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INSIDE: • Geneva Initiative on Psychiatry promote reforms in Ukraine — page 3. • Slavic studies convention focuses on Ukraine — page 9. • Nuns overcome diversity to build anew in Hoshiv — page 11. HE KRAINI A N EEKLY T PublishedU by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profitW association Vol. LXIV No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1996 $1.25/$2 in Ukraine

Council of Europe rebukes Lisbon summit of OSCE discusses Ukraine for capital punishment future course for European security by Roman Woronowycz In fact, the issue is being studied at sev- by Roman Woronowycz Secretary of the Security Council Kyiv Press Bureau eral government levels. A presidential com- Kyiv Press Bureau Volodymyr Horbulin and the chairman of mission has been formed in the last year as the Verkhovna Rada’s Committee on KYIV — The Parliamentary Assembly well as a committee in the Verkhovna KYIV — Ukraine’s President Leonid Foreign Relations and Matters of the CIS, of the Council of Europe announced at a Rada. Deputy Borys Oliynyk and Mr. Kuchma and 54 other Western leaders Borys Oliynyk, addressed the summit seminar in Kyiv on November 28-29 that Holovatyi both agreed that one of the prob- met in Lisbon, Portugal, on December 2- meeting on December 2. He said “the hundreds of people have been killed by the lems with ridding the country of capital 3 to set the course for European security biggest threat to state security in today’s Ukrainian government in the last months, punishment is that the Ukrainian populace into the 21st century. world comes from internal factors, such as even though Ukraine had agreed to a firmly supports it (polls show that only 6 Discussions centered on relations the social and economic environment, moratorium on capital punishment when it percent of the population is for abolition). between the established Western European human rights issues and politics,” accord- joined the council 11 months ago. Both men came out for abolition of the states and new members from the East. ing to various press reports. The announcement was made at a con- death penalty, and Mr. Holovatyi added Consensus was achieved on the expansion He laid special emphasis on the need to cluding press conference by Zsolt Nemeth, that capital punishment is not a decision for of NATO, with only Russia continuing to abide by the principle of “the inviolability member of the Committee on Legal the population at large to make. protest NATO’s future movement eastward. of European borders as the foundation of The summit of the Organization for Affairs and Human Rights of the He blamed the Verkhovna Rada, the security system.” President Kuchma Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly. “We have President Leonid Kuchma and former then called on the OSCE to outline “clear- (OSCE) agreed on a “Comprehensive learned a shocking fact — hundreds, hun- Prime Minister Yevhen Marchuk for not ly and unambiguously” sanctions to be Security Model for the 21st Century,” dreds of people have been executed in forcing the issue. “I think that the attitude implemented should violations of borders and, although all attendees signed it, Ukraine in the last months,” he explained. toward the death penalty must be led by occur. He also called on European states Russia’s Prime Minister Viktor “We had suspected such before our con- the government,” said the minister. to develop mechanisms to assure the secu- Chernomyrdin dismayed world leaders ference, now we are sure.” He said that The issue of the death penalty in Ukraine rity of states that do not fall within “col- by blasting the agreement to expand merely in the last six months the number goes even deeper than the killing of those lective defense structures.” NATO to include some Central European stands at 90, to which Minister of Justice found guilty of capital offenses. Another countries like Poland, Hungary and the Discussions on Ukraine Serhii Holovatyi rebuked weakly, “The major revelation made by the seminar, and Czech Republic. official number is 89.” acknowledged by Mr. Holovatyi, is that the At a December 4 press briefing at the “Yes, Russia has no veto power over Minister Holovatyi explained that he victims’ relatives are not informed when Presidential Administration building, the the alliance’s expansion, but nobody has could only cite information of other gov- the sentence will be carried out, and then president’s foreign affairs advisor, a veto on our rights to defend our own ernmental ministries because the the victims are buried in unmarked graves. Volodymyr Ohrysko, said discussions on national interests,” he said, according to Ministry of Justice does not have access Explained Mr. Nemeth, “We are happy that Ukraine had been a central aspect of the a Washington Post report. to prisoner death records; they remain democracy has developed in Ukraine, but summit. The agreement also includes a com- with the Procuracy and the Interior this type of barbarism throws shadows on He said President Kuchma had spoken prehensive plan for troop reductions and Ministry. “I get a statistical report every its democracy. We hope the government with 16 world leaders in the two days and for renewed arms reduction talks among six months,” he said. and the public will disclose the information that all but three of the meetings were the countries. Speaking with The Weekly before the so that we can tell the families.” He added requested by the other parties. “I believe conference had started, he had said face- President Kuchma, who was there with tiously that “it is a state secret when (Continued on page 18) Foreign Minister Hennadiy Udovenko, (Continued on page 2) Ukraine last used the death penalty.” The seminar, attended by representatives of 15 European countries that are members of the Council of Europe, was supposed to Ambassador Viktor Batiuk killed in car accident have been a general discussion on the aboli- by Roman Woronowycz ed ambassador to Canada, where he International Labor Organization. He tion of the death penalty in Europe. It Kyiv Press Bureau served until February of this year. was a member of the Writers’ Union of quickly turned into a commentary on the Ambassador Batiuk was born in Ukraine and had published translations status of capital punishment in Ukraine and KYIV — Viktor Batiuk, who had Sverdlovsk, Russia, on March 15, 1939. of works from Bangladeshi, Indian and Russia, both of which had agreed to give up been Ukraine’s representative to the The ethnic Ukrainian, after completing American literature. death penalty sentencing as a condition for United Nations and later ambassador to studies at the Moscow Institute of Mr. Batiuk is survived by his wife entry into the council. Canada, was killed in an automobile International Relations in 1962, moved and three children. From the opening plenary session, accident on December 2. to Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Ukraine and Russia came under the hot The 57-year-old diplomat, who had Affairs in Kyiv. glare of the lights of the European com- currently held the title ambassador-at- For the next 30 years he slowly rose munity. Renate Wohlwend, vice-chair of large, was returning to Kyiv from a through the ranks, spending time at the the Subcommittee on Human Rights, was mission to Slovakia when the accident United Nations as second secretary of quick to lay down the law. “I am sorry to occurred. Ukraine’s Permanent Mission in New say that there are still unfortunately two According to an unofficial version York in 1968-1973, and at the U.N. black sheep in our family; Ukraine and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs press Office and other international organiza- Russia are not honoring their commit- service gave The Weekly, the ambas- tions based in Geneva, in 1978-1984. ments. The assembly expressed its horror sador was crossing a bridge near the He also served as third, second and at the situation with a resolution it adopt- village of Latorytsia in the Zakarpattia first secretary at the Ministry of ed in June 1996,” she explained. region of Ukraine at approximately 10 Foreign Affairs in 1962-1968, assistant “We hope the seminar will inform the a.m. when his car crossed the meridian to the minister of foreign affairs in countries not keeping their word that the and struck a tractor-trailer approaching 1973-1974, and general secretary of death penalty is not needed. We must from the other direction. The press the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of make them aware that we can use sanc- spokesperson emphasized that the offi- Ukraine in 1974-1978. From 1984 to tions, with the ultimate sanction being cial investigation was not yet complete. 1992 he served as a member of the that they could be thrown out of the In addition to Mr. Batiuk, who was dri- board and director of the Department of Council of Europe.” ving, two other passengers in the car died. International Organizations at the Mr. Holovatyi said Ukraine is not Mr. Batiuk served as Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. turning its back on its commitment to rid ambassador to the United Nations in In 1964 he was a fellow at the itself of the death penalty, but that it will 1992-1994. Afterwards, he was appoint- Institute for Labor Studies at the Ambassador Viktor Batiuk take time. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1996 No. 49 Chornobyl plant’s No. 1 re a c t o r is shut down — at least for now Ukrainian team scales Nepal peak nizing illegal strikes in July protesting by Roman Woronowycz However, the State Nuclear Energy government wage arrears, because they do Kyiv Press Bureau Commission released a statement on JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A Ukrainian not believe he will get a fair trial in November 28 that it has plans to restart team of mountain climbers planted the KYIV — Ukraine shut down reactor Zaporizhia. Mr. Krylov’s public defenders reactor No. 2 after overhaul operations are Ukrainian flag at the challenging from Donetsk have refused to continue to No. 1 of the Chornobyl nuclear power sta- completed in the fourth quarter of 1997. Annapurna peak (8,091 meters) in Nepal tion on November 30 at 10 p.m. However, represent him because of the costs Greenpeace announced on November on October 20 to commemorate the fifth involved in traveling and staying in a memorandum received from the 30 that it welcomed the closure of reactor anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. Ukrainian Energy Ministry was not clear Zaporizhia. The miners told Judge Yurii No. 1, but because the third power unit is The team members were Serhii Bershov Svitlychny that many defense witnesses on whether the shutdown was permanent. connected physically to the infamous (Kharkiv), Serhii Kovalov (Donetsk) and Officials of the power plant submitted cannot afford to participate in the trial reactor No. 4, no work on sealing the sar- Ihor Sverhun (Kharkiv). The expedition because they have not been paid in a letter to the ministry stating that reactor team comprised 13 Ukrainians led by cophagus could realistically begin with- months. (OMRI Daily Digest) No. 1 would be halted “to conduct tech- out shutting down that reactor as well. Mstyslav Horbenko from Odesa. This nical operations,” reported Interfax- Alexey Pasyuk of Greenpeace said it event was officially registered by the Pro-Russian elected Moldova’s president Ukraine. is not efficient to operate the Chornobyl Nepal Ministry of Tourism on November Ukraine agreed to shut down reactor complex from any perspective and that 3. (Ukesnews) CHISINAU — Parliament Speaker No. 1 in April at a Moscow meeting that alternative energy sources and energy Petru Lucinschi was elected Moldova’s Moonlighting lawmakers stripped of seats it attended of the Group of Seven leading efficiency programs could meet president in a runoff on December 1. According to preliminary data, Mr. industrialized states. In a memorandum Ukraine’s needs. “For any product to be KYIV — A Kyiv city court has ruled of understanding the G-7 agreed to help produced in Ukraine requires at least Lucinschi led with 53.14 percent of the that 38 deputies who still hold posts in the vote, over incumbent President Mircea with financing and technical assistance to three times more energy than in Western government cannot retain their seats in the Snegur with 46.86 percent. Mr. close the entire complex by the year Europe,” said Mr. Pasyuk. “Chornobyl Verkhovna Rada, Ukrainian TV reported on Lucinschi, 56, who was the highest rank- 2000, to help secure the leaking sarcoph- unit No. 3 produces only 1 percent of November 17. Parliament Chairman ing ethnic Moldovan in the hierarchy of agus of the No. 4 reactor, which blew up Ukraine’s energy, while about 40 percent Oleksander Moroz had asked the court to the defunct Communist Party of the in 1986 in the world’s worst nuclear acci- of energy produced in Ukraine is lost make a ruling after the deputies — includ- Soviet Union (he was Central Committee dent, and to help Ukraine develop alter- through inefficiency.” ing Environment Minister Yurii Kostenko secretary), was backed by leftist forces, native energy sources. To date, Ukraine With the closing of unit No. 1, and Vice Foreign Affairs Minister Anton including the ruling Agrarian Democratic has received little of the promised money Ukraine now has 14 operating nuclear Buteyko — refused to choose between Party, the Socialists, the Communist and has resisted until now any closure. reactors producing 14,000 megawatts of serving in the legislature or keeping their Party of Moldova and the Edinstvo- The 800-megawatt power plant will electricity. The Chornobyl reactor government offices. It said that they were Unitate movement. He is generally seen remain “switched-off until further notice,” accounted for 6.2 percent of Ukraine’s violating the new Constitution. The as pro-Russian. During the electoral cam- according to Interfax-Ukraine, which over-all output and 16 percent of nuclear- deputies, meanwhile, have asked the procu- paign, he repeatedly advocated closer ties leaves only reactor No. 3 functioning. generated power. rator-general to punish Mr. Moroz for abus- with the Commonwealth of Independent ing his authority, claiming that he alone States and Russia. (OMRI Daily Digest) does not possess the authority to appeal directly to any court on such matters. They Outgoing president urges withdrawal Christian-Democratic Party also claim that his action was politically motivated and that he is turning a blind eye CHISINAU — Mircea Snegur, holds third congress in Kyiv to leftist lawmakers who still hold top posts addressing the Lisbon summit of the in the private sector. Mr. Moroz said the Organization for Security and KYIV – More than 600 delegates, rep- rights, rule of law and parliamentary pro- dispute should be handled by the new Cooperation in Europe on December 3, resenting all regions of Ukraine, attended cedures. Currently, there are nine CDPU Constitutional