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ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal Wnon-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXIX No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2011 $1/$2 in Russophile persecute Government targets Lutsenko and ethnically conscious Ukrainians other Tymoshenko allies with arrests by Zenon Zawada Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox by Zenon Zawada Press Bureau Church (ROC), who calls for creating a Kyiv Press Bureau “Russian world” that includes Ukraine in KYIV – Persecution of patriotic which the and culture are KYIV – Former Internal Ukrainians, committed by Russophile promoted. Affairs Minister Yurii Ukrainians, has re-ignited in the nation’s On December 8, 2010, the Ukrainian Lutsenko became the latest eastern and southern regions with the emer- Orthodox Church-Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC- target of the persecution gence of a Russocentric government under KP) accused its rival of raiding a church it campaign being waged the administration of President Viktor spent 10 years renovating in the of against the opposition by the Yanukovych. Kamianka in the Oblast. The Ukrainian government, A monument to Ukrainian Church raised more than $12,500, while which arrested him on Catholic Major Archbishop Josyf Slipyj was parishioners contributed pipes, bricks, mor- December 26, 2010, and shattered. State workers who support a tar and other building supplies. imprisoned him the next day Ukrainian view of history are losing jobs. “The community conducted a solid reno- under three criminal charg- Orthodox followers of the Moscow vation recently and returned the church to es. Patriarchate have launched a new campaign proper condition,” Archbishop Serhii His prosecution is revenge to take Ukrainian churches in the Donbas Horobtsiov of the Donetsk Eparchy of the for having arrested current region. UOC-KP told The Weekly. minister Borys Kolesnikov in Persecution of ethnically conscious “Once we did everything, the Moscow April 2005 when he served Ukrainians typically increases when the pro- Patriarchate suddenly emerged, even though as police chief, some observ- Russian takes power, it was offered the church in the 1990s. It cal- ers said. Others said his observers said. Patriotic Ukrainians were culated the cost of investing in a church in a arrest is a warning to all attacked in Odesa, Kharkiv and rural village and decided against it. We Ukrainians who dare chal- when Mr. Yanukovych served as prime min- didn’t make any calculations of whether the lenge the authoritarian gov- ister between August 2006 and December church would cover costs. We placed our ernment of President Viktor 2007. faith in God.” Yanukovych. “People with an anti-Ukrainian disposi- The residents of Kamianka observed on “This case isn’t about tion have taken their cue from the December 8, 2010, that lights were erected Lutsenko – it’s a precedent Yanukovych government to persecute around the Ascension of the Lord Church to and example that if society Ukrainian patriots and promote an anti- monitor nighttime activity and that a lock gives up Lutsenko, then Ukrainian agenda,” said Ivan Lozowy, presi- was placed on its door, the archbishop similar methods will be used dent of the Institute of Statehood and Vitalii Kokhan reported. against other opposition Democracy in Kyiv. “They’re not just Former Internal Affairs Minister Yurii Lutsenko The parish removed the lock in the pres- leaders and later all citizens Communists, but Russian sympathizers and sits in a holding cell opposite his wife, Iryna, during ence of police, filed a complaint, and initiat- of Ukraine,” said Oles a December 27, 2010, court hearing. former ‘red’ directors who’ve become bar- ed a round-the-clock duty to defend their ons of industry.” Doniy, a member of the church, even barricading themselves inside. defunct People’s Self-Defense party that People’s Self-Defense party, which was Donetsk Wealthy Donetsk businessmen, whose was led by Mr. Lutsenko. formed in 2007 but has since dissolved. parents live in Kamianka, financed the effort, At least 13 high-ranking officials who He was among the most loyal allies of They’re also Christians who belong to the he said. Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow served in the government of former Ms. Tymoshenko, having come to her Patriarchate (UOC-MP), which is led by (Continued on page 12) Prime Minister have public defense ever since she returned as been arrested or face criminal charges, prime minister in December 2007 and which observes called a persecution cam- battled with former President Viktor paign intended on decimating the leading Yushchenko. opposition force, the Batkivschyna party. At that time, he returned to his position Seven of them are imprisoned. as internal affairs minister – leader of “The main goal is to gain control over Ukraine’s 200,000-plus national police political opponents,” said Ivan Lozowy, force – which he left after Mr. president of the Institute of Statehood and Yanukovych became prime minister in Democracy in Kyiv. “They’re doing it August 2006. using illegitimate force – demoralizing Law enforcement authorities, consist- them, breaking them up, and physically ing of 11 Alpha special forces of the hampering what they’re doing.” Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and Most other leading political parties are two prosecutors, arrested Mr. Lutsenko as satellites loyal to the Party of Regions of he was walking his dog outside his apart- Ukraine, including Strong Ukraine led by ment high-rise on December 26, 2010. Sergey Tigipko and Single led by The Procurator General of Ukraine . The leaders of these par- summoned him at least four times in the ties serve in the Cabinet of Ministers led prior weeks to allow him to read a crimi- by Prime Minister Mykola Azarov. nal case filed in early November 2010 Other parties claiming to be the oppo- that accused Mr. Lutsenko of misappro- sition – such as the Front of Change led priating state property when allegedly by and the Svoboda hiring his driver in violation of require- nationalist party led by Oleh Tiahnybok – ments and giving him an apartment and Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate are also widely suspected of having pension payments. The Moscow Patriarchate attempted a December 8 raid on this rural Donetsk ties to the Party of Regions, though no On December 13, 2010, he and the Oblast church, the Lord’s Ascension, that the Kyiv Patriarchate spent eight years evidence has been made public. renewing, claimed the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate. Mr. Lutsenko was the chair of the (Continued on page 13) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2011 No. 1 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS

Ukraine can’t combine Putinism New EU states on Communist crimes worth $3.1 billion), according to Forbes magazine. He was on this year’s Time and European integration VILNIUS, Lithuania – Six ex-Commu- 100, the magazine’s list of the world’s nist states that are now members of the most influential people. (New York Post, by Taras Kuzio Yanukovych was elected president – no European Union on December 14, 2010, The Daily Telegraph ) RFE/RL court trial or criminal investigation could be urged Brussels to push for a bloc-wide ban fair and in accordance with the rule of law. on denial of the crimes of their region’s CVU comments on next elections Opposition leader and former Prime Ukraine’s judicial system became even old regimes, saying the victims had been Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been placed more corrupt during Mr. Yushchenko’s pres- forgotten by Western countries. “The prin- KYIV – There is a possibility that the under de facto house arrest and is threatened idency than it was previously. The indepen- ciple of justice should assure a just treat- next parliamentary elections in Ukraine by a prison term of up to five years, as dence of the judicial system under Mr. ment of the victims of every totalitarian will be held in 2011, because the next ses- leaked to the newspaper “Segodnya” on Yanukovych has ended. regime,” the foreign affairs ministers of sion of the for various December 22, 2010. Prosecutor-General Viktor Pshonka Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, reasons might fail to muster 300 votes to She was briefly imprisoned in February admitted on Inter television that he was a Latvia, Lithuania and Romania said in a amend the Constitution of Ukraine, which 2001. The persecution of Ms. Tymoshenko member of Mr. Yanukovych’s team, not an letter obtained by Agence France-Presse would make it possible to hold parliamen- is clearly aimed at removing her from poli- independent body. Mr. Pshonka has been (AFP). In the letter to Viviane Reding, the tary elections in 2012. This opinion was tics ahead of the September 2012 parlia- allied to Mr. Yanukovych since he was EU’s justice commissioner, they said expressed by chairman of the Committee mentary elections and the January 2015 Donetsk governor, and the Ukrainian media “public condoning, denial and gross trivi- of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) Oleksander presidential contest. have covered their close family ties. alization of totalitarian crimes” should be Chernenko, it was reported on December The attack on Ms. Tymoshenko and her criminalized whatever the regime respon- 20, 2010. If such elections were to be held Singling Out Tymoshenko political bloc, Batkivshchyna (Fatherland), sible. Holocaust denial is already banned in 2011, they would have the same draw- is politically motivated and also reveals a It should also be noted that the authorities in many EU nations, but the six states backs that existed during the local elec- desire for revenge that has become personal. are not targeting the opposition as a whole, want such legislation to also cover those tions in October 2010: reduction of the President has admitted but only its most popular force – Ms. of the and its satellite election campaign from 120 to 50 days, a that he regularly meets all opposition lead- Tymoshenko and the Batkivshchyna party. regimes. “The denial of every international mixed electoral system, etc. Mr. ers – except Ms. Tymoshenko. The two 2007-2010 Tymoshenko govern- crime should be treated according to the Chernenko welcomed the establishment Whether there was corruption in the ments were coalitions of Cabinet members same standards, to prevent favorable con- by President Viktor Yanukovych of a 2007-2010 Tymoshenko government – as from the Tymoshenko bloc (BYuT), Our ditions for the rehabilitation and rebirth of working group on reform of electoral leg- islation, but noted that there are certain evidenced by October’s so-called interna- Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense (NUNS), totalitarian ideologies,” the letter said. questions about the composition of that tional audit, the arrest of former Cabinet and Parliament Chairman Volodymyr Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister group, in particular the lack of recognized members, and the criminal charges against Lytvyn’s bloc. Audronius Azubalis told AFP the EU Ms. Tymoshenko – is in many ways irrele- experts in electoral law issues. The CVU Nevertheless, the authorities are not tar- should take the concerns of its new mem- vant. These charges – as pointed out in a chairman said he planned to appeal to the geting former Cabinet members from either ber-states into account. (Agence France- December 2010 statement by the Ukrainian minister of justice and the head of the NUNS or Mr. Lytvyn’s bloc. Former Presse) Helsinki Union and Kharkiv Human Rights President struck an working group on reform of electoral Group – are politically motivated. immunity deal with Mr. Yanukovych in Pinchuk’s $6M birthday party laws, Oleksander Lavrynovych, to ask him These two human rights organizations exchange for opposing Ms. Tymoshenko’s to involve NGO experts in the electoral believe that “selective criminal prosecutions NEW YORK – Ukrainian billionaire reform effort. (Ukrinform) election as president. Mr. Yushchenko’s hos- Victor Pinchuk on December 18, 2010, are the hallmark of an undemocratic tility to Ms. Tymoshenko in the 2010 presi- regime.” spent $6.2 million to entertain 300 guests Rada adopts environmental strategy dential elections, when he called for his sup- at his 50th birthday party at Courchevel, a KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada has adopt- Equal Before The Law? porters to vote against both Ms. ski resort in the French Alps. He flew in ed a law on basic principles of state envi- Tymoshenko and Mr. Yanukovych in the Canada’s Cirque du Soleil and hired As the anticorruption think tank ronmental policy through 2020, it was second round, probably cost Ms. superchef Alain Ducasse to prepare the Transparency International and other for- reported on December 20, 2010. The docu- Tymoshenko the election. Although she menu at one of the resort town’s 11 five- eign and Ukrainian commentators have increased her total from 25 to 45 percent ment specifies that the goal of public policy star hotels, all of which were booked for said, it is ludicrous to argue that only one between the two rounds, she lost by only in this area is the preservation and restora- the occasion. The celebration ended with a out of the 14 governments of post-Soviet three percent (Mr. Yushchenko received five tion of ecological systems on the territory fireworks display. However, the oligarch’s Ukraine was corrupt. It is even more ludi- percent in the first round). of Ukraine, the achievement of equilibrium birthday bash was not welcomed by many crous to ignore Ukraine’s three presidents in Also, Mr. Lytvyn’s 20 parliamentary dep- in the use of natural resources, their restora- locals in the area, who are tired of being a any audit of state corruption in Ukraine, par- uties are needed by the ruling Stability and tion and development of society, as well as winter playground for the Eastern ticularly as tapes made by presidential guard Reforms coalition, to which he shifted his providing an ecologically safe environment European jet set. Mr. Pinchuk, whose Mykola Melnychenko in President Leonid loyalty after Mr. Yanukovych’s election. The for life and health. The basic principles of wife, Elena, is the daughter of Ukraine’s Kuchma’s office point to wide-scale abuse authorities are exploiting the blackmail state national environmental policy include: former President Leonid Kuchma, is the of office. Yale University professor Keith (in Ukrainian, these deputies are “on the (Continued on page 14) Darden described Kuchma’s regime as a hook”) because of Messer’s. Lytvyn’s and world’s 307th wealthiest person (he is “blackmail state,” where corruption was tol- Kuchma’s purported involvement in the erated in exchange for political loyalty and a Gongadze affair. share of the graft. 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Montreal’s Ukrainian-Jewish Dialogue spotlights famine relief of 1921-1923 by Alexandra Hawryluk Thanks to the support of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, the Jewish MONTREAL – The venue for the doc- Congress and The Jewish Public Library, umentary photo exhibit titled “Famine the photographs taken by Western relief Relief in Ukraine 1921-1923: The workers and Ukrainian Red Cross offi- Forgotten Role of the Jewish Distribution cials back in 1922-1923 were there for Committee” couldn’t have been better. everyone to see – neatly mounted on the From October 24 to November 2, blue linen-covered display panels. 2010, the elegant marble lobby of The Jewish Public Library at Cummings Lecture by historian House in Montreal with its floor-to-ceil- In his PowerPoint presentation on ing windows offered the constant flow of October 27, 2010, Dr. Serbyn told his visitors a chance to get acquainted with audience at Cummings House not only this little-known segment of history pre- about the fatal effect of the drought, but sented by the Ukrainian-Jewish Dialogue more importantly, about the tragic conse- of Montreal. quences of Soviet policy. Had the Soviet One hundred photographs collected by leadership declared a state of emergency Dr. Roman Serbyn from the archives of as soon as there was evidence of starva- the American Relief Administration tion, had it set up, in Dr. Serbyn’s words, (ARA) at Stanford University, the City of “an equitable distribution of resources Kherson in Ukraine, the archives of Save within the republic” and had it stopped the Children Fund in Geneva and the the concurrent exporting of Ukrainian American Jewish Joint Distribution grain to Russia and to the West, the out- A view of the exhibition at the Jewish Public Library in Montreal. Committee in New York told the tragic come would have been dramatically dif- story of drought, famine, epidemics, ferent. As it was, more than 1.5 million “The Joint Jewish Distribution social upheaval and death that swept people died. Committee and the Jewish communities across the steppes of Soviet Ukraine. “It is in this context that the role of the in the West should be proud that they Although, by the end of the rainless, Jewish community in Ukraine and in the brought aid to both their brethren in dry summer of 1921 the inhabitants of outside world has to be seen. The Jewish Ukraine and to Ukrainian citizens of Zaporizhia, Katerynoslav, Mykolayiv, Distribution Committee prevailed upon other faiths and ethnic backgrounds,” Kherson, Odesa and Donetsk provinces the ARA to force Moscow to allow commented Dr. Serbyn. In fact, were starving, all foreign relief efforts American aid to come to Ukraine. Ukrainians, Turks, Greeks, Armenians, were focused on the famine in Russia, Through this opened door other humani- Germans, Russians and Jews living in the primarily the southern regions along the tarian organizations were able to bring in famine struck areas of Ukraine were Volga. The ARA workers, who were aid to the suffering population of drawn together by both their shared suf- already engaged in post-World War I Ukraine. As a result of this action, the fering and the compassion of the foreign Europe and Russia, simply were not lives of hundreds of thousands of aid workers. allowed to enter Ukraine. Ukrainian citizens were saved.” stated While the often stalled talks between Roman Serbyn, co-chair of the Ukrainian-Jewish Dialogue this American umbrella organization and Ukrainian-Jewish Dialogue. What was the response of the Jewish the new Communist government in What’s more, the soup kitchens, the and Ukrainian communities to this histor- Kharkiv continued, the Soviet authorities food distribution centers, the free walk-in ic event in Montreal? Both the visitors to were requisitioning grain from the starv- clinics, the sanatoriums, the hospitals and the exhibit and the listeners at the lecture ing farmers of Ukraine in order to help the trade workshops that were organized were surprised that there was “a time the starving farmers of Russia. and financed by the Jewish Distribution when [Ukrainian] Jews and Christians So, it wasn’t until early 1922, after the Committee and various North American lived together in a spirit of mutual sup- American, Swiss and French observers and European Jewish communities wel- port.” (The Canadian Jewish News, were allowed into Ukraine, that ARA and comed all the sick and hungry, regardless October 21, 2010.) its biggest partner, the American Jewish of creed, nationality or social status. The Ukrainian participants were delighted by The poster for the exhibit on the for- Joint Distribution Committee (also only stipulation was that ventures main- the warm welcome they received from the gotten role of the Jewish Distribution known as the Jewish Distribution tained by the Jewish community should Cummings House staff and the unwavering Committee in famine relief for Ukraine Committee), began setting up their feed- have signs in Yiddish acknowledging that in 1921-1923. The poster design is by ing stations across Ukraine. support. (Continued on page 30) Olena Lytvyn.

