The Ukrainian Weekly 2002, No.27

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INSIDE: • Cardinal Lubomyr Husar speaks on new projects, plans — page 3. • U.S. Ambassador Pascual’s address at Lviv commencement — page 7. • Ukrainian connections on Canada’s 2002 postal issues — page 13.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXX HE KRAINIANNo. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 7, 2002 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine T U 3,000 attendW inauguration in Lviv Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv enthrones of Ukrainian Catholic University by Roman Woronowycz added that “there must be a lively Bishop Stephen Bilak in Florida Kyiv Press Bureau exchange between the university and the community, which becomes the founda- LVIV – Toga-clad trumpeters, stu- tion for new ideas.” dents, scholars and diplomats joined Lviv Cardinal Husar emphasized the need residents and the Ukrainian Greek- for a Christian university in Ukraine as a Catholic Church (UGCC) to celebrate the center for Christian thought and of inauguration of the first Christian univer- Christian values. He called this the sity in Ukraine in the modern era when unique aspect of the new institution’s the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) work. was formally opened on June 29. “If a university is supposed to seek With a crowd of more than 3,000 Lviv truth, beauty and goodness beyond the residents watching on a sun-splayed façade of the obvious, then the university Saturday afternoon, UCU Vice-Rector that is being born today must uphold this Myroslav Marynovych, acting as master standard as well and search for these of ceremonies, read the proclamation that eternal values, but in addition it must do announced the inauguration of the so through the eyes of a Christian,” he UGCC’s new university in Ukraine. stated. Also seated on the stage erected before The head of the UGCC presented the famous Lviv Opera House on Lviv’s Rector Gudziak with a scholar’s toga, Freedom Square were Cardinal Lubomyr which the late Patriarch Josyf Slipyj, the Husar, UGCC archbishop major and the founder of St. Clement’s Ukrainian head of the Church who is also UCU Catholic University, located in Rome, chancellor; the newly appointed UCU had ordered made even before the doors rector, the Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak; of that institution opened. As Cardinal Archbishop Vsevolod of the Ukrainian Husar explained, it was symbolic of the Orthodox Church of the U.S.A.; the patriarch’s inability to see anything but Vatican’s papal nuncio to Ukraine, success in his endeavors. Archbishop Mykola Eterovic; ambassa- In his remarks, the Rev. Gudziak, who dors from Great Britain, Germany and had been unanimously elected to lead the France; as well as Lviv Mayor Lubomyr new university by the St. Clement Fund Buniak and rectors of several prominent that oversees the educational institution, Ukrainian universities. reviewed the century-long effort to estab- Cardinal Husar noted in his address lish a Ukrainian Catholic university in that the opening ceremony was purposely Lviv, and the vision of Metropolitan conducted very publicly. “Our university, Andrey Sheptytsky and determination of just as all universities, should not hide Patriarch Slipyj that led to its realization. behind the walls of its buildings, but He noted that seven of the Ukrainian must be close to the society it serves,” explained the primate of the UGCC, who (Continued on page 9) Patriarch Filaret with newly enthroned Bishop Stephen Bilak. COOPER CITY, Fla. – The Very body, will ordain the 83-year-old cler- Rev. Stephen Bilak, 83, was ordained ic, along with other bishops from a bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox America and Ukraine.” Church – Kyivan Patriarchate during a “This is an honor,” the church’s cur- pastoral visit to the United States of rent pastor, the Rev. Victor Poliarny, Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv and All Rus’- who succeeded the Rev. Bilak at St. Ukraine, the Church’s primate. Nicholas in 1999, told the Sun The Rev. Bilak, former pastor of St. Sentinel. “Whenever someone comes Nicholas Ukrainian Orthodox Church from Ukraine, we feel super-good in Cooper City, Fla., was enthroned as about it.” a bishop of the UOC-KP on Sunday, Patriarch Filaret and his entourage May 19. Present at the ceremony, in were welcomed at the entrance to the addition to Patriarch Filaret, were church by the head of the parish com- Bishops Dymytrii and Alexander munity, Leonid Husak. Once inside the (Bykovetz). A banquet followed the church, they were greeted by the Rev. church services. Poliarny, who extended felicitations on James D. Davis, religion editor of behalf of Ukraine’s faithful children in the Sun Sentinel, wrote on May 19: the diaspora and called on all present “Father Stephen Bilak was happy as a to pray for the development of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and for husband and a pastor in Cooper City. God’s blessings for the Ukrainian And a retiree for three years. He never nation. expected to become a bishop. But a After the enthronement ceremony, bishop he will become today, when Bishop Stephen humbly addressed his several prelates ... welcome him as a fellow bishops, clergy and faithful, fellow shepherd. ... His Holiness Roman Woronowycz Patriarch Filaret, head of the Church (Continued on page 16) Cardinal Lubomyr Husar (left) presents a historic toga ordered by Patriarch Josyf to the Ukrainian Catholic University’s rector, the Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 7, 2002 No. 27

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Denial of Great Famine continues Russia, Ukraine agree on gas Ministry and the State Tax Administration held a joint session in Kyiv on June 27 at a decade after collapse of USSR KYIV – Meeting in Kyiv on July 1, which they pledged to combine their efforts Ukrainian First Vice Prime Minister Oleh in combating money laundering, the by Taras Kuzio 1990s, Ukrainian scholars redefined the Dubyna and Russian Vice Prime Minister UNIAN news service reported. Internal RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report famine as “genocide” or “terror-famine,” Viktor Khristenko signed a protocol agree- Affairs Minister Yurii Smirnov noted that and a monument was erected in central ment on Russian natural-gas transit via the problem of money laundering and out- In April and May, a curious and, at Kyiv. In September 1993, then-President Ukraine and use of Ukrainian underground flow of capital from Ukraine results from times, highly charged discussion raged Leonid Kravchuk called the death of one- gas-storage facilities, Interfax-Ukraine the fact that 50 percent of economic activity over the “Internet List H-Russia” on the fifth of Ukrainians “genocide.” In reported. According to the agreement, in the country takes place in the shadow 1932-1933 Great Famine in Ukraine that November 2001, on the Day of which is valid until 2003, Russian natural zone. State Tax Administration chief led to the deaths of anywhere from 5 mil- Remembrance for these crimes, President gas transiting Ukraine will amount to a total Mykola Azarov said that 356 offshore com- lion to 10 million people. The discussion Leonid Kuchma talked of “tens of mil- of 128.7 billion cubic meters, of which 110 panies own stakes ranging from 10 to 98 is curious in that it was taking place a lions” of Ukrainians who died in war, the billion are earmarked for Western Europe percent in “basic Ukrainian enterprises” in decade after the USSR collapsed and “famine-terror” and the gulag. and the rest for Moldova and Russia. The the power industries, as well as the metal- Ukraine established itself as an inde- American-born Prof. James Mace, Ukrainian state company Naftohaz Ukrainy lurgical and mining branches. A survey by pendent state. who formerly headed the Washington- will charge $1,093 per 1,000 cubic meters the State Tax Administration has shown that The continued denial in this discus- based U.S. Commission on the Ukraine per 100 kilometers of transit. Russia’s a majority of those offshore companies are sion of the artificiality of the 1932-1933 Famine in the 1980s and is currently at Gazprom will pay the transit costs by sub- not even registered as entities conducting famine in Ukraine reflects widespread the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla tracting them from gas sales to Ukraine, economic activities. (RFE/RL Newsline) double standards. Academy, wrote in 1995 that the famine charging $50 for 1,000 cubic meters in First, there is a strong refusal among was “the central question” for Ukrainian 2003, the same price charged in the first President speaks on Constitution Day academics and journalists to place Soviet history. Dr. Mace remains convinced that half of 2002. The difference will be paid in and Nazi crimes against humanity on the the famine was primarily directed at cash by Ukraine. The two countries also KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma said same level. The ideological preferences Ukrainians. After the U.S. commission reached agreement that Ukraine store 5 bil- in a solemn statement that the adoption of of some academics are allowed to inter- closed, Dr. Mace was unable to obtain lion cubic meters of Russian gas in 2002, the Ukrainian Constitution of Ukraine on fere with their scholarly research. How academic employment in the United and more in subsequent years. Russia is to June 28, 1996, was the most important else can we understand Western scholars States; his cards had “been marked” as a pay for the storage in cash, but the two sides event in the history of independent Ukraine, whose decadeslong infatuation with eco- “biased Ukrainian nationalist émigré.” did not disclose the price. Ukraine currently UNIAN reported. But he added that the nomic changes in the 1930s has included Many Western academics at that time, has 13 underground gas-storage facilities Constitution “already requires some trying to explain away Stalinist crimes and at present, continue to see studies of capable of storing 30 billion cubic meters. improvements to bring it into line with soci- against humanity and the 1932-1933 the famine published in the 1980s by Dr. (RFE/RL Newsline) etal demands.” Mr. Kuchma cautioned, famine as neither “artificial” nor part of a Robert Conquest as “replete with errors however, against “hasty and non-systemic” drive against “Ukrainian bourgeois and inconsistencies” and as “another NATO, Ukraine to review relationship changes in the country’s basic law. “Let us nationalism?” The Soviet project, unlike expression of the Cold War,” Prof. learn first to respect and inflexibly obey the the Nazi one, allegedly had “good inten- BRUSSELS – The upcoming meeting of Tauger argued in the “Internet List H- Constitution, and begin a constitutional tions” that were warped by Stalin. the Ukraine-NATO Commission to be held Russia” discussion. Dr. Mace responded reform only after that,” he proposed. Second, objective discussion of the in Kyiv on July 9 will focus on the current in the discussion by describing Prof. According to a poll conducted by the Ukrainian Famine suffers from continued state of Ukraine-NATO relations, according Tauger’s “baseless statistical circumlocu- Oleksander Razumkov Center of Economic Russophile domination of Western histo- to NATO Secretary-General George tions” as “garbage.” and Political Studies between June 17 and ry writing on Russia and in Western Robertson. Interfax-Ukraine reported on Reading the “Internet List H-Russia” 25, 47.1 percent of Ukrainians think the European post-Sovietology (primarily June 28 that, speaking to Ukrainian journal- and Western, English-language academic Constitution should be changed since it area studies). As with recent Ukrainian ists in Brussels, Mr. Robertson announced publications on Eastern Europe leads to does not meet societal requirements. studies of the Famine, Western historians that he plans to meet with President Leonid the impression that the large number of (RFE/RL Newsline) have largely ignored the radical changes Kuchma, Prime Minister Anatolii Kinakh post-Soviet Ukrainian studies on the in post-Soviet Ukrainian historiography and other members of the Cabinet of Kuchma sees army reform as key task Famine listed in the 2001 book “The and continue to be influenced by 19th- Ministers during his weeklong stay in the Famine-Terror in Ukraine, 1932-1933: A KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma said century Russian nationalist writing Ukrainian capital. When asked about the Bibliography” published in Odesa-Kyiv on June 26 that “improving the structure where Ukraine (and Belarus) are treated basing of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on are mainly ignored by Western scholars and functions of Ukraine’s armed forces as subsidiaries of the Russian (read East Ukrainian territory and its future if Ukraine working on the Stalin era. The fact that and other military formations is a primary Slavic) nation. were to join the alliance, the NATO chief these works are in Ukrainian, and not in step in the implementation of a stage-by- Oral memoirs on the Famine collected Russian, the traditional language of said that this is a “strictly academic ques- stage process of deepening Ukraine’s coop- from Ukrainian émigrés “are highly Sovietology and post-Soviet studies, is tion,” as Ukraine has not formally requested eration with NATO, which is to end with unreliable,” West Virginia University no excuse not to use them. Unfortunately, permission to join NATO. However, there is Ukraine joining the alliance,” the UNIAN Prof. Mark Tauger claimed in the there is still a stubbornly held view that no set rule on such a matter. Mr. Robertson news agency reported. (RFE/RL Newsline) “Internet List H-Russia” discussion. Yet, Russian is sufficient for research into, went on to say that “Ukraine’s recent decla- scholars do not deny the authenticity of and writing on, Ukraine (and Belarus). ration and the letter from the National Kyiv patriarch receives state medal oral memoirs for studies of the Famine denial fails to deal with the Security and Defense Council announcing Holocaust. KYIV – On June 26 President Leonid question of why, if the famine took place its decision of May 23 to seek Ukrainian The Communist Party of Ukraine Kuchma decorated Patriarch Filaret, the throughout the former USSR, it has only integration into NATO” raises the prospects (CPU), then still a republican subsidiary head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – left an imprint on Ukrainian conscious- of a “distant possibility of membership, but of the Communist Party of the Soviet Kyiv Patriarchate, with the Order of ness. Ukraine was sealed off by the today the matter of submitting a request to Union, came under pressure in 1987- join is not on the table.” (RFE/RL Newsline) Yaroslav the Wise Order (4th degree), 1990 from the cultural intelligentsia, authorities, foreign journalists were pre- UNIAN reported. Patriarch Filaret said at informal groups such as Rukh and vented from visiting famine areas, for- Police, tax officers pool efforts the ceremony that his Church supports Memorial, and investigative journalists eign assistance was refused, and grain in Moscow and Ukraine who sought to continued to be exported during the KYIV – Leaders of the Internal Affairs (Continued on page 20) unveil “blank spots” in Soviet Ukrainian famine. Why is such a memory of the and Ukrainian history. Finally, in famine not present in the Russian con- February 1990, the CPU acknowledged sciousness if it was not just directed at that a famine had taken place in Ukraine Ukrainians? 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(Continued on page 22) No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 7, 22 3 INTERVIEW: Cardinal Husar speaks on UGCC’s new projects LVIV – Though it was the close of a hectic week much money. marked by celebrations of the inauguration of the new We hope shortly to develop an overall plan by which Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU), and with the we will ask for funds in stages. We will finish one [proj- opening of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Sobor (a gath- ect] before going on to the next one, and then the third ering of the Church’s laity and clergy) only hours away, one, and so on. We are not that well off, either here in Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, archbishop major of the Ukraine or beyond it. UGCC, nonetheless found time to meet with The And that plan is in the works? Ukrainian Weekly’s Kyiv editor, Roman Woronowycz. The two discussed the myriad projects that the reinvigo- Well, it is being considered, but is neither completed rated Church is undertaking and how it plans to see nor approved. them to fruition. Following is an edited transcript of the This is an exciting time for the UGCC, both in its interview, which was held in the Patriarchal Palace of spiritual and physical development. A symbol of this St. George Cathedral in Lviv on June 30. is the planned move of the patriarchal, or archiepis- What does the new Ukrainian Catholic University copal, center from Lviv to Kyiv. When will it hap- (UCU) in Lviv mean for the Ukrainian Greek- pen, how will the move look and first of all, when Catholic Church (UGCC) and for Ukraine overall? will the cathedral be completed? What has changed with the opening of this newest We have chosen a construction firm and in the last institution of higher learning in Ukraine? days have been working on a contract. The sooner we As was said yesterday, there are 106 universities begin the better. functioning in Ukraine, this is the 107th. This is the Are we talking days, weeks, months? only one that is Christian at its base. My intention is not to insult people of other universities, to say they are If the contract were to be signed today, construction godless and atheistic, because this is far from true. In could begin tomorrow, you see. We have all the docu- the eastern provinces of Ukraine there are good and mentation. It’s been a matter of bureaucracy. Just as we God-believing people at the universities, rectors, profes- thought we finally had everything, a new law appeared sors and students who attend them. forcing us to redo some matters. Now, however, we But what type of university is this? What is the dif- have everything: all the signatures, all the necessary ference between a Catholic university and a secular uni- stamps. Roman Woronowycz versity? All universities have the same goal: to serve We have accepted a tender. There was a competitive Cardinal Lubomyr Husar truth, to search for the truth, to teach the truth, to devel- bid during which various firms presented their projects. op the intellect maximally and to prepare people for Of the seven that took part, we considered four work- longer because the concentration will be on the sobor life. able. We picked one from those four. All four were Kyiv [cathedral], but no more than three years all together. Catholic universities throughout the world, – I companies. Now we are moving to complete a contract. Our move to Kyiv is not really tied to this. When believe there are 900 of them in all – are universities A requirement of the tender was that the project be some money appears, I will be looking for a place in just like all others, with the exception that they address completed within two years, and all the firms said they Kyiv where I will be able to work and host people. It matters from a Christian point of view. They take under could comply. If money flows steadily, there is no doubt will be a residency, but a limited one, yet still the begin- consideration religious truths as well. There are those that it can be completed within two years. ning of a center. who suggest that this lowers the value of the university, Therefore, in two years you will slowly begin the The move will be gradual. It will not be a situation that this type of university cannot serve the truth move to Kyiv? where one day we bring in the trucks, load them up and because it must serve religious goals. tomorrow we are in Kyiv. That will not happen, more We respond to this by saying that there are no differ- The situation is like this: within two years we expect so, because Lviv has its needs as well. We do not have ences between religion and intellect. These are simply a completed church ready for use. It will not be decorat- the right to leave Lviv without securing its future. This two different ways of looking at the truth. You can say ed, simply ready for use. At the same time, we will be that this is a fundamental basis for the existence of constructing another building, which will take slightly (Continued on page 14) Catholic universities: that between faith and knowledge there are no differences. And this means what in terms of the UCU being the first Christian university in Ukraine?

