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INSIDE: • Positions of prime minister, Rada chair in question — page 3. • Ukrainian American Veterans’ national convention — page 4. • Official statements on the Holodomor — page 9. HE KRAINIAN EEKLY T PublishedU by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profitW association Vol. LXXV No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2007 $1/$2 in Ukraine Solemn march recalls 10 million victims of Holodomor by Matthew Dubas across the United States, contained infor- mation on the Holodomor and its effects, NEW YORK – Multitudes of and identified the Soviet regime under Ukrainians gathered here in front of St. Joseph Stalin as the perpetrator of the George Ukrainian Church on largest crime against humanity of the 20th Seventh Street before heading uptown century. along Third Avenue to St. Patrick’s The brochure also contained a tear-out , located at Fifth Avenue and card that could be mailed to U.S. 51st Street, in a march to commemorate Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, urg- the 75th anniversary of the Holodomor, ing her and the U.S. government to recog- the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933. nize the Holodomor as an act of genocide Among the marchers was a requiem against the Ukrainian people. The bell that pealed throughout the streets of brochure provided a website address New York capturing the gaze of onlookers (www.ukrainegenocide.org) for more who saw the many flags, banners and information. It also directed individuals posters that told of the story of the who would like to get involved with Holodomor, which systematically killed future projects to contact the Ukrainian by starvation between 7 million and 10 National Information Service at 202-547- million Ukrainians. 0018 or [email protected]. The mass of marchers stretched more Adriana Paska, 26, of Woodside, N.Y., than 10 city blocks on their way to St. said: “I think it’s crucial that not only New Patrick’s as volunteers distributed infor- Yorkers, but the world recognizes that the mational brochures to curious New Ukrainian Genocide did happen, that mil- Yorkers. According to police estimates, lions of innocent people died. People approximately 2,000 marchers participat- always talk about the Jewish Holocaust, ed to bring awareness to the horrific and they make sure that it is known and events of 1932-1933 in Ukraine. that the world never forgets. It’s about time The brochures, prepared by the that Ukrainians go and do the same thing. National Committee to Commemorate the Ukrainians have been marching and trying Khristina Lew 75th Anniversary of the Ukrainian to increase awareness on this matter and Ukrainian youth gather in front of St. George Ukrainian to lead Genocide of 1932-1933, which represents the Holodomor march up Third Avenue.Ukrainian community organizations from (Continued on page 8) At least 90 killed in Ukraine’s Thousands flock to St. Patrick’s Cathedral worst-ever mining accident for requiem service for Holodomor victims by Zenon Zawada The accident rate at the Zasiadko by Roma Hadzewycz The requiem service marked the offi- Mines is seven times higher than others cial beginning of a year of commemora- Kyiv Press Bureau NEW YORK – Close to 3,000 in Ukraine, according to the Dielo news- tions by Ukrainians worldwide of the Ukrainians filed into the Cathedral of St. KYIV – Ukraine suffered the worst paper, a Kyiv business daily. Holodomor’s 75th anniversary. Opening Patrick on Saturday afternoon, November mining accident in its history on The Zasiadko Mines are property of the service, of 17, for a solemn prayer service in memory November 18 when a methane gas explo- the Ukrainian government, but they are the Stamford of the Ukrainian sion caused a collapse at the Zasiadko leased and operated by Yukhym of the 7 million to 10 million who perished Mines in Donetsk, killing at least 90 min- Zviahilskyi, an oligarch who has con- in the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933. (Continued on page 10) ers working inside. trolled the mines for more than three President Viktor Yushchenko declared decades. a National Day of Mourning on During the early 1990s he attempted to November 20, the same day that 28 of seize control of Ukraine’s prime minis- the fallen miners were buried by their tership, only to have some of his corrupt weeping families, relatives and friends. practices exposed by his rivals, said Ivan “The tragedy in Donetsk is the latest Lozowy, a Kyiv political observer and challenge not only for Ukraine’s coal New York University Law School gradu- industry, but for the nation’s entire gov- ate. ernment,” the president said in Donetsk. To resolve the corruption accusations, “I am convinced that all politicians he lived in Israel for nearly three years should demonstrate a national policy. before returning to Ukraine. He is a key This is a great tragedy, and we’re sup- member of the Party of the Regions of posed to emerge from it with the appro- Ukraine. priate lessons.” By eluding ownership of the mines, Though lessons may be learned this Mr. Zviahilskyi is able to avoid accounta- time, they certainly weren’t taken into bility for their problems, Mr. Lozowy account in the past. said. For example, as the mines’ owner, Although one of the best-equipped the Ukrainian government will foot the mines in the Donbas region, the Zasiadko bill to compensate the victims’ families. Mines have a history of accidents caus- President Yushchenko said each family ing scores of deaths. A methane explo- will receive $20,000 in compensation. Matthew Dubas During the requiem service at the Cathedral of St. Patrick (from left) are: Father sion in August 2001 killed 55 miners, The miners killed in the explosion, while 50 were killed in May 1999 during Bernard Panczuk, Bishop Paisii, Bishop Paul Chomnycky, Metropolitan- drilling and blasting operations. (Continued on page 3) , Archbishop Antony and Bishop . 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2007 No. 47 ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS

Ukraine and Russia face off Memorial unveiled in Zhytomyr region (YTB) will on November 23 sign a for- mal agreement on the creation of a coali- over cleaning up oil spill KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko tion in the Verkhovna Rada, RFE/RL’s on November 20 took part in the unveil- Ukrainian Service reported. Mr. by John C.K. Daly Black Sea neighbors were quick to ing of a monument to victims of famines Kyrylenko said that after the OU-PSD Eurasia Daily Monitor assist, with the Romanian Navy’s and political repression in Ukraine in the and YTB conclude their agreements, they Constanta Maritime Rescue Center settlement of Popilnia, Zhytomyr region. will make every effort to elect the leader- On November 11 a powerful storm Director Adrian Alexe responding to a The monument was erected on a mound ship of the Parliament and parliamentary arose in the northeastern Black Sea. By request from Russian naval authorities containing capsules with soil from 34 committees as soon as possible, and to the end of it, Russia and Ukraine faced for the 100-ton capacity Gigant floating mass graves of Holodomor victims of quickly approve a new Cabinet. First serious environmental damage from an crane to assist commercial vessels sunk 1932-1933. The granite monument is Vice Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, one oil spill and a potentially acrimonious in the storm (Rompres, November 13). shaped like an Orthodox Christian cross, of the leaders of the Party of the Regions, diplomatic situation. The finger-pointing has already start- which is split in half as a symbol of announced the same day that his party is According to Ukraine’s Emergency ed. Krasnodar Governor Alexander human pain and suffering. The void of also working on the creation of a coali- Situations Ministry, after the storm four Tkachev said, “Some 30,000 birds have the split is filled by another cross signify- tion in the newly elected Parliament. ships had foundered, another six had run died and it’s not possible to count how ing the memory of the living. The monu- “You like the words ‘broad’ and ‘demo- aground and two tankers were damaged many fish. The damage is so great that ment was funded by local philanthropist cratic?’” he asked. “I like the term ‘effec- in the narrow Kerch Strait, at the it’s hard to assess. It can be equated with Valerii Shypnivskyi, who lost four of his tive coalition’ – one that is able to create entrance to the Sea of Azov between an ecological catastrophe.” (Interfax, family members to Soviet repressions. a government and carry out the reforms Russia and Ukraine. One of the damaged November 13). The damages caused by (Ukrinform) required by the country. The Party of the ships was the Volgoneft-139, which was the wrecked ships have been estimated at Vandals target Holodomor exhibit Regions is seriously working on the cre- carrying more than 4,000 tons of fuel oil. up to $163 million. ation of such a coalition,” Mr. Azarov Smashed by 67-mph winds and 16-foot Russian and Ukrainian tugs have KYIV – The Foreign Affairs Ministry said. (RFE/RL Newsline) waves, the ship split in two, spilling more hauled the stern of the Volgoneft-139 into of Ukraine on November 19 expressed a than half its cargo (Ukrainske Radio, Kavkaz, where an additional 933 tons of categorical protest against the actions of Rada to convene November 23 November 13). fuel oil were pumped out (Interfax- the Eurasian Union of Youth representa- Ukraine, November 15). While clean-up KYIV – The committee preparing for The only good news from the storm tives who on November 17 desecrated the first session of the newly elected was that the ecological catastrophe could crews are already attacking the oil drift- the exhibition dedicated to the 1932- ing onto beaches, the authorities are Verkhovna Rada announced on have been much worse. The majority of 1933 Holodomor in Ukraine staged at the November 15 that the Parliament will the nautical damage took place in the nervously awaiting possible additional Cultural Center of Ukraine in Moscow. pollution from sulfur granules (ITAR- convene on November 23, Ukrainian Kerch Strait, where, despite the storm According to the statement posted on the media reported. The committee also alert, there were nearly 150 ships. TASS, November 15). ministry’s website, the ministry regards A Russian-Ukrainian intergovernmen- elected Raisa Bohatyriova of the Party of Besides the Volgoneft-139, the dry these actions as unlawful, provocative the Regions as its head, Roman Zvarych cargo bulk carrier Volnogorsk sank with tal committee began meeting on and anti-Ukrainian. The ministry has sent November 15 in Kerch to discuss the of the Our Ukraine – People’s Self- its cargo of about 2,600 tons of sulfur a note to the Foreign Ministry of the Defense Bloc as its deputy head, and Ihor near Kerch port, while the Kovel progress of search-and-rescue and clean- Russian Federation demanding that an up operations. Deputy Transport Minister Sharov of the Volodymyr Lytvyn Bloc as freighter, also carrying sulfur, crashed investigation be quickly concluded and its secretary. The group scheduled its into the sunken Volnogorsk and slid Boris Korol heads the Russian delega- that the culprits are brought to justice. tion, while participating Ukrainians next meeting for November 20. The beneath the waves. The Georgian vessel The deputy director of the Cultural committee has been unable to gather a Khach-Izmail also sank. Another sulfur include officials from the Emergencies Center, Yurii Vasylenko, said the exposi- Ministry, Ministry of Natural Resources quorum and carry out its work on several carrier, the Nakhichevan, wrecked. tion devoted to the Famine-Genocide occasions in the previous week due to Groundings included the Ukrainian and the Foreign Affairs Ministry. Deputy was destroyed by several young people. Minister of Transport and some parties’ failure to attend. (RFE/RL dry cargo vessel Vira Voloshyna, beached They overturned the exhibition stands Newsline) near Kapsel Bay, and the Turkish Ziya Communications Vladimir Korniyenko and tried to break the glass doors and heads the Ukrainian team (ITAR-TASS, Kos and a Georgian ship carrying about windows of the center. During the act of PM calls for political compromise November 15). 800 tons of metal, both of which ran vandalism they shouted their defiance of The catastrophe has already wreaked KYIV – Ukrainian Prime Minister aground close to the port of the Holodomor or any genocide of the havoc on the Sea of Azov’s commercial Viktor Yanukovych on November 14 Novorossiysk. Completing the scene, the Ukrainian people. (Ukrinform) fish stocks, including gobies and Azov called on Ukrainian political forces to Dika barge, loaded with 4,149 tons of anchovies, while World Wildlife Fund Coalition remains uncertain agree to a compromise in order to con- fuel oil, was beached on a sandbar at officials remain concerned about the fate vene the newly elected Verkhovna Rada Tuzla, along with the Demetra barge, of dolphins located around the Kerch KYIV – Viacheslav Kyrylenko, the as soon as possible, Interfax reported. which was carrying 3,757 tons of fuel Strait; two dead dolphins have already head of the Political Council of the Our “The balance of forces [in a new (Kommersant, November 12). washed ashore. Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense bloc Parliament] is such that neither can pre- In all, about 10 ships sank or ran (OU-PSD), said on November 15 that his aground and 20 sailors remain missing. (Continued on page 15) grouping and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (Continued on page 16)

