Inside: l International action on Holodomor’s 85th anniversary – page 4 l Communities celebrate Ukraine’s Independence Day – pages 10-11 l Ukrainian National Association’s scholarship winners – pages 12-13

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXXVI No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 $2.00 Volker says U.S. Meeting of Orthodox hierarchs in Istanbul is ready to send more arms to Kyiv gives Ukraine more hope for autocephaly RFE/RL The United States is ready to widen arms supplies to Ukraine to help build up the country’s naval and air defense forces in the face of continuing Russian support for eastern separatists, the U.S. special envoy for Ukraine told The Guardian. Kurt Volker told the newspaper in an interview published on September 1 that pro-Western, anti-Russian sentiment was growing in Ukraine and that the Trump administration was “absolutely” pre- pared to go further in supplying weapon- ry to Ukrainian forces than the anti-tank missiles it delivered in April. “They are losing soldiers every week defending their own country,” Mr. Volker, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA NATO, said in the interview. More than 100 Orthodox metropolitans and archbishops of the Ecumenical Patriarchate assembled in Istanbul on September 1-3 “And so in that context it’s natural for for a Synaxis whose agenda included the issue of autocephaly for Ukraine’s Orthodox Church. Ukraine to build up its military, engage in self-defense, and it’s natural to seek by Mark Raczkiewycz Indications of optimism for autocephaly implemented… This was announced to assistance and it’s natural that other of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church came fol- Patriarch Kirill during his visit,” said countries should help them. And of KYIV – Ukraine received more encourag- lowing Ecumenical Patriarch Metropolitan Emmanuel of France, after course they need lethal assistance ing signs that it could receive canonical per- Bartholomew’s meeting with Russian the meeting of the two primates, as cited by because they’re being shot at,” he added. mission to form a unified Ukrainian Patriarch Kirill on August 31 ahead of the Greek-language religious news agency Moscow’s takeover of Ukraine’s Orthodox Church following an assembly of Synaxis of the Hierarchs of the Ecumenical orthodoxia.info. Crimean peninsula and its support for more than 100 metropolitans and arch- Patriarchate. “The ecumenical patriarch has decided separatists in eastern Ukraine prompted bishops at the Ecumenical Patriarchate in The assembly of leading Orthodox hier- to use all ways possible to resolve the issue the United States, the European Union Istanbul that took place on September 1-3. archs is consultative in nature and is com- of granting autocephaly to the Ukrainian and others to impose sanctions on Russia. The move would further erode parable to a meeting of directors of various Orthodox Church,” he added, according to Russia seized Crimea in March 2014 Moscow’s influence in Ukraine as the two shareholding groups, whereas the decision- the Ukrainian news site Hromadske after sending in troops, taking over key predominantly Orthodox countries contin- making body, or Synod, is more like a man- International’s correspondent in Istanbul. facilities, and staging a referendum ue fighting a multi-front war on the battle- aging board of directors. The Russian Orthodox Church and its deemed illegitimate by at least 100 field, in cyberspace, diplomatically and on The decision to grant canonical recogni- energy issues. tion, via a Tomos of Autocephaly, “will be (Continued on page 4) (Continued on page 17) Parma’s Ukrainian Village marks Ukraine’s independence with a parade

by Marta Liscynesky-Kelleher American Veterans Post 24, American Legion Post 572 Joseph J. Jacubic and PARMA, Ohio – Parma’s Ukrainian Legion Auxiliary. Participating local busi- American community commemorated the nesses and Ukrainian organizations were 27th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence surrounded by the music of three local high with a parade on Saturday, August 25. school marching bands: Padua Franciscan, The annual parade kicked-off at 11 a.m. Normandy and Parma high schools. from Cleveland Selfreliance Federal Credit All local Ukrainian Churches participat- Union, the entry way to Ukrainian Village, a ed – Orthodox, Catholic and Baptist – as did 1.5 mile stretch along Parma’s main thor- members of the Eastern European oughfare, State Road. Ukrainian Village, Congress of Ohio. Grand Marshal Oleh lined by Ukrainian American businesses, Mahlay, an active member of the Parma hosted the parade, which proceeded past Ukrainian community and artistic director St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral and conductor of the Ukrainian Bandurist to the main stage on the grounds of St. Chorus, which is celebrating its 100th anni- Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, versary, greeted the crowds lining the directly across from the Ukrainian Heritage street. The grand marshal was sponsored Park dedicated by the City of Parma. by the Ukrainian Federal Credit Union – The nearly 50 organizations marching in Alex Fedorchuk Osnova branch. this year’s parade were led by the City of Parma Mayor Tim DeGeeter with Ukrainian Independence Day parade marshals and Cleveland Police Honor Guard, Ukrainian organizers. (Continued on page 9) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 No. 36

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European Court of Human Rights demands Russia Ukraine-NATO military exercises nized the famine as an act of genocide by the Stalin regime against the Ukrainian people. Ukraine has begun joint military exercises Moscow has long denied any systematic account for health of Ukrainian political prisoners with 10 NATO countries in western Ukraine effort to target Ukrainians, arguing that a amid ongoing tensions with Russia over psychotropic drugs and tortured into sign- poor harvest at the time wiped out many in by Halya Coynash Moscow’s illegal annexation of the Crimean ing “confessions” to insanely impossible other parts of the then-Soviet Union. (RFE/ Kharkiv Human Rights peninsula and the ongoing conflict in eastern “crimes” supposedly involving Ukraine’s RL, based on reporting by RFE/RL’s Protection Group Ukraine between government forces and then Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Ukrainian Service, TASS, and Novosti-n.org) The European Court of Human Rights other prominent Ukrainian politicians back Russia-backed separatists. The Rapid Trident has responded swiftly to Ukraine’s request in 1994-1995. 2018 drills officially opened on September 3 Zakharchenko killed in cafe blast for urgent measures (under Rule 39) at the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National There are very strong grounds for con- The leadership of the pro-Russia mili- regarding the state of health of four cern about Mr. Klykh’s psychological state Ground Forces Academy in the western tants in eastern Ukraine has been thrown Ukrainian political prisoners: Volodymyr after all that he has been through, including a region of Lviv. Taking part are about 2,200 into disarray after the head of the so-called Balukh, Stanislav Klykh, human rights Kafkaesque “trial,” in which even historical troops from 14 countries, including the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) was killed activist Emir-Usein Kuku and Serhiy fact was ignored. It was also reported in early United States and nine other NATO member in an explosion at a cafe designed to honor Lytvynov. The move is very welcome, how- June that Mr. Klykh was on hunger strike. states. The maneuvers are scheduled to con- ever the number of political prisoners, tinue until September 15. For Ukrainian forc- the separatists. The death on August 31 of especially in occupied Crimea, whose very Emir-Usein Kuku es, the exercises will involve 350 units of mil- Aleksandr Zakharchenko at the Separ cafe – life Russia is jeopardizing is much higher. Mr. Kuku is one of six recognized politi- itary equipment. The Ukrainian Border a separatist-themed establishment featur- Ivan Lishchyna, Ukraine’s representative cal prisoners now on trial in Rostov, Russia, Guard Service and Ukrainian National Guard ing camouflage netting hanging from its to the European Court of Human Rights, on charges of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir. troops will take part in the drills for the first eaves – drove the separatist council into an reported on August 23 that the court in This is a peaceful pan-Islamist organization time. The U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Marie emergency meeting and angered the sepa- Strasbourg has given Russia until that is legal in Ukraine and not known to Yovanovitch, said at the opening ceremony ratists’ backers in Moscow. The TASS news September 5 to provide information about have committed any act of terrorism any- that all countries participating in the maneu- agency reported that Mr. Zakharchenko’s the men’s state of health and what medical where in the world, but which Russia vers “stand in solidarity with Ukraine for bodyguard also died as a result of the blast, treatment they are receiving. It asks wheth- declared “terrorist.” There is every reason Ukrainian security, Ukrainian sovereignty, while a dozen others were injured. The er particular prisoners have declared hun- to believe that the Crimean Tatar human and Ukrainian territorial integrity.” The Donetsk News Agency said in a statement ger strikes and, if so, what measures are rights activist has been targeted because of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on its website that another separatist figure, being taken in connection with this. his rights activism and for his refusal to say has described Rapid Trident maneuvers as “a Aleksandr Timofeyev, was injured in the Mr. Lishchyna writes that ECHR is thus nothing about previous, unrelated, forms of culmination of multinational training exer- blast and was in serious condition. breaking through the information vacuum harassment, including an attempted abduc- cises, conducted annually, that serves as the “According to verified data, the terror attack that Russia has created around the state of tion. validation for Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense left two people dead. Those were head of health of Ukrainians whom it is illegally On June 26 (his 42nd birthday), Mr. under the recommendations of allied and the Donetsk People’s Republic Aleksandr holding prisoner. Kuku began a hunger strike with the same partner nations.” (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Zakharchenko and his bodyguard. Twelve There are particularly grave concerns demand to free all Ukrainian political pris- Service, with reporting by UNIAN and AFP) people sustained injuries of varying degrees about the health of two of these prisoners. oner as Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov. of severity,” Aleksandr Oprishchenko, health Prominent historian found dead Volodymyr Balukh After pleas from his family and others, he minister of the DPR, was quoted as saying did give it up but is reported to have had Prominent Ukrainian historian Mykola on September 1. TASS and Interfax reported The fact that the decision from ECHR many health issues linked with the hunger Shytyuk has been found dead in his home late on August 31 that Mr. Timofeyev’s con- came on August 23 – Ukrainian National strike and coming out of it. city of Mykolayiv, police said on September dition had stabilized and his life was no lon- Flag Day – could not have been more 2. Police said the historian’s body was found ger in danger. TASS reported that the appropriate since Mr. Balukh is imprisoned Serhiy Lytvynov in an apartment on September 1 and bore Donetsk separatists’ ruling council had gone in occupied Crimea for the Ukrainian flag 35-year-old Mr. Lytvynov is imprisoned signs of violence, including stab wounds. A into an emergency meeting. Interfax and he refused to remove from his home and near Magadan in the Far East of Russia, in TASS reported afterwards that Dmitry his unwavering loyalty to Ukraine. murder investigation was launched, and the area of the Soviet Gulag camps. Trapeznikov, the first deputy prime minis- Mr. Balukh has been imprisoned, except very quickly thereafter a suspect was appre- Ukraine’s Ambassador Diana Ivanova was hended. The police directorate in the south- ter, had been named as acting leader. (RFE/ for a period of less than a month under only recently able to visit him, although she house arrest, since December 8, 2016. The eastern region of Mykolayiv said on RL, with reporting by Reuters, Interfax and had long sought permission to see him. September 2 that a 25-year-old man TASS) first criminal prosecution came just days She reported that Mr. Lytvynov has lost after he nailed a plaque renaming his home detained in the investigation confessed that 17 kilograms over the last six months due he stabbed the historian over a personal Thousands attend funeral for Zakharchenko No. 18 “Heroes of Nebesna Sotnia Street” in to the appalling food in the harsh-regime memory of the over 100 Maidan activists argument. Mr. Shytyuk was known for his Tens of thousands of people gathered on prison and the fact that he is not receiving works on the Holodomor that killed millions who were killed during the Euro-Maidan. parcels from Ukraine. He has spent the last September 2 in the separatist stronghold of Previous harassment, the timing and the in Ukraine in the early 1930s. Ukraine and six months in a damp cell without proper about a dozen other countries have recog- (Continued on page 14) gross falsification of this case prompted the ventilation, which can only have an adverse authoritative Memorial Human Rights effect on his state of health. Center to declare Mr. Balukh a political Mr. Lytvynov is one of several Ukrainians prisoner almost immediately. who were abducted and/or arrested by Mr. Balukh first went on total hunger Russian enforcement officers during the The Ukrainian Weekly FOUNDED 1933 strike in protest at his first three-and-a- first months of Russia’s undeclared war half-year sentence on March 19. He agreed against Ukraine. Most were held incommu- An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., to take the absolute minimum to prevent nicado for many months while “confes- a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. 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He was instead, and Mr. Lytvynov was sentenced to Parsippany, NJ 07054 e-mail: [email protected] again taking this absolute minimum, which eight and a half years’ imprisonment. is not enough to prevent immense strain on The list of other prisoners with urgent The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com his body. Most worryingly, he has long com- medical needs is probably much longer, but plained of chest pains, and there is nothing there are immediate and very grave con- The Ukrainian Weekly, September 9, 2018, No. 36, Vol. LXXXVI to indicate that anything is being done to cerns about three other prisoners. Copyright © 2018 The Ukrainian Weekly provide the medical care he requires. Pavlo Hryb Stanyslav Klykh The plight of this young man who was ADMINISTRATION OF THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY AND SVOBODA Mr. Klykh, a historian from Kyiv, was just 19 when abducted by Russia’s FSB in seized by the Russia’s Federal Security August 2017 and taken to Russia highlights Walter Honcharyk, administrator (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 Service (FSB) in August 2014, after arriving and advertising manager fax: (973) 644-9510 the other problem with ECHR rulings and e-mail: [email protected] in Russia, he thought, to visit a woman he orders under Rule 39. Russia’s response to had earlier met in Crimea. He was held Subscription Department (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 e-mail: [email protected] incommunicado for 10 months, filled with (Continued on page 18) No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 3