The Kyiv-Mohyla Academy during its earlier exis- Film aboutby Roman W orlifeonowycz of Patriarchfinanced much Josyf of the project. premieres tence was not called a university, but it had all the Kyiv Press Bureau The 90-minute movie chronicles the life of Patriarch attributes of a university. It was an institution of higher Josyf from his elevation to primate of the UGCC with learning with a theology faculty. The various fields LVIV – Residents of this city had the chance to the death of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky and his were titled differently, but it was truly a great institu- view a movie on the life of one of the great historical arrest by Soviet authorities and banishment to Siberia tion, not some sort of seminary. People from the various personages of 20th century Ukraine and former resi- in 1945, to his release in 1963 and the remainder of his Slavic nations traveled there to study. It was the only dent of Lviv, when the full-length documentary film, life and work in Rome. institution of higher learning during those times in the “Patriarch,” debuted here on June 29. “Patriarch” is divided into two segments, with the Slavic Orthodox world. The film on the heroic life of Cardinal Josyf Slipyj, first half addressing Cardinal Josyf’s life in Ukraine Today it is private, but still partly government-con- the first leader of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic and subsequent prison time in Siberia, and the second trolled. Yesterday, as I sat next to the president of [the Church to have been commonly referred to by the des- part detailing his activity in Rome after his exile and National University of] Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Dr. ignation “patriarch,” premiered only hours before one his travels abroad. Viacheslav Briukhovetsky), I told him that perhaps he of his most strident dreams – a Ukrainian Catholic The film interweaves still images and contemporary should consider making his school a center of Orthodox University in Lviv – became a reality. as well as historic black-and-white footage of Lviv, study, a center of theology. He told me that he is very It was the third premiere for the film, after an initial Kyiv and Siberia, with interviews of individuals who interested in doing so, but it is a matter of money. knew and worked with the Ukrainian Catholic patri- The [Orthodox] need their own school, just as our showing in Kyiv on June 21 to a packed house, and one in Chicago in April. The film debuted first in the arch. It creates a compelling story of a life of love, Protestants need a good theology school – not just a strength, determination and, finally, triumph in the seminary to train the purveyors of the faith, but a real United States after parishioners of Chicago’s Ss. university. It is needed for Ukraine in general. We need Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church (Continued on page 21) to speak with them about doing so. If the Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants had higher educational schools, I believe there would be more desire for peaceful co-existence and cooperation, for a search for God’s common roads. Some declare that if there is a Catholic university, an Orthodox university and a Protestant university, hatred will rise to new heights. However, real, sincere education leads to the oppo- site. It leads to calm, erudite conclusions that do not inflame, but calm passions. When can we expect that the various branches, buildings, faculties, territories, etc. of the new UCU will be completed and functioning? We must understand that we cannot do everything at once. We must proceed in stages, and for a very straightforward reason. We receive a lot of support from our [diaspora communities], especially from North America. But we cannot bury North America with 10 Reproduction of an invitation to the premiere of “Patriarch,” a film about the life of Patriarch and projects at once and expect to gather the needed funds. Cardinal Josyf Slipyj. People simply cannot afford it; they do not have that 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 7, 22 No. 27 Commemorative plaque is unveiled Ukrainian American Veterans attend at site of Mara Lake internment camp celebrationNEW YORK – Sponsored of Veterans by the To thisHistory date over 600 menProject and women by Marko Preston-Horin my sadness for the unjust internment Library of Congress and its American have registered, from enlisted men and (1914-1920) of Ukrainian Canadians and Folklife Center, as well as the American women to high-ranking officers, from VANCOUVER – During Canada’s to recognize their many contributions to first national internment operations of Association of Retired Persons (AARP), most of the branches of the military. All Canada.” Jay Schlosar, executive assis- 1914-1920, thousands of Ukrainians and the Veterans History Project was official- have very interesting stories to tell and tant to member of the Legislative other Europeans were needlessly impris- ly opened on June 6 aboard the U.S.S. histories of service and sacrifice to Assembly George Abbott, (Shuswap), the oned as “enemy aliens” in Canadian con- Intrepid. reveal. provincial minister of multiculturism, The mission of the Veterans History centration camps. Seven out of the 24 expressed the deepest sympathy and sad- Many interesting documents were internment camps established following Project at the Library of Congress is to rediscovered from 1943 parochial publi- ness of the premier of British Columbia collect the memories, accounts and docu- passage of The War Measures Act were about a chapter of history that “left a scar cations with honor roll listings of the located in British Columbia, including ments of veterans of World War I, World names of servicemen and women at that on our province.” War II and the Korean, Vietnam, and the Monashee-Mara Lake camps, operat- time. This added 2,300 names of Other dignitaries attending included Persian Gulf wars, and to preserve these ed between June 2, 1915 and July 29, Gena Crowston, representing Betty Ukrainian Americans to the Ukrainian stories of experience and service for 1917. Hinton, MP (Kamloops); Rhona Martin, American Veterans register. future generations. As a result of the efforts of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District; Among the invited guests were repre- However, thousands more served dur- Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Maureen Kalynchuk for Teresa Hebert, sentatives of the Ukrainian American ing World War II and other conflicts, thus Association, supported by the Ukrainian trustee for School District No. 83; and Veterans: Matthew Koziak, UAV national the UAV has once again appealed to the Canadian Foundation of Taras Gordon Mackie, Sicamous and District commander; Anna Krawczuk, UAV Ukrainian American community in the Shevchenko, the District of Sicamous Museum and Historical Society. national vice commander; UAV Post 30 United States to help in this endeavor. and the Ukrainian Canadian community Kari Moore, the UCCLA’s representa- Commander Bernard Krawczuk; and Anyone having information about any of British Columbia, a trilingual histori- tive in Victoria, brought greetings from UAV Post 30 Past Commander Jurij publications, listings, honor rolls, church cal marker was unveiled at the original the Provincial Council of the Ukrainian Jacus. records, is asked to notify the UAV. site of the camp, Two Mile, near Canadian Congress and read her poem, Ceremonies started with a presentation The goal of the Ukrainian American Sicamous, British Columbia, on “Internment.” of the colors and the singing of the Veterans is to eventually publish the Saturday, June 8. The Rev. Stefan Basarab from St. national anthem. Opening remarks were names of all registrants, to record the Over 70 people attended to show their Josephat’s Ukrainian Catholic Church of made by Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, direc- input of Ukrainian Americans soldiers to sympathy for the victims of this unhappy Vernon, the Very Rev. Pawlo Berezniak tor of the Veterans History Project, fol- the history of the United States of episode in Canada’s history. Opening and Subdeacon Paul Malysh of the lowed by Dr. James H. Billington, America and to honor and give them the remarks were by UCCLA’s local repre- Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Librarian of Congress; James Parkel, recognition that they deserve. sentative, Andrea Malysh, who began Assumption of St. Mary in Vernon conse- president of the AARP; Peggy Bulger, The first Ukrainian immigrants came and ended with a reference to the prom- crated the monument. Subdeacon Malysh director of the American Folklife Center; to American shores more than 110 years ise made in June 1993 by Prime Minister also led in the singing of both the and Dr. Sam Billison, president of the ago; others soon followed. They served Jean Chrétien, in support of redress for Canadian and Ukrainian national Navajo Code Talker’s Association. their adopted country with honor in all Ukrainian Canadians who were subjected anthems. A student interviewer, David the wars and conflicts of the 20th centu- to internment and loss of freedoms dur- A reception was held after the cere- Dombroski, demonstrated how to hold an ing the first world war. ry, as they are serving presently in the monies at The Red Barn in Sicamous, interview. Among others speaking at the event Middle East. hosted by the Sicamous and District Final remarks were delivered by both were Mayor Fred Busch of Sicamous, Museum and Historical Society, where Persons who served or are on active Lt. Col. Lee Archer (Ret.), a member of who noted: “This plaque will remind photographs from the Mara Lake camps duty in the U.S. armed forces are asked the Five Star Council, and Dr. Billington. Canadians about past injustices and urge were displayed for viewing. The local to register themselves; registrants do not The Ukrainian American Veterans had them not to let them happen again.” Ukrainian community also displayed started their own historical registration have to be members of the Ukrainian Susan Anderson, parliamentary assis- Ukrainian artifacts and books. project back in 1998, with special American Veterans organization in order tant for Member of Parliament Darrel The plaque in Mara Lake was the 18th emphasis on registering Ukrainian to register. Stinson (Okanagan – Shuswap) presented placed by the UCCLA to date. Another Americans who have served in the U.S. For the UAV Registration Form and the UCCLA’s representative, Ms. historical marker is to be unveiled at the armed forces. They appealed to the more information please write to: UAV Malysh, with a House of Commons Badlands Historical Centre in Ukrainian American community to regis- Registration, P.O. Box 172, Holmdel, NJ Certificate of Recognition, “to express Drumheller, Alberta, on August 5. ter anyone who has served honorably in 07733-0172; or e-mail UAV.REG the U.S. military, past or present. @worldnet.att.net. USCAK officers discuss plans for sports events, publication NEWARK, N.J. – Executive officers revenue, according to Alexander Napora, of the Ukrainian Sports Federation of the the USCAK financial secretary. It is U.S.A. and Canada, better known by its reportedly being eagerly awaited by Ukrainian acronym of USCAK, met at sports historians in Ukraine. the home of the Chornomorska Sitch USCAK has reacted positively to a sports club on June 13 to discuss future request from the Lviv Regional Chess plans. Federation for financial support for its The meeting was opened by USCAK third Stepan Popel Memorial International President Myron Stebelsky, who present- Chess Tournament to be held in Lviv in ed as the first order of business a plan to the fall. USCAK had co-sponsored the convene a general meeting of the federa- first two Popel Memorials as well. tion. Although such a convention of Chessmaster Popel was a pre-war champi- USCAK had been tentatively scheduled on of Lviv and Halychyna and won the At ceremonies marking the official opening of the Veterans History Project (from for October of this year, and registration USCAK title in 1969. Thus, honoring his left) are: Jurij Jacus, Matthew Koziak, Bernard Krawczuk and Anna Krawczuk forms as well as questionnaires pertain- memory is viewed as a symbolic bridge of the Ukrainian American Veterans. ing to it were sent out to all the between Ukraine and the diaspora. It is Ukrainian youth and sports organiza- also notable that in 1997 USCAK spon- tions, the response has been postponed sored the current world chess champion, until the spring of 2003. Ruslan Ponomaryov of Kramatorsk, Omelan Twardowsky, the press officer Ukraine. He was one of several outstand- of USCAK, reported on the imminent ing Ukrainian chess players who received MAY WE HELP YOU? publication of the book “USCAK and financial support from USCAK. To reach The Ukrainian Weekly call (973) 292-9800, Sports in Ukraine,” of which he is the Finally, plans were confirmed to hold compiler. This book is a collection of the the annual USCAK tennis championship and dial the appropriate extension (as listed below). most significant newspaper and maga- at Soyuzivka over Labor Day weekend. Editorial – 3049, 3063, 3069 zine articles as well as other documents This year the traditional tournament, pertaining to the activities of USCAK however, will be dedicated to the memo- Administration – 3041 over the period from 1956 to 2001. The ry of Zenon Snylyk, former editor of Advertising – 3040 majority of the materials are in “The Ukrainian Weekly” and “Svoboda,” Ukrainian, but there is an English-lan- soccer star and avid tennis activist, who Subscriptions – 3042 guage section as well. passed away in January. The tournament Production – 3052 The publication will be financed by will be run by George Sawczak, USCAK USCAK alone, without any advertising tennis director. No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 7, 22 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

