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www.ukrweekly.com INSIDE: l Ukraine’s Olympians at the London Games – page 9 l Festivals in Ellenville and Jewett, N.Y. – centerfold l UWC wants meeting with Yanukovych – page 13 THEPublished U by theKRAINIAN Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal W non-profit associationEEKLY Vol. LXXX No. 31 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2012 $1/$2 in Ukraine The Rev. Borys Gudziak “Save Soyuzivka now” campaign nominated for bishop, kicks off at Ukrainian Cultural Festival apostolic exarch for France LV I V – T h e Ukrainian Greek- Catholic Church (UGCC) will soon have a new bishop. Pope Benedict XVI nominated the rec- tor of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, the Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak, as apostolic exarch for U k r a i n i a n s i n F r a n c e a n d a ppointed him The Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak as titular bishop of Carcabia. The pope thus approved the recommendation of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC. The news was officially reported by the Vatican Press Service on July 21. The new bishop will be the apostolic exarch for Ukrainians in France; the Exarchate, which was founded in 1960, also includes Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Switzerland. The Roma Lisovich pope accepted the resignation of the current apos- A banner announcing a new fund-raising campaign for Soyuzivka is suspended from the Main House. tolic exarch, Bishop Michael Hrynchyshyn, who PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The thousands who visited officers of the Ukrainian National Association and the turned 83 in February. Soyuzivka over the weekend of July 13-15 for the suc- MCs from the festival’s main stage. And, there were large Bishop-nominee Gudziak will be the 49th bishop cessful sixth annual Ukrainian Cultural Festival could not bins for donations to Soyuzivka. of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The conse- help but notice the huge banner suspended from the The Soyuzivka Heritage Center in Kerhonkson, N.Y., cration of the new bishop is currently planned for Main House. “Save Soyuzivka! Now not later,” it read. needs to raise $1 million to offset the expenses incurred August 26 in Lviv. That message was buttressed by the leaflets being dis- He was born in Syracuse, N.Y., on November 24, tributed to Soyuzivka guests and the statements made by 1960, and was ordained a priest in 1998 at St. (Continued on page 18) George Cathedral in Lviv. He earned a Ph.D. in Byzantine and Slavic studies at Harvard University in 1992. He has served as rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv since 2002. A statement released on July 23 by the Canadian election observers’ office opened in Ukraine Ukrainian Catholic University noted: “Father Borys KYIV – The chair of the is not just the rector of our university. He became a Canada-Ukraine Foundation spiritual treasure who came into the lives of many (CUF), Bohdan Onyschuk, opened of us and transformed them considerably. The title its Election Observer Mission of bishop will duly crown the feats and efforts of office on July 12 in downtown our rector to create and develop a higher education Kyiv, with a reception attended institution that is so significant for Ukraine. The by some 35 invited guests, crozier will be a staff in his hands calling him to a including representatives of the new pilgrimage along unknown paths chosen for Canadian and four other him by the Lord.” Embassies and over 20 interna- The statement from the UCU community tional NGOs. expressed joy about the announcement: “We are In addition to the international glad for the sake of the faithful of the Apostolic NGOs, CUF invited and welcomed Exarchate of the UGCC in France, the Benelux coun- the major civil society groups and tries and Switzerland who will have such a pastor. NGOs from Ukraine, including We are glad for the sake of our own and of all the Chesno, the Committee of Voters UGCC laypeople who will have such bishop.” of Ukraine, Opora, the Kharkiv Human Rights Monitoring Group Sources: Religious Information Service of Ukraine, and the Committee for the Department of Information of the Ukrainian Greek- Defense of Democracy in Ukraine. UCC Catholic Church, Ukrainian Catholic University, Canadian Ambassador Troy At the opening of the Election Observer Mission office in Kyiv (from left) are: Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation. Head of Mission Derek Fraser, Member of Parliament Bob Dechert, Ambassador (Continued on page 14) Troy Lulashnyk and Bohdan Onyschuk of the Canada-Ukraine Foundation. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2012 No. 31 ANALYSIS Ukraine insists on cuts Noted actor Bohdan Stupka dies together with international financial institutions, committed to support the in Russian gas imports KYIV – Ukraine on July 24 bid farewell modernization of Ukraine’s gas transit to the prominent theater and cinema system (GTS), if Ukraine would imple- actor Bohdan Stupka, who died at the age The National Energy Strategy sets out to ment necessary reforms bringing trans- by Oleg Varfolomeyev of 70 after a long illness. A farewell cere- cut annual gas imports to as little as 5 bcm parency into the energy sector. They also Eurasia Daily Monitor mony was held on the stage of Ivan by 2030, an improbably optimistic goal noted that although trilateral energy Franko Drama Theater in Kyiv. A pontifi- (see Eurasia Daily Monitor, June 19). The cooperation on mutually interesting cal funeral liturgy was served at St. After failing to persuade Russia to government’s highly ambitious intention to terms is high on the agenda, the EU’s change the current gas contract, Ukraine is cut imports to 27 bcm this year is part of Nicholas Ukrainian Greek-Catholic relationship with Ukraine is in no way a threatening to break it. The state-owned the plan. This does not suit Gazprom, Church and burial followed at the function of its relationship with Russia. oil and gas company Naftohaz Ukrainy will which claims that lower imports will mean Baikove Cemetery. Stupka, Ukraine’s They said the EU’s approach to Ukraine is cut Russian gas imports from the 40 billion that Ukraine will not have enough gas in its best-known actor, was a winner of the not geo-strategically conditioned, and cubic meters (bcm) bought last year to 27 underground storage facilities to live Shevchenko Prize, Hero of Ukraine, artis- develops solely on the merits of the suc- bcm this year, according to the national gas through the winter, so it will siphon gas tic director at the Ivan Franko National cess of Ukraine’s reforms and the quality balance, which Ukraine’s government intended for Gazprom’s customers in the Academic Drama Theater and Ukraine’s of its democracy. “This is a key point to approved on June 20. European Union. On May 18, Naftohaz offi- minister of culture between 1991 and keep in mind,” the EU leaders added. The contract, which was signed by the cially warned Gazprom that it would store 2000. He played over 50 roles on stage (Ukrinform) and on the screen. He was born on government of then Prime Minister Yulia gas in the underground facilities only for Yanukovych wants FTA deal with CIS Tymoshenko in January 2009, sets annual Ukraine’s own needs this year. This August 27, 1941, in the town of Kulykiv, gas purchases by Naftohaz from Gazprom prompted Gazprom to agree to pay Lviv region. Thousands of admirers of KYIV – President Viktor Yanukovych at 52 bcm, but no less than 42 bcm. A take- Naftohaz $2 billion for transit services in Stupka’s talent, friends and colleagues on July 24 tabled a bill on ratification of or-pay clause in the contract obliges advance, whereby Naftohaz will use the came to say goodbye to the outstanding the treaty on a free trade zone in the Naftohaz to pay for no less than that money to fill the underground reservoirs. actor. Also among the mourners were Verkhovna Rada, the Parliament’s official amount even if it imports less. The deal was signed in Moscow on June 7 President Viktor Yanukovych and former website reported. The Verkhovna Rada of The government that replaced Ms. (UNIAN, June 7). Presidents Leonid Kuchma and Viktor Ukraine and the State Duma of Russia Tymoshenko’s in 2010 has been arguing But Kyiv keeps insisting on Russian gas Yushchenko. (Ukrinform) (the lower chamber of the Russian that the contract needs revision as, on the import cuts. Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller EU leaders on gas talks and supplies Parliament) agreed on a simultaneous one hand, it set too high a price and, on the said on June 21 that Ukraine asked for only consideration of ratification of the agree- other hand, Ukraine does not need so 27 bcm of gas for not just this year but also KYIV – The ongoing talks between ment on a free trade zone within the much gas. for 2013. Ukrainian Energy Minister Yurii Ukraine and Russia about a reduction in Commonwealth of Independent States The contract suits Russia, so Gazprom Boiko said recently that Naftohaz might the gas price should not threaten gas (CIS). On October 18, 2011, eight CIS has been deaf to Ukraine’s arguments. In buy even less (Channel 5, June 27). Mr. deliveries to Europe, European countries agreed to establish a free trade April 2010 Russia agreed to a discount of Boiko spoke while Russian Prime Minister Commission President Jose Manuel area. (Ukrinform) $100 per 1,000 cubic meters of gas in Dmitry Medvedev was discussing gas with Barroso and European Union High Ukrainians of Russia on language bill exchange for extending the lease of its his Ukrainian counterpart, Mykola Azarov, Representative for Foreign Affairs and Black Sea Fleet at the base in Sevastopol, in Kyiv.