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NEWS ANALYSIS: Once a taboo subject, separatism About the resignations now advocated by some in Halychyna of patriarchs and popes by Zenon Zawada Special to The Ukrainian Weekly by the Rev. Dr. Athanasius D. McVay KYIV – What was once a taboo sub- Religious Information Service of Ukraine ject in Ukraine’s Halychyna region is Only a few days ago, it seemed impossible that a now being advocated by an increasing pope would resign. Then, in the words of the dean of number of its leading intellectuals. the College of Cardinals, the world was struck by a Yuriy Vynnychuk, 60, one of Lviv’s “lightning bolt in clear skies” when Benedict XVI most popular authors and winner of the BBC’s 2012 Book of the Year announced his abdication as Bishop of Rome and award, said in an interview published head of the Universal Church. Since February 11 we in late January that Ukraine should be have all been reflecting on the significance of the divided into two states based on the papal decision. border that formed the Polish- And no doubt Eastern Catholics will be reflecting Lithuanian Commonwealth on on it from their own unique perspective, as Orthodox Ukraine’s current territory. Ihor Khomych/UNIAN Christians in full ecclesial communion with the “Truly separating Halychyna won’t Yuriy Vynnychuk, winner of the Zenon Zawada Roman pontiff. help anything because the line of the BBC’s 2012 Book of the Year award, Yuri Andrukhovych, one of Pope Benedict’s gesture is only possible, and per- so-called ‘Orange Ukraine’ is clearly believes Ukraine should be divided Ukraine’s most popular authors, sug- haps only warranted, in our day and age. No pope has drawn alongside the border of the into two states along the border of gested in 2010 that the Donbas and stepped down for 600 years and, until the late 20th Rzeczpospolita,” Mr. Vynnychuk said of the Polish-Lithuanian Common­ Crimea regions should be allowed to century, bishops only resigned only in extraordinary the first Polish republic that existed wealth of the 18th century. secede from Ukraine. circumstances. When a bishop was no longer fit to between 1569 and 1795. govern his diocese, a co-adjutor was appointed to ing Ukraine have come from the Besides the Yanukovych adminis- “The Ukrainian language and tradi- Donbas residents, who organized a tration’s Russification policies, most govern while the bishop officially retained his head- tions were preserved where the Poles ship. congress calling for separation in Halychyna residents are violently were the longest. We can separate November 2004, or residents of the Then came the Second Vatican Council (1962- opposed to the possibility that Mr. along that very border,” he noted. Crimean peninsula, many of whom 1965) and the sweeping reforms that followed. Of Yanukovych might bring Ukraine into The term “Orange Ukraine” refers to support unification with the Russian these reforms was the introduction of mandatory the Moscow-led Customs Union. the 16 western and central oblasts of Federation. They are also upset that Mr. retirement for all pastors of souls and for church offi- Ukraine that consistently vote for Such calls have now flared in Yanukovych has already damaged cials. Bishops and priests were required to submit Western-oriented politicians, as Ukraine’s Halychyna region, whose Ukraine’s standing with the European their resignations upon reaching the age of 75. opposed to the eight oblasts of south- residents are adamantly opposed to Union (EU), with the potential to In 1970 Pope Paul VI extended this law to cardi- ern and eastern Ukraine (as well as the the politics of the administration of undermine the country’s integration nals who, nonetheless, were permitted to continue to Autonomous Republic of Crimea) that President Viktor Yanukovych, a native efforts altogether. take part in the College of Cardinals until the age of support Russian-oriented policies. of the Donbas region that is hostile to 80, at which time they automatically ceased to be Thus far, the biggest calls for divid- the Ukrainian language and culture. (Continued on page 3) decision-making members of the Roman Curia. Yet the head of the Universal Church, the pope, was not subjected to this legislation (indeed the Roman pon- tiff is the lawgiver). Mandatory retirement caused controversy within Yanukovych’s elder son appears Church circles. Some protested, some complained, some grumbled under their breath, while others accepted retirement willingly and even gladly. Over to reap the benefit of connections the years, once bishops had submitted their resigna- tions, the pope sometimes chose to extend their gov- ernance beyond the retirement age, until a suitable His wealth swells to $210 M in 3 years replacement could be found. by Zenon Zawada wealth in his MAKO holding company, transform Ukraine into a concentration At the end of the 20th century, Pope John Paul II camp, with the single plantation owner Special to The Ukrainian Weekly which reported the audit’s results on mitigated his predecessor’s law somewhat, allowing February 19. as Yanukovych and his family, owning cardinals over age 80 to take part in initial conclave KYIV – Not bad for three years of The business empire reportedly all the land, natural resources, water discussions, up to but not including the closed voting work. includes banking, real estate and con- resources and even the air. Everything in the Sistine Chapel. Oleksandr Yanukovych, 39, the struction, wholesale fuel trading, coal would belong to Yanukovych and his In the Eastern Catholic Churches the introduction elder son of President Viktor exporting and even champagne pro- children and he’s hoping for this,” Dr. of mandatory retirement for bishops caused not a lit- Yanukovych, has accumulated assets – duction, according to news reports. Soskin commented. tle controversy. Some argued that such a reform did most of them since his father took “It’s understood that [Viktor] The current evidence indicates that not suit the traditions or theological sensibilities of office in February 2010 – that are val- Yanukovych is considering the Belarus President Yanukovych is planning for the East. A key issue concerned the fathers and heads ued at about $210 million, according model and wants to be like [Alyaksandr] his family to rule Ukraine for a long of Eastern Catholic Churches, such as patriarchs and to an audit performed by the interna- Lukashenka as dictator of Ukraine,” time. When selecting the new Cabinet major archbishops. Many argued that, like the pope, of Ministers in December, Mr. tional firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers. said Dr. Oleh Soskin, a former econom- heads of their Particular Churches (sui juris), should Yanukovych appointed Oleksandr’s It’s widely accepted that Oleksandr ic advisor to former President Leonid not be subject to mandatory retirement. closest associates to lead the most Yanukovych’s exclusive connections Kuchma and director of the Institute influential state organs. (Continued on page 3) enabled him, a dentist and economist of Society Transformation in Kyiv. by education, to accumulate such “He wants to own everything and (Continued on page 6) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 No. 8

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2010 Census shows fewer Russians, Batkivschyna ready to support Klitschko reported on February 13. “We will start col- lecting signatures in March 2013,” KYIV – The Batkivschyna parliamentary Communist Party National Deputy more non-Russians in Russia faction will support Vitali Klitschko as a sin- Oleksander Holub said. The Communist First, he notes that the total population of gle opposition candidate for Kyiv mayor if Party is planning to submit only one ques- by Paul Goble Mr. Klitschko confirms his intention to run Eurasia Daily Monitor the Russian Federation has declined by tion for public discussion: whether nearly 3 percent since 1989, from 147.0 mil- for election, said the head of the Verkhovna Ukrainian citizens support the country’s According to recent census results, the lion to 142.9 million. Second, he writes that Rada Committee on Freedom of Speech and accession to the Customs Union. “As for the rate of the overall decline in the population “the dynamics of the numbers of the various Information and one of the leaders of the second question – the European Union – a of the Russian Federation nearly doubled peoples of Russia were different both in Batkivschyna faction, Mykola Tomenko. “At decision has to be made by the president. If during the past decade, compared to the terms of direction and in terms of rates. As a a meeting of the Batkivschyna faction in the he finds it necessary to raise the issue of EU rate over the course of the 1990s, but that result, the ethno-national structure of the Verkhovna Rada we have reaffirmed our integration before the citizens, let it be so. trend obscures rather than highlights three population of the country has markedly intention to nominate a single candidate for It’s important for us that citizens determine more important developments: the share of changed.” And third, he points out that the Kyiv mayor,” Mr. Tomenko said in an inter- the vector of Ukraine’s movement and ethnic Russians continues to decline more ethnic Russian majority has fallen from 81.5 view with Interfax-Ukraine on February 18. speak about the prospect of membership in rapidly than that of the population as a percent of the population in 1989 to 77.7 He said the faction has asked the UDAR the Customs Union,” Communist Party lead- whole, that of many non-Russian nationali- percent in 2010, with the actual number of Party leader to determine his position er Petro Symonenko said. (Ukrinform) ties is growing more rapidly, and the share ethnic Russians falling over that period from regarding the nomination of a single candi- of those who declare no nationality at all has 119.9 million to 111.0 million. date for the mayoral election in Kyiv. “If the Rada committee’s draft statement on EU risen 362 times over the number of that But Mr. Illarionov’s most intriguing UDAR Party and its leader, Vitali Klitschko, group two decades ago. observation involves his dividing the 41 confirm their intention to run for mayor, KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada Committee The summary figures for the 2010 largest peoples of the country, those with at Batkivschyna will support him,” Mr. on European Integration on February 20 Russian census showed that there were 145 least 100,000 people each, into six different Tomenko said. He added that if UDAR and passed a draft statement of the Parliament separate peoples and 48 additional ones categories. The first group he called “the Klitschko take a different decision, then the on the implementation of Ukraine’s aspira- who were defined as subgroups of the for- emigrants,” who include the Belarusians, Batkivschyna faction would proceed with tions for European integration and the mer residing in the country. Of the 145, 47 Ukrainians, Germans, Jews and Georgians, further consultations to select a single can- signing of the European Union-Ukraine had more than 50,000 members and many of whom have left the Russian didate. As reported, on June 1, 2012, Leonid Association Agreement. According to an formed 99.4 percent of the population of the Federation over this period. Their numbers Chernovetskyi resigned as Kyiv mayor. The Interfax-Ukraine reporter, the draft docu- Russian Federation. The other smaller peo- have fallen “catastrophically” from 7.4 mil- Kyiv City Council appointed Kyiv City ment reads that the Verkhovna Rada “with- ples thus formed less than one-half of 1 per- in its powers, will ensure that the recom- lion to 3.4 million and are unlikely ever to Council Secretary Halyna Hereha as acting cent of the population (www.gks.ru/free_ mendations concerning the signing of the recover. In 1989, they formed 5 percent of mayor. On July 19, 2012, Ms. Hereha asked doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/ Association Agreement between Ukraine the population of the Russian Federation. the Verkhovna Rada to issue an instruction Documents/Vol4/pub-04-01.pdf). Today, they constitute only 2.4 percent. and the EU, which are stipulated in the res- on holding an early mayoral election. On The census found that the share of ethnic The second includes the Udmurts, olutions of the European Parliament and January 29 the Verkhovna Rada chairman Russians was declining relative to the oth- Chuvash, Mordva, Mari and Moldovans, who the conclusions of the Council of the EU said that the elections of the Kyiv mayor and ers, both indigenous and immigrant, but not are “dying out” as a result of low birthrates approved on December 10, 2012, at a the City Council should be held simultane- as significantly as had been the case in the and high mortality rates. Over the last two meeting of the EU foreign ministers, will be ously. A number of Ukrainian experts say 1990s, largely because fertility rates among decades, these groups declined from 3 per- fulfilled.” (Interfax-Ukraine) many non-Russian peoples have declined, cent of the population to 2.4 percent. that independent national deputy and for- approaching those of the ethnic Russians. The third is made up of “the contracting” mer Foreign Affairs Minister of Ukraine Patriarch on pope’s resignation But according to Demoscope, a Russian peoples. On the one hand, there are the Petro Poroshenko could be nominated by LVIV – The Information Department of weekly on demographic trends, “the main Adygs, Bashkirs, Tatars, Azeris, Kazakhs and the opposition as a single candidate for the the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church distinction of the 2002-2010 intercensal Kabardins, whose share of the population Kyiv mayoralty. (Interfax-Ukraine) (UGCC) on February 14 published a letter period from the previous 1989-2002 one dropped from 8.4 million to 5.3 million. And CPU wants referendum on Customs Union by Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk saying was an acceleration in the contraction of the on the other, this group includes the ethnic that clergymen of the UGCC were sad to size of the population.” In the earlier case, Russians who suffered a far larger absolute KYIV – The Communist Party of Ukraine hear about the resignation of Pope the country’s population was falling 0.1 per- decline in overall numbers than the other (CPU) is launching a campaign on prepara- Benedict XVI. “On one hand, we feel cent a year; in the second, 0.2 percent, a members of this group combined. Indeed, tions for a referendum on Ukraine’s acces- orphaned because the faithful of our Church trend that is unlikely to be reversed anytime many are likely to argue that ethnic sion to the Customs Union of Russia, always viewed you as the Father who soon given the age structure of ethnic Russians should be listed separately and not Belarus and Kazakhstan. The Communists repeatedly addressed with a fatherly word Russians – the ethnic Russian population is together with the other six. hope to complete all preparatory proce- our nation in its language during various aging faster than most of the other large The fourth group consists of “the moderate- dures in July so that President Viktor events in the Apostolic See. On the other peoples, and there are ever fewer Russian ly growing” and includes the Osetts, Koreans, Yanukovych could schedule the voting day Buryats, Balkars, Armenians, Chechens, women in the prime child-bearing age for early September, Kommersant-Ukraine (Continued on page 12) cohort (demoscope.ru/weekly/2012/ Kalmyks, Ingush and Sakha. Individually 0531/tema03.php; aillarionov.livejournal. and collectively, they have increased their com/476194.html). numbers and share of the population Not surprisingly, many ethnic Russian because of higher birthrates, lower mortali- commentators bemoaned these overall fig- ty rates and, in some cases, immigration. The Ukrainian Weekly FOUNDED 1933 ures and projected “the withering away” of The fifth is made up of “the rapidly grow- ing,” a group that includes the Tuvins, the Russian nation even as they proposed An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Tabasarans, Roma, Avars, Karachais, Laks, that Moscow do more to combat that trend a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. 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by Oleg Varfolomeyev 2012 as punishment for buying less gas to Gazprom in court, as Gazprom has Russian gas cuts. Mr. Yanukovych com- Eurasia Daily Monitor than stipulated by the 10-year contract already lost price disputes on the same plained that the European Energy signed in January 2009 by the government issue to several customers from Europe. Community ignored Ukraine’s interests, Ukraine has rejected Russia’s demand of then Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia President Viktor Yanukovych said on a having offered no support for Ukraine in that it pay a fine for taking less Russian gas Tymoshenko. According to the contract, recent visit to Lithuania that Gazprom’s the current dispute, while members of the from pipelines last year than stipulated by Naftohaz has to purchase 41.6 billion to claims were unfair and that the take-or-pay Energy Community support Russia’s South contracts – Kyiv’s position is that the con- 52.0 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas each clause in the contract worked against free Stream gas pipeline bypassing Ukraine tracts, which it considers damaging to year. However, Naftohaz pumped only 24.9 market principles. He reiterated the claim (UNIAN, February 6). Ukraine – should long ago have been bcm of gas from Russia last year that Gazprom’s prices for Ukraine have Ukraine joined the Energy Community revised. Gazprom can now sue the national (Kommersant-Ukraine, January 28). been unfair (Interfax-Ukraine, February 6). in 2010 in the hopes that the EU would oil and gas company Naftohaz Ukrainy in According to a take-or-pay clause in the Kyiv has been asking Moscow for several take its side in disputes with Russia – in an international court. contract, Gazprom wants Naftohaz to pay years to revise the contract, as Ukraine particular that Brussels would say “no” to Kyiv has apparently hoped for sympathy for the gas Naftohaz was supposed to take pays more for Gazprom’s gas than most of South Stream and take up Ukraine’s invita- from the European Union, but none has but did not. its neighbors. But talks have thus far been tions to upgrade its own gas pipelines materialized. The Ukrainian government Kyiv argues that Gazprom, as the con- fruitless. instead. However, this has not happened – may use this as a pretext to accept Russia’s tract requires, had been warned in advance Mr. Yanukovych also used the occasion not only because Russia has good lobbyists offers of cheap gas in exchange for quitting that Naftohaz would import less gas than to lambaste the European Union for not in Europe, but also because Ukraine is in no the European Energy Community, if not join- stipulated by the contract. However, taking Ukraine’s side in its fresh gas dis- hurry to reform its gas transportation sec- ing the Russian-dominated Customs Union. Gazprom argues that although warned, it pute with Russia, just like in 2009 when tor, which remains non-transparent and is On January 26, media outlets reported insisted that Naftohaz should abide by the Ms. Tymoshenko accepted the unfavorable thus shunned by potential investors. that Gazprom wants Naftohaz to pay an contract (Kommersant-Ukraine, January contract under pressure from the additional $7 billion for gas deliveries in 31). Kyiv apparently believes it will not lose European Union, which was affected by (Continued on page 8)