White House-connected think-tank reframes U.S. policy toward Georgia by Vladimir Socor Georgian side of the demarcation lines, in develop an “incremental action plan,” with document adopted on September 2, 2010 Eurasia Daily Monitor breach of the armistice agreement, which small steps over time, toward the eventual (EDM, October 25). had authorized international access. implementation of the armistice terms. Tbilisi shares the CAP study’s concern to CONCLUSION Moscow, Sukhumi and Tskhinvali jointly Whether they add up to an action plan or avert a possible resumption of hostilities. On the humanitarian situation, the study insist that any discussion of international fall short of one, CAP proposed those incre- However, CAP seems to trace that risk of the “A New Approach to the Russia- access must be conducted with the Sukhumi mental steps without reference to Georgian mainly to irrational or accidental factors, Georgia Conflict,” (Center for American and Tskhinvali authorities, implying interna- policy documents, while overlooking the rather than Russian objectives. U.S. policy Progress, (CAP) October 2010, www.ameri- tional recognition. potential for synergies with EU reconstruc- would become ineffective and possibly canprogress.org) recommends U.S. support They also add this condition to their ear- tion and humanitarian assistance initiatives. irrelevant without recognizing that main for easing the movement of people and lier conditions for discussing a hypothetical Georgia’s “State Strategy on Occupied Russian goal, and in the absence of mea- sures to secure Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic ori- goods across demarcation lines between the return of forcibly displaced people to their Territories: Engagement Through entation from a forcible reversal. secessionist territories and the rest of homes in the two territories. They would Cooperation” (www.gov.smr.ge/smr), The United States holds some leverage to Georgia. “Ideally,” this would lead to undoubtedly introduce the same condition- adopted in January 2010 and endorsed by pursue more ambitious goals than those rec- replacing the Russian “border guards” with ality for discussing any shared control of the the European Union (www.consilium.euro- ommended in CAP’s study. For example, joint posts manned by Georgians, South inner-Georgian demarcation lines as well. pa.eu, January 27, 2010), includes synergies Russia should be required like any other Ossetians and Abkhaz on those demarcation This is their pre-condition to starting negoti- with the EU for reconstruction and humani- country to respect the World Trade lines. ations on any problem, not to resolving it. tarian programs in those territories, as well Organization’s (WTO) rules and criteria for A follow-up goal would be to start multi- They have evicted the United Nations and as political outreach. On the security admission. This would involve lifting the lateral discussions on reconstruction and the Organization for Security and front, the EU called on Russia to allow politically motivated embargo on Georgian restitution of property or the return of peo- Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) from EUMM access to Abkhazia and South goods, and cooperating toward an accept- ple displaced by the 1989-1992 and 2008 Abkhazia and South Ossetia, respectively, Ossetia. However, CAP’s study suggests able solution for the Abkhaz and South conflicts in South Ossetia to their homes. A and barred the EUMM, when these organi- that some organization other than the EU Ossetian sectors of the Russia-Georgia bor- still more distant aim would be to start talks zations declined to meet that pre-condition. might fit the bill. der. on issues related to the displaced population CAP’s study does not suggest ways to Georgia identifies the main goal of CAP’s study suggests incremental steps deal with this post-2008 impasse. It asserts Russia’s war and territorial occupation as a due to the 1992-1993 Abkhazia conflict, an toward joint posts only for the inner-Geor- that holding Russia to the terms of the armi- way “to disrupt the realization of Georgia’s even “thornier” issue. gian demarcation lines, which separate the stice would be as futile, on the issue of inter- Euro-Atlantic choice and to compel Georgia Georgia and the European Union can two secessionist territories from the rest of national access, as on the issue of troop by force to return to Russia’s orbit.” This fully subscribe to those objectives, though Georgia. The study omits the WTO-relevant withdrawal: “pushing Russia to comply goal, along with militarization of the occu- not to the indefinite timeframe for their issues in Georgia, apparently on the implementation. Russia is blocking interna- with a ceasefire treaty that it considers null pied territories, “increases the risk of provo- assumption that these are not U.S. policy tional access to the two territories, restrict- and void has little chance of achieving cations and the possibility of new military issues. The administration, however, is pub- ing the European Union Monitoring results.” Instead, it proposes for the U.S. to aggression,” according to Georgia’s Threat Mission’s (EUMM) presence to the inner- reframe the discussion with Russia and Assessment Document, a regular triennial (Continued on page 30) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2011 No. 1

Hundreds gather at 19th Sobor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A.

Delegates of the 19th Regular Sobor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A.

SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – Two Publications, Parish Rejuvenation and hundred laity and clergy convened at the Development, Inter-church Relations, 19th Regular Sobor of the Ukrainian Finance, Stewardship, Resolutions, Orthodox Church (UOC) of the U.S.A., Nominations and Constitution. Each dele- held here at the Ukrainian Cultural Center gate was asked to participate in two com- on October 27-31, 2010. mittee meetings, one session in the morning, Metropolitan Archbishop Constantine, followed by another in the afternoon. Each primate of the UOC-U.S.A., led the opening committee prepared a report for the plenary prayers, followed by the singing of the session, including resolutions, motions and Ukrainian and American national anthems. points of interest. Speaking to the assembled delegates, A banquet was held on Thursday eve- Metropolitan Constantine reminded them ning, with a musical performance by a small “…we may place our complete collective choir from Holy Trinity Parish in Trenton, attention for the good and growth of our N.J. Singers included Ellen Scabarozi, Lidia Holy Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Michalak, Christine Maddalena, Natalie U.S.A.” The inheritance of heaven, he Haluszka, Olena Lymar, Olha Chomyak and explained, is not attainable using the way Lilliya Lymar. the secular world works. Special guests at the banquet included Metropolitan Yurij of the UOC of Archbishop Demetrios of the Greek Canada greeted the delegates, urging them Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. The arch- to remain true to the message of Christ in is also exarch of the Patriarchate of the 21st century. , and chairman of the Archbishop Ihor of the Kharkiv-Poltava Episcopal Assembly of in the Procession for the Opening of the 19th Regular Sobor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Eparchy of the Ukrainian Autocephalous U.S.A. Archbishop Demetrios greeted the Church of the U.S.A. Orthodox Church greeted the delegates with delegates of the Sobor on behalf of a prayer request for Ukrainians who strug- Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of gle with their own Ukrainian Orthodox Constantinople. Christian identity. Metropolitan Yurij and the Very Rev. The Sobor appointed a discussion panel, Michael Rosco, representative of co-chaired by the Very Rev. John Metropolitan Nicholas of the Carpatho- Nakonechny of St. Vladimir Cathedral in Rusyn Orthodox Church of America, Parma, Ohio, and Dr. Paul Micevych of St. offered greetings to the Sobor delegates, as Andrew Church in Los Angeles. did Chrystyna Balko, president of the Archbishop Antony, president of the Ukrainian National Federal Credit Union, Consistory of the UOC-U.S.A., recounted which officially sponsored the banquet. the past 95 years of the Church’s ministry in Friday’s events began with a divine litur- the United States, including its various min- gy celebrated by Bishop Daniel, western istries. “Ninety-five years ago, we were eparch of the UOC-U.S.A. During the blessed to have individual clergy like the working session of the Sobor, Bishop Rev. Hryhorij Chomicky, who founded the Daniel reminded the delegates, “The chal- first Ukrainian Orthodox parish as the lenge that faces us, to put it simply, is the Ukrainian national Church, called Holy question of continuing to believe in God in Trinity Parish on Erie Street in Chicago, the world of the 21st century with all its which later became what we now know as uncertainties.” St. Volodymyr Cathedral on Cortez Street in The Sobor committees presented reports Chicago…” the archbishop recalled. and amendments to the Constitution were Other milestones in the history of the submitted and voted on. church included the establishment of St. Luba Lewytskyj, the daughter of the Very His Eminence Archbishop Antony; His Eminence Metropolitan Yuriy of the Sophia Theological Seminary, the work of Rev. Volodymyr Lewytskyj, presented the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada; His Beatitude Metropolitan Constantine the Ukrainian Orthodox Leagues, the St. Lewytskyj Scholarship to Subdeacons Vasyl and His Grace Bishop Daniel Concelebrating Divine Liturgy at the Conclusion of Pasakas, Andriy Matlak and Vasyl Dovgan, Andrew Society, the United Ukrainian the 19th Regular Sobor of the UOC of the U.S.A. Orthodox Sisterhoods, the summers at All seminarians at St. Sophia Theological Saints Camp, located in Emlenton, Pa., and Seminary. missed opportunities for its unification and be a source of education, and be a place of other ministries. Archbishop Antony, eastern eparch of the its independence, according to canonical peace – a place not only for Sunday wor- Reports were then offered by: the Very UOC-U.S.A., led a divine liturgy on law. ship, but a place that is welcoming and Rev. Basil Zawierucha, rector of St. Sophia Saturday. He reminded delegates to reflect reaches out into the community around it. Seminary; deans of the Church’s deaneries; the light of Christ in their daily actions as The remaining Sobor committee reports were read and accepted by the Sobor. The The students offered practical suggestions presidents of the Ukrainian Orthodox they come into contact with the world on how to implement this in each parish. League, both junior and senior chapters; the around them. Youth Sobor – comprising a group of high school students, who convened for two days New members of the Metropolitan St. Andrew Society and the United Archbishop Ihor presented a perspective Council, the Consistory, the Ecclesiastical- Ukrainian Orthodox Sisterhoods. on the life of the Ukrainian Orthodox and attended some sessions of the Sobor to learn about the workings of their Church – Church Court and the Audit Commission, The second day of the Sobor began with Church in Ukraine, in line with maintaining were then elected. presented its report, which offered a glimpse a divine liturgy celebrated by Metropolitan the legacy of Patriarch Mstyslav I. The arch- The last report was that of the of the vision of the future leaders of the Yurij, followed by meetings of committees: bishop, who is a full professor at Kharkiv Resolutions Committee. The committee Church Ministries, Missions, Education, the University, pointed to the errors in the refor- Church. For them, church life should focus History and Education Complex, mation of the Church in Ukraine, and the on faith, remember the Ukrainian heritage, (Continued on page 30) No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2011 5 D.C. roast honors the Rev. Borys Gudziak on his 50th birthday Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation individually contributed a sum totaling close to $60,000 for the university and its WASHINGTON – With good humor programs. The leader of the fraternity, and a dry wit, friends of the Rev. Dr. Borys Stephen Szyszka, delivered a greeting salut- Gudziak gathered in the rotunda of the ing the Rev. Gudziak whose pseudonym in Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in the fraternity is Knight Mamay. Washington, on Saturday evening, With donations from other attendees, November 20, 2010, to honor him on the almost $100,000 was raised in Washington. eve of his 50th birthday and to support the mission of the Ukrainian Catholic Visibly touched by this outpouring of University in , where he serves as rec- love and good will, Father Gudziak tor. addressed the guests at the end of this three- More than 125 friends from California, hour-long fund-raiser. “I am deeply moved Canada, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, by this evening, by our meeting, by this Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois, treasure,” he began, “by the riches of our Maryland and Virginia converged upon the friendship, spanning years, continents, a nation’s capital to roast their dear friend, to variety of adventures and episodes. And I relate stories and adventures from his first do want to share my hope that we can par- 50 years on this earth and to assure him of ticipate in the mystery that we have touched their commitment to the cause long after and that has touched us.” the celebrations of this jubilee year are over. Organized by a committee of five, Some were school chums, some were including Mr. Szyszka, Dr. Boris Lushniak, TechNet Solutions fellow choristers who sang together at Larysa Kurylas, the Rev. Mark Morozovich Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic Church and Marta Kolomayets, the roast was mas- A view of the Pope John Paul II Center rotunda, where a roast to honor the Rev. in Boston in the 1980s, others studied at the terfully emceed by Roman Juzeniw, who Dr. Borys Gudziak was held on the occasion of his 50th birthday. seminary in Rome with him under the kept the evening moving with such trivia watchful eye of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj, games as “Are you Smarter than the while still others are new friends and Rector.” He also introduced two of the hon- admirers who support the Ukrainian oree’s closest friends, Dr. Lushniak and the Catholic University and its future develop- Rev. Michael Loza. ment. But most of those who traveled long Dr. Lushniak not only spent many sum- distances were his mates from Plast mers at Plast camp, but also attended Ukrainian Scouting Organization, in partic- Harvard at the same time that Father ular, members of his Plast fraternity, the Gudziak was working on his doctorate. Dr. Order of the Crusaders. Lushniak, who was recently appointed dep- And, 21 fraternity brothers of “Orden uty surgeon general of the United States, Khrestonostsiv” attended the event and took guests on a walk down memory lane as he recounted stories about their young student days in Cambridge, Mass. He, together with members of the legendary Ukrainian Plast friends of Father Borys Gudziak join together in a circle to sing “Nich Vzhe Sunday Brunch Club, Ide,” ending an evening of good humor and warm wishes. reunited at the podium to present Father Gudziak with late father, as well as his mother and broth- the “He Will Not Amount to er, childhood friends, colleagues at UCU Anything,” certificate. and others, and was warmly received by the The Rev. Loza, who dor- audience. med with Father Gudziak in A special surprise was two videotaped Rome, disclosed his men- messages from a close friend of Father toring role at the Ukrainian Gudziak, the Rev. Dr. Andriy Chirovsky, Seminary on Via Boccea, who is the acting president of the where he taught the neo- Sheptytsky Institute and who currently has phyte seminarian about the a parish in Tucson, Ariz. Father Andriy and importance of siestas and his wife Halya offered warm birthday hiding care packages from greetings and an inspirational message for the U.S. in one’s room so Father Gudziak, noting that if Patriarch that other seminarians Slioyj were alive today, he would be would not be tempted to pleased to see how the Rev. Gudziak man- take advantage of home- ages UCU and he would say that Father made chocolate chip cook- Borys is in exactly where he should be ies. today. Two close friends, Dr. Boris Lushniak, now the deputy A 22-minute mini-docu- The second video recording was from mentary film tracing Father surgeon general of the United States, and the Rev. Dr. Father Chirovsky’s alter ego, a character he Gudziak’s roots from Borys Gudziak, rector of the Ukrainian Catholic developed around the campfire at Plast Syracuse to present-day University, warmly embrace during a roast to honor camps in the 1970s. That character, named Sophia Opatska, CEO of the Lviv the priest on the occasion of his 50th birthday. They Lviv featured interviews Panteleimon Pupchyk, divulged to the audi- Business School at the Ukrainian have been friends for over 30 years, having met at the with the rector’s family, ence letters written by Father Gudziak over Catholic University, tells the audience Plast’s Lisova Shkola camp while digging a latrine. including the voice of his about the challenges faced by business (Continued on page 28) education in Ukraine.

Members of the Ukrainian Sunday Brunch Club of Boston reunite to present the Twenty-one members of the Plast fraternity “Orden Khrestonostsiv” attended Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak the “You’ll Never Amount to Anything” certificate dur- the Washington roast to wish their fraternity brother the Rev. Borys Gudziak a ing a roast at his 50th birthday celebration in Washington. happy 50th birthday. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2011 No. 1

