Famine. true depth of Rep. Levin’s commitment to Members of Ukraine’s Ministry of region for numerous violations. The bill now has nearly 40 co-sponsors, enhancing U.S.-Ukrainian relations, while Emergency Situations said the blast was Independent trade union members in including all of the co-chairs of the also acknowledging Ukraine’s history.” caused by drilling and blasting opera- Donetsk protested the decision and Congressional Ukrainian Caucus (Reps. The bill has been referred to the tions taking place at the time, a common blamed the government and President Steve Horn, Marcy Kaptur, Bob Schaffer, Resources Committee of the House of mining procedure for breaking up veins Kuchma for insufficiently funding the Louise Slaughter and Curt Weldon). Representatives, specifically to the of coal. On August 3, which was mines, which they said has directly The bill recognizes the horrific nature Subcommittee on National Parks, declared a national day of mourning for caused the degradation of conditions for of the man-made famine in Ukraine, stat- Recreation, and Public Lands. the latest victims, Vice Prime Minister of miners. ing it was not brought about “by natural On July 29, Rep. Levin issued a “Dear Industrial Policy Oleh Dubyna con- “Miners expected the president and causes such as pestilence, drought, floods, Colleague” letter to the House of firmed the initial findings and said he the government to give real financial or poor harvest, but as a consequence of a Representatives seeking additional co-spon- had received preliminary reports that support and further budgetary funds for premeditated policy on the part of the sors of H.R. 5289. In response to Rep. violation of safety regulations during the creation of safe labor conditions,” Soviet government led by Joseph Stalin to (Continued on page 3) drilling and blasting sparked the explo- read a statement issued by the protesters. “But all we have heard is ‘do not expect further help, we will be closing mines.’ “ Anatolii Kolomyiets, the leader of the Procurator General opens new criminal case against Tymoshenko Independent Trade Union of Coal Workers, laid direct blame for the third by Roman Woronowycz null and void,” she added. disaster in three years at the Zasiadko Kyiv Press Bureau Ms. Tymosehnko said that she is certain mine on National Deputy Zviahilskyi, that a vote will be organized in the who chairs the mine’s board of directors, KYIV – The Procurator General’s Office Verkhovna Rada to remove the immunity of Ukraine announced on August 2 that it for failing to enforce safety standards. from criminal prosecution she enjoys as a He explained that in 1999, when the first had opened another criminal case against legislator, which, if successful, could lead to National Deputy Yulia Tymoshenko on of the three fatal mine explosions her arrest and trial. occurred, his union members expressed a charges of embezzlement of funds from the “Whether I have immunity or not will purchase of Russian natural gas, conspiracy vote of no confidence in Mr. Zviahilskyi, not change my intentions [to strive for pre- to organize a fraud and abuse of office as a which both the Verkhovna Rada and the term presidential elections],” Ms. minister in government. president ignored, reported Interfax- Tymoshenko emphasized. Ms. Tymoshenko quickly responded that Ukraine. Recently appointed First Deputy the charges are political reprisal for an A total of 125 miners have died at the Procurator General Viktor Shokin, who has announced plan to organize mass demon- Zasiadko mine since 1999 – 50 as a been assigned the task of reviewing the strations this fall demanding early presiden- result of a methane blast in May 1999, several high-profile investigations that his tial elections. The faction Mrs. Tymoshenko another 55 after another methane explo- agency has failed to close in the past sever- heads in the Verkhovna Rada, the Yulia sion in August 2001 and 20 more in this Tymoshenko Bloc has spearheaded the al years, including the murders of journal- most recent incident. action, which the Socialist, Communist and ists Heorhii Gongadze and Ihor Nonetheless, the Zasiadko mine con- Our Ukraine factions have said they would Aleksandrov, rejected Ms. Tymoshenko’s tinues to put out the most coal in Ukraine, support. assertions and underscored that he is not regularly surpassing targets of 1 million “These are old charges that have existed dabbling in politics. tons annually. It also continues to attract for several years now,” explained Ms. “The investigation is not a step by the most miners because of the higher Tymoshenko at a hastily called press con- authorities to warn the opposition not to than average wages it offers. Currently ference at the offices of the Batkivschyna stage protest actions they have promised,” there are waiting lists of workers ready to AP/Victor Pobedinsky Party, to which she belongs. “The explained Mr. Shokin. “The fact that the accept the higher risks of the Zasiadko Yulia Tymoshenko Sviatoshyn [Kyiv district] court ruled them (Continued on page 3) mine in exchange for better pay. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2002 No. 32

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Ukraine’s aspirations to ‘re-join Belarusians seek asylum in Ukraine needs of the leftist movement but, first and foremost, those of the Ukrainian KYIV – Three Belarusian citizens on people.” Simultaneously, Mr. Europe’ still not taken seriously August 6 applied for political asylum in Symonenko warned opposition parties by Taras Kuzio than that of the EU summit because the Ukraine, claiming they were persecuted against attempts by “the ruling regime to RFE/RL Newsline EU has a closed-door, while NATO has an in Belarus for opposition views and use ideological differences between open-door policy on membership. activities, the Associated Press and opposition groups [to pursue] its dirty Ukraine and the European Union held a Whereas the EU rules out moving from a UNIAN reported. Uladzimir Bukhanau, and greedy interests.” (RFE/RL summit in Copenhagen on July 4 followed PCA to an association agreement, NATO Svyataslau Shapavalau and Syarhey Newsline) five days later by a visit by NATO is willing to upgrade Ukraine from a char- Korneu said in a statement to the media Secretary General Lord George Robertson ter to a Membership Action Plan (MAP), that Belarusian prosecutors frequently Tymoshenko Bloc concurs with CPU to Kyiv on the fifth anniversary of the which must be fulfilled for membership. questioned them and that they were sub- NATO-Ukraine charter. The outcome of KYIV – Responding to the August 6 But Ukraine is still at least 10 years ject to police beatings and had friends statement by Communist Party leader both events reflects the skepticism with away from NATO membership. For the who died under strange circumstances. which Ukraine’s strategic foreign policy Petro Symonenko, the Yulia Tymoshenko moment, NATO still doubts Kyiv’s will- They also said their opposition activities Bloc said the same day that it agrees with goal of “returning to Europe” through inte- ingness to adopt the necessary all-around included the dissemination of anti-gov- gration into trans-Atlantic and European many proposals by the Communist Party non-military reforms that make up four of ernment leaflets. The Belarusian of Ukraine regarding the goals of the structures is still met in Brussels. out five MAP sections. Mr. Robertson Embassy in Kyiv did not comment on In his annual address to Parliament in protest campaign planned for this fall, warned that Kyiv would have to display “a the request, but noted that the men are the UNIAN news service reported. In May, President Leonid Kuchma outlined a sustained commitment to the implementa- not political or public leaders in Belarus particular, the bloc stressed that the main timetable for the creation of a free-trade tion of political, economic and defense and had previously been denied political goal of the planned protest campaign is area with the European Union by 2004, a reforms,” and uphold human rights, the asylum in Russia and Germany, the AP to “form an efficient political system and customs union in 2005-2007, signing an rule of law and freedom of the media. reported. (RFE/RL Newsline) a professional governing team” as well as associate agreement in 2007, and fulfilling NATO also remains concerned that to force an early presidential election in all of the criteria laid out by the EU in Soviet-era ties between CIS intelligence Opposition agrees on protest action Ukraine. The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, order to join the union by 2011. On the services could compromise shared intelli- KYIV – Socialist Party lawmaker like the Communist Party, believes that eve of the Copenhagen summit, the gence between Ukraine and NATO. Yosyp Vinskyi told UNIAN on July 25 the issue of whom the opposition should Verkhovna Rada issued an appeal Ukraine’s annual expenditure of $590 mil- support in a possible early presidential approved by 257 out of 450 deputies ask- lion on the military is abysmal and would that the opposition has agreed to hold a election should not be raised during the ing the summit to upgrade the 1994 require a six- to sevenfold increase. nationwide protest action on September upcoming protest campaign. (RFE/RL Partnership and Cooperation Agreement Hungary, with armed forces only one-sev- 16 to demand early presidential elec- Newsline) (PCA), which was ratified and put into enth the size of Ukraine’s, spends twice as tions. According to Mr. Vinskyi, the effect only in 1998, “to a qualitatively protest will involve activists of the much annually on the military ($1.09 bil- Medvedchuk shrugs off threat of protest new level of development” that would lion), while Poland, with a population only Socialist Party, the Communist Party, the lead to EU membership. slightly less than Ukraine’s, spends $3.58 Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and Our KYIV – Presidential administration But the joint EU-Ukraine summit state- billion annually. Ukraine spends only Ukraine. The action is scheduled to coin- chief Viktor Medvedchuk told journal- ment reaffirmed that only the PCA would $2,900 per serviceman per year, compared cide with the second anniversary of the ists on August 2 that some opposition be the basis “for developing our relations to $9,700 by Romania, one of the poorest disappearance of journalist Heorhii leaders’ recently announced plan to hold further” (PCAs do not recognize aspirant NATO aspirants, or Poland’s $18,000. Gongadze. (RFE/RL Newsline) a protest action in September was moti- membership status and were signed only The newspaper Zerkalo Nedeli/Dzerkalo Communists list conditions for protests vated by their desire to achieve “political with CIS members, while the EU signed Tyzhnia pointed to a lack of enthusiasm in dividends,” UNIAN reported. “It is like- association agreements with other post- NATO for Ukraine’s membership, and a KYIV – Communist Party leader Petro ly that some political forces, taking into Communist states). The EU also refused Polish newspaper reported that only one- Symonenko has listed conditions for the account their failure during recent politi- at the Copenhagen summit to grant third of NATO members support Ukraine’s participation of his comrades in the cal developments, have decided to com- Ukraine the status of a “market economy.” membership. NATO is tempering its enthu- opposition protest actions planned for pensate [this failure] and to call for a Why has Ukraine again failed to con- siasm also so as not to damage its new this fall, UNIAN reported on August 6. revolution,” Mr. Medvedchuk said. He vince Europe of its right to join the strategic relationship with Russia. According to Mr. Symonenko, the said that “there will be no revolution,” European Union? Denmark, which took The May 23 decision by Ukraine’s protests should focus on forcing early adding that “our Ukrainian society is over the EU presidency in July, is the only National Security and Defense Council presidential elections and forming a ready and able to give an adequate EU member to have closed down its (NSDC) to seek NATO membership was “democratic and efficient political sys- answer to those seeking to destabilize Embassy in Ukraine, itself a reflection of transformed into a presidential decree dur- tem” in Ukraine. Mr. Symonenko the situation in Ukraine.” (RFE/RL its lack of interest in that country. For the ing Mr. Robertson’s visit. Nevertheless, stressed that the Communist Party has Newsline) EU it is highly convenient that Ukraine’s NATO, like the EU, believes President different “strategic goals” than the right- domestic policies simply reinforce the Kuchma issues declarations that go unful- wing opposition and added that the UFO theory rejected as cause of crash deeply held view in Brussels that Ukraine filled. The government has not, for exam- Communists are not going to decide “at is not part of “Europe.” ple, made any attempt to mobilize public LVIV – The government commission the present stage” on an opposition presi- investigating the tragic crash of a fighter Bertel Haarder, Denmark’s minister for support for NATO membership or to cre- dential candidate for a possible early bal- refugees, immigration and integration, ate a consolidated position on NATO jet at an air show in Lviv on July 27 flat- lot. The Communist leader said he is ly denied media reports that an unknown laughed off President Kuchma’s plan to among the Ukrainian leadership, which aware that Our Ukraine and the Yulia gradually move into the EU fold by 2011 presidential administration head and oli- object in the air caused the disaster, the Tymoshenko Bloc, as well as the Associated Press reported on August 6. as reminiscent of Soviet-era announce- garchic Social Democratic Party-United Socialist Party will support Viktor ments that communism was on the verge of leader Viktor Medvedchuk opposes. A “The reasons are known. Military and Yushchenko for the post of Ukraine’s civil organizers of the event caused the being achieved, but never actually was. July poll by the Ukrainian Center for president. According to Mr. Symonenko, “Instead of statements and expectations for Economic and Political Studies found that tragedy,” 1+1 Television quoted commis- the promotion of Mr. Yushchenko as a sion Chairman Yevhen Marchuk as say- clear signals, the Ukrainian authorities the same proportion (32 percent) support- presidential candidate during the planned should switch to fulfilling arrangements ed and opposed NATO membership, with protest would run “counter not only the (Continued on page 12) and fulfilling their declarations,” Mr. 22 percent of Ukrainians undecided. Haarder advised. 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a statement that they would officially DIASPORA RESPONDS TO AIRSHOW DISASTER Procurator General... announce on August 24, which is Ukrainian (Continued from page 1) Independence Day, a movement to organize investigation began immediately after the mass nationwide demonstrations in the fall announcement by the Yulia Tymoshenko to force authorities to hold early presidential Bloc leader about the planned autumn elections. Ukrainian National Association actions is a banal coincidence.” While some Our Ukraine leaders have PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Ukrainian charitable arm of the UNA devoted to Mr. Shokin said he did not completely expressed their disapproval of the proposi- National Association (UNA) is holding a humanitarian causes. The Ukrainian understand the outrage and surprise voiced tion, the heads of all four factions signed the funddrive to aid families of the victims National foundation Inc., established in by Ms. Tymoshenko and her supporters statement. The decision to take such a radi- of the airshow disaster in Lviv on July 1992, exempt is from taxation under section because the procurator’s office had been cal political step, especially after the anti- 27, in which an SU-27 fighter jet crashed 501(c) (3) of the IRS code. All donations conducting a well-publicized preliminary presidential protests of spring 2000 ended in into a crowd of spectators, killing 83, made to the Foundation are tax-deductible. investigation for months, which was known the bloody March 9 confrontation between including 23 children. It was the worst Donations may be sent to: Ukrainian demonstrators and militia before the even when the previous charges against Ms. air-show disaster in history. National Foundation Inc., c/o Ukrainian Presidential Administration Building, is Tymoshenko and her husband were dis- All donations should be made payable to National Association, 2200 Route 10, based on what the respected weekly news- missed by the Kyiv District Court this past the Ukrainian National Foundation Inc., a P.o. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. spring. paper, Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, called growing On May 8 Ms. Tymoshenko had evidence that the pro-presidential forces announced that the Sviatoshyn District were going to adopt on a broad basis the Court had exonerated her of charges of tactics used in the parliamentary elections bribing a government official, illegally of March 31. Ukrainian American Coordinating Council importing contraband and attempting to The newspaper said there may even be WASHINGTON – The Ukrainian to send material help to those in need to carry large sums of money out of the coun- an attempt by Mr. Kuchma to run for a third American Coordinating Committee do so via the UACC constituent organi- try. At the time she said the court had also term, which would be done with an expla- Executive Board on behalf of all UACC zation, the Ukrainian Gold Cross. Checks dismissed charges of theft of government nation that such a move is constitutionally members extends its heartfelt sympathy may be made out to “Ukrainian Gold resources in large amounts against her hus- legal because it would only be the presi- to all those who suffered in the recent air Cross” and mailed to: Ukrainian Gold band, Oleksander. The Procurator General’s dent’s second term in office since the new show tragedy that has befallen the people Cross, c/o Natalie Gawdiak, 5538 April Office then announced that it did not accept Constitution of Ukraine was approved in of Ukraine and especially to the victims’ Journey, Columbia, MD 21044. 1996. The 1996 document limits the Ms. Tymoshenko’s version of what the families in Lviv. Donations may also be made via any Ukrainian president to two terms. decision meant and would continue to press The board appeals to anyone wishing local UGC or UACC chapter. its case against her along other avenues. In its July 27 issue the newspaper quoted Ms. Tymoshenko, who founded and National Deputy Roman Bezsmertnyi, once developed United Energy Systems, what Mr. Kuchma’s former political operative in was once Ukraine’s largest oil and gas trad- the Verkhovna Rada and today coordinator ing company, was a close associate of for- of the political work of the Our Ukraine fac- Ukrainian Congress Committee of America mer Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko, who tion headed by Viktor Yushchenko, saying WASHINGTON – The Ukrainian as a result of a methane explosion. A has sat in United States detention for more there is little hope that the presidential elec- Congress Committee of America is urg- week later, a similar accident claimed the than two years since attempting to enter the tions of 2004 could be free and fair. ing the Ukrainian American community lives of six miners of the Yuvileina mine, U.S. illegally and then requesting political “Today the most effective dirty political to come to the aid of victims and families while 14 were injured. strategies are being developed and polished, asylum. Mr. Lazarenko is under investiga- of two recent disasters in Ukraine. The UCCA encourages donations which could be used in the upcoming presi- tion for money laundering. On Saturday, July 27, during an air through the auspices of the United Ms. Tymoshenko has been a fervent dential elections: removal of candidates from registration lists, bribery, blackmail; show dedicated to the 60th anniversary Ukrainian American Relief Committee, political opponent of President Leonid of the local airbase in Lviv, 83 people, the oldest Ukrainian humanitarian organi- Kuchma since she and Mr. Lazarenko “cloning” of candidates, officially overturn- ing unfavorable election results,” noted Mr. including 23 children, were killed and zation in the United States. Please make formed the Hromada Party and a shadow more than 110 were injured when one of out checks to the UUARC with the nota- government after the latter was fired as Bezsmertnyi. the military aircraft plunged into the tion “Lviv/Donbas Fund.” Donations prime minister. Lately she has spearheaded The newspaper asserted that the appoint- protest movements that attempted to high- ment of Viktor Medvedchuk as Mr. crowd. should be forwarded to: United Ukrainian light President Leonid Kuchma’s alleged Kuchma’s new chief of staff would allow On July 8, in the Ukrayina mine in the American Relief Committee, 1206 corruption and involvement in the death of the presidential election team to make judi- Donbas region, 35 miners lost their lives Cottman Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111. Mr. Gongadze, and to have the president cial appointments that would help it attain impeached on those allegations. jurisprudential support for the results it Ms. Tymoshenko vowed to continue the wanted to attain. fight against the Kuchma administration Ms. Tymoshenko said she had already after voters unexpectedly expressed strong laid plans for the autumn demonstrations Canada-Ukraine Foundation and had organized 23,000 “agitation WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg-based the following account and address at the support for her in the March 31 parliamen- Canada-Ukraine Foundation has set up a Ukrainian Canadian Committee head- tary elections, giving the political bloc she brigades” throughout the oblasts of the country to coordinate the protests. special account for accepting aid to victims quarters: Lviv Air Tragedy – Canada- headed 7.24 percent of the general vote and of the Lviv airshow tragedy of July 27. Ukraine Foundation, 456 Main St., 21 seats in the new Verkhovna Rada. “Among other things, they will instruct people that they are not being mobilized for According to CUF President Ostap Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 1B6. On July 26 the four parliamentary fac- Hawaleshka, donations may be sent to (Canadian tax receipts will be issued) tions not aligned with President Kuchma – civil war, but to utilize their constitutional the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, Our Ukraine, right to protest; that they must peacefully the Socialists and the Communists – issued and constitutionally tell Kuchma, ‘no,’ ” explained Ms. Tymoshenko. UOC-U.S.A. bishops’ statement Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) Rep. Sander Levin... Joseph Hoeffel (D-Pa.) on the Sknyliv air disaster (Continued from page 1) Rush Holt (D-N.J.) Mindful of the bonds of fraternity Ukraine. We beg for consolation and Steve Horn (R-Calif.) Levin’s appeal to fellow members of and sorority which bind all Ukrainian healing for those who have been spiri- William Jefferson (D-La.) Congress, the Ukrainian National Americans to their brethren in Ukraine, tually and physically wounded by this Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) Information Service called on Ukrainian the Council of Bishops, the clergy and grievous tragedy, and for those who Dale Kildee (D-Mich.) the people of God of the Ukrainian have perished we pray for eternal community members urging them to con- Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-Mich.) Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. are memory. tact their congressional representatives to Joseph Knollenberg (R-Mich.) profoundly saddened and offer fervent Commending them and each other request their co-sponsorship of the bill. David Kucinich (D-Ohio) prayers for the repose of the 78 specta- to the love of Christ our Savior and UNIS is presently soliciting support for James Langevin (D-R.I.) tors who perished, the 115 who were Redeemer and Benefactor, the introduction of similar legislation in the Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) gravely wounded, and all whose lives Senate. William Lipinski (D-Ill.) were profoundly altered as a result of Constantine Below are the names of sponsors and co- Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) the Saturday, July 27, disaster that Metropolitan of the UOC sponsors of the Famine Memorial Bill as of Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) befell the Air Show held at the Sknyliv of the U.S.A. and Diaspora August 6: Michael McNulty (D-N.Y.) Airport near Lviv in western Ukraine. Carrie Meek (D-Fla.) Antony Sponsor: We assure our brethren of our love Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) Archbishop Sander Levin (D-Mich.); and prayers and beseech the Lord of Richard Neal (D-Mass.) President of the Consistory Co-Sponsors: John Olver (D-Mass.) mercy to look with favor upon our Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) implorations and to embrace with His Vsevolod Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) Donald Payne (D-N.J.) loving kindness those who perished in Archbishop of the Western Eparchy Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.) Jack Quinn (R-N.Y.) this, the greatest air disaster to occur in David Bonior (D-Mich.) Bob Schaffer (R-Colo.) Philip Crane (R-Ill.) Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) Danny Davis (D-Ill.) Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) Chris Smith (R-N.J.) Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) Diane Watson (D-Calif.) HE KRAINIAN EEKLY Benjamin Gilman (R-N.Y.) Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) Visit our archive Ton theU Internet at: http://www.ukrweekly.com/W Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2002 No. 32