and Crimea regions ought to be given the model has been exhausted, he said. The the fact that a classic nation-state won’t Once a taboo... right to separate from the Ukrainian state. single chance to preserve the state in its emerge here. The post-Soviets passively “Any Ukrainian movement is aggressive- current bounds is a federalist system. reject the independent Ukrainian state and (Continued from page 1) ly blocked there a priori,” Mr. “It’s funny to listen to the discussion of pathologically reject anything Ukrainian. “I don’t know how much longer we can Andrukhovych said in the interview pub- Ukrainian ‘sobornyky’ of how a beautiful “Therefore, Ukraine is a country of peo- keep going like this,” Mr. Vynnychuk said in lished by the UNIAN news agency. “It’s not future for Ukrainians awaits Ukraine,” he ple who are dissatisfied with Ukraine,” he an interview published on January 24 in blocked as a result of some sort of repres- told the Russian news agency Regnum. “It’s said in January. “Keeping this state of the pro-Russian “2000” weekly newspaper sions, but because it truly isn’t wanted by funny again and again! Ukrainians as bear- affairs is only advantageous for the govern- the local population. It’s foreign to Ukraine. ers of the national language, culture and ment, which is taking advantage of the sit- based in Kyiv. “Some are pulling us left, oth- Ukraine is foreign to them and not interest- mentality are completely losing out to the uation by milking everything it can. ers to the right. We don’t have a decent life. ing – indifferent at minimum.” ‘sovok.’ [a slang term for Soviet culture]. Ukrainian statehood is a trophy of the 20 years. Complete decay … We live in He added, “We’re constantly consoling They are beginning to become a minority. ‘elites’ and an exasperation for the popula- some kind of bizarre country. The govern- ourselves with the illusion of territorial Therefore, I view federalism as a chance tion.” ment isn’t moving towards Europe, or integrity, which p r e c i s e l y f o r The next 20 years of “enslavement” will Russia, but is preoccupied exclusively with doesn’t exist. It’s Ukrainian patriots be dedicated towards forming a proto-fed- its own affairs and its own enrichment.” exists today only Ukraine “a country to not only preserve eralist Ukraine as a political state with Opponents of separation argue that because their boy is of people who are their identity, but to political nations, based on the principle of there’s no clear line for the potential bor- sitting in Kyiv on his spread it as well.” the co-existence of various, even antago- der. For example, they point out that, unlike throne. Therefore dissatisfied with More recently, nistic world views, Mr. Drozdov said on the Lviv, Kyiv is a Russian-speaking city and o n e - s e ve n t h o f Mr. Drozdov com- 20th year anniversary of Ukrainian inde- would remain so even if it were separated Ukraine is making its Ukraine”? pared Ukraine to a pendence in 2011. from southeastern Ukraine. This point was determining contri- typical Soviet-style “We are the children of different par- raised by the “2000” interviewer. bution to how the country is living as a communal apartment, to which its resi- ents,” he said in January of this year. “We “It doesn’t matter that it’s Russian- whole. Therefore, I wouldn’t reject such a dents were assigned without even being are united by a common surname, speaking because it thinks democratically. [separation] project and wouldn’t turn this asked. It belongs to no one, and everyone ‘Ukraine,’ but we have different parents The issue isn’t language,” said Mr. damned ‘integrity’ into a dogma at all. shares the basic utilities – kitchen, bath and we grew up in different worlds. That’s Vynnychuk, who also acknowledged in the Meaning, why be fixed on that which truly and toilet. why we seem native and seem foreign. We interview that he feels closer to Krakow or destroys and undoes us?” “The mutual non-acceptance of mentali- are relatives forcibly settled together. The Prague than Kyiv, whose residents he Another Halychyna intellectual to sound ties is so deep that the ability to live in one father of the east is the USSR, while the doesn’t understand and where he’d never off is the outspoken and provocative Ostap country is only thanks to the absence of father of the west is the extinct liberal want to live. Drozdov, a television host of the “Direct daily contact between each other,” he told European empires. Different worldviews, The first Halychyna intellectual to raise Words” program on Lviv’s Zakhidna the daily newspaper Den (Day) in a com- different civilizations, different experienc- controversy by suggesting that Ukraine be Informatsiyna Korporatsiya (ZIK) network. mentary published on January 22 this year. es. Those who try to fit these two matrixes divided was Yuri Andrukhovych, the Ivano- Ukraine doesn’t have a future, Mr. The present-day Ukraine doesn’t suit into one Ukrainian body advocate violence. Frankivsk native who said in a July 2010 Drozdov said in a June 2010 interview. The anyone, he said. The patriots aren’t happy We don’t need to reconcile, but deregulate interview that the residents of the Donbas unitary, centralized and forcibly united because they are forced to reconcile with these two worlds.”

Neither does it stipulate what measures to age and, thus, in 2005 Major Archbishop telling to witness the Universal pontiff About the resignations... should be taken when the head of the Husar became the first Ukrainian cardinal addressing this young man as “Your (Continued from page 1) Particular Church reaches the point where to cast his vote in a papal election. However, Beatitude,” and to hear the new head of our he is unable to effectively govern. by that time, he had already lost his eyesight Church call the bishop of Rome “Most Holy In the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church Both Slipyj and his successor Myroslav and had to recite the oaths from memory, Father.” Cardinal Josyf Slipyj strongly opposed such Ivan Lubachivsky became very frail at the which eventually led Patriarch Lubomyr to Once again, in 2013 no Ukrainian cardi- reforms and would not retire at 80. Two end of their mandates. While their spiritual ponder if he could continue to effectively nal will be able to take part in the impend- other Ukrainian bishops followed his exam- headship was preserved, the important lead the Ukrainian Church. ing conclave. Cardinal Husar will turn 80 ple: Neil Savaryn of Edmonton and Isidore question arose as to who was to govern in Although not required to resign, only a few days before, and the retired Boretsky of Toronto. In the case of the two their stead. To resolve such questions the Patriarch Lubomyr could certainly do so Latin archbishop of Lviv, Cardinal Marian Ukrainian Canadian bishops, the Apostolic Apostolic See appointed administrators. voluntarily. In 2011 he conferred with Pope Jaworski, exceeded the age limit in 2006. See appointed administrators to effectively The Synod of Ukrainian Bishops selected Benedict before making his decision to step While all Catholics feel a great loss at replace them. In Slipyj’s case, however, Pope Bishop Lubomyr Husar as locum tenens down. And since then two other Eastern the abdication of their Universal Father, John Paul II convoked the Synod of and, upon Lubachivsky’s death in in 2001, patriarchs have followed Cardinal Husar’s Ukrainian Catholics still look forward to the Ukrainian Bishops to elect a co-adjutor and it chose Bishop Husar as major archbishop. example and retired due to age and infirmi- day when, God willing, Pope Benedict’s future successor, while Slipyj continued to Within hours of confirming the election, ty. Perhaps Pope Benedict XVI considered successor will call upon Patriarch head the Church until his death in 1984. Pope John Paul conferred the cardinatial these resignations in making his own deci- Sviatoslav to join the universal Senate, Part of the retirement issue was dignity upon Major Archbishop Husar, sion to abdicate. becoming perhaps the youngest member of resolved in 1990 when John Paul II pro- making him a member of the de facto In 2011 the Synod of Ukrainian Bishops the College of Cardinals. mulgated the Code of Canons of the Senate of the Universal Church. selected a very young and energetic succes- Eastern Catholic Churches. While requiring Over the centuries, not a single one of the sor to Major Archbishop Husar, Sviatoslav The analysis above appeared on February all Eastern Catholic priests and bishops to Ukrainian cardinals (Isydor of Kyiv, who Shevchuk. Immediately after his election, 17 in the “Expert Opinion” section of the submit their resignations, the Eastern Code died in1463, Mykhaylo Levytsky, +1858, Major Archbishop (Patriarch) Sviatoslav Religious Information Service of Ukraine did not make a similar stipulation regard- Sylvestr Sembratovych, +1898) attended a traveled to Rome to manifest ecclesial com- (see http://risu.org.ua/en/index/expert_ ing patriarchs and major archbishops. conclave. In 1978 Slipyj was excluded due munion with the Roman pontiff. It was very thought/analytic/51322/). 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 No. 8

OBITUARIES Steven Howansky, Lemko activist, 70 Marika Bokalo, sports advocate, 67 STAMFORD, Conn. – Steven Howansky, WHIPPANY, N.J. – Marika Prociuk Bokalo, an active member of the Ukrainian- a longtime swimming and camp activist American community, passed away on with the sports club Chornomorska Sitch February 11 in Stamford, Conn., following and the Ukrainian Sports Federation of the a struggle with lung cancer. He was 70. U.S.A. and Canada, (known by its Ukrainian Born on May 2, 1942, to Damian and acronym as USCAK), suddenly passed away Fotyna Szewczyk Howansky in the village on January 18. She was 67. of Zdynia in the Lemko region of south- For more than 30 years Ms. Bokalo served eastern Poland, a defining moment in Mr. as swimming director for USCAK and as Howasnky’s life occurred during the sum- swimming director for Sitch. She also served mer of 1947, when the Polish government as camp secretary for the Sitch Sports School, forcibly relocated him and his family, now in its 44th year, where she led camp along with more than 140,000 members activities, singing, recitations – even working of the Ukrainian minority, from their with campers who did not know the ancestral lands across the country, during Ukrainian language. As a school teacher, she a resettlement campaign called Operation was adept at helping the children to learn. “Vistula” (Akcja Wisla). At the 44th USCAK nationals, Ms. Bokalo led Sitch’s swimmers to win 28 gold and 12 Mr. Howansky eventually immigrated to silver medals. In 1991 she helped organize the United States in the early 1960s, but a representative swim team for USCAK at a he never forgot his homeland or his Steven Howansky Marika Prociuk Bokalo sports exhibition in the western Ukrainian Ukrainian roots, becoming a local leader national champion in wrestling while in cities of Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil and USCAK will be taken over by her daughter, within groups such as the Organization for Poland. He particularly loved soccer, and Uzhhorod. Taissa, who also serves on executive board. the Defense of Lemko Western Ukraine his boisterous voice could be heard from Ms. Bokalo was also a talented organizer In addition to her daughter Taissa, Ms. (known by its Ukrainian acronym as OOL), the sidelines of practically any game he for a variety of events, including the USCAK Bokalo is survived by her husband, Myron; the Lemko Research Foundation Inc., and attended. He shared his love of sports with swimming championships at Soyuzivka, Taissa’s sons Vasyl and Slavko; sister, Luba, the Ukrainian Lemko Museum in his children, who all played soccer, and he which she coordinated with other USCAK with husband Yuri Humeniuk, with son Stamford, Conn. He devoted an enormous never missed the chance to attend their members. Damian; brother Peter, with son Nick; and amount of energy to organizing events matches whenever he could, even when it She was branch secretary and a member brother, Slavko, with wife Janice, and such as dances, festivals and Christmas meant driving for hours a few times a of the Ukrainian National Women’s League daughters Grace and Danielle. caroling as fund-raisers for these week. of America Branch 28. A viewing was held at Lytwyn & Lytwyn Ukrainian Lemko organizations. By trade, Mr. Howansky was a mechani- After graduating from Rutgers University, Funeral Home in Union, N.J., with funeral A supporter of the Ukrainian American cal engineer who received his bachelor’s she began working as a social worker in service held at St. Andrew Memorial Youth Association’s Krylati soccer teams, degree from the City College of New York New York, and as a parochial school teacher Church, followed by interment at St. Andrew which he helped coach and manage at var- in the late 1970s. He was so focused on his in Elizabeth, N.J., before the school closed. Cemetery in South Bound Brook, N.J. In lieu ious stages, Mr. Howansky was an avid She then began teaching at public schools. of flowers, donations may be sent to sports fan, having also been a junior (Continued on page 5) Ms. Bokalo’s functions with Sitch and Chornomorska Sitch in Whippany, N.J.