RFE/RL investigative journalist targeted in Ukraine data-disclosure order

RFE/RL period, as well as other data – such as the “Such actions also send a negative signal amount of private information than is investigative journalist’s location when she to other investigative journalists and, in needed in the particular case,” Mr. Popov KYIV – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty received or made each phone call. general, erode the principles of press free- said. is calling for the nullification of a Ukrainian In December 2017, during a meeting at dom and the protection of journalistic Mr. Popov noted that the investigation court ruling that gives authorities access to the Prosecutor General’s Office with her sources,” she said. into Mr. Sytnyk’s activities is related to an nearly one and a half years of cellphone data lawyer that lasted several hours, Ms. Anatoliy Popov, an attorney represent- off-the-record briefing that prosecutors from an RFE/RL investigative reporter, say- Sedletska refused to testify about her pri- ing RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, also called allege Mr. Sytnyk gave to journalists in Kyiv ing the decision violates Ukraine’s own laws vate communications with confidential the court ruling “excessive,” saying it “puts in May 2017. and Kyiv’s commitments to a free press. sources that were part of her investigative pressure on the journalist’s work within “The investigators got access to the pri- The ruling stems from a criminal investi- reporting. the context of her professional duties and vate information of the journalist for a peri- gation into the alleged disclosure of state Ms. Sedletska cited a law in Ukraine’s provides illegal access to her sources of od of 17 months, even though such a wide secrets to journalists in 2017 by Artem Criminal Code that says “journalists cannot information.” range of data has no significance for the Sytnyk, director of the National Anti- be questioned as witnesses” about “confi- “With this ruling, the court granted the dential information of a professional Corruption Bureau of Ukraine. investigation access to a much wider (Continued on page 15) On August 27, the Pechersk District nature” provided by sources on the condi- Court of Kyiv approved a request from tion of anonymity. Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office to let Ukrainian lawmaker Mustafa Nayyem wrote on Facebook that the court’s decision investigators review all cellphone data U.S. and EU warn that ruling in Ukraine was “an example of creeping dictatorship.” from a 17-month period of investigative Another member of the Verkhovna endangers press freedom, corruption fight reporter Natalia Sedletska, the host of Rada, Olena Sotnyk, said the ruling “brutal- “Schemes,” the award-winning anti-corrup- ly violates” the country’s legislation and RFE/RL doms of the media nor international tion TV program by RFE/RL’s Ukrainian international standards. journalistic standards such as the pro- Service and Ukrainian Public Television. Serhiy Tomilenko, head of the National The United States, the European tection of sources of journalists,” Ms. RFE/RL spokeswoman Joanna Levison Union of Journalists of Ukraine, said his Union and international media watch- Kocijancic said, adding that investigative said the ruling is “inconsistent with organization “expresses solidarity” with dogs have expressed concern over a journalism “contributes significantly to Ukraine’s own commitments to promote RFE/RL and Ms. Sedletska and urged the Ukrainian court ruling that gives the the fight against corruption in Ukraine.” and protect a free press.” authorities to “stop creating an atmosphere authorities access to the cellphone data In Vienna, the Organization for “It creates a chilling atmosphere for of hostility toward journalists.” of an RFE/RL investigative reporter Security and Cooperation in Europe’s journalists and should be nullified,” Ms. Oksana Romaniuk, director of a spanning a period of 17 months. media-freedom representative, Harlem Levison said in a September 4 statement. Ukrainian media rights watchdog called the The court decision could have “a chill- Desir, said that investigative journalism “That the request targets well over a year’s Institute of Mass Information, condemned ing effect on press freedom and anti-cor- “plays the essential role of a watchdog in worth of data belonging to a prominent the court-ordered “eavesdropping” of Ms. ruption efforts in Ukraine,” the U.S. societies and journalists must be able to Ukrainian investigative journalist raises Sedletska, saying it is “excessive interfer- Embassy in Ukraine said in a tweet on protect their sources.” deeply troubling questions about the real ence” into the work of an investigative September 5, after a Kyiv court approved Earlier, the New York-based intent of those seeking the information.” reporter whose work has focused on cor- the prosecutor-general’s request to Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) The ruling allows the Prosecutor ruption allegations against high-ranking allow investigators to obtain information called the court’s ruling “an affront to General’s Office to obtain information from public officials. from mobile service providers about the principle of press freedom that the Ms. Sedletska’s mobile-phone service pro- “In this case, we are dealing with a viola- calls to and from Natalya Sedletska. Ukrainian government purports to vider about all communications made to tion of the protection of the journalist’s Maja Kocijancic, the spokeswoman for uphold.” and from her phone from July 1, 2016, source, which is guaranteed by Ukrainian EU foreign policy chief Federica The media watchdog Reporters through November 30, 2017. legislation,” Ms. Romaniuk told RFE/RL on Mogherini, said that the court ruling Without Borders (RSF) ranked Ukraine The “Schemes” program reported on September 4, adding that the court order “raises very serious questions.” 101st out of the 180 countries in its several investigations involving senior applies “psychological pressure” on the “No decision should violate basic free- Press Freedom index. Ukrainian officials during that period, includ- journalist. ing Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko. The Prosecutor-General’s Office would be able to access all of Sedletska’s phone contacts, as well as the date, time, and duration of all calls. First bell rings in Ukraine’s schools It also would allow authorities to review all text messages sent and received on Ms. Sedletska’s phone during the 17-month

FOR THE RECORD U.S. condemns Russia’s harassment of shipping in Kerch Strait, Sea of Azov U.S. State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert released the following press statement on August 30. The United States condemns Russia’s harassment of international shipping in the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait. Russia has delayed hun- dreds of commercial vessels since April and in recent weeks has stopped at least 16 commercial ships attempt- ing to reach Ukrainian ports. Russia’s actions to impede mari- time transit are further examples of its ongoing campaign to undermine and Kyiv City State Administration destabilize Ukraine, as well as its dis- KYIV – Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, a former world boxing champion, opened an upgraded primary school called “Intellect” in the regard for international norms. Darnytsia district of Kyiv to mark the beginning of the academic year on September 3. The school, which has some 1,500 pupils, The United States supports is located on the east bank of the Dnipro River. The learning center is equipped with interactive displays that allow video screening Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial instead of chalkboards, and each teacher is equipped with a computer. Special foreign-language learning classrooms are in place, integrity within its internationally rec- as well as studios for dance, music and song. The school is also energy efficient with its own autonomous heating system. Overall, ognized borders, extending to its terri- 25 such modernized schools were opened nationwide, President Petro Poroshenko said while attending another back-to-school torial waters. event in Kyiv. More than 16,000 primary schools currently offer education throughout the country to nearly 4 million pupils. About We call on Russia to cease its 450,000 are first graders who will complete 12 grades before graduation. Of the 1 billion hrv ($357 million U.S.) that the Education harassment of international shipping Ministry allocated to local governments to build or modernize schools, only 44 percent has been used, the government body said. in the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait. Kyiv allocated $5.3 million to the effort, or $225 per primary school student. – Mark Raczkiewycz 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 No. 36

UWC launches international action on 85th anniversary of Holodomor TORONTO – On September 1, the Ukrainian World Victims Memorial National Museum, and conclude on Congress (UWC), together with its partners, the November 24 in conjunction with the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the Ukrainian national commemoration of the 85th anniversary of Institute of National Remembrance and the the Holodomor in the Ukrainian capital. Holodomor Victims Memorial National Museum, “The Ukrainian World Congress invites the interna- launched the international action “Light a candle of tional community to join in this action by organizing remembrance!” to mark the 85th anniversary of the an event or simply sharing information about the genocide of the Ukrainian people, the Holodomor. Holodomor as widely as possible to deliver the mes- Over 85 days until International Holodomor sage that the Holodomor, a tragic page in the nation’s Memorial Day on November 24, a candle will be lit history, remains testimony to the consequences of daily in a different part of the world, uniting imperialist ambitions and a complacent world,” stated Ukrainians and friends of Ukraine in remembrance of UWC Secretary General Stefan Romaniw, who chairs the innocent victims of the genocidal policy of the the UWC International Holodomor Coordinating Stalin regime, while raising awareness of the issues of Committee. human rights, respect and tolerance. The UWC encouraged all to follow the global jour- The first day of September is traditionally the start ney of the remembrance flame by visiting the sites list- of the school year in Ukraine. Since a significant num- ed below and to share it with family, friends, co-work- ber of children were among the millions of victims of ers, government officials and media representatives. the Holodomor, this year’s commemorative action is dedicated to the children who did not return to their school desks on September 1, 1933. • Website: https://holodomor85.com/ The remembrance flame will begin its 85-day jour- • Facebook: www.facebook.com/UWCongress/ - ney across five continents in Kyiv, at the Holodomor gress/• Twitter: https://twitter.com/uwcongress/ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uwcon

“see of the Kyivan Metropolis… to Moscow” in the 14th Meeting of Orthodox... century. Patriarch Bartholomew said that his predecessor, (Continued from page 1) Patriarch Dionysios IV, under “great political pressure” in branch in Ukraine, which is known as the Ukrainian 1686 “was obliged to issue a letter granting Moscow the Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate, have opposed license to ordain the metropolitan of Kyiv,” according to a autocephaly for Ukraine’s Orthodox Church. Moscow con- transcription provided by Archbishop Daniel of the siders the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A., who participated (UOC-KP) a renegade Church, which was formed in 1992 in the Synaxis. after the country re-gained independence amid the USSR’s Patriarch Bartholomew continued: “no matter how implosion a year earlier. The Ukrainian Autocephalous much some [people] wish to embellish the situation in Orthodox Church (UAOC) also isn’t canonically recognized. Ukraine, history proves them wrong and presents indisput- Both the UOC-KP and the UAOC have spoken out in support able arguments demonstrating that the origin of difficulties of a Tomos of Autocephaly for the Church in Ukraine. and reactions in Ukraine are neither a recent phenomenon The Russian Orthodox Church didn’t mention the issue nor something created by the Ecumenical Patriarchate.” of the Tomos after the leaders of the Constantinople and He noted the “tireless efforts on the part of our Kyivan Moscow Churches met, according to its external relations brothers for independence from ecclesiastical control by department. It was a talk “between two brothers,” the the Moscow center. Indeed, the obstinacy of the Russian patriarchal press service said in a statement on Patriarchate of Moscow was instrumental in occasionally August 31. creating repeated mergers and restorations of ecclesiasti- “Without coordination with His Holiness, I wouldn’t like cal eparchies, uncanonical elections of bishops as well as to let you into details, although there was nothing secret… schisms, which still afflict the pious Ukrainian people.” a talk between the heads of two Churches who are aware Patriarch Bartholomew affirmed that Moscow doesn’t of their responsibility for the state of universal have jurisdiction over “today’s Metropolis of Kyiv” and that Orthodoxy…,” Patriarch Kirill said before departing the “canonical dependence of Kyiv to the Mother Church of Istanbul. Constantinople remained constant and uninterrupted.” A statement by the Ecumenical Patriarchate about the He cited the “uncanonical interventions of Moscow from meeting didn’t provide details on the substance of the talks. time to time in the affairs of Kyiv” and added that “the tol- A video released following their meeting showed eration on the part of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in previ- Patriarch Bartholomew refusing a glass that his Russian ous years do not validate any ecclesiastical violation.” The counterpart had initially reached for, but which the server ecumenical patriarch went on to note that Russia is had denied him while pointing to another glass. “responsible for the current painful situation in Ukraine,” After the Russian hierarch took the one pointed to him and “is unable to solve the problem.” Thus, “the Ecumenical by the server, who wore a wired earpiece, Patriarch Patriarchate assumed the initiative of resolving the prob- Bartholomew rejected a beverage, as did other Church offi- lem in accordance with the authority afforded to it by the cials who were seated in a row perpendicular to the pair. Sacred Canons and the jurisdictional responsibility over the eparchy of Kyiv, receiving a request to this end by the Historical context honorable Ukrainian government, as well as recurring Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. In his opening remarks at the ecclesiastical assembly, requests by ‘Patriarch’ Filaret of Kyiv appealing for our Ecumenical Patriarchate Bartholomew I of the patriarch of Constantinople said that the Byzantine-era adjudication of his case.” Constantinople. “Mother Church” never granted permission to move the His remarks were based on a 90-page scholarly study by Pro-Russian politicians have also warned that granting a Bishop Makarios of Christouplis, who Tomos to Ukraine would lead to civil war. the ecumenical patriarch said would Former Russian citizen and current Opposition Bloc address the Synaxis. lawmaker Vadim Novinsky has reiterated over the past Moscow reaction year that politics shouldn’t mix with religion. In July, the metals businessman and multi-millionaire told the news- In previous statements, the paper Livyi Bereh that if “Mr. Poroshenko’s initiative will be Moscow Patriarchate has accused offi- implemented… then it is very likely that the country will cial Kyiv of “politicizing” the issue of collapse and [lead] to civil war.” autocephaly. On April 19, a Verkhovna Rada resolution expressed The Russian Patriarchate described support for the president’s moves to create a unified President Petro Poroshenko’s support Ukrainian Orthodox Church with 268 (out of 450) votes. for a Tomos of Autocephaly as a “des- The vote came two days after Mr. Poroshenko, together perate attempt at holding on to with the primates of the two unrecognized Orthodox power,” an Interfax news agency Churches in Ukraine, submitted an appeal to Patriarch report said on August 24. Bartholomew for autocephaly. The UOC-MP characterized UOC- The ecumenical patriarch, in turn, on July 27 publicly KP Patriarch Filaret’s support for stated that his ultimate goal is to grant autocephaly to the autocephaly as a “call to religious Ukrainian Church. war,” BBC Ukraine reported on May A Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate is scheduled for Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate 10 citing Archbishop Klyment October, and the issue of granting a Tomos of Autocephaly Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (left) with Patriarch Kirill of Russia. (Vecherya). to Ukraine is preliminarily on the agenda. No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 5 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 No. 36

