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INSIDE:• Ukraine as a beacon of security — page 2. • IMF resumes loan program for Ukraine — page 3. • Reflections on Archbishop-Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk — page 4.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXIV HE KRAINIANNo. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1996 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine President hopes new constitution ShmarovT defamationU case halted W will mark independence anniversary as language becomes the issue by Marta Kolomayets until May 23, because Mr. Karpenko by Marta Kolomayets — the fifth anniversary of Ukraine’s Kyiv Press Bureau objected to the fact that the summons he Kyiv Press Bureau independence — he did not specify an received and the documents submitted to exact date for the referendum. KYIV – The case of Ukrainian the court were in Russian, while KYIV — President Leonid Kuchma Political observers note that it would Defense Minister Valeriy Shmarov vs. Ukrainian law stipulates that “all court would like to celebrate Ukraine’s fifth be prudent for Ukraine to adopt a new the daily newspaper Vechirniy Kyiv proceedings should be in the Ukrainian anniversary with a new constitution, constitution before presidential elections (Evening Kyiv) and its editor-in-chief language, or in the language of the Presidential Chief of Staff Dmytro in Russia, slated for June 16. Some Vitaliy Karpenko went to trial on May majority of the population in the region.” Tabachnyk told foreign journalists at a national democratic deputies argue that a 12, at Kyiv’s Shevchenko raion court- The proceedings chaired by Judge Z. press briefing on May 16. constitution must be in place in Ukraine, house – for 15 minutes. Antonyshyn began at 10 a.m. on Sunday The best way to adopt Ukraine’s new just in case of a victory by Gennadiy Minister Shmarov has accused the morning, with Serhiy Hayduk, assistant constitution would be by referendum, he Zyuganov, the Communist candidate popular newspaper of defamation of to the defense minister, representing Mr. added, saying that a fundamental law who now leads in the polls. The election character (in Ukrainian, the charge reads Shmarov at the proceedings (Minister adopted by a national referendum would of a Communist leader may well “violation of the honor and dignity of the Shmarov did not attend). have the highest level of legitimacy and increase tensions in Ukrainian-Russian minister”) in a series of articles written People’s Deputy Vasyl Kostytsky, ensure the participation of the majority relations and could conceivably slow by Mr. Karpenko earlier this year. In his who is a lawyer by profession, represent- of Ukraine’s citizens in a process that down reforms in Ukraine. summons, Mr. Shmarov also seeks 2 bil- ed the Vechirniy Kyiv newspaper, while would further underscore the country’s Also, analysts agree that if a referen- lion karbovantsi in damages (approxi- attorney Viktor Nikazakov represented political stability. dum is not called by the end of June, it is mately $10,000 U.S.). Mr. Karpenko in the proceedings. Although Mr. Tabachnyk made it unlikely that enough voters will come to But no sooner had the trial started than clear that President Kuchma wants to see the polls in Ukraine to endorse a consti- the judge postponed the proceedings (Continued on page 3) a new constitution adopted by August 24 tution during the months of July and August, because most are out in the fields planting crops or vacationing at their dachas. 1,000 attend funeral for Metropolitan Hermaniuk Mr. Tabachnyk told reporters that an by Frank Guly and Christopher Guly litan-emeritus Hermaniuk had ordained 2 at Ss. Vladimir and Olga Cathedral in ad hoc committee for finalizing the draft constitution, which has members repre- WINNIPEG – France’s Ukrainian to the episcopacy, said his former Winnipeg – where Metropolitan Hermaniuk himself was consecrated 45 years ago. senting all factions in the Parliament — Catholic Bishop Michael Hrynchyshyn Ukrainian-rite Redemptorist colleague’s Canada’s first Ukrainian Catholic met- only the Communists have refused to remembered Archbishop Maxim life’s reward would be to be “promoted ropolitan, who retired in late 1992, died take part in the work — has completed Hermaniuk as a “highly cultured, well-bred to glory in heaven.” in Winnipeg on May 3. He was 84. 80 percent of the work on the new con- man who was a scholar of the highest The Paris-based bishop delivered the Born in Nove Selo in western Ukraine stitution. He characterized the process of order.” eulogy at an evening prayer service in compromise and consolidation as “suffi- Bishop Hrynchyshyn, whom Metropo- memory of Archbishop Hermaniuk on May (Continued on page 4) ciently successful.” The ad hoc committee’s chairman, Mykhailo Syrota (Center faction), told reporters on May 15 that 70 percent of the articles have been adopted by con- sensus, while about 15 percent of the articles have not gained the support of only one or two factions. Oleksander Lavrynovych, who repre- sents the Rukh faction on the ad hoc committee, told Interfax-Ukraine that the representatives of the Communist faction “are deliberately trying to impede the constitutional process, taking part only in meetings of procedure and then walking out of the important meetings.” [The ad hoc committee was formed on a proportional basis: two representatives of each faction and six representatives from the Communist faction, the largest in Parliament with 89 members.] The presidential chief of staff, who served on the Constitutional Committee that drafted this document, took the opportunity on May 16 to criticize Parliament Chairman Oleksander Moroz, calling him one of the main obstacles to passing a new constitution. “Nonetheless, we should see a com- pleted finalized draft by Monday, May 20,” Mr. Tabachnyk added. The draft will then be proposed to the Parliament Andrew Sikorsky for a vote. Bishop Lubomyr Husar of the Exarchate of Kyiv-Vyshhorod — with Bishop-designate Stefan Soroka of the Winnipeg President Kuchma told Interfax- Archeparchy behind him — places soil from Ukraine in Archbishop-Metropolitan Emeritus Maxim Hermaniuk’s casket in Ukraine on May 13 that he is confident Winnipeg’s Ss. Vladimir and Olga Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral. (Continued on page 3) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1996 No. 20

Independent Ukraine: a beacon NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS of security in Central Europe? Kuchma issues decree on wages new furniture and other perks until all by David R. Marples own adherence to the post-war borders wages and pensions owed to workers in was obtained under duress. Its signing of KYIV — Ukrainian President Leonid Recent attempts at further integration state-owned industries, teachers and physi- the Helsinki Act in 1975, which recon- Kuchma issued a decree on May 12 aimed cians are paid. Minister of the Economy between countries of the Commonwealth firmed the present borders, has likewise at ensuring timely payment of wages, pen- of Independent States and the Russian Vasyl Hureyev said the government owes been denounced. sions and stipends by the government and $951 million in up to four months of back Duma’s mid-March 1996 renunciation of Its main disputes are with Ukraine and state-owned enterprises, Ukrainian the 1991 Belaya Vezha accords ending wages. He blamed a continuing decline in can be divided into two areas: 1) Television reported. The decree stipulates industrial output, unpaid taxes and the the Soviet Union have been counterbal- Bessarabia and Northern Bukovyna, seized that ministers as well as enterprise man- anced by the proposed expansion of temporary suspension of credits by the by Stalin in June 1940 and reannexed to agers will be fired if they fail to pay International Monetary Fund last month. NATO eastward to include states in the Soviet Union after World War II; salaries on time. In another decree, Mr. Europe that have embraced democracy Meanwhile, up to 1,000 coal miners though Bessarabia had been part of the old Kuchma ordered the State Committee on blocked railroad tracks in western Ukraine since 1989, such as Hungary and Poland. Russian empire, there was no viable Television and Radio to launch, within 10 Both developments leave Ukraine calling for an end to coal imports from premise for the grabbing of Bukovyna; 2) days, regular broadcasts featuring discus- neighboring Poland and prompt payment increasingly isolated in Central Europe, the tiny Zmiynyi (Serpent) Island on the sion on the basic draft law by members of and, despite official denials to the con- of back wages, Western agencies reported. Black Sea, a continental shelf linked to the the Constitutional Committee, national (OMRI Daily Digest) trary, it appears to have taken on the role Romanian mainland. and local lawmakers, government offi- of a buffer state between two military- It is reported that the area around the cials, legal experts and representatives of TV officials Kulyk, Savenko sacked security alliances. civic organizations, Ukrainian Radio island possesses about one-third of KYIV — The Ukrainian Parliament Ukraine, ruled by President Leonid Ukraine’s potential oil reserves, and some reported. Mr. Kuchma also issued a Kuchma since the summer of 1994, is decree establishing a national athletic voted to dismiss the state television and 25 percent of natural gas deposits. Since radio’s top two officials for alleged cor- trying to preserve a delicate balance in its Ukraine’s main disadvantage in its dealings training institution to support Ukraine’s relations with Russia and the CIS coun- Olympic and international sports training ruption, Reuters and Radio Rosiyi report- with Russia is its energy deficit, the island ed on May 13. The head of the tries, while moving demonstrably closer has assumed much more than strategic sig- program. Financial support will come to the United States as a strategic partner. from the Kyiv-based Republican Stadium Parliament’s Committee on Mass Media nificance. Frankly, Ukraine cannot afford to charged Zinoviy Kulyk, chairman of the Though there seems to be no question give up this territory and is unlikely to do company. (OMRI Daily Digest) of formal adherence to the NATO partner- State Committee on Television and so. Yet, although Romania is not in a posi- ship, Ukraine may attend NATO discus- Austerity measures ordered Radio, and Oleksander Savenko, head of tion to threaten Ukraine militarily, the pro- sions in the 16 + 1 arrangement that was the national TV company, with giving traction of the dispute has undermined sta- KYIV — A government cash crunch initiated in Brussels in 1995. At the same free air time to broadcast companies hav- bility on Ukraine’s southwestern border. and piling wage debts have prompted time, Ukraine’s army has conducted joint ing foreign capital and with corrupt Relations with Russia are clearly the Leonid Kuchma to order tough austerity maneuvers with its U.S. counterpart, and licensing services. Deputies said key issue. In early April, Russian measures, including a ban on foreign busi- since the Russian decision to invade President Leonid Kuchma had promised President Boris Yeltsin canceled for the ness travel and other benefits for officials, Chechnya in December 1994, Ukraine has to remove the two officials last June after sixth time his proposed visit to Kyiv to international agencies reported on May 15. been perceived by the United States as a signing the Constitutional Accord with sign a treaty of friendship and coopera- Mr. Kuchma issued a decree temporarily key player in the balance of power and in tion. The main reason cited was the fail- banning spending on office renovations, (Continued on page 7) the stability of Eastern Europe. Arguably, ure to agree on terms for the division of such a policy represented a profound the Black Sea Fleet, though most of the change in U.S. strategic policy. Today, if remaining problems appeared to have not a guarantor of Ukrainian indepen- been resolved last year at Sochi. dence, NATO may be described, at the Belarusian protests continue More significant is the confusing MIENSK/BIALYSTOK, Poland — The demonstrators shouted in front of very least, as a strong supporter. debate over the status of the city of Opposition to the authoritarian govern- Mr. Lukashenka’s residence until he The expansion of NATO is a complex Sevastopil, which has been the subject of ment of Belarusian President Alyaksandr departed by car. They then moved toward affair that is bitterly opposed by Russia. increasingly belligerent statements from Lukashenka showed no signs of abating the Parliament building but dispersed quiet- The latter country has moved inexorably the Russian Duma and some of the can- as new protests erupted within Belarus ly after being stopped by a police cordon. closer to integration with some of its didates in this summer’s presidential and in neighboring Poland. The following day, over 1,000 people partners in the loose CIS alliance. election. President Yeltsin, who appears OMRI Daily Digest reported on May 15 demonstrated outside the Belarusian Ironically, that alliance would be ren- to be gaining on his Communist rival, that some 5,000 demonstrators marched Consulate in the northeastern Polish town dered null and void had the Russian pres- Gennadiy Zyuganov, in most polls, has through the streets of the Belarusian capital of Bialystok, Agence France Presse ident accepted the March 15 decision of adopted an ambiguous stance. the previous day, demanding the release of reported. The protesters handed the the Russian State Duma to re-enact the His campaign has clearly benefited two activists facing charges over the April Belarusian Consul a letter opposing the 1922 agreement that established the from recent attempts at further integra- 26 Chornobyl commemoration-turned detention and expulsion of four Solidarity USSR. For the present, the CIS still tion of what President Yeltsin calls the protest against Mr. Lukashenka, in which members by Belarusian security forces. exists on paper, but Ukraine has carefully over 200 demonstrators were arrested and The labor delegation had been in avoided any form of commitment to its “near abroad” and from the April 2 union agreement with Belarus. The status of dozens were beaten by OMON and Interior Belarus at the invitation of the Belarusian former Soviet neighbors. Ministry riot troops. Belarusian Popular Independent Association of Trade Unions, Ukraine also decided not to sign the Sevastopil falls into this same category. The port remains the base of the Front leaders Yuriy Khadyka and which opposes Mr. Lukashenka’s policies. 1991 security agreement signed in Tashkent Vyachaslau Siuchyk have been on a hunger Belarusian authorities claimed the delega- by Russia and neighboring states such as Russian Black Sea Fleet. Yet, in contrast to the city’s authorities (who have declared strike since their arrest 17 days ago. tion had organized an illegal demonstra- Kazakhstan and Belarus. This agreement The International Helsinki Federation tion in Miensk. remains currently the most important strate- Sevastopil a “Russian” city) and the Russian State Duma, Ukraine refuses to for Human Rights also issued a statement Meanwhile, the Brussels-based gic alignment in the former Soviet space. asking for their release, said the OMRI International Confederation of Free Trade The strategy of President Kuchma, his countenance any agreement that does not acknowledge that Sevastopil is Ukrainian report. It noted that they could be jailed Unions said it lodged a complaint with defense minister, Valeriy Shmarov, and the for up to three years and that the legal the International Labor Organization secretary of the Ukrainian National Security territory. Though Ukraine is willing to sign a political agreement without a simultane- process so far “gives little hope that the against Belarus, Rzeczpospolita reported Council, Volodymyr Horbulin, has thus far trial will be fair and open.” on May 16. been to avoid antagonizing Russia while ous concord on the Black Sea Fleet ques- placing Ukraine at the very center of tion, Russia’s Prime Minister Viktor European security as a stable and democrat- Chernomyrdin has been unwilling to ic partner. The road ahead, however, divide the two. 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have expressed their displeasure with Shmarov defamation... Mr. Shmarov’s restructuring of policy (Continued from page 1) and reforms, which they added, can con- Canadian project supports In the case brought before the court, tribute to the demise of the national army Minister Shmarov states that Mr. and can be dangerous to the national legal reform in Ukraine Karpenko defamed him as a government security of Ukraine. by Marta Dyczok Before being accepted for the program, official in the editor’s column of Political observers in Ukraine have potential candidates are required to make a KYIV – “The new emphasis of February 8 headlined “State Revolt,” said that some of Ukraine’s armed forces commitment to teach in Ukraine. Canada’s technical cooperation with where Mr. Karpenko accuses him of are displeased with the fact that their In addition to the $1.5 million defense minister is a civilian, while oth- Ukraine is not project completion but long- inciting a revolution among the military, (Canadian) contributed by CIDA, the ers say that the dismissal of Gen. term results,” said Emil Baran, head of the with the intention of destroying the Canadian law schools participating are Anatoliy Lopata, one-time head of the Technical Assistance section of Canada’s Ukrainian armed forces, and, in turn, the making an additional $1.25 million contri- chiefs of staff, earlier this year caused Embassy in Ukraine. The CIDA-sponsored Ukrainian independent state. bution in kind. One aspect of this is the the initial uproar between Mr. Shmarov program on “Legal Training and Among the points in Mr. Karpenko’s time put in by Canadian law professors to and Vechirniy Kyiv. Curriculum Development” seems to fit this column that Mr. Shmarov denies is the make the project a success. Prof. Mis, a 24- However, on May 12, the issue in the bill perfectly. The project trains Ukrainian accusation that the minister has formed a year veteran of the University of Alberta overcrowded courtroom in the center of law professors in Canada’s leading law “shadow general staff which has devel- law faculty, became involved in the project the city was not the truth or the sub- schools for a full academic year with the oped an anti-patriotic military policy,” a year and a half ago, after hearing from stance of the allegations, but the issue of aim of exposing them to new teaching colleagues at his university working on and that Mr. Shmarov “has tried to language. Mr. Karpenko immediately methods and analytical approaches to law deceive Ukrainian President Leonid health projects in Ukraine. “It was partially demanded a translator for the trial, as the that will then be introduced in Ukraine. my Ukrainian background and partially the Kuchma, showing him documents that judge began proceedings in the Russian Prof. Walter Mis of Alberta University’s generals signed under pressure” from realization that they needed help,” said language. law faculty, who oversees the program on Prof. Mis when asked why he chose to give Mr. Shmarov. Mr. Karpenko said he needed to the Canadian side, was in Ukraine last In turn, Mr. Karpenko has said in sub- his time. During his first trip to Kyiv he review his summons in his native lan- week to interview candidates for the com- said he found that he was learning not only sequent articles that the accusations pre- guage, Ukrainian, arguing that he may ing academic year. Out of a short list of 26, sented in his column on February 8 were about the process of legal reform in not understand the “innuendoes of the eight will be selected to study at the Ukraine, but also getting a new perspective not Mr. Karpenko’s inventions, but facts Russian text,” and, given that these are University of Alberta, York University and on the principles of law of Canada. revealed by a group of generals who allegations made against him, he feels it McGill University. “This is a particularly It seems that Canada has a lot to offer only fair to be able to comprehend the nice project since it will provide large divi- Ukraine in this area both because of its charges. dends for Ukraine and is an effective use of expertise in fields such as comparative con- In a transcript from the first morning resources,” he said while in Kyiv. “By stitutional law, human rights law, civil and of the court proceedings, Mr. Hayduk teaching the teachers we produce a core commercial law, and also because Canada accused Mr. Karpenko of being “cun- group of people who will have an immedi- is perceived as a non-threatening type of ning,” adding that Mr. Karpenko under- ate impact upon their return by forming the country by Ukrainians. The large Ukrainian stands Russian very well and that he has nucleus professorate at the Center for Legal community in Canada enhances communi- had the opportunity to get acquainted Studies and teaching new courses.” cation between the two countries. In addi- with the documents, which were sent to The Center of Legal Studies at Taras tion to the time the Ukrainian professors the newspaper in both languages. Shevchenko University in Kyiv is the first spend in the classroom, they are also Although Mr. Karpenko acknowl- new law school to open in Ukraine. Set up offered a practical component. Last year’s edged that he did see the texts in by the Ukrainian Legal Foundation last trainees spent time working with Alberta’s Ukrainian, they were not official docu- year, it aims to break with old traditions Ministry of Justice and in private Canadian ments signed by Mr. Shmarov, and, and introduce Western standards to the law firms. Ievdokhia Streltsova from therefore, he cannot view them as a court teaching of law in Ukraine. Halyna Odessa worked in a maritime law firm in summons, stressing that he needed to see Freeland, the executive director of the ULF Montreal after completing her course work. a summons in Ukrainian signed by Mr. and one of the main motors behind creating The real test of the success of this pro- Shmarov. the new law school, was instrumental in gram will come in a few years, once the But Mr. Karpenko did drive home the getting Canadian support through CIDA. new curriculum is in place and the Center AP point concerning the use of Ukrainian in “This Canadian program will have a much for Legal Studies produces graduates. If Defense Minister Valeriy Shmarov. the proceedings, stating that “it would be more in-depth and longer term impact on the selection process for participants is nonsense if in Germany court proceed- the reform of law in Ukraine than other truly fair and open, and if the Ukrainian ings were in French, and in France, pro- projects,” she said. Ms. Freeland is con- law professors honor their commitment ceedings were conducted in English, and vinced that reform-minded Ukrainian law to use the knowledge they gain during in England they were conducted in professors need to spend a full academic their time in Canada to reform law Spanish. We are in Ukraine and we are year abroad to gain the necessary skills to schools in Ukraine, the program could arguing about elementary points which introduce change. The three-year project have significant long-term results for the are spelled out in our laws.” will train 18 Ukrainian law professors. legal profession in Ukraine. His demands also highlighted the fact that a government minister, who is oblig- ated to represent his country in its offi- IMF loan program to grant cial language, submits his documents in Russian – though he speaks and under- stands Ukrainian fluently. Vechirniy Ukraine $900 million in 1996 Kyiv, in a front-page article reporting on the trial on May 13, asked “Is this con- by Marta Kolomayets However, after receiving a memoran- scious ignorance, or outright scorn?” Kyiv Press Bureau dum on economic policy for 1996 from People’s deputies, including Stepan the Ukrainian government, which includ- Khmara, Mykhailo Ratushnyi, Anatoliy KYIV – The International Monetary ed promises of keeping the inflation rate Yermak, Vyacheslav Bilous and Pavlo Fund has resumed implementation of its down to 1-2 percent by the end of the Movchan, who is also the chairman of stand-by loan program for Ukraine, vot- year, speeding up the process of privati- AP the Prosvita Ukrainian Language ing in Washington on May 10 to grant zation, and keeping to the 6.2 percent Gen. Anatoliy Lopata, former head of Society, witnessed these events in the Ukraine nearly $900 million in 1996, budget deficit for 1996, the loan program the chiefs of staff. courtroom. reported Interfax-Ukraine. was reviewed by the IMF. The fourth tranche of the $1.5 billion The May 10 decision by the IMF IMF stand-by loan signed last year – simple yes or no question: “Do you want $100 million – is scheduled to be dis- board of directors in Washington marks a constitution for Ukraine?” bursed later this month, and the the first time Ukraine has received for- President hopes... eign funds in 1996. And Ukraine needs (Continued from page 1) To date, President Kuchma has had to Ukrainian government is also likely to these monies if it is to cover its huge for- one draft constitution will be agreed make one major concession in the draft get the fifth stand-by tranche (worth constitution. The original draft called for another $100 million) by the end of May, eign debt – largely for Russian energy upon soon and then submitted to a imports – this year. plebiscite. a bicameral legislature, made up of the according to IMF Executive Director J. House of Deputies and the Senate, but a de Beaufort Wijnholds, who met with The decision to grant the stand-by There have been rumors from govern- majority of the Parliament opposed this National Bank Governor Viktor credit was reached in April of 1995, of ment circles that if the Parliament drags option. Mr. Kuchma said that, for the Yushchenko and Deputy Prime Minister which Ukraine received over $760 mil- its feet on adopting the final version of sake of peace and stability, he agreed to a for the Economy Roman Shpek in Kyiv lion last year. the constitution, President Kuchma may transitional unicameral Parliament for the last week. During his recent visit to Kyiv, Mr. just lose patience with the legislature and next five years, adding a provision for a According to the IMF’s representative Wijnholds consulted with members of announce an all-Ukrainian referendum bicameral legislature after that period of in Ukraine, Alex Sundakov, before the the Ukrainian government, not only by the end of the month. time. end of 1996 the IMF intends to disburse regarding the stand-by credit, but also the The final version of the constitution The Constitutional Accord signed nine closely monitored monthly loan next IMF program in Ukraine. would then be published by major news- between the president and the Parliament installments of about $100 million each. According to the IMF, Ukraine may papers or in booklet form, so that on June 8 of last year currently serves as The IMF had suspended implementation receive more than $2 billion (U.S.) in Ukraine’s citizens could get acquainted Ukraine’s petit constitution and will con- of the program in April, when a number foreign aid from international institutions with the proposed fundamental law. tinue to be the law of the land until a new of guidelines had not been met regarding in order to implement economic reforms The referendum would then pose a constitution is adopted. the budget deficit. in 1996, reported Interfax-Ukraine. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1996 No. 20