OBITUARY: Bohdan Yasinsky, 79, veteran, activist, librarian-bibliographer by Jurij Dobczansky made him well-known in library circles there. WASHINGTON – Bohdan Yasinsky, He compiled a number of useful bibli- of Silver Spring, Md., veteran, communi- ographies and indexes, some of which are ty activist and librarian-bibliographer, available online: “Independent Press in died Sunday, July 28, in Kyiv, while on Ukraine 1988-1992” (www.loc.gov/rr/euro- an extended visit to Ukraine. pean/upress/upin.html), “Taras Shevchenko Mr. Yasinsky was born in Ivano- in the Library of Congress” co-authored Frankivsk on January 1, 1923. Serving in with Valentyna Pashkova in 1998, the Ukrainian Galicia Division, he sur- www.loc.gov/rr/european/shevchenko.html) vived the Battle of Brody in 1944 to become a member of the 1st Division of , “Mikhail Bulgakov in the Western World,” the Ukrainian National Army. Following co-authored with Katherine Konchakovska the war he studied at the Ukrainian Free in 1998 (www.loc.gov/rr/european/bul- University in Munich and received a gaklc.html). B.A. from Georgetown University in In 2000, Mr. Yasinsky’s project of Washington. many years, a 540-page index to the He spent most of his professional Literaturno-Naukovyi Vistnyk (1898- career at the Library of Congress. In 1932), was published by the Shevchenko 1959 he worked for the Aerospace Scientific Society in Kyiv. Technology Division, where he prepared The Ukrainian community of abstracts of Soviet scientific literature. In Washington will remember Mr. Yasinsky 1970 he became assistant preservation as a dedicated community leader. For microfilming officer and was promoted many years he taught and served as Library of Congress to chief of the Preservation Microfilming director of the Taras Shevchenko School Bohdan Yasinsky (right) looking over materials about Taras Shevchenko with Office in 1982. of Ukrainian Studies and was a member Rep. Frank Annunzio at the Library of Congress in 1989. From February 27, 1989, until his of the Educational Council of the retirement in December 2001 he was the Ukrainian Congress Committee of Society for the Promotion of the Association of America in the 1980s. Ukrainian area specialist in the European America. Patriarchal System in the Ukrainian Mr. Yasinsky was laid to rest in the Division. Responsible for developing the He was president of both the Catholic Church and the Ukrainian family plot in Kniahynyn, Ivano- Ukrainian collections, he frequently Baltimore-Washington District Committee Association of the Washington Frankivsk, according to his last will. He hosted visitors from Ukraine and assist- and Branch 15 of the Ukrainian National Metropolitan Area. A member of the exec- leaves behind his wife, Tetiana, and their ed readers in the European Reading Association. He was an active member of utive board for many years, Mr. Yasinsky children, Iryna, Roman and Marta, as Room. His frequent trips to Ukraine the Shevchenko Scientific Society, the was president of the Ukrainian Library well as three sisters in the United States.

Kobzar Society continues its mission to provide computers for Ukraine LEHIGHTON, Pa. – Another ship- generosity of sponsors who donated effort of many individuals of good will, Ukraine, visiting some of the institu- ment of computers was sent in late June $200 per computer toward defraying the who believe that computers in the hands tions to which the computers were to Ukraine by the Kobzar Society Ltd., of cost of collecting late model Pentium of Ukrainian students can make a differ- delivered. They visited Kyiv, Yalta, Lehighton, Pa. This time, 54 Pentium computers, as well as upgrading, testing, ence, however small, in transforming Zboriv, Staryi Sambir, Pochayiv, Lviv computers were shipped from Kobzar’s packing and shipping them. The spon- Ukraine into an informed democratic and and Ivano-Frankivsk. At each destina- Technical Center (located at and support- sors also provided Kobzar Society with stable country in the 21st century. tion the computers were found to have ed by Microapex Computer Systems in the names and addresses of the recipient The society has also formed partnerships been put to good use and in each case Allentown, Pa.) via the Meest Corp., des- institutions. Sponsors who donate funds with charitable organizations such as Rotary the teachers, curators and students were tined to be provided at no cost to 30 edu- are honored with plaques located in the International, Rotary Club of Lehighton and very grateful for having received such cational institutions. rooms where the computers are Northeastern Pennsylvania Rotary District valued gifts. There were very many sin- These institutions are situated in 11 installed. 7410, the Rotary clubs of Ukraine and the cere and urgent requests for more com- oblasts and regions throughout Ukraine. The Kobzar Society is a non-profit Solidarnist Charitable Foundation of Ivano- Secondary schools, museums, libraries 501 (c) (3) corporation dedicated to pro- Frankivsk, Ukraine from whom it receives puters. and academies of specialized learning, viding modern educational technology to assistance and support. Many specific requests have come into orphanages, seminaries and a university the children of Ukraine – and in doing so, The many computers that have been the Kobzar Society for more computers. will reap the benefits of advancing their connecting them to the free world. The shipped to Ukraine were securely deliv- To participate in this very worthy pro- computer knowledge and skills. For the society is working in concert with the ered to the designated destinations. This gram through tax-deductible financial or majority of these institutions, these will Ukrainian government, which granted past June, Orest J. and Christine J. computer donations, contact: Kobzar be their very first computers. Kobzar tax and duty-free importation Hanas, respectively president and a Society, P.O. Box 37, Lehighton, Pa. These significant gifts for Ukrainian privileges for these computers. director of the Kobzar Society, spent 18235; e-mail, [email protected]; website, youths were made possible through the The Kobzar Society is a cooperative three weeks traveling throughout www.kobzarsociety.org.