CHRISTMAS PASTORAL The Ukrainian Weekly UCCA’s 70th anniversary Nativity of Christ inspires change Back in May of last year, the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America began Pastoral Letter of the Permanent mandments. celebrations of the 70th anniversary of its founding with a congressional reception in Conference of the Ukrainian Orthodox For this, dear brothers and sisters, we Washington that was attended by UCCA leaders and members of Congress, Ukraine’s Hierarchs Beyond the Borders of Ukraine require not a small amount of labor, Ambassador to the United States Dr. Oleh Shamshur, the first U.S. ambassador to on the approaching feast of Nativity of which we offer to God during our earthly Ukraine, Roman Popadiuk, and his successor, William Green Miller. The anniversary our Lord! life, and which cannot be compared to celebrations are to culminate in 2011 with a gala banquet in in May. that wealth of joy, light and warmth The UCCA’s current president, Tamara Gallo Olexy, in her remarks at the festivities To The Reverend Clergy and all which the Lord gives to His followers mentioned the UCCA forefathers who, “upon losing themselves in their cause – free- Faithful Children in the Diaspora and here on Earth and a hundredfold in His dom and justice for Ukraine – found the strength and determination to call the first Ukraine: Heavenly Kingdom. Congress of Ukrainians in America. Because of their passion and perseverance, they Dearly beloved in the Lord! were able to gather all Ukrainian American organizations in our nation’s capital and Thy Nativity, O Christ our God, The Nativity of Christ coincides with establish the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America.” has shone upon the world with the the beginning of a New Year, and so, Askold Lozynskyj, a former president of the UCCA (as well as of the Ukrainian light of knowledge: entering this new Year of the Lord let us World Congress), spoke of the UCCA’s role in the current critical situation in Ukraine for thereby they who adored the stars try to draw all needful conclusions from which makes the UCCA’s work in protecting and preserving Ukraine’s heritage, histo- through a star were taught to worship this past year of 2010. May every one of ry and independence all the more important. Thee, the Sun of Righteousness, us admit our past mistakes and sins, cor- The UCCA was established in Washington on May 24, 1940, at the first and to know Thee rect them, repent and firmly promise to Congress of American Ukrainians, with 805 delegates representing organizations the Dayspring from on high, never repeat them. Approaching the in 18 states participating in its deliberations. Its first act was the adoption of the O Lord, glory to Thee. manger of the God-infant Christ today, let “Memorandum of the Congress of American Ukrainians Concerning the Liberation (tropar of the feast) us abandon by His feet all of our troubles of Ukraine,” in which the representatives of the U.S. Ukrainian community stated and unrighteousness and begin a new life that it was their “duty at this time, when our kinsmen over there are gagged by Beloved in the Lord Brother Clergy! – that life for the sake of which Jesus was their oppressors, to take a stand in defense of their right to free and independence God-beloved Brothers and Sisters! born. national existence, and to declare that the Ukrainian people will never cease their Christ is Born! The source of our spiritual joy and the centuries-old struggle until they have achieved the establishment of a free, inde- earnest of our eternal life is faith in the pendent and democratic state of Ukraine.” During this holy night of the Nativity birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, the faith That memorandum echoed the theme of the Congress’s keynote speech delivered of Christ, accept our heartfelt greeting on which lived in and comforted our parents, by Nicholas Murashko, president of the Ukrainian National Association (UNA), who the great occasion of the joyful Feast of grandparents and great-grandparents, the argued that “it is our privilege and duty to become spokesmen and champions of the the Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. We faith which gave them, gives us, and will cause of our gagged and sorely oppressed kinsmen in Ukraine.” thank our Lord God that He has given us give our descendants joy in life, joy in The congress authorized the newly established congress council, representing 17 the opportunity to enter with you into fes- repentance, joy in prayer and joy in good national organizations, and the council’s presidium, which comprised representa- tive unity and to wish that the festive deeds. tives of the “Big Four” fraternal associations (the UNA, Ukrainian Workingmen’s grace would touch your hearts with the Meeting and celebrating the feast of Association, Providence Association and Ukrainian National Aid Association), to power of faith, hope and love for the vic- the Nativity of Christ and entering a New coordinate future action in support of Ukraine’s independence. That presidium was tory of good over evil. Year of the Love of God, we extend the first leadership of the UCCA, and its first president was the UNA’s Mr. In accordance with God’s will, we heartfelt greetings to the reverend spiritu- Murashko, who served in 1940-1944. (Other UNA activists also served as presi- again have been found worthy to greet al fathers and the members of our dents, including The Ukrainian Weekly Editor Stephen Shumeyko in 1944-1949 this solemn day, when Heaven and Earth Ukrainian diaspora throughout the world. and UNA President Dmytro Halychyn in 1955-1961; still others served as vice- together praise the God-infant Christ, May God’s generous blessing rest upon presidents and in other offices of the UCCA. In fact, for much of its history, the born in a meager stable in Bethlehem. all of us, may our work for the good and UCCA was led by the fraternal organizations ­– a fact that has been forgotten by An angel announced this great event: “I happiness of our people be successful and many of the UCCA’s current activists.) bring you good tidings of great joy, fruitful. May the coming New Year be a The UCCA’s accomplishments during its 70 years of existence are many. Among which will be to all people: for there is “year of the Lord’s mercy” for all of us, a them are: the Educational Council; the scholarly journal The Ukrainian Quarterly; born to you this day in the city of David a year of good health, spiritual joy, familial major congressional initiatives in Washington, including Captive Nations Week; the Savior, Who is Christ the Lord” (Lk. happiness, and divinely blessed good will monument in Washington; the Ukrainian National Information 2:10-11). and good fortune for our Ukrainian peo- Service; and many other achievements that have benefited the Ukrainian community This Divine Light came to us more ple and Church in Ukraine and in the in this country and our ancestral homeland, Ukraine. The UCCA advocated passage of than 2,000 years ago. Christ came to sin- diaspora. Be in harmony with one anoth- the 1948 Displaced Persons Act, which allowed 110,000 Ukrainian refugees to come ful people, who to this day abide in the er and the God of peace and love will be to this country. It spoke out in defense of human and national rights activists in Soviet- darkness of sin and apostasy. “He came among you. dominated Ukraine, and more recently it has promoted the democratization of inde- to His own, and His own did not receive Christ is Born! Glorify Him! pendent Ukraine. Him,” writes the Holy Apostle John the The Nativity of Christ 2010/2011 The strength of the UCCA always lay in the diversity of opinions and groups that it Theologian, “But as many as received encompassed. Sadly, in 1980, at the organization’s 13th Congress, the delegates of Him, to them He gave the right to With Archpastoral Blessings, over 20 organizations felt compelled to walk out of the congress sessions due to by- become children of God” (John 1:11-12). laws violations, procedural irregularities and the abuse of power by a majority at that The human mind will never under- + Constantine congress that was composed of members of one political grouping. Unfortunately, the stand the Mystery of the Incarnation in Metropolitan of the Ukrainian UCCA has never fully recovered from the split that resulted 30 years ago. Bethlehem. This mystery demands a firm Orthodox Church in the U.S.A. and the Today the UCCA, which has 70 branches nationwide, claims to represent over 1 faith and humble love, founded not upon Diaspora million Ukrainians in the U.S. As we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the greedy motivations, but upon a living + Yurij Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, we should look back at its founding response of the human heart to the evan- Metropolitan of the Ukrainian principles and its illustrious history of service with a view toward making the gelical news of the Savior. Orthodox Church in Canada UCCA representative of our entire community in the United States, and retooling Truly, how can the mind understand that its structure and updating its by-laws to reflect the Ukrainian American communi- the Creator of this world, both visible and + Ivan ty’s current needs and aspirations. invisible, appears Himself on Earth in Metropolitan-Emeritus of the human flesh? How can we understand that Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Canada He Who circumscribes the entire universe + Antony and Whose word cannot be contained by Archbishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox the whole world dwells in a small manger, Church in the U.S.A. Jan. in a poor stable in Bethlehem, and is born Turning the pages back... of an earthly virgin? + Ioan Undoubtedly, as the Holy Hierarch Archbishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox 7 Gregory the Theologian says, the mystery Church in Diaspora Two years ago, on January 7, 2009, Russia stopped gas of the Nativity of Christ cannot be com- + Jeremiah 2009 transit through Ukraine, accusing Ukraine of siphoning off gas prehended by the mind, because it is Archbishop of the South American bound for Europe. Russia stopped delivering gas to Ukraine above the laws of nature. But that which Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox on January 1, 2009. is impossible for the mind is possible for Church in the USA Trilateral Moscow-Ukraine-Brussels negotiations failed to resume the delivery of the heart; and that which the Wise Men gas to Europe and fears in Kyiv began to mount that Moscow wanted to take control could not initially believe was revealed in + Ilarion of Ukraine’s gas transport network. simplicity to the illiterate shepherds. Bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Naftohaz Ukrainy admitted that it had been withdrawing 20 million to 25 million God became incarnate on Earth so that Church in Canada cubic meters of “technical” gas from the pipelines each day in order to keep up pres- we would be deified with Him by His + Andriy sure in the pipe needed to pump gas to the EU. Gazprom officials agreed on January grace. This path to the unity of man with Bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox 10-12, 2009, to resume service only if inspectors from Russia, Ukraine and the God begins with the humble acceptance Church in Canada European Union could verify that no gas was being siphoned off. The talks were medi- of the joyful news of the Birth of Christ, ated by Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek. with repentance for all the sins of our life, + Daniel and a firm resolve to begin a new life Bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox (Continued on page 9) keeping and fulfilling all of God’s com- Church in the U.S.A. No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2011 7

COMMENTARY The things we do ... A personal tribute to John Yaremko by Orysia Paszczak Tracz by Borys Wrzesnewskyj ery business by doing so. Sure enough, on the first night a group On November 24, 2010, in the of hooligans knocked down the fence Legislative Assembly in , togeth- along with the Yaremko signs. The next er with numerous representatives of the day a dejected John came to my grand- Really contemporary “koliady” Ukrainian Canadian community, I had the mother to apologize, saying he would It’s Ukrainian Christmas, and somehow koliady which are clearly Ukrainian – espe- privilege of witnessing members of remove the signs and offering to build a you find yourself isolated, alone, with no cially because they are even sung in Provincial Parliament (MPPs) from all new fence. My grandmother said no, and access to the traditional “sviato.” Major cri- Ukrainian. It’s time to reply to those com- three parties put aside partisanship to pay stated: “Let the fence and signs lie there sis: no carollers to come into your home to ments on various sites. fitting tribute to former Cabinet throughout the campaign.” Minister and Member of Provincial greet you and sing one koliada after anoth- The Orfey/Orpheus group is an amazing It proved to be a pivotal decision, as er, to wish you well, and to drink and eat male a cappella octet formed 10 years ago Parliament John Yaremko, who passed even those who considered the away on August 9 of that year. you out of house and home, as well as in Lviv. (www.orpheus.com.ua) These men Ukrainians and in the neighbour- some money – all with your joyful approv- are truly wonderful, as seen in this and The poignant tributes on the passing of hood DPs were shamed by this hooligan- Mr. Yaremko spoke to the loss felt by al. What to do? other related clips (http://www.youtube. ism and it mobilized the New Canadians, In this age, no problem, as they say! com/watch?v=vRQ349yA45g&feature=rel elected officeholders in the Province of in fact, the immigrant neighborhood, to Ontario, and especially in the Ukrainian Your “koliadnyky” and their wishes are ated) vote. It became a seminal election in just a click away, on YouTube. And as with Sofiya Fedyna of Lviv is a wonderful Canadian community in Ontario and which for the first time a Ukrainian beyond. everything out there, virtual or real, it’s performer, among her many talents. She Canadian, a so-called DP, was elected to from the ridiculous to the sublime. Just turn sings the naive koliadka I had written Mr. Yaremko dedicated 25 years of his public office in Ontario’s Legislature. life to elected public service at Queen’s up the volume! about two years ago. (http://www.you- I will also remember fondly, and will How many versions of “Schedryk/Carol tube.com/watch?v=SLv4e1FV0SQ&feat Park. Everyone spoke with tremendous always be thankful for, the innumerable of the Bells” do you want or can stand? ure=related) You can follow the links to respect for what he accomplished as a encouragements I received from John as I Most are lovely. The melody is so wonder- her other koliady. parliamentarian and minister of the contemplated embarking on my own pur- ful – even on the marimbas or the steel Some Ukrainian koliady posted from Crown in Ontario. However, his active suit of elected public office. A couple of drums. And finally after so many decades, Poland suffer from the usual Polish difficul- public service continued for decades after months before his death, I had an oppor- almost everyone identifies this melody as a ty of not being able to say “Ukrainian” – in he retired from elected office. tunity to speak to John. At that time he Together with his late wife, Mary, Mr. Ukrainian carol. Oleh Skrypka just came this case, “Divnaja Novyna Kolęda again offered encouragement and remind- out with a claymation version of Yaremko envisioned and funded legacy ed me that I carried an additional political prawosławna“ [Orthodox carol]. The writ- projects in a string of institutions of high- “Schedryk” that has gone viral, and not just ing in Ukrainian does identify the koliada as responsibility in that I also represented among Ukrainians. (http://www.youtube. er learning in Canada and in his parents’ our ancestral heritage and culture. I am Ukrainian, but not in Polish. (http://www. ancestral homeland of Ukraine. com/watch?v=9pXHqLgCkHs). youtube.com/watch?v=iXAc9Mo3p0g) convinced that just as John Yaremko You want traditional koliady? Hutsuly On a personal note, my first recollec- played a role in our family’s integration Some brave Ukrainians in Poland do sing tions of John were when I was a young outside your doors? How about the koliady: Spiwajmo koladki po naszomu, po into Canadian politics, there are innumer- Kryvorivnia legini? (http://www.youtube. boy of 6 or 7. I remember well his annual able other families in Toronto and across ukrainski! – Let’s sing koliadky in our lan- visits to my grandmother in the apartment com/watch?v=5jfSgF4K6F0&feature=relat guage, in Ukrainian! (forum.gazeta.pl/ Ontario with similar memories. ed.) above our bakery. Every Christmas he As well, John will also be fondly forum/72,2.html?f=52&w=21261179&wv. would arrive with poinsettias, and every One clip is labelled as “Hutsulska x=2&a=55046202) remembered by Hungarian Canadians Koliada,” but the folks around the table are Easter he would arrive with a bouquet of who considered him an honorary member But maybe you want contemporary ver- Easter lilies for my grandmother. singing kolomyiky. Must be further into the sions of koliady and schedrivky? There are of their community. During the 1956 night, although it would be strange for Sviat He often retold to me the story of his Hungarian uprising, he immediately trav- always Pikardiyska Tertsiya and Vechir. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= very first election campaign in 1951 and elled to Ottawa to forcefully and success- Haidamaky with their various Malanka ahBj6wcUZ1Q&feature=related and http:// how my grandmother’s steely principles fully make the argument to the federal versions. (http://www.youtube.com/watch? www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqlKN_ played a crucial role in that campaign. Minister to put in place special processes v=xZ3Flsr9v3k&feature=related and http:// PJWg&feature=related.) One of the first to put up Yaremko cam- to bring the desperate Hungarian refugees www.youtube.com/watch?v=th2NnVZvwg Then there is the “Gutsulskaya colada in paign signs with that “alien” name was from the failed anti-Soviet uprising to w&feature=related) Kryvorivnia” label – who writes these?! my grandmother, who agreed to place Canada. And then – very contemporary (with all But seeing the trembity and other horns, signs across the 60-foot fence fronting The tributes to John Yaremko (1918- that entails) is the “We Are the World” ver- along with the “pliesovannia” is a treat. her business on Queen Street West, even 2010) on the floor of the Legislative sion of “Dobryi Vechir Tobi” by Ukrainian (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EJ though there were those who said she Assembly of Ontario from MPPs repre- stars, from Nina Matviyenko to the pop 5e1de81k&feature=related) and (http:// risked her just opened neighborhood bak- senting all three political parties more stars and rockers, filmed at the 2006 www.youtube.com/watch?v=llcn6LFpNo8 than half a century after his first election Malanka musical show in Kyiv. The film- &feature=related) Borys Wrzesnewskyj is a member of attests to his impact as a legislator. His ing and sync are not good at all, but the On one clip, the choir of the Pecherska the Canadian Parliament; he represents good acts will continue to resonate for idea is there. This being a Malanka Lavra (Kyiv’s Monastery of the Caves) the riding of Etobicoke Center in the decades through the many Yaremko edu- explains why some of the female singers carols in Ukrainian. Considering how Toronto area. cational initiatives. look like they’re trying to out-Madonna Russified the Lavra is now, I wonder if this is a much earlier recording. (http:// and out-Britney the various sleazily www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MiP-eoLr- dressed American stars. It seems only Nina Bo.) Matviyenko is dressed tastefully. (http:// The wonderful Volyn Choir has many www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntrBPWh- koliady and schedrivky on YouTube, RAg) exquisitely performed. There are a few dif- On another clip, Ms. Matviyenko also ferent versions of Shchedryk. (http://www. sings with her family (http://www.youtube. youtube.com/watch?v=NQM3TuEoItc) If com/watch?v=YNhl160mhzQ&feature=rel you go to the two Christmas concerts (2009 ated) and 2010 in Lutsk) (http://volyn.su/content/ If you thought computer games are concerts/) you will enjoy them very much, addictive, beware of clicking on “just one” and get to see the lovely costumes. While it koliada… Like Mandelbrot’s fractals, the may seem strange to us, there is even danc- koliady and schedrivky just keep going on ing to the “Schedryk” melody. Well, after and on and on... both to your delight and to Christmas, there is no “peest” (fast) and the a sleepless night. New Year is a time for celebration, so – * * * why not? While in these performances the choir is “restrained,” there is still some FYI, yours truly has finally entered the squealing and yelping during the koliady 21st century kicking and screaming (hey, and schedrivky, which is so inappropriate I just got a cellphone this year!). I’m on and irreverent. YouTube! Thanks to Vasyl (Bill) Szuch A view of the tribute to John Yaremko held at Queen’s Park on November 24, 2010. From the Komi Republic in the Russian of UkeTube, my presentation on Federation comes a koliada from the Ukrainian Christmas traditions at the Sviato-Voznesenskii Sobor in Sivtyvkara in Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) on 2007, and they sing in Ukrainian (http:// December 5, 2010, is now, if not viral, at The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters to the editor and commentaries on a variety www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY1EdFq- least virtual. (See http://www.youtube. of topics of concern to the Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian communities. com/watch?v=MTvyVv5fygU – in four Opinions expressed by columnists, commentators and letter-writers are their own and do dCM&feature=related) not necessarily reflect the opinions of either The Weekly editorial staff or its publisher, the The comments to the various YouTube parts.) Ukrainian National Association. koliady are interesting. Most viewers, espe- Letters should be typed and signed (anonymous letters are not published). Letters are cially non-Ukrainians, love them, but some Orysia Tracz may be contacted at ory- accepted also via e-mail at [email protected]. Russian comments are quite anti-Ukraini- [email protected]. Her blog may be an. There are a few “Russian”-labelled read at http://orysia.blogspot.com/. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2011 No. 1