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Defense deputies aligned with Presidential “Without any economic base, Kyrylenko Secretariat Chair Viktor Baloha indicated is largely ignored because it’s Baloha who they wouldn’t support those candidates – a holds the real power in Our Ukraine – significant threat because only three dissent- People’s Self-Defense.” ing votes are needed to subvert them. Mr. Kyrylenko’s candidacy is fiercely “Kyrylenko has had poor relations with opposed by the Russian-oriented parties Baloha for several months because he has because he is a strong advocate of been pursuing his own personal interests in Ukrainian culture and Ukrainianization gaining more power and authority, while policies, and adopts a pro-Western approach Kyrylenko is more interested in building a in all his politics. stronger Our Ukraine political force,” said Certain members of his own Our Ivan Lozowy, president of Kyiv-based the Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense bloc (OU- Institute of Statehood and Democracy, PSD) have demonstrated they are unreliable which is financed by Ukrainian businesses. for support, including former Prime Zenon Zawada Under Mr. Baloha’s influence, President Minister Yurii Yekhanurov and politicians The Democratic Forces Coalition’s nominee for Verkhovna Rada chair, Viktor Yushchenko has abandoned his sup- aligned with Mr. Baloha, including Ihor Kril Viacheslav Kyrylenko, is unlikely to gain enough votes. port for Mr. Kyrylenko in favor of Ivan and Vasyl Petiovka, who is the Presidential Pliusch, the centrist-oriented politician who Secretariat chair’s first cousin. includes many political factions in the next paper, said Yurii Syrotiuk, a political analyst has advocated a broad coalition, several The Party of the Regions of Ukraine government. with the Kyiv-based Open Society influential Ukrainian publications reported (PRU) suggested its compromise nominees The latest politician to emerge from the Foundation, financed by American, British this week. for Verkhovna Rada chair on November 20, bloc to support this notion is former Kyiv and Polish grants. The Verkhovna Rada was scheduled to acting as though it would ultimately decide Mayor Oleksander Omelchenko. Although the divisions within OU-PSD convene its first session of the sixth convo- the matter, regardless of whether it was shut Meanwhile, Ms. Tymoshenko’s right- reveal a rift in the bloc, Mr. Baloha will ulti- cation on November 23, and the vote for out of a democratic forces coalition. hand man, Oleksander Turchynov, said his mately get his way, Mr. Lozowy said. Two chairman could occur within the first sever- PRU leader Raisa Bohatyriova said her bloc will support any candidate proposed by al sessions. party and its allies could support Mr. Ivan of the elected deputies (besides Mr. Pliusch) its coalition counterparts. The Tymoshenko who have declined to sign the coalition First, a parliamentary coalition must Pliusch, an elected deputy from OU-PSD Bloc can’t support Mr. Pliusch’s candidacy emerge with each participating deputy sign- who currently serves as National Security agreement happen to be Mr. Baloha’s close at present because he hasn’t agreed to sign associates and fellow Zakarpattia natives, ing an official agreement. and Defense Council chair. the agreement to form the Democratic While Mr. Kyrylenko vowed to have all For weeks, Mr. Pliusch has refused to Mr. Kril and Mr. Petiovka, he said. Forces Coalition, Mr. Turchynov said. Another Tymoshenko opponent, Mr. the necessary signatures for a democratic sign an agreement to form what is being While OU-PSD might be willing to com- forces coalition, at least three members of called the Democratic Forces Coalition, Yekhanurov, is a close presidential ally and promise on Mr. Kyrylenko’s candidacy, the wouldn’t have voiced his opposition to her his own bloc remain opposed to uniting offering various excuses. Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc has made it clear it candidacy publicly without clearing it with with the Tymoshenko Bloc, including Mr. A “kum” (parent of a godchild) of will not settle for any nomination for prime Mr. Yushchenko, Mr. Lozowy said. Pliusch. President Viktor Yushchenko, Mr. Pliusch minister other than that of its leader. Until a new chairman is selected, the For several weeks, Mr. Kyrylenko and has advocated a broad coalition that Should more than three national deputies from the Our Ukraine – People’s Self- Verkhovna Rada’s first sessions will be led Defense bloc not support Ms. by a rotating presidium with representatives Tymoshenko’s candidacy, the Democratic of four of the Parliament’s five factions, Mr. Forces Coalition won’t nominate anyone Syrotiuk said. else and a deadlock will emerge. The oldest national deputy, 86-year-old At the first Verkhovna Rada session on Ivan Herasymov of the Communist Party of November 23, the current government min- Ukraine, will read the deputies’ oath of isters will step down from their positions office from the tribune. and serve as acting ministers until the new “Everyone will sing the Ukrainian government is formed. anthem with inspiration, and then we will Should the Democratic Forces Coalition be dismissed to write statements on forming fail to elect a prime minister, the acting gov- factions and officially select faction leader- ernment led by Viktor Yanukovych could ship,” Mr. Yekhanurov said of his expecta- remain in power indefinitely, while a de jure tions of the first session. “I think we won’t Democratic Forces Coalition will exist on be able to do more than that.”