Maxim Hermaniuk: his words, wisdom Mournersby Frank Guly and Christopher reflect Guly onO ntario,archbishop’s president of the Canadian life by Christopher Guly Chair at the institute, and, in the next Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB). couple of years, hopes to release a col- WINNIPEG – After 45 years in Winnipeg, “He was a dedicated churchman who OTTAWA – For the Rev. Andriy lection of the archbishop’s interven- Ukrainian Catholic Metropolitan-Emeritus cared for his people and was sensitive to Chirovsky, Metropolitan Maxim tions at the Second Vatican Council as Maxim Hermaniuk was an institution. When their needs. His great life inspired his peo- Hermaniuk was an “elder statesman” well as subsequent world synods of he died on May 3, many of his friends and ple and his Church.” – Saskatoon’s Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. bishops. colleagues were startled, as Bishop-designate Cornelius Pasichny. “His wisdom on the potential for “His lifelong dedication to ecu- Stefan Soroka said, out of thinking “Through the death of Metropolitan collegiality of a worldwide Catholic menism and participating in the “Metropolitan Maxim would live forever.” Hermaniuk, the Canadian Church has lost communion and Catholic-Orthodox Kyivan Church Study Group, I Some shared their reflections on one of its wisest men. His wisdom was not Archbishop Hermaniuk’s life and career. relations will be sorely missed,” said believe, will prove his visions of only manifested in all situations, and ground- the Rev. Chirovsky, who arrived in unity vindicated,” said the Rev. * * * ed in his love for [Jesus] and the Gospels, but Ottawa six years ago to head the Chirovsky. “I will remember him a thousand differ- also in his position at the Second Vatican Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky For 45 years, Metropolitan ent ways. He was a man of much talent – Council. He was one of [its] last witnesses. Institute for Eastern Christian Hermaniuk’s wisdom gave the perhaps small in stature but not in wisdom This man was a blessing to the Church, not Studies at Saint Paul University. impression he did a significant part of and experience. He was much larger than just of the Ukrainian rite, but the whole The institute and the Rev. the forward-thinking for the church – life in terms of his influence. He was a man Church.” – Ottawa’s Archbishop Marcel Chirovsky as its director – along and the Ukrainian community in of collegiality and ecumenism whose influ- Gervais, a past-president of the CCCB. with the revival of the quarterly the- Ukraine, where he visited several ence at the Second Vatican Council hasn’t “He loved his Church and the Ukrainian ological journal, Logos, which he times in the last five years, and the yet been fully appreciated.” – Winnipeg’s people, and was recognized and respected founded in 1950 – were among diaspora. He could engage in personal Archbishop Michael Bzdel, metropolitan of by all for this. Truly, he was a man for all Metropolitan Hermaniuk’s accom- conversation with John Paul II and the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada. seasons in our Ukrainian Church. To the sis- plishments. chat with kids attending Ukrainian “He was a very nice man – one of the ters, he was a spiritual advisor and friend, “He was certainly a man of summer camp in Manitoba. nicest Church leaders I have ever worked and always very supportive. He knew how vision, who knew where the Church Sometimes, his words were profound; with. Well-educated, it was always a pleasure to give encouragement, show interest and should be headed into the 21st centu- other times, straightforward. to work with him. He was most respected in bring out the best in people. He will be dear- ry,” the Rev. Chirovsky told The Canada and Ukraine.” – Winnipeg’s ly missed.” – Sister Janice Soluk, provincial Weekly. “He knew the future had to * * * Archbishop Wasyly Fedak, metropolitan of superior of the Sisters Servants of Mary be based on some kind of new gener- “I enjoyed being bishop not in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada. Immaculate in Canada. ation of leaders.” terms of it being the highest authori- “He was an outstanding Canadian bishop, “He was small in stature, but large in Some of the late archbishop’s ty and as successor to the apostles. It not only at the national level but at the heart with excellent wisdom for people ideas and leadership have yet to be was a gift from the Lord, and I was Second Vatican Council and future synods.” from all walks of life.” – Dr. Bronislaw embraced. Episcopal collegiality very happy to have this chance to – Archbishop Francis Spence of Kingston, Gorski, friend and Winnipeg physician. through a permanent synod of bish- work for the people as their bishop.” ops elected for a specific term has – In a 1987 interview with The yet to be implemented. The Weekly. Hermaniuk model on Catholic- “Today’s society is very pluralis- Orthodox unity, in which the pope tic, very cosmopolitan. We need to would chair a group composed of the get closer to a milieu of Ukrainian heads of autocephalous Orthodox mentality without becoming a ghet- churches and elected representatives to.” — In a 1987 interview with The from the Catholic Church’s national Weekly. bishops’ conferences, also remains “It means that you see so many an elusive dream. problems, advise so many people. Feeling “devastated” at hearing the You have to make some very impor- news of his mentor’s death on May 3, tant decisions. Sometimes, you feel a the Rev. Chirovsky took solace in little bit lonely. It’s not unlike politi- remembering what Archbishop cal life, but it’s spiritual and more Hermaniuk had once told him. “He important.” – On being a bishop told me, ‘The Church needs two when his December 29, 1992, retire- brains. One, in Lviv, and the other in ment was approved by the Holy See. Ottawa, where our own Church can “I want to tell you that I will be think for us.’ This man was the wisest here for you any time, anywhere and among our bishops, the greatest in any way to serve the Church.” – thinker of our synod of bishops.” At the March 9, 1993, episcopal ordi- Andrew Sikorsky The Rev. Chirovsky plans to lobby nation of his successor, Archbishop- Metropolitan Wasyly Fedak of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada blesses for a Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk Metropolitan Michael Bzdel. the archbishop’s casket at the cemetery.