Dr. Mykola Plakhotniuk (right), curator of the Museum of the Shestydesiatnyky, proudly accepts a Christine Dasho-Hanas examines a commemorative plaque in a sec- plaque recognizing sponsors Bohdan and Lana Siryj from Christine and Orest Hanas. The Kyiv muse- ondary school in Staryi Sambir honoring her late father, the Rev. um is dedicated to collecting historical materials and keeping alive the memory of the dissidents who Stanislaw Dasho, in whose honor the school is named. The protested against the Soviet occupation of Ukraine in the 1960s and were severely punished for it. Ukrainian Catholic priest taught religion in that town in 1921-1944. No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2002 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM Meeting at 28th annual conference, UNA Seniors focus on saving Soyuzivka

by Anna Chopek KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Save our Soyuzivka. We are in danger of losing Soyuzivka. Let’s not just talk about it, let’s do something! That was the focus of the Ukrainian National Association Seniors at their 28th annual conference held at Soyuzivka on June 9-14. The seniors spent a great deal of time discussing the fate of Soyuzivka, and they were pleased that the UNA’s newly elected president, Stefan Kaczaraj, met with them at a session and shared with the UNA Seniors his goals for the future of the Ukrainian National Association and Soyuzivka. A committee has been appointed by the UNA Executive Board to search for a solution to Soyuzivka’s problems and to find a way to maintain the resort in the future. The conference participants believe that a UNA senior would be an asset to the committee and therefore UNA Seniors pose for their annual group photo on the Veselka terrace at Soyuzivka. voted that Eugene Woloshyn, former president of the seniors, and Ihor Hayda, raised from an auction and raffle, voices member, as an alternate, represent the were heard suggesting a fund called UNA Seniors on this committee if the “Save our Soyuzivka.” Then a motion UNA Executive Committee deems it was passed that the entire $1,500 be set advisable. aside by the seniors’ treasurer and sent to While the seniors were contemplating the UNA as soon as a fund is set up by how to distribute the $1,500 they had the UNA for raising money to save

Ukrainian Club hosts scholarship dinner by Christine Matiash must have a parent or guardian who is an active member of the Ukrainian Club ALIQUIPPA, Pa. – The Aliquippa with a UNA insurance policy. Ukrainian Club, St. Nicholas Branch 120 The executive board of the Ukrainian of the Ukrainian National Association, on Club also honored John “Zeke” July 21 hosted its second annual Fechushak, the oldest living member of Scholarship Dinner, during which $2,400 the club, as well as the senior affiliate in scholarships was awarded. with over 50 years of service as a mem- Mark Komichak of the Ukrainian ber, employee and officer. Mr. Fechushak Radio Program presided over the event as was presented with a plaque honoring his the master of ceremonies. The keynote dedication to the club. Outgoing UNA President Ulana Diachuk is presented flowers by UNA Seniors address was given by Dr. Jim Showrank, Eli Matiash, club treasurer, was representative Olga Paproski. the director of government and communi- acknowledged as the recipient of the ty relations for Manchester-Bidwell Corp. Beaver County Federation of Fraternal Soyuzivka. They know that their contri- Ukrainian commercial enterprises, credit The recipients of the awards were and Social Clubs Man of the Year for bution will be just a drop in the bucket. unions and professionals, will come to Renee Campbell, majoring in business at 2002. Mr. Matiash was presented with a But they expressed hope that all the the aid of Soyuzivka in its hour of need. the Community College of Beaver plaque honoring his dedication to the branches of the UNA, all those who par- On Sunday evening, as the seniors sat County; Christopher Holland, majoring Ukrainian Club and acknowledging his ticipated in programs at Soyuzivka, on Veselka deck, watching the setting in theater and design at the University of achievements. those who were guests, were married sun, singing their favorite Ukrainian folk Kentucky; Jennifer Refice, majoring in Mark Szedny, club secretary, was reac- there, and worked there, as well as songs and kolomyiky, listening to business at Slippery Rock University; knowledged with a certificate as the Eugene Moroz singing operatic solos and and Melissa Reft, majoring in business at recipient of the Beaver County other Ukrainian songs, they mused: how the University of Pittsburgh. In order to Federation of Fraternal and Social Clubs glad we are to be at Soyuzivka. be eligible for a scholarship, students Man of the Year for 2000. Correction On Monday morning, members partic- In Young UNA’ers (July 28), the ipated in a divine liturgy and panakhyda names of the parents of Zoryana Isabella at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church in Kerhonkson in memory of Zura should have appeared as Peter Zura and Tanya Koslenko-Zura. (Continued on page 14)

Wolodymyr (Walter) Zacerkowny Born February 24, 1922, in Yaseniv, Ukraine Died July 23, 2002, Sudbury, Ontario The Executive Committee of the Ukrainian National Association regrets to announce to the members of the General Assembly, to members of Branch 439 in Sudbury, Ontario, and to the UNA membership at large that Wolodymyr (Walter) Zacerkowny, secretary of Branch 439, who served our organization for 46 years, died on Tuesday, July 23, at age 80. Funeral services were held at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Sudbury on Friday, July 26. The Executive Committee and the UNA membership wish to express their sincerest sympathy to his wife of 50 years, Anne, his children and grandchildren. Mr. Zacerkowny will be remembered as a dedicated and hard-working member of the UNA. At the Aliquippa Ukrainian Club are: (from left) Eli Matiash, Michael Vichna Yomu Pamiat! Komichak, Mark Szedny and John Fechushak. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2002 No. 32

