INSIDE: • Patriarch Dymytrii of the UAOC comments on Church relations — page 3. • UNWLA sends aid to flood-ravaged Zakarpattia — page 6. • Ostrih Academy students conclude stay in Ontario — page 10.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXVII HE KRAINIANNo. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1999 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine PrimeT MinisterU Chrétien arrives for stateW visit to Ukraine by Roman Woronowycz Kyiv Press Bureau KYIV – Canada’s Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and a coterie of Canadian diplomats and politicians, along with some 100 businessmen, descended on Kyiv on January 27-28 for a 24-hour state visit – the first by a Canadian head of government to independent Ukraine. In a hectic two days of ceremony and meetings, the Canadian prime minister met with President Leonid Kuchma, Prime Minister Valerii Pustovoitenko and uni- versity students. He also attended a state dinner and laid flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. However, he was a no-show at the Famine Memorial. In his stead, his wife, Aline, honored victims of the Great Famine of 1932-1933 by placing a memorial wreath at the monument located at the foot of the newly rebuilt bell tower of St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Sobor. (At press time, Canadian officials in Kyiv could provide no expla- nation about why Mr. Chrétien himself did not attend.) Canada and Ukraine signed seven bilateral agreements during the two-day visit, among them a bilateral transport agreement and memoranda of understanding on coopera- tion in education, on climate change issues and on destruction of Ukraine’s anti-personnel land mines. The two sides announced further cooperation in crimi- nal matters, on controlling corruption in the public sector Efrem Lukatsky and on land privatization and farm reorganization as well. Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien is greeted with the traditional Ukrainian welcome of bread and salt “Our visit to Ukraine has helped broaden our bilateral during a ceremony at Kyiv's Boryspil airport on January 27. relationship and has served as a timely forum to discuss understanding on the elimination of Ukraine’s mines, Mr. Afterwards, the president’s press secretary, Oleksander key issues of common concern,” said Prime Minister Martynenko, clarified the president’s position and Chrétien. Kuchma did not state that Ukraine was ready to join the explained that Mr. Kuchma will instruct the Cabinet of In a singular accomplishment, Mr. Chrétien convinced Ottawa Convention and the ranks of countries banning Ministers to develop a framework for joining the Ottawa Ukraine’s President Leonid Kuchma to begin the destruc- the mines. “We welcome the efforts taken by the Convention, to which Ukraine will formally accede. tion of its anti-personnel mine stockpiles, on which Canadian government to eliminate anti-personnel mines,” The next day Canadian International Trade Minister Ukraine had been stalling. is all Mr. Kuchma would say at a press conference with Although the two sides agreed on a memorandum of Mr. Chrétien at the Mariinsky Palace on January 27. (Continued on page 5) Advance coverage Ukrainian American’s case is among unresolved business by Roman Woronowycz Kuchma-Gore Commission, a high-level, bilateral U.S.- of Chrétien visit creates Kyiv Press Bureau Ukraine committee developing the strategic partnership between the two countries, is attempting to resolve. controversy back home KYIV — Doing business in Ukraine is not any easy The nine cases also have become the central focus of task; some say it’s impossible. Business contracts, finan- a requirement stipulated in the 1999 U.S. foreign aid bill by Christopher Guly cial kickbacks and criminal activity, and even politics, that Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright certify Special to The Ukrainian Weekly often go hand in hand, and the adage “it’s not what you before congressional appropriations committees that know but who you know” rises above a truism and OTTAWA – The first visit by a Canadian prime minister Ukraine is making progress on U.S. investor disputes becomes the law of the business jungle of Ukraine. and on economic reforms. to independent Ukraine was meant to reinforce the close Ask Marijka Helbig, a Ukrainian American entrepre- ties between Canada and Ukraine. Secretary Albright is required to make her certifica- neur with a successful travel business in the United tion by February 18. If she does not give the Congress Instead, some advance coverage of the event in Canada States. She experienced trickery, deceit, frustration, the has created controversy. the green light, Ukraine could lose up to half of its 1999 physical beating of her attorney and, thus far, substantial earmark of $195 million. On the eve of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien’s departure financial loss after making her investment in Ukraine. for his weeklong European tour to Ukraine, Poland, At the heart of Ms. Helbig’s case are her allegations Mrs. Helbig, owner of Scope Travel located in that Anatolii Popadiuk, an Ivano-Frankivsk businessman Germany and Switzerland, a reporter with one of Canada’s Maplewood, N.J., turned to U.S. authorities for help daily national newspapers suggested Mr. Chrétien will whom she and her Austrian partners appointed as gener- after the hotel and tourist agency she and her partners al director of their joint venture, forged her and her man- have to be “mindful” of “the enmities” between Canada’s established in western Ukraine in the early 1990s was Ukrainian and Jewish communities. ager’s signatures onto documents that make him an wrested from her control by her general director. equal partner of the business that she started and devel- Jeff Sallot, a reporter with The Globe and Mail’s parlia- Ukraine’s judicial and law enforcement system, which mentary bureau in Ottawa, wrote about the “tricky political oped in Ivano-Frankivsk. seems not to want to resolve the dispute, has only pre- Mr. Popadiuk was not available to comment the four two-step” that Prime Minister Chrétien was about to sented roadblocks, delays and excuses. According to engage in. times that The Weekly called Auscoprut offices at the Mrs. Helbig, the system is a major part of her problems. Three days before arriving in Kyiv January 27 for a 24- Roksolana Hotel in Ivano-Frankivsk. “The Ukrainian courts do not want this case, because hour visit, Mr. Chrétien was to become the first Canadian Mrs. Helbig asserts that neither she nor Christine it will blow up in their face,” said Mrs. Helbig. Too prime minister to visit the Auschwitz and Birkenau death Bonacorsa, the manager of Scope Travel, could have many public figures would be exposed as having taken camps in Poland where millions of Jews died at the hands signed documents making Mr. Popadiuk a partner in part in the cover-up of the scheme to take her business of the Nazis. Auscoprut, the firm that Ms. Helbig established in 1991 from her, she charged. While in Kyiv, the prime minister was to become the along with Austrian and Ukrainian partners, because nei- Her case is one of nine business disputes between first Western leader to lay a wreath at the monument to vic- U.S. businessmen and their Ukrainian partners that the (Continued on page 4) (Continued on page 5)

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NEWS ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS Belarus opposition unites Kuchma proclaims “unity” holiday Prosecutor denies dropping 19 charges KYIV – Celebrations of the 80th GENEVA – Swiss prosecutor Laurent to protest merger with anniversary of the unification of the Kasper Ansermet on January 21 dismissed by David R. Marples the knowledge that it has a strong man- Western Ukrainian National Republic and claims made by Hromada Chairman Pavlo date from the population. The power of the Ukrainian National Republic were held Lazarenko in December that 19 of 21 charges brought against him had since Three Belarusian opposition leaders the presidential administration has at the National Opera on January 22. been dropped by Swiss officials. He said have criticized the signing of the grown, the government controls the offi- According to the presidential decree read by presidential administration head this was the first he’d heard of these 21 December 25, 1998, agreement to merge cial press just as in the Soviet period, and Mykola Bilobodskyi, the Day of charges, explaining that he was aware only Belarus with Russia as a “crime against the regime has frequently violated the Unification of Ukraine will be celebrated of a single charge, that of money launder- the Belarusian nation. “The signatories to most basic of human rights. annually on January 22. Vice Prime ing, and that the investigation into this the protest were Stanislau Shushkevich, The opposition is basing its hopes on Minister Valerii Smolii stated: “A divided charge is continuing. Mr. Ansermet said he the former parliamentary chairman who three issues. First, the constitutional cri- and scattered nation cannot be productive; hoped to continue his questioning of Mr. was the de facto leader of Belarus from sis. Already a serious candidate has therefore, it is essential to overcome spiri- Lazarenko at the beginning of February, August 1991 to January 1994; emerged to challenge Mr. Lukashenka Mechyslau Hryb, the former prime min- tual, religious and ethnic divisions.” but added , “I don’t know what I shall do if for the presidency: Henadz Karpenka, (Eastern Economist) Mr. Lazarenko avoids the meeting. First, ister; and Semyon Sharetsky, chair of the chairman of the United Civic Party. Most Parliament of the 13th session, which I’ll see if he refuses or complies.” (Eastern political parties intend to boycott elec- Three states to create peacekeeping force Economist) was dissolved and revamped by the pres- tions to the rump Parliament scheduled ident following a controversial referen- for April, and most will demand that BAKU – Meeting in Baku on January Hromada endorses Lazarenko dum in November 1996. By that same President Lukashenka stand for re-elec- 21-22, the defense ministers of Georgia, KYIV – After he announced to referendum, President Alyaksander tion this year. Azerbaijan and Ukraine discussed the cre- Hromada Party members that charges of Lukashenka had extended his mandate to The second issue is the economic cri- ation of a joint peacekeeping force that, November 2001 rather than July 1999. according to an Azerbaijani Defense corruption against him are politically moti- sis. In the recent past, Belarus’s weak vated, Hromada Chairman and National Hitherto, the members of the old economic position has been concealed by Ministry spokesman, could be deployed to Parliament have rarely acted in unison. guard the proposed oil export pipeline Deputy Pavlo Lazarenko was named the trade with Russia and overproduction of On December 29, 1998, the three opposi- from Azerbaijan through Georgia, Reuters party’s presidential candidate. Of 261 dele- unwanted goods. Today there is an obvi- tion leaders sent a letter to Russian reported. Georgian Defense Minister gates attending Hromada’s meeting on ous gap between official statistics, which President Boris Yeltsin maintaining that Davit Tevzadze had proposed such a force January 22, 258 voted for Mr. Lazarenko, report an annual growth rate of over 10 to change the status of Belarus would be last month. The three ministers also one opposed him and two abstained. Mr. percent last year, and the reality of food in violation of the 1994 Constitution, and signed a joint communiqué on coordinat- Lazarenko said the government has been shortages and inflation at around 160 would represent an occupation reminis- ing their relations with NATO and the unable to extract the country from its eco- percent in 1998 – almost three times the cent of the Russian annexation of the United Nations and on holding joint nomic crisis, claiming that in the last few 1997 rate. Warehouses are overstocked three Baltic states in the summer of maneuvers. The defense minister of years production has declined 52 percent, with unsold goods, and almost no private 1940. At the same time they appealed to Moldova, the fourth country in the the gross domestic product has dropped enterprise is thriving in Belarus. The all those opposed to the Lukashenka GUAM alignment, had been scheduled to 2.4 times, wage debts have hit 9 billion president’s frequent assertions that a administration to join forces and attend the meeting; no explanation was hrv, and the external debt has increased to state-run economy would shield the pop- renounce any infighting. offered for his failure to do so. (RFE/RL $13 billion (U.S.). (Eastern Economist) ulation from hardship have been shown What are the prospects for success of Newsline) to be false. Top members of Hromada resign this campaign? Previously the The third issue is the proposed merger Ukraine to default on foreign debt? Lukashenka administration has treated KYIV – Shadow Cabinet leader Yuliia with Russia. It can be regarded with the opposition contemptuously, secure in Tymoshenko and Shadow Cabinet some skepticism since a ratified Russia- KYIV – Ukraine may default on its for- eign debt payments in 1999 unless foreign Economy Minister Oleksander Turchynov Belarus Union is already in place. It was donors resume their aid to the country, the have resigned from the Hromada Party, Dr. David R. Marples is professor of signed on April 2, 1997 – this day is now Associated Press quoted the Foreign citing the domineering approach to party history at the University of Alberta. This a national holiday in Belarus. The main Affairs Ministry as saying in a statement rule by leader Pavlo Lazarenko. The two, article appeared in the Edmonton most recently held Hromada Party posi- Journal on January 13. (Continued on page 12) on January 22. According to that state- ment, Ukraine must pay $1.17 billion tions of vice-chair and first vice-chair (U.S.) to foreign creditors in 1999, but the under Mr. Lazarenko. Both Ms. government is asking for new loans Tymoshenko and Mr. Turchynov have because it will not be able to raise the been prominent Hromada members ever Kuchma-Gore Commission group meets since the party’s inception, with Mr. money on its own. In addition, the Turchynov holding the party leadership National Bank, which has $1 billion in Eastern Economist In the energy sector, the delegation prior to Mr. Lazarenko, and with Ms. reserves, owes the International Monetary stressed the need to enact production-shar- Tymoshenko, one of the rising stars of KYIV – The agenda of the fifth meeting Fund $700 million in loan payments. ing legislation to determine the allocation Ukrainian politics, often acting as the party of the Committee on Trade and Investment Ukrainian Television reported the next day of natural resource production between the spokesperson. Mr. Lazarenko responded (CTI) of the Kuchma-Gore Commission in Ukrainian government and investors. Mr. that last year Ukraine’s foreign debt Kyiv on January 20-22 included discus- by calling their actions “destructive.” The Kalicki said this legislation has received increased by $2 billion to $11.5 billion, resignations will almost certainly have a sions of a number of different economic positive support in the Verkhovna Rada which is equal to 40 percent of the coun- and legal issues, including the problematic damaging effect on the Hromada Party, and that the government has indicated its try’s gross domestic product or 70 percent already reeling after ex-Premier resolution of disputes involving U.S. support for early passage of such a law. of its annual exports. According to the investors. Lazarenko’s arrest in Switzerland on a The first reading of the relevant draft law Finance Ministry, Ukraine needs $2.2 bil- money laundering charge. It is not yet The U.S. inter-agency delegation, head- is scheduled for early February. U.S. lion in foreign loans this year. 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Recently, the newly rebuilt St. Michael’s In addition, the leaders of the two Churches agreed Golden-Domed Sobor, which the UAOC leadership had KYIV — A visit to the United States by Ukrainian to continue the dialogue begun in South Bound Brook hoped would become its Church center, was handed Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) Patriarch and to renew eucharistic communication as a precursor over to the UOC-KP. The UAOC succeeded only in Dymytrii at the end of 1998 has produced agreement to eucharistic union of the UAOC with the Ecumenical obtaining a building next door to the sobor, which now with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. to Patriarchate of Constantinople and other independent houses its administrative offices and a small chapel. strengthen frayed ties and to work toward a united Churches. Patriarch Dymytrii and UAOC bishops have repeated- Ukrainian Orthodox Church, according to the Kyiv- The UAOC press release called the initiative one that ly blamed Patriarch Filaret, who has shown more political based primate. “could produce long-term ramifications for the entire acumen with government authorities, and UOC-KP hier- “The specific matter that we discussed was a request Ukrainian Church and even for universal Orthodoxy in archs, for stealing bishops and parishes and stymieing that they [UOC-U.S.A.] develop a discussion with the the event of a coordinated and all-encompassing effort UAOC efforts to rebuild their disintegrating Church. center in Constantinople that it turn its face toward toward the realization of our proposed program.” The UOC-U.S.A. has felt the influence of Patriarch Ukraine, that it stop looking at Ukraine through the eyes Today Ukrainian Orthodoxy in Ukraine is divided Filaret in its parishes as well. After the UOC-U.S.A. of Moscow’s politics, and that it take the Ukrainian among three separate Churches: the UOC – Kyiv Church leadership agreed to accept the omophor of Church under its spiritual omophorion,” said Patriarch Patriarchate (UOC-KP) led by Patriarch Filaret, the Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Dymytrii in an interview with The Weekly after his return. newest and currently the most dynamic; the UOC – allegedly assured Moscow Patriarchate Aleksei II that, Patriarch Dymytrii visited the U.S. between December Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), led in Ukraine by as a result, efforts to seek the autonomy of the Ukrainian 28, 1998, and January 4. During that time he held several Metropolitan Volodymyr Sabodan, which receives its Church would no longer pose a problem for Moscow – meetings with UOC-U.S.A. Metropolitan Constantine, orders from Moscow Patriarch Aleksei II and still comments that caused an outcry within the Ukrainian Archbishop Antony and the UOC-U.S.A. laity in South retains the largest following although it is in decline; Orthodox community in the United States – several U.S. Bound Brook, N.J., headquarters of the UOC-U.S.A., and the UAOC, which traces its roots to 1920 and the parishes quit the UOC-U.S.A. to join Patriarch Filaret’s regarding the controversy surrounding the U.S. Church’s Church of Metropolitan Vasyl Lypkivskyi. Church. decision to unite with Constantinople and the strife with- UAOC Patriarch Dymytrii heads what is now the It appears that part of the reason for the church leaders’ in the divided Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Ukraine. smallest of the three Churches – one that has been deci- meeting in South Bound Brook, beyond the obvious Leaders of the two Churches decided, as a result of mated by defections to the UOC-KP since the death of attempt to rekindle a dialogue, was to develop an their meetings, on a program of cooperation that includes Patriarch Mstyslav, the first leader of the Church after approach toward Patriarch Filaret, whose Church also has the opening of a representative office of the UOC-U.S.A. Ukraine’s independence. not been recognized by Constantinople as canonical, yet in Kyiv in the form of a center of the Ecumenical The UAOC has become increasingly diminished and has convinced the Ukrainian government and many faith- Patriarchate. The office is to become a force for the inte- ostracized as the UOC-KP and Patriarch Filaret have ful that his is the only truly Ukrainian Orthodox Church. gration of the various Ukrainian Orthodox Churches. successfully maneuvered to gain legitimacy from the Patriarch Dymytrii explained that by visiting South They also decided “to work to have the ecumenical patri- Ukrainian state and to woo bishops from the UAOC and Bound Brook he was able to show documents that prove arch in Constantinople assure the Ukrainian episcopate of the UOC-MP. Patriarch Filaret is not the heir to the patriarchal throne a more attentive and disposed attitude by Constantinople UAOC efforts to obtain a Patriarchal Chancery and a of the late Patriarch Mstyslav, whose death in 1993 took Patriarch Bartholomew towards a clear-cut and unequivo- major church building in Kyiv as its headquarters, after cal stand on the canonical independence of the Ukrainian its previous offices were seized by renegade UAOC (Continued on page 18) INTERVIEW: Patriarch Dymytrii on developments in the UAOC by Roman Woronowycz Patriarchate told us earlier this year that rule, and so I must first get agreement from tions will look; in one word, about moving the process of unification of the others. closer. October 14, 1998, marked five years Ukrainian Orthodox Church has begun, It looks to me, however, that what con- since the installation of Volodymyr Yarema But that is not all, I had not yet turned to that there have been talks with you and cerns Patriarch Filaret most is how to get us as Patriarch Dymytrii of the Ukrainian my people when they (UOC-KP) had with other representatives of the in; and to then do by force with each one of Autocephalous Orthodox Church. The already announced that I had not simply Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox us as he pleases. We are well-acquainted years of his reign have been turbulent ones agreed, but that unification was already tak- Church. Could you please comment? with his system. for the UAOC, marked by the defection of ing place. It was a call to rebellion and, pre- several bishops to the Ukrainian Orthodox It is difficult to say that the process has dictably, people were upset. They asked, You have also said that a question that Church – Kyiv Patriarchate, along with begun. Mr. [Mykola] Kravets [director of “How could you do this, how could you must be decided is whether the leader of parishes and Church property, and the the Foundation for Spiritual Union of sign such a thing?” the Kyiv Patriarchate was canonically bankruptcy of the Christian Bank, a finan- Ukraine] came to me and said that a fund Naturally, I halted the process. When I elected. cial institution closely linked to the UAOC. for the unification of the Churches is being was presented with a ready memorandum, I Patriarch Dymytrii was born in 1915 in said that I cannot sign the document. [Mr. At the Sobor of June 25, 1992, or rather established. I agreed to take part as a found- before it began, Filaret came up to me and what is today the Krosnienske Voievodstvo Kravets] said, “You are upsetting every- ing member. Right away a problem devel- asked, “Father Volodymyr, why have you of western Poland. He belonged to the oped because they did not want to give us thing.” To which I replied that as I had Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church until it come out against me?” I answered that I am the statutes [of incorporation]. understood there would be discussions, supporting the purity of the Ukrainian was banned by the Soviet regime in 1946, Second, we have not had any contact negotiations, ideas presented from both and completed seminary studies at a Greek- Orthodox Church. He replied, “I know, you Catholic seminary before being drafted into wrote me of that.” the Soviet Army during World War II. In He knew well from my letter, which he 1947, with no legally existing Greek- ... people keep returning to us [the UAOC] ... should have received by February 1989, Catholic Church, he opted to join the and in which I wrote that with perebudova Russian Orthodox Church to work to They realize that we are a true Church, a we can now begin talking about reorganiza- “defend the traditions of the Ukrainian tion, about the problems with the Greek- Church against Russification,” according Christian Church, not some party affiliation, or Catholics in Halychyna, with Orthodox to a biographical sketch released by the autocephaly. We could no longer say that we have no problems. We must begin the UAOC. He was ordained a priest of the one that cares only about fame and fortune. rehabilitation process as the state had Russian Orthodox Church in 1947. already begun. He, as the exarch, must He served in various parishes in western with Patriarch Filaret, only with Mr. sides, but you have given us one side of the begin the rehabilitation process using new Ukraine until 1989, when he led his parish Kravets. [Also], I cannot make any deci- situation and expect us to agree. This I can- language, not the language of the state as out of the Russian Church and into the sions on my own because we are synodally not sign. had been done until then in the Soviet reborn Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox run. If the synod rules, then I cannot make He was very unhappy. I then suggested Union. Church headed by Metropolitan Mstyslav decisions independently. that I would sign, but that I would have to He never replied to that letter. But then Skrypnyk. He was an initiator of the June After our initial discussions, [Mr. add my own words first. He agreed. he mentioned that he read that letter and 1990 Sobor at which Metropolitan Mstyslav Kravets] brought me a ready plan [for unifi- I wrote in the following: “Everything replied to it. I know that at a meeting of was named patriarch of the UAOC. cation]; specifically how it would take must proceed according to canonical princi- bishops in Lviv, of his bishops, when he With the death of Patriarch Mstyslav in place. I did not agree to such a plan. First of ples.” And it ended with that. was asked what he thought of my letter, he 1993 and the defection of many bishops to replied, “There is no need to divide the the UOC-KP, Patriarch Dymytrii was first all, I told him, I had not spoken to my peo- Later, he visited Archbishop Ihor, who is ple about such a plan. Second, I told him, the director of the chancery here, and nation.” appointed bishop of the UAOC and then At the Sobor I asked him another thing. I declared UAOC patriarch of Kyiv and all “You have developed a plan that clearly Archbishop Ihor explained to him that we would put the Church under Filaret.” cannot do it [in the way proposed by the said, “You are gathering a Sobor, but the Ukraine following a UAOC Sobor. patriarch (Mstyslav) is not in attendance. In the following edited interview, Our Church would not have any voice UOC-KP]. Our people do not agree with there because a Sobor for voting is entailed, doing it in that way. Our people want it We have 12 bishops in the Church besides Patriarch Dymytrii comments on rumors of the patriarch, but only five are present. The union with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and Filaret assigned 26 or so of his own done in a different way. bishops [to that Sobor]. We have not been First we need to improve relations bishops should have the blessing of the – Kyiv Patriarchate, and about relations patriarch, but they do not. in a hurry to consecrate bishops — we want among the bishops; we need to bring the with the other major confessions in What you have is several bishops, your- parishes closer together; we need to think Ukraine. good bishops — so we have few bishops. self and some priests. The rest are laymen. Now, we all well know how Filaret calls about publishing books together; about a The Sobor has not been called according to Your Holiness, Patriarch Filaret of the a Sobor, that his advantage is built-in. I can common effort in religious education; Ukrainian Orthodox Church–Kyiv never agree to this. Also, we have synodal about how our common religious celebra- (Continued on page 16) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1999 No. 5