UNAby Roma Home Hadzewycz Officetions employees in the realm of the UNA’s bid insurance farewell to officers Diachuk and Lysko offerings. It is no wonder, he said, that the EAST HANOVER, N.J. – Employees recently concluded UNA convention of the Ukrainian National Association bid elected her to the post of first vice-presi- farewell to two of the fraternal organiza- dent. tion’s executive officers – President Ulana The president-elect concluded his Diachuk and National Secretary Martha remarks by stating that he was pleased to Lysko – during a surprise luncheon here at have had the opportunity to work with the Ramada Inn on Friday, June 28. both President Diachuk and National That day was the last working day of Secretary Lysko during the previous term. the four-year term of the UNA General He also bid all the UNA’s employees, Assembly, which includes executive offi- including the personnel of Svoboda and cers, auditors and advisors, elected back in The Ukrainian Weekly, good fortune, suc- 1998. The new UNA General Assembly cess and harmony during the next term officially takes office on July 1, and on that date, the UNA Home Office would (2002-2006). “May we be united by our welcome its new full-time executive offi- dedication to our dear Batko Soyuz,” said cers: President Stefan Kaczaraj, National Mr. Kaczaraj. Secretary Christine Kozak and Treasurer Messages of best wishes to Mrs. Roma Lisovich. Diachuk were read from Ukraine’s But first came the heartfelt farewells Ambassador to the United Nations Valeriy for the outgoing officers. Kuchinsky; UNA Auditor and Advisor- Mrs. Diachuk was leaving the UNA Elect Stefan Hawrysz; outgoing Auditor after working at the Home Office for 52 William Pastuszek and his wife, years – serving for the last 12 of those Theodosia; and re-elected Auditor many years as president and the 18 years Alexander Serafyn. before that as treasurer. Afterwards, gifts of Lladro figurines Mrs. Lysko was departing from the were presented to Mmes. Diachuk and UNA headquarters after 16 years of serv- Lysko on behalf of the UNA’s employees ice, half of them as national secretary; and members of the General Assembly by, Roma Hadzewycz however, she remains on the UNA respectively, Daria Semegen and Maria President Ulana Diachuk (right) and National Secretary Martha Lysko at a Executive Committee as the organiza- Zaviysky. In addition, a specially farewell lucncheon held in their honor. tion’s first vice-president. engraved Tiffany clock was bestowed Their colleague, Treasurer and upon the outgoing president in recognition President-Elect Kaczaraj, delivered of over five decades of service to the farewell remarks at the reception to “two UNA. persons who made large contributions to Mrs. Diachuk acknowledged the fond the UNA in the course of many years.” farewell by noting that “in every ending, He cited in particular the accomplish- there is also a beginning” and underlining ments of the last four years, which he said that the UNA is “a family in which I grew were not easy ones for the UNA, as the up.” She pledged to always keep the UNA UNA overcame financial difficulties. All in her heart. this was done, he emphasized, under the Mrs. Lysko stated that for her the event leadership of President Diachuk, who in reality was not a farewell, as it did not deserves to be considered the “president- mark her departure from the UNA, but emeritus” of the UNA. He also noted that merely her transfer to another office, Mrs. Diachuk will go down in history as albeit not a full-time office at the UNA’s the first female chief executive officer of Corporate Headquarters building. the UNA. The afternoon reception concluded As for Mrs. Lysko, who is a profession- with personal exchanges of farewells al in the field of life insurance, Mr. between the two officers and the UNA Kaczaraj pointed to her various innova- staff.

Ulana Diachuk receives the UNA employees’ gift from Daria Semegen. Looking on is Mrs. Diachuk’s husband, Volodymyr.

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FOR THE RECORD THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY The pariah president? Last week we reported on an unusual and significant event on Capitol Hill: the U.S. Ambassador Carlos Pascual speaks showing in the Dirksen Senate Auditorium of a BBC documentary titled “Killing the Story,” which deals with the murder of muckraking journalist Heorhii Gongadze back atCarlos Lviv Pascual, Theological U.S. ambassador Academy to suit of these commencement values will make life better in autumn 2000 in Ukraine. Sponsored by the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus and Ukraine, delivered the address at the 2002 for those we love. the National Endowment for Democracy, the screening was attended by members of commencement ceremonies for the Lviv I was blessed with learning the mean- Congress, their staffers, the news media and others. Why is the case still in the news? Theological Academy (LTA) held on June ing of freedom at an early age. When I The Gongadze case, you see, has never been solved. What’s worse, it has never 22. Below is the English-language text of was 3 years old, my parents took me even been the subject of a serious investigation by the authorities in Ukraine. Readers his remarks, which were delivered in from Cuba to the United States with not who have been following the case in this newspaper can probably recite the details of Ukrainian. much more than a suitcase in hand this sordid case. The key elements are the allegations of involvement by the Kuchma because they wanted me to grow up in a administration and/or its sycophants or lackeys, and efforts to impede the investiga- Reverend bishops, Reverend fathers, tion, as President Leonid Kuchma and his cronies have been stonewalling in the sisters and brothers, dear graduates and hopes that this case, like others before it, will just fade away. But this one hasn’t. students, ladies and gentlemen: And the reason goes beyond Gongadze himself, as the ramifications of the case I am honored to be here on a momen- touch on so many other issues: high-level corruption, lack of freedom of the press, the tous day that marks your graduation ... each of you is absence of the rule of law. The now infamous Melnychenko tapes have extended the from the Theological Academy and case’s reach even further, as the recordings appear to implicate the Kuchma adminis- bridges toward the birth of a Ukrainian blessed to live at tration in unsavory arms deals. Add to that charges of manipulation of the parliamen- Catholic University. You came here in tary elections and you have a not-so-pretty picture of independent Ukraine’s leaders. pursuit of an education that would help a historic moment The aforementioned issues have created a rift in the relationship between Ukraine you transcend the pursuit of knowledge when your actions and the United States. Rep. Christopher Smith, co-chairman of the Helsinki and explore the meaning of life. Inherent Commission, recently stated that U.S. official and international institutions “repeat- in this pursuit are questions we can each will shape the future edly have raised this case and urged President Kuchma and the Ukrainian govern- answer for ourselves, but which no one of your families, ment to undertake a speedy, serious, open and transparent investigation into the can answer for another: Who is God? Gongadze murder case”; he added that back in December of 2002 he urged the How do I relate to this being? What role your communities authorities in Ukraine “to resolve this grave matter in a timely and just manner before has this God had in my history? How the case further tarnished their credibility in dealing with fundamental human rights.” will this God affect my future? and your country. The Ukrainian government responded with obfuscation and outright obstruction For decades, such questions, much of justice. Rep. Smith’s warning went unheeded. less the freedom to answer them, were The result: The United States has quietly distanced itself from President Kuchma, excluded from Ukraine’s educational free country. Through their sacrifice, I and Ukraine. In the meantime, signals have been sent to Ukraine via various means life. They border on the spiritual, on the had the gift of a good education, one that and messengers. Most recently they surfaced in a presentation in Kyiv by Dr. Michael realm of self-discovery. These were taught me to question and analyze, to McFaul of Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, who cited a distrust within the notions that threatened the blind accept- value knowledge, but even more so, to Bush administration that has developed as a result of the various controversies that ance of a totalitarian state. Your educa- treasure its application. have sullied the Kuchma administration. He explained that in the highest echelons of tional and spiritual journeys within the Little did my parents realize that the the U.S. government it is believed that, even if Mr. Kuchma is not a criminal, he is halls of this academy may seem personal concept of freedom they held so dearly guilty of not being candid. Dr. McFaul pointed out that it is no happenstance there – and indeed they are. But they are also was a gift of life for their son. Little have been no meetings between the presidents of the United States and Ukraine. historic. You have paved the way for oth- could they, or I, have imagined that I So, is there no hope for Ukraine, burdened as it is with less than reputable leaders? ers to explore faith, philosophy and the would have such an opportunity to serve No. There are some positive signs on the horizon. Despite government interfer- meaning of life – questions once seen as other people or my own country. The les- ence in the recent elections, Ukraine’s voters demonstrated a strong independent extraneous to education. sons I learned have stayed with me. Faith streak with a pro-democratic, pro-European orientation. Clearly, a substantial por- The realization of this education is itself is a powerful tool when transformed into tion of the Ukrainian people wants change. Still, so many do not feel empowered. the realization of a dream, first sparked by action. The gifts we receive have greater U.S. Ambassador Carlos Pascual, speaking at the commencement ceremonies of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, then the Lviv Theological Academy (his remarks appear on the right), attempted to instill meaning when we share them with oth- kept alive throughout years of exile by ers. One person can make a difference in that sense of empowerment in his young listeners. Gone are the days of “blind Metropolitan Josyf Slipyj. In their hearts acceptance of a totalitarian state,” he said. “Today, each of you is blessed to live at a the lives of others, even if only through burned a truth they knew they must real- one person at a time. historic moment where your actions will shape the future of your families, your ize: to open the pursuit of spiritual life in communities and your country. Never before has Ukraine had a better chance of Today, each of you is blessed to live at Ukraine, in a way relevant to people, and a historic moment when your actions realizing its destiny as a sovereign, independent European state. For decades the cognizant of the joys and hardships that concepts of freedom, initiative and incentive were criminal. Now they are the will shape the future of your families, passed before them each day. Their your communities and your country. lifeblood to prosperity. How those concepts will be exercised in real life – in dreams sparked a passion for education Ukraine’s political, economic and cultural world – depends on you.” Never before has Ukraine had a better and a commitment to touch others, know- chance of realizing its destiny as a sover- And therein lies Ukraine’s hope for the future. Not with a president whom ing that if not realized in their lifetime, many avoid like a pariah, but with the new generations of future leaders. eign, independent European state. For others would pursue the quest. decades the concepts of freedom, initia- There is a great lesson in this story: tive and incentive were criminal. Now dreams have meaning. Principles such as they are the lifeblood to prosperity. How faith and freedom have value. Their real- those concepts will be exercised in real July ization occurs in one human being at a life – in Ukraine’s political, economic Turning the pages back... time – in the hope that, collectively, the 11 realization of these dreams and the pur- (Continued on page 15) Forty-nine years ago, on July 11, 1953, The Ukrainian 1953 Weekly reported that the Ukrainian National Association for- mally dedicated Soyuzivka, a year-round mountain resort and home for the aged in Kerhonkson, N.Y. Soyuzivka, eagerly anticipated by the Ukrainian community, gave every Ukrainian the ability to live the resort life while staying immersed in familiar company and Ukrainian culture. Nearly 2,000 UNA members and friends, who traveled from all over the eastern United States by car and charter bus, attended the two-day festivities on July 4-5, which consisted of formal dinners, concerts and a field mass on Sunday morning. Between events, the guests took full advantage of Soyuzivka’s tennis and volleyball courts, and found time to relax by swimming and sunbathing at Soyuzivka’s full-length concrete pool. The Very Rev. Volodimir Lotowycz of Jersey City, N.J., delivered the invocation before the Main House, with the participation of a chorus of UNA employees, led by Eugene Kruk. Dmytro Halychyn, supreme president of the UNA, followed the invocation with a brief but stirring talk. “Our Soyuzivka,” he said, “represents a fragment of enslaved Ukraine transplanted here upon the American soil.” In her column in the July 11, 1953, issue of The Ukrainian Weekly, Josephine Gibajlo Gibbons drew parallels between the establishment of the UNA and the recent completion of Soyuzivka. She wrote: “Those pioneers, our fathers and mothers ... put their shoulders to the wheel, and as one pushed the UNA into progress. Yes, indeed, it is a comforting thought to know that the same UNA spirit prevails today.” Carlos Pascual, U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, with a graduate at the 2002 com- Source: “ ‘Soyuzivka’ – UNA Estate Dedicated,” The Ukrainian Weekly, July 11, 1953; mencement ceremonies of the Lviv Theological Academy. The LTA had 57 gradu- “UNA Spirit at the ‘Soyuzivka’ ” by Josephine Gibajlo Gibbons, The Ukrainian Weekly, ates this year, 29 from Holy Spirit Seminary in Rudno and 28 laypeople and reli- July 11, 1953. gious from the Lviv city campus.

