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www.ukrweekly.com THE! СВ ОБОДА ^SVOBODA І І Ukrainian Weekly PI BUSHED BY THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION INC- A FRATERNA1 NON-PROU1 ASSOCIATION Ш Vol. L No. 9 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28,1982 25 cents Heated U.S.-Soviet exchange In Rome marks Madrid Review Conference Weeklong festivities highlight MADRID - Wjth deliberations Mr.-Kampelman accused the Soviets Patriarch Josyf s birthday deadlocked by East-West wrangling of `'sheer hypocrisy." over Poland, the February 24 session of "The Helsinki Final Act has been ROME - Over 500 persons - clergy Columbia, Myroslav Marusyn of the Madrid Conference on Security and pummeled to near death by the Soviet and laity - from 12 countries gathered Western Europe and Innocent Lotocky Cooperation in Europe witnessed some Union," he said. "Yet we hear the here to join in the jubilee festivities of Chicago. of the harshest Soviet-American ex­ chirping 'Let's go back to work'by those honoring Patriarch Josyf Slipyj on the Besides the Ukrainian hierarchs who changes since it convened IS months who have been demonstrating by their occasion of his 90th birthday. celebrated the liturgy,. Cardinal Wladi- ago, reported The New York Times. actions their utter contempt for the The highlight of the weeklong cele­ slav Rubin, the prefect of the Eastern U.S. Ambassasor Max Kampelman Final Act and of our process." bration came on Wednesday, February Congregation, took part as a represen­ said that military rule in Poland was Throughout the heated session the 17, the Ukrainian primate's birthday. tative of the pope. That day, St. Sophia reflective-of "a pattern of even greater United States accused the Soviet Union On that day at 11 a.m. a pontifical Sobor was bursting with pilgrims and repression in Soviet society." of violating human-rights and other moleben was held at the grave of St. well-wishers. The faithful, which in­ Calling Soviet abuses of psychiatry a clauses of the accords, and Mr. Kampel­ Josaphat at St. Peter's Basilica. A cluded many young people, among violation of the human-rights provisions man commented sarcastically on the pontifical liturgy was celebrated at St. them seminary students fromRome,all in the 1975 Helsinki Accords, he said Soviet plea for returning to "work" at Sophia Sobor in which the patriarch, 11 sang the liturgy. The singing was led by Moscow was confining dissidents, "to the meeting, the Times said. bishops, 10 mitred priests and 13 other Archimandrite Ivan Muzyczka. the grotesque world of politically "The only work I have seen is the clergymen took part. Following the reading of the gospel, controlled psychiatric institutions, work represented by the invasion of The hierarchs present included Cana­ Cardinal Rubin read Ukrainian-lan­ where they have been silenced through Afghanistan," he said, "or the work of da's Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk, guage greetings from Pope John Paul drugs and violated in a manner remini­ putting people in jail or psychiatric U.S. Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk, II. scent of the Middle Ages." institutions." Archbishop and Coadjutor Myroslav The pope underlined the fact that the тІШЙ JCoadtashcv ofc.tba. Soviet, "Are they offering more 4alk,-more Lubachivsky, and Bishops Neil Savaryn patriarch's birthday is indeed a jubilee delegation said that Mr. Kampelman words on paper they will disregard? of Edmonton, Isidore Borecky of for all the Ukrainian people in both the was "poisoning the Madrid atmos­ More promises they will not keep? Their Toronto, Ivan Prasko of Melbourne, free world and behind the Iron Curtain. phere" with "inventions and infected words are useless in the face of their Australia, Platon Kornyljak of West Cardinal Rubin echoed the words of the sources." deeds against the final act. They are Germany, Basil Losten of Stamford, pope, expressing his warmest wishes to According to the Tunes, the Soviet wrecking the final act." Conn., Jerome Chimy of British (Continued on page 11) delegation issued a news release saying Since the conference reconvened on that "the refusal on the part of the February 9, when Western foreign NATO countries and7 first of all, the ministers, including U.S. Secretary of Metropolitan Mstyslav to mark jubilee U.S. delegation to engage in a business­ State Alexander Haig, came here to like and constructive work at the - assail Moscow and Warsaw over the SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. - Madrid meeting may have serious imposition of martial law in Poland, the The Consistory of the Ukrainian Ortho­ consequences." Western allies, have ceased participating dox Church in the United States has It said the West was trying to "sabo­ in working groups that had been draft­ announced the formation of a special tage the positive work" of the confe­ ing a final conference document. committee to oversee the final planning rence, which has been reviewing the Their position is