WINDOW ON EURASIA The Ukrainian Weekly Svoboda’s 125 years West’s paramount task is to prevent Belarus One hundred twenty-five years ago, on September 15, 1893, the first issue of from being swallowed up by Russia, says expert Svoboda rolled off the presses in Jersey City, N.J. It was then published twice a month (on the 1st and the 15th) and an annual subscription cost $1.50. Its editor by Paul Goble cution in the Republic of Belarus: was the Rev. Hryhory (Gregory) Hrushka, pastor of the local Ukrainian Catholic parish. Its readers were immigrants from Ukrainian lands who at the time called Imantas Melianas, a senior Lithuanian Belarus, formally allow it to continue to themselves Rusyns; many of them were poor and uneducated laborers who had specialist on ethnic minorities and national exist• withUnder a new the leadership,first, Russia but will reduce occupy it to settled in the coal mining regions of Pennsylvania. Svoboda sought to be their security, says that the most important task the status of Transdniestria, with key insti- newspaper, as well as their voice, their protector and their teacher. It sought to for the West now is “not to allow Putin to tutions like the military passing entirely raise their national consciousness and to organize them into a community. swallow Belarus.” If the Kremlin leader is under Russian control and a Russian level That is why in its fourth issue, dated November 1, 1893, Svoboda (Liberty) able to do so, he continues, “a third world of popular control established. called for the establishment of a “national organization.” That national organiza- war will become inevitable.” tion, founded on February 22, 1894, is the Ukrainian National Association. But not Consequently, he says, any “betrayal assume new content but quickly move on only did Svoboda give birth to this great fraternal benefit organization that cares regarding Belarus will become a betrayal of the• Underbasis theof “requestssecond, the ofunion the state toilers, will for its members of all ages, it also became the UNA’s indispensable link to the Europe as a whole” – a step that will be Cossacks, Orthodox activists and other Ukrainian community it serves. equivalent today to Russia’s swallowing up forms of the simple people” into a “unitary” The Rev. Nestor Dmytriv, one of the first editors of Svoboda (1895-1897), of Poland at the end of the 18th century and Russian state. What is now Belarus will wrote: “Svoboda in those days fulfilled its responsibilities toward Soyuz [UNA] one that will lead to a new round of Russian become like “occupied Crimea.” earnestly and conscientiously, and there was hardly an issue that didn’t contain attacks against Ukraine and other countries some sort of appeal to the members of Soyuz or [a statement] that refuted all sorts in the region (belaruspartisan.org/poli- only slight variations between these two – of attacks from the enemies of this national organization.” The near legendary tic/434862/). everything• Under willthe thirdbe like and the fourth first and– there second are UNA Supreme President Dmytro Halychyn (1895-1961) wrote on the occasion of Mr. Melianas, a former Sajudis coordina- “with the exception that its Catholic north- Svoboda’s 60th anniversary: “Not only could the UNA not develop without tor for national minorities, an advisor to the west, the so-called Veyshnoria, will be taken Svoboda, but it could not fulfill its obligations; it could not even exist without [the Lithuanian Culture Ministry and an officer out of Belarus, and it will become a puppet newspaper].” of the Department of State Security, says buffer state, one most likely not recognized Svoboda became our community’s “crusading newspaper,” as the tireless that to his “great regret, it is difficult to be by anyone.” That puppet will stand “in per- Editor-in-Chief Anthony Dragan (1912-1986) oftentimes said. Through the optimistic about the preservation of the manent conflict with Poland, Lithuania and decades, it promoted the independence of Ukraine, spoke out about the independence of Belarus” after the Helsinki Latvia and constantly turn for international Holodomor that killed millions in 1932-1933, discussed the plight of refugees and summit between Donald Trump and help” to Moscow. displaced persons after World War II, spearheaded the campaign to erect a monu- Vladimir Putin. ment in Washington to Taras Shevchenko, gave voice to the national and human That is because, the Lithuanian expert Belarusian resistance to Russia, “Moscow rights activists of Ukraine and defended them. Svoboda concerned itself with the says, “the Kremlin guy always views the soft- will• leaveAnd under Belarus the [as fifth, a whole] because for of a growing time in lives of Ukrainians throughout the diaspora – whether here in North America, or ness and even more the willingness to agree peace but will take back those portions of in South America, Europe, Australia and beyond. of certain Western leaders as a sign of their Belarus which Moscow transferred from A newspaper whose existence encompasses three centuries – the 19th, the weakness, and this means as a signal for the RSFSR to the Belarussian SSR in 1924- 20th and now the 21st, Svoboda has served four waves of immigration to this action.” Belarus is the obvious immediate 1926,” creating a new unrecognized “gray country and has touched the lives of six generations. It has undergone various target, but Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine zone” that will be like the Donetsk and transformations – from a biweekly newspaper, to a weekly, then a daily and today are all threatened by Mr. Putin’s moves Luhansk “people’s republics.” once again a weekly; its format has changed from a tabloid-size paper to a broad- against that country, Mr. Melianas added. All these variants of the destruction of sheet and back to tabloid – but its mission has remained the same: “to serve as the According to Mr. Melianas, Moscow is people’s newspaper,” as was pledged in its inaugural issue 125 years ago. considering the following variants for exe- (Continued on page 17) Today Svoboda is the oldest continuously published Ukrainian-language news- paper in the world, and The Ukrainian Weekly, its sister publication founded in 1933 by the UNA, sends its enthusiastic congratulations, sincere best wishes and heartfelt thanks. Long may Svoboda continue to proudly serve succeeding genera- Exclusion of non-Russian languages from schools tions of Ukrainians. Mnohaya lita! in Russia would destroy the country, experts say