you laid upon him, for you have given to jutor to the Ivano-Frankivske Eparchy had a deep appreciation for the importance 1,000 attend... him a blessing, now, always and for ever prevented more Ukrainian Catholics from of different nationalities in the life of the (Continued from page 1) and ever.” attending Metropolitan Hermaniuk’s Church,” said Archbishop Hacault. on October 30, 1911, Metropolitan Dressed in his bishop’s liturgical vest- funeral services. At a reception following the funeral Hermaniuk was ordained to the priest- ments, the metropolitan held a rosary in Ukrainian Canadian Chief Justice liturgy, Metropolitan Wasyly Fedak of hood on June 29, 1938, in Lviv. He was his hands – the same one he was found Benjamin Hewak of the Manitoba Court the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of consecrated a bishop on June 29, 1951, holding in death on the morning of May 3. of Queen’s Bench and former Winnipeg Canada said the news of Archbishop and installed as archbishop-metropolitan Winnipeg’s late spring forced clear Mayor Bill Norrie also attended the May Hermaniuk’s death “unquestionably not on February 12, 1957. skies throughout the two-day memorial 10 funeral. only saddened Ukrainians in the diaspo- More than 1,200 people attended the services for Archbishop Hermaniuk. Chicago’s Bishop Michael Wiwchar, a ra, but also those in Ukraine where he May 2 priestly parastas for Archbishop A crowd of 1,200 gathered at the Canadian-born Redemptorist, delivered the was born and enjoyed great respect and Hermaniuk – just two days after 1,800 cathedral the morning of May 10 to funeral eulogy in Ukrainian. Latin-rite prestige.” crowded into the cathedral to attend the attend the funeral divine liturgy for the Archbishop Antoine Hacault of the histori- Metropolitan Fedak, who also serves funeral of the metropolitan’s former sec- metropolitan. His successor, fellow cal French-speaking Winnipeg Archdiocese as archbishop of Winnipeg, called his Redemptorist Archbishop-Metropolitan retary, the Rev. Jaropolk Radkewycz, of St. Boniface, spoke in English. former Ukrainian Catholic colleague “a Michael Bzdel, served as the principal Archbishop Hacault praised who died in a car crash outside of person of high calling [who] worthily celebrant. Archbishop Hermaniuk as a man dedicat- Winnipeg on April 29. The Rev. gave all of himself during his hard-work- Five Latin-rite bishops were in atten- ed to ecumenism and young people. “On Radkewycz also served as vicar-general ing life with his labors and prayers.” of the Winnipeg Archeparchy. dance, including the Canadian primate the last day of his life, he spent it with Archbishop Maurice Couture of Quebec the youth, the future of our Church,” said The Rev. Jaroslav Dybka, provincial Throughout the day on May 9, 1,500 superior of the Redemptorists in Canada people paid their respects to Archbishop City, and Winnipeg Archbishop Leonard Archbishop Hacault, who also spoke in and the United States, told The Weekly Hermaniuk – whose body lay in state at Wall. French and Ukrainian. that Archbishop Hermaniuk had the cathedral. A ceremonial Knights of Among the Ukrainian-rite hierarchy On the evening of May 2, Columbus guard kept a constant vigil, as were Toronto’s Bishop Isidore Borecky – Metropolitan Hermaniuk had made his bequeathed gifts to several cultural and children dressed in Ukrainian costumes who, with Archbishop Hermaniuk, was last public appearance at a Ukrainian religious groups in the Ukrainian approached the casket and women sat among the last Canadian prelates named Catholic youth rally marking the 400th Canadian community. quietly in pews holding lit candles. to the episcopacy by Pope Pius XII – and anniversary of the Union of Brest – A Maxim Hermaniuk Fund in support of Mostly, the mourners were reflective – Kyiv’s newly installed U.S.-born Bishop which brought Ukrainians into the the training of future Ukrainian Catholics some reading the memorial card in honor Lubomyr Husar, who represented Roman church. priests will be established, said the Rev. of Archbishop Hermaniuk that read, Cardinal Myroslav Lubachivsky, arch- Archbishop Hacault recalled the close Dybka, who was named by the metropolitan “With glory and honor has God crowned bishop-major of Lviv. relationship he and his predecessor, the to serve as executor of his estate. him, and has placed on his head a wreath The consecration in Ukraine of late Archbishop Maurice Baudoux, Archbishop Hermaniuk was buried in of precious stones; glory and majesty, Basilian Bishop (Sofron) Mudrij as coad- enjoyed with Archbishop Hermaniuk. “He All Saints Cemetery outside of Winnipeg. No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1996 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

UNA inaugurates newsletter The UNA and you for members in United States JERSEY CITY, N.J. — The Ukrainian Saving thousands by refinancing by Stephan Welhasch National Association has inaugurated a newsletter for members called The UNA It seems that almost everyone knows someone who has just refinanced their in Focus (U poli zoru — UNSoyuz). home. The reasons for doing so are many: Some 26,000 copies of the bilingual • lower interest rate (English-Ukrainian) newsletter, dated • college tuition March 1996, were mailed to UNA mem- • home renovation bers in the United States some six weeks • investment ago. • loan consolidation Focusing on UNA insurance offerings, With interest rates lower than they’ve been in the past 18 months, if the membership benefits and fraternal activi- thought of refinancing has even crossed your mind, now is definitely the time to ties, the four-page premiere issue covers give it serious thought. Interest rates have probably hit bottom, and there have annuity certificates, college scholarships never been more lenders and mortgage brokers seeking to help you. and the UNA’s five-year-old Teaching While most home owners understand they will save money in the long run by English in Ukraine program. It also fea- refinancing their existing mortgage loans, many are concerned about the costs tures a message from UNA President connected with the loan closing process. It is true that the borrower is obligated Ulana Diachuk. to pay a laundry list of charges when closing the loan. However, with proper The UNA in Focus is to be published preparation, a smart borrower can literally save thousands of dollars. three to four times per year. Its editor is Recently, an attorney from Rutherford, N.J., applied to trade his $100,000 / Roma Hadzewycz, a UNA advisor. Halyna five-year adjustable-rate home loan with a 15-year payout at 9.5 percent interest Kolessa is editor of the newsletter’s The next issue of The UNA in Focus for a new 15-year fixed rate at 6.875 percent. Ukrainian-language section. is to be published in June. By coming over to UNA he reduced his monthly payments by $152.37. This translates to a $27,400 savings over the life of the loan. A couple from Houston, an engineer and household manager, just a few weeks ago traded a 15-year fixed-rate $125,000 home loan, which they signed back in May 1992 at 9 percent interest, for a new mortgage of $140,000 at 6.5 percent. Young UNA’ers They did this to get a lower rate, repair the house a bit and to consolidate some to rely upon Joe Green, a neighbor who high-interest-rate bills. By doing so they still managed to save $48.28 in their lives on his own farm nearby. Although monthly payments with the UNA. these chores are often time-consuming True, their closing costs did increase slightly over the time in question, but the or cumbersome, Mr. Green has never extra cash and lower monthly payments did make life a little easier for them. accepted any payment for his aid. Mrs. Even after closing costs, over the life of this new loan they still stand to save Romanchuk often hoped for a way to thousands of dollars. show her gratitude for his assistance. When rates fell below 7 percent three years ago, the lowest rate in 25 years, Earlier this year, when a new mem- this set off a wave of refinancing nationally. By mid-1994 interest rates jumped ber of the Green family was born, Mrs. to over 9 percent, and many home owners decided to wait it out. Now once Romanchuk found a solution to her again, with rates being so low, many home owners are rushing to refinance. dilemma. If Mr. Green would not Being a member of the Ukrainian National Association entitles you to a spe- accept a token of her appreciation, per- cial mortgage rate that also includes better insurance coverage for you and your haps his young son would! Contacting children. If you’ve been considering refinancing, now is a good time to call the her local UNA branch secretary, she UNA and compare shop. inquired about purchasing a policy for Our biggest customer today is the former adjustable-rate mortgage customer. the Greens’ newborn. After gaining his Many of those who expect to close within the next 45 days have already locked- parents’ approval, Mrs. Romanchuk in on the new interest rates. You never know, rates might shoot up again as hap- tapped into her modest savings and pened two years ago. In fact interest rates have moved up again by one-half of a proceeded to purchase a UNA policy for percent in the last few weeks. Anna Romanchuk lives on a small the baby boy. Don’t wait any longer. Call UNA and see how much you can save. Make your farm not far from Minneapolis. At a The UNA is proud to welcome this dreams come true. Call 1 (800) 253-9862. young 98, she is in good health and able new member, Michael James Green, to perform many of the duties around born January 28, 1996, to Joe and her home. However, there are some Mary Green and weighing in at 7 tasks for which she needs assistance. pounds, 14 ounces. A UNA policy is For these, Mrs. Romanchuk has come indeed a wonderful gift! Auditors complete review of UNA operations

Christine Oksana Rad and Yurij Taras Rad, children of Mary and Bob Rad, are new members of UNA Branch 888 in Toronto. They were enrolled by their parents. Four of the five members of the Ukrainian National Association’s Auditing Committee conducted a review of UNA operations, including Soyuzivka, during the week of April 20. Seen above are: Iwan Wynnyk, Stefan Hawrysz, William Share The Weekly with a colleague. Pastuszek and Anatole Doroshenko. Stefania Hewryk was unable to participate in the twice yearly audit. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1996 No. 20

