Inside: l Soprano Victoria Loukianetz debuts in D.C. – page 10 l Historic cemeteries in the Lemko region – page 11 l Wladimir Klitschko notches 50th KO – page 16

ThePublished U by thekrainian Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationeekly Vol. LXXX No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012 $1/$2 in Ukraine Ukrainian Canadian Congress New bill calls for transfer opens National Office in Ottawa of religious sites to UOC-MP by Zenon Zawada “No one is talking about the transfer of Special to The Ukrainian Weekly the Monastery of the Caves National Historic and Cultural Reserve now,” Mr. KYIV – The Party of Regions of Ukraine Kulyniak said at a January 31 briefing. “I and its allies have launched their latest am acquainted with the draft law, even campaign to aid the Russian Orthodox though it has not been passed to the Church (ROC) – through its proxy, the Ministry of Culture for elaboration and Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow expert assessment so far.” Patriarchate (UOC-MP) – in gaining owner- As soon as President Viktor Yanukovych ship of Ukraine’s holiest sites with legisla- was elected two years ago, his government tion introduced in Parliament in mid-Janu- began issuing decrees setting the condi- ary. tions for the UOC-MP to take control of The proposed law “On Transferring those holiest sites that are currently owned Cultural Heritage Sites to Religious and administered by the state, including St. Organizations,” or Bill No. 9690, calls for Sophia Cathedral and the territory of the UCC transferring ownership from the state to Church of Tithes (Desiatynna Church). At the opening of the UCC National Office in Ottawa (from left) are: Dr. Mykhailo the UOC-MP of several of Ukraine’s holiest As for the Monastery of the Caves Khomenko of the Embassy of Ukraine, Ukrainian World Congress President Eugene sites, including the Pecherska Lavra com- (which dates to the 11th century), the Czolij, Ukrainian Canadian Congress National President Paul Grod, Olenka plex in Kyiv and the Pochayiv Lavra com- Pochayiv Monastery (16th century; 13th Reshitnyk, and Members of Parliament Robert Sopuck (chair of the Canada-Ukraine plex in the Ternopil Oblast – both historic century, according to some accounts) and Parliamentary Friendship Group) and Nycole Turmel (leader of the Opposition). monasteries. the Epiphany Monastery (17th century) in OTTAWA – In the presence of over 100 Congress National President Paul Grod. “We The bill’s sponsors are Andrii Derkach nearby Kremenets, the UOC-MP controls people, including the Ukrainian Canadian have shown over time that we can work (Party of Regions), Vasyl Horbal (Party of these complexes but doesn’t own the prop- Congress board of directors, clergy, mem- with government to represent the issues of Regions), Dmytro Shentsev (Party of erty. Bill No. 9690 would transfer the prop- bers of Parliament, the media and the concern to our community to government, Regions), Serhii Hrynevetskyi (Volodymyr erty to the UOC-MP’s ownership. Ukrainian Canadian community, UCC’s and today’s office opening is another step in Lytvyn Bloc), Oleksander Holub Although the Council of Europe has long National Office in Ottawa was officially that journey.” (Communist Party) and Ihor Rybakov recommended returning religious sites to opened on March 2. The UCC National Office is led by (Reforms for the Future’s Sake). their respective Churches, critics said the “This is a very proud moment for the Executive Director Taras Zalusky, a long- Religious authorities, including legislation favors the UOC-MP without any Ukrainian Canadian people who have been time policy advisor and chief of staff to Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox attention given to other Churches. working diligently for the past 120 years many ministers of the crown. “The opening Church – Kyiv Patriarchate, and politicians The UOC-MP’s crusade to gain owner- and have succeeded on implementing of a national UCC office in Ottawa fulfills a have voiced their opposition to the legisla- ship of Ukraine’s holiest monasteries is a numerous accomplishments such as multi- resolution adopted by the November 2010 tion. Culture Minister Mykhailo Kulyniak, a threat to Ukraine’s spiritual autonomy, but culturalism, human rights law in this coun- triennial Congress of Ukrainian Canadians,” native of Drohobych, Lviv Oblast, said the not only that, said Ternopil Oblast Council try and, more recently, anti-human traffick- bill should be discussed by the All- ing initiatives,” stated Ukrainian Canadian (Continued on page 5) Ukrainian Council of Churches. (Continued on page 5) U.S. dedicates new Embassy compound in Kyiv WASHINGTON – U.S. Ambassador to ous sustainable features, most notably OBO’s mission is to provide safe, secure represent American values and the best in Ukraine John F. Tefft dedicated the new advances in engineering design to maxi- and functional facilities for the conduct of American architecture, engineering, tech- Embassy facility in Kyiv on February 29. mize efficiency and minimize energy use, a U.S. diplomacy and the promotion of U.S. nology, sustainability, art, culture and con- Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr green roof system, and rain gardens which interests worldwide. These facilities should struction execution. Lytvyn, Foreign Affairs Minister Kostyantyn pre-treat stormwater before it is infiltrated Gryshchenko, U.S. Undersecretary for on-site. The compound is registered with Management Patrick F. Kennedy, Deputy the Green Building Certification Institute Chief of Mission Eric Schultz and Deputy and is entering the formal review process; Director of the Bureau of Overseas it is the first LEED® registered project in Buildings Operations (OBO) Heather Ukraine. Townsend participated in the ribbon-cut- B.L. Harbert International of ting ceremony. Birmingham, Ala., constructed the project, Occupying a 10-acre site in Kyiv, the which was designed by Page Southerland multi-building complex is a platform for Page of Arlington, Va. The $247 million increased U.S. interaction with the project generated hundreds of jobs in both Ukrainian people. The Embassy’s perma- the United States and Ukraine. nent art collection celebrates the exchange Since 1999, as part of the State of artistic expression between the United Department’s Capital Security Construction States and Ukraine through work by con- Program, OBO has completed 88 new dip- temporary Ukrainian, American and lomatic facilities and has moved more than U.S. Embassy Kyiv regional artists, curated by OBO’s Office of 27,000 people into safe, secure and func- U.S. Ambassador John F. Tefft (right) and dignitaries from the United States and Art in Embassies, the release noted. tional facilities. OBO has an additional 41 Ukraine cut the ceremonial ribbon officially opening the new U.S. Embassy com- The new Embassy incorporates numer- projects in design or construction. pound in Kyiv. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012 No. 11

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PRU, Strong Ukraine to merge not only understand that, but if you like, to Putin prepares to fight internal, remedy that using the standards of interna- KYIV – The Party of Regions of Ukraine tional justice. And that we would continue (PRU) has proposed Strong Ukraine sign a to call on them to do. We want this external enemies after re-election political agreement on a merger during the Association Agreement, but we recognize In the Moskovskiye Novosti article and March 17 congress. This was announced by Pavel Felgenhauer that the political structures which we oper- during a meeting with defense experts in by Olena Bondarenko, a member of Eurasia Daily Monitor ate in within Europe will wish to see move- the nuclear closed city of Sarov, Mr. Putin Parliament and first vice-chairman of the ment on the issue.” Polish Foreign Minister In the last days before his seemingly inevi- continued to single out U.S. and NATO plans Verkhovna Rada’s Committee on Freedom Radoslaw Sikorski said that his country table re-election for a third six-year term as to deploy ballistic missile defenses (BMD) in of Expression and Information, according president on March 4, Russian Prime Europe as the main military challenge to the PRU press service on March 7. would like to see the Association Minister Vladimir Mr. Putin aggressively Russia is facing. Mr. Putin announced: “It is Strong Ukraine is led by Sergey Tigipko, a Agreement signed, ratified and implement- attacked internal and external enemies. In the our national task, we are bound by duty to presidential candidate in 2010 and cur- ed, adding that this was what Ms. last of a series of seven lengthy articles Mr. all mankind to keep the balance of strategic rently the vice prime minister. Ms. Tymoshenko wanted herself, irrespective Putin described his future presidential for- forces and capabilities [against the U.S.] and Bondarenko said the Party of Regions pro- of what was happening to her. However, he eign policy agenda that seems to be almost their BMD plans imply we must make all posed that Strong Ukraine sign the political said that Ms. Ashton’s words reflected the exclusively about lambasting the United needed efforts to maintain that balance as agreement during the congress, after strongly held opinion of some member- States as the main source of evil in the world. an element of international world stability” which Strong Ukraine would make a deci- states that “it will not happen unless the The program article was published in the (http://premier.gov.ru, February 24, 2012). sion at its congress to disband and merge Tymoshenko case is resolved, and the gov- Moskovskiye Novosti daily and on Mr. Sarov (Arzamas-16) is a city northeast of with the PRU on the basis of individual ernment of Ukraine knows that.” (Interfax- Putin’s campaign website. The other six Moscow with some 100,000 inhabitants. It is membership. “This is our tradition: all our Ukraine) articles were published in different Moscow surrounded by barbed wire security fences political partners that have ever joined us Gas purchases to be further reduced daily newspapers. The resulting more than and closed to common Russian citizens. did it this way. This procedure is known to 40,000-word election manifesto is a hard Since the 1940s, nuclear weapons have been us,” she added, stressing that the talks with KYIV – Ukraine intends to continue read – an obscure and wordy text that hard- designed and produced in Sarov. Mr. Putin Strong Ukraine had been completed. At the reducing imports of Russian natural gas ly any potential voter bothered to study. chose the venue to announce that maintain- same time, she said the Party of Regions because its price is prohibitively expensive Journalists and political scientists did, of ing a viable nuclear deterrent against the U.S. would like to see other political parties for the national economy, President Viktor course, read them but were not impressed, is a national priority and Moscow will not take part in the process of unification. “We Yanukovych said on March 6 during a finding little substance or true novelty. consider any further nuclear disarmament. are currently negotiating with another meeting with prominent Ukrainian women As an election campaign measure the Mr. Putin stated that the Defense Ministry political party, which is fairly well known on the eve of International Women’s Day, discrete marathon publishing of Mr. Putin’s and General Staff budgetary requests ear- in Ukraine, but there is still no answer – it according to the president’s website. “We election platform, beginning on January 16 marked for building a new generation of must be not ready yet,” Ms. Bondarenko hope that we will overcome this problem in and ending on February 27 – one lengthy intercontinental nuclear weapons aimed at said. (Ukrinform) different ways, and these ways are known,” dull peace after another – most likely did the U.S. has been financed “100 percent.” EU expects no progress with Ukraine the president said. He pointed out that not win many votes. As typical in authori- Mr. Putin accused the U.S. of “just a few Ukraine has already reduced the volume of tarian regimes, the text was conjured for years ago” secretly spreading the word to KYIV – Representatives of the European Russian gas purchases from 41 to 27 billion essentially one reader – the official author their allies: “Russian [weapons] are all rust, Union have said the EU would not be able cubic meters. “We are planning to reduce himself, who seems to have been pleased they may finger around in the dirt, we do not to proceed on an Association Agreement the level of procurements in future years as by the result. The seven articles have been care what they do. But now that is not so! with Ukraine unless Kyiv changes its stance well. The reason is that we do not have the already bungled together and published in Since 2008 we have deployed 39 new inter- on the criminal case against Ukraine’s for- money,” Mr. Yanukovych said. The presi- Moscow as a separate book that is being continental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), com- mer Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, dent reiterated that Ukraine, despite the distributed to the faithful. missioned two new [strategic] submarines, according to Radio Liberty. At the demands of the International Monetary In the foreign policy article “Russia and 12 medium range Iskander rocket launchers EU-Eastern Partnership meeting at the Fund, will not raise the price of gas for the Changing World,” Mr. Putin accused the and a wide range of other weapon systems” level of foreign ministers in Prague on households. (Ukrinform) West in general and the United States in par- (http://premier.gov.ru, February 24, 2012). March 5, EU High Representative for ticular of meddling in the internal affairs of Mr. Putin celebrated the deployment of Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Nalyvaichenko on Putin’s presidency states to induce regime change under the “10 new regiments” of Topol-M and Yars Catherine Ashton recalled that the EU had KYIV – Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, the guise of “promoting democracy,” of destabi- ICBMs that “can beat” the planned U.S. BMD. already made it clear to the Ukrainian chairman of political council of the Our lizing the Middle East by supporting “the so- “That’s not a joke!” he gloated. The chief authorities that “by the standards that we Ukraine party, has called the re-election of called Arab Spring” and inducing the anti-Mr. designer of the Topol-M and Yars ICBMs, hold dear, by international standards, Yulia Vladimir Putin as president of Russia a Putin opposition in Russia itself. Mr. Putin Yuri Solomonov, who was present in Sarov, Tymoshenko was not dealt with properly.” opposes any additional sanction on Iran or told Mr. Putin that most of the declarations She added, “And we call upon Ukraine to (Continued on page 12) any sanctions against Syria. U.S. interven- about the threat to Russian strategic nucle- tionism is declared the main reason nations ar forces posed by U.S. plans to deploy BMD like Iran or North Korea may be seeking in Europe “are hearsay” and self-defeating. nuclear capabilities to essentially defend “I have designed ICBMs for more than 45 their sovereignty. The only true path to effec- years and announce this absolutely official- The Ukrainian Weekly FOUNDED 1933 tive nonproliferation according to Mr. Putin, ly,” proclaimed Mr. Solomonov. 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(Continued on page 7) No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012 3 U.S. Mission to OSCE issues NEWS ANALYSIS: Lutsenko statement on Lutsenko verdict jailed on trumped-up charges Following is the text of the statement by ministers, two agency heads, one governor by Taras Kuzio “serious concerns about the government of the U.S. Mission to the Organization on and the head of the state gas monopoly – Jamestown Foundation Blog Ukraine’s commitment to democracy and Security and Cooperation in Europe as deliv- have been charged with alleged crimes the rule of law” (http://www.kyivpost. ered by Ambassador Ian Kelly to the relating to actions performed in their official Yurii Lutsenko, former internal affairs com/news/politics/detail/123246/). Permanent Council in Vienna. The text was capacities, such as abuse of office, excess of minister in two governments led by Yulia The sentence prevents Mr. Lutsenko released by the U.S. Commission on Security authority and misappropriation of funds. Tymoshenko in 2005 and 2007-2010, was from participating in the 2015 presidential and Cooperation in Europe. The politically motivated prosecution of sentenced on February 27 to four years’ election in which Viktor Yanukovych will opposition leaders, including Mr. Lutsenko imprisonment and a three-year ban from seek a second term. Like the European Union, the United and Mrs. Tymoshenko, raises serious con- public office (http://www.kyivpost.com/ In October 2011, Ms. Tymoshenko States is disappointed by the February 27 cerns about the government of Ukraine’s news/politics/detail/123206/). received a seven-year sentence and a three- conviction of former Interior Minister Yurii commitment to democracy and rule of law, The European Union, European govern- year ban from public office that removed Lutsenko. We have voiced our concerns especially as we look to Ukraine’s tenure as ments, the United States, Canada and the her from the next two presidential and about selective, politically-motivated perse- chairman-in-office of the OSCE in 2013. Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of three parliamentary elections. cutions in Ukraine on multiple occasions, We urge the government of Ukraine to Europe (PACE) immediately condemned Thus, with these two imprisonments the including the prosecution and conviction of free Mr. Lutsenko, Mrs. Tymoshenko and the sentence. Ukrainian authorities have removed two of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. the other senior former government offi- In Washington, State Department the main opposition threats to Mr. In addition to Mrs. Tymoshenko, 13 former cials currently in detention, and believe spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the senior officials from her government – they should have an unrestricted ability to Lutsenko and Tymoshenko cases raise, (Continued on page 15) including four Cabinet ministers, five deputy participate fully in political life. Vice-president of OSCE PA Former Svoboda editor, columnist denied access to Tymoshenko Olha Kuzmowycz dies at age 94 PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Olha Kuzmowycz, OSCE PA and the denial of our request I hope will an editorial staff member and columnist draw greater attention to deficiencies in of Svoboda for over 25 years who had KYIV – Walburga Habsburg Douglas, the rule of law and democracy in Ukraine,” retired in January 2007, died in New York vice-president of the Parliamentary she added. City on March 7. She was 94. Assembly Organization for Security and Ms. Tymoshenko was imprisoned in The veteran journalist – known to many Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA) and October 2011 after a trial seen as politically by her pen name O-KA – was born in Lviv, member of Swedish Parliament, on March motivated by several outside observers. Ukraine, on November 24, 1917. She began 5 was denied access to visit former She was not allowed to submit a closing writing while still a secondary school stu- Ukrainian Prime Minster Yulia Tymoshenko, argument or evidence that would have sup- dent at the Ukrainian Institute for Girls in who remains in prison. ported her acquittal. Ms. Tymoshenko’s Peremyshl, where she joined Plast Ms. Habsburg Douglas is the third OSCE daughter recently testified before the OSCE Ukrainian Scouting Organization, which at PA parliamentarian in as many weeks to PA’s human rights committee that her the time functioned clandestinely. have her request to visit Ms. Tymoshenko mother is not being afforded the medical She studied journalism at Warsaw denied. care she requires in prison in Kharkiv. University in 1935-1939, completing a Ms. Habsburg Douglas and Asa In lieu of their meeting with the incar- master’s degree. She worked at the daily Lindestam of the Swedish delegation to the cerated former prime minister, the delega- newspaper Dilo and the magazine OSCE PA visited Ukraine to meet with the tion and four Ukrainian parliamentarians Doroha, both in Lviv. OSCE field presence, government officials from various political parties met with the She married Dr. Mykola Kuzmowycz Olha Kuzmowycz in a 1993 photo taken and civil society to take the pulse of the sit- prison director and requested that the pris- and, after World War II and a time in the uation surrounding democracy and rule of on end its 24-hour video surveillance of at the Ukrainian National Association displaced persons camps, the headquarters in Jersey City, N.J. law in the country. Ukraine is set to chair Ms. Tymoshenko and allow her to be visit- Kuzmowyczes and their daughter the OSCE in 2013. ed by national and international colleagues. Christine emigrated to the United States, settling in Babylon, N.Y. “A functioning legal system and the guar- Two weeks ago two other members of Mrs. Kuzmowycz was a member of the editorial board of Plast Ukrainian Scouting antee of legal security are among the most the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly leader- Organization’s magazine Plastovyi Shliakh, editor-in-chief of Plast’s youth magazine important democratic principles a country ship, Dutch MPs Coskun Coruz and Yunak and editor of the Shevchenko Scientific Society’s Visti NTSh. needs to uphold,” said Ms. Habsburg Kathleen Ferrier, visited Kyiv for discussions She was elected in 1960 and again in 1989 to lead the U.S. National Plast Command Douglas. about rule of law and judicial training. and headed the World Plast Council in 1970-1974. She was the chief organizer of two “It is unfortunate that we were prevent- Ukrainian authorities denied their requests international Plast jamborees, both held at the Vovcha Tropa campground in East ed from meeting with Yulia Tymoshenko, to visit Ms. Tymoshenko in Kharkiv. Chatham, N.Y. For her work in Plast she twice received the organization’s highest honor, the Medal of St. George in Gold. She was known as a community activist whose involvement encompassed such organizations as the Ukrainian Journalists’ Association of America, which she at one time headed; the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council, on whose presidium she International observers: Russian election served; and the Shevchenko Scientific Society, where she was a member of the board and corresponding secretary. marked by unequal campaign conditions Since 1981 she was on the editorial staff of Svoboda, published by the Ukrainian OSCE/ODIHR Duma elections. Demands for honest elec- National Association, first at the UNA headquarters in Jersey City, N.J., and from 1997 tions by citizens and candidates led to to 2007 in Parsippany, N.J., making the long trip from New York City’s East Village MOSCOW – Although candidates in the greater civic involvement in observation twice a week. March 4 presidential election in the efforts to enhance the integrity of the pro- Speaking at her farewell luncheon on February 16, 2007, UNA President Stefan Russian Federation were able to campaign cess. Kaczaraj said: “We thank Mrs. Kuzmowycz for 25 years of faithful service, lovingly unhindered, conditions were clearly Voting on election day was assessed pos- rendered, at Svoboda, and especially for her columns, which have been enjoyed by skewed in favor of one of the contestants, itively overall, but the process deteriorated countless readers through the years. We wish her good luck as she continues to current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the during the vote count which was assessed work in her beloved field of journalism and look forward to seeing her byline on the international observers concluded in a negatively in almost one-third of polling pages of Svoboda.” statement issued on March 5. stations observed due to procedural irregu- In turn, Mrs. Kuzmowycz addressed the group, expressing her pride at having The observers noted that all candidates larities. worked at Svoboda with its illustrious editors and her determination to continue had access to the media, but the Prime “This election showed a clear winner writing her signature column from her home in New York City. Minister was given a clear advantage over with an absolute majority, avoiding a sec- Mrs. Kuzmowycz published two collections of her widely read articles, feuilletons his competitors in terms of media pres- ond round. However, voter’s choice was and columns: “Pro Tse i Te” (About This and That, 2000) and “Pro Vchora i Siohodni” (About Yesterday and Today, 2003). She also was the editor of a number of books and ence. In addition, state resources were limited, electoral competition lacked fair- commemorative publications. mobilized at the regional level in his sup- ness and an impartial referee was missing. A “panakhyda” for Mrs. Kuzmowycz was scheduled for Friday, March 9, at the Peter port. Also, overly restrictive candidate reg- Due to increased citizen’s awareness and Jarema Funeral Home in New York. The funeral liturgy was to be offered the next day istration requirements limited genuine involvement elections were more lively, at St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church in New York, followed by interment at St. competition. better managed and more seriously Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery in South Bound Brook, N.J. The election campaign was character- observed, whereas structural improve- Mrs. Kuzmowycz’s husband, Dr. Kuzmowycz, died in 1981. Surviving are their chil- ized by continuing and generally unob- ments in electoral regulation were pro- structed large-scale protests over allega- dren, Christine Sawicki and George Kuzmowycz, with their families. tions of fraud during the December 2011 (Continued on page 9) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012 No. 11 Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation assists Ukraine’s disadvantaged children