No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 7, 22 7

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

independence will truly be ensured. Negatives must Third, I’ve often seen a tendency recently TheThe thingsthings wewe do...do... to “kill the messenger” when Ukraine is crit- not be ignored icized, even mildly, or when wrongdoing is by Orysia Paszczak Tracz Dear Editor: exposed. I experienced this personally in connection with the March resolution on the Roman Kupchinsky’s thoughtful – and Ukrainian elections that called for free, fair, thought-provoking – letter in the June 23 open, transparent parliamentary elections “My Mother’s Village”: What was left unsaid “In a documentary spanning two con- issue goes a long way in addressing how which was overwhelmingly passed by the families, especially the children. tinents and several generations, the Ukrainian American community is con- U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. Perhaps the film should have been two acclaimed director John Paskievich fronting the “Melnychenko tapes,” released Not only was this resolution condemned or films instead, one in his mother’s village delves into the experience of exile and its in November 2000 which reveal deeply dis- criticized by President Leonid Kuchma, the with those left behind, and one here in impact on the human spirit. Almost 50 turbing conduct by high-ranking Ukrainian Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, Canada with the children of the people years after his family fled Ukraine for who experienced the war while escaping officials. Communist Party Chairman Petro freedom in Canada, the filmmaker visits Ukraine or as forced, slave laborers in Allow me a few further observations. I, Symonenko, various Ukrainian oligarchs his parents’ homeland. It’s a place both Germany. too, am uneasy by the reactions of some in and Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Viktor familiar and foreign. Drawing on his The villagers, including Paskievich’s the community who are so concerned with Chernomyrdin, but also by some diaspora years growing up in Winnipeg, relatives, tell us about their own experi- Ukraine’s image that they choose to down- leaders. Fortunately, most Ukrainian Paskievich explores how children of ences during the war, and this is amaz- play or even deny some troubling realities Americans, as well as the democratic forces refugees and immigrants are caught ing, strong, riveting material. It is pho- of serious wrongdoing. They fail to recog- in Ukraine, understood the true motives between two worlds. While they struggle tographed beautifully, and the people, nize that pervasive, high-level corruption, behind these resolutions and other expres- to put down roots in a new country, they young and old, are striking. This is docu- murders of journalists and other human sions of U.S. interest in the recent elections. must also preserve traditions of a distant mentary material at its best, and I do not rights violations, and contempt for the rule More significantly, I’ve noticed a ten- land they have never known. Paskievich’s know if these scenes and stories have of law keep Ukraine from becoming a gen- dency to “kill the messenger” with respect journey through Ukraine is interwoven ever before been shown to a mainstream uine member of the Euro-Atlantic commu- to Mykola Melnychenko for helping to with stories of displacement from other North American audience. We hear from nity of nations. More importantly, they expose serious wrongdoing – and I say prominent Ukrainians – authors George them of their lives under both the Nazi harm the average Ukrainian citizen. “helping” because these tapes are not the Melnyk and Fran Ponomarenko, broad- and Soviet war occupations, the execu- Some of our patriots seem to forget that only source of information about official caster Bohdana Bashuk, [film] director tions, the hiding, the escapes, the sur- true independence is not just some noble misconduct in Ukraine. While skepticism Halya Kuchmij and dancer Lecia vival, the everyday, hour-to-hour strug- ideal, but that it has to have content and about Mr. Melnychenko is not in and of Poluyan. A rich tapestry of memory and gle between life and death, the post-war substance. First and foremost, the govern- itself unhealthy, one should not a priori dis- history, ‘My Mother’s Village’ brings to and Soviet years. ment of independent Ukraine has to serve miss his accusations. Frankly, one should light the humor, anger, joy and complexi- Mr. Paskievich said that after a pre- the interests of the Ukrainian people. be equally skeptical about his detractors. ty of living between borders.” screening, someone at the National Film Unfortunately, numerous actions by high- There is, for example, an almost auto- Board commented that what these vil- ranking Ukrainian officials belie any con- matic assumption by some Ukrainian – National Film Board of Canada lagers said was not to be believed, that it cern for the people they are obligated to Americans that a foreign power must be was more like fiction. If this film carries serve. I so wanted to like the film “My behind Melnychenko. One could ask why the story of these Ukrainians to the peo- Second, I’ve noticed a generational Mother’s Village,” to have it be about could it not be an internal Ukrainian power ple in the NFB “establishment,” and they divide within the Ukrainian American com- my parents, and me and my generation. I struggle or the work of individuals troubled remember and acknowledge what they munity over this issue. It needs to be wanted someone to tell our story, how by what’s on the tapes, if indeed one heard, it already has accomplished much. emphasised that there is a very important we got here from across the ocean after assumes that Mr. Melnychanko did not act In the film, Fran Ponomarenko talks difference between criticizing the govern- the war, and why. Of course, it could not alone. Some argue that Mr. Melnychenko about the double standard of the West, ment of Ukraine and the Ukrainian state be my story exactly, because my family could not have possibly acted on his own, that while Nazi crimes are condemned, and its people. Middle-aged and younger came to the United States, not Canada, say, out of principle and integrity. Indeed, “the outrage against the crimes of com- Ukrainian Americans, as well as many from but the DP (displaced persons) experi- I’ve actually heard from one patriot the munism just is not there.” She says we the Fourth-Wave of immigrants, tend to be ence was practically the same. denial of that possibility because “very few must get the Ukrainian story out to the more critical of the Kuchma regime, the Instead, this film has left me uneasy.I people in Ukraine have principles.” mainstream, that “we owe this to our older tend to be more defensive and con- Furthermore, there may be legitimate want it to be different from what it is. Obviously, this is unfair and presumptu- parents.” cerned about Ukraine’s image, even when reasons of safety and security that may The title of the film in Ukrainian, they acknowledge the current realities. explain why Mr. Melnychenko is choosing ous of me, because this is not my film, but John Paskievich’s. It is, ostensibly, “Mamyne Selo,” is so much more poetic This is perhaps understandable. Many of not to reveal everything at once. Yes, the his story. But if it were just a bit differ- than the English. And this is one village of these staunch patriots spent their lives revelations on the tapes have proved to be ent, it would have, could have told the thousands, with the people in each having dreaming of and struggling for an inde- painful, but it will be far, far more painful story of so many more of us. Instead, their own survival stories. In spite of all, pendent Ukraine and many come from the for Ukraine and its people should the pow- while called a documentary, it is more a they persist, and the traditions once secret- tradition of integral nationalism – where the ers that be in Ukraine continue along their very personal, very subjective telling of ly practiced are now celebrated openly. ideal of an independent state was valued present course. how Mr. Paskievich lived the DP experi- These are magical scenes, and Mr. above all, and the question of what kind of Undoubtedly, there have been positive Paskievich filmed them so well. The score, an independent Ukraine was secondary. It is ence, and its effect on him. developments in Ukraine over the course of And yet, even that it is not, because he by Julian Kytasty and Richard Moodie, is very painful for them to see an independent the last 11 years. These should be highlight- perfect. Combined with the singing of the Ukraine that does not match their ideals. In actually tells us so little about himself in ed and celebrated. At the same time, the the film. The blurb from the National villagers, young and old, the film score any event, those who diminish or deny the negatives should not be downplayed, would make a wonderful album. wrongdoings eventually may come to see Film Board of Canada at the beginning ignored or covered-up, for to do so does not of this review, most probably from his that it is only when Ukraine becomes a part serve the ultimate interests of Ukraine. (Continued on page 22) of democratic Europe, with all that entails, words, reveals something about the film- including its government’s respect for Orest Deychakiwsky maker. “... Children of refugees and human rights and the rule of law that its Washington immigrants are CAUGHT [my emphasis] between two worlds ... they STRUGGLE to put down roots in a new country ... they MUST also preserve traditions of a distant land they have never known ... [these are] stories of DISPLACE- Community’s buses ready to roll MENT...” Already we sense that Mr. Paskievich himself is not comfortable with his forNEWARK, ceremonies N.J. – As a result of the atperson Drumthwacket from Wildwood, which has two Ukrainian DP experience or even in enthusiastic response of the New Jersey buses reserved. being Ukrainian. He is the one “caught” Ukrainian community to Gov. James E. The buses will be organized as fol- between the two worlds, the one strug- McGreevey’s invitation to celebrate lows. gling with displacement (and not just Ukrainian Independence Day at his • Newark – St. John the Baptist being displaced as a DP). His personal official residence, Drumthwacket, in Church parking lot, Sandford Avenue; experiences in growing up as a child of a Princeton on August 24, the steering for reservations call Volodymyr struggling single mother (the father left committee has arranged for buses to Waskiw, (908) 688-5818; them soon after their arrival in Canada) transport participants to and from the • Passaic – St. Nicholas Church on have had their effect on the adult celebration from various towns in New President Street. For reservations, call Paskievich. Maybe he was also affected Jersey. ComputoPrint, (973) 772-0435 (after 5 by the cruel attitudes of some other DPs, Buses will be boarding at 7 a.m. and p.m.); the very class-conscious intelligentsia leaving by 7:45 a.m. from Newark, • Elizabeth – St. Vladimir Church who looked down their noses at the Elizabeth, Passaic, Whippany and parking lot, at Grier and Grove street; “prosti,” the people of peasant stock, and Wildwood. The cost will be $11 per for reservations, call Elizabeth Jacus, the earlier immigrants. This did happen person from the North, and $15 per (Continued on page 21) in many communities and organizations, Cover of the video release of “My and had a long-lasting impact on some Mother’s Village.” 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 7, 22 No. 27

Congratulations,Congratulations, Graduates!Graduates!

Larissa Marie Szczupak, a member of the National Honor Society, graduated from Ward Melville High School in Setauket, Long Island, N.Y., 12p8.726 on June 30, 2002. In November, she submitted a year’s worth of neurology research titled “The Role of BAX, BCL-X and BCL02 in Huntington’s Disease Transgenic Mice” to the Intel Science Talent Search. Larissa is also a member of the Tri-M Music Honor Society and has played the violin since fourth grade in symphony orchestras at her schools. She was one of only three seniors awarded the five-year Varsity Achievement Award. She has been a singles starter on the varsity tennis team since eighth grade and has played first singles for every match since ninth grade. In her junior year she was the conference champion. Larissa won All-County honors for four years, All-League for five years and MVP for three years. She also earned the Scholar-Athlete award each year. Outside of school, she was ranked in the Eastern USTA in the 16s and 14s, and on Long Island in the 14s. Every Saturday for eight years, Larissa attended the New York School of Ukrainian Studies in Manhattan. She took part in Plast scouting meet- ings and camps, and has been a lifelong member of St. John’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Riverhead, N.Y. Larissa has been active as an emer- gency room volunteer at St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson, N.Y. She was also active on the yearbook staff and History Club. Larissa has two brothers, Mikhaylo, 1,1 and Wolodymyr, 17. Her father is Dr. Walter Szczupak, a pulmonologist and Chief of Medicine at St. Charles Hospital. Her mother, Anna Szczupak, is a physician’s assistant who has spent many years at home with the three children. Who’s Who Among American High School Students has included Larissa for the past several years, as has the U.S. Achievement Academy. She has been selected to attend the U.S.-Ukraine Leadership Program in August 2002 in Washington, D.C., and has also been chosen for confer- ences in China, Cuba and America, as well as throughout Europe. Larissa will attend the beautiful Georgetown University College of Arts and Sciences, where she hopes to participate in programs in linguis- tics, Ukrainian studies, biology, violin, tennis, research and community service. Larissa is a champion with many distinctive talents! Congratulations!

Congratulations on completing your Congratulations, Sonia, on a wonderful long and difficult road. and successful college career.

We are proud of you! We wish you the very best in your future ende‡vors!

With lots of love and pride, Your loving family Mom, Dad, Luba and Monica

Alexander Voinov receive his Doctor of Pharmacy degree on May 21, 2002, from Sonia Alexandra Kap received a Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude in Political Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Philadelphia, Pa. He was on the Dean’s List in Science and French from Denison University, Granville, Ohio, on May 12, 2002. She Fall 2001 and Spring 2002. was a member of the Phi Sigma Alpha political science honor society.