Court. (OMRI Daily Digest) urged Russia to withdraw its troops from the third congress of the Christian- members of Parliament. eastern Moldova, BASA-press reported. Democratic Party of Ukraine held in Addressing the congress, Dr. Lubomyr Remains of Ukrainian MiG-29 found He complained that Moscow has not Kyiv on November 16-17. Luciuk of Canada spoke of the impor- “honored the commitments” laid down in KYIV — A search team has found an October 1994 bilateral agreement. The Recommitting themselves to the intro- tance of the CDPU in furthering democ- fragments of the MiG-29 that disap- duction of Christian ethics into Ukrainian ratic change and promoting stability in troops’ withdrawal was a key factor to peared from radar on October 31 after finding a peaceful settlement to the political life, the CDPU delegates revised today’s Ukraine, but cautioned the partic- taking off from Kirovsk airfield in east- their platform to conform with the new ipants about the need to remember their Dniester conflict, he added. Mr. Snegur central Crimea. Some parts of the fighter also appealed to the summit to issue a Constitution of Ukraine, and furthered immediate past in order to ensure that jet were found on the coast near their contacts with other European Ukraine enjoys the future it deserves. His “political declaration” on “the current Yevpatoria. According to the investiga- state of affairs” in Moldova. The 1994 Christian Democrats, notably representa- brief remarks drew great applause, espe- tion commission, the plane is on the bot- tives of the Italian, Czech, Polish, Russian, cially when he called upon the youth of Russian-Moldovan accord has not yet tom of the sea. The cause of the crash — been ratified by the Russian State Duma. Georgian, Belgian, Swiss and German par- Ukraine, who were very well represented the third this year in Ukraine involving a (OMRI Daily Digest) ties, and the European Women’s Union. at this meeting, to struggle to ensure that Soviet-made MiG-29 — is still unknown. In his keynote address, the party’s the independence of Ukraine is finally (OMRI Daily Digest) Chornobyl victims, Afghanistan vets picket president, Vitalii Zhuravsky, 41, under- and truly achieved. scored the vital importance of a united One of the unique moments of the Miners’ union requests venue change KYIV — Several dozen Chornobyl front among the conservative, liberal and congress occurred when Viktor victims, Afghan war veterans and ZAPORIZHIA — Members of the Ukrainian pensioners picketed the democratic parties represented in the Andriyanov read out a personal message Donetsk Workers Committee have Verkhovna Rada in the next national from President Leonid Kuchma, greeting Verkhovna Rada to protest proposed cuts appealed to a judge in Zaporizhia to in benefits next year, it was reported on election, and emphasized the CDPU’s delegates to the congress and wishing change the venue of the trial of committee commitment to social justice, human them success in their work. December 3. The Chornobyl Union and head Mykhailo Krylov. The trial began in the Veterans of Afghanistan organization Zaporizhia in late November. But coal have appealed to President Leonid tic” one, based on “the situation sur- miners want it to take place in Donetsk, Lisbon summit... rounding Ukraine today.” However, he where Mr. Krylov was charged with orga- (Continued on page 11) (Continued from page 1) said no decisions on NATO’s expansion that such requests reflect our authoritative should be undertaken without an open standing in the international community, dialogue with all the countries that would be affected, specifically referring to FOUNDED 1933 and of Ukraine as a stabilizing factor in TH E UK R A I N I A N WE E K LY Russia and its continued resistance to Europe,” he explained. “Countries listen to such a move. 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No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1996 3 Geneva Initiative on Psychiatry promotes reform of mental health institutions in Ukraine by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj chiatrist, attempted to evict Dr. Gluzman and the inde- Toronto Press Bureau pendent Ukrainian Psychiatric Association from the offices they’d been granted in Kyiv. An intervention in TORONTO — Ontario’s provincial capital is home August and September by the GPI’s membership and to Dr. Ray Freebury, a board member of the Geneva Dr. Norman Sartorius, president of the World Initiative on Psychiatry, an international foundation for Psychiatric Association, with the Ukrainian government the abolition and prevention of political abuses of psy- eventually forestalled such a move, but Dr. Freebury chiatry. “Although the dark days of Soviet excesses in said this nevertheless reflects the climate in the top ech- the abuse of psychiatry are behind us,” Dr. Freebury elons. told The Weekly in a recent interview, “there is still Dr. Freebury added that the reputation of Ukraine’s much to be done to ensure there is no chance abuses psychiatric profession in the West has been undermined will recur.” by the ongoing tenure of Dr. Valentin Chuprikov as Dr. Freebury related that the GPI is the successor chief of psychiatric research in the country, because of body to the International Association against the Abuse the latter’s fixations on dubious approaches, such as the of the Political Use of Psychiatry (IAPUP) founded by use of colored lenses as therapy for schizophrenia. Dr. Robert van Voren, a Canadian-born psychiatrist Dr. Freebury said that, despite such difficulties, Dr. now living in Holland, who, prompted by reports of Gluzman has effectively made Ukraine the leader in abuses in the Soviet Union in the 1970s, was instrumen- psychiatric reform, on the strength of a solid core of tal in getting the World Psychiatric Association to for- professionals with integrity, such as Dr. Vladyslav mally oppose the political use of psychiatry. Dr. van Demchenko, Kyiv’s chief psychotherapist, and Dr. Voren currently serves as GPI’s general secretary. Ludmilla Kotko of the Dnipropetrovsk Special IAPUP changed its name in late 1992 because, Dr. Psychiatric Hospital. Both attended the Reformers’ con- Freebury said, with the emergence of democracy in the ference in Madrid, along with 16 other professionals, former Soviet Union, political abuses of psychiatry Parliament deputies, patients’ advocates and community declined significantly, and the organization decided to activists who formed the Ukrainian delegation (by far concentrate on assisting the reform of institutions and the largest). mental health practices. Born in Britain, Dr. Freebury came to Canada to Dr. Freebury said the GPI’s activities are predicat- complete his studies in psychiatry and establish a prac- ed on a recognition that people trained under totalitar- tice. From the 1980s on, he was the American ian rule were going to find it difficult to adapt to Psychiatric Association’s representative for Ontario, its Western ideas of patient rights and freedoms, and so a reporter to and then chair of its Committee on Cover of the journal Mental Health Reforms, which network of communication was established and the International Abuse of Psychiatry, vice-chair of the is published by the Geneva Initiative on Psychiatry. practice of holding annual meetings with participants Section on Psychiatry of the Ontario Medical from the West and former authoritarian states was set Association and director of the Toronto Institute of in motion. Psychoanalysis. atric library, which is now the wealthiest on the territory For the last four years, Dr. Freebury has attended the Dr. Freebury recently served as a member of a dele- of the former USSR, their nursing training program annual Meetings of Reformers in Psychiatry, which gation assigned to investigate abuses of psychiatry in [and] their publication program” (there are more than 20 brings together about 100 practitioners and scholars Cuba, but the delegation was refused entry into that books to be published in 1996-1997). from North America, Western Europe and former country. Dr. van Voren noted that the UPA has a permanent Warsaw Pact countries. This year’s conference was held This fall, the GPI issued the first issue of its journal, secretariat that now includes a patient – a development in Madrid on August 28 to September 1 and coincided Mental Health Reforms, in which Dr. van Voren’s he described as “revolutionary.” with the World Psychiatric Association’s 10th congress. page-one editorial led with a description of Dr. “For a mental patient to come out of the closet and Previous sessions were held in Amsterdam (Holland), Gluzman’s efforts to establish the Ukrainian Psychiatric work with psychiatrists on the territory of the hospital to Prague (Czech Republic) and Bratislava (Slovakia) Association (UPA) and reform the profession and its which he was repeatedly admitted is a tremendous leap In 1993, the first of the meetings focused on the for- practices in his country. forward,” the GPI general secretary wrote. mation of independent professional associations, the Dr. van Voren mentioned that he participated in the Dr. van Voren also noted that many of the psychia- involvement of friends, families and relatives of patients UPA’s first press conference in March, at which trists he’d met in Ukraine in 1991 and saw once again to bolster community contact, and issues concerning Ukrainian psychiatrists “discussed their joint research this year “have become human beings and are surround- psychiatric nursing staff. project with the University of Pittsburgh, their psychi- ed by colleagues who are willing to further reforms.” The GPI’s first “Reformers” sessions in August 1993 solidified contacts with Semen Gluzman, who in 1991- 1992 organized the Ukrainian Psychiatric Association, capitalizing on the considerable influence he enjoyed Campaign to nominate Kuchma for Nobel prize launched with the administration of then-President Leonid MISSISSAGUA, Ontario — In an attempt to real- produce important publications about Ukraine, its his- Kravchuk. ize the Ukrainian community’s aspiration for a tory, culture and current international status, organize Dr. Freebury mentioned that in late 1992, thanks to Ukrainian Nobel Prize laureate, the Petro Jacyk international scholarly conferences and educational Dr. van Voren’s contacts in Holland and Dr. Gluzman’s Educational Foundation has initiated a campaign for programs about Ukraine for Western diplomats and efforts in Ukraine, the Dutch government provided a the nomination of President Leonid Kuchma for the businessmen, etc. Taking advantage of its well-estab- convoy of army trucks, which then transported an 1997 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his active lished contacts within the international academic com- assortment of books, journals, medications and other support of global nuclear non-proliferation and his munity, the foundation has become actively involved materials to help establish the nucleus of an information prominent role in combating and reducing the threat in several important projects which promise to have a distribution network. of global nuclear catastrophe. marked influence on the formation of a new interna- At the 1994 meetings, Dr. Freebury said, discussions The foundation’s nomination letter to the Norwegian tional attitude toward Ukraine and Ukrainians. began about mental health legislation concerning patient Nobel Committee was co-signed by seven prominent Presently, one of the foundation’s most important rights and regulation of the profession, which aimed to professors, representing prestigious universities in tasks is the English-language publication of Mykhailo bring the statutes of former Warsaw Pact countries into North America, Great Britain and Japan, who support Hrushevsky’s History of Ukraine-Rus’. line with those of the West, and then culminated with the view that President Kuchma has played a pivotal The nomination letter to the Nobel Committee was the presentation of model legislation for adoption at the role in the process of Ukraine’s ratification of the prepared by foundation coordinator Dr. Marko Stech. sessions in Bratislava in 1995. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Ukrainian For more information about the foundation, please con- Last year’s sessions also initiated deliberations on the Parliament’s decision to surrender and destroy tact: Petro Jacyk Educational Foundation, 1260 establishment of ethical codes for national psychiatric Ukraine’s powerful nuclear arsenal. President Kuchma Eglinton Ave. East, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L4W associations, Dr. Freebury recalled, and included a is the first representative of Ukraine to ever be officially 1K8, telephone: (905) 238-0467, fax: (905) 625-8445. report by a Lithuanian clinician who chronicled his nominated for the Nobel Prize. Following his nomina- The text of the nomination letter follows: country’s adoption of laws in the form proposed by the tion, the Petro Jacyk Foundation has approached sever- GPI. * * * al Novel Prize laureates and prominent scholars with Honorable Members of the Norwegian Nobel This year’s sessions included a joint presentation and the request that they back the foundation’s initiative workshop by Drs. Gluzman and van Voren on fund- Committee, with their own letters of support. We, the undersigned, hereby express our support for raising among Western governmental and private foun- The Petro Jacyk Educational Foundation is a chari- dations to buttress mental health care reforms. the nomination of Leonid Kuchma, president of Ukraine, table organization established by well-known Canadian for the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his A “Model Ethical Code for Psychiatrists” was pro- businessman and philanthropist Peter Jacyk with the posed by Russia’s Svetlana Polubinskaya and Prof. active policy for the implementation of the Nuclear Non- aim of providing the most effective support for the Proliferation Treaty in Europe and his prominent role in Richard Bonnie of the University of Virginia Law development of Ukrainian scholarship and education, School. Dr. Irina Griga of Kyiv’s Pavlov Psychiatric the process of reducing the global nuclear threat. and for the dissemination of objective scholarly infor- Formerly a high-level official in the Soviet nuclear arms Hospital joined with Jo Lucas of the University of mation about Ukraine in international academic circles. Kyiv-Mohyla Academy School of Social Work to con- industry, President Kuchma voluntarily relinquished this The foundation was instrumental in the establishment role and became the principal advocate of the Ukrainian duct a workshop on “The Role of Social Workers in of Ukrainian studies programs and scholarly centers at Mental Health Care.” Parliament’s decision to surrender and destroy Ukraine’s prominent universities in New York, London, powerful nuclear arsenal. Today, he is one of the world’s Dr. Freebury reported that despite the significant Edmonton, Cambridge, Mass., (Harvard) and