FOR THE RECORD THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY UPA’s rehabilitation Shevchenko Scientific Societies Sixty years ago, in the spring of 1942, the first units of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (Ukrainska Povstanska Armia – UPA) were formed in western Ukraine to fight against the foreign occupiers of Ukraine. The authoritative Encyclopedia of Ukraine, commentBelow is the position of on the American PereiaslavIt is the obligation decree of our contempo- published by the University of Toronto Press, notes of the UPA that “Its immediate and Canadian Shevchenko Scientific raries, as well as future generations, to purpose was to protect the Ukrainian population from German and Soviet repression Societies on the decree to mark the investigate more thoroughly this dark date and exploitation; its ultimate goal was an independent and unified Ukrainian state.” “Pereiaslav Agreement of 1654.” in Ukrainian history by examining what The UPA, a determined and dedicated guerrilla force, also included soldiers of Though dated July 8, the statement was the consequences of the event of 1654 other nationalities – Azerbaijanis, Uzbeks, Georgians and Tatars, for example – who released to the press on July 24. were for Ukraine over a period of nearly sought the liberation of their nations. In recognition of these national aspirations, the 338 years of subjugation; how the UPA in 1943 organized a Conference of the Oppressed Nations of Eastern Europe and The American and Canadian Pereiaslav Agreement resulted in a con- Asia, which was attended by delegates of 13 nationalities who agreed to support each Shevchenko Scientific Societies concur stant plundering of Ukraine’s culture, other’s liberation struggles. Jewish doctors, the encyclopedia notes, “willingly joined with the position articulated by the Council scholarship, language and its most creative the anti-Nazi resistance” through the ranks of the UPA. of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in individuals; and how it led to the liquida- Once World War II ended, with Ukrainian territories still under foreign domination, Ukraine (June 2002) with respect to the tion of its Churches, as well as the devasta- the UPA continued its struggle against Soviet and Polish authorities through 1949. decree issued by the president of Ukraine tion of the Ukrainian population and the Even after its formal deactivation on the orders of Commander-in-Chief Roman on “The Marking of the 350th Anniversary destruction of Ukraine’s statehood. Shukhevych (nom de guerre: Taras Chuprynka), members of the UPA’s underground of the Pereiaslav Kozak Council of 1654”: In view of the above, the Shevchenko network continued their armed struggle into in the mid-1950s. that this infamous act, as well as other ill- Scientific Society in America in April The UPA, we must underscore, was caught between the world’s two most evil fated events in Ukrainian history which led 2002 announced a competition for the regimes: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. One of those regimes, of course, was to the enslavement of Ukrainians should be writing of scholarly monographs on the defeated, but the other was a victor in World War II. And thus, the UPA and other continuously analyzed and studied, rather consequences of the Pereiaslav nationalistic Ukrainian organizations were the objects of smear campaigns directed by than celebrated. Agreement, offering research grants to the the Soviet regime. For decades, Soviet sources and their sycophants abroad depicted The Pereiaslav Agreement transformed top five authors. This demonstrates our Ukrainian nationalists as “junior partners of Hitler,” “servants of German fascism,” Ukraine into a colony and brought readiness to make a contribution to the “zealous assistants and henchmen,” “criminals who pose as ‘democrats and fighters enslavement to the Ukrainian people for elucidation of the long-lasting effects of for ‘Ukrainian statehood,’ ” etc.” several centuries. “Khmelnytsky has the 1654 event in the history of Ukraine. To this day, there are those who label Ukrainian Insurgent Army members as fas- delivered all of us into the bonds of the cists. Also to this day, UPA veterans do not have the privileges given to Soviet military Muscovite tsar ...” wrote the Chornobyl Daria Darewych, Ph.D. veterans – even when those privileges today are extended by the government of inde- archpriest in a letter to the vice-governor President pendent Ukraine. of Chornobyl as early as January 27, Shevchenko Scientific Society In March of this year Prime Minister Anatolii Kinakh spoke out in favor of rehabil- 1654. The pain and tragedy, which by of Canada Larissa Zaleska Onyshkevych, Ph.D. itating veterans of the UPA, which he said is “part of Ukraine’s history.” Then in July then had manifested itself for almost two a government committee headed by Vice Prime Minister Volodymyr Semynozhenko centuries, was echoed in 1843 by Taras President Shevchenko in his poem “The Plundered Shevchenko Scientific Society drafted a law acknowledging the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and the Organization of Grave” (Rozryta Mohyla). in the U.S.A. Ukrainian Nationalists (under whose ideological influence the UPA functioned). Though the text of the draft has yet to be released, an announcement indicated that the UPA would be honored as “fighters for freedom and the independence of Ukraine,” and that the activity of both the UPA and the OUN would be recognized as a “resist- NEWS AND VIEWS ance movement.” In addition, in accordance with a recommendation by the Institute of History at the National Academy of Sciences, UPA and OUN veterans are to be recognized as having been subject to repression and thus would become eligible for social and other privileges accorded to Soviet veterans. Certain groups inside and beyond Ukraine, to be sure, are vehemently against any ‘Europeanby Ihor Choice’: Lysyj the illusionproposed that and Ukraine the immediately reality apply recognition of the UPA or the OUN, among them the Communists and pro-Russian for full membership in NATO. This desire forces within Ukraine, as well as the Russian government, which continues to meddle In his address to Ukraine’s newly became Ukraine’s official policy on July in Ukraine’s internal affairs. They continue to operate based on old Soviet-era stereo- elected Parliament, President Leonid 9 when President Kuchma signed a types that have no place in today’s Ukraine. Kuchma inaugurated a pro-Western poli- decree to that effect. It’s high time for the authorities of independent Ukraine to recognize the heroes of cy of “European choice.” The proposal The reaction of political leaders of the all the forces that fought for the country’s independence. Ukraine must reclaim its received broad public and political sup- European Union and NATO to Mr. rightful history and, finally, do away with Soviet-era judgments and depictions of its port. This should not be a surprise. Given Kuchma’s “European Choice” was heroic sons and daughters. Their rehabilitation is long overdue. the choice of being a part of a prosperous reserved and guarded at best. They point- family of European nations, or belonging ed out that an applicant interested in join- to an impoverished coalition of bedrag- ing Euro-Atlantic alliances must share Aug. gled ex-Soviet republics under Russian European values. Such values include a Turning the pages back... management, the choice is obvious. The democratic form of governance, suprema- surprise is that it took so long for the cy of the rule of law, respect for human Ukrainian political establishment to real- rights, and freedom of press and expres- 14 ize that fact. Every other country in post- sion. Communist Eastern Europe knew this During his recent visit to Ukraine, 1983 To mark the 50th anniversary of the Great Famine of 1932- instinctively. NATO Secretary General George 1933, beginning on February 20, 1983, and continuing through The new policy replaces the “multi- Robertson was blunt: “It is imperative February 26, 1984, The Ukrainian Weekly published a chronolo- vector” strategy that had been a hallmark that Ukraine continues to demonstrate a gy of contemporaneous news reports about the Famine-Genocide of President Kuchma’s foreign policy. In sustained commitment to the implementa- as they appeared in Svoboda and, later, The Weekly, which began publication in October essence, the multi-vector strategy was tion of political, economic and defense 1933. (These texts are available online on The Weekly’s website, www.ukrweekly.com, in nothing more then constant opportunistic the section on the Great Famine under the heading “Chronology of the Famine Years.”) reforms, for respect for human rights, the vacillation between the West and Russia. rule of law and full freedom for the Below is a brief excerpt from the column of August 14, 1983, which covered news The end to this strategy came rather reported in August 1933. press.” A similar message was repeated a quickly when neither the West nor Russia few weeks later by the U.S. Treasury * * * took seriously any of Mr. Kuchma’s pro- Secretary Paul O’Neill during his visit to On August 19, Svoboda printed news from Lviv which stated that steps were being nouncements of political intentions. Ukraine. taken to organize aid for Ukrainians in Soviet-occupied territories. Efforts initiated in Lviv The government of Ukraine reacted to The political establishment, or “vlasti,” called on Ukrainians in western Ukraine, Europe and abroad to help their brothers in need. this change in political landscape with in Ukraine responded to this challenge by ... In Czechoslovakia, a Committee to Aid the Hungry in Ukraine, composed of representa- remarkable dispatch. The initial reaction intensifying efforts to polish their tarnished tives from 32 Ukrainian organizations, issued a communiqué to all Ukrainians. was from Yevhen Marchuk, secretary of image abroad. A civic organization known News from Vienna also printed in Svoboda on August 19 stated that many foreign organ- the National Security and Defense as “Ukraine – Recognized Mission” was izations were recruiting aid for Ukrainians living in the Soviet Union. An aid center, estab- Council of Ukraine (NSDC). The secre- assigned to do the job. One of the first acts lished in response to appeals by Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, was based in Vienna. tary stated that the multi-vector foreign Cardinal Theodore Innitzer was to head the committee; the Austrian Red Cross volunteered of this organization was to commission policy is no longer in the Ukrainian two Austrian companies to conduct a sur- its help. ... national interest, and that there is no On August 24, the headline in Svoboda read: “Moscow Takes All Grain for Its Own vey of Western political, business and future for non-aligned countries in the media leadership regarding the internation- Use.” Prof. Menda [whom Soviet academians had invited to teach in Soviet Ukraine] added new political configuration of the world. that all reports about the wealth of the Soviet Union which appeared in the Soviet press al image of Ukraine. The survey was con- After more then a decade of existence in ducted in 19 countries, 15 of which are were lies. Typhoid and famine killed entire towns and villages, he told the press in Lviv. the vacuum of non-alignment, the NSDC People, insane from hunger, cut up and ate their children, and it seemed that the people had members of European Union. The other lost all human emotion – they had turned into wild animals, he said. He added that along four were United States, Canada, Ihor Lysyj is a consulting environmen- the streets one saw corpses that rotted away because there was no one to bury them. ... Switzerland and Norway. In all, 1,500 tal engineer and a free-lance writer who Source: “The Great Famine,” August 14, 1983, The Ukrainian Weekly. lives in Austin, Texas. (Continued on page 13) No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2002 7 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places jurisdiction of the Kyiv Patriarchate. This decision created friction between these two by Myron B. Kuropas An explanation Ukrainian Orthodox Churches which exists to this day. regarding UOC As to the Orthodox Church headed by Dear Editor: the Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan) the In the letter to the editor titled “Religious UOC-U.S.A. considers that Church since matters: some observations” Oksana its creation in Kharkiv in 1992 and to this Three decades, one generation Bakum discusses a wide variety of religious day to be an exarchate of the Russian It hardly seems possible that a short 30 Ukrainian American Coordinating Council subjects (June 30) most of which do not Orthodox Church in Ukraine. That opinion years ago Ukraine was still an integral part (UACC) was established and for the next require any comments. But her attempt to is also shared by Ecumenical Patriarch and of the evil empire, still being exploited, still 18 years the battle was joined. Today, the equate a quoted letter by one member of the all Orthodox Churches not controlled by being denied basic freedoms, still suffering UACC is moribund. Metropolitan Council (MC) of the the Moscow Patriarchate. under the yoke of gangsters. The struggle for Ukrainian freedom Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. Since then a generation has grown up in intensified during the 1980s as did efforts to Michael Heretz (UOC-U.S.A.) as the expression of the poli- North America, increasingly unaware of the counter the growing defamation of the Rutherford, N.J. cy of that Church is not based on the facts horrors which were then happening and the Ukrainian name in the United States. With and it should be corrected. enduring struggles which they precipitated. full Soviet cooperation, the Office of Being a member of the Metropolitan Although hoodlums still rule in Ukraine, Special Investigations of the U.S. Council and an active participant in the dis- Why no response their future is limited. Pockets of independ- Department of Justice initiated its witch cussions on the policy of the UOC-U.S.A. ent endeavor are emerging, and Ukraine is hunts against Ukrainians and succeeded in toward the Orthodox Churches in Ukraine, slowly, painfully, but assuredly changing incorporating Nazi hunting into the from Galicia vets? for the better. I can present the facts as follows. Dear Editor: American cultural fabric, all, of course, at After the death of Patriarch Mstyslav, the To put Ukraine’s current crisis into per- U.S. taxpayer expense. Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church As a longtime subscriber to your news- spective, we need to look back to 1970 and A high point of the 1980s was the in Ukraine split into two Churches: the paper, I would like to express my apprecia- recall what Ukraine was facing then and sucessful effort to bring the Ukraine Famine Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv tion for your thorough and professional compare that to what is happening now. We of 1932-1933 to the world’s attention. Patriarchate (UOC-KP) headed by publishing and editing of the best Ukrainian need also to recall how our community was Books were published, articles written, a Patriarch Filaret and the Ukrainian newspaper in North America. This is a fact reacting and the people who were active in major manifestation was held in Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) and not a compliment. our preservation efforts here and abroad. Washington, hearings were held in the headed by Patriarch Dymitrij. The UOC- This letter is in regard to my previous There’s no better place to begin our House and Senate, and Congress approved U.S.A. at the beginning did not want to take letter, defending the Ukrainian Galicia sojourn into the past than Volume II of the and funded the Ukraine Famine sides in hope that these two Churches Division. recently released “The Ukrainian Weekly Commission. Although attempts to curb would soon unite. But time passed and the I was surprised and quite disappointed 2000,” a compilation of the most significant OSI abuses in the United States were large- Churches in Ukraine, instead of uniting, that my letter was the only letter to the edi- news stories and commentaries published in ly unsucessful, dissidents in Ukraine contin- have further drifted apart. tor on this matter. Don’t the former mem- the Ukrainian Weekly between 1970 and ued to pursue their national agenda with the Some members of the Metropolitan bers of our division realize that the fight 1999. establishment of the Popular Movement for Council were pressing for a revision of the with words is a continuation of our fight In 1971, for example, a spokesman for Perebudova (Rukh), a development which UOC-U.S.A. policy toward the churches in with guns against the enemies of free inde- the Compton Encyclopedia responded to a formally ignited the spark that led to Ukraine and, instead of being neutral to pendent Ukraine? The slanderous statement protest by Dr. Halyna I. Podiuk Klufas Ukrainian independence. both Churches, proposed giving full sup- of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los regarding the entry on “Russia” by stating During the early 1990s Ukraine pro- port to the UOC of the Kyiv Patriarchate. Angeles – which read in part, “those who that “Ukrainia and Latvia are now governed claimed its sovereignty with over 90 per- Letters by individual members express- volunteered to fight on the side of Germany by the Soviet Union and thus the people cent of the population later voting affirma- ing their own views were circulated among and Hitler are the moral equivalent of Bin who live there are Russians ...Texas was tively for Ukrainian independence. John all members of the Metropolitan Council Laden and the terrorist cells of Al Qaeda” – once an independent republic, but is now a Demjanjuk was acquitted of war crimes by before a scheduled session of that body. is not only insulting to the members of our state in the United States. The same is true the Israeli Supreme Court in 1993; Oksana The quotation given by Ms. Bakum was division but is a dangerous insinuation that of Ukraina and Latvia in relationship to Baiul won a gold medal in the Winter part of a letter by one council member who the members of our division who live now Russia.” Olympics in 1994, the Ukrainian participated in that discussion. The author in the United States and Canada are danger- This kind of thinking was typical of the Parliament adopted independent Ukraine’s of that letter stated the reality that the ous enemies of these two countries, which way many journalists, academics, politi- first-ever constitution, Ukrainian was adopt- Orthodox world consider the Church of are most friendly toward Ukraine. cians and the general public viewed ed as the only official language, and the Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan), the This “new” campaign against our divi- Ukraine and Ukrainians. Fortunately, “the” disappeared from respectable publica- Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow sion is only part of a much greater conspira- protest letters by Weekly readers and others tions writing about Ukraine. Patriarchate the only canonical church in cy-like attempt to discredit before the forced the Compton people to re-evaluate For the first time in centuries, Ukraine’s Ukraine at that time. This was never intend- American and Canadian societies, and their entry. fortunes seemed to be improving. ed to be understood as the personal opinion especially their media (newspapers, TV and Today, the situation has changed some- Ukraine’s enemies, however, were not of that council member, but merely as a radio), of everything Ukrainian and thus to what but not completely. In his 1999 book idle. The once outlawed Communist Party statement of fact within the realm of world facilitate the reconquering of newly inde- “The World of Words: An Illustrated of Ukraine made a remarkable comeback in Orthodoxy. This opinion was never adopted pendent Ukraine by its eternal enemy: the History of Western Languages,” Victor Ukraine; Ukrainophobes produced “The as the policy of the UOC-U.S.A. by its new “democratic” Russia, and its predeces- Stevenson classifies the Ukrainian language Ugly Face of Freedom,” a scurrilous dia- Church Sobors, Sobors of Bishops or the sors, the Soviet Union, tsarist Russia and as “Little Russian,” one of the “three tribe of tainted journalism on “60 Minutes”; Metropolitan Council. Muscovy. Russians” which includes “Great Russian” and Leonid Kuchma was elected president At the next session of the Metropolitan Thus, it is very puzzling to me that and “Belarussian (White Russian).” of Ukraine for a second time. Council that took place on January 16, members of our division, who so valiantly Other 1970 protests noted in Volume II These are only some of the historic 1998, in South Bound Brook, N.J., none of fought the Soviet Red Army with guns, were related to the Vatican’s initial refusal events reported in Volume II of “The the circulating letters were considered. risking and very often sacrificing their to allow Cardinal Josyf Slipyj to visit Ukrainian Weekly 2000.” Along with Instead the discussion was centered on the young lives to protect the freedom of Canada, the arrest of Ukrainian dissidents in Volume I, which covers the years 1933 introduced motion which read as follows: Ukraine, fell so silent now that the battle Kyiv, the murder of composer Volodymyr through the 1960s, readers will find a wealth “The Metropolitan Council of the continues with words. Is it a case of being Ivasiuk, the arrests of dissidents Vyacheslav of information about Ukraine and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. tired of the fight? Or is it (I hope not) the Chornovil, Ivan Svitlychny and Ivan Ukrainian community in North America. after serious discussion about the present famous Ukrainian proverb: “Moya khata z Dzyuba, and the trials of Mykola Rudenko “It is our sincere hope,” writes The and Oleksa Tykhy. One of the largest Church and religious situation in Ukraine, krayu-ya nikoho ne znayu” (i.e. this does Ukrainian Weekly Editor-in-chief Roma believes that during this critical time of demonstrations on behalf of human rights not concern me directly). Hadzewycz, “that in some small way the striving for one Church the best way to in Ukraine occured on September 25, 1977, Whatever the reasons for the silence, it publication of both volumes of ‘The resolve this is for all local Churches of when some 20,000 Ukrainian Americans not only will encourage our enemies to con- Ukrainian Weekly 2000’ serves as both a Ukraine to unite under one Patriarchate of from some 30 cities marched in tinue their slanderous campaign against all tribute and a thank-you to all our devoted Kyiv and all Rus’-Ukraine. The Ukrainian Washington. The Ukrainian National Ukrainians before the U.S. and Canadian editors, as well as to all those who support- Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. hereby Association was active in this event, as well societies but also will lead to sorry affairs ed our work during the 20th century.” declares its support to a Patriarchate of Kyiv in the successful lobbying efforts that led to like the continuous, unjustified attacks on We all need to review our past from time and all Rus’-Ukraine in all her endeavors to the Soviet release of dissident Valentyn 81-year-old John Demjanjuk, attempts at to time. Knowing our past helps us under- confirm herself as the traditional, historic Moroz. expulsion from Canada of Wasyl Odynsky, stand our present. It is for this reason that I center of Ukrainian Orthodoxy.” Another milestone was reached when the etc. Remember: “United we stand, divided urge all readers to purchase both volumes, After a heated discussion, the above Vatican, responding to initiatives by Pope we fall,” or our own Ukrainian saying: read them and share them with their chil- motion was accepted unanimously. Voting “Yakscho ne my – to khto? Yakshcho ne John Paul II, adopted a more obliging atti- in favor of this motion also was the author tude towards Ukrainian Catholics, a posture dren. Copies are available from The teper – to koly?” (If not us, then who? If not Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, Box of the letter quoted by Ms. Bakum. now, then when?) that culminated in the first ever papal visit Patriarch Filaret was duly informed to Ukraine in 2001. 280, Parsippany, NJ, 07054 for the low Since this letter is being typed by my price of $25 per set. All proceeds go to The about this change of policy of the UOC- wife who is all for brevity in letters to the The 1980s began with a split within the U.S.A. giving full support to the Church of Ukrainian Congress Committee as the Ukrainian Weekly Press Fund. (Additional editor (she says “nobody is going to read donations are welcomed. Kyiv Patriarchate. Unfortunately the Holy long letters”) I will conclude on this point. UNA, the Ukrainian Fraternal Association Synod of the UOC on May 29, 1998, decid- and 19 other national organizations walked ed to accept parishes which were in the Eugene L. Kuz, M.D. out of the organization. Two years later a Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: jurisdiction of the UOC-U.S.A. into the Savage, Minn. competing umbrella organization, the [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2002 No. 32 No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2002 9