by Paul Goble senator’s ideas are the ones that threaten to lead to the disintegration of Russia (idel- Sept. Turning the pages back... Vladimir Putin’s new law making the real.org/a/29405219.html). study of non-Russian languages voluntary, The most prominent of these authorities, Sixty years ago, on September 15, 1958, the Ukrainian while keeping the study of Russian obliga- Konstantin Borovoy, a former Duma mem- 15 National Association Supreme Executive Committee – Dmytro tory has radicalized many non-Russians, ber and current commentator, says that the Halychyn (supreme president), Joseph Lesawyer (supreme vice- but the debates about it in the Federal Putin law itself already violates the rights of 1958 president), Anne Herman (supreme vice-president) and Roman Assembly suggest that its impact on the peoples of Russia and must be seen as a Slobodian (supreme treasurer) – issued a statement on the 65th Russian nationalists may be even greater clear case of discrimination – of “discrimi- anniversary of the founding of the Svoboda newspaper. and certainly more dangerous. nation that will undermine the [Russian] Svoboda’s inaugural issue was printed on September 15, 1893, and this year marks the During the discussion of the law – it has Federation” by violating the Constitution. 125th anniversary of the newspaper – the oldest continuously published Ukrainian- now been adopted and signed by President “The Kremlin is trying to transform language newspaper in the world. Putin – two senators made proposals that Russia into a unitary state,” he continues. The statement noted: “Exactly one half year after the first appearance of Svoboda, there follow Mr. Putin’s logic but go beyond what “That is, it has already transformed it, of came into being, as an offspring of its creative spirit, the Ukrainian National Association, the he has said so far. Boris Nevzorov from course. And the instrument of language is first national Ukrainian organization on this continent, and Svoboda became its official Kamchatka argued that all basic subjects the most important. What it is doing with organ. The decisive role played by the UNA and its organ Svoboda in the development and should be taught in one language, and language now is what Stalin did at one progress of Ukrainian American life, the Ukrainian American contributions to the American Maksim Kavdzharadze of Lipetsk said that time. Language is becoming a repressive way of life and of the great aid Ukrainian Americans have given to the fight for freedom of language should be Russian. instrument that will suppress or could sup- the Ukrainian people in their enslaved native land Ukraine, all this and more are vouched for Otherwise, Mr. Kavdzharadze insisted, press any national self-consciousness.” by historical facts, which have brought great honor and prestige to the Ukrainian name.” the territorial integrity of the country According to Mr. Borovoy, “this is a crime The UNA Supreme Executive Committee called on all Ukrainians: “To constantly make would be put at risk. But experts with against the laws of the Russian Federation.” stronger their original native institutions, to keep themselves united in Ukrainian organi- whom Ramazan Alpaut of Radio Svoboda’s Moscow, he argues, “is trying to reconstruct zations, and, first of all, in the ranks of the great UNA because mainly on that account and IdelReal portal has spoken suggest that Mr. Russia as an empire. Such an imperial policy, mainly through them can we perpetuate ourselves here on this continent and continue to Kavdzharadze has it exactly backwards: the militarism and expansionism are signs not make progress; Cultivate and develop to the highest degree our Ukrainian press, especially only of the Soviet Union. These arise at the Svoboda, together with its various publications, for, after all – Svoboda is the best means of Paul Goble is a long-time specialist on time of the disintegration of any empire.” attaining our aspirations and is good for our common weal.” ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia “Russia is a multi-national state. The Svoboda’s sister publication in the English language, The Ukrainian Weekly, was found- who has served in various capacities in the question of language is a political question” ed on October 6, 1933, and is marking its 85th anniversary this year. Svoboda’s archives, U.S. State Department, the Central because “overcoming the influence of as noted in the September 20, 1958, editorial of The Ukrainian Weekly, continue to be Intelligence Agency and the International national elites” – something the Kremlin revered as a historical record of the various doings in the Ukrainian American communi- Broadcasting Bureau, as well as at the Voice considers very dangerous – is the goal of ties. “…For example, what the Newark, N.J., Ukrainians did to commemorate back in 1916 of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Russia’s rulers. And like the Soviets, they the death of Ivan Franko, the great Ukrainian poet, writer and national inspirer, in the Liberty and the Carnegie Endowment for will do everything to “preserve the influ- form of a huge parade along Broad Street; the rally held in a dinky Broome Street hall, International Peace. The article above is ence of the center: with the first secretary [of the Communist Party] being a local per- where in the space of two hours of speeches and discussions at this ‘viche’ in 1932 more reprinted with permission from his blog called “Window on Eurasia” (http://windo- son and the second [secretary] a Russian,” (Continued on page 14) woneurasia2.blogspot.com/). Mr. Borovoy notes. No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 7 IN THE PRESS: John McCain, the enlargement of NATO “John McCain saw through Vladimir “Enlarge NATO to Ensure Peace in Putin better than anyone,” by Vladimir Europe,” by Damon Wilson and David J. Kara-Murza, The Washington Post, August Kramer, Atlantic Council, August 7 (http:// 27 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/ www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanti- democracy-post/wp/2018/08/27/john- cist/enlarge-nato-to-ensure-peace-in-europe): mccain-saw-through-vladimir-putin-better- Vows and visions than-anyone-else/?utm_term=.fc0eddde2f94): …NATO has pledged not to consign Ukraine and Georgia to a Russian sphere of What prompts people to undertake the the church. Designed by architect Myroslav …Much has and will be written about influence or grant Russia a de facto veto extraordinary? Nimciv with a polychrome interior by Jerzy [Sen. John] McCain’s military courage, his over their aspirations to join the alliance. Mykolai-Vasyl Diakiv was born in Bachiv, Nowosielski, the church of the Dormition of patriotism, his famed bipartisanship and However, leaving them in a gray zone, with- Peremyshliany district, Lviv region, on May the Mother of God at Lourdes was dedicat- his unimpeachable personal decency. His out the protection and security guarantees 1, 1914. His father, a cultural and education- ed in 1982. Nearby, Father Pryima built a long-standing position on Russia deserves that come with NATO membership, expos- al activist, participated in the Ukrainian war hotel and a home for priests and nuns. He a special tribute. es them to further Russian subterfuge and of independence of 1918-1919. Bachiv was even arranged for the street between the Russian media reported McCain’s death aggression. … “a patriotic village,” with Sich, Sokil, and church and the hotel to be officially named as the passing of “an implacable enemy of Invasion and occupation of Ukraine and Prosvita organizations. When, in the wake of Rue de l’Ukraine. Russia.” Nothing could be further from the Georgia cannot become Russia’s means for the Polish pacification of 1930, Bishop Ivan The story of Lourdes is well known. From truth. blocking the integration of these countries Buchko visited the village, young Mykolai February to July 1858, the 14-year-old peas- He certainly was an enemy of those who into Euro-Atlantic institutions. And yet any greeted him with a poem of welcome. ant girl Bernada Sobirós (her Occitan name; have turned Russia into an autocracy (and NATO members who cite Ukraine’s and looting ground) at home, and into an With the outbreak of war in 1939, later she was known by the French name Georgia’s inability to control all their terri- Mykolai was drafted into the Polish army. Bernadette Soubirous), had 18 visions of “a instrument of aggression abroad. “[These] tory because of Russian aggression would people . . . are the enemies of the Russian Taken prisoner by the Germans near small young lady” at the grotto of do just that. For sure, there are questions people. They rob Russia of its wealth, its Warsaw, he was held in a concentration Massabielle, who instructed her to dig out a about the defensibility of both countries hopes, its future. They deny the God-given camp near Koenigsberg in East Prussia. He spring, drink the water and eat the herbs, given current occupation of parts of their dignity of the people they misrule. They are was released under a German-Ukrainian and build a chapel. The lady eventually iden- territory. But a divided Germany following thieves and murderers. And they are cow- agreement and sent to Krakow. Returning tified herself as “Immaculate Conception” – ards. They fear justice. They fear truth. World War II did not keep West Germany to western Ukraine in June 1941, Diakiv a doctrine about the Virgin Mary that Pope They fear a society in which ideals and from joining the alliance in 1954, nor did became a military instructor for volunteer Pius IX had defined four years earlier but of morality are the foundation of law and tensions between Greece and Turkey block independence fighters, adopting the nom de which the girl knew nothing. order.” These were the words of John them from joining. … guerre “Chornohora.” The Germans arrest- Although not promised in the visions, McCain at a 2015 award ceremony in This time in Brussels [July 11-12], the over the past 160 years innumerable cures Washington. The award was posthumous; NATO communiqué reaffirmed the decision prison in Lviv. There he contracted typhus have been reported among pilgrims who it was given to Russian opposition leader made at the 2008 Bucharest [NATO] sum- and,ed him presumed and held dead, him atwas the taken Łącki toStreet the drank from the spring or simply visited the Boris Nemtsov “for his courage, for giving mit “that Georgia will become a member of morgue. Diakiv was among those released town. Chemical analysis of the water has the last full measure of devotion to his the alliance.” On Ukraine, the declaration in 1942 through the efforts of Metropolitan revealed no curative properties, and no sci- country and his countrymen.” stated, “We stand firm in our support for Andrey Sheptytsky. Returning to his village, entific explanation has been found. The …I am able to write this thanks in large Ukraine’s right to decide its own future and he learned that his father had been execut- Catholic Church regards 70 of the cures as part to John McCain. Eighteen months ago, foreign policy course free from outside ed by the Soviets at Zolochiv. miraculous. when I lay in a Moscow hospital, in a coma interference. In light of Ukraine’s restated In August 1944 Mykolai was seized by In 1940, the Austrian Jewish novelist after a severe poisoning, McCain took to the aspirations for NATO membership, we the Soviets and beaten “until I was as black Franz Werfel, who had fled to France in floor of the Senate to draw attention to my stand by our decisions taken at the as this cassock.” As he later recounted, 1938 and was trying to reach neutral case. Public attention is often the only pro- Bucharest Summit and subsequent sum- “they told me, ‘Choose: either dig yourself a Portugal, sought refuge in Lourdes. Taken tection in these situations; and it certainly mits.” grave, or join the Red Army.’” On the front- in by various families and Catholic orders, was for me. These statements are important but not lines, bullets tore through his cap and he listened to stories about Bernadette Obituaries are usually written in good enough. Without a sense of timing on clothing. He saw his commander take an Soubirous. He vowed to write about her advance, waiting in a desktop folder for the when such membership is coming, the dan- explosive bullet in the face. But Diakiv was should he survive. Eventually making his gerous gray zone that Ukraine and Georgia right moment. I could not bring myself to never hit. “Then I understood that God was way to Los Angeles, in 1941 he published find themselves in will continue. Allies write this one. We all knew this day was protecting me.” “If I ever get out of this “Song of Bernadette,” a novel structured coming, but hoped against hope that it should not allow their aspirations to be hell,” he vowed, “I will study for the priest- after the rosary. would not be coming so soon. … held hostage by Russian occupation. … hood, and for you, Mother of God, I will Thus, at Lourdes the visions of a French build a church.” peasant girl turned a sleepy town into a LETTER TO THE EDITOR Again taken prisoner by the Germans, world pilgrimage center, an Austrian Jew Diakiv was held in a concentration camp in fleeing for his life undertook to write a Bohemia, but with his brother’s help man- best-seller, and a Ukrainian who had barely Putin because he knew that deep down, he aged to escape to Bavaria just as the war escaped death similarly fulfilled a vow to will always stand by his principles.” was ending. There, Bishop Buchko, now build a church for his nation. Sen. John McCain: With his passing, it may be appropriate apostolic visitator for Ukrainians in to reflect on Sen. McCain’s relationship Father Pryima died in 2004 and was best friend of Ukraine Western Europe, was recruiting candidates with the Ukrainian diaspora, where many buried in his native village of Bachiv. The for the priesthood. He remembered the boy Dear Editor: considered him a true friend of Ukraine Father Vasyl Pryima Foundation plans to who had greeted him a dozen years before. and a hero for standing up to Russia. install a memorial plaque in the Dormition I join the many accolades written about Diakiv began studies at the Hirschberg However, when he ran against Sen. Barack Church in Lourdes. It would be a fitting Sen. John McCain during the past week. seminary near Munich in 1946. In a 1994 Obama in 2008, a substantial portion of the tribute to one who devoted his life “to God The Ukrainian people could not have had a interview, he attributed his priestly voca- Ukrainian diaspora deserted him. Support and Ukraine.” better friend than Sen. McCain. He was a for Sen. McCain from Ukrainian Americans tion to three instances when he had found hero and a patriot, as well as an advocate of should have been 99 percent, instead, to himself “on the edge of life and death.” SOURCES: a stronger military and continuing U.S. my shock and dismay, the organization In April 1948, the seminary was moved Dmytro Blazejowskyj, “Byzantine Kyivan leadership against advancing authoritari- Ukrainians for Obama popped up on the to Culemborg in the Netherlands. Diakiv Rite Students in Pontifical Colleges, and in ans in Russia, China and the Middle East. East Coast. Very likely this effort influenced completed his studies and was ordained by Seminaries, Universities and Institutes of He was also a politician who understood the majority of the diaspora to vote for Sen. Bishop Buchko in December 1950. At this Central and Western Europe (1576-1983),” the importance of compromise. Obama, a novice and, as history has shown, point he took the name of Vasyl Pryima, a Analecta OSBM, Ser. II, Sec. I (Rome, 1984), There is one area where Sen. McCain a weak and empty suit. fellow villager who had died in 1940 pp. 36-37, 94; id., “Ukrainian Catholic Clergy was uncompromising: his longstanding Had Sen. McCain won and become presi- (“Pryima,” incidentally, means “adopted in Diaspora (1751-1988)” (Rome, 1988), pp. strong support for Ukraine, which predates dent of the United States, it is not unrea- child.”) 190, 274.) his courageous appearance in December sonable to venture that Crimea would still In 1951, the newly ordained Father Bernard François, Esther M. Sternberg 2013 when thousands of Ukrainians took be part of Ukraine and an invasion of east- Pryima was assigned to Toulouse and and Elizabeth Fee, “The Lourdes Medical to the streets of Kyiv to demonstrate their ern Ukraine would not have taken place. To Lourdes in southern France. With neither a Cures Revisited,” Journal of the History of hopes for membership in the European this day it remains a puzzle why so many dwelling place nor a church, he set out to Medicine and Allied Sciences (January Union. Despite security concerns, he Ukrainian Americans deluded themselves gather the scattered Ukrainian emigrants 2014), pp. 135-62. addressed nearly 1 million people gathered into supporting an unknown, unproven into parishes. Honoring the vow he had Ostap Horlatyi, Oleksandra and Stepan on the Maidan on December 15, 2013, with candidate like Mr. Obama, not once but taken in 1944, he undertook to build a Hrabovsky, untitled article in Hryhorii twice, and why they thought he was better the words “The free world is with you. church dedicated to the Mother of God. In Vereta, “Boh ie liubov” (2nd ed.)(Lviv: for Ukraine than the late great John America is with you. I am with you.” sermons, appeals and poems written under Spolom, 2017), pp. 5-13. McCain. May his soul rest in peace! Moreover, as Stephen B. Nix of the the nom de plume Mykola Diakiv-Halychko, International Republican Institute in Jaroslaw Martyniuk Father Pryima called upon Ukrainians Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at Washington noted, “John McCain scared Washington around the world to fund “little bricks” for [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 No. 36 No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 9

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Christine Syzonenko Michael Koziupa, president of the New Jersey branches of both the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America and the Organization for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine, who has organized the commemoration of Ukrainian Independence Day in Wildwood Crest for 27 years, addresses the crowd, which was informally estimated at several hundred people. Also displayed is the naval ensign of Ukraine, which was first hoisted by the Ukrainian navy in 1918; it is held by Damian Handzy of the Chornomortsi fraternity of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization.

and Ukraine, both of which were masterfully executed by Rafi Topalian, an Armenian who COHOES, N.Y. flawlessly sang “Shche Ne Vmerla Ukraina.” The community found this fitting, as the by Andrij Baran first causality of the Maidan uprising was This Saturday, August 25, the Ukrainian an Armenian, Serhiy Nigoyan. community of New York’s Capital District The artistic program that followed includ- (comprising the cities of Albany, Amster- ed local performers Alisa Serdyuk and her dam, Cohoes, Saratoga Springs, Schenectady, young daughter Marynka, Roman Karpishka, Troy and Watervliet) staged a festival that Peter Reszytniak and the Zorepad dance the area had not seen for decades. ensemble, as well as guest groups Korinya As the sun shined lovingly on the festivi- Folk Band from upstate New York and the ties, over 1,000 people came together on the Trio Cherem shyna from Montreal. Viktor shores of the Mohawk River, on the grounds Holovashchenko served as the master of cer- of the Ukrainian American Citizen’s Club of emonies. Culminating the festivities was a Cohoes, to take part in a stirring celebration zabava, with Brattya z Prykarpattya. of Ukrainian culture, through song, food, In attendance were U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko dance and exhibits, while the children were (D-N.Y.) and New York State Assemblyman treated to face and nail painting, prize John McDonald. Mr. McDonald was instru- games, and of course a bounce house! The mental in obtaining a New York State proc- evening ended with the celebration moving lamation that recognized the Holodomor indoors with a “zabava” (dance). as genocide, while Congressman Tonko is a The festivities began with the singing of co-sponsor of a congressional bill that will Andrij Baran the national anthems of the United States do the same on the federal level. The Zorepad Ukrainian dance ensemble. Dr. Andrij Baran, chairman of the Festival Committee, took the opportunity to ask for signatures on a petition to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) to co-sponsor Senate Resolution 435, as her colleague Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) already has done, that would recognize the Holodomor as genocide. Through the use of ingenious advertis- ing (for example, buses carrying pictures of huge varenyky), the festival attracted sig- nificant numbers of non-Ukrainians who came to participate, swelling the lines at the food tables. The event received excellent newspaper Dr. Andrij Baran (left) with Assemblyman John McDonald and TV coverage, exposing the entire (center) and Michael Sawkiw. The audience at the Ukrainian Festival in Cohoes, N.Y. region to Ukraine’s culture and history.