Toronto. strides made by the GPI in introducing legal and ethical foremost political figures to champion the cause of glob- These institutions develop and implement research and al nuclear disarmament. concepts into Ukraine, problems are still being created educational programs in Ukrainian studies, educate the by obdurate members of the old guard. next generation of scholars and professors in the field, (Continued on page 12) In July, Vyacheslav Lysovenko, Ukraine’s chief psy- 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1996 No. 49 Ukrainian American Bar Association meets at annual fall meeting NEW YORK – The Ukrainian the Saturday morning meeting held in the World Congress of Ukrainian Lawyers is American Bar Association held its annual conference room of the Ukrainian scheduled to take place in 1998 in either fall meeting last month in New York Orthodox Federal Credit Union. The ses- Odesa or Kharkiv. City. As a preliminary event to the meet- sion’s speakers included Judge Bohdan Other speakers at the UABA’s ing itself, on November 8, the UABA Futey, who gave his observations and cri- Saturday meeting included Alexander conducted a one-day seminar at the tique of the newly adopted Ukrainian Kuzma, who discussed the latest devel- Consulate General of Ukraine in New Constitution. Judge Futey commented on opments with the Children of Chornobyl York for the Ukrainian as well foreign the new Constitution’s treatment of indi- Foundation and emphasized the need for diplomatic corps on various American vidual rights, its establishment of sepa- increased congressional lobbying to max- legal issues affecting foreign nationals in rate and co-equal branches of govern- imize funding for this worthy cause. Nina the United States. This was the second ment, and its organization of the judicia- Polywko of Michigan also gave an inter- such effort by the UABA, following last ry. He concluded that while not everyone esting presentation on the practical year’s seminar held at the Ukrainian is pleased with every provision of the aspects of conducting legal negotiations. Embassy in Washington. document, it should be remembered that Finally, the membership heard from a Participants in the most recent seminar the constitutions of most democracies are Ukrainian guest from Kyiv, Mykhailo included Orest Jejna, Walter Lupan, the result of compromises between vari- Brodovych, counselor to the Consular Bohdanna Pochoday, Myroslaw ous factions. Division of the Ukrainian Ministry of Smorodsky, Peter Piddoubny, as well as The UABA membership also heard a Foreign Affairs, who informed the audi- several non-UABA invited speakers. report on the World Congress of ence of some of the salient issues that Topics of discussion ranged from crimi- Ukrainian Lawyers that took place in affect the ministry’s consular services nal and civil law and procedure to gov- Yalta in October of this year. Participants throughout the world. ernment public assistance programs, of the world conference, Messrs. Jejna, The UABA fall meeting concluded Michael Waris Jr. immigration law and customs issues. Lupan and Piddoubny, and Judge Futey, with a dinner reception at the Old Based upon the active participation and each gave their impressions of the three- Homestead, New York’s oldest restau- Also, Consul General Kryzhanivsky questions from the audience, the seminar day event on the Crimean peninsula that rant. The keynote speaker was Adrian received an award and was made an hon- proved both entertaining and informative saw a truly international meeting of Karatnycky, president of Freedom orary member of the UABA for his many for the attendees. lawyers of Ukrainian descent from as far House, who gave his insights into the years of service and devotion as a distin- At the conclusion, Consul General away as Australia and Argentina. Some political and economic problems and guished member of the Ukrainian diplo- Viktor Kryzhanivsky presented each of 13 countries were represented at the con- achievements encountered by Ukraine matic corps, working with and serving as the UABA member participants with cer- gress in Yalta, which U.S. Ambassador over the last five years of its indepen- an effective liaison to the Ukrainian tificates of recognition, forwarded and William Green Miller also attended as a dence. American community at large. signed by Ukrainian Ambassador Yuri guest for its duration. In conclusion, the UABA bestowed The next UABA meeting is scheduled Shcherbak, in appreciation of their con- The congress re-elected as its presi- two awards that were a genuine surprise to take place in the spring in Toronto in tributions in assisting the Ukrainian dent for the next two years Volodymyr to the respective recipients. Michael cooperation with Ukrainian Canadian diplomatic corps in its work in the United Stretovych, a member of the Verkhovna Waris, a former UABA governor and attorneys. In the interim, plans are in the States. The consul general then hosted Rada and chairman of its Committee on long-standing member, received an works to commemorate the 20th anniver- the UABA’s traditional cocktail party Legal Policy and Law Reform. This was award in recognition and appreciation for sary of the UABA, slated for 1997. that evening at the Consulate. the third such meeting since the world his distinguished service and commit- Further details on both events will be UABA President Orest Jejna opened body’s inception in 1992. The fourth ment on behalf of Ukrainian legal causes. forthcoming. New subscription radio/TV service ready for launch Canada to help FORT LEE, N.J. – After half a year via satellite. Mr. Dlaboha signed with television equipment next year. of preparatory work, including dissemi- Zinovii Kulyk, president of “When a modern, digital teleport is voluntary sector nating informational brochures and Derzhteleradio, a protocol of intentions, built in Ukraine next year, we will other promotional material throughout which underscores reciprocal broadcast begin broadcasting high-quality televi- the Ukrainian community in North rights of both parties’ programming on sion programs from Ukraine as well as in Ukraine America, the Ethnic American their respective territories. the diaspora,” Mr. Dlaboha said. EDMONTON – Canada will help Broadcasting Co. here has announced Consequently, Mr. Dlaboha said, The combined monthly subscription strengthen the non-profit and voluntary that its satellite subscription Ukrainian Ukrainians in America and Canada will cost for Ukrainian radio and television sector in Ukraine, announced Judy Radio and Television Service is ready be able to hear same-day broadcasts of will be $29.90, or 99 cents per day. Bethal, MP for Edmonton East. She for its maiden launch. programs from Ukraine, such as nation- “Our distributors have begun con- made the announcement on behalf of “I am truly excited that the Ukrainian al and local news, news analyses, chil- tacting those who have filled out our Don Boudria, minister of international community in the United States and dren’s and seasonal programs, operas, pre-order applications or otherwise cooperation and minister responsible for Canada supported our plan to create a concerts, sports, liturgies and other reli- contacted us, and we should be able to La Francophonie. Ukrainian radio network and later televi- gious programs, and sessions of the begin broadcasting to our subscribers “A healthy democracy depends on the sion for the Ukrainian diaspora, and Verkhovna Rada. around the end of December,” Mr. active participation of non-profit groups proud that the EABC has the opportuni- Programs from Ukraine will consti- Dlaboha explained. and community organizations,” said Ms. ty to give Ukrainians in America and tute about 65 percent of the daily pro- Mr. Dlaboha also pointed out that the Bethel. “By strengthening Ukraine’s Canada such an unique and needed ser- gramming mix, with the remainder Ukrainian Radio and Television Service civil society, we are furthering democrat- vice,” David Moro, EABC president, being produced in the United States. appreciates its unique role as a new ic reform and promoting sustainable said. “The Ukrainian community under- Programs, including on-air language medium to bolster Ukrainian community human development.” stood the importance of a Ukrainian instruction, will be in Ukrainian and allegiance and activism, and will place Funded by the Canadian International radio and television channel and sup- English, and will be geared to prime attention on supporting the com- Development Agency (CIDA), the ported our plan, and consequently Ukrainians of all immigration waves as munity’s organized infrastructure. Partners in Civil Society program will Ukrainians living in North America will well as their descendants. “Every Ukrainian church, parish, strengthen Ukrainian non-governmental not be separated from Ukraine and “As we grow and respond to sub- civic organization, financial institution, organizations (NGOs) and increase links everything Ukrainian.” scriber needs, we will add more pro- museum, scholarly-educational society with their Canadian counterparts through Mr. Moro also announced that grams and regional bureaus,” he said. — and the list does not end here — that staff exchanges, training programs, man- EABC has appointed Ihor Dlaboha, a In the course of the past six months, brings us 100 subscribers will be agement courses and database develop- well-known Ukrainian American com- Mr. Dlaboha said he had the opportunity afforded a regular, monthly radio pro- ment. Five Ukrainian NGOs from various munity activist and editor, as director of to brief Ukrainian religious and civic gram that it will produce by itself in our sectors will participate in the initiative: the Ukrainian Radio and Television leaders in North America as well as studio at no cost to it,” he noted. For West Ukrainian Resource Center; Service. President Leonid Kuchma, Prime organizing 500 subscribers, he added, Democratic Initiatives Foundation; “Realizing the scope of the project Minister Pavlo Lazarenko, Foreign that organization will be offered weekly Kharkiv Center for Gender Studies; Lviv and the needs of the community, we Affairs Minister Hennadiy Udovenko air time for its program. Board of Education; and Plast Ukraine, a entrusted the leadership of the and others in Ukraine about the new ser- “We are convinced that for Ukrainians Scouting organization. Ukrainian service to Mr. Dlaboha, a vice, and all offered their support and in North America at this time, it is The Canadian Bureau for International longtime Ukrainian civic activist, jour- e n c o u r a g e m e n t . important and imperative to be active in Education (CBIE), a national NGO that nalist, editor of Ukrainian periodicals All-day, everyday Ukrainian radio their civic organizations in the United promotes Canada’s international relations and professor of journalism,” Mr. Moro will be available to Ukrainian sub- States and Canada for the good of inde- through exchanges and technical assis- said. scribers anywhere in the United States pendent Ukraine, and to be informed tance in education, will implement the Mr. Dlaboha recently returned from a and Canada at a cost of $21.90 per about events in Ukraine and international program in cooperation with various edu- successful trip to Ukraine, where he con- month, or 69 cents per day, plus a one- efforts to assist it,” Mr. Dlaboha said. cational institutions and other partners cluded appropriate agreements with the time installation fee to cover the satel- For further information contact the across Canada, including Grant MacEwan State Radio and Television Committee of lite antenna, receiver and converter, Ukrainian American Broadcasting Co. Community College in Edmonton. Ukraine (Derzhteleradio) and its sub- Mr. Dlaboha said, adding that those at 1 Bridge Plaza, Suite 145, Fort Lee, Representatives from the Western sidiaries regarding the transmission of who subscribe during this introductory NJ 07024; telephone, (201) 461-6667, Ukraine Resource Center and the Ukrainian programs to North America period will receive a free upgrade to the ext. 190; fax, (201) 461-6227. (Continued on page 6) No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1996 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM OBITUARY: Peter P. Bugryn Sr., secretary of UNA Branch 390 Young UNA’ers BRISTOL, Conn. – Peter P. Bugryn Sr., secretary of the Ivan Franko Society, Branch 390 of the Ukrainian National Association in Bristol, Conn., died on October 9. Born in Bristol, he worked and lived his entire life in the community. Mr. Bugryn had served as branch sec- retary since 1948. During his 48 years of service to the UNA, he enrolled members into his branch, participated in quadren- nial conventions of the association and conducted branch business with diligence and dedication. He was the longest serv- ing secretary in the Connecticut District of UNA branches. Funeral services were held at St. Matthew Church followed by burial at St. Joseph Cemetery in Bristol. Mr. Bugryn is survived by his wife, Dolores; son, Peter; daughter, Paula; four grandchildren, two sisters and a brother. All are members of the Ukrainian Allison Rose Klowan, daughter of Ariele Oksana Boluch-Dickerman, National Association. Peter P. Bugryn Sr. Teodor and Laura Klowan, is a new daughter of Kathleen Boluch and member of UNA Branch 241 in Andrew Dickerman, is a new member Woonsocket, R.I. She was enrolled by of UNA Branch 307 in Boston. She her parents. Teodor Klowan is was enrolled by her grandfather Buffalo District is reactivated president of Branch 241. Myron Boluch. by Yuri Hreshchyshyn Youth Association (SUM-A) dancers. Net proceeds for the fund topped BUFFALO, N.Y. – The first of two $1,200, according to District Chairman events scheduled this fall by the UNA Zenon Bodnarskyj. Buffalo District was met with sound sup- The district-sponsored St. Nicholas port from the community; the second, yet Day Program featuring students of the to come, will fortell its future strength. School of Ukrainian Studies (Ridna More than 200 people, including cler- Shkola) will take place on Saturday, gy from all of Buffalo, attended a lunch December 21, at 12:30 p.m. in the St. to benefit the UNA Fund for Rebirth of Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall, Ukraine, held on October 27 at St. John 308 Fillmore Ave. (at Oneida), Buffalo. the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church Proceeds will help sustain the school. All Hall. The public was entertained by the parents with young children are encour- Student Association Cheremshyna, as aged to meet with St. Nicholas’ helpers on well as by the Ukrainian American Saturday morning. Winner re c e i ves two days at Soy u z i v ka

Katerine Evdokia Griffiths, daughter Stefan Alexander Bilynsky, son of Lidia of Dr. Maria and David Griffiths, is a and Walter Bilynsky, is a new member new member of UNA Branch 112 in of UNA Branch 88 in Kerhonkson, N.Y. Cleveland. She was enrolled by her He was enrolled by his parents. parents.