Ukrainian president pardons two involved in Sknyliv air show disaster

Serhii Svetlytskyi/UNIAN by Zenon Zawada The president signed the decree after a Donetsk miners bury a colleague at a November 20 funeral, two days after the Kyiv Press Bureau decision was reached by a commission, biggest mining disaster in Ukraine’s history at the Zasiadko Mine. which received a series of appeals from KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko pilots with pardon requests, Mr. on October 24 signed a presidential order Moiseyenko said. of the best salaries in town, reaching as pardoning two air force commanders Those petitioning for the pilots’ free- At least 90... high as $1,000 a month, Dielo reported. convicted in the Sknyliv air show catas- dom included the chair of the Council of (Continued from page 1) “The situation is bleak because the trophe in July 2002, which caused 77 Air Force Officers of Ukraine, the presi- locals are under the influence of this clan which occurred around 3 a.m. Sunday, deaths and more than 200 injuries. dent of the Kozheduba Association of boss and don’t know any better,” Mr. November 18, ranged in age between 21 Gen. Anatolii Tretiakov, former assis- Pilots of the Kharkiv Aviation University Lozowy said. “Meanwhile, rival busi- and 49. tant commander of the 14th air division, and the chair of the Vinnytsia City nessmen are killed or driven out.” After the accident, various media received a six-year sentence for his role Organization of Veterans of Ukraine, Ukraine has among the world’s worst reported that Mr. Zviahilskyi said he in the disaster. He was released from Interfax reported, without giving their mining standards, reported Dielo, as two would consider closing the mines, where prison on October 31, reported Viktor names. Ukrainians die for every million tons of about 200 miners have died in the last Moiseyenko, director of the Presidential A total of five pilots were prosecuted coal mined, compared to 1.8 Russians eight years. However, on November 20 Secretariat’s pardoning service. in relation to the Sknyliv catastrophe – per million tons and 0.4 Americans per he denied any intentions of closing the Col. Yurii Yegorov, one of the Su-27’s the worst air show disaster in history. mines. million tons. co-pilots who ejected safely before let- In June 2005 a military court ruled the The Donetsk community generally At the Zasiadko Mines, one miner dies ting the jet plow into the crowd, had his jet’s pilots were guilty of technical pilot- supports Mr. Zviahilskyi and the for every 175,000 tons of coal mined. prison sentence reduced from eight years ing mistakes in executing an unplanned Zasiadko Mines, which employ close to The death rate in China is one miner per to three and a half years, allowing him to 10,000 people, because they offer some 240,000 tons of coal mined. go free next year. (Continued on page 15) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2007 No. 47 Ukrainian American Veterans hold 60th national convention by Bernard W. Krawczuk new UAV Post 42 in Lehigh Valley, Pa. She also noted that UAV membership-at-large is YONKERS, N.Y. – The 60th annual on the increase with 38 members duly regis- national convention of the Ukrainian tered according to Vice Commander Paul J. American Veterans Inc. was held on Hlynsky’s submitted report. October 12-13 here at the Ukrainian Youth She informed delegates that the 61st Center. This event was hosted by UAV Post UAV national convention and celebration of 301 of Yonkers, N.Y. The UAV national the 60th anniversary of the Ukrainian executive board met on the eve of the con- American Veterans will be held in New vention to address last-minute issues. Jersey at the end of September 2008. UAV National Commander Anna UAV Post 101 Senior Vice Commander Krawczuk led the opening ceremonies and Ihor Kunynskyj’s proposal at the 59th UAV officially opened the national convention. Convention, for a first-of-its-kind UAV Prayer was read by UAV National Welfare commemorative coin, has become a reality Officer Myroslaw Pryjma. The roll call of and 1,000 coins have been minted. Brig. the UAV national executive board officers, Gen. Kondratiuk did the presentation with past national commanders, state command- detailed information of its significance. ers and post commanders was carried out Activity reports by Judge Advocate by National Adjutant Walter Bodnar, and Demchuk, Historian Vasyl Luchkiw, Public quorum was established. Relations Officer Bernard Krawczuk on the Commander Krawczuk thanked the UAV Tribune and PNC Koziak on the UAV UAV National Ladies Auxiliary (NLA) for National Monument followed. Mr. registering delegates and fund-raising on Demchuk also reported on the successful Delegates to the UAV’s 60th national convention. behalf of the UAV Welfare, Scholarship and fund-raiser that he chaired. National Memorial funds. UAV NLA After the discussion and acceptance of President Oksana Koziak reported on the reports, delegates attended meetings of their All other UAV officers presented their Afghanistan veterans. As they stood up, registration and thanked everyone for their assigned committees and presented their committees’ recommendations. they were met with a round of applause. support. recommendations. Next, Mrs. Krawczuk called upon State Mr. Tkachuk of Post 301 then welcomed The morning sessions were dedicated to The Resolutions Committee was chaired Commanders Harold Bochonko (New the financial reports, with UAV National everyone and introduced the master of cere- by Brig. Gen. Kondratiuk, with Mr. Bodnar, York) and Snihurowych (Connecticut) and monies, UAV Past National Commander Finance Officer Wasyl Liscynesky leading UAV Post 6, and Ihor Hron, UAV Post 40, attending post commanders to present their the way. This was followed by activity and and current UAV Historian Vasyl Luchkiw, members. The following proposed