Weaving the history of past contribu- tions of Ukrainians back from the 17th cen- MIAMI tury with those of the successive waves of by Oksana Piaseckyj Ukrainians who came to the U.S., Mr. Piaseckyj concluded that Ukrainian On Sunday, August 26, the Ukrainian Americans today have to emulate those of community of Assumption of the Blessed the past to preserve the institutions we have, Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church in or else face the possibility of their extinction. Miami celebrated the 27th anniversary of Ms. Krysa, a third-generation member of Ukraine’s renewed independence and the the Miami community, drew on her past 100th anniversary of Ukraine’s earlier proclamation of its independence with a and the values that were instilled in her by festive lunch and cultural program in the her parents and Ukrainian institutions. church hall. Having such a strong core of knowledge Prior to the program, during the divine about who she is gives her direction and liturgy, Father Andrii Romankiv prayed for inspiration to always be involved in matters those who perished in the fight for Ukrainian, she noted. Ukraine’s freedom. Ms. Lotocky, a fourth-generation The theme of “What it means to be a Ukrainian American, a member of the Ukrainian in the United States today” was Ukrainian Dancers of Miami and the church thoughtfully analyzed by Peter J. Piaseckyj Zoriana Romankiv choir, spoke of her love for her heritage, in Ukrainian and in English by Patty Krysa The Ukrainian community of Miami at the local Ukrainian Independence Day and Sonia Lotocky. celebration. (Continued on page 15) No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 11

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by Slavko Tysiak On the occasion of the 27th anniversary of the independence of Ukraine, as Ukrainian flags were raised in the neigh- boring cities that comprise New York State’s capital region, local community members came together to participate in a “Prayer for Ukraine” at Taras Shevchenko Park in Troy, NY. According to a worldwide plan, on August 24, at exactly 6 p.m. Kyiv time, Ukrainians from all over Ukraine and throughout the world united to simultane- ously sing the spiritual anthem of Ukraine, Maria Fil “Bozhe Velykyi Yedynyi” by composer Zina Smith The Ukrainian flag is raised by Slavko Mykola Lysenko. In Troy, local community Ukrainian Americans gathered in Troy, N.Y., for the worldwide “Prayer for Ukraine.” Tysiak and Nicholas Fil. members gathered to take part in the initia- tive at 11 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. and to join in song and prayer for peace in Brotherhood Society of St. Nicholas, com- keep the city park attractive for anyone Participants gathered to raise the war-torn Ukraine. monly known as “Bratstvo,” and Ukrainian who might pass and want to sit and reflect Ukrainian flag over Taras Shevchenko Park The park is cared for by members of the National Association Branch 13, who aim to on the great bard of Ukraine.

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Richard Bell Vlodia Zalusky At the Binghamton, N.Y., celebration of Ukrainian Independence Day, Victor Branch 54 of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America organized a spe- Czumak (at podium), Mayor Richard David (right) and Lubomyr Zobniw (left) with cial Ukrainian flag-raising ceremony at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in participants of the program. Wilmington, Del., to commemorate the 27th anniversary of Ukraine’s Independence Day, August 24. by Lubomyr Zobniw almost 20 years, Mayor Richard C. David – Gene Serba has taken part in celebrating and commem- Since 1950, the local branch of the orating Ukraine’s historic events, first as Ukrainian Congress Committee of America assistant to the mayor and now as mayor. (UCCA) has organized an annual celebra- Mayor David and Mr. Zobniw shared rec- tion of Ukrainian Independence Day at ollections from earlier years. These city hall SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. Binghamton City Hall with a flag-raising events were especially important to Maria and program. Every 10 years, the commu- Zobniw, who was killed during the shooting nity also remembers the Holodomor at City massacre at the American Civic Association Hall with a program and informative dis- while helping others. She took personal play. This year, the UCCA combined celebra- pride in organizing the Ukrainian tion of the 27th anniversary of Ukraine’s Independence Day and Holodomor com- renewed independence and a commemora- memorations at Binghamton City Hall and tion of the 85th anniversary of the believed Ukrainian history teaches Holodomor in one program. Americans that national independence is Victor Czumak emceed this event. The precious and hard earned, and that we Rev. Teodor Czabala, pastor of Sacred Heart should share our Ukrainian heritage within Ukrainian Catholic Church, the Rev. Ivan our local community. This year marks 10th Synevsky of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian anniversary of Ms. Zobniw’s last birthday. Orthodox Church, and Vitali Ilchishin of the Mayor David then presented Together for Ukraine Foundation at First Binghamton’s Ukrainian Independence Day Ukrainian Pentecostal Church reminded 2018 proclamation. Yaroslav Bilohan the audience of the power of the “Prayer for Taras Stets gave a historic commentary Ukraine” and the sacrifices made to help for the occasion, covering past and current Ukraine survive the current Russian challenges for Ukraine and lessons for A 290-foot Ukrainian flag aggression. every American. “This independence com- was unfurled in front of St. Lubomyr Zobniw, chairman of memorates Ukraine’s struggle for survival Andrew Memorial Church Binghamton UCCA branch, thanked across centuries of foreign occupation,” he on Sunday, August 26, to Binghamton City Hall for welcoming the commemorate the 27th Ukrainian community. He noted that, for (Continued on page 15) anniversary of Ukraine’s renewed independence. As part of the commemora- tion, archivist Dr. Michael Andrec of the Ukrainian History and Education Center presented a record- ing from 1910 – years before Ukraine declared independence – of “Shche ne Vmerla Ukraina,” recorded by Modest Mentsinskyi in Cologne, The group with a Ukrainian Independence Day banner. Germany. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 No. 36 UNA announces scholarship winners for 2018-2019 academic year

The Ukrainian National Association studying biology at Seton Hall University. $2,000 SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP $1,000 SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP Scholarship Committee, based on its She is a member of Plast Ukrainian review of applications, has awarded a total Scouting Organization and is a member of of $10,225, distributed among 39 student its Chortopolokhy sorority. Mr. Kowinko, members of the UNA who are continuing from Stratford, Conn., is an honors student their education at institutions of higher in his senior year studying nursing at learning in the U.S.A. and Canada. Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. Special scholarships, that are set aside in He is a member of Plast, is active in his higher dollar amounts, totaled $4,750. Each local church and occasionally sings with candidate’s application is reviewed by the the Yevshan Ukrainian Vocal Ensemble. UNA Scholarship Committee, and awards The remaining 34 student members of are based on financial need, academic per- the UNA received standard scholarships, formance, field of study, as well as active based on year of study. Nine freshmen participation in Ukrainian community received $125 each; eight sophomores organizations. received $150 each; 10 juniors received The Joseph and Dora Galandiuk $175 each; and seven in their final year of Scholarship ($2,000) was awarded to study received $200 each. Nataliya Savchuk, UNA Branch 59, and an The Ukrainian National Association con- honors student in her junior year studying gratulates all the scholarship winners for kinesiology at Temple University. She is a the 2018-2019 academic year. The UNA member of the Temple University Ukrainian wishes them a prosperous and successful Society. future. The Drs. Maria, Dmytro and Olha For more information about the UNA Nataliya Savchuk Mariana Pylypiw Jarosewycz Scholarship ($1,000) was and its scholarship program, readers may Galandiuk Scholarship Jarosewycz Scholarship awarded to Mariana Pylypiw, UNA Branch visit the UNA website, www.unainc.org, or (UNA Branch 59) (UNA Branch 86) 86. She is an honors student at Rutgers by call 800-253-9862, ext. 3035. Temple University Rutgers University University in her senior year studying busi- ness analytics and information technology $750 SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP $500 SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIPS and economics. Ms. Pylypiw, of Randolph, N.J., serves as president of the Rutgers Ukrainian Club and is a member of the Ukrainian American Youth Association branch based in Whippany, N.J., she has performed with the Iskra Ukrainian Dance Ensemble and is a graduate of the Lesia Ukrayinka School of Ukrainian Studies in Whippany, N.J. The Joseph Wolk Scholarship ($750) was awarded to Markian Ougrin, a member of UNA Branch 234. He is a freshman at Stony Brook University studying computer science. Mr. Ougrin, from Kerhonkson, N.Y., is a member of the Ukrainian American Youth Association and attended dance camps at Soyuzivka, having danced with the Tsvitka Ukrainian Dance Academy in Sloatsburg, N.Y. Scholarships of the Ukrainian National Home in Blackstone, Mass., were awarded to Christina Gluch (Branch 277) and Markian Ougrin Alexander Kowinko Christina Gluch Alexander Kowinko (Branch 59) in the Wolk Scholarship Blackstone Scholarship Blackstone Scholarship amount of $500 each. Ms. Gluch, from West (UNA Branch 234) (UNA Branch 59) (UNA Branch 277) Hartford, Conn., is an honors student Stony Brook University Sacred Heart University Seton Hall University