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TORONTO PRESS BUREAU: John Danilack (left), insurance sales representative for the Ukrainian National Kassandra and Matwijko Prokopiw, Ukrainian National Association Association, picks the winning ticket for two days at Soyuzivka for two, as Andre J. children of Nadia and Bohdan The Ukrainian Weekly Press Worobec, UNA fraternal activities coordinator, looks on. The winner was Teresa Prokopiw, are new members of UNA Bureau Berket of Astoria, N.Y. The winner was picked from ballots filled out by visitors to Branch 402 in Etobicoke, Canada. They 1 Eva Road —Suite 402 the UNA information table at the Ukrainian Festival held at the Garden State Arts were enrolled by their grandparents Etobicoke, Ontario M9C 4Z5 Center in September. Peter and Martha Cechosh. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1996 No. 49

NEWS AND VIEWS TH E UK R A I N I A N WE E K LY Patriarchate issue needs answers A H R U supports Cherkasy center NEWARK, N.J. – Four years ago in not for this help, they would have had a In 1976 Pope Paul VI rejected the request by Cardinal Josyf Slipyj, the Cherkasy, Ukraine, the Stephanus Charity very difficult time of it. And now, more leader of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, for a patriarchate. Meeting Center (SCC) was established. It is a branch than 100 invalids have been provided with the cardinal and six bishops of the Church, he cited several reasons for his of the International Christian Association’s with excellent clothes. During the freez- decision, as an Associated Press story stated at the time, including that a patri- Servants of the Persecuted Church based in ing weather the overcoats and sweaters archate “could lead to a loosening of the Vatican position over Ukrainian the United States. The center in Cherkasy warmed our bodies as well as our hearts. Catholics.” The story also mentioned another reason: “the extended uneasiness publishes a bimonthly newsletter, Courier, “Because of your generosity, we are of certain Ukrainian communities and their pastors.” and books on Christianity. It also distributes morally and spiritually uplifted and believe Twenty years later, Ukraine is independent and the Ukrainian Greek- aid in the form of used clothing, which is a that our Lord Jesus Christ heard our Catholic Church is united in a way it has not been for a long time. The first gift from churches across the United States. prayers. He helped us by sending help sobor of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church’s laity and clergy, which was Activists of Stephanus have distributed from people like you. It is unlikely that held in October in conjunction with celebrations marking the 400th anniversary coats and other items of clothing to more any of us will ever hear your voices or see of the Union of Brest, was a watershed event in the history of the Church. than 8,000 people in Ukraine. The exact your faces; however, we will always The Church of Rome need no longer use the potential divisiveness of a patriar- number of recipients is not known, because remember your thoughtfulness and kind- chate as a reason for not acknowledging it. The Church’s leadership, its laity and its it is impossible to keep track of all the indi- ness. It is because of people like you that clergy were fully represented at the sobor. No fractionalization occurred, and no v i d u a l s . the word ‘benefactor’ has taken on new major arguments developed outside of normal debate. As Bishop Lubomyr Husar, The aid is usually given to families meaning and can be engraved in my heart. now the auxiliary bishop of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church with extraordi- with many children – families who were “We hope that our organizations (SCC nary powers, told The Weekly in an exclusive interview a day after the conclusion affected by Chornobyl, disabled children and the Society for the Blind) can ade- of the Sobor, “I am pleased with the outcome of the Sobor, mainly with the attitude and adults who are afflicted with polio, quately acknowledge your charity. May of the people who took part and who actively worked together.” cerebral palsy and other illnesses. Aid is the good Lord keep you and bless you Initially, the Vatican said Ukraine must first have its own independent coun- given also to institutions that help the forever! May the giving hand be as joyful try before a patriarchate could be considered. Then the reasoning against a blind and people with birth and develop- as the receiving.”’ patriarchate was that bickering within the Ukrainian Church must be resolved. mental defects. In addition, assistance is Because of dire economic circumstances These two reasons have now fallen away. So what’s the problem today? given to older individuals who live alone in Ukraine, the SCC in Ukraine cannot be Ask Wasyl Kolodchin, the head of the Ukrainian World Patriarchal Society, and fall below the poverty line and to for- sustained by donations from people from and he will tell you the reason is straightforward: “That’s because for some mer political prisoners – especially those Ukraine alone, but must depend on charita- reason in Rome they think that if the Kyiv-Halych Patriarchate of the who were persecuted for their religion. ble donations from abroad. Activists of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church is recognized it would be the end of ecu- Andriy Ostrenski, chairman of the SCC are dedicated Christians who strive to menism, and so they are afraid. And Moscow has taken advantage of that.” Society for the Blind in the small town of help people who need it the most. Rome has maintained contact with the various Churches of Orthodoxy, including Zolotonosha, recently wrote the follow- Americans for Human Rights in the Moscow Patriarchate, in long-held hopes that their 1,000-year schism may even- ing to Stephanus: Ukraine (AHRU), a New Jersey-based tually be mended over. Finally, if the issue of the patriarchate is to be resolved, the “While sorting the donated clothing, human-rights organization, is appealing Vatican must clear the air and begin an open dialogue with, not only the leadership we saw that it was of high quality and in to people of good will to act during this of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, but also with its laity and clergy. excellent condition. In this cold weather Christmas season in the spirit of St. Ukraine’s Papal Nuncio Antonio Franco when asked to sit for an interview the coats, jackets and sweaters are of Nicholas and to contribute to Stephanus’ with The Weekly agreed to speak with a reporter, but strictly off the record. He great necessity to us. We compared the charitable endeavors. did say, for the record, that things must proceed in a quiet, orderly manner and items of clothing in this shipment to With your help, the poor and sick in that the Vatican has no desire for a public relations campaign. items from our precious gifts and were Ukraine can become recipients of But, we feel the Vatican has remained too quiet for too long. It is time for an amazed at how much better these were; Christmas gifts of clothing, books, food and honest explanation of what the hold-up is now. The Ukrainian Greek-Catholic in fact, we never had such beautiful medication. If you wish to donate, please Church has every right to have its patriarchate recognized. clothes in our entire lives. When we were make out your checks to: AHRU-Stephanus trying them on everyone was elated and and mail them to: AHRU, 43 Midland some even wept with joy. Place, Newark, NJ 07106. (The AHRU IRS “Many people told me that if it were employer number is 22-2318966.) Dec. TurningTurning the pagespages back...back... Ukrainian named to Race Relations foundation 13 TORONTO – Keeping the promise consistent with the mandate of this new made to Japanese Canadians about estab- foundation. 1976 Twenty years ago, The Ukrainian Weekly carried a front- lishing a Canadian Race Relations “Therefore, we hope Mr. Hladyshevsky page story headlined “Pope Paul voices regrets he cannot con- Foundation, the government of Prime will become a forceful advocate of our firm patriarchate.” The story was about an audience of Minister Jean Chretien announced own community’s claims within the foun- Ukrainian Catholic prelates with Pope Paul VI on December 13, 1976. recently that such a board has been con- dation. And, at the same time, we expect Following are excerpts from that news story. stituted, under the chairmanship of that he will work with our friends in the Lincoln M. Alexander, the former lieu- Chinese, Italian and Indian communities * * * tenant governor of Ontario. to see that their legitimate historical griev- JERSEY CITY, N.J. – “Pope Paul VI has reaffirmed his stand against creating the Among the 15 members of this newly ances are also addressed. We anticipate Ukrainian Catholic patriarchate that Josyf Cardinal Slipyj and some of his bishops appointed foundation is Calgary-born that this foundation will deal not only with have been seeking,” said the Associated Press in a story published December 14, Andrew J. Hladyshevsky, a practicing contemporary racial problems and preju- 1976, by the Herald-News of Passaic, N.J. lawyer with an Edmonton law firm. Mr. dice, but will also ensure that these ‘blank Pope Paul had received Patriarch Slipyj and six Ukrainian Catholic bishops in an Hladyshevsky is past president of the pages’ in Canadian history are considered audience, according to the AP report. Ukrainian Professional and Business and atoned for. That would be the best The bishops, joined by the clergy and some faithful from various parts of the West, Club of Edmonton and a member of the possible use of both resources and the including the U.S. and Canada, were in Rome to honor Patriarch Josyf on the occa- board of the Ukrainian Canadian mandate entrusted to the members of the sion of the 60th anniversary of his pastoral work. Foundation of Taras Shevchenko. f o u n d a t i o n . ” There were seven Ukrainian bishops attending the ceremonies, according to a Commenting on this announcement, report filed with Svoboda by Prof. Vasyl Markus. They were: Archbishop- representatives of UCCLA in Edmonton Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk from Winnipeg, Bishop Basil H. Losten from and Calgary, Taras Podilsky and Borys Philadelphia, Bishop Neil Savaryn from Edmonton, his Auxiliary Bishop Martin Canada to help... Sydoruk, issued the following statement: Greschuk, Bishop Isidore Borecky from Toronto, Bishop Ivan Prashko from (Continued from page 4) “We are delighted that a Ukrainian Australia, and Bishop Jaroslav Gabro from Chicago. Canadian community activist has been Kharkiv Center for Gender Studies were The AP account went on to say the following: appointed to this new foundation. Mr. in Edmonton on November 7-9 to attend “According to Vatican observers, the Holy See feels making Cardinal Slipyj a Hladyshevsky brings both a legal per- a training seminar on planning, fund- patriarch could lead to a loosening of the Vatican position over Ukrainian Catholics. spective and a sense of our community’s raising and volunteer management “The pope reiterated the Vatican’s opposition to a patriarchal title for the 84-year- priorities to this new board. We look for- offered by the college’s Voluntary Sector old cardinal during an audience with Slipyj and six Ukrainian bishops. ward to meeting with him in the very Management Program. The Ukrainian “He told them, ‘Let us evoke the extended uneasiness of certain Ukrainian commu- near future and further briefing him delegates also participated in a workshop nities and their pastors. We want to refer to the expectancy for a patriarchal title that about the Ukrainian Canadian communi- on community-building hosted by the in the present condition the See of Rome does not see the possibility of granting.’ college’s Ukrainian Resource and “The Ukrainian patriarchate issue came into the open in 1971 during a Ukrainian ty’s ongoing campaign to secure an acknowledgment from Ottawa that the Development Center and the Ukrainian synod held in Rome in defiance of the Vatican. In that synod Cardinal Slipyj and 19 Canadian Congress. bishops vowed to keep up their struggle for a Ukrainian Patriarchate. internment operations of 1914-1920 “Even before that synod, Cardinal Slipyj was reported to have been seeking for were unwarranted and unjust, and a resti- CIDA is contributing $1.2 million to the years the title and power of patriarch to rule the 6 million Ukrainian Catholics in the tution of that portion of the wealth con- program over two years. Funding for this Soviet Ukraine and the 1.8 million in the West.” fiscated from the internees that was initiative was provided for in the March never returned. Those funds would be 1996 federal budget and is therefore built (Continued on page 13) used entirely for educational purposes into the existing fiscal framework. No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1996 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Ukrainian territory were not answered by An interesting facet the nuclear powers (France and the U.K. by Myron B. Kuropas in particular). of Ukrainian history Taras Kuzio Dear Editor: Birmingham, England While looking through some of my The writer is senior research fellow, It’s a matter of trust old documents, letters and newspaper Council of Advisers to the Ukrainian It is one of the great paradoxes of mod- Russia are devoid of community structures. clippings, I came across an article from Parliament, and research fellow, Center ern times that in their mercilessly massive They’re not. “There seems to be a universal Canadian Farmer dated July 4, 1977, for Russian and East European Studies, endeavor to establish a society of disci- human impulse toward sociability,” argues reprinted from Svoboda, about a woman University of Birmingham, England. meeting an ancestor of a very famous plined collectivists dedicated to one, coop- Mr. Fukuyama, “which if blocked