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In 60 years, Ukrainian FCU has grown to $152 million in assets and six full-service branches located in Rochester, Albany, and Syracuse, N.Y., Sacramento, Calif., Boston and Portland, Ore. The merger further strengthens the Ukrainian American credit union movement in New York state. The collective efforts of both credit unions will result in greater efficiencies and enhanced products and ser- vices. Ukrainian FCU will leverage the reputation UHD FCU has established in Buffalo to provide superior financial services for individuals and businesses. Buffalo credit union members now have access to a complete line of financial services, including 30-year mortgages, commercial loans, an expanded ATM net- work and improved online banking services. The merger was effective as of January 1, and will be com- pleted by the end of March. The Buffalo credit union office is currently located at 562 Genesee St. Buffalo branch staff with Ukrainian Federal Credit Union executives: (from left): Taras Muzychko, Dorothy Lewczyk, For more information about the merger readers Tetiana Zborovsky, Branch Manager Maria Sedlarczuk, UFCU Chief Operating Officer Tanya Dashkevich, Sophia may go to www.rufcu.org/merger.php. Kenn and UFCU Chief Executive Officer Oleg Lebedko.

executive MBA from the University of New Nadia and extended family; and his broth- Funeral Home in Yonkers, N.Y., on Steven Howansky... Haven. er-in-law, Michael Barna, and extended February 13-14, followed on February 15 Mr. Howansky is survived by his wife, family. by a service at St. Michael Ukrainian (Continued from page 4) Mary Nadia (neé Lozyniak); his son, Mark Perhaps one of Mr. Howansky’s great- Catholic Church in Yonkers, and interment family that he chose to attend his son’s Howansky, along with daughter-in-law est joys during his last year of life was at Mount Hope Cemetery in Hastings-on- kindergarten graduation rather than his Mary Hrywna and granddaughter Nadya; doting on his granddaughters, for whom Hudson, N.Y. own college graduation, held on the same his daughter Diana Reilly, along with son- he was constantly buying presents. He Donations in memory of Mr. Howansky day. A believer in education, Mr. in-law Brian and granddaughter Olivia; was preceded in death by his parents and can be made to: Organization for the Howansky was proud when he returned his daughter Lena Howansky; his brother, his sister, Anna Barna. Defense of Lemko Western Ukraine (OOL), to school later in life and obtained an Peter Howansky, along with sister-in-law Viewings were held at Whalen & Ball P.O. Box 7, Clifton, NJ 07015-0007. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 No. 8

The Ukrainian Weekly Ukrainian Days in D.C. scheduled for April 17-18 It’s now or never… Ukrainian National Information Service Congress, both new and returning, the vital Well, almost… importance of enhancing support for The foreign ministers of the European Union on February 18 reiterated their WASHINGTON – In what has become an Ukraine’s struggling civil society. readiness to sign an Association Agreement with Ukraine at the Eastern Partnership annual springtime ritual in Washington, Ukrainians Days will be held in conjunc- summit meeting in Vilnius in November. Indeed, the EU has previously stated that it the Ukrainian National Information tion with the Central and East European is committed to signing the agreement with Ukraine – provided there is discernable Service (UNIS), the Washington public- Coalition (CEEC) advocacy event slated for progress on the major issues that have stalled forward movement. But there is a affairs bureau of the Ukrainian Congress Thursday, April 18. As a founding member limit as to how long the EU can wait for Kyiv. Committee of America (UCCA), will once of the CEEC, the UCCA works in tandem When the European Union’s commissioner for enlargement and European neigh- again sponsor the Ukrainian Days advoca- with the coalition to advance U.S. foreign borhood policy, Stefan Fule, visited Ukraine on February 7, he gave a stern warning cy event on Wednesday and Thursday, policy issues in Central and East Europe. to Ukraine’s officials. “We can’t wait. …Because if we, Ukraine and the EU, allow the April 17-18. The Ukrainian Days event will also November deadline to pass, there won’t be anything similar. There won’t be a During the two-day events the begin a new tradition by honoring individ- December deadline or January 2014 deadline.” Instead, the Association Agreement Ukrainian community is afforded an uals who have contributed to the better- would be postponed for action until some undetermined time no earlier than 2016. opportunity to meet with government ment of U.S.-Ukraine relations or promoted Speaking to the press in Kyiv, Mr. Fule underscored: “My message I brought from agencies and non-governmental organiza- community contacts with local, state and Brussels is very clear: It is time for Ukraine to take its place among those countries tions (NGOs) involved in formulating and federal government officials with the that are shaping and actively facing global challenges together. It is time to join the monitoring U.S. policy toward Ukraine, as “Friend of UNIS Award.” The awards will fellowship of trust and confidence. We have a window of opportunity to move for- well as to interact with members of be presented during a “Ukrainian Evening” ward.” The commissioner cited the sticking points, pointing to the need for “deter- Congress to discuss the community’s con- reception on Capitol Hill. mined action and tangible progress on the three key issues: selective justice, short- cerns. Founded by the UCCA during the height comings of the October elections and advancing association agenda reforms.” This year, the endeavor is especially crit- of the Cold War in 1977, UNIS has been Meanwhile, on February 25, the European Union-Ukraine summit will take place ical considering the recent elections in instrumental in advocating the communi- in Brussels. President Viktor Yanukovych will be “greeted” with a full-page adver- Ukraine and the United States, and chang- ty’s concerns for three and a half decades. tisement in the weekly newspaper European Voice (February 21-17 issue) that calls es within the Obama administration. Further information about Ukrainian on him to “Free Yulia Tymoshenko, Yurii Lutsenko and other political prisoners in Having to overcome the notion of Days is forthcoming on the UNIS Facebook Ukraine!” The advertisement, placed by the Canadian Group for Democracy in “Ukraine-fatigue,” the task of Ukrainian page and the UCCA website at www.ucca. Ukraine, also urges the European Union to give “No EU rewards for President Viktor Days will be to convey to members of org. Yanukovych’s regime without freedom for political opposition leaders of Ukraine!” No doubt Mr. Yanukovych will try to convince the EU that Ukraine is on the path to real reform, but his words have no value without actions. It also doesn’t inspire con- operations, observers said. Among the fidence that just days before the summit, on February 20, Ukraine’s ambassador to Yanukovych’s... prized assets currently believed to be in the the EU, Kostiantyn Yeliseyev, rejected any pre-conditions for the Association family’s crosshairs are the bankrupt Agreement, as reported by the EurActive.com news site. The Brussels-based envoy’s (Continued from page 1) Aerosvit airlines – which could already be comments were seen as a direct response to Mr. Fule. They include Serhii Arbuzov, 36, the first under its ownership – and the state rail- “If there is delivery [on the key issues], the signature is within reach, possibly by vice prime minister, who is expected to road monopoly, Ukrzaliznytsia, which may the time of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius in November,” Mr. Fule had replace Mykola Azarov as prime minister be privatized. said in Kyiv. And, as Andrew Gardner emphasized in a February 21 editorial in this year. Another close family associate, A critical tool in the family’s expansion- European Voice: “Yanukovych cannot expect the EU’s member states to take gambles Oleksandr Klymenko, 32, chairs the ism is its close ties to Ukraine’s biggest oli- on Ukraine, if he himself is not prepared to take gambles on reform that he says are Ministry of Revenue and Fees; and Vitalii garch, Rinat Akhmetov, who has reportedly in Ukraine’s own interests.” Zakharchenko, 50, heads the Internal offered support for its political projects, Once again, the ball is in Ukraine’s court. Affairs Ministry, or Ukraine’s nationwide particularly the Party of Regions of police force. Ukraine, and asset acquisition efforts. The members of this group, commonly Oleksandr Yanukovych once served as referred to as “the family,” are all Donbas deputy general director of the Akhmetov- Oblast natives who became acquainted owned Donbasnaftoprodukt, a company Feb. with each other in 2006, when Oleksandr that reportedly controls 15 percent of the Turning the pages back... Yanukovych launched MAKO, news reports wholesale gasoline market in Ukraine. said. Currently, the Yanukovyches are in part- In 2009 he launched perhaps his most nership with Mr. Akhmetov to take control 24 Twenty years ago, on February 24, 1993, Forrest-Marbury profitable venture, the All-Ukrainian of Ukraine’s resources and eliminate 1993 Court, a three-building complex in the historic Georgetown dis- Development Bank, appointing Mr. Arbuzov’s Ukraine’s other oligarch clans, Dr. Soskin trict of Washington, became the new site of the Embassy of mother, Valentyna, as its board chairman. said. Ukraine in the United States. By 2012 the bank’s assets were valued Among those being targeted for asset More than 500 diplomats, guests and supporters braved the freezing temperatures as at $587.5 million – more than tripling from seizure is the Kuchma clan, currently con- Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. Oleh Bilorus snipped a blue-and-yellow ribbon to offi- the prior year. Oleksandr Yanukovych trolled by Victor Pinchuk, the former presi- cially open the historic site where in 1791 George Washington agreed that the surround- reportedly controls between 94 and 100 dent’s son-in-law, whose wealth is estimat- ing area should become the U.S. capital. percent of its shares. ed at $3.2 billion by Korrespondent maga- The interior was blessed by Metropolitan-Archbishop Stephen Sulyk of the Ukrainian Among the ways the bank gained such zine. Besides extensive industrial assets, Catholic Church and Archbishop Antony of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.SA., quick capitalization was winning state ten- Mr. Pinchuk controls several influential followed by the singing of the Ukrainian national anthem. Then the Ukrainian delegation, ders, widely believed to be rigged, for con- television networks and newspapers that led by Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Yuriy Rylach, ceremoniously placed soil from the tracts with state-owned enterprises such are of interest to the Yanukovych family. grounds of St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv on the grounds of the Embassy. as railroads and rail-related factories, issu- On February 20, Deputy Procurator Ukraine’s diplomatic delegation began its work to secure the site on May 5, 1992, when ing loans to them at interest rates as high General Renat Kuzmin announced that Ambassador Bilorus presented his credentials to President George H.W. Bush. Later that as 19 percent, news reports said. state prosecutors have gathered enough day, President Leonid Kravchuk, while on a working visit to Washington, officially opened Oleksandr Yanukovych owns another evidence to prosecute Mr. Kuchma, 74, as having ordered the murder of journalist the temporary, rented offices of the Embassy of Ukraine located in a downtown office bank, Ukrbiznesbank, once managed by Mr. Heorhii Gongadze in 2000. building. The search for a proper Embassy building ended on December 29, 1992, when Arbuzov. Since Viktor Yanukovych became It was thought that Mr. Kuchma had the purchase agreement for the Forrest-Marbury complex was signed. president, its assets rose 2.5 times to avoided prosecution in 2011. After the Thomas Niles, assistant secretary of state, was at the opening as the official representa- $487.5 million as of the first half of 2012. Procurator General filed criminal charges tive of the U.S. government. He commented that Ukraine must be commended for sending Another big MAKO project is exporting high-quality anthracite coal. A leading in May 2011, a Kyiv district court dismissed forces into Bosnia in support of United Nations peace efforts, and for supporting President Swiss newspaper reported in January that them later that year – a ruling upheld twice Bill Clinton’s airlift initiatives. He also called on Ukraine to give up its 176 strategic nuclear Oleksandr Yanukovych travels to Zurich to on appeal. missiles in order for it to take its place in the world. conduct big business deals selling 40,000- “Pinchuk hid himself and bought off the Dr. Stepan Woroch, chairman of the Foundation in Support of Diplomatic Missions of 50,000 tons of anthracite per month that family,” said Dr. Soskin, referring to the Ukraine, congratulated the Ukrainian delegation on its success and pledged the communi- produce millions in profit. favorable court rulings. “But it didn’t last ty’s continued support of efforts to buttress Ukraine’s independent statehood. He earns millions more avoiding taxes long because the family’s appetite is insatia- Built in 1788, the Forrest-Marbury building was the residence of Gen. Uriah Forrest, a by funneling funds through MAKO’s off- ble and it’s trying to consume everyone. It Revolutionary War hero. In 1791 President Washington asked Gen. Forrest to help identi- shore affiliates, registered in countries such will devour Pinchuk together with Kuchma.” fy an area where the nation’s capital could be built. Gen. Forrest proposed the area west of as Switzerland and the Netherlands, both Mr. Pinchuk’s announcement on February the Potomac River, today the District of Columbia, and not so curiously, part of the vast of which have agreements with the 19 that he would join the Giving Pledge properties Gen. Forrest owned at the time. This historic agreement was concluded Ukrainian government that prevent taxa- charity launched by Bill Gates and Warren between Forrest and Washington in the building that became the Embassy of Ukraine. tion on funds leaving Ukraine to firms reg- Buffett – vowing to donate at least half of his istered in their countries, as reported by wealth to philanthropy – has drawn specula- Source: “Ukraine’s Embassy in U.S. dedicated at historic site,” by Roman Woronowycz, The the Ukrayinska Pravda news site. tion that it’s a maneuver to protect his Ukrainian Weekly, February 28, 1993. The family is intent on expanding its assets from potential raids by the family. No. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 7

REFLECTIONS COMMENTARY Finding your Ukrainian roots: Yanukovych’s ace in Brussels a first look on TV series by Oksana Bashuk Hepburn Stefan Fule said, “we cannot wait.” In turn, Mr. Yanukovych showed some flexibility The Ukraine-European Union summit, by responding that something must be to be held in Brussels on February 25, is done in the face of constant criticism. an historic crossroads for Ukraine. Both It is clear that the West must continue sides would benefit from the signing of an convincing Ukraine’s president that by Association Agreement this year to freeing the incarcerated leaders he will strengthen trade and political ties, but the free himself from a most difficult Gordian obstacles to progress are still in place. knot. What does Europe want? Others have done this. Last year, Certainly, it wants Ukraine to be a part Myanmar released opposition leader of the democratic European family. Aung San Suu Kyi and others, and is mov- Ukraine is attractive as a major market, ing forward. However, this came about supplier of goods – steel, grain – and a because the democratic world maintained buffer against Russia. sustained pressure on the regime. It is The EU wants Ukraine’s regime to surprising therefore, that some influential move on three issues. diaspora organizations would have the EU First, end the terror of selective justice sign the Association Agreement without and free ex-Prime Minister Yulia the release of the incarcerated leaders. Tymoshenko, ex-Internal Affairs Minister An EU agreement, without a quid pro On the set of “Family Historian” (from left) are: Jesse Patterson, director and editor, Yurii Lutsenko and others. quo from Ukraine’s president, is seriously Mike Buryk, Ukrainian family history researcher; Stephen Conte, host and producer; Second, given the questionable han- out of step with the democratic world. It Vi Smith and Jim Boyle, camerapersons. dling and results of Ukraine’s elections, removes the motivation from Ukraine’s regime to act lawfully now and in the programs exploring how to dig into your more reform is needed in electoral laws. by Michael Buryk future. It encourages rogue behavior and family roots. Over the years, “Family And third, show momentum on the is simply wrong. The European Union has I can’t remember the first time that I asked Historian” has produced a variety of different long-promised reform agenda. given Ukraine until November to comply, Uncle Johnny where my grandmother came shows covering all aspects of genealogy. This In turn, Ukraine considers European or it will be compelled to wait for another from. There’s still an old, faded piece of paper includes special segments on preserving old integration to be so vital that it has cho- seven years before the next opportunity in my family history files where I sketched in documents, World War I and II records, wills sen to withstand Russia’s considerable comes around. Should the president fail in pencil a short family tree of my Mom’s par- and estates, and shows with an ethnic focus pressures to join its Customs Union, of this, Ukraine’s isolation from the West ents, Anna Sawchyn and George Sych. At least such as Irish, German and Italian family his- which Belarus and Kazakhstan are Uncle Johnny knew her village was Rosilna will increase. The immediate casualties tory. “Ukrainian Genealogy” is the latest already members. near Bohorodchany in the Stanyslaviv (now will be the regime’s leaders. Already there addition to this large collection of very infor- Ukraine’s absence weakens the union, Ivano-Frankivsk) region in western Ukraine. are clear messages that U.S. President mative offerings. and Russia means to get its way. On my Dad’s side, no one knew anything Barack Obama is not interested in meet- Now in its 25th year on the air, “Family Lately it has demanded the repayment about where Baba Julia came from. And the Historian,” is part of HomeTowne Television ing with Mr. Yanukovych if he continues to of unconsumed energy costs, claiming origins of my grandfathers were a complete in Summit, N.J. It airs weekly throughout the take Ukraine on the road toward becom- some $7 billion is owed. Russia promises blank since both had met tragic deaths while Garden State on the Comcast (Channel 36) ing another Belarus, while the U.S. Senate my parents were young children. and Verizon (Channel 33) cable networks. If to reconsider the debt should Ukraine join is considering sanctions against Ukraine’s And so I set out on a lifelong journey to you are not in the Comcast or Verizon cable the Customs Union. But Ukraine says it officials. uncover my Ukrainian roots. Fast forward to viewing area, “Family Historian” can be seen won’t pay and has retaliated with further The government of Canada has also 2012. With some 35 years of family history online at the HomeTowne Television website diversification from Russia’s energy been clear, since the arrests of Ms. digging behind me, several published articles (http://www.hometownetv.org/pro/node/7). dependency. It is negotiating an attractive Tymoshenko and Mr. Lutsenko some two on the subject and two how-to workshops Click on “video on demand,” or “HTTV Regular natural gas agreement with years ago, that Ukraine must respect the on Lemko genealogy, I was approached by Programs” and then on “Family Historian Turkmenistan. Given these tensions, it’s rule of law and refrain from selective jus- Stephen Conte, producer of the “Family Ukrainian Genealogy.” You can download an not surprising that recent talks in Moscow tice. Writing to Canada’s minster of for- Historian” series, to do a half-hour cable TV online resource page for this show at http:// were cancelled. eign affairs earlier this week, the segment on Ukrainian genealogy. “Family www.buryk.com by clicking on “Genealogy” Russia will continue squeezing Ukraine Canadian Group for Democracy in Historian,” New Jersey’s own genealogy in the left-hand navigation bar. into agreeing to join its Customs Union Ukraine stressed that Canada, once again, cable TV series, was started in Passaic “Ukrainian Genealogy” is intended to be rather than the EU’s free trade agreement, “makes diplomatic demarches to the key County in 1988. The brainchild of produc- only an introduction to this complex and but President Yanukovych has an ace in parties; supporting the great value of the er-genealogist Mr. Conte, it was created to exciting topic. I will continue to offer my his hand: if he frees the political prison- Association Agreement and the need for introduce the genealogy research process three-hour public workshops on Lemko and ers, European integration will become Ukraine to meet the EU’s conditions.” A to people with no previous experience. Ukrainian genealogy to explore in-depth the real. joint statement with the United States In the 1980s, there were a lot of how-to various resources for compiling a complete All this drama, with historic conse- family history using archives located here in supporting the EU’s conditions might per- shows on cable TV. However, there were no quences, makes the February summit of the U.S. and in Poland and Ukraine. suade Mr. Yanukovych to use his ace keep- To facilitate a discussion online, the the EU and Ukraine pivotal for Ukraine ing in mind that he game ends on Mike Buryk is a Ukrainian American Ukrainian Historical and Educational Center and its president. February 25. writer whose research focuses on Lemko of New Jersey (UHEC) will soon launch an He needs to respond favorably to and Ukrainian genealogy and the history of interactive Lemko and Ukrainian genealogy demands from the West – the EU, the Oksana Bashuk Hepburn is a member of Ukrainians in the United States. Readers forum that I will moderate. Anyone interest- United States and Canada – or it might be the Canadian Group for Democracy in may contact him at michael.buryk@veri- ed in Lemko and Ukrainian genealogy can too late. EU’s Enlargement Commissioner Ukraine. zon.net. His website is: http://www.buryk. join and post questions. Look for announce- com. For more information on “Family ments for my future workshops and the new Historian,” readers may contact producer UHEC forum at http://www.ukrhec.org/. Stephen Conte at [email protected]. A DVD copy of the “Ukrainian Genealogy” show Copyright (c) 2012 by Michael J. Buryk. All EU reiterates willingness may be purchased directly from him. Rights Reserved to sign deal with Ukraine

