INSIDE:• Bishop Losten responds to comments that malign Eastern Catholics — page 3. • Obituary: Patriarch Dymytrii of UAOC in Ukraine — page 9. • Shevchenko and Ichkeria, present-day Chechnya — page 10.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXVIII HE KRAINIANNo. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2000 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine NATO-UkraineT UPatriarch Dymytrii mourned atW funeral services in Lviv by Roman Woronowycz Commission Kyiv Press Bureau KYIV – The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church buried its second patri- meets in Kyiv arch on February 29 in a modest ceremony by Roman Woronowycz in Lviv. Kyiv Press Bureau More than 2,000 mourners gathered at KYIV – In an effort to better acquaint Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church on a Ukrainians with the defense alliance that bright and warm late winter day in this his- was considered the enemy here for more toric city to pay their respects and a final than 45 years, the 19 permanent ambassa- farewell to Patriarch Dymytrii. The patri- dors who comprise NATO’s ruling body arch had served as pastor of the Church for met in Kyiv on March 1-2 to further expand more than 20 years before being catapulted NATO-Ukraine relations. to the leadership of the UAOC in 1993 after It was the 16th meeting of the NATO- the death of Patriarch Mstyslav, the first Ukraine Commission, formed after Ukraine head of the Church who spurred the signed a charter on distinctive partnership Church’s rebirth in Ukraine in 1989. with the North Atlantic alliance in Madrid Patriarch Dymytrii, 84, died in his sleep in July 1997, but the first time that the on February 25, while visiting his son, who North Atlantic Council, the organization’s lives in this city. The patriarch had been in highest body, met in a country with which declining health and had long suffered from Mykhailo Markiv NATO has a special partnership. heart problems. Even so, the UAOC While Ukraine-NATO relations stood at A priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church pays his last respects to Patriarch Chancery said he had remained active in his Dymytrii during the funeral ceremony in Ss. Peter and Paul Church in Lviv. the top of the agenda, the ambassadors also last days, and as recently as January had sought to change perceptions still held by a chaired a meeting of the UAOC’s covered. After a procession that circled the along with bishops of the UAOC. majority of Ukrainians that NATO is a mili- Patriarchal Council. Church three times and brief speeches by Archbishop Vsevolod of the Ukrainian tary threat. Surveys show that some 60 per- As mourners and onlookers crowded the several official dignitaries from both the Orthodox Church of the United States of cent of Ukrainians either do not fully under- church grounds and spilled out onto the spiritual and political worlds, the casket America (UOC-U.S.A.) led the funeral stand what NATO is or do not trust its streets that surround Ss. Peter and Paul was lowered into a grave on the grounds of services and performed the final anointing intentions. Church, more than 100 clergy and hierar- the church, where Patriarch Dymytrii had of the remains, while UAOC Archbishop “Our joint meeting here in Kyiv was not chy of the UAOC, as well as leaders of requested that he be buried. Ihor of the Kharkiv-Poltava Eparchy led the just to demonstrate NATO’s friendship and other religious confessions and the patri- The remains of the Church leader had divine liturgy in concelebration with the solidarity with our distinctive Ukrainian arch’s family, assembled inside for funeral arrived at Ss. Peter and Paul after three days partner, but also to serve a very simple pur- five other bishops who make up the UAOC services. of viewing at the neighboring Assumption Patriarchal Council. pose: allowing you, the people of this coun- Although the services were long, they of the Blessed Virgin Church, where during try, to understand what NATO is and how Archbishop Vsevolod, who also deliv- were simple and modest. The patriarch’s the evening prior to the funeral Bishop ered the eulogy, came as the emissary for we can interact for the benefit of all the body lay in an unadorned wooden casket, Lubomyr Husar of the Ukrainian Greek- people of this region,” explained NATO surrounded by scores of wreaths, his face Catholic Church had served a panakhyda (Continued on page 8) Secretary General George Robertson after the commission meeting ended. On March 2 seven of the ambassadors traveled to outlying regions of Ukraine – Rada abolishes death penalty the oblasts of Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Odesa and Kharkiv – where they met with KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada voted on ed into life sentences, noted the world- Clinton taps Pascual university students, schoolchildren and February 22 to abolish the death penalty wide human rights organization Amnesty members of oblast governments. in Ukraine, thus meeting the country’s International. as envoy to Ukraine Meanwhile, Secretary General Robertson 1995 pledge to the Council of Europe. Although Ukraine had introduced a de WASHINGTON – President Bill and other members of the North Atlantic Provisions for capital punishment facto moratorium on executions in March Clinton on March 1 announced his Council held a roundtable at the Center for were stricken from the criminal and 1997, it had continued to pass the death intent to nominate Carlos Pascual to International Relations in Kyiv for about 40 reformatory codes. Interfax-Ukraine sentence. On December 30, 1999, the be U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. representatives of non-governmental organ- reported that a total of 229 deputies voted Constitutional Court of Ukraine ruled The Office of International izations to broadly discuss the areas that in favor and 15 against amending that the death penalty was unconstitution- Information Programs, U.S. NATO is accenting in its relationship with Ukraine’s legal codes. al, both violating the principle of the Department of State, provided the Ukraine. The Verkhovna Rada also ratified right to life, which is enshrined in the following information about the The centerpiece of NATO’s two-day Protocol No. 6 to the European Constitution of Ukraine, and contraven- ambassador-designate. presence in Ukraine was the plenary ses- Convention for the Protection of Human ing the constitutional provision that no Mr. Pascual is a career member sion of the NATO-Ukraine Commission, Rights and Fundamental Freedoms one should be subjected to torture or to of the Senior Foreign Service, class attended by the 19 NATO ambassadors and (European Convention), which provides cruel or inhuman treatment or punish- of minister counselor. He was Secretary General Robertson and with the for the abolition of the death penalty ment. appointed as special assistant to the participation of Ukraine’s Minister of except in time of war or the imminent The cancellation of the death sentence president and senior director for Foreign Affairs Borys Tarasyuk. threat of war. The vote on that measure meets the prerequisites for Ukraine’s Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian After the two-hour session Mr. Tarasyuk was 228 for and six against. entry into the Parliamentary Assembly of affairs at the National Security said the group had analyzed and assessed the Council of Europe. The president of Council (NSC) in July 1998. According to the UNIAN news serv- the state of relations between Ukraine and PACE, Lord Russell Johnston, said that He has been responsible for ice, Communist Party and Progressive NATO, and had approved new policies that “Ukraine has now fulfilled its obligations advancing U.S. security interests Socialist Party deputies did not partici- would “foster even better relations” in the to the PACE.” with Russia, supporting Ukraine’s pate in any of the voting. future. London-based Amnesty International transition to a market democracy Life imprisonment will now replace “The members of the commission welcomed the decision of an overwhelm- and its integration with Europe, and emphasized that we should move from the death penalty in Ukraine. Ratification ing majority of members of the of Protocol No. 6 effectively means that (Continued on page 3) (Continued on page 8) existing death sentences will be commut- (Continued on page 8) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2000 No. 10

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New pro-majority caucus emerges Ukrainian market,” she said. (RFE/RL The Russian language in Ukraine: Newsline) KYIV – A new parliamentary caucus a look at the numbers and trends called Solidarnist (Solidarity) emerged on Party calls for more Russian schools by Roman Solchanyk The Ukrainian Foreign Affairs February 29, Interfax reported. The group is composed of six deputies from the KYIV – The Slavic Party in Ukraine Ministry said that 1,195 newspapers are has called on the authorities in Moscow Official Moscow is concerned about published in Russian, constituting 49.7 Social Democratic Party (United), five the fate of the Russian language in from the Peasant Party, and three each and Kyiv to protect Russian-language percent of the “overall number of speakers in Ukraine, ITAR- TASS reported Ukraine. Ukrainian periodical publications.” It is from the Fatherland, Independence and At the end of January, the Ministry of National Democratic Party caucuses. on February 23. The party called for more not clear, however, whether these figures Russian-language schools in Ukraine and Foreign Affairs of Russia handed a note refer to Russian-language titles, single- Solidarnist leader Petro Poroshenko to the Embassy of Ukraine in Moscow in declared that his caucus will join the said the country’s language policy is based issue print runs, or annual circulation, on “Russophobia.” It also said that which it expressed the hope that Kyiv and whether periodicals also include Coordinating Council of the parliamentary would observe the terms of the bilateral majority. Oleksander Volkov from the Russian-language speakers constitute a journals. majority in Ukraine and that 90 percent of treaty between the two countries when The latest official data from the majority’s Revival of Regions caucus implementing its policies with regard to commented that Solidarnist is a “good the population prefers to speak Russian. Ukrainian State Committee on Statistics, (RFE/RL Newsline) the Russian-speaking population in which is for the 1998-1999 school year, political move” intended to attract to the Ukraine. Among other things, the 1997 present the following picture: majority “as many leftist deputies as possi- Party wants referendum on language treaty obligates both sides to protect and • Primary and secondary education ble.” The Peasant Party and Hromada promote the ethnic, cultural and linguis- (general education schools): The propor- Party caucuses, like that of the Progressive KYIV – Slavic Party Chairman tic features of national minorities in their tion of pupils taught in Russian was 34 Socialist Party, have been dissolved Oleksander Bazyliuk said on February 28 respective countries. percent; the corresponding figure for because they did not have the required that his party has forwarded a request to Several days later, in a less diplomatic instruction in Ukrainian was 65 percent. minimum number (14) of deputies. the Central Election Commission for a ref- fashion, the Russian Foreign Affairs It should be noted, however, that the (RFE/RL Newsline) erendum on official recognition of the Ministry made public a statement that Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry state- Russian language in Ukraine, ITAR-TASS charged Ukraine with violating its own Ukraine fails to make bond payments ment gives 31.7 percent as the proportion reported. He said he is confident his party Constitution, which guarantees Russian of pupils taught in Russian. In all likeli- KYIV – Ukraine’s Ministry of Finance can gather the 3 million signatures and other languages of national minori- hood, this is the figure for the current confirmed on February 28 that the country required to call a referendum. (RFE/RL ties “free development, utilization and school year. had failed to make payments on a German Newsline) protection.” This was followed by a min- • Higher education: In universities, mark-denominated bond issue over the istry report made available to Interfax, Kyiv synagogue nears reopening institutes and academies, 34 percent of weekend, the Associated Press reported. which quoted the document as saying students were taught in Russian; at the The head of the ministry’s foreign debts KYIV – The Central Synagogue will be that “certain forces in Ukraine seem lower level of technicums or trade department Vitalii Lysovenko said he opened in its historical building on March determined to create a phenomenon schools, which still qualify as institutions expects foreign investors to accept 14, Chief Rabbi of the Kyiv Jewish unseen in Europe before – to make the of higher learning, the corresponding fig- Ukraine’s offer to exchange outstanding Community Moshe Reuven Asman said native language of the overwhelming ure was 28 percent. Ukrainian bonds for seven-year Eurobonds on February 17. The building belongs to majority of the population an outcast, • Pre-school: The figure for all pre- denominated in euros or U.S. dollars rather the Kyiv city administration as a historical, reduce its status to marginal and possibly schoolers taught in Russian was 25.3 per- than declare a default on the bonds. He cultural and architectural site. (Eastern even squeeze it out.” cent. said the offer is valid until March 15. In Economist) And here is where the problems begin. By comparison, in the 1991-1992 other news, Ukrainian Prime Minister To claim that Russian is the native lan- Hungarian PM visits Ukraine school year 50 percent of pupils were Viktor Yuschenko has reportedly post- guage of the overwhelming majority of taught in Russian; 76.6 percent of aca- poned a trip to the U.S. scheduled for this Ukraine’s population is quite obviously KYIV – Prime Minister Viktor Orban demic groups received their higher edu- week due to the International Monetary of Hungary on February 25 assured his nonsense. The last census, which was Fund’s decision to suspend its credits until held in 1989, identified 32.8 percent of cation in Russian; and in 1991, 48.8 per- Ukrainian counterpart, Viktor Yuschenko, cent of pre-schoolers were taught in April, according to an ITAR-TASS report that his country will not impose visas on the total population as falling into this of February 28. (RFE/RL Newsline) category. That figure, although over a Russian. Ukrainians until it enters the European decade old, has remained fairly stable. This is at the national level. In those Fuel imports to Ukraine slow down Union. Both prime ministers stressed the Public opinion polls conducted in 1994- regions of Ukraine that are home to importance of improving bilateral eco- 1998 by the Institute of Sociology of the large numbers of Russians and Russian KYIV – Ukrainian Vice Prime nomic ties. Mr. Yuschenko said Hungary is National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv speakers, the situation looks rather dif- Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on “Ukraine’s main partner in Eastern show that the proportion of respondents ferent. February 28 that traders have imported Europe.” (RFE/RL Newsline) In Crimea 98.1 percent of schoolchild- only 126,000 metric tons of gasoline in who said that Russian was their native Ukraine moves ahead on privatization language ranged from 34.7 percent to ren were taught in Russian in 1998-1999; the first two months of this year, com- 36.5 percent. in the Donbas the corresponding figure pared with 235,000 during the same KYIV – The State Property Fund on At the end of February, the Donetsk- was between 87 percent (Luhansk period last year, Reuters reported. In a February 24 announced that shares in nine based Slavic Party (formerly the Civic Oblast) and 90 percent (Donetsk Oblast); bid to improve the situation, the vice- electricity companies will be traded on Congress of Ukraine) joined the fray, in Zaporizhia Oblast it was 62 percent; in chairman of Parliament, Stepan various stock exchanges in March. The accusing the government of conducting Kharkiv Oblast 53 percent; and in Havrysh, said the Verkhovna Rada will move comes after the Parliament passed, its language policy on the basis of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 41 percent. In probably pass a bill temporarily lifting in its first reading, a privatization program “Russophobia.” The majority of short, the Russian language continues to all excise and customs duties on fuel on for 2000, which affects more than 800 Ukraine’s population is Russian-speaking largely predominate in these regions, March 11. Officials and traders said the companies. However, factions in the and 90 percent prefer to speak Russian, it although here too the proportion of pri- decline in imports resulted from the Parliament have pledged to push for insisted. Needless to say, the party did mary and secondary school children Parliament’s recent repeal of tax breaks amendments to the privatization bill in its not find it necessary to specify how it taught in Russian has dropped. for joint ventures, according to the second reading. The Russian government arrived at its calculations. Clearly, the Russian language has lost agency. Ms. Tymoshenko also blamed has expressed an interest in acquiring Information coming from some gov- considerable ground in the educational export tariff hikes in Russia. “Russia is ernment sources in Kyiv also raises ques- system since independence. But given making policy as if it did not need the (Continued on page 16) tions. On February 12, the Ministry of the accusations emanating from Moscow Foreign Affairs responded to the criti- and the complaints that are increasingly cism of its counterpart in Moscow with a voiced by Russian rights activists in FOUNDED 1933 statement that, among other things, said Ukraine, probably the most important that 35 percent of students in Ukraine issue that needs to be addressed is THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY receive their higher education in Russian. whether Kyiv’s policies in the education- An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Several days later, Nina Karpachova, al and other spheres is limiting the role, a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. the human rights commissioner in the status and functioning of the Russian lan- Yearly subscription rate: $50; for UNA members — $40. 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Box 280 Irene Jarosewich international monitoring organizations to Parsippany, NJ 07054 Ika Koznarska Casanova become more active in Ukraine. decline with every year. But the “native language” is not a very precise term. For The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com some this could mean the language they Dr. Roman Solchanyk is an interna- know best and use most often; for others, The Ukrainian Weekly, March 5, 2000, No. 10, Vol. LXVIII tional security policy analyst in Santa Copyright © 2000 The Ukrainian Weekly Monica, Calif. (Continued on page 6) No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2000 3