from family by the name of Adams, who erative world order, the Bolsheviks ulti- expression through legitimate structures ... acknowledged that he was a Ukrainian. Another response mately created a society of nihilistic cynics appears in pathological forms like criminal This article nudged me to share my, not committed to little more than self. gangs.” Ask anyone about the most power- unsimilar, encounter with another Preaching a doctrine that was supposed ful non-governmental organization (NGO) “Ukrainian” while traveling in Europe. about bandurists to eliminate human selfishness, the in Ukraine today and the answer will prob- While in England, I met a young person to Dear Editor: Bolsheviks, ironically, made people more ably be “the mafia.” whom I was introduced as a Ukrainian. selfish, suggests Francis Fukuyama in his Mr. Fukuyama carefully compares eco- I am writing a personal response to a Upon hearing this he told me that he, too, book “Trust: The Social Virtues and nomic development in three high-trust soci- letter by R.L. Chomiak that appeared in was a Ukrainian. Since his name was defi- Creation of Prosperity.” By coercing peo- eties – Japan, Germany and the United The Weekly on September 8. Mr. Faces and Places nitely German-sounding, I instantly ple into “volunteer” activities for a variety States – with low-trust societies like France Chomiak asked: Where are Detroit’s became interested in his origins. of causes – everything from helping with and Italy, and concludes that economic Banduristy, what are they doing, and In answer to my inquiries, I learned the harvest and demonstrations on behalf growth in the latter nations has not been as why don’t they want my money? that he was American-born, but his of the “freedom-loving people of Vietnam vigorous as in the former, even though the The tongue-in-cheek “Searching for and Cuba,” to fighting in Spain and rule of law is the norm. “Property rights, grandfather was a Ukrainian. According the Ukrainian Banduristy” recently to this young man’s story, he was a Angola – the Bolsheviks effectively contracts, commercial law are all indis- received an answer from the Friends of destroyed a sense of civic-mindedness. pensable institutions for creating a modern Mennonite missionary, temporarily the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus. As residing in England. His grandfather, The work ethic also was destroyed by the market-oriented economic system, but it is member and business manager of the Bolsheviks. “Communist states tried to possible to economize substantially on also a Mennonite, had owned a large chorus, I felt the response was as official farm in Ukraine, in Odesa Oblast, where inculcate a similar sense of moral obligation transaction costs if such institutions are and directionally proper as they come. to the larger social group through constant supplemented by social capital and trust.” a large Mennonite colony flourished. What wasn’t expressed in the During the revolution in 1917 the major- propaganda, indoctrination and intimida- What options, then, remain for such no- response is the passion, commitment, tion,” writes Mr. Fukuyama. “This kind of trust nations as Ukraine? Mr. Fukuyama ity of them emigrated to the U.S. planning and love each member has for While farming in Ukraine, the ideological hectoring not only proved inef- suggests two. “The first is one that has been the bandura, Ukrainian culture and our fective in motivating people to work but exploited from time immemorial: use of the Mennonites kept very detailed records of people. not only births, deaths and marriages, but promoted a widespread cynicism which, state as a promoter of economic develop- For some of us, like Julian Kytasty, since the fall of communism, has resulted in ment, often directly in the form of state- of every aspect of their existence from the Ukrainian song is a vocation, but for a pronounced lack of work values, public owned and -managed enterprises.” This is the number of children in each family to the majority it is an avocation with a the number of cattle, horses and sheep. spiritedness and citizenship in Eastern no solution. On the contrary, state-owned desire for the former. The bandura Europe and the former Soviet Union.” enterprises in Ukraine are part of the prob- All of these records were left behind and expresses a melancholia and bravado as Small wonder so few recently arrived lem because they perpetuate the welfare- constitute tons of paper. few instruments can. The “khloptsi” in Ukrainians are prepared to join Ukrainian state mentality and keep crooked govern- Right after the break-up of the the choir convey an ardent passion that civic organizations in North America, even ment officials in power. USSR, and after Ukraine became inde- brings audiences to tears and to joy. The those their own brethren have created. A second option is “foreign direct invest- pendent, the descendants of these standing ovations continually reinforce What is lacking in post-Soviet society ment or joint ventures with large foreign Mennonite farmers have tried to obtain our work. It is just plain terrific when is what James Coleman has called “social partners.” This can’t work in Ukraine at the these records, for historical reasons, you, the Ukrainian public, are there for capital: the ability of people to work present time because of widespread govern- and bring them to the United States. us. When our passion for “kobzarstvo” is together for common purposes in groups ment chicanery. According to a November Their lawyers appealed to then supplemented by your enthusiasm, it and organizations.” Cooperation depends 4 article by Matthew Brzezinski in the Wall President Leonid Kravchuk to release makes our efforts worthwhile. on shared values, writes Mr. Fukuyama. Street Journal, government corruption in these records. The response to their Back to Mr. Chomiak for a while. I’ve Without shared values there can be no Ukraine is still a major roadblock to foreign request, according to the missionary, interpreted his letter as that of an individ- trust. Without trust there can be no mean- investment. “Like most former Soviet was that since all these events took ual who has a genuine interest in the ingful economic progress. This seems to states,” writes Mr. Brzezinski, “Ukraine still place on Ukrainian soil they are also chorus. (I am now putting on my 9-to-5 be especially true in Ukraine where no employs thousands of apparatchiks, who part of Ukraine’s history. Therefore all hat.) As a customer advocate responsible one seems to trust anyone else. have the power to block exports, ban sales, the records will remain in Ukraine. for vehicle quality in the automotive In the words of Mr. Fukuyama: “The levy licensing fees, seize money from pri- However, they were told the Mennonite field, I indeed recognize the Ukrainian experience of many former Communist vate bank accounts and generally make life community in America would be per- community’s need to know about the societies is that communism created miserable for business.” mitted to photocopy the documents at quality of the Bandurist Chorus. Mr. many habits – excessive dependence on Over the past two years, continues Mr. their own expense. Chomiak and our community, as cus- the state, leading to an absence of entre- Brzezinski, “American taxpayers have put An interesting facet of Ukrainian his- tomers, need to know that the chorus has preneurial energy, an inability to com- $1.9 billion in grants, credits and various tory! always practiced an unwavering commit- promise and a disinclination to cooperate forms of aid to Ukraine.” Much of it, as ment to the Ukrainian diaspora. Stephan Pasternak voluntarily in groups like companies or we know, has gone to dismantling The administration of the last four Brossard, Quebec political parties – that have greatly Ukraine’s nuclear arsenal and in cleaning years and the influx of younger profes- sionals has given the present leadership slowed the consolidation of either up Chornobyl. Other dollars, however, Security assurances, the necessary skills and tools to work democracy or a market economy. People perhaps millions, have gone into the cre- toward the future. We are not only per- in these societies may have given their ation of NGOs in Ukraine. NGOs hope to formers and entertainers, we are also intellectual assent to the replacement of rebuild a civil society in Ukraine based on not guarantees leaders. Some of us give up our summer communism with democracy and capital- civic need. Dear Editor: vacations to become teachers. Kobzarska ism by voting for ‘democratic’ reformers, Ukraine has a national flag, a national Sich, ODUM bandura camp, annual holi- but they do not have the social habits symbol, a national language, but no A common mistake appeared in The day period workshops and springtime necessary to make either work.” national identity. Ukraine has a Ukrainian Weekly (November 24) when women’s vocal workshops are a result of “One of the great problems of Poland, Constitution, but Ukraine’s people don’t reference was made to Ukraine having chorus members’ commitment to the Hungary, Russia, Ukraine and other for- feel empowered. Ukraine now has a rela- allegedly received “security guarantees” Ukrainian community, our customers. mer Communist states,” continues Mr. tively stable currency, but paychecks are from the nuclear powers. This is similar The community outreach program is Fukuyama, “is that they have tried to still low and far between. Ukraine has to the Ukrainian media, which also have being accomplished through individual and establish democratic political institutions political parties, but their goals are neither continually written about “security guar- group effort. Our conductor and musical without the benefit of functioning capital- widely known nor appreciated. Ukraine is antees.” director, Oleh Mahlay, visited Ukrainian ist economies. The lack of firms, entrepre- the third largest recipient of American aid, Unfortunately, Ukraine never received schools in the New York area. Recently neurs, markets and competition not only but remains a socialist basketcase. any “guarantees” – only security assur- Tolya Murha visited a Minneapolis school. perpetuates poverty, it fails to provide crit- What is lacking in Ukraine is social ances. Therefore, no U.S. forces, or those Marko Farion, Victor Mishalow and ical forms of social support for the proper capital, a sense of civic responsibility and of the other nuclear powers, will come to Mykhailo Andrec conduct weekly classes. functioning of democratic institutions ... self-confidence predicated on national Ukraine’s assistance if it is attacked by a This past summer the chorus conducted an Both private companies and political par- pride and trust for fellow citizens. As long foreign power. These assurances are open rehearsal during ODUM bandura ties are weak or non-existent in post- as those ingredients are missing, and as more in the form of providing a consula- camp in London, Ontario. Students, par- Communist societies like Russia and long as Ukrainian government officials tive mechanism, and political and diplo- ents and community members attended. Ukraine, and elections lurch between care more about lining their own pockets matic support. To what degree they are Labor Day brought the choir back to extremes defined around individuals rather than about serving the people, no amount useful is doubtful. The recent claims by than coherent political programs.” of American assistance will extricate the Russian State Duma vis-à-vis (Continued on page 18) This does not mean that Ukraine and Ukraine from its Bolshevik past. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1996 No. 49 Ukrainian Ambassador Furkalo visits St. Andrew’s College WINNIPEG – Volodymyr Furkalo, Mohyla Academy in 1994. Several of the ambassador extraordinary and plenipo- center’s professors have given papers, tentiary of Ukraine to Canada, was the lectured and done research in Ukraine. guest of honor at a reception recently This agreement is one of several the hosted by the Center for Ukrainian University of Manitoba has with Canadian Studies and St. Andrew’s Ukrainian institutions, including Kyiv College at the University of Manitoba. State University, the Institute of This was the first time that an ambas- Archeology of the Ukrainian Academy of sador of Ukraine had visited the Sciences and Lviv Polytechnical State University of Manitoba. St. Andrew’s University. Dr. Orest Cap of the faculty College was the only site the ambassador of education, in conjunction with the visited on the university campus. South Winnipeg Technical Center, helped to establish three computer labs at Dr. Natalia Aponiuk, director of the Lviv Polytechnical. Professors from the Center for Ukrainian Canadian Studies, departments of classics and anthropology welcomed the ambassador. She enumer- are involved in archeological excavations ated the many ties that exist between the in Crimea. University of Manitoba and Ukraine. The The department of German and Slavic ties are both formal and informal, and are studies has organized summer language Ambassador Volodymyr Furkalo holds a reproduction of the Ostrih Bible. not limited to people of Ukrainian origin. programs for Canadian students at Kyiv Looking on are Dr. Natalia Aponiuk and Dr. Roman Yereniuk. Academic exchanges State University. The faculty of Management is involved in programs heads the Science and Technology faculty of theology. They were part of Several years ago Dr. Aponiuk had with Kyiv State and the Lviv Institute of Center of Ukraine in Kyiv. the theology students’ choir that wished held meetings at various Ukrainian uni- management. The department of political Dr. Roman Yereniuk, principal of St. both the ambassador and the country he versities and institutes which resulted in studies was involved in an internship Andrew’s College, described some of represents “Mnohaya lita” (many the signing of an academic exchange program of the Institute of Public the ties