resolu- reports. introduced the officers of the national exec- financial reports of the National tions were accepted: UAV Post 301 Commander John Quartermaster Stephen Kostecki, National utive board, National Ladies Auxiliary and • 1. To urge the administration and the Tkachuk reported on the 60th Convention special guests. Welfare Officer Pryjma and Scholarship U.S. Congress to continue to support, with Committee, Mr. Skirka on the banquet and Officer Nicholas Skirka, who announced The Rev. Ivan Kaszczak, fellow veteran all means, the men and women in the U.S. Mrs. Krawczuk on the 60th Convention and UAV Post 301 member, officiated the winners for 2007. UAV Registration armed forces currently engaged in combat Journal, which was dedicated to American Project and UAV National Monument in Iraq and Afghanistan until their mission and Coalition forces on active duty in Iraq Committee financials were given by Ms. is accomplished. and Afghanistan fighting the war on terror. Krawczuk. Reports were accepted upon the • 2. To urge the administration and the With a prayer by Mr. Pryjma and official recommendation of the Auditing U.S. Congress to continue full funding to closing ceremonies by the national com- Committee, signed by George Mutlos and the U.S. military hospitals for the care of mander, the 60th annual UAV national con- Jerry Nestor of UAV Post 27. wounded and injured servicemen and ser- vention was adjourned. The afternoon session was dedicated to vicewomen; to urge the administration and Convention banquet UAV national executive board officers’ the U.S. Congress to increase funding to the activity reports. Veterans Administration for the medical The convention banquet started at 6 p.m. Commander Krawczuk congratulated care of wounded and injured veterans of the at the Ukrainian Youth Center. During this Brig. Gen. Leonid Kondratiuk, UAV Post Iraq and Afghanistan wars. time Yonkers Mayor Philip A. Amicone 31 member, on his promotion and thanked • 3. To appeal to all American veterans of presented a proclamation declaring October him for his expertise, advice and promotion Ukrainian heritage to register in the UAV 13, 2007, a day of tribute to the Ukrainian of the UAV. She reported that the UAV’s Registration Project and to become mem- American Veterans 60th convention and Department of the State of Connecticut was bers of Ukrainian American Veterans Inc. another one to UAV Post 301. Other local established last June, with Wiroslaw J. • 4. To urge the UAV national executive dignitaries made brief remarks as well. Snihurowych elected as state commander. board, all UAV posts and members to take a Opening the banquet program, The installation of UAV Connecticut state professional and aggressive approach to Commander Krawczuk called on the local officers Commander Snihurowych and build the Ukrainian American Veterans high school Color Guard to post the colors. Michael Wowk was performed by UAV National Monument, as well as to appeal to Mary Olijarczyk sang the American and Judge Advocate Michael Demchuk the next the Ukrainian American community to con- Ukrainian anthems, and Peter Olijarczyk day. Brig. Gen. Leonid Kondratiuk with tribute to this most worthy endeavor that gave an emotional presentation of the The commander emphasized the impor- Purple Heart recipient Bohdan will honor all past, present and future “Missing Man Table” and honors ceremony tance of recruiting and membership. She Mykitschak. Ukrainian American veterans. for prisoners of war and those missing in congratulated Past National Commander The committee on the UAV National action. (PNC) Mathew Koziak for establishing the before dinner and at the closing of the ban- Monument, chaired by Mr. Koziak, pro- The national commander then called for quet program. posed that $10,000 be allocated from the a moment of silence for more than 3,800 Introducing the guest speaker, Mr. Bernard W. Krawczuk is UAV national national UAV for this project. After due dis- fallen heroes in the war on terror, including Luchkiw underlined the importance of the public relations officer. cussion, the motion was passed. 18 from Ukraine who fought with the U.S. military historical research that has Coalition forces. She also called for honor- been done by Brig. Gen. Kondratiuk, not ing and remembering all the freedom fight- ers of Ukraine: from the brave kozaks of only as a U.S. Army historian, but also per- Zaporizhia to the unyielding and coura- taining to the Ukrainian Americans who geous insurgents of Halychyna on the occa- have served in the U.S. armed forces. sion of the 65th anniversary of the In his presentation Brig. Gen. Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). Kondratiuk noted that currently there is A highlight at the banquet was the pres- only one major general, David entation of the Purple Heart, after 40 years, Sprynczynatyk, of Ukrainian heritage on to Vietnam veteran and UAV Post 301 active duty. He named other decorated member Bohdan Mykitschak by Brig. Gen. Ukrainian Americans, including Maj. Kondratiuk. Myron Diduryk, who was killed in action in The UAV Connecticut State Department Vietnam in 1970. charter was presented to State Commander The brigadier general underlined the Snihurowych, the UAV National Ladies importance of the UAV Registration Project Auxiliary was recognized and certificates which aims to collect information on of appreciation were presented to President Ukrainian Americans who have served or Koziak, Irene Pryjma, Alberta Cieply and are on active duty in the U.S. armed forces Irene Demchuk (received by her husband). On behalf of UAV Post 301, Post – information that is largely nonexistent at Commander Tkachuk accepted a certificate this time. of appreciation for hosting the 60th national After completion of the banquet pro- convention. gram, Post Commander Tkachuk thanked At the UAV convention (from left) are: UAV Judge Advocate Michael Demchuk, At the end of the ceremonies the national everyone for coming and wished them a UAV Connecticut State Officer Michael Wowk, UAV National Commander Anna commander recognized World War II, pleasant evening to the sounds of music by Krawczuk and new UAV Connecticut State Commander Wiroslaw J. Snihurowych. Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf and Iraq and the Na Zdorovya band. No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2007 5