Bishop Losten responds to comments that malign Eastern Catholics PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Ecumenical standing committee of the National of the Byzantine tradition are somehow Patriarch Bartholomew of Conference of Catholic Bishops on rela- fake, artificial or phony. In fact, I noted Constantinople, within the Orthodox tions between Eastern and Latin Catholic in my letter that we considered the patri- faith worldwide traditionally considered Churches. Bishop Losten, who traveled arch’s statement an epithet and felt obli- to be the “first among equals” of with a delegation to Constantinople in gated to respond. When I say “we,” I Orthodox patriarchs, addressed a session 1996 at the invitation of the ecumenical mean the Synod of Bishops of the of the Polish Parliament on January 25, patriarch, sent a letter on February 4 to Ukrainian Catholic Church, whose ecu- during his second trip to Poland in a lit- Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew menical commission I chair. tle more than a year. Speaking on the responding to the comments made by the In the letter I briefly outlined not only topic of Catholic-Orthodox relations, the patriarch in Warsaw. Bishop Losten gave the history of our Church, but of the patriarch stated that, while he envisioned a short interview to Irene Jarosewich of other Catholic Churches of the Byzantine “close personal relations” among vari- The Ukrainian Weekly on this topic. tradition as well. I reminded the patri- ous Church leaders, he, nonetheless, arch that since the schism that split the noted his displeasure that the topic of Your Excellency, the first press one Church into what we now call Eastern-rite Catholic Churches domi- reports to reach us in North America Orthodox and Catholic, there has never nates inter-Church discussions. about Ecumenical Patriarch been a time when there were no Catholic News Service (CNS) reports Bartholomew’s remarks before the Churches that simultaneously maintained from Warsaw quoted the ecumenical patri- Polish Parliament translated his com- the Byzantine tradition and the tradition arch as saying: “There are more important ments describing the Eastern Catholic of full ecclesiastical and Eucharistic issues to discuss, including the status of the Churches as a “phony phenomenon.” communion with Rome. bishop of Rome, so Orthodox Churches are What was your reaction to these press As for the Ukrainian Catholic Church not happy to be stuck with the questions of reports? in particular, I reminded him of the Uniatism ... we have charges [complaints - numerous martyrs for our Church: the Bishop Basil Losten ed.] to make about this Church’s actions, Though I read the report with conster- Catholic Byzantine Churches that sur- especially in Ukraine and Slovakia. ... nation, I knew that we needed to confirm vived unimaginable persecution in the The ecumenical patriarch, unfortunately, Uniatism is a phony phenomenon which the original text. The original text was in former Soviet Union; martyrs in Poland, has on several occasions made disparaging was called into being in the name of prose- Greek, then translated into Polish, then Romania, Slovakia and the Czech comments about Eastern Catholic lytism. Its rebirth since the fall of commu- translated into English. Though the Republic. There is nothing phony about Churches, including comments made this. I reminded him of the situation of nism has aggravated Catholic-Orthodox Polish word could be understood as directly to the holy father, Pope John Paul the Byzantine Catholics and their Church relations.” “phony,” information from the ecumeni- II during their meeting on July 25, 1995. In in Belarus – first brutally repressed by According to the CNS, Ukrainian cal patriarch’s representative in Geneva 1996, during a formal address to a Vatican the tsarist government, then by the delegation, headed by Cardinal Edward Catholic Archbishop Ivan Martyniak of the noted that a more accurate translation Soviet. No Church, let alone an artificial Idris Cassidy, that had come to visit him, Peremyshl-Warsaw Eparchy criticized the into English would be “artificial.” entity, could arise from the dead after a Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew pro- patriarch’s comments, stating that his Though the word “artificial” is less vul- century and a half of severe repression posed that by the year 2000 there be a remarks would have “negative repercus- gar, the connotation is not significantly less injurious to the Catholic Churches without divine intervention and grace. “final solution” to the problem of Eastern sions” for inter-Church relations and that As Archbishop Martyniak noted in his Catholicism. We are startled and dismayed, “by calling it phony, the patriarch has that maintain the Byzantine tradition, a point I made in my letter to the patriarch. response, there are more than 30 million now as we were then, by his choice of committed a great error and indiscretion.” Catholics of the Byzantine tradition words. The patriarch must have understood Also responding to the patriarch’s What factors did you consider when worldwide. This, also, is not an artificial the impact that these words would have, remarks was Bishop Basil Losten of the you decided to send the ecumenical phenomenon. and no correction or explanation or apolo- Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of Stamford. patriarch a letter? gy was offered. Bishop Losten is chairman of the ecu- Can you offer some insight into I did not wish to speculate as to why the menical commission of the Ukrainian First and foremost I wanted to respond what prompted these comments from Catholic Synod and chairman of the to the charge that the Catholic Churches the ecumenical patriarch at this time? (Continued on page 8)

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Ukraine’s human rights record receives mixed report (Continued from page 1) by Yaro Bihun limits” on freedom of assembly, instances of restrictions on free- promoting stability and security in the Special to The Ukrainian Weekly dom of association and some limits on freedom of movement Caucasus and Central Asia. caused by the holdover Soviet system of registration, or Mr. Pascual joined the NSC in June WASHINGTON – Ukraine has received another mixed “propiska.” 1995 as director for Russian, Ukrainian report on its human rights record in the annual compilation On the positive side of the ledger, the State Department noted and Eurasian Affairs; he was responsible released by the U.S. State Department. that the government supported the return and resettlement of for coordinating economic policy affect- As in 1998, the 1999 human rights report, released on exiled Tatars in Crimea and “took steps to return to religious ing the countries of the former Soviet February 25, saw “limited progress” in some areas and “seri- groups properties expropriated during the Soviet era.” Union. ous problems” in others. The most notable of the problem Among some of the other problem areas in Ukraine, the Prior to joining the NSC, Mr. Pascual areas dealt with the October presidential election. State Department Human Rights Report cited “pervasive” was deputy assistant administrator for The report cited government interference in the election violence against women and children; discrimination against Europe and the new independent states at process and increased pressure on the media – especially the women; trafficking in women and girls – although the report the U.S. Agency for International national broadcast media – through tax inspections and other pointed out that the Parliament’s human rights ombudsman Development. He served with USAID in measures. And, while the print media reflected the full political has made this issue a priority. Sudan, South Africa and Mozambique. spectrum, “there were tendencies toward self-censorship,” the The report says that anti-Semitism persists in Ukraine Mr. Pascual received a B.A. from report said. “on an individual and societal basis,” but that the central Stanford University and a master’s Despite “some irregularities” during the election campaign government “generally discouraged it.” It noted that “anti- degree in public policy from the John F. and balloting, the report noted that “almost all observers agreed Semitic incidents continue to occur but, according to local Kennedy School of Government at that the election results reflected the will of the electorate,” as did Jewish organizations, have declined in number over recent Harvard. He was born in Havana, Cuba. the previous national elections in 1998 and 1994. years and were concentrated in western regions of the coun- The State Department’s annual human rights reports are com- try.” piled from information provided by U.S. embassies around the Among the items discussed in the report on the rights of world. The reports are mandated by congressional legislation. minorities is an entry on the use of the Russian language in Ukraine’s civilian authorities are seen as generally maintain- Ukraine – an issue that has become the subject of a heated ing “effective control” of the nation’s security forces, although exchange between Kyiv and Moscow in recent weeks. it was noted that instances of “institutional government corrup- The report states: “The Constitution provides for the ‘free tion” sometimes can lead to their improper use and human development, use and protection of the Russian language and rights abuses. other minority languages in Ukraine.’ The report again cited instances of killings of soldiers during “This compromise builds on a 1991 law on national minori- violent hazing incidents in the military and instances of regular ties, which played an instrumental role in preventing ethnic beatings of detainees and prisoners, and even torture, sometimes strife by allowing individual citizens to use their respective resulting in death, in Ukraine’s prisons, where the conditions national languages in conducting personal business and by “are harsh and life threatening.” allowing minority groups to establish their own schools. According to the report, Ukraine has been widely criticized “Nonetheless, some pro-Russian organizations in eastern for failing to curb institutional corruption and abuse; officials Ukraine complained about the increased use of Ukrainian in who commit abuses are rarely punished; and anti-corruption schools and in the media. They claim that their children are dis- legislation is enforced selectively and “mostly against govern- advantaged when taking academic entrance examinations, since ment opponents and low-level officials.” all applicants are required to take a Ukrainian language test.” The State Department notes that Ukraine’s criminal justice The full text of the Ukraine section of the Country Reports system is slow to reform “due to both lack of government effort on Human Rights Practices for 1999 can be found on the web- and strained economic resources,” and the state continues to site: http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/ intrude in citizens’ lives and privacy. The report found “some 1999_hrp_report/ukraine.html. Carlos Pascual 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2000 No. 10 The Hollywood Trident Group attracts Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization international interest and membership celebrates 50th anniversary in the U.S. LOS ANGELES – The Hollywood Ukrainian Film Institute at NEW YORK – Plast Ukrainian Scouting Trident Group went international as USC/University of California at Los Organization is celebrating it’s 50th year of members from Canada and Ukraine trav- Angeles and the organization of a existence in the United States with national eled to Los Angeles for the Trident Ukrainian Film Festival in Hollywood and local events, as well as the release of Group’s second meeting on February 2. and Kyiv. Andriy Semotiuk read from the merchandise tying in to this anniversary. Film star Hryhorii Hladii flew from Kyiv many letters and e-mails the Hollywood The celebration officially began in where he is finishing filming Oles Trident Group has received with offers of October 1999 at the Plast’s national “zyizd” Yanchuk’s film about Taras Shukhevych. support and great ideas. The audience (convention) and continues through 2000. Michael Sulyma, producer of the Kyiv was generally surprised to learn just how Many Plast branches have already held their Ballet and the National Opera’s tours of many prominent Ukrainians are in the local commemorative events. National North America, came from Canada as did entertainment business, including singer events are being planned by a committee Tele Ukraine producer Taras Hukalo and Michael Bolton, actor John Spencer, cur- that is headed by Halyna Kutko. community activist and fund-raiser Bill rently appearing on “West Wing,” The culmination of the national cele- Pidruchney. George Dzundza of “Law and Order” bration will be a jamboree, to be held in The 38 people attending included fame, actor Robert Ulrich, singer Chantel the Adirondack State Park in upstate New screen writer-directors Paul Bojack and Krevaziuk, actress Mila Kunis and many York on August 12-19. The jamboree Cover of Plast’s anniversary recording. James Makichuk, University of Southern others. committee, headed by George Sawicki, is California (USC) film professor Paul After dinner, Academy Award winner currently organizing the weeklong pro- that are popular with Plast members. This Wolansky, media advertising buyer Jack Palance, who has made well over gram, which will focus on scouting and CD also contains the official song honoring Nadia Pidhajecky and Internet webmas- 100 movies, stole the show with some camping in the wilderness – the basis of Plast’s 50th year anniversary: “First ter Misho Stawnychy. wonderfully warm and funny recollec- most of Plast’s work with youth. More Plastuny in America”, written and sung by The after-dinner discussion developed tions of Marilyn Monroe’s early experi- information about the Jamboree can be the IKA trio (Inya Shehade, Ksenia a strong consensus supporting the ences with famed acting coach Michael obtained through the official website: Salewych and Andrij Wowk). Sixteen songs Hollywood Trident Group’s goals. Many Chekov. http://www.plast.org/jamboree2000. in all are contained in this CD, performed speakers expressed their thanks for bring- The busy evening also introduced the All branches of Plast members – from by different singers. ing together individuals who share two Hollywood Trident Group’s board of the youngest to oldest scouts, as well as par- A videotape about Plast’s 50 years was traits: namely, an interest in Ukrainian directors and executive committee. Jack ents – will camp with their stanytsi during also produced and is available for purchase, matters and an involvement in the enter- Palance is the chairman emeritus of the this jamboree. The weeklong program will as well as a cookbook, titled “The Hungry tainment industry. board. Andriy Semotiuk is president. include hiking, canoeing, mountaineering, Scout,” which was edited and published by Mr. Hladiy paid special tribute to Other officers are: Peter Borisow, first trips to the nearby Adirondack Museum, the Chortopolokhy sorority. T-shirts and a genocide survivor and author Eugenia vice-president; Luba Keske, second vice- and many more Plast-themed events. commemorative badge were also produced. Dallas as both poignantly remembered president; Nestor Balaban, treasurer; Paul In conjuntion with Plast’s 50th year Merchandise can be ordered through the horrors of the Great Famine of 1932- Wolansky, secretary archivist; and Leon anniversary in the United States, several Marta Korduba, 8 Ward Witty Drive, 1933 which Mr. Hladiy indicated have Kaspersky, publicity rep. merchandise items have been produced, Montville, NJ 07045. Prices are: CD – $15; not yet been fully drawn to the attention The Hollywood Trident Group was with the intention to publicize the anniver- tape – $10; videotape – $15; cookbook – of the world stage. formed at a meeting in Los Angeles on sary, as well as to help raise funds. $10; long-sleeve shirt - $15; shortsleeve Among the many ideas offered that A CD (and tape) titled “Davnymy shirt – $10; badge – $5. Please include gained support are the creation of a (Continued on page 15) Slidamy u Nove Storicchia”, contains songs $2.50 for shipping and handling.