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called the separatist leader a “brother” and Ukrainian activist flees Crimea assassin for the killing of Mr. Babchenko. a “true hero.” Meanwhile, Russian Foreign The alleged would-be killer, a former NEWSBRIEFS Olha Pavlenko, an activist from Ukraine’s Minister Sergei Lavrov said that interna- Ukrainian monk turned army veteran (Continued from page 2) Crimean peninsula, has fled the Russian- tional talks over the conflict in eastern named Oleksiy Tsymbalyuk, said he went to occupied region after her home in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine to mourn Ukraine could no longer be considered fol- the SBU after Mr. Herman approached him. Symferopol was searched by Russia’s Aleksandr Zakharchenko, the head of the lowing Zakharchenko’s killing. Mr. Lavrov Mr. Tsymbalyuk said he worked with the Federal Security Service (FSB) and she was separatists who control the city of Donetsk, said the bombing was “Ukraine’s provoca- agency to foil the plot. Despite its apparent questioned by agents from Russia’s who was killed in an explosion at a cafe on tion... obviously aimed at derailing the success, the SBU operation of faking Mr. Investigative Committee. A Crimea-based August 31. The killing was the latest in a implementation of the Minsk agreements,” Babchenko’s death received heavy criticism correspondent from Ukraine’s Hromadske series of violent deaths of separatist offi- referring to the September 2014 and from media watchdogs, journalists and oth- Radio, Mykhaylo Batrak, said on September cials and commanders in eastern Ukraine, February 2015 pacts aimed at putting an ers who said it undermined the credibility 2 that he also fled the Russian-occupied where the Moscow-backed separatists have end to the fighting in Ukraine’s eastern of journalists and of Ukrainian officials. In region with Ms. Pavlenko after she was been fighting Ukrainian forces since April regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, according Paris, Reporters Without Borders head investigated over alleged ties with “a ter- 2014 in a war that has killed more than to TASS. (RFE/RL, with reporting by AFP Christophe Deloire said that staging rorist organization in Ukraine.” Mr. Batrak 10,300. Many of the assassinations have and the BBC) Babchenko’s death “would not help the said on September 2 that he and Ms. been blamed on fellow separatists. Kyiv cause of press freedom.” (RFE/RL, with Tatar activists’ family members detained Pavlenko initially went to the southern and Moscow have traded blame for reporting by AFP) Ukrainian city of Kherson, which is adja- Zakharchenko’s death. On September 2, A Ukrainian human rights groups says cent to the territory seized by Russian mili- Crewmembers killed in helicopter crash mourners formed a huge line to view the Russian-imposed authorities in Ukraine’s tary forces and illegally annexed by the flag-draped casket of Mr. Zakharchenko, occupied Crimea region have detained A helicopter owned by a Moldovan com- Kremlin in 2014. Ms. Pavlenko, an activist whose body was lying in state in the sepa- family members of a Crimean Tatar activ- pany has crashed in northern Afghanistan, of the Ukrainian Culture Center in the ratist-held city of Donetsk’s Opera and ist. Crimean Solidarity, which has mem- killing at least 12 people, including two Crimean capital of Symferopol, told RFE/ Ballet Theater. The self-proclaimed bers in Crimea as well as Ukrainian gov- Ukrainian crew members and 10 Afghan RL that FSB agents searched her home on Donetsk authorities said at least 100,000 ernment-controlled territory, says relatives soldiers, officials say. The Mi-8 helicopter August 29 – confiscating her mobile phone, people attended, while the AFP news agen- of activist Zarema Kulametova were crashed on September 2 after takeoff from flash-memory cards, and notebooks con- cy estimated that more than 30,000 turned detained on September 4 when police a military base near Mazar-e Sharif, the taining poems and songs. She said FSB up. There were some reports saying that searched the family’s home in the eastern capital of Balkh Province, Moldova’s avia- town of Staryi Krym. Ms. Kulametova’s agents told her she was suspected of having people were bused to Donetsk and forced tion authority said. A statement said that husband, Zekkiy, and their adult daughter ties to Ukraine’s nationalist Right Sector, a to attend the event. Mr. Zakharchenko was two people onboard survived – a Ukrainian Riana were taken away after they argued group that Russia has banned as a “terror- later buried in a ceremony at the member of the crew and an Afghan service- with police who were conducting the ist” organization. Ms. Pavlenko said she was Donetskoye More cemetery, Russia’s state- man. It also said that the aircraft was oper- search, the rights group says. Riana interrogated by the Investigative run TASS news agency reported. The leader ated by Moldova’s Valan International Kulametova told RFE/RL earlier on Committee shortly after her home was of Georgia’s breakaway region of South Cargo Charter Co. An Afghan security September 4 that the authorities detained searched. The Ukrainian Culture Center in Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov; Natalya source was quoted as putting the death toll her activist mother in a local park while Crimea is a group that promotes Ukrainian Poklonskaya, a member of the Russian at 13, with only the Ukrainian surviving the she was serving a community-work sen- culture and language in the region. Its State Duma; and Sergei Aksyonov, the head crash. Nazer Khuda Pamiri, deputy com- tence she received in April on a charge of activists have been under pressure since of the Russian-imposed government in mander of Afghan forces in northern insulting a police officer. Masked men in Russian military forces seized the Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula, which Afghanistan, said the helicopter crashed in military uniforms on September 4 also Ukrainian territory in 2014. One of the cen- Moscow illegally annexed in March 2014, Dehdadi district due to “technical prob- searched the home of another Crimean ter’s leaders, Leonid Kuzmin, fled Crimea in were among those who paid their respects lems.” He said the aircraft was transporting Tatar activist, Marlen Mustafayev. Mr. 2017 after he received anonymous threats to the late separatist leader. Aleksandr Afghan security forces from a military base Mustafayev’s relatives say the searches and was pressured by police. Russian- Zaldostanov, the leader of the Night Wolves, to the northwestern province of Faryab. started in his house in the village of imposed authorities in Crimea have prose- a Russian motorcycle club known for its Defense Ministry spokesman Mohammad Kamianka early in the morning. They say cuted and imprisoned several Ukrainians allegiance to the Kremlin, and several other Radmanish said the helicopter was hired the authorities provided no explanation on what rights activists say are trumped- members of the club also turned out, by the ministry. The Western-backed gov- for why they were conducting the search. up, politically motivated charges. In March according to AFP. During the ceremonies, ernment in Kabul has been struggling to Rights groups and Western governments 2017, the European Parliament called on the center of Donetsk was cordoned off by fend off the Taliban and other militant have denounced what they describe as a Russia to free more than 30 Ukrainian citi- armed men in fatigues and public transport groups since the withdrawal of most NATO campaign of repression by the Russian- zens imprisoned or detained in Russia, was temporarily suspended. Billboards combat troops in 2014. (RFE/RL, based on installed authorities who are targeting Crimea, and parts of eastern Ukraine that erected in the streets showed pictures of reporting by AFP, TASS and Interfax) members of the Turkic-speaking Crimean are controlled by Russia-backed separat- Mr. Zakharchenko with slogans such as “All Tatar community and others who have ists. (Crimean Desk, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Industrial acid leak in northern Crimea of us have one Motherland – Russia.” In a spoken out against Moscow’s seizure and Service, with reporting by Ukrayinska statement carried by the separatists’ offi- illegal annexation of the peninsula. Pravda and Hromadske) Russia-imposed officials in Ukraine’s cial news agency, Russian President (Crimean Desk, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian occupied Crimea region say a leak from a Vladimir Putin’s adviser, Vladislav Surkov, Service) Suspect in Babchenko murder plot jailed chemical factory in the northern part of the peninsula is the cause of an oily film that Ukraine says it has imprisoned the man has coated nearby villages and decimated it accused of being recruited by Russia’s crops in the area. Igor Mikhailichenko, the secret services to organize a murder plot Russia-installed vice-premier of Crimea, against self-exiled Russian reporter and said on August 30 that “prolonged” high Kremlin critic Arkady Babchenko. Vasyl temperatures and dry conditions have TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 Hrytsak, the head of the Security Service of or e-mail [email protected] exacerbated the problem of leaking sub- Ukraine (SBU), said on September 1 that stances from an acid storage facility at the Borys Herman had been sentenced to four Crimea Titan plant, which produces titani- SERVICES PROFESSIONALS and a half years in prison by a court in Kyiv um dioxide and other chemicals for use in on August 30. According to Mr. Hrytsak, Mr. paints and plastic goods. “According to pre- Herman had pleaded guilty and agreed to liminary research, the cause is the evapora- МАРІЯ ДРИЧ cooperate with authorities. Mr. Hrytsak tion of the contents of the acid storage facil- Ліцензований Продавець shocked reporters and the world when he Страхування Життя ity used by the [plant],” Mr. Mikhailichenko announced on May 30 that Mr. Babchenko said. He added that the Russian authorities МАRІA DRICH was still alive, a day after Ukrainian author- that control Crimea are looking into wheth- Licensed Life Insurance Agent ities reported he had been killed by a gun- Ukrainian National Assn., Inc. er company management bears any man outside his Kyiv apartment. The SBU responsibility due to “non-compliance with 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054 said it thwarted the planned killing by environmental requirements when han- Tel.: 973-292-9800 ext. 3035 working together with Mr. Babchenko to dling industrial waste.” The permanent rep- e-mail: [email protected] fake his death. Mr. Herman is alleged to have promised $40,000 to a would-be (Continued on page 15) OPPORTUNITIES The editorial reminded: “Read the Turning... 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Veshtebej , Maria Lysobej and the youngest presented a Ukrainian medley of songs and NEWSBRIEFS Miami... participants of the program, Matvijko and the moving “Lebedi Materynstva.” Darynka Karachun. Roman Romaniv, our resident humorist (Continued from page 14) (Continued from page 10) The church choir, under the direction of with a phenomenal memory, entertained resentative of the president of Ukraine in how proud she is of this background, and Donna Maksymowich-Waskiewicz, sang with his repertoire of Ukrainian and Crimea, Borys Babin, blamed the environ- the importance of sharing and educating the religious hymn “Bozhe Velykyi Yedynyi” English humor. and “Zasialo Sontse Zolote.” The The cultural program led by Oksana mental problems on the illegal activities of non-Ukrainians about Ukraine. Inspirational and sometimes disturbing Maksymowich Trio (Ms. Maksymowich- Piaseckyj ended with a short video titled “O enterprises in the northern part of the patriotic poetry was recited by Marijka Waskiewicz, Karyn Wilk and Hanya Ukrayino” and with the community joining occupied peninsula. Mr. Babin said the situ- Pivsetok Karachun, Irena Virstuuk, Alex Lotocka), in their usual beautiful voices, in the singing. ation in some villages was reaching a criti- cal point. Residents in the villages of Perekop and Armiansk said they first counselor with the U.S. Foreign Service, Mr. Czumak recited in English the noticed the oily film around August 24. Binghampton... thanked the New York State’s legislative “Prayer for Ukraine,” which served as an Some people complained of irritated bodies, the Senate and the Assembly, for introduction to Eugene Czebiniak, choir throats and eyes, while others watched foli- (Continued from page 11) their broad-based support in adopting leg- director at Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic age and crops die in a matter of days, said. For over two centuries, the United islative resolutions on May 1 and May 16 Church, who sang the prayer in Ukrainian. sparking health fears as officials searched States has been fortunate that it has only “Commemorating the 85th Anniversary of After the “Pledge of Allegiance” and the for the cause. Sergei Aksyonov, the Russia- one Independence Day, on the Fourth of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide, Known as singing of the Ukrainian national anthem, imposed head of Crimea, admitted on July, to celebrate and is fortunate it does not the Holodomor.” He thanked local legisla- participants embraced each other, while August 28 that the situation was “beyond have a powerful aggressive empire-build- tors for supporting the resolution and high- admiring each other’s embroidered finery, the norm,” but said a preliminary investiga- ing neighbor that invades and constantly lighted the phrase, “Ukraine Remembers and spoke with attending TV stations, tion determined there was no threat to the seizes neighboring countries’ territory, Mr. and The World Acknowledges,” referencing WBNG and WIVT. The Binghamton Press health of residents. (Crimea Desk, RFE/RL’s Stets pointed out. the Holodomor display placed next to the and the Sun Newspapers also were present Ukrainian Service) Stephan Wasylko, a retired minister podium. to report on the event.

release of judges, examines court infringe- With deep sorrow we announce that RFE/RL... ments, and carries out disciplinary pro- ceedings involving judges of high-level Tatiana Demchuk (Continued from page 3) courts. 77, of Cary, NC, passed away on Thursday, July 26, 2018, at investigation,” Mr. Popov said. “This is a Mr. Popov said that complaint would her residence. A native of Lviv, Ukraine, she was born on August fundamental violation and we will act seek judicial relief for “violations that were 29, 1940 to the late Apollinaire and Tatiana Osadca. In addition accordingly.” committed during the judicial review” in to her parents, her husband of 40 years, Wolodymyr Demchuk and her Specifically, Mr. Popov said, lawyers are the case “and in the unjustified order” by sister Ivanna Osadca preceded her in death. preparing a formal complaint about the Mr. Pidpalyi. Tatiana was the daughter of an architect Prosecutor General’s Office “exceeding the With reporting by RFE/RL’s Ukrainian and an artist. During World War II her family, limits of interference into a person’s right Service. escaped war-ravaged Ukraine. They lived for to privacy and the protection of sources of Copyright 2018, RFE/RL Inc. Reprinted several years in a displaced persons’ camp information.” with the permission of Radio Free Europe/ in Bayreuth, Germany. The Osadca family He said a complaint also would be filed Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, eventually immigrated to the United States. against Pechersk District Court Justice Washington DC 20036; www.rferl.org (see Tatiana grew up in New York City, where she Viacheslav Pidpalyi at Ukraine’s Supreme https://www.rferl.org/a/rfe-rl-investigative- attended Hunter High School and wrote for Council of Justice, a state body that advises journalist-targeted-in-ukraine-data-disclo- the school magazine. At 18 years old, she the president about the appointment and sure-order/29471576.html). contributed the following essay to the high school magazine. I am a great little “girl,” demure and inoffensive and some people even think I am jolly. (What they do not know is that every time I laugh or smile, it is only the Pagliacci in me singing “Ridi Pagliacci.”) I am that melancholy. My favorite flower is the Scarlet Pimpernel and I like Wagner, My pet questions are who, what, where, when, and why. From this a skilled analyst may conclude that I have a somber character, a funny disposition and a З смутком повідомляємо родину і приятелів, leaning towards journalism. Also, I would like to write someday. що 2 вересня 2018 року, проживши 91 рік, My greatest gift to society will be a brilliant essay on the folly of essay відійшла у Божу вічність наша дорога writing. Мама, Бабуся і Прабабуся She received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College and a Master of Science from Columbia School of Journalism. св. п. She did go on to become an award-winning journalist writing for Newsday, The Washington Post and The Orlando Sentinel Star. She later Марія Гарасимович Слободян worked as a public relations specialist on Capitol Hill and for The National Association of Independent Insurers. народжена 26 серпня 1927 року в Ялині, дружина покійного Михайла і мама покійної Лесі, остання із засновників парафії With her husband, Walter, she raised two daughters Luba Dean and Tatiana Guy. After moving to Washington D.C., the Demchuk family Різдва Пресвятої Богородиці в Ню-Бранзвику, Ню Джерзі, became very involved in the Washington D.C. Ukrainian Community and довголітня голова сестрицтва при цій парафії, співосновниця Ukrainian Catholic church. Upon retirement, Tatiana and Walter moved та довголітня членка 65-го відділу СУА в Ню-Бранзвику, to Cary, North Carolina, to be close to their grandchildren Stefan and Ню Джерзі та велика приятелька Пласту. Katherine Guy. У смутку залишилися: She will be forever remembered for her sweet, melancholy nature and her sense of humor. Her life was fueled by curiosity. She could pull доні: Соня і муж Петро Бокало a life story out of anyone. Her greatest joys were her family and friends. Віра і муж Юрій Попель Her passions were: entertaining, travel, going to the movies, hunting for внуки: Тарас Попель і дружина Ляриса treasures at garage sales and reading anything in news print. Андрея Попель Surviving are: daughters Luba Dean with husband Maurice of Chatsworth, Меляся Пиріг і муж Адріян CA, Tatiana Guy with husband David of Cary; grand-children Stefan and Katherine Guy; sister Christina Pauksis with husband Ivars of Franklin, New правнук Михасик Юрій Попель York. Also surviving is best friend, Roma Danysh of Washington DC, as well дальша родина в США, Канаді та Україні as nieces Iness Snyder, Alina Pauksis, Nadia Jaworskyj, nephew Robert Gulay, grandnieces Romany Snyder and Laef Pauksis and grandnephews Robert, Mark and Eric Gulay and Chris Snyder. Парастас відбудеться в п’ятницю, 7 вересня, о год. 7:30 вечора в Boylan Funeral Home, 188 Easton Ave., New Brunswick, NJ. Missing her, too, will be her beloved dog Mishka. On August 4, 2018, a funeral liturgy was held at St. Cyril and Methodius Похорон відбудеться в суботу, 8 вересня, о 11:30 год. ранку в церкві Byzantine Catholic Church in Cary, NC. Tatiana was buried next to her Різдва Пресвятої Богородиці, 80 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ, husband Wolodymyr at Wake Memorial Park in Cary. а відтак на цвинтарі св. Андрія в South Bound Brook, NJ. For those who wish, donations may be made to: The Ukrainian Museum, 222 East Sixth Street, New York, NY 10003 Вічна Їй пам’ять! May her memory be eternal. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 No. 36