by Illya M. Labunka “We also organize retreats for the coun- selors during Lent and Advent and we dis- CONCLUSION cuss such topics as the reasons for possible conflicts between counselors and pupils. LVIV – As an excellent example of Spiritual upbringing is a significant aspect of results-oriented social activism that fosters the overall program at this internat, but a positive church-community relations, the number of other internats still have not internat, or boarding school, in Vynnyky adopted this approach,” added Deacon that is supported by the Ukrainian Catholic Ostapyuk. Education Foundation’s Ginger Fund enjoys For the Rev. Prokopets, it is always a the assistance of seminarians and semi- pleasure and a joy to see, on average, 15 to nary graduates who provide spiritual guid- 20 kids standing in queue for confession ance to the pupils and staff members at the every Sunday before liturgy at the internat. institution. In the priest’s opinion, the Lviv According to the recently ordained Metropolitanate deserves great credit for Father Roman Prokopets, who serves as supporting those volunteer initiatives at director of the Center for Orphan Care of such institutions as the internat in the Lviv Metropolitanate and is himself a Vynnyky. For its part, the Lviv graduate of Holy Spirit Seminary, the semi- Metropolitanate is unique in that on its ter- UCEF narians’ volunteer work at the internat ritorial jurisdiction there are three sepa- Sister Barbara Hrynyshyn, the superviser of the family-type home for children in began even before the establishment of the rate chaplaincy centers, namely a military Bibrka, receives a gift of appreciation from the children on the Feast Day of St. Barbara. orphan care center in Lviv. chaplaincy, a student chaplaincy and a chil- “Since 2007, we as seminarians began we needed to improve the psychological one another. Without all of these changes, dren’s-orphans’ chaplaincy, each with dis- visiting the pupils on a weekly basis and approach of the pedagogical staff, and in we would probably not have the success tinct yet interrelated responsibilities. engaged them in conversation on religion 2008, with the practical help of our inter- and achievements that everyone has wit- “At first, a child is a pupil in elementary and ethics, organized day trips, etc. One of national partners, we embarked on such a nessed at our school,” said Ms. Svystovych. school, then the child becomes a student, our main volunteer projects included help goal,” stated Ms. Svystovych. and later some of these students may be Orphanages in Bibrka in the construction of the St. Nicholas As an example of the pedagogical future cadets in a military academy,” stated Chapel. We also encourage volunteers from improvements, the internat’s administra- Major beneficiaries of the UCEF’s Ginger the Rev. Prokopets. “When we work with other organizations to offer their expertise tion regularly invites qualified lecturers Fund also include two family-type orphan- the kids we don’t make a point of telling and practical cooperation for the benefit of from Poland who share their expertise by ages in Bibrka, a town with a population of them which Church we represent. The nice the children,” said the Rev. Prokopets. providing practical training. “This is a great approximately 4,000, located 32 kilometers thing is that the children themselves enjoy The graduates of the Holy Spirit Seminary investment in people – the teachers are from Lviv. One of the family-type orphanag- attending liturgy and the reward for us is say they were inspired to volunteer their acquiring new skills and are very enthusi- es is administered by the Polish branch of that they have a chance to grow up to be time at boarding schools such as the one in astic about their training,” added Ms. the Roman Catholic Franciscan Sisters of the law-abiding and good-natured citizens who Vynnyky and “family-type” homes, when Svystovych. As a result of such training, Ms. Family of Mary and is home to five children realize that they, as children, are loved,” they enrolled in an internship course titled Svystovych noticed that the teachers have who are provided with much-needed guard- concluded the Rev. Prokopets. “This is the “Social and Pastoral Assistance” during their become more proactive by proposing inno- ianship, a Christian upbringing and educa- best example of ecumenism,” added final (sixth) year of study. According to the vative ideas. tion, affection and love. Deacon Ostapyuk. Rev. Prokopets, the internship required the To maintain the dynamic momentum of According to Sister Barbara Hrynyshyn, seminarians to visit the internat once a Today, the Holy Spirit Seminary gradu- change, Ms. Svystovych and a group of who supervises the building with three week, but the seminarians found their vol- ates volunteer their time twice a week over Vynnyky-based teachers recently estab- other nuns, the premises were opened in unteer work so rewarding and inspiring, the course of a typical school day at the lished an official civic association titled 2001 and have been functioning as a fami- they began visiting the Internat four days internat in Vynnyky. In addition, the semi- School of Dreams (“Shkola Mriy”), whose ly-type home for 11 years. A significant con- per week. nary graduates also find the time to perform mission is to unite those pedagogues who tribution from the Ginger Fund enabled the “We were trying to figure out where best volunteer work at six other internats and strive for change in the educational system. sisters to have the entire building repaired to apply our skills once we were to graduate three family-type homes in the Lviv region. The plan calls for organizing seminars and and renovated. As a result, new electrical from seminary, and some friends recom- A typical internat is visited by three encouraging improvement and change wiring, a new boiler and radiators have mended we try the internat system,” said the seminary graduates who, along with lay from within the system, on the grassroots been installed. An additional grant in 2010 Rev. Deacon Yuri Ostapyuk, who is also a student volunteers, coordinate by phone level, as opposed to waiting for changes to allowed the sisters to renovate the attic into Holy Spirit Seminary graduate and volunteer among themselves which volunteer group happen at the top, which, in the words of a playroom for the children. at the Internat in Vynnyky. will visit a designated internat or family- Ms. Svystovych, is “just unrealistic,” at least “Our premises are not officially desig- Deacon Ostapyuk admitted that initially type home at any given time and what the for the time being. nated as an orphanage, and therefore we the seminary graduates focused their vol- topic of the day will be. “This is why we need to start from the do not qualify for any government subsi- unteer work on the children at the board- Liliya Svystovych, director of the bottom and work our way up and hope dies. These children, who are literally off ing schools, but they soon realized they Vynnyky internat, praised the seminarians that future generations will continue the the street, have been neglected by their needed to work with the teachers and for spending a wonderfully educational, process which we set into motion. Ideally, parents. We do not seek out the kids. They counselors as well, because the children recreational and overall productive time we hope to hear from our colleagues in find us. In fact, the parents of these chil- were making progress while the teachers with the children. “Children are children – eastern Ukraine, in order to share with dren are actually not relinquished of their were actually lagging behind and were not they are naturally open and sincere, but to each other our experiences in education custody rights,” stated Sister Barbara. in sync with the children’s needs. work with them successfully, we realized and to exchange ideas and advice among A significant portion of the family-type home’s budget goes toward medical care for the children. However, if the home were to have acquired official government sta- tus, then today such expenses would be alleviated by allocated state funding. Yet, securing an official government registra- tion for certain family-type orphanages is still an arduous bureaucratic challenge in Ukraine. As a result, in addition to charita- ble aid provided by the UCEF, the Franciscan Sisters in Bibrka also rely on practical assistance from their fellow sis- ters in Poland. Interestingly, the founder of the Polish Order of the Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary, Zygmunt Szczesny Felinski, was born in the Volyn region in 1822. Felinski, who studied theology in St. Petersburg and was ordained to the priest- hood there, eventually became archbishop of Warsaw in 1862, but was immediately exiled for the next 20 years to Yaroslavl, Russia. Archbishop Felinski was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on October 11, 2009. Sister Barbara Hrynyshyn, whose life UCEF also is synonymous with Russian exile, was The Rev. Roman Prokopets, director of the Lviv Center for Orphans, volunteers his time along with lay student volunteers as they take part in a craft-making workshop at the boarding school for disadvantaged children in Vynnyky, Lviv Oblast. 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This was followed by a blessing by New bill calls... Ukrainian Canadian... Ukrainian Orthodox Bishop Andriy Peshko, the Rev. Stephen Wojcichowski, the Rev. (Continued from page 1) (Continued from page 1) Cyril Mykytiuk, and the Rev. Ihor Deputy Eduard Leonov, who is responsible stated Mr. Zalusky. “Our national office in Okhrimtchouk. After completing the bless- ing, Bishop Andriy presented Mr. Grod with for representing the Kremenets District, Ottawa will allow the Ukrainian communi- an icon of St. Nicholas. which includes Pochayiv, on behalf of the ty to be better informed, as well as play a Mr. Grod highlighted the accomplish- Svoboda Party. major role in educating government, poli- ments of the UCC over the years and It creates a new avenue for corruption cy-makers and other national organiza- thanked all present for their hard work and within a Church that’s widely believed to tions based in our nation’s capital,” he dedication on behalf of the community. provide a convenient cover for financial added. The master of ceremonies for the office The assembled guests were also machinations, including those committed addressed by: Ukrainian World Congress by politicians, he said. opening was UCC stakeholder relations coordinator, Olenka Reshitnyk. She wel- President Eugene Czolij; Robert Sopuck, MP, In his first-hand experience, “the chair of the Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Pochayiv Monastery has been turned into a comed dignitaries, guests and assembled clergy present and acknowledged distin- Friendship Group, who brought greetings commercial site under a religious cover, guished guests. on behalf of the minister of citizenship, where kiosks sell holy water and on-site This was followed immediately by a tra- immigration and multiculturalism and gov- hotels host pilgrims, who merely serve as ditional Ukrainian “Pryvit,” or welcome, ernment of Canada; Nycole Turmel, MP, commercial clients,” Mr. Leonov said. performed by Ottawa’s Svitanok Ukrainian leader of the Opposition, who brought “This is what the privatization of sites of Dancers, who presented Mr. Grod with salt greetings from Her Majesty’s Loyal spiritual inheritance leads to. No one will and the traditional Ukrainian bread called Opposition; Mauril Belanger, MP for Ottawa have any say about what happens there korovai. The bread symbolizes the warmth Vanier, who brought greetings from the once it’s the private property of Moscow of Ukrainian hospitality, and the salt repre- Leader of the Liberal Party Bob Rae; and the UNIAN/Oleg Gordienko priests,” he added. sents eternal friendship. chargé d’affaires from the Embassy of The Pochayiv Monastery is particularly National Deputy Andrii Derkach of the “The inauguration of UCC’s National Ukraine to Canada, Dr. Mykhailo Khomenko. sensitive because it’s situated in the Party of Regions of Ukraine served as Office near Parliament Hill is a seminal After the speeches were concluded, there Halychyna region of Ukraine, which is pre- the lead sponsor of legislation to transfer was a ceremonial ribbon-cutting with ownership of the Monastery of the Caves moment for the Ukrainian Canadian com- dominantly Ukrainian Catholic. Canadian government dignitaries and rep- and the Pochayiv Monastery to the munity. As one of Canada’s largest and Indeed, the complex itself was under Moscow Patriarchate. most influential ethnocultural communi- resentatives of the clergy, the Ukrainian Ukrainian Catholic control for much of the ties, we have an obligation to our commu- World Congress, including President Eugene 18th century, before Orthodox monks religion expert in Lviv, in an article pub- nity and decision-makers to ensure that Czolij, and the government of Ukraine flank- reclaimed it in 1832 with the support of lished in the magazine Ukrainian Week in our voice is heard in a prominent and pro- ing Mr. Grod. Russian authorities. late February. fessional manner,” stated Mr. Grod. The ceremony was followed by a recep- Monks of the Ukrainian Catholic Order “‘Figure it out yourselves,’ as the guaran- “It is thanks to the vision of the UCC tion featuring traditional Ukrainian music of St. Basil the Great issued a statement on tor of the Constitution advised everyone board and the generosity of our donors – and food. March 3 claiming they should gain owner- several months ago with unparalleled many of whom are among us today – that The UCC National Office is located at 130 ship of the Pochayiv Monastery if it’s priva- charm. By the time the ‘yet to be defeated this vision has become a reality. I look for- Albert Street, Suite 806, Ottawa, ON K1P tized because it was built “under the intellectuals’ figured it out and came to ward to working with all of you here today 5G4; telephone, 613-232-8822; fax, 613- authority of the Basilian Fathers,” said the their senses, the next hit came – the new to ensure the vitality and success of our 238-3822. The head office of the UCC is Rev. Ivan Maikovych, former superior of the managers of the national treasures are per- National Office,” he added. located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Holy Cross Basilian Monastery in the sonalities who are so far from the tremu- Ternopil Oblast. lous and delicate museum matters that the “The monastery was not returned to us, most sensitive historians and cultural as it was not so much about the restoration experts became physically ill,” Mr. Yelenskyi of justice as about politics,” Father observed. Maikovych said in the statement. “We seek For example, the new director of the justice legally. ...We wish to declare before Caves Monastery complex, appointed in late people and the world that this shrine January, is Viktoriya Lisnycha, a 33-year-old belonged to us.” who has a medical decree in cardiology and Yet, the privatization campaign has spent most of her career working in drawn mixed reactions from highest Ukraine’s state medical bureaucracy. authorities in the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic “Firstly, Lisnycha doesn’t have only a Church. medical degree, but also a legal degree,” Mr. The church’s former patriarch, Cardinal Kulyniak told the newspaper Weekly Lubomyr Husar, said he opposes the priva- Mirror (Dzerkalo Tyzhnia) in a February UCC tization of the two holiest monasteries, interview. “Secondly, critics ought to take while current Patriarch Sviatoslav into account her work as deputy culture The UCC’s new National Office is blessed by (from left) the Rev. Ihor Okhrimtchouk, Shevchuk said he supports the privatiza- minister, in which the country’s museum Bishop Andriy Peshko, the Rev. Stephen Wojcichowsky and the Rev. Cyril Mykytiuk. tion of state religious property. branch was her responsibility.” “The restitution of church property Before her promotion, Ms. Lisnycha obviously should take place but in an open served as a deputy minister in the Ministry dialogue among Churches in order not to of Culture for about a year and became The Ukrainian Weekly provoke interdenominational tension,” said known for her gaffe identifying Oles Honchar Patriarch Sviatoslav. as a poet rather than a writer and literary The latest campaign about control of critic when giving an award in his honor. religious sites has also involved dismissals She was also the Kyiv city organization Easter Greetings 2012 of key figures. chair for the Single Center party, which was In the days following the bill’s registration founded by the Emergency Situations Continue your tradition. on January 18, Minister of Culture Kulyniak Minister Viktor Baloha, offering some hint sacked the directors of the Monastery of the as to how she came to be appointed to the Send best wishes to your family and friends, Caves National Historical and Culture current post. 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FOR THE RECORD The Ukrainian Weekly International Women’s Day Canadian Group for Democracy International Women’s Day, formerly a socialist holiday, is marked on March 8 as a day “to celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women,” notes in Ukraine seeks public’s action the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. And, in a news release on The open letter below from the Canadian into honorary degree awards. Organizations that occasion, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Eamon Gilmore, Ireland’s deputy prime Group for Democracy in Ukraine reflects the in the United States are putting the matter minister, said that promoting gender equality and ensuring women’s participation in political, public and economic spheres must be central to the work of the OSCE and concerns of global democrats regarding the on their national executive agendas. In all 56 participating states. “Achieving a more secure, peaceful and democratic OSCE systematic elimination from political life of Ukraine, esteemed leading women like Lina area in the long term is impossible without full and equal participation of women,” some 100 members of the official opposition Kostenko, Nina Matvienko and Oleksandra he stressed. “The Irish chairmanship of the OSCE calls on the participating states to parties of Ukraine, in particular former Kuzhel have appealed to women govern- implement all of the gender-related commitments in politico-military, economic and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and for- ment leaders of the world to intervene. environmental, as well as human dimension areas…” mer Minister of Internal Affairs Yurii This is a fine start, but more is needed. Ukraine, of course, is one of those 56 participating states. Recently, proposed laws Lutsenko, and shares initiatives designed to As its specific project, the Canadian group that would establish quotas for women in government were being discussed in assist them. Above all, the letter seeks action for Democracy in Ukraine is seeking Ukraine. The chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Volodymyr Lytvyn, angered Ukrainian from each person of good will to assist in a national and international women and women when, in arguing against such quotas – he said quotas would violate the just cause. The letter was originally released human rights awards for Ms. Tymoshenko, Constitution’s provisions on the equality of all regardless of gender, religion, etc. – he on February 24. specifically the John Diefenbaker Defender referred to the “tradition” in Ukrainian society “whereby the man is the higher being.” of Human Rights and Freedom Award Mind you, he did not say he supported this “tradition” that is clearly observed in Dear Friends: offered by the Canadian government and Ukraine, but merely noted its continuing prevalence and the need to counter it – Like most of you, the Canadian Group for the John Humphrey Freedom Award creat- though not by legal requirements. Sixteen women’s organizations sent a letter to Mr. Democracy in Ukraine, founded last year to ed in honor of the great Canadian who Lytvyn to express their outrage; they called for his resignation as Rada chair. counter Ukraine’s regression from democ- penned the United Nations Universal Unfortunately, Mr. Lytvyn’s remarks reflect the reality in Ukraine where sexism racy, is gravely concerned about the plight Declaration of Human Rights. Last year it and male chauvinism continue to be reflected in the statements of its highest-level of its leading opposition figures. Politicians, was awarded to Ales Michalevic, the oppo- political leaders. Myroslav Marynovych of the Ukrainian Catholic University pointed like former Prime Minister Yulia sition leader in Belarus. to the statement of President Leonid Kuchma who once said, speaking of migrant Tymoshenko and former Minister of Concerted world attention is a powerful workers, that “respectable women stay home, while prostitutes travel abroad”; Internal Affairs Yurii Lutsenko are incarcer- tool. It brought about the release of Viktor Yanukovych’s comment during the presidential campaign that women should ated in contravention of the rule of law and Myanmar’s leading democrat, Aung San stay in the kitchen; and Prime Minister Mykola Azarov’s observation that “conduct- universally acceptable human rights norms Suu Kyi. Nelson Mandela’s release was, in ing reforms in Ukraine is not a woman’s matter.” as President Viktor Yanukovych cripples no small way, the result of protests, media Societal attitudes toward women are a major problem in Ukraine. Mr. Lytvyn Ukraine’s Parliament and undermines focus, publications and some 270 awards. cited a sobering statistic: only 8 percent of the seats in the Verkhovna Rada are held democracy. Now is the time to mount a similar effort by women. What’s more, “the lower the level of authority, the higher the number of Since the arrest of Ms. Tymoshenko, the for Ukraine’s democrats. women involved,” he said. Thus, on city councils women occupy 37 percent of the group has organized protests, letters to the We urge you to act. You might seek pub- seats; on rural town councils the figure is 40 percent; on village councils it is 53 per- cent. Meanwhile, women constitute 53 percent of the population of Ukraine. prime minister of Canada, and urged oth- lic commitments from your politicians, keys As Ukraine marked International Women’s Day with the usual lip service from men, a ers to keep a public focus on the impris- to your city, honorary university degrees, dose of reality was provided by RFE/RL’s Irene Chalupa in her post on the Transmission oned freedom fighters. articles and opinion pieces in broadsheet blog (see http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine_womens_day/24509276.html): Important institutions have stepped up. and social media, lectures – church, sports, “Ukraine has no women mayors, no women governors, only one newly minted Canada’s government, with others, has genealogy – and other ways that reach out minister, just two parliamentary committees are chaired by women. The country’s repeatedly criticized the situation and, lately, beyond our community to ensure Ukraine’s best-known female politician, Yulia Tymoshenko, is behind bars. But Ukrainian men sent a team of medical doctors to examine imprisoned patriots are set free. A most looooooooooove women, the hearth keepers, the mothers, the long-legged arm-can- the health of Ms. Tymoshenko; apparently worthy achievement would be to secure dy blondes. her situation is “grave.” The World their nominations for “person of the year” “Yes, hooray for International Women’s Day, that much-loved Soviet Ukrainian Federation of Ukrainian Women’s for prestigious publications like Time holiday, during which fat, jowly, perpetually hung-over men present their women Organizations is sending a letter to its mem- Magazine or for the Nobel Peace Prize. Such folk with flowers and ply them with champagne, only to treat them like second-class bers to publicly support the opposition dem- citizens for the other 364 days of the year.” ocrats. Academic organizations are looking (Continued on page 9)