SUM to sponsor conference about the Internet by Michael M. Bycko our youth,” says Bihun. Attendees will be able to learn how to NEW YORK – There is a new place Appears May 7 in The Ukrainian Weekly design a webpage in Ukrainian as well as in where Ukrainians around the world gather – English, scan and work with photographs A Ukrainian Summer a place where a single word, vision, dream, on the computer, create graphics, type e- or idea, spans the entire planet in mere mail in Ukrainian, and more. There are moments. It is a place where Ukrainians can workshops and activities planned for those Go to summer camp... unite to one powerful voice that speaks to who have never touched a computer. the rest of the world. That place is called the The event has been tailored to meet the Relax at Soyuzivka... Internet – perhaps the most significant tech- needs of everyone from the computer nological development that will be seen in novice, to the technical professional who our lifetime. has a knowledge of the technology and Study bandura... The Ukrainian Youth Association (SUM) wants to take the understanding to its next also has embraced the Internet and devel- level. Different tracks at the conference will How will you enjoy your Ukrainian summer? oped an award-winning website for its be designed to address each of these groups. members. Since its inception in May 1999, Read our special section for tips on where to go, This is the first of such proposed confer- “CYMnet,” as the project is known, grows ences. Sumivtsi from as far away as what to bring and whom to see! with the support of its thousands of mem- Australia, Ukraine, Germany, and England Look for advertisements from travel experts bers. Now any “sumivets” (SUM member) are planning to attend. SUM members may can, via a computer, read about current contact their local branches for information on great destinations and nearby day trips! events within the organization from all over or check the website at www.cym.org. the world, or chat with a colleague. CYMnet’s origin dates back to October Through electronic photographs and videos, 10, 1996, when the SUM World Executive EDITORIAL & ADVERTISING DEADLINE: APRIL 17 they can see what other sumivtsi are doing UBMIT ARTICLES ON UPCOMING SUMMER CAMPS COURSES instructed the U.S. national executive board S , , around the world. Counselors can print to create a presence for all of SUM on the WORKSHOPS AND OTHER EVENTS (NOT MORE THAN 250 WORDS, teaching materials for their youth groups. Internet. In accordance with this mandate, a TYPED AND DOUBLE-SPACED) PLUS PHOTOS. The Ukrainian Youth Association is tak- group of SUM members from around the ing the next step by sponsoring the first TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A FREE ONE-LINE LISTING IN OUR SUMMER United States held a meeting on February World CYMnet Conference, on April 1-2, at EVENTS CALENDAR (INDICATE DATE, TYPE OF EVENT AND PLACE). 27, 1999, in Cleveland, and accepted the SUM resort in Ellenville, N.Y. This responsibility to develop both a worldwide Internet conference is open to members of SEND EDITORIAL COPY TO: SUM site and a site for SUM in the United SUM over age 13 with an interest in com- States. In a matter of weeks, the committee THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY puters and the Internet, or with a desire to grew to include SUM members from seven 2200 ROUTE 10, P.O. BOX 280, learn more about it. countries on four continents. Thus the PARSIPPANY, NJ 07054 “This conference represents a first for CYMnet Committee was formed. SUM – members from around the world OR E-MAIL IT TO: [email protected] Presently, the CYMnet Committee con- will meet to learn about and discuss mat- tinues to expand as National Executives of ters related to the Internet and technolo- OR DVERTISING ATES NFORMATION SUM in numerous countries name their rep- F A R & I : gy. They will take home with them new resentatives to the body, and other SUM CALL 973-292-9800 (EXT. 3040) ideas and possibilities that can change webmasters join in the effort. The evolving the way they think about and perform site at www.cym.org is the first product of their work in SUM,” said Andriy Bihun, the efforts of the CYMnet Committee. chairman of CYMnet. “At the same time, Online registration and detailed informa- the conference serves as a unique forum tion about the CYMnet conference may be for the exchange of ideas and knowledge found at http://www.cym.org/conference/. HE KRAINIAN EEKLY that can serve to strengthen the ability of T U W SUM’s leaders to address the needs of Andrij Bebko contributed to this article. No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2000 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM Zenon Bodnarskyj, leader in Buffalo community, dies Only growth in membership will guarantee the UNA’s future by John Riszko by Ulana Diachuk al Canadian provinces, for well trained UNA President organizers and branch secretaries who BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Ukrainian would actively be signing up new mem- community in the greater Buffalo area For many years the Ukrainian American bers. was dealt a great blow with the passing, and Ukrainian Canadian communities As we have announced recently in the on February 15, of one of its most ener- were the beneficiaries of extensive finan- press, the UNA has introduced new insur- getic and dedicated leaders, Zenon cial largess of the Ukrainian National ance plans with premiums that are 20 to 40 Bodnarskyj, who died at age 62 after a Association: support for two newspapers, percent lower in comparison to those in long illness. Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly, and effect before and with much higher age He was born in the Ternopil region of the children’s magazine Veselka; owner- limits. These new plans compare very Ukraine, and after the resettlement of ship of the year-round resort Soyuzivka; favorably with similar policies offered by Ukrainian refugees from Germany he publication of many books in Ukrainian many commercial insurance companies. moved with his family to Venezuela, and in English; scholarships for student This fact will be discussed in our future where he lived for seven years before members; and donations to numerous articles. The UNA is continuing to hold emigrating to Buffalo. Ukrainian organizations that extended into special courses for the branch secretaries, Mr. Bodnarskyj married Maria Chomen, many millions of dollars. In order to sus- officers of branches and persons interested and together they raised two children, tain the same level of support in the future, in organizing members for the UNA with Olena and Roman. The Bodnarskyjs were the UNA must increase its membership the intention of acquainting them with the consistently devoted in their active and cre- and the insurance premiums it derives new insurance products. from its insurance business. ative participation in Buffalos Ukrainian We expect that branch secretaries and The daily agenda of the members of the community. Their love for their Ukrainian organizers will contact present UNA Executive Committee includes concern for heritage earned them the respect of members, who hold small policies, and a steady growth in membership, for the Ukrainians and Americans alike. will offer their services to help them leadership of the 260 branches located in (Continued on page 16) Zenon Bodnarskyj many states of the United States and sever- (Continued on page 17)

ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC., FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999 ADMITTED GENERAL EXPENSES ASSETS: INSURANCE Accident Valuation Exhibit-December 31,1999 Life and Health Investment Fraternal Total Bonds $ 47,782,007 Rent $ 476,724 $ 476,724 Total admitted assets $ 66,368,413 Common stocks 4,097,439 Salaries and wages 592,704 8,590 85,899 171,798 858,991 Preferred stock 2,434,306 Insured benefit plans for employees 178,230 2,583 25,830 51,661 258,304 LIABILITIES AND UNASSIGNED FUNDS Mortage loans on real estate 8,463,711 Legal fees and expenses 63,372 63,372 Reserve for life certificate $ 50,748,000 Certificate loans and liens 606,274 Medical examination fees 11,345 11,345 Reserve for ADD certificate 25,612 Cash on hand and on deposit 1,725,034 Fees of public accountants and consulting actuaries 240,051 240,051 Claim & accrued liabilities 8,615,883 Electronic data processing equipment 66,476 Traveling expenses 3,554 3,554 7,108 Life insurance premiums uncollected 48,716 Advertising 8,603 8,603 17,206 Total liabilities $ 59,389,495 Accident and health premiums due 1,195 Postage, express, telegraph and telephone 43,551 43,551 87,102 Margin of safety to certificate holders 6,978,918 Investment income due and accrued 810,457 Printing and stationery 21,975 21,975 43,950 Receivable from subsidiaries and affiliates 332,798 Cost or depreciation of furniture and equipment 74,217 74,217 TOTAL $ 66,368,413 TOTAL ASSETS: $ 66,368,413 Rental of equipment 94,130 94,130 Books and periodicals 2,388 2,388 4,776 Bureau and association dues 5,568 5,568 Insurance, except on real estate 33,354 33,354 The ratio of admitted assets to total liabilities Collection and bank service charges 13,720 19,786 33,506 at December 31, 1999 was 111.8% LIABILITIES, SPECIAL RESERVES Sundry general expenses 32,316 32,316 AND UNASSIGNED FUNDS Field conferences other than local meetings 20,033 20,033 Official publication 312,908 312,908 The ratio of interest earned on all funds during Aggregate reserve for life certificates and contracts $ 50,748,000 Expense of Supreme Lodge Meetings 26,220 26,220 the year 1999 was 6.3% Aggregate reserve for accident and health certificates 25,612 Real estate expenses 1,245,752 474,126 1,719,878 Supplementary contracts without life contingencies 309,812 Investment expenses not included elsewhere 9,475 9,475 Certificate and contract claims-Life 1,017,088 Donation, Scholarships, Etc. 134,550 134,550 Refund accumulations 425,139 Professional fees 57,911 57,911 (Signed by) Premiums and annuity considerations received in advance 339,118 Youth Sports Activities 782 782 EDWARD F. COWMAN, FSA, MAAA Interest maintenance reserve 308,683 BRUCE AND BRUCE COMPANY Commissions to fieldworkers due or accrued 19,630 General Expense Incurred $ 1,948,144 11,173 1,386,742 1,277,717 $ 4,623,777 (Consulting Actuaries) General expenses due or accrued 122,095 Taxes, licenses and fees due or accrued 112,229 General expenses unpaid December 31, previous year 59,209 1,458 14,493 82,688 157,848 Unearned investment income 2,152 General expenses unpaid December 31, current year 65,931 211 22,794 33,159 122,096 ULANA M. DIACHUK Net adjustment in assets and liabilities due to foreign exchange rates 3,214,923 General expenses paid during year $ 1,941,422 12,419 1,378,441 1,327,246 $ 4,659,529 President Liability for benefits for employees and fieldworkers if not included above 2,799 Asset securities valuation reserve 838,187 TAXES, LICENSES AND FEES STEFAN KACZARAJ Reserve for unpresented checks 268,642 INSURANCE Treasurer Payable for securities 744,287 Accident and Orphan's fund liability 185,277 Life Health Investment Fraternal Total Printing plant expenses due and unpaid 8,397 State insurance department licenses and fees $ 220,985 220,985 Unexpired subscriptions to Official Publication 252,520 Other state taxes, including Deficit net worth of subsidiary 170,905 for employee benefits 18,011 261 2,610 5,221 26,103 Reserve for convention expenses 150,000 U.S. Social Security taxes 46,021 667 6,670 13,339 66,697 Fraternal benefit payable 124,000 All other taxes 1,380 2,958 4,338 Insure and be sure. TOTAL liabilities 59,389,495 Taxes, Licenses and Fees Incurred $ 286,398 928 12,238 18,560 $ 318,123 Unassigned funds 6,978,918 Taxes, licenses and fees unpaid December 31, previous year 81,392 -149 -298 -595 80,350 Taxes, licenses and fees unpaid December 31, current year 113,875 -321 -442 -883 112,229 Join the UNA! TOTAL $ 66,368,413 Taxes, licenses and fees paid during year $ 253,915 1,100 12,382 18,849 $ 286,244

SPRING DISTRICT SEMINARS OF UNA BRANCH SECRETARIES, ORGANIZERS AND ANYONE INTERESTED IN SALE OF LIFE INSURANCE SEMINAR WILL BE CONDUCTED BY MARTHA LYSKO, NATIONAL SECRETARY OF THE UNA DISTRICT CHAIRMAN DATE PLACE TIME Connecticut Ihor Hayda, (203) 531-2090 3/15/00 UNA Home Office, 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054 12:00 Allentown Anna Haras, (610) 867-4052 3/15/00 UNA Home Office, 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054 12:00 Wilkes-Barre Taras Butrej, (717) 759-9211 3/15/00 UNA Home Office, 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054 12:00 Shamokin Joseph Chabon, (570) 874-3084 3/15/00 UNA Home Office, 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054 12:00 Cleveland Taras Szmagala, (216) 241-6780 3/25/00 Pokrova Church, 6812 Broadview Rd., Parma, OH 44134 1:00 Detroit Alexander Serafyn, (248) 646-5882 3/26/00 Ukrainian Cultural Center, 26601 Ryan Rd., Room 10, Warren, MI 48091 12:00 Chicago Stefko Kuropas, (847) 923-7458 4/1/00 St. Volodymyr & Olha Cultural Center, 2247 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60622 1:00 Toronto Rev. Myron Stasiw, (416) 531-9945 4/2/00 Protection of The Mother of God, 18 Leeds St., Toronto, ON M6G-1N7 1:00 Albany Mykola Fil, (518) 785-7596 4/8/00 Soyuzivka, Kerhonkson, NY 1:00 Woonsocket Leon Hardink, (401) 658-1957 4/8/00 Soyuzivka, Kerhonkson, NY 1:00 Boston Larissa Dijak, (617) 344-7075 4/8/00 Soyuzivka, Kerhonkson, NY 1:00 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2000 No. 10

NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Beautiful Ukrainian Yurii Kostenko invited to speak Like clockwork, the Ukrainian language issue keeps popping up every few years. A little more than 10 years ago, the Parliament made Ukrainian the state language. This at international symposium in U.S. was 1989 and many of the Communists fought the move, claiming that, by proclaim- by Natalie Mason Gawdiak panel will be Richard Stewart, a law pro- fessor from New York University’s ing a state language other than Russian, Ukraine was regressing from “international- WASHINGTON – The Library of School of Law, and Antonio Azuela, ism.” (You remember that old equation: Russian equals internationalism equals good Congress and the New York University – Ukrainian equals nationalism equals bad.) Ukraine adopted a 10-year plan of incor- attorney general for environmental pro- School of Law will co-sponsor an inter- tection with the federal government of porating Ukrainian as the language of instruction in schools, using it in government. national symposium titled “Democracy There was outcry: some felt the plan too lethargic and slow, others that it was too vig- Mexico. and the Rule of Law in a Changing The commentator for the environmen- orous and fast. Then the issue died down. World Order” as a part of the library’s Fast forward to 1994 and the election of President Leonid Kuchma. During his tal panel is Sidney Draggan, senior sci- bicentennial series and NYU’s Global ence and science policy advisor of the campaign he promised to officially make Russian the second state language. Never- Law Faculty program. before-existing Russian language societies suddenly popped up with claims that U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, The event, which will take place first at and the moderator is Koichiro Fujikura, a Russian language speakers were being oppressed and eagerly endorsed his candidacy. the Library of Congress in Washington on Then Mr. Kuchma got elected, didn’t change a thing and the issue died down. professor from Tezukayama University, March 7-9 and then continue on March 10 faculty of law and policy, Nara, Japan, The issue blipped up again in 1996 during the debate about adopting the at NYU Law School in Manhattan, is free Constitution, then died down again. who is currently teaching at NYU Law and open to the public, with no registra- School. The latest turn of events stems from two actions: a ruling in December 1999 by tion or fees required. Ukrainian Ukraine’s Constitutional Court on the pre-eminence of Ukrainian as the state lan- In the abstract of his presentation, Verkhovna Rada member and Rukh leader “Natural Resources and Environment: guage in matters dealing with government and education; and a report issued in Yurii Kostenko will present a paper at the January by Ukraine’s Council on Language Policy that offers a detailed plan for Building Bridges for Humankind, symposium, whose participant list Repaying the Debts We Owe to Nature,” strengthening the use of the Ukrainian language. Unlike the previous times, there was- includes three U.S. Supreme Court jus- n’t all that much opposition or commentary from within Ukraine to these two actions. Dr. Kostenko notes in part that “the re- tices and other judges from abroad, pro- evaluation of values and a change in the Instead, the strongest reactions came from the Russian government. Russia’s Ministry fessors of law and political science, and of Foreign Affairs issued a statement of protest arguing that Ukraine’s position that orientation of global society in its rela- other experts from around the world, tionship to nature, brought about by the Ukrainian be the state language of Ukraine is a violation of human rights. including Nedezhda Mihailova, foreign A violation of human rights ... Yawsa. This coming from a government that recent- cataclysms in the environment and its minister of Bulgaria, and Alexander N. components, have been accompanied by ly, under the pretense of “eliminating bandits and terrorists,” destroyed Chechnya. Domrin, senior research fellow from the But political cynicism and double standards aside, we must say, we are still quite the formation of new systems of eco-law Institute of Legislation and Comparative and eco-policy. The reference here is to stunned by Russia’s fear of and hatred for the Ukrainian language. For 150 years there Law in Moscow. has been this ongoing effort to denigrate, destroy, disrespect, disparage Ukrainian. the vector of Rio – Agenda – 21 and In all, 21 nations will be represented at ‘Environment for Europe’ processes, to Modern Russocentrics claim that Ukrainian is not a technically sophisticated language the symposium. The purpose of the con- (that’s funny, for some reason the U.S. Department of Defense has translators who systems of global and regional eco-con- ference is to examine how democracy ventions and international institutions, know how to say “nuclear-fueled rocket” and “short-range missile launcher” in and the rule of law have progressed Ukrainian). Others claim that the desire to speak Ukrainian is a nationalist dream of and to the growth of citizens’ awareness throughout the world and to analyze the and willingness of governments to take vengeance (no, not true, a nationalist’s dream of vengeance is that all the children of successes, failures and future challenges the Ukrainians Stalin deported to Siberia stage a coup and take over the pipelines). into account new realities that depend on facing lawmakers in attempting to their understanding of the exhaustibility Still others claim that you don’t need Ukrainian, you can have a state without it (of address common societal problems course you can, just like there was a Ukrainian Communist state, but who wants it?). and fragility of natural resources and liv- around the globe. ing nature.” Enough already! It’s not just about power politics. Nobody states the obvious: Because of his background in dealing Ukrainians miss Ukrainian. Even after all these years. They like it. It’s a beautiful lan- He argues that “the cardinal problem with the consequences of the Chornobyl and most controversial element here is guage. It’s their touchstone with their heritage, it’s their internal home. It’s simply disaster as minister of environmental theirs. It’s true, many people in Ukraine do not know, miss or like it – but for those the ability of rich societies to balance the protection, Dr. Kostenko was invited to level of their profits and lifestyles in rela- who do, it’s time for the language to come home for good – time for the Ukrainian present a paper for the environmental language to heal and to be healed. tion to the possibilities of the ecosystems panel, which will take place on of their countries and regions on the one Wednesday, March 8, from 2 p.m. to 4:30 hand, and on the other hand, the ability p.m. in the Coolidge Auditorium of the of poor nations not to take a leaf from the March Library of Congress Jefferson Building. book of previous practices in which Turning the pages back... The panel, one of seven on various top- nature was used to exhaustion, but to ics, concerns “Natural Resources and the search for sustainable development.” Environment: Individual versus So that the public can familiarize itself 5 Community Interests.” Each panel con- with the issues in advance, the Library of sists of three paper presenters; the two Congress has posted all the abstracts of 1950 March 5 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Brig. other presenters on the environmental the presenters’ papers, as well as the Gen. Roman Shukhevych, supreme commander of the symposium schedule and participants’ Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), who died in the town of Natalie Mason Gawdiak is a research biographies and photographs on the Bilohorscha, outside of Lviv, during combat with special and information analyst with the Law library’s bicentennial website located at: forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) of Soviet Ukraine. Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/today/. Following is an excerpt from the news report of Shukhevych’s death that was pub- lished on the front page of The Ukrainian Weekly on October 30, 1950, months after his demise, when the information became known abroad. that respondents choose to use during public opinion surveys. According to one * * * The Russian language... (Continued from page 2) source, Russian is the language of con- Gen. Taras Chuprynka [the story rendered the last name as Tschuprynka], com- it could a language that they are not able venience for about 55 percent of the mander of the Ukrainian Underground Army fighting Red oppression in Ukraine was population; another source gives the killed in battle by the Russians. to converse in freely but to which they feel emotionally tied. In short, the lower figure of 43 percent. In any case, Taras Chuprynka was the revolutionary pseudonym for Roman Shukhevych, born these data are significantly out of line in 1907 in Ukraine. Long a brilliant leader and fighter against the foes of Ukraine, he “native language” may not be the best indicator of the language situation in with what is happening in Ukraine’s won his greatest glory as commander of the famed UPA. schools and universities. The question of As reported by the major press services of the world, Gen. Chuprynka-Shukhevych Ukraine. Another way of looking at language whether the language of convenience is was slain in combat when the Russians attacked the village of Bilohorscha. At the in fact the most objective criterion for time the general’s headquarters were located there. affiliation is to determine its use in the family setting. The polls mentioned determining the language situation is Gen. Chuprynka-Shukhevych was elected commander of the Ukrainian another matter. Underground Army during the second half of 1943. He was also instrumental in aid- above reveal that in Ukraine between 32.4 percent and 34.5 percent converse But there is something strange in all of ing to form the Ukrainian National Council a short time later. Born the son of a this. In a recent article in a Moscow prominent Lviv attorney, Gen. Chuprynka-Shukhevych suffered far more than it exclusively in Russian; another 26.8 per- cent (1997) to 34.5 percent (1995) use newspaper, the president of the Kyiv- would seem humanly possible under the Reds. based Foundation for the Support of His entire family was murdered or deported by the Communists. His two children either Russian or Ukrainian depending Russian Culture in Ukraine reported that were sent into special Soviet youth camps, where they were supposed to be raised for upon circumstances. Interestingly, these between 1994 and 1999 the proportion of the glory of the state. figures are largely in line with the data Ukrainians who chose Russian as their News received from the underground front in Ukraine tells of redoubled efforts on the for “native language.” (Maybe this last language of “convenience” increased part of the UPA to avenge the death of its foremost leader. Despite the renewed purges category is not such an unreliable indica- and attacks by the Communists, the underground movement is continuing to grow. A tor after all.) from 43.5 percent to 50.9 percent. The general has fallen, but the cause has risen still higher in the minds of all free Ukrainians. There is, however, a third way of question that arises is: If the Russian lan- Col. Wasyl Kowal, long a close friend and organizer of the UPA, was chosen as the gauging language affiliation, which guage in Ukraine is under threat, being commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Underground Army following the news of some analysts, both in Ukraine and in “forcibly restricted,” declining in pres- Chuprynka’s death. the West, claim is the most objective. tige, losing its viability, and the like, why This is the language of “preference” or are increasingly more people in (Continued on page 8) “convenience,” which is the language Ukrainian finding it “convenient”? No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2000 7 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places get his son while Castro holds “hostage” A shameful letter the rest of the “family.” What “values”! by Myron B. Kuropas Elian’s father, unlike any normal and a distortion father, refuses to come and get his son. Dear Editor: Again, duh ... this makes sense if you understand Communist tyranny. If Mr. The letter by Michael Step (February Step and the other Castro apologists were 13) is shameful, disgraceful and a gross sincere they would insist that the father Blinded by ideological hubris distortion! The U.S. State Department with his entire family come to Florida One of the benefits of being on the left gregation, his title is “reverend.” Mr. issued its recent annual human rights and decide whether to stay or return. politically is that one need never apologize Jackson is a man of the left who has report which describes Castro’s Cuba as It is disgusting that Mr. Step would for blunders. As long as one is ideologically marched against Western civilization stud- a vicious police state that routinely abus- use “U.S. public opinion” as a reason to pure of heart, as long as one “cares,” “feels ies at American universities and zero toler- es the rights of children. It is not uncom- send back Elian and take a cheap swipe your pain” and has the “best of intentions,” ance in American high schools, and in sup- mon for Communist Party leaders and at Dr. Kuropas. “U.S. public opinion” is there is no need to repent for promulgating port of busing, abortion and affirmative Cuban government officials to conscript easily molded and swayed by the mass ideas whose consequences lead to catastro- action. Today, another African American, Alan Keyes, is running for president. He grade school and high school students to media. Yes the same media [not only phe and human misery. holds a Ph.D. from Harvard, is steeped in rally in front of the homes of “dissidents” CBS] that considers non-Communist There is a kind of solipsistic hubris that American history and Western culture, and shout obscenities, damage property Ukraine to be “ugly” and its freedom to dominates the scale of those anxious to remake the world in their own image at opposes affirmative action, abortion and and even physically attack families. have an “ugly face.” your and my expense. Thomas Sowell calls busing. Currently a talk-show host, Dr. This should all sound familiar to any- It is relatively easy for the “media” to such miscreates the “anointed.” They have Keyes is an author and a former ambassa- one of Ukrainian heritage – duh ... wake whip up anti-Ukrainian hysteria, as it did a “vision” and believe it is their duty to dor. The press barely acknowledges his up Mr. Step! during the time of the FDR-era with The make the rest of us, the “benighted,” “more presence. Dr. Keyes is a man of the right Elian’s father is not afraid of Clinton; New York Times best seller “Sabotage!” aware of their ideals. They want to “help us and like other blacks with conservative he’s afraid of Castro! We know from – a book whose authors accused the Elian’s lawyer, Spencer Eig, who grow,” to “raise our consciousness.” views – Clarence Thomas, Shelby Steele, Ukrainian National Association of oper- One challenges the anointed at one’s Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams – they appeared on CNN’s “Crossfire,” that ating torture and execution cambers in its Elian’s father repeatedly and frantically own peril. “Disagree with someone on the are consistently portrayed as “Uncle Toms.” basement. right, and he is likely to think you obtuse, When Vice-President Dan Quayle mis- made long-distance calls to Florida rela- The mass media is the last thing we tives to see if his son and ex-wife made it wrong, foolish, a dope,” writes Joseph spelled potato, the press wouldn’t let him should consider when making a moral Epstein. “Disagree with someone on the forget it. When Vice-President Al Gore mis- safely. When they didn’t and it became choice. world news and Castro found out – then, left, and he as likely to think you selfish, a represents his family background by saying suddenly, the Cuban dictator discovered Jaroslaw B. Sawka sell-out, insensitive, possibly evil,” almost that his father lost his Senate seat because “family values” and ordered the dad to Sterling Heights, Mich. certainly an “extremist.” he voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 – During the 1930s and 1940s Ukrainian when his dad actually voted against it – the Americans were vilified for portraying press gives Mr. Gore a pass. When Mr. the artist’s talent. The building is arguably Stalin as a tyrant and mass murderer whose Gore suggests that he invented the Internet, Thanks for article the most fascinating modern structure in goal was world domination. We were that his romancing of Tipper inspired the all of Poltava, if not the entire Poltava “deluded, misguided nationalists” at best, novel “Love Story,” that he was against about Krychevsky Oblast. “Nazis” at worse. We were spoilers who tobacco interests when he and his father Dear Editor: I urge anyone and everyone who is even were disrupting the Soviet-American love- voted for tobacco subsidies, and that he was near the city of New York and in the vicin- in. Joseph Davies, President Franklin D. always pro-choice when he wasn’t, this too Thank you very much for the very inter- ity of The Ukrainian Museum, to visit the Roosevelt’s ambassador in Moscow, once is largely ignored. Message? Misspelling is esting and informative article by Marta museum, experience the remarkable lega- described Stalin as a “democrat.” A host of wrong, dissembling is not. Baczynsky on the multi-faceted and illus- cy of Vasyl Krychevsky and pay tribute to academics such as Harold Laski and Sir Patrick Buchanan supported John trious contributions of the esteemed and this phenomenal genius. Bernard Pares in Great Britain, French Demjanjuk and was called an anti-Semite. prodigious artist/scholar Vasyl Krychevsky Perhaps The Ukrainian Museum should intellectuals such as Jean-Paul Sartre, and, Mr. Demjanjuk was exonerated, but Pat (November 21, 1999). consider sponsoring someday a retrospec- more recently, Prof. Jerry Hough of Duke received no apology. Fidel Castro destroyed In 1992 I had the opportunity to visit tive exhibition of all the artistic members University willfully overlooked the gulag Cuba’s economy, shot thousands and estab- the city of Poltava and observe both the of the Krychevsky family, including Vasyl, and other Soviet horrors because Soviet lished a totalitarian Communist regime. exterior and interior of the truly magnifi- Fedir, Mykola and Kateryna Krychevsky- actions were “understandable.” “You can’t General Pinochet saved Chile from a cent Poltava Zemstvo Building. Prior to Rosandich. Such a tribute would be a great make an omelet,” The New York Times’ Communist dictatorship and pushed his the visit, my knowledge of Krychevesky’s gesture towards the glorious legacy of one Moscow correspondent Walter Duranty nation towards unparalleled prosperity. artistic, architectural and scholarly legacy of the greatest artistic families in modern once said, “without breaking a few eggs.” Fidel Catro visits Spain and receives a royal was superficial, at best. After observing Ukrainian history. While denying Ukraine’s famine in print, welcome. Spain indicts General Pinochet this most extraordinary building, I became Mr. Duranty was secretly informing the for war crimes and demands his extradition forever spellbound by its indescribable Illya Matthew Labunka British foreign office that some 10 million from England. If the general is to stand magnificence and completely floored by Kyiv would die of hunger. trial, it should be in Chile not Spain. Soviet behavior, the anointed told us, Nazism is dead and buried, and yet hard- was a response to Western hostility. To ly a week passes without a book, an article, Selezinka to lead seventh mission demonstrate our good will, we were urged a monograph, a film or a History Channel to disarm unilaterally or at least not to presentation on Hitler and the crimes of behave in a “bellicose” manner. Throughout Nazi Germany. of eye specialists to Ukraine most of the Cold War every American Communism, meanwhile, is alive and administration but one was careful not to well in North Korea, China and Cuba, and SAN DIEGO – For the seventh time skills to other Ukrainian doctors. To “offend” the Soviets, especially the “hard- yet there is scarcely a mention of the crimes since 1992, Dr. William Selezinka will this end, the team requires special liners” in the Kremlin. of Lenin, Stalin, Mao Tse Tung, Pol Pot or be leading a team of eye specialists to apparatus, such as a visual field ana- The notion of an amoral, anointed class Lazar Kaganovich. They’re dead and no the city eye clinic in Ivano-Frankivsk, lyzer and special intraocular pressure is not new. Fredrich Nietzche’s concept of a longer news, we are told. The liquidation of Ukraine, to continue surgical interven- measuring devices. A sum of $30,000 superman, a person who was above the 6 million Jews is widely accepted as a tion in numerous cases of congenital is needed to acquire the equipment. In morality of the lumpenproletariat, the herd, genocide. The annihilation of 7 million cataracts and strabismus, as well as this way, the team hopes to prevent or was popular among some 19th century Ukrainians is not. The Nazis were responsi- treatment of glaucoma to restore decrease the incidence of patients intellectuals as an antidote to Victorian ble for 25 million deaths. Communists vision. going blind. morals. In her book “One Nation, Two killed four times as many people but remain Last year, 111 surgeries were done. This is only our second national Cultures,” Gertrude Himmelfarb quotes merely a blip in America’s memory bank. Congenital cataracts must be treated appeal. Last year’s funds were spent Adam Smith’s description of the “people of Although the Soviet empire has col- as early as a few months of age if the entirely on the diode laser, instruments fashion” whose are prone to “vices of levity lapsed, the anointed of the left will remain, eye is to develop useful vision. and medical supplies. – luxury, wanton and even disorderly mirth, fiercely unrepentant, enjoying their days on Strabismus should be treated early, To support the “Ukrainian Eye the pursuit of intemperance, the breach of university campuses, in the media and in preferrably before age 5 or 6 (depend- Project” readers may send funds to: the two sexes ...” Among people of fashion Hollywood, far “above” the hopelessly wit- ing on when it appears) to prevent California Association to Aid Ukraine vices are treated indulgently, while the com- less, huddled masses. The “people of fash- amblyopia (“lazy eye”). (CAAU), 5325 Teasdale Ave., North mon people (that’s us) view them with “the ion” will continue to ridicule the religious This year, in June-July the special- Hollywood, CA 91607; or directly to: utmost abhorrence and detestation.” right while worshipping at the altar of Karl ists will also be offering a special glau- Dr. William Selezinka, 12176 Sand The anointed are notorious for maintain- Marx; profanity and pornography will be coma course with hands-on practice Trap Row, San Diego, CA 92128. ing a double standard, one for themselves depicted as free speech; perversion will be for several Ukrainian physicians with Donations are fully tax-deductible and another of the benighted. Consider, for characterized as an alternative lifestyle. the hope that they will transfer their under CAAU’s IRS No. 95-4352938. example, the way the media treats African- Yesterday’s abominations, it seems, have Americans of the left compared to African- become today’s celebrations. Excuse me if I Americans of the right. When Jesse Jackson skip the party! To subscribe: Send $50 ($40 if you are a member of the UNA) to The Ukrainian Weekly, ran for president, he was lionized as a Subscription Department, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 “black Moses.” Although he holds no semi- Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: nary diploma, and heads no religious con- [email protected] 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2000 No. 10