A history of the sisters of the Order of St. Basil the Great CONCLUSION readiness to become members of the Order From the start, most of these efforts have and accepted the veil. She was joyfully of the Sisters of St. Basil the Great and their been directed at reaching out to young embraced by her sisters in Christ, and tear- Today, the Basilian Sister, imbued with commitment to ministerial service within women. But there was a lesson to be fully congratulated by her four children and Eastern spirituality, is a woman of prayer, the Ukrainian Catholic Church. learned here about the mysterious ways in her six grandchildren. A widowed grand- one who has been called by God to live in a After several years of intensive planning which God works to answer prayers. In mother had joined the community, reviving supportive community where she is contin- and preparation, six young women were seeking to open one door, the sisters were to a tradition that, lost in the depths of history, ually being emptied of self and filled with invited from Ukraine. They arrived in the discover that God often opens other doors, may yet find new life in new times. God’s love. It is through God’s love that the United States on September 27, 1997, and sometimes reviving traditions long ago Labors of Love Basilian sister devotes her life to the service embarked on a course of spiritual training in abandoned as antiquated or obsolete. of others as a continuation of Christ’s mis- the provincial community while taking In 1997 a woman named Barbara Elections for the Province of Jesus, sion. She serves, primarily but not exclu- classes at Manor College. Terefenko entered the community. On April Lover of Humanity, were held in 2000 and sively, the people of the Ukrainian Catholic Although most of these young women 21, 2001, Sister Barbara took her first vows those elected will serve the order and their Church, and her tasks are primarily, but not eventually chose to return to Ukraine, one exclusively, in the fields of education, pas- chose to stay. On September 30, 2001, in a toral ministry, retreat ministry, and ecclesi- ceremony held at the Holy Trinity Chapel of astical arts. She is a living symbol of all that the Sisters of St. Basil the Great, Luba is promised in the great seal of St. Basil. Beley, from Kalush, took her first vows, Community life in the province, so tenu- promising to observe the rules of the com- ous at the turn of the previous century, has munity and to serve humanity in Christ’s matured and flourished. Where there were name. four, there are now 63. Jubilee celebrations While the first years of the Ukraine for sisters who have served the order for 50 Outreach program did not turn out entirely and more years are regularly and joyfully as expected, they were a positive learning observed. Newly professed sisters share experience. The program has since been their dreams and vocation with elderly vet- redesigned to reflect a better understanding erans, learn from them, and honor their of the expectations of the Ukrainian girls experience and their wisdom. and their American sisters. One of these is a young woman from Vocational promotion here in America is Ukraine, reprising the journey of Jeremiah also an ongoing challenge, for while the sis- Ewasiechko, the young postulant who ters of the Province of Jesus, Lover of accompanied Mother Helena Langewych Humanity, are strong in spirit, they are too from the Yavoriv community to few in number to fully meet the growing Philadelphia in 1911. In many ways, her demands of the Church and community story is as remarkable as the story of her they serve. In recent years, the sisters have emigrant predecessor. regretfully had to turn down requests from In 1991 Ukraine became an independent bishops in Brazil, Canada, Ukraine and the nation. After decades of active repression, United States, all in need of teachers, parish personal and institutional spirituality began assistants and pastoral ministry staff. ABasilian sister teaches a religion class in 1956. to experience a renaissance. The revitaliza- The response to this crisis has been a tion of religious practice and religious concerted and unified effort to seek out, community until the year 2005. The current an on-campus Ukrainian Heritage Studies instruction was hampered by the scarcity of invite, and nurture women who may have a provincial is Sister Dorothy Ann Busowski, Center with the goal of fostering an aware- trained and qualified priests and nuns, by calling for the religious life. Each of the sis- formerly a principal of St. Basil Academy. ness of Ukrainian heritage and culture. Now poverty and by isolation from the global ters has recognized that this is not one per- The assistant provincial is Sister Laura a co-educational college, Manor has an religious community. son’s task and has willingly committed her- Palka. Sister Miriam Claire Kowal, Sister enrollment of 800 students with access to an In 1994 the provincial administration ini- self to fulfilling the responsibilities of voca- Mary Cecilia Jurasinski and Sister Paula extensive and varied curriculum. The cur- tiated a program that would reconnect the tional director. They work together, assem- Jacynyk have been chosen as Councilors to rent president of the college is Sister Mary sisters of the province with their ancestral bling and mailing vocational information to the community. Cecilia Jurasinski. homeland and would assist the sisters of the high school and college students. There is St. Basil Academy, which was estab- At both the college and the academy the homeland to fulfill their mission in God’s an informative and inviting website that lished in 1931, is now a college preparatory tradition of teaching that began so many service. addresses the questions of women who are school that provides an excellent learning centuries ago continues. Both institutions The Ukraine Outreach program had sev- tentatively examining their spiritual needs environment and diverse curriculum for reap the rewards of having alumnae whose eral objectives: to staff religious training and addresses, as well, the needs of women more than 350 students. The academy is post-graduate accomplishments pay tribute institutions in Ukraine, to provide medical who are actively seeking a way to enhance accredited by the Middle States Association to the sisters who taught them how to reach and educational assistance to individual sis- their relationship with God by joining a reli- of Colleges and Schools and the for the best within themselves. ters in Ukraine and Eastern Europe and to gious community. The sisters also host and Pennsylvania Department of Education. Operations at the orphanage on West invite young women from Ukraine to test sponsor numerous programs, making them- The current principal is Sister Carla Lindley Avenue were suspended in 1988 their vocation in practice. It was determined selves and their ministry more visible to the Hernandez. with the understanding that a functioning that a trial period within the religious com- community at large and more specifically to Manor College, which was established in orphanage might be re-established if and munity located in Fox Chase, Pa., would women who are seeking spiritual guidance an old farmhouse, expanded its facilities to allow these young women to discern their and direction. include dormitories, a library, and in 1977 (Continued on page 17)

Congratulations,Congratulations, Graduates!Graduates!

Congratulations, Steven, on a wonder- Dearest Taisa, ful college career. We know you will have a great and successful future. Congratulations on your gradu- ation from Penn State University. We are very proud of all of your achieve- ments. Follow your heart; work hard

With love and pride, and your dreams will come true. We Mom, Brian and Nushi wish you all the very best!

Love and kisses, Steven Mychajlo Yevich received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Mama, Tato & Olenka Virginia at Charlottesville in three years. He was a recipient of the Special Operations Association. Scholastic Scholarship and Intermediate Honors, UVA. He is also a graduate of the Ukrainian School, Washington, DC. While at UVA, he vol- Taisa Natalka Welhasch received her Bachelor of Arts in Geography from unteered as a paramedic with the Charlottesville Albermarle Rescue Squad and Pennsylvania State University on May 11, 2002. She minored in Spanish and Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group. He is a registered EMT-Paramedic, and International Studies, and is a member of Phi Sigma Iota international foreign lan- obtained an International Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance. For fun he sky- guage society. dives and scuba dives. He is a member of UNA Branch 15, receives The Ukrainian Weekly and enjoys reading it. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2002 No. 32

400 youths enjoy Plast camps at Vovcha Tropa site in New York state by Taisa Welhasch EAST CHATHAM, N.Y. – Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization successfully hosted yet another summer camp season at its Vovcha Tropa campground, where nearly 400 campers ranging in age from 6 to 17 con- verged. As in previous years, six camps, divided by age, gen- der and Plast rank resided on the picturesque property between July 6 and 27. The typical duration of the camps is three weeks, while the oldest campers stay two weeks and the youngest stay one week. It is tradition for each camp to choose a name and theme, which is then tied the daily program of the camp. The “novachky,” girls 7-10 years old, were led on a journey by little “Miniusinka,” or Thumbelina, who was in search of the greatest place in the world, the place where she would be happiest. In order to record her fond memories of the journey she began to sew those images into a quilt. The “Super-campers,” encircling a practical camping display, sing their camp song. novachky followed her example and sewed their own quilt full of the things that make them happy every day. Challenging the girls to search “V Svit Za Ochi” (as the camp was called) or “Beyond the Mind’s Eye,” to rec- ognize their joys and moments of strength, was Head Counselor Lisa Milanytch’s intention. The same age group of boys, the “novaky,” declared their campsite to be strictly Viking territory called “Valhalla.” The boisterous campers guarded the turf from their Viking ship at the entrance of camp. Head Counselor Taras Ferencevych led them in ritualistic Viking meditations to solidify their brotherhood, strength and bravery. The novaky, along with their counselors, often sported their Viking garb, complete with fur cloaks and horned headpieces. Both camps went to Foxhill Lake for a relaxing field trip together during the second week of camp, but went on separate excursions during week three. The novachky hopped on a bus to the nearby Shaker Village, while the novaky went exploring in Howe Caverns. The older Plast members, the “yunaky” and “yunachky” (age 11-17) also ventured outside of A band of roaring young Vikings takes the stage during “Den Plastuna” festivities. (Note their leader, Head Vovcha Tropa for hiking trips in parks throughout the Counselor Taras Ferencevych, in Viking headgear.) Northeast. The campers were split into beginner, inter- mediate and advanced groups and climbed Mount Greylock, Whiteface Mountain and Algonquin Peak, respectively. The yunak named their camp “Zhertva Prometea” (The Sacrifice of Prometheus). The motive behind this theme, according to Head Counselor Danylo Liteplo, “was to inspire the campers to make sacrifices in their daily lives for the good of others.” They did not necessarily have to sacrifice their lives in order for the rest of humanity to have the gift of fire, as did Prometheus, but philanthropy and consideration did prevail among the scouts. They helped organize a trip for Ukrainian American Youth Association (SUM) campers to visit the Plast campground and hoped to make this ambassadorial exchange an annual tradition. Their female counterparts decided on a camp name and motto of “De Nas Viter Ponese” (Wherever the Wind Takes Us), which in their case was through the cycle of seasons. The yunachky learned that with each season comes changes within oneself and within rela- tionships. A giant wooden windmill constructed by the campers served as their gated entrance and handmade The “novachky,” being led by the “orliata” (the oldest campers), proudly march with their camp quilt. (Continued on page 13)

The “yunachky” (photo on left) and the “yunaky” (right) march during the annual ceremonies of “Den Plastuna” at the Vovcha Tropa campground. No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2002 11 SUM Leaders’ and Counselors’ Training Camp concludes at Ellenville “oselia”

Campers and staff of SUM’s Vyshkilnyi Tabir held in Ellenville, N.Y.

ELLENVILLE, N.Y. – For three weeks starting on June 30 and running through July 21, 60 future leaders and educators of the Ukrainian American Youth Association (known by its Ukrainian acronym, SUM) took part in this year’s “Vyshkilnyi Tabir” (Leaders’ and Counselors’ Training Camp). SUM’s Ellenville resort (oselia) hosted the campers from near and far, including attendees from Philadelphia, Goshen, and Yonkers, N.Y., New York City, Passaic, Irvington and Whippany, N.J., Hartford, Conn., Chicago, and even Montreal. The staff of the three-week camp was led by Andriy Bihun during the first two weeks and Maria Kozicky in its final week. Directing the camp’s educational program was Marta Matselioukh, who prepared a rigorous yet thoroughly enjoyable fortnight of leadership and counselor training courses, followed by a final week of team- and spirit-building events and activities. The camp’s leadership team consisted of a number of motivated and talented individuals and included Nykola Rudyk, Chrystia Sysak, Michelle Omodirok and Campers perform several songs commemorating the heroes of Ukraine before a large Fourth of July audience at the Markian Harasymowych. The medical Ellenville oselia. staff was directed by Slawko Dashawetz, and included Zoriana Kovbasniuk and In addition to training, campers Dr. Irena Stoliar. relaxed and enjoyed bonfires, dances, The name of this year’s camp was barbecues and other fun activities, “Shliakhy Heroyiv” (The Paths of Heroes), and much of the camp’s pro- including traditional Ivan Kupalo rituals. gram focused on the heroes of Ukraine’s Following ancient tradition, after a fire- past and present. The core of the side evening of song, girls braided Vyshkilnyi Tabir’s training program was wreaths of flowers and set them afloat on built around instructional seminars on a the local river’s surface at night. The wide range of subjects, including topics boys then waded into the water down- such as leadership, educational tech- stream to retrieve the floating wreaths, niques and child psychology (presented and were rewarded by the privilege of by Dania Nauholnyk-Lawro, Kristine accompanying the owner of the wreath Bihun, Mr. Kozicky, Anna Pokora), they caught in a traditional jump over the Ukrainian history (Ihor Mirchuk), lan- burning logs of the fire. guage (Ludmilla Lantsiuta-Davis), song During the camp’s third week, atten- (Halyna Cechowska), religion (Sisters dees enjoyed a hike up a local mountain Zynovia and Elizabeth, SNDM), SUM to the well-known Bare Rock outlook organizational structure and ideals (Lesya over the Ellenville oselia. Those com- Cebrij-Rago, Ivanka Zajac, Pawlo Figol, pleting their third (and final) year of Lida Mykytyn) and more. Among this training partook in a separate field trip to Sixteen campers of the 3rd Kurin completed the final phase of SUM’s three-year year’s guest speakers were Askold Glen Spey’s St. Volodymyr Church, fol- “vyshkil” program this year. Lozynskyj, president of the Ukrainian lowed by a whitewater rafting expedition World Congress; Yury Nakonechny, pres- on the Delaware River. over these three weeks had to part ways at the upcoming National Gathering of ident of SUM’s world executive; Ronia Unfortunately, all good things must to return home. They plan to keep in “Starshe Yunatstvo” in the fall of 2002, at Stojko-Lozynskyj, Prof. Walter Zaryckyj, eventually come to a close, and the touch in many ways, including through next year’s Zlet and, of course, during Zenon Halkowycz and Ms. Kovbasniuk. campers who made new friends for life SUM’s official website (www.CYM.org), SUM’s many summer camps. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2002 No. 32