March Turning the pages back... Must reads “Fascistoid Russia: Whither Party of Regions, and organized crime, was Eight years ago, on March 14, 2004, Russians went to the polls Putin’s Brittle Realm?” in the March/ jailed by the ‘virtual mafia state’ he sought to 14 and Vladimir Putin, the incumbent, was re-elected president of April• Inedition of the journal World Affairs, dismantle as Interior Minister,” Dr. Kuzio the Russian Federation. With an approval rating of 70-80 per- Alexander J. Motyl analyzes the regime of notes. He goes on to cite 10 criteria that make 2004 cent, many Russians believed that through his strong hand Vladimir Putin – Is it a “managed democra- Ukraine a virtual mafia state. See http:// Russia would see stability following the chaos after the collapse cy,” or “competitive authoritarianism,” or www.acus.org/new_atlanticist/ukraine-rus- of the Soviet Union during the presidency of Boris Yeltsin. something else? – and provides a scenario sia-becoming-virtual-mafia-state. First elected president in March 2000 at the height of Russia’s second war to crush of how it could break down. “Putin’s Russia Chechen independence, Mr. Putin, as prime minister under Mr. Yeltsin, used a series of is a terminal case,” Prof. Motyl writes. “Yanukovych Squints at a Second apartment bombings in 1999 – blamed on the Chechens – as a pretext for what he called “Putin’s Russia is in decay. Putin’s hybrid Term” (February 29), on his blog an anti-terrorist operation. authoritarian-fascist system is intrinsically “Ukraine’s• In Orange Blues” on the World As soon as Mr. Putin took office from his predecessor, he re-established centralized con- brittle, susceptible to elite fragmentation, Affairs website, Alexander J. Motyl writes: trol of his power, appointing former KGB and military offices to key government posts and the Russian Parliament, the Duma, which has become the government’s rubber-stamp body. and incapable of sustaining modernization, “In case you missed it, President Viktor Mr. Putin began exercising selective justice by targeting tycoons and oligarchs who sup- coexisting with the middle class, and pre- Yanukovych gave a two-hour interview on ported opposition political parties or owned media outlets critical of his regime. He venting rising discontent. … the global Ukraine’s popular ICTV channel in advised other oligarchs that they could keep their money and avoid jail as long as they effects of Russian turmoil would be sub- February. You’ll be pleased to learn that stayed out of politics. stantial. These could include disruptions in Ukraine is in tip-top shape and that things “However, the selective use of state power against businessmen who are also political energy production and supplies, the revival will only get better.” He notes that the pres- opponents of the regime is what one researcher has aptly called the tactics of a blackmail of the ‘loose nukes’ problem, the emer- ident is “damned proud of his record” and state, not actions based on the rule of law,” noted Dr. Bohdan Klid, assistant director of the gence of full-fledged guerrilla and terrorist quotes him as saying, “You know, I’m not Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, and movements in Russia’s provinces, and the ashamed to look people in the eye. And author of the commentary. inability of Russia to play any kind of role in before these elections I will look people in “By promising to restore Russia’s greatness, President Putin has applied balm to the global affairs.” See http://www.worldaf- the eye. I always did that and I will contin- Russian people’s bruised hubris over lost empire. In a highly symbolic act, he has partially fairsjournal.org/article/fascistoid-russia- ue doing that.” In fact, Prof. Motyl notes, the rehabilitated Joseph Stalin, whose criminal and genocidal policies resulted in the deaths of whither-putin’s-brittle-realm. president is far away “from the people he many millions. For Mr. Putin and most Russians, however, Stalin is fondly remembered for claims to have looked in the eye.” After all, his leadership during World War II and expansion of Soviet territory to its greatest size “Ukraine, Like Russia, Is Becoming he “spends all his life in glossy palaces and ever. Under Stalin, as well, there was order.” a ‘Virtual Mafia State,’ ” on the New presidential suites, in whirring helicopters “… Although he projects the image of a modern, Western-oriented leader, he governs Atlanticist• In policy and analysis blog (March and whizzing limos, surrounded by even more in the Soviet tradition, without, however, the utopian ideology and its baggage. In 1), Taras Kuzio writes about the sentence bigger guys with broad shoulders and cal- today’s Russia, Vladimir Putin is its master,” Dr. Klid noted. handed down to Ukraine’s former Internal loused hands.” See http://www.worldaf- Source: “Russians go to the polls, but Putin cannot lose,” by Bohdan Klid, The Ukrainian Affairs Minister Yurii Lutsenko. “Lutsenko, fairsjournal.org/blog/alexander-j-motyl/ Weekly, March 14, 2004. the scourge of the nexus of Yanukovych, the yanukovych-squints-second-term. No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012 7

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

ground natural gas storage facility in Europe. Kudos to Kostash My personal experience in negotiating with Gazprom goes back to 1994-1997. I for her new book was negotiating numerous multi-million- dollar contracts with Gazprom to supply Dear Editor: gas-flow-measuring computer systems. I look forward to the book notices and During a four-year period my technical and reviews featured in The Ukrainian Weekly. commercial negotiations required numer- “Beneath the Open Sky” The February 12 issue was especially ous yearly trips to Moscow and subse- quently to Kyiv, Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk. At first glance, the photo looks like a for work. Some are abandoned children. appreciated – Oksana Zakydalsky’s com- At the start of our discussions I scene from Kharkiv in 1932-1933: in the Today, there are about a hundred social ments on five finalists for the Kobzar informed the Russian Gazprom representa- foreground, only partly visible, a passer-by; agencies providing services for homeless Literary Award. tives that all negotiations will be either in in the background, a woman lying huddled people in Ukraine, roughly a third of which Her summary of Myrna Kostash’s “The Ukrainian or English and that they are free in the snow-laden street. On closer inspec- are non-governmental. A pioneering proj- Prodigal Daughter” sparked particular to choose. Regardless of the fact that the tion one sees that the woman has set out a ect in Odesa, “A Road Home,” was begun in interest. I was motivated to order it, and I chief engineer, his assistant and commer- receptacle for alms, displaying an icon of the 1996. The Community of Mutual Aid read it before the month was out. The cial representatives were all Ukrainians Virgin and Child. The passer-by is a well- Oselya has worked for 10 years in Lviv. range of emotions detectable behind Ms. and all spoke Ukrainian, all technical and dressed lady in fashionable boots. It is not, Since 2003, a joint project with the Kostash’s excellently crafted and thoughtful commercial discussions were always in we realize, the winter of the Holodomor, but Netherlands has provided aid to homeless prose kept me riveted. The details she English via an interpreter. a contemporary scene in Kyiv. women in Kyiv. Another collaborative proj- chose to include were just so very right. Our technical/commercial negotiations RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service reports that ect, with Austria, operates in Chernivtsi. Any tradition will feed its adherents, but were rather straightforward – our company in the recent cold wave, with temperatures Unfortunately, the quantity and training it can also exercise its power to suffocate. designs and builds the systems and below minus-30 degrees Celsius, more than of staff, as well as financial resources, I’ve certainly seen that a number of times. Gazprom technical representatives inspect 135 people have died in Ukraine. The fro- remain insufficient. In recent years, the And how much it tends to do one rather and certify compliance with the technical zen bodies of 64 homeless people were Ukrainian media have begun to publicize than the other depends, I suppose, on the specifications. It was always stipulated in found in the streets of its cities. This death the problem. As Ms. Sokha remarks, this sensibilities of individual members. It’s so the contractual agreement that prior to toll has been Europe’s highest. According to provides another opportunity to break the very good to read a writer who has, over shipment of the equipment to Moscow pay- Mariana Sokha, editor of the Lviv street barrier between homeless people and time, pushed out from the safe shore of our ment of 95 percent of the contract price had newspaper Prosto Neba (“Beneath the society. home-traditions (religious, cultural, nation- to be paid by letter of credit to a U.S. bank. Open Sky”), it may be even higher than esti- According to Anastasia Riabchuk, a soci- al), questioning boldly but not without a After receipt of the equipment, Gazprom mated. ologist at the National University of Kyiv tinge of a blush, and navigating it all in a would make the final payment of 5 percent. Government authorities set up over Mohyla Academy and an expert on home- wholly fresh manner. I mean, who’d have That final 5 percent payment of a multi- 3,000 heating stations across the country, lessness, there are two basic attitudes thought you could make some sense of out million dollar contract was never transmit- where the homeless were given food and toward the homeless in Ukrainian society. your religious-cultural community by going ted to our bank by Gazprom. After numer- hot tea. Health officials instructed hospitals The “conservative” view is that their plight into the Balkans and searching for a fourth- ous efforts, faxes and my personal inquiries not to discharge homeless patients, in is their own fault. The “liberal” understand- century martyr’s identity? during subsequent visits to Moscow, our order to spare them from the cold. But For those who ever wondered about the ing is that the homeless are just like the company never received the final 5 percent because of the lack of full-time shelters, things they’ve surrendered their hearts to rest of us, but unlucky; therefore, they payment. and insufficient efforts to direct people to since childhood, this book will be a real deserve charity. Neither attitude, she But the final 5 percent payment was not them, many homeless perished. treat. Congrats to Ms. Kostash. argues, is adequate. Homelessness is a by- lost. Based on my personal insistence to A number of stereotypes are associated product of the transition from socialism to Matthew-Daniel Stremba our company management that the final with homelessness. In the former USSR, a capitalist market economy. The homeless Baltimore payment of 5 percent would never be made being a “bomzh” – the Russian acronym for have a human right to habitation, which by Gazprom our contract pricing was struc- a person “without a definite place of resi- the state must honor. dence” – and wandering about, begging, or tured so that 95 percent was actually the But appeals to human rights, or even leading a “parasitic way of life,” was a final 100 percent payment. That is the only socio-economic reforms, are not likely to crime. Today, the homeless are still equated A reader reflects: way to negotiate with Moscow. You have to solve the problem. It is fundamental atti- with criminals, drug addicts, alcoholics and be one step ahead of Moscow and leave tudes that must change. Until they do, the “anti-social elements.” Pavlo Rozenko of the dealing with Gazprom nothing to chance. homeless are likely to stay in the street. Kyiv-based Razumkov Center has stated My experience with technical and com- The photograph mentioned at the begin- Dear Editor: that such negative attitudes contributed to mercial contract negotiations with ning of this column was published in Street the poor official response to the winter cri- Having personally been involved with Ukrainian representatives in Kyiv, Lviv and Sense, a newspaper staffed by volunteers sis. Yet the stereotypes are not entirely Gazprom of Moscow as well as Naftohaz of Ivan-Frankivsk was extremely cordial, very and sold by homeless people in without foundation. According to the Ukraine (formerly Ukrgasprom) it is espe- pleasant and entirely different from those Washington. The registered vendors keep a Ministry of Internal Affairs, 43 percent of cially disheartening to see the pain that will in Moscow. From 1997 through 2003 my the homeless are ex-prisoners, while 40 percentage of the proceeds of their sales. be inflicted on the Ukrainian population engineering and commercial involvement Since they tend to work every day in the was exclusively with gas companies in Kyiv, percent report addiction to alcohol. due to the negotiating incompetence of the same location, commuters get to know Lviv and Ivan-Frankivsk. How many people are homeless in Yanukovych administration. them and often stop to chat. They discover During all those years and multiple nego- Ukraine? Statistics are fragmentary and Without a doubt, Moscow ran circles that many of the homeless are creative, tiated contracts with Ukrainian gas compa- vary widely. Officially, they number 15,000, around the Yanukovych team’s negotiators intelligent and sometimes well-educated nies, there was never an instance when the but according to civic organizations there on extending the term of the Russian Black people. Many are deeply religious, perhaps Ukrainian representatives demanded a con- may be 600,000 to 800,000. In 2005 a sur- Sea Fleet for “lower” gas prices. And now, the because those who have been furthest from tractual 5 percent holdback. On every con- vey estimated over 40,000 homeless in the Yanukovych administration is on a path to God feel his presence most keenly. And tract that was signed, payment was always country. According to a 2004 survey of 16 “negotiate” for “lower gas prices” one of none of them wants to live in the street. at 100 percent prior to shipment. cities with 1,200 respondents, 60 percent Ukraine’s biggest technological treasures: of Ukraine’s homeless are men, and more Gradually, the psychological barrier kilometers of gas pipeline, hundreds of gas Victor Babanskyj than half are from the working class. Many between ordinary citizens and the home- compressor stations and the largest under- Watchung, N.J. have migrated to the cities from the impov- less is broken down. If they see a homeless erished countryside. Others have come to person lying in the street, they are more Ukraine from poverty-stricken, war- likely to recognize him as their neighbor the opposition “will exterminate someone” wracked regions of Asia and Africa. and not – like the priest and the Levite in Putin prepares... of their own, that they are seeking someone In the recent winter crisis, most of the the parable of the good Samaritan, or the “of the known people to appoint to be a holy (Continued from page 2) deaths were in eastern Ukraine, which has well-dressed pedestrian in the photo from offering,” to later blame the authorities. the highest unemployment. At the same Kyiv – look away and walk on. is actively building separate special rela- “These people can do anything, I am not time, rural homelessness goes largely tions with Europe,” announced Mr. Putin. exaggerating,” Mr. Putin publicly stated. unnoticed. There are reportedly more Sources: “Cold-Weather Deaths Shed An aggressive foreign policy is coupled The threat of a violent repression of the cases of homelessness in Ukraine than in Light on Plight of Ukraine’s Homeless,” RFE/ with preparations to quell opposition at prodemocracy movement seems imminent. any other Eastern European country. RL Ukrainian Service, The Ukrainian Weekly, home. Last week, Mr. Putin publicly repeated Mr. Putin demands the opposition must How do people become homeless? Some February 12, pp. 2-3; “Ukraine’s Homeless that internal opposition demands for free fully accept the results of a phony presiden- cannot afford housing because they are Suffer through Big Freeze: Resources and fair elections are “supported from tial election and shut up – “accept the will of unemployed or earn low wages. Others Stretched Thin,” Street News Service, Street abroad to destabilize Russia, using illegal the majority” – or else (http://Mr. cannot find a place to live because develop- Sense February 15-28, p. 6; N. Kabachenko, soft power.” Mr. Putin announced, “The Putin2012.ru/events/337, February 29). ers flout laws requiring construction of “The Problem of Homelessness in Ukraine”; opposition is preparing to falsely declare the low-income housing. Some have recently Anastasia Riabchuk, “Bezdomni Kyieva,” [March 4] presidential elections illegal and The article above is reprinted from been released from the army or from pris- Politika, November 24, 2007. rigged.” Mr. Putin insisted he has informa- Eurasia Daily Monitor with permission from on, or have been thrown out of their homes tion that during opposition protest rallies its publisher, the Jamestown Foundation, by their spouses or families. Many have Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at “provocations are being prepared” and that www.jamestown.org. migrated from villages to the cities looking [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012 No. 11 No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012 9

sisters converted the premises into a family- tion of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Ukrainian Catholic... type orphanage. At present, the premises International observers... “In this election, candidates could not consist of seven rooms, plus a kitchen, with compete on an equal footing. Although the (Continued from page 4) (Continued from page 3) an overall area of 230 square meters. authorities made some effort to improve born to deported and exiled parents in the The parents of most of the children are posed to Parliament – but not yet passed,” transparency, there remained widespread Baikal region of Siberia. Her father, who either alcoholics or mentally ill and have said Tiny Kox, the Head of the delegation of mistrust in the integrity of the election pro- was forced to work in a mine shaft in therefore been designated unfit to care for Council of Europe’s Parliamentary cess. As a first step, all allegations of elec- Siberia, was a Ukrainian who hailed from their children. Given such circumstances, the Assembly. toral violations need to be thoroughly Zarvanytsia, Ternopil Oblast, while Sister sisters strive to instill a sense of responsibili- “There were serious problems from the investigated. In an encouraging develop- Barbara’s mother, of Ukrainian and Polish ty and assertiveness in the children, many of very start of this election. The point of elec- ment, we have seen a great number of citi- lineage, was born in the Sambir district of whom, having already bounced around from tions is that the outcome should be uncer- zens taking part in overseeing the election. the Lviv Oblast. In 1961 the Hrynyshyn one regular orphanage to another, possess tain. This was not the case in Russia. There Their active involvement can be a powerful no sense of stable family life. family was allowed to return to Ukraine. was no real competition and abuse of gov- vehicle for increasing confidence in future The sisters also try to encourage the “The founder of our order declared that ernment resources ensured that the ulti- elections,” said Ambassador Heidi children to develop the desire to learn. our sisters should serve where the Church mate winner of the election was never in Tagliavini, the Head of the Election needs our help the most, and that is why I However, the sisters admit that it is not doubt,” said Tonino Picula, the Special always easy to find a qualified and compe- Observation Mission of the OSCE Office for am here with these children,” Sister Co-ordinator to lead the short-term OSCE Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Barbara added. tent teacher who is willing to devote con- observer mission and Head of the delega- (ODIHR). The second family-type orphanage in siderable effort and patience in working Bibrka is administered by the Sisters of the with the kids. Holy Family of the Ukrainian Greek- The orphans, consisting of three boys Oksana Bashuk Hepburn Catholic Church, and is home to nine chil- and six girls ranging in age from 5 to 11, Canadian Group... Walter Derzko dren. The majority of these children come are often visited by their fellow classmates Marco Levytsky (Continued from page 6) from broken homes and in the Bibrka from the local elementary school. This pos- Myroslava Oleksiuk home they are provided with much-needed itive aspect provides the children the distinctions would underscore that sus- Marta Onufriv attention, care and love. opportunity to interact and play with their taining democracy in Ukraine is critical to Andriy Zhalko Tytarenko Currently supervised by two nuns, this peers. In fact, some of the children have family-style orphanage enjoys good rela- qualified for adoption, but they actually the region (a democratic Ukraine stimu- The Canadian Group for Democracy in tions with the Government Social Services enjoy their life at the family-type orphan- lates Russia toward democracy) and to Ukraine is a newly created grassroots orga- Program and receives state subsidies in the age so much that they refuse to be adopted. global peace and security, and that nization comprising Canadians concerned form of food, clothing and education for the * * * Ukraine’s dangerous reality vis-à-vis its children. All other expenses – such as any The Ukrainian Catholic University in democrats is a vital message to other with Ukraine’s backsliding towards dictator- type of transportation, educational field Lviv administers the Ginger Fund in emerging democracies like the Arab Spring. ship under the leadership of President Viktor trips, summer recreation – are financed by Ukraine for the Ukrainian Catholic Together, we shall overcome. Justice will Yanukovych. The group is guided in its rai- private donations. As a result, the UCEF’s Education Foundation. triumph and Yulia Tymoshenko, Yurii son d’etre by its democratic Canadian expe- Ginger Fund offsets the orphanage’s trans- For further information about UCU (in Lutsenko and the other Ukrainian political rience, its right as citizens of a free country portation costs and needs by donating a English and Ukrainian) please refer to the prisoners will go free. To assist your efforts, concerned with a fledgling democracy, as mini-van for the benefit of the children. university’s website at www.ucu.edu.ua further information is available at: http:// well as its keen interest in peace and security Originally constructed at the beginning The UCEF in the U.S. may be contacted in blackseahall.ca/cgdu/CGDU_120224_Eng. in the world. of the 20th century for members of the writing at 2247 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL docx, http://www.tymoshenko.ua/en and The Canadian Group for Democracy in Polish nobility, during the Soviet era the 60622; phone, 773-235-8462; e-mail, http://www.nso.org.ua/ua. Ukraine acts in response to the call of facility was converted into a kindergarten [email protected]; website, www.ucef.org Share your initiatives at: https://www.face- Ukraine’s democrats who, unable to fight the followed by a state natural gas management The UCEF in Canada may be contacted book.com/groups/cg4du/. slide into dictatorship on their own, need bureau. In 1991, the Lviv Oblast authorities in writing at 263 Bering Ave., Toronto, ON With warm regards, friends like Canada and other democracies relinquished the building to the Sisters of M8Z 3A5; phone, 416-239-2495; e-mail: On behalf of the Canadian Group for to assist them in staying the course of free- the Holy Family as a novitiate. In 2007, the [email protected]. Democracy in Ukraine: dom, rule of law and democracy. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012 No. 11 Soprano Victoria Loukianetz debuts in Washington concert by Yaro Bihun “The Rustling Hazel Bush.” Special to The Ukrainian Weekly The audience would not let the perform- ers rest, however, calling them back onto WASHINGTON – Soprano Victoria the stage with their ovations until they Loukianetz, the Ukrainian-born operatic were rewarded with two more Ukrainian soloist who has been performing on the songs and “Meine Lippen” by Lehar. world’s opera and concert stages for more Cecelia Porter, a Washington-area classi- than 20 years, made her Washington debut cal music critic whose reviews are often on February 10. Joining her on the recital published in The Washington Post, later hall stage of the Austrian Embassy was her shared her assessment of the performance Ukrainian compatriot, pianist Marianna with the concert organizers. Humetska. She noted that, known largely from her The concert, featuring the works of performances on the opera stage, Ms. Austrian and Ukrainian composers, was Loukianetz, “carefully adjusted her capa- organized by The Washington Group cious voice to the resonant acoustics and Cultural Fund and co-sponsored by the dimensions” of the Embassy’s hall. She Washington embassies of the two countries. demonstrated how she is able to “fine-tune With Ms. Humetska in accompaniment, her voice to meet challenging coloratura Ms. Loukianetz began the program with antics while maintaining her resilient tone Mozart’s “Exultate Jubilate” motet, followed quality” in Mozart’s motet, the “molten flu- by four songs by Schubert, “Vilja Lied” from idity” in Schubert’s lieder, and then balance the “wringing emotions” of his lieder with Franz Lehar’s opera “Die Lustige Witwe” Yaro Bihun and the “Czardas” from “Die Fledermaus” Lehar’s ebullient “Vilja Lied” and Strauss’s Soprano Victoria Loukianetz (right) and pianist Marianna Humetska perform an by Strauss. “Czardas.” encore at the conclusion of their concert at the Embassy of Austria in Washington. After intermission, they continued with After intermission, according to Ms. six original Ukrainian songs by Taras Porter, Ms. Loukianetz affirmed her “rock- dance, which she arranged for piano. she began her musical training at the age of Yashchenko, after which Ms. Humetska solid intonation and sensitive phrasing” in On a negative side, the critic noted that 5, initially on the piano and nine years later played a dance from Myroslav Skoryk’s her performance of the “often impassioned those in the audience who did not know as a vocalist. She graduated from the Kyiv “Hutsul Triptych” and his “Melody.” They and sometimes impressionistic” Yashchenko Ukrainian would have appreciated translat- Conservatory in 1989, launching her pro- concluded the program with three of works and Skoryk’s “often jazzy selections.” ed texts of the Ukrainian songs in the pro- fessional career as a soloist with the Kyiv Skoryk’s Ukrainian wedding songs – “The And Ms. Humetska gave an “exciting gram. Crows Are Flying,” “The Swaying Gate” and account” of Skoryk’s “Hutsul Triptych” Ms. Loukianetz was born in Kyiv, where (Continued on page 16) Yara Arts Group holds “Re-Imagine: Ourselves” festival at UIA Zhadan. With Andrew Colteaux speaking in English, and Stefka Nazarkewycz and Romana Soutus in Ukrainian, the effect was amazing to a bilingual listener. Upon hear- ing the lines in one language, one created mental images that go along with that lan- guage. Then hearing the same lines in the other language, the listener surprisingly discovered that they created different men- tal images. Ms. Zahaykevych describes her works as “electronic music.” That is not quite right – she is a sound artist, a transformer and cre- ator of sounds extraordinary. She samples sounds, creates her own and composes aural images from them. In her perfor- mance of “Dykhaty (To Breathe),” she Ihor Slabicky accompanied one of her ambient creations Ensemble Hilka with Virlana Tkacz (center). with her voice, blowing lightly into the microphone, vocalizing and manipulating by Ihor Slabicky Maryschuk, Margaret Morton, Anna workshop was a golden opportunity to sounds, creating a soundscape that at times Sydorenko/Serhiy Yakunin and Marybeth learn some of the techniques and voices felt like the wind, sometimes just a slight NEW YORK – The last weekend of Ward. There were new names as well, includ- that come naturally to those village singers. breeze, sometimes a fury crashing through January witnessed the 18th major cultural ing Roberto Ekholm, June Kim, Sky Kim, Ensemble Hilka opened the Saturday the landscape. event presented by Virlana Tkacz and the Emeralda Kosmatopoulos, Karissa Lang, Soo evening concert with selections from the Mr. Colteaux, Brian Dolphin, Kat Yew, Yara Arts Group at the Ukrainian Institute Im Lee, Macacas Productions, David Chornobyl Songs Project that they had per- Chris Ignacio, and Ms. Soutus returned to of America. Titled “Re-Imagine: Ourselves,” Maione, Serge Matsko, Christina Shmigel, formed on tour in December 2011. perform a lyrically delightful “I Hear the festival was held over three days. Kateryna Svirgunenko and Hiba Schahbaz. The Yara Arts Group performed “Song 2” On Friday, January 27, an art exhibit Included in the exhibit were several by Oleh Lysheha and “Paprika” by Serhiy (Continued on page 14) opened with performances on the move. In brief video art works from Laura Arena, this unique approach, audience members Lani Asuncion, Katya Grokhovsky, Maria were guided through the three floors of the Niro, Laurence Payot, Hidemi Takagi, Tahir mansion into rooms that were filled with Un and Ezra Wube, as well as Yara video poetry and dance as they entered. artists Volodymyr Klyuzko, Andrea The performances featured Olena Odezynska and Mikhail Shraga. Jennings, Wanda Phipps, and Christine In the fourth-floor gallery, one could Turczyn reading from their works, poet enjoy the Augustin and Maria Shumyk col- Bob Holman performing with world- lection of works by Alexander Archipenko. renowned bandurist Julian Kytasty, and After the performances, guests had a Sophia Holman performing her work “The chance to meet with the artists at a tasteful Box.” Other performers included dancer wine and cheese reception. Inka Juslin, harpist Odarka Polanskyj- Saturday, January 28, was a day full of Stockert, cellist Paul Brantley and perfor- events. In the afternoon, Alla Zahaykevych mance artist Teng Chao-Ming. from Kyiv conducted a workshop featuring As they walked through the rooms, the village songs from the Polissia region. With audience viewed art works, curated by her massive repertoire garnered from her Virlana Tkacz and Andrea Wenglowskyj, by a ethnographic expeditions to the Polissia number of artists long associated with the region of Ukraine as a member of Drevo, Yara Arts Group. These included works by: she had first-hand experience singing with Roman Hrab, Petro Hrytsyk, Peter Ihnat, Olga the women and men in these villages. Her Debutante Hour performs at the Ukrainian Institute of America. No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012 11

SDMK Plonna cemetery: Joan Klim headstone before restoration, 2009. Siemuszowa old cemetery: Tekla Buryk headstone before restoration, 2008. New life for old cemeteries in the Lemko region of Poland

Plonna cemetery: Joan Klim headstone Siemuszowa old cemetery: Tekla Buryk Przybyszow cemetery: Jurko Prelka Przybyszow cemetery: Jurko Prelka restored, 2009. restored headstone, 2008. headstone before restoration, 2011. headstone restored, 2011.

by Michael Buryk these open spaces. the grounds were walkable and many of the ravages of Akcja Wisla in 1947 completely Down the hill, right next to the old wood- headstones were easy to read, although destroyed some, while others were left to The old cemetery in Siemuszowa en (formerly) Greek-Catholic Church of the many were still indecipherable, with the slowly fade and eventually resemble the Transfiguration of Our Lord was the new stone inscriptions fatigued from many years countryside from which they were first It was very late in the afternoon when we cemetery, which was well-kept and full of of exposure to the elements. The oldest carved. arrived at the old cemetery in Siemuszowa. fresh flowers and burning memorial can- remaining headstones showed inscriptions Without the local original parishioners The sun was beginning to cast long shadows dles. This church is now a Polish Catholic from the early part of the 20th century for and their descendants to maintain the all around the lush green hills surrounding parish and its deceased members are buried village residents who were born as far back grounds and repair the crumbling head- the small, quiet village. It was not my first nearby. Along with them were interred a as 1836. And I did find a few of my own fam- stones and ironwork, many of the old cem- time in Poland, but it was my first visit to my few of the former Ukrainian residents. ily: Czerepaniak, Hlib, Szwajlyk, Charowsky. eteries became like the one in Siemuszowa: ancestral home. My cousin Volodya A year before my visit here, I became But there were no Gburyk headstones to scattered ruins of a deliberately forgotten Cherepanyak and his 85-year-old Aunt very excited in the spring of 2008 when I be found. I was later told that my great- past. Katarzyna Tymczak-Czerepaniak maneu- saw this notice posted by Viktoria Pryadko great-grandmother, Maria Gburyk, was Dr. Bryla, a Ukrainian Lemko, is a profes- vered slowly and carefully through the thick in a PDF on the Internet. buried with Rozalia Hlib, who was her sor at the Krakow University of Technology grass that was growing taller by the day. I set “Hello, dear friends! daughter Katarzyna’s mother-in-law. But, Institute of Economics, Philosophy and off on my own in a slightly different direction “I am looking for volunteers for my two no evidence of my great grandfather Sociology, where she works full time. But, to capture images of as many headstones as I work camps: in Holuczkow and Andrej was to be found anywhere. I did she maintains a residence in Zagorze near could with my digital camera. Siemuszowa. They are starting very soon, later determine that the headstone of a Sanok. Her mother, a member of the Bindas This cemetery looked nothing like the but I don’t have enough people willing to go Tekla Buryk was actually that of the wife of family, was from the small hamlet of Laski one in Llewellyn, Pa., near Minersville there…Could you spread the information my great-great-uncle Joseph Gburyk. near Tyrawa Woloska not far from where my Baba Julia and Gigi Mike were about them among your friends, people that I made a mental note then to dig up infor- Siemuszowa. Her father was from the vil- buried. There the headstones were crowd- you know?... Or, of course, you can go for mation about whoever was responsible for lage of Wolica near Bukowsko, which is ed together and the gravesites showed these work camps yourself…Work camps bringing the old cemetery in Siemuszowa south of Sanok. traces of regular visits by family to care for take place in the Polish mountains, in a very back to life. And so this spring 2011 I tried Dr. Bryla became interested in finding them. Here at the old cemetery in picturesque area, and concern renovating my usual Internet research tactics to uncov- her roots in the Tyrawa valley area. She Siemuszowa there were few personal old cemeteries (with the help of profession- er a trail that would lead back to the restor- began by contacting Walter Maksimovich, touches like flowers or candles, and the al stone-workers). The detailed description ers. Completely by chance, I found an e-mail the founder and owner of the lemko.org headstones were randomly spaced with a of the work camps is below.” address for Ms. Pryadko who had posted the website. Mr. Maksimovich knew a man from lot of room in between. Probably other I followed up with a brief correspondence original PDF about restoration work camps Tyrawa Woloska, Walter Zelwak. Mr. Zelwak headstones crumbled long ago to leave to the e-mail address listed, but did not find in Siemuszowa. was interested in doing something about out much. The person to whom I was writ- Viktoria, a Ukrainian Lemko, was one of the ruined conditioned of the Greek- Mike Buryk is a Ukrainian American ing spoke limited English and my Polish was the key volunteers in 2008 who helped to Catholic cemetery in his own town. writer whose research focuses on Lemko non-existent then. But, I looked forward to organize the other volunteers for the work At first Dr. Bryla wasn’t sure she could and Ukrainian genealogy and the history of seeing the results of this restoration effort. camps. After some correspondence back undertake such a project, but eventually Ukrainians in the United States. Readers A few years back, I had seen some photos and forth, she pointed me to Ewa Bryla, the decided to get involved. During the sum- may contact him at michael.buryk@veri- of the old cemetery taken by my cousin founder of the Minority Association of mer of 2004, she used her vacation time zon.net. His website is: http://www.buryk. Maria Czerepaniak-Walczak on a visit there. Carpathian Heritage (SDMK is its abbrevia- and joined with some of her family and Mr. com/our_patch/. He extends special thanks It looked impassable and completely over- tion in Polish) based in Zagorze, Poland. Zelwak’s relatives in an effort to clean up to Ewa Bryla for being interviewed for this grown with wild vegetation and many this cemetery. Dr. Ewa Bryla’s preservation work article, to Ewa Charowska for assisting with unpruned trees. As she was cutting through the thick the Polish translation and to Volodya So, when I finally arrived at the old ceme- In the past, there were some 1,500 brush, Dr. Bryla became upset by the condi- Cherepanyak for his technical assistance tery late on a Saturday afternoon in May Lemko cemeteries in the hills, mountains during the phone interview. 2009, I was pleasantly surprised to see that and valleys of southeastern Poland. The (Continued on page 14) 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012 No. 11

totally controlled by the government. “All Court confirms legality fine for Yulia world community. He recalled that last NEWSBRIEFS real and dangerous opponents to the year he discussed with the leadership of KYIV – The Supreme Administrative regime were not even allowed to partici- the European Bank for Reconstruction and (Continued from page 2) Court of Ukraine has declared lawful the pate in the election, a parallel vote count Development (EBRD) the work of a man- claims of the Procurator General’s Office and was nearly broken, and independent agement team for the new containment challenge for Ukraine. Speaking as a guest the State Tax Administration against the for- on the “Shuster Live” TV show on March 5, observers recorded thousands of gross vio- project. “Ukraine must clearly fulfill its obli- mer head of the United Energy Systems of gations to finance projects at the Chornobyl Mr. Nalyvaichenko emphasized that lations on the voting day,” Mr. Ukraine (UESU), Yulia Tymoshenko, for not “Putin’s new presidency is a new challenge Nalyvaichenko explained. He noted that the site,” Mr. Yanukovych underscored. As Mr. paying taxes in the 1990s when using funds Baloha stated after the meeting, today it is to the democratic development and Ukrainian government should stop its from Somolli Enterprises Ltd. The decision European choice of Ukraine.” The former “multi-vector” policy, as it has long been important to ensure that work at the was announced on March 5 by the presiding Chornobyl site is performed according to chief of the Security Service of Ukraine ineffective and even dangerous for Ukraine. judge, Oleksander Nechytailo, having dis- (SBU) said that the choice of Russians was (Ukrinform) schedule agreed upon with the EBRD, and missed the appeal by Ms. Tymoshenko and to complete the work by 2015. (Ukrinform) her lawyer, Borys Nechyporenko, against a decision of the District Administrative Court Expert sees little chance for IMF loan of Kyiv and Kyiv Administrative Court of Appeals, which overturned a decision of the KYIV – The chances of Ukraine getting an Shevchenkivsky District Court of Kyiv of International Monetary Fund loan do not TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL WALTER HONCHARYK (973) 292-9800 x3040 February 1, 2005, to close the proceedings in exceed 5 percent, financial analyst Erik or e-mail [email protected] the case regarding funds from Somolli Naiman told reporters in Kyiv on March 1. Enterprises. Commenting on the decision, “The chances of getting the loan and reen- gagement with the IMF are very small and SERVICES PROFESSIONALS Mr. Nechyporenko said, “I am now complete- ly convinced that there is no justice in can be now estimated at just 5 percent. On Ukraine, because even in Soviet times the Wednesday, February 29, the NBU [National judges could not allow this.” Under the court Bank of Ukraine] redeemed the first tranche ruling, Ms. Tymoshenko must pay 954,676 of the IMF loan in the amount of $600 mil- hrv in taxes and 1,355,908 million hrv in lion. Overall, in 2012 Ukraine has to pay penalties. (Ukrinform) back, including the interest, about $3.7 bil- lion,” the expert emphasized. According to Ukraine first in number of taxes Mr. Naiman, the amount is not critical but, without structural economic reforms, “the KYIV – According to 2011 statistics, second half of 2012 for the National Bank Ukraine ranked highest in the world in will be quite problematic and difficult.” The terms of the number of taxes, the president financial analyst noted that the decrease in of the Ukrainian Analytical Center, reserves of the NBU, which began in autumn Oleksander Okhrimenko, reported on his 2011, will continue and perhaps even speed blog on March 5. “According to information up. “The government and the NBU are facing from the World Bank, in 2011 Ukraine a problem of not only repaying a $3.7 billion ranked first in the world by the number of loan, but also the trade deficit, difficulties taxes. Not by the amount of taxes, but just by with drawing foreign investment before the their number. The World Bank calculated parliamentary elections. Many foreign inves- that Ukrainian businesses in various forms tors are waiting today and are not investing pay 135 different taxes. This is an absolute in Ukraine,” he said. (Ukrinform) world record. Romania is the second in this rating. But it looks weak, as it has only 113 Azarov warns of political provocateurs taxes. Jamaica is ranked third with 72 taxes,” Mr. Okhrimenko wrote. He noted that only KYIV – The number of political provoca- teurs who will try to undermine political OPPORTUNITIES three taxes are levied in Hong Kong, four taxes in Georgia, Sweden and Norway, and stability in Ukraine will significantly grow five taxes in Singapore. At the same time, ahead of parliamentary elections in the EARN EXTRA INCOME! only seven taxes exist in France. In Great country this autumn, Prime Minister Britain, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Mykola Azarov said on March 1 during a The Ukrainian Weekly is looking Portugal, Spain and Finland there exist only lecture titled “How to Ensure the for advertising sales agents. eight taxes. In the U.S. there are 11 different Sustainable Development of Ukraine” given For additional information contact taxes. A new tax code went into effect in to students of higher educational establish- Walter Honcharyk, Advertising Manager, Ukraine on January 1. (Ukrinform) ments during a working visit to the The Ukrainian Weekly, 973-292-9800, ext 3040. Zakarpattia region. “There will be a lot of Emergencies minister reports on Chornobyl political provocateurs in the country, espe- cially ahead of the elections. And their main Run your advertisement here, KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych has task is to undermine confidence in the heard a report by Minister of Emergencies in The Ukrainian Weekly’s authorities. And the undermined confi- Viktor Baloha on the start of a project to CLASSIFIEDS section. dence in the authorities will immediately erect a new safe containment structure at undermine confidence in economic and the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. The political steps by the authorities. It’s much meeting was held at the president’s resi- easier to prompt deceived people to dence in Novi Petrivtsi (Mezhyhiria), the endorse wrong decisions,” Mr. Azarov said. president’s press office reported on March He predicted that during the election cam- 3. Mr. Yanukovych noted that overcoming paign provocateurs would propose openly the consequences of the Chornobyl disaster is crucial for Ukraine and for the entire (Continued on page 13)

Taras Shevchenko Museum The Board of Directors of the Taras Shevchenko Museum In Toronto is pleased to announce the historic celebration of the 60th Anniversary of its founding. Our Shevchenko Museum is unique since it is the only such museum on the American continents. The Museum is dedicated to the celebration of the life and work of immortal Shevchenko (March 9, 1814 - March 10, 1861). He was a great poet, artist and patriot of Ukraine who laid the foundation for the modem Ukrainian language. We Invite you to visit the museum in person or on the Internet. Andrew Gregorovlch PRESIDENT Taras Shevchenko Museum, 1614 Bloor St. W., Toronto ON M6P 1A7 Tel: 416 534-8662 www.infoukes.com/shevchenkomuseum • [email protected] 81B No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012 13

to ratify an agreement on the creation of a NEWSBRIEFS free trade area (FTA) with countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, (Continued from page 12) Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr populist decisions, as is currently happen- Lytvyn said at a meeting of the Parliament’s ing in Russia, where individual candidates conciliatory council on February 6. “We are promise “golden mountains” if they come currently considering the question of the simultaneous consideration of the FTA pensions, salaries or stipends, and create agreement with CIS countries and with all millionsto power, of in additional particular, jobs. tо double “I see thenow size how of parties that signed this agreement, in order candidates for the Russian presidency easi- to prevent the situation when we, in due ly make such promises and deceive people. time, ratified an agreement but it did not And I’m very pleased that you, students, start working,” Mr. Lytvyn said. Ukrainian know perfectly well that it’s impossible to First Vice Prime Minister and Minister of fulfill such promises in a year or two,” the Economic Development and Trade Andriy prime minister said. (Ukrinform) Kliuyev, in turn, said that the government would ensure the timely submission of a On the 20th Anniversary of the departure to Eternal Rest of Lawyer sentenced for baby selling draft agreement for ratification by SAN DIEGO – A U.S. federal judge on Parliament. Mr. Kliuyev said that the agree- Mgr. Irene (Orysia) Horodylowska February 24 sentenced an internationally ment must be ratified as quickly as possible. and known surrogacy lawyer to five months in In addition, he said that, according to the prison and nine months of home confine- conclusions the European Commission, “the on the 30th Anniversary of the departure to Eternal Rest of ment for her role in a baby-selling scheme FTA agreement with the CIS countries is not that prosecutors say spanned two conti- contrary to the free trade area with the Dr. Yurij Horodylowsky nents and netted millions of dollars. With European Union.” Earlier, Prime Minister her guilty plea, Theresa Erickson acknowl- Mykola Azarov said that the agreement on Divine Liturgies will be offered at these edged that she and two other women used the free trade area in the CIS was not ideal, Ukrainian Catholic Churches: numerous surrogate mothers to create an but “exclusively positive” for Ukraine. Its rat- inventory of unborn babies that they would ification, he believes, will help solve the “gas • Sts. Volodymyr and Olha in Chicago, Ill, on March 19, 2012 at 8:00 a.m.; issue” with Russia. According to the calcula- sell for more than $100,000 each, federal • St. John the Baptist in Irvington, NJ, on March 21, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.; prosecutors said. U.S. surrogates were sent tions of the government commissioner for to be impregnated in Ukraine with embryos cooperation with the Russian Federation, • Newly Blessed Martyrs of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from anonymous donors. When the women CIS member-countries, the Eurasian (Stryiskyi Park) in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 17, 2012; were in their second trimester, Ms. Erickson Economic Community and other regional • Sobor of St. Sophia in Rome, Italy, on March 18, 2012. and her conspirators offered the babies to associations, Valerii Muntiyan, a free trade prospective parents, telling them the devel- area with the CIS countries will boost Our family asks for your prayers for the repose of Their souls. oping fetuses were the results of legal surro- Ukraine’s GDP growth by 2.5 percent, or gacy arrangements in which the original 37.5 billion hrv, in 2012 prices. (Ukrinform) daughters - Zirka Horodylowsky-Smorodsky with husband Myroslaw parents backed out. She acknowledged and family. Average salary grows by 16.2 percent fraudulently representing in court docu- - Marta Horodylowsky-Kozyckyj and family. ments that the surrogacy arrangements KYIV – The average monthly salary of a were legitimate, which allowed the conspir- full-time employee in Ukraine in December May Their memory be eternal! ators to profit from the sale of parental 2011 amounted to 3,054 hrv ($382), which Вічна Їм пам’ять! rights, prosecutors said. She also acknowl- was 16.2 percent more than in December edged filing false applications for the surro- 2010, the State Statistics Service reported gates to California’s state insurance program on January 26. The highest average salary to subsidize the medical costs of the deliver- was reported in the field of air transport ies. U.S. District Court Judge Anthony (9,196 hrv) and the sphere of financial activ- Bataglia also ordered Ms. Erickson to pay a ities (5,898 hrv), whereas the lowest was $70,000 fine. Judge Bataglia sentenced co- recorded in the fisheries sector (1,567 hrv) defendant Carla Chambers to five months in and agriculture and related services (1,960 prison and seven months of home confine- hrv). In terms of regions, the highest aver- ment. She pleaded guilty to conspiracy to age salary of full-time employees was engage in monetary transactions derived reported in the city of Kyiv (4,819 hrv) and from unlawful activity. Ms. Chambers, a for- Donetsk Oblast (3,439 hrv), whereas the mer surrogate, recruited the surrogates, lowest salary was recorded in Ternopil prosecutors said. (Associated Press) Oblast (2,132 hrv) and Chernihiv Oblast Kyiv prepares to ratify FTA with CIS (2,211 hrv). The average monthly salary of a full-time employee in Ukraine in November KYIV – The Verkhovna Rada is preparing 2011 amounted to 2,727 hrv. (Ukrinform)

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church parish and the old Roman Catholic preserving some very painful memories, Baptist Church (now used by a Roman New life for old... church square. In addition to repairing the eventually became neutral and ultimately Catholic parish which allows a Ukrainian Plonna Greek-Catholic cemetery, renovation friendly. Orthodox service to take place once a month (Continued from page 11) was started of the destroyed stone church in And what’s next? to accommodate the local community). tions she witnessed. Why were the Greek- which the Communists had located storage Restoration of the old cemetery would Catholic cemeteries allowed to fall into such for the nearby PGR state farm. So where does SDMK go from here? Dr. include clearing some brush and tree over- a state of decay? She knew then that she In 2010 SDMK worked on cemeteries in Bryla points out that funding for her efforts growth, as well as stone and ironwork. Dr. wanted to preserve these cemeteries and it the vicinity of the Tyrawa Woloska commu- is very much on a project-by-project basis. Bryla’s brother Peter now is in charge of all would take more than a couple of local vol- nity in the villages of Stankowa and Her past sponsors have included the restoration activity. She is just beginning to unteers and a few extra zloty to do this. Paszowa. In the meantime, other renova- Foundation Bieszczadzka, the Stefan Batory secure funding for this project and wel- The next year she formed SDMK as a tions took place in the cemeteries of the vil- Foundation, the Polish-American Freedom comes any donations and new sponsors. non-profit in Poland. Szymon Modrzejewski, lages Paniszczow and Izby near Uscie Foundation and various churches and pri- If you would like to learn more about a stonemason who was also very active in Gorlice and Wola Sokolowa. Also, individual vate individuals, but she is always searching SDMK and their very important work of pre- efforts to restore Lemko cemeteries as early graves were restored in the villages of for new sources of funding. serving cemeteries in the Lemko region of as 1986 and had formed the Magurycz Dewiatyr and Nowe Selo in Lubaczow coun- Unfortunately, money to rescue old Poland, you can find out more here: http:// Association in 2008, became involved in the ty near the South Roztocze landscape park. Ukrainian (e.g., Lemko, Boyko) cemeteries dmk.witryna.org/index.php?wew=wstep. early preservation work. He also offered In 2011 SDMK turned its efforts to or for other minorities in Poland is not easy Dr. Bryla can be reached directly at: advice on how to obtain outside funding. Bukowsko and the villages of Karlikow, to find. Stowarzyszenie Dziedzictwo Mniejszosci During the summer of 2005, SDMK Przybyszow and Zagorz, where the head- For 2012-2013, the group is considering Karpackich, ul. Filtrowa 19, 38-540 Zagórz; began its formal work in the Tyrawa quarters of the association was established. a restoration project for the old Greek- telephone, 013 46 22 670; e-mail, Woloska gmina (local community). Assisting While restoring cemeteries, SDMK also con- Catholic cemetery in Tyrawa Solna (the vil- [email protected]. this effort were several organizations, local ducted workshops on the history of the area lage next to Siemuszowa), which dates back authorities and volunteers. Also involved and its multicultural past, which had some 200 years. The newer cemetery is Copyright 2012 by Michael J. Buryk. All was Dr. Bryla’s older brother Peter – a evolved there over many hundreds of years well-maintained and sits next to St. John the rights reserved. mechanic, builder, handyman and a self- before the tragedy of Akcja Wisla. taught mason. Another activity of the association is tak- In 2007, after receiving some additional ing inventory of ruined churches in coopera- in delicate dough, “kanapky,” the best funding, four cemeteries were restored in tion with students at the Faculty of Yara Arts Group... cheesecake ever, and a variety of dessert cookies that were, dare I say it, better than the Tyrawa Woloska area, including the Architecture University of Technology in (Continued from page 10) Greek-Catholic and Jewish ones, as well as Krakow. As of today, the churches were Baba’s. the Greek-Catholic cemeteries in Krecow inventoried in 20 villages – from the Lower America Singing” by Oksana Lutsyshyna Accompanying the reception were and Rozpucie. In 2008, restoration work Beskid Moutains, the Slonne Mountains and and “Sandman’s Monolog” by Kateryna Francois Nnang of Cameroon on balifon took place in the cemeteries of Siemuszowa, near the Bieszczady Mountains in the vicini- Babkina. and David Alain Jensen on saxophone. Holuczkow and Rakowa. In 2009, there was ty of Roztocze. Debutante Hour must be seen to be Their lively playing, which included show also renovation of historic and forgotten And what has been the reaction of the appreciated. Featuring Susan Hwang, Mia tunes and traditional West African music, graves near the church of St. Nicholas in local inhabitants and the authorities to the Pixley and Marusia Sonevytsky, this group’s drew an appreciative audience. When they Tyrawa Woloska and the local Roman various restoration and inventory projects? snappy stage banter is so natural that it is finished, members of Hilka spontaneously Catholic parish cemetery. Dr. Bryla says the authorities responded hard to realize that it is all improvised on the began singing some of the village songs Further renovations also took place in favorably and granted permission for her spot. The trio performed “Your World View that they knew they weren’t able to per- parallel in the foothills of Bukowsko group to set up the work camps. Their coop- Gets Me Down,” “Parking Mojo” about the tra- form. Ms. Zahaykevych, as well as audience (Pogorze Bukowskie) region south of Sanok eration was crucial since the land of many of vails of finding a parking space in the “Velyke members, joined in. – the village of Plonna in the municipality of the old cemeteries actually belongs to the Yabluko,” (Big Apple), “I’m So Glad You What followed was the “treat” of the Bukowsko, and in the Bieszczady Mountains gmina. Were Born” and “The Rain Fell Like Kisses.” evening – almost an hour of village singing the village of Polyana in the municipality of The villagers, who were naturally reluc- They ended with “Ya Ne Ta” – their ver- performed as in the village, with everyone Czarna. In Plonna, three cemeteries were tant at first and cool to outsiders coming sion of “Ya Ne Toi” by the group Piatnytsia relaxed, just sitting around, singing songs renovated: near the old Greek-Catholic into their communities and uncovering and from Kharkiv, in which they cleverly to be sung for oneself, joking over missed changed the gender of the singer. The audi- lyrics. What a glorious ending to the won- ence demanded an encore, which they did derful evening. with “Verkhovyno.” This version was not Sunday, the closing day of the festival, the sweet and cloying one that is so often saw the presentation of “Music in the Wood” performed; it was three women singing by Watoku Ueno. This was a shadow puppet passionately about the mountains, forests show for children. However, its beauty and and streams. intricacy were enjoyed by audience mem- Olesia Lew, the cuisine chef at Veselka bers of all ages. Performed in English, the Bowery, presented the post-concert recep- presentation featured original Japanese tion. Starting with traditional Ukrainian shadow puppets in a story about beautiful foods and ingredients, she translated them music that emerges from inside wood. One into unique works of cuisine recognizable often imagines that shadow puppet shows to the palate and presented in a refreshing would be in black and white; through the manner. Among the tasty temptations were use of translucent colored papers, Mr. Ueno four different types of “pyrizhky” wrapped presented this show in color.

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COMMUNITY CHRONICLE “Carol of the Bells” Lewytzkyj Foundation awards scholarships rings for sister city SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – Ten seminarians were Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate. The success of the awarded scholarships for the 2011-2012 academic year at program is demonstrated by the large number of ordained by Ed Lytwak St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Seminary thanks to funding clergy, recipients of these scholarships, who now serve by the Rev. Wolodymyr Lewytzkyj Seminarian Scholarship parishes across Ukraine. WASHINGTON – This year’s “Carol of the Bells” evening Foundation through St. Andrew’s Society/Ukrainian In 2011, concern about the deteriorating economic and on January 26 was a celebration of not only Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. A total of $10,500 was political climate in Ukraine, along with a desire to provide Christmas traditions but Arlington’s newest sister-city. awarded for the academic year. a broader curriculum to students from Ukraine, resulted in The third-annual event, sponsored by the Arlington Sister The award dedications include: in memory of the Very the program refocusing its support on students studying City Association’s Ivano-Frankivsk Committee, had a very Rev. Mykola Metulynsky, Eugene Micevych, Yaroslav abroad at St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological special reason to make merry. Most recently, the Arlington Korsunsky and Eugene Ostapczuk (Minnesota); in honor of Seminary in South Bound Brook, N.J. The scholarships are County Board unanimously agreed to establish a sister city the families of Anne Ferreira (Oregon), Dr. Gregory and Lili awarded based on both merit and need. relationship with Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. Sitka, Bob Morris (Minnesota); the Wayzata Community Tax-free donations are accepted to expand this mis- Once again the “Carol of the Bells” dinner was graciously Church, St. Katherine UOC Parish and St. Katherine UOC sion program to a greater number of students from hosted by the Embassy of Ukraine in Georgetown. The Sisterhood (Minnesota). Ukraine. Donations may be made to The Rev. Lewytzkyj evening began with a welcome from Ukraine’s ambassador Since 1990, the Lewytzkyj Foundation has awarded 425 Fund/St. Andrew’s Society, c/o Vitali Vizir, 1023 to the United States, Olexander Motsyk, who spoke on the scholarships to deserving seminarians studying at three Yorkshire Drive, Los Altos, CA 94024. For more informa- importance of building the person-to-person connections western Ukraine seminaries under the Ukrainian tion readers may contact Luba Lewytzkyj, 952-440-5822 that are at the heart of the sister city movement. Autocephalous Orthodox Church and the Ukrainian or [email protected] On behalf of the Arlington Sister City Association, Chairman Karl van Newkirk affirmed these sentiments and announced that the signing of the sister-city agreement would be held at the Sister Cities International Conference to be held in Arlington, Va., on March 3-5. The dignified festivities began in earnest with Ivano- Perth Amboy parish stages “Vertep” and concert Frankivsk Committee Co-Presidents Chrystia Sonevytsky and Xenia Jowyk enlisting the help of a young girl to go out- side and look for the first star of the night. Traditionally, “Sviata Vechera,” the meatless 12-dish Christmas Eve meal, does not begin until the first star is seen. As the guests sat down, they shared small pieces of bread and honey (prosphora) and offered best wishes to those at the table. The centerpiece of the decorations was a sheaf of wheat, didukh, which symbolizes the abundance of nature. The feast was prepared by the Embassy chef, Serhiy Kinsky, and included such Ukrainian delicacies as borshch (beet soup), holubtsi (cabbage rolls), varenyky (dumplings filled with potatoes, mushrooms, or cabbage) and kutia, the most sacred of Ukrainian foods, which is served only on Christmas Eve. What Ukrainian Christmas celebration would be com- plete without koliadnyky (carolers)? The highlight of the evening was provided by a chorus under the direction of Andriy Mariyanich. The 13-person ensemble serenaded everyone with traditional koliady and schedrivky. Among the lovely a cappella music was the “Carol of Bells,” the internationally recognized carol adapted from “Schedryk” by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych. It was a most memorable night for all those that attend- ed – including special guests Natalia Terletska, the wife of the Ambassador of Ukraine, the Second Secretary of the Embassy Maryna Zlobina (who has worked closely with PERTH AMBOY, N.J. – On January 15 at the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Sister Cities and this committee in particular) and the Church in Perth Amboy, N.J., more than 250 parishioners and guests witnessed a theatrical production of “The director of the Cultural and Information Center at the Vertep,” a performance is based on the Gospels’ account of the birth of Jesus Christ, and was followed by a Embassy, Counselor Vladyslava Bondarenko. Guests from Christmas concert, featuring the Boyan Choir. The stunning costumes, stages sets and the wonderful dramatic the Arlington community included board member Walter acting captivated the audience from the very beginning. The theatrical and choral performances were created Tejada and Mary Beth Zimmerman, wife of the Arlington and enthusiastically organized by Alla Korostil with the support and supervision of the Rev. Ivan Turyk. More County board chair as well as Karl Van Newkirk, the chair pictures from the concert can be found in the Images Category on the parish’s website: www.assumption- of the Arlington Sister City Association. catholicchurch.net.

Helsinki Committee. Furthermore, the ‘crimes’ for which he Mezhyhiria palace cost 300,000 euros and a chandelier was Lutsenko jailed... was convicted could not possibly justify a term of imprison- purchased for $45,000. In 2010, two companies working on (Continued from page 3) ment even if the prosecution had been able to prove all the the estate imported luxury goods worth $20 million (http:// allegations against him” (see Mikael Lyngbo, “Legal www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/99514/). Yanukovych in the 2015 elections. Monitoring in Ukraine I. Preliminary Report on the trials Obviously, these figures are far larger than the official sal- Mr. Lutsenko, the scourge of the nexus of Mr. against former Minister of Interior Yurij Lutsenko and for- ary of the president, who has been a state employee since Yanukovych, the Party of Regions and organized crime, mer First Minister of Justice Yevhen Korniychuk” 1997. was jailed by what Luke Harding, former Guardian corre- [Copenhagen: The Danish Helsinki Committee for Human The Lutsenko and Tymoshenko cases are blatant cases spondent in Moscow, describes as the “Mafia State” Rights, 2011] http://helsinki-komiteen.dk/Helsinki- of selective application of justice by the Yanukovych (London: Guardian books, 2011), which Mr. Lutsenko gammel/downloads/LM-Ukraine.pdf). administration. Mr. Lutsenko’s sentence shows that sought to dismantle as internal affairs minister, as Eurasia Mr. Lutsenko was charged with illegally granting an President Yanukovych has totally ignored Western criti- Daily Monitor (February 17) has written, and U.S. diplo- apartment to his lawyer, increasing the pension of his driv- cism of the Tymoshenko trial and that his administration matic cables reported (http://www.jamestown.org/ er and financial irregularities relating to celebrations does not listen to the West. Incredibly, many Western poli- single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=39024). marking National Police Day. The amount paid for the cele- cy-makers and seasoned ex-ambassadors believed other- Marieluise Beck of Germany, a rapporteur of the brations ($35,000) was minuscule compared to the size of wise until last summer. Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), corruption in Ukraine and did not go into Mr. Lutsenko’s It is time to acknowledge that it is impossible to reset rela- said, “As a reformist interior minister who – among other pocket but to the state-owned Palats Ukrayiny, where the tions with politicians like Mr. Yanukovych who speak a differ- things – dismantled the criminal hit squad within the min- National Police Day held its celebration. ent language, are a product of a political culture completely istry responsible for such high-profile crimes as the mur- In comparison, on the same day as the sentencing of Mr. alien to European and American values, and who never fulfill der of journalist Georgiy [Heorhii] Gongadze, he angered Lutsenko, Ukrayinska Pravda reported that table lamps in promises made to European and American leaders. some persons who are now back in power” (http://www. President Yanukovych’s new office in his palatial Mezhyhiria kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/123221/). are handmade and cost $10,000 each (http://www.pravda. The article above is reprinted from the Jamestown Ms. Beck pointed out that, “The trial against him was com.ua/articles/2012/02/27/6959508/). Last year, news Foundation Blog published by the Jamestown Foundation, unfair, as shown in detail by the observers of the Danish reports revealed that fittings for a bathroom in the www.jamestown.org. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012 No. 11

Klitschko notches 50th KO against Mormeck SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. – A crowd of Mormeck claimed he could have continued. 50,000 boxing fans at the Esprit Arena in Klitschko floored Mormeck in the second Düsseldorf, Germany, witnessed no sur- round while completely dominating the prises on Saturday, March 3, as heavy- much more diminutive challenger. weight champion Wladimir Klitschko toyed Mormeck never connected with a single with challenger Jean-Marc Mormeck and clean punch, although Klitschko claimed he rolled to a non-competitive fourth-round had been hit with a jab. destruction of the 39-year-old former The Ukrainian improved to 57-3, cruiserweight champion. Mormeck dropping to 36-5. The latter gave At 1:12 of the fourth round the WBA, up 6 1/2 inches in height and was 3-for-19 WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight champion overall in punches. “Dr. Steelhammer” con- put together a sweet three-punch combina- nected on 39 of 135 punches, including 26 tion to knock Mormeck out – a stiff left of 70 power punches. which froze him, a huge and flush right Mormeck’s plan was to get in close as he hand behind it, then connected with a often lunged forward with his head low round-house left as Mormeck was drop- and gloves high, usually clinging to ping to the canvas. The challenger beat the Klitschko in desperation. When the cham- 10-count, but looked wobbly and referee pion set Mormeck down with a big right Luis Pabon stopped the fight. early on, it seemed clear he was looking for This was Mormeck’s fourth bout since an early ending to the fight. After both moving up to the heavyweight division. He pushed and shoved each other into a www.publicaddress.de hadn’t fought in 15 months. sprawling match in the third round, Wladimir Klitschko delivers a flush right to Jean-Marc Mormeck of France at Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, on March 3. “His strategy was to make me tired, but I Klitschko picked up the pace in the fourth dominated,” Klitschko said in a post-fight round, connecting with a left jab before adoring crowd after the match. “It’s a big U.S., as potential future challengers. interview captured by ESPN.com. flooring the Frenchman once again. day for me.” Alexander Povetkin, unbeaten and holder Klitschko was officially credited with the “I’ve been around for 15 years and now I The fight had been originally scheduled of the near-meaningless “regular” WBA 50th knock-out of his career, although have the 50th (KO),” Klitschko told his for December 2011, but was postponed heavyweight title, is another opponent when the big Ukrainian needed surgery to Klitschko may consider in the future. Very remove kidney stones. much looming on the horizon is a rematch The win was the 18th career defense of with Tony Thompson, someone Wladimir his heavyweight titles for the younger Klitschko already knocked out, but is man- Klitschko brother, now 18-2 in title fights. dated to fight a second time. He ranks fourth among all heavyweights Klitschko’s older brother, Vitali, unani- in title victories, behind Joe Louis (26), mously out-pointed British challenger Muhammad Ali (22) and Larry Holmes Dereck Chisora in Munich two weeks ago (21). and thought his next fight would be After the fight, Klitschko listed Tyson against David Haye, the British boxer who Fury and David Price, both from the lost to Wladimir last July and is currently United Kingdom, plus Chris Arreola of the retired.

of diplomas “with honors” from leading Soprano... conservatories – among them Tchaikovsky in Moscow, Glenn Gould in Toronto, and a (Continued from page 10) master’s degree from the Music Academy National Opera that same year and debut- in Lviv, where she was born – Ms. ing at the Moscow Bolshoi Theater in Humetska also performed on a number of 1993. In the meantime, she participated in leading concert stages as a soloist and and won many international competitions. chamber player. As TWG Cultural Fund’s director But, unlike Ms. Loukianetz, she is not a Svitlana Shiells noted in her introductory newcomer to Washington. In 2009, she and remarks, the selection of the Austrian fellow Lviv musician Solomiya Ivakhiv, a Embassy as the venue for this concert was violinist, performed a concert at the not insignificant. When she began her Embassy of Ukraine. international singing career, Ms. Thomas Stölzl, the Austrian Embassy’s Loukianetz chose Vienna to be her profes- economic counselor, who helped in the sional home. It was the second major city concert’s presentation, when asked for his in a 1993 European competition tour that assessment of the event, said that the art- also included Venice, Prague, Munich, Paris ists’ performance of songs dear to the and Rome. She won the top prize among Ukrainian and Austrian hearts “succeeded its 240 competitors. Since then, she has in building a musical bridge between” the performed in many of the world’s promi- two countries and “reminded everybody in nent opera houses, including New York’s the audience of the eternal truth that with- Metropolitan. out love there is no world worth living.” Ms. Shiells recounted that one of the A week before coming to Washington, leading stars of the opera world impressed Ms. Loukianetz and Ms. Humetska present- by her voice was none other than Lucianno ed a concert at the Ukrainian Institute of Pavarotti. “Bravissima! Molto benne!” was America in New York City. The Loukianetz- how he reportedly reacted upon hearing Humetska performance was the third of her performance in “Un ballo in Mascara,” four concerts in the TWG Cultural Fund’s she said. 2011-2012 Music Series. “He was so impressed with Victoria and The next concert, scheduled for Sunday, her ability to express the deepest emotions March 18, at The Lyceum in Old Town through her immense voice that he men- Alexandria, Va., will feature the classical tioned her in his memoirs,” she said. “He works of composer, musician and song- wrote with wonder how such a small writer Boris Skalsky. He will be joined by a woman could have – as he put it – such ‘a number of Washington- and New York- brilliant soprano voice they could hear on based musicians, among them the MIVOS Capri,’ ” she said. Quartet, guitarist Anthony Pirog, cellist Also a winner of numerous leading Rubin Khodeli and pianist Zdanna international competitions, and a recipient Krawciw-Skalsky – his mother. No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012 17

Through Art exhibit, “Bulgarian Artists Abroad,” Ukrainian March 18 Presentation by Mykola Yakovyna, “Ukraine: Prospects for March 25 National Museum, 312-421-8020 or Winnipeg, MB Emerging from Crisis,” Ukrainian Cultural Center – Chicago www.bulgariansartistsabroad.net Oseredok, www.unftcanada.ca March 15 Presentation by Sophia Kachor, “Pysanka – Talisman, March 18 Concert featuring singer and composer Victor Morozov, Winnipeg, MB Decorative Art, Identity Marker,” Ukrainian Cultural and Jenkintown, PA Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, 215-663-1764 Educational Center, 204-942-0218 or [email protected] March 18 “Spring Swarm Meeting,” Ukrainian American Beekeepers March 16 Presentation by Svitlana Kukharenko, “Abnormal Death Whippany, NJ Association, Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Winnipeg, MB Memorials in Ukraine: A Folklorist Perspective,” Jersey, [email protected] University of Manitoba, 204-474-8905 March 18 Art exhibit, “William Kurelek: The Messenger,” Hamilton March 16 Presentation by Mykola Yakovyna, “Ukraine: Prospects for Toronto Art Gallery, arranged by the Ukrainian Canadian Art Edmonton, AB Emerging from Crisis,” Ukrainian National Federation – Foundation, 416-766-6802 Edmonton branch, www.unftcanada.ca March 18 Fashion show, “A Fashionable Brunch,” Canad Inns – Polo March 17 Lecture by Valentyna Kharkhun, “The Author’s Myth of Winnipeg, MB Park, 204-942-5405 or www.mpue.ca New York War in Oleksander Dovzhenko’s Cinema Novel ‘Ukraine in March 19 Lecture by Mayhill Fowler, “An Urban Carousel: The Rise, Flames,’” Shevchenko Scientific Society, 212-254-5130 Cambridge, MA Fall and Consolidation of the Soviet Ukrainian Beaumonde,” Harvard University, 617-495-4053 March 17 St. Patrick’s Day “Ukrainian Style,” Syracuse Ukrainian Syracuse, NY National Home, 315-478-9272 or March 20 Presentation by Valentyna Kharkhun, “Museumification of [email protected] New York the Soviet Past or Communism in the Museum,” Columbia University, 212-854-4697 or [email protected] March 17, 24 Pysanka Workshop, with instruction by Vera Samycia, Chicago Ukrainian National Museum, 312-421-8020 or March 22 Film screening, “The Maze” by William Kurelek, with [email protected] Hamilton, ON Robert Young and Nick Young, Art Gallery of Hamilton www.artgalleryofhamilton.com or 905-527- 6610 March 17, 31 Pysanka Workshop, Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Winnipeg, MB Center, 204-942-0218 March 22 Presentation by Irena Makaryk, “Les Kurbas Theater Ottawa Berezil in Paris and New York,” Ukrainian Scientific March 18, 25 “Pagash” Sale – Ukrainian/Slovak Lenten Meal, Ss. Cyril Society of Ottawa, St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Olyphant, PA and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church, 570-489-2476 Shrine, 613-723-1673 or www.stcyrils.maslar-online.com March 22-24 Lenten Retreat, hosted by the Rev. Peter Galadza, St. John March 18 Concert with Boris Skalsky and friends, The Washington Ottawa the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Shrine, 613-723-1673 or Alexandria, VA Group Cultural Fund, The Lyceum, 301-229-2615 or www.st-john-baptist-shrine.ca [email protected] Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events March 18 Taras Shevchenko program, Ukrainian Heritage Club of advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Roseville, CA Northern California, Valley Springs Presbyterian Church, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors 916-771-2402 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012 No. 11 UKELODEON F Nor The ext Generation

Ukrainian children welcome Jackie Evancho

by Michael Ulicky with a wonderful symphony orches- tra, wowed the enthusiastic audi- PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – Chil- ence with operatic, Broadway and dren of the Ukrainian community other popular classics, including of the desert region of California songs from her PBS Special and the welcomed 11-year-old singing newly released CD/DVD “Dream sensation Jackie Evancho prior to With Me In Concert.” As an added her sold-out concert performance bonus Jackie introduced a wonder- on Saturday, January 28, at the ful new singer, Josh Page, and also Event Center of the Fantasy Springs brought her brother Jacob on stage Resort and Casino in Indio, Calif. to sing a lovely duet. Jackie, who is of partial Ukrai- Maybe once in a generation, nian heritage was excited to meet there comes along someone who is the children, some dressed in lovely blessed with a gift from God of such embroidered blouses, who present- an incredible voice. Our desert ed Jackie with bouquets of flowers community is fortunate. On Satur- and a special gift of a pysanka, a day, we welcomed and fell in love hand-decorated Ukrainian Easter with, and gave standing ovations to egg, as a traditional gift of life and a America’s new favorite sweetheart, symbol of good luck. soprano Jackie Evancho. Bohdan Olesnicky Afterwards, Jackie, performing (To find out more about Jackie Children of the Ukrainian community in the desert region of California welcome Jackie Evancho: (front row, from left) Christina Olesnicky, John Olesnicky, Andrew Hayduke (back row) Adriana Olesnicky, Jackie Evancho and Juliana Olesnicky.

and her upcoming concerts through- Catholic Mission in Palm Springs, out California and across the coun- Calif. The Rev. Myron Mykyta from try as well as to order her CD/DVD, the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin you can log on: www.jackieevancho. Mary Church in Los Angeles travels com.) to the desert and celebrates liturgy The Ukrainian children and the fourth Sunday of each month at their families who greeted Jackie Our Lady Of Guadalupe Catholic are from St. Michael’s Ukrainian Church.

Altar boys inducted in Olyphant

OLYPHANT, Pa. – Five altar boys – including triplets – were inducted into the Society of Altar Boys of St. Cyril’s on February 26 by the Rev. Nestor Iwasiw (right), of Ss. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church. Senior altar boy Joseph Garfalo (left) assists the induction of Joseph Skirpan, Brian Radle, Samuel Sczesniak, Jordan Radle and Thomas Radle into the altar boys’ society. No. 11 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012 19

Jaroslawa Johnson visits Ukrainian school, leaves students with message and goodies by Larissa Sloniewsky women in Ukraine are very modern WASHINGTON – “Learn where and are all learning English. Every you are from, your true history.” university in Ukraine now offers These are the words uttered by the English courses.” This contrasts respected – and fascinating – law- sharply from the situation in the yer and author Jaroslawa Johnson recent past, when Ukraine’s popula- when she talked about her life and tion learned primarily Russian in work with students of the upper the universities. grades of the Taras Shevchenko In addition to being a success- School of Ukrainian Studies in ful lawyer, Ms. Johnson has also Washington. written a Ukrainian American Ms. Johnson’s take-home mes- cookbook with help from her family sage was one of remembrance: and friends. She brought her new know the past, because that’s what cookbook, “Legacy of Four Cooks: makes a person unique. Recollections of Ukrainian Home Ms. Johnson was born in Volyn, Cooking,” to school to show the stu- Ukraine, before World War II, and dents and to talk about it with them. left for Germany with her family. Ms. Johnson noted that many rel- Jaroslawa Johnson speaks to students at the Taras Shevchenko School of They lived as displaced persons atives had confl icting ideas for “the Ukrainian Studies in Washington. in Germany for the remainder of best borsch recipe” or “the best varennyk recipe,” and that a lot of the war. Later, the family fl ed to holidays. Ukrainian School not to be missed: the recipes were more complicated America. The students of the Taras Ms. Johnson not only provided stu- She describes the arrival in New than she thought. She also said that Shevchenko School were intrigued dents with food, she also gave them York Harbor as thrilling but quick, writing the cookbook brought back by Ms. Johnson’s presentation. food for thought! as she caught only a glimpse of many memories from her childhood. They were also fortunate to sample the city before family members left Inspired, Ms. Johnson began homemade “khrustyky” and “medi- Larissa Sloniewsky is a student at for their new home in Pennsylva- to look for old pictures from the vnyk” made according to recipes in the Taras Shevchenko School of nia. Settling in with a kind family war-era and her arrival to America, the cookbook. It was a Saturday at Ukrainian Studies in Washington. whom they hardly understood, Ms. and included these pictures in her Johnson and her family had to start cookbook. It was especially at that a new life from scratch. But Ms. time that she began to think about Johnson notably hasn’t forgotten her the power of human individuality. Mishanyna roots. “A person’s individual history Spring is almost here. And, with the warmer-than-normal weather After graduating from high school is more important than the history most of us have been experiencing, we are beginning to see the first of the world,” she said. Perhaps and college, Ms. Johnson became flowers of springtime. This month’s Mishanyna, therefore, is dedicated a lawyer and started working for an this way of thinking can serve as to the early flowers of spring. Find the capitalized words on the list hid- American law fi rm. Since beginning a lesson to humanity: that fi gur- den in the Mishanyna grid. to work with Chadbourne & Park in ing out who a person is can help Ukraine, she has been jetting back inspire them to do great things. Ms. CROCUS LENTEN ROSE SNOWDROP and forth between Ukraine and the Johnson encouraged the students DAFFODIL NETTED IRIS spring SNOWFLAKE United States. to think of 10 questions they would Commenting on Ukraine’s cultur- like to ask their relatives about GLORY OF THE SNOW PASQUE FLOWER TULIP al evolution since she immigrated, their families and their past as GRAPE hyacinth PHLOX VINCA Ms. Johnson had this to say: “The they gather over Christmas or other HYACINTH SCILLA winter ACONITE Attention Debutante Ball Organizers!

As in the past, The Ukrainian Weekly will publish a special section devoted to the Ukrainian community’s debutantes.

The 2012 debutante ball section will be published on March 25.

The deadline for submission of stories and photos is March 12. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012 No. 11

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Saturday, March 17 takes place at the Palatine Library located at 700 N. Court, Palatine, IL 60067 at 2-4 p.m. NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific There is no charge for this event. For addi- Society invites all to a lecture by Dr. tional information contact Col Roman G. Valentyna Kharkhun (Nizhyn, Ukraine) Golash (ret.), at [email protected] titled “The Author’s Myth of War in or call 847-910-3532. Oleksander Dovzhenko’s cinema novel ‘Ukraine in Flames.’ ” Dr. Kharkhun is profes- Saturday, March 31 sor of Ukrainian literature at the Mykola Hohol National University of Nizhyn. The NEW YORK: The Center for Traditional lecture will take place at the society’s build- Music and Dance, New York Bandura ing, 63 Fourth Ave. (between Ninth and 10th Ensemble, Bandura Downtown and The streets) at 5 p.m. For additional information Ukrainian Museum present “Kilims and call 212-254-5130. Constructions,” a multi-media performance to complement the museum’s current exhi- PALATINE, Ill.: The Ukrainian American bitions “Kilims” and “Borys Kosarev: Military Association, Conservative Veterans Modernist Kharkiv 1915-1931.” Performers of America, ACT for America and the include bandurist/singer Julian Kytasty and Veteran Defenders of America invite the the Black Square Ensemble in a program of members of the community, veterans and musical compositions and improvisations patriots to a national security briefing intertwined with video projections, move- “Sharia Law for Non-Muslims,” based on a ment and text. Concert starts at 7 p.m. at book written by Bill Warner of the Center The Ukrainian Museum, 222 E. Sixth St. for the Study of Political Islam, www.politi- Admission is $15 ($10 for CTMD/museum calislam.com. The presentation includes the members) and includes reception. Tickets doctrine of abrogation, Sharia finance and may be purchased online at www.ukrainian- the dualistic nature of Sharia. The meeting museum.org.

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