NATO-Ukraine... (Continued from page 1) quantity to quality in our cooperation,” said Mr. Tarasyuk. The relationship that has developed between NATO and Ukraine places a strong accent on four specific areas: emer- gency situations, economic security, mili- tary reform, and science and technology. Most progress has taken place in estab- lishing joint operations in emergency situa- tions and in joint peacekeeping operations. In the military sphere, Ukraine has made extensive contributions to NATO peace- keeping initiatives in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo. Currently some 300 Ukrainian soldiers remain stationed in and around Kosovo’s capital city, Pristina. Ukraine also is a key member of the NATO-sponsored Partnership for Peace program, in which former Warsaw Pact countries coordinate training maneuvers and bring military specifications into align- ment with those of NATO countries. The country holds annual military maneuvers AP with fellow partnership countries and The working session of the NATO-Ukraine Commission in Kyiv, which was attended by NATO ambassadors from 19 NATO. member-states. NATO has also established extensive relations with Ukraine in emergency and 300,000 soldiers, currently has but 35,000 must be dealt with quickly as possible. You disaster relief operations. As Mr. Robertson volunteers under contract. can’t avoid the pain,” said Mr. Robertson. explained, it is little known that NATO con- He said a new NATO Liaison Office However, he gave no hint that any Patriarch Dymytrii... tributed forces and equipment to help alle- would soon open in Kyiv which would NATO member-countries were ready to (Continued from page 1) allow for closer counseling on defense sign contracts with Ukraine for the pur- viate the effects of the devastating floods in Metropolitan Constantine, the leader of the reforms. chase of military equipment, providing the Zakarpattia region of Ukraine in the fall UOC-U.S.A. and the primate of the UAOC money that might help the Ukrainian econ- of 1998. He also thanked Ukraine for the The NATO secretary general also noted in the Diaspora. In his last will and testa- relief workers that Ukraine sent to Turkey that cooperation must increase in what he omy. He explained that military procure- ment, Patriarch Dymytrii had asked that the and Greece last year after two earthquakes termed “soft security,” which he explained ment is strictly a matter for individual Church submit to the leadership of shook those countries. as the areas of science and technology, eco- member-countries and not a function of Metropolitan Constantine. While generally applauding the level of nomic stabilization and disaster relief. NATO. “After [my death], I ask that you serve relations and the positive results that the NATO has slowly increased its support Although Ukraine is firmly tied to His Excellency Metropolitan Constantine, special partnership has achieved, both sides, for research development in Ukraine. For NATO via the many military and civilian the leader of the UAOC in the Diaspora and but particularly Mr. Tarasyuk, acknowl- the last two years about 200 Ukrainian sci- programs now well established and diplo- the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the edged that further steps are needed in the entists have been involved in NATO science matic contacts at the highest levels, and U.S.A. and the successor to His Holiness reform of Ukraine’s military. programs, with an additional 190 scientists while both sides have expressed their desire Patriarch Mstyslav, as the leader of our All- Ukraine’s foreign affairs minister noted receiving some sort of financial support and intention to keep expanding relations, Ukrainian Church,” stated Patriarch that the commission meeting, which from 70 grants that have been extended to no one here was ready to say that Ukraine Dymytrii in his testament. focused on defense reform, had decided Ukraine for scientific research in the mili- soon may become a full-fledged NATO The UAOC will elect its new leader at a that the joint working committee on reform tary sphere. member. sobor scheduled for June 21-22. of the military was moving too slowly, but Other topics on the agenda were The NATO secretary general said the President Leonid Kuchma did not attend that efforts would be made to speed up the Ukraine’s new impetus in economic reform issue of membership is for Ukraine to the funeral services, but sent his advisor process. and the problems associated with an econo- decide. “Ukraine’s membership in NATO is Fedir Burchak as his representative. The Mr. Robertson added that Ukraine’s my in transition. Mr. Robertson urged the not on the agenda,” explained Mr. president issued a statement on February 25 major task in military reform is to move Ukrainian government to move rapidly to Robertson. “That is a decision that will be offering his condolences. from a conscripted to a voluntary army. complete the economic restructuring of the taken by Ukrainians in due course while “Ukraine has lost a prominent religious Ukraine, with a standing army of some country. “We have learned that the pain considering various factors.” figure who left a remarkable mark on its history. After having lived a difficult life, he became one of the leaders of Ukraine’s Turning the pages... spiritual revival,” read the statement. Rada abolishes... Other officials present at the funeral (Continued from page 1) (Continued from page 6) service included Viktor Bondarenko, chair- Ukrainian Parliament to abolish the Requiem masses and various other manifestations of sorrow are being celebrated in man of the State Committee on Religious death penalty. honor of the late general throughout the entire free world. A man who has fought and Affairs, who represented Prime Minister “Ukraine has taken the monumental died for freedom will never die in vain. The world will one day come to realize the Viktor Yuschenko; the chairman of the Lviv step of joining the vast majority of its greatness of such men as Gen. Taras Chuprynka and perhaps be grateful. Oblast Administration, Stepan Senchuk; European neighbors who have already and National Deputy Slava Stetsko. Also on removed this cruel, inhuman and degrad- * * * hand were representatives of the Ukrainian ing punishment from their statute books. This year, to mark the 50th anniversary of his death, Ukrainian communities Greek-Catholic Church, the Ukrainian This signals an important new commit- around the world are marking the 50th anniversary of Roman Shukhevych’s death Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate and ment to protect fundamental human with appropriate programs and memorial gatherings. The Ukrainian World Congress the Vatican. rights in the country,” an Amnesty issued a statement calling Shukhevych “a rare genius in modern insurgent warfare, ... The Ukrainian Orthodox Church – International statement released on one who opposed both the Hitlerite-German and Bolshevik-Russian occupations,” and Moscow Patriarchate and the Ukrainian February 22 noted. urging Ukrainians to honor the memory of this “great son of the Ukrainian nation.” Lutheran Church sent official condolences. “The speed with which the Ukrainian Parliament has removed the death penal- Source: “Famed UPA general killed by Reds; Ukrainians mourn death of General ty from its penal code has been both Chuprynka,” The Ukrainian Weekly, October 30, 1950; “Ukrainian community to unexpected and very impressive,” the mark 50th anniversary of the heroic death of Roman Shukhevych,” The Ukrainian Bishop Losten... organization said. Weekly, February 20, 2000 (Vol. LXVIII, No 8). (Continued from page 3) Ukraine had made the commitment to patriarch chose the forum of the Polish abolish the death penalty in November Parliament to make these types of state- 1995 upon entry into the Council of The Weekly’s collection of materials about the Famine ments in general about Catholic Churches Europe. The government of Ukraine also The Ukrainian Weekly’s official website contains the largest collection of materials of the Byzantine tradition, and about our committed itself to sign and ratify the on the Internet dedicated to the Great Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine. Ukrainian Catholic Church in particular. European Convention within three years Located at www.ukrweekly.com, the special section includes a chronology of the But these types of statements are a setback of its accession to the Council of Europe. and continue to strain ecumenical relations Neither of these commitments were ful- Famine years, eyewitness accounts, editorials, media reports, stories about observanc- between Orthodox and Catholics. filled by the Council of Europe’s dead- es of the Famine’s 50th anniversary in 1983, scholarly articles, interviews with jour- For Eastern Catholics, this is a particu- line of November 1998 or its extended nalists who reported on the Famine, transcripts of testimony on the Famine commis- larly bitter situation since our Byzantine deadline of June 1999. sion bill ultimately passed by the U.S. Congress, texts of statements before the U.S. liturgical tradition descends from St. John In June 1999 the Parliamentary Chrysostom, whose successor is the ecu- Assembly of the Council of Europe Commission on the Ukraine Famine, references and other documentation, as well as the full text of The Ukrainian Weekly’s special issue on the Great Famine published menical patriarch. In turn, it cannot be decided to extend this deadline until its right to ask us to repudiate our ecclesiasti- next session in January 2000. on March 20, 1983. The section is completely searchable. cal and Eucharistic communion with our universal hierarch, the bishop of Rome. No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2000 9

OBITUARY: Patriarch Dymytrii of Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church by Roman Woronowycz Volodymyr Yarema was born in 1915 in The UAOC, established in 1920, had Kyiv Press Bureau a village in what is today the Krasnienske been obliterated by Soviet authorities by Voievodstvo of western Poland. He was not the 1930s, but it remained alive in the KYIV – Volodymyr Yarema, the sec- born into an Orthodox family. His family United States and Canada. In 1989, with ond patriarch of Kyiv and All of Ukraine raised him in the Greek-Catholic faith, and the policy of glasnost in full bloom, the of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox he studied in a Greek-Catholic seminary Rev. Yarema took the daring step of Church (UAOC), will forever be known before being conscripted into the Red addressing Kyiv Metropolitan Filaret as the person who had to fill the unfillable Army during World War II. After the war Denysenko of the ROC with a call for the shoes of the irreplaceable Patriarch he returned to his native Halychyna only to establishment of a Ukrainian Mstyslav. He will also go down in history, watch the Soviet regime ban the Greek- Patriarchate. Knowing that the UAOC however, as the first priest of the Kyiv Catholic Church and destroy its leadership. was attempting to regain a toehold in Metropolia of the Russian Orthodox Bent on becoming a man of the cloth, he Ukraine, Protoihumen Yarema, along Church to move to the newly re-estab- opted to join the Russian Orthodox Church with his colleague Ivan Pahula, then did lished Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox (ROC), the only Church still allowed to the heretofore unspeakable: they Church, which precipitated the spiritual exist in the Soviet Union, and was ordained announced their parish would leave the move away from Moscow and the revital- a priest in 1947. For more than 40 years he Kyiv Metropolia of the ROC and join the ization of the idea of a Ukrainian Church served quietly as a parish priest. He was UAOC. in the last days of the Soviet Union. never blacklisted or persecuted and did not By 1990, with the Soviet Union falling He was a renaissance man who had spend time in the notorious Soviet concen- apart, the Rev. Yarema initiated and was a studied art and music in his younger years, tration camps, although he held very strong participant in the first All-Ukrainian Sobor a leader with a developed political con- opinions on communism and what the sys- of the UAOC, held in Kyiv in 1990, scious who was a member of the tem was doing to the Ukrainian nation. A which elected Metropolitan Mstyslav as Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists in striking feature of his career is that he never the first patriarch of Ukraine. the 1930s. But he was also a simple and attained a higher title and was shifted often An effort by leaders of the newly Patriarch Dymytrii in 1993. humble man of gentle voice and solemn from parish to parish, an indication that formed Ukrainian Orthodox Church–Kyiv determination fond of quoting Taras ROC leaders did not trust the little man hands of Archbishop Ihor of the Kharkiv- Patriarchate – organized by Filaret, now Poltava Eparchy, decided that the future of Shevchenko and sharing with listeners with the gentle voice. the head of that Church – to absorb the the Church would be strengthened if it stories of his friendship with Patriarch In 1989, as it became obvious that the UAOC in 1992, during which several would turn once again to the Ukrainian Mstyslav and his encounters with Greek- Soviet empire could not be sustained and UAOC bishops defected to the UOC-KP, diaspora, which had maintained the Catholic Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky being given an opportunity to show his was barely repelled. The Church suffered UAOC during nearly 70 years of while in seminary school. But, above all, allegiance to a Ukrainian Church, he another devastating blow when Patriarch Communist rule in Ukraine. he was a religious man, who dedicated his quickly threw his lot in with Patriarch Mstyslav died in 1993. He decided to seek closer relations with life, albeit later than most, to serving God. Mstyslav and the UAOC. Within a month the Rev. Yarema, who the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the had spent most of his years as a simple U.S.A., which had recently come under the priest in the service of Jesus Christ, was omophorion of Ecumenical Patriarch elevated to bishop and then patriarch of Bartholomew, hoping the move might the UAOC. As a priest in the UAOC, eventually lead to recognition of the which he had helped to bring back to life, UAOC as a canonical Church by he did not seek authority or a title. Nor Constantinople. In December 1998 he vis- had he sought the helm of the UAOC, but ited the United States and after discussions when drafted he agreed to lead. with the UOC-U.S.A. signed an agreement The era of Patriarch Dymytrii, howev- to strengthen frayed ties and to work for a er, saw a further decline in the Church’s united Ukrainian Orthodox Church. fortunes. In 1997 the UOC-KP again The decision Patriarch Dymytrii made ventured into UAOC territory, drawing in his last will and testament to request more bishops and parishes away amid that the UAOC hierarchy agree to allow charges that the patriarch and some of his Metropolitan Constantine to lead it – closest bishops had mishandled Church which, if carried out, will effectively money and had purposely bankrupted the unite the two Churches – was a tactical Christian Bank, the Church’s financial move to save the UAOC from further institution. Weeks after the allegations, incursions from the larger UOC-KP and the renegade UAOC bishop who had lev- the ever-threatening UOC – Moscow eled the accusations and organized the Patriarchate. revolt within the Church fled to the In doing so, Patriarch Dymytrii again UOC-KP. Soon afterwards it was discov- showed that this simple and humble man ered that the leading renegade was an could do the unexpected and take the ini- original member of Patriarch Filaret’s tiative, as he had when he had called for a UOC-KP. Ukrainian Patriarchate, when he brought Roman Woronowycz In late 1998 the aging Patriarch his parish over to the UAOC, and when he Archbishop Ihor (left) and Metropolitan Mefodii act as pallbearers during the Dymytrii, his health failing and the day- called for the First All Ukrainian Sobor in funeral procession as it circles Ss. Peter and Paul Church. to-day administration of the Church in the 1990.