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ing and oh yes, even pyrotechnic instruc- ì ÒÏÛÚÍÛ ÔÓ‚¥‰ÓÏÎflπÏÓ, ˘Ó Û ‚¥‚ÚÓðÓÍ, 400 youths... tion, in addition to the practice of “leave 2 ÎËÔÌfl 2002 ð., ÔðÓÊË‚¯Ë 77 ðÓÍ¥‚, (Continued from page 10) no trace” camping. Training and gear is ‚¥‰¥È¯Ó‚ Û ‚¥˜Ì¥ÒÚ¸ Û ëËð‡Í˛Á‡ı, ç.â. wind chimes lined their outdoor kitchen. provided for the campers through to ̇¯ ̇ȉÓðÓʘËÈ Head Counselor Oresta Zobniw was efforts of their generous and highly ÅÄíúäé, ÅêÄí ¥ èêàüíÖãú particularly impressed with the leader- skilled counselors, led by Andrij Mykyta. ship of her oldest campers. “The Finally, the youngest group of campers ‘rozviduvachky’ [the oldest girls] set arrived at the end of the second week. ·Î. Ô. good examples for the younger kids who This one-week camp is for children appeared to be very responsive to their between the ages of 6 and 7. It’s designed ÉêàÉéêßâ mentoring.” This oldest group was also to be a preparatory camp easing the tran- involved in planning the SUM exchange. sition for the children, and perhaps even The veteran 16- and 17-year-old for the parents. The camp went by the èßäéãàñúäàâ name of “Pryrodna Zabava” (Nature’s campers, or “super-campers” as they ̇ð. ‚ Ï. ÉÓÎÓ‰¥‚͇, á‡ı¥‰Ìfl ìÍð‡ªÌ‡, have been named in recent years, focused Party) and was directed by Darka ‚‰¥‚ˆ¸ ÔÓ Ò‚. Ô. Ä̇ÒÚ‡Á¥ª, fl͇ ÔÓÏÂð· Û 1973 ð. on combining their talents and available Halaburda Patti. resources to be of service to the other A new addition to this year’s program camps. Their trademark was to perform at Vovcha Tropa was the complementary ì ‚¥ˆ¥ 14 ðÓÍ¥‚, ·Û‚ ‚Ë‚ÂÁÂÌËÈ ‰Ó ç¥Ï˜˜ËÌË Ì‡ ÔðËÏÛÒÓ‚¥ ðÓ·ÓÚË. 襉 ˜‡Ò good deeds while leaving no trace of inter-camp theme of Earth’s five ele- ‚¥ÈÌË Ó‰ðÛÊË‚Òfl, Ôð‡ˆ˛‚‡‚ ‚ ͇ϒflÌÓ‚Û„¥Î¸Ì¥È ÍÓԇθ̥ ‚ ÅÂθ„¥ª. ì 1954 ð. their presence. Appropriately, their camp ments. The camps represented earth, ÂÏ¥£ðÛ‚‡‚ ‰Ó ÄÏÂðËÍË, ÒÔÓÌÁÓðÓ‚‡ÌËÈ ·ð‡ÚÓÏ ëÚ‡ıÓÏ, flÍËÈ ÊË‚ Û Woodbine, was named “Tam De Nas Nema” (Where wind, water, fire and heart. It seemed to NJ. ì 1955 ð. ÔÂðÂÒÂÎË‚Òfl ‰Ó ëËð‡Í˛Á, ç.â., ‰Â Ôð‡ˆ˛‚‡‚ Û Smith and Caffrey We Haven’t Been). This camp is unique be a reflection of the unity and coopera- Steel Co., flÍ ‚Ó‰¥È. âÓ„Ó Ïð¥π˛ ·ÛÎÓ Ï‡ÚË Ò‚Ó˛ Ú‡‚ÂðÌÛ. ì 1963 ð. ÍÛÔË‚ because it offers rigorous outdoor activi- tion that pervaded the spirit of Vovcha Battle’s Grill, ‡ ÔÓÚ¥Ï ÔÓ·Û‰Û‚‡‚ Idle Hour Tavern. ê‡ÁÓÏ Á ‰ðÛÊËÌÓ˛ ties such as rock climbing, canoeing, hik- Tropa this during the summer of 2002. Ä̇ÒÚ‡Á¥π˛ Ôð‡ˆ˛‚‡ÎË ‚ Ì¥È 24 ðÓÍË. ÅÛ‚ ‡ÍÚË‚ÌËÈ ‚ ÛÍð‡ªÌÒ¸Í¥È Í‡ÚÓÎˈ¸Í¥È ˆÂðÍ‚¥ Ò‚. ß‚‡Ì‡ ïðÂÒÚËÚÂÎfl, ‚ ìÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍÓÏÛ ç‡ðÓ‰ÌÓÏÛ ÑÓÏ¥, ̇ÎÂʇ‚ ‰Ó 39 ‚¥‰‰¥ÎÛ ìÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍÓ„Ó ç‡ðÓ‰ÌÓ„Ó ëÓ˛ÁÛ ‚ ëËð‡Í˛Á‡ı. order a repeat of elections. ‘European Choice’... Mr. Zhyr ran for re-election on the Our èÄçÄïàÑÄ ‚¥‰·Û·Òfl 4 ÎËÔÌfl 2002 ð., Ó „Ó‰. 6-¥È ‚˜. ‚ Macko-Vassallo (Continued from page 6) Ukraine bloc platform. During his second Funeral Home. prominent Western leaders were surveyed. election campaign the vlasti managed to The results of the survey were grim, with violate every election rule in the book in èéïéêéççß ÇßÑèêÄÇà ‚¥‰·ÛÎËÒfl ‚ Ô’flÚÌˈ˛, 5 ÎËÔÌfl 2002 ð. Ó „Ó‰. 10-¥È favor of their candidate, an official of the 79 percent of respondents considering ð‡ÌÍÛ ‚ ÛÍð‡ªÌÒ¸Í¥È Í‡ÚÓÎˈ¸Í¥È ˆÂðÍ‚¥ Ò‚. ß‚‡Ì‡ ïðÂÒÚËÚÂÎfl. èÓıÓ‚‡ÌËÈ Ì‡ local police force. There is no need to Ukraine’s international image to be nega- ˆÂðÍÓ‚ÌÓÏÛ ˆ‚ËÌÚ‡ð¥. tive, and 77 percent feeling that Ukraine repeat here the litany of all such viola- tions. Suffice it to mention that in the end does very little to improve its image. the authorities prohibited national ì ÒÏÛÚÍÛ Á‡Î˯ËÎËÒfl: The survey results prompted the head deputies of the Our Ukraine bloc from of the sponsoring organization, Leonid ÒËÌ – ‰-ð üêéëãÄÇ èßäéãàñúäàâ, LaJolla, CA campaigning in support of their party can- Kravchuk, to action. Addressing the sec- Ӊ̇ ÒÂÒÚð‡ ¥ ÚðË ·ð‡ÚË ‚ ìÍð‡ªÌ¥ didate. When it become apparent that the ond congress of Ukraine – Recognized ÔðËflÚÂθ͇ ‚¥‰ 25 ðÓÍ¥‚ – åÄêßü åÄâäéÇàó full and brutal use of “administrative Mission he proclaimed: “Ukraine has a Ú‡ ·ÎËʘ‡ ¥ ‰‡Î¸¯‡ ðÓ‰Ë̇ ‚ ÄÏÂðˈ¥ ¥ ‚ ìÍð‡ªÌ¥. resources” was not enough to stop the re- negative image on the international scene election of Mr. Zhyr, the election board of and all bodies of power, non-government the district simply removed his name organizations and political forces should Ç¥˜Ì‡ âÓÏÛ Ô‡Ï’flÚ¸! from the list of candidates on the ballot work to remedy the situation.” (Ukrainska under made-up and unproved allegations. Pravda, July 8) Yes, things like that are done in Ukraine, His call to arms was picked up by and they were done a few minutes before President Kuchma who called on the 5 p.m. on the eve of the election in order Ukrainian diaspora to help in promoting a to preclude any possibility of appeal. positive Ukrainian image abroad in for- The new “election technology” of sim- eign lands. The presidential appeal was ply removing the name of leading candi- made during a meeting in Kyiv with the date from the ballot on the eve of elections head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic was proven to be successful, and a police- Church Cardinal Lubomyr Husar and a man was appointed by the vlasti to repre- worldwide group of hierarchs of that sent the district. This successful dirty “elec- Church. The diaspora should be helping tion technology” will be, no doubt, used in Ukraine, said Mr. Kuchma, rather than the forthcoming presidential election. just talking about what is happening there The political coordinator of the Our – a strange statement, since one may rea- Ukraine bloc, Roman Bezsmertnyi, con- sonably assume that the best way of help- cluded that, as a result of such super-cyni- á ‚ÂÎËÍËÏ Ê‡ÎÂÏ ÔÓ‚¥‰ÓÏÎflπÏÓ, ing the country is to provide honest and cal falsification of the electoral results, the ˘Ó 18 ÎËÔÌfl 2002 ð. ‚¥‰¥È¯Ó‚ Û ‚¥˜Ì¥ÒÚ¸ true information about it. change of government by constitutional ̇¯ ̇ȉÓðÓʘËÈ ÅÄíúäé, ÑßÑé ¥ ëíêàâäé The image-cleansing effort, in any means is no longer possible in Ukraine. case, was doomed to failure. In this day His pronouncements dispel any lingering and age of instant communication it is illusions about democracy in Ukraine. The ·Î. Ô. extremely difficult, if not impossible, to events of the past few weeks demonstrat- create a good image out of bad reality. ed that opposition forces, in spite of over- The Soviet Union tried to do so for many whelming popular support, are no match years, without much success. And, for the all-powerful vlasti. ÇéãéÑàåàê chances of the Ukrainian political estab- The backsliding of Ukraine is not limit- lishment doing so are not much better. ed to the election processes, there is also a While trying to clean their image reality of abuse of human rights and free- abroad, the authorities continued honing dom of the press. Take for example the ÅÄãäé dirty “election technologies” in preparation case of investigative reporter Volodymyr for the presidential election of 2004. The Boiko. The reporter was investigating cor- ̇ðÓ‰ÊÂÌËÈ 13 βÚÓ„Ó 1913 ð. test opportunities for such “technologies” ruption and the lawlessness of the govern- ‚ üÏÌ¥ ÑÓÎ¥¯Ì¥È, ìÍð‡ªÌ‡. were found in supplementary elections for ment tax agency in the Donbas region, and national deputies in three contested elec- for his efforts was promptly arrested by the toral districts on July 14. The most notable tax police. Next, he was incarcerated bare- èéïéêéççß ÇßÑèêÄÇà ‚¥‰·ÛÎËÒfl 27 ÎËÔÌfl 2002 ð. test case was electoral district No. 35 in the foot in an “isolator” cell infested by bed- ‚ ˆÂðÍ‚¥ Ò‚. åËı‡ªÎ‡ ‚ ɇðÚÙÓð‰¥ Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. It is from this bugs. When he appeared three days later in ¥ ̇ ˆ‚ËÌÚ‡ð¥ Ò‚. åËı‡ªÎ‡ ‚ ¢Î‡ÒÚÓÌ·Âð¥, äÓÌÌÂÍÚË͇Ú. oblast – still a preserve of the old Soviet court his legs were swollen from insect order – that Mr. Kuchma rose to power. bites and lacerations. At least, unlike á‡Î˯ÂÌ¥ ‚ „ÎË·ÓÍÓÏÛ ÒÏÛÚÍÛ: The leading candidate for re-election was Heorhii Gongadze, he was still alive. Oleksander Zhyr, the former prominent Violations of human rights, suppres- national deputy from the same district – a sion of freedom of the press, disrespect ÒËÌ – ‰-ð éãÖäëÄçÑÖê ÅÄãäé Á ðÓ‰ËÌÓ˛ vocal critic of President Kuchma, and a for the rule of law, abuse of the electoral ÔÎÂÏ¥ÌÌËÍ – ÅéÉÑÄç ÅÄãäé Á ðÓ‰ËÌÓ˛ former head of the parliamentary commis- process, corruption and crime are not ÔÎÂÏ¥ÌÌˈfl – ïêàëíàçÄ ÅÄãäé ëãàÇéñúäÄ sion charged with investigating the murder acceptable attributes of behavior in the Á ðÓ‰ËÌÓ˛ of Heorhii Gongadze. He was a leading framework of Euro-Atlantic alliances. candidate in the regular elections on March And until fundamental reforms take 31, but the results of that election were place, the prospect for Ukraine’s integra- Ç¥˜Ì‡ âÓÏÛ Ô‡Ï’flÚ¸! nullified as a result of numerous irregulari- tion into the European community ties in ballot counting, causing officials to remains rather slim. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2002 No. 32

importance were the agreement with Meeting at 28th annual... Russia regarding the pipeline from (Continued from page 5) Russia across Ukraine to transport oil deceased UNA seniors. and gas, as well as the agreement with With 88 seniors registered, the confer- Russia regarding borders. ence was opened by UNA Seniors Dr. Procyk also spoke of the many President Anna Chopek. The American books that have been published by HURI and Ukrainian anthems were sung, the as a result of generous donations by “Pledge of Allegiance” was recited, and many Ukrainians, especially of the large the business session began. donation of $200,000 given by the Sklar “Mnohaya Lita” was sung for Dr. family. The Sklar donation, which will be Roman Baranowskyj’s 97th birthday and available during the next 20 years, will Sam Liteplo’s 88th. Ms. Chopek was make various new programs possible. elected conference chairman and Mr. Dr. Hayda, who has spent many years Hayda as Ukrainian secretary. on the study of allergies and nutrition, Appointments to committees were gave a very interesting talk. He spoke made: nominations – Eva Uzych and Dr. about the ordinary peanut and its prod- Mary Dycio; donations – Estelle ucts, which the airlines and public Woloshyn, Myron Sederowicz and Anne schools have stopped serving because of Slobodian; auditing – Olga Shatynsky possible fatal consequences to those and Anne Turchyn, seating for the ban- allergic to peanuts. The seniors were quet – Mary Bobeczko and Alice Orlan. pleased to learn that among healthful The following officers were elected foods are Ukrainian favorites such as for the year 2002-2003: Ms. Chopek, garlic, beets and carrots. president; Ms. Orlan, vice-president; Dr. Dycio gave a very informative talk Cornelia Yavarow, English secretary; on osteoporosis and what doctors have Olga Paproski, treasurer. available to help those suffering from this Regional representatives are: disease. A bone density test is advisable, Connecticut – Yaroslawa Kovach; drugs such as Fosamax can be prescribed Massachusetts – Eugene Moroz; New to strengthen bones, and medicines are Jersey – Maria Mandzij; New York, available to alleviate pain. Regular exer- Kerhonkson area – Dr. Stefania cise is important. Baranowskyj; Rochester area – Chrystina All the talks were followed by lively Dziuba; New York City – Vera Shul; question and answer periods. Ohio – Mary Bobeczko; Pennsylvania – The conference ended with an elegant Ms. Uzych; Philadelphia area – John R. cocktail party and banquet. Seniors Lapic; Rhode Island – Stefi Katamay and dressed in traditional Ukrainian blouses Helen Trenkler. and shirts added to the atmosphere. The Social activities included a welcoming speaker was Dr. Osyp Moroz. He spoke wine and canapé party held in the Main of the difficulties Ukraine faces today House lobby. Dr. Stefania Baranowsky because of its economic and manage- entertained with readings from the works ment problems. Dr. Moroz has spent a of Edward Kozak. Honored guests for the great deal of time in Ukraine. He has evening were, UNA President-elect been a consultant to the Cabinet of Stefan Kaczaraj and his wife. Mr. Ministers of the Parliament of Ukraine Kaczaraj mingled with the seniors, giv- and has given lectures on the concepts of ing everyone an opportunity to talk with management at various universities in him individually. Ukraine. At the invitation of the Kyiv One afternoon, Mr. Moroz showed Polytechnical Institute, he worked on slides of his trip to Cambodia, which several projects on the American system were enjoyed by all. A bingo night was of self-study at universities throughout conducted by Nicholas and Mary Ukraine. In the United States he has Bobeczko and Mr. Liteplo. Videos show- served as assistant and as dean of admin- ing celebrations of the 10th anniversary istrative services in several state col- of Ukraine’s independence were shown leges. It was apparent from his talk that by Mr. Trenkler. An auction of Ukraine has a long way to go to improve Ukrainian-style artifacts brought by the its economic status. seniors was conducted by Eugene The seniors were honored by the pres- Woloshyn and Mr. Moroz. A raffle was ence of UNA President Ulana Diachuk conducted by Marie Prucknicki, Ms. and her husband, Volodymyr, at the ban- Yavarow and Ms. Uzych. The total col- quet. Tributes were given to “Mrs. lected from the auction, raffle and dona- Diachuk” on behalf of the employees of tions amounted to $1,500. Soyuzivka by Ms. Orlan and on behalf of An Odesa Night dinner was served the UNA Seniors by Ms. Chopek. A bou- one evening with various kinds of quet of flowers from the UNA Seniors seafood, as well a meat course. was presented by Ms. Paproski. The serious side of the conference The attendees listened to President included the annual review of current Diachuk’s warm words of thanks and events in Ukraine given by Dr. Roman were sad to think that after the many Baranowskyj and in English by Dr. years she had spent with the seniors this Roman Procyk, the executive director of was the last time she would greet them as the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. president of the UNA. After the ceremo- The seniors learned that the most impor- nial cutting of a beautiful cake presented tant event of the year was the papal visit by the management of Soyuzivka, the to Ukraine and that, as a result, there was conference was over. much media coverage and many digni- The UNA Seniors left the resort with taries visiting from all over the world the hope that Soyuzivka, so dear to them, were present. The papal visit put Ukraine can be saved – and that the organization on the map, so to speak. Other events of can meet here next year. SPUTNIK GLOBAL TELECOM