which St. Andrew’s College has years). A number of students from agreement between the University of Administration. A professor of the facul- with Ukraine. There are currently six Ukraine have already graduated from Manitoba and the University of Kyiv- ty of engineering helped to establish and students from Ukraine enrolled in the the faculty of theology and are serving as priests. Theology professors from St. Andrew’s College have lectured at vari- ous theological centers in Ukraine and have been part of official delegations of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada to Ukraine. St. Andrew’s has also served as the base for two summers for the internship program of the Institute for Public Administration in Kyiv . Among those attending the reception were: Metropolitan Wasyly, chancellor of the college and primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada; the Very Rev. Dr. Oleh Krawchenko, the chair of the Presidium of the Consistory; the deans of graduate studies and the fac- ulty of arts and the associate dean of education and faculty members of the University of Manitoba involved in pro- jects relating to Ukraine, faculty mem- bers of the Center for Ukrainian Canadian Studies and the faculty of the- ology of St. Andrew’s College, members of the center’s Policy Council and the board of directors of St. Andrew’s, as well as students from the center and the faculty of theology. Hope for increased ties Ambassador Furkalo expressed the hope that ties between the Center for Ukrainian Canadian Studies, St. Andrew’s College and the University of Manitoba and Ukraine would continue and increase. He presented a bust of Shevchenko to Dr. Aponiuk and Dr. Yereniuk as a memento of his visit. Dr. Peter Kondra, chair of the cen- ter’s Policy Council, and Russell Kapty, chair of the college’s board of directors, presented the ambassador with a facsim- ile reproduction of the Ostrih Bible, which was commissioned by St. Andrew’s College on the 400th anniver- sary of the publication of the Bible in 1581. One of the few original copies still in existence is part of the Ohienko Collection in the college’s archival and rare book holdings. The ambassador’s visit to the University of Manitoba campus was part of his visit to Winnipeg on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of Ukrainian independence. Mr. Furkalo was appoint- ed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Canada on January 24, and presented his letters of credence to Governor-General Romeo LeBlanc on February 14. No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1996 9 Boston convention on Slavic studies focuses on Ukraine by Andrew Sorokowski Early Modern Period,” philologist David Frick (University of California, Berkeley) explored the ambiguous political BOSTON — The annual meetings of the American and cultural orientation of 17th century Orthodox hierarch Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies Lazar Baranovych. Zenon Kohut, director of the Canadian (AAASS, or “Triple A Double S”) are termed conven- Institute of Ukrainian Studies at Edmonton, methodically tions, not conferences. The distinction is significant, for analyzed notions of Russo-Ukrainian unity and Ukrainian these four-day extravaganzas include business meetings, distinctiveness in early modern thought and culture. Frank banquets and bookstalls as well as scores of receptions, Sysyn (CIUS) described the evolving image of Russia in roundtables and rival rosters of speakers. Topics cover early modern Ukraine. The session was part of an ongoing the entire panoply of Slavic learning, from the momen- Ukrainian-Russian studies project coordinated by the tous to the arcane, from the profound or provocative to CIUS, Columbia University’s Harriman Institute and the the merely obscure. University of Cologne. This year, the AAASS met on November 14-17 at A panel on non-Russians in the tsarist and Soviet admin- Boston’s Park Plaza Hotel. While Ukrainian scholarship istrations included historians Orest Subtelny of York is customarily represented, the proximity of the Harvard University and Stephen Velychenko of the University of Ukrainian Research Institute just across the Charles River Toronto. HURI research associate Witold Rodkiewicz took in Cambridge gave it a boost. Some two dozen panels and part in a session on Russian policies and non-Orthodox reli- roundtables dealt directly or indirectly with Ukraine. gions in late imperial Russia. Dr. Rodkiewicz is preparing Specialists from the U.S. and Canada, as well as Ukraine for publication a dissertation on “Russian Nationality and other countries, participated in many more. Policies in the Western Provinces during the Reign of Ukraine’s relations with Russia naturally attracted Nicholas II, 1894-1905,” which investigates the Ukrainian attention. A roundtable titled “On the Difficulties of language issue in right-bank Ukraine. Negotiating the Russian-Ukrainian Partnership Treaty” At a roundtable organized by this writer on the 400th was chaired by Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute anniversary of the Union of Brest, the audience barely out- Director Roman Szporluk, and included Lubomyr Hajda, numbered the participants. Chairman James T. Flynn the institute’s associate director; Zenovia Sochor, Clark (College of the Holy Cross), an expert on the Uniate Church University and HURI associate; visiting scholar in Russia, saw this as a reflection of weak scholarly interest Margarita Balmaceda; and Agnieszka Magzdiak- in religious issues. It may also have reflected the fact that it Miszewska of the Institute of Eastern Studies in Warsaw. was 8 a.m. on a Sunday. Prof. Frick, author of a recent work Panel members all drew attention to factors in the on Meletij Smotryckyj, discussed the confessional ambiva- Russian-Ukrainian relationship that go beyond the usual Dr. Roman Szporluk lence of the Ruthenian elite in the 16th century. Next, Dr. preoccupation of national identity. Prof. Sochor linked the Sysyn showed how the union controversy helped to form difficulties of negotiating the Partnership Treaty to inter- Ukrainian national consciousness. The commentary by nal Russian politics, including the unresolved tensions Zenon Wasyliw of Ithaca College centered on the current between President Boris Yeltsin and Parliament, political confessional situation in Ukraine and the diaspora. rivalries and election campaign platforms. Dr. Hajda dis- Introducing a panel on “The Present State of Ukrainian cussed the relative absence of ethnic conflict at the ground Historiography: Current Trends and Problems of level in Ukraine, thereby raising the question whether eth- Distortion,” Lubomyr Wynar (Kent State University) nicity is genuinely a contentious issue between Russia and stressed the importance of Mykhailo Hrushevsky’s scheme Ukraine or simply a pawn in a larger political game. Dr. Magdziak-Miszewska argued that Polish-Ukrainian rela- of East Slavic history. Bohdan Klid of the University of Alberta placed this historical scheme in the context of the tions were not simply a by-product of their respective rela- tions with Russia, but have now taken on a validity and debate between the “northerners” and “southerners” in 19th importance of their own; Poland in particular, she stressed, century Russian public opinion. Alexander Sydorenko is not interested in erecting new barriers. Dr. Balmaceda (Arkansas State University) raised a number of questions on focused on the intersection of economics and politics by Ukrainian historiography in the post-modern age. discussing the pipelines and the interest groups they Commenting on the presentations, Dr. Sysyn, director spawn across the Central European states. of the Peter Jacyk Center’s Hrushevsky translation pro- Dr. Szporluk chaired a panel titled “Constructing and ject, pointed out that the historian was remarkably pro- Deconstructing Empire in the Eurasian Space.” The par- gressive for his time, even though his ethnic focus ticipants included Mark Beissinger (University of stemmed from an earlier period. He also noted that the Wisconsin), Karen Dawisha (University of Maryland) search for the missing volume of the History of and Bruce Parrott (The Johns Hopkins University), with Ukraine-Rus’ continues. Columbia’s Alexander Motyl as discussant. All the Ever abreast of academic trends, literary scholars panel members attempted to think through the Soviet gathered for a panel on “The Perception of Gender in imperial legacy within a comparative framework. Contemporary Ukrainian Culture” sponsored by the Unlike overseas empires, the tsarist empire and its suc- American Association for Ukrainian Studies. Harvard cessor, the Soviet Union, had collapsed the processes of doctoral candidate Taras Koznarsky discussed monstros- empire-building and state-building into one. The Soviet ity in Yuri Vynnychuk’s grotesque story “He-he.” legacy, therefore, is particularly difficult to overcome Another graduate student, Svitlana Kobets of the because it includes an intricate network of imbedded University of Illinois, pointed out the “dialogue of gen- ders” in Valeriy Shevchuk’s “Hunchback Zoya.” George institutions and cultural constructs. Dr. Zenon Kohut Given the complex and often internally contradictory Grabowicz, professor of Ukrainian literature at Harvard, elements of the Soviet empire, they found, “stab-in-the- explored the role of witches in recent Ukrainian litera- back theories” cannot explain the collapse of the USSR. ture. In a substantial commentary, Marta Bohachevsky- Also, because of the multi-layered nature of the Soviet Chomiak (National Endowment for the Humanities) empire, there have been instances of “auto-coloniza- noted that Ukrainian folklore is distinctive in its positive tion,” that is, an impulse from the periphery to restore treatment of witches, for example, as healers. ties with the metropole. A re-assessement of Oles’ Honchar, author of “The Restoration was also a theme of the panel on Cathedral,” was chaired by Dr. Grabowicz and included “Returns of the Left in Post-Communist Politics.” George Mihaychuk (Georgetown University), as well as Alongside presentations on Poland, Russia and the Maxim Tarnawsky and Danylo Husar Struk (both of the Czech Republic, Prof. Sochor spoke on Ukraine. She University of Toronto) with Leonid Rudnytzky of La Salle emphasized the unique posture of the Communist Party University as discussant. Michael Naydan of Pennsylvania of Ukraine, differing from other Communist parties in State University appeared on a panel devoted to contempo- the region in resisting both reform and nationalism. rary Russian and Ukrainian literary journals. Prof. Sochor also analyzed the interaction between the Often a topic of heated controversy, Ukrainian gram- democratization process and CPU strategies for survival mar was the theme of a roundtable focusing on phrase- and resurgence. Ukraine’s external relations were treat- ology in the media. Larissa Onyshkevych (Shevchenko ed by University of Delaware historian Yaroslav Scientific Society), Vera Andrushkiw (Wayne State Bilinsky at a session titled “Between East and West: University), Assya Humesky (University of Michigan), Ukraine’s Foreign Policy at Crossroads,” chaired by Tamara Hundurova (Academy of Sciences), Svetlana Oles Smolansky of Lehigh University. Rohovyk (University of Michigan) and Myroslava No less than political scientists, historians seemed pre- Znayenko (Rutgers University) participated. occupied by Ukraine’s troubled relationship with Russia. The 10th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster At a panel on “The Ukrainian-Russian Encounter in the occasioned a multidisciplinary panel chaired by Prof. Rudnytzky and featuring Oleksa Bilaniuk (Swarthmore College), David Marples (University of Alberta), and Dr. Andrew Sorokowski is managing editor of Harvard Onyshkevych. At a session titled “The Politics of the Ukrainian Studies and an associate of the Harvard Environment in Russia and Ukraine,” Jane Dawson of the Ukrainian Research Institute. Robert De Lossa, director of University of Oregon discussed nationalism, regionalism publications at HURI, and Zenovia Sochor, HURI associ - and environmental activism. ate and professor of political science at Clark University, also contributed to this report. (Continued on page 14) Dr. Alexander Motyl 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1996 No. 49 Seven Ukrainian artists from Kolo collective featured in Ottawa art exhibit by Christopher Guly OTTAWA — Oksana Bashuk Hepburn has taken a lead from the French and the British. While the two, through La Francophonie and the Commonwealth, respectively, have maintained close ties with their Canadian comrades, Ms. Bashuk Hepburn would like to see Canada do the same with Ukraine – through art. The Ottawa-area consultant, who runs U-Can Ukraine Canada Relations Inc., is promoting seven Ukrainian artists and one Canadian of Ukrainian descent (who also happens to be her British Columbia- based younger sister, Irene Bashuk Mohr), at an Ottawa exhibit that ran until November 22 at the Upstairs Bistro in the city’s Westboro district. “For the first time in Canada, we are linking the Pacific Ocean with the Black Sea,” said Ms. Bashuk Hepburn, who solicited community interest in getting the art show on display in Toronto and Winnipeg. Actually, the work of the seven was first displayed two years ago during President Leonid Kuchma’s stop in Ottawa amid his first official state visit to Canada. Though pieces were on exhibit for a spell, public ser- vants tend not to rush out in droves to purchase art. Ms. Bashuk Hepburn was counting on her friends in the Ukrainian-Canadian community to dig deep into their pockets and show some artistic appreciation. The seven in question come from Kyiv’s famous “On the Stairway to Heaven” by Irene Bashuk Mohr is seen in the background at an exhibit at the Upstairs Bistro. Kolo collective. Not one to lose a quick analogy with things Canadian, Ms. Bashuk Hepburn is promoting her and blacks gives his pieces a distinctly earthy, of-this- a lot better than living in Kyiv. The Andriyivs have a Ukrainian connection as the “Group of Seven” – remi- land texture. 