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ence that preceded the inauguration of the Lviv UCU ed in 1969. 3,000 attend inauguration... that for Patriarch Slipyj a Ukrainian Catholic university The Rev. Gudziak, 41, who grew up in Syracuse, (Continued from page 1) was an ardent and urgent mission after he was released. N.Y., told The Weekly during an interview that St. Clement’s UCU in Rome will remain directly linked to martyrs for the faith that Pope John Paul II beatified last “From his student days, the patriarch was an enthusi- the new UCU in Lviv, in historical development and year had attended the Lviv Theological Academy, the astic devotee and a fan of the idea of a Lviv Catholic otherwise. He explained that St. Clement’s will become UCU’s predecessor. He also underscored the leading University,” explained Rev. Muzychka. an affiliate of the Lviv UCU and contacts between the role the UCU must play in uniting Ukrainians through Patriarch Slipyj, however, had to settle for a Rome- knowledge, understanding and tolerance. based Ukrainian Catholic University, which was found- (Continued on page 15) The inauguration finale took place with trumpeters heralding the arrival of a new Ukrainian university, while students representing the various institutions of higher learning in Ukraine held a knotted rope, each tie symbolizing their school. When two student representa- tives of the UCU attached the UCU’s banner to the final knot, adding it to the unbroken rope that binds the uni- versities together, a new university had been born. The inauguration of the UCU took place over the course of several days. It was preceded by a conference on “The Identity and the Mission of the UCU,” which reviewed the effort to establish a Catholic university in Ukraine, the history of the UGCC’s higher educational institutions and the future of the new Lviv school. On the day prior to the official inauguration ceremo- ny, some of the new UCU students – now former stu- dents of the UGCC’s Lviv Theological Academy, which the UCU has absorbed – twice paraded through the streets of Lviv in celebration of the opening of their new university. During the day they presented a restored icon of the Stritennia (Presentation of Christ) to the Lviv National Museum after carrying it through the city and into the major churches located there. In the evening, the stu- dents gathered at a local park to symbolically re-enact the founding of the UCU before again taking to the streets and bearing torches in a solemn procession, led by a frisky white horse with a rider and trumpeters in medieval costumes. The final day featured an archiepiscopal divine litur- Roman Woronowycz gy, followed later in the day by the blessing of a corner- UCU students display the restored icon of the Stritennia (Presentation of Christ) that was donated to the stone of the first building to be erected on a 17-acre plot National Museum in Lviv. of land, which eventually will be the location of the UCU’s theology faculty and the UGCC’s seminary. The location, which was obtained from the local govern- ment, will be the site of six buildings when constructu- ion is completed. The project is a joint effort of the UGCC and the Lviv Eparchy, along with the Studite and Redemptorist religious orders. The German-based foundation Aid to the Church in Need, whose mission is to help the once-persecuted Churches of Eastern Europe, will cover some 50 percent of the costs. The UCU will also have two other campuses in Lviv, after all the projects on the university’s drawing board are completed in several years. In addition to the current home of the Lviv Theological Academy, which the UCU will transform after the theological faculty moves into its new quarters, the university will undertake the completion and renovation of a seven-story building donated by the city at minimum cost. The uncompleted construction, which was supposed to be the cultural center for the local Communist Party in a new city center it had began to build just before the Soviet Union disintegrated, has stood idle for more than a decade. Completion of the building, whose principal Students representing all the universities of Ukraine greet the country’s new Ukrainian Catholic University, occupant will be the university’s main library, could as they hold a rope on which each knot symbolizes the universities and the ties that bind them. cost up to $10 million. Jeffrey Wills, a member of the UCU Senate, explained that the building symbolizes the Soviet legacy and the effort by the UGCC to undo the aftereffects of that tragic history. “It represents the transformation we are trying to conduct in Ukraine today. We are taking something unfinished and ugly, and turning it into something beau- tiful and useful,” explained Mr. Wills. The establishment of the UCU in Lviv came after a century-long effort begun by Metropolitan Sheptytsky, which gained life with nurturing from Patriarch Josyf. As early as 1905 Metropolitan Sheptytsky had dreamt of building a university for the UGCC. He had obtained permission for an academy from Austro-Hungarian authorities in Vienna in 1914, but the outbreak of World War I put those plans on hold. Permission finally was granted in 1928 by Polish authorities for a theological academy, which became the Lviv Theological Academy led by the Rev. Dr. Slipyj. In 1939 Poland finally extended permission for a full-fledged university, but within weeks Nazi Germany had invaded Poland and the world was once again at war. It was not until 1963, after Cardinal Slipyj was released from Soviet prison and exiled out of the empire to Rome that the dream of a Ukrainian Catholic univer- sity was finally realized, albeit outside of the primate’s homeland. The Rev. Ivan Muzychka, former rector of the UCU Trumpeters hail the proclamation of the inauguration of Ukraine’s newest university. At the microphone in Rome, explained during one session of the confer- is the master of ceremonies, UCU Vice-Rector Mykola Marynovych; guests of honor are seated on stage. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 7, 22 No. 27 “Language and Identity” are themes of conference in Toronto by Oksana Zakydalsky TORONTO – Language and identity: How important is one for the other? The Ukrainian language: Who in Canada is speaking it? Who is learning it? These were some of the questions addressed at the one-day “Language and Identity” conference held in Toronto on April 27 at St. Vladimir’s Institute. The organizers of the conference included: the Educational Council of the Ukrainian World Congress, the Shevchenko Scientific Society of Canada (NTSh) and the Ukrainian Canadian School Board – Toronto Branch. It attracted a large audience – the organiz- ers had expected about 30 to 40 persons, but there were over 80 registrations. The program included a statistical examina- tion of Ukrainian language speakers in Canada and three presentations on lan- guage use research. The keynote address was delivered by Prof. Jim Cummins, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Prof. Cummins is one of Canada’s foremost experts on second language acquisition; he has published widely and has served as a consultant to many international organizations on questions of language policy. In his address, he focused on the benefits of Conference organizers and participants: (back, from left) Nadia Luciw, Oleksandra Jawornicka, Daria Darewych, Tania mother tongue retention and pointed out Onyschuk, Halyna Dytyniak, (front, from left) Bohdan Kolos, Oksana Zakydalsky, Edward Burstynsky, Roma Chumak- that the education system in Ontario does Horbatsch, Olenka Bilash, Mirka Werbowy-Onuch, Iroida Wynnyckyj and Wsewolod Isajiw. not build upon the rich language and cul- tural heritage of Ontario’s multicultural down to the curriculum policy and teach- in Canada,” this figure, although rising, tial sample families, speaking to the now society. ing levels. includes persons of multiple ancestry 13-year-old subjects. Her interviews did He emphasized that children who A presentation of Dr. Oleh (only one out of up to four immediate not yield any dramatic conclusions about have fluent use of a second language Wolowyna’s census-based research on ancestors is Ukrainian). On the other the Ukrainian identity of the children (particularly one that is used in the the situation of the Ukrainian language hand, the number of Ukrainians of single involved partly because the complex home) are better at learning other lan- (originally prepared for the Ukrainian ancestry (both parents Ukrainian) has processes of identity and self-image in guages. Although there seems to be no Canadian Congress) was made to pro- fallen from 581,000 in 1971 to 332,000 the teenage years make it difficult to iso- doubt about the positive conclusions of vide a demographic foundation to the in 1996, a decrease of 43 percent. Thus, late a single factor. second language research and the bene- language question in Canada. Dr. although the proportion of persons of Prof. Olenka Bilash, associate dean, fits of second language fluency, this Wolowyna’s study pointed out that, when single Ukrainian ancestry with Ukrainian Faculty of Graduate Studies and information has not yet fully filtered one speaks of “over a million Ukrainians mother tongue (language first learned Research, University of Alberta, is also a and still understood) has remained researcher in the field of second lan- around 50 percent in the last 25 years, guage studies. She is the award-winning BOOK NOTES the absolute number has fallen. author of the NOVA series of guides to Furthermore, the percentage of single Ukrainian language teaching and her Ukrainian ancestry persons speaking areas of interest include classwork, sec- Ukrainian at home has declined from 25 ond language acquisition and develop- New publication considers problems percent in 1971 to 12 percent in 1996 ment, and the training of language teach- and, because it is age-related, is decreas- ers. Her paper dealt with a study of ing rapidly. Between 1991 and 1996 the Grade 6 children and where they are of defining Ukraine’s archival heritage number of persons who spoke Ukrainian comfortable in using the Ukrainian lan- “Trophies of War and Empire: The Archival Heritage of Ukraine, World War II at home declined by 20 percent, from 50,000 to 40,000, mostly due to mortali- guage, which turned out to be in situa- and the International Politics of Restitution” by Patricia Kennedy Grimsted. tions that are not judgmental. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2001, 798 pp., $19.95 (paperback). ty. The effect of persons of the so-called fourth wave immigration on the language Prof. Oleksandra Jawornicka, whose presentation dealt with the linguistic and (among many topics) the problems of situation has so far been largely national assimilation of Ukrainians in defining the archival heritage of Ukraine unknown, although probably minimal, as Poland, is a sociologist and demographer vis-à-vis Russia; international precedents the number of immigrants is small. for post-imperial archival devolutions Comparisons are difficult because, up to and lecturer at the Zielonogorski and postwar restitution; intentional the 1996 Census, Statistics Canada did (Continued on page 11) Soviet archival destruction in 1941; the not keep separate data for immigrants Ukrainian component of Soviet library from Ukraine. and archival trophies in Moscow and Dr. Wolowyna’s study stated that the Kyiv; Russia’s bitterly disputed 1998 law components of Ukrainian identity of the nationalizing cultural trophies; pending 700,000 persons of multiple Ukrainian issues regarding cultural treasures (espe- ancestry are not known other than the cially libraries and archives) between fact that they are ready to declare their Poland and Ukraine; recent international ethnic origin on the census question- negotiations regarding displaced cultural naire. Their understanding of identity treasures; and post-1991 restitution poli- would have to be studied separately from cies of Ukraine. the language issue as, of all persons of Containing significant new revelations Ukrainian ancestry (single and multiple) about cultural treasures previously under 30 years of age, less than 2 percent thought lost, “Trophies of War and declared Ukrainian as their mother Empire” will be of interest to all those tongue. studying the contemporary rebuilding of The other presentations at the confer- cultural and intellectual institutions in ence related to specific research topics. The collapse of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, historians of Ukraine Prof. Roma Chumak-Horbatsch, Ryerson the 50th anniversary of the end of World and Eastern Europe, and specialists on University, Toronto, spoke about her War II have brought attention to the dis- the retrieval of assets lost to the Nazis or research on “Language Change in the placed cultural and archival heritage of Communist regimes. Ukrainian Home.” Ten years ago, she many nations. The situation of Ukraine Dr. Grimsted is a senior research asso- studied 10 families in Toronto, each with provides a striking example of the many ciate at the Ukrainian Research Institute a 3-year old child, where special effort international problems involved in ques- at Harvard University and coordinator of had been made to keep the home tions of restitution. ArcheoBiblioBase, an archival directory Ukrainian-speaking. She recently did fol- Patricia Kennedy Grimsted considers database on Ukraine and Russia. low-up interviews with six of the 20 ini- Keynote speaker Prof. Jim Cummins No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 7, 22 11 Roundtable examines the state and future of Ukrainian studies in Canada by Oksana Zakydalsky Focusing on language and literature, Dr. Koznarsky said that Ukrainian language TORONTO – A chain of chairs of programs need to be made more flexible Ukrainian studies at universities coast- and should take into consideration the to-coast had long been one of the dreams requirements of long-distance learning of Ukrainian scholars, academics and the and the use of electronic programs on the Ukrainian community in Canada. There Internet. Ukrainian topics should be is no doubt that dream is dead, but are included in interdisciplinary studies such Ukrainian studies “a remembrance of as, for example, courses in translation for things past” as Dr. Yarema Kelebay titled non-Ukrainians or in general literature his paper on Quebec? Or can Ukrainian courses such as women in prose or the studies be preserved or even develop? In Ukrainian and Russian avant-garde. He what direction should changes be made? pointed out that there exists a potential Where can Ukrainian studies find a place for more involvement from Fourth Wave in the new Canada? immigrants, some of whom have come to These were some of the issues dis- Canada with a highly developed interest cussed at the round table organized by in Ukrainian university programs. the Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences Dr. Andriewsky said she considers the (UVAN) with the Shevchenko Scientific term “Ukrainian studies” to be an archa- Society (NTSh) to discuss the state and ic one. She pointed out that it is not future of Ukrainian studies in Canada. merely things Ukrainian that have The round table was held at the KUMF undergone enormous changes in the last Dr. Oleh Krawchenko (left) and the Rev. Petro Galadza at the roundtable on the gallery on May 25 and, as the Canadian decade, giving examples from her field Congress of Social Sciences and the state of Ukrainian studies. of history. History is now studied differ- Humanities was in session in Toronto ently. It is shedding its Euro-centrist that week, the round table was able to culture studies while Toronto has stu- control over the curriculum that it can approach; interest in post-Soviet studies attract participants from all across dents enrolled in Ukrainian literature implement policy to ensure its Ukrainian is waning and the study of world history Canada. courses. One of the reasons Alberta has component. All full time staff (of which is taking its place. The study of national The event was chaired by Prof. managed to hold on to Ukrainian lan- there are currently three persons, with history is a dying subject; research is Marko Horbatsch, York University, and guage students is the fact that the univer- eight sessional lecturers) must be able to now being done on general, global prob- it was led off by Andriy Makuch, CIUS, sity has a second language requirement function in the Ukrainian language, and lems rather than national ones. who provided an overview of Ukrainian for graduation. the funding is in the hands of the Furthermore, the place of the university language teaching at Canadian universi- Dr. Oleh Krawchenko (St. Andrew’s Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Fund, in society has undergone a transforma- ties. Using updated data (1983/1984- College, University of Manitoba), Dr. which functions under the aegis of the tion. University administration is now 2001/2002) initially compiled by Dr. Roman Yereniuk (department of Slavic Ukrainian Catholic eparchies of Canada. run on the business model, and in this Frances Swyripa, he showed that the studies, University of Manitoba), Dr. Alla Dr. Kelebay’s paper on Ukrainian new university there is less support or only university that has maintained a Nedashivska (University of Alberta) and studies in Quebec began with the obser- space for “small” courses such as level enrollment figure in Ukrainian lan- Dr. Natalia Shostak (University of vation that there are no formal Ukrainian Ukrainian studies, with Alberta being an guage courses has been Alberta. Saskatchewan) outlined the Ukrainian programs or courses at any Quebec uni- exception in this case. Enrollment at other universities has fall- courses offered at their institutions and, versities and, although this was not Therefore, Dr. Andriewsky said, the en today to an average of one-third of although there is still some choice in the always the case, their number was always future of Ukrainian studies is in specific the figure 20 years ago. Currently, only subjects offered and individual minuscule. The existence of Ukrainian projects, not chairs. She gave three the universities of Alberta, Manitoba and Ukrainian-related research projects in the studies in Quebec was dependent on examples of possible history projects. Saskatchewan in the west and Toronto in works, enrollment in most of the courses what he calls “more personal, entrepre- The first should be the 1932-1933, eastern Canada have any students in is declining. neurial Ukrainian studies endeavors” – in famine which has not been thoroughly Ukrainian language courses. (The The Rev. Petro Galadza spoke about other words, several strong personalities. researched as the documentation is only Universities of Calgary, Regina and Ukrainian studies at the Metropolitan The two discussion participants who now becoming accessible. Another topic British Columbia in the west and Andrey Sheptytsky Institute, which focused on the future of Ukrainian stud- that needs attention is World War II in Ottawa, Waterloo and York in the east moved from Chicago to become part of ies were Dr. Taras Koznarsky, who teach- Ukraine as a scholarly research project, provided no courses in Ukrainian in the St. Paul’s University in Ottawa in 1990. es Ukrainian literature at the University not a popularization. Thirdly, as society past year.) The three western universities Although Ukrainian studies are taught of Toronto and Dr. Olya Andriewsky, has become more urbanized, the also augment Ukrainian studies enroll- under the wider subject of Eastern associate professor of history, University Ukrainian pioneer experience has ment by giving courses in folklore and Christian studies, the institute has enough of Trent, Peterborough, Ontario. become of less interest to contemporary Canadian society, and, she said, “Ukrainians have fallen off the pages of the history of Canada.” Thus, the history of Ukrainians in Canada definitely needs attention. In conclusion, one can say that declin- ing student enrollment in Ukrainian stud- ies and courses is challenging academics to re-evaluate the field of Ukrainian studies. As the university which enjoys administrative and government support, Alberta is currently the functioning cen- ter of Ukrainian studies in Canada. The two other western universities – Manitoba and Saskatchewan – continue to hold their own and, although their enrollment numbers are falling, they are not yet considered to be at a crisis level. Although the Metropolitan Sheptytsky Institute has developed a niche for Ukrainian studies within Eastern Christian Studies, other Ontario universi- ties need a variety of creative approaches to positioning Ukrainian courses and top- ics within the new societal and academic Dr. Taras Koznarsky Andriy Makuch Dr. Olya Andriewsky constellations.