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NOTESNOTES ONON PEOPLEPEOPLE Ukrainian National Association Estate Foordmore Road, Kerhonkson, New York 12446 Tel.: (845) 626-5641 • Fax: (845) 626-4638 Kasian is inducted www.soyuzivka.com • e-mail: [email protected] into soccer hall of fame by Dr. Daria Nowakiwska Lissy SUMMER PROGRAM 2002 PHILADELPHIA – Nicolaus Kasian Saturday, August 17 Recital Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky was inducted on April 27 into the Hall of Dance Camp Fame of the Philadelphia Old Timers Zabava Fata Morgana 10 PM Soccer Association in recognition of his outstanding achievements and contributions Saturday, August 24 Music in the Trembita Lounge in the sport of soccer. This honor was fol- Friday, August 30 Zabava Luna – 10 PM lowed on May 1 by formal recognition of his 35 years of distinguished service by the Saturday, August 31 Concert Syzokryli 8:30 PM Philadelphia Referees Association. These Zabava Tempo 10 PM events marked the culmination of a career Zabava Fata Morgana 10 PM devoted to soccer. Nicholas Kasian Mr. Kasian was born in the village of Sunday, September 1 Zabava Montage 10 PM Mykulyntsi near Sniatyn, Ukraine. In his Peter J. Peel Cup in 1956, and several times boyhood he was smitten with a love for were the champions of the Chicago Soccer League, champions among Ukrainian Wednesday evenings, from June 26 to August 28, enjoy the sounds of Hryts & soccer. After playing soccer through high Stepan at Hutsul Night. teams of North America and the Illinois school, he was enrolled in an athletic State champions. training program in Kolomyia in 1942. Friday evenings, from July 5 to August 16, enjoy the Sounds of Vidlunnia. In 1952 Mr. Kasian was named to the Following World War II, he played in Chicago All-Star team and played against Germany as the goalkeeper for the sports FC Stuttgart of Germany. He also was clubs Orlyk in Berchtesgaden and Berkut selected for several tournaments – in in Ulm. Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Cleveland, In the spring of 1948,. refugees from the Detroit and Toronto. captive nations of the Soviet Union organ- In 1958 he married Maria Zubryd and THE UKRAINIAN AMERICAN ized the Displaced Persons Olympics in moved to Philadelphia in 1960. Shortly Germany. Soccer teams were fielded by thereafter he passed the soccer referee BAR ASSOCIATION (UABA) refugees from Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, examination and became a member of the Yugoslavia, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Eastern Pennsylvania Soccer Referees The Ukrainian Olympic Committee selected Association. He has been refereeing ever invites its members, colleagues and guests to its Mr. Kasian as goalkeeper position on the since and has nearly 3,300 games to his Ukrainian team. After a successful prelimi- credit. nary round, Ukraine advanced to the finals In 1991, under the auspices of the and, after defeating Poland and Lithuania by Ukrainian Sports Federation of the U.S.A. th identical scores of 5-1, won the gold medal. and Canada he was selected as a representa- 2525 AnniversaryAnniversary After the DP Olympics Ms. Kasian tive of the Ukrainian diaspora to referee played for the Sitch Ukrainian soccer club soccer games in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and in Regensburg. The club played matches in Nadvirna in Ukraine. its league and friendly games against major Mr. Kasian’s soccer career is not over. ConferenceConference German teams. Sitch competed in the Demonstrating his undying love of soccer, Bayerische Pokal and advanced to the quar- he continues to dispense athletic justice on September 27 - 29, 2002 terfinals, where it lost to Ingolstadt. the playing field as a referee. Throughout In the fall of 1949 Mr. Kasian immigrat- his career he has had the unflagging support Sheraton Rittenhouse Square Hotel ed to the United States, where he played of his wife, who showed boundless several games for Ukrainian Sports Club of patience and understanding on so many th New York before moving to Chicago in Sundays and holidays. The Kasians have 18 and Locust Streets 1950. There he joined the newly formed been blessed with a son and daughter, four Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ukrainian sports club Lions and played for grandsons and a granddaughter. Registration Fee: them until his retirement in 1957. During Mr. Kasian is a member of Branch 397 his years with the club, the Lions won the of the Ukrainian National Association. $225.00/UABA Members; $275.00/Non-Members (Includes admission to all sessions and workshops, President’s Welcome since 1968. Reception on Friday evening, Continental Breakfast Buffet and Coffee A children’s art show also is included in Breaks on Sayurday, and the UABA’s Anniversary Reception and Schumylowyches this annual exhibition and will take place in Banquet on Saturday evening): $95.00/Sunday Evening Reception and the Clubhouse Tea Room. Three of Mr. Banquet Guests. participate in art show Schumylowych’s grandchildren, Xenia, Hotel Reservations: HAINES FALLS, N.Y. – Taras Justin and Larissa, are displaying their new Schumylowych is exhibiting three tempera paintings. They are impatiently waiting to Special UABA conference rates of $109.00 paintings, “USCG Light Station, Cape see them viewed by all who come and Reservations at the UABA rate are processed on a first come, first serve Henry,” “USCG Lighthouse, Penfield admire the works of potential future artists basis until August 28. Please call the Hotel directly for reservations at Reef” and “Leach Lake in Tannersville, who one day as adults probably will submit (215) 546-9400 or toll free at (800) 325-3535. N.Y.,” at the 55th annual group exhibition their artwork to this traditional and beloved Airline Discount: sponsored by the Twilight Park Artists. summer event in the Catskill Mountains. The exhibition, which features the works The exhibit is open to the public with a UABA has negotiated airline discounts on US Airways. Please call US of nearly 70 artists, is being held on wine reception on Saturday at 5-7 p.m. and Airways at (877) 874-7687 and refer to Gold File Number Saturday, August 10, and Sunday, August continues Sunday at 1-5 p.m. An artist 86682471 (you can also call your travel agent for discounted rates. dis- 11, in the Twilight Park Clubhouse in demonstration is planned for Sunday at 3-4 counted reservations can be made on-line with usairways.com using Haines Falls, N.Y., where the first such p.m. Meeting ID: MTG001217). Ticketing of at least 60 days prior to exhibit was held in August 1947. Mr. The Schumylowyches are members of departure guarantees the highest discounted rate. Conference attendees Schumylowych has exhibited at this show Ukrainian National Association Branch 86. can also get special car rental rates with Avis Rent A Car (call toll free at (866) 629-6995 and reference AWD K609400 for additional information). For more information and to request a Conference Registration Form please contact: Ukrainian American Bar Association 1420 Walnut Street, suite 1000 Philadelphia, PA 19102 (888) UABA-LAW (toll free) (215) 546-4042 (fax) E-mail: info@ uaba.org 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2002 No. 32 No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2002 17

their God-given talents to honor Mother A history... Helena. Sister Susanne Matwijiw will Lozynskyj Foundation (Continued from page 9) paint a portrait. A poem, written by Sister c/o Bohdan J. Chaban when the need arose. The elementary Judith Piszyk, will be set to music by 59 St. Mark’s Pl., New York, NY 10003 school and printing press at the same loca- Sister Laura Palka. The community will A private, non-profit foundation. tion were closed in 1989, and the property celebrate both joyously and solemnly – a Its tax return available for examination at above address. reflection of life’s dual nature and a mir- was sold to neighboring La Salle For further information please contact ror of the history of the province and the University. Bohdan Chaban, Tel. (212) 677-2790 The sisters continue to staff St. Josaphat order it serves. School in Philadelphia, St. George As they prepare for the challenges that Elementary School and St. George lie ahead, the sisters find strength and inspi- Academy in New York, St. Nicholas ration in their roots and in the community’s School in Chicago, and St. Josaphat School new spiritual leader, Archbishop Stefan in Parma, Ohio. They conduct religious Soroka. The archbishop has expressed more education programs in the Stamford than a passing interest in the sisters’ work, Diocese and provide pastoral ministry to and especially in their determination to the Ukrainian community in the Parma improve and accelerate their vocational Eparchy. One of the sisters serves as per- program. sonal secretary to the archbishop of Nowhere is this more evident than in the Philadelphia; one serves at the Basilian newly created Archdiocesan Vocation Generalate in Rome. Committee, which has proposed, and In December 1996 the first group of means to implement, a series of proactive Basilian associates was welcomed to the measures to heighten vocational awareness Order after a year-long preparatory pro- among the clergy, the religious and the laity. gram. The association offers men and The committee has planned retreats, com- women of varied circumstances the shared munity outreach programs, motivational experience of coming together and engag- workshops and a rigorous media campaign ing in the spirit and the mission of the aimed at seeking out those who have been Basilian Sisters. Being in the association called by God and are merely waiting for helps them to deepen their spiritual relation- encouragement from the religious commu- ship and personal spiritual growth. nity to pursue that calling. In May 1998 another longstanding In these uncertain times, many have dream of the Sisters of the Order of St. turned (or returned) to God as the source of Basil the Great was fulfilled. A pontifical comfort in a world torn apart by the divine liturgy celebrated by the Most Rev. heinous acts perpetrated by desperate and Archbishop Stephen Sulyk was followed misguided human beings. In the last year by a groundbreaking ceremony for the alone, we have witnessed tragedy that Holy Trinity Chapel and Basilian defies reason and defiles God’s creation in Spirituality Center. ways too horrific to fully comprehend. It is In March 2000 the sisters witnessed the in the vortex of such horror that God truly consecration of the chapel and the blessing shows his light and his mercy, calling upon of the completed center. The facilities men and women to special deeds and spe- include a large meeting room which seats cial sacrifices. Thus, it is not merely coinci- 100 people, two smaller meeting rooms, dence that the vocational aspirations of the common space for informal sharing and province and of the archdiocese have coa- exhibits, a library and archival area, a din- lesced at a time when religious vocation is ing area, and a small prayer room for indi- so sorely needed as a palliative to evil, vidual and group reflection. Set in the beau- grief and the chaos bred of uncertainty. tiful natural environment of the 130-acre And it is surely no coincidence that God’s site purchased by Mother Josaphat in the instrument in this mission is a young arch- 1920’s the center provides a peaceful and bishop with the passion and the energy to nurturing atmosphere and attests to the remobilize the forces of good by example manifold wonders of God’s creation. The and inspiration. director of the center is Sister Marina Time passes. The seal of St. Basil the Bochnewich. Great, a waxen image created centuries ago The Basilian Spirituality Center is the in faraway Cappadoccia, appears on the culmination of a dream of many years a tes- official provincial website of the order. tament to the human spirit and the embodi- Goals and dreams and ambitions, fulfilled ment of the mission of the Sisters of St. and unfulfilled, have their day in the sun Basil the Great. In all ways, it is the mani- and pass on. God remains and sees what festation of community, heritage, love of works have been done in His name, what God and love of humanity, love of learning, acts have glorified Him, what challenges prayer, service and dedication. It is above have been met in his honor. And the sisters all, a place to reflect, to pray, to learn and to pray and teach and wait to see where God be refreshed in body, soul and spirit. The will lead them next. programs and special events hosted at the – Development Office, Sisters of St. Basil Spirituality Center are designed to provide the Great intellectual, psychological and spiritual enrichment. Recent events have included symposiums on iconography, retreats for students and faculty of St. Basil Academy and the archeparchial clergy conference. In keeping with the theme of health, healing and wholeness, the Spirituality Center sponsors tai chi classes, women’s discus- sion groups, guided prayer weekends, and individual spiritual direction. The Spirituality Center also houses the province archives. Work has begun on establishing a permanent endowment fund for the Spirituality Center, and for the purpose of perpetuating the sisters’ mission of serving the educational and spiritual needs of the community. At the end of 2001 and the beginning of 2002, the Province of Jesus, Lover of Humanity is celebrating its 90th year of existence. Many commemorative activities Upstate NY Long Island Queens have been planned, including an essay con- 6325 Rte 209 226 Uniondale Avenue 32-01 31st Avenue test, a historical video-collage of sisters in Kerhonkson, NY 12446 Uniondale, NY 11553 Astoria, NY 11106 the community, and a special pilgrimage. Tel.: 845 626-2938, Fax: 845 626-8636 Tel.: 516 565-2393, Fax: 516 565-2097 Tel.: 718 626-0506, Fax: 718 626-0458 Holy card bookmarks will be distributed at parishes staffed by the province. Three of the sisters have contributed 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2002 No. 32 UKEUKELLODEONODEON FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

Illinois SUMivtsi visit U.S. Army base at Fort Knox by Justyna Katarzyna Jerzewski