14-year-old son, Eugene, for whom they wanted to help niscent of Canada’s most famous artists collective. Interestingly, the “baby” of the seven, Ihor Andriyiv, build a future. The effects of the 1986 Chornobyl Like their historical counterparts, the Ukrainians’ work 38, who also happens to be the only one of the seven not nuclear disaster also hit them personally – causing is diverse and covers a range of media. For instance, living in Kyiv, has turned his creative attentions to his new Eugene to experience some medical problems as a boy. Michael Shevchenko, 46, has a piece titled “Memory” home, Ottawa. Obviously one passionate for landscapes Canada has also given Mr. Andriyiv a new career of presented in mixed media, which has an eerie reminder of and architecture, Mr. Andriyiv has drawn such scenics as sorts – as an entrepreneur. Not only does he continue to his famous poetic namesake, Taras. Not surprisingly, the a view of the city’s historic Conference Center set before produce his own works in oils, watercolors and etch- more contemporary Mr. Shevchenko’s art earned him the the equally historic Chateau Laurier – taken from the per- ings, he also promotes the work of his colleagues – five T.H. Shevchenko State Prize. spective of the Rideau Canal. Goodness knows Mr. of whom (Mr. Shevchenko, Mr. Kononov, Yevhen “Memory” is priced at $525 in Canadian funds. If sold, Andriyiv could do with the fame in his new home. Well- Matviyiv, Anatoliy Khmara and Natalia Kononova) he Mr. Shevchenko receives one-seventh of the amount with known in Kyiv, Mr. Andriyiv needs a lot of northern has known for 20 years since they all worked as illustra- the rest divided among his six colleagues. Prices range exposure to equal his Ukrainian position in Canada. These tors for a book publishing house in Kyiv. (Anatoliy from $150 to $3,500 for the eclectic collection. days, he supplements his income by painting houses; his Khmara and Yevhen Mukhoyid joined the group later.) For instance, 47-year-old Ms. Bashuk Mohr’s mural- wife, Luba Andriyiva, works as the Ukrainian editor for Furthermore, Mr. Andriyiv has a great ally in Ms. sized human figures in oil are breathtaking in both their the Ottawa-based business and trade quarterly Canada- Bashuk Hepburn. In fact, on the October 21 opening anatomical detail and in their near-mythical aura, while Ukraine Monitor publication. night of the exhibit she organized, Mr. Andriyiv sold 46-year-old Alexander Kononov’s reliance on browns But living in Ottawa for the last four years, he said, is four of his works. Ukrainian liturgical classics highlight Berkeley Chamber Chorus release by Ksenia Kyzyk Stephanie von Buchau of Opera News cited the “powerful concentration of Marika Kuzma’s University BERKELEY, Calif. – The Chamber Chorus of the Chamber Chorus which provided an exciting backdrop” University of California at Berkeley, under the direction of to the soloists. Earlier this year, the chorus was hailed Marika Kuzma, has released a new compact disc of litur- by Joshua Kosman of the San Francisco Chronicle and gical classics titled “Icons of Slavic Music” featuring the Belinda Reynolds for its rendition of a new work by works of Ukrainian choirmasters Epifany Slavinetsky, Frederic Rzewski. Dmitri Tuptalo and Dmytro Bortniansky. The CD also Writing in the February edition of the journal 20th includes a setting of Rachmaninoff’s Vespers and several Century Music, Ms. Reynolds called Rzewski’s “The first-time recordings of anonymous compositions that Lost Melody” a “memorable work expertly conducted were part of the 16th and 17th century repertoire of by Marika Kuzma. Kuzma is best known in the Bay Kyivan monasteries and theological seminaries. Area for her leadership of the UC Chamber and The “Icons” release was recorded live during a series of University Choruses. Her incisive leadership of this concerts on the Berkeley ensemble’s first East Coast tour evening’s ensemble proved that she is also a formidable last year. The tour, which received financial support from interpreter of new instrumental music.” The Washington Group Cultural Fund, included concerts Mr. Kosman also credited Dr. Kuzma with rejuvenat- in St. John’s Episcopal Church in Georgetown, St. ing the Chamber Chorus and providing “a magnificent Michael’s Episcopal Church in New York City, Dwight counterpoint, both weighty and electric,” to a “glorious” Chapel on the campus of Yale University, the Loomis- performance of “Saul”: ... “In the two large sections that Chaffee School in Windsor, Conn., and the First frame the work – the first a celebration of David’s victo- Congregational Church in Cambridge, Mass. ry over Goliath, the second an extended elegy on the The chorus’s first concert received an excellent review deaths of Saul and his son Jonathan – the choral singing in the Washington Post. Critic Joan Reinthaler wrote that was sumptuous and defined.” “Kuzma and her singers were particularly effective in the Dr. Kuzma is a professor of music who recently communion hymn ‘Receive the Body of Christ’ (Tilo received tenure at UCLA Berkeley after completing an Khrystovo Pryimite) in which splendid feelings of moving award-winning dissertation on the choral concertos of through phrases and of accent and flexibility gave the Bortniansky. The thesis was published in the spring music life. ... The singing, abetted by sympathetic 1996 edition of the Journal of Musicology under the acoustics, was intelligent, responsive and well balanced.” heading “Bortniansky a la Bortniansky: An Examination The Chamber Chorus has also won the praise of of the Sources of Dmitry Bortniansky’s Choral many music critics in the San Francisco Bay area. Allen Concertos.” Dr. Kuzma explored the ongoing dispute as Ulrich of the San Francisco Examiner wrote a glowing to the proper interpretation of Bortniansky’s works. Marika Kuzma review of a recent performance of Handel’s Oratorio Once hailed as the “Palestrina of Orthodox choral “Saul” in which he argued that “the glory really music,” Bortniansky was one of the triumvirate of com- traditions. More recently, with the advent of the belonged to the orchestra ... and to Marika Kuzma’s posers (together with Vedel and Berezovsky) who inaugu- Millennium of Ukrainian Christianity and the restoration rejuvenated University of California Chamber Chorus.” rated the “Golden Age” of Ukrainian choral music in the of religious freedom in Ukraine, there has been a renewed late 18th century. Bortniansky’s important contribution to scholarly interest in Bortniansky’s music. Ksenia Kyzyk is the conductor of the St. Nicholas the emergence of classical music in Eastern Europe was Dr. Kuzma has sought to restore the original integrity of Ukrainian Catholic Church Choir in Passaic, N.J., and maligned by Soviet scholars and 19th century Russian the concertos as they were performed prior to the revisions a member of the IKA Trio whose CD also appears on composers such as Tchaikovsky, who indicted him for the Yevshan label. introducing “Western influences” into native Slavic choral (Continued on page 13) No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1996 11 Sisters overcome diversity to construct new monastery in Hoshiv by Dr. John S. Didiuk HOSHIV, Ukraine – The Sisters of the Most Holy Family were founded in 1911 by Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky and had their motherhouse located in their monastery in Hoshiv. The new congrega- tion grew rapidly and by the outbreak of World War II had 150 sisters serving in 28 convents throughout Galicia, including those located in Stryi, Khodoriv and Lviv. They staffed orphanages in Dolyna and Chortkiv and had their novitiate at their motherhouse in Hoshiv. After the Communist occupation of Galicia, times became very difficult for the sisters. However, their strong faith, commitment to their vocation, good organization and discipline enabled many of the sisters to face long years in prison, forced labor in the wastes of Siberia and even martyrdom. Despite their remarkable history, the sisters are not widely known in the dias- pora because their foundations had not spread beyond Galicia and because none of the sisters fled to the West before the advancing Communist armies. All of the members of the order elected to stay in Galicia and share the fate of their people. As a result, the order was suppressed Sister Superior Anatolia Dmytryshyn accepts a donation presented by Dr. John S. Didiuk on behalf of the Ukrainian community by the new regime and those sisters who in Boston toward the building fund of the monastery of the Sisters of the Most Holy Family being constructed in Hoshiv, Ukraine. were not arrested or deported or killed were forced to assume the dress and only monitoring construction, but wielding riorated significantly, and Sister Anatolia is Family complete their monastery in function of laypeople. a shovel or a trowel when necessary. afraid that it might be some years before Hoshiv, the Ukrainian community in Although ostensibly suppressed, the Sister Anatolia is a true Ukrainian local conditions improve enough to allow Boston has already raised $7,500 and an remaining sisters remained faithful to their patriot and an energetic and talented the work to be completed. account to aid in the building has been monastic vows and continued to live a reli- visionary who has made a dream a reali- As a result, Sister Anatolia has sought opened at the Ukrainian Fraternal Federal gious life clandestinely. They worked as ty. Her enthusiasm is contagious; her zeal ecclesiastical permission to appeal to the Credit Union of Boston. nurses, secretaries and clerks by day and has moved mountains. Ukrainian community in the West for aid. Anyone wishing to make a contribu- lived together in small groups. They Today, the monastic compound is 75 Assistance is needed, and it is needed now. tion to the construction of the monastery worked selflessly for God, their Church and percent complete. Most of the work that The sisters are doing everything that they in Hoshiv should make their check Ukraine, and their memoirs serve as a testi- remains to be done is interior finishing. And can and they are grateful for any offering, payable to the Hoshiv Monastery mony for future generations. most of the work was done by the sisters no matter how small. They remember their Building Fund and send it to: Ukrainian With the independence of Ukraine, the themselves in conjunction with the faithful benefactors on a daily basis in their prayers Fraternal Federal Credit Union of sisters emerged from the underground of the area. However, in the past few years and at the divine liturgy. Boston, P.O. Box 185, West Roxbury, and began to reorganize their communi- the economic situation in Ukraine has dete- To help the Sisters of the Most Holy MA 02132-0185. ty. Although blessed with vocations dur- ing their years in the underground and even more so after independence, the sis- Newsbriefs ed by December 12, and the joint venture Information Agency of Ukraine under the ters also faced major difficulties. Chief established in January 1997. Earlier reports auspices of the country’s revamped among them was the fact that the govern- (Continued from page 2) indicated that the venture would produce Ministry of Information. The new agency ment authorities refused to return any of Kuchma and Parliament Chairman between 150,000 and 300,000 vehicles a will be formed on the basis of the govern- the properties that had been confiscated Oleksander Moroz to prevent lawmakers year. Models suggested include the ment’s information agency, which has Chevrolet Lumina, Chevrolet Cavalier, at the end of the war. from approving large social spending officially been disbanded. Earlier this Chevrolet Blazer and Chevrolet Astro Van To fully restore their monastic way of cuts in the draft 1997 budget. Meanwhile, year, Mr. Kuchma merged the old state and an armor-plated Suburban. Avtozaz life, the sisters realized their need for a Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko insisted news agency Ukrinform with the former itself last year produced about 50,000 of its monastery and novitiate and on the cuts were necessary because they Ministry of Information and the Press to compact Tavria and Dana cars. Employees November 30, 1991, decided to build a would provide the government with 2.9 create the new ministry, headed by the have a stake of 11.6 percent in the plant. new monastic compound to served as a billion hryvni ($1.5 billion) to pay off all conservative Zinovii Kulyk. The presi- Ukrainian private and corporate investors base for the renewal of the spirituality, wage and pension arrears early next year. dent’s decree also places the State own another 5.2 percent. The government culture and national consciousness of The planned cuts would eliminate subsi- Committee on TV and Radio under the holds all other shares. (Interfax) Ukraine. They took this step without any dies on public transport for working peo- new ministry’s jurisdiction. President Kuchma has appointed Viktor Leshyk as financial resources. They had their faith, ple and benefits for several categories of Hungarian president visits Ukraine their hope and an unshakable trust in the Chornobyl victims. The draft budget president of the Ukrainian State TV Co. goodness of God. would also raise the retirement age in KYIV — Hungarian President Arpad Considered a progressive, Mr. Leshyk has The hierarchy of the Ukrainian Catholic Ukraine and place limits on pensions for Goncz began a three-day official visit to headed the private Gravis-TV company Church, including Cardinal Myroslav Ivan working retirees. (OMRI Daily Digest) Ukraine on November 14. Mr. Goncz since he was removed nearly two years Lubachivsky, Metropolitan Volodymyr said Hungary does not want to have ago as program director of Ukrainian Sterniuk and Bishop Sofron Dmyterko