NEWS AND VIEWS A review of a publication from the U.S. National Archives by Askold S. Lozynskyj that statement is not footnoted. Is it In fact there were other warnings by anti-Soviet Zionists and Ukrainian bour- entirely incorrect? the OUN to the Ukrainian population, geois nationalists. The United States National Archives No, the OUN was in fact formed in admonishing it from taking action against In this case my response to the histori- has published a 100- page study titled 1929 and it did call for an independent the Jews and losing their focus on the an, translator, their supporters and the “Hitler’s Shadow: Nazi War Criminals, Ukraine. However, where among the Soviets and the Nazis as the enemy. Russian government is: let’s test the orig- U.S. Intelligence and the Cold War.” The thousands of OUN documents available, An example of evidence totaling lack- inal document. authors are Richard Breitman and would one find a reference to the OUN’s ing credibility is a statement manifesting And then there is the ubiquitous “hear- Norman J. W. Goda, two leading Jewish call for an “ethnically homogenous anti-Semitism allegedly by an OUN lead- say” evidence: “Moshe Maltz, a Jew liv- American authorities on the Holocaust, Ukraine”? er (Yaroslav Stetsko), footnoted to have ing in hiding in , heard from a and certainly, men on a mission. This type of nonsense is not an aberra- come from a publication by a recognized friendly Polish contact ‘about 40 Jews The study – which has been reported tion. Jewish Dutch historian of the Holocaust who were hiding out in the woods near by the news media – is packed with foot- On the next page the following and a Ukrainian Canadian translator (not his home… the Bandera gangs came and notes referencing apparent authority. appears: [Stepan] “Bandera’s wing historian). Unfortunately, the footnoted murdered them all.’ ” Moshe did not wit- Unfortunately, the sources are often ques- (OUN/B) was a militant fascist organiza- reference turns out not to be the source, ness the killings. His testimony has no tionable and in all instances non-primary. tion.” No support or reference is offered but is further footnoted to a document evidentiary value no matter how hard he The text by the two authors is replete for the “fascist” label. recently unearthed from Soviet archives. tries or how often he repeats it. with unsubstantiated innuendoes and ill- The evidence presented to support the Not surprisingly, before the Soviet Finally, when charges of anti-Semitism chosen sweeping characterizations. thesis that the OUN and its leaders were denouement, the subject document or a do not stick, why not impugn for the kill- I feel compelled to divulge my own anti-Semitic and at times guilty of war copy of the text had never been seen ings of “innocent” Polish civilians. An personal agenda, which is to defend crimes, ranges from: quotes directly from before by any student of the Holocaust in OUN leader, Mykola Lebed is the main Ukrainian issues and the Ukrainian nation- OUN documents, but taken out of con- the West. The document is not authenti- target of the National Archives study. alist liberation movement, albeit without text; quotes from non-primary sources in cated and the issue of credibility is not Otherwise the CIA connection does not financial compensation. Therefore, my which one needs to dig to learn whether addressed. The historian replicating it work, since the CIA did not engage focus is strictly on Chapter 5 their source is second-rate as well; unau- should at the very least have asked him- Bandera or Stetsko. “Collaborators: Allied Intelligence and the thenticated Soviet documents; and, final- self why, in all his previous studies, had In the subject study, Lebed is branded Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists.” ly, hearsay. he not come across this document or at an anti-Semite many times, but specifi- I am not a historian. I am an attorney For example, a “Banderist proclama- least a reference to it. In the case of cally charged with only one accusation of who compiles expert testimony and evi- tion” from 1941, which is offered as evi- Soviet evidence, authenticity was and a war crime which does not manifest anti- dence. My obligation to the truth is to dence of anti-Semitism, and motivation remains an issue. In a best-case scenario, Semitism. Only one quote is attributed to impeach or offer as “credible” each for later pogroms and killings, states, the historian should have submitted the Lebed: “to cleanse the entire revolution- according to an expert’s credentials and, “Jews in the USSR constitute the most document, considering its importance, to ary territory of the Polish population.” when there is an issue of authenticity, to faithful support of the ruling Bolshevik handwriting, paper and ink analysis. The source is highly respected historian insist on document testing. regime and the vanguard of Muscovite The subject document’s defenders Timothy Snyder of Yale University. One need not delve very deeply into imperialism in the Ukraine.” have come forward with a disingenuous In this case, Prof. Snyder was careless. the subject matter to ascertain the level of In fact, the above is a quote from the and Machiavellian argument that, while He did not rely on primary sources but scholarship and credibility of the evi- Second Congress of the OUN. However, the Soviets misinformed in their press rather on the personal writings of a dence being presented. that quote continues with the following and popular publications, documents in Ukrainian economist and publicist. Even The very second paragraph begins, language: “The Muscovite-Bolshevik gov- their archives should be considered then, Prof. Snyder failed to read the entire “The Organization of Ukrainian ernment exploits the anti-Jewish senti- authentic unless proven otherwise. Quite quote. It reads, “Clear the insurgent’s Nationalists (OUN), founded in 1929 by ments of the Ukrainian masses in order to to the contrary, hundreds of Soviet (army) territory of that Polish population western Ukrainians from East , divert their attention from the real perpe- archived documents presented at trials in which persistently hinders the Ukrainian called for an independent and ethnically trator of evil and in order to channel them the West have been discredited over the cause through the provocative activities homogenous Ukraine.” Not surprisingly, in time of uprising into pogroms against years. In fact, since the USSR’s demise, of Polish officials who serve in German the Jews. The Organization of Ukrainian some former Soviet officials have institutions as well as the support by the Askold S. Lozynskyj is an attorney Nationalists combats Jews as the support acknowledged the fabrication of material, Polish masses of the Bolshevik parti- based in New York City. He is a former of the Muscovite-Bolshevik regime but including documentation to inflict moral sans.” That’s very different, isn’t it? president of the Ukrainian World simultaneously gives notice to the popular and political damage against the enemies As an American, I regret that my tax Congress. masses that the principal foe is Moscow.” of the USSR and forge a rift between dollars pay for this nonsense. No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2011 9

Paper on Ukrainian teens in World War II presented at international conference by Oksana Zakydalsky der; or to train for the German anti-artil- lery defenses. TORONTO – An international interdis- Joining the Ukrainske Yunatstvo was to ciplinary conference on “Children and War: be a voluntary process, and it began in the Past and Present” was held at the spring of 1944. The propaganda promised University of Salzburg, Austria, on the youths the opportunity to travel, to get September 30 to October 2, 2010. It was to know Europe, to learn foreign languages organized by the University of Salzburg and to learn how to become professional and the University of Wolverhampton in soldiers. Their parents were to be provided the United Kingdom. with food. None of these promises were Dr. Christine Sochocky of the Ukrainian realized. Yet, in spite of the dismal choices Canadian Research and Documentation that youth had at the time, the response to Center in Toronto, took part in the confer- German persuasion was negligible, so the ence, presenting a paper “Children In Germans turned to falsification and intimi- Uniform: Ukrainian Teenagers in World dation. War II.” Although the Ukrainian Central In her paper, Dr. Sochocky described Committee – which acted as a representa- how the German war machine recruited and tive body that brought Ukrainian con- used Ukrainian youths age 14 to 17 – the cerns to the attention of the German so-called “Ukrainske Yunatstvo” – in the authorities – strongly opposed the use of war effort. She contrasted this action with children in warfare, the Germans ignored the volunteer enlistment of young people in the UCC and forged their signatures on Tsiopa Palijiw, representative of the Ukrainian Central Committee, visits a camp the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). recruitment appeals and threatened prin- of Ukrainske Yunatstvo in (1944.) In 1943 the Germans, faced with repeat- cipals and pupils in schools. By the end ed setbacks on the front and with an ever- of 1944, an estimated 10,000 Ukrainian on airfields and quarries, increasing shortage of manpower and sup- teenagers were in anti-aircraft units and to dig anti-tank trenches plies, came up with a plan of using teens Nickel’s office ensured that control of the and clean out rubble. age 14-17 for manning anti-aircraft artil- youth would be fully in the hands of The girls worked at lery. The office of Hauptbannfuhrer German officers. creating fogs and cam- Siegfried Nickel in Berlin was charged with When the Ukrainian Central ouflage to hide military recruiting young boys and girls for such Committee saw that it would not be able objects, as nursing help- defense units, which were called to prevent the conscription, it claimed at ers, servicing projectors Luftwaffenhelfers. least the right to supervise the youths, to and listening devices, Although recruitment in Germany was organize their education, to provide and in sewing factories swift, it was much harder to recruit youth teachers, religious care, books and social and kitchens. in occupied territories. As Dr. Sochocky events: and to observe if the physical and The youths worked explained, a Ukrainian youth in 1944 had medical conditions would be satisfactory, long hours and received four possibilities: to be taken to work thus to have some input. More often than meagre food rations. camps in Germany as a slave laborer; to not, Nickel and his office scorned the There were actually two join the underground guerrillas of the UCC and its interventions. separate Yunatstvo units. UPA; to be taken into the oncoming Red Nevertheless, even in its marginalized Army to serve, untrained, as cannon fod- Those from eastern position, the Ukrainian Central Committee Ukraine (which was tried to act. It formed a team of 16 promi- under the Reichs- nent Ukrainians who were to take care of komissariat) wore the the youth, naming Tymish Bilostocky and emblem of a trident on a Zenon Zelenyi to be in charge of the boys blue-and-yellow field. and journalist Olha Kuzmowycz in charge Those of Halychyna of the girls. They tried to watch over the (Generalgouvernement) physical condition of the young soldiers, wore the lion, emblem of provide some social activities and visit the city of Lviv. Yunatsvo camps, bringing books and news- Dr. Sochocky writes papers. that “in the chaos of the They tried to facilitate contact with par- lost war, the Germans ents through the mail. The UCC was suc- abandoned the young cessful in providing religious and pastoral anti-aircraft artillery A group of members of Ukrainske Yunatstvo. care for the teens and in stopping several fighters.” About half of attempts to use the young people in fighting them at the end of the war were in the memoirs of three former Yunaky, edited by tanks. Soviet zone and were taken east, most of Serhii Shnecher and published in Lviv in Estimates of the number of young peo- the others found their way to the displaced 2004, one of the writers says, ple who served in the Yunatstvo varies persons camps in Germany and Austria. “Paradoxically, now, in independent between 10,000 and 14,000, with a ratio of The other Ukrainian teenagers in uni- Ukraine, there exists an unwillingness to boys to girls at 7:1. form during World War II were those speak of the Yunatstvo, which erases these The boys trained as anti-aircraft gunners’ who joined the UPA and became partici- young people from history.” Western assistants, manning light and heavy anti-air- pants of guerrilla warfare. Dr. Sochocky Ukrainians, in general, had supported and A member of Ukrainske Yunatstvo craft guns, machine guns and search lights. notes that it is interesting to compare the were proud of the adult Diviziya, but there Yunak from Eastern Ukraine. They were also assigned to various duties experiences of the Yunatstvo with those is a reluctance to speak of the Yunatstvo. of “children soldiers” in partisan units. Perhaps there is some shame that society The Yunatstvo served in what was part of could not spare its youth from being used As an alternative, Mr. Putin suggested a large war machine. The UPA volun- this way, he claims. Turning the pages... the advantages of Nord Stream, a $9.2 teers, in much smaller numbers, joined a Nickel was judged at Nuremberg and (Continued from page 6) billion pipeline project proposed by the native, defensive formation that emerged was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Russian government to transport gas organically. Youth in the Yunatstvo using teenagers in war. The SS Putin offered an extensive interview on under the Baltic Sea into Germany. served slightly over one year, whereas in Luftwaffenhelfer were pronounced blame- German television in which he argued Observers said the issues of gas theft is the UPA, most sources say, they served less of any crimes, which did not prevent that either Ukraine’s gas transport sys- played by the Kremlin in order to hurt from 1942 until 1951. the Soviets from punishing many of the tem, which is government owned, should Ukraine’s international image and foster a There were no special formations of returnees with 10-year terms in Siberian be privatized or that new pipelines should subconscious stereotype of thievery in youth in the UPA. Many joined because work camps. be built. “…It’s necessary to diversify the European perception of Ukraine. they already had a relative or someone they Dr. Sochocky is a graduate of the [gas] streams and delivery options from The opposition Party of Regions of knew there. They were used as couriers, as University of Montreal and received her the producer in Russia to the consumer in Ukraine formed a temporary investigative procurers of food or as observation scouts. Ph.D. in library sciences from the Europe,” Mr. Putin said. committee to examine the government’s They were useful and were treated colle- University of Pittsburgh. She is currently Another option, Mr. Putin suggested, handling of the crisis and to consider gially and protectively, and had a sense of the librarian of the Ukrainian Canadian was that an international consortium that impeaching the president, also calling for direct participation and of the importance of Research and Documentation Centre in would involve Italy, France and other Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s res- their work. They did not suffer the derision Toronto. European states could pay rent for ignation. that the Yunatstvo had to put up with from Her evaluation of the conference was Ukraine’s natural gas system. The both the German officers and the German very positive – there were over 120 partici- Ukrainian government, he said, “some- Source: “Russia suspected of trying to population. pants, grouped into 39 panels, 17 of which how makes a fetish of the gas transport take over Ukraine’s gas transit network,” Most members of the Ukrainske dealt with topics of World War II. She said system, considers it its national heritage, by Pavel Korduban (Eurasian Daily Yunatstvo who returned home to Soviet she was pleased that Johannes-Dieter almost as it getting it from heaven, and is Monitor), The Ukrainian Weekly, January Ukraine had to say that they were taken to Steinert, program director of the confer- not subject to privatization.” 18, 2009. Germany as forced laborers. In a book by ence, attended her presentation. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2011 No. 1 Kharkiv poet Serhiy Zhadan speaks at Kennan Institute by Yaro Bihun sidered the enfant terrible of Ukrainian ing and creating there. He Special to The Ukrainian Weekly letters. Now in his mid-30s, he is the noted that it was the capi- most popular and most important poet of tal of Ukraine for some 15 WASHINGTON – Ukrainian poet the post-independence generation in years after World War I, Serhiy Zhadan recited his poetry and dis- Ukraine. His writings reflects the disillu- and for much longer than cussed some of the latest literary trends sionment, difficulties and ironies brought that a vibrant and stimulat- and developments in his country with a on after the collapse of the Soviet Union. ing center for literature receptive audience at the Kennan Institute More than a dozen collections of his and art – both Ukrainian here December 9, 2010. poems have been published since 1993 and Russian. It has also The presentation, titled “Gospels & (“Rose Degenerate”), as were several seen much of its talent Spirituals,” was part of the Ukrainian books of his prose. His work has been “drain” out to Kyiv and Literature series the Kennan Institute translated into English, German, Russian, Moscow. Some would conducts with the Harriman Institute of Polish and nine other languages of return as “heroes,” he said, Columbia University, where he appeared Ukraine’s East European neighbors. He but many simply leave. a week earlier. has also authored several pieces for the Asked to describe his Dr. Mark Andryczyk of Columbia theater, some of which have been staged readership, Mr. Zhadan University participated in and moderated in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and in New York. said the there are several the discussion at the Kennan Institute. Mr. Zhadan was born in Kharkiv in categories, some of which Some years ago, Mr. Zhadan was con- 1974 and he spends most of his time liv- he characterized tongue- in-cheek as “strange,” like the ones who maintain that they are the heroes depict- ed in his writings, and those who read and applaud his work without really understanding it. He said he and other writers Yaro Bihun are also popular with stu- Serhiy Zhadan dents, who read contempo- rary literature while in school, and then, thanks to the growing popularity of sum- he added, they get a job, get married and mer cultural festivals, which attract a watch TV. large audience that has an opportunity to And new and wider readership of con- hear and meet with the writers and buy temporary literature is being created their books, Mr. Zhadan added. “Ukrainians in Quebec” documentary released on DVD Serhiy Zhadan recites his poetry at the Kennan Institute in Washington on by Bohdanna Hawryliuk December 9. Sitting next to him are Oles Berezhny, interpreter, and Dr. Mark Andryczyk (right) of Columbia University, moderator. MONTREAL – The English- language documentary “Ukrainians in Quebec,” first released in 16 mm, has now been re-mastered and released on DVD in celebration of Being Ukrainian means: the 120th anniversary of Ukrainians in Canada (1891-2011). Produced, ❏ “Malanka” in January. directed and edited by Yurij Luhovy, it tells the story of the Ukrainian set- ❏ Deb in February. tlement in Quebec from 1891 to1945. ❏ Two Easters in springtime. By means of rare, salvaged pho- tographs and personal accounts, ❏ “Zlet” and “Sviato Vesny” in May. the 28-minute film depicts the for- ❏ Soyuzivka’s Ukrainian Cultural Festival in July. mative years of the first two waves of Ukrainian immigration in ❏ “Uke Week” at Wildwood in August. Quebec: those who arrived before ❏ the first world war and those who Back to Ukrainian school in September. came in the inter-war period. ❏ “Morska Zabava” in New Jersey in November. “Ukrainians in Quebec” was originally released in 1979 follow- Adriana Luhovy ❏ “Koliada” in December. ing four years of research, inter- Filmmaker Yurij Luhovy with his newly ❏ A subscription to The Ukrainian Weekly views and filming. It captures released DVD “Ukrainians in Quebec” aspects of the cultural, organization- ALL YEAR ROUND. al, religious and political development of open in 2011. the Ukrainian community in Montreal, as Restoration of Ukrainians in Quebec well as in Val d’Or, Rouyn Noranda and was enabled in part with the financial To subscribe to The Ukrainian Weekly, fill out the form below, clip surrounding areas in northern Quebec, support of the Shevchenko Foundation it and mail it to: Subscription Department, The Ukrainian Weekly, where many of the descendents of the and the Camp Spirit Lake Corp. The 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. original colonists still live. Rich in still original version was partially supported Or simply call 973-292-9800, ext. 3042. photographs and vintage film footage, the by the Department of Multiculturalism, documentary also recalls the establishment Secretary of State. of the Sheptytsky Colony at Lac This was the first documentary made Castagnier in the Abitibi region and is a by Mr. Luhovy, who had just graduated lasting tribute to those early immigrant from film studies at Sir George Williams community builders no longer with us. University (now Concordia). It began his Interviews with French-Canadian eye- journey in documenting aspects of witnesses describe daily life at Spirit Ukrainian and Ukrainian Canadian histo- Lake internment camp. Footage shot of ry so that knowledge of the past always the original internment prison barracks remains a part of our present and future. still standing at the time is also shown. The Montreal premiere of the docu- This documentary was the first film to mentary will be held in January. expose the unjust internment of For further information or to order a Ukrainians during Word War I and place copy of “Ukrainians in Quebec” readers Spirit Lake internment in the wider con- may contact Mr. Luhovy at MML Inc, text of early immigration to Quebec. 2330 Beaconsfield Ave., Montreal, Ongoing screening of the documentary Quebec, H4A 2G8; e-mail, mmlinc@hot- will be a permanent part of the Spirit mail.com; telephone 514-481-5871: or Lake Internment Interpretive Center to visit www.yluhovy.com. No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2011 11 Ukrainian Art Song Project launches Mykola Lysenko album by Oksana Zakydalsky almost six hours of music on six CDs. The songs were recorded at Toronto’s presti- TORONTO – The Ukrainian Art Song gious Glenn Gould Studio by Mr. Hunka Project, founded in 2004 by opera singer with collaborating artists: singers Isabel Pavlo Hunka with the dream of acquiring Bayrakdarian, Monica Whicher, Allyson and promoting the classical treasures of the McHardy, Krisztina Szabó, Elizabeth Ukrainian art song, has realized the most Turnbull, Benjamin Butterfield, Michael ambitious portion of its venture – the release Colvin, Russell Braun and Robert Gleadow of the art songs of Mykola Lysenko. – all singing in Ukrainian; pianists Albert A world premiere concert and CD launch Krywolt, Mia Bach and Serouj Kradjian; was held on December 5, 2010, at the Royal flutist Douglas Stewart: and cellist Roman Conservatory’s Koerner Hall in Toronto. Borys. Roman Hurko served as producer. Mr. Hunka was born in the United For his art songs, Lysenko used the poet- Kingdom and made his operatic debut at the ry of Taras Shevchenko, Lesia Ukrainka, Basel Opera Company in Switzerland and , Oleksander Oles and other his debut with the Canadian Opera Ukrainian poets, as well as the verses of Company (COC) in 2004. Since coming to Heinrich Heine. The collection package Canada, the bass-baritone has been the driv- includes a 207-page book with all the lyrics ing force behind the Ukrainian Art Song in four languages – Ukrainian, English, Project, whose goal is to make a library of French and German – and annotations to Ukrainian art song recordings and music each work. Mykola Lysenko album cover scores available to music lovers worldwide. The world premiere Lysenko concert in It was Franz Schubert who, at the begin- Toronto featured selections from the six Ukrainian Art Song Project director ning of the 19th century, established the new themes of the recordings – nature, love, fate, Pavlo Hunka. genre of the art song as a poetic-musical history, philosophy and song cycle. Four of form. The art song is distinguished from the the singers who recorded the songs also folk song in that the latter has relatively sim- took part in the concert – Mr. Hunka, who ple melodies and expresses emotions in a has performed in many of the major opera general way. In contrast, the art song (lied, houses in the world – Paris, Vienna, lieder in German, solospiv in Ukrainian) is a Munich, Florence, Salzburg and others; Mr. poem set to music, for a trained voice, with Braun, an internationally renowned lyric piano or other musical instrument accompa- baritone who has sung at the Metropolitan niment. It is a combination of music and lit- Opera, the Salzburg Festival, the Lyric erature, both subtle and complex, expressing Opera of Chicago and many other opera one or two emotions in a deeper way. stages; Ms. Whicher, a soprano who has Lysenko (1842-1912) is known as the appeared on the concert, recital and opera father of modern Ukrainian classical music. stages of the world; Ms. Szabó, a mezzo- In addition to art songs, he wrote operas and soprano, who has sung frequently with the operettas, a symphony, a string quartet and a COC and is known for her versatility as a trio, cantatas and works for piano. But singer and her vivid portrayals on the stage. because his creative period occurred during As on the recordings, all the artists sang in the time of the tsarist Ems Ukase, which Ukrainian. prohibited all publication in the Ukrainian Albert Krywolt, chief coach of the COC language, including use of Ukrainian in the- was the pianist for the concert. Mr. Borys, a atrical performances and musical scores, cellist and founding member of the Soprano Monica Whicher Lysenko was forced to print his works Gryphon Trio, and flutist Julie Ranti, mem- abroad and did not live to see all of them ber of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, by the Ukrainian Millennium Foundation published. Although he incorporated the idi- also took part. The producer of the concert and supporters in , where the Producer Roman Hurko oms of Ukrainian folklore, he also sourced was composer and opera director Mr. recordings will be launched on February 6, the music of the Ukrainian Baroque and Hurko. 2011. aimed to create a national Ukrainian musi- At the end of the concert, the inspiration The Ukrainian Art Song Project is being cal style. and motivating force of the Ukrainian Art realized under the auspices of the Canadian Musicologist Tamara Turchyn-Duvirak Song Project, Mr. Hunka, declared that “this Ukrainian Opera Association and the writes that Lysenko’s originality was most has been the happiest moment of my artistic Ukrainian Music Society of Alberta. apparent in his art songs: “The range of life.” He pointed out that the recordings of The Ukrainian Art Song Project aims to emotions and genres is astoundingly wide – Lysenko’s art songs are dedicated to the preserve and disseminate nearly 1,000 art passionate dramatic monologues and medi- memory of Richard Bradshaw (1944-2007) songs by 26 of Ukraine’s most eminent clas- tative elegies, profound philosophical state- who, as general director of the COC, invited sical composers, with translations of the lyr- ments and colorful folk scenes, lyrical sere- Mr Hunka to sing in Toronto and supported ics available in English, French and nades and ecstatic love songs, a melancholy him in the Ukrainian Art Song Project. German. The concert event also included waltz and a heroic duma, an extensive The Lysenko collection is the second in the launch of the musical scores of the romantic ballad and a tone poem. It is fasci- the series of Ukrainian art song recordings – Lysenko arrangements. nating how skilfully and distinctly Lysenko the first one, released in 2006, featured the The scores are available for download- fuses Ukrainian and Western European 42 art songs of Kyrylo Stytsenko (1882- ing, free of charge, from the Ukrainian Art themes.” 1922). The next composer in the series will Song Project website at www.uasp.ca. The The documentation of Lysenko’s art be Yakiv Stepovyi (1893-1921), whose scores can be downloaded in each or all of songs was a major endeavor – 124 songs, works have been recorded thanks to funding the four voices: soprano, alto, tenor and bass, and the key of the score can be changed to one’s requirements. “Mykola Lysenko – The Art Songs” recordings are available for purchase on the Ukrainian Art Song Project website. Cellist Roman Borys