LETTER TO THE EDITOR RFE/RL the signature to happen. It also states that parts of the agree- The Hollywood Reporter quoted me as BRUSSELS – European Union foreign ment can be applicable immediately saying: “It is my wish that the plaintiffs affairs ministers have stressed the readi- without the need for ratification. Hollywood Reporter drop this lawsuit and let everyone’s ness of the European Union to sign an Several EU member states have previ- resources go towards having this impor- Association Agreement with Ukraine at ously expressed doubts that the deal can story was incorrect tant story be told.” I never made such a the Eastern Partnership summit in be ratified unless politicians such as for- Dear Editor: statement to The Hollywood Reporter. Vilnius in November. mer Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko Furthermore, I never met the reporter who The statement adopted at a meeting are released from prison. With regard to the news item “Legal dis- wrote the story [the information was con- in Brussels on February 18, however, The statement also notes that pute over Holodomor film is resolved” tained in a column by Eriq Gardner and underlines the need for Kyiv to address Brussels aims to finalize negotiations on (January 14), which was based on a story Matthew Belloni – Ed.], nor did I speak “the issue of selective justice” and association agreements with Armenia, published in The Hollywood Reporter of with anyone from The Hollywood Reporter. make sure that elections follow inter- Georgia and Moldova by the time of the November 21, 2012, I would like to set the Eugenia Dallas national standards as a prerequisite for summit. record straight. Los Angeles 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 No. 8 “The Holodomor Reader:” A sourcebook on the Famine of 1932-1933 EDMONTON, Alberta – In commemoration of the 18th it was perceived and treated by the international commu- anniversary of the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 in nity, as well as by Ukrainian communities outside Soviet Ukraine, CIUS Press has published “The Holodomor Ukraine. The third aim was to highlight the national char- Reader,” the first comprehensive English-language source- acteristics and consequences of the Famine and its relation book on this tragedy of the Ukrainian people. to nationalism and the nationality question in the Soviet The reader is an indispensable text for those who teach, Union. The book’s focus on this third aspect of the study or simply seek to better understand the Soviet Holodomor, largely ignored in Western scholarship, reveals Union, Stalinism, Ukraine and genocide. Compiled, edited more clearly its genocidal nature. and with an introduction by Bohdan Klid and Alexander J. The new book was published with the support of the Motyl, “The Holodomor Reader” offers a comprehensive estate of Edward Brodacky of London, England, and the array of materials on the Holodomor, many of which have newly created Holodomor Research and Education been translated especially for this publication. Consortium (HREC). The materials are grouped in six sections: scholarship; Dr. Klid is assistant director of the Canadian Institute of legal assessments, findings and resolutions; eyewitness Ukrainian Studies (CIUS), University of Alberta. He has accounts and memoirs; survivor testimonies, memoirs, published articles on Ukrainian history, politics, and music. diaries, and letters; documents; and works of literature. Dr. Motyl, professor of political science at Rutgers Each section is prefaced with introductory remarks University, is a specialist on Ukraine, Russia and the USSR. describing the contents. The book also contains a biblio- He has written six scholarly books and six novels. graphic note and a map showing the intensity of the fam- The book is available from CIUS Press for $34.95 ine by region. (paper) and $74.95 (cloth). Outside Canada, prices are in Materials for “The Holodomor Reader” were selected U.S. dollars. Orders can be placed online by credit card via with three key aims in mind. The first was to offer a broad a secure Internet connection at www.ciuspress.com, by picture of the Holodomor by presenting a large number e-mail, [email protected], by telephone, 780-492-2973; fax, and variety of sources and writings. The second aim was to 780-492-4967;, or by mail, CIUS Press, 4-30 Athabasca introduce readers to the context and consequences of this Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G genocide and to illustrate the many different ways in which 2H8. Famine lecturer invokes human element 1932-1933 as a result of editing a sourcebook on the topic, gave life to the dead. They enabled me to feel for them.” He “The Holodomor Reader” (CIUS Press, 2012), with Dr. went on to note that it is such first-hand accounts, rather Bohdan Klid of the University of Alberta. The two scholars, than “abstractions and numbers,” that can “give a voice” in fact, came upon the idea for such a publication separate- and presence to the victims of the Famine. ly in the wake of the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor in This provided a lead-in to the speaker’s fourth point, 2007-2008. namely, a call to humanize Ukrainian history in general. He As a result of working on this tome, several things started with the “radical suggestion” that “Ukrainians are became evident to him. The first, Prof. Motyl said, was that human beings and that their history should be treated as debate on the question of “whether the Holodomor was or the history of human beings,” and then dealt with two par- was not genocide is over – at least in the West.” He noted ticular issues. the seismic shift in knowledge and opinion about the The first related to the scholarship of contemporary Famine since the 1950s, when any discussion of the matter “neo-Soviet historians.” He strongly voiced his opinion that was virtually the exclusive domain of survivors, refugees their work is unacceptable and offensive because it and émigrés. “reduce[s] Ukrainians from complex persons to one- Today, “no serious scholar or political figure… disputes dimensional stereotypes with no conscience, no feeling, no that millions of Ukrainians starved to death in 1932-1933.” brains, and no voice.” Such a simplistic approach feeds in And, as “the empirical evidence for regarding the part off the treatment of Ukrainians as “the savage ‘other’” Holodomor as genocide is overwhelming,” it is only a mat- in mutually reinforcing Polish, Jewish and Russian dis- ter of time before rational people who are neutral on the courses. Ukrainian attempts to provide an alternative to issue are persuaded, Prof. Motyl stated. this have only been recent and not strongly presented, The second matter that became clear to the speaker was which is understandable in light of the fact that Ukrainians that the debate regarding the precise number of Famine historically have lacked a state and a political elite, not to CIUS victims is best left to “the experts.” He noted that a figure of mention a literate urban class. Prof. Alexander Motyl delivers the annual Ukrainian at least 4 million seems to have been established with rea- Prof. Motyl then went on to show how Ukrainian history Famine Lecture. sonable certainty. But that is not the main point once one can be enriched by adding the human element, using his EDMONTON, Alberta – Dr. Alexander Motyl, professor of understands that the Holodomor was genocide, with a “kill parents’ memoirs (which he had recently edited, annotat- political science at Rutgers University, delivered the annual rate” of up to 25,000 people per day at its height. He also ed and informally self-published) as a case study. Focusing Ukrainian Famine Lecture at the University of Toronto on dealt briefly with some of the vagaries regarding Famine in particular on some “remarkable individuals,” he noted November 9, 2012. His address, titled “The Holodomor and figures over the years, in particular a tendency by that such memoirs “give life to them in ways that more dis- History: Bringing Ukrainians Back In,” was particularly Sovietologists or revisionist historians to underestimate passionate studies cannot.” He added that “we need thou- notable for its call to add a human dimension to the study the number of victims. sands more such voices” and called upon the descendants of the Holodomor and of Ukrainian history overall. (The Issue number three concerned the need to humanize of Holodomor survivors and those who had lived through text of the Speech appeared in the December 2, 2012, issue the Holodomor. Prof. Motyl noted that as he was working World War II or totalitarianism to gather a record of their of The Ukrainian Weekly.) on the reader, “the materials that impressed me most were parents’ or grandparents’ experience. Prof. Motyl began by stating that he had gained a con- not the scholarly articles and diplomatic documents but siderably broader appreciation of the Ukrainian Famine of the survivor testimonies and literary accounts. … They (Continued on page 17)

Cheaper Russian gas could, in theory, help Ukraine taking shape, but ones that exclude the EU. Citing its sourc- Ukraine rejects... secure funding from the International Monetary Fund es in the Ukrainian Energy Ministry and Gazprom, the (IMF) whose mission arrived in Kyiv on January 29 to Ukrainian edition of the Russian daily Kommersant report- (Continued from page 3) check whether Ukraine qualifies for a $15 billion loan ed on February 11 that Kyiv and Moscow had started talks Kyiv may use what it perceives as Europe’s inaction as (Interfax-Ukraine, January 14). The IMF did not lend any- to set up a bilateral consortium to manage and upgrade thing to Ukraine in 2011-2012 because the government Ukraine’s pipelines. Until recently, Ukraine insisted on a an excuse to quit the Energy Community, just like it has went back on its promise to hike domestic gas prices in trilateral consortium involving the EU. The new talks had been trying to blackmail the EU into signing an association order to reduce the deficit of the state-controlled Naftohaz. been prompted by the EU’s reluctance to finance the and free trade agreement via hints that Ukraine might pre- Kyiv argues that Ukrainian households cannot afford upgrade, said the sources. fer the Customs Union. Russia has offered Ukraine cheap Russian gas that costs $430 per 1,000 square meters, so What is clear from these developments is that Russia gas and assistance in upgrading its pipelines in exchange prices are subsidized for all households. If Russia cut gas will not lose an opportunity to use Gazprom’s $7 billion for Kyiv freezing its European integration plans. In particu- prices substantially, Kyiv would be able to remove those claim against Naftohaz as an element of pressure in any lar, Russian Ambassador Mikhail Zurabov said last fall that subsidies and keep its promise to the IMF. For comparison, talks with Ukraine. Ukraine’s membership in the Energy Community was one Gazprom’s price for neighboring Belarus, which ceded its of the obstacles to establishing a consortium to manage gas pipelines to Russia, equaled $166 per bcm last year The article above is reprinted from Eurasia Daily Monitor Ukraine’s gas pipelines jointly with Gazprom (Interfax- (http://www.btg.by/index/newsbyid/id/138). with permission from its publisher, the Jamestown Ukraine, October 29, 2013). Meanwhile, new agreements with Russia are reportedly Foundation, www.jamestown.org. No. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 9 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 No. 8 Ostroh Academy and Nazareth College establish cooperative relationship

by Tamara Denysenko and Folkloric Music,” on Saturday, April 20, and most recently with Webster University Ostroh Academy has a robust interna- at 6 p.m. at Nazareth College Linehan in St. Louis, Mo. tional presence and cooperates with for- ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Nazareth College in Chapel in the Golisano Academic Center, Facilitating the new relationship were eign educational and scientific institutions, Rochester, N.Y., and the National University 4245 East Ave., Pittsford, N.Y. The event Dr. George Eisen, executive director for scientists and representatives of the of Ostroh Academy, in Ukraine have estab- will feature Catholic, Orthodox and international education and associate vice- Ukrainian diaspora. It actively implements lished a cooperative relationship to pro- Pentecostal Ukrainian church choirs, com- president for Academic Affairs at Nazareth policies to enhance cooperation with inter- mote the development of collaborative munity ensembles and individual perform- College; Eduard Balashov, head of the national institutions around the world and educational projects for the benefit of both ers. An exhibit of Ukrainian religious, musi- Foreign Relations Department at Ostroh has over 20 higher education agreements institutions’ faculty members, depart- cal and cultural artifacts and a demonstra- Academy; and Tamara Denysenko, board in Europe, Asia and North America. ments, institutes and students. tion of Ukrainian Easter eggs – “pysanky” – member/CEO emeritus of the Ukrainian Nazareth College, located in Pittsford, The Memorandum of Understanding, will also be held on April 15-26 at the Federal Credit Union headquartered in N.Y., a suburb of Rochester, was founded in signed on January 22 by Dr. Sara Varhus, Golisano Academic Center. Rochester. 1924 by the Sisters of St. Joseph as a vice-president for academic affairs at The event, free and open to the public, is The National University of Ostroh Catholic women’s liberal arts college. It Nazareth College, and Prof. Ihor Pasichnyk, in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of Academy is the successor of the Ostroh offered undergraduate Bachelor of Arts rector of Ostroh Academy, envisions faculty the Center for International Education at Slavic, Greek and Latin Academy, the first and Bachelor of Science degrees and later exchanges for teaching and research proj- Nazareth College, the 10th anniversary of higher educational establishment of the added graduate degrees in teacher educa- ects and internships for professional and the Ukrainian Consulate’s services in Eastern Slavs founded in 1576 by Prince tion. In the 1970s the college became co- administrative staff. Rochester and the 60th anniversary of the Vasyl Kostiantyn of Ostroh. Even though educational and independent of the It is anticipated that study and research Ukrainian Federal Credit Union. Ostroh Academy ceased to exist in 1636, its Catholic Church and in 2003 was declared opportunities will also be explored for Dr. Myron Kuropas, retired adjunct pro- scholarly activity did not disappear but was no longer a Catholic institution. undergraduate and graduate students as fessor at Northern Illinois University and shifted to Kyiv, from where it spread to Study abroad programs, intercollegiate well as joint sponsorship of courses, short- founder of the Ostroh Foundation at the Moldova and Moscow. sports, the College of Arts and Sciences, the term educational programs, conferences, Ukrainian National Association, believes The Ostroh Academy was revived in Schools of Education, Human Services and seminars, research projects and applications that this cooperative relationship with independent Ukraine in 1994 with decree Management offer undergraduate and grad- for governmental and foundation funding. Nazareth College will complement Ostroh of the president of Ukraine. By virtue of uate degrees in numerous disciplines. In The agreement also focuses on supporting Academy’s current network of collabora- succeeding presidential decrees, Ostroh 2002 the Center for International Education exchanges in the fields of athletics, music, tive educational relationships in the United Academy developed in stature and in (CIE) became the cornerstone of the col- theater, dance and other artistic fields. States, which includes Northern Illinois October 2000 officially became the lege’s unwavering commitment to interna- The new relationship between Nazareth University, the University of Illinois, National University of Ostroh Academy. In tional education. Currently Nazareth has and Ostroh will be officially recognized at University of Southern Indiana, University 2009 the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine international partnerships in Australia and an upcoming community event of Florida, University of Scranton in gave it the status of an autonomous nation- with over 30 countries in South America, “Celebration of Ukrainian Spiritual Song Pennsylvania, the University of Delaware al higher education research institution. Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