longer live on their actual ancestral lands. ficult to isolate as no question on ethnic Toronto Branch. Prof. Emeritus “Language and Identity”... Prof. Jawornicka’s paper outlined her identity is asked in the census, although, Wsevolod Isajiw, University of Toronto, (Continued from page 10) research with students age 15 to 19 at in this year’s census, it was possible to provided a summation of the sessions. University in Poland. She provided a dif- two Ukrainian lycees – Legnica and write in this information. Although the conference did not delve ferent perspective to Ukrainian language Gorowo Ilaweckie. Although the students The chairs of the three sessions at the deeply into the connections between lan- acquisition and retention, as Ukrainians in come to these schools from all over conference included: Nadia Luciw, presi- guage and identity or the influences of Poland are an official minority and not, as Poland, 81 percent are from families of dent of the Educational Council of the one on the other, it delineated several in Canada, part of the multicultural fabric. single Ukrainian ancestry and hence Ukrainian World Congress; Prof. areas where such questions should be Furthermore, Ukrainians in Poland are not exhibit a fairly high commitment to lan- Emeritus Edward Burstynsky, University studied: demographics, education policy, an immigrant but an autochthonous popu- guage retention, although this is falling. of Toronto; and Tania Onyschuk, presi- language acquisition research and immi- lation even though most of them no Data on Ukrainians in Poland is very dif- dent, Ukrainian Canadian School Board- grant vs. autochthonous experience. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 7, 22 No. 27 Ukrainian National Museum hosts “Cultural Connection” program in Chicago by Christina Taran and Orest A. Hrynewych CHICAGO – The long and rich histo- ry of Ukrainian immigrants to America as well as their lives and activities in this new land can be found in the archives of the Ukrainian National Museum in Chicago. The priceless old photographs, albums, magazines, newspapers and bul- letin board notices speak of a hardy peo- ple who left their homeland for an uncer- tain future in the new world. These risk-takers, mostly uneducated farmers, without a formal literary lan- guage and only a fierce desire to better themselves and make a better life for their progeny, built a community that included churches, choirs, insurance companies and fraternal and youth organizations. Most importantly they organized Saturday school to teach their children the history, culture and religion of their ancestors. Almost immediately upon their arrival in America, Saturday schools were organized in both the Catholic and Orthodox parishes. It seems almost a miracle that these illiterate immigrants were perceptive enough to understand At the Ukrainian National Museum (from left) are: Rosa Cabrera, Maria Klimchak, Lydia Tkaczuk, Orest Hrynewych, that without passing on to their children Christina Taran and some of the participants of the program “The Cultural Connection of Chicago.” their culture and a history, they would have been exposed to rapid assimilation Ukrainian community and America. understand their own identity as individ- ers, the school is flourishing and grow- that would have wiped out, in one gener- One could write volumes about these uals, as a community and as a society. ing. She explained that the school envi- ation, all that they stood for and all that dynamic humble schools that operated She also emphasized that culture is ronment helps in maintaining social con- was dear and important to them. unseen and unheralded for so many years dynamic and the program would deal tact among the students and encourages Many immigrants changed their and the teachers who sacrificed their with how the Ukrainian community them to maintain their culture and her- names, intermarried and became a part of time and energy in order to preserve addressed the need to preserve its culture itage as well as learning the Ukrainian the great American melting pot. It was Ukrainian culture and heritage and incul- and pass it on to future generations under language. difficult enough just to earn a living, take cated the new generation in the values of new circumstances. The guests viewed the family trees care of old parents and educate their chil- the old world. There were two sessions on Saturday, prepared by Mrs. Klimchak’s students, as dren. Why bother with keeping up the It is indeed only fitting that American April 6. It was impossible to accommo- well as a photo exhibit of graduates of old ways and the old language? educators and cultural anthropologists date all of the participants at one time in “Ridna Shkola” who have gone on to Yet there was a core group that want- should show an interest in the way we the UNM, which is currently undergoing achieve success in their chosen fields. ed to save that which was valuable and Ukrainians were able to maintain our lan- a major building expansion program. The photo exhibit of some graduates important. At the heart of this group guage, culture and religion. The Ukrainian Chicago Access Network Television from 1957 through 1975 included were the Ukrainian Saturday school National Museum in Chicago was hon- recorded the program for cable TV. responses to questions on what affect teachers and the parents. They had to ored in hosting, for the third time, an edu- Orest Hrynewych, the executive direc- “Ridna Shkola” had on their lives and overcome many obstacles to send their cational program sponsored by the tor of the UNM, gave the participants a careers. The answer: the greatest affect — not always very enthusiastic — chil- Chicago Field Museum of Natural History brief history of Ukraine and of the was on building self-confidence and dren to Saturday school. With little called “The Cultural Connection of Chicago Ukrainian National Museum, developing a desire to help the Ukrainian money and no support from local, state Chicago. “ The theme of this year’s pro- including its role in preserving the cultur- community. or federal agencies, these Saturday gram for the Ukrainian National Museum al heritage of the Ukrainian immigrants Books and other educational material schools established an enviable record of was “Ukrainian Saturday School, Culture and as a resource for all people interested used in the Saturday school were also educating generations of Ukrainian for Homework,” or ethnic education in in Ukrainian history and culture. viewed and examined by the participants. Americans. Graduates from these the Ukrainian community. Mrs. Taran, former principal of the The guests enjoyed a traditional schools would greatly benefit the The participants in the program were “Ridna Shkola” Ukrainian Saturday Ukrainian lunch at the Ukrainian Cultural cultural anthropologists, teachers of sec- school; Lydia Tkaczuk, the UNM tour Center and were entertained by singing ondary schools and college teachers. guide; Maria Klimchak, a teacher of first graders dressed in embroidered cos- Christina Taran pointed out to the visi- Ukrainian culture at “Ridna Shkola”; and tumes and several very talented young tors that Ukrainian Saturday schools in Nadja Chojnacki, the current principal of pianists. UCC reps participate Chicago are celebrating their 50th “Ridna Shkola” — did a magnificent job The program concluded with a spirited anniversary and are an outgrowth of ear- of engaging the guests in a lively discus- discussion on similarities between in Ethnocultural Council lier Saturday schools that had existed sion and answering the many questions Ukrainian and the guests’ respective cul- since the early 1900s. about the Saturday school. tures. Jaroslaw Hankewych, president of WINNIPEG – The Ukrainian Rosa Cabrera, public involvement Mrs. Taran explained the exhibits pre- the UNM, ended the session. Canadian Congress (UCC) participated in manager of the Center for Cultural pared by the students and UNM mem- Mrs. Cabrera warmly congratulated the biennial general meeting of the Understanding and Change of the bers. She outlined the history of the the UNM and “Ridna Shkola” for per- Canadian Ethnocultural Council (CEC) Chicago Field Museum, welcomed the school and its current curriculum, and forming an important role as guardians of held in Toronto on May 25-26. The UCC participants to the UNM and challenged stressed the fact that because of the close Ukrainian culture and traditions in was represented by President Eugene them to reflect on the universal need to cooperation between parents and teach- America. Czolij, former President W. Oleh Romaniw and First Vice-President Paul Grod. The CEC unites 32 ethnic congresses, including the UCC, and promotes the CONCERT NOTES: The Zuk Duo at the University of Toronto multicultural character of Canada. by Doreen Allison The Zuk Duo, who actively promote National elements of folk music and During the meeting Mr. Czolij reported music by Ukrainian and Canadian com- dance contributed to the energetic and on the activities of the UCC over the TORONTO – The Zuk Duo, guest posers, commissioned and performed rhythmic movement, to which the audi- course of the last two years. piano soloists with the Vesnivka Choir works for two pianos by four living com- ence responded with enthusiasm. The delegates at the biennial general and the Toronto Ukrainian Male posers who studied in Kyiv at the In 1998 Prof. Luba Zuk, member of meeting re-elected Art Hagopian as CEC Chamber Choir, performed in a concert National Music Academy: Lesia Dychko, the McGill Faculty of Music in Montreal, president, as well as UCC’s representa- held at the MacMillan Theater of the Zhanna Kolodub, Halyna Ovcharenko and Dr. Ireneus Zuk, director at the tive, Mr. Romaniw, as CEC vice-presi- Univrsity of Toronto on April 21 in a pro- and Hennady Lashenko. All the composi- School of Music, Queen’s University, in dent. gram featuring works by contemporary tions were written during the 1990s. Kingston, Ontario, were awarded medals The general meeting also called upon the Ukrainian composers. The contemporary style treated the and the title “Merited Artist of Ukraine.’’ federal government to apply the basic prin- piano as a percussive instrument as the Prof. Luba Zuk also was awarded the ciples of the Canadian Multiculturalism Act Doreen Allison is a musicologist who performer struck the keys or plucked the Shevchenko Medal by the Ukrainian in supporting ethnocultural organizations has enjoyed programs by the Zuk Duo strings inside the piano. Most notable Canadian Congress in recognition of her through core funding to enable them to con- for several years in Canadian cities as was the glissando on the keyboard research and numerous first performanc- tinue to develop a cohesive and just well as in London. She resides in echoed by the second performer by es of Ukrainian music in North America Canadian society. Mississauga, Ontario. plucking the strings inside the piano. and Ukraine. No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 7, 22 13

Although he played only five seasons 1867 to become the nation’s oldest pub- as a pro – and as a defenseman was lic office. As representative of the never a high scorer – Barilko played on, monarch, the governor general is respon- FFOO CCUSUS ONON PHIPHILLAATTEELLYY and was an integral part of, four champi- sible for carrying out the duties of head by Ingert Kuzych onship Toronto teams. of state for Canada. For this year’s Winter Olympic Games The earliest governors general were in Salt Lake City, Canada Post issued a members of the British aristocracy. In pre-stamped postcard worth $2 1947, with implementation of the (Canadian). Sponsored by various organ- Canadian Citizenship Act, Canadians Ukrainian connections on 2002 Canadian izations, the card was prepared to raise were no longer British subjects. So, There are a number of reasons I col- months of the year!. The four items funds for amateur hockey. Half of the when Vincent Massey took over as gov- lect stamps from Canada in addition to honor five different men in the fields of funds raised by the sale went to the ernor general in 1952, he did so as a those of Ukraine. First off, I think it’s a sport, government and art. Canadian Hockey Association. Canadian. Nine persons have served in great country. I grew up in Detroit and The postcard allowed mailers to send Hockey tie-ins the position over the past five decades; visits to neighboring Windsor (just across their best wishes to the men and women all of their names appear on the stamp, the river) or Toronto (several hours east It all began on January 12 with the of Canada’s national hockey teams par- which also shows the lion crest from the on the 401 expressway) were common release of two ice hockey-related prod- ticipating in the Olympics. The scheme governor general’s standard and an out- excursions as a youngster, teenager and ucts. The first was a special envelope seems to have brought luck to the line of Rideau Hall, the governor gener- college student. The people were/are honoring the 75th anniversary of the Canadian teams as they both won gold al’s residence in Ottawa (Figure 3). always very friendly and the ubiquitous Toronto Maple Leafs hockey club. medals in the finals over the U.S. Two of the nine governors general cleanliness and natural beauty of the Although founded in 1917, the team first One side of the card showed a paint- listed on the stamp are of Ukrainian country always made for a favorable went by the nickname Arenas (until ing of boys playing hockey on a frozen background. Edward Schreyer (Figure 4) impression. 1919) and then the St. Patricks before pond (Figure 2). The other carried the was born in Manitoba of a pioneer Secondly, in my opinion, Canadian switching to Maple Leafs in 1927. In reproduction of the Wayne Gretzky All- Austrian farm family, which traces its stamps are some of the best-designed in addition to the team crest on a jersey, the Star stamp from 2000. Mr. Gretzky’s origin to Pidhaitsi county in Halychyna, the world. It’s obvious that a lot of souvenir envelope features a photo of the Ukrainian background and many accom- Western Ukraine. This area was under thought and planning goes into their most famous goal ever scored by a Maple plishments as a player have been well composition, yet the stamps always seem Leafs player (Figure 1). It occurred in the documented on the pages of The (Continued on page 16) fresh and original. 1951 Stanley Cup finals, when William Ukrainian Weekly. Now retired, Mr. Finally, there are well over a million “Bashing Bill” Barilko scored while air- Gretzky served as the successful general citizens of Ukrainian heritage in Canada borne in sudden-death overtime against manager of the 2002 Canadian men’s and they have had a substantial impact on the Montreal Canadiens to win the game Olympic hockey team and thus added the growth of the Dominion. Many of and the series. It was the last goal the another page of success to his already their contributions have been (and con- Ukrainian-Canadian from Timmins, bulging résumé. tinue to be) recognized on postage Ontario, ever scored. Just a few months Governors general stamps. Over the past decade, almost later the plane carrying the 24-year-old every year, one or two stamps have had a player and a pilot friend on a private fish- On February 1, Canada issued a stamp Ukrainian connection. ing trip in northern Ontario disappeared. marking the 50th anniversary of a This year, however, Canada Post has The largest air search in Canadian history Canadian first becoming governor gener- outdone itself with Ukrainian-related failed to find the plane, and it was not al. When Adrienne Clarkson was sworn depictions on several different postal until 15 years later that the wreckage was in as Canada’s 26th governor general in products and all in just the first six finally discovered. 1999, she not only became the ninth Canadian to hold that office, but she con- tinued a tradition that began when Samuel de Champlain became governor Figure 3. The governor general stamp general of New France in 1612. The post carries the names of two men of of governor general has survived the Ukrainian extraction who held this French regime, British colonial rule, and post: [Edward] Schreyer and [Ray] Canada’s Confederation as a country in Hnatyshyn.

Figure 1. The commemorative envelope honoring 75 years of the Toronto Maple Leafs also shows a flying Bill Barilko.

Figure 4. Edward Schreyer was the youngest Canadian to ever hold the Figure 5. Ray Hnatyshyn in the cere- position of Governor General. He monial garb of Canadian governor assumed the post at age 43. general.

Figure 2. The special postcard sending words of encouragement to the Canadian men’s and women’s Olympic hockey teams carried a pre-printed Wayne Gretzky Figure 6. A pair of stamps honoring masters of Canadian sculpture featured stamp. “Lumberjacks” by Leo Mol. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 7, 22 No. 27

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“shared values.” The only way that an a diversified teaching collegium. He U.S. Ambassador... organization of 19 (and soon to be more) 3,000 attend inauguration... noted that today there already are Roman (Continued from page 6) nations can operate by consensus is if (Continued from page 9) Catholic, Orthodox Jewish and Orthodox and cultural world – depends on you. they have common beliefs in democracy two will remain close. Christian professors on staff – a tradition The face of Europe is changing faster and market economics. Too often people “In a global context, the affialiate can of diversity he intends to maintain. The Rev. Gudziak echoed the senti- and perhaps more deeply than at any time think of NATO and focus on military become a point of contact with Ukrainian ments expressed by Cardinal Husar, that since World War II. Where once the task issues. But the core requirements for Christian culture,” said the Rev. Gudziak, joining NATO are most importantly the UCU in Lviv is a special university of great nations was to create dividing who explained that the UCU in Rome political and economic. These political with a special mission – one that must be lines and defend them to the death, today could be utilized by Ukrainians visiting and economic values define the character carefully crafted. He also eloquently our challenge is to tear down those barri- there and also by religion students from of a nation. It is only when nations noted the unique situation of the UGCC ers and secure a Europe whole and free, a around the globe who come to study in understand each other’s characters that in European history, which bodes well Europe that recognizes the importance of Rome. alliances can endure. for the future of his university. every democratic nation aspiring to peace However, the Rev. Gudziak’s empha- and stability, a Europe made secure History has shown that throughout its “I am very enthusiastic about this mis- evolution, political and economic issues sis will remain on developing the UCU in sion,” explained the Rev. Gudziak. “I through integration rather than exclusion. Lviv. Within three years the young rector To the west of Ukraine, virtually every have most fundamentally affected think that the Ukrainian historical experi- NATO’s enlargement. Turkey and Greece hopes to see the humanities faculty more ence, the Eastern Catholic spiritual lega- country has joined or aspires to join fully developed, with departments of NATO and the European Union. To the had to accept peace and co-exist as neigh- cy, its openness to both East and West, its bors. Spain had to overcome fascism. social sciences, psychology, sociology, tradition of high level scholarship, its east, Russia has forged new relations with political science and perhaps a philoso- NATO, the United States and the EU. Poland had to demonstrate intolerance of social involvement, which was at the root anti-Semitism. Among today’s aspirants, phy section. He also hopes that a school of the modern Ukrainian social awaken- Some may fear that Ukraine will be lost of social work will be functioning, as in this realignment of Europe’s political the Baltic countries must demonstrate the ing in the 19th century; its singular forti- well as a catechetical-pedagogical insti- map. I believe these changes offer protection of minority rights. Romania tude in resisting the great ideologies of tute, which should eventually develop Ukraine a unique opportunity to define its must fight corruption and protect the the 20th century and standing up to the into a full-fledged faculty. place as a nation, based on its own aspira- rights of children. One can only surmise culture of death and negation of human The buildings of the theology faculty tions. To those who once claimed that that the issues on Ukraine’s agenda will dignity that was forced on the people of Russia was a barrier to Ukraine’s embrace include rule of law, independence of the and seminary will be completed and Ukraine, this legacy of positive, con- of the West, we can now point to Russia’s media, strengthening civil society and ready for use in 2004, while the first structive proposals and strong resistance own aspirations for integration. To those fighting corruption. stage of the seven-story library building to totalitarianism with an openness to the once skeptical of Ukraine’s commitment To be European is not a choice of for- will be completed in 2005. riches of global culture – all of this is to the Euro-Atlantic community, now is eign policy, but a question of how a The Rev. Gudziak said that expansion very fertile ground for developing critical the time to dispel that skepticism through country shapes itself from within – of the faculty will take place as needs a- and creative responses to the questions of Ukraine’s own actions. whether its people are free, whether the rise and that the UCU intends to maintain the 21st century.” On May 23, Ukraine’s National courts are fair, whether civilians control Security and Defense Council said that the security structures and whether the Ukraine would aspire to full integration economy is open and competitive. The in Euro-Atlantic structures, including answers to these questions will be membership. NATO’s answer, in effect, answered most definitively by your gen- was given by NATO’s foreign ministers eration. In this sense, you are entrusted even before Ukraine’s announcement with a unique responsibility – a responsi- when they met on May 15 in Reykjavik: bility that you will answer to in your “We have decided to give new impetus careers, in your communities and within and substance to our partnership with your families. Ukraine ... and bring our relationship to Often people forget the power of a a qualitatively new level. We expect to dream and the impact of a simple act. Not deepen and expand our relationship ... that long ago, in 1991, Ukrainians joined and cooperation on political, economic hands across the country to create a human chain symbolizing a commitment Marika Macko and defense issues.” The United States Born May 11, 1950 has welcomed Ukraine’s aspirations for to freedom. Months later, the Soviet Died May 14, 2002 closer ties to Euro-Atlantic structures. Union collapsed. By the end of the year, Our policy was most clearly stated a Ukraine had become an independent state. year ago in Warsaw by President Bush: Every one of you has pursued an edu- Daughter Andrea “The Europe we are building must cation that is the fulfillment of a dream Sister Lesia include Ukraine, a nation struggling with born with Metropolitans Sheptytsky and Fiancée Volodymyr Kotsiouruba the trauma of transition. Some in Kyiv Slipyj. You are part of a tradition. Family in USA and Canada speak of their country’s European des- Recognize its power and treasure it. Build tiny. If this is their aspiration, we should a bright future upon its solid foundation. Burial: Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery, Hamptonburg, N.Y. reward it.” Today, I wish every one of you both How Ukraine advances down the road the courage to dream and the conviction The parishioners of Protection of the Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic to integration will depend on the actions to turn those dreams into reality. You are Church and the members of the Ukrainian American Cultural Club of it takes internally to shape its own future. Ukraine’s prosperity. Believe this in your Houston, Ukrainian Dancers of Houston, Ukrainian School of Houston, One colleague of mine called NATO the hearts. Pursue it with your souls. military expression of an alliance of Congratulations on this momentous Saints Cyril & Methodius Slavic Heritage Day Committee, and the Slavic shared values. The key to this phrase is day. Heritage Alliance of Greater Houston extend condolences to Marika’s family and mourn the lost of a pillar of our community.