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removal this year. Russophile... The Ukrainian World Congress dis- (Continued from page 1) patched letters to Mr. Kernes, President “(Entrepreneur) Koriuk is a close friend Yanukovych and Verkhovna Rada Chair of Metropolitan Ilarion and promised him a Volodymyr Lytvyn demanding the plaque’s Moscow Patriarchate church,” Archbishop renewal. Serhii told The Weekly. Odesa “He brought an entire bus of lawyers who gave out money to sign a petition for the Another Party of Regions politician deni- Moscow Patriarchate. They even threatened grating Ukrainian culture is the newly elect- to have a village cashier fired from her store. ed mayor of Odesa, City Council chair Religious animosity towards the Kyiv Aleksei Kostusiev. Patriarchate is being exacerbated in these He announced at a December 10, 2010, campaigns.” meeting of the executive committee of the A meeting was held in a nearby village Odesa City Council that all documents be two days prior to convince villagers. In argu- submitted to him only in the Russian lan- ing the transfer, the campaigners repeated an guage, which political observers said was argument voiced by that village’s Moscow intended to send a subtle message to all the Patriarchate priest: “Our president goes to a city’s government organs to use Russian canonical church so everyone is supposed to only. belong to a canonical church, not to the “Yanukovych’s firm hold on power has schismatics.” meant that many have taken their cue in dif- [Ed. Note – The ROC has refused to ferent ways,” Mr. Lozowy said. “It’s affected endorse canonical status for the Kyiv many people across the board. But there still Ukrayina Moloda website Patriarchate and has used its political isn’t that much compared to what could hap- Kharkiv City Council Chair Gennady Kernes in November ordered the removal influence throughout the Orthodox world pen. Things could turn drastically for the of the memorial plaque honoring Ukrainian Catholic Patriarch Josyf Slipyj to prevent it from being recognized as worse.” established by the Ukrainian World Congress. such.] Odesa’s ethnically conscious Ukrainians The meeting’s organizers claimed its 80 are among the most persecuted in the coun- more than 57,000 certificates of death participants agreed to the transfer, yet the try, often becoming targets of violent attacks recorded during the under his by the city’s Russian chauvinist gangs who UOC-KP said most of those in attendance leadership. are financed by local oligarchs, such as Igor weren’t from the village of Kamianka. He actively defended the distribution of Markov, and the Russian FSB, according to Raiders also targeted another Kyiv Holodomor-related documentation, particu- experts. Patriarchate church, in a similar way, on larly after Mr. Yanukovych became president Among the leading Ukrainian activists, December 7, 2010, in the village of and launched his Russian chauvinist human- Serhii Hutsaliuk, leader of the city’s Black Rozdilne. itarian policy. Sea Haidamaky Formation, endured his lat- “The Muscovites are targeting only attrac- In June, he criticized the government for est attack in the early morning of December tive structures,” Archbishop Serhii said. removing the Holodomor section from the 21, 2010, when his home became the target “Makeshift churches don’t interest them.” website of the Sumy Oblast State of three Molotov cocktails thrown onto the About 100 Kyiv Patriarchate churches are Administration, as well as its “Sumy: Pages roof of his home. One of the glass bottles located in the Donetsk Oblast, which is of History” section that highlighted local broke but didn’t catch fire. Almost four among the most hostile regions towards eth- months earlier, his automobile was set ablaze resistance to Bolshevism. nically conscious Ukrainians. and destroyed. Soon enough, Mr. Ivanuschenko was “Similar attitudes towards the Kyiv Respected intellectuals and institutions asked to submit a resignation letter in early Patriarchate was experienced in Donechyna are also becoming the targets of political July by the newly appointed State Oblast in 2004, but now eyewitnesses say the pres- provocations. National Deputy Yevgeny Administration Chair Yurii Chmyria, whose sure has become more systemic and forceful representatives told him bluntly that they Tsarkov of the Communist Party submitted Ukrayina Moloda website when at the same time government organs wanted to replace him with a Party of an inquiry request to Verkhovna Rada Chair Serhii Hutsaliuk, otaman of the Black practically don’t react to any complaints,” Regions loyalist. Lytvyn, the Ministry of Culture and even the Sea Haidamaky Formation, was the tar- said a Kyiv Patriarchate statement released His dismissal is evidence that Pro- Procurator General’s office asking that they get of three Molotov cocktails thrown at on December 8, 2010. Russian forces are interfering and politiciz- investigate the city’s Gorky National his Odesa home on December 21. ing academic research, the Center for Kharkiv Academic Library for displaying books about the Holodomor and the Ukrainian Liberation Movement Research said in a It’s not just priests persecuting ethnically Insurgent Army (UPA) during an August 24, November 10, 2010, statement. conscious Ukrainians. Politicians are active- 2010, commemoration of Ukrainian inde- He was especially reviled for publishing ly involved too, such as the newly elected pendence. unprecedented research on the activity of the mayor of Ukraine’s second largest city, In his inquiry, Mr. Tsarkov tied the mere Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) in the Kharkiv. display of these books with the “views of the Sumy Oblast during World War II, dispelling On November 13, 2010, City Council library’s leadership,” including Olha the Soviet falsehood that it was exclusively a Chair Gennady Kernes of the Party of Botushanska, an internationally acclaimed western Ukraine phenomenon without any Regions ordered the removal of a stone librarian who has led the institution for 25 support east of the Zbruch River. memorial plaque honoring Ukrainian years. The inquiry prompted an investigation He said any bridges with Ms. Ginzburg Catholic Patriarch Josyf Slipyj at the by the Procurator General’s office, which were burnt when he published, “OUN-UPA Malynoskyi Street jail, where he spent sever- reviewed the library’s work. in the Sumschyna,” in the winter of 2007. al weeks in 1961 before being shipped to Displaying certain books doesn’t neces- She’s a native of the city of Konotop, which Siberian labor camps. sarily mean the library advocates a certain prides itself on its Bolshevik traditions. Yet Mr. Kernes was “obviously paying his policy, Ms. Botushanska told The Weekly in documents he uncovered demonstrated that debt to satellite structures who supported a December 21, 2010, interview. the Sumy Oblast actively opposed him in the elections,” the Kharkiv organiza- “It would be funny if it wasn’t so sad,” Bolshevism. tion of the Ukrainian Youth Union (SUM) she said. “We had to defend ourselves. This “A falsification of history is taking place, reported on November 15, 2010. His candi- wasn’t pleasant because it needlessly harmed beginning with textbooks for the fifth dacy was supported by Russophiles, the library’s reputation and our 600 workers. grade,” Mr. Ivanuschenko said in a Communists and local criminal mafias, We’re an apolitical organization that’s sup- November 28, 2010, Internet chat. “Children Sumy State Archives political observers said. posed to collect and deliver information. It’s don’t read archived documents, so they don’t Hennadii Ivanuschenko was dismissed “The citizens of Kharkiv and Ukrainian the right of our readers to read or accept have anything to compare with. By the time as head of the Sumy State Archives on Catholic Church faithful are deeply whatever information they choose.” they grow up, they will change the textbooks December 2 because of his extensive offended by the deeds of government van- for the higher grades. God granted, the docu- research on Soviet crimes and the dals and view the demonstrative removal Sumy ments will remain. ‘If there are documents, Ukrainian liberation movement. of the memorial plaque as the latest provo- Hennadii Ivanuschenko, who is among there is history.’ That should be the principle cation, which ruins the basis of civic soci- the leading historians and researchers of the for writing textbooks.” money was set aside by the Oblast State ety in Kharkivschyna and creates the foun- Sumy Oblast, was dismissed from his post as The Ukrainian intelligentsia and patriot Administration. It’s widely known that the dation for inter-confessional and intereth- State Archives director on December 2, community of Sumy wrote a November 24, air-conditioning systems – which are needed nic hostility.” 2010, after a five-month campaign conduct- 2010, letter also protesting Mr. to provide the climate for storing paper doc- The plaque was initially established in ed by Ukrainophobes, including State Ivanuschenko’s dismissal. uments – haven’t worked for more than 10 August 2005 by local patriots and the Archives director and Communist Party “The Sumy State Oblast Administration is years.” Ukrainian World Congress, but was member Olha Ginzburg. gaining its dismissal by making several ‘nec- Mr. Ivanuschenko said he’s unemployed destroyed by more than 15 vandals in June He served for five and a half years after essary’ reprimands, having not found any and doesn’t expect to be re-hired as a 2008. teaching history and engaging in extensive significant violations in the work of the researcher since all such appointments are As standard Soviet practice, local officials independent research at the State Archives. Sumy State Archives and receiving made by a Yanukovych administration that is are manipulating a legal loophole in their During his tenure, Mr. Ivanuschenko con- Ivanuschenko’s refusal to write a resignation Russocentric and hostile towards ethnically persecution bid. They claim now that the ducted unprecedented research that uncov- statement,” the statement said. conscious Ukrainians. patriots restoring the ruined plaque didn’t ered decades of Soviet crimes in his native “The first reprimand was for ‘not provid- “I plan to continue research but I don’t obtain city permission for the replacement, lands, including the Holodomor of 1932- ing conditions for storing documents.’ Yet know whether it’s realistic that I’ll find such which has become the legal pretext for its 1933. The Sumy State Archives digitalized that wasn’t possible because not enough work,” he told The Weekly. No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2011 13