had her case thrown out as a political favor from the joint venture after its director was Ukrainian American’s case... to Mr. Popadiuk after the previous head thwarted in his attempt to bring in another (Continued from page 1) procurator had decided that the case had Ukrainian partner and was bought out by ther one of them was in Budapest at the merit. Mr. Popadiuk is president of the the two remaining sides. Mr. Popadiuk, time the agreement was supposed to have Association of Ivano-Frankivsk who had been assistant general director of been made, and can prove it. In addition Businessmen and wields considerable Agrofirm Prut, was retained by Auscoprut political clout in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. as its general director and resigned his Mrs. Helbig alleges that documents that are According to Mrs. Helbig’s attorney, position in the Ukrainian firm. part of the case were fabricated in Ukraine, Nestor Hnativ, two issues lie at the center Although the joint venture began operat- and signed at times during which she and of the case. ing and even finished restoring the Ms. Bonacorsa could not have been there. First, Mrs. Helbig has absolute proof Roksolana Hotel and opened it for busi- She told The Weekly that it is ridiculous that she was in the United States, and not in ness, Mrs. Helbig did not see any profit. that Ukrainian courts have refused to Budapest or Ukraine, where the signing of She simply kept sending money, which she accept the evidence she has presented. the documents allegedly took place, which said she later discovered was not always “I was at my daughter’s debutante ball means that she could have not signed them used for the purposes intended. in New Jersey on the date marked on and thus they must be forgeries. In 1993-1994 she began receiving infor- Popadiuk’s documents,” explained Mrs. Second, Mr. Popadiuk has not been able mation that Mr. Popadiuk was purchasing Helbig. “I was on the organizing commit- to produce the original documents he says automobiles from the Austrian partner and tee. Furthermore, my passport shows no were signed in Budapest, which he asserts selling them in Ukraine. “I saw that it had visa that I entered Hungary during that made him a partner in Auscoprut. become a money-laundering operation,” time.” “The point is that neither the procura- claimed Mrs. Helbig, “I told him that I Rebuffed by procurator tors nor the court have made a demand wanted no part of illegal activities.” She that he produce the original,” explained added that she also had obtained evidence Mrs. Helbig has been rebuffed several Mr. Hnativ. “They look at the photo- that Mr. Popadiuk was embezzling times by Ukraine’s court system and the copies with the attached notary seals, and Auscoprut money. Procurator General’s Office in Kyiv in her take them to be authentic at face value. But when she approached her Austrian attempt to retain control of her business, They then reject the petitions with the colleagues to fire their general director, which includes two Roksolana Hotels in explanation that the allegations are they told her that without Mr. Popadiuk the Marijka Helbig Ivano-Frankivsk, one completed in 1993 groundless.” business would fail. She did not know at and the other a $5 million project still Ms. Helbig began her investment in the time that Mr. Popadiuk, as she now Office in Kyiv, which three weeks later under construction. Ukraine after she was contacted by repre- alleges, was shuffling money to the direc- remanded the case back to the Ivano- Ms. Helbig said in an interview with sentatives of the Austrian firm Auktions tors of Auktions und Handelgeselschaft, Frankivsk procurator’s office. A month The Weekly on January 12 that she is a vic- und Handelsgeselschaft Gmbh, who were and that the firm was not properly regis- later it was rejected a second time – this tim of cronyism and organized rackets. She looking for partners for a Ukrainian joint tered in Austria and undergoing bankruptcy time with the most unusual of reasons. explained that Mr. Popadiuk has political venture that would develop a travel proceedings there. According to the newspaper Vechirnii connections with highly placed government agency and a series of hotels in Ukraine. By late 1994 Ms. Helbig decided that Kyiv, the Ivano-Frankivsk procurator’s officials and Ukrainian national deputies, She contacted the Ivano-Frankivsk- she wanted out of the joint venture. She report stated that the accusations are base- and has used his influence to have her peti- based Agrofirm Prut, whose director she approached Gennadii Genschaft, the owner less because Mr. Popadiuk had told them tions to the local procurator’s office and the had known through her U.S. travel agency. of the Grand Hotel in Lviv, who she had that he was innocent of all charges. Procurator General’s Office in Kyiv reject- Ms. Helbig’s company specializes in tours heard was looking to buy more hotels in “Presented with all the facts as laid out ed on dubious grounds. to Ukraine. Ukraine, only to be told after a meeting in the complaint of Mrs. Helbig, Popadiuk The second rejection by the Procurator with Mr. Popadiuk and Mr. Lytvak that he explained that he did not falsify a single JV formed in 1991 General’s Office came days after a new was not interested in working with Mrs. document, nor did he forge any signa- head procurator had been appointed. In October 1991 the three sides signed Helbig. tures,” stated the report according to Coincidentally or not, he hails from Ivano- an agreement forming the joint venture “Mr. Genschaft told me that Mr. Vechirnii Kyiv. Frankivsk and is a friend of Mr. Popadiuk, Auscoprut, which was registered by Popadiuk’s documents showed him to be Mrs. Helbig then appealed for a sec- according to Mrs. Helbig. Ukrainian authorities in November. the owner. They told him that I was not a ond time to the Procurator General’s She charges that Procurator General Three months later, in January 1992, the partner because I had made no investment Office, which this time took a different Oleh Lytvak, who has since been replaced, Ukrainian partner, Agrofirm Prut, withdrew in the company,” said Mrs. Helbig. view of the matter. After meeting with She knew she needed hard evidence the Scope Travel owner on August 1, it before she could begin any legal action, so decided to withdraw the oblast procura- in 1995 she hired Ukraine’s largest law tor’s decision and open a criminal inves- firm, the Kyiv-based Ukrinjurkolegia, to tigation. New consul general hosts community leaders investigate the matter. The law firm The procurator general’s report called obtained copies of the documents that Mrs. the conclusions of the Ivano-Frankivsk Helbig alleges Mr. Popadiuk forged. office “premature” and stated that “it is The Kyiv law firm, along with Lviv- necessary to do a signature analysis and based lawyers, also investigated what hap- several other investigative actions.” pened to the $900,000 that she and her It was at this juncture that Mrs. Helbig U.S.-based investors had sunk into thought she had finally received a long- Auscoprut, because Mr. Popadiuk had awaited break. However, within weeks Mr. denied her access to the firm’s financial Lytvak was appointed acting procurator accounts. general of Ukraine, and on September 8, 1997, the Helbig case was again remanded Legal actions initiated to Ivano-Frankivsk. The official decision was based on a request by the Ivano- With evidence in hand, Mrs. Helbig ini- Frankivsk procurator to return the case tiated a civil action on April 18, 1997, because it had done all the previous inves- against Mr. Popadiuk, asking the Ivano- tigative work. Frankivsk municipal court to rule that the In November, while Mrs. Helbig wait- agreement presented by Mr. Popadiuk was ed for what she knew would not be a invalid. finding in her favor by local procurator’s Almost simultaneously a petition was investigation, her attorney, Mr. Hnativ, filed with the Procurator General’s Office was badly beaten in his Lviv office. As requesting that it begin a criminal investi- he explained it, three young men entered gation against Mr. Popadiuk on charges of his office late in the day and proceeded forgery. That petition never made it to the to pummel him. Nothing was taken. The required office. To this day no one can say office was not ransacked. Mr. Hnativ what happened to it – whether it was mis- ended up with a broken jaw and a placed, trashed or stolen. lengthy hospital stay. Yaroslav Kulynych Meanwhile, Mrs. Helbig filed a second On Christmas Day 1997 the local procu- Yuriy Bohaievskiy, Ukraine’s new consul general in New York, and his wife, Olha, petition with the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast rator handed down the predictable finding: took advantage of the occasion provided by the New Year (according to the Julian procurator, which coincidentally or not, there was insufficient evidence to proceed calendar) to host a reception on January 12 for leading members of the Ukrainian also turned up missing. with the charges. She also wrote letters to the Ukrainian community. The purpose of the consul general’s reception was to touch base with To this day the incorporating documents ambassador to the United States, to the of Auscoprut that show Mr. Popadiuk to be leading activists and to introduce the staff at Ukraine’s Consulate General in New Ukrainian Consulate General in Chicago York. Mr. Bohaievskiy conveyed best wishes for the coming year, and expressed a founding owner have not been analyzed and to Ukrainian government officials in to determine their authenticity, nor have the his hope that Ukrainians in Ukraine and throughout the world will work together for Kyiv, including the director of the organ- the good of Ukraine. As well, he underlined that the doors of Ukraine’s Consulate signatures been scrutinized by handwriting ized crime committee, detailing her situa- experts. General in New York will always be open to all Ukrainians and that he and his staff tion and asking for help. will strive to assist compatriots with any problems they may face. Above, as they While Mrs. Helbig was experiencing Little was forthcoming. On June 2, only frustration in trying to make headway share a toast for the New Year, Consul General Bohaievskiy is flanked by Askold 1997, the Ivano-Frankivsk procurator with Ukrainian law enforcement officials, Lozynskyj (right), president of both the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America rejected Mrs. Helbig’s criminal petition Mr. Popadiuk filed documents with the and the Ukrainian World Congress, and Andrew Lastowecky, vice-president/mem- without explanation. Mrs. Helbig then filed bership director (East) of the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council. an appeal with the Procurator General’s (Continued on page 17) No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1999 5