BOOK NOTES THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY In memoriam A multicultural portrait of Chicago JERSEY CITY, N.J. — The latest edi- In the Catholic Church, Archbishop-Metropolitan Emeritus Maxim Hermaniuk tion of “Ethnic Chicago, A Multicultural will be remembered as the “father of ecumenism.” In Ukraine and the diaspora, Portrait,” is a kaleidoscope of the devel- Maxim Hermaniuk leaves a substantial legacy in defending human rights and free- opment of 16 ethnic communities that doms. Although he lived three-quarters of his life outside his native Ukraine, the have contributed to the make-up of con- former Ukrainian Catholic archbishop of Winnipeg left part of his psyche behind. temporary Chicago. Edited by Melvin G. Following World War II, while studying post-graduate theology at Belgium’s Holli and Peter d’A. Jones, the book University of Louvain, Metropolitan Hermaniuk helped organize the social and reli- explains Chicago from the perspective of gious rehabilitation of displaced Ukrainians living in Belgium. As the Soviets placed the United States as a “melting pot of the Ukrainian Catholic Church into a Communist sarcophagus, the scholarly Re- nations,” a phrase popularized by Israel demptorist priest also found himself among the displaced group with whom he was Zangwill in his 1908 melodrama “The working. Unable to return to his native western Ukraine, the future bishop became Melting Pot.” active in the Belgian Ukrainian community. He helped establish a Ukrainian news- Today, as Messrs. Holli and Jones paper, served as editor of a Ukrainian monthly magazine for Western Europe and point out in their introduction, that con- became chaplain to the Louvain Ukrainian Students’ Movement. cept is being displaced by multicultural- In 1948, Metropolitan Hermaniuk was appointed vice-provincial superior of ism, which is concerned with the reten- the Ukrainian-rite Redemptorists in Canada and the United States. Based in tion of ethnic cultural identities, institu- Waterford, Ontario, he launched Logos, a Ukrainian-language theological jour- tions and traditions. For the groups nal, two years later. But Archbishop Hermaniuk’s editorial career with – and described in this book it is a central tenet the publication itself – lasted only one year, until he was named auxiliary bish- of their continued existence as individual op to his predecessor, Basilian Archbishop Basil Ladyka of Winnipeg. communities. (Archbishop Hermaniuk revived Logos following his retirement.) One chapter is a segment on Ukrainian As bishop, and later as archbishop-metropolitan when he succeeded Americans, written by lifelong Chi-town- Archbishop Ladyka in 1957, Archbishop Hermaniuk remained active in the er, Dr. Myron Kuropas. The former Ukrainian Canadian community. Through the Ukrainian Canadian Congress White House ethnic advisor to President He also notes two high points in the and the World Congress of Ukrainians, Archbishop Hermaniuk promoted the Gerald Ford and a longtime activist of life of Chicago’s Ukrainian community. multicultural visibility of Canada’s Ukrainian community and used his church the Ukrainian National Association gives First, the 1918 Pulaski Park rally, where role to defend the religious and civil rights of Ukrainians back home. a certain expertise to the history of more than 10,000 Ukrainians and sup- As Bishop-designate Stefan Soroka of the Archeparchy of Winnipeg recently Ukrainians in his hometown. porters gathered on May 30 to protest told The Winnipeg Free Press, “[Archbishop Hermaniuk] always reminded the Whereas many of the other authors German aggression, and World War I. Church outside of the martyrdom of the people [in Ukraine’s] underground, pursu- describe the development of their commu- As the author writes, “No Ukrainian ing their faith. When they couldn’t speak up he spoke up for them.” So loudly, in nities within a framework of Chicago set gatherings before and few after have fact, that he secured an invitation for himself and 14 of his fellow Ukrainian Catholic apart from the greater community devel- been as successful, both in terms of the prelates to attend the Second Vatican Council – the largest contingent from that branch opment in the United States, Dr. Kuropas number of Ukrainians involved and the of Eastern Catholicism to be greeted by the pope in more than five centuries. describes the development of Ukrainian unifying spirit that prevailed.” In many ways, Archbishop Hermaniuk bested the Soviet clamp on the Ukrainian life in the United States within the micro- A second watershed was the Ukrainian Catholic Church when he successfully led a campaign to secure the release of future cosm of the Chicago “hromada.” American effort at the 1933 Chicago Cardinal Josyf Slipyj from exile in 1963 – to live in the Vatican at the invitation of He explains that the Church was a World’s Fair, where the community Pope John XXIII. But while some of his brother bishops pressed the Holy See to focal point of community life (as with organized a Ukrainian pavilion that officially recognize the patriarchal title Archbishop-Major Slipyj himself used, most of these ethnic groups) and has attracted 1.8 million visitors. Metropolitan Hermaniuk chose to avoid rocking the diplomatic boat with Rome. played a key role in developing the insti- The chapter, which is filled with pho- He was awarded the Order of Canada, Manitoba’s highest decoration – the tutions still central to community life in tographs of early and contemporary Order of the Buffalo Hunt as well as citations from the UCC’s Shevchenko the United States today. Ukrainian life in Chicago, ends in 1989 Foundation, the annual Manitoba Catholic Caritas Award and the Osvita He describes the political factions that with a description of Ukrainian American Foundation’s yearly prize. formed in the Ukrainian American com- financial institutions in Chicago. In 1989, he returned to Ukraine after a 51-year absence. Accompanied by munity after Ukraine’s brief fling with The book is unique not only because it his future successor, Archbishop-Metropolitan Michael Bzdel, Archbishop independence in 1918-1920, ending with gives an ethno-quilted look at the devel- Hermaniuk confronted a yet-to-be-independent country still creeping through Bolshevik victory, and how political life opment of Chicago but because it pre- post-Stalinism. Nevertheless, he was struck by the intense faith of Ukrainians, always developed with one eye toward sents it in unusual fashion. Later chapters like “that of the first Christians – some of them my schoolmates [who] went to Ukraine. As the editors of the book write are devoted to social institutions impor- prisons, concentration camps, and faced torture and starvation for their faith.” in the introduction, “Following a time- tant to the development of the city. It The former Ukrainian Catholic metropolitan returned to Ukraine several times tested pattern that Poles, Bohemians and becomes “Ethnic Church,” “The Ethnic following his 1989 return – helping to feed the hunger felt by both clergy and laity. others had employed during World War I, Saloon,” “Ethnic Crime,” and even Archbishop Hermaniuk finally brought to them the good news from the Second Ukrainians tried to use the United States “Ethnic Cemeteries.” Vatican Council and fulfilled a promise to Ukrainians he made three years ago once as a base for launching an independent Both editors are professors of history he entered retirement: “I will be here for you any time, anywhere and in any way.” state of Ukraine in the Soviet Union.” at the University of Chicago at Illinois. Maxim Hermaniuk kept his word. The chapter also touches on the Prof. Holli has previously written about attempts by some in the U.S. to paint two past Chicago mayors, Richard Daley Ukrainians as Nazi sympathizers and and Harold Washington. Prof. Jones has supporters, and how the community authored books on Christopher fought the allegations. Columbus, Henry George and American May Dr. Kuropas writes of the various consumerism. TTurningurning the pagespages back... back... Ukrainian churches in Chicago and the “Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural neighborhoods that developed around Portrait,” has received numerous awards, 25 them; of the Ukrainian Sich, the athletic, including the Society of Midland and later, quasi-military club that was so Authors Award, the Illinois Political 1926 popular in the first part of the century; of Science Award and the Illinois State After Symon Petliura’s controversial (particularly among west- Ukrainian Bolsheviks and the “Red Riot” Historical Museum Award of Merit. The ern Ukrainians) anti-Soviet alliance with Poland’s Gen. Jósef between Communists and Sich members 656-page book, first published in 1981, Pilsudski failed to drive the Red Army from Ukraine in 1920, in 1933, in which some 3,000 Ukrainians revised in 1984, and now in its newest Petliura set up the UNR government-in-exile in Tarnów, later secretly moving to Warsaw. marched in Chicago to protest the Soviet- edition with this 1995 release, may be In 1923, as the USSR grew increasingly insistent that Petliura be handed over to them, induced famine, and along the way were ordered for $29.99 from Wm. B. he fled to Budapest, Vienna and Geneva, eventually settling, in late 1924, in Paris. attacked by Communists wielding rocks, Eerdsmans Publishing Co., 255 Jefferson Shalom (Samuel) Schwartzbard was born in Izmail, Bessarabia (now Moldova), in brass knuckles and pipes. The next day Ave., SE., Grand Rapids, MI 49503, or 1886, and having survived a pogrom during the Russian Revolution of 1905, fled to the Chicago Tribune’s headline stated, by calling (800) 253-7521; or faxing Romania. After some turbulent years in Central Europe (arrested in Vienna, deported “100 Hurt in W. Side Riot.” (616) 459-6540. from Budapest) he settled in Paris in 1910, found a job in a watch factory and married. He enlisted in the French Foreign Legion during the first world war, was wounded at the front, decorated, then left the army. In 1917, he travelled with his wife with the Russian Military Mission to Odessa to join the Red Guards. It was there that he first Notice to publishers and authors heard of Petliura and his alleged responsibility for the pogroms in Ukraine. In 1920, It is The Ukrainian Weekly’s policy to run news items and/or reviews of newly pub- Schwartzbard returned to Paris, set up a watch repair shop, became active in local anarcho-Communist circles, and published Yiddish poetry. lished books, booklets and reprints, as well as records and premiere issues of periodi- Schwartzbard learned that Petliura was in Paris when the weekly Tryzub was estab- cals, only after receipt by the editorial offices of a copy of the material in question. lished in October 1925. According to historian Michael Palij, a GPU (Soviet secret News items sent without a copy of the new release will not be published. police) agent named Mikhail Volodin came to Paris that August. Allegedly, they met Send new releases and information (where publication may be purchased, cost, and Schwartzbard began stalking the UNR leader. etc.) to: The Editor, The Ukrainian Weekly, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. (Continued on page 18) No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1996 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AANNADAADA OOURIERURIER before the trial began that the court, like CC CC President Clinton the media, would find Mr. Demjanjuk by Christopher Guly guilty at the end of the show-trial it was deserves support planning. Not only did Israel fail to Dear Editor: appoint an independent national commis- sion of inquiry, but, in an astounding dis- In a recent letter to The Ukrainian play of callousness, it rewarded two of Weekly it was pointed out that the the judges who sent Mr. Demjanjuk to A long-awaited reunion Reagan State Department – not President the gallows for crimes he never commit- After waiting 54 years, an 89-year-old responsible for a cache of weapons used Ronald Reagan himself – made the deci- ted. They were appointed to the Supreme Ukrainian Orthodox priest met his two by Ukrainian partisans during the war. sion to deny Myroslav Medvid his bid for Court bench. sons on March 25. With the Ukrainian police on his tail, freedom a decade ago. This is an impor- Mr. Sheftel should be commended for The Rev. George Pokrowsky, who suf- Mr. Pokrowsky fled, but was later picked tant point. In all likelihood, the same offi- exposing his nation’s juridical fault line, fers from advanced Parkinson’s disease, up by the German Gestapo and sent to a cials who advised President Reagan to at great risk to his career and to his life. caught his first glimpse of his sons, labor camp in the Kiel area, near return Mr. Medvid to Soviet custody also “The Demjanjuk Affair...” may be pur- Constantine, 57, and Evigenii, 58, at Denmark. After the British liberated the made the decision to fight the creation of chased directly from the publisher: Montreal’s Mirabel Airport. Evigenii was camp, Mr. Pokrowsky remained and the Ukraine Famine Commission and to Victor Gollancz Ltd., A Division of the accompanied by his 30-year-old son, worked on building hydroelectric facili- use only the Russian language on USIA Cassell Group, Villiers House, 41/47 Valery. The four immediately left by car for ties until 1948. In the meantime, he had missions to Ukraine. Probably the same Strand, London WC2N 5JE; ISBN: 0 Ottawa, where the Rev. Pokrowsky lives. no idea what happened to his wife, group of foreign policy experts later 575 05795 5. A retired Moscow surgeon, Dr. Natalia, and their three children. counseled President George Bush to per- Tamara Vlasova, found the priest’s miss- While Mr. Pokrowsky took flight, the sonally intervene to try to block Bohdan J. Bodnaruk ing children last year after getting a four had hidden in the basement of a Ukrainian independence. Clarendon Hills, Ill. Moscow radio station to broadcast the building destroyed by the Nazis. Soon So, even though the Reagan-Bush for- priest’s story and locate his offspring. Dr. after, Mrs. Pokrowsky was shot dead by eign policy was decidedly anti-Soviet, it Vlasova had met the Rev. Pokrowsky in a German soldier. was not the least bit pro-Ukrainian. It is Re: Veryovka Ottawa in 1994. She had been helping a wounded important for Ukrainian Americans to She found not only the two sons, who Soviet soldier who had fallen near the keep this in mind because the same peo- in Jackson, Mich. live in Luhanske, but a daughter, Vitalia, entrance to the family’s hiding spot. The ple who advised against the indepen- Dear Editor: now 64, who lives in the Russian Far children were saved thanks to the efforts dence of Ukraine are now hoping for a East. Evigenii works in natural gas of another German soldier who prevented Republican victory in November so they In March, at Jackson’s most modern exploration, while Constantine is Mrs. Pokrowsky’s murderer from harm- can get their old jobs back. auditorium and the home of the Jackson employed as an auto mechanic. ing them. This is not a trivial matter, nor is it Symphony Orchestra, we met the What followed was a major fund-rais- Mr. Pokrowsky emigrated to Canada one that should interest Ukrainians only. Veryovka artists in their most colorful ing effort by the Ukrainian Orthodox in 1948, where he found work on the The Clinton foreign policy team has costumes. They have captured our hearts community in Ottawa to reunite the chil- construction of a dam on the Ottawa made Ukraine a cornerstone of its global from the beginning. Numerous songs and dren with their father. River. A decade later, he was ordained a strategy. President Bill Clinton and Vice- dances earned a standing ovation from Since the priest’s health prevents him priest in the Orthodox Church of President Al Gore continue to affirm the the audience, most of whom know noth- from traveling, two of the three made the America. He remarried another woman critical importance the United States ing about Ukraine. Jacksonians of journey to Canada. Aeroflot helped by named Natalia, who died in 1993, and attaches to an independent, democratic Ukrainian descent were well represented. reducing airfare, and an Ottawa limou- served parishes across Canada. and prosperous Ukraine. They do this, All three families attended the perfor- sine service sent a car to met the The Rev. Pokrowsky’s last assignment not to please our community, but mance. Pokrowsky party at Mirabel and bring was as pastor of Holy Trinity because it makes sense for the United After the show, one of the performers them back to Ottawa. The priest’s two Bukovynian Orthodox Cathedral in States and for global peace. asked me to visit him in the hotel where sons and grandson were to remain in Ottawa, which he had built in 1968. He The Bush initiative to save the Soviet they were staying overnight. Their Canada for two months. retired in 1983. Union five years ago has been proven to be instruments were loaded on a truck and The Rev. Pokrowsky hadn’t seen “I am very appreciative of everyone wrong for Ukraine and wrong for America. shipped overnight to Steubenville, Ohio. either son since 1942, when he was in who helped bring my children back to An independent Ukraine serves as a strate- Before 9 p.m. the bus arrived with the charge of a railway section in Ukraine. me,” said the Rev. Pokrowsky. He has gic counterbalance to Russia, blocking that performers from a shopping center. They Thirty-five years old at the time, and not now discovered he has two more grand- country’s historic aspirations for empire. entered the motel carrying bags of bread yet a priest, the then-engineer was also children and one great-grandchild. The architects of the policy that tried to and cold meats for sandwiches. They had block Ukrainian aspirations on a “minor” been shopping all this time instead of matter like the Famine Commission or a having dinner in the restaurant, as I had body of a well-known journalist, Ihor major one like independence showed thought. Newsbriefs Hrushetsky, lying in the street near his extremely poor judgment and should not I asked my acquaintance if he had din- (Continued from page 2) home, Ukrainian Television reported on be given renewed access to power. ner and he said no – he had a sandwich May 10. Police said Mr. Hrushetsky died President Clinton, on the other hand, has Parliament. National democrats and cen- for lunch, and he was not hungry. So I trists in Parliament condemned the no- from a blow to the head and have demonstrated a profound understanding of took him to McDonald’s for a Big Mac, launched an investigation. Colleagues Ukraine’s role in the world and in history. confidence vote as yet another provoca- french fries and a coke (it was after 9 tion by leftist forces against reform and believe the reporter may have been mur- As a result, he is the most pro-Ukrainian p.m., and he was tired). It took less than dered for his articles on political corrup- president we have ever had. President Ukrainianization of the airwaves. (OMRI a minute for him to consume the food. Daily Digest/Respublika) tion in such newspapers as Nezavisimost Clinton and his foreign policy team have Then I took him to my home. and the now-defunct Respublika. (OMRI the right approach toward Ukraine, and he He told me that the performers finally Black Sea border delineation is sought Daily Digest) deserves our wholehearted support in the got a little money after a month’s time. Sobolev defends economic record upcoming presidential campaign. They had refused to perform unless they KYIV — Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked Russia to speed were paid. Any profits from selling sou- PRAGUE — Borys Sobolev, chair- Andrew Ripecky up clarification of the Black Sea border venirs, tapes and cassettes are pocketed man of the Ukrainian State Credit and Chicago between Russia and Ukraine, NTV report- by a separate company, and nothing goes Investment Co., defended Ukraine’s ed on May 10. The request was spurred by to the performers. I wonder how much economic record before a conference on the discovery of new gas and oil reserves longer they could perform those strenuous privatization here on May 15. He in the Black Sea shelf. Ukraine wants the Sheftel’s book dances without a proper balanced hot argued that the nationalization of border delineated to legalize the owner- meal each day and vitamin/mineral sup- Ukraine’s property had taken 15 years ship of planned drilling sites. Foreign exposes the truth plements? What a shame! and many lives (in the 1930s), so one Dear Editor: Why can’t the Ukrainians in this companies have already expressed interest should not expect de-nationalization to country provide assistance, interpreters in the reserves. In related news, Ukraine After reading Dr. Myron Kuropas’ be a quick and easy process. He noted and travel guides for these most wonder- has demarcated its borders with Poland, that 47 percent of Ukraine’s GDP is review (The Ukrainian Weekly, February ful ambassadors of Ukraine? Hungary and Slovakia, ITAR-TASS now generated by the private sector, 4) of the Yoram Sheftel book: “The I met several of the performers at the reported on May 13. Working maps delin- double the share in 1994. Mr. Sobolev Demjanjuk Affair: The Rise and Fall of a motel that night, and they spoke Ukrainian eating the border with Belarus should be criticized international financial institu- Show Trial,” I tried to purchase this well and did not smoke or drink. complete by the end of the year. tions for “establishing plans like book in the Chicago area. After a consid- Territorial disputes remain unresolved before...on how many enterprises are Andrew Zakala erable search through major bookstores, with Romania, and Russia so far refused privatized each quarter.” He said much I was told that this book is not available, Jackson, Mich. to address the question of its borders with of the $1.5 billion in state credits that and I would have to find the publisher on Ukraine. Sewage leakage from the Ukraine had received from abroad my own. Through my local library, I The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters Moldovan cities of Soroki and Yampil “were used improperly for the support managed to get the book from the to the editor. Letters should be typed (dou- into Ukrainian gardens and fields is anoth- of loss-making industries by the gov- Southern Illinois University at ble-spaced) and signed; they must be origi- er source of minor border disputes. ernment of the time.” Hence, Mr. Carbondale, through the Interlibrary nals, not photocopies. (OMRI Daily Digest) Sobolev said, these credits “very often Loan Service. The daytime phone number and Journalist murdered in central Ukraine are not playing a positive role and even Mr. Sheftel in his excellent book address of the letter-writer must be given playing a negative role...hampering pri- demonstrates that it was clear even for verification purposes. CHERKASY — Police here found the vatization.” (OMRI Daily Digest) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1996 No. 20

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The interfaith service was moving as Washington spiritual leaders from various faiths Ukrainian National Information Service prayed for peace in the world and an end to the suffering caused by Chornobyl. WASHINGTON — The Washington The Ukrainian Orthodox Choir of St. area community came together on May 1 Andrew sang the responses to portions of at an interfaith ecumenical service at St. the service, as well as the “Beatitudes” John Episcopal Church in solemn obser- and the “Our Father.” vance of the 10th anniversary of the Offerings were also collected from the Chornobyl nuclear accident. More than assembled congregation, and the proceeds 300 participated in the service and the will be donated to Chornobyl Challenge subsequent procession to Lafayette Park ‘96 for the purchase of medical equipment across the street from the White House. for Ukrainian hospitals. Led by the Ukrainian Congress Following the religious ceremony, Committee of America, and closely Michael Sawkiw Jr., director of the assisted by the Chornobyl Committee of Ukrainian National Information Service Washington, the Ukrainian American (UNIS), the Washington Office, Ukrainian Community Network, the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America welcomed Orthodox Cathedral of St. Andrew and all the participants of the program and the the Ukrainian Embassy, the organizing congregation to this national observance of Walter Bodnar committee for the ecumenical service had the 10th anniversary of Chornobyl. put the final touches on the event during Mr. Sawkiw replayed the scenario of The candlelight vigil at Lafayette Park, across from the White House. a meeting less than two weeks prior. the Chornobyl catastrophe and noted its The ecumenical service began with a silence, “First, the silence of radiation, resiliency of the Ukrainian people and the light procession to Lafayette Park and the procession of flags, children and spiritual which permeated the atmosphere, the work that needs to be continued in order to Chornobyl Tree. leaders from the Ukrainian Catholic and ground below it, and everything living; combat radiation fallout. Lafayette Park was illuminated with can- Orthodox Churches, and representatives and second, the silence of an informational A staunch supporter of Ukrainian issues dles as the congregation began its proces- of the Episcopal, Lutheran, Mormon, vacuum from the former Soviet Union.” in Congress, Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) sion around the perimeter of the park, led Baptist, Hindu, Sikh, Jewish and Muslim Due to prior commitments, Hillary was also invited to speak to the assembled by children carrying a sign that read “Save faiths. In the church, honored guests Rodham Clinton, honorary chair of congregation. “It seems clear, as we admire the Children, Save Ukraine, Save the World from the administration, Congress and Chornobyl Challenge ‘96, was unable to the Ukrainian American community for its – Chornobyl, Ukraine, 1986-1996.” All the many embassies, as well as the Ukrainian attend. In her absence, Deputy Assistant to remembrance, that all of us join in. The while, the choir sang Ukrainian religious American community, were already seat- the President and Deputy Chief of Staff to obligation is not only theirs, it’s all of ours,” songs. Following a moment of silence and ed in the pews as the procession entered, the First Lady Melanne Verveer delivered he said. “And that’s why there’s been a sub- the Ukrainian hymn “Bozhe Velylyi,” the accompanied by the beautiful sounds of messages from the president and Mrs. stantial group of members of Congress, on a service concluded with the singing of the the Ukrainian Orthodox Choir of St. Clinton. Ms. Verveer, who is of Ukrainian bipartisan basis, who have worked directly American and Ukrainian anthems. Andrew directed by Dr. Ihor Masnyk. heritage, was instrumental in the first lady or indirectly on the issues related to People mingled around the Chornobyl The main address was delivered by Dr. accepting the honorary chairmanship of Chornobyl..” Tree after the conclusion of the ceremonies Yuri Shcherbak, ambassador to the United Chornobyl Challenge ‘96. The highlight of the evening’s commem- reflecting on the significance of the States from Ukraine. In his poignant Other speakers included the ambassador oration came as Volodymyr Malofienko, an evening and the hope for a promising remarks, Ambassador Shcherbak reiterated designate for the newly independent states, 11-year-old Ukrainian Chornobyl survivor future for Ukraine. When asked about his the consequences of the Chornobyl fallout Richard Morningstar, who had recently who was critically ill with acute leukemia, reaction, Ambassador Shcherbak said, “It – medical, social, psychological and envi- returned from Ukraine where he was part of recited a poem about the Chornobyl was important to commemorate this ronmental – not just for Ukraine, but for a State Department humanitarian airlift that tragedy. Vova then received the Chornobyl anniversary. The world must understand all the nations of the world. delivered medical relief supplies for the vic- Flame of Remembrance from the Very Rev. the sacrifices that the Ukrainian nation, and Nearly two dozen foreign embassies tims of Chornobyl. Mr. Morningstar, who Stefan Zencuch, rector of the Ukrainian other nations, have endured. Let us dedi- were officially represented at the com- acts as special adviser to the president and Orthodox Cathedral of St. Andrew, and dis- cate our resources to improve the conse- memoration, among them ambassadors secretary of state on issues concerning the tributed the flame to other members of the quences associated with this tragedy in from Belarus and Russia. NIS, spoke of his trip to Ukraine, the congregation in preparation for the candle- remembrance of the Chornobyl victims.”