the eve of election day,” Mr. Bondar stat- Government... ed on the state administration’s website. (Continued from page 1) “I had interfered with my honest posi- Targeted Tymoshenko allies driver, Leonid Prystupliuk, were formally tion on the necessity of holding free, • Viktor Bondar – the former transpor- Procurator General alleged. She was charged with stealing state property democratic elections without falsifica- tation and communications minister denied bail and faces up to six years in worth $45,000, as well as abusing author- tions. I understand that its candidate’s rat- was arrested and interrogated on prison if convicted. ity and using false documents. ing doesn’t conform to expectations, December 24, 2010, on charges of aid- Mr. Lutsenko reportedly irritated pros- which is why it’s necessary to frighten ing the intentional destruction of prop- • Valerii Ivaschenko – the former act- ecutors by intentionally dragging out this mayors, district chairs and other oblast erty, causing exceptionally large dam- ing defense minister was arrested on discovery phase, during which he leaders, as well as the business and politi- age. The real reason is believed to be a August 21, 2010, and charged with ille- couldn’t be arrested, the Ukrayinska cal elite, so that the necessary results critical statement he made of the Party gally authorizing the sale of property Pravda website said. So prosecutors could be forced through.” of Regions during the second round belonging to the Feodosiya Ship-Repair sought new criminal charges, also stem- Even after this critical statement, Mr. run-off of the presidential vote. He was Plant, including strategically important ming from his term as internal affairs Bondar gained a position in the released and continues to work as State moorings. The questionable sales cost minister. Yanukovych government as the State Customs Service deputy chair. He faces the state more than $2 million in losses, On December 27, 2010, Mr. Lutsenko Customs Service deputy chair, where he up to 10 years in prison if convicted. prosecutors said. Mr. Ivaschenko was charged with groundlessly extending continues to work after his arrest and remains incarcerated and faces up to the term of tracking a suspect in the release. • Bohdan Danylyshyn – the former six years in prison if convicted. Yushchenko poisoning, or a procedural Mr. Berezovets attributed the acquired minister of economy was arrested by violation he allegedly committed as job to his loyalty to the Yushchenko team, Czech police on October 18, 2010. The • Yevhen Korniichuk – the former first police chief. Yet his arrest was based on a many members of which got key posi- Procurator General of Ukraine charged deputy justice minister was arrested on third criminal charge that hasn’t been tions after the elections. Yet such loyalty him in August with abuse of authority December 22, 2010, and charged by the made public yet, said his lawyer, Ihor may have lost its luster, he said. causing severe consequences when he Procurator General with abuse of Fomin. hired a construction firm to build a authority for conducting a tender for “We don’t know what he’s being Another imprisoned official had far closer ties to Ms. Tymoshenko. Yevhen parking lot at Kyiv’s Boryspil the legal services of Naftohaz Ukrainy accused of,” he told a December 27, International Airport without holding a that involved only one competitor, the 2010, press conference. “We can only Korniichuk, the son-in-law of Supreme Court of Ukraine Chair Vasyl Onopenko, state tender, resulting in more than global law firm Magisters, in which he guess that it’s a case that emerged within served as a senior partner. The real rea- was arrested and incarcerated on $560,000 in losses to the state. He’s the framework of the Yushchenko poison- son for his imprisonment is revenge for December 22, 2010, by the Procurator also accused of approving a fuel pur- ing case.” his involvement in the government’s General’s Office, on the same day that his chase for the Defense Ministry without On December 24, 2010, a pre-trial holding a state tender, costing the state 2009 effort to claim 11 billion cubic daughter was born. investigation was launched for the third $1.7 million. In November 2010, Mr. meters of natural gas held by Mr. Korniichuk is the chair of the unknown charge, yet Mr. Lutsenko won’t Danylyshyn applied for political asy- RosUkrEnergo, Ms. Tymoshenko said. be able to become familiar with it Social Democratic Party of Ukraine, one lum from the government of the Czech Others said he was arrested to pressure through discovery because he’s already of three parties that form the Tymoshenko Republic, claiming political persecu- his father-in-law, Vasyl Onopenko, into incarcerated. Bloc, in addition to the Batkivschyna tion. The Ukrainian government has resigning from his position as chief jus- “These conditions make the fact of his party and Reforms and Order party. requested his extradition. He faces up tice of the Supreme Court of Ukraine. arrest absurd,” wrote Mustafa Nayem, a He also served as the first deputy jus- to six years in prison if convicted. He remains incarcerated and could face leading investigative journalist for tice minister, during which he is alleged several years of imprisonment if con- . “Having arrested by authorities to have violated the law • Ihor Didenko – the former first depu- victed. Lutsenko in relation to his avoiding when he conducted a tender for the legal ty chair of the Naftohaz Ukrainy was becoming familiar with (one set of) mate- services of Naftohaz Ukrainy that arrested and incarcerated on July 9, • Maria Kushnir – the former deputy rials, investigators have forbid him to involved only one competitor, the global 2010. The Procurator General of chief accountant of Naftohaz Ukrainy become familiar with (other) documents.” law firm Magisters, in which he served as Ukraine charged him with misappropri- was arrested in the Russian Federation Hennadii Moskal, a fellow party mem- a senior partner. ation of especially large property, or on September 14, 2010, and awaits ber and national deputy, said he has infor- Prosecutors formally charged him with gaining it by abuse of authority, which extradition to Ukraine. Prosecutors mation the third charge will be related to abuse of authority with severe conse- refers to the 11 billion cubic meters of charged her on June 23 with official a lavish Police Day celebration held on quences on December 23, 2010. Ms. natural gas confiscated by the negligence that led to severe conse- December 20, 2009, at a time when the Tymoshenko said the real reason for his Tymoshenko government from the quences. Ms. Kushnir gave the com- government forbid such celebrations mand to place the 11 billion cubic persecution is revenge for his involve- RosUkrEnergo intermediary firm. As a because of the crisis. meters of natural gas confiscated from ment in her former government’s 2009 top Naftohaz official, Mr. Didenko The charges so far lack any basis for signed the papers authorizing the con- RosUkrEnergo onto the balance of prosecuting a former high-ranking minis- effort to claim 11 billion cubic meters of Naftohaz Ukrainy and signed the nec- natural gas held by RosUkrEnergo. fiscation, for which the Yanukovych ter and demonstrate the Yanukovych team remains bitter about. He remains essary documents, alleged Valerii administration’s drift towards authoritari- “I am convinced that the mafia is Khoroshkovskyi, the chair of the avenging him because the natural gas was incarcerated and faces up to 12 years in an rule, Mr. Lozowy said. prison if convicted. Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). “There’s a striking disproportion to the given back to the state,” Ms. Tymoshenko She faces up to three years imprison- told a December 24, 2010, press confer- charges and violation of rule of law prin- • Heorhii Filipchuk – the former envi- ment if convicted. ence. “Today people are incarcerated ciples,” he said. “I wouldn’t separate the ronmental protection minister was repressions against Tymoshenko and her because they returned the Black Sea floor arrested on December 14, 2010, and • Yurii Lutsenko – the former internal associates from a wider trend, which is to the state, people sit in prison who charged with abuse of authority. The affairs minister was arrested on people being physically detained and returned gas to state ownership, and Procurator General didn’t offer more December 26, 2010, and imprisoned denied their freedom because tiles were today people are incarcerated because details, though indicated he was the next day, charged with three crimi- broken on the maidan. Soviet legislation they worked honestly and defend the involved with Ms. Tymoshenko’s sale nal offenses. They include hiring his and criminal code hasn’t been reformed, state interests.” of Kyoto Protocol greenhouse gas quo- driver in violation of requirements and and it’s harsh.” Prosecutors searched Mr. Korniichuk’s tas to Japanese corporations. Former illegally extending an investigation into Mr. Lutsenko’s arrest and incarceration party offices on December 25, 2010, First Vice Prime Minister Oleksander former President Viktor Yushchenko’s overshadowed the imprisonment of two breaking safes and confiscating money, Turchynov, the right hand man to Ms. poisoning. Yet observers said his arrest other high-ranking officials in the bank records and personal documents, Tymoshenko, said Mr. Filipchuk’s is revenge for arresting and imprison- Tymoshenko government. including his passport, the party’s press arrest is related to the prior govern- ing in April 2005 Borys Kolesnikov, Former Transportation and service reported. ment’s decision to break its contract the current infrastructure minister. He Communications minister Viktor Bondar Mr. Korniichuk was arrested in order with Vanco Prikerchenska Ltd. to drill was imprisoned for at least two months was arrested on December 24, 2010, in to pressure his father-in-law, who remains in the Black Sea shelf. Among the part- and could face up to 12 years in prison if convicted. relation to abuse of office, Procurator the chief justice of Ukraine’s Supreme ners of Vanco is reportedly Rinat General Viktor Pshonka told reporters. Court, Mr. Berezovets said. Akhmetov, Ukraine’s biggest oligarch He was formally charged with aiding and and leader of the Donetsk business • Anatolii Makarenko – the former The Venice Commission of the State Customs Service chair was arrest- abetting the intentional destruction of Council of Europe issued a statement empire. He remains incarcerated and property, causing exceptionally large ed on June 23, 2010, and incarcerated condemning the Yanukovych administra- faces up to six years in prison if con- damage. the next day, charged with official neg- tion for diminishing the role of the victed. The Party of Regions is taking revenge ligence that caused financial losses to Supreme Court in favor of the Higher against Mr. Bondar for a statement he • Tetiana Hrytsun – the former deputy the state of Ukraine. The Stockholm Justice Council, whose judges are made in early February endorsing Ms. chair of the State Treasury was arrested Arbitration Court ruled on June 8 that appointed by the president. Tymoshenko’s candidacy during the sec- on July 19, 2010, and charged with the state-owned Naftohaz Ukrainy The Yanukovych administration is ond round run-off of the presidential abuse of authority for ordering subordi- owed RosUkrEnergo 1.1 billion cubic vote, said Taras Berezovets, director of willing to restore the Supreme Court its nates not to return $100 million in meters of natural gas as a penalty for the Polittech political consulting and pub- authority, but only if Mr. Onopenko security deposits owed to two competi- the wrongful confiscation of 11 billion lic relations agency in Kyiv. resigns and it’s able to replace him, said tors – Russian oligarch Konstantin cubic meters of natural gas from He had just been dismissed as the Mr. Berezovets, who has done political Grigorishin and Dnipropetrovsk oli- RosUkrEnergo. The Court also report- Dnipropetrovsk Oblast State consulting for the Batkivschyna party. garch Igor Kolomoisky – in the edly ruled Naftohaz owes $184 million Administration chair, the position he held “Considering that Korniichuk’s arrest attempted September 2009 auction of in damages to RosUkrEnergo. He at the time. is for a minimum of 10 days according to the Odesa Portside Plant. In doing so, remains imprisoned and faces up to “I believe my dismissal two days prior a court ruling, Onopenko is supposed to Ms. Hrytsun acted in the interests of to the elections is the fulfillment of a decide what’s more important – his posi- third parties rather than the state, the (Continued on page 30) political order by the Party of Regions on tion or his son-in-law’s freedom,” he said. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2011 No. 1

officially listed as unemployed, represent- people lived in urban areas, and 15.878 prevent the tree from falling under the NEWSBRIEFS ing 1.6 percent of the Ukrainian popula- million people lived in rural areas. weight of snow. The Kyiv Ecological and (Continued from page 2) tion of working age, as reported by the (Ukrinform) Cultural Center is now preparing docu- State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on ments to make the tree a botanical natural ensuring the balance of environmental, eco- Ukraine has debt of $847 per person nomic and social interests of the social December 20, 2010. Unemployment bene- monument. (Ukrinform) fits, which in November averaged 776.28 development of the state; integration of KYIV – According to the Ministry of Czech Consulate opened in Kharkiv environmental objectives into sectoral poli- hrv, were paid to 321,500 people. The Finance, the direct public debt in Ukraine cies at the same level as economic and number of unemployed people in urban as reached $38.8 billion by the end of KYIV – An Honorary Consulate of the social objectives; overcoming the conse- opposed to rural areas was 279,200 and September, representing 27.9 percent of Czech Republic has opened in Kharkiv, it quences of the Chornobyl disaster; and pro- 170,500, respectively. Most of the unem- the gross domestic product (GDP) expect- was reported on December 11, 2010. The moting public awareness of the need to pre- ployed in Ukraine are women; there were ed this year. Thus, every Ukrainian owes opening ceremony was attended by the serve the environment for future genera- 265,700 women out of work, compared to $847, Kommentarii reported. However, in chargé d’affaires ad interim of the Czech tions. The environmental strategy also aims 184,000 men. (Ukrinform) comparison with most debtor countries, Republic in Ukraine, Vitezslav Pivonka, to optimize the structure of the energy sec- the Ukrainian debt can be considered pal- Consul General of the Czech Republic in Ukraine’s population again declines tor by means of increased use of energy try. Industrialized countries like Japan and Donetsk Antonin Murgash, Consul sources with low carbon dioxide emissions, KYIV – Ukraine’s population shrank by the U.S. have the largest government debt. General of the Czech Republic in Kharkiv and to increase the use of renewable and 13,321 people in October 2010, to The top 10 countries that were building up Jan Granat. At the same time, Oleh alternative energy sources. The strategy 45,808,893 people, the State Statistics their national debt at the fastest rate in Chyhrynov became honorary consul of the also envisages the implementation of the Service reported in mid-December 2010. 2008-2010 are led by Latvia (average Czech Republic in Kharkiv. The fact that Kyoto Protocol to the U.N. Framework As of November 1, 2010, a total of annual growth 67 percent). Ukraine the Kharkiv was chosen as the venue for the Convention on Climate Change, in particu- 31,449,324 people lived in cities and 13th in the ranking of the most dynamical- first Honorary Consulate of the Czech ly borrowing countries. Over the past three lar, projects of joint implementation and towns, while 14,359,569 people lived in Republic in Ukraine demonstrates the years, the national debt of Ukraine has environmental (green) investments. . During 2009, the country’s popu- interest in the development of stable coop- more than doubled. (Ukrinform) (Ukrinform) lation declined by 0.4 percent, or 180,800 eration between the Czech Republic and the Kharkiv region, Mr. Chyhrynov Nearly 500,000 officially unemployed people, compared to 2008. According to Over 12.5 M live below poverty line the Ukrainian census conducted in stressed. 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countries had also agreed on the issue of 183 counties in terms of an analysis of con- 10, 2010. He noted that experts had con- NEWSBRIEFS organizing joint border controls at the ditions that produce a favorable business cli- cluded that after the reform, the bureaucracy (Continued from page 14) Ustyluh-Zosin, Smolnica-Kroscienko, mate for small and medium-sized compa- in Russia only grew. “I still see a complete to further modify the legislative and nor- Hrushiv-Budomierz and Uhryniv- nies. The finding was reported in “Doing copy [in the administrative reform in mative bases for these activities,” Mr. Dolhobyczow checkpoints. Mr. Tymofeyev Business 2011: Making a Difference for Ukraine] of those steps taken in the Russian Kozhara said. He noted that Ukraine is to said that joint work was currently being Entrepreneurs,” the eighth in a series of Federation,” Mr. Zhdanov said. The director bring its national legislation into confor- conducted to expand the list of checkpoints annual reports published by the of the Penta Center, Volodymyr Fesenko, mity with European standards and that the on the Ukrainian-Polish border where joint International Finance Corporation (IFC) and noted the importance of studying Russia’s Verkhovna Rada has already started this border controls will be carried out and the World Bank. The report ranks econo- experience. “At present it necessary to work, adopting laws on protection of per- Euro-2012 corridors will open. (Ukrinform) mies on the key aspects of business regula- review the experience of Russia – why did tion for domestic firms. The new govern- everything happen in such a way?” he said. sonal information and joining a number of A Ukrainian Silicon Valley? important conventions of the Council of ment in Kyiv has stated for the last seven He noted that the main problem after Europe. Ukraine in the future will pursue KYIV – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov months that one of its major goals is to administrative reform was conducted in policies on regulation of migration and an said it is necessary to create a high-tech- improve the business climate and Ukraine’s Russia was the corruption. (Interfax- integrated system of border control, as nology center in Ukraine similar to the international ratings, noted the U.S.-Ukraine Ukraine) Business Council (USUBC). The low rank- well as strengthen efforts in the sphere of Silicon Valley in California. Speaking on Archaeological park to be created fighting against smuggling of drugs. Mr. the Inter TV channel during the “Big ings indicate that Ukraine is only partially Kozhara underscored that a visa-free Policy with Evgeny Kiselev” program in open for business, the USUBC added. KYIV – The development of the state regime with the EU can be a powerful early December 2010, he said, “If we (U.S.-Ukraine Business Council) program for the National Preserve of Tauric impetus to help Ukrainians become truly speak about 500,000 people going into Kyiv to seek security guarantees Chersonesos in Crimea is almost complet- European people and to move toward a higher education every year, then, proba- ed, according to Crimean Minister of European worldview, aspirations and val- bly there is sense in creating such ‘val- KYIV – Ukraine will demand security Culture and Tourism Mykhailo Kulyniak. ues. (Ukrinform) leys.’ “ The prime minister noted that dur- guarantees from the world’s nuclear pow- Mr. Kulyniak noted in early December ing his visit to Egypt he visited such a cen- ers, President Viktor Yanukovych said at a 2010 that the Ministry of Culture had Special Euro-2012 corridors ter, called Smart Village, and was aston- meeting of heads of foreign diplomatic resumed its cooperation and had signed a KYIV – The customs services of ished by the scale of its operations. Mr. establishments of Ukraine, it was reported memorandum with the Institute of Classical Ukraine and Poland have agreed to open Azarov said it might be possible to create on December 14, 2010. “As a country that Archaeology at the University of Texas special “Euro-2012 corridors” at the such a center not far from Kyiv. As earlier voluntarily renounced its nuclear potential, regarding the conservation and restoration -Korczowa, Shehyni-Medyka, reported, President Viktor Yuschenko in we have the right and will demand confir- of the Tauric Chersonesos reserve, which is Yahodyn-Dorohusk and Rava-Ruska- 2006 announced his intention to create a mation of security guarantees of the world’s scheduled to be included on the UNESCO Hrebenne checkpoints on the Ukrainian- Ukrainian Silicon Valley on basis of aca- nuclear powers,” he said. In 1994 Ukraine World Heritage List. The Institute of Polish border, which will be used for sim- demic establishments and universities of became the first country in the world to vol- Archaeology worked in Ukraine for over plified border crossings by the participants five regions of Ukraine. (Ukrainian News untarily give up its nuclear arsenal – the 15 years. In the past five years there was a and fans of the finals of the Euro-2012 Agency) third most powerful in the world at that breakdown in cooperation, and one of the time – and completely abandoned nuclear conditions for its renewal was to return the European Soccer Championship. The depu- Ukraine low on business ranking ty chairman of the State Customs Service of weapons. “Sixteen years have passed, but largest part of Chersonesos, 130 hectares Ukraine, Ihor Tymofeyev, said at a press WASHINGTON – Ukraine received a the example of Ukraine is still relevant that was being farmed by local residents, to conference on December 15, 2010, that the very low ranking in the latest “Doing today,” the president said. However, he the state. “Now the issue is resolved. We customs and border services of the two Business” report. It was rated 145th out of noted that in connection with the above have worked out a plan of action, and steps, Ukraine also relies on steady imple- together plan to create a unique archaeolog- mentation of the obligations of international ical park on the territory of Tauric partners to guarantee its security. “First of Chersonesos,” the minister said. Mr. who received 45 percent (11.6 million all, I mean the Budapest Memorandum of Kulyniak explained that this issue was dis- votes) in the second round of the 2010 presi- Ukraine can't... 1994. Ukraine insists: security guarantees cussed with the chairman of the World dential election. “Unfortunately in Ukraine (Continued from page 2) for the states that have abandoned their Heritage Committee, UNESCO Assistant and in Russia and Belarus, there is no toler- European Union will face the dilemma of nuclear arsenals, as well as for countries not Director General Francesco Bandarin, dur- ance of the opposition,” Mr. Rahr says. whether it can sign agreements with belonging to any military alliances, should ing his visit to Kyiv back on November 2-5, “And those who come to power immediate- Ukraine that could be seen as condoning be reflected in a legally binding internation- 2010. “We came to an agreement that we ly begin to denounce and seek to destroy democratic regression. Additionally, al instrument. This is the best protection will accelerate our steps regarding inclusion their opponents. This has nothing to do with Ukraine will chair the Organization for from regional nuclear ambitions,” Mr. of Chersonesos in the World Heritage List. democracy.” Security and Cooperation in Europe in Yanukovych said. (Ukrinform) And in 2011, the Ukrainian side will make Mr. Rahr is correct up to a point. Mr. 2013. every effort to fulfill all conditions,” the Yushchenko never undertook repression of Chornobyl veterans protest Criminal charges against Ms. minister said. Tauric Chersonesos was Yanukovych and the Kuchma authorities. Tymoshenko open a Pandora’s box that founded in 422-421 BC by the Greeks and No criminal charges for the organizers of KHARKIV, Ukraine – About 100 veter- could potentially return to haunt Mr. the election fraud denounced by a ans of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster staged existed until the mid-15th century. In 988, Yanukovych and the oligarchs. In a December 3, 2004, Supreme Court ruling a protest on Liberty Square in Kharkiv, St. Vladimir, the prince of Kyivan Rus’, December 24, 2010, interview in “Liga were ever launched, and Mr. Yanukovych to RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service reported on was baptized in Chersonesos. Excavations novosti,” former Party of Regions deputy this day claims his free election was thwart- December 14, 2010. The protesters chal- in Chersonesos began in 1827 and have Taras Chornovil warned that if develop- ed by a “U.S.-sponsored coup.” lenged amendments recently proposed by been systematically conducted since 1876. ments continue along this path, then in 2015 Mr. Yanukovych’s first year in office has the Cabinet that would cut social allowances More than 50 Christian churches of the Mr. Yanukovych will be put in jail. It is easy seen numerous protests from the opposition, and support for Chornobyl veterans. The fourth through 15th centuries, as well as to imagine what fate Ukraine’s oligarchs journalists, academics, students, feminists, head of the Chornobyl Veterans’ Union in walls, towers, neighborhoods with houses would face in such a climate of revenge and and businesspeople. The November 2010 Kharkiv, Borys Korotkov, told RFE/RL that and shops, and other structures have been counter-revenge. protests by businesspeople attracted some the Cabinet’s primary goal was to cut spend- discovered there. (Ukrinform) ing and save money. Mr. Korotkov said the Becoming Belarus 50,000 people from all over Ukraine, NBU issues commemorative coins including the Party of Regions heartlands of veterans were urging the president and The second conclusion is that the Donetsk and Crimea. Parliament to leave the law on Chornobyl KYIV – At the end of 2010, the National Yanukovych administration is not serious Ukraine’s oligarchs, on the other hand, veterans’ support alone, saying the Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has issued 10-hrv about seeking EU membership. Since com- have remained silent on democratic regres- Constitution bans cuts in social allowances. commemorative coins in honor of Hetman ing to power, the authorities have systemati- sion, and they rarely reveal their views to The explosion at the Chornobyl nuclear Danylo Apostol and the Tarnowski Family, cally dismantled democracy (as seen by its the media. Yet, a Putinist regime, which has power plant on April 26, 1986, caused the the NBU website says. The Hetman Danylo assaults on free elections and free media), co-opted, exiled, or imprisoned oligarchs, is severe radioactive contamination of some Apostol coin, issued in an edition of 8,000 buried parliamentarism (the mass violence not likely to be something they would wel- 145 square kilometers in Europe, mostly in copies, continues the “Heroes of the Kozak on December 16, 2010, was the last nail in come. Ukraine’s oligarchs reportedly sup- Belarus and Ukraine. Hundreds of thou- Age” series, which is devoted to the mili- the coffin), and are now destroying the main port the deep free-trade agreement with the sands of people from across the Soviet tary and political figures of the 18th centu- opposition. The authorities believe these EU that is threatened by chilly relations Union were brought to Chornobyl to liqui- ry. Hetman Apostol of Left-Bank Ukraine steps will be ignored in Brussels and that between Kyiv and Brussels. Western leaders date the consequences of the explosion. did much for reform of the judicial system, Ukraine will still be granted a visa-free trav- should not restrict their relations with Many of them died later from radiation sick- land tenure and development of trade. The el regime, an association agreement, and a Ukraine’s opposition but should seek out ness. There is no consensus as to the exact “Glorious Dynasties of Ukraine” series was deep free-trade agreement from the EU. and lobby the oligarchs who could be poten- number of people killed by the explosion or continued with the Tarnowski Family coin, If Ms. Tymoshenko is criminally tial allies in halting Ukraine’s drift toward by subsequent exposure to radiation, but it is issued in an edition of 10,000 copies. The charged, the EU’s relations with Ukraine Putinism. believed that several thousand people could Tarnowskis were an outstanding Ukrainian will resemble those Brussels has with Ukraine’s leaders seem to be intent on eventually die as a result of the Chornobyl Kozak family known for their patronage Belarus and Russia, Aleksandr Rahr, a moving forward with their plans to establish disaster. (RFE/RL) and charity work. Another commemorative senior expert at the German Council on a managed democracy, one aspect of which Experts on administrative reform coin was issued in recognition of Foreign Relations, believes. This is because is the removal of the main opposition force Khortytsia Island on the Dnipro River. it would be seen as politically targeted led by Ms. Tymoshenko. The Yanukovych KYIV – Political experts have said that Khortytsia was the cradle of Ukrainian repression. The current authorities are not administration’s belief they can successfully administrative reform in Ukraine is a copy Kozaks. The 50-hrv coin is dedicated to this impartial and are themselves not free from unite Putinism with European integration is of Russian reforms and noted that the bad unique monument of nature, history and potential charges of abuse of office, Mr. fatally flawed, and the pending crisis in rela- experience seen Russia should be taken into archeology. Khortytsia Island is mentioned Rahr points out. tions between Brussels and Kyiv in the next account. Russia “took absolutely the same in people’s stories and folk songs, written Mr. Rahr believes Brussels will change two years will dwarf the dilemma faced by decisions” in 2003-2004, said the president down in the 18th-19th centuries. The NBU its stance toward Ukraine because Ms. the EU over the failure of its “ostpolitik” of the Open Policy Center, Ihor Zhdanov, has issued more than 440 kinds of com- Tymoshenko is symbolic as the candidate toward Belarus. speaking at a press conference on December memorative coins since 1995. (Ukrinform) 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2011 No. 1 No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2011 17