sorry, but we can’t formally apologize for Prime Minister Chrétien... everything,” said Mr. Chrétien. (Continued from page 1) He also lauded the more than 1-mil- Sergio Marchi and Ukraine’s Minister of lion-strong Ukrainian Canadian commu- Foreign Affairs Borys Tarasyuk signed the nity for its major contributions to the memorandum of understanding that calls building of the Canadian nation. He rec- for Ukraine and Canada to work together ognized the many Ukrainian Canadians to destroy the anti-personnel mines still in who have served in Parliament, two of Ukraine’s stockpiles, in return for whom, Walt Lastewka and Lou Sekora, Ukraine’s eventual signature on the were with Mr. Chrétien during his visit, as Ottawa land mine ban. well as the numerous judges and provin- The 1994 Ottawa convention, which cial governors of Ukrainian origin, and calls for the banning of anti-personnel two governor generals, the latest of land mines and the destruction of stock- which, Ray Hnatyshyn, recently complet- piles, has been signed by nearly 130 coun- ed his term of service. tries. Ukraine, along with Russia and the At an evening reception at the United States, has been a major hold-out Canadian Embassy for businessmen from because it says it cannot afford the cost of both countries, Minister Marchi continued eliminating the 7 million devices believed the theme when he dedicated a room at to be in its military arsenal. Canada will the Embassy in honor of a longtime now help finance that effort. Canadian foreign diplomat of Ukrainian Business, as well as politics, was at the origin, Roman Lishchynsky, who died in center of the flurry of activity that sur- Ukraine in an automobile accident in rounded the Chrétien visit. As part of early 1998. The late foreign service offi- what was dubbed the “Business Mission cer worked in the Canadian Embassy in to Ukraine,” Canadian businessmen Kyiv for six years. “He not only believed signed 18 agreements with Ukrainian in the Canadian-Ukrainian partnership, partners to start up projects with a total but his work came to epitomize the emo- value of $163 million (Canadian). A press tion of that partnership,” said Mr. Marchi. spokesman for the Canadian delegation Mr. Chrétien and his entourage, which explained that the monetary value arrived in Ukraine after a visit to Poland includes only the Canadian content in the and Auschwitz, site of a Nazi concentra- agreements. The deals, which include five tion camp, traveled to Switzerland after contracts, six memoranda of understand- their Kyiv stay for the annual World ing and seven letters of intent, cover the Economic Forum in Davos. agricultural, energy, construction and Interfax-Ukraine reported on January manufacturing business sectors. 28 that Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski and President Kuchma, who In the first nine months of 1998 trade Efrem Lukatsky between Ukraine and Canada grew by 18 will also attend the forum, would meet percent over the previous period, mostly again with the Canadian prime minister in Aline Chrétien, wife of the Canadian prime minister, lays a wreath at the monument in the area of Ukrainian exports, which Davos for tripartite discussions on mutual to the 1932-1933 Ukraine Famine victims in front of St. Michael's Golden-Domed more than doubled during that time. matters and projects. Sobor on January 27. Ukraine exports steel and metal, locomo- tive and railroad parts, clothing and gener- “do so, as they freely admit, because they recalling the sufferings and losses of all of al machinery to Canada, while it imports Advance coverage... haven’t got serious evidence of the sort the nations victimized by Nazi tyranny.” textile machinery, machine parts, tele- required to successfully prosecute these The prime minister has already felt the phone components and agricultural (Continued from page 1) very old Canadians in criminal courts,” he sting of overlooking multicultural sensibili- machinery. tims of the Great Famine, which was erect- added. ties back home. Canadian businessmen have invested ed in 1994 to commemorate the millions of In another letter sent to the Globe, more than $47 million (U.S.) of a total of Ukrainians who died in the Soviet-engi- Polish Canadian leaders have chastised Volodymyr Halchuk, president of the $2.46 billion in foreign investment into neered artificial famine in 1932-1933. Mr. Chrétien for failing to include represen- Ukrainian Canadian Congress Council in Ukraine as of mid-1998. Though intended to be a preview to Mr. tatives from their 400,000-member com- Sudbury, Ontario, wrote: “Small groups of International Trade Minister Marchi Chrétien’s European visit, Mr. Sallot’s munity – including Nazi victims – in his zealots in each community have aggravated said that although Canada would contin- January 22 story has been criticized as visit to Auschwitz, where he was accompa- the relationships between Jews and ue to invest in Ukraine, Kyiv needs to being more of an editorial. The Ukrainian nied by a Jewish death camp survivor from continue reforms. “The number and Canadian Civil Liberties Association took Ukrainians since before the turn of the first Toronto and members of the Canadian value of the agreements signed today exception to the journalist’s references to millennium” and “focusing on the ‘ten- Jewish community. According to the Prime send a strong message that Canada and Canada’s controversial approach in han- sions’ is irresponsible.” Mr. Halchuk told Minister’s Office, the Polish Canadian Ukraine can do business,” said Mr. dling suspected war criminals. The Weekly that Mr. Sallot only “added to Congress declined an invitation to meet Marchi. “It is only through a determined “Tensions between the Jewish and the misunderstandings rather than the with trade officials in Poland. path of political and economic reform, Ukrainian communities date back to the understandings between the two communi- And, while the UCCLA welcomed Mr. however, that Ukraine can realize its full persecution and murder of Jews in Ukraine ties.” Chrétien’s visit to Auschwitz, it also potential as an economic partner with during the war and the post-war influx of Meanwhile, UCCLA Chairman John expressed concern “about the lack of any Canada and other nations.” European refugees to Canada,” Mr. Sallot Gregorovich called on Prime Minister official representation from the Ukrainian At a meeting with some 300 students wrote. “There were a number of Ukrainian Chrétien to take advantage of his visit to Canadian community.” and faculty of the National University of war criminals, former soldiers and police the national Famine memorial in Kyiv to “Few appreciate that Ukraine lost more Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Prime Minister officers in Hitler’s service, who slipped into announce the development of a “Canadian of its people during the second world war Chrétien echoed Mr. Marchi’s remarks Canada in the refugee stream.” He added Museum of Genocides” in Ottawa. than any other nation in Nazi-occupied and urged the Ukrainian government to that while Jewish groups “urge the prosecu- “A genocide museum would be inclu- Europe,” said Mr. Gregorovich. He added make Ukraine a business-friendly country. tion of suspected war criminals, many in sive, recalling not only the horrors that that one of the association’s members, “Without a strong sense of entrepreneur- the Ukrainian community see this as the befell many Europeans during the Nazi death camp survivor Stefan Petelycky, ship, a country cannot prosper,” said the needless hounding of a small handful of Holocaust but also the other genocides suf- “offered to pay his own way to attend the prime minister. very old men.” fered by many different nations in Europe, commemorative service” but the PMO He exhorted Ukraine to work to mini- In a letter sent to The Globe and Mail, a Asia, Africa and Latin America in the 20th “never took him up on that offer.” mize graft, corruption and to make laws to copy of which this publication received, a century,” said Mr. Gregorovich, who is also Mr. Chrétien’s visit to Ukraine, which protect investors and their investments. spokesperson for the UCCLA accused Mr. heading up a multi-ethnic group called was slated to include meetings with “There is such a thing as the security of Sallot of repeating the “canard” about Canadians for a Genocide Museum, in a President Leonid Kuchma and Prime investment,” explained Mr. Chrétien. Ukrainian war criminals entering Canada. January 23 statement. Minister Valerii Pustovoitenko, was meant “You have to be sure that you will not UCCLA Special Projects Director Borys Making such an announcement in Kyiv, to highlight other issues however. lose your investment because there is no Sydoruk also took exception to the instead of Auschwitz, however, could “In terms of the objectives with respect protection by the law.” reporter’s take on the Ukrainian Canadian indeed prove to become a political misstep to Ukraine, the key is promoting the politi- Commenting on a student’s question on community’s view of dealing with suspect- for the Canadian government considering cal economic reform agenda,” said Jim how Ukraine can develop strong demo- ed war criminals. that Canadian Jewish groups have lobbied Wright, director-general of the Central, cratic traditions, Mr. Chrétien said, “It is “That statement is what we call a red for a Holocaust memorial. And the UCCLA East and South Europe Bureau of the the responsibility of every citizen to be herring,” wrote Mr. Sydoruk. “The organ- seemed to recognize that, issuing another Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs preoccupied with the political process.” ized Ukrainian Canadian community’s statement. It stated that “... we are certain and International Trade. “Ukraine, of The prime minister also addressed a position remains that all war criminals that the prime minister is very much aware course, is key to a stable Central and remark by a student on the need for the found in Canada, regardless of their ethnic, of the fact that millions of non-Jews per- Eastern Europe, and Canada has been a Chrétien government to apologize to religious or racial origin, or the period or ished during the Holocaust. We believe that very strong backer of an independent Canadian Ukrainians for the incarceration place where a crime against humanity or his tour of the infamous Auschwitz camp Ukraine.” of some of its community in internment war crime was committed, should be will remind him of that fact and ensure that, He said the prime minister’s visit was camps during World War I by stating that brought to trial in Canada under Canadian if and when the issue of a Genocide meant to “reinforce Canada’s strategic part- he does not believe a government must criminal law.” Museum or Holocaust Museum in Ottawa nership with Ukraine and our commitment apologize for every mistake it or its prede- Those who oppose such a position and is raised again, he will ensure that any such cessors have made in history. “Yes, I am support denaturalization and deportation federally funded museum is inclusive, (Continued on page 20) 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1999 No. 5 UNWLA coordinates actions to help Zakarpattia flood victims NEW YORK – The Ukrainian National Women’s League of America’s Social Welfare Committee, chaired by Lidia Czernyk, sprang into action as soon as the news of severe flooding in Carpathian Ukraine reached the United States on November 5, 1998. Contact was made immediately with Atena Pashko, president of Soyuz Ukrainok (Associated of Ukrainian Women) in Ukraine, and with Dr. Oksana Hanych, president of the Soyuz Ukrainok branch in Uzhhorod. Upon learning of the dire need for medicine for the flood victims, $5,000 from the UNWLA Welfare Fund was sent on November 7, 1998. In letters sent to the UNWLA membership, an appeal was made for collecting children’s clothing and household items for shipment to Uzhhorod through Meest Inc. The first container was scheduled to arrive in Uzhhorod on January 11, with a second one to follow shortly. The UNWLA expressed thanks to the consul general of Ukraine in New York, Yuriy Bohaievskiy, for assistance with arranging the shipments. UNWLA New York Regional Social Welfare Chair Oksana Lopatynsky, UNWLA (National) Social Welfare Chair Lidia The UNWLA headquarters also Czernyk and UNWLA Social Welfare Treasurer Anna Rak with some of the aid packages that were sent to Zakarpattia. thanked all its regional councils, branches and members and all those who support- rifying: mud slides, lost villages and appeal for tax-deductible donations to Welfare Chair. ed the UNWLA’s appeal, in particular the evacuation of people from affected help the flood victims in Transcarpathian The Ukrainian National Women’s Self Reliance Federal Credit Union of regions. The full damage will not be Ukraine. League of America Inc. is a non-profit New York City for its immediate dona- known until the spring, when all the snow Tax-deductible contributions may be tax-exempt organization under IRS tion of $5,000 to pay for the shipment of has melted. The UNWLA headquarters sent to: UNWLA Inc. Welfare Fund, 108 Code Section 501(c)(3) - GIN 1874. the first container. emphasized that relief efforts must be Second Ave., New York, NY 10003; (The UNWLA’s e-mail address is: The latest news from Uzhhorod is hor- continued, and its committees continue to Att’n: Lidia Czernyk, UNWLA Social [email protected].) Two donations from Kindrachuks continue their support of CIUS The Washington Group seeks EDMONTON – The Canadian Memorial Endowment Fund in early candidatesWASHINGTON – The Washington for Embassyto TWG no later thaninterns April 21, 1999. Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) 1998. The most recent donations from Group, in cooperation with the Embassy The Washington Group Fellowship recently received two donations totaling Mrs. Kindrachuk and her late husband of Ukraine, is seeking candidates to par- Committee will provide the successful $65,500 from Pauline Kindrachuk and are earmarked for this fund, income from ticipate in a two-month summer intern- candidate with a stipend of $1,500. the estate of her late husband, Peter, which finances fellowships for scholars ship at the Embassy. Application materials should be bringing the family’s total gift to CIUS to and professionals from Ukraine to study The purpose of the project, which is addressed to: The Washington Group $100,000 since June 1990. and conduct research in Canada. being conducted under the auspices of Fellowship Committee, Ukrainian Pauline Kindrachuk and the late Peter Among the many other organizations the TWG Fellowship Committee, is to Embassy Internship Project, P.O. Box Kindrachuk have a long record of and institutions the Kindrachuks have provide the Ukrainian Embassy with an 11248, Washington, D.C. 20008 Ukrainian community work in Canada. supported financially are the Canadian intern who could serve as a research For more information call Adrian They have also donated generously to Foundation for Ukrainian Studies, the assistant to the Embassy staff. In turn, Karmazyn, (301) 460-9755, or Orest many religious, educational, community Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras the intern would gain valuable experi- Deychakiwsky, (301) 937-0492 and other causes associated with Ukraine Shevchenko, the Ukrainian Free ence in learning how a foreign embassy (evenings). For more information about and Ukrainians in Canada. University in Munich, St. Andrew’s in Washington works and how the The Washington Group, visit Together with the late John Kolasky College, the Ukrainian Canadian embassy interacts with various individu- http://www.TheWashingtonGroup.org/ and William and Justine Fedeyko, Peter Research and Documentation Center in als and institutions in the U.S. capital. The Fellowship Fund relies on contri- and Pauline Kindrachuk co-founded the Toronto and the Ukrainian World TWG has previously funded three butions from individual donors. Tax-free Ukraine Exchange Fellowship Congress. They also contributed toward internships at the Embassy of Ukraine. contributions to the fund may be sent to Endowment Fund at CIUS in 1990, the purchase of the building that houses Helena Zyblikewycz, a student at the above address. Checks should be which was renamed the John Kolasky Ukraine’s Embassy in Canada. Georgetown University, served as a sum- made out to The Washington Group. mer intern in 1996. Alexandra Richardson, a student at Marquette University, worked in the Ukrainian Embassy in 1997. Most recently, Taras Copies of The Ukrainian Seryy, a student at John Carroll University in Cleveland, completed the two-month Weekly’s annual special issue internship in the summer of 1998. Candidates for the 1999 internship covering the major events and should: 1) have completed at least two noteworthy people of the year years of undergraduate studies; 2) be profi- cient in English and Ukrainian (an excellent are still available. command of English) is especially impor- tant; 3) possess excellent oral and written communication skills; 4) be able to demon- The issue, “1998: The Year in strate excellent computer skills, including the Internet; 5) anticipate assisting the Review” – at 44 pages the embassy with whatever issues and needs largest Weekly ever printed – should arise, including general office work; 6) submit a one-page essay explaining their may be purchased for $2 per interest in the internship, when they would copy (postage included) be available to participate in the project, and how their work, educational and per- by sending a check to: sonal experience would help meet the goals of the project; 7) submit copies of academic The Ukrainian Weekly, transcripts and one letter of recommenda- 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, tion, and provide two references To be considered for this internship, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Pauline and Peter Kindrachuk candidates must submit this information No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1999 7 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM Northern New Jersey District Committee hosts “Yalynka” Young UNA’ers

Volodymyr Skyba, who turns 1 on February 4, is the son of Andrij and Lilia Skyba of Harwood Heights, Ill. He was enrolled into UNA Branch 399 by his parents. His father is a UNA advisor.

Children – both performers and guests – at the Northern New Jersey District Committee’s first “Yalynka.” by Roma Hadzewycz delight of all the adults present. committee members included: Mr. Also addressing the audience was UNA Oscislawski, Andre Worobec, Daria PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Northern President Ulana Diachuk, who thanked the Semegen, Stephan Welhasch, Maria New Jersey District Committee of the young performers and the organizers of the Haluszczak and Roma Hadzewycz. Ukrainian National Association sponsored event, the Northern New Jersey District Among other guests whose presence at its first “Yalynka” (a Christmastime holi- Committee of the UNA. the event was acknowledged were: UNA day gathering) for area children on The organizing committee for the event Advisors Worobec and Oscislawski, and Saturday, January 16, here at UNA was chaired by Ms. Trytjak, while Maria Honorary Member of the General Corporate Headquarters. The event was Oscislawski acted as coordinator. Other Assembly Walter Sochan. deemed a success by organizers and par- ticipants alike, and, in all likelihood will now become an annual tradition here in Northern New Jersey as a special treat for children. Nearly 60 children, students of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School of Newark, N.J., and the Lesia Ukrainka School of Ukrainian Studies of Morris County, as well as other local youngsters attended the event along with their parents, siblings and grandparents. The program Sophia Larysa Hayda, daughter of featured caroling by students of St. John’s, Marko and Roksana Hayda, is a new led by their choir director, Mykhailo member of UNA Branch 59 in Stashchyshyn, refreshments and sweets, Bridgeport, Conn. She was enrolled by and holiday “goody bags” that included her grandparents Roma and Ihor UNA T-shirts for all the children in atten- Hayda. dance. The program was opened by Eugene Oscislawski, chairman of the Northern New Jersey District Committee, who welcomed all performers and guests, including Sister Chrysostom, principal of Some of the carolers from Morris County’s School of Ukrainian Studies. St. John’s School, Sister Bernarda and the Rev. Leonid Malkov of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Newark. He then turned the program over to mistress of ceremonies Oksana Trytjak. Students of St. John’s School presented a concert of Christmas carols, some of them performed to the accompaniment of “sopilky,” and a brief poetry recitation. A surprise presentation was prepared by a group of children from the Morris County “Ridna Shkola” under the direc- tion of their singing instuctor, Oksana Telepko. The students, ranging from sec- ond- to ninth-graders, sang carols and delivered traditional Christmas and New Ariana Ksenia Shevchuk, daughter of Year’s greetings, or “vinshuvannia.” Walter Shevchuk and Sophia Bilinsky, At the conclusion of the program, Ms. is a new member of UNA Branch 287 Trytjak asked all children to come up to in Jersey City, N.J. She was enrolled the microphone and introduce themselves by her grandparents Maria and Ilia to the audience – a request that all the Roma Hadzewycz Shevchuk. youngsters very obviously enjoyed to the A group of children from St. John’s School as they appeared at the special event. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1999 No. 5