Archbishop Vsevolod of the UOC-U.S.A. Faithful and mourners gathered outside the church listen to the service. delivers the eulogy. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2000 No. 10 Taras Shevchenko and Ichkeria, present-day Chechnya by Bohdan Klid chose “Kavkaz” in English translation as one of the three poems by Shevchenko that Who among us has not heard the follow- would be read and discussed in class. In ing lines recited at a concert honoring Taras preparation for the lecture I also read a Shevchenko? short work by Ivan Dzyuba, “Zastukaly Serdeshnu Voliu ...” (Wretched freedom “Boritesia – poborete, cornered ...), first published as two articles Vam Boh pomahaie! in the journal Suchasnist in 1995, and an Za vas pravda, za vas syla article, “Temne Tsarstvo” (The Dark I volia sviataia!” Kingdom), by Ivan Franko, first published Struggle, and ye shall overcome the foe, in 1881. For God shall succor you in battle’s throe. The Russian invasion of Chechnya last His strength is on your side, fall, which marked the beginning of the lat- and freedom stands est Russo-Chechen war, caused me to turn With justice on the threshold to “Kavkaz” once again. This time, after of your lands! reading the poem, what struck me was Shevchenko’s intuitive understanding of When I first heard these words recited as the principle of the equality of “small” peo- a boy, I thought Shevchenko had written ples with larger, more powerful nations, about Ukrainians, and our struggle for free- and their right to govern themselves. dom from Russian domination. In an indi- I also felt great sorrow for the Chechens, rect way he did. However, as I later whose just struggle was largely unknown learned, the lines are from the poem then, and who today have been largely “Kavkaz” (The Caucasus), which abandoned by the world community to a horrible ordeal in their fight for independ- Bohdan Klid Shevchenko wrote in support of the ence. I also felt great admiration for their Caucasian peoples in their ongoing fight Prometheus as depicted on the monument to Taras Shevchenko in Washington. bravery, both for having fought the Russian against Russian subjugation in the first half According to the monument’s sculptor, Leo Mol: Shevchenko’s famous poem “The invaders in the 19th century for 50 years, of the 19th century. Caucasus” (which appears on the next page) is “interlinked with the mythical and for facing, against seemingly insur- Prometheus.” When I first read the entire poem as a mountable odds, the same foe twice at end young adult, it struck me as a very power- of the old and beginning of the new mille- Shevchenko flung all his fiery invective, However, the Greeks were Christians, ful piece, but it was not until some time nium. irony and searing sarcasm against the who were fighting Moslem Turks; more- during the first Russo-Chechen war of Shevchenko wrote “Kavkaz” in 1845 Russian imperial machine, the real execu- over, the Greeks were seen as a people with 1994-1996, when I reread it, that the upon learning of the death of his close tioner of his friend and destroyer of the a long history who had bequeathed classi- poem’s universal validity, timeliness and friend Yakiv de Balman, a nobleman who freedom of the peoples of the Caucasus. cal civilization to the world. In comparison, timelessness struck me. died fighting in the ranks of the Russian According to Mr. Dzyuba, Shevchenko’s who were the Chechens and other Last year, when preparing a lecture on army “pacifying” the peoples of the defense of the “small,” “uncivilized,” “less- Caucasian peoples? They were seen as 19th-century Ukrainian literature for a Caucasus. It is for this reason that er” and “non-historical” nations was a phe- “wild,” “uncivilized” tribes who had no course on Ukrainian history and culture, I Shevchenko lamented toward the end of nomenon not known in European poetry of future as peoples or nations, and the idea of the poem that de Balman had shed his the time. The Greek struggle for freedom allowing or promoting some form of self- Bohdan Klid, Ph.D., works part-time blood not for Ukraine but “for her execu- from Turkish rule in the first part of the government for them was unthinkable. at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian tioner.” Remarkably, however, Shevchenko 19th century had been popular among the Shevchenko’s defense of “barbaric” peo- Studies and teaches world history at held no animosity to those who killed his European intelligentsia, and the English ples was even more remarkable when one Grant MacEwan Community College in friend, but rather supported their struggle to romantic poet Byron lost his life fighting in Edmonton. remain free of Kremlin rule. Instead, the ranks of Greek insurgents. (Continued on page 21) No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2000 11

Let glory go Hypocrites, imposters vile, To hounds and harriers and those who train them, Curs’d by God for all your guile! THE CAUCASUS And our beloved tsars, may glory stain them! ‘Tis your neighbour’s hide you love, by Taras Shevchenko Not his soul, which soars above; Glory likewise to you, ye mountains blue, Hence, you may flay this human goat To Yakiv de Balman Couched in your snow and ice beyond our view; To give your daughter a fur coat, And you, ye mighty warriors of the sword, A wedding present for your bastard, Oh that my head were waters. Still unforgotten by the eternal Lord! And shoes your wife may wear beplastered, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, Struggle, and ye shall overcome the foe: While you yourself may by some vice that I might weep day and night For God shall succor you in battle’s throe; Too foul to tell in words precise! for those who were slain. His strength is on your side, and freedom stands For whom hast Thou been crucified, Jeremiah ix. 1 With justice on the threshold of your lands! Christ, Son of God, who long since died? For all bad Christians, or perchance Mountains on endless mountains rise, clouds veil their peaks, A hovel and oatmeal – all this is yours – To make the word of Truth advance? A mighty highland cloaked in woe, with blood it reeks; Not asked for and not given, this endures – Or that we might make mock of Thee And there Prometheus, for no human crime, No one will seek to take away this lot As we have done, men must agree? An eagle tortures since the dawn of time; Or fetter you for owning such a cot. We offer, in a holy joke, Day after day, its black beak tears his breast; Then have no fear amid your bitter pain... Our candles and our incense-smoke Day after day, his torn heart knows no rest. We have not read the word of God in vain; And to Thy icons make oblations Torn it may be, but never shall its blood From the deep dungeon to the lofty throne, With lots of tireless prostrations, Be wholly drained away in fatal flood. All of shine with gold and have not known Praying for help in theft and war For e’er, and anon, it steers again That we are naked in our slavery. And shedding brothers’ blood, yea more, And feels new gladness in its mortal pain. Turn to us then for guidance. Such as we, We bring Thee from some foray’s smothers So likewise shall our spirit never die Who have the banners of the earth unfurled, An altar-cloth we stole from others... Nor our freedom wholly vanquished lie. Can teach the ways and manners of the world... Sooner may foemen hope to plow with glee We are not heathens (comes that Russian voice) – Thus do the years our spirits brighten A meadow at the bottom of the sea We are the genuine Christians: we rejoice And we would other men enlighten As chain the living soul with force uncouth In temples and icons without number – And show the sun of Truth most pure Or choke to death the vital word of Truth. Yes, God Himself among us loves to slumber! To lesser peoples, to be sure. The glory of our God may not be rent, Only your highland sheiling plagues our view: All this to you we shall reveal The glory of the Lord Omnipotent. Why does it stand, not doled by us to you? If you to us as slaves will kneel: And all your oatmeal we would wish to own We’ll teach you how to fashion gaols, ‘Tis not for us to rise and strive with Thee, And cast it to you, as to dogs a bone. To forge your fetters and your flails, Nor judge Thy doings through eternity: And why, we wonder, are you not compelled How to wear chains your limbs about It is our lot to weep, and weep, and weep; To pay us for all sunshine you’ve beheld! And how to twist the knotted knout – To knead our daily bread; our vigil keep And that’s all! So little would we ask! We’ll teach you everything, I say, With agonizing tears and bloody sweat. And in return we’d crave the holy task But let us take your hills away – Our torturers abuse us harshly yet Of granting you the joy our friendship brings, Your last domain. Already we While justice slumbers in a drunken trance! And we would teach you much, of many things: Have stolen all your plains and sea! When will it rise, perchance? Thus we have endless space! As you might guess, When wilt Thou, weary God, Siberia itself is limitless! You also have been driven there, my dearest friend, Rest and lay down Thy rod We teem with tribes and prisons, past all counting, Beloved Yakiv! For Ukraine was not your end And grant our spirits peace? Moldavia and Finnish lakes surmounting – But for her executioner your fortunes shed Our faith can never cease And each, in his own language, holds his tongue, Your sound, unsullied blood; it was your fate most dread In thy strong, living Word: Since our benevolence his speech has wrung. To taste the Russian poison from the Russian cup. Justice and Liberty With us some holy monk his Bible reads Your memory, my true friend, shall ne’er be given up! Will rise, and unto Thee And teaches how some tsar, of evil deeds, Still let your soul stay hovering above Ukraine All tribes on earth shall bend A former swineherd, fond of ways inhuman, With Cossacks’ souls that soar above its shore and plain; For ages without end. Took for his own foul use a married woman, Watch over, weep above each excavated mound – But in the meantime rivers flow, And killed his friend, her husband – for that sin, When I at last soar free, you’ll meet me, I’ll be bound! Rivers of blood no ceasing know! He dwells in heaven! Now you can begin To see what sort of folk by us are sent And in the meantime, I shall sow Mountains on endless mountains rise, clouds veil their peaks, To live aloft! This you perhaps resent, The verses of my burning woe: A mighty highland cloaked in woe, with blood it reeks; No fine, enlightened point of dogma clasping! Here let them spring up, unchagrined, And we, Our gracious Highness, there have found Come, learn from us; for we believe in grasping, – And hold their converse with the wind... Extorting is our sport beneath all skies This wretched thing called freedom running ’round, And gentle breezes from Ukraine, And in its nakedness and famished state And it is thus we gain our paradise, Dewy, will cover the refrain Have set our dogs upon it... Even if all your kin should have to go! To you, my friend of other years; Many a fate Here, among us, there’s nothing we don’t know: You’ll welcome them with friendly tears, Has left a soldier’s bones upon those hills. We’ll count the stars, sow buckwheat in a trench, Mounds, steppe and mountains then you’ll see, And what of tears and blood? Their brimming rills Play greasy politics with the French, And then you will remember me. Would drown all emperors and all their sons Sell human souls or stake them to our euchre – And all grandchildren, such a torrent runs Not negroes, but true men, we treat as lucre, From eyes of widows, and of maidens bright The Christian souls that common serfdom gave us. Written in 1845. Shed silently across the dead of night. We are not Spaniards, no! And may God save us And what of burning tears by mothers shed, From buying men from some grim pirate’s paw, Translation from the Ukrainian by C.H. Andrusyshen and And streams by aged fathers fed? Like infidels: we live within the law. ... Watson Kirkconnell, in “The Poetical Works of Taras Not rivers but a sea of them would flow Do you, by the Apostles’ law, Shevchenko: The Kobzar” (Toronto: University of Toronto To form a fiery deep!... Love your neighbour, in God’s awe? Press, 1964), pp. 243-48.

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(Volunteer) Division – Galizien on June swore an oath to the Ukrainian people. 30, 1943. During Germany’s capitulation early in In mid-June of 1944, the Division saw its May 1945, most of the troops (some FFOOCCUSUS ONON PHIPHILLAATTEELLYY first action. Not yet fully trained and inade- 10,000) surrendered to the British. They by Ingert Kuzych quately supported, it was thrown into the were thereafter transferred as internees to path of the advancing Red Army at Brody Rimini in Italy (where they spent two years) in western Ukraine. The unit performed and later to various camps in Britain (17 in bravely but was encircled. In action that England, three in Scotland). It was here that lasted 19 days, the Division was virtually they worked as contract laborers for one Philatelic vestiges of the Galicia Division wiped out. Of the 14,000 men and officers and a half to two years before being Although almost all Ukrainian philate- In addition to the three infantry regi- who participated in the battle, only about released. Most of the men emigrated to lists collect some postage stamps, many ments, an artillery regiment was added, as 3,000 were able to return to the German North America, but a considerable number also specialize in what are called cinderella were various detachments of fusiliers, sap- lines. The chief villain for this debacle was remained in England. stamps or labels. These are emissions that pers, communications personnel and anti- Adolf Hitler himself, who refused to listen resemble regular stamps but are privately, aircraft artillery. In all, between 15,000 and to the counsel of his military advisors who Rimini postal issues not governmentally, produced. Like typical 18,000 soldiers made up the complete fight- had urged that the forces evacuate Brody to It was at the large Rimini locale that an stamps, they commemorate some event or ing force. set up positions in a more defensible loca- internal (camp) postal system was set up. promote a cause, but they do not necessarily Propaganda labels tion. Over the two-year period of internment a carry a value designation. This month’s arti- The Division was quickly regrouped and total of 29 stamps, one souvenir sheet and cle describes some cinderellas produced During the creation of the Galicia replenished with reserves. The organization four postcards were created for internal cor- during the mid-1940s. Division in September of 1943, two propa- of a second division, composed of eastern respondence. Since this type of local Background ganda labels announcing the formation of Ukrainians, was also begun. These, and a postage did legitimately carry mail, albeit this military unit were printed in Lviv. number of other units, were eventually clas- within the enclosed area of the sprawling By early 1943 the German High Released by the Military Administration of sified as the Ukrainian National Army camp, many Ukrainian philatelists avidly Command finally realized it was in for a the Sharpshooter Division Galicia in Lviv, (within the German Army). The Germans collect these emissions. protracted struggle against the Soviet the label designs by Sviatoslav Hordynsky gave Ukrainian Gen. Pavlo Shandruk nomi- Figure 2 shows the souvenir sheet from Union. The devastating defeat at Stalingrad depict soldiers of the division in battle gear nal command of this entire formation. the Rimini camp; this gray-green item, in February of that year had a sobering and the division’s coat of arms – a modified In the autumn of 1944, the Galicia released in August 1946, was composed of effect on the military administration. Until version of the Galician district’s lion on a Division fought in Slovakia and in January the first four stamps released in this camp then, German armies had gone from victory shield with three crowns. of 1945 it was transferred to Austria to fill and prominently also displays the division to victory. Now, with some to 110,000 The labels were sold at the Divisional gaps in the front. The division was always lion coat of arms. Only 2,000 such sheets troops dead, 90,000 captured and much Support Establishment Offices to aid the deployed to areas where it could fight com- were prepared; today they go for between materiel lost, replacements had to be found. Divisional Welfare Fund. No value was munist forces and the men of the Division $25 and $50 each (when they can be A new program was created allowing for shown on these labels, which were printed acquitted themselves with distinction. Gen. located). the formation of foreign military legions on thick, light cream-colored, non-gummed Shandruk joined the Division in April 1945. culled from nationalities under German paper. The selling price for the two division Under his auspices the force was formally Ingert Kuzych may be contacted at P.O. occupation. Among units created were stamps was 5 zloty. attached to the Ukrainian National Army as Box 3, Springfield VA 22150 or by e-mail those in Estonia, Latvia and also in Galicia Figure 1 shows these two labels affixed its 1st Division; on April 25 the troops at: [email protected]. (western Ukraine). The altered military situ- to an envelope bearing a return address of: ation caused the German attitude toward Military Administration “Galicia,” 10 their conquered subjects to change: the Parkova St., Lviv (the headquarters location “Eastern nationalities” suddenly found of the Division). Both the two bronze-red themselves elevated from “untermenschen” “stamps” in the upper right, and the gray- (sub-humans) to “co-fighters” in a war blue “stamp” in the lower left, are “can- against the “evils of Bolshevism.” This celled” by a circular marking that again change in status allowed the new military reproduces the Division’s emblem in its units to acquire concessions from the occu- center and the German inscription pying Germans that previously would have “Wehrausschuss Galizien” (the meaning is been unthinkable. the same as the title on the return address) The Ukrainian military formation was along the inner border. designated as the SS Sharpshooter Division Very few of these “covers” were ever – Galicia (Division Galizien in short). created and fewer still survive. I have only Assurances were received that the division seen two, and the one illustrated sold about would fight only against the Red Army and 15 years ago for several hundred dollars. that Ukrainian chaplains would be allowed Although technically these labels are not to serve with the enlistees. In addition, the postage stamps, they are eagerly sought by training of a Ukrainian officers’ corps was certain philatelic collectors specializing in to be undertaken and a number of military material. Ordinary, loose (unat- Ukrainian political prisoners set free. tached) labels are not that difficult to find The formation of the Division was and go for about $3 each. Reportedly, the announced on April 28, 1943, and the entire remainder of unsold labels was response was staggering. By early June destroyed in 1945 by a commission in over 80,000 recruits had reported to enlist- Blumhofen by Kaufbeuren in southern Figure 1: A cover of the Galicia Division bearing the two types of fund-raising labels ment offices. Of this total, 50,000 were Bavaria, where the archives of the Galicia produced for this military unit. found to be acceptable for service, and after Division had been evacuated. Even so, further screening 29,000 were selected for many sheets of these labels survived. active duty. This total was actually suffi- The fate of the Division Galizien cient for eight complete regiments, but since the division could only accommodate The Galicia Division command and the three infantry regiments and 13,000 men in technical corps consisted entirely of total, the other five regiments were formed German officers; this created some fric- independently under the German Police tion, especially during the early formative command. In essence, they served as a organizational period. The division name reserve for the division. was changed to the 14th SS Freiwilligen