Prior to moving to Houston in 1976, Marika was a parishioner of St. ity. It has its history, its causes in sick peo- George Ukrainian Catholic Church, member of CYM and its Ukrainian Cardinal Husar... ple, who perform terrible acts of abuse. Dance Ensemble directed by Mr. & Mrs. Genza, and member of (Continued from page 14) Is the problem a reflection of mod- “Jaivoronky” choir. there are only 400 priests allegedly ern society, in your opinion? involved. There is a directed concerted To a degree, yes. We have a society Donations in Marika’s memory can be made to the American Cancer propaganda effort going on against the Society or Protection of the Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Church. Church – this is quite obvious. Why and today, let’s say in Europe, for which how is another matter. human life has come to have no meaning. However, the fact remains that the You can kill an unborn child. You can kill problem did not begin with propaganda, yourself. You can help another person die or ask him to help you die, in other negative or positive, it has its roots else- DEATH ANNOUNCEMENTS where. It has been overblown without a words, euthanasia. When homosexuality is generally rec- doubt; nonetheless the positive element is to be published in The Ukrainian Weekly – in the Ukrainian ognized as something almost good and that the problem has been identified, and or English language – are accepted by mail, courier, fax, phone or e-mail. we are now more sensitive to it. when on an official level same-sex mar- The situation is very, very delicate. It riages are allowed, and it is accepted that Deadline: Tuesday noon before the newspaper’s date of issue. is not easy to work in this situation. these couples can not only live together (The Weekly goes to press early Friday mornings.) but can legally adopt children, in this While I believe you answered this type of society – where pornography is Rate: $7.50 per column-inch. already in passing, please elaborate on extensive as well – we cannot be sur- Information should be addressed to the attention of the Advertising Department whether the fact that the UGCC has a prised that very serious temptations arise. and sent to: The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 (NB: please married priesthood lessens the prob- Any type of person can succumb to them. lem for it. do not include post office box if sending via courier), Parsippany, N.J. 07054; This is a time that requires extreme sensi- fax, (973) 644-9510; telephone, (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040; It is very difficult to say. I do not think tivity by a person over himself, first of e-mail, [email protected]. this is necessarily connected to marriage, or all, and then a great sensitivity to those non-marriage or that this is necessarily an with supervisory responsibility over their Please include the daytime phone number of a contact person. integral part of the problem of homosexual- subordinates. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 7, 22 No. 27

in Ukraine in 1915 and learned the art of Ukrainian connections... ceramics in his father’s pottery work- (Continued from page 13) shop. He studied at art academies in Austrian Hapsburg rule in the 19th centu- Berlin and the Hague before emigrating ry when Mr. Schreyer’s ancestors came to Winnipeg in 1948. He held his first to Canada. exhibition the following year and quickly FLORIDAFLORIDA Upon his installation as governor gen- developed a reputation for his realistic eral, he inserted some Ukrainian text into sculptures as well as fine stained glass his speech, the first time such a symbolic windows. The beautiful Taras act was ever carried out by a Canadian Shevchenko monuments in both Head of State. Mr. Schreyer served as Washington and Buenos Aires are his governor general from 1979 to 1984, creations, and Mr. Mol is now recognized having earlier held the position of pre- as one of Canada’s finest-ever sculptors. mier of Manitoba from 1969 to 1977. In 1992 the Leo Mol Sculpture Interestingly, his popular wife, Lily, has a Garden, spanning some three acres, was similar bi-cultural origin tracing her roots officially dedicated in Assiniboine Park, to Bukovyna, which also was a Ukrainian Winnipeg. The garden and associated province in the Austrian Empire. gallery came into being when Mr. Mol Ramon (Ray) Hnatyshyn (Figure 5) donated more than 200 bronze sculptures served in Canada’s highest post from 1990 to the city. The immaculately landscaped to 1995, after having held various offices park with figures of prominent people, including Canadian minister of justice and religious leaders, the human form and attorney general. His tenure as governor wildlife – has won several awards. It is general coincided with the centenary of the only sculpture garden in North Ukrainian immigration to Canada cele- America dedicated to the works of a sin- brated in 1991. He also visited Ukraine in gle artist. Completed in 1990, an official capacity in 1994. Mr. “Lumberjacks” is depicted on the stamp Hnatyshyn himself is the son of another in its sculpture garden setting. prominent Ukrainian from Saskatchewan, Epilogue For the Magic of Central Florida’s the late Sen. John Hnatyshyn. The above-described postal products Attractions or a relaxing stay Sculpture are excellent examples of Ukrainian top- on the sandy, white Gulf Beaches, The most recent postal issue (June 10) ics or thematics in philately. Many We have a place for you to call home! with a Ukrainian connection is part of a Ukraine collectors, including myself, two-stamp set (Figure 6) honoring search out foreign stamps with Ukrainian renowned Canadian sculptors Leo Mol connections. Such Ukrainian-topic issues LAKELAND SARASOTA VENICE (with his figures of “Lumberjacks”) and can form a fascinating (and yet quite Best Western Best Western Best Western Charles Daudelin (and his abstract cre- inexpensive) adjunct to a regular Ukraine Diplomat Inn Golden Host Resort Ambassador Suites ation “Embacle”). collection. Perhaps such postal releases www.BestWestern.com/ www.BestWestern.com/ www.BestWestern.com/ Leonid Molodozhanyn, who shortened are something you should consider DiplomatInn GoldenHostResort AmbassadorSuites his name to Leo Mol, was born in Volyn adding to your own philatelic holdings. 1-800-237-4699 1-800-722-4895 1-800-685-7353

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HE KRAINIAN EEKLY Visit our archive Ton theU Internet at: http://www.ukrweekly.com/W No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 7, 22 17 St. John’s students and parishioners bid farewell to the Rev. Leonid Malkov NEWARK, N.J. – Representing St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School, its faculty and graduating eighth graders, students Anna Skuza, Diana Rakowsky, Ivan Litosch and George Cpin on Friday, June 14, bid farewell to the Rev. Leonid Malkov CSsR, present- ing him flowers and a plaque to show their appreciation for his eight years of service and dedication to St. John’s School and parish. Miss Skuza read a farewell speech at the school’s end-of-the-year assembly, thanking the Rev. Malkov for his many contributions to the school community. She said: “My first memories of Father Leonid are those of him teaching us reli- gion. Father made our weekly religious classes events to look forward to. With brightly hued illustrations and captivat- ing Bible stories, Father Leonid created a welcome learning atmosphere.” “Father was also very active in our innumerable fund-raisers. On nearly every such occasion, father played a piv- otal role in gathering funds to aid our school,” she continued. “Father Leonid never hesitated to chaperone our numer- ous field trips. ... My graduating class particularly would like to thank Father for supervising our trip to Florida. Father The Rev. Leonid Malkov with schoolchildren and faculty of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School on the final day Leonid ensured the success of this unfor- of classes before summer vacation. gettable excursion.” She concluded by stating: “In these He responded with his own farewell: And how very homesick I was! I did not bulletin: “The Redemptorist Provincial years we have grown to love and respect “I vividly remember the day when I first yet realize that I had come to live and Council has expressed a great vote of Father Leonid as a priest, mentor, arrived to Newark. This was the month of work with a very close family, a commu- confidence in his priestly abilities and teacher, and most importantly, friend. ... May. Everything was in bloom and I nity that would embrace me with love have promoted him to a pastorship of two We would like to wish Father success especially remember the beautiful cherry and warmth.” Ukrainian parishes in western Canada as and joy in his next parish and wherever blossoms in the church yard next to the Father Malkov, who arrived in Newark of August 1. The gifts of this man of God else life may lead him. May God’s bless- rectory; however, somehow my mood eight years ago from Ukraine, departs on of which we have abundantly received ings shine upon him in the years to was dark and somber. I could not appre- July 29 to become pastor of the will now be shared with new parish fami- come.” ciate all of this beauty. I found myself in Ukrainian Catholic parishes in Wynyard lies in a new harvest. Truly, Father On Sunday, June 23, the entire parish a very foreign country. I could not speak and Foam Lake, Saskatchewan, located Leonid, we are so grateful for all you gathered to bid the Rev. Malkov a tearful a word of English and the American cus- in western Canada. have done, and we will sadly miss your “bon voyage” as he was about to journey toms were so unfamiliar to me. I admit The pastor of St. John’s Church, the happy presence. Our parish’s loss is to his new assignment. that I was confused and even frightened. Rev. Bohdan Lukie wrote in the church another’s parish’s gain.” 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 7, 22 No. 27 No. 27 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 7, 22 19 UMANA’s New York chapter offers advice to newly arrived physicians from Ukraine by George Hrycelak NEW YORK – The New York Metro Chapter of the Ukrainian Medical Association of North America held the first of a planned series of discussions, “How to enter the medical mainstream: Ukraine to U.S. – the success stories,” with newly arrived Ukrainian physicians on Saturday, May 11, at the Selfreliance Association building at 98 Second Ave. in Manhattan. NY Metro officers, President Dr. Alexandra Kushnir, Vice-President and session moderator Dr. Artur Hryhorowycz, Secretary Dr. Marta Kushnir and Special Events Coordinator Dr. Ihor Magun, hosted a gathering of enthusiastic and inquisitive health care professionals from Ukraine seeking to learn about the process of accrediting their skills for acceptance and use in the United States. The process of U.S. accreditation for international medical graduates can be lengthy and convoluted. Hearing from colleagues who have successfully navi- gated these turbulent waters can help ori- ent prospective physicians. The New York Metro Chapter convened a panel of professionals from various health care Members of the New York Metro Chapter discuss issues confronting newly arrived medical professionals from Ukraine specialties to present their individual sto- during a special meeting at the Selfreliance Association headquarters. ries of professional adjustment to the new environment. job options within the medical professions. for this careercounseling session is expect- tions to newly arrived health care profes- Ukrainian-born speakers Dr. Lesia Many questions followed the presentations, ed to serve as an example to the other 18 sionals from Ukraine. Muraszsczuk, Dr. Victor Gribenko and Dr. and despite the beautiful warm spring after- chapters of UMANA in the United States The chapter extended special thanks to Petro Lenchur graciously shared their own noon, the exchange of ideas went on for and Canada on how to extend similar the Selfreliance Association for its kind stories of professional transition into the over four hours of eager discourse. offers of informational support to their hospitality and assistance with the logis- U.S. medical mainstream. Tania Rakowsky, This was the first of a series of meet- potential members. tics and locale of the meeting. who holds a doctorate in pharmacy, dis- ings representing a new initiative spear- The New York Metro Chapter has Further information can be obtained cussed opportunities within the pharmaceu- headed by the New York Metro Chapter to undertaken the goal to serve as a trail- from New York Metro Chapter’s secre- tical field. They explained what channels make UMANA an association more rele- blazer in the area of raising awareness tary, Dr. Marta Kushnir, at (508) 855- are open to newly arrived health care spe- vant to its members, and more sensitive to and presenting a range of possible solu- 2245. cialists, how to prepare for the inevitable the needs and concerns of Ukrainian-born series of examinations, as well as various colleagues. The unexpectedly large turnout