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Selfreliance Association sponsors seniors’ activities by Irene D’Alessio NEW YORK – For the last 25 years, the senior popula- tion of the East Village in New York City has reaped the benefits of the services of the Selfreliance Association (NYC) of American Ukrainians. The association provides assistance with social services, recreation (bingo, exercise classes, knitting and crocheting, videos) and food baskets to the homebound during the holidays. Last Easter, the association delivered 12 baskets of blessed food to local residents. The organization’s mission is to provide seniors the opportunity for socialization with their peers, to reduce isolation and to provide assistance with their social service needs. Such services are provided at the Selfreliance center at 98 Second Ave., on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons; clients are welcome to come to the center any time from Tuesday through Saturday for social service assistance. During the course of the year, members especially enjoy going on various bus outings to theaters, botanical gar- dens, picnics, Radio City, and various cultural events. A favorite outing is a trip to St. Josaphat’s Monastery in Glen Irene D’Alessio Seniors during an outing to St. Josaphat’s Monastery in Glen Cove that was sponsored by the Selfreliance Cove, which features divine liturgy and a picnic. In June, 20 Association of American Ukrainians. seniors enjoyed a respite in the country at St. Josaphat’s. In May, the seniors were treated to the Broadway show The Selfreliance Association of American Ukrainians seniors. New potential volunteers are also welcome. “Carousel,” and in August, they attended a showing of the encourages new members to join its seniors’ club and to Readers may contact Oksana Lopatynsky or Irene D’Alessio film “Heritage of a Nation” at the Ukrainian Museum. become part of the organization’s tradition of helping at 212-777-1336, for additional information.

Feast of Transfiguration is celebrated Los Angeles welcomes at spiritual center of the UOC-U.S.A. Bishop Benedict Aleksiychuk

Yaroslav Bilohan SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – The Feast of the Transfiguration, celebrated on August 19 (according to the Julian ecclesiastical calendar) gathered about Terry Pitiak 200 people for the eucharistic divine liturgy at St. Andrew the First-Called Apostle Bishop Benedict Aleksiychuk and Father Ihor Koshyk with parishioners at Nativity of Ukrainian Orthodox Memorial Church in South Bound Brook, N.J. With the blessing of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church after the divine liturgy which the Metropolitan Antony, primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A., who was bishop celebrated for the Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord. in attendance for the very first time after his car accident, Archbishop Daniel served the During dessert and coffee, Bishop Benedict divine liturgy with the help of local parochial clergy: the Very Rev. Yuriy Siwko (pastor by Luba Poniatyszyn Keske visited each table in order to acquaint him- of St. Andrew Memorial Church), the Rev. Myron Korostil and Hieromonk Sophroniy of LOS ANGELES – Father Ihor Koshyk, self with the guests and greet each one in Three Holy Hierarchs Chapel of St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary. pastor of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin person. Metropolitan Antony, while in a wheelchair, and Archbishop Daniel read the Prayers for Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church, parishio- The following morning, Monday, August the Blessing of Fruits, and the blessed fruit and vegetables were shared by the faithful ners and members of the Ukrainian com- 6, Bishop Benedict and Father Koshyk cele- along with the antidoron (blessed bread). – UOC-U.S.A. munity welcomed Bishop Benedict brated divine liturgy for the great Feast of Aleksiychuk of the Ukrainian Catholic the Transfiguration of Our Lord. The Eparchy of Chicago to Los Angeles on church choir sang the responses. The serv- Sunday afternoon, August 5. ers for the bishop were Roman Mykytyn The parish hall was filled almost to capac- and Louis Cogut. The Epistle readers were ity with young and old, as Father Koshyk Petro Piaseckyj in Ukrainian and Walter greeted the bishop on behalf of the parish. Keske in English. The Gospel was read in Two Plast members and several small chil- Ukrainian by Bishop Benedict and in dren presented the eparch with flowers. English by Father Koshyk. Bishop Benedict was quite moved by the Bishop Benedict’s homily focused on the warm reception he received and, following example Christ gave us as Christians to con- a brief expression of gratitude, he blessed stantly strive toward transforming ourselves the food before everyone proceeded to the to live a better spiritual and godly life. buffet table laden with gourmet dishes pre- Upon conclusion of the liturgy, all partic- pared specially for the occasion by Holy Name Society member Carlos Makara. (Continued on page 17) No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 17 Ukrainian British chef and author offers a fresh look at Ukrainian cuisine by Michael Buryk celebration would be complete without her recipes for meatless borshch, kolach (braided Christmas bread) and Most of us first experienced Ukrainian cooking in the the other tasty delights that grace our table. kitchen of our mother or grandmother. I can’t recall my Olha Franko, the daughter-in-law of the famous western first taste of pyrohy (varenky) or kovbasa, but it was cer- Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko, published one of the first tainly the beginning of a life-long love affair with the cui- books of Ukrainian cooking in 1929 in Kolomyia, Ukraine. sine of Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Although stuffed cab- It was a cookbook of Galician specialty recipes, “Practical bage (holubtsi: known as “holubchy” in my mom’s Jersey Cuisine.” This cookbook was reissued in Lviv in 1991. She City family and “holubki” where my dad grew up in pulled together a variety of recipes, including snacks, bor- Primrose, Pa.) was a real stretch for me to eat as a child, I shch, soups, meat, fish and mushroom dishes and pies and eventually became very fond of it. confiture. Ms. Franko continued to cook until her death at In my teenage years, I first uncovered the mysteries of age 91 in 1987. New York’s Lower East Side and the Ukrainian cultural and Recently I had the opportunity to interview Olia culinary gems that were located there. World War II Hercules (https://oliahercules.com/), a Ukrainian British Ukrainian émigrés first settled in the 1950s along the chef and author who is expanding the range of Ukrainian streets and avenues near St. George Ukrainian Catholic cooking today. I first learned about her from a January epi- Church on Seventh Street, which was also the home of the sode of “The Splendid Table,” National Public Radio’s culi- Surma Book & Music Co. There were several Ukrainian cof- nary culture and food show that airs on Sunday mornings. fee shops in the area serving great home-cooked meals at She talked about her first cookbook, “Mamushka: Recipes very cheap prices. At one time or another you could find from Ukraine and Eastern Europe,” published in the fall of me in Leshko’s, Odessa or the now iconic Veselka. For a few 2015. dollars, a bowl of kapusniak (Ukrainian cabbage soup) I downloaded a copy of the book from Amazon and it with challah bread and a plate of varenyky offered a very was an eye-opener. The food of western Ukraine is within filling and satisfying meal. my comfort zone, but “Mamushka” opens up a new world Later, as an adult trying to re-establish traditions lost in of southern Ukrainian cooking that includes offerings from my family, I purchased my first Ukrainian cookbook at Crimea, the Caucasus region, Moldova and Central Asia. Surma. “Traditional Ukrainian Cookery” was the classic Ms. Hercules was born in Kakhovka, Ukraine, in the The cover of the cookbook “Mamushka.” published in English by Savella Stechisin (née Wawryniuk) Kherson region near Crimea in 1984. At age 12, she moved in 1957. The author immigrated to Canada from the Lviv with her parents to Cyprus and eventually went to England band, who is a Greek Cypriot. Her maiden name is the very Oblast of Ukraine with her family in 1913 and spent a life- at 18 to attend university there. Although she studied Ukrainian Grebenyuk. Her mother’s surname is time with her husband, Julian Stechisin, helping to pre- international relations at the University of Warwick in Mardarenko. serve Ukrainian culture in the prairie provinces of western Coventry, she later became a professional chef trained at The Ukrainian British chef was not always interested in Canada. London’s award-winning Leiths School of Food and Wine. cooking. “I studied Italian for my bachelor’s degree and I Her cookbook became widely popular among Her ancestry is a real melting pot, with family from went and stayed in Italy, and this is where I actually decid- Ukrainians in North America and sold 80,000 copies by Siberia, Bessarabia (Moldova), Uzbekistan and Armenia, ed that I was quite obsessed with food. Before that I loved 2009. For my family and me, no Ukrainian Christmas Eve and Jewish roots. Her surname comes from her ex-hus- eating, but I never cooked. So when I came back from Italy to the U.K., I started cooking avidly…” said Ms. Hercules. To put together “Mamushka” she shadowed her mother and aunt in their kitchen and compiled old family recipes. “So I just had to literally follow them around with scales and spoons, and they just kept on shooing me saying ‘this is how we cook.’ It was really a lovely process. And peace- ful.” Ms. Hercules published another cookbook in 2017, “Kaukasis: A Culinary Journey through Georgia, Azerbaijan & Beyond.” During a promotional tour in the New York City area last fall, she had the opportunity to appear on WNBC- TV’s “Today” show to talk about a recipe from the book (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n96kbcBKJc4). She is currently doing research in Ukraine for a new book about Ukrainian regional cooking, which she hopes to publish in the spring of 2020. In addition to her work as an author, she is a food stylist and occasionally teaches cook- ery classes in London. You can hear a 2018 interview with her on my monthly podcast, “Krynytsya” (https://sound- cloud.com/krynytsya/oliahercules).

Mike Buryk is a Ukrainian American writer whose research and articles cover a wide variety of topics. In addi- tion to “Krynytsya,” he also hosts and produces another monthly podcast, “Made in Ukraine Tech Startup Edition” (https://soundcloud.com/ukrainetech). You can reach him Emma Lee at [email protected]. Author and chef Olia Hercules. Copyright (c) 2018 by Michael J. Buryk. All rights reserved.

Los Angeles... Volker says... West’s paramount... (Continued from page 16) (Continued from page 1) (Continued from page 6) ipants were anointed by oil, and the blessed fruit was dis- countries in the United Nations. Belarusian statehood have this in common, the Lithuanian tributed in keeping with the tradition for this feast day. The Kremlin, which has denied sending troops and expert says. They involve the removal of President All then proceeded to the parish hall for the luncheon in heavy weapons to the region, has said providing new lethal Alyaksandr Luka­shenka and his team, fake popular upris- honor of Bishop Benedict. Delicious Ukrainian-style fare weapons to Ukraine would foment bloodshed. ings within Belarus and the provision of “international help” was prepared by young parishioners Mr. Piaseckyj and Ambassador Volker said that, while time was not on in the form of Russian military units. Andrea Wynnyk. The delectable pastries were baked by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s side, he would nonethe- But if the West isn’t resisting Moscow as it should, members of St. Mary’s Sodality and wine and soft drinks less likely wait for presidential and parliamentary elec- Belarus may do so on its own, Mr. Melianas says, because a were made available by the Holy Name Society. tions in Ukraine next year before reconsidering his negoti- new generation has grown up which is attached to The luncheon atmosphere was welcoming and friendly, ating position. Belarusian independence and doesn’t want to be subordi- and a number of parishioners took the opportunity to “We can have a conversation with Ukraine like we would nate to the Russian state. “In the event of a Russian invasion, speak with Bishop Benedict privately, take pictures and with any other country about what do they need,” very many of them will go over to the side of the rising receive his blessing. Ambassador Volker said, according to the Guardian. Belarusian people with arms in their hands.” The afternoon went by much too quickly, and soon it “I think that there’s going to be some discussion about The West needs to remember this and not “throw was time for Bishop Benedict to depart. Father Koshyk naval capability because as you know their navy was basi- Belarus and its people to the winds of fate, by leaving them thanked the eparch for his visit; he also thanked all the vol- cally taken by Russia. And so they need to rebuild a navy to face one on one” Mr. Putin’s aggressive state. Everyone unteers for preparing the food and all attendees for partici- and they have very limited air capability as well. I think needs to remember, Mr. Melianas underlines, that right pating in this most memorable occasion. we’ll have to look at air defense,” he added. now “in Belarus, the fate of peace is being decided.” 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 No. 36 Ukrainian designer to be showcased during UNWLA Philadelphia fund-raiser