Church, accompanied by the choirs of St. when it went ahead with the habitual May essential medical industries, such as the Toronto Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral Day parades in Miensk and Kyiv in the pharmaceutical industry. In turn, these by Andrij Wynnyckyj and St. Demetrius Ukrainian Orthodox accident’s immediate aftermath. problems are magnified by a demoralized Toronto Press Bureau Church. Dr. Cipywnyk extended the Ukrainian and underpaid medical profession, whose Dr. Roman Lyznyk, a CCCF medical diaspora’s sympathies to the people of practitioners routinely turn to the black TORONTO — This city’s community advisor and member of its board of direc- Ukraine and Belarus, and enjoined those market to supplement their earnings, if not marked the day of the 10th anniversary tors, addressed the crowd, saying that the in attendance to ensure that the memory leave their vocation altogether. of the world’s worst nuclear accident by incident at Chornobyl should “make of Chornobyl’s victims live forever. Dr. Medwidsky pointed out that gathering near the wind-whipped steps of humanity reconsider the costs of techno- Next, Native Canadian artist Richard Chornobyl placed a heavy additional the Ontario Provincial Legislature at logical progess.” Sinclair displayed and offered an explica- load on a country already plagued with Queen’s Park for a commemorative ser- Oksana Bryzhun-Sokolyk, speaking tion of his painting “Moment of considerable environmental pollution and vice, then marching solemnly in unsea- on behalf of the UWC, said “Russia Aftershock,” inspired by the news of the rampant health problems. sonable cold through the University of inherited the [Soviet] empire’s wealth... radioactive plume’s progress across the He said that the mental well-being of Toronto campus to Convocation Hall, but rejects its debts and obligations.” She globe after the disaster. the population will be much more diffi- where further ceremonies were held. added, “Moscow ordered the cover-up of The evening’s keynote speaker was Dr. cult to characterize, as compared to, for The event was organized by the Children the disaster and failed in its obligations Bohdan Medwidsky, a CCCF board mem- instance, the increased incidence of can- of Chornobyl Canadian Fund, with the offi- to clean up the environment, shut down ber and coordinator of the Chornobyl cers. As such, Dr. Medwidsky noted, this cial imprimatur of the Ukrainian World the reactor and aid the victims.” Project conducted through the University will be one of the more challenging of Toronto Faculty of Medicine’s Office of Congress and the Ukrainian Canadian At Convocation Hall, Bishop aspects of the Chornobyl legacy. International Relations. Committee, but neither the occasion nor Kalishchuk opened the proceedings with The CCCF official closed his address Dr. Medwidsky pleaded with the with a mention of Ukrainian President organizational prestige seemed to be an evocative address about the “global opposing sides of the nuclear power Leonid Kuchma’s state of the union enough to secure a large turnout. day of mourning” that April 26 has come debate to stop attacking each other and address, which drew attention to the A meager assembly of about 300 at to represent. Citing the notorious passage skewing the measures undertaken to health of the country’s children, remind- the Parliament buildings swelled to an from the Book of Revelations, Bishop assist those sickened, displaced and ing the audience of humanity’s collective estimated 900 people who attended the Yurij said it could be regarded as impoverished as a result of the world’s responsibility to secure their future. proceedings at Convocation Hall. unavoidable destiny, or as a warning. greatest industrial nuclear accident. As the program wound down, a trio of Among the dignitaries at the event were “We regard as criminals those who The Toronto-based dermatologist children from the affected regions in Ukraine’s Consul General Serhiy Borovyk would risk the lives of thousands rather painted a bleak picture of general health Ukraine came on stage. Among them was and City Councillor David Hutcheon. A than admit their incompetence,” the bish- in Ukraine — with outbreaks of pre- Hanna Solovey, born on the exact date of proclamation from Toronto Mayor Barbara op thundered. “We call on international ventable communicable diseases, the the Chornobyl disaster, who recited a poem Hall, which declared April 26 “Chornobyl authorities not to become accessories increasing emergence of AIDS and sexu- of her own about her hopes and her yearn- Day,” was read out, as was a statement of after the fact by minimizing the number ally transmitted diseases, the malnutri- ing for a healthy life. The children received greeting and commemoration issued by of casualties, by minimizing the threat tion compounded by the avoidance of a standing ovation. Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. presented by these infernal machines.” produce from contaminated agricultural Dr. Lyznyk closed the proceedings An ecumenical mass was conducted by UWC President Dmytro Cipywnyk soils, skyrocketing infant mortality. with a signal to the Canadian government Bishop Yurij Kalishchuk of the Ukrainian took up the theme voiced earlier by Mrs. He said these conditions are exacerbat- of the Ukrainian community’s expecta- Orthodox Church of Canada, Bishop Sokolyk, condemning the regime in ed by lingering isolationism inherited from tion that the country’s technical expertise Isidore Borecky of the Ukrainian Catholic Moscow and its representatives in Kyiv for the days of the Soviet regime, which and financial resources will be appropri- Church, and Archbishop Mikalay having “committed a criminal act against blocks the spread of medical knowledge ately directed to assist Ukraine in dealing Macukievich of the Belarusian Orthodox its citizenry, a crime against humanity,” and prevents the local development of with the consequences of Chornobyl. 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reduce the suffering of the victims of aftermaths of such tragedies. Minneapolis Chornobyl, besides material help we Pittsburgh The musical portion of the commemo- by Dr. Michael Kozak should also offer our prayers, he noted. PITTSBURGH – The 10th anniver- ration featured operatic soprano Lilea After the religious services, an exhibit sary of the Chornobyl nuclear explosion Wolanska of Edmonton, concert pianist MINNEAPOLIS – On the 10th anniver- focusing on the Chornobyl tragedy, pre- was solemnly commemorated in Taras Filenko of Kyiv, a chamber music sary of the Chornobyl accident, in all the pared by Dmytro Tataryn and this writer, Pittsburgh at a gathering in Heinz Chapel trio and the Ukrainian Cultural Trust Ukrainian churches of the Minneapolis was shown in the parish library. In the on the campus of the University of Choir of Western Pennsylvania, directed area, people prayed for their suffering school auditorium, a one-hour video pro- Pittsburgh on April 28. The Sunday was by Dorothy Waslo. brothers and sisters in Ukraine. gram titled “Chornobyl Ten Years After” proclaimed “Chornobyl Remembrance A touching moment in the program At St. Constantine’s Ukrainian Catholic was shown thanks to the efforts of Dr. Day” by the mayor of Pittsburgh, Tom was the tribute given the children of Church, this sad anniversary was marked Bohdan Khimich and his son, Taras. Murphy, who also attended the event Chornobyl by some 50 children of with a variety of events. On April 27, That same day, at the Ukrainian with his wife. Pittsburgh’s Ridna Shkola who, dressed through the efforts of teacher Volodymyr Community Center, a meeting was held in embroidered shirts and blouses, Kuzniak and Mark Truso, students of the during which witnesses of the events sur- The main speaker at the commemora- walked single file down the nave of Ukrainian School had an opportunity to rounding the Chornobyl explosion pre- tion was Dr. Olexander Horin, counselor Heinz Chapel and each placed a flower in view a one-hour video program titled “The sented their remarks and comments: Dr. of the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to a vase at the altar. Children of Chornobyl.” Ivan Obushenko, a physicist from Kyiv; the United Nations. In his remarks he Michael Tymiak, chairman of the Tri- On April 28, the Rev. Canon Michael Dr. Ludmila Panko, a physician from reviewed the challenges facing his gov- State Children of Chornobyl Relief Stelmach celebrated a divine liturgy for Kyiv; and Dr. Khimich, a physician from ernment and the Ukrainian people in Committee in Pittsburgh, reviewed the the intention of those who suffered as a Lviv. A representative of the local chap- dealing with the human, economic and humanitarian efforts of the committee result of the Chornobyl explosion, fol- ter of Greenpeace also spoke. Finally, a social consequences caused by the cata- over the past seven years. He particularly lowed by a “panakhyda” (requiem) for the young poet, Victoria Ivchenko, a native strophe at Chornobyl. He called on the cited Dennis Diffenderfer and Jim repose of the souls of those who died. In of Kyiv, recited two of her poems. international community to support, both Murray of the Norwin Rotary Club, and his short but deeply meaningful sermon, Alexander Polets served as moderator of morally and financially, the Ukrainian Dr. Michael Culig, cardiovascular sur- the Rev. Stelmach pointed out that lately, this program. The meeting was sponsored government’s initiative to use Chornobyl geon at Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh, even in medical circles, more attention is by the Council to Aid Ukraine and the local as a unique world laboratory to develop for their tremendous assistance in loading being paid to the spiritual aspects of branches of the Ukrainian Congress and implement effective, scientific and and dispatching four trailer truck-size human beings and the importance of Committee of America and Ukrainian compassionate measures to address and prayer during the process of healing. To American Coordinating Council. minimize the horrible environmental (Continued on page 15)

ever since. These patterns of radiation New Hill, N.C. caused maladies that have been repeated in by Michael Steinberg areas affected by Chornobyl as well, caus- ing much greater degrees of suffering. NEW HILL, N.C. – On Saturday, The testimony concluded with the April 27, residents of North Carolina heartrending words of 13-year-old gathered outside the entrance to a local Eugenia Dudarova, who was evacuated nuclear power plant to commemorate the from Prypiat at age 3 in 1986. Eugenia’s Chornobyl disaster and ponder its contin- best friend, Olga, also evacuated at that uing significance. time, later developed cancer: About 50 people, a good number of “Olga suffered from terrible pain and them children, assembled at the main cried almost all the time. She prayed for gate of the Shearon Harris nuclear power help, but we could not help her. Doctors plant, 10 miles southwest of Raleigh, the refused to give her morphine, saying they state capital. The plant is located within were short of the drug and could not use 20 miles of one of North Carolina’s most it for one dying person. populous regions, the Raleigh-Durham- “She lay with her teeth clenched, moan- Chapel Hill Triangle. ing quietly. Olga was almost quiet during The gathering was called by the the last days of her life: anything, even Chornobyl-Shearon Harris +10 Coalition. sounds caused her terrific pain. She was The Shearon Harris plant began operat- conscious until the last moment. Olga knew she was dying; she only wanted to die faster ing commercially in 1987. Mayor Tom Murphy (fifth from left) presents his “Chornobyl Remembrance Day” to escape the pain. At the same time she had To mark the Chornobyl disaster’s proclamation to Michael Komichak and members of local Ukrainian community. anniversary, people read from personal a strong desire to live and worried about testimonies of those in Ukraine who suf- how I would manage without her. fered its effects. “I do not know how to live without her A chilling account from author Glen now. I know that I could never find anoth- Jersey City, N.J. Cheney’s 1995 “Journey to Chernobyl: er such friend. I have lost half my life, half Encounters in a Radioactive Zone” of myself, half of the world. Why did (Chicago Academy Press) explains what adults create such a disaster? We did noth- happened inside the reactor No. 4 control ing wrong. I and my friend were only 3 room after the reactor exploded in the years old when the reactor exploded. I early hours of April 26, 1996: wonder if I face the same fate?” “Inside the plant the building rocked Miss Dudarova’s account was taken with explosions and the ceiling fell in. from “Testimonies,” a collection of the The people inside had no idea what had stories of Ukrainian Chornobyl victims happened. Destruction of the reactor was recently published by Greenpeace. impossible. Of this they were certain. It As the testimonies were read at the had seven levels of back-up systems. entrance to Shearon Harris, a person Everyone in the control room was run- dressed as the Grim Reaper moved ning around trying to figure things out. through the crowd, touching and felling They assumed that they were all vomit- all in simulated death. ing because of tension or perhaps a Then another figure, symbolizing the chemical released into the air. Spirit of Life, revived the fallen, and all “The senior engineer denied any gathered in a circle. The children threw breach in the reactor. He kept insisting multicolored balls of yarn across the circle, that someone run downstairs to open a creating a representation of the web of life valve that would let coolant flow around that connects all. That web, though partial- the core, which he still believed existed. ly severed by the destructive energy of That brave soul died trying to send non- nuclear power, still nurtures the children, existent water to a non-existent reactor.” the future, even as Chornobyl’s victims, Speakers also noted that people have past, present and future are mourned. Roman Woronowycz died in the U.S. from nuclear power plant A representative for Shearon Harris’ accidents. For example, three young Navy owner and operator, Carolina Power & Ukrainian National Women’s League of America Branch 71, along with Ss. Peter enlisted men were instantaneously killed at Light, told local media present that its and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church, hosted a decennial commemoration of the a U.S. Navy nuclear reactor in 1961 in plant has a different design than Chornobyl disaster on April 28. Approximately 70 people carrying banners and Idaho. The reactor exploded for reasons Chornobyl’s, and that a catastrophic acci- black balloons attended the event held in the City Council Chambers. Government that are a mystery to this day. And after the dent there is highly unlikely. officials present were Judge Robert Cheloc of Jersey City Municipal Court and Three Mile Island incident in 1979, infant But these words ominously echo those City Councilman the Very Rev. Fernando Colon. The Rev. Marian Struc from Ss. mortality rates in surrounding areas soared, of Soviet authorities before the Chornobyl Peter and Paul Church and Msgr. Archimandrite Viktor Pospishil and the Rev. while cancer rates have climbed higher disaster. Petro Semenych also attended. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1996 No. 20

CHORNOBYL: THE FIRST DECADE The socio-political basis and consequences of the nuclear accident by Oleksandr Burakovsky Instead, the ideology required reliance on a faceless and deputies of the first Parliament of an independent hollow concept of “the collective.” In reality, the defini- Ukraine to adopt as one of its first resolutions the decla- In 1986, during the early morning hours of April 26, tion of this collective and its interests were determined ration of Ukraine as a non-nuclear state. This particular the No. 4 reactor at the Chornobyl atomic energy station by a self-selected elite, an elite that developed an all- act needs some clarification. exploded approximately 100 kilometers north of Kyiv. knowing arrogance. Today one frequently hears that Ukraine declared The initial consequences of this catastrophe are now Since the “country of councils” differentiated itself from itself to be non-nuclear only to exact a higher price – generally known. This year marks a decade since the others on the basis of a socio-political system of organiza- more money for its nuclear weapons – and that such a tragedy, one that is being commemorated throughout tion, and not on characteristics unique to individuals such declaration was the only way to get millions of dollars the world. Dedicated to this event are conferences, sym- as race, ethnicity, religion, historical circumstances, this pri- from the West, as well as “purchase” acceptance by posiums, meetings, a special session of the United ority and emphasis on social and political organization on Western countries of its independence. In my opinion, Nations. A variety of organizations are aiding victims of the basis of the “collective” led to a most profound tragedy this point of view does not completely reflect the reality Chornobyl, especially the children, who with the sacri- for millions of people: the destruction of their life founda- at the time. fice of their health are paying the price for the “games” tions, the fundamentals of their existence – traditions, faith, Chornobyl opened the eyes of even those of adults. Studies have been and are being conducted on rituals, personal histories. As odd as it seems, the first to Communists who until this tragedy in one way or anoth- the medical consequences of the explosion. understand the folly of this destruction were the er had served the Communist behemoth, sincerely Socio-political assessments of the tragedy and its Communists, who then began a policy of restructuring, or believed in “perestroika,” and chose as their goal the consequences have been made less frequently. It is not “perestroika,” in order to save this “country of councils.” rebuilding of the country on the basis of communism. generally recognized that a disaster of this magnitude The explosion at Chornobyl suddenly uncovered the “Glasnost,” which began after 1985, took under its wing was inevitable given the socio-political system of the “underlying currents” of the seemingly concrete-solid much of the Ukrainian intelligentsia, which occupied a USSR, that sooner or later a catastrophe such as socio-political system of the country. It is the explosion at prominent place in society. Chornobyl would happen. As a socio-political event, Chornobyl that awoke the sleeping and jolted them into The first general, republic-wide “informals” were Chornobyl was not an accident. It was inevitable. awareness. In the first place it awakened the intelligentsia, given life in the offices of the Ukrainian Writers’ The nature of civic interaction, born of the socio- particularly the intelligentsia that was living in the repub- Union. In the founding documents of these organiza- political atmosphere that had been developed in the lic’s capital, Kyiv, mere kilometers from Chornobyl. tions, facilitation of “perestroika” was stated as one of country, made most citizens non-participants in the This was not yet a movement for independence. In this the main goals. However, when Chornobyl exploded, political process and, therefore, unaware and “dense.” movement into awareness, there was not yet any hint of everyone suddenly realized there was no denying that The Communist idea was dominant throughout society political motives. Nonetheless, this was the first budding the managing elite of the country was completely cyni- and created an environment in which nobody was inter- of parties that later would evolve into an opposition to the cal. They hid from the people the truth about the explo- ested in the feelings or thoughts of an individual. Communist Party and its policies. It is Chornobyl that led sion, they took care to protect only their children, and Ultimately, the most important criteria for the success people to form various “movements,” “fronts,” “groups ignored the very people they had provoked to tread the of any kind of society are the inner peace and comfort of Greens.” This massive discontent gave energy to such path of restructuring. of its citizens. The model of society that had been organizations as Sajudis in Lithuania and the Popular As it turned out, the “glasnost” that was a result of developed in the USSR prior to 1986 did not put the Movement of Ukraine (Rukh). “perestroika” was openness to talk about and uncover attainment of each citizen’s individual comfort in first Whereas, throughout the history of the Soviet Union, only the past. In no way was this openness about the place; this approach was considered to be erroneous. there were always individuals, or entire groups that stood secrets of the present, or of the future. Chornobyl, in in opposition to the party, the party deflected blame onto fact, showed “perestroika” to be a fiction, and for all Oleksandr Burakovsky is a human rights activist and the opposition. With Chornobyl, there was no opposition intents and purposes, nothing in the country had really a contributing writer to Novoye Russkoye Slovo. The – no one to blame but the Communist Party itself. And been changed. Not even a catastrophic explosion in the text below is an abridged version and translation from yet, the elite remained silent about its responsibility. This center of the European region of the Soviet Union, next the original Ukrainian of a presentation at the confer- act of political betrayal by the party is one of the key to one of the largest and most beautiful cities in Europe, ence “Chornobyl: Ten Years After” held at Columbia socio-political consequences of Chornobyl. University on April 9. It is the Chornobyl betrayal that gave impetus to the (Continued on page 12) The truth about Chornobyl: some don’t want to know the truth by Dr. David R. Marples and John D. Miller But it is not fact. The unseen hand behind all three governments, the International Commission on articles is the international radiation health establish- Radiation Protection and its national affiliates have Several prestigious publications have recently made ment, an anachronistic vestige of the Cold War. As peo- dominated worldwide regulation of radiation. As a an absurd claim: radiation from the Chornobyl accident ple who aided bombmakers, nuclear power plant own- result, the United States Department of Energy and its 10 years ago did little harm to human health. Instead, ers and medical radiologists, its practitioners have predecessor, the Atomic Energy Commission, have victims’ irrational fears of radiation have caused almost always been strongly motivated to underestimate the never funded open scientific debate about radiation all resulting illness. The London Sunday Times, The health consequences of radiation. The truth might have health effects. They have forced out employees who New York Times and The Economist have all endorsed put them out of business. dared speak out. this view as fact. Because of their inside access to radiation-producing These agencies’ “experts” told us in 1952 that a year- ly dose equal to 300 current chest X-rays was safe, but now they restrict us to one-fifteenth that amount each year. The United Nations and British committees agreed with critics that there is no safe dose, no matter how low, but the Americans refuse to believe it. The 1991 “expert” study of Chornobyl’s conse- quences was sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency, whose U.N. charter orders it “to accel- erate and enlarge the contributions of nuclear power” worldwide. Ten to 15 percent of downwind residents still needed medical treatment, 200 international experts concluded, but only because of groundless radiation fears. Radiation harmed no one. But the “experts” were wrong. They missed the beginnings of a thyroid cancer epidemic that has since welled to 1,000 cases. They also intentionally left out the people most contaminated by Chornobyl radiation: the 800,000 decontamination workers and 130,000 evacuated residents. According to Prof. John W. Gofman of UC Berkeley, a fatal flaw guaranteed their study would find no link between radiation and illness. Since no one had mea- sured radiation levels everywhere, the experts tried to (Continued on page 12)

Dr. David R. Marples is a professor and director of the program on Contemporary Ukraine at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta. He has authored three books on Chornobyl. John Dudley Miller is a nuclear engineer, a social psychologist, and a science reporter and producer residing in Cleveland. Marta Kolomayets This article was originally published in the Los Angeles Maria Ilchuk reacts emotionally while visiting her deserted home in the village of Velyki Klishchi on April 21. Times on April 26. No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1996 11

CHORNOBYL: THE FIRST DECADE The world must not forget the children of Chornobyl Below is the syndicated column written by Hillary Rodham CIinton about the children of Chornobyl. It was released on May 1, the day Mrs. Clinton hosted a 10th anniversary commemoration of the Chornobyl nuclear accident. The first lady’s column appears regu- lary in well over 100 newspapers in the United States and abroad. by Hillary Rodham Clinton At first glance, Children’s Hospital No. 4 in Miensk, Belarus, looks like many other hospitals around the world. But there’s one big difference: it treats children suffering from illnesses that doctors say are the conse- quences of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster. I visited the hospital two years ago and met some of the children whose lives were changed forever when an explosion and fire at the V.I. Lenin Atomic Power Plant in Chornobyl sent a deadly radioactive cloud over Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and parts of Europe. Singing songs and sporting the green Boston Celtics baseball caps we brought for them, the children greeted me in high spirits, despite their ailments. Many of them would not have been there if it weren’t for Chornobyl. This week marks the 10th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster, a tragedy that continues to haunt us to this day. In the vast wasteland around Chornobyl, vil- lages remain ghost towns, rivers are contaminated, and rich farmland is still unusable. I remember being White House warned not to eat a grape in Miensk because crop soil might be radioactive. Even the protective cover around Hillary Rodham Clinton in the White House’s Blue Room with Vova Malofienko, age 11, and Alexander Kuzma, the reactor is crumbling. coordinator of Chornobyl Challenge ‘96. These are the obvious aftereffects of Chornobyl. But what makes this tragedy so horrible is that the full appeared in people so young. Those rates are expected for example, Belarus and Ukraine were the only two extent of the damage may never be known. It will take to climb since cancers that result from radiation expo- countries in Europe that experienced negative popula- years, if not generations, to understand the explosion’s sure often do not develop for 10 to 20 years. tion growth. Just last week, Nature magazine reported total impact on the environment, the food chain and Pregnant women at the Left Bank Center for Maternal that scientists have found genetic damage in children human genetics. and Child Health Care in Kyiv, about 60 miles from born to parents who lived in Belarus at the time of the Doctors and nurses in Miensk told me that they were Chornobyl, shared worries with me about whether their disaster. seeing increasing rates of respiratory illness, heart dis- children would come into the world with birth defects As with so many tragedies, some good has emerged in ease and birth defects. They also reported abnormally resulting from exposure to the radioactive fallout. the 10 years since Chornobyl. Many people around the high rates of thyroid cancer and other thyroid diseases Infertility and other reproductive problems contin- in children – diseases that before the explosion rarely ue to plague couples throughout the region. In 1994, (Continued on page 18) Art exhibit presents “Chornobyl through the eyes of children” by Oksana Zakydalsky have been orphaned or are diabetic. folk arts, dance gymnastics, ecology and television arts. Driada has taken part in children’s art exhibits in TORONTO – “Chornobyl through the eyes of chil- Founded in 1991 as a children’s art studio on the ini- tiative of Master of Folk Arts Liudmila Tereschenko, Germany, Italy and Spain. The children’s artwork was dren” was the title of an exhibit of children’s art brought exhibited in Beijing during the International Women’s to Toronto by Driada, an international foundation for Driada (the name of a nymph who lives in flowers and trees) was officially registered in 1995 as a charitable Forum last fall, featured by the Ukrainian Embassy at children’s art in Bila Tserkva, a town 70 kilometers the United Nations 50th anniversary celebrations in foundation devoted to the spiritual development of chil- south of Kyiv. The foundation’s programs are aimed New York and presented to Hillary Clinton, who sent a dren through art. Close to 400 children in Bila Tserkva particularly at disadvantaged children – those whose personal letter of thanks to Ms. Tereshchenko. families have suffered as a result of Chornobyl, whose take part in the foundation’s programs, which include fathers died in the war in Afghanistan and children who painting, theater, spoken arts, dance, Ukrainian studies, (Continued on page 18)

Artwork by three 11-year-olds depicts the tragedy of Chornobyl. From left: “Abandoned” by Olena Shevchenko; “The Poppy” by Olha Zhadotska; and “Wheat Sheaves” by Svitliana Tereshchenko. (Photos by Oksana Zakydalsky) 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1996 No. 20

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consequences of Chornobyl. However, no less impor- tant is the explosion of psychological, moral and demo- graphic consequences, including relocation. The growth in mistrust and alienation among the people, as well as the sharp crest in the wave of immigration, which is not motivated simply by ethno-national, religious, political or economic situations, but by a genuine mistrust of the future, also is a result of this catastrophe. In the first months after the explosion, one could hear “Chornobyl” riddles and anecdotes across the USSR. People wanted to remain as normal people, especially in tragic circumstances. One of the anecdotes was such: “Communism – this is Soviet power plus the deactiva- tion of all countries.” In the countries of the former Soviet Union, communism is no longer being built. “Deactivation,” however, continues, in both the literal and metaphorical sense. In my opinion, a complete study and analysis of the socio-political aspects and consequences of the catastro- phe remains to be done. The truth about... (Continued from page 10) reconstruct the four-year accumulated dose of a few thousand residents. But daily changes in the wind and Marta Kolomayets the mix of elements the reactor spewed out in the first two weeks made that impossible. Unknowable large, Children learn a lesson about the effects of radiation at the UNESCO center in Ivankiv, Ukraine. early doses dwarfed long-term doses. The “experts” found no link only because their “reconstructed” doses The socio-political basis... dam, and the safety of the citizens was discounted. were meaningless guesses. Soviet engineers and builders could do no wrong. The The Chornobyl disaster contaminated an area larger (Continued from page 10) socio-political system did not allow for other considera- than New Zealand, over 100,000 square kilometers. in one of the most populous areas of the Soviet Union, tions. It is this political hubris that made such an event More than 300,000 people have been evacuated from could force the leaders of the country to be forthcoming as Chornobyl inevitable. their homes, many forced to live in badly constructed with their people. To underscore the depth of the cynical attitude to buildings without heat, water or adequate sewage facili- This was a heavy blow to those who had any hope for those in power towards the people, I offer a few cita- ties. mutual decency between officials and citizens and tions from the major political press of the country at the Most victims of Chornobyl no longer receive com- found it impossible to imagine that such cynical behav- time of the Chornobyl explosion: pensation. Governments in the heavily affected territo- ior was possible. It was the awareness of vulnerability For example, Pravda wrote on May 7, 1986, “...not ries – Belarus and Ukraine – are in no position to con- in the face of danger that convinced the vast majority of the North and South Poles, not cosmic orbits, nor the tinue financing Chornobyl-related problems. One offi- the Ukrainian intelligentsia – I emphasize, without energy of the atom, nor the depths of the ocean can be cial noted that meeting Chornobyl victims’ 1996 needs regard for political, social or ethno-national orientation tamed without tragic mistakes. This truth is made evi- would cost 20 percent of Ukraine’s annual budget. Last – to raise its voice in support of a non-nuclear Ukraine. dent by the accident at the Chornobyl AES” [atomic year’s expenditure was 3.4 percent. The resolution proclaiming Ukraine’s non-nuclear energy station]. The initial fallout of radioactive iodine has caused a status to a large degree was a heartfelt rejection of the The Minister of Health of Ukraine, speaking on tele- leap in thyroid diseases in these two countries. The soil Communist Party’s vision of Ukraine as a nuclear work- vision in those days, calmed the people with the follow- is iodine-deficient, hence children’s thyroid glands were horse, willing to incur the risk of irreversible contami- ing statement: “...background radiation in Kyiv is even especially susceptible to radioiodine. Prior to Chornobyl nation of its land and forever threaten the health and lower than it was prior to the accident.” three or four children a year got thyroid cancer. Today well-being of its people. No one considered monetary The Ministry of Health of the USSR noted on March the annual two-country rate is over 150, and the disease “compensation” as the reason to take a non-nuclear 20, 1989, in Pravda that “among the population there is has not peaked. The noted Cambridge University spe- position. no apparent radiation illness in any form.” cialist, Dillwyn Williams, warns that all children in con- However, let us return to the events at Chornobyl. The Ministry of Energy and Electrification of the taminated regions are at high risk. Chornobyl was presented as a one-time “accident.” USSR in June 1986 published instructions that forbade Clean-up workers suffer from various health prob- First, let us consider another earlier moment. On May its employees to disclose the true information about lems. Most have skin, respiratory and digestive dis- 14, 1985, one year before the explosion, at 2:45 p.m. Chornobyl to the print and broadcast media. eases. Their leukemia rate is double that of the whole the Kyiv radio station interrupted its broadcast and Pravda Ukrainy wrote on April 30, 1986, “...At the population and rising. Six thousand Ukrainian workers throughout the city the tragic announcement was Chornobyl AES there was an accident that led to the alone have died, many from heart attacks brought on by heard that the dam at the “Kyiv Sea” (north of the ruin of a portion of the building that housed the reactor, stress. city) had broken. And even though in exactly eight and led to some release of radioactive materials. As a Chornobyl’s effects have exacerbated a general crisis minutes that same radio station broadcast the informa- result of the accident, two people died. The radiation in health care. Since 1986 these two countries have been tion that the announcement was a mistake, most peo- situation at the CAES, as well as surrounding areas, is experiencing an alarming increase in infectious dis- ple were not around to hear it. Most immediately stabilized.” eases. They now suffer double the rate of infant mortali- believed the initial announcement – I emphasize, May 1, 1986: “...during the past day, the level of ty of the United States, and male lifespan has dropped believed, there had been a break in the dam, which radiation in the area of the CAES was lowered.” to less than 60. Their populations are shrinking. had been hanging like the sword of Damocles 10 kilo- May 2, 1986: “...the level of radiation at the CAES “Experts” maintain these developments are unrelated meters north of Kyiv, ready at any moment to drop has been reduced by one and one-half times.” to Chornobyl. This is a myth. Chornobyl has affected and wipe out half of the city. May 6, 1986: “...the radiation situation on the territo- popular lifestyles in virtually every aspect. In contami- Within minutes after the announcement, all the sub- ries of Belarus and Ukraine is stabilized with a tendency nated zones visited last year, local farmers acknowl- way stations that led in the direction of the Dnipro River toward improvement...today, in the main square of Kyiv edged they have “lived off the land” since Chornobyl. (on which the dam is found), were packed with people a celebratory opening of the 39th World Championship Most cannot afford to do otherwise. In other cases rushing to save their children and elderly parents at Bicycle Race will take place...” mothers have been opting for abortions rather than fam- home. And the continuous announcements on the sub- May 13, 1986: “...radiation situation in Belarus and ilies, aware of widespread congenital defects. way intercoms that the announcement was a mistake Ukraine, including Kyiv, is improving...agricultural According to one survey, over 52 percent of people were to no avail. People were psychologically pre-dis- activities have been undertaken...all daily tourist activi- living in contaminated regions suffer from “psychic dis- posed to believe this turn of events – the realization of ties continue.” orders,” “psychological fears and tension.” Soviet their worst fear, the break in the dam. Such citations of the arrogance and cynicism of the authorities dismissed such fears as “radiophobia.” The If, in fact, the dam had broken, this would have been a leadership towards the people are countless. reality is that the population has no faith in its future. small Chornobyl. Hundreds of thousands of people These citations highlight the absence of genuine con- Regional officials cannot resolve its problems, and would have drowned. The building of the dam, one that tact and mutual concern between those who had power international experts maintain there are no problems to changed the ecology in a huge, densely populated region and those who were dependent. Precisely this situation resolve. of Ukraine and Belarus, flooded vast fertile tracts of gave birth to the Chornobyl catastrophe, as well as the Yuri Shcherbak, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United land, forcing the relocation of thousands of people from next step, the finale: the dissolution of the USSR. The States, told an international conference that to deny dozens of villages. It threatened and continues to threat- heart of the matter was not “perestroika,” its failure or Chornobyl has caused a health crisis in Ukraine is akin en the lives of the residents of a city of 3 million. The success, or the August coup. These were just steps - some to denying the existence of gas chambers in Nazi death dam was built because the Communist Party leaders in more, some less radical. However, the first step towards camps. Ukraine did not wish to reject general Soviet norms, for the dissolution of the USSR was the Chornobyl catastro- If 10 years later there is no consensus about the building a hydroelectric plant was prestigious. However, phe. The consequences of this event will continue to impact of Chornobyl, one must conclude that some peo- most were built in sparsely populated areas. affect the lives of millions of people for decades to come. ple do not wish to know the truth. The lessons of That did not matter. Ukraine needed a prestigious The world has recognized a medical explosion in the Chornobyl are being ignored. No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1996 13

DATELINE NEW YORK: Facets of Ukrainian culture by Helen Smindak Petrykivka, Mriya, Mykolayiv and Petrykivka decorative art. They focused Association office in Jersey City, N.J., games, sword play, and plenty of aerial Suzirya may sound like faraway places on fine-line floral and leaf patterns (sun- and at New York’s 75th anniversary cele- spins and squat-kicking steps. Other dances with strange-sounding names, but they rep- flowers, poppies, daisies and cornflowers) bration of the Ukrainian Free University. portrayed folk traditions and village scenes, resent unique and vibrant facets of and birds (roosters, turkeys, cuckoos and Mr. Pikush, born in 1950 in Petrykivka, some of them flirtatious, some humorous. Ukrainian culture. Once encountered, they peacocks), with accents of berries, wines attended the Children’s Art School there Although the dancers’ costumes are remain indelibly etched in our memories. and wheat stalks. The paintings ranged in and studied at the Dnipropetrovske State stylized, they created a powerful visual Petrykivka is a type of folk wall-painting, price from $50 for a 6-by-9-inch piece to Art College. Since 1972, he has sought to impact, from the red-and-white scheme of marked by elaborate and decorative designs, $300 for a 22-by-28-inch work. revive the authentic traditions of Petrykivka the opening “Kozak March” to the rich that has been practiced for generations in Mr. Pikush, who heads the Petrykivka folk art, combining his work in the creative palette of burgundy, gold and dark blue of the village of Petrykivka in the Association of Creative Artists, which he arts with his activity as an instructor. He has Poltava apparel in another Kozak number. Dnipropetrovske region, the Kozak home- organized in 1991, was present at the nurtured a number of talented folk artists; at In some dances, gold embroidery and land in Ukraine. The stylized or naturalistic May 3 opening and delivered a brief lec- the present time, the village of Petrykivka short jackets in women’s costumes and designs, used mainly on the large clay ture/demonstration on Petrykivka art. boasts some 30 decorative art specialists. wide bands of embroidery on men’s shirt stoves that were a basic feature of Ukrainian The technique of Petrykivka-style paint- Solo exhibits of Mr. Pikush’s work sleeves were recognized as typical to peasant homes, were also used to adorn the ing, always utilizing bright colors on a have been held in Dnipropetrovske, Kyiv, Mykolayiv regional styles. space between windows, the wall above the white ground, has been handed down from Montreal, Toronto and Winnipeg; in the Costume accessories were used to bed, the ceiling and the beams. Petrykivka mother to daughter, he said. Originally, nat- U.S., he has exhibited in Philadelphia and striking effect in several routines. In art was recently unveiled in New York in an ural colors made from beets, raspberries, Rochester, N.Y. He has participated in “The Water Well,” a lyrical portrayal of a exhibit of work by one of its leading expo- onion skins and other organic materials more than 60 art exhibits in France, Japan, gathering at the village well, the women nents, Andriy Pikush of Ukraine. were used in Petrykivka decorations. Canada and Eastern Europe. stretched floral-printed red shawls behind Suzirya is the name of a new type of Traditional symbols were generally Mr. Pikush’s works are found in the col- them at shoulder height as though carry- theater in which Ukraine’s leading actors employed, with each artist using an individ- lections of several Ukrainian museums, ing buckets of water on a wooden carrier. and directors participate according to their ual method of application and a variety of including Dnipropetrovske, Kharkiv, Flowing capes were brought into play by availability. It could very well be called the implements (a feather or homemade brush Zaporizhzhia, Poltava, Kyiv and Lviv. male dancers in a scene that mimicked “theater of the stars,” which explains the of cattail, reeds or straw wisps). Mykolayiv’s Black Sea dancers Kozaks on horseback leaving for battle. name Suzirya (from “zorya,” the Ukrainian Wielding a fine brush dipped in a mix- Worn as wind-blown garments by bobbing word for star). As the Ukrainian entry in ture of egg and tempera paint, Mr. Pikush The Black Sea Ukrainian Dance male dancers, the capes also provided sur- the second Eastern European Theater showed his technique and artistry. With a Ensemble hit the stage of Manhattan’s prise concealment for a line of women Festival, Kyiv’s Suzirya Theater made its few quick strokes of his brush tip he out- High School of Art and Design on May 5 dancers. Two deficiencies marred the perfor- New York debut at April’s end with an lined a cuckoo bird, filled in color with the with a whirlwind of high-speed move- mances. One was the recorded music, electric interpretation of a play written by side of his brush, then added berries and ment and dazzling colors. which repressed spontaneity and any impro- Karol Wojtyla. flower petals with curls of paint from a Performing twice on the same day, this vising. The other was the lack of a good- Mykolayiv, a Black Sea port located at finger tip. A few fine brush strokes, creat- group of 32 men and women from sized audience, something that performers the mouth of the Buh River, near Kherson, ing vine tendrils, completed the demon- Mykolayiv displayed amazing energy as need for their spirits (and their pockets). Are is a ship-building center and the locale of stration. It was evident to viewers that this they moved from one fast-paced dance to New Yorkers over-saturated with overseas one of the first archeological museums in free-hand artistry required a superior sense another. groups, uncaring or simply too busy? Was Ukraine. A military closed zone until 1991, of balance and composition. A combination of captivating floor pat- the advance publicity insufficient? it is the home of the Mriya Ukrainian Dance Mayana director Slava Gerulak called terns, stunning costumes and a tremendous Sponsored by Air Ukraine and the Ensemble. Re-christened the Black Sea attention to the fact that the figures and amount of joie de vivre marked the perfor- Mykolayiv State Ship Building Concern, Ukrainian Dance Ensemble for its first symbols employed in Petrykivka art mances. the Black Sea ensemble was brought here North American tour, the troupe is currently work had ritual significance as well as The choreography is reminiscent of by Cleveland impresario Leonid Oleksiuk, criss-crossing the Eastern and Midwestern aesthetic value. Virsky work, yet with fresh interpreta- who coordinated earlier tours of the states and several Canadian provinces. The evening’s program included ban- tions, most of it the work of the troupe’s Cherkasky Kozaky and the Hopak Dance Here are the details. dura selections by Lavrentia Turkewicz artistic director, Victor Osypov. Mr. Petrykivka painting Ensemble of Kyiv. Mr. Oleksiuk, who and a reading by poet Leonid Fedoruk of Osypov is also a highly talented comedic expects to bring the famed Virsky company Kyiv from his newly published book of performer who appeared as a leading to these shores in 1997, said he looked for- In an exhibit that ran for two weeks this poems, “Sertsetrus” (Heartquake). Mr. soloist in several dances. ward to establishing contacts here for ship month at the Mayana Gallery on Second Fedoruk, who is the deputy head of the Since the ensemble’s home is close to building in Ukraine. Avenue, paintings by master artist Andriy Press Center of the Supreme Council of Zaporizhzhia and Kozak country, it was not The Black Sea Ukrainian Dance Pikush revealed the brilliant colors and Ukraine, has given readings of his poetry surprising that many of the dances had to do incomparable designs of traditional in Philadelphia, at the Ukrainian National with Kozak life – in marches, military (Continued on page 16)

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the corners or along the boards. He can Defense is the appropriated depart- shoot (14 goals in 61 games) and he can ment in Washington. A rock solid blue- Ukrainian pro hockey update set up his linemates (37 helpers). line corps in front of second-year stand- Alexander Godynyuk (3-0-0-0-2) and his out goalie Jim “Ace Detective” Carey hefty contract ($800,000 per) were exiled (eight shutouts), ranked third in the NHL by Ihor Stelmach to the faraway lands of the Minnesota in goals against. Peter Bondra (67-52-28- Moose (IHL). 80-40) is being mentioned as one of the Record-setting Red Wings the mid-season acquisition of Patrick The league’s most penalized team pre- true candidates for most valuable player best in regular season Roy. Unfortunately they did not outlast pares to move into cozier confines in to his team. Steve Konowalchuk (70-23- the high-flying Penguins. Buffalo. The Sabres moved their big con- 22-45-92) slumped offensively in the Fedorov, from Larionov and Kozlov – Here’s a capsulized version of this tract players and have surrounded fran- second half, but posted very respectable a power play goal. Fetisov and past regular season by division, teams chise players Pat LaFontaine and totals. Great goaltending and defense can Konstantinov patrolling Detroit’s blueline. listed in order of their finish, best to Dominik Hasek with a lot of youth. easily steal a series in the playoffs. The Moscow Dynamo or the Soviet Red worst. Ukrainian pro pucksters are capi- Included is offensive defenseman Alexei Capitals definitely have both. Army? Naw, it’s the Russian contingent talized with their final scoring stats in Zhitnik (80-6-30-36-58). Surprise number two in expansion on this year’s President Trophy (most total parentheses (GP-G-A-PTS-PIM) and Two coaches and a general manager Florida was found in Tampa Bay. A points) winning team, the Detroit Red (GP-MINS-GA-W-L-T-AVG). removed, the Ottawa Senators managed a bunch of no-name, over-achieving Wings. Paced by the NHL’s third-highest Finishing first in the Eastern club record for most points in a season skaters picked 1995-1996 to all have scoring offense (almost four goals/game) Conference’s Northeast Division were (41). The Sens still were the worst in the career years, careening the Lightning to go with the league’s stingiest defense those terribly offensive-minded Pittsburgh 26-team NHL. Major need: a couple of past the defending Stanley Cup playoff (2.20 goals against), the Wings set a new Penguins. Drake Berehowsky (1-0-0-0-0) young defensemen, preferably through champion New Jersey Devils. Playing a NHL standard for most victories (62) and and Greg Andrusak (1-0-0-0-0) were the draft. Winger Pat Elyniuk (29-1-2-3- key offensive role on this squad was vet- total points (131) in a regular season. minor league call-ups for one match each 16) survived a demotion to the AHL by eran Brian Bellows (79-23-26-49-39), a Could this be the year they actually sur- due to blueline injuries. These guys can finishing the season with the parent club. power-play specialist. vive the first and maybe even the second score, but have a very suspect defense. Philadelphia ruled the Atlantic Division The afore mentioned Devils became rounds of the playoffs and truly emerge as A surprising second were the Boston despite only having one scoring line. Dale the first champions in over 20 years to Cup favorites? Bruins who greatly benefited from two Hawerchuk (82-17-44-61-26) was a per- not make the playoffs the next season. In recapping the recently completed trades that netted them a proven goalie fect pick-up in a trade with St. Louis. Martin Brodeur’s standing on his head in 1995-1996 National Hockey League reg- (Bill Ranford) and an aggressive scorer With the injury to winger Michel goal was not enough. Late season trade ular season, four other teams join Detroit (Rick Tocchet). Renberg, Hawerchuk took over Renberg’s for Dave Andreychuk (76-28-29-57-64 as the best of the rest. A big management shake-up awoke spot on the No. 1 “Legion of Doom” line with Toronto and N.J.) was beneficial, The league’s offensive powerhouse in Les Habitants in Montreal to a third- with Lindros and LeClair. Russ Romaniuk yet not enough. Defenseman Kenny Pittsburgh boasted three of this season’s place divisional finish. The Canadiens (17-3-0-3-17) helped cover for several Daneyko (80-2-4-6-115) showed his top four scorers in Super Mario Lemieux, have several talented young forwards injured forwards. They lost to Florida 4-2 usual grit and competitiveness while Jaromir Jagr and veteran Ron Francis. with a thoroughly injured defense in in the conference semifinals. patrolling and clearing out the crease Philadelphia’s Flyers were led by young front of young goaltender Jocelyn The Rangers survived a multitude of areas. captain Eric Lindros, sniper John LeClair Thibault. injuries at every position to finish a surpris- New G.M./coach Mike Milbury had a and a great year in goal by Ron Hextall. The second-best team not to qualify ing second. But, the Rangers got no further sound first season of rebuilding the once- The Rangers finished strong down the for the playoffs this year were the than round 2, defected by the Penguins 4-1. storied legacy of the New York Islanders. stretch with a solid veteran squad led by Hartford Whalers. Oddsmakers say Two of the biggest surprises of the year Write it down. This will be a mighty the sport’s ultimate team leader (Mark they’re out of Hartford due to lack of are found in the expansion state of proud franchise once again in a couple of Messier) and healthy No. 1 goaltender corporate and civic support. Andrei Florida. Rat-throwing Panthers fans saw years. (Mike Richter). The league’s second best Nikolishin (61-14-37-51-34), a Ukrainian their young team ride the coattails of net- Around in the Western Conference, scoring machine really believed they born in the Russian coal mines of the minder John Vanbiesbrouck and 30-goal enough said about the superlative season were but a proven netminder away from Arctic Circle, proved to be a genuine dia- man Scott “Rat” Mellanby to an unbeliev- enjoyed by those Motown Red Wings. a serious Stanley Cup run. Captain Joe mond in the rough. Though smallish in able 92-point season. Dave Nemirovsky These boys are the prohibitive Stanley Sakic and high-scoring centerman Peter stature (5’11”, 190 lbs.), “Niko” is a (9-0-2-2-2) will be a major player here Forsberg added defense to the mix with speedy skater not afraid to muck it up in next season. (Continued on page 15)

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ernmental agreements with Romania in the Independent Ukraine... period March 23-30, which encompassed (Continued from page 2) cooperation in the development of oil Russia as a potential ally, even to the refining, metallurgy and hydroelectric extent that some prominent Ukrainians power, despite the border dispute. recently accused Russia of espionage in Though Ukraine’s present political parts of Ukraine. course is a risky one, the leadership has Ukraine’s economic predicament has displayed considerable skill and dexteri- weakened its political clout. Specifically, ty. Ukraine’s international status has First Annual Soyuzivka Spring Golf Tournament June 8, 1996 Ukraine has run up debts exceeding $1.1 improved immeasurably over the past billion to Russia for imports of oil and two years. President Kuchma has staked gas. Almost five years of independence much on the victory of Mr. Yeltsin in the have not reduced this predicament, and it coming Russian elections, even to the raises the significance of the recent G-7 extent of pointedly taking a vacation dur- talks in Moscow, which included the ing the recent visit to Ukraine of question of the closure of the Chornobyl Communist candidate Mr. Zyuganov, a nuclear plant and the amount of compen- snub that is unlikely to be forgotten, sation that Ukraine is to receive. should the latter emerge as the victor. A Despite contradictory statements, Yeltsin victory, thus, is essential for Ukraine’s basic policy in the energy Ukraine to maintain its current policy. sphere has been to develop its already Even with a Yeltsin victory, however, large nuclear power complex. At the Ukraine’s position will be untenable Stay at Soyuzivka same time, Ukraine’s good relations with without some economic recovery, contin- $67.50 single-standard, $87.50 single deluxe the European powers rest in part on a sat- uing credits from the International $105.00 double standard, $125.00 double deluxe isfactory resolution of the Chornobyl Monetary Fund, and the backing of children to 7 free, 8-12 $25.00, 13-16 $30.00 (meal surcharge) problem, a fact that has been reiterated NATO and the United States in particu- this includes room, post-tournament cocktail party and banquet, plus breakfast the next day. Additional costs: often in meetings between them. lar. One can surmise that failure in any tournament fee of $85.00 per golfer, lunch (if applicable), taxes and gratuities. While Ukraine’s economy has faltered, one of these spheres could cause the GOLF AT THE NEVELE — 18 HOLE PAR 70 COURSE it has explored widely in the area of inter- derailment of President Kuchma’s policy INCLUDED IN THE TOURNAMENT FEE: GREENS AND CART FEES, national trade and has developed good and force Ukraine to assent, at least to PRE-TOURNAMENT BBQ STARTING AT 11:30 AM, trading relations with China, Iran and some degree, to closer integration with FOLLOWED BY TEE OFF AT 1:00 PM Central Europe. It also signed six intergov- Russia and its partners. TROPHIES AND PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED DURING THE BANQUET AT SOYUZIVKA WOMEN — (or MEN) if you’re not participating in the tournament, we have made arrangements for you to ENJOY the Mountain Fitness & Spa Re: Mail delivery of The Weekly at the Granit Hotel. If you would like to arrange for a massage or baby sitter It has come to our attention that The Ukrainian Weekly is often delivered late, or services, please contact us ahead of time. Preference is given to guests of Soyuzivka. irregularly, or that our subscribers sometimes receive several issues at once. All others will be on waiting list, maximum for tournament is 52 golfers We feel it is necessary to notify our subscribers that The Weekly is mailed out PLEASE call A.S.A.P. to make your reservations and sign up. Friday mornings (before the Sunday date of issue) via second-class mail. PREPAYMENT OF TOURNAMENT FEES IS REQUIRED BY JUNE 1, 1996 If you are not receiving regular delivery of The Weekly, we urge you to file a com- If not staying at Soyuzivka the following fees apply plaint at your local post office. This may be done by obtaining the U.S. Postal $100.00 per person for tournament, cocktail and banquet $30.00 per person. Service Consumer Card and filling out the appropriate sections. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1996 No. 20

Turning the pages... commemorations in Toronto, the children Art exhibit presents... were asked to take part in some of the (Continued from page 6) (Continued from page 11) events and were featured on Ukrainian On April 20, 12 children (age 10-14) television programs. Following his former ally Gen. Pilsudski’s seizure of power in Poland on May 12, and three adults from Driada, including One of their visits was to the Ciopa 1926, Petliura was warned by fellow members of the UNR government-in-exile and Palijiw Ukrainian School on May 4, where Ms. Tereshchenko, arrived in Toronto for senior Ukrainian military officers that his life was in danger, but he ignored their the children gave a concert of their own advice and did not go into hiding. a four-week stay at the invitation of the verses and songs, and showed their exhibit According to a report in Le Figaro, on May 25, 1926, Schwartzbard was called away Oleh Olzhych Foundation. Unfortunately, “Chornobyl Through the Eyes of by a telephone call from lunch with his wife, returned and left hurriedly soon after. the persons responsible for the invitation Children.” The teachers and older children At around 2 p.m., Petliura lunched alone at the restaurant Bouillon Chartier on rue had prepared no program for the visitors, of Driada taught the Canadian students Racine. At 2:15, as he was walking home, he stopped to look in a shop window at the and engagements at Ukrainian schools, “Petrykivskyj Rozpys” – Ukrainian orna- corner of Boulevard St.-Michel. churches and senior citizens’ homes had mentation from the village of Petrykivka A man approached, and called out in Ukrainian, “Are you Mr. Petliura?” Petliura to be hurriedly organized. As their date of (near Dnipropetrovske), which is tradition- turned to see Schwartzbard advancing on him. “Defend yourself, you bandit,” the arrival coincided with the Chornobyl ally finger-painted. assassin shouted (as he recounted in his deposition to a judge), and as Petliura raised the cane in his right hand, Schwartzbard fired into him three times, exclaiming “This, for the pogroms; this for the massacres, this for the victims.” of Chornobyl. This week at the White According to an eyewitness, the victim sank to the ground saying “Enough, The world must not... House, Vice-President Al Gore and I are enough, my God.” The gunman fired four more shots into the prone man. (Continued from page 11) hosting a ceremony to celebrate these relief efforts. When a policeman ran up to arrest him, then protect him from an angry mob, world are coming to the aid of Ukraine, We are also celebrating the resilience Schwartzbard handed him his weapon and declared, “You can arrest me, I’ve killed a Belarus and Russia. murderer.” American doctors from Children’s of the children of Chornobyl. Petliura was taken to the Hopital de la Charité on rue Jacob, where he died about Hospital of Pittsburgh have traveled One of those children is 11-year-old 20 minutes later, at the age of 47. thousands of miles to treat patients and Vova, whose family lived in a town that News of the assassination was carried the next day by the London Times, The New share new medical techniques with their lay directly in the path of Chornobyl’s York Times, and all the dailies in Paris. Izvestia and Pravda, ignored the event in their counterparts in Belarus. Large boxes of fallout. In 1990, when he was 5, he was March 26 editions, then mentioned it glancingly in editorialized assessments of the blankets, syringes, bandages and medi- flown to the United States from Ukraine deceased “lackey.” cine have been delivered to hospitals for treatment for leukemia. On May 30, 1926, Symon Petliura was buried in the Montparnasse cemetery. through Operation Provide Hope, a U.S. “We should not forget the many chil- Schwartzbard was defended by noted French barrister Henri Torrès in a sensational military program that sends surplus med- dren who need our help, who are not as trial that took place 17 months year later, and acquitted by a jury, on the grounds that ical supplies to the former Soviet Union. lucky as I have been,” he says. “Please he was avenging the deaths of pogrom victims in Ukraine. He died in Cape Town, When I was there, we passed out crayons do not forget Chornobyl.” South Africa, in 1935. and coloring books donated by American The little Ukrainian boy reminds us that Sources: “Petliura, Symon,” “Schwartzbard Trial,” “Pogroms,” Encyclopedia of Ukraine, companies. This is the brighter half of he and children like him – the children of Vol. 3, 4 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993); Michael Palij, “The Ukrainian-Polish the Chornobyl story. Chornobyl and children everywhere whose Defensive Alliance,” (Edmonton: CIUS Press, 1995); Dokument Sudovoyi Pomylky (Paris: Often at risk to their own health, doc- health and lives have been devastated Natsionalistychne Vydavnytstvo v Evropi, 1958); “L’Assassinat de l’Hetman Petlioura,” “Un tors, scientists, religious leaders, busi- through no fault of their own – were and Crime Politique, M. Petlioura, ancien chef du gouvernment ukrainien, a été tuer hier au Quartier nesspeople and private citizens have always will be our common responsibility Latin,” “L’Assassinat de l”Hetman Petlioura,” Le Figaro, May 26, May 27, June 3, 1926. spent the last decade aiding the victims as members of the human family.

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Join the UNA! 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1996 No. 20

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Friday, May 31 - Friday, June 28 Chinese auction at the parish center, 1344 White Oak Bottom Road (between New CLEVELAND: The Art Avenue Galleries, Hampshire Avenue and Old Freehold located at Tower City, announce the exhibit Road.) Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Donation: and sale of paintings and sculpture of two $4, includes tickets. Door prizes, cake and renowned Ukrainian artists from Kyiv, coffee will be served. No one under 18 Oleksander Dubovyk and Yevhen Prokopov. will be admitted. For ticket information The Art Avenue Galleries are open Monday - call (908) 244-1918 or (908) 341-9034. Saturday, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., and Sunday, noon - 6 p.m. For additional information call (216) Sunday, June 9 661-1700 or (216) 621-6312. HAMPTONBURGH, N.Y.: The Ukrainian Saturday, June 1 Catholic Diocese of Stamford will conduct its annual pilgrimage to Holy Spirit LAS VEGAS, Nev.: The Ukrainian Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery. Bishop Basil American Club of Las Vegas will hold a pot Losten will be the principal celebrant at a luck dinner starting with cocktails at 5 p.m. solemn parastas (requiem service) that will Bring salads, desserts and beverages; the club be sung for the souls of the faithful departed will furnish and cook the meat. The dinner buried at the diocesan cemetery. For further will be at 59 Desert Rain Lane. Admission: information, call the diocesan offices, (203) $7. For more information and to make reser- 324-7698. vations, call Jan or Steve, (702) 434-1187. Monday, June 10 -Saturday, June 15 Sunday, June 2 NEW YORK: Taras Shumylowych will BROOKLINE, Mass.: Christ the King exhibit his pen and ink drawing titled Ukrainian Catholic Parish of Boston is “Ukrainian Catholic Church, 1705, in sponsoring a benefit concert and reception Nestoriv, West Ukraine,” at the art group in support of seminarians in Ukraine, at the show sponsored by The Composers, Longwood Towers Ballroom, 20 Chapel Authors and Artists of America Inc. The St. The performance starts at 6 p.m. and exhibit, at the Pen and Brush Club, 16 E. will feature soprano Oksana Paduchak; 10th St., is open 1-6 p.m. daily. An open- bass Viktor Zdyrko; and Zenia Yaskiw on ing reception is scheduled for Tuesday, piano. Accompaniment provided by June 11, at 3:30-6 p.m. Myroslav Vintoniv. Donation: $25. All proceeds will go to the Theological ADVANCE NOTICE Academy of Lviv. For ticket reservations Monday, July 29 - Friday, August 2 call Tania Smolynska, (508) 842-1048; Motria Holowinska, (401) 884-0602; or the CARNEGIE, Pa.: Holy Trinity Ukrainian Rev. Yaroslav Nalysnyk, (617) 522-9720. Catholic Church is holding its fifth annual Vacation Bible School program, Tuesday, June 4 - Wednesday, June 26 “Friendship Adventures with Jesus.” The MAYS LANDING, N.J.: Ukrainian program will run daily, 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 American artist Ilona Sochynsky will p.m. Pre-registration, paid before June 1: stage a retrospective exhibition of paint- $15; regular registration: $20. There will ings at the Atlantic Community College be pre-school services for children age 3- Art Gallery, 5100 Blackhorse Pike. The 4. Children age 3-15 are invited to attend. opening reception will take place on Sessions each day will start at Holy Thursday, June 6, 5 - 8 p.m. Additional Trinity Church Hall, with commutes to information is available on-line at Trinity Acres for arts and crafts, games, http://www.atlantic.edu songs, snacks and lots of life-giving Bible HURYN MEMORIALS interaction. A special field day to Moraine Friday, June 7 For the finest in custom made memorials installed in all cemeteries in the State Park is being planned for this year’s New York Metropolitan area including Holy Spirit in Hamptonburgh, N.Y., TOMS RIVER, N.J.: St. Stephen program. For enrollment information call St. Andrew’s in South Bound Brook, N.J., Pine Bush in Kerhonkson and Ukrainian Catholic Church is holding a (412) 279-4652. Glen Spey Cemetery, Glen Spey. We offer personal service and guidance in your home. For a bilingual rep- resentative call: HURYN MEMORIALS P.O. Box 121 Hamptonburgh, N.Y. 10916 Tel. (914) 427-2684