Educational release of “Genocide Revealed” documentary is completed made specifically for use as a teaching ness and survivors’ accounts, commentar- resource. It also coincides with the mark- ies by historians, declassified formally ing of this year’s 80th anniversary (1933- secret Soviet archival documents and rare 2013) of the Famine-Genocide historical footage exposing the Kremlin’s (Holodomor) in Soviet Ukraine. policy of genocide against the Ukrainian The educational release includes nation. The film focuses on the 1932-1933 selectable 26-minute and 52-minute man-made Famine engineered by Stalin’s lengths on one DVD for educators in regime, and places the genocide in a schools and universities in their teaching broader context, as one of the major about the Famine Genocide and other efforts to stop all opposition to Soviet rule 20th century genocides. Depending on the and bring Ukraine under total Soviet con- length of the instructor’s class time, the trol. appropriate length can be chosen to fit in The original 75-minute version of with their schedule. “Genocide Revealed” won 12 international The educational release will contrib- awards, including Best Historical Film, ute to a better understanding of the Best Documentary and Best Direction. It is Famine-Genocide and thus encourage narrated by actor Graham Greene with students to further study the many voice-overs by Jill Hennessy and Lubomir MML Inc. aspects of one of the greatest human Mykytiuk. Filmmaker Yurij Luhovy holds the educational release copies of “Genocide Revealed” tragedies of the 20th century. The educational release of “Genocide just received from the film lab. “I am delighted the Educational Release Revealed” may be purchased on the web- of ‘Genocide Revealed’ has now been com- site www. yluhovy.com, by phoning 514- MONTREAL – The Educational Release maker Yurij Luhovy, has been completed pleted and ready for use in high school and 481-5871, or by writing to MML Inc., of the award-winning documentary and is now available. This is the first such university curricula,” stated Mr. Luhovy. 2330 Beaconsfield Ave, Montreal, PQ H4A “Genocide Revealed,” produced by film- documentary film on the Holodomor The documentary is based on eyewit- 2G8.

New book on deportations of Ukrainians from Poland after World War II “Wygnani na stepy. Przesiedlenia of deportations of Ukrainians from their efforts to preserve their identity and cus- ludności ukraińskiej z Polski na południe ancestral lands in what is now eastern toms. Ukrainy w latach 1944-1946” [Exiled to Poland (i.e., the Lemko region) to the The author, Roman Kabaczij, is a histori- the Steppes: Deportations of the Ukrainian southern regions of the Ukrainian SSR an and graduate of the Kherson Population from Poland to Southern (mainly the Kherson, Mykolaiv, Odesa and Pedagogical University and the University Ukraine During the Years 1944-1946), by Donetsk oblasts) in 1944-1946. of Lublin. He currently works at the Roman Kabaczij. Warsaw: Association of Organized by the Soviet and Polish Institute of Mass Information in Kyiv. Ukrainians in Poland, 2012. 382 pp., with Communist authorities, these deportations The book can be purchased from CIUS illustrations. Paperback, $34.95. were designed to significantly reduce the Press. Outside Canada, prices are in U.S. density of the indigenous Ukrainian popu- dollars. Orders can be placed in a number Published by the Association of lation on Polish-ruled territories and thus of ways: online by credit card via a secure Ukrainians in Poland with the financial to eliminate its support for the Ukrainian Internet connection at www.ciuspress.com, support of the Peter Jacyk Center for underground liberation movement, espe- by e-mail, [email protected]; by telephone, Ukrainian Historical Research at the cially the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). 780-492-2973; or fax, 780-492-4967; or by Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies and The book also describes the brutal mail: CIUS Press, 430 Pembina Hall, the Kowalyk family, this Polish-language “Sovietization” of the deportees in their University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, monograph is a thorough study of a series new places of residence, as well as their Canada T6G 2H8. No. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 11 A memorable week for music lovers in Washington arship student at the University of Gerdan ensemble Maryland School of Music and launched The Gerdan ensemble is making a name her singing career. for itself in this area as well. As a duo, vio- And like Ms. Krovytska, Ms. Dovhan has linist-vocalist Solomia Gorokhivska and also performed under the sponsorship of flutist Andrei Pidkivka played a short pro- the TWG Cultural Fund, which co-spon- gram at the Embassy of Ukraine in mid-Jan- sored her first appearance here – one of uary, during an evening honoring the visit- her four performances in 2001 honoring ing mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk, marking its the legendary American soprano Rosa sister-city relationship with Arlington, Va. Ponselle – one year after she won the gold And – as a quartet – with guitarist Richard medal at the Rosa Ponselle Young Classical Miller and bass player Branislav Brinarsky Singers competition. Since then, Ms. – Gerdan performed at the TWGCF Music Dovhan has been traveling and developing Series last November. her operatic career until her triumphant Their most recent performance – as a return home to Baltimore last year to a trio (Gorokhivska, Pidkivka and Miller) – at standing ovation and critical acclaim as the Georgetown University’s Friday Music Marguerite in the Baltimore Lyric Opera’s Series at McNeir Hall on February 15 was presentation of Charles Gounod’s “Faust.” aptly described by the university’s per- The other Ukrainian singer in the lead forming arts department as “an energetic cast of the Royal Opera production of “La and virtuosic program in the musical tradi- Boheme” – Dmytro Popov – was not tions of Eastern Europe, featuring original scheduled to sing the Rodolfo lead role arrangements of traditional songs along- Yaro Bihun opposite Mimi, but was asked to take over side classical and modern compositions by Oksana Krovytska sings Italian arias and Ukrainian art and folk songs in honor of when the scheduled lead soloist became her soprano idol Solomiya Kryshelnytska. Accompanying her at the recent concert in ill. and Gershwin.” Alexandria, Va. are violinist Ko Sugiyama and pianist Douglas Martin. Dasol Jeong composersThey demonstrated such as Dvořák, how Skoryk, some Monti old Ukrainian and East European melodies The second half of Ms. Krovytska’s con- Violinist Dasol Jeong, while not of even made it onto the Broadway stage – by Yaro Bihun cert was devoted to Ukrainian folk and art Ukrainian origin, does have a Ukrainian albeit unidentified and through the back Special to The Ukrainian Weekly songs – some composed by Vasyl connection. She is a senior at Rochester’s door. While performing the Ukrainian lulla- WASHINGTON – It was a week that Barvinsky, Stanislav Liudkevych and Borys Eastman School of Music studying with by “Kolyskova,” Gerdan slipped into Ukrainian American and other classical and Liatoshynsky to words by Taras Oleh Krysa, a prominent Ukrainian violin- Gershwin’s “Summertime” and back again folk music lovers in the Greater Shevchenko, Ivan Franko and others. In a ist, and in November 2012 she won third to show their similarities. The audience Washington area will remember for some few of these songs, Ms. Krovytska and Mr. prize at the Mykola Lysenko Music Festival was delighted. time. Martin were joined by violinist Ko in Ukraine. She and 13 of her Eastman These performances, of course, do not It began on Sunday, February 10, on the Sugiyama. School colleagues were performing that conclude this winter/spring season for stage of The Lyceum in the historic Old The concert was organized by The evening as part of the annual, weeklong those interested in Ukrainian music or Town section of Alexandria, Va., with sopra- Washington Group Cultural Fund as part of special Kennedy Center Millennium Stage musicians. On Friday, February 22, when no Oksana Krovytska singing Italian oper- its annual Sunday Music Series, which has Conservatory Project featuring the best this issue of The Ukrainian Weekly has gone atic arias and Ukrainian art and folk songs, hosted Ms. Krovytska twice before – in musicians from America’s leading music to press, Washington’s own Zdanna and concluded the following Saturday, 2001 and 2006. schools, among them Eastman, Juilliard, Krawciw-Skalsky will join with Bonnie February 16, on the movie screen of Stefania Dovhan Curtis, Peabody and Manhattan. Kellert in a four-hand piano performance of Washington’s West End Cinema with Playing Henryk Wieniawski’s Variations Schubert and Brahms at the Friday Morning soprano Stefania Dovhan as Musetta and Neither was Stefania Dovhan’s latest on an Original Theme, Op. 15, Ms. Jeong Music Club noontime concert at the Calvary Dmytro Popov as Rodolfo in a recently appearance here a debut – albeit this time was accompanied by pianist Tatiana Baptist Church in Washington’s Chinatown. filmed performance of Puccini’s “La on film, in “La Boheme,” which was shown Tchekina, an assistant professor at The next TWGCF concert on March 24 Boheme” in London’s Royal Opera House. four times over two weeks in two Eastman and wife and musical partner of will feature pianist Oksana Skidan and vio- Between those two performances: on Washington area art cinema theaters. She Mr. Krysa. Together, the Krysa-Tchekina linist Ivanna Husar performing the works Tuesday, February 12, violinist Dasol Jeong, was born and entered the world of music duo last performed in the Washington area of Bohdana Filts. a student at Rochester University’s in Kyiv. But her family emigrated to the in 2010 and 2003 in the TWGCF Music And on April 10, Ms. Krawciw-Skalsky Eastman School of Music, played United States in 1995 and settled in the Series, and in 1999, they were the featured will join hands with her composer-pianist Wieniawski’s Variations at the Kennedy Baltimore area, where she attended the performers in the prestigious National son Boris Skalsky at the Steinway Piano Center’s Terrace Theater (there is a Baltimore School for the Arts, was a schol- Gallery of Art Sunday concert series. Gallery in North Bethesda, Md. Ukrainian connection); and on Friday, February 15, the Gerdan ensemble capti- vated the audience at Georgetown University’s McNeir Hall with a lively per- formance of Ukrainian and other East European folk and art songs. Scores attend Bobriwka’s annual Winterfest Oksana Krovytska A veteran international operatic singer now based in New York, Oksana Krovytska dedicated her concert here to the memory of her idol – Solomiya Krushelnytska (1872-1952), the Ukrainian soprano who gained world renown for her performances on opera and concert stages in the first half of the last century. Ms. Krovytska’s pro- gram was designed to reflect not only Krushelnytska’s operatic prowess but also the fact that she introduced some of her international audiences to the best exam- ples of Ukrainian art and folk songs as well. Accompanied by conductor-pianist Douglas Martin, Ms. Krovytska focused the first half of her program on Italian operatic arias, the last of which – “Un Bel Di” from Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” was not only idyllic but very appropriate. Krushelnytska gained a measure of fame for her role in the 1904 resurrection of that opera, which had been booed by the audience at its premiere COLEBROOK, Conn. – More than 60 people gathered at the Bobriwka campground on February 17 for its annual Winterfest. three months earlier in Milan’s La Scala. In Guests brought food items to share at the camp mess hall that was recently fitted with a wood-burning stove to help keep Brescia, with Krushelnytska in the lead role guests warm and worked well to dry out snow-soaked gear. The recent snowfall that hit the Northeast left nearly two feet of of Puccini’s revised version, it became a snow on the ground which was great for sledding, but ice conditions were unsafe for skating. The event was organized under major success. the leadership of Tom Corvo. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 No. 8