CHICAGO – The Chicago and Palatine, Ill., branches of the Ukrainian American Youth Association (SUM) visited Fort Knox Army Base in Kentucky on April 27- 28. Early on a cool Saturday morning, a bus full of enthusiastic “SUMivtsi” boys and girls and their counselors started off on the six hour journey. The trip was sponsored by the Ukrainian American Veterans (UAV) branch in Palatine, and was organized by Lt. Col. Lawrence Verbiest of the U.S. Army, Bohdan Pyskir of the UAV, and Andrew Kosowsky of the Chicago branch of SUM. The purpose of the trip was to enlighten the youth about army life and military history. Arriving at Fort Knox, we were met by Col. Verbiest and the men of the 2nd Battalion, 81st Armor Regiment. One group went to see how a tank SUM youths of Illinois during their field trip to Fort Knox in Kentucky. operates and actually climbed inside a real tank. The other group got a lec- manded them to do push-ups. The groups, and each group got to see the We then met with a drill sergeant ture about Humvee personnel vehi- lieutenant looked amazed at the living arrangements for the soldiers. who explained the process of basic cles, then went on Humvee rides strength our young men showed. Some of the girls admitted they could training and patiently answered the around the base. The boys had a real After that portion of the tour we never be in the army because they many questions posed to him. All the surprise when the lieutenant made headed to another part of the fort. could never fit their clothes in the youth and counselors had a chance to them stand at attention and then com- There we were again divided into small rooms the soldiers have. practice shooting a rifle (under the supervision of a professional instruc- tor) and found that it’s not as easy as Plast NYC’s Troop 3 blesses new flag it looks on television. After the long ride and exciting by Iwan Kinal already in quite bad condition from ing ceremony for the 2001-2002 tours, the youtsh were ready to eat. nearly 50 years of use. academic year. Everyone from NEW YORK – The Troop 3 from As we headed single-file to the mess After months of designing the new Troop 3 stayed for the ceremony, as the New York City branch of Plast hall, the youths counselors and offi- did other members of Plast in New Ukrainian Scouting Organization flag, and planning and preparing the York. They were joined by former cers thankfully took their food and blessed its new flag on June 8. The blessing ceremony, the troop members ate, while talking about the exciting new flag replaces the original that finally have a wonderful new flag. members of the troop, several Plast dignitaries and other guests. things they had seen. After the meal has been serving the boys’ troop The blessing ceremony began we all headed to a bowling alley (kurin) since 1953, and which was shortly after the Plast branch’s clos- After the ceremony was opened and the program read, the old flag where everyone had a wonderful was ceremoniously removed and time, bowling and even dancing a lit- hung on the wall. Then Father tle. Mario Dacechen from St. George The next day we attended church Ukrainian Catholic Church in New with the soldiers, after which we York blessed the new flag. Next the learned about religion in the mili- flag-bearer swore his oath and then tary from the head chaplain. Then took the new flag into his hands. we visited the Patton Museum, and Afterwards all the kurin members learned about the various weapons swore their oath to the new flag. and uniforms that were used in the With all of this completed, a short different battles in which America speech was delivered, several greet- fought. For lunch, we prepared and ings from people who were unable ate MREs (Meals Ready to Eat), to be present at the ceremony were just like soldiers would eat in the read, and attendees signed the field. guest book and hammered special The 12-hour ride to Fort Knox and nails into a commemorative board. back seemed never-ending to the Afterwards everyone enjoyed a youth and counselors, but was truly quick snack and perused display of worth the wonderful experience we all The new flag of Plast boys’ Troop 3 of New York City. the history of Troop 3. had at Fort Knox. No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2002 19 Cleveland area Plast youths clean up Pysanyi Kamin campground by Katrusia Stecyk

MIDDLEFIELD, Ohio – Plastuny and their friends in the greater Cleveland area have worked this spring and summer at the Plast campground Pysanyj Kamin in Middlefield, Ohio, in preparation for the camps that are currently taking place there. They have worked hard fixing and cleaning up buildings, building new structures, planting flowers and beautifying the grounds. Some specific projects completed include clearing the area for the new swimming pool (to be built in 2003), mulching the playground area, replacing wiring in the barracks, replacing kitchen equipment and Plast youths at the Pysanyi Kamin campgrounds in Ohio during their clean-up project. building new fences and decks. In addition, Lanka Batkiv (the Plast horseback, leading his troops into parent support group) donated two battle! CHECK IT OUT: In the centerfold of this issue, read about paddleboats for campers’ use on the Many people are helping with the youth camps of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization and lake, and donated money for replac- this project, such as the Chicago the Ukrainian American Youth Association (SUM) held, respec- ing the chairs and tables in the din- girls’ Plast troop 6, who donated tively, in East Chatham N.Y., and Ellenville, N.Y. ing area. money to help fix up the volleyball Roman (“Pan Moloko”) Kwit has courts. Also helping are been organizing this project, which Cleveland’s Plast girls’ Troop 28 Mishanyna consists of cleanup crews working and boys’ Troop 17, who go to on weekends. This has been an Pysanyi Kamin on weekends and T W E N T Y F O U R T H A I G ongoing project for three years, work alongside the adults. O I W O L L E Y D N A E U L B with over 3,800 labor hours donat- The work left Pysanyi Kamin ed by dedicated volunteers. During clean and repaired for the guests N I N E T Y O N E E S N O I C this year alone, over 100 people from other cities for July’s camp O N O I T A M A L C O R P C I have worked more than 1,200 season and for the counselor camps I D O L H O L I D A Y A R N R hours with more work time (vyshkil) that took place in June. T E A M A U G U S T R I O U O planned. Mr. Kwit has spent count- This project has been an example A P A R T Y T O O I N O C O T less hours organizing the workforce of Ukrainians working together for a R E N I A R K U S I D R A C S and keeping workers informed by common goal, and has displayed e-mail, even sending out a picture the teamwork and cooperation of B N T V I Y K T A Y A L P E I of himself as a Kozak riding on Cleveland’s Plast community. E D G C A R T R Y Z U B I M H L E R A A I K I N I A R T E O E N E I L U R D R A M A A R T Youths remember Famine of 1932-1933 C C N T A F R E E D O M L P W O E R V A S E N O R T H S U E D C A P I T A T B A R D I S N E L E V E N E M B L E M D I T S A M H C U K O H T R U O F Y It is now 11 years after that historic August 24 in 1991 in Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, when the Parliament of Ukraine, then still a part of the Soviet Union, adopted the Act of Declaration of Independence. Today Ukrainians around the world annually celebrate Ukrainian Independence Day as a joy- ous holiday. This month’s Mishanyna contains the words below, which are related to Ukraine and its independence. act flag ninety-one August freedom proclamation blue and yellow Glory to Ukraine Slava Ukraini capital historic Supreme Council celebration holiday trident eleven independence tryzub emblem Kyiv twenty-fourth PARMA, Ohio – On Sunday, June 2, the annual commemoration of the man-made Famine in Ukraine took place at the Famine monument on the grounds of St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral. Clergy of the OUR NEXT ISSUE: cathedral served a memorial service for the victims. This was followed by UKELODEON is published on the second Sunday of every month. the youth of the parish’s Junior Chapter of the Ukrainian Orthodox League To make it into our next issue, dated September 8, please send in your and Sunday School speaking on the tragic events of 1932-1933. They then materials by August 30. placed a wreath and flowers at the base of the monument. The parish choir Contact: UKELODEON, c/o The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route concluded the commemoration by singing “Bozhe Velykyi.” Above, mem- 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054; fax, (973) 644-9510. Call us bers of the Junior UOL speak on the Famine of 1932-1933 in front of the at (973) 292-9800; or send e-mail to [email protected]. (We ask monument. all contributors to please include a daytime phone number.) 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2002 No. 32

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Ongoing through Sunday, September 15 information call Michael Shulha, (908) 534- 6683, or the Rev. John Lyszyk, (908) 253- DETROIT: The Ukrainian American 0410. Archives and Museum of Detroit invites the public to view the exhibit titled “The ‘Tree of Friday-Saturday, August 23-24 Life’ Motif in Embroidered Ritual Cloths (Rushnyky) of Central Ukraine.” The exhibi- SACRAMENTO, Calif.: St. Andrew tion, which includes original antique ritual Ukrainian Catholic Church will hold a festi- cloths from the Kyiv, Poltava and Chernihiv val in celebration of Ukrainian independence regions dating from the 19th and early 20th on the church grounds at 7001 Florin Road. centuries, is on view at the Ukrainian Friday’s program will take place at 6-10 American Archives and Museum, 11756 p.m., and will feature Ukrainian food, drinks Charest St., Hamtramck, Mich., through and a dance party. On Saturday the festivities Sunday, September 15. Exhibit hours: take place at 3-10 p.m. and consist of an Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 artistic program, as well as dinner and danc- p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Admission: ing in the evening. Saturday’s artistic pro- adults, $3; students and seniors, $2; children gram will include an art exhibit with paint- age 12-18, $1; museum members, no charge. ings and souvenirs for sale, and a parade of For more information call (313) 366-9764. national costumes. The musical entertain- ment will be provided by the Ukrainian Saturday, August 17 String Quintet, accordion music by Yuriy Kokhany, the Sacramento Bandura Ensemble CHICAGO: The Chicago Business and directed by Ola Herasymenko, the children’s Professional Group is sponsoring a summer dance ensemble Sonechko and George and social to celebrate the organization’s revival Irina Arabadji. Admission and parking are and official launch. The evening will feature free. For more information call (916) 381- a special performance of contemporary 2529 or (916) 363-8143. Ukrainian music by the 16-member jazz ensemble Nova Chvyla, a private viewing of Saturday, August 24 the new wing of the Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago and a delectable assort- JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The Philadelphia ment of wine and appetizers. Interested Committee to Commemorate the 11th prospective members and former members anniversary of the Independence of Ukraine are especially welcome. The evening will be invites the public to attend a gala concert at 7 held at the Ukrainian National Museum, 721 p.m. at the Ukrainian Educational and N. Oakley Blvd., at 7 p.m. Admission is $20. Cultural Center, 700 Cedar Road, Alexander Slobodyanik, pianist For additional information call (847) 359- Jenkintown. Featured performers will be the 3676. Prometheus male chorus of Philadelphia, in a solo recital Ridna Dusha vocal trio of Cleveland, sopra- Saturday-Sunday, August 17-18 no Lydia Bychkova and solo vocal artist on Friday, August 16, 2002 Serhiji Petrynenko of Kyiv. Consul General LEHIGHTON, Pa.: The Ukrainian of Ukraine in New York Serhiy Pohoreltzev at Zipper Concert Hall Homestead will host its 10th annual will deliver the keynote address. Tickets are Colburn School of the Performing Arts Ukrainian Folk Festival at 1230 Beaver Run $10 for adults and $5 for children. For more Drive. The artistic program includes perform- information call (215) 663-1666. 200 South Grand Avenue ances by the Kazka Ukrainian Folk Los Angeles, California Ensemble, Voloshky Performing Dance Sunday, August 25 Academy, Novyi Den Music Ensemble, Holubka Trio, Ss. Cyril and Methodius HORSHAM, Pa.: The Tryzub Ukrainian Tickets: $20 Church Choir with special guest performanc- American sports center will celebrate es by Yunist Ukrainian Dance Ensemble. Ukrainian independence with its 11th annual For information call (213) 383-3524 Serhiy Pohoreltzev, Ukraine’s consul general Ukrainian Folk Festival at the Tryzub Center in New York, will make a guest appearance. on County Line and Lower State roads in Saturday’s program begins at noon and ends Horsham. The festival will feature Ukrainian This concert is presented by Master Classes International with a zabava at 9 p.m. Metropolitan folk music and dance performances, includ- as a part of the International Piano Symposium Archbishop Stefan Soroka will celebrate a ing solo artist Ihor Bohdan, the Ridna Dusha August 11-18, 2002 divine liturgy at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, and trio, the Voloshky and Obrij dance ensem- the festival will continue afterwards until 5 bles, the Harmonia Orchestra and Ukraine’s p.m. Vendors will sell Ukrainian crafts and Oros Sisters. Vendors will sell traditional Program: Mozart – Fantasie in D minor food. Admission to the festival is $5 per day Ukrainian crafts and food. The festival Chopin – Twelve Etudes, Op. 25 or $7 for a two-day pass. Children under 14 begins at noon and concludes with a zabava are admitted free. For more information call at 4 p.m. As an alternative to dancing, guests Barber – Ballade the Ukrainian Homestead, (610) 377-4621, or are invited to watch the Ukrainian Nationals Stravinsky – Suite from “Petrouchka” Ulana Prociuk, (215) 235-3709. amateur adult soccer team in an exhibition match. Admission is $10, children 13 or Friday, August 23 under are admitted free. For more informa- tion call (215) 343-5412. SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J.: The Central New Jersey Branch of the Committee ADVANCE NOTICE for Aid to Ukraine will host a celebration of the 11th anniversary of Ukrainian independ- Friday-Sunday, September 13-15 ence at the Ukrainian Cultural Center, 135 Davidson Ave., Somerset, N.J. The program KERHONKSON, N.Y: The Carpathian Ski will begin at 7 p.m. and will include a greet- Club, known by its Ukrainian acronym of ing from Ukraine’s Consul General in New KLK, will hold the KLK Fall Festival at York Serhiy Pohoreltzev. Performances will Soyuzivka, the resort of the Ukrainian feature soprano Lesia Hrabova, baritone National Association. The event features Yaroslav Hnatiuk, pianist Svitlana Hnatiuk, entertainment and social events, including actor Rostyslav Wasylenko, bandurist Halia music by Lvivyany. The event is open to all Cechovska, actress Tamara Hajenko, and the KLK members, families and friends. For fur- Yunist and Barvinok dance ensembles. The ther information call Vera Popel, (732) 297- entrance fee is a $10 donation toward the bet- 0786. For reservations call Soyuzivka, (845) terment of education in Ukraine. For more 626-5641.

At Soyuzivka: August 16-18

KERHONKSON, N.Y. – Over the 10 p.m. weekend of August 16-18, Soyuzivka will To get the weekend off to a good start, feature the terpsichorean talents of the Vidlunnia, Soyuzivka’s house band, will Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky Dance Camp. play during the Friday night dance on Participants of this popular annual August 16. camp at the resort will perform a special For information about events at recital on Saturday evening, August 17, Soyuzivka, the upstate New York resort beginning at 8:30 p.m owned by the Ukrainian National The performance will be followed by Association, or to make reservations for more dancing, as guests enjoy the music a getaway in the Catskill region, call of the Fata Morgana band beginning at (845) 626-5641.