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DATELINE NEW YORK: Ukrainian art works brighten area galleries by Helen Smindak Like luminous stars in the celestial sphere, the work of Ukrainian artists continues to light up and brighten galleries around New York. Since the beginning of this season, one exhibition after another has revealed diverse talents, facets, styles, moods and media. Last fall, Liuboslav Hutsaliuk’s enchanting oil paint- ings, gouaches and watercolors of French landscapes and florals graced the Ukrainian Institute of America, taking viewers through five decades of this artist’s work in Paris and New York. Historian/author Alexander Motyl’s intriguing views of Manhattan were exhibited at Columbia University, where he recently completed a long stint as associate director of Columbia’s Harriman Institute before joining the department of political sci- ence at Rutgers University. An exhibition of 122 photo- graphs by the renowned scholar and art historian Hryhorij Lohvyn at The Ukrainian Museum document- ed many Ukrainian Baroque and wooden churches, church interiors, paintings, public buildings and castles created in Ukraine between the 10th and 18th centuries. The work of artists born in Ukraine (but rarely described as Ukrainian) is included in the inventory of such prestigious galleries as the Lillian Heidenberg Gallery on Madison Avenue and the Leonard Hutton Galleries on East 57th Street. The Heidenberg handles works of the modernist sculptor and painter Alexander Archipenko (who, it should be noted, never severed his ties with his countrymen) and Kyiv-born sculptor Louise Nevelson, who constructed huge walls or The Poltava Zemstvo Building designed by Vasyl H. Krychevsky. enclosed box arrangements using found objects, cast metal and odd pieces of wood. Leonard Hutton spot- lowlands and steppes, cityscapes in Kyiv and Odesa, a several hundred in medium format and several thousand lights the art of two Kyiv-born artists: painter, designer potter at the market, daybreak on the Dnipro River near small studies – has been preserved. Most of and theorist Kazimir Malevich, the first modern painter Kaniv – all distinguished by a decorative quality and Krychevsky’s best works were destroyed by fire in to work in a purely geometric, cerebral, non-figurative typically local color. The majority of the works on dis- 1918, and later works were lost in the turmoil of the sec- manner, and the avant-garde stage designer Alexandra play are oils executed on cardboard, board or paper, ond world war, except for several dozen large works and Exter; as well as the Constructivist painter and graphic accompanied by a dozen watercolors and colored pencil some smaller works held by art galleries and museums designer Vasyl Yermilov, who was born and educated in items, some photos of architectural works and a few in Ukraine, as well as a number of paintings in private Kharki. personal mementos. collections in Ukraine, France, England and Germany. The artistic sensibilities of two sisters, Arcadia Krychevsky’s glowing miniatures are a treasured A master of several painting techniques, Krychevsky Olenska-Petryshyn and Chrystya Olenska, were high- addition to the museum’s bounties, for relatively little of also contributed greatly to the development of lighted in a two-week exhibit of riveting paintings and the artist’s prolific oeuvre – close to 200 large paintings, (Continued on page 14) sculptures mounted at the Ukrainian Institute of America last month by the institute and the Daria Hoydysh Endowment for the Arts. Earlier in February works by several contemporary Ukrainian artists, among them Anya Farion, Peter Hrytsyk, Alexandra Memorial concert features stellar cast Isaievych, Yuri Lev, Olga Maryschuk and Stephan Tur, NEW YORK – A special concert in memory of Yara worked as a research assistant to Dr. Merill Chase, were included in the Gogol-Hohol festival initiated by Kuzmych Sydorak (1946-1999) was held as part of the Nobel Prize nominee, at the Rockefeller Institute for the Yara Arts Group (see “Dateline,” February 20). “Music at the Institute” series at the Ukrainian Institute Medical Research; quality assurance manager for Christina Saj’s contemporary interpretations of of America on February 26. Diagnostic Technology, serving as the firm’s national Biblical themes from the Old and New Testaments, por- The concert, which brought together a most distin- marketing manager; and since 1987 as a CPA and full trayed in large paintings executed in a wealth of bright guished group of musicians (see caption below), fea- partner and later owner of the Sydorak accounting firm colors and rhythmic patterns, formed the essence of the tured works by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, in Manhattan. “Painted Portraits” exhibit that ran during February in Wagner-Liszt, Kolessa and Piazzola. Among the institutions that benefited from her phil- the James Memorial Chapel at the Union Theological The late Yara Kuzmych Sydorak, along with her hus- anthropic support are the Harvard Ukrainian Studies Seminary (Columbia University). band Mark, was a dedicated supporter of music among Fund, The Ukrainian Museum, the Ukrainian Academy An exhibit paying tribute to one of Ukraine’s most whose many philanthropic activities was financial sup- of Arts and Sciences, the Shevchenko Scientific Society, significant artists and architects, Vasyl Hryhorovych port of the “Music at the Institute” concert series. and Plast-Pryiat. Mrs. Sydorak also set up a scholarship Krychevsky (1873-1952), is currently on view at The A resident of Port Washington, N.Y., Mrs. Sydorak fund for students in Ukraine. Ukrainian Museum. The show, which includes 79 oil paintings and watercolors, part of 300 works donated to the museum by Krychevcky’s stepson, Vadym Pavlovsky, will run through March 26. The treasure chest of art works for this season is far from depleted. Walter Hoydysh, the UIA’s art curator, reports that an exhibit of recent paintings and works on paper by Serhij Haj and Ivan Tverdun of Lviv is planned for March 8 to 15, a weeklong showing of works by Orest Polischuk of Maryland will open on March 18, while an exhibit of work by Volodymyr Kovalchuk of Kyiv, now a resident of Toronto, will begin on March 29. Shining ahead like an immense star is the promise of the Scythian exhibition and its extraordinary golden artifacts from Ukraine now touring the United States and scheduled to open at the Brooklyn Museum in October. Krychevsky, an innovator Paintings full of sunlight and air, characterized by a harmony of light and transparent hues, a joyous, some- times pensive mood and a sense of intimacy, form The Ukrainian Museum’s exhibit of Vasyl Krychevsky’s artistry. Though small in size – they range from 3 3/4 ika inches by 5 1/4 inches to 7 inches by 12 3/4 inches – A stellar cast of musicians took part in a special concert in memory of Yara Kuzmych Sydorak held as these landscapes of Ukraine and the Crimean peninsula part of the “Music at the Institute” series on February 26 at the Ukrainian Institute of America in New proclaim the great love that Krychevsky felt for the York. Standing (from left): Artur Girsky, Alexander Slobodyanik, Yuri Kharenko, Wanda Glowacka, beauty of Ukrainian scenery. Mykola Suk, Laryssa Krupa, Vagram Saradjian, Oleh Krysa, Tatiana Tchekina, Mark Sydorak (the Through his favorite media, oil and watercolor, husband of Yara) and Volodymyr Vynnytsky; (missing, Lubov Shchybchyk). Krychevsky depicted village scenes, views of rivers, 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2000 No. 10

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States and in many private collections Ms. Olenska graduated with honors throughout the world. from New York University’s art program, Her younger sister, Chrystya Olenska, having entered as a Regents Scholar and won fame from her teen years through a a National Arts Council Scholar. She also variety of creative pursuits, beginning studied at several private schools, includ- ûêßâ ëíÖñûä with colorful papier-maché jewelry that ing the legendary Alexei Brodovitch GEORGE L. STECIUK was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Design Laboratory. SALES REPRESENTATIVE Art and the Museum of Contemporary Painted portraits èðÓ‰‡Ê ‰ÓÏ¥‚ Û Morris, Essex, Crafts in New York and reproduced in Union, Somerset Counties. ôËð‡, ˜ÂÒ̇ ¥ ÓÒÓ·ËÒÚ‡ Ó·ÒÎÛ„‡. such leading national magazines as For artist Christina Saj of Bloomfield, Free Market Analysis of Your Home. Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Life and Look. 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that after the elections, a new government Newsbriefs would be appointed. (Eastern Economist) (Continued from page 2) President urges Rada to cooperate some of the companies slated for privatiza- tion in lieu of money transfers to pay KYIV – In a February 22 address to the Ukraine’s energy debts. (RFE/RL Verkhovna Rada, President Leonid Newsline) Kuchma urged the legislature to cooperate with the executive in pushing the country’s Ukrainian PM denies Russian claims reform process ahead, the Associated Press KYIV – Prime Minister Viktor reported. Mr. Kuchma praised the forma- Yuschenko on February 25 said Ukraine tion of a center-right majority in the legisla- has not agreed to hand over leading enter- ture, saying he hopes it will make the leg- prises to Russia in payment of gas debts, islative process more effective. According Interfax reported. Mr. Yuschenko also to ITAR-TASS, the president also said he is rejected Russian First Vice Prime Minister not opposed to signing a cooperation agree- Mikhail Kasianov’s claim that he has pre- ment with the Parliament and the Cabinet sented a list of enterprises Russia would be of Ministers as long as those institutions willing to accept as debt payment. pledge to engage in “joint deeds, not slo- (RFE/RL Newsline) gans.” And he urged the government to aim to ensure annual economic growth of 6-7 Rada chair: referendum unconstitutional percent by 2005. (RFE/RL Newsline) KYIV – Verkhovna Rada Chairman Chechen group launches publication Ivan Pliusch said on February 25 that the April 16 referendum on confidence in the KYIV – A Chechen group in Odesa has Parliament does not comply with the started publishing a newsletter covering Constitution of Ukraine, ITAR-TASS the war in Chechnya, the Associated Press reported. Mr. Pliusch said the country is reported on February 24. The publication not ready for new elections. A group of will be distributed to diplomatic missions 108 lawmakers have asked the in Ukraine. Russian authorities have Constitutional Court to examine President reportedly put pressure on Ukraine to shut Leonid Kuchma’s decree on the referen- down the publication. (RFE/RL Newsline) dum. (RFE/RL Newsline) Ukraine to investigate Chechen bureau Analyst predicts 2000 Rada elections KYIV – Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Attention, Students! KYIV – Early elections to the Verkhovna Ministry spokesman Ihor Hrushko said the Throughout the year Ukrainian student clubs plan and hold activities. Rada will take place in 2000, predicted the “competent bodies” in Ukraine, including director of the Institute of Politics, Mykola the Internal Affairs Ministry, will launch an The Ukrainian Weekly urges students to let us and the Ukrainian com- Tomenko. He added that the new investigation into the Chechen information munity know about upcoming events. Parliament would have 175 non- bureau in Odesa, ITAR-TASS reported on Communist oriented deputies, where the February 22. Mr. Hrushko said the activi- The Weekly will be happy to help you publicize them. We will also be regional elite and financial and political ties of the bureau will be suspended if it is glad to print timely news stories about events that have already taken groups will be the biggest in the history of found to be breaking Ukrainian law. He place. Photos also will be accepted. the Ukrainian parliamentary system. He fur- said the Foreign Affairs Ministry is dealing ther prognosticated that the Progressive with the issue because it concerns MAKE YOURSELF HEARD. Socialist, Green and NDP parties will not be Ukraine’s relations with Russia and has represented in the future Rada and added “diplomatic nuances.” (RFE/RL Newsline)

torical record of Ukrainians during the hor- Zenon Bodnarskyj... rors of World War II. (Continued from page 5) In the late 1980s, when the suffering Mr. Bodnarskyj set the highest stan- and destruction of Ukrainians reached a dard for community service in the way he new level of meaning with Chornobyl, Mr. responded to the needs of Ukrainians. He Bodnarskyj formed the Buffalo’s chapter had a great sense of duty before his of the Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund, beleaguered homeland and was always not only to commemorate this tragedy first to respond to the needs of his com- annually, but to raise funds for its relief. munity and his beloved Ukraine. Most He would call upon his family and friends recently he was the head of the Buffalo to work and organize banquets at which District Committee of the Ukrainian funds were raised for medical aid and National Association. For many years equipment to help the victims of Mr. Bodnarskyj was a leader in Plast. He Chornobyl. At the 10th anniversary com- was active also in the patriarchal move- memorations of the Chornobyl disaster the Buffalo Ukrainian community, under the ment of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. inspired leadership of Mr. Bodnarskyj, In the 1970s Mr. Bodnarskyj founded the raised over $15,000 for the CCRF. Buffalo branch of Americans for Human The Revs. Marian Procyk and Stepan Rights in Ukraine. In response to the great Kuklich officiated at the funeral service miscarriage of justice that marked the case held at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic of John Demjaniuk, it was Mr. Bodnarskyj Church, where the bereaved family of who mobilized the Ukrainian American Mr. Bodnarskyj, including his mother, community of the greater Buffalo area in Frania Bodnarskyj, were offered spiritual battling this nefarious plot to pervert the his- consolation. Burial was at St. Matthew’s Cemetery in Cheektowaga, N.Y. UNA BRANCH 180 As his family and friends search for consolation at the loss of a beloved son, a AKRON - CANTON, OH faithful husband, a devoted father, a duti- will hold its ful brother and a dear friend, we find it in the very thing that motivated Zenon ANNUAL MEETING Bodnarskyj to service. It was his great and pure love for Ukraine, for the Ukrainian after the Liturgy people, who suffer the myriad social, Sunday, March 12, 2000 political and economic injustices and mis- fortunes that has been their legacy. at 11:00 a.m. And this great and pure love gives birth to an equally great and pure faith: in the that the future must and will be different Holy Ghost Social Hall from our past. In his brief life, Zenon Bodnarskyj did his part in assuring that All members this future will come to pass. His good are welcome to attend. and kind deeds reflect his faith and attest to his love for his family and for Ukraine. May his memory be our inspiration. No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2000 17 New York Bandura Ensemble appoints new executive director