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY played for us, but then ... let’s just say Two New York events that the music soon dissolved into the Our community united musicians playing more and more diffi- Saturday, November 17, was a solemn day of remembrance for our community worth experiencing cult or unknown songs, teaching the here in the United States. On that day, thousands of us traveled to New York City to Dear Editor: other musicians old songs, showing off participate in the solemn march in memory of the 7 million to 10 million of our kins- ... This became an “all star” jam session men who were systematically killed in the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933. Joined by Brian Cherwick was in town a couple that we had the privilege of watching and hundreds more, the throng filled the Cathedral of St. Patrick for a requiem service to of weeks ago. In case you don’t know of listening. What a treat! these millions of innocents. Thanks to the clergy officiating and the Dumka Chorus him, Mr. Cherwick is a renowned Mr. Cherwick on accordion traded off singing the responses, we all were united in fervent and uplifting prayer. Ukrainian Canadian musician from leads with Mr. Milavsky on sopilky and The day’s events were a reaffirmation of our nation’s firm intention to seek, not Edmonton, Alberta. He was in New York clarinet. Mr. Royer, on bass, kept a solid revenge, but historical justice; to seek to right the wrongs committed to our people by City participating in the “Sounds of the rhythm that swung just so nicely. Mr. spreading knowledge and the truth about what occurred in those horrendous years. Prairies: Music and Dance of the Kuziv added to that with his percussion The day’s events also marked the beginning of a year that has been designated by Ukrainian Settlers of Western Canada” kit. Ms. Remezova played violin. By the the National Committee to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Ukrainian program sponsored by the Center for end of the evening, I was sure that her Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 as a year of memorial programs, activities, cere- Traditional Music and Dance as part of violin strings were glowing red-hot – she monies, exhibits, etc. that will culminate in 2008 with the unveiling of a monument in its “Ukrainian Wave” series. This series is that good. Mr. Rushefsky, the music Washington to victims of the Holodomor. ran from October 16 to 22, and I was director at CTMD, filled out the songs One of the most significant and salutary aspects of our memorial events on able to attend two of the events. on the tsymbaly, completing the group. November 17 was the participation of large numbers of our younger generations. Yes, The first event I attended was the What did they play? We had polkas, “Sounds of the Prairies” concert at The among the marchers and mourners were our senior citizens, but there were great num- arkans, kolomyiky, waltzes, marches and Ukrainian Museum on October 19. This bers of young adults, young families, teenagers, children. Youth organizations, - many, many more. To give you an idea program was organized by the CTMD es and schools made a concerted effort to have their young members and students of the quality and caliber and level of the and by Julian Kytasty of the New York attend; parents made sure to bring their children. musicianship and vast musical knowl- Thus, the march and memorial service became not only a manifestation of our Bandura Ensemble as part of the Bandura Downtown series. This concert edge of this group, the last song that was community’s sorrow, but a teachable moment – a time of educational opportunity played featured Messrs. Cherwick and when a child or teen can be most responsive to learning. And the lessons in this case featured Mr. Cherwick playing tsymbaly, Rushefsky on tsymbaly, vocals by Mr. are very important. sopilky, accordion, guitar, lira and koza, Kuziv, and an unknown piano player. First of all, there is the lesson about the Holodomor itself. Reading the banners and accompanied by Sprocket Royer on They played “Skhody Do Neba,” the signs being carried and the pamphlets being handed out, and then hearing the speeches acoustic bass, and Valery Zhmud on vio- of religious, political and community leaders, diplomats and writers – each of whom lin, with Halya Remezova joining in on song made popular by that British group shed light on a different aspect of the Famine-Genocide – the youth of our community violin for a few pieces. Mr. Cherwick “Olyvianyi Zepelyn” (Led Zeppelin). was sure to grasp at least some portion of the Holodomor’s enormity. For many, this played a variety of songs, ranging from The talent, the musicianship, the will be food for thought, for discussion, for further reading and research. traditional Ukrainian dance melodies to music – I am still abuzz even as I write And there is yet another lesson in the events of November 17, and this is that we all old-time Ukrainian prairie dance tunes this. Let’s just say that one will not see are part of a greater whole, that there are certain truths and values that unite all and a Ukrainian Canadian version of or hear music like this again any time Ukrainians. And, these truths and values unite us all regardless of religious denomina- Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your soon – this was a true musical experi- tion, organizational