ublished by the Ukrainian National Association inc.. a fraternal non-profit association rainian Weekly vol. LVIII No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY ІЗ, 1990 50 cents Republics' popular movements UAOC commemorates 1930 show trial form democratic coalition with liturgy and rally in Kiev by laroslav Trofimov fully. SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. - Church in Kiev. Rukh Press international Another important task is to create Over 50,000 faithful participated in an The commemorative liturgy, which KlEv — A coalition of popular horizontal structures in order to ensure open-air hierarchical divine liturgy took place near the monument of St. fronts and other democratic organiza– cooperation between republics after the celebrated by the hierarchs and clergy of volodymyr the Great on the Dnieper tions from throughout the USSR, dissolution of the Soviet Union, the the Ukrainian Autocephalous Ortho– River, was officiated by three newly including the Russian republic, was Union of Democratic Forces noted. dox Church in Kiev, commemorating (Continued on page 2) established here on Sunday, May 6, Representatives of popular fronts the 60th anniversary of the SYU (Union under the name Union of Democratic from Byelorussia, Latvia, Azerbaid– for the Liberation of Ukraine) show Forces. zhan and Georgia, Rukh, Lithuania's trial. Two more bishops The conference, held in Kiev's Poly- Sajudis, the Armenian Movement, Uz– The trial, which was held in Kharkiv technical institute, decided to organize bekistan's Birlik and various Russian in 1930,(then the capital of Ukraine) was for UAOC in Ukraine a permanent body, the informative- democratic groups signed the docu– staged by Moscow in an effort to Consultative Committee, which is to ment. People's deputies of the USSR defame the Ukrainian intelligentsia and SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. gather at least once a month. Galina Starovoytova and Yuri Afana– the Ukrainian Autocephalous Ortho– — Two more new bishops were The conference adopted a special siev represented the Russian democratic dox Church. consecrated for the Ukrainian Auto– declaration stating that the union's movement. News of this open air liturgy, follow– cephalous Orthodox Church in U– main task is to help republics secede The union also adopted a declaration ed by a rally, was received by the kraine, bringing the total number of from the USSR and promoting the idea in support of Lithuanian independence. metropolitan's chancery of the Ukrai– hierarchs in that Church to five, of round-table discussions with the So– Among the conference participants nian Orthodox Church of the USA via reported the consistory of the Ukrai– viet government to ensure that dissolu– were members of all-union and republic telephone by an activist of the nian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. tion of the Soviet empire proceeds peace– parliaments. Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox recently. On Saturday, April 28, in Lviv's Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Ortho– 50 tons of soap headed for Ukraine on cargo ship dox Church, the Rev. Mykhailo Kovalchuk from the village of Zvary– by Tamara Stadnychenko-Cornelison loading boxes of soap from various Proctor and Gamble's Robert R. Fitz– chiv was consecrated, taking the collection points and delivering it to the patrick. name Danylo. He is now the bishop CAMDEN, N.J. - Fifty tons of soap port. While donations from the Ukrainian of Chernivtsi, Khotyn and all Bu– collected over the past five months by community in Philadelphia and other kovyna as well as vicar of Lviv. the Philadelphia-based Ukrainian Hu– At the port, committee members were cities helped defray local transportation On Sunday, April 29, the Rev. man Rights Committee (UHRC) was advised and assisted by Ed McBride and costs, telephone charges and other vasyl Romaniuk was consecrated loaded on the Soviet cargo ship Sverd– Bruce Smith, who recommended that expenses, the greatest financial chat– bishop of Uzhhorod and Khust, as lovsk on Tuesday morning, May 1. the soap be packed in special theft- lenge faced by the UHRC was the cost well as the missionary vicar for proof 10-ton containers and who helped eastern Ukraine in the village of The Sverdlovsk, which sailed from committee members with forms and involved in transporting the soap to the Camden Marina Terminal that Ukraine. During her recent visit to Kosmach, Kosiv raion, ivano-Fran– documents that had to be prepared kivske oblast. He has taken the name afternoon, is scheduled to arrive in before the shipping date. Ukraine, committee head Ulana Ma– Leningrad on May 30 when the soap zurkevich raised this issue with Rukh of volodymyr. The two bishops were consecrated will be turned over to members of Generous corporate donors, whose members in Kiev and Lviv. The pro– Rukh, the Popular Movement of blem was resolved through the efforts of by the three existing bishopsof the contributions made up the bulk of the UAOC, loan, vasyl and Andriy. Ukraine for Perebudova. shipment, included Colgate-Palmolive, volodymyr Cherniak, deputy to the A previous shipment of several tons Lever Brothers, and Proctor and Gam– Supreme Soviet and a key member of of soap had already been sent by plane ble. Especially helpful were Colgate– Rukh's Secretariat, who arranged to New evidence admitted along with medicines and other mate- Palmolive's regional manager Arnie have the Soviet government transport rials collected by the Children of Chor– Werther and operations manager Jack the soap without any cost to the com– nobyl Relief Fund. Kisatsky, Lever Brothers'international mittee. in Demjanjuk appeal The soap drive's success was due' in Division manager Jeff Creed, and (Continued on page 4) part to the generosity of many indivi– JERUSALEM - israel's Supreme duals who donated time and energy to Court has agreed to hear new evidence spearhead community collections in that may show John Demjanjuk is not Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, the notorious Nazi death camp guard New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. known as "ivan the Terrible." Among those who coordinated com– The court decided on May 7 to hear munity drives were iwanna Soltys and the account of a Polish couple that lived Myron Micio of Long island, Anna near the Treblinka death camp and say Rubyk of Saddlebrook, N.J., and that "ivan's" last name was Marchenko, Nadia Deychakiwsky and members of not Demjanjuk, reported The Washing– Branch 12 of the Ukrainian National tion Times. Women's League of America in Cleve– in admitting the evidence, the court land. Bohdanna Mykytiuk of Philadel– made it clear that it wanted to provide phia convinced the managers of several Mr. Demjanjuk every opportunity to local stores to donate cases of bar soap appeal the death sentence handed down and laundry detergent. in his case two years ago. Mr. Demjan– Eugene Chaban, owner of Philadel– juk's appeal to the Supreme Court will phia's Magic Carpet Co., graciously be heard.beginning Monday, May 14. donated his time and driving skills if accepted, the evidence would to help transport tons of soap to support Mr. Demjanjuk's contention all the Camden marina in a 40-foot truck along that he is a victim of mistaken donated by the Ryder Rental Co. Taras Seen during the press conference are: Ulana Mazurkevich (at podium) and (from identity. But lsraeli prosecutor Michael Jurczak, also of Philadelphia, spent left) Evheniy Hyan, Petro Ruban, Dr„ Mykola Cenko, Yaroslav Tatomyr, Rep, Shaked told the Supreme Court the new many hours driving, loading and up- Curt We!don and Roman Zavicky. (Continued on page 4) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY ІЗ, i990 No. 19 Mass protests in western Ukraine Chemical pollution found to be cause stall expansion of chemical plant of mysterious illness in Chemivtsi KlEv - industrial pollution has NFU said the experts worked in con- been determined to be the cause of the junction with a hospital in israel, where mysterious illness afflicting children in a number of the Chemivtsi children the city of Chemivtsi in western U– were treated. kraine, reported News from Ukraine. The newspaper cited a Chemivtsi The English-language : newspaper research institute which determined published in Kiev reported that USSR that before the outbreak of the disease Deputy Minister of Health A. Baranov the city's industrial enterprises had confirmed that it was a noxious chemi– accumulated large amounts of waste cal emission that caused hair loss and containing thalium, boric and other nervous disorders among children in the chemical compounds. The chemicals area during the fall of 1988. were released into the air as the waste The deputy minister, who headed a was burned at a brick factory in the city government commission conducting an center. inquiry into the mysterious malady, Deputy Minister Baranov said, "To- said it was never in doubt that the illness day there is no aftermath of the sick– was a chemical disease, but its source ness." was unknown. Chemivtsi will host the first national That interpretation, reported News conference on medical and genetic from Ukraine, was supported by a team problems of mothers and children in of Canadian experts who received June. Also to be discussed are environ– documentation and studied specimens mental emergency aid and clean-up of the ailing children's hair and nails. technologies. UA0C... (Continued from page 1) ceeded towards the cathedral, chanting consecrated hierarchs of the UAOC, religious and patriotic songs. Bishops Andriy, volodymyr and As the procession reached the build– Danylo. The hierarchs were assisted by ing of the KGB headquarters, which more then 80 priests from the provinces was located on the way, a three-minute of Kiev, Cherkasy, Mykolayiv, Kher– silent tribute was paid to all Ukrainian son, Lviv, ivano-Frankivske, Ternopil, martyrs who perished at the hands of and various provinces from the volyn the KGB and its predecessors, the region.