by Lydia Matiaszek ant on international assistance. as well as the traditional Ukrainian Other new members also elected to the American public. The series has featured NEW YORK – The New York Bandura board are: Olia Fryz, well-known bandura performances by Roman Hrynkiv and the Ensemble (aka New York School of performer and instructor, who has been Experimental Bandura Trio. Bandura) on February 7 appointed John with the NYBE for over 20 years, as alum- Mr. Kytasty also announced the upcom- Lechicky as its new executive director. Mr. ni coordinator; and Stefania Czorny- ing release of a CD recorded by the Lechicky replaces Bohdan Kopystiansky, Dosinchuk, who has been active in the NYBE-affiliated Experimental Bandura who served as interim acting executive New York School of Bandura since its Trio (EBT), which includes Mr. Kytasty, director after the death of Nick Czorny- inception. They join the current board, Michael Andrec and Yuri Fedynsky. The Dosinchuk in July 1999, who had dedicat- which includes Irene Andreadis, Olia EBT plans to do a tour of upstate New ed decades of his life to the promotion of Herasymenko-Oliynyk, Bohdan York and New England late March to pro- the bandura. Kopystiansky, Maria Kozicky, Julian mote their new recording. Mr. Lechicky joined the New York Kytasty, Sviatoslav Makarenko, Lev Instructor Alla Kutsevych briefed the School of Bandura Ensemble (NYBE) as a Maistrenko, Lydia Matiaszek, Myroslav board on the recent highlights of the chil- student in 1975. He enjoyed learning to Shmigel and Nadia Tatchin-Ramirez dren’s performance ensemble Vyshyvanka play the bandura and rapidly advanced to (administrator). under her direction. The ensemble per- the performing ensemble. He is a founding After a reading of the minutes from the forms regularly at community events, festi- member of the Echo of the Steppes per- last meeting, the board discussed current vals and was invited to Florida in February forming ensemble of the NYBE and took program and administrative issues. Ms. to perform for Ukrainian communities over the reigns as musical director in 1987- Matiaszek, who serves as Ukraine liaison, there. Performance plans include participa- 1992 and again in 1993-1995. reported that a final report for 1998-1999 tion in the International Bandura Mr. Lechicky has an undergraduate was filed with the New York State Council Conference and Festival in Toronto on John Lechicky degree in finance and economics and spent on the Arts (NYSCA) in November, and March 17-19, an all-NYBE end-of-year 10 years with Citicorp as a financial ana- the new grant application for 2000-2001 is concert, and an alumni fundraising concert sored a successful folk-singing workshop lyst. In 1992 he accepted a position in being prepared. It was stressed that contin- in the fall. with the Yara Arts Group in November, Kyiv as director of international programs ued NYSCA funding will depend in part One of the core services of the NYBE to and will be looking to continue co-spon- for the International Management Institute on the ability of the NYBE to effectively the community is its instructional program. sorship of similar bandura and vocal – Kyiv. Upon returning to the United fund-raise within the Ukrainian American Mr. Kytasty and Ms. Kutsevych briefly workshops, which effectively piggyback States, he served as assistant director of the community. updated the board on the four groups resources and networking possibilities. Ukrainian Congress Committee of Musical Director Julian Kytasty briefed which are currently run in Manhattan, This writer presented the board with a America. the board about the progress of the instruc- Yonkers and Astoria. The board approved copy of the recently published Bandura From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Lechicky tional manual project, which is being four scholarships for weekly lessons for Magazine. The new editorial board is head- returned to Kyiv, where he headed up a financed in part by a grant from the students in Astoria and Manhattan who ed by Ms. Herasymenko-Oliynyk of technical assistance program sponsored by Ukrainian Heritage Foundation. want to play but are unable to afford California, renowned bandura artist, com- the United States Agency for International Mr. Kytasty also spoke about the tuition. poser and scholar, who was recently award- Development. Upon completion of the launching of the successful Bandura Another issue raised is the lack of ed the title of “Merited Artist of Ukraine”. project, he served as director of field oper- Downtown series, which is held regularly instruments for new students interested in The board also includes some former board ations for IREX, a Washington-based non- at the Mayana Gallery in New York City. playing. It was decided to issue an appeal members as well as new country/regional profit organization specializing in interna- The series is a forum for professional per- to alumni and other individuals, who have representatives from Ukraine, South tional educational exchanges and technical formances of bandurists of North America instruments but no longer play, to donate America, Europe, Canada and the U.S. The assistance. Mr. Lechicky recently relocated and those visiting from Ukraine; it has their used instruments to the NYBE as in- administration of Bandura Magazine to the New York City area and is a consult- attracted a large non-Ukrainian audience, kind donations. The NYBE also co-spon- remains with the NYBE.

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right to fight terrorism, which really means Taras Shevchenko... that they have given their consent to the (Continued from page 10) destruction of the Chechen military and considers that the Caucasian nationalities government, the president of which was were largely Moslems fighting a Christian elected in an internationally monitored vote power. In some of the most ironic passages in 1997. in “Kavkaz,” Shevchenko exposed the Statements by President Bill Clinton on crass hypocrisy of the Russian Orthodox Chechnya have been particularly shameful Church, which supported and was an inte- and despicable. During the 1994-1996 war, gral part of the imperial machine. (Not he compared Boris Yeltsin to Abraham Lincoln, and in an essay published in Time much has changed from that time when one magazine’s first issue of 2000, he wrote reflects on the support of the Russian that he had no sympathy for the Chechen Orthodox Church today for Russia’s latest “rebels,” and described Russia’s brutal attempt to reconquer the Chechens.) assault on Grozny as one aimed at its “lib- Overall, Shevchenko described brilliantly eration.” Mr. Clinton obviously did not the essence of imperial power, its manifes- read an earlier interview published in Time tations and ideological masks. With great with one of Russia’s generals, who referred skill and pathos he stripped off these masks to the Chechens as “monkeys.” to expose the hypocrisy of the practitioners Imperialist thinking, which at times of and apologists for Russian imperialism, manifests itself in racist terms, and which and showed masterfully its rapacious categorizes peoples in hierarchies, still nature. holds great sway over global politics, and Another strong point in Shevchenko’s we, in the more established democracies, poem is the way he emphasized what was have also been largely informed by this truly of value in life. He noted the outward colonial discourse. splendor and wealth of the Russian Empire, To be fair, Russia has been criticized for but concluded that its subjects were really its actions by world leaders, including “naked,” because they were slaves. In well- President Clinton, but most have meekly known lines he characterized Russia as a chided Russia for its military actions that country that “teem[ed] with tribes and pris- have harmed civilians, and for human ons, past all counting,” where each of the rights abuses. Not one leader, however, has many peoples under the rule of the Russian mentioned that, under international law, the emperor “in his own language holds his Chechens have the right to self-determina- tongue, Since our benevolence his speech tion, and that Russia has been consistently has wrung.” What was truly valuable for violating international norms and agree- Shevchenko was “this wretched thing ments in its dirty war in the Caucasus. It is called freedom,” that the Caucasian peo- clear today that this spineless policy of ples possessed and which the Russians did appeasement has not prevented the com- not have, but wanted to take away. mission of crimes against humanity by In his article, Ivan Franko wrote that Russian troops, or the ongoing genocide of “Kavkaz” was a fiery invective against the the Chechen nation. “kingdom of darkness” written from an Although it seems that the “kingdom of ecumenical point of view, and that it per- darkness” has once again enveloped haps contained the poet’s strongest expres- Chechnya, as Shevchenko wrote in sion of what it meant to be human. “Kavkaz,” the spirit of freedom, symbol- èãÖå’ü èãÄëíìçéä ◊èÖêòß ëíÖÜß“ “Kavkaz,” according to Franko, was one ized by Prometheus (a relief of whom — ‚·¯ÚÓ‚Ûπ — great explosion of feelings, in which the stands next to Shevchenko’s statue in great poet poured out his feelings as a true Washington), will never die. 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ÇËÈÌflÚÍ¥‚ ÌÂχπ. the Caucasus, one is struck at how success- nation of the strong over the weak, and acts ÑËÚË̇ ÏÛÒËÚ¸ χÚË ÛÒ¥ ˘ÂÔÎÂÌÌfl ÔðËÔË̥҇ Ç¥‰‰¥ÎÓÏ á‰ÓðÓ‚’fl ëÚÂÈÚÛ ç˛ âÓðÍ. ful Russia, the imperial power, has been in of barbarity on the part of great powers in ÑËÚË̇, fl͇ ÒÍ·· á‡fl‚Û ÇÒÚÛÔÛ ‰Ó ÌÓ‚‡ˆÚ‚‡, Ì ÏÓÊ ·ð‡ÚË Û˜‡ÒÚË ‚ Ú‡·Óð‡ı ‰Îfl ÔÚ‡¯‡Ú. dehumanizing and demonizing the the name of “higher principles,” will also Chechens, and in delegitimizing the strug- be recognized for what it is, and finally 퇷¥ð ‚¥‰·Û‰ÂÚ¸Òfl ̇ ëéûáßÇñß Û ‰‚Óı „ðÛÔ‡ı: gle of its victim for self-rule. In abandoned. ‚¥‰ 25-„Ó ˜Âð‚Ìfl ‰Ó 2-„Ó ÎËÔÌfl 2000 ð. Ú‡ ‚¥‰ 2-„Ó ‰Ó 9-„Ó ÎËÔÌfl 2000 ð. Shevchenko’s day, the Chechens and other The Chechens, like other small nations éèãÄíÄ áÄ èéÅìí çÄ ëéûáßÇñß: Á‡ ·‡Ú¸Í‡, ‡·Ó Ï‡Ú¥ð ¥ Á‡ Ó‰ÌÛ ‰ËÚËÌÛ $95.00 ‰ÂÌÌÓ, ˘Ó ‚Íβ˜‡π peoples of the Caucasus were referred to as of this world, will take their rightful place ÒÌ¥‰‡ÌÍË Ú‡ ‚˜Âð¥. 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PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Monday, March 6 Sunday, March 12

EDMONTON: The 34th annual NEW YORK: The New York City Shevchenko Lecture, sponsored by the branch of the Plast Ukrainian Youth Ukrainian Professional and Business Club Organization invites the public to its 48th of Edmonton; the Canadian Institute of annual “novatska kostiumivka” featuring Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta; “The Circus!” The children’s costume and the Ukrainian Resource and play will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the gym- Development Center, Grant MacEwan nasium of St. George’s Ukrainian Community College; will focus on the Catholic School, located at the corner of topic “Ukrainians in the Western Media: A Taras Shevchenko Place and sixth Street Maligned Minority?” Speakers are in Manhattan. Chrystia Freeland, deputy editor, The Globe and Mail; and Roma Hadzewycz, WHIPPANY, N.J.: The Ukrainian editor-in-chief, The Ukrainian Weekly. American community in Morris County, The lecture is at 7 p.m. at the Grant under the initiative of local UPA veterans MacEwan’s City Center Campus, Building and sponsored by the Ukrainian Congress 5, Conference Theater (Room 142), corner Committee of America, Morris County of 104th Avenue and 105th Street. For Branch, will honor the 50th anniversary of information call Olia Briggs or Eleanor the death of Roman Shukhevych – Taras Witiuk at (703) 492-2973. Chuprynka, commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). The Wednesday, March 8 event will begin with a panakhyda after the 11 a.m. liturgy celebrated at the St. NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic America presents an exhibit of the recent Church, Route 10, by the Rev. Urij paintings and works on paper by Lviv Markewych. Representatives of the UPA artists Serhij Haj and Ivan Tverdun. An veterans of Newark, as well as local UPA opening reception will be held Tuesday, veterans, veterans of the 1st Division, and March 7, at the institute, 2 E. 79th St., at the youth organizations SUM and Plast 6-9 p.m. Gallery hours: noon-6 p.m. daily will take part. After the church service the (closed Monday). For additional informa- program will continue in the church hall. tion call (212) 288-8660. The main speech will be presented in Ukrainian (with a summary in English) by SAVANNAH, Ga.: Pianist Vitaliy Rutgers University Prof. Wolodymyr Samoshko, laureate of the 1999 Queen Stojko. The artistic portion of the program Elisabeth International Music Competition will feature baritone Oleh Chmyr, accom- of Belgium, will appear with the Savannah panied by pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky; Symphony Orchestra, Chelsea Tipton II as well as singer/bandurist Oksana conducting, where he will play Telepko and children from SUM and Plast. Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto. There will also be a preview from the Also featured in the concert program will upcoming film directed by Oles Yanchuk, be guitarist Denis Azabagic. The inaugu- titled “Commander of the Army of ral concert, part of the Jepson Associates Eternals.” Concert Series, which showcases young international artists who have won the Monday, March 13 world’s most prestigious competitions, will be held at the newly restored Lucas CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Theater for the Arts. The concert begins at Ukrainian Research Institute seminar 8 p.m., with a gala reception to follow at series presents “Making Ukrainians Speak the Hyatt Regency Savannah Harborview Ukrainian: Sociolinguistic and Political PACKAGES TO UKRAINE Center. For tickets call 1-800-351-7469, Trends,” with Dominique Arel, assistant or (912) 651-6556; via Internet, professor of research and acting director, http://www.savannahonstage.org Program on Politics, Culture and Identity, as low as $ .49 per Lb Watson Institute for International Studies, Friday, March 10 Brown University. The lecture will be DNIPRO CO held in the HURI Seminar Room, 1583 TORONTO: As part of the Canadian Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m. and will NEWARK, NJ PHILADELPHIA CLIFTON, NJ Institute of Ukrainian Studies Seminar in be followed by an open discussion. For Ukrainian Studies at the University of further information contact Lubomyr 698 Sanford Ave 1801 Cottman Ave 565 Clifton Ave Toronto, Yuri Shevchuk, New School for Hajda, (617) 495-4053. Tel. 973-373-8783 Tel. 215-728-6040 Tel. 973-916-1543 Social Research, New York, will speak on *Pick up service available the topic “Language and the Creation of Friday, March 17 New Identities in Ukraine Since EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Independence.” The talk will be held at Ukrainian Studies at the University of University College, Room 152, at 4 p.m. Alberta is holding a lecture by Ivan WOONSOCKET, R.I.: The Lenten Svarnyk, Central State Historical Archive Kitchen, sponsored annually by the Ladies of Ukraine, Lviv, who will speak on “The WHAT? Sodality of St. Michael’s Ukrainian Development of Heraldry in Ukraine” (in Orthodox Church, with Anna Chaharyn Ukrainian). The lecture will be held in the and Stephanie Samborsky, co-chairper- Heritage Lounge, Athabasca Hall, at 7:30 YOU DON’T HAVE YOUR OWN sons, begins Friday, March 10. The p.m. kitchen, held in the parish hall at 74 Harris ADVANCE NOTICE Ave., will be open every Friday at 3-6 p.m. SUBSCRIPTION? through April 21. Meatless dishes and Friday-Sunday, April 7-9 desserts will be available. The parish hall To subscribe to The Ukrainian Weekly, fill out the form below, will be set up for customers who would SLOATSBURG, N.Y.: The annual Lenten clip it and mail it to: Subscription Department, The Ukrainian Weekly, like to eat in. Take-out service is also retreat for Catholics in Connecticut, New available. York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and sur- 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. rounding areas, sponsored by the League Saturday, March 11 of Ukrainian Catholics (LUC), will be held at St. Mary’s Villa Retreat Center of NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate. NAME: ______Society, the Ukrainian Academy of Arts The weekend of prayer, reflection and fel- NAME: (please type or print) and Sciences, the Harriman Institute at lowship will be a time to explore, ponder Columbia University and the Harvard and celebrate the “year of jubilee” in per- ADDRESS: ______Ukrainian Research Institute invite the sonal and communal ways. The retreat public to the 20th annual Shevchenko master for the weekend will be the Rev. Scholarly Conference. Papers will be read Jim Carroll, a member of the Byzantine CITY: ______STATE: ______ZIP CODE: ______by Assya Humesky, “Color Schemes in Franciscan Community in Sybertsville, Pa. Shevchenko’s Poetry”; Marta Tarnawsky, A fee of $95 will cover the cost of room “English Language Shevchenko Studies, from Friday through Sunday, and meals on PHONE (optional): ______1980-1999”; and Andriy Danylenko Saturday and Sunday. For early arrivals, a “Some Aspects of the Dialect Basis of light meal will be available Friday evening J J Shevchenko’s Language.” The conference for an additional $5 per person. For addi- UNA member subscription price — $40.00/yr. Non-member subscription price — $50.00/yr. will be held at the Shevchenko Scientific tional information and/or reservations con- Society, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth tact: Marion C. Hrubec, 400 Dewey Ave., UNA Branch number ______and 10th streets) at 4 p.m. For additional Saddle Brook, NJ 07663-5902; telephone, information call (212) 254-5130. (201) 843-3960.