by Petrusia Sawchak JENKINTOWN, Pa. – The Ukrainian National Women’s League of America (UNWLA) Philadelphia Regional Council, established in 1938, will commemorate its 80th anniversary this year. To commence the celebrations, it will present a unique Vyshyvanka Couture Fashion Show, fea- turing Ukrainian designer Tetyana Paliy of Lviv on Saturday, October 20. Ms. Paliy fashions her unique creations combining tradi- tional Ukrainian embroidery patterns with contemporary designs, producing an enchanting charisma for the wearer. She uses many different fabrics, including lightweight luxu- rious silk, intricate lace, Italian fabrics, as well as home- spun cloth. Some of her fashions include bold florals in rich colors of red, pink, lavender and purple shades that can be both whimsical and elegant. The fashion show will be held at St. Michael’s Parish Hall located on the spacious grounds at St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church, 1013 Fox Chase Road, in Jenkintown, Pa., beginning at 5 p.m. Everyone is invited. The festivities will begin at with a reception and exhibit of wearable art by Nataliya Stasiv and Zoriana Sokhatska, sponsored by UNWLA Branch 67. Following this, a fashion show, which will feature more than 60 one-of-a-kind out- fits for women, men and children designed by Ms. Paliy, will be hosted by Eryna Korchynsky at 6 p.m. Dinner and dessert will conclude the presentations. After the show, fashions will be available for purchase. Tickets will go on sale on September 16. In accordance with UNWLA’s mission, and in light of recent events in eastern Ukraine, proceeds from the event For a one-of-a-kind wedding or other special occasion, Tetyana Paliy’s designs feature Ukrainian embroidery. are designated for humanitarian aid to Ukraine. Tetyana Paliy creates fashions for both men and women.

Holodomor banner available in Canada Time change In the story “Multilingual plaque honoring Raphael Lemkin to be unveiled” (August 12), it was for educational and commemorative purposes noted that the ceremony would take place at the Ukrainian Institute of America in New York on UCCLF Thursday, September 20, at 11 a.m. On August 31, OTTAWA – A retractable metal banner (with carrying case) is organizers notified us that the unveiling time has being made available in Canada to mark the 85th anniversary of been changed to 4 p.m. the genocidal Great Famine of 1932-1933 in Soviet Ukraine, the Holodomor. Commissioned by the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Foundation and prepared by Prof. Lubomyr Luciuk, this display European Court... makes it easy for even smaller communities to provide basic (Continued from page 2) information about the nature and consequences of this Soviet genocide. Centered on a striking graphic, drawn in 1933 by the a demand from the court in Strasbourg that it provide Ukrainian avant-garde artist Vasyl Sedliar, the banner also information about Mr. Hryb’s state of health and medical includes a map showing the regional geography of famine losses treatment was to lie, and to even falsify medical records in in Soviet Ukraine, along with quotations from diplomats and eye- order to ignore the direct danger to the young man’s life in witnesses of the Holodomor. a Krasnodar SIZO [remand prison]. Thanks to the generosity of a Canadian donor who prefers to Mr. Hryb suffers from a life-threatening blood circula- remain anonymous, a limited number of Holodomor banners are tion illness, which could lead to fatal hemorrhaging at any being made available, free of charge, in Canada. These will be dis- time. He should certainly not be in detention at all, still tributed in early October. The banners are three feet wide and six less in a Krasnodar SIZO where the staff and even the local feet long. hospital would be unlikely to know what was required in Organizations or community groups wishing to secure a ban- an emergency. ner should send an email to UCCLF on or before September 20 Bekir Degermendzhy, Asan Chapukh and provide the following information: name of organization; complete postal/shipping address; contact person’s name, e-mail, Any politically motivated criminal prosecution is cyni- home and cell phone numbers; and a short paragraph explaining cal, however that of four respected members of the when and how the Holodomor banner will be displayed. Crimean Tatar community is unprecedented in its brutali- A leaflet providing a reading list of additional sources accom- ty. Kazim Ametov, Asan Chapukh, Bekir Degermendzhy panies the banner. and Ruslan Trubach have been detained on overtly fabri- Commenting on this initiative, UCCLF spokesperson, Borys cated charges since November 23, 2017. Russian enforce- Sydoruk, said: “Thanks to the generosity of an UCCLF supporter, ment officers tried to detain 83-year-old Vedzhie Kashka, we are able to offer Canadian Ukrainian organizations a ready- a world-renowned veteran of the Crimean Tatar national made display, easily assembled, taken down and stored, which movement on that same day, but instead caused her death. offers the public a chance to learn about the Holodomor and Given the attempts to hide video footage and block access recall the millions of victims of this Stalinist genocide.” to material about the case, it seems likely that Russian Organizations and individuals outside of Canada who would National Guard officers’ disproportionate use of force was like to secure a banner are invited to contact UCCLF by e-mailing behind her death. [email protected] with “Holodomor banner” in the subject line. Mr. Degermendzhy is 57 and suffers from acute asthma. For more on the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Foundation He has been forced to sit through detention hearings with and to support the organization, readers may visit www.ucclf.ca. an oxygen mask, and remains in the medical unit of the The Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association is a non- Symferopol SIZO. partisan, voluntary, non-profit research and educational organiza- Mr. Chapukh, 65, has just had his detention again tion committed to the articulation and promotion of the Ukrainian extended despite another sharp deterioration in his Canadian community’s interests and to the defense of the civil lib- health. He suffered a micro-stroke in the SIZO and still erties and human rights of Ukrainians in Canada and elsewhere. does not have movement in part of his body. No. 36 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 19

September 14 Concert, Kaia String Quartet, Ukrainian Institute of September 16 Ukrainian Festival, Holy Protection of the Blessed Virgin Chicago Modern Art, www.uima-chicago.org or 773-227-5522 Newtown, CT Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church, Paproski’s Castle Hill Farm Pumpkin Patch, 203-269-5909 or September 14 Fund-raiser reception for congressional candidate Dan http://castlehillfarm.net Jenkintown, PA David, Ukrainian American Friends of Dan David, Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, 610-745-5741 September 16 Ukrainian Festival, St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic or [email protected] Passaic, NJ Church, www.stnicholasucc.org or 973-473-7197

September 14, 21 Concert featuring the Ironwood String Quartet, September 17-28 Entrepreneur seminar, People of Ukraine, U.S.-Ukraine Ottawa featuring violinist Carissa Klopoushak, National Arts Washington Business Council, U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Center, www.ironwoodquartet.com or 514-713-1082 [email protected] or http://people-of-ukraine.org September 14-16 Washington Ukrainian Festival, St. Andrew Ukrainian Silver Spring, MD Orthodox Cathedral, 301-384-9192 or September 20 Plaque unveiling honoring Dr. Raphael Lemkin, www.ukrainefestdc.com New York Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Foundation, Ukrainian Institute of America, 212-288-8660 or September 14-16 Bloor West Village Toronto Ukrainian Festival, www.ukrainianinstitute.org Toronto www.ukrainianfestival.com September 22 Annual general meeting and golf season finale September 14-16 Fall Harvest Retreat, Soyuzivka Heritage Center, Caledon, ON championship, Ukrainian Golf Association of Canada, Kerhonkson, NY [email protected] or 845-626-5641 Osprey Valley Resorts Golf Club: The Toot Course, www.ospreyvalley.ca or 519-927-9034 September 15 Presentation, “Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Diaspora,” Vol. 1, New York United States of America, Book 3, Shevchenko Scientific September 22 Potato Bake and Pig Roast, Ukrainian Homestead, Society, 212-254-5130 Lehighton, PA www.ukrhomestead.com September 15 Concert marking the 1,030th anniversary of the Baptism September 22 Presentation by Glen Howard, “Maritime Security in the Bloomingdale, IL of Ukraine, St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, Chicago Black Sea Region: Current Security Issues Faced by the [email protected] U.S., NATO and Ukraine,” Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, www.uima-chicago.org September 15 Ukrainian Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony and Horsham, PA banquet, Ukrainian American Sports Center Tryzub, September 22 Ukrainian Festival, St. John the Baptist Ukrainian [email protected] Whippany, NJ Catholic Church, Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey, www.uaccnj.org or 908-759-1771 September 15 Workshop, reverse glass painting with instruction by New York Stella Baker, The Ukrainian Museum, www.ukrainianmuseum.org or 212-228-0110 Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions September 15 Film screening, “The First Lions,” Ukrainian Institute of from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors Chicago Modern Art, www.uima-chicago.org or 773-227-5522 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected].

World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations

invites the public and all Friends of WFUWO to the

WFUWO 70th Anniversary BANQUET

Saturday, October 27, 2018 6-10 pm

Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center 700 N Cedar Road Jenkintown, PA 19046

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Friday-Sunday, September 14-16 Academy, Nadiya, Tsvitka and Vesna; plus singers and musi- as it drastically reduced the use of minority languages in the SILVER SPRING, Md.: Bring your family and friends to the 16th cians. There will be homemade Ukrainian foods and desserts; education process. A look at the domestic political contexts of annual Ukrainian Festival of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan an international beer garden with live music; children’s activi- both Ukraine and its neighbors will help shed light on this con- Area, being held on the grounds of St. Andrew Ukrainian ties; and vendors galore offering jewelry, clothing, crafts, music tentious issue. This event will take place at 4 p.m. in the Orthodox Cathedral, 15100 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, and ethnic foods. After the festival, there will be a dance party at Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room (Room 1219, International MD 20905. Hours are: Friday 5-8 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m., 7 p.m.; admission is $5. For more information, call 973-906- Affairs Building, 420 W. 118th St.). The event is free and open to 3581 or 908-759-1771; check the center’s website, uaccnj.org, the public. For additional information call 212-854-4697. and Sunday, 11 a.m.-dusk. Admission and parking are free. or its Facebook page: Ukrainian American Cultural Center of NJ. There will be wonderful Ukrainian artists and dancers, crafts, Sunday, September 30 children’s activities, delicious Ukrainian food and a Kozak beer Tuesday, September 25 ALEXANDRIA, Va.: The Washington Group Cultural Fund will garden. For more information contact the festival office, 301- NEW YORK: Please join the Ukrainian Studies Program at the open its 25th anniversary season with a concert by pianist 384-9192, or visit www.UkraineFestDC.com. Harriman Institute of Columbia University for a presentation by Pavlo Gintov. Described by critics as “a poet of the keyboard” Saturday, September 15 Volodymyr Kulyk (head research fellow at the Institute of and as a “musical storyteller,” Mr. Gintov will perform and dis- Political and Ethnic Studies, National Academy of Sciences of cuss the style and content of piano fantasies from different NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh-A) Ukraine) titled “Language Politics and International Relations: A musical eras, from Bach to Corigliano. There will be a reception invites all to the presentation of the Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Controversy over the New Ukrainian Education Law.” When the to meet the artist immediately following the performance. The Diaspora, Volume 1, United States of America, Book 3 (Orest Ukrainian Parliament adopted a new law on education in concert will be held at 3 p.m. at The Lyceum, 201 S. Popovych, editor, and Alexander Lushnycky, co-editor), pub- September 2017, this development was welcomed by civil soci- Washington St., Alexandria, VA 22314. Suggested donation lished by NTSh-A (New York-Chicago: 2018). The event will ety and Ukraine’s Western partners as an important part of the $20; free for students; unreserved seating. For more informa- take place at the society’s building, 63 Fourth Ave. (between post-Euro-Maidan reform agenda. However, the new law pro- tion visit http://www.twgcf.org or e-mail: twgculturalfund@ Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For additional information voked an outcry from neighboring states, particularly Hungary, gmail.com. call 212-254-5130. Saturday, September 22 WHIPPANY, N.J.: The Ukrainian American Cultural Center of PREVIEW OF EVENTS GUIDELINES New Jersey, located at 60 N. Jefferson Road, Whippany, NJ Preview of Events is a service provided at minimal cost ($20 per listing) by The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrainian community. 07981, will hold its Ukrainian Festival at 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Items should be no more than 100 words long. Admission is free. Visitors can enjoy two fabulous stage shows Preview items must be received no later than one week before the desired date of publication. Please include payment featuring Iskra Ukrainian Dance Ensemble; violinist Innesa for each time the item is to appear and indicate date(s) of issue(s) in which the item is to be published. Information should be Tymochko Dekajlo; the Ukrainian folk dance groups Iskra sent to: [email protected]. Subscribe to The Ukrainian Weekly $90 per year $80 for UNA members For an additional $5 get an online subscription as well.

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