that the dismantling of a May 16 observance marking two Helsinki Final Act. (Continued OB page 10) important milestones in the life of Metropolitan Mstyslav, head of the Church. The observance will celebrate the Ukrainian Helsinki Group resolution 40th anniversary of Metropolitan Msty- slav`s ordination and subsequent eleva­ reported out of subcommittee tion to bishop, as well as the prelate's 84th birthday. Metropolitan Mstyslav WASHINGTON - House Con­ In a February 12 letter to AHRU was born on April 10, 1898, ordained as current Resolution 205, which called on executive secretary Walter Bodnar and a priest in April 1942, and elected as President Ronald Reagan to proclaim coordinator Ihor Olshaniwsky, Rep. bishop one month later. November 9, 1981, a day commemorat­ Jim Leach (R-Iowa), ranking minority Honorary chairmen of the committee ing the fifth anniversary of the Ukrainian member of the human-rights subcom­ are Archbishops Mark and Constan- Helsinki Monitoring Group, moved out mittee, said that the language of the tine, while acting chairman is the Rt. of the Subcommittee on Human'Rights resolution was changed slightly to Rev. Protopresbyter Stephen Bilak, and International Affairs on February 3 provide for the commemoration of the head of the Consistory. and will be considered by the full sixth anniversary this year. The Consistory has asked that all Foreign Affairs Committeet reported parishes refrain from holding any cere­ Americans for Human Rights in U- He added that he fully expected the monies or observances on May 16 kraine (AHRU). Foreign Affairs Committee to act because all priests and laypersons are The legislation, which was sponsored favorably on the measurtrin a short, urged to come to South Bound Brook to by Reps. Bernard J. Dwyer (D) and time. honor the metropolitan. Christopher H. Smith (R), both of New і On February 9, Rep. Millicent Fen- Metropolitan Mstyslav will be jersey, and had 72 co-sponsors, was wick (R-N.J.), who is running for the honored for his great contributions to introduced on October 20, 1981, and U.S. Senate this year, also sent a letter the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, most urged the president to work through to the AHRU informing thejrroup that notably his work that brought into Metropolitan diplomatic channels for the release of the subcommittee had completed hear­ being the Ukrainian Orthodox Center Ukrainian political prisoners. ings on the resolution and has reported located on some 100 acres of land in The metropolitan will also be honored The Ukrainian Helsinki Monitoring it to the full committee. Changing the Somerset County, N.J., the erection" for his efforts in expanding publishing Group was founded in Kiev on November date, she said, would make the resolu­ there of St. Andrew's Memorial activity and creation of the library and 9, 1976, by 10 Ukrainian intellectuals tion timely. Church, establishment of St. Andrew's archives at the Ukrainian Orthodox and political activists to review Soviet Although the Foreign Affairs Com­ Cemetery, and founding of St. Sophia Center. implementation of the 1975 Helsinki mittee has not yet scheduled hearings on Seminary. Most recently he brought to The program in observance of his Accords on human rights and European the measure, both congressmen indi­ fruition the construction of the S2 jubilee will take place at the Home of security and cooperation. cated that they expect quick passage. million Home of Ukrainian Culture. Ukrainian Culture. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1982 Ho. 9 Soviet decision qn Vashchenkos Rights activists urge release expected by end of March of Murzhenko and Fedorov MOSCOW - Soviet officials are her health and she was taken by U.S. HELSINKI, Finland - Liuba Mur­ Mr. Fedorov and Victor Balashov. He expected to rule by late March on personnel to Botkin hospital. zhenko, wife of imprisoned political was charged under Articles 70 and 72, emigration applications by Lidia Vash- The Soviets have maintained that the prisoner Oleksiy Murzhenko, has joined and sentenced to six years' imprison­ chenko, the 30-year-old Pentecostal fate of the seven was an American 12 other Soviet human-rights activists ment. From 1964 to 1967 he was held in who, along with six others, had been problem as long as they remained in the in issuing an appeal urging,the release of Vladimir Prison. living in the United States Embassy here embassy. Moscow officials indicated her husband and Yuri Fedo?ov, re­ In 1968 Mr. Murzhenko was released for over three and a half years before that the seven Pentecostals could apply ported the Smoloskyp Information from Camp No. 7 in Mordovia, but he being transferred to a Soviet hospital for emigration through proper channels Service. was kept under police surveillance when for treatment after a three-month after they returned to their native Mr. Murzhenko, a Ukrainian, and he returned to Ukraine. After being hunger strike threatened her health, Siberia.

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