Ukrainian PM eager for GM venture nuclear weapons on its territory if it is State TV in favor of more conservative accepted into NATO. Ukrainian management. President Kuchma also approved the sisters’ plans, but were KYIV — Ukrainian Prime Minister President Leonid Kuchma confirmed that appointed Valerii Mezhynsky as acting unable to offer any material assistance Pavlo Lazarenko on November 14 told the two countries have no differences head of the State TV and Radio owing to the pressing needs of their own General Motors that he was eager for the over the issue of NATO enlargement and Committee. Both posts were held by Mr. d i o c e s e s . American auto giant to implement its joint Kulyk. (OMRI Daily Digest) In spite of this, the sisters managed to venture agreement with Ukraine’s only European security. An agreement was signed on taking care of military graves purchase three hectares of land and began automotive company, Avtozaz of Central European Initiative summit held to build. And a miracle happened. In the Zaporizhia, within the agreed timescale. and the maintenance of memorials. The past four years, three large buildings have Mr. Lazarenko said that new automobile two leaders attended the opening of a GRAZ, Austria — A two-day meeting been erected. The first serves as the import tariffs have created good conditions reconstructed bridge across the border of the Central European Initiative (CEI) monastery proper with a large chapel, the for manufacturing within the country. The River Tisza on November 16. Mr. Goncz held in Graz on November 8-9 was second is a community and cultural cen- government is also considering tax conces- also visited the Transcarpathian region of attended by the prime ministers and for- ter, and the third shelters a working farm. sions for Avtozaz. Greg de Yonker, a GM Ukraine, which is home to some 170,000 eign ministers of the group’s 16 member- Right from the start, the sisters decided to vice-president and board member, said his ethnic Hungarians. The Hungarian- states. The participants agreed to increase be self-sufficient and began to raise live- company was meeting all its commitments Ukrainian trade turnover grew from $300 joint efforts in fighting drugs and ended stock, including cows, pigs, horses and under the joint venture agreement, includ- million in 1993 to $664 million in 1995. the summit with calls for more interna- chickens, and they did most of the initial ing its timescale. Avtozaz Chief Executive Hungarian companies had invested $23.2 tional aid for Bosnia. CEI members construction work themselves. Alexander Sotnikov said the two compa- million in the Ukrainian economy by the include Austria, Italy, Poland, Hungary, The driving force behind this modern- nies had studied both automobile and middle of 1996. (OMRI Daily Digest) Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, day miracle is the superior of the order, engine production at Avtozaz and complet- New information agency established Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Sister Anatolia Dmytryshyn. Sister ed an analysis of the automobile market in Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Anatolia not only proposed the project, but Ukraine and elsewhere. He said a feasibili- KYIV — President Leonid Kuchma Belarus and Moldova. (OMRI Daily has overseen it every step of the way – not ty study for the project should be complet- signed a decree establishing the State D i g e s t ) 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1996 No. 49

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articles in international economic journals Emil Bej is included based in Germany, Italy, Canada and the U.S., as well as three textbooks published in new Who’s Who by the UFU: “Theory of International Integration” (1985), “International SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – Dr. Emil Bej, Economics Theory” (1995) and “Political economics professor at Shippensburg Economy of European Communities” University of Pennsylvania, has earned ( 1 9 9 2 ) . inclusion in 1997-1998 in Who’s Who in Currently he is working on two text- the East. To be chosen for inclusion, can- books, “International Economics Policy” didates must have held a position of and “Macroeconomics: Theory and responsibility or have attained a signifi- Strategy.” Dr. Bej is the author also of cant achievement in their field. over 150 articles in various Ukrainian- Dr. Bej was born on April 26, 1925, in language journals and newspapers, Stryi, Ukraine, and came to the U.S. in including journals like Polityka i Chas 1949. He earned LL.B. and doctoral and Nauka i Suspilstvo, both based in degrees from the Ukrainian Free University Kyiv. Since 1988 he has been a full (UFU) in Munich in 1949 and 1970, member of the Ukrainian Academy of PACKAGES TO UKRAINE respectively, and an M.A. (in economics) Arts and Sciences in the U.S.A. from the University of Detroit in 1966. Dr. Bej is married to Vera (Szwabiuk) $ .55 per Lb His professional career began in 1969 Bej who was awarded Pennsylvania at Shippensburg University as he pro- “Teacher of the Year” title in 1988. The DNIPRO CO gressed from assistant to full professor. Bejs have two sons; Dr. Mark Bej, who For 1995-1997, he was elected associate served as clinical associate and research fel- NEWARK, NJ P H I L A D E L P H I A CLIFTON, NJ dean of the social sciences division at the low at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and 698 Sanford Ave 1801 Cottman Ave 565 Clifton Ave UFU. Dr. Bej served as visiting professor Dr. Andrew Bej, who works as an attorney at the University of Manitoba (1976), the for an international business law firm in Tel. 201-373-8783 Tel. 215-728-6040 Tel. 201-916-1543 Lviv Institute of Management (1992) and W a s h i n g t o n . *Pick up service available the UFU (1974-1996). Dr. Emil Bej is a member of UNA Dr. Bej has authored approximately 30 Branch 83. No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1996 17 Pianist graduates with honors, MFA degree WOODBRIDGE, Conn. – Pianist professor of piano. Victor Markiw has graduated with hon- Mr. Markiw is the son of Mr. and Mrs. ors this past May from the Purchase Bohdan Markiw and currently resides in Conservatory of Music, State Woodbridge, Conn. University of New York in Purchase, N.Y., earn- ing a master of fine arts degree in music. While at Purchase Mr. Markiw studied with renowned pianist Volo- dymyr Vynnytsky, who is an affiliate artist teacher on the faculty at SUNY- P u r c h a s e . A Eugene and Emily Grant scholarship student who was on the Dean’s List during consecutive semes- ters, Mr. Markiw participat- ed in various chamber ensembles coached by Pavel Ostrovsky and mas- ter classes with Vladimir F e l t s m a n . Mr. Markiw received his bachelor of music degree from the Hartt School of Music in 1992, when he launched his per- formance career. Along with annual appearances in the “Young Artists Recital” at the Ukrainian Institute of America, Mr. Markiw has been active in recitals, chamber music and as soloist with sym- phony orchestras. In 1995, Mr. Markiw was appointed to the music division at the University Yes, I wish to support The Ukrainian National Foundation Inc. of New Haven as adjunct Victor Markiw of THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. Now Available I enclose my tax-deductible donation for the UNA’s 1996-1997 Christmas cards. Journal of All proceeds from sales of these cards will be used to aid Ukraine.

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In memory of the following deceased members of our families, solemn memorial prayers were offered at Orario delle Sante Messe in Lugano, Switzerland on November 5, 1996 and in the Cathedral of Sv. Yuriy in Lviv, Ukraine on November 10,1996:

John Denysyk - 25 years Maria Denysyk - 15 years Irene Denysyk - 16 years Wasyl Paszczak - 18 years Ivan Nahurskyj - 9 years Ella Nahurskyj - 5 years

Please remember them in your prayers. Vichna Yim Pamiat. The Denysyk, Paszczak and Tracz Families and Maria Lewytzkyj No. 49 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1996 19 Sabre Foundation’s Tania Vi t v i t s k y honored at White House event by Marta Baziuk The White House event had its begin- CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Tania nings in Mrs. Clinton’s visit to Eastern Vitvitsky, project director of the Sabre Europe over the summer, where she Foundation, was honored at the White noted the desperate need for teaching House on October 21 for her work in materials, especially for children. It hap- replenishing libraries destroyed during pened that Sabre was increasing its the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina and efforts to solicit donations from publish- for initiating a program to make chil- ers of materials for children in response dren’s books available in Romania. to requests from the field. The Sabre Foundation specializes in Sabre was able to make a special * providing books and information tech- donation of children’s books in com- UNA “YOUTH” PLAN nologies to countries in transition. Sabre, memoration of the first lady’s visit to which has ongoing programs in 15 coun- schools and orphanages in Bosnia and tries, is also active in Ukraine, with book Romania. The shipments are Sabre’s first donation and Internet training programs. to these countries. 10 years old

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS Sunday, December 8 Nicholas to be held in the school hall of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic School, NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Museum and 212 President St., at noon. The heavenly the museum’s gift shop will hold a office will be open starting at 10 a.m. Christmas bazaar at 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at the museum, 203 Second Ave., featuring unique Tuesday, December 31 gifts. There will be Christmas tree orna- EAST HANOVER, N.J.: The Khrestonos- ments, hand-made jewelry, art books, chil- tsi Plast Fraternity is holding a New Year’s dren’s books, exhibition catalogues, litho- Eve dance on the occasion of its 50th graphs and home-baked Christmas breads. anniversary at the Ramada Hotel. Dinner is at For more information call (212) 228-0110. 7:30 p.m., followed by dancing to the music Saturday, December 14 of Kryshtal and Fata Morgana, starting at 10 p.m. Evening attire. Advance tickets: $80, PHILADELPHIA: A pre-Christmas con- dinner, dance and open bar; $50, dance and cert of contemporary Ukrainian music and open bar; $40, dance only (for students under jazz, featuring composer Myroslav 21). Tickets at the door: $55, dance and open Skoryk, pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky bar; $45, dance only (for students under 21). and singer Marianna Vynnytsky, will be For reservations call Andrey or Taras held at the Ukrainian Educational and Hankewycz, (914) 476-9227, or the Ramada Cultural Center, 700 Cedar Road, Jenkintown, Pa., at 5:30 p.m. A wine and Hotel, (201) 386-5622. Proceeds to benefit cheese reception with the artists will fol- the Vovcha Tropa Plast Camp. low. Admission: $15; $12, seniors and stu- Friday, January 10, 1997 dents; children free. TORONTO: The Ukrainian Students Club Saturday-Sunday, December 14-15 at the University of Toronto and The PHILADELPHIA: The Ukrainian Ukrainian Dance Soloists present the eighth Educational and Cultural Center’s 15th annual Pre-Malanka Bash, featuring five annual Christmas Bazaar will be held bands, to be held at UNF Hall, 297 College December 14 at 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and on St., 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Advance tickets, at $10, December 15 at 10 a.m.-5 p.m. A concert are available at Arka West or from the stu- of carols and a traditional Ukrainian vertep dents’ club by calling (416) 968-9222. will be held at noon and once again at 3 Proceeds to benefit the Canadian Children of p.m. on Saturday, and at 2 p.m. on Chornobyl Fund. Sunday. There will also be a visit from St. Saturday, January 11 Nicholas, with a photo opportunity for the children. Over 40 vendors will offer hand- MONTREAL: The Ukrainian Youth icrafts and fine arts. Christmas trees will Association (SUM) invites members and be on sale as well as homemade traditional the community to its traditional malanka Ukrainian foods and baked goods and to be held at the SUM Hall, 3260 Est, Rue Christmas Eve necessities. The work of Beaubien. The evening includes a banquet computer artist Natalia Karbach will be and dance, featuring music by Montreal’s exhibited in the center’s gallery through “1945” orchestra. Cocktails begin at 5:30 the weekend. The center is located at 700 p.m. Advance tickets, to be reserved by Cedar Road in Jenkintown, Pa. For addi- December 22, are $45; $30, students. tional information call (215) 663-1166. Tickets at the door: $50; $40, students. For reservations and information call (514) Saturday, December 21 254-8155. BUFFALO, N.Y.: A St. Nicholas pro- ADVANCE NOTICE gram for young children and their parents, sponsored by the UNA Buffalo District, NEW YORK: The foreign language featuring students of the Ridna Shkola department at New York University School of Ukrainian Studies, will be held School of Continuing Education has in the St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic announced the following courses in Church Hall, 308 Fillmore Ave., at 12:30 Ukrainian for spring 1977: Ukrainian I — p.m. Proceeds from the event, which is X25.9451.001; 12 sessions to be held sponsored by the UNA Buffalo District, Mondays, 6:10-8:05 p.m.; February 10 - will benefit the school. May 12. Fee: $400; and Intensive Ukrainian I - X25.9461.001; 12 sessions to Sunday, December 22 be held Saturdays, 1:20-4:15 p.m.; PASSAIC, N.J.: The local Plast Branch February 8 - May 3. Fee: $540. For further invites the community to a Christmas play information or for a copy of the current for children, followed by a visit from St. bulletin call (212) 998-7030.

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