District Court declared illegal the opening of NEWSBRIEFS the criminal case against Mr. Kuchma and (Continued from page 2) cancelled the PGO’s instruction. The court refused to attach Melnychenko’s recordings TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 hand, we would like to assure Your Holiness as evidence in the case. The Kyiv Court of or e-mail [email protected] of our kinship and filial faithfulness,” reads Appeals and High Specialized Court on Civil the statement issued by the patriarch. On and Criminal Cases upheld the decision to behalf of himself and the Synod of Bishops close the criminal case against Mr. Kuchma, SERVICES PROFESSIONALS of the UGCC, clergy, monastics and laity, and who categorically denied allegations of his all Ukrainians, Patriarch Sviatoslav involvement in the murder. In December expressed sincere gratitude to Pope 2012, First Deputy Procurator General Benedict XVI for his “bold testimony of the Kuzmin told journalists that the investiga- faith, wise leadership of the Universal tion to discover the people who ordered the Church and full commitment to the work of murder of Gongadze was added to the single Christ.” In particular, the head of the UGCC register of pre-trial investigations and was thanked the pontiff for “fatherly care for the investigated under new procedures foreseen development of our Church and due atten- by the new Criminal Procedure Code of tion paid to the development of its struc- Ukraine that took effect on November 21, tures in Ukraine and abroad” and for giving 2012. (Interfax-Ukraine) his blessing for the establishment of three Witness: Yulia paid $3 M for killing new metropolitanates in western Ukraine. СТЕФАН ВЕЛЬГАШ “Most Holy Father, having declared the Year KYIV – A witness on February 15 told a Ліцензований Продавець Страхування Життя of Faith, You gave everyone an extraordinary court in Kyiv that former Ukrainian Prime lesson of the faith by your humble act. Your STEPHAN J. WELHASCH Minister Yulia Tymoshenko paid $3 million Licensed Life Insurance Agent courageous choice inspires and encourages for the killing of a Ukrainian lawmaker 16 Ukrainian National Assn., Inc. us to fully trust our Lord Who takes good years ago. The testimony came one day care of His Church,” reads the statement. 548 Snyder Ave., Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 after another witness told the Pechersky (Religious Information Service of Ukraine) Tel.: 908-508-1728 • Fax: (973) 292-0900 District Court that the 1996 murder of Yevhen Shcherban had been ordered by e-mail: [email protected] Patriarchal cathedral consecration is set Ms. Tymoshenko, who is already serving a KYIV – In accordance with a decision of seven-year term for abuse of office that she the Permanent Synod of Bishops of the and supporters say is politically motivated Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church (UGCC), and was not present in court. The court which took place near Kyiv, the Patriarchal also ruled on February 15 that Ms. Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Tymoshenko must pay the equivalent of Kyiv will be consecrated during the inter- $2,000 for her refusal to appear in the Kyiv national pilgrimage to mark the 1,025th court. Ms. Tymoshenko, who is currently in anniversary of the baptism of Kyivan-Rus’ a medical facility in Kharkiv, says she has HELP WANTED on August 18. Patriarch Sviatoslav never refused to show up. She insists that Shevchuk said on February 14 that the all the charges against her – which include consecration of the cathedral does not other allegations of white-collar crime – We are seeking a babysitter mean the end of its construction, since are politically motivated. (RFE/RL, based for our 3 year old son in Bayside, NY. on report by UNIAN and Interfax Must speak Ukrainian fluently. Preferably only the exterior is complete. “To be able to consecrate the church, according to the owns a car. Two days per week - Wednes- Ukraine signs tentative natural-gas deal day and Thursday. No. of days to increase norms of the Church, there needs to be an in December. Tel. 646-763-0045. altar, because the consecration of the KYIV – Ukraine has reached a tentative church lies primarily in the dedication of agreement with Turkmenistan to resume SEEKING EMPLOYMENT the altar, the throne,” explained the head of imports of natural gas from the Central the UGCC. He said that the dedication on Asian country. Ukrainian Energy Minister August 18 will be symbolic. “Pilgrims from I am seeking a live-in position Eduard Stavytskyi told journalists in around the world will be in Kyiv to cele- Ashgabat on February 13 that the agree- as a caregiver for a senior brate the baptism of Rus’-Ukraine. The and/or a child. I am experienced ment was signed after talks between visit- Synod of Bishops will be held at this time, ing Ukrainian President Viktor and have references. so our bishops from around the world will Yanukovych and his Turkmen counterpart, Please call 1-718-757-7798 also be in Kyiv. In addition, we expect Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov. Mr. many guests from the Eastern Catholic Stavytskyi added that talks with other par- Churches in Europe and heads of ties will follow before the deal can be final- SERVICES Episcopal Conferences of Latin Churches,” ized. The deal’s completion would require said the hierarch. (Religious Information the consent of Kazakhstan and Russia as Service of Ukraine) transit states. Ukraine has been seeking PGO cites evidence against Kuchma alternatives to Russian gas imports to meet its energy needs. Until 2006, KYIV – The Procurator General’s Office Turkmenistan supplied Ukraine with 36 (PGO) of Ukraine has enough evidence to billion cubic meters of gas annually. Last prove the involvement of second president month, Russia’s state-controlled Gazprom of Ukraine, Leonid Kuchma, in the organiza- gas monopoly demanded that Ukraine pay tion of the murder of journalist Heorhii back a $7 billion debt, a claim Kyiv dis- OPPORTUNITIES Gongadze, Ukraine’s First Deputy putes. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by Procurator General Renat Kuzmin said, UNIAN and Interfax) according to February 20 news reports. “We Earn extra income! have enough evidence to prove the involve- Roof collapses at Chornobyl plant The Ukrainian Weekly is looking ment of Kuchma in this crime. And we are KYIV – Ukrainian authorities said on for advertising sales agents. currently holding an inquiry and gathering February 13 that the roof above a section of For additional information contact all possible evidence,” he said on the air of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant had col- Walter Honcharyk, Advertising Manager, the Echo of Moscow radio station. Gongadze, The Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. lapsed under the weight of snow. The roof the founder of the Internet publication was built after the 1986 reactor explosion Ukrayinska Pravda, disappeared in Kyiv on at the plant, but it is not part of the sar- September 16, 2000; a headless body was cophagus structure built to contain radio- found in a forest outside Kyiv in November active material after the catastrophic acci- 2000. Also in November 2000, a transcript dent. Ukraine’s emergency agency said in a of several recordings pointing to the involve- statement that there were no injuries or ment of then Ukrainian President Kuchma any increases in radiation from the plant. and other officials in a number of high-pro- The collapse affected a 600-meter-long sec- file crimes, including the Gongadze murder, tion of the roof. Workers have begun clean- was released in the Parliament. Those ing the debris and removing the snow. A recordings were made by a former major of new structure is being built to cover the old the State Guard Department, Mykola concrete sarcophagus because of concerns Melnychenko. On March 21, 2011, a criminal about its deterioration and potential insta- case was opened against Mr. Kuchma; he bility. (RFE/RL, based on reporting by AFP was accused of abuse of office and authority and ITAR-TASS) that resulted into the murder of Gongadze. On December 13, 2011, Kyiv’s Pechersky (Continued on page 13) No. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 13

tinue to negotiate with the Customs Union in Yanukovych on EuroBasket 2015 hard work, therefore from the very begin- NEWSBRIEFS 2013 regarding the development of rela- ning each responsible person has to tions, hoping to find the required format of KYIV – Preparing for and holding the approve a plan of preparations and person- (Continued from page 12) interaction. Mr. Kozhara explained that the final tournament of the EuroBasket 2015 ally present it to the president. Mr. European Basketball Championship will be Yanukovych among prominent Poles search for an acceptable format of interac- Yanukovych also said that he had proposed tion between Ukraine and the Customs another test for Ukraine, according to that Vice Prime Minister Oleksander Vilkul KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych of Union “is not easy,” because the fundamental President Viktor Yanukovych. Speaking on involve in the organization of the tourna- Ukraine made the list of 170 prominent fig- statutory documents of the Customs Union February 8 at a meeting of the coordinating ment professionals who have experience in ures of the modern world of Polish origin, do not envisage partial accession of coun- committee on preparing for and holding preparing for the Euro 2012 soccer cham- “whose merits and activities go beyond tries to this economic union. “It’s also a EuroBasket finals, he said, “We have experi- pionship, including the head of the Euro Poland.” A list of these persons, focusing on question of negotiations for this year,” the ence in hosting European championships, 2012 local organizing committee in the work they perform, was released on minister said. However, he expressed hope therefore EuroBasket will be another test Ukraine, Markiyan Lubkivsky. Moreover, January 24 by the Polish organization that the necessary “common ground” would for us, as to how we can implement such according to the president, the sports com- Polski Network, which sees its mission as be found. Mr. Kozhara said that, along with large-scale projects.” He noted that the munity should also be involved in this pro- “uniting across borders Polish profession- European integration, which is enshrined in organizers of the championship would face cess. (Ukrinform) als, entrepreneurs, researchers and indi- law, Ukraine’s relations with the Customs viduals engaged in social activities.” Mr. Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan Yanukovych’s ancestors on his father’s side “are also a priority.” This is particularly due With deep sorrow we announce that were Poles and Catholics [his grandmother to the fact that about 40 percent of Ukraine’s was born in Warsaw], the Polish organiza- foreign trade is with the member states of Maria Czechut tion said in listing the president of Ukraine this economic union. (Ukrinform) of Omaha, Nebraska, passed away Sunday, among today’s outstanding Poles. Polski Network also emphasizes that “he opposed Former Tajik PM detained in Kyiv February 10, 2013. official recognition of the partisans of the KYIV – Former Tajik Prime Minister Maria was born December 21, 1939, in Ukraine. OUN and the UPA.” In the section Abdumalik Abdullojonov was detained at She was preceded in death by her parents, Bohdan and Olena “Politicians, political advisers,” the list of Kyiv’s Boryspil Inernational Airport on an Czechut, and brother, Markijan Czechut. prominent Poles of modern times also international arrest warrant. Ihor Ischuk, a Maria was survived by includes, in particular, the former adviser press official at the Ukrainian Internal to U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Zbigniew daughter - Katria Wyslotsky; Affairs Ministry, confirmed to RFE/RL’s son - Bohdan Wyslotsky with wife Jennifer; Brzezinski, and the Russian politician, for- Ukrainian Service that an arrest was made mer adviser to President Vladimir Putin, on February 5. “Representatives of the sister - Christine Machiedo with husband George; Sergei Yastrzhembsky. The list also General Directorate for Combating grandchildren: - Andrew, Maria and Catherine; includes French actress Juliette Binoche, Organized Crime detained a [64]-year-old sister-in-law - Vicki Czechut; film directors Andy and Larry Wachowski, man, who for 16 years has been wanted by numerous nieces and nephews. Japanese inventor in the field of computer the Internal Afffairs Ministry of Tajikistan,” systems Akira Fuhimoto, and the developer Mr. Ischuk said. “The man has been wanted MEMORIAL MASS was held Saturday, February 16 at 9:30 a.m. of the first Apple computer, Steve Wozniak. for a number of very serious crimes. Until at Assumption Ukrainian Church, 2301 S. 16 St. in Omaha. Interment The newspaper Rzeczpospolita wrote in now, he has been hiding in the United took place at Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery in Omaha. 2010 that in the Belarusian village of States. He came to Ukraine for his own May Her memory be eternal! Yanuki, where the Ukrainian president’s business and did not expect at all to be ancestors lived, the inscriptions on all the detained. Now, the question of his extradi- In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to Assumption gravestones with the name Yanukovych are tion is being considered.” Mr. Abdullojonov, Ukrainian Church or VNA Hospice. only in Polish. In an interview with that 64, is accused by Tajik authorities of Arrangements were by Heafey-Hoffmann-Dworak-Cutler publication in February 2011 Mr. involvement in a 1996 assassination Yanukovych said his grandfather and great- attempt on Tajik President Emomali Tel. 402.391.3900, www.heafeyheafey.com grandfather were Lithuanian Poles and Rahmon. He is also accused of backing a Catholics. (Ukrinform) 1998 militant attack in Sughd Province and Akhmetov among world’s 100 richest of organized crime and terrorism-related offenses, as well as a number of economic KYIV – Only one Ukrainian representa- crimes. Mr. Abdullojonov rejects the charg- tive, the country’s richest man, Rinat es as politically motivated. Although he left Akhmetov, has been included on the list of Tajikistan in the 1990s, he is still referred the world’s 100 richest people according to to by media outside the country as a seri- Bloomberg News. As compared to last year, ous political rival of the Tajik president. He he climbed from the 38th to the 26th posi- challenged Mr. Rahmon in the 1994 presi- tion, Korrespondent magazine has reported dential election in which Mr. Rahmon was With deep sorrow we inform on January 25. According to Bloomberg, the declared the winner. Mr. Abdullojonov our family and friends businessman has a net worth of $22.2 bil- claimed to have won and accused Mr. lion, which places him between Hong Kong Rahmon of electoral fraud. Saying he feared that on February 11, 2013, at the age of 76, jewelry magnate Cheng Yu Tung and prosecution, Mr. Abdullojonov left for passed into eternity our beloved German supermarket chain owner Dieter Russia. Since 1998, he has lived in the Mother, Sister, and Grandmother Schwartz. “Among the notable facts about United States. His arrest came amid expec- Ukraine’s richest person, Bloomberg named tations that Mr. Rahmon will run for anoth- his close cooperation with President Viktor er term in the next presidential election Switlana Nedilsky Yanukovych, control over half of the scheduled for November. A court in Ukrainian steel, coal and electricity market, Ukraine ruled on February 7 that Mr. The wake was on February 13, 2013, at the Frech Funeral Home and ownership of Ukraine’s top football club Abdullojonov can be held in detention for in Dumont, N.J. [Shakhtar Donetsk],” reads the report. up to 40 days while authorities await docu- However, Bloomberg reacted skeptically to ments from Dushanbe regarding his possi- Funeral services were held on February 14, 2013, at the Church the transparency of Mr. Akhmetov’s fortune, ble extradition. (RFE/RL) of the Sacred Heart in Haworth, N.J. citing doubts as to the reliability of official Over 5 million Internet subscribers Her earthly remains were laid to rest at the St. Andrew Ukrainian information about companies. The report Cemetery in S. Bound Brook, N.J. also says that the list of the 100 richest peo- KYIV – The number of Internet subscrib- ple on the planet includes 12 Russians, but ers in Ukraine is continuing to grow, and it Left in profound sorrow: none of them are in the top 10, while reached over 5 million at the end of 2012, son - Bohdan, with wife Anne and children Russia’s richest man, Alisher Usmanov, is 10 the State Statistics Service of Ukraine spots behind Mr. Akhmetov, occupying the reported on February 11. Thus, the number Christine and Michael 36th position. (Ukrinform) of Internet subscribers in 2012 rose by son - Andrij with wife Maureen and children Kozhara addresses business association 885,400, or 21.2 percent, and amounted to Christopher, Matthew and Lauren 5.063 million at the end of the year (includ- brother - Wolodar Lysko with wife Martha and KYIV – Ukraine and Russia are mutually ing 4.672 million home Internet connec- family important for each other in the context of tions). The State Statistics Service has in brother-in-law - Yaroslav Nedilsky with wife Linda bipartite trade cooperation, according to recent years reported the high pace of And extended family Foreign Affairs Minister Leonid Kozhara. growth in the number of Internet subscrib- During a general meeting of the European ers, zn.ua reported. And in the past six years Business Association in Kyiv on January 29, their number has increased by 3.7 times, In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the he spoke on the theme “Trade Relations of from 1.375 million in late 2007. In 2008 the Ukrainian Catholic University. Ukraine: Advantages of Partnership.” He number of Internet subscribers grew by W. Lysko, P.O. Box 17, Cranbury, NJ 08512. said, “Not only is Russia important for 38.6 percent, to 1.905 million; in 2009 by Ukraine. I think that Ukraine is in the same 46.8 percent, to 2.797 million; in 2010 by Vichnaya pamiat! way important for Russia.” The foreign 30.9 percent, to 3.661 million; and in 2011 by affairs minister also said Ukraine would con- 14.1 percent, to 4.178 million. (Ukrinform) 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 No. 8 UOC-U.S.A. delivers passenger van to Znamianka orphanage SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – Bishop and those in need.” Daniel, ruling hierarch of the Western Tatiana Walko, director of the Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Znamianka orphanage, thanked Bishop of the U.S.A. and president of the Consistory, Daniel and the UOC-USA for its 15 years of delivered a 2000 Mercedez-Benz 412D ministry and work with the orphanage. 22-passenger minivan on January 12 to Kyiv, The faithful of the Church, she said, can where it was transferred to the administra- proudly call themselves not only brothers tion of the Znamianka orphanage in the and sisters of the children, but most impor- Kirovohrad Oblast of Ukraine. tantly their godparents. The minivan was delivered to St. Sophia The delivery was the culmination of a Orthodox Cathedral – one of the most signif- three-year project between Ms. Walko and icant religious sites in Ukraine – after a the UOC-U.S.A. Last year, the Consistory of heavy snowfall had covered the streets of the Church adopted a resolution to autho- Kyiv. Bishop Daniel was in Ukraine for a rize the purchase of a minivan. Under the number of meetings, and met with the leadership of the Rev. Protodeacon Ihor administration and formally signed the Mahlay, the search for a vehicle was initiat- papers of ownership over to the orphanage. ed by Metropolitan-Archbishop Antony, “…By presenting this humble gift, we who requested that Bishop Daniel, during uocofusa.org also pledge our prayers and love to the chil- his regular visits to the orphanages as part Members of the 2013 Winter Mission Team of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the dren and workers of the orphanage,” of the regular UOC mission trips, seek out U.S.A. visit the Znamianka orphanage in the Kirovohrad Oblast of Ukraine. Bishop Daniel stated. “May this vehicle be a the proper channels in order to fulfill the source of joy and enable the administration request. the necessary assistance was provided by Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Memorial to provide yet better care for the children After months of this selection process, Logos Orthodox Christian Charitable Church. Center of Kyiv. Later that day, during a brunch for the team members, Metropolitan-Archbishop Winter mission trip Antony said, “…As these Mission Team The Winter Mission Team of the members of our Holy Ukrainian Orthodox Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. Church of the U.SA. begin their work with returned on December 28, 2012, after a the orphans, we pray for the blessings of visit to more than 100 children and young God upon their endeavors. We recognize adults at Znamianka orphanage in the them as ambassadors of our Church in Kirovohrad Oblast of Ukraine. ministry with the children of the orphanag- The seven-member team, led by Bishop es and dedicate them to service in the Daniel, spiritual father of the Winter name of our Savior…” Mission Team, included the Rev. John The day prior, Mission Team members Haluszczak, the Rev. Victor and Ivanka attended an orientation session led by Wronsky, the Rev. Deacon Vasyl and Ilona Bishop Daniel, followed by several hours Dovgan, and Patrick Scannell. spent preparing 15 suitcases of medical Following a celebratory divine liturgy on equipment, toys, arts and craft supplies, December 12, 2012, to St. Nicholas the which were collected by the parishes of the Wonderworker, the commissioning service Church through the U.S. and shipped to the Bishop Daniel delivers a 22-passenger van to Tatiana Walko, director of the was led by Bishop Daniel, with assistance Metropolia Center for final shipment to the Znamianka orphanage, at St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv. from the Rev. Yurij Siwko, pastor of St. orphanages.