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Ukrainian pro sports update: by Ihor Stelmach

take his compatriot to a Minneapolis-area Saunders coached in the old Continental Wizards’ “Flip” Saunders Ukrainian church for “pyrohy” when he Basketball Association for seven seasons, coached him on the Timberwolves. ranking second in career victories with On April 14, 2009, when Philip “Flip” view with The Washington Post. “With Thank goodness for the large Ukrainian 253. His coaching travels took him to Saunders, who identifies himself as being youth, you always get enthusiasm. You community in the Washington area. minor league hoop towns like Rapid City, a Ukrainian, signed a four-year, $18 mil- get hard work and you get mistakes,” (Oleksiy Pecherov can attest to that!) S.D., La Crosse, Wis., and Sioux Falls, lion contract to coach the NBA’s Saunders said with a laugh. “But you live S.D. He also served as a general manager Flip Saunders’ career retrospective , he boldly with part of the mistakes as long as you and a team president in the CBA, win- announced he expected to win a champi- get the enthusiasm and hard work, the Prior to taking his third NBA job with ning two league championships, two onship. A year and a half later, with his aggressive play.” Washington, Flip Saunders had a winning CBA Coach of the Year awards and earn- franchise entering the first full season of This year’s Wizards training camp was percentage of 64.5 percent in 13 seasons ing 23 CBA to NBA player promotions. a complete makeover, the goal of being a themed, “Back to Basics.” The long train- as head coach at Minnesota (10 years) Saunders was an All-America basket- ing camp days included long practices, champion has been put on hold. How and Detroit (three years). Success in the ball player ay Cuyahoga Heights High long? To put it in perspective, today’s lots of teaching drills and a strong playoffs was a different story, although in School, earning Ohio’s Class A Wizards roster has no players who were emphasis on conditioning. all three years with a veteran Pistons Basketball Player of the Year in 1973. He even alive the last time the Washington “I think it goes back to when you’re team, Saunders coached into the Eastern played with Ray Williams, Mychal franchise won a title (1978 as the more of a college coach and you have to Conference Finals. Thompson and Kevin McHale at the Bullets). do a lot of fundamentals with players,” University of Minnesota as a senior. He The Wizards brought Saunders on said Saunders, who was a college assis- The three years in Detroit were high- began his coaching career at Golden board to assemble the final pieces into a tant and a head coach at the junior col- lighted by a new franchise record for vic- cohesive unit with some minor tweaking. lege and CBA level (pro minor league) tories in a regular season (64) and the Valley Lutheran College, where he was a He is now faced with the daunting task of before joining the NBA ranks with the honor of coaching the Eastern head coach, then moved to his alma building the team’s foundation. Top over- in December Conference All-Stars in the 2006 NBA mater, Minnesota, as an assistant. Before all draft pick John Wall, the chosen one 1995. “You have to be extremely All-Star Game in Houston. Losing in the his start in the NBA, he worked as an to lead the franchise out of obscurity, is demanding. If they don’t do it perfectly third round of the playoffs three years in assistant coach at the University of Tulsa. the cornerstone of the rebuilding effort. every time, you just have to do it over a row led to his firing in 2008. Saunders is married (wife’s name is The head coach feels his objectives have again, over and over. I think that we’ve Saunders began his NBA coaching Debbie) and their son, Ryan, is a guard not really changed. been very much more demanding and not career in December 1995, when his ex- on the University of Minnesota basket- “Still the same,” Saunders said in a assuming these guys know anything, just University of Minnesota teammate, ball team. late October interview with The working a lot on basic fundamentals.” Kevin McHale, brought him on board According to a profile of Saunders Washington Post. “I think the one thing Saunders reached out to top draft pick with the Minnesota Timberwolves. The published on citypages.com back in that happened, we came here with [a Wall over the summer, hosting the young- new young coach saw early success with March 2000, Britt Robson wrote: “His championship] in mind. But a decision ster at his home in Minnesota for a cou- a newer franchise in large part due to the father, Wally, was the son of Ukrainian was made by the organization that the ple of days. Saunders has a strong track emergence of a future young superstar, immigrants, an ex-Marine who worked as players we had, those guys weren’t going record in developing NBA point guards – Kevin Garnett. Saunders’ Wolves made a carpenter and a custodian for the to do that. If that’s what your ultimate Stephon Marbury, Chauncey Billups, the playoffs eight consecutive seasons, Cleveland public school system, making goal is, you have to take steps in order to Terrell Brandon and Sam Cassell are four culminating with a Conference Finals carvings for Ukrainian Catholic churches get there. First step was to move in a dif- who prospered under his tutelage. loss in 2004. After eight plus years in on the side.” There are reports also that ferent direction and we got lucky with the “It’s a great relationship,” Wall said of Minnesota, it was time for a change. Saunders belonged to a Ukrainian parish ping-pong balls [NBA draft lottery] and his first pro coach. “I can talk to him Before his NBA coaching career, in Minneapolis. we got John [Wall] to speed that up and about anything. If you have something facilitate it a little bit.” bad going on, he’s going to tell you While rookie Wall and the reconfig- straightforward. It’s great for me. I’m ured Wizards opened the 2010-2011 cam- learning a lot from him and asking about paign against Orlando in late October, advice for games and asking for game Coach Saunders was re-debuting, trying tapes so I can watch. He’s taking time out to recover from the most difficult season after practice and before practice and of his 14-year NBA coaching career. Last coming to talk to me.” year was the first time he ever coached a Similarities to last year’s squad are team for a full season and failed to quali- few, as the roster turnover purged the fy for the playoffs. The 2009-2010 team of players who felt entitled to Wizards were full of clubhouse turmoil, receive playing time when their practice tumultuous distractions and much roster habits, attitude and performance said oth- instability. erwise. Now mentoring one of the youngest “There is no assumption of anybody as teams in the league, Saunders realizes the far as who is going to play, how many expectation level has dramatically dimin- minutes they are going to play, who is ished. The opening day roster’s average going to take shots or not going to take age of 24.5 included only four players shots. What happens is there is more of a with four or more years of experience in sense of urgency, and every time they the league and seven players with less step on the floor, whether it’s practice or than three years of experience. The games, to perform at a high level – or team’s youngest player, point guard Wall, else they won’t have an opportunity to is 20 and a team captain. perform,” Saunders said. One benefit of being around a very Off the Backboard: According to young team is the rejuvenation being retired Ukrainian NBA star Wally enjoyed by the 55-year-old Saunders. Szczerbiak, coach Flip Saunders loves “You feel energized,” he said in his inter- Ukrainian food, and used to regularly

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COMMUNITY CHRONICLE North Port parish stirs community with calendar of events by Ann-Marie Susla Nadia Iwanczuk and Halyna Korol gave poetic recitations as did the duo of young NORTH PORT, Fla. – With the coming ladies, Natalka Goncharuk and Kateryna of fall and winter and the return of many Takmakova. residents and guests to southwest Florida, St. Mary’s Parish feast day was com- the Ukrainian Catholic Parish the presenta- memorated on Sunday, December 5, 2010, tion of the Most Holy Mother of God (St. with a solemn divine liturgy celebrated by Mary’s) in North Port, Fla., under the guid- the Rev. Kovalyshin, with responses sung ance of its pastor, the Rev. Dr. Severyn by and the church choir, Kovalyshin, has enjoyed a flurry of activi- After the liturgy, a festive parish dinner ties. On November 1, 2010, the parish com- was held in the church hall with Omelan munity celebrated the anniversary of Hrab, church trustee and master of ceremo- Western Ukraine’s November 1, 1918, dec- nies, greeting the guests. A delicious meal laration of independence in Lviv and com- was served by “Nasha Kukhnia” (Our memorated the anniversary of the death of Kitchen) under the supervision of Slava Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky. Chomyk. Ann Marie Susla Myron Radzykewycz, head of the pro- On Friday, December 10, 2010, Iwanna At the event marking the anniversary of Western Ukraine’s independence, (from gram committee, introduced co-chair and Holowata, bazaar committee chair, and left) are: Nadia Iwanczuk, Halyna Korol, Roxolana Yarymovych, the Rev. mistress of ceremonies, Roksalana countless parish volunteers held the parish’s Severyn Kovalyshin, Lubow Ingram, Myron Radzykewycz and Roman Maluk. Yarymovych who invited the pastor to open annual Christmas bazaar in the church hall. the program with a prayer. The bazaar offered delicious home-cooked The choir, under the direction of Lubow dinners and an à la carte menu, as well as a Ingram, sang a beautiful rendition of “Our variet of baked goods, varenyky, holubtsi, Florida UAV post marks Veterans Day Father” and several songs throughout the kovbasa, and wheat and poppyseed for program. Orest Lazor performed his adap- kutia. There were numerous tables with by Jerry Zinycz Since 1999, UAV Post 40 and Marine tation of I. Nebilsky’s, “Prayer for the crafts, jewelry, icons, pysanky, carved and Detachment 948, have supported each other NORTH PORT, Fla. – Marking Veterans Patriarch” on the piano. inlaid wooden items, and Ukrainian in various activities. Five UAV Post 40 Day 2010, Ukrainian American Veterans Mrs. Yarymovych spoke of the life and embroideries for sale, as well as a White members belong to Marine Detachment Post 40 provided the color guard and attend- family background of Metropolitan Andrey, Elephant section. Door prizes included a 948, and Marion Bojsiuk, the detachment ed a November 7 “panakhyda” (memorial and Mr. Radzykewycz read from Cardinal huge gift basket, a Napoleon torte baked by current commandant, is a member of Post service) conducted by the Rev. John Josyf Slipyj’s words written on the occasion Slava Stefanyshyn and a 50/50 cash prize. 40. He is also the UAV national chaplain Fatenko at St. Andrew’s Chapel in memory of the November 1 anniversary, while Guests from as far away as Sarasota and and welfare officer. of Ukrainian veterans. Roman Maluk spoke of the significance of Cape Coral came in for the event, and the During the dinner, Commanders Awards On November 10, 2010, American flags the November 1, 1918, anniversary. bazaar was a rousing success, well covered were presented by Messrs. Tomashosky and were placed on the graves of departed com- by the North Port press. Hron to the Rev. Fatenko and Daria rades at Venice Memorial Gardens. Throughout the months Horbachewsky for their dedication and On Veterans Day, the Post 40 color guard o f N o v e m b e r a n d commitment to promoting Ukrainian and members participated in honoring veter- December 2010, St. American civic, educational and cultural Mary’s Parish again con- ans at Veterans Memorial Park. This is a activities in the North Port community and ducted a food drive to yearly event attended by veterans’ organiza- supporting Ukrainian American Veterans. benefit the Salvation tions of Southwest Sarasota County. In 2010 Col. Valerii Mamitko and Col. Yuriy Army Food Bank in the emphasis was on helping homecoming Tkhoruk, officers from Ukraine’s armored North Port. Parishioners veterans who suffer from PTSD. Over 300 forces assigned to the Central Command at and friends generously people were in attendance, many of them MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., contributed non-perish- . The next day, the were the honored guests at the dinner-dance able foods to support this Ukrainian American Veterans were featured and were presented UAV emblems. Also project and the donations in The North Port Sun, the local newspaper. attending were former UAV National were sorted and packed On Saturday, November 13, 2010, the Commander Walter Shipka (1949-1950) with the first delivery to UAV’s newly elected officers’ installation and his wife, Mary, as well as, Chrystyna the Salvation Army made dinner dance was held at “Oseredok” with Bodnar Sheldon, widow of Henry Sheldon, before Thanksgiving Day 120 people in attendance. who served in the U.S. Army during World and the second delivery The program began with the posting of War II. scheduled for just before the colors by Marine Detachment 948, A model of a monument dedicated to Christmas. the singing of the national anthems of Ukrainian veterans and the UAV was The parish Food Drive Ukraine and the United States, the instal- unveiled during the celebration. It will be Committee, consisting of lation of the new officers, and the passing erected in Venice Memorial Garden. The Lidia Bilous, Joan Cain, of the colors from outgoing Commander participants warmly applauded the idea, and John and Ann-Marie Susla, Gene Tomashosky to Ihor Hron, the new many attendees pledged to contribute to this thanked everyone for their commander. project. generous support of this important project because the need in the community Kateryna Takmakova (left) and Natalka Goncharuk is so great in tough eco- at the November 1 program. nomic times.