NEWS AND VIEWS THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY The Globe and Mail’s clumsy dance of divisiveness Ukrainian American organizations With all the grace of a rampaging rhinoceros, The Globe and Mail’s editors and its meet with officials at Polish Consulate parliamentary correspondent, Jeff Sallot, put a divisive sheen on the diplomatic tasks facing Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on his trip to Ukraine and Poland. The by Bozhena Olshaniwsky Washington. He also highlighted the ongo- ing military cooperation and peacekeeping Toronto-based daily’s January 22 edition carried an item titled “PM must dance care- NEW YORK – Representatives of sev- fully in Europe,” subtitled “Itinerary in Ukraine and Auschwitz designed to defer to support within the framework of NATO: eral Ukrainian American non-governmen- an American-Ukrainian-Polish battalion ethnic sensibilities,” and illustrated with a photo of the Mr. Chrétien captioned: “Prime tal organizations met with representatives minister heads today for a region of Europe rife with possibilities for missteps.” will be sent to the Balkans. of the Polish government at the Consulate Mr. Kikta, who witnessed the desecra- In this case, the headline writer beat the PM to the punch It is nothing short of an of Poland here in October 1998. The pur- egregious insult to refer to decisions to commemorate victims of the Holocaust and tion of the St. John Ukrainian Catholic pose of the meeting, requested by the Cathedral in Peremyshl, noted that he has the Famine of 1932-1933 as “defer[ence] to ethnic sensibilities.” Ukrainian American organizations was to It got outrageously worse. photographs of walls of that church that discuss the matter of the possible deporta- are defaced with a depiction of a pre-war In the article’s first column, Mr. Sallot wrote: “In Kiev [sic], [Mr. Chrétien] will lay tion from Poland of married priests of the a wreath at a new memorial to victims of what Ukrainians call their own genocide, the map of Poland in the form of an eagle that Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, in is choking an upside-down trident on one Soviet-engineered famine during the winter [sic] of 1932-1933.” Since one can only compliance with a directive from the speculate about what Mr. Sallot meant, perhaps he should be asked the following: 1) side and a swastika on the other, as well as Vatican to Roman Catholic hierarchs in grafitti that states: “For the innocent peo- Did he mean that because the erstwhile Soviet regime and its apologists denied the Poland. famine was genocidal (engineered purely for “class purposes,” one assumes) that the ple of the Republic of Poland who were Present at the meeting were Yakov bestially murdered by the UPA [Ukrainian jury is still out? 2) Did he mean that Ukrainians “call it their own genocide” because Wolsky, political counselor to Poland’s they’re locked into a grotesque game of one-upmanship with Jews? 3) Did he mean Insurgent Army] bandits on the eastern ambassador in Washington; Richard borderlands of Poland in 1942-1946.” He that Ukrainians “call it their own genocide” because genocide seems to be a macabre Klemm, Poland’s consul general in New determinant of minority “ethnic” status for “others” such as Jews, the Irish, asked if the government of Poland could York; Walter Bodnar of the Ukrainian intervene with the Polish Roman Catholic Armenians, Cambodians, Kurds, Bosnians, Rwandans, etc., etc.? National Center: History and Information Perhaps it needs to be spelled out for the correspondent, and The Globe and Mail: Church and their prejudicial and inflam- Network (UNCHAIN); Walter Kikta of the matory behavior toward Ukrainians in genocides don’t belong to the people on whom they were inflicted. They are history’s Lemko Research Foundation; Bozhena burden of responsibility placed on humanity’s shoulders, which asks: Why wasn’t it Poland. Mr. Wolsky responded that the Olshaniwsky of Americans for Human Polish government does not want to inter- stopped? What have you done to ensure that it never happens again? Rights in Ukraine (AHRU); and Lev Mr. Sallot chose to ignore the record of cooperation between the Ukrainian fere in Catholic Church affairs and sug- Kolensky, a member of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) and the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) on Canadian gested that complaints be made to the American delegation. unity issues. To be sure, the reporter allowed the country’s Ukrainians and Jews one, Vatican. Mr. Wolsky thanked the representatives soured, note of agreement. In an odd choice of words, he averred that “both [Jewish Mr. Kolensky noted that demands about of AHRU and UNCHAIN for their letters and Ukrainian] communities ... are equally delighted that [Mr. Chrétien] will solemnly married priests should be reviewed in the to the government of Poland and the commemorate heart-breaking tragedies in their history.” The rest of Mr. Sallot’s article context of the Poland-Vatican concordat Roman Catholic Church in Poland seems to have been written in the key of “divide and cackle.” that specifically outlines all the points and expressing concern about the deportation “Perhaps it’s only coincidental,” The Globe report reads, “but [the PM’s] itinerary responsibilities of the agreement. of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic priests. He has been arranged in such a way as to keep the representatives of the two groups large- When asked if there is a law in Poland stated that the subject was of grave con- ly apart.” Readers are regaled with ill-conceived descriptions of “the tensions between that prohibits fomenting of interreligious cern to the Polish government, which is the Jewish and Ukrainian communities” over the war crimes issue. Although the or interethnic hatred between groups, the striving to improve relations between Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) has consistently expressed its support for the Polish representations replied that no such Poland and Ukraine. prosecution of war criminals, Mr. Sallot chose to write that “many in the Ukrainian law exists in Poland, but that there is free- Mr. Wolsky stated that the government community see this as the needless hounding of a small handful of very old men.” Mr. dom of speech in the written and printed of Poland does not wish to get involved in Sallot also slips into group libel, reviving the category of “Ukrainian war criminals,” word. any Church imbroglios and that the of whom he asserts “a number ... slipped into Canada in the refugee stream.” Mr. Wolsky made the appeal that coop- Catholic Church has complete autonomy The article’s insidious carelessness (one can only hope) also suggests that the tribe eration between Ukraine and Poland and from the Polish state. The Polish govern- at The Globe should take another hard look at the concept so frequently disparaged on their diasporas be furthered in the U.S. on ment will not deport Ukrainian Catholic the newspaper’s pages — multiculturalism. Multiculturalism seeks to harmonize the a variety of levels: cultural, political, his- priests under any circumstances as the mat- civic playing field, in part by urging people to restrain themselves from applying tags torical, social. He suggested that a begin- ter stands now, and ultimately the approval such as “ethnic” to members of society not part of the dominant group. Sheila ning could be small projects with attain- Finestone, a parliamentarian accompanying Mr. Chrétien to Poland, in part to attend for deportation lies with the government. able goals and then progress to more chal- ceremonies at the site of the Auschwitz extermination camp, was identified as “a Approximately a dozen married priests lenging ones. He mentioned the Batory prominent figure in the Montreal Jewish community.” Had Mr. Sallot also noted that came from Ukraine to help temporarily Foundation project “Know-How” which Ms. Finestone once served as secretary of state for multiculturalism, perhaps he would alleviate the shortage of Ukrainian Greek- has $20 million for such development. have trammelled his urge to spice up a news story with “ethnic conflict.” Catholic priests in Poland. Of the Mr. Wolsky cited Dr. Zbigniew Mr. Chrétien has recently proven to be prone to gaffes (he made “pepper spray” a Ukrainian Greek-Catholic priests in Poland Brzezinski as performing monumental household word in the aftermath of the Asia-Pacific summit in Vancouver and was who are Polish citizens, only 10 percent are work. It was Dr. Brzezinski who organized criticized for statements at the outset of the recent provincial elections in Québec). It married. Cardinal Kowalczyk, the papal a U.S. European Polish Action Commission seems the folks at the Globe were so keen to make the East European dance floor slip- nuncio in Poland, has not appealed to the that will serve as a forum for commercial pery for him they decided to use any means necessary. In the item’s third paragraph, Polish government to intervene in this mat- activities and the monitoring of Poland in Mr. Sallot wrote “Mr. Chrétien will not only have to be mindful of the sensitivities of ter. To emphasize the cooperative nature of NATO. Volodymyr Horbulin, secretary of these two [Jewish and Ukrainian] pieces in the Canadian mosaic, but also of the enmi- relations between Ukraine, Poland and the Ukraine’s National Security and Defense ties between the groups.” U.S., Mr. Wolsky outlined several success- Council, will serve as an observer in this The reporter should have followed his own advice before riding roughshod over the ful bilateral and trilateral agreements and commission. Mr. Wolsky noted that a simi- sensitivities he mentions. In the meantime, the CJC and the UCC should issue a joint treaties between the countries. lar commission should be formed by condemnation of The Globe and Mail’s irresponsible journalism. He noted that a summit is planned for Ukraine. He also mentioned that Dr. Presidents Leonid Kuchma, Kwasniewski Brzezinski was recently honored as an and Bill Clinton in April 1999 in “Honorary Citizen of Lviv.”

When the Soviets took power in 1920 he became deputy head of the Ethnographic February Section at the Ukrainian Academy of Arts Science (VUAN), founded VUAN’s Cabinet of Turning the pages back... Musical Ethnography in 1922 and served as the latter’s director until 1933. In 1924, he established a pioneering program for studying the way of life of Ukraine’s professional folk 4 bards and musicians. In the “Ukrainization” period prior to 1930 he published an important collection of 743 1880 Without a doubt, far more people have heard of Klyment Ukrainian folk melodies – 685 of which he collected and transcribed himself – and over 40 Kvitka’s spouse, writer Lesia Ukrainka, than have heard of him. ethnomusicological studies. He also annotated the seven-volume edition of his wife’s works Born on February 4, 1880, in Khmeliv, about 40 miles south of that was published in 1923-1924. Konotop (then in the Poltava gubernia), Kvitka studied law at In 1933, as Stalin’s terror raged in Ukraine, Kvitka managed to elude the dire fate that Kyiv University in 1897-1902, practicing in Tiflis (the Georgian capital), Kyiv and else- met many of his compatriots, but was first forced to move to Moscow and then was exiled where in Ukraine. In 1906, through a printing house in the Russian imperial capital, he pub- to Karaganda and Alma-Ata (today’s Almaty) in Kazakstan. In 1936 he was permitted to lished a two-volume study on electoral rights. He married Larysa Kosach (known as Lesia return to Moscow. In 1937 he founded the Cabinet for the Study of Musical Creativity at Ukrainka, her nom de plume) the following year. the Moscow Conservatory (also serving as its director). In 1940 he became a member of the Among the many members of the intelligentsia of the turn of the century who busied conservatory’s Chair of Musical Folklore, but his work was severely curtailed. themselves with ethnography, Kvitka collected, transcribed and published countless songs Kvitka managed to outlive Stalin, dying in Moscow on September 19, 1953. He left and music during the course of his travels around Ukraine. In fact, he founded the sociolog- behind an archive of almost 6,000 transcribed folk songs and 74 scholarly works. Some are ical approach in the study of Ukrainian music. housed in Moscow, at the cabinet he founded, the rest at the Institute of Fine Art, Folklore In September 1917, he became a member of the Music Division of the Arts and Ethnography in Kyiv. Administration that functioned under the aegis of the Ukrainian National Republic’s Secretariat of Education. The following year he was appointed professor at the Lysenko Source: “Kvitka, Klyment,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Vol. 2 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, Music and Drama Institute in Kyiv. 1993). No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1999 9 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR BOOK NOTE: Crisis and reform like a leader rather than dictator. Disappointed in advice Unfortunately we all know the results of in Ukrainian Church history previous elections in Ukraine when so- Crisis and Reform: The Kyivan Metropolitanate, The Patriarchate of of columnist Kuropas called leaders with autocratic traits did Constantinople, and the Genesis of the Union of Brest by Borys A. Gudziak; not manage to pull the minimum of Dear Editor: Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies. 516 pp., 25 illus. and maps (4 in color), ISBN- required votes to be elected. Disunity in 0916458-74-1. Hardcover. $34.95. I was very disappointed after reading Ukraine resulted in communist gains. Myron Kuropas’ article in The Ukrainian Dr. Kuropas, your unsolicited advice CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – “Crisis and psychological portraits of leading protago- Weekly, dated December 13, 1998, titled does not go along with a truly democratic Reform” explains and reevaluates one of nists, illustrations of Church figures, “Time to cut bait” criticizing the process. I think that possibly because the the most controversial events in Slavic polemicists, and sites important to the Ukrainian American Coordinating UACC is less vocal and does not claim to church history, the Union of Brest (1596), Union and guide maps, Crisis and Reform Council (UACC) and calling for it’s dis- be representative of the entire community, through which the majority of the will be of interest to specialists in East solution. Since Dr. Kuropas has been the as does, without justification other Ruthenian hiearchy recognized the European cultural and religious history and UACC’s first vice president it seems that umbrella organization, the UACC is not supremacy of the pope in Rome while to all interested in understanding the reli- he suddenly “switched horses.” In his more moribund than the UCCA, the retaining its Slavonic-Byzantine liturgical gious landscape of Eastern Europe today. article he enumerates several details UUARC, the UWC under present leader- tradition and ethos. Dr. Gudziak analyzes Available from: Harvard University Press, about the division of the Ukrainian ship, as well as other organizations. Dr. the movement of spiritual and cultural 79 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138; tel., Congress Committee of America Kuropas, it is not easy for me to respond reform in the Kyivan Metropolitanate in 1-800-448-2242; fax, 1-800-962-4983. (UCCA) at the 13th convention of the to your “unsolicited suggestions” and light of its traditional relationship with the Borys Gudziak received his Ph.D in UCCA, but conceals the fact that divi- attempts to be a “grave digger” of a fine Great Church in Constantinople and in the Slavic and Byzantine Cultural and sion has been carefully planned in truly democratic umbrella organization. face of the vibrant challenges presented by Ecclesiastical History at Harvard University advance by the political party, which is I am surprised that you, as a person the Protestant Reformation and Catholic in 1992. He is the vice-rector of the Lviv currently at the helm of the UCCA, with- raised in truly democratic, free society Reform movements flourishing in the Theological Academy and director of its out regard for unity or democracy. does not see the fact that the vast majority Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and in Institute of Church History. He recently has Lack of equal and democratic repre- of the younger generation, younger than the broader European context. He demon- edited six volumes of conference proceed- sentation was the only reason for the you and I, with few exceptions, stay away strates how the dilemmas within Ruthenian ings on the Union of Brest and is the co-edi- division of Ukrainian community in the from older generations “politics.” They society, coupled with the consequences of tor of Kovcheh, a journal of Church history. United States. It caused 27 Ukrainian can more likely help more by joining and the journey to Russia of Patriarch Jeremiah American organizations to walk out of supporting such organizations like of Constantinople (1588-89) – during the 13th convention of the UCCA, and Americans for Democracy in Ukraine; the which he was forced to create the form alternative representation that even- U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Ukraine 2000, Patriarchate of Moscow and then instituted tually became Ukrainian American or try to go enter American political life far-reaching reforms in the Kyivan metro- Coordinating Council. by running for different offices. It is very politanate – led to the initiative of the Yes, Dr. Kuropas, the division of important that they preserve their ethnic Ruthenian hierarchy to move away from the Ukrainian community in the U.S. was identity by attending Ukrainian schools jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of caused by the people who put their own and be members of Ukrainian Catholic or Constantinople. The book provides an ego and the interests of their political Orthodox Churches. They are our future, excellent overview of ecclesiastical struc- party ahead of unity and good for and we should support their endeavors tures in Eastern Slavic lands from their Ukraine. Unfortunately this trend contin- rather that poison their minds with petty Christianization to the late sixteenth century ues as far as unification of our representa- boring politics. and surveys interconfessional relations in tion in the U.S. Our community does not Let us set an example that the united Poland and Lithuania before and during the wish to be under orders and rules of one efforts of all of us can be the best thing age of Reforms. It also presents an original political party. Its disadvantages have that Ukraine can expect from us. and nuanced analysis of the relationship of been proven by the present leadership of Zenon Wasylkevych the Slavic East with the Greek Orthodox the UCCA, by the events that happened Warren, Mich. world after the fall of Byzantium to the with United Ukrainian American Relief Ottomans (1453). Finally, the volume Committee and others, and most likely investigates how faith, culture, and politics may happen under the presently elected Congratulations were intertwined in the decisions that faced slate at the Ukrainian World Congress. the lay and clerical leadership in Ukraine I hope, that you know by now that and Belarus’ in the period before the Union. neither the UCCA or UACC represents on UWC coverage With its insight into early-modern mores, the entire Ukrainian community in the Dear Editor: U.S. In the meantime such beautiful organizations like the Ukrainian National I am writing to congratulate Andrij Women’s League of America, the Kudla Wynnyckyj on his excellent cov- Coordinating Council to Aid Ukraine, erage of the World Congress of ACTION ITEM the Children of Chornobyl Foundation Ukrainians in Toronto. The story was Last year’s foreign aid bill (for Fiscal Year 1999) included a provision of assistance to and many others are working quietly written with intelligence and wit, but, Ukraine that stipulates that one-half of U.S. foreign assistance would be withheld “until the without much fanfare for the good of most of all, with a probing honesty that secretary of state reports to the committees on appropriations that Ukraine has undertaken Ukraine, without intrusion of any politi- stands in sharp contrast to the increasing- significant economic reforms additional to those achieved in fiscal year 1998 and include: cal interests or dictatorship. ly Aesopian language to which the press 1) reform and effective enforcement of commercial and tax code; and 2) continued progress No, Dr. Kuropas, the UACC did not in Ukraine is forced to resort. Mr. on resolution of complaints by United States investors.” harm the Ukrainian National Association, Wynnyckyj captured the helter-skelter The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), the Ukrainian National the Ukrainian Fraternal Organization or atmosphere of the congress perfectly. As Association (UNA), the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council (UACC) and The any other organization. The Ukrainian a long-time reader of The Ukrainian Washington Group (TWG) request that the Ukrainian American community write, fax or Aid Association was not a member of the Weekly, I am convinced that the quality call their senators or representatives to express the importance of sustained U.S. foreign UACC, and went out of business. As a of the reporting and writing has never assistance to Ukraine for 1999. Failure to certify for Ukraine would have negative ramifi- person raised in a democratic society, you been better than it is today. cations for Ukraine’s present economic and political transition. A sample letter is attached for your reference. should be more objective and fair, and Olga Andriewsky pay less attention to vocal but empty Toronto * * * demagoguery. Please pay more attention The Honorable (name) to reality. United States Senate (or) House of Representatives As far as Askold Lozynskyj is con- Washington, D.C. 20510 (or) 20515 cerned, I agree with you that he is an Needed: participation aggressive, super vocal and ambitious by more readers Dear Senator (or) Representative (name): “young” man, but it takes more to I am concerned about the certification process for Ukraine, as stipulated in the FY 1999 become a true leader. A true leader does Dear Editor: Foreign Aid Act. As the Ukrainian government continues economic reforms, U.S. foreign not claim to represent all people, espe- I am a reader of your paper and I like assistance is vital to that process. Having established a strategic partnership with Ukraine, it cially when his governing body does not is important for the United States to demonstrate, through sustained foreign assistance, its represent equally all people. A true it. However, it could be better if more people participate in the creation of The support for the reform efforts in Ukraine and continued peace and stability within the leader should be more objective rather region. than egoistic, and be able to compromise Weekly. I mean, if more readers would express their thoughts through your Failure by the United States to grant certification for Ukraine would signal a weakening of for the benefit of the cause. U.S. strategic, political and economic interests in that country in light of growing evidence During Mr. Lozynskyj’s term of office paper. You have almost nothing about the within the region of a resurgence, or a reconstitution, of Russian imperialism. Certification is at the helm of the UCCA, he was not necessary for Ukraine as a vote for continued reform, democracy, and the rule of law and in able to come to reconciliation with the fourth wave of immigrants from Ukraine, and I would like to see more further encouraging Ukraine’s efforts to forge even closer relations with the West. UACC on a equal basis. A true leader I urgently request that you convey the importance of certification for Ukraine to should display more community ethics, articles about Ukrainians around the world. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright prior to February 18. Thank you for your atten- should not offend or threaten anybody or tion to this matter. an organization if they do not comply Y. Furtak Sincerely, with his wishes or orders, and act more Clifton, N.J. (your name) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1999 No. 5 Ostrih Academy students comment on their stay in Ontario A group of eight students from Ostrih senior), Oksana Ryzhuk (culturology sen- reserved, not as emotional as in During the winter season there were no Academy in Ukraine spent three months ior), Pavlo Mikula (economics senior), Ukrainian families. This was unexpected, performances, but we were busy mailing in Brockville, Ontario, on an exchange Andrii Yanushevsky (economics sopho- particularly for me, but after three information about the coming season and program organized by Canada World more), Anton Matiuk (culturology senior) months we realized that parents here love invitations to the coming performances. Youth, a non-profit organization support- and Ihor Naumets (economics senior). their children no less than our parents, We should do something like this in ed by the Canadian International they merely express this differently. Here Ukraine. Development Agency (CIDA). About Tell me something about Brockville, people are individualists. Even children ANDRII: I worked for VN 1,000 students from Canada and various where you spent the last three months. are more independent than in Ukraine: Instruments and learned a lot of valuable countries around the globe participate they have their own activities, interests IHOR: It’s a small, peaceful town with things. I was a member of a small team, annually in this program whose purpose and even income. is to promote inter-cultural understand- a population of 21,000 about 335 kilome- only three people – like a small family, ing by immersing young people in ways ters east of Toronto, on the St. Lawrence Y es, here students often work dur- tightly knit. Each of us felt responsible of life that differ from their own. River. It has several high schools and St. ing summer to pay for their education for the firm. I learned to work as a team, Small groups of foreign students are Lawrence College, several companies or other expenses. How do students in accept responsibility and realize my assigned to communities throughout like Proctor and Gamble, and Black and Ukraine pay for their studies? potential. Of course, I also learned to Canada, where they live with host fami- Decker. The area is picturesque and has a work on a computer, to measure physical lies and work with Canadian students – well-developed tourist industry. The IHOR: My partner, Louis, from parameters and to choose various attach- their partners – in local businesses and nearest Ukrainian community is in Montreal can earn enough in the summer ments to computers. community organizations. After three Kingston. to support himself for the rest of the year. VLADYSLAVA: I worked at the months they return with their Canadian Under the present conditions in Ukraine, How did you get along? Could you office of a business journal. I picked up partners to their own countries and I can’t earn enough in three months to describe your daily routine? some habits such as never to give up. I spend three months working in a small cover my schooling for a year. I am com- edited the advertisements and attended a community. NATALIA: We lived with families like pletely dependent on my parents. trade show in Kingston. I learned a lot. Represented by Ostrih Academy, their own children. The families varied in MRS. NOVOSELETSKA: We began Ukraine participated in this exchange economic status. Only one of them was to employ students at our academy. OKSANA: I worked at the local Heart program for the first time in 1998. French, the rest were English. Some had Many students who cannot cover the and Lung Association. With my Founded only four years ago, Ostrih children, some didn’t. Each family sup- minimal fees for educational services can Canadian partner I helped prepare the Academy has established itself as an ported two students – one from Ukraine work them off. They work a given num- Tree Festival before Christmas, solved innovative and attractive small universi- and one, our partner – from Canada. I ber of hours in the library, department various problems, prepared presents for ty. Cooperating closely with the National was very lucky. offices or the dean’s office. We have a the children, and decorated the Christmas University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, it is tree. I was very impressed by the work Did you notice any differences Saturday school in which children of dif- introducing academic curricula and atmosphere – everyone was always gen- between typically Canadian and ferent ages are taught English. Most of degrees based on Western models. Its five tle, no bad moods. Although we were Ukrainian families? the teachers there are students. faculties have a total enrollment of 700 volunteers, we were treated as members this year. OKSANA: Of course, there are signif- Tell me about your main occupa- of the office staff and were consulted. On the eve of their return to Ukraine icant differences because of the different tions during the week. What kinds of Recently we heard that this association with their Canadian partners, the Ostrih cultures. What strikes one immediately is jobs did you select? raised $30,000. students were interviewed in Toronto on that family relations are not as close as in LESIA: We worked three days a week NATALIA: We did all kinds of jobs at December 5, 1998, by Taras Zakydalsky. our families. Here everyone is independ- in various social institutions and the local TV station: planned programs, The group was supervised by Svitliana ent; that is each member has his or her Brockville businesses: TV-Cable 10, conducted interviews, and made a vide- Novoseletska, lecturer in English at work, activities and interests, and the Ostrih Academy, and comprised Lesia Sherwyn Park Nursing Home, the Heart ofilm of our jobs and families. I worked in means to pursue them. and Lung Association, the Business and Kotsiuk (beginning lecturer in English), various capacities: as a video operator, edi- Employment Journal, VN Instruments, Vladyslava Mandrykina (law sopho- IHOR: In general, relations among tor and scriptwriter. the YMCA and the Brockville Theatre. more), Natalia Khmilevska (economics members of Canadian families are more Each one in a different firm. On Thursday MRS. NOVOSELETSKA: This will and Friday we met and prepared different prove to be very useful. Our academy is activities in subgroups: visited a maple planning to set up a small studio and its syrup, egg and dairy farm; did volunteer own TV channel. work in community organizations, for Are you still reading your mother’s copy of example, organized a tree festival, a fall IHOR: I worked at the Sherwyn Park fair, fright night on Halloween; visited Nursing Home. At first I was down; the patients of a nursing home; helped the average age is 89, almost all residents are invalids and mentally deficient. But The Ukrainian Weekly? United Church send parcels for the chil- dren of Chornobyl in Belarus, and met a with time my attitude changed. I visited representative of the local Indians. On and talked with the residents, some of Saturday and Sunday we came together to whom were perfectly reasonable and discuss things. We spent our days off with told me a lot of interesting things. When How adult of you. our host families, who invited the whole we were saying good-bye I realized how group to their home. fond I had become of them. There are similar homes in Ukraine, but not as What did you learn from your work many. For $40 a year, you can have your own. in the various companies and organi- zations? Do people here work differ- LESIA: A large sports complex like ently than in Ukraine? the YMCA was something new for me. I organized and conducted activities like NATALIA: Our main purpose was not arts and crafts. This experience will be Then your children will have something to read. to gain professional knowledge, but we very useful for me in my work as an did acquire some habits. We learned to English instructor. get along with others and improved our English. We loved volunteer work, which In your opinion, what are the bene- is lacking in Ukraine. The main thing is fits of volunteer work? Is it necessary SUBSCRIPTION to help people who need help. for society? NATALIA: For some people it’s a way NAME: ______ANTON: Here is an interesting fact: NAME: (please type or print) in Canada the day is organized quite dif- of gaining professional knowledge and skills, for others it’s an opportunity to ADDRESS: ______ferently from that in Ukraine; for exam- ple, in Ukraine the lunch period has no associate with people and to feel useful. definite limit. Here, you can take your CITY: ______STATE: ______ZIP CODE: ______OKSANA: First of all it benefits the lunch break whenever you wish, but for a community and the needy. I helped maximum of one hour. Here punctuality J UNA member subscription price — $40.00/yr. J Non-member subscription price — $50.00/yr. organize the Tree Festival. With the help and personal responsibility for one’s job of volunteers, mostly senior citizens who UNA Branch number ______are a matter of course. worked into the night, two professional Phone number (optional) ______LESIA: I did volunteer work at the staff in three days raised $30,000 for a YMCA, and what I liked very much was social cause. This kind of work is quite that everyone was encouraged to evalu- necessary for society, even a rich society ate the work. Even if you are not a per- like Canada one, because it unites people. Mail to: Subscription Department, manent employee, your suggestions are The Ukrainian Weekly, NATALIA: Volunteers put in more taken into consideration and changes are energy and fresh ideas. 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, introduced. You feel that your work is Parsippany, NJ 07054 appreciated by someone. ANTON: Volunteers relate to each ANTON: I worked in the theater. (Continued on page 11) No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1999 11

the great salons along the Seine, but it still speaks to those who want to hear the strings of national inspiration. All in all, the music on “Strings of the Soul” is of a lyrical persuasion, expressed in melancholy musings tinged with impressionism. This style relates somewhat to that of early 20th century composers of Lviv but with an added twist: gentle jazz harmony. The performance, including duets with flute, are entirely convincing. This “Strings of the soul” heartfelt effort can provide a relaxing pause at the end of a long day. It should A new cassette, “Strings of the Soul” compositions as “Bez Tebe Den” (A Day be noted that the new, augmented concert produced and distributed by the Yevshan Without You), lyrics by Oles Babiy. bandura projects further than the old folk Corp. of Canada (issue CYFP-1148, “Stoyit Hora Vysokaia” (There Stands prototype. Dolby processing), features composer- a High Mountain) features melancholy (Contemporary composer Yuriy vocalist-bandura player Oksana variations, and “Strong Winds” (text by Oliynyk has produced four concertos for Herasymenko of Lviv. This well-traveled Ye. Cherednychenko) is a lament on just such an instrument with symphony featured artist is the daughter and student lovers’ separation. In the latter instance orchestra. When professionally present- of Prof. Vasyl Herasymenko, longtime one is tempted to compare Ms. ed, the concert bandura can perform the lecturer at the Lysenko State Music Herasymenko – a prolific, gifted, melan- music of many lands and eras – and thus Institute in Lviv, himself an eminent per- choly songstress – to the legendary can serve as an excellent public relations former and recognized builder of a new, Marusia Churai. medium between Ukraine and the West. augmented concert bandura. The second part of the recording If music speaks all languages, why not recorded with the Dolby system), setting After graduating from the Lviv focuses on the bandura as solo instru- communicate the best we have to offer to a standard for other Lviv bandurists, Conservatory, Ms. Herasymenko showed ment and as performed with flute, played the rest of the world? Koshetz and such as Taras Lazurkevych and Oleh the bandura to best advantage at the by Kateryna Nemesh. Conceived inde- Yemetz showned the way to such success Sozansky. The song titles and notes International Guitar Festival in Havana, pendently of any folk influences, the 80 years ago.) appear in Ukrainian only with exact tim- where she performed at the invitation of abstract music conveys a wide range of Ms. Herasymenko has some 60 ban- ings given for each selection. Ichiro Suzuki, with whom she toured fes- feelings marked by an impressionistic dura works to her credit; hers is a strong “Strings of the Soul” is available by tivals in Spain, France and Japan. A win- mode; this is conveyed in such works as commitment to the Ukrainian folk idom. mail order from: Yuriy and Ola Oliynyk, ner of several international competitions, “Fall Dreams” and “On Wings of On this cassette she is assisted by folk 5253 Glancy Drive, Carmichael, CA Ms. Herasymenko now teaches at the Daydreams.” musician Myron Bloshchychak. 95608. Cost: $10, plus $1.50 for ship- Lysenko Music Institute. “Paris Portrait” is an evocation of the The recording has a technical finesse ping. The first part of her new recording legendary bandura virtuoso Vasyl captured with closely miked sound com- It is also available from Yevshan explores the intimate chamber music Yemetz, who once shone in the City of ing out of perfect silence (unfortunately Corp., Box 325, Beaconsfield, Quebec atmosphere of voice and strings in such Light. His instrument is heard no more in Yemetz and Hryhoriy Kytasty were not H9W 5T8; 1-800-265-9858.

– on the history of Ukrainian cities, Ostrih Academy... Andrii – on Ukrainian literature. The Ukrainian Museum (Continued from page 10) LESIA: There were always a lot of other differently – they are more inde- questions. At first few people had heard schedules series of workshops pendent and work of their own free will. of Ukraine. Of course, they all thought it IHOR: Here any criticism is accepted was Russia, but now they know that NEW YORK – A sure sign that the craft. Date: January 30 – March 27, and put to good use, while in our country Ukraine is different. Our Canadian part- spring is not far away is the beginning and April 17-June 5; time: Saturdays, it is often seen as an accusation. ners now know how to greet people in of a very popular cycle of traditional 1-3 p.m.; fee: adults, $60; seniors and proper Ukrainian and can sing Ukrainian Ukrainian folk crafts courses and work- students over 16, $50; children age 10- Besides working, did you do any songs. shops at The Ukrainian Museum locat- 16, $30. studying? Did you attend any lectures? Were there any problems, conflicts, ed at 203 Second Ave. The herald of • Bead-stringing course: This is a NATALIA: The only formal lectures or misunderstandings? spring in this grouping of educational three-session course in the art of mak- we had were two full days of lectures at offerings is a series of workshops ing gerdany. Date: February 6, 13, 20; Queen’s University about the political OKSANA: No, we came as guests and where participants are introduced to the time: Saturdays, 1-3 p.m.; fee: adults, system, history and economy of behaved appropriately and we were treat- uniquely Ukrainian, time-honored art $30; seniors and students over 16, $25; Canada. We had eight lectures on psy- ed well. Everyone tried to help us. of creating the quintessential represen- children age 12-16, $10. tative of Ukrainian folk art: the pysan- • Ukrainian Easter traditions: This is chology at the Academy of Learning in MRS. NOVOSELETSKA: I was very ka, the Ukrainian Easter egg. For those a workshop with hands-on participation Brockville and we learned a lot: how to pleased that all the people we met regard- who wish to see how experienced arti- in the baking of traditional Ukrainian determine our interests and abilities, ed Ukraine much more positively than find a job, write a resume and prepare Russia. sans create a pysanka from start to fin- Easter breads. Date: March 27; time: for an interview. This is a new field for ish, the demonstration scheduled for Saturdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; fee: adults, us. Then we learned how to start up IHOR: Many people in Ukraine are a April 3 will satisfy their desire. $15; seniors and students over 16, one’s own business, advertise it, find a bit ashamed to be Ukrainians, to be citi- Although the pysanka workshops $12.50. partner, etc. zens of such an impoverished country, will not begin until March, the embroi- • Pysanky workshops: Adults, as and want to emigrate. In Canada I dery course, a delightful journey with well as children over age 12 have the MRS. NOVOSELETSKA: The became more aware of myself as a needle and thread through myriad opportunity to learn the art of making Academy of Learning trains businessmen Ukrainian and felt proud to be Ukrainian. exquisite designs and techniques from traditional Ukrainian pysanky. Date: how to run a small business. We received I want to return home and to tell every- various regions of Ukraine, begins on March 20, 21, 27, 28; time: 2-4 p.m.; a lot of instructional materials from it and one what I did here and what I accom- January 30. Shortly afterwards comes fee for each session: adults, $15; sen- will maintain contacts with it. plished and to build a better life in another favorite course, bead-stringing, iors and students over 16, $10; children IHOR: At City Hall we listened to lec- Ukraine. during which one can learn to make the age 12-16, $3. and delicate “gerdany,” traditional Museum members receive a 15 per- tures on the economy and history of MRS. NOVOSELETSKA: The most Ukrainian bead-strung necklaces. cent discount on the fees for the above Brockville and attended a session of the important result is that we learned to love Very close to the Easter holidays the courses and workshops. City Council. In Ottawa we heard the and be proud of Ukraine even more than museum will offer Ukrainian Easter • Demonstration in the making of prime minister speak in Parliament about before. In encountering a different cul- the student demonstration in British ture and way of life, we became more traditions, a workshop that instructs, pysanky – Ukrainian Easter eggs: Columbia. aware of what distinguishes us from educates and tempts the palate. Here, Experienced artsans will demonstrate other people and we saw that people through hands-on experience, partici- this beautiful craft. The award-winning And what did you teach your pants will be taught how to bake tradi- film “Pysanka” by Slavko Nowytski Canadian hosts? respect the things that distinguish Ukrainians. tional Ukrainian Easter breads such as will be shown. This program is sched- IHOR: For six weeks on Tuesdays we paska, babka and other mouth-watering uled to run continously during museum * * * held Ukrainian classes for our partners baked goods that grace the holiday hours. Date: April 3; time: 2-5 p.m.; and the residents of Brockville. They To support the development of the table. fee: adults, $4.50; members, seniors were attended mostly by our host fami- Ostrih Academy, a special Ostrih Following is a short descirption of and students, $3; children under 12, lies, co-workers and a few older people Academy Fund has been set up under the each workshop and course, as well as free. of Ukrainian descent. Each one of us Petro Jacyk Educational Foundation. the dates, times and fees pertaining to To register or to receive a calendar of talked on a different subject: Anton and I Checks may be made out to PJEF-Ostrih each. events, call the museum at (212) 228- taught Ukrainian, Natalia and Pavlo – on Academy Fund and mailed to : Petro • Embroidery course: The eight-ses- 0110 or use its e-mail: [email protected]. Ukraine’s economy and politics, Oksana Jacyk Educational Foundation, 1260 sion course will teach beginners the The museum also invites everyone to and Lesia – on culture and our traditions Eglinton Ave. E., Mississauga, Ontatio rudiments of embroidery, as well as view its webpage on the Internet: http:// and they taught songs, carols, and how L4W 1K8. Contributors will receive expand the skills of those proficient in www.brama.com/ukrainian_museum/ to prepare Ukrainian dishes, Vladyslava receipts for income tax purposes. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1999 No. 5

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That year, LUK also part through the efforts of the Ukrainian became a co-founder of Nebo Ukrainy in Flying Club (LUK – Letunskyi Ukrainskyi Kharkiv, the first non-profit sport aviation Kliub) of Mississauga, Ontario. club incorporated following Ukraine’s inde- The club was established in 1977 and pendence. was accepted as an affiliated flying member A six-plane UkrAF MiG-29 of the Royal Canadan Flying Clubs Demonstration Team, the Ukrainian Association (later known as the Aero Club Falcons, was formed in 1996 for the cele- of Canada). bration of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. In 1988 LUK contacted the Ukrainian members of the USSR Space Modeling Air Force the following year. A U.S. spon- Team who were participating in the sor covered all of the team’s costs. The club USA/USSR Meet at NASA’s Wallops was the first to initiate new crests for the Island Research Facility in the U.S., estab- Ukrainian Air Force, “which became the lishing a close network of contacts and foundation for the design of a system of information. crests for the entire Air Force,” according to In August 1991, LUK members attended the Vice Minister of Defense V. Antonets. the All Soviet Rocketry Championships LUK is currently trying to bring the Gennady Zaplatinkov, LUK Ukraine Ukrainian Falcons for an appearance in held in Ukraine, where Taras Tataryn of A Ukrainian Falcons training flight over Crimea in 1997. Canada was the first (and last) Westerner to North America, marking a record flight for serve as a judge since the championships distance and the fact that no UkrAF aircraft cause. According to Mr. Tataryn, “The plans North America. GABD has been selling its were interrupted by the coup in Moscow. have ever attempted to fly over the were approved by the Nepal government, planes to German and British companies, This course of events marked the beginning Atlantic. The plan was approved by the but unfortunately the plane’s designers from and since the agreement 5 T-2M Maverick of the independent Ukrainian Rocket Ukrainian government two years ago, but Kharkiv disappeared along with LUK’s Ultra-lights have been sold in Canada and Modeling Federation, plans for which were the task has been arduous because the cost contribution. The last LUK heard of them, the U.S. finalized in September 1991; the organiza- is high and the amount of commitment they were making plans with a Russian The Ukrainian Flying Club is planning to tion subsequently gained international required on the part of the Falcons is great. company.” publish a book on the history of North recognition. 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months in 1998, but it involves miners Newsbriefs from various mines in the region. Some (Continued from page 2) 200 miners are picketing a coal mining clear exactly what caused the resignations, company building in Antratsyt to demand but there were signs of trouble within the wage arrears for March through August party as far back as the June 1998 party 1998. Twenty miners in Krasnodon have congress, which Mr. Lazarenko used to launched an underground strike, while attack sections of the party. He criticized a eight female workers laid off by a coal recent sharp increase in Hromada Party mining company in Stakhanov have gone membership and called for a re-registration on a hunger strike. (RFE/RL Newsline) of members to ascertain who is truly com- Unemployment at 3.7 percent mitted to the cause, implying that many were just attracted to the Hromada name. KYIV – As of January 1 the State More recently Mr. Lazarenko attempted, Employment Service registered 1.04 mil- without success, to abolish the Shadow lion officially unemployed in Ukraine. The Cabinet. The Hromada Party has long been official unemployment level currently the most vocal opposition force in stands at 3.7 percent, which is 1.4 percent Ukraine, campaigning against the Kuchma greater than at the beginning of 1998. administration. Its Shadow Cabinet, the (Eastern Economist) first in Ukraine, was formed in November Miner set himself afire over wages 1997, with Ms. Tymoshenko justifying the move by saying, “Political opposition is LUHANSK –Anatolii Konarev, 37, a one of the most important components of a miner from Luhansk, set himself afire on democratic society.” During the March January 22 after the director of the local 1998 parliamentary elections, Hromada mine had refused to discuss with him his received 4.68 percent of the vote and won wage arrears. Mr. Konarev died in the hos- 16 seats in the Verkhovna Rada. (Eastern pital several hours later. The mine owed Economist) him 600 hrv ($175 U.S.). (RFE/RL Newsline) Patriotic Party registered in Ukraine U kraine’s foreign minister in Tallinn KYIV – The head of the newly created Patriotic Party of Ukraine, Mykola Haber, TALLINN – Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs declared on January 20 that the party Minister Borys Tarasyuk was in the intends to target serving military men and Estonian capital on January 21 to discuss those who have been transferred to the bilateral relations, which he described as reserve. He said the party, which was reg- “good,” ETA reported. In talks with istered with the Justice Ministry on Estonian officials, particular attention was December 31, 1998, to become the 65th paid to Kyiv’s introduction of quotas on party to be registered in Ukraine, claims meat imports from Estonia, which ETA support in 19 oblast centers. Mr. Haber described as the main problem in Estonian- also said that the Patriotic Party of Ukraine Ukrainian relations. Over the past three is one of the few parties that acknowl- years, Estonian meat imports to Ukraine edged in their statute the status of “sup- have increased fivefold. The two countries porters,” whose rights are close to those of recently set up a joint committee to deter- party members. He said the party could mine whether the 1995 free trade agreement count among its members both peasants between the two countries is being properly and members of the intelligentsia, and implemented. (RFE/RL Newsline) expressed certainty that membership would soon be swelled by the arrival of Prime minister in Kazakstan celebrities. Mr. Haber said his party is ASTANA – Prime Minister Valerii ready to cooperate with all parties, but cat- Pustovoitenko met with his Kazak counter- egorized it as a “centrist” party seeking to part, Nurlan Balghymbayev, in Astana on “unite people who are driven by common January 20, after attending the inauguration sense.” (Eastern Economist) of President Nursultan Nazarbaiev, RFE/RL Influenza reaches epidemic proportions correspondents reported the following day. The two prime ministers signed a joint com- DONETSK – Influenza infection has muniqué on trade and economic coopera- crossed the epidemic threshold in the cities tion and discussed bilateral trade prospects, of Donetsk, Mariupol, Kramatorsk, including the possible participation of Khartzysk, Volodarsk and a number of Kazak companies in tenders for the privati- oblast regions. In the last week more than zation of the Lysychansk and Kherson oil 27,000 people visited doctors – 70 percent refineries and the transportation of Kazak more than the previous week. More than crude to the West via Ukraine. Possible pur- 400 people infected with the flu were hos- chases by Kazakstan of Ukrainian agricul- pitalized. Two Donetsk pharmacies on tural machinery were also discussed. Mr. January 20 began to sell flu vaccines. The Pustovoitenko told journalists after the talks price for one vaccination is 16 hrv. that his country will import up to 5 million (Eastern Economist) tons of oil from Kazakstan this year, Health insurance mandated for visitors Interfax reported. (RFE/RL Newsline) KYIV – The Cabinet of Ministers is to 10-year plan promises homes for Odesans impose mandatory medical insurance for ODESA – Representatives of Yugsel non-residents entering Ukraine for a short building company jointly with the Odesa stay. Medical insurance may be bought by Oblast administration have worked out a non-residents from the state-owned insur- program via which all who need housing ance company when applying for entry will be able to buy it through a 10-year visas or when crossing Ukraine’s border. credit. The majority of the population of The resolution is not binding for diplo- Odesa, particularly young couples with chil- mats, consular officials or their family dren, share small flats with their parents and members; members of official delegations often with other families. Such conditions invited by the president, the government, are viewed as a cause of social tensions. Parliament or the Constitutional Court of Under the new program anyone wanting to Ukraine; for crews of foreign military buy a flat has to pay a certain sum of money ships; or for persons who had been grant- to the company’s bank account. Then con- ed political refugee status or are applying struction work will begin. The Odesa for such. (Eastern Economist) administration will act as a monitor over the Luhansk miners launch new protest allocation of money by the Yugsel building company. (Eastern Economist) LUHANSK – Miners in Luhansk Oblast have begun a protest action over Repercussions feared over death penalty unpaid wages, Ukrainian Television KYIV –Oleksander Martynenko, reported on January 21. The protest action, President Leonid Kuchma’s spokesman, according to Ukrainian Television, is not as large as those that had lasted for five (Continued on page 15) No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1999 15

NOTESNOTES ONON PEOPLEPEOPLE sion of their anniversary. Zerebniaks celebrate Both Mr. and Mrs. Zerebniak have been very active in the Ukrainian community. 50th wedding anniversary Mrs. Zerebniak was the secretary of by Gene Woloshyn UNA Branch 180 and a UNA supreme advisor in 1946-1950. She has the distinc- C ANAL FULTON, Ohio – Genevieve tion of being the first supreme vice-presi- and Harry Zerebniak’s children, Harry dentess of the Ukrainian National Michael, John and Ann, and their grand- Association, having served in that capacity children, Michael, Kimberly and Matthew, in 1950-1958. She has been an honorary were planning a party to celebrate their member of the UNA General Assembly parents’ golden wedding anniversary with since 1978. relatives and friends. She was also very active in the Unfortunately, prior to the party, Mr. Ukrainian Youth League of North America Zerebniak had an accident and broke his and served as the organization’s vice-presi- hip. Since he could not take care of his dent. She also served in that position with wife, who also has had some health prob- the Ukrainian Heritage Foundation. lems, they both became residents of the Mr. Zerebniak has also been an active Chapel Hill Community. member of the Akron Ukrainian communi- Not to be deterred, their children moved ty, serving for many years as the cantor of the celebration to the Chapel Hill party Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church. room. On November 21, 1998, friends and His love of music was especially appre- family applauded as Mr. and Mrs. ciated when he served as the director of Zerebniak entered the room. A large pho- the Goodyear Choir, which gave annual tograph of the couple – taken on their wed- concerts in Akron. ding day, November 25, 1948 – was the Both Mr. and Mrs. Zerebniak are recu- centerpiece of the decorations. perating nicely and looking forward to As their wedding had taken place 50 returning to their home in the near future. years ago at Holy Ghost Ukrainian In the meantime, friends can extend their Catholic Church in Akron, Ohio, the cur- congratulations by writing to them c/o The rent priest of the parish blessed the couple Chapel Hill Community, 12200 Strausser as they repeated their vows on the occa- Road NW, Canal Fulton, Ohio 44614.

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down by 37 million hrv over the same peri- Newsbriefs od. Last month President Leonid Kuchma êÖ∏ëíêÄñßü çÄ (Continued from page 14) had ordered the government to pay its entire debts to the population by July 1. (RFE/RL èéóÄíäéÇàâ said on January 10 that Mr. Kuchma fears Newsline) the Verkhovna Rada’s refusal to abolish the çéÇÄñúäàâ íÄÅßê death penalty in Ukraine will force the Lukashenka: union counterweight to U.S. ëÂÌ¥ÓÒ¸ÍËÈ äÛ¥Ì¸ ◊ëÔ‡Ú‡ÌÍË“ ÔÓ„ÓÎÓ¯Ûπ ÂπÒÚ‡ˆ¥˛ Council of Europe to suspend Ukraine’s ̇ ÔÓ˜‡ÚÍÓ‚ËÈ ÌÓ‚‡ˆ¸ÍËÈ Ú‡·¥ ◊èêàêéÑçÄ áÄÅÄÇÄ“ MIENSK – Belarusian President membership, Interfax and Reuters reported. ‰Îfl ÌÓ‚‡Í¥‚/ÌÓ‚‡˜ÓÍ, ‚¥ÍÛ 6-7 Î¥Ú President Kuchma had introduced a morato- Alyaksandr Lukashenka, addressing a ses- 퇷¥ ‚¥‰·Û‰ÂÚ¸Òfl ‰‚Óχ ÚÛ‡ÏË Ì‡ ÓÒÂÎ¥ ◊ÇéÇóÄ íêéèÄ“, ßÒÚ óÂÚ„ÂÏ, ç˛ âÓÍ rium on executions in 1997. However, cit- sion of the Belarusian-Russian Union ing public support for the death penalty, the Parliamentary Assembly in Miensk on (èÓ¯Û Á‡Á̇˜ËÚË ÚÛÛ) Parliament has rejected legislation abolish- January 21, said the union must become “a ‚¥‰18 ‰Ó 24 ÎËÔÌfl 1999 . ‡·Ó ‚¥‰ 25 ‰Ó 31 ÎËÔÌfl 1999 . ing the death penalty. Ukrainian courts sen- real counterbalance to the currently estab- lished unipolar world and a powerful engine 퇷¥ π Ó·ÏÂÊÂÌËÈ ‰Ó 16 Ú‡·ÓÓ‚ËÍ¥‚, ÚÓÏÛ ÔËÈχπÏÓ tenced 146 people to death in 1998 and 129 Û˜‡ÒÌËÍ¥‚ ‚ ÔÓfl‰ÍÛ Ó‰ÂʇÌÌfl Á„ÓÎÓ¯Â̸. the previous year. Mr. Martynenko said for breaking up aggressive trans-Atlantic President Kuchma thinks the suspension of monopolism,” Belarusian Television report- èÓÒËÏÓ ‚ËÔÓ‚ÌËÚË ÔÓ‰‡ÌÛ ÌËʘ ÙÓÏÛ ¥ ÔËÒ·ÚË ‚‡Á ¥Á ˜ÂÍÓÏ Ì‡ ed. Mr. Lukashenka warned against the Ukraine’s membership in the Council of 100 ‰ÓÎ., ‚ËÔËÒ‡ÌËÈ Ì‡ ◊Plast Spartanky“ ̇ ‡‰ÂÒÛ: U.S.’s growing influence in global politics, Europe would threaten “Ukraine’s status as Petrusia Paslawsky, 190 Prospect Street, Ramsey, N.J. 07446. saying that the U.S. “has appropriated the a new European, democratic state.” right of substituting international organiza- ßÏ’fl Û˜‡ÒÌË͇______(RFE/RL Newsline) tions.” He added that the strengthening of ÑÂ̸ ̇Ó‰ÊÂÌÌfl ______Cabinet trims pension, wage debts the Belarusian-Russian union offers a “his- è·ÒÚÓ‚‡ ÒÚ‡Ìˈfl ______toric chance for the survival of an integral ĉÂÒ‡ ______KYIV – According to the State Statistics Slavic civilization.” The session granted ______Committee, the Ukrainian government has Yugoslavia permanent observer status in the slightly reduced wage and pension arrears. Belarusian- Russian legislative body. íÂÎÂÙÓÌ ______Overdue pensions and other social security Serbian Deputy Premier Vojislav Seselj ßÏ’fl ·‡Ú¸Í¥‚ ______payments amounted to 2.01 billion hrv called that decision a “major event for the èÓ¯Û Á‡Á̇˜ËÚË ˜Ë ·Û‰Â ‰Û„‡ ‰ËÚË̇ ($587 million U.S.) on January 1, down by whole Serbian nation” and hailed President ̇ Á‚˘‡ÈÌÓÏÛ Ú‡·Ó¥ ______Ú‡Í 207 million hrv since December 1, 1998. Lukashenka as “the pride of all Slavic peo- Wage arrears amounted to 960 million hrv, ple.” (RFE/RL Newsline) 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1999 No. 5

Ukraine has all the canonical foundations to Patriarch Dymytrii... declare a ‘pomisna’ Ukrainian Church.” (Continued from page 3) He replied, “Do you think it is that easy canon law. It is, therefore, not a Sobor. to do?” I said that for me to do it with my In honor of He replied that the Sobor had to be called people would not be difficult, but I have a to protect Church property. In reality he was small Church. For him, with his larger not protecting Church property, just the Church, it would be easier. “It is large, but Mother's Day opposite, he took our churches, and keeps so what?” is how he answered me. the Ukrainian National Association invites our younger children to greet their them today. He had only his single Is there any official contact or rela- mothers in both our weekly newspapers, Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly. Cathedral of St. Volodymyr. tions with the Moscow Patriarchate? I asked him one more thing: “You stuck We encourage children age 12 and younger to participate in the UNA’s special with the Russian Church to the very end; No, there are none with the Moscow tribute to all mothers in our two publications by sending in art or poetry. The you did not look for any way out. The Patriarchate. We left the Church, informed UNA will publish all their good wishes on the pages of Svoboda and The Russian Church had the right to do with you them of that via telegram, and that was the Ukrainian Weekly. In order to give children an opportunity to greet their as it saw fit because you belonged to it. It end of it. mothers on this special day, we request that the following regulations be fol- excommunicated you. So, under whose What is your view on what occurred lowed: jurisdiction are you today?” within the Ukrainian Orthodox Church But in the last months, as you yourself of the U.S.A., specifically its subordina- Rules and regulations: just said, you were ready for discussions tion to Constantinople, and secondly, on unifying your Church with the same what are your relations with it today? Patriarch Filaret. 1. Art work or poetry must be original. Black/white or colored art is accept- We have no contact with it. [This inter- able. Artwork must be submitted on 8 1/2 by 11 paper, which will be I told Mr. Kravets that the figure of view was conducted before Patriarch reproduced at approximately one-third that size. Poems should be no Filaret as patriarch is not acceptable because Dymytrii’s visit to the U.S. – ed.] The last longer than 20 lines. no one will recognize him. Because he was contact was with Archbishop Antony, who 2. Entries must have a theme appropriate for mothers. removed by the Moscow patriarch, and asked me when he last traveled here, how I 3. Each entry must have the following on the reverse side: there exists canon law on this, no other would look upon them going to - date; patriarch will recognize him. He cannot rec- Constantinople to seek liturgical union with - name, address and telephone number of the entrant – typed or printed; ognize himself. If he still had “san” (author- it. I told him that Patriarch Mstyslav had - age of participant and name of school or pre-school he/she attends. ity) he could declare autocephaly, but he visited Constantinople in the spring of 1992 4. Entries will be returned if requested. declared his authority [over the Kyiv to make that attempt. The Constantinople 5. Entries may be exhibited by the UNA. Patriarchate] without it. For us he is not patriarch said that at the next synod the 6. All entries must be postmarked no later than April 9, 1999, and mailed to: acceptable. issue would be discussed. As a matter of UNA Corporate Headquarters, Att’n: Oksana Trytjak Then there was a discussion with a Mr. fact, Archbishop Antony was a witness, he 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 [Mykola] Plaviuk [former president of the was part of that delegation. There even was World Congress of Free Ukrainians and for- an official photograph taken with the For information please call Oksana Trytjak, UNA Special Projects mer head of the Ukrainian National [Constantinople] patriarch. Coordinator, at 973-292-9800 (ext. 3067). Republic-in-exile] who asked me to con- At the time [Archbishop Antony] was vince the patriarch (Mstyslav) to bless the going again to seek such liturgical union, I decision of the Sobor (in 1993). told him that I would be pleased if such a Our patriarch said, “You did something union took place, but I explained to him that here without me, did not inform me. Now Patriarch Mstyslav had attempted it already. you put me before a fait accompli and want As to the idea that they would come under complete jurisdiction [of FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR me to approve it. I must first review the sit- uation. I have to contact America and Constantinople], we had no such discus- Constantinople. Meanwhile, you should lie sions. Since [union] took place we have had Responsible for financial and accounting operations. patiently, lower than the grass and quieter no contacts whatsoever. That visit occurred Background desired: accounting/business degree, CPA. than the water. You should do nothing, con- in 1993, maybe 1994. secrate no one, so as not to worsen the situ- Experience in non-profit finances and govt reqs. What is the current situation in the Ukrainian language skills helpful, but not required. ation. The next day [Filaret] was already conse- UAOC today; the number of parishes, Salary: Negotiable crating bishops. When Patriarch Mstyslav churches, your financial situation? heard this he said that he would no longer Financially, we are very weak. For exam- Send resume/cover letter/references have anything to do with him. ple, we can’t afford the cost of renovation of with salary history and requirements to: So Moscow’s patriarch took his authori- this building, which we were finally given ty, the Constantinople patriarch said it after a lengthy court battle. Another exam- would review his situation but told him to U.S.-Ukraine Foundation ple, we have trouble paying our workers. cease his activities. He did not listen to But we have hope. 733 15th Street NW - Suite 1026, Washington, DC 20005 those holy bishops, and he did not listen to As for our numbers, we have six bishops, Fax: (202) 347-4267 or e-mail: [email protected] our holy bishop, Patriarch Mstyslav. including myself. Two more are being pre- You see, the only thing on [Filaret’s] pared. We aren’t going to expand the num- mind is power – not the truth, or canon law, bers until we have a need for that. As for or the Church. parishes, it is difficult to pin down the exact You also said earlier that you had a number we hold. In Ivano-Frankivsk we THEY COULD BE YOURS discussion with Metropolitan Volodymyr have about 100 parishes – this is after Sabodan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Filaret took half of them. Church – Moscow Patriarchate, in which In Ukraine, we have the Cherkasy he suggested to you that he might sup- Eparchy, where today we are almost the port an independent Ukrainian largest, nearly larger than the Russian Orthodox Church, but that powers he Church. We are expanding there. We are represents would never allow for that. preparing to appoint a bishop there. What did Metropolitan Volodymyr tell Currently, 14 parishes exist and new ones you, and why do you think that he would are organizing. There are also two parishes look positively on an independent, united in the Kirovohrad Oblast that belong to the Cherkasy Eparchy. We are looking to expand our advertising clientele for our publications, Ukrainian Orthodox Church? the Ukrainian-language daily Svoboda and English-language The Ukrainian Weekly. Yes, I did say that. First of all, he was In the last few years, how many very positively disposed to Patriarch parishes have left the UAOC for If you are a self-motivated, hard-working and bright individual, you can supplement your Patriarch Filaret’s UOC-KP? income by referring customers to our advertising department. Your earnings will be based Mstyslav. He would greet him as a bishop on the amount of advertising you attract to our pages. and bow, and even kiss his hand. Secondly, Parishes have not been leaving voluntari- he is very friendly with me. ly, they are being forced to go to Filaret. I For details please write or call: Svoboda Administration, Advertising Department, We were at a conference with the presi- would say at least half, perhaps more. Maria Szeparowycz, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 (973) 292-9800 dent, and he took me by the arm as we were exiting down the stairs. I said, “Vladyko, (Continued on page 17)

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exiled. This is why many moved to Filaret. Patriarch Dymytrii... But today they are returning. And they are (Continued from page 16) returning precisely because we are not asso- We once had 1,500 parishes, now I ciated with Filaret. NEW IMPORT FROM UKRAINE! would say we have about 700. Has the matter of the bankruptcy of [Archbishop Ihor interjects here: I the Christian Bank, which was so closely believe it is currently closer to 500. But tied to the UAOC, finally been resolved? after the split in 1992 we were left with one- tenth (of 1,500). Today people are returning Today the bank does not exist. Its direc- en masse.] tor loaned money from other banks and then fled to Moscow with the money. It was Your Holiness, you said that parishes a planned action to force bankruptcy. LifeField ™ were forced to leave your Church. The director’s surname was Lubun, I for- The actions were spurred by the presi- get his first name, and the assistant director dent, the KGB [sic], the OMON [special was Oleh Zastavsky. We kept the premises (kasha) forces], the militia, all the directors of col- that once belonged to the bank until a bish- lective farms and the heads of village coun- op, Ivan Boichuk, took the premises with him when he went [over to Filaret]. cils. They all were involved, as well as Buckwheat Groats Verkhovna Rada national deputies who Do you have any relations with the were aligned with the president. Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and Certified Organic You are saying that government offi- Bishop Lubomyr Husar? cials forced people to leave your Church? We talk, but where as I open up to him In reality they organized the [June 1992] completely, I notice that he does not recip- ~ A Sensational New Taste Treat ~ Sobor. Their voices were heard – not ours. rocate. It seems he keeps much to himself. That Sobor was not a spiritual sobor but a Another thing, I don’t understand why he political one. keeps contact with [Patriarch Filaret] know- Lowers Blood Pressure ~ Reduces Cholesterol ing that he does not have “san.” Bishop Although you say that the situation is Husar told me: “All the same, he has a lot of improving, the fact remains that the exis- people and a lot of churches. The only prob- tence of the UAOC is at a critical junc- lem with him is that he is non-yielding.” Delicious + Healthful = A Great Choice ture. What are you, as head of the Church, doing to improve the state of the What is your prognosis, how will the Church? UAOC look in the year 2000, and then LifeField – A Traditional Health Food for Modern Living™ five years from now? We had a Church whose hierarchy belonged to the state nomenklatura — com- It is tough for me to answer that question is available at these fine stores: munistic and atheistic. We have tried to because we are the most persecuted Church. Manhattan New Jersey keep a great distance from that nomenklatu- We are persecuted by the Greek-Catholics – Garden of Eden Farmer’s Market Healthway Natural Food Center ra. Filaret, along with [former] President they are attempting to take our churches – 310 Third Avenue 35 River Edge Road [Leonid] Kravchuk formed a second, osten- and the Moscow Church, and Filaret. We (between 23rd and 24th Street) Tenafly sibly Ukrainian, but still nomenklaturical are under attack from three strong sides. Church. However, people keep returning to us, Kurowyckyj Meat Products, Inc. Long Island People of the Soviet Union learned to nonetheless. They realize that we are a true 124 First Avenue Healthy Approach believe that you must fear, and do as the Church, a Christian Church, not some party (between 7th Street and St. Marks Place) 10 Bond Street, Great Neck leadership says. Many priests became affiliation, or one that cares only about fame accustomed to doing as they were told, and fortune. because if you did not listen, you were We have hope that things will improve.

With Mrs. Helbig increasingly stymied Ukrainian American’s case... in her efforts to find justice, she requested (Continued from page 4) help from U.S. Commercial Attaché Andrew Bihun and the new ambassador to International Arbitration Court of the Ukraine, Steven Pifer. Ukrainian Center of Commerce and Air Ukraine Their help has been indispensable in Industry in May 1997 in which he demand- Ä‚¥aΥ̥fl ìÍ‡ªÌË keeping the matter alive, said Mrs. Helbig. ed $145,000 from Scope Travel, money he “What Ambassador Pifer and Mr. Bihun alleges the firm owes his Auscoprut as part are doing is incredible,” she said. THE ONLY NON-STOP SERVICE BETWEEN of the investment agreement signed in 1991. The U.S. officially has placed the NORTH AMERICA AND UKRAINE The Arbitration Court was to look at the Auscoprut matter on its list of U.S. busi- suit on January 5 of this year but delayed ness claims that need to be resolved with the hearing, at the request of U.S. the Ukrainian government before Ukraine TUESDAY, FRIDAY AND SUNDAY FLIGHTS TO Ambassador Pifer, and rescheduled it for receives further foreign aid. Letters from January 27. The president of the court, Ambassador Pifer and Mr. Bihun have Yurii Pobirchenko, has indicated that he raised the matter to the highest levels of the New York – Kyiv will throw the suit out, according to Mrs. Ukrainian government. Helbig. The Kuchma-Gore Commission has New York – Lviv – Kyiv Meanwhile, the civil suit brought by sought to resolve the matter by bringing Mrs. Helbig back in April 1997 was decid- Mr. Popadiuk and Mrs. Helbig together to • Flying time is 4 hours faster than any other airline ed against her on February 10, 1998. No work out a settlement. A U.S. delegation of • Highly qualified pilots one was present from her side; her attorney the commission spent several days in Kyiv • Excellent service with traditional Ukrainian hospitality was still recuperating from the injuries he the week of January 17 reviewing the situa- and great meals on board • Day-time and evening flights from JFK-New York sustained in the attack against him, and tion of the nine outstanding claims of U.S. Mrs. Helbig was in the United States suf- investors in Ukraine, including the fering from an illness. Mrs. Helbig said that Auscoprut case. the court ignored her request to reschedule On January 22 both parties to the 1-800-UKRAINE (1-800-857-2463) the court date. Auscoprut disagreement were asked to or contact your travel agent. As a result of the decision, Mrs. Helbig present their sides before the representa- lost her interest in Auscoprut and the firm tives of the Kuchma-Gore Commission, was re-registered with only the Austrians which included Jan Kalicki, head of the For arrival and departure information and Mr. Popadiuk as partners. Committee for Trade and Investment from call (718) 656-9896, (718) 632-6909 In August 1998 the Procurator General’s the U.S. side. The meeting did not produce Office, with a new head procurator in a settlement. Mr. Bihun of the U.S. charge after the Verkhovna Rada failed to Embassy’s Commercial Service would not confirm Mr. Lytvak in that position, again comment on the meeting nor on any aspect Air Ukraine became involved in the Auscoprut affair of the case. 551 Fifth Ave., Suite 1002, 1005 when it requested that the municipal court The U.S. Embassy has set a loose dead- New York, NY 10176 re-examine its decision in the civil suit. The line of February 2 for finding a solution to court refused to do so. the Auscoprut affair. Cargo Shipping: As a result, the Procurator General’s Mrs. Helbig said that although she is Office turned to the Supreme Court of willing to talk with Mr. Popadiuk, her Ukraine with an appeal that it review the demands are firm and non-negotiable. “He Air Ukraine - Cargo finding of its lower court. Mrs. Helbig can either step down as general director, or 2307 Coney Island Ave. (Ave. T), Brooklyn, NY 11223 would also like the case to be moved to a return my investment with interest,” she tel.: 718-376-1023, fax: 718-376-1073 venue outside of Ivano-Frankivsk. stated. name amount

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Citizens Club, Watervliet, NY 100.00 Ukrainian Civic Council of Glen Spey 100.00 Ukrainian National Association Albany District, NY 100.00 Urban Anne 100.00 name amount Wawriw, Roman W. & Edward V. 100.00 Wolowodiuk, Walter & Catherine 100.00 Choniuk, Bohdan 1,000.00 Worobec, Zenowia 100.00 Dolinsky, Adrian 1,000.00 Wowchyk, Bohdan 100.00 Ukrainian West Side Club 1,000.00 Yadzyn, D. 100.00 Chudio, Bohdan & Bohdanna 500.00 Bilyk, Michael 75.00 Dowhaluk, V. Rev. Fr. Choryton 500.00 Derzko, Sofia & Marko 75.00 Dudiak Stephen MD & Olha Lusia 500.00 Kohut,Nestor 75.00 Iwanciw Dr. M. 500.00 Krill, Julian & Katarzyna 75.00 Makar, Eugene & Irene C. 500.00 Ovcharchyn, Stephanie 75.00 Pochmursky, Paraskewia 400.00 Shevchuk. Maria donation from her retirement fund 67.00 Lenchur Ruth & Peter 300.00 Shyjka, Anthony 60.00 Okruha UNA - Rochester 250.00 Blahyj, Iwanna 50.00 Pirko, Iwan & Anna 250.00 Boiwka, Michael & Ksenia 50.00 Rudensky, Dr. George 250.00 Ceresna, Ivan 50.00 Br. 220 Sts. Peter & Paul, UNA 200.00 Chay, Josofat & Liselotte 50.00 Folwarkiw, MD Oksana 200.00 Cybruch Swiatoslaw 50.00 Lawrowycz, Irene 200.00 Denysenko, Kateryna 50.00 Lobay, Ivan & Maria 200.00 Diachuk, Ulana 50.00 Lutenko-Luty, Yuri 200.00 Dushnyk, Mark 50.00 Maciurak, Wladimira 200.00 Dushnyk, Mary 50.00 Zakoworotny, John 200.00 Fediw, Anna 50.00 Zaputowycz, Roman & Vera 200.00 John's Bar & Restaurant 50.00 Branch # 285 - Rochester 150.00 Kaczaraj, Stefan 50.00 Halicki, J. & O 150.00 Kadziola, Maria 50.00 Fedyniak, Stephen & Natalie 105.00 Korey, Dorothy & Alan 50.00 Bajlak, Roman & Anna 100.00 Kryshtalowych, Jaroslaw & Jaroslawa 50.00 Bakum, Vladimir & Oksana 100.00 Ladies Auxiliary of the Ukrainian Club, Watervliet, NY 50.00 Balaban, Ostap & Ursula 100.00 Lapiczak, Stephan & Anna 50.00 Baransky, Orysia 100.00 Litynsky, Wolodymyr 50.00 18 THE BUKRAINIANeley, Charles & WEEKLYMary SUNDAY, JANUARY100.00 31, 1999Lysko, Martha 50.00No. 5 Br. 130 Ukr. St. Vladimir's UNA Brotherhood 100.00 Melinyshyn, John & Helen 50.00 Archbishop Antony,Br. 354 which UNA he said had now hopes that, through100.00 renewedOkrepky, con-Stefan & tionsAnna with Constantinople.” 50.00 Patriarch Dymytrii’s visit... greatly diminishedBruggeman in the last Warren years. & Pauline tacts with the UOC-U.S.A.,100.00 itP achniuk,can begin Trofim & EmiliaThe six-day visit by Patriarch50.00 Chudio, Mariam L 100.00 Paschuk, Larisa 50.00 (Continued from page 3) “For a long time,Dasij, Dmytrosince the death of the process of achieving100.00 eucharisticPetri, Christine Dymytrii, who was accompanied50.00 by the much of the vigor out of the UAOC. Patriarch Mstyslav,Fediw, the Theodore two hierarchs – union with Constantinople100.00 andPochodenko, eventually Johnadministrative head of the UAOC,50.00 “We told them about the illegal and not only they,Gural, but William others & Eleanor as well – uniting the various Orthodox100.00 ChurchesPoletz, Alexander of &Archbishop Valentina Ihor Isichenko, also included50.00 had turned their backsHoluka, on Alexandra the very serious Ukraine into a single100.00 entity. Pozniak, Julian & Dariaa trip to New York, during which50.00 the attempt to unite the UAOC with the situation of the UkrainianHrynyszyn, VeraAutocephalous “The one thing100.00 we needPysariw, is MDfor Jacobpatriarch prayed at St. Volodymyr50.00 newly formed UOC-KP during the June Orthodox Church,Hupalowsky, which was Dan under & Stefan pres- Constantinople to remove100.00 theRackiewycz, viewpoint MichaelUkrainian Orthodox Cathedral, 50.00 viewed 1992 UOC-KP Sobor. I think they under- Kocelko, Nestor that has been foisted100.00 onRomaniw, us, Mykolaon &e xhibitsHalyna at The Ukrainian Museum50.00 and sure from the stateKorsun, apparatus,”Benjamin & Vera said 100.00 Samchyshyn, Miroslaw 50.00 stood this, all the more so because [Yurii] Patriarch Dymytrii. “They even began to Ukrainians, that we are an uncanonical met with officials of the Ukrainian Kryvolap turned over all the documents, Kowal, Theodore 100.00 Savyckyj, MD. Jurij 50.00 fraternize with Filaret.Kulczak Mr. Now & Mrs. they have Church,” explained 100.00Patriarch Dymytrii.Semchyshyn StefanAcademy MD & Helena of Arts and Sciences50.00 in the a huge archive, on the basis of which come to understandLosynsky, to what Julianna that would He said the hope100.00 is thatS thetroicz, UOC- Dmytro & StefaniaU.S., the Ukrainian Institute of America50.00 they should be convinced that this is the lead.” Marcyniak,. Stefan U.S.A. can act as 100.00a mediatorTymchyshyn, between Marianand & Romanathe Ukrainian Orthodox Credit50.00 Union truth, that we did not utter a single The UAOC leaderMaselko, admitted Roman & Oksana that his Kyiv and Constantinople100.00 in theWelhasch, UAOC’s Stephanat their respective headquarters. 50.00 untruth.” Church had failedMencinskyj, to keep Daria the &Ukrainian Zenon bid for recognition 100.00by the historicYurchyshyn, seat of Irene The UAOC leader also held 50.00discus- Patriarch Dymytrii said he was pleased Mostowycz, MD Leonidas & Oksana 100.00 Kladko, Joseph, & sionsKostiw, withLuba Metropolitan Iziaslav40.00 of the diaspora informedNahirnyj, about Michael the facts & Maria regard- Orthodox Christianity.100.00 “We Onyszkewycz,asked per- Elias 40.00 with the renewed dialogue with the UOC- ing its battle for survivalO'hara, Michael in Ukraine. & Roma sonally and hope that100.00 they helpLeskiw, us in Jaroslaw that &Belarusian Stefania Autocephalous Orthodox35.00 U.S.A. and Metropolitan Constantine and Patriarch DymytriiParubchak, said Stephen the &UAOC Olha matter; that we achieve100.00 EucharisticBundnyj. rela-Daria Church in the U.S. 30.00 Sekreta, Stefan & Anna 100.00 Harwas, Roman & Martha 30.00 Senezhak, Diana 100.00 Lahola, Peter 30.00 Senezhak, Volodymyr & Sophia 100.00 Sawyckyj, Zynowij & Teodozia 30.00 Shandruk, Pawlo 100.00 Stecyszyn, Wolodymyr & Zenovia 30.00 Shashkewycz, Iwanna & Sophie 100.00 Krup, Anna 26.00 Thank you for donationsSnylyk, for Oleh the flood victims100.00 sufferingArtymyshyn, Lubain Zakarpattia. 25.00 In November the Ukrainian diaspora learnedSt. Nicholas that Zakarpattia,Brotherhood Society, ousWatervliet, organizations NY collected 100.00 donationsBobelak, Nicholas earmarked for assistance to the victims.25.00 Strilbyckyj, MD Alexander R. 100.00 Bodnar, Wasyl & Alexandra 25.00 Ukraine, was devastated by torrential floods that Saffectedzeremeta, Wasylover & 400,000 Teodora The Ukrainian100.00 NationalChomyn, Association Michael &was Helen one of the first organizations25.00 to people. Taranawsky, Borys, & Phyllis lead a campaign among100.00 its membersFil, Nicholas and & Mary the readers of its publications request-25.00 Many organizations and individuals instantly steppedUkrainian in to Amer. offer Citizens aid to Club, the Watervliet,ing donations NY for the100.00 flood victims.Geletknaycz, The Andrij community & Osypa immediately and generous-25.00 Ukrainian Civic Council of Glen Spey 100.00 Gerun, Simon, & Maria 25.00 victims of this disaster. Containers filled with clothing, firstUkrainian aid items, National medicines Association Albanyly reacted. District, NY Printed below 100.00 is ourJedynak, first list Stefan of donors. On behalf of the victims of2 5.00this and household goods were immediately sent to the area.Urban Simultaneously, Anne vari- natural disaster, the100.00 UNA thanksKarabin, each John and every donor for his/her generous2 aid.5.00 name amount Wawriw, Roman W. & Edward V. 100.00 Kocan, Dmytro 25.00 Wolowodiuk, Walter & Catherine 100.00 Kopychuk, Roman & Margaret 25.00 Choniuk, Bohdan 1,000.00 Worobec, Zenowia 100.00 Korotko, Julia & Oleh 25.00 Dolinsky, Adrian 1,000.00 Wowchyk, Bohdan 100.00 Kostiw, William & Pauline 25.00 Ukrainian West Side Club 1,000.00 Yadzyn, D. 100.00 Matkowsky, Eudokia 25.00 Chudio, Bohdan & Bohdanna 500.00 Bilyk, Michael 75.00 Mokey, Wasyl 25.00 Dowhaluk, V. Rev. Fr. Choryton 500.00 Derzko, Sofia & Marko 75.00 Solanyk, Victor & Claudia 25.00 Dudiak Stephen MD & Olha Lusia 500.00 Kohut,Nestor 75.00 Smith, Zena 25.00 Iwanciw Dr. M. 500.00 Krill, Julian & Katarzyna 75.00 Bajko, Petro & Olha 20.00 Makar, Eugene & Irene C. 500.00 Ovcharchyn, Stephanie 75.00 Czechowycz, Zenon 20.00 Pochmursky, Paraskewia 400.00 Shevchuk. Maria donation from her retirement fund 67.00 Demchar, Andrij 20.00 Lenchur Ruth & Peter 300.00 Shyjka, Anthony 60.00 Demczar, John 20.00 Okruha UNA - Rochester 250.00 Blahyj, Iwanna 50.00 Hucul, Katherine 20.00 Pirko, Iwan & Anna 250.00 Boiwka, Michael & Ksenia 50.00 Karabin Bohdan 20.00 Rudensky, Dr. George 250.00 Ceresna, Ivan 50.00 Klem Wolodymyr 20.00 Br. 220 Sts. Peter & Paul, UNA 200.00 Chay, Josofat & Liselotte 50.00 Ksenich, Petro 20.00 Folwarkiw, MD Oksana 200.00 Cybruch Swiatoslaw 50.00 Ksenych, Sam 20.00 Lawrowycz, Irene 200.00 Denysenko, Kateryna 50.00 Kulyk, Dmytro 20.00 Lobay, Ivan & Maria 200.00 Diachuk, Ulana 50.00 Miahky, Zenon & Natalie 20.00 Lutenko-Luty, Yuri 200.00 Dushnyk, Mark 50.00 Mochulsky, Stanley 20.00 Maciurak, Wladimira 200.00 Dushnyk, Mary 50.00 Pokladok, Orest 20.00 Zakoworotny, John 200.00 Fediw, Anna 50.00 Shevchuk, Maria 20.00 Zaputowycz, Roman & Vera 200.00 John's Bar & Restaurant 50.00 Shewchuk, Paul 20.00 Branch # 285 - Rochester 150.00 Kaczaraj, Stefan 50.00 Chorwat Katherine 15.00 Halicki, J. & O 150.00 Kadziola, Maria 50.00 Soroka, Wasyl & Josephine 15.00 Fedyniak, Stephen & Natalie 105.00 Korey, Dorothy & Alan 50.00 Pochtar, Jerome 13.00 Bajlak, Roman & Anna 100.00 Kryshtalowych, Jaroslaw & Jaroslawa 50.00 Bachynska, Barbara 10.00 Bakum, Vladimir & Oksana 100.00 Ladies Auxiliary of the Ukrainian Club, Watervliet, NY 50.00 Bilchuk, Nina 10.00 Balaban, Ostap & Ursula 100.00 Lapiczak, Stephan & Anna 50.00 Boshko, Walter 10.00 Baransky, Orysia 100.00 Litynsky, Wolodymyr 50.00 Chasto, Petro 10.00 Beley, Charles & Mary 100.00 Lysko, Martha 50.00 Chmelnovsky, Lev 10.00 Br. 130 Ukr. St. Vladimir's UNA Brotherhood 100.00 Melinyshyn, John & Helen 50.00 Chudio, Irena 10.00 Br. 354 UNA 100.00 Okrepky, Stefan & Anna 50.00 Ciapka, Lydia 10.00 Bruggeman Warren & Pauline 100.00 Pachniuk, Trofim & Emilia 50.00 Ferenchevych, Chrystyna 10.00 Chudio, Mariam L 100.00 Paschuk, Larisa 50.00 Fox, Ida 10.00 Dasij, Dmytro 100.00 Petri, Christine 50.00 Gebuza, Stefan 10.00 Fediw, Theodore 100.00 Pochodenko, John 50.00 Haluszczak, Marijka 10.00 Gural, William & Eleanor 100.00 Poletz, Alexander & Valentina 50.00 Honcharyk, Wolodymyr 10.00 Holuka, Alexandra 100.00 Pozniak, Julian & Daria 50.00 Husak, John 10.00 Hrynyszyn, Vera 100.00 Pysariw, MD Jacob 50.00 Jarosewich, Irena 10.00 Hupalowsky, Dan & Stefan 100.00 Rackiewycz, Michael 50.00 Kaploun, Valentina 10.00 Kocelko, Nestor 100.00 Romaniw, Mykola & Halyna 50.00 Kozak, Christine 10.00 Korsun, Benjamin & Vera 100.00 Samchyshyn, Miroslaw 50.00 Kuzmovych, Olha 10.00 Kowal, Theodore 100.00 Savyckyj, MD. Jurij 50.00 Malynovsky, Anna 10.00 Kulczak Mr. & Mrs. 100.00 Semchyshyn Stefan MD & Helena 50.00 Malynovsky, Dara 10.00 Losynsky, Julianna 100.00 Stroicz, Dmytro & Stefania 50.00 Oscislawski, Maria & Eugene 10.00 Marcyniak,. Stefan 100.00 Tymchyshyn, Marian & Romana 50.00 Polehenkey, Donna 10.00 Maselko, Roman & Oksana 100.00 Welhasch, Stephan 50.00 Romanation, John 10.00 Mencinskyj, Daria & Zenon 100.00 Yurchyshyn, Irene 50.00 Salabay, Nadia 10.00 Mostowycz, MD Leonidas & Oksana 100.00 Kladko, Joseph, & Kostiw, Luba 40.00 Semegen, Daria 10.00 Nahirnyj, Michael & Maria 100.00 Onyszkewycz, Elias 40.00 Sheparowycz, Maria 10.00 O'hara, Michael & Roma 100.00 Leskiw, Jaroslaw & Stefania 35.00 Shevchuk,Wasyl 10.00 Parubchak, Stephen & Olha 100.00 Bundnyj. Daria 30.00 Spiak, Pawlo 10.00 Sekreta, Stefan & Anna 100.00 Harwas, Roman & Martha 30.00 Spiak, Petro 10.00 Senezhak, Diana 100.00 Lahola, Peter 30.00 Staruch, Longin 10.00 Senezhak, Volodymyr & Sophia 100.00 Sawyckyj, Zynowij & Teodozia 30.00 Stokotelnyy, Pavlo 10.00 Shandruk, Pawlo 100.00 Stecyszyn, Wolodymyr & Zenovia 30.00 Tarnowsky, Petro 10.00 Shashkewycz, Iwanna & Sophie 100.00 Krup, Anna 26.00 Trytjak, Oksana 10.00 Snylyk, Oleh 100.00 Artymyshyn, Luba 25.00 Udych, John 10.00 St. Nicholas Brotherhood Society, Watervliet, NY 100.00 Bobelak, Nicholas 25.00 Urban, Aksenty 10.00 Strilbyckyj, MD Alexander R. 100.00 Bodnar, Wasyl & Alexandra 25.00 Worobec, Andrij 10.00 Szeremeta, Wasyl & Teodora 100.00 Chomyn, Michael & Helen 25.00 Zavijska, Maria 10.00 Taranawsky, Borys, & Phyllis 100.00 Fil, Nicholas & Mary 25.00 Zendran Zachary 10.00 Ukrainian Amer. Citizens Club, Watervliet, NY 100.00 Geletknaycz, Andrij & Osypa 25.00 Zendran, John 10.00 Ukrainian Civic Council of Glen Spey 100.00 Gerun, Simon, & Maria 25.00 Ukrainian National Association Albany District, NY 100.00 Jedynak, Stefan 25.00 Urban Anne 100.00 Karabin, John 25.00 Total: $17,346.00 Wawriw, Roman W. & Edward V. 100.00 Kocan, Dmytro 25.00 Wolowodiuk, Walter & Catherine 100.00 Kopychuk, Roman & Margaret 25.00 RememberWorobec, Zenowia the victims who are homeless,100.00 hungry,Korotko, cold andJulia & in Oleh need of tinues to accept donations25.00 on behalf of the victims. Please make your medicalWowchyk, treatment.Bohdan The shortages in Zakarpattia100.00 areKostiw, overwhelming. William & Pauline So, if checks payable to The25.00 Ukrainian National Foundation, Inc., 2200 Route 10, youYadzyn, can, D. please give generously. The Ukrainian100.00 NationalMatkowsky, Association Eudokia con- P.O. Box 280, Parsippany,25.00 NJ 07054. All donations are tax-deductible. Bilyk, Michael 75.00 Mokey, Wasyl 25.00 Derzko, Sofia & Marko 75.00 Solanyk, Victor & Claudia 25.00 Kohut,Nestor 75.00 Smith, Zena 25.00 Krill, Julian & Katarzyna 75.00 Bajko, Petro & Olha 20.00 Ovcharchyn, Stephanie 75.00 Czechowycz, Zenon 20.00 Shevchuk. Maria donation from her retirement fund 67.00 Demchar, Andrij 20.00 Shyjka, Anthony 60.00 Demczar, John 20.00 Blahyj, Iwanna 50.00 Hucul, Katherine 20.00 Boiwka, Michael & Ksenia 50.00 Karabin Bohdan 20.00 Ceresna, Ivan 50.00 Klem Wolodymyr 20.00 Chay, Josofat & Liselotte 50.00 Ksenich, Petro 20.00 Cybruch Swiatoslaw 50.00 Ksenych, Sam 20.00 Denysenko, Kateryna 50.00 Kulyk, Dmytro 20.00 Diachuk, Ulana 50.00 Miahky, Zenon & Natalie 20.00 Dushnyk, Mark 50.00 Mochulsky, Stanley 20.00 Dushnyk, Mary 50.00 Pokladok, Orest 20.00 Fediw, Anna 50.00 Shevchuk, Maria 20.00 John's Bar & Restaurant 50.00 Shewchuk, Paul 20.00 Kaczaraj, Stefan 50.00 Chorwat Katherine 15.00 Kadziola, Maria 50.00 Soroka, Wasyl & Josephine 15.00 Korey, Dorothy & Alan 50.00 Pochtar, Jerome 13.00 Kryshtalowych, Jaroslaw & Jaroslawa 50.00 Bachynska, Barbara 10.00 Ladies Auxiliary of the Ukrainian Club, Watervliet, NY 50.00 Bilchuk, Nina 10.00 Lapiczak, Stephan & Anna 50.00 Boshko, Walter 10.00 Litynsky, Wolodymyr 50.00 Chasto, Petro 10.00 Lysko, Martha 50.00 Chmelnovsky, Lev 10.00 Melinyshyn, John & Helen 50.00 Chudio, Irena 10.00 Okrepky, Stefan & Anna 50.00 Ciapka, Lydia 10.00 Pachniuk, Trofim & Emilia 50.00 Ferenchevych, Chrystyna 10.00 Paschuk, Larisa 50.00 Fox, Ida 10.00 Petri, Christine 50.00 Gebuza, Stefan 10.00 Pochodenko, John 50.00 Haluszczak, Marijka 10.00 Poletz, Alexander & Valentina 50.00 Honcharyk, Wolodymyr 10.00 Pozniak, Julian & Daria 50.00 Husak, John 10.00 Pysariw, MD Jacob 50.00 Jarosewich, Irena 10.00 Rackiewycz, Michael 50.00 Kaploun, Valentina 10.00 Romaniw, Mykola & Halyna 50.00 Kozak, Christine 10.00 Samchyshyn, Miroslaw 50.00 Kuzmovych, Olha 10.00 Savyckyj, MD. Jurij 50.00 Malynovsky, Anna 10.00 Semchyshyn Stefan MD & Helena 50.00 Malynovsky, Dara 10.00 Stroicz, Dmytro & Stefania 50.00 Oscislawski, Maria & Eugene 10.00 Tymchyshyn, Marian & Romana 50.00 Polehenkey, Donna 10.00 Welhasch, Stephan 50.00 Romanation, John 10.00 Yurchyshyn, Irene 50.00 Salabay, Nadia 10.00 Kladko, Joseph, & Kostiw, Luba 40.00 Semegen, Daria 10.00 Onyszkewycz, Elias 40.00 Sheparowycz, Maria 10.00 Leskiw, Jaroslaw & Stefania 35.00 Shevchuk,Wasyl 10.00 Bundnyj. Daria 30.00 Spiak, Pawlo 10.00 Harwas, Roman & Martha 30.00 Spiak, Petro 10.00 Lahola, Peter 30.00 Staruch, Longin 10.00 Sawyckyj, Zynowij & Teodozia 30.00 Stokotelnyy, Pavlo 10.00 Stecyszyn, Wolodymyr & Zenovia 30.00 Tarnowsky, Petro 10.00 Krup, Anna 26.00 Trytjak, Oksana 10.00 Artymyshyn, Luba 25.00 Udych, John 10.00 Bobelak, Nicholas 25.00 Urban, Aksenty 10.00 Bodnar, Wasyl & Alexandra 25.00 Worobec, Andrij 10.00 Chomyn, Michael & Helen 25.00 Zavijska, Maria 10.00 Fil, Nicholas & Mary 25.00 Zendran Zachary 10.00 Geletknaycz, Andrij & Osypa 25.00 Zendran, John 10.00 Gerun, Simon, & Maria 25.00 Jedynak, Stefan 25.00 Karabin, John 25.00 Kocan, Dmytro 25.00 Kopychuk, Roman & Margaret 25.00 Korotko, Julia & Oleh 25.00 Kostiw, William & Pauline 25.00 Matkowsky, Eudokia 25.00 Mokey, Wasyl 25.00 Solanyk, Victor & Claudia 25.00 Smith, Zena 25.00 Bajko, Petro & Olha 20.00 Czechowycz, Zenon 20.00 Demchar, Andrij 20.00 Demczar, John 20.00 Hucul, Katherine 20.00 Karabin Bohdan 20.00 Klem Wolodymyr 20.00 Ksenich, Petro 20.00 Ksenych, Sam 20.00 Kulyk, Dmytro 20.00 Miahky, Zenon & Natalie 20.00 Mochulsky, Stanley 20.00 Pokladok, Orest 20.00 Shevchuk, Maria 20.00 Shewchuk, Paul 20.00 Chorwat Katherine 15.00 Soroka, Wasyl & Josephine 15.00 Pochtar, Jerome 13.00 Bachynska, Barbara 10.00 Bilchuk, Nina 10.00 Boshko, Walter 10.00 Chasto, Petro 10.00 Chmelnovsky, Lev 10.00 Chudio, Irena 10.00 Ciapka, Lydia 10.00 Ferenchevych, Chrystyna 10.00 Fox, Ida 10.00 Gebuza, Stefan 10.00 Haluszczak, Marijka 10.00 Honcharyk, Wolodymyr 10.00 Husak, John 10.00 Jarosewich, Irena 10.00 Kaploun, Valentina 10.00 Kozak, Christine 10.00 Kuzmovych, Olha 10.00 Malynovsky, Anna 10.00 Malynovsky, Dara 10.00 Oscislawski, Maria & Eugene 10.00 Polehenkey, Donna 10.00 Romanation, John 10.00 Salabay, Nadia 10.00 Semegen, Daria 10.00 Sheparowycz, Maria 10.00 Shevchuk,Wasyl 10.00 Spiak, Pawlo 10.00 Spiak, Petro 10.00 Staruch, Longin 10.00 Stokotelnyy, Pavlo 10.00 Tarnowsky, Petro 10.00 Trytjak, Oksana 10.00 Udych, John 10.00 Urban, Aksenty 10.00 Worobec, Andrij 10.00 Zavijska, Maria 10.00 Zendran Zachary 10.00 Zendran, John 10.00 No. 5 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1999 19

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PREVIEW OF EVENTS Saturday, January 30 Saturday, February 13 NEW BRITAIN, Conn.: The Postava NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of Ukrainian Youth Group is sponsoring its America presents Daniel Phillips, violin; traditional Malanka to be held at St. Vagram Saradjian, cello; and Volodymyr George’s Church Hall, 301 W. Main St. Vynnytsky, piano; in a program of works by Music will be by Zolota Bulava of Schumann, Stankovych, Skoryk, de Falla Montreal. Admission: $20, adults; $15, and Rachmaninoff. The concert will be held youths under 18. For directions and to at the institute, 2 E. 79th St., at 8 p.m. It is reserve tables call Chris Iwanik, (860) sponsored by Self Reliance (N.Y.) Federal 665-9317, or Bohdan Platosz, (860) 225- Credit Union. Mr. Phillips is a founding 9700. member of the Orion String Quartet, which in addition to international touring, is the Saturday , February 6 quartet-in-residence at the Chamber Music NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society of Lincoln Center. Since his tri- Society is holding a lecture by Dr. umphs in 1975 at the International Cello Vladyslav Verstiuk, Institute of East Competition in Geneva and the European Studies, National Academy of International Tchaikovsky Competition, Mr. Sciences, Kyiv, who will speak on the Saradjian has performed throughout the topic “Post-Soviet Tendencies in world and has played with leading orches- Historical Studies in Ukraine.” The lecture tras and conductors such as Gergiev, will be held at the society’s building, 63 Khachaturian, Rostropovich, Shostakovich Fourth Ave., at 5 p.m. and Temirkanov. A laureate of the Margueritte Long-Jacques Thibaud Monday, February 8 International Piano Competition in Paris (1983), Mr. Vynnytsky has established him- WASHINGTON: The Kennan Institute self as a distinctive and captivating musical for Advanced Russian Studies is holding a personality, appearing as soloist in Europe noon discussion titled “Women in and the U.S. In 1994, Messrs. 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Accompanying Mr. Chrétien on his visit (Continued from page 5) to Ukraine is a group of Canadian business- to assist it in its difficult transition.” people, primarily from the agricultural, How difficult that transition is was per- construction and energy sectors – the latter haps best highlighted in the media itinerary of which has been a prime focus for the Selfreliance UA Federal Credit Union Canadian government as part of its ë‡ÏÓÔÓÏ¥˜ ìÍ‡ªÌÒ¸ÍÓ-ÄÏÂË͇ÌҸ͇ ä‰ËÚÓ‚‡ ëÔ¥Î͇ for Mr. Chrétien’s four-state visit which noted that U.S. dollars “are recommended” Chornobyl-related assistance. 734 Sandford Avenue, Newark, NJ 07106 2200 Route 10 West, Parsippany, NJ 07054 Originally, the commercial component • Tel. (973) 373-7839 • Fax (973) 373-8812 • • Tel. (973) 451-0200 • Fax (973) 451-0400 • in Ukraine. • http://www.selfreliance.org • Michael Kergin, assistant Cabinet secre- of the trip was intended to be more signifi- BUSINESS HOURS: tary in foreign and defense policy at the cant as it was to be a “Team Canada” trade Tue & Fri - 12:00 noon to 7:00 PM • Wed & Thurs - 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM • Sat - 9:00 to 12:00 noon • Mon. - Closed Canadian Privy Council Office, explained mission involving Canadian premiers and that Prime Minister Chrétien would tell business leaders. But that idea got shelved President Kuchma and Prime Minister when the Canadian government postponed Pustovoitenko “to stay the course on the Russian leg of the trip to later in 1999 reform” and underline “the importance of in light of that country’s economic woes. undertaking banking and opening market Also included in the Canadian delega- reforms in order to continue to receive tion to Ukraine are two members of [International Monetary Fund] support.” Parliament of Ukrainian descent: Walt Others issues to be raised included Lastewka of St. Catharines, Ontario (who Ukraine’s concerns, which Canada shares, also serves as parliamentary secretary to about its peacekeeping mission in Bosnia the federal Industry Minister John Manley), “given the investment that we’ve all made and Lou Sekora of the Vancouver riding of in terms of peace and stability in the Port Moody-Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam, as Balkans [and] not to see it undone because well as Oleh Romaniw, a Winnipeg lawyer of Kosovo,” said a Canadian government and former president of the Ukrainian spokesperson during a press briefing on Canadian Congress. January 21. Also during his Kyiv visit Prime It is believed that during his January 28 Minister Chrétien was to answer questions morning meeting with Prime Minister from some 150 Ukrainian students enrolled Pustovoitenko, Prime Minister Chrétien at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla would discuss the case of a 6-year-old Academy in Kyiv on January 27. As one Montreal boy abducted by his mother last Canadian government spokesperson said, it June and taken to Kyiv. The child’s father would give the prime minister the opportu- in 38-year-old cancer researcher Dr. Yury nity “to show his personality.”