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According to Interfax, Pakistan is seeking to refurbish its T-69, T-72 and unspecified U.S.-built tanks, and to modernize its fleet of aircraft, including U.S. F-16s and Russian CY-27s. (RFE/RL Newsline) Rada delegates reps to OSCE assembly KYIV – Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn has authorized the make-up of a Verkhovna Rada permanent delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the UNIAN news service reported on June 26. The dele- EAST HANOVER, N.J. – Financial awards were offered at the joint graduation ceremonies of schools of Ukrainian studies in gation is composed of Oleh Bilorus from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut held on June 1 at the Ramada Inn. From the left are Michael Celuch, Self Reliance the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc; Mykola (NJ) Federal Credit Union; Michael Koziupa and Andrew Hrechak, Selfreliance Ukrainian American Federal Credit Union; and Zlochevskyi from the Social Democratic Stefan Kaczaraj, treasurer of the Ukrainian National Association. The awards were presented to students who successfully Party (United); Oleksander Masenko from completed their comprehensive exams (matura). the Communist Party; Ihor Ostash and Oleksander Tretiakov from Our Ukraine; and Yulii Ioffe, Mykola Kruhlov and Serhii Shevchuk from United Ukraine. (RFE/RL A HERITAGE ENRICHMENT Newsline) Kuchma meets with Mongolian leader TOUR of UKRAINE KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma and with Archbishop Antony his Mongolian counterpart, Natsagiin Bagabandi, signed agreements in Kyiv on July 1 aimed at improving bilateral econom- 70th Anniversary Famine Memorial ic ties, the Associated Press reported. 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explained the director before the Kyiv Film about life... premiere. The Carpathian Ski Club of New York (Continued from page 3) While noted academic Yurii Shapoval under the auspices of the patriarch’s successful effort to save the scoured KGB archives in Kyiv, Mr. UGCC after its destruction in Ukraine at Frolov reviewed miles of historical Ukrainian Sports Association of USA and Canada (USCAK) footage. New York filmmaker Yaroslav the hands of Soviet officials by re-estab- will hold lishing much of its infrastructure in Kulynych provided documentary footage Rome. of the patriarch during his U.S. visits the annual Labor Day weekend The movie developed from an idea by from his personal archives, and Ms. ex-journalist Marta Kolomayets and her Kolomayets did historical research and husband, Danylo Yanevsky, a Kyiv televi- interviewed various individuals connect- SWIMMING COMPETITION sion host. The two decided to move for- ed to Cardinal Slipyj. ward on the project after a lively night of While production team members at Soyuzivka conversation with their friend, the Rev. remember the work as gratifying, the most vivid recollections are of the ironies Myron Panchuk, pastor of Ss. Volodymyr SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 2002 and Olha, on the dearth of great men in in how key dates in the life of the Ukrainian history, during which the name Ukrainian Church leader coincided with of the patriarch cropped up in conversa- key dates in the project’s development. Three significant moments that coin- Swim meet tion as one of the few the country did Saturday, August 31, 2002, 10:00 a.m. have. cided, according to Ms. Kolomayets, for individual championships of USCAK “It particularly affected me because I were January 25, which was the date the knew Patriarch Slipyj from my time at patriarch was released from Soviet exile and Ukrainian National Association Trophies & Ribbons the summer courses of the UCU,” said in 1963, and the date the contract to make Warm-up at 9 a.m. the movie was signed with Kontakt Ms. Kolomayets. TABLE of EVENTS She had attended courses during the Studios in 2001; February 9, the date in Boys/Men INDIVIDUAL Girls/Women 1970s offered by St. Clement Ukrainian 1963 on which Cardinal Slipyj arrived in Catholic University in Rome, which was Grottoferrata, the monastery outside 11 ...... 13/14 100m im 13/14 ...... 12 founded by Cardinal Slipyj and where he Rome where he first stayed, and the same 13 .... 15 & over 100m im 15 & over .... 14 taught. She remembered discussions the day in 2001 on which the Kontakt film 15 .. 10 & under 125m free 10 & under .. 16 late patriarch would lead on various sub- crew arrived there to begin filming those 17 ...... 11/12 125m free 11/12 ...... 18 jects. “Afterwards, he would give us sequences; and finally April 11, the date 19 ...... 13/14 150m free 13/14 ...... 10 money for ice cream,” explained Mrs. on which Cardinal Slipyj was arrested in 11 .... 15 & over 150m free 15 & over .... 12 Kolomayets. “He loved kids.” Lviv and also the date on which filming 13 .. 10 & under 150m free 10 & under .. 14 The Rev. Panchuk believed he could was completed in 2002. 15 ...... 11/12 150m free 11/12 ...... 16 gather needed financial backing from his Ms. Kolomayets had a straightforward 17 ...... 13/14 150m back 13/14 ...... 18 parish to get the project off the ground, explanation for the many coincidences. “I 19 .... 15 & over 150m back 15 & over .... 20 believe he guided us during the making and the three decided to move on an 21 .. 10 & under 125m back 10 & under .. 22 of the film,” she said. unexpected plan to make a film. Less 23 ...... 11/12 125m back 11/12 ...... 24 The film’s producer said she would than four months after the night of con- 25 ...... 13/14 150m breast 13/14 ...... 26 spend the summer developing English- versation that sparked the idea, a contract 27 .... 15 & over 150m breast 15 & over .... 28 language subtitles before releasing the was signed with Kontakt Film Studio in 29 .. 10 & under 125m breast 10 & under .. 30 Kyiv and noted Ukrainian television film in the United States in the fall to be 31 ...... 11/12 125m breast 11/12 ...... 32 director Oleksander Frolov. Ms. shown in New York, Washington, 33 ...... 13/14 100m free 13/14 ...... 34 Kolomayets became the film’s executive Cleveland and Detroit. The film will also 35 .... 15 & over 100m free 15 & over .... 36 producer and chief interviewer. travel through Ukraine’s oblast capitals The film took just more than a year to for viewing. There are plans to air the 37 .. 10 & under 125m fly 10 & under .. 38 make, which Mr. Frolov, who earlier documentary on Ukrainian television on 39 ...... 11/12 125m fly 11/12 ...... 40 directed a documentary on the life of September 7, the 18th anniversary of the 41 ...... 13/14 150m fly 13/14 ...... 42 Metropolitan Sheptytsky, said was his patriarch’s death. 43 ... 15 & over 150m fly 15 & over .... 44 longest project to date, but ultimately his “Patriarch” is available on NTSC (U.S. RELAYS most satisfying. system) videotape from Ss. Volodymyr “I cannot say that I worked hard in and Olha Parish in Chicago for $25 and 45 .. 10 & under 4 x 25m free 10 & under .. 46 developing this film, it was interesting in Ukraine on PAL (European system) for 47 ...... 11/12 4 x 25m free 11/12 ...... 48 and exciting work, not a difficult job,” 50 hrv. 49 ...... 13/14 4 x 50m free 13/14 ...... 50 51 .... 15 & over 4 x 50m medley 15 & over .... 52

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being interviewed on film. Of this, each “My Mother’s Village”... of the five appears in the documentary (Continued from page 7) for about five to 10 minutes. Considering What is missing is some explanation what each told about his/her parents’ of what is going on, either with voice- experience during the war, coming to overs or with subtitles. What is a non- Canada, and the interviewee’s experience Ukrainian supposed to figure out, seeing growing up in a new place, I was left villagers in the winter taking bottles and with my first thought of “nedoskazane” – pails of water from a frozen river? Or what was left unsaid, or incomplete. It kids splashing themselves with water probably was said, but was left on the cutting-room floor by the filmmaker. I from plastic soda bottles? Or the family wondered why, out of five to six hours, around a table, all ceremoniously eating these parts of the stories were selected something out of one bowl? Of course, for the film, while so much else appar- these are “Yordan,” “Oblyvanyi ently was not included. Ponedilok” and “Sviat Vechir” (eating Of all things, why was there not more kutia) – but without an explanation these about what the children remember their actions are confusing to the non- parents going through, while there is so Ukrainian viewer. much about present and former spouses, I wonder if the filmmaker researched both Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian? To the history well enough, because some me, in the context of the purpose of the details are sketchy, and others just plain film, this was not relevant (and none of wrong. For example, the UPA (Ukrainian my business, really). I am sure that dur- Insurgent Army) is given in the subtitles ing the interviews, the people may not as the Ukrainian Patriotic [sic] Army. have even expected some of their com- Mr. Paskievich starts out on his journey ments on their personal lives to be 100 to Kamiana Hora on the train, as if he included. I know most of the intervie- just materialized in the countryside out- wees, and suggested some of them to Mr. side of Lviv. It would have been more Paskievich when he was still planning informative, maybe even interesting, to the film. Deep in my heart I know that show the start of that train ride in Lviv. they had said so much more that would The non-Ukrainian viewer would then have been more important, more telling have seen the vibrant Ukrainian city, than what was selected out of their hours contrasted with a small, out-of-the-way of reminiscences. The interviewees were village still decades away from the mod- used by Mr. Paskievich; he selected seg- ern world. ments from their interviews to tell his The film alternates between the vil- own story, to convey his own percep- lage and stories told by the DP Ukrainian tions, more so than theirs. Canadians. Sometimes it is difficult to I do not understand why, as the film- follow, because the filmmaker’s tech- maker told a Winnipeg Free Press nique has village scenes with voice- reporter, he specifically did not want to overs from the interviewees. I could not interview the parents, the actual DPs. always tell who was speaking, and was Thus, the whole middle of the story is confused as to why particular comments missing. The villagers talk about what were carried over unconnected scenes. happened in Ukraine after their parents As for the five now adult children of escaped during the war, or were taken UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERS!!! the DPs interviewed in this film, I won- as forced laborers. This is not the DP der if all of them are satisfied with their story. The time during these years is stories as shown here. I also wonder how what our parents wondered about and Looking for a First Mortgage? Mr. Paskievich selected them out of the could not know about until correspon- Need to refinance? 30 to 40 he filmed. I was told that each dence was permitted after Stalin’s person spent about five or six hours death. The interviewees talk about their Looking for – own childhoods, and fleetingly about their parents’ lives in Europe and in Canada. How much more dramatic and GreatGreat RatesRates Denial of Great Famine... significant it would have been to also LowLow FeesFees (Continued from page 2) include one or two individuals remem- (Ukrainization); and a return to Russian bering their own wartime, DP camp and Prompt Approval nationalism in historiography all emigration experience – instead of just Prompt Approval occurred at the same time in the first half having it retold by their children. That CALL (800) 253-9862 EXT. 3036 of the 1930s. was left unsaid. 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their decision. I wish them well. I just do “just” Canadian or American. We want to photographer. His films for the National “My Mother’s Village”... not understand the ones who are so bitter “preserve traditions of a distant land we Film Board include “The Gypsies of (Continued from page 22) or angry with their parents for trying to have never known. So many of our chil- Svinia” (1998), “The Old Believers” ground did cause him difficulties in life. keep that tenuous connection to that dis- dren, the grandchildren and great-grand- (1988), and “Ted Baryluk’s Grocery” He recalls how he was told he did not get tant land the kids had never known. I do children of the DPs born in Canada and (1982). He also co-produced with the a government job because his name was know there are some DP kids who wal- America, are proud and happy to be NFB “If Only I Were an Indian” (1996) “Melnyk.” Perhaps. I am surprised that low in their misery of being Ukrainian, Ukrainian and are good citizens in our and “Sedna: The Making of a Myth” with all the angst his parents and his and yet use it so effectively in their countries. That pride was left unsaid. (1992). Mr. Paskievich directed and pro- Ukrainianism caused him, he has not careers. Their “burden” has been turned I guess Mr. Paskievich has not worked duced “The Actor” (1990) with Zemma become George Miller by now. What into a lucrative crutch. out the turmoil of his own childhood, Pictures. He wrote, directed and pro- about the rest of the people in the world, “My Mother’s Village” has prompted selectively editing the film to project duced with Michael Mirus, “The Price of or just in Canada, living unhappy or much discussion in the Canadian cities more of that, rather than a broader spec- Daily Bread” (1985). He also wrote and unfulfilled or unsuccessful lives? Is all where it was shown. This is good, trum of the DP experience. This is his narrated “Cityscapes – Winnipeg” for the this the result of their ethnic back- because people are sharing their experi- story, beautifully filmed. I hope there are CBC. Mr. Paskievich served on a five- grounds? What about the supposed ences, telling their parents’ and their own other films to be made, to say what was person directorial team for the 1987 establishment? Are they all happy, suc- stories to each other. I hope they will be left unsaid here. IMAX production “Heartland.” cessful, non-stuttering, and unashamed prompted by this to record them in film * * * * * * of their parents? or print. From a number of descendants A biography of John Paskievich To order the 101-minute video “My Because this turned out to be such a of the earlier immigrations to Canada (the released by the National Film Board of Mother’s Village,” call 1-800-267-7710 personal film rather than a documentary, pioneers and the mid-war generations), I Canada notes that he is an award-win- (Canada) or 1-800-542-2164 (United Mr. Paskievich’s childhood experience heard comments about the discrimination ning documentary filmmaker and stills States) or check the website www.nfb.ca. must be acknowledged for what it was. experienced by the DPs mentioned in the For some DP kids, the pressure of con- film. This was nothing new, as the earlier forming to being “Canadian” (whatever immigrants certainly bore their share; this that is) combined with parental pressure was not just a DP experience. to be Ukrainian was too much. The viewer gets from the film what Because I never felt the conflict she or he sees in it. The comments of the between the two worlds (or don’t interviewees can be taken as just stories remember ever thinking like that), I did (although out of context) or as observa- not know when I was growing up that tions of what it was like growing up as a being Ukrainian was a “burden,” as one DP kid, with no judgments attached. We interviewee said. If I even thought about can take them at face value, as they were it, it was more a willing obligation. Our presented, or we can read into the com- parents were so afraid of their children ments what was left unsaid or what we becoming lost in their new Canadian think they meant. world and forgetting their heritage that In any circumstance, what is and is they did “force everything Ukrainian not said, or what was edited out, makes down their kids’ throats” or, as Mr. the film fall short. Paskievich says, wanted us to be “obli- The film left this writer sad and gated to remember this [far-away] empty, because while there were a few place.” How many kids were turned off acknowledgments by the interviewees of completely by this we don’t know. But how hard their parents worked in this how many survived this perceived abuse new land, the filmmaker left out what I and are now proud and active members am sure was said somewhere in all the of the Ukrainian Canadian and Ukrainian hundreds of hours of interviews. Our American communities? parents, in spite of their horrible lives In the early 1950s, my father was so during the war and the cruel, difficult afraid of the American “contamination” beginnings in a new country, instilled in of his little “donia” (daughter) that us the Ukrainian spirit, and pride in our Ukrainian and English books could not heritage and culture. occupy the same shelf. I don’t remember Very many of us are not “caught” this, but my mother told me about the between two worlds. We are in two time I came home from playing outside worlds, we are grateful that we have (I was just 4) and spoke to Mama in those two worlds and that we are not English. She said she almost froze inside. After all she had lived through, to have her child speak to her in English was too much. She says she told me that I can speak English to others, but to Mama and Tato I must speak only Ukrainian. I do not remember this being terribly traumatic for me. But because of this, I know Ukrainian, as do my sons; when I travel to Ukraine or anywhere else, I can communicate with my own people. My parents also instilled in me – they did not force it upon me in any way – a pride, an interest and a love of my her- itage. I probably picked it up through osmosis. My parents were not of the intelligentsia, but they were patriotic Ukrainians from the countryside. If times had been different, further education could have been in their future. But forced labor in Germany, the DP camps, and settling in a new country were their teenage and young adult education instead. I am sure there are that many more assimilated former DPs than I know. If they are out there being just “Canadians” and “Americans,” that is their life and 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 7, 22 No. 27

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