Gathered on Veterans Day in North Port, Fla., are (front row, from left) Gene Tomashosky, Atanas Kobryn, John Y. Sos, (standing) Ihor Hron, Orestes Lazor, Zina Ferenc, president of St. Mary’s Sisterhood, in front of the Christmas display Julian Helbig, Demetrius Yadzyn, George Baranowskyj, Nickolas Milanytch and at St. Mary’s Church bazaar. Jerry Zinycz. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2011 No. 1

story of how Father Borys assured him and continued. “We are building a place where the Kennan Institute, and Carl Gershman, D.C. roast... the choir members that one day, in the not people are free and live with human dignity, president of the National Endowment for (Continued from page 5) too distant future, Ukraine would be inde- where the love the Lord has bequeathed, Democracy, also yielded pledges of part- the last 50 years were recently found in the pendent, the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic where He calls us to sow, foster and reap.” nership and cooperation between the uni- files of the Security Service of Ukraine Church would emerge from the under- And he explained that the university is versity and these institutions. (SBU). Pupchyk took the liberty of sharing ground and the pope would visit Ukraine. now taking on a role of gargantuan propor- Father Gudziak also concelebrated litur- the letters with the audience and had them And all of this came true, noted Mr. tions, as it is committed to building a new gy at the St. John the Beloved Roman in stitches. Kuzma. campus that will be home to students, as Catholic Parish in McLean, Va., where he To be sure, the evening did have some Not only did these dreams come true, but well as young people with special needs, joined the pastor, the Rev. Paul Scalia, for serious moments, as Viktor Voloshyn of the now the university has plans to build a who will serve the university as professors an of evening lecture on “The Church of Embassy of Ukraine delivered heartfelt Western-style campus with dormitories and of human relations. the Catacombs and the Challenges for the greetings from Ukraine’s ambassador to the a quad, said John Hewko, who has been a “They wear no masks, they don’t hide 21st Century.” U.S., Oleysandr Motsyk. The Conference of senator at the Ukrainian Catholic behind a façade. All they ask is ‘Can you While in Washington, Father Gudziak University and now runs the university’s Ukrainian Scouts, Plast, issued a commen- love?’ Can you accept me?’ ” he said. also took part in a Webcast, organized by capital campaign, setting a goal of raising the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, together with dation to Father Gudziak for his embodi- The campus these buildings will be cost- millions of dollars to make this vision a George Weigel, a senior fellow at the at the ment of the two principal duties of the orga- ly, running over $25 million, and now the reality. Ethics and Public Policy Center and a lead- nization: “To believe in God and country, university is faced with a moral dilemma: Is Mr. Hewko spoke of the bright young ing Catholic theologian. The 40-minute and to always be ready to help others.” it time to take money from oligarchs. That leaders in Ukraine today, mentioning that program, hosted by Nadia McConnell, was The Plast sorority “Pershi Stezhi” is a question that Father Gudziak currently among them is Sophia Opatska, the CEO of titled “Keeping the Faith; Religious offered a generous donation of $2,500 – a poses to all of his supporters and friends of the Lviv Business School at the Ukrainian Challenges in Contemporary Ukraine in a scholarship for a Plast member to attend the UCU. To date, no decision has been made. Catholic University. In thanking everyone for the wonderful Historical Context.” The webcast is part of Ukrainian Catholic University. Teresa Ben, Ms. Opatska spoke briefly, powerfully, evening that he will never forget, Father an ongoing program of the USUF’s a member of that sorority, presented the about the mission the school has set for Ukraine 2020 Policy Dialogue. The pro- Gudziak reminded one and all that we are check to Father Gudziak. itself: to promote business that is socially gram can be viewed on the U.S.-Ukraine just glimmering lives in the vast, vast dark- A pleasant surprise during the evening responsible. She hailed UCU as one of the Foundation’s website, usukraine.org ness, adding that, although our lives are lit- was a reunion of the Christ the King few institutions of higher learning that Father Gudziak also had the opportunity tle in the context of the billions of light Church choir, conducted by Alex Kuzma, thrives in a corruption-free environment. to meet with Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski to who was the choir leader in the 1980s, and Father Gudziak commended Ms. years that is the universe, “this little life is discuss the current political situation in is currently the executive director of the Opatska and the work that she does on a worth living well.” Ukraine and to tell this leading scholar Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation. daily basis, adding that it is precisely people The roast ended much too quickly, but in about development plans for the Mr. Kuzma led the choir in several different like her that make him believe Ukraine has the true spirit of the Plast scouts, it ended University. Dr. Brzezinski was invited to renditions of “Happy Birthday,” or a future. with everyone crossing their arms, holding visit Lviv, a city where is he already an “Mnohaya Lita.” Later, the choir – in the He then proceeded to talk about the mis- hands and singing: “Night is coming, all is honorary citizen, and the university in the spirit of the roast – sang a little ditty written sion of the university and told the audience: calm, God is here.” near future. by a member of the organizing committee, “It is incredibly moving that so many peo- * * * After a whirlwind few days in Ms. Kurylas, and set to the music of a ple support our cause, but so many have not Washington, Father Gudziak made his way Ukrainian folk song, which focused on the actually been to the university, have not The Rev. Gudziak had a very busy home to Syracuse, where he stopped by his disappearance of hair on Father Gudziak’s seen it. What an act of faith, of trust, what a schedule in Washington, as he also met alma mater, Christian Brothers Academy, to head over the years. witness!” with senior U.S. government officials to visit with students and talk to the teachers Under the direction of Mr. Kuzma, the “It is this trust that the Soviets tried to talk about the May incident with the on Tuesday, November 23, 2010. choir, with help from the audience sang the destroy; the Soviet system tried to break Security Service of Ukraine and conse- In the evening, he was the guest of honor beloved Plast song, “Sirily u Sumerku.” this down. We are building a place of trust, quences of that visit. Although there have at a small dinner get together with his child- Mr. Kuzma recalled Father Gudziak’s a place of beauty at the Ukrainian Catholic been no further incidents, U.S. government hood friends, hosted by Dr. George and deep belief in a bright future for Ukraine – University, first of all in relationship, where leaders have promised to support the Roma Temnycky. and that was in the early 1980s, even before an extended hand heartens a spirit, where Ukrainian Catholic University. Father Gudziak turned 50 on November glasnost and perestroika. He shared the an insightful lesson opens the mind,” he Meetings with Blair Ruble, president of 24, 2010. No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2011 29 30 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2011 No. 1

Serbyn, hope that “greater knowledge of Kuchma protests of 2001, in which he Montreal's... this period will provide common ground Targeted... was accused of organizing a mass dis- (Continued from page 3) for greater understanding between Jewish (Continued from page 13) turbance. He could face up to eight support of The Jewish Public Library. and Ukrainian Montrealers today.” years imprisonment if convicted, but Achieving better mutual understanding five years in prison if convicted. The photographs of orphaned, dying enjoys prosecutorial immunity with his and gravely sick children moved all visi- is the goal of the Ukrainian-Jewish • Taras Shepitko – the former deputy deputy mandate. tors and resonated particularly deeply Dialogue of Montreal, a small group of director of the Kyiv Regional Energy with the new Jewish immigrants from people that includes the past president of • Tetiana Sliuz – the former head of the Ukraine. Customs Office was arrested and incar- State Treasury is the subject of an inter- the Christian-Jewish Dialogue of cerated on July 21, 2010. Prosecutors All participants expressed the hope national search warrant. Prosecutors Montreal, the Rev. Dr. Ihor Kutash of the charged him with official negligence for that more joint community events will filed criminal charges on April 8, 2010, Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Canada his role in the 2009 confiscation of 11 follow. accusing Ms. Sliuz of abusing her and the Rev. Dr. Andrew Onuferko, pro- billion cubic meters in natural gas from In an interview with The Canadian authority and interfering with a court fessor at the Ukrainian Catholic RosUkrEnergo. He remains imprisoned Jewish News, Dr. Victor Goldbloom, past Sheptytsky Institute, St. Paul University ruling when ordering subordinates not president of the Quebec Jewish Congress and faces up to five years if convicted. in Ottawa, as well as other prominent to return $100 million in security depos- and co-chair of the Ukrainian-Jewish • Andrii Shkil – the Tymoshenko Bloc its owed to Mssrs. Grigorishin and Dialogue, said: “The message is that 90 members of both communities. national deputy is the subject of a crimi- Kolomoisky in the attempted September years ago, when the [western] Jewish In the words of Dr. Goldbloom “Many nal investigation renewed by the 2009 auction of the Odesa Portside community was less numerous and had bad things happened in Eastern Europe. Procurator General’s Office on Plant. She remains at large and could fewer resources, it nevertheless respond- But we have to look forward, as well as December 14, 2010, in relation to his face up to six years imprisonment if ed to a human tragedy in which the great- back. How do we live together from this involvement in the Ukraine Without convicted. er majority was not Jewish.” point on?” That’s the question that will be The newspaper went on to say that resolved by the fledgling group as it both chairmen, Dr. Goldbloom and Dr. plans its next event in Montreal.

force and imposition of embargos as a polit- White House-connected... ical instrument. (Continued from page 3) Russia’s heavy militarization of Abkhazia licly offering Moscow a free pass into the and South Ossetia compounds its breaches WTO in the context of the “reset” policy of the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) (Izvestyia, October 21; Itar-Tass, October treaty. With U.S.-led efforts now under way 22). to revitalize that treaty, Washington can not By seizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia possibly separate this issue from its policies and by “recognizing” them, Russia has forc- toward Russia and toward Georgia, respec- ibly shifted the Russia-Georgia customs tively. border, from the internationally recognized Yet CAP’s study does not connect these issues and makes no reference to CFE trea- state border into the internationally recog- ty obligations. It seems to accept that nized Georgian territory. In that process Russian armored forces would stay in Moscow has also created two “black holes.” Abkhazia and South Ossetia to “deter” WTO member-countries have the right to Georgia. It also recommends for the U.S. to the entry of new members for failure seek “a voluntary freeze on the build-up of to observe the organization’s rules. Georgia Russian military forces in these territories,” Alex E. Kyj has submitted proposals to administer the rather than reductions toward compliance Financial Advisor Abkhaz and South Ossetian sectors of the with the CFE treaty. Georgia-Russia customs border together While the U.S. is putting the “host coun- Financial Planning Specialist with Russian customs services, without try consent” principle at the basis of its posi- prejudicing the integrity of Georgia’s inter- tion in the CFE negotiations, the CAP study nationally recognized territory. Practically omits this issue altogether from the Russia- One Liberty Place this would involve Georgian customs offi- Georgia context and its own recommenda- cials to be stationed there, in some arrange- tions for U.S. policy. Such a disjunction, if 1650 Market Street, 42nd Floor ment of cooperation with Russia. The accepted, would only weaken the U.S. hand, Philadelphia, PA 19103 Georgian government has taken the position both in the CFE negotiations and in its own that it merely seeks to uphold the WTO’s policies in Georgia and the South Caucasus. (215) 854-6284 (800) 233-1414 rules by asking Russia to observe them (Civil Georgia, October 8, 13, 15, 20). The article above is reprinted from Admitting Russia into the WTO, despite Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission www.fa.smithbarney.com/robertskyj those problems, might tacitly vindicate the from its publisher, the Jamestown change of Georgia’s international borders by Foundation, www.jamestown.org. [email protected]

community to recognize the Holodomor as Hundreds gather... genocide against the Ukrainian people; and (Continued from page 4) recognized the work of the Consistory’s passed resolutions which: thanked Patriarch Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry Bartholomew for his kind remarks and work and the staff at All Saints Camp and the con- toward the realization of a united local secration of St. Thomas Chapel at the camp. (pomisna) Ukrainian Orthodox Church; The plenary session concluded with thanked the hierarchs of the UOC-U.S.A. remarks by Metropolitan Constantine, for their work; noted the participation of who thanked the delegates for their par- Metropolitan Yurij and clergy from the ticipation and devotion to the Ukrainian UOC of Canada, and the participation of Orthodox Church, and asked them to Archbishop Ihor; congratulated Archbishop bring this light of enthusiasm to their Antony on 25 years of episcopal service and local parishes and share their Sobor expe- his election as treasurer of the Episcopal riences. Assembly of all Orthodox hierarchs of the Archbishop Antony then conducted the U.S.A.; remembered the clergy and their rite of induction to office for the newly wives who had passed away since the previ- elected members of the Church’s adminis- ous Sobor; supported encounters between trative bodies. the UOC and the Ukrainian Catholic The final day of the Sobor began with a Church; appealed for prayer in the conven- divine liturgy led by Metropolitan ing of the Great and Holy Council of the Constantine, Metropolitan Yurij, Orthodox Church, the first of which was Archbishop Antony and Bishop Daniel. A held in 787 in Nicaea; marked the 19th memorial service was held at the crypt of anniversary of Ukraine’s independence, and Patriarch Mstyslav I, where prayers were urged President Yanukovych and other gov- offered for all of the deceased hierarchs, ernment officials to work toward securing clergy and faithful. justice, human rights and equality for all cit- Archbishop Antony and Bishop Daniel izens of Ukraine; marked the millions of then went out among the graves at St. Ukrainians targeted by the Soviet regime in Andrew Cemetery, blessing the burial sites the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933, the of Metropolitan John (Theodorovych) and Holodomor, calling on the international the other hierarchs laid to rest there. No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2011 31 OUT AND ABOUT

January 14 Malanka, featuring music by Fata Morgana, St. Montreal Ukrainian Youth Association and Plast Ukrainian Scranton, PA Vladimir Parish Center, 570-383-9487 Scouting Organization, Ukrainian Youth Home, 514-984-8821 or www.cym.org January 15 Malanka, featuring music by Na Zdorovya, Hartford, CT Hartford Ukrainian National Home, 860-296-6955 January 22 Malanka, featuring music by Fata Morgana, Carteret, NJ St. Demetrius Banquet Hall, 609-655-4468 or January 15 Malanka, Branch of the Ukrainian 732-491-1826 (advance tickets only) Mississauga, ON Youth Association, Mississauga Convention Center, www.cymmissmalanka.com January 29 Malanka, featuring music by Zolota Bulava and New Britain, CT Hrim, St. George Greek Hall, 860-452-4023 January 15 Malanka, featuring music by Svitanok, Ukrainian Yonkers, NY Youth Center, 914-746-6781 February 5 Malanka, featuring music by Hrim, The Lantana, Randolph, MA Ukrainian American Educational Center of Boston, January 15 Malanka, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary [email protected] or Ottawa Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 613-728-0856 www.ukrainiancenter.org

January 15 Malanka, featuring music by Fata Morgana, St. February 19 Winter ball, featuring music by Hrim, L’Enfant Yardville, NJ George Ukrainian Orthodox Church hall, Washington Plaza Hotel, [email protected] or 800-635-5056 609-585-1935 February 26 Debutante ball, featuring music by Hrim and January 15 Malanka, featuring music by Hudi a Mocni and Tyt i Parsippany, NJ Vorony, Ukrainian American Youth Association, Toronto Tam, Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, Sheraton Hotel, Liberty Grand Exhibition Place, 416-769-9998 http://cym.org/us/archives/Deb2011/2011Deb.asp

January 15 Malanka, featuring music by The Real Deal, Plast March 5 Wild West Ukie Fest, featuring the Syzokryli Calgary, AB Ukrainian Scouting Organization, Calgary Petroleum Phoenix, AZ Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, bandurists from the Club, 403-241-1781 Canadian Bandurist Capella, Paradise Valley High School Auditorium, 480-991-4656 or January 15 Malanka, featuring music by “Bavmosia!,” St. 602-882-1552 San Francisco Michael Ukrainian Orthodox Church hall, 650-968-6425 or 415-334-8156 March 6 Wild West Ukie Fest dance, featuring music by Phoenix, AZ Svitanok, Sheraton Four Points Hotel, January 15 Chervona Kalyna debutante ball and Malanka, 480-991-4656 or 602-882-1552 Pearl River, NY featuring music by Dunai, Hilton Hotel, 845-735-9000 (hotel) or 914-271-2805 or 201-391-2581

January 22 Malanka, featuring music by Zahrava, Ukrainian Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events Warren, MI Cultural Center, 586-757-8130 or 586-558-8508 advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors January 22 Malanka, featuring music by Veselka and DJ Evhen, and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2011 No. 1

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Friday, January 7, 2011 Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church are co- sponsoring a Malanka, which will be held PARMA, Ohio: St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian at the St. Demetrius Community Center, Orthodox Cathedral will sponsor its 23rd 681 Roosevelt Ave. Entertainment will be annual Christmas radio program for its provided by Fata Morgana. Tickets are sick and elderly shut-in parishioners. The $60, which includes admission, choice of entire Christmas divine liturgy will be sirloin beef or chicken capon dinner, open broadcast live at 9-11 a.m. over radio sta- bar and a midnight champagne toast. The tion WJMO, 1300 AM. The liturgy will be St. Demetrius Center is located just blocks celebrated by the cathedral clergy, with from Exit 12 of the New Jersey Turnpike. responses sung by the Ukrainian and There is a Holiday Inn right off the exit. English choirs of the cathedral. (Also at Cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres begins St. Vladimir’s Great Complines and at 6 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. Matins will be celebrated at 7:30 p.m. on and the music starts at 8 p.m. For table and Christmas Eve, Thursday, January 6). For ticket reservations contact Peter Prociuk, information call the parish office, 440- 609-655-4468 or [email protected]. 886-3223. Tickets will not be sold at the Saturday, January 22, 2011 door. Outside liquor is prohibited. Deadline for tickets is January 16. CARTERET, N.J.: St. Demetrius For more information visit www.stdeme- Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral and St. triusuoc.org.

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