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The Ukrainian Weekly 1995 INSIDE: • Ambassador Yuri Shcherbak meets with community leaders — page 3. • Senate hearings examine U.S. foreign aid — page 8. • Ukrainian American named director of Ukraine s national symphony — page 1 1. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXIII No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 1995 75 cents Ivan Kedryn-Rudnytsky, dean Ukraine to receive IMF loan will be in Kyyiv next week to lend his of Ukrainian journalists, dies at 98 *£S£5Z" personal support to this government pro­ gram," said Graeme Justice, the IMF's senior resident representative in Ukraine. signed a memorandum on March 3 avin Rudnytsky, perhaps the last representa- 1||^^ > P £ Mr. Camdessus spoke to President Leonid Kuchma on Wednesday evening and agreed to visit Kyyiv on March 9. (That decades, and a long-time Svoboda editor- ^^^^^^ШХ^ш^^^^^^^Ш^ International Monetary Fund, announced a visit has since been postponed to March 10, said the presidential press office, with Mr. Camdessus traveling to Moscow on March 9 and then to Ukraine.) The IMF director told the Ukrainian president that he would "exert maximum served in the Austrian army (1914-1916), ^^^^^ИВИІ^ ІіїІІІІІ approximately $1.5 billion which will be effort" to ensure Ukraine obtained a sub­ and later joined the Ukrainian National ^^^^^^^^Ш ШШШШЯ disbursed in several installments throughout stantial loan package within the next few :: ч weeks. Mr. Rudnytsky studied at the University ^^^^^^^ ^pl^ ^•^ ІІ5і§§5 prime minister in the Ukrainian govern­ The main purpose of his visit is to or" Vienna in 1920-1923, where he worked ^^^^^^Ш Щт ІІІІ1І1І ment durin§ a news conference, In show support for economic reform in, as co-editor of the weekly journal Volia, ІІІ^^^^^^^Ш^Ь ..^^^^Д addition, Ukraine has also request- Ukraine and confirm the IMF's intention adopting the pseudonym Kedryn, among ||||^^^^^^^^ДШ^^^^^И ed the second drawing of the IMF's sys- (Continued on page 3) After graduating, he moved to Lviv and IS it secured last October. Together the two joined the prestigious newspaper Dilo. In ||^^^^^^^^Щ^^^^^^^^И credits bring the requested loan amount 1925, he became the first press attache of ||^^^^^^^^ИЯ^^^^^^^И to approximately $1.8 billion (U.S.). the Ukrainian Parliamentary Representation І^^^^^^^^^Д^^^^^^^Я This is the equivalent of 125 percent of Ukraine concerned in Warsaw (serving until 1935), and was ^^^^^^B^^^^eoiha Kuzmowycz Ukraine's quota in the IMF. Dilo's Warsaw correspondent in 1926- т if н ю л t ь Іп a Press release issued by the IMF on about membership 1936. In 1937-1939, Mr. Kedryn-Rudnyt- IvanKedryn-Kudnytsky March 3, the fund's director, Michel sky was Dilo's political affairs editor. as wejj as ш|ш ше TJNR Government-in- Camdessus, called it a "comprehensive, As a leading member of the Ukrainian ехце т p0iancj men France strong and courageous program. If imple- in Council of Europe National Democratic Alliance (UNDO) and Kedryn-Rudnytsky emigrated to mented rigorously, it will constitute a deci- Mr by Marta Kolomayets a UNR Army veteran, Mr. Kedryn- Austria in 1944 where he headed the sive break with the past that Ukraine sore- C needs and that the Kyyiv Press Bureau Rudnytsky acted as liaison between his ukraini an Central'Relief Alliance until his »У international commu- party and the Organization of Ukrainian nity will surely welcome." KYYIV - Foreign Minister Gennadiy Nationalists under Col Yevhen Konovalets, (Continued on page 9) "The managing director of the IMF Udovenko has expressed concern that Ukraine is not on the list of countries expected to be granted membership in Diaspora Orthodox to recognize Constantinople Patriarchate the Council of Europe this year. Speaking at a press briefing at the SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. - The Metropolitan Constantine and the bishops omoforion of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February Metropolitan Council of the Ukrainian of the Church in the U.S.A. and Diaspora, and the Church from which Ukrainian 28, Mr. Udovenko told reporters that Orthodox Church of the U.S.A., gathered to come to Constantinople (Istanbul, received Orthodox Christianity in 988 was, Ukraine's lack of a new constitution is at in session here in the Church's center on Turkey), and to concelebrate the holy litur­ during a visit to Ukraine in January 1995, the root of the problem. He added, howev­ February 2-4. The Council unanimously gy with him, thereby ratifying the decision personally conveyed by Archbishop Antony er, that Ukraine's Soviet-era Constitution approved the recommendation of the epis­ with the seal of the Holy Eucharist. to the spiritual heads of the Ukrainian has been amended enough for Ukraine to copacy of the UOChurch of the U.S.A. and The solemnities during which the Orthodox Church in Ukraine, Patriarch qualify for Council membership. in the Diaspora, shepherded by Metropo­ Ukrainian Orthodox Church will take its Volodymyr (UOC - Kyyivan Patriarchate), "There have been rumors that perhaps litan Constantine to come under the spiritu­ rightful place in world Orthodoxy, will take and Patriarch Dymytrij (UAOChurch), Ukraine is not interested in membership," al omoforion of the Patriarchate of place on Sunday, March 12, - the First whose reception of the news was seen as said the Ukrainian diplomat. "Therefore, Constantinople, thereby securing for the Sunday of Great Lent, Orthodoxy Sunday, positive, and who viewed it as an important we are currently taking very active mea­ Ukrainian Orthodox Church its rightful in the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George step that will impact on the life and future of sures to demonstrate that Ukraine is truly place in world Orthodoxy and those privi­ the Great Martyr in Constantinople. the Church in Ukraine. interested," he underlined. leges which the Church enjoyed prior to its Concelebrating with Patriarch Bartholo­ The Eucharistic unity of the Ukrainian Jiri Vogl, a political adviser with the subjugation to the Moscow Patriarchate in maios will be: Metropolitan Constantine, Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. and Council of Europe, told reporters that the 17th century. primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Diaspora with the Ecumenical Throne there is no truth to these rumors. He The Chancery of the Episcopate of the of the U.S.A. and Diaspora; Archbishop will secure, for all times, the position of spoke at the Foreign Affairs Ministry on UOC reported that the decision came as a Antony of New York and Washington, and the Church in world Orthodoxy, preserve March 3, at the conclusion of a weeklong consequence of discussions held in ruling bishop pro tern of the Eparchy of the integrity of the Ukrainian Orthodox visit to Kyyiv. Constantinople, the center of ecumenical Australia and New Zealand; Bishop Paisij, Church, and will accord to Metropolitan "We are interested in Ukraine becoming Orthodoxy, between Metropolitan member of the Council of Bishops of the Constantine and his brothers in the epis­ a member of the Council," he said, adding Constantine, primate of the Ukrainian Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A.; copacy the practical means and a more that Foreign Minister Udovenko has been Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. and the Bishop loan, ruling bishop of Great Britain; effective voice required to address and invited to visit Strasbourg, the CE head­ Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church and His Grace Bishop Jeremiah, Ruling defend Ukrainian ecclesiastical issues. quarters, in April, to meet with representa­ in the Diaspora, Archbishop Antony of Bishop of Curitiba, Brazil and Latin On Thursday, March 9, Archbishop tives of all 34 Council member-countries. New York and Washington, and His America. Metropolitan Anatolij, ruling Antony celebrated a moleben to Christ the If Ukraine wants to qualify for CE Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholo- bishop of Western Europe, due to reason of Savior in St. Andrew Memorial Church, membership, it must first fulfill the obliga­ maios, at the latter's request, and after an in- health, will be absent. beseeching God's blessings on this historic tions it took upon itself when it signed a depth report by the hierarchs of the Present for the March 12 liturgy in the event. Participating in the moleben were cooperation program with the Council of UOChurch of the U.S.A. and Diaspora, pre­ Fanar will be over 40 members of the local clergy plus members of the delega­ Europe last May, said Mr. Vogl, who is sented to the Metropolitan Council. Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the tion, who, together with the archbishop, with the Council of Europe Directorate. visited and offered prayers at the tomb of Patriarch Bartholomaios, having been U.S.A. among them clergy and lay mem­ According to Mr. Vogl, the Council of informed of the decision of the Metropo­ bers of the Metropolitan Council. Patriarch Mstyslav and the gravesite of litan Council, extended an invitation to The decision to enter under the spiritual Metropolitan John Theodorovich. (Continued on page 4) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 1995 No. 11 Helsinki Watch publication documents human rights violations in Karabakh Yeltsin visit to Kyyiv canceled was accused of failing to improve relations NEW YORK - Karabakh Armenian with either Russia or Ukraine. Whereas, 66 forces - often with the direct military sup­ KYYIV — Russia's President Boris of 98 deputies had supported Mr. Tsekov's port of the Republic of Armenia - were Yeltsin will not visit Kyyiv at the end of resignation on March 1, 57 of 97 present responsible for the majority of violations of March to sign a treaty on friendship and voted for his re-election eight days later. the laws of war in fighting in Nagorno- cooperation with Ukraine as had been (OMRI Daily Digest) Karabakh in 1993 and 1994, according to scheduled, reported Respublika on March 7.
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