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European Schools of Health. The school became a member of the Ukrainian Dr. Danylo Hryhorczuk presented also works with The Maasticht University National Academy of Medical Sciences. In in Netherlands, the University of Illinois at 2008 he was accepted to the Collegium Chicago and the London School of Hygiene Ramazzini in Italy, an international acade- with the highest Plast award and Tropical Medicine. Dr. Hryhorczuk is a my composed of 180 internationally visiting professor at the Kyiv Mohyla renowned experts in the fields of occupa- Academy and, with support from Soros tional and environmental health. Foundation, is helping to establish a Ph.D. Dr. Hryhorczuk contributed to the devel- program in Public Health. opment of Plast in the Chicago area. As an During his scout years, Dr. Hryhorczuk older scout he was an active member of the participated in many Plast camps in the Pobratymy fraternity and was the editor of United States, in Canada and Germany. He the Pobratymy magazine. was the leader of the cub scount camps Dr. Hryhorczuk is proud of the achieve- “Lys Mykyta” and “Chuhayster.” ments of the youths with whom he scouted. Dr. Hryhorczuk is internationally recog- During his patronage, the Plast patrol “Dyki nized for his achievements in academic Kabany” won first place in Orlykiada com- work and research. Since 2005 he has been petition and eight of its members complet- an international member of the Russian ed all the requirements to become Plast Academy of Medical Sciences. In 2007 he Eagle Scouts.

Sister Yosaphata Litvenczuk

Mark Pilecky celebrates 50 years of service Dr. Danylo Hryhorczuk (center) is honored with Plast’s highest award during the PERTH AMBOY, N.J. – Approximately Club and the Chimmetteers of Assumption “Svichechka” gathering. 300 guests came to the Ukrainian Catholic School. The parish’s Boyan choir per- Church of the Assumption of the Blessed formed a selection of religious songs. public health. In the past he has served as by Mylana Semeniuk Virgin Mary here on December 3, 2012, to Congratulatory greetings were delivered chief of the Section of Clinical Toxicology at celebrate 50 years of religious life of Sister by Collette Baginsky, a former student, who CHICAGO – Chicago-area Plast members Cook County Hospital. He was also the Yosaphata Litvenczuk, MSMG. recalled Sister Yosaphata’s deep love for gathered to celebrate Ukrainian Christmas founder and director of Chicago’s Toxikon The day’s events began with a hierarchi- music, which has kept many of her stu- on January 12 during the annual Consortium. This consortium united the cal divine liturgy celebrated by dents involved in Ukrainian cultural activi- “Svichechka” ceremony. The tradition of toxicological programs of Cook County Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka, ties as adults. The Rev. Dubitsky, who was lightning the Christmas candle goes back to Hospital, the University of Illinois, Rush who was joined by Metropolitan- parish priest for 30 of Sister Yosaphata’s 50 the 1950s when scouts of the diaspora Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center and Archbishop Emeritus Stefan Sulyk, former years of service, noted her other talents – started gathering to mark Sviat Vechir the Illinois Poison Center. pastor of the parish, the Rev. Roman including cooking, baking altar breads, (Ukrainian Christmas Eve) at the time Through the last 25 years Dr. Dubitsky, former pastor of the parish, the Ukrainian embroidery, ceramics and when dusk fell on Ukrainian land. In Hryhorczuk was the director of the Great Rev. Silvio Litvenczuk, who is Sister pysanka writing. Other greetings were read Chicago, these candles are now lit from the Lakes Center for Occupational and Yosaphata’s nephew from Brazil, the Rev. from Bishop Paul Chomnycky, of the Peace Light that travels here all the way Environmental Safety and Health. Under Deacons Michael Waak and Paul Maker, Stamford Eparchy. from Bethlehem. his leadership the Center was recognized and other clergy. After the presentation of gifts to Sister This year the Leader of Chicago Plast, as a World Health Organization Metropolitan Soroka noted Sister Yosaphata from parish organizations, she Roman Zavadovych, lit three candles from Collaborating Center in Occupational and Yosaphata’s gifts and abilities to influence herself addressed the assembled guests, the flame of the Bethlehem Peace Light. Environmental Health. The Great Lakes children in a very personal manner and noting that her years of service were not so The first candle symbolizes everyone who Center runs research programs in the that her gifts have benefited hundreds of much her own personal achievement, but departed from this world, the second – United States, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, parish school graduates. rather God’s in calling her to a spiritual Ukrainians around the globe, and the third Brazil, Mexico, Bulgaria and Croatia. At the conclusion of the liturgy, Sister vocation and in supporting her throughout – the big Plast family. After that the guests Dr. Hryhorczuk has served as a consul- Yosaphata renewed her spiritual vows of it. passed the flame to each other, candle to tant on environmental health issues to a poverty, chastity and obedience before The Rev. Ivan Turyk, pastor, closed the candle, and shared the “prosphora” number of agencies, including the National Metropolitan Soroka. day’s festivities with a benediction, praying (unleavened bread). The youngest scouts Cancer Institute, the Ministry of Health of The parish community then gathered in that Sister Yosaphata “have the joy and sat- entertained with a carol. There was even Ukraine and the World Bank. the school’s auditorium for a banquet to isfaction here on earth that her example, an authentic Ukrainian Vertep (Nativity He contributed greatly to the develop- celebrate the occasion. her sacrifice, her work over the course of Scene) played out by the boys and the girls ment of environmental health and aware- With an opening prayer by 50 years, inspired others to ‘reach for the of Chicago’s yunatstvo. ness in Ukraine. Starting in the 1980s he Metropolitan-Archbishop Emeritus Sulyk, unreachable stars’ and become all things to This day will remain exceptional in the has regularly travelled to Ukraine, where the festivities were emceed by Andrij all people,” just as she did. The assembled history of Chicago Plast because Danylo he researched a number of mass diseases, Wowk. Entertainment included selections guests then sang “Mnohaya Lita,” wishing Hryhorczuk, M.D., was presented the high- including alopecia among children in performed by The Glee Club, Junior Drama her many more years. est Plast honor, the Order of the Eternal Chernivtsi. Also, under the aegis of the Fire in Gold. This a honor is bestowed by Kuchma-Gore Commission, he researched the chief scout (nachalnyi plastun) on the water pollution in the Azov sea. recommendation of the World Plast For 20 years, under the research pro- Executive Board for exceptional work for gram “Family and Children of Ukraine,” Dr. the community. Hryhorczuk led the a population study of Dr. Hryhorczuk is a board-certified phy- the health of mothers and children in Kyiv, sician in occupational and environmental Dniprodzerzhynsk and Mariupol. But he medicine and in medical toxicology. He is a devoted the biggest amount of time to clinical professor of medical toxicology in researching the consequences of the the Department of Emergency Medicine Chornobyl nuclear disaster. He was recog- and professor emeritus of epidemiology at nized for his achievements in this research the School of Public Health at the by the White House and the government of University of Illinois. He is also the director Ukraine. of medical and ecological programs at the Thanks to a grant Dr. Hryhorczuk newly created Center for Global Health received from the U.S. government, the Leadership. National University of Kyiv Mohyla Dr. Hryhorczuk has devoted his life to Academy established its own School of the community and to the improvement of Public Health. It is now a member of the

“Notes on people” is a feature geared toward reporting on the achievements of mem- bers of the Ukrainian community and the Ukrainian National Association. All submis- sions should be concise due to space limitations and must include the person’s UNA branch number (if applicable). Items will be published as soon as possible after their Andrij Wowk receipt. Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka leads the parish in singing “Mnohaya Lita,” wishing Sister Yosaphata many more years of service. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 No. 8

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Plast’s Vovcha Tropa camp committee elects new board

by Natalka Firko elected president. Ms. Temnycky is a long- time OTK member whose family has sup- SOMERSET, N.J. – The Regional Camping ported Vovcha Tropa for many years. Tunia Committee (Okruzhna Taborova Komisia, Bilyk-Shatynski of Pennington, N.J., was re- or OTK) of the Vovcha Tropa campground elected for a third term as vice-president in East Chatham, N.Y., held elections for its for camps, a position that oversees coun- new board on December 8, 2012. selor staffing and education. The board re- Darka Temnycky of Clifton, N.J., was re- elected the vice-president, for facilities, Joe Patti, of Clifton, for a second term. Rounding out the OTK executive team are two newly elected individuals: Larissa Popel of Somerset, N.J., secretary; and Pavlo Liteplo of Brooklyn, treasurer. Darka Patti of Clifton was elected to head the administration team, and Marko Turczan of New York was elected to head the Inventory committee. At a meeting of the OTK board of Vovcha Tropa on November 29, 2012, a new orga- nizational chart had been approved. The OTK board consists of the following posts: president (Holova); first vice-president, in Natalka Firko charge of camps (taborovyi referent); sec- The sign at the entrance to Plast’s Vovcha Tropa campground. ond vice-president, in charge of facilities (hospodarskyi referent); secretary; trea- all functional areas required to successfully Its rolling hills, fragrant forests and flower- surer; head of inventory; and administra- operate multiple Plast camps and other ing fields remind one of the Carpathian tor. Each member of the board forms a events at the Vovcha Tropa site. Mountains that Ukrainians hold so dear. committee made up of volunteers who Also part of OTK is a three-person Audit Over the past 50 years, thousands of Plast helps them perform their duties. Committee that oversees funding and members have camped here, and the camp OTK comprises approximately 25 volun- expenses. Lida Chernichenko heads this has been the venue for many international teer members, who serve in such capacities group. jamborees. More information about Vovcha The chapel on the grounds of Vovcha as registration, medical affairs, inventory, The 350-acre Vovcha Tropa camp is one Tropa can be found on its website www. Tropa. communications, field trip coordination – of several Plast camps in the United States. vovchatropa.org. UAYA commemorates 95th anniversary of the battle of Kruty

by Christina Pendzola-Vitovych captured and tortured by the Bolsheviks and Dmitri Lenczuk before being executed. Members of the UAYA honor the memory of these young ELLENVILLE, N.Y. – To commemorate heroes annually. the 95th anniversary of the Battle of Kruty Commemorative ceremonies began with of 1918, 35 members of the Ukrainian a special assembly in front of the monu- American Youth Association (UAYA) gath- ment to the heroes of Ukraine located on ered at the organization’s resort, known as the Oselia grounds. As participants sang “oselia,” in Ellenville, N.Y. the Ukrainian national anthem, three The “Yunatstvo” (youth between the wreathes were laid at the foot of the monu- ages of 6 and 18) of UAYA’s branches in ment in memory of the heroes of the Battle Passaic, N.J. and New York participated in of Kruty. A moment of silence was also activities honoring the young heroes who observed before a prayer. died on the battlefield on January 29, 1918. Afterwards, Dmitri Lenczuk, the Passaic A group of 300 untrained students of branch’s head of the youth division, led a Kyiv’s educational institutions took up lecture about the historic Battle. The young arms to stand against a Bolshevik unit of members were very impressed with what 4,000 near the train station of Kruty in the they learned about the battle, and were Chernihiv region. These young men extremely interested in viewing videos defended their young country, the describing the events of January 29, 1918 Ukrainian National Republic (UNR), which (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= had been established just days earlier on 0WTdBn5t5e0; http://www.youtube.com/ New York and Passaic UAYA members honor Kruty heroes with wreaths and a min- January 22, 1918. Approximately 150 lost watch?v=T00JnmDpI_k; and http://www. ute of silence. their lives fighting, and another 30 were youtube.com/watch?v=_RTis_r0AmI.) Although the children present had heard many of those who lost their lives at Kruty much about the Battle of Kruty, the news were read aloud by the children. Dania clips and video documentaries brought the Lawro, president of the New York branch, historic event to life and gave each young read a statement written by UNR President member a better understanding of the Mykhailo Hrushevsky, which he had deliv- importance of the date. ered at funeral services for 28 of those who Participants enjoyed a break from com- fell. memorations after the lecture. While the Led by Stepan Kaczurak, and accompa- older boys went off to collect wood for a nied by his guitar, everyone then joined in campfire, some of the younger children singing Ukrainian patriotic songs around the took part in a scavenger hunt. Others campfire. Xenia Vitovych, a member of the enjoyed some tubing and snow boarding at group “Tsvit Paporot” of the New York Holiday Mountain in Monticello, N.Y. There branch, led the group in singing “UAYA is Our was also time for a short hockey game after Pride.” The song, written by Andriy Stasiw the campfire was built. based on a poem by Leonid Poltava, reminds In the afternoon, all met up once again at the children of the organization that they “Oselia” for a commemorative camp fire. are the “hope of Ukraine” and stand ready After singing the traditional UAYA campfire to defend the honor of the country. song “When the Stars Light Up at Night”, The campfire ended with the traditional Natalia Kaczurak A special assembly on the Ellenville, N.Y., grounds of the Ukrainian American Youth two young boys lit the fire. As participants “The Night has Come” and the sharing of Association that was dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the heroic battle of Kruty. stood around the campfire the names of the “iskra” (spark). No. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 17

included in any conversation of the most opponent), who owns a minor piece of the dominant boxers of their generation. WBA heavyweight title. Klitschkos underrated champions Banks understands training Klitschko Klitschko confirms Banks comes first. “Right now, my priority will be Amid the boxing world’s contentious future. “Dr. Ironfist” has his own near per- as new cornerman the same as Emanuel,” Banks said. “And debates as to who is the best pound-for- fect record of 45-2 with an unbelievable 41 that’s training Wladimir Klitschko. That’s pound fighter, Manny Pacquiao or Floyd out of 45 wins coming via knockout. His In late November 2012, Wladimir the main concern.” Mayweather, Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko losses are best described as controversial. Klitschko confirmed active heavyweight Klitschko seems to be in good hands. brothers are politely ignored. The The most recent loss was in 2003 to Johnathan Banks would continue perma- Klitschkos, the most dominant duo in heavy- Lennox Lewis after Vitali hurt the then nently as his chief cornerman. The disciple Klitschko and Povetkin weight history, have never received their heavyweight champ badly with hard punch- of the late Emanuel Steward worked the due credit and recognition despite stacks of es. Lewis caught the Ukrainian with a hard corner in Klitschko’s most recent win over ready to fight empirical evidence to support a strong argu- right in the third round and the cut bled Mariusz Wach. A week before the calendar flipped to ment that they deserve tons of both. In badly. It then appeared Lewis was trying to November 2012 was a big month for 2013, the World Boxing Association ruled sheer dominance of the sport’s toughest open the cut with his glove in clinches. After Banks. After preparing and assisting that Wladimir Klitschko has to fight heavy- division, the two have made an indelible six rounds, with Vitali leading 4-2 on all Klitschko for his bout with Wach, Banks weight Alexander Povetkin before February mark in boxing over the past decade. cards, the bout was stopped due to the cut. returned to the U.S. and upset highly touted 26, or be stripped of his WBA super world Younger brother Wladimir, 36, owns a Vitali put up a loud protest to no avail. heavyweight prospect Seth Mitchell in a heavyweight title. Klitschko, who also holds record of 59-3 with an impressive 51 He demanded a rematch from Lewis, to televised fight on HBO. Banks has become a the IBF/IBO/WBO titles, has a record of knockouts, amassing 13 consecutive title which Lennox agreed. Lewis then proceed- hot property after years of fighting on 59-3 with 51 knockouts. WBA champion defenses. His current run as champion ed to renege on his promise of a rematch Klitschko undercards throughout Europe. Povetkin sits with an unblemished 25-0 began in April of 2006. Earlier he was and retired. A new era began as Vitali has Banks has been affiliated with Wladimir record with 17 knockouts. World Boxing Organization champion, hav- been knocking out his competition since Klitschko’s camps since mentor Steward Wladimir’s manager, Bernd Boente, ing earned five title defenses during his first then. He has recorded 13 wins since and began training him in 2004. He said the was under the impression the Ukrainian reign. His numbers should continue to has only gone the distance twice. chemistry working with the Ukrainian had until July to face Povetkin, so the increase into 2013 and beyond. His first and only other loss was to Chris champion was instantaneous. Klitschko team is looking into the matter. Joe Louis holds the record for consecu- Byrd. Once again the elder Klitschko was “The first day we worked together and Four months is not much of a difference tive title defenses with 25, his run lasting well ahead on the scorecards when the did hand work, he loved it,” Banks said in a and the hope is Wladimir’s camp is not over 11 years and eight months as the fight was stopped by Vitali himself. He had November 28, 2012, interview with boxing worried about this fight. The two were undisputed heavyweight champion of the badly injured his shoulder and believed si.com. “The combinations I chose, they supposed to fight on two other occa- world. The Ukrainian Olympic gold medalist continuing the fight with the injury could worked. As a trainer, when you tell the sions, starting in 2008. Povetkin injured will not likely break Louis’ record, but only have caused permanent damage. fighter what combinations to throw, you his foot while training the first time, then Larry Holmes had more consecutive heavy- A comparison of their contemporaries’ tell him what the fighter can throw and in 2010 Povetkin was talked out of taking weight title defenses in boxing history records reveals the same success levels: what is going to work best for him. My feel- the fight by his trainer. (eight). One surmises with over 50 knock- Lewis (41-2, 32 knockouts), Mike Tyson ing is that sometimes trainers put too Povetkin is due the biggest payday of outs and third all-time with most consecu- (50-6, 44 knockouts), Evander Holyfield much of themselves and what they want his career (estimated to be around $2 tive title defenses, Wladimir deserves more (44-10, 29 knockouts). Do the Klitschkos into it. I keep what was going on with million), although boxing experts claim appreciation. not rate to be mentioned in the conversa- Emanuel. You can’t replace Emanuel. It’s he’s not as good as he was back in 2010. Some experts unfairly criticize him for tion? The above three legends earned not an option. I wanted to keep up the spir- The younger Klitschko is as solid as ever, the competition he has faced over the years. major hype and praise during their prime it of the camp.” and Povetkin’s only shot at winning the Consider the fighters he has defeated and time in the sport. Add Vitali’s 45 wins/41 Naturally Banks is very much invested in bout is to be lucky and land a huge punch their record at the time: Mariusz Wach (27- knockouts – for 104 wins and 92 knock- continuing his own boxing career. There is to KO the big 6-foot-6 champion. 0), David Haye (25-1), Samuel Peter (24-0 outs – conversation-worthy for sure. interest in a rematch with Mitchell and talk and 34-3), Eddie Chambers (35-1), Ruslan A peek at the future does not see any of a fight with Alexander Povetkin Ihor Stelmach may be reached at Chagaev (25-0-1), Hasim Rahman, who eagerly anticipated fights for either (rumored to be Wladimir Klitschko’s next [email protected]. knocked out Lennox Lewis (45-6-2), Tony Klitschko. All contenders have been dis- Thompson (31-1), Sultan Ibragimov (22-0), patched with ease. There is no doubt who Calvin Brock (29-0), Chris Byrd (31-1 and have been the two most dominant forces in 39-2-1). He avenged his loss to Lamon heavyweight boxing since 2004. Missing is Brewster (33-3). He also knocked out the the recognition and respect that go along dangerous Ray Mercer (30-4-1). with it. Wladimir, known as “Dr. Steelhammer,” Many amazing feats have been accom- has bested all comers and not avoided any- plished in boxing’s most prestigious divi- one in the division willing to fight him. He sion. Rocky Marciano retired undefeated has had to go the distance in his fights only with an unblemished 49-0 record. Mike four times since 2001. This fact, and his 50+ Tyson became a champion at age 20. knockouts, should disprove the idea his George Foreman’s many reigns were boxing style is boring and too conservative. uniquely impressive. While Wladimir and Older brother, Vitali, 41, has 11 consecu- Vitali may not deserve to be at the top of tive title defenses and, although considering the greatest heavyweights of all-time list, retirement and a full-time political career, their names should have prominent posi- could easily increase that number in the tions on this list, and they should always be

insist that they have a voice.” Famine lecturer... The Ukrainian Famine Lecture was sponsored by the Canadian Foundation for (Continued from page 8) Ukrainian Studies, the Canadian Institute of Prof. Motyl concluded that people can Ukrainian Studies, the Centre for European, contribute to the humanization of Ukrainian Russian and Eurasian Studies at the history by recognizing that “the Holodomor University of Toronto, the Petro Jacyk was not an abstraction that affected some Program for the Study of Ukraine and the imagined category called a nation or a peas- Toronto branch of the Ukrainian Canadian antry. Millions of human beings were exter- Congress. The event has been held regular- minated.” To this he added, “we should… ly since 1998.

45C 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 No. 8 2013 Basilian Volunteer Program to minister to Ukraine’s needy PHILADELPHIA – Last year, three young on June 4-18 will expand its ministry to The itinerary for this mission to Ukraine Accepted applicants can expect to have women joined the Sisters of the Order of include the needy not only of Ivano- includes: visits to the Psychiatric Center in room and board covered by the Sisters of St. Basil the Great, Jesus, Lover of Humanity Frankivsk but also Zaporizhia, a much Tysmenytsia, the Studite Center for the Order of St. Basil the Great, Jesus, Lover Province Volunteer Program. These young poorer eastern region of Ukraine. Orphans in Yaremche, incurable crippled of Humanity Province. Airfare and train women, accompanied by Sister Ann Sister Ann and Sister Joann Sosler, children in Sniatyn, the psychiatric fare to Zaporizhia, as well as all personal Laszok, OSBM coordinator, visited, interact- OSBM, together with the accepted appli- Institute in Sambir, and the orphanage in expenses, are the responsibility of the ed and supported various orphanages, fos- cants will join with the Basilian Sisters of Dolyna. applicant. ter homes, halfway houses, homeless shel- the Holy Trinity Province in Ukraine as In addition participants will travel to For more information and an applica- ters and psychiatric institutions in the Lviv they continue their ministry of evangeliza- Zaporizhia and join in the ministry of the tion for Ministry to Ukraine readers may and Ivano- Frankivsk areas of Ukraine. tion and bringing support and comfort to Basilian Sisters of the Holy Trinity Province contact Sister Ann Laszok, OSBM, at This year’s Basilian Volunteer Program the poor and needy. in eastern Ukraine. [email protected] or 412-260-1607. Attention, Debutante Ball Organizers!

In keeping with our tradition, The Ukrainian Weekly will publish a special section devoted to the Ukrainian community’s debutantes.

The 2013 debutante ball section will be published on March 17.

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February 26 Presentation by Frank Sysyn, “Re-engaging a Classic: The March 8 Varenyky dinner, Ukrainian American Youth Association – Cambridge, MA Hrushevsky Translation Project,” Harvard University, Whippany, NJ Whippany branch, Ukrainian American Cultural Center of 617-495-4053 New Jersey, 973-713-6956 or 973-479-8715 or www.uaccnj.org March 1 Literary evening, “Winter Letters” by Vasyl Makhno and Whippany, NJ “My Orchidia” by Alexander Motyl, Arts, Culture and March 8-10 Exhibit, lecture-presentation by Sofia Zielyk, “Pysanka: Education Committee, Ukrainian American Cultural Center New York The Ukrainian Easter Egg,” Ukrainian Institute of of New Jersey, 973-585-5175 or www.uaccnj.org America, 212-288-8660

March 1-2 Art exhibit, “Finding Our Roots in the Coal Mines: Exhibit March 8-10 International conference, “Leadership in the Non-Profit Jenkintown, PA of Lemko Artist Nicholas Bervinchak,” Ukrainian Lehighton, PA Sector,” Organization for the Rebirth of Ukraine (U.S.) Educational and Cultural Center, 215-663-1166 or and the Ukrainian National Federation of Canada, www.ueccphila.org Ukrainian Homestead, 215-235-3709 or www.ukrhomestead.com March 1-30 Art exhibit, “The Garden of Hidden Dreams,” by Natalia Chicago Valenyuk, Ukrainian National Museum, 312-421-8020 March 9 Taras Shevchenko concert, Ukrainian American San Francisco Coordinating Council of Northern California, St. Michael March 2 Ski races, Carpathian Ski Club (KLK), Hunter Mountain, Ukrainian Orthodox Church hall, 650-281-6927 Hunter, NY [email protected] or [email protected] March 10 Taras Shevchenko concert, Ukrainian Educational and March 2 Silent and live auction, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Jenkintown, PA Cultural Center, 215-663-1166 or www.ueccphila.org Chicago 773-227-5522 or www.uima-chicago.org March 11 Lecture by Viktor Zhivov, “Untamed Discord: March 2 Book presentation, “The Intellectual as Hero in 1900s Cambridge, MA Sociopolitical Attitudes in Ukraine in 1939-1941,” Harvard New York Ukrainian Fiction” by Mark Andryczyk, Shevchenko University, 617-495-4053 Scientific Society, 212-254-5130 March 16, April 6 Pysanka workshop, Ukrainian National Museum, March 3 Pilgrimage, “Stations of The Cross,” Lady of Lourdes Chicago 312-421-8020 Litchfield, CT Shrine, 860-716-0812 or www.shrinect.org March 17 Pysanka-writing workshop, Glebe Community Center, March 3 67th annual Daffodil Tea, The Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Ottawa 613-564-1058 or www.gnag.ca Toronto Catholic Women’s League of Canada, Holy Eucharist Parish Center, 416-465-5836 March 22 Lenten dinner, Ss. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Olyphant, PA Church, The Regal Room, 570-489-4348 (reservations and March 4 Lecture by Volodymyr Dibrova, “The Valuev Circular of pre-sale only) Cambridge, MA 1863 and the End of Little Russian Literature,” Harvard University, 617-495-4053 Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events March 7 Presentation by Alti Rodal, “The Ukrainian-Jewish advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Cambridge, MA Encounter: In Search of a Shared Historical Narrative,” from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Harvard University, 617-495-4053 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 No. 8

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Friday, March 1 Intellectual as Hero in 1990s Ukrainian Fiction.” Dr. Andryczyk is a lecturer at WHIPPANY, N.J.: The Arts, Culture and Columbia University, where he coordinates Education (ACE) Committee of the Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New the Ukrainian Studies Program. The lecture Jersey invites all to a reading by Vasyl will take place at the society’s building , 63 Makhno from his latest collection of poetry Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th “Winter Letters,” and Alexander Motyl from streets) at 5 p.m. For additional information his latest work of fiction “My Orchidia.” Dr. call 212-254-5130. Makhno’s poems in English translation will Friday, March 8 be read by Dr. Orest Popovych. Dr. Motyl is the author of four novels; the co-editor of WHIPPANY, N.J.: The Ukrainian American ‘The Holodomor Reader”; and a professor at Youth Association, Whippany branch, will Rutgers University-Newark. Dr. Makhno is a host a varenyky dinner at 5-8 p.m. at the Ukrainian poet, essayist, translator and Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New playwright. Books will be available for pur- Jersey, 60 N. Jefferson Road, Whippany, NJ chase. Admission of $10 benefits ACE/ 07981. Price is only $11 for a complete deli- UACCNJ. The event takes place 8-9:30 p.m. cious dinner, which includes borshch, vare- at the UACCNJ, 60 N. Jefferson Road, nyky, bread, dessert and soda or coffee. Whippany, NJ 07981. For information call Varenyky will be available to take home. 973-585-7175 or log on to www.uaccnj.org There will also be entertainment and door prizes. Bring your family, meet with friends. Saturday, March 2 For more information call 973-713-6956 or NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific 973-479-8715, e-mail Pierogi.Dinner.at. Society invites all to a presentation of Dr. [email protected], or visit our website Mark Andryczyk’s latest book, “The www.uaccnj.org. Like us on Facebook.

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Tennis Camp Tabir Ptashat June 23-July 4 Session 1: June 23-29 2013 Summer Camp Kicks off the summer with 12 days of intensive tennis instruction and Session 2: June 30-July 6 competitive play, for boys and girls Ukrainian Plast tabir (camp) for Information age 10-18. Attendance will be limited children age 4-6 accompanied by their to 45 students. Room, board, parents. Registration forms will also 24-hour supervision, expert lessons be appearing in the Svoboda and The and loads of fun are included. Camp Ukrainian Weekly in March and April. is under the direction of George For further information, please contact Sawchak. Neonila Sochan at 973-984-7456.

Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian Dance Academy Workshop June 30- July 13 Vigorous 2-week dance training for more intermediate and advanced dancers age 16 and up under the direction of the Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian Dance Foundation, culminating with performances on stage during the Ukrainian Cultural Festival weekend. Additional information http://www.syzokryli.com/

Ukrainian Heritage Day Camp Session 1: July 14-19 • Session 2: July 21-26 A returning favorite, in the form of a day camp. Children age 4-7 will be exposed to Ukrainian heritage through daily activities such as dance, song, crafts and games. Children will walk away with an expanded knowledge of Ukrainian folk cul- ture and language, as well as new and lasting friendships with other children of Ukrainian heritage. Price includes kid’s lunch and T-shirt and, unless noted, is based on in-house occupancy of parent/guardian. Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian Dance Camp Discovery Camp Chornomorska Sitch Sports School Session 1: July 21-August 3 July 14-20 Session 1: July 21-27 • Session 2: July 28-August 3 Session 2: August 4-August 17 Calling all nature lovers age 8-15 for 44th annual sports camp run by the Ukrainian Athletic- Directed by Ania Bohachevsky-Lonkevych (daughter of this sleep-over program filled with outdoor Educational Association Chornomorska Sitch for children Roma Pryma Bohachevsky), this camp is for aspiring dancers crafts, hiking, swimming, organized sports age 6-17. This camp will focus on soccer, tennis, volleyball age 8 -16, offering expert instruction for beginning, intermediate and games, bonfires, songs and much and swimming, and is perfect for any sports enthusiast. and advanced students. Room, board, 24-hour supervision, more. Room, board, 24-hour supervision Please contact [email protected] for an appli- expert lessons and plenty of fun are included. Each camp ends and a lifetime of memories are included. cation and additional information. with a grand recital. Attendance will be limited to 60 students.