membership, political affiliation, generation, place of birth or Land.” He also played a few of his own ence. Ukrainian-language proficiency. Our children need to feel they too are a part of our songs from his group, the Kubasonics, Ihor Slabicky community and to understand its value for all of us. Attending such community-wide songs about the wholesome goodness of Portsmouth, R.I. events as the one on November 17 nurtures and strengthens that feeling. kyshka and about baba rolling her own A year from now in Washington, we will come together yet again as a community holubsti. We heard the full gamut of united in sorrow and in purpose. Meanwhile, between now and then, all of us can con- songs. If this had been the only concert I tinue our work – as one community – to seek universal recognition of the Holodomor. had seen, I would have been greatly sat- Ukrainians’ skepticism isfied. However, I went to the event the next about agricultural land night, on Saturday, October 20, which Dear Editor: was held in the hall at the Ukrainian East Nov Turning the pages back... Village Restaurant. This was the Earlier this year, Ukraine’s Parliament “Western Canadian Vechornytsi,” a west- reaffirmed a law prohibiting the sale of ern Canadian prairie village dance, if you agricultural land. It can be inherited or 30 will. The evening started out with Andriy leased from current owners – who were in Four years ago on the eve of the 70th anniversary commemo- Nahachewsky, the dance master from the collective farms during the Soviet era. rations of the Holodomor, the Pulitzer Prize Board announced that University of Alberta. He taught us a This arrangement apparently is favored 2003 after six months of study and deliberation, it would not posthu- number of dances from western Canada, by most Ukrainian citizens. Having lived mously take away Walter Duranty’s 1932 Pulitzer Prize, as report- dances that are still done as they were through privatization scandals in the ed by The Ukrainian Weekly on November 30, 2003. done in Ukraine a hundred years ago. 1990s, Ukrainians seem to be very skepti- The announcement on November 21, 2003, came after a semiannual meeting of the 17- These included the “chaban,” “syidem- cal of the virtues of marketing agricultural member board held at Columbia University in New York City. ka,” “kolomyika,” “verkhovyna,” “toe- land. Land is just about the only major A portfolio of 13 articles was reviewed by the Pulitzer Prize Board and measured accord- heel polka” and the “arkan.” asset not yet gobbled up by a handful of ing to current standards for foreign reporting. A statement that followed the review said that The high point for me was the arkan, oligarchs. the articles fell seriously short of the current standards and agreed that their findings were learning all the steps that can be done. There are good reasons to be skeptical. similar to that of scholars like Dr. Mark von Hagen of Columbia University, who found the Okay, maybe not all the steps – as Examples of most countries with market articles to be “cynical in tone and apologist in purpose and effect in terms of justifying what Andriy said that there are many variants, economies show what happens when land the Stalinist regime was up to.” The New York Times called Mr. Duranty’s work “slovenly” but he taught us more than enough steps is a marketed commodity. In the United but did not see it fit to remove the award from Mr. Duranty’s journalistic record. Justifying to show off with. States, family farms are an endangered the board’s decision not to revoke Mr. Duranty’s award, the board said “there was not clear The music for these dances was pro- species. Only a small fraction still exist. and convincing evidence of deliberate deception, the relevant standard in this case.” vided by Mr. Cherwick on accordion and Most land is cultivated by large agro-busi- Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk of the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association, which initi- tsymbaly, Mr. Royer on acoustic bass, ated the international campaign for the revocation of Mr. Duranty’s prize, said, “It is a docu- nesses with hired labor, many of them Andriy Milavsky (of the group Cheres) migrant workers living in dismal condi- mented fact that Duranty was Stalin’s apologist, a shill for the Soviets before, during and on various sopilky and clarinet, Ms. after 1932-1933. For the Pulitzer Prize Committee to render this tartuffish decision and tions. The saga of farm worker abuse to Remezova on violin, Stefan Kuziv play- this day stains America’s conscience. Not announce it on the eve of the fourth Saturday in November, a day officially set aside in ing the drum/cymbal/bells kit, and join- Ukraine for national mourning, is base.” much has changed since the days of John ing in later, Peter Rushefsky (of the Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” and According to the Pulitzer Prize Board, the prize is not awarded for an author’s body of CTMD) on tsymbaly. It was nicely work, or for the author’s character, but for the specific pieces entered into the competition. Caesar Chavez’s struggle for union recog- played music to learn to dance to. nition. This is not a world of purist con- The 13 articles under review for the prize were written and published in 1931. After about an hour of dance lessons, Dr. Luciuk said that those articles under review were “nothing more than a regurgitation the dance started. At first the musicians (Continued on page 22) of the official Soviet line.” The Pulitzer Prize Board, he continued, was “concentrating on minutiae and ignoring the greater truth. It’s a sleight of hand.” “All who hold a Pulitzer Prize should think about whether what was once the most pres- We welcome your opinion tigious distinction in journalism still is. Duranty’s prize soils all Pulitzer Prizes,” Dr. Luciuk added. The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters to the editor and commentaries on a variety of A statement issued by the Pulitzer Prize Board said, “The famine of 1932-1933 was hor- topics of concern to the Ukrainian American and Ukrainian Canadian communities. rific and has not received the international attention it deserves. By its decision, the board in Opinions expressed by columnists, commentators and letter-writers are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of either The Weekly editorial staff or its publisher, the no way wishes to diminish the gravity of that loss. The board extends its sympathy to Ukrainian National Association. Ukrainians and others in the United States and throughout the world who still mourn the Letters should be typed and signed (anonymous letters are not published). Letters are suffering and deaths brought on by Joseph Stalin.” accepted also via e-mail at [email protected]. The daytime phone number and address of the letter-writer must be given for verification purposes. Please note that a daytime phone Source: “Pulitzer Board declines to revoke Duranty’s prize,” by Andrew Nynka, The number is essential in order for editors to contact letter-writers regarding clarifications or Ukrainian Weekly, November 30, 2003. questions. 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PERSPECTIVES Faces and Places by Myron B. Kuropas BY ANDREW FEDYNSKY

Playing the Nazi card Canada’s UNO at 75 Two armies met in triumph at Brest- invasion, a Soviet freight train entered the Seventy-five years ago, Canada was in funds, Soviet-supported opposition Litovsk. I don’t know if Gen. Mykola Third Reich with one last delivery for the the throes of the Great Depression. groups, romanticized perceptions of Vatutin was there, but I’d bet he was. As Nazi war machine. Thousands of people were out of work. Soviet life among the Western elite, and, chief of staff of the Red Army Southern Among those invading the Communist The Canadian economy was sinking fast, of course, Ukrainian individualism, the Group, he was responsible for planning empire was a Ukrainian battalion, dropping 42 percent between 1929 and “everyone a hetman” approach to com- operations for the joint German-Soviet Nachtigall, led by Shukhevych. These were 1933. Ukrainian Canadians who were munity endeavors. The road ahead was invasion of Poland, so he had every right to men with major grudges. Over the course of just stepping onto the first rung of not going to be easy. claim credit … and share history’s oppro- the previous decade, the Soviet Union Canada’s economic ladder were knocked But, then again, being Ukrainian in brium: if ever there was a Nazi collaborator, killed 10 million of their countrymen – to the bottom. Life was grim. Canada has never been easy. During Gen. Vatutin certainly was. And yet, when nearly everyone had lost someone, includ- Seventy-five years ago Soviet Ukraine WWI, for example, some 5,000 he died of wounds three and a half years ing Shukhevych, whose brother was mur- was destitute. The Soviets were Ukrainians were interred in 24 concen- later, Soviet Ukraine held a state funeral in dered in an NKVD prison. Offered the Russifying the nation and draining its tration camps as enemy aliens from the Kyiv and put up a statue of him, a stone’s opportunity to form a military unit, howev- wealth. Ukrainians were being starved to Austro-Hungarian Empire. Their proper- throw from the Verkhovna Rada. er small, Shukhevych seized upon it. death in a Moscow-orchestrated Famine- ty was confiscated. Some lost every- Now, labeling a man a Nazi collaborator Further conflict was inevitable and without Genocide that eventually killed some 10 thing; they were never compensated for when he led troops at Stalingrad and Kursk an army, a nation was helpless. The training million innocent men, women and chil- this great travesty of justice. and liberated Kyiv from the Wehrmacht and arms a small unit received could well dren. Few people outside of Ukraine UNO’s founders didn’t worry about surely takes things crudely out of context. be critical. were aware of this ghastly crime. Walter the odds. Their goals resonated among Well, the issue of who’s a Nazi and who Entering Lviv, Nachtigall took strategi- Duranty, the infamous Moscow corre- Ukrainian Canadians and under the lead- isn’t is stirring controversy, largely because cally important positions, including the spondent for The New York Times, ership of President Gregorovich, some Russian President Vladimir Putin and oth- radio station. A week later the Organization denied its existence. Politicians, clergy- 50 UNO branches were established ers hurl that charge routinely and crudely of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) used it to men, well-known authors, university pro- between 1932 and 1936. Twelve more out of context. declare Ukrainian independence. Sadly, the fessors and other useful idiots from the branches were created in 1936 and 1937 In May, for example, Mr. Putin said declaration had no substance. The Germans West were traveling to Moscow, shaking under the leadership of UNO President Latvia and Estonia were “openly glorifying arrested the leaders and interned them in hands with Joseph Stalin, and announc- Michael Pohorecky. The third UNO pres- Nazis.” In the same speech, he accused the concentration camps. Some, including ing to the world that they had been to the ident, Volodymyr Kossar, added 20 more United States of “having the same contempt Shukhevych, managed to escape. By then, future and that it works. Stalin was creat- branches. for human life and claims of exceptionality the Nazis had unleashed horror – forced ing a new democracy, they told us. In 1934 UNO members established the and diktat as during the time of the Third labor, mass executions, Babyn Yar. Any Capitalism is dead. The USSR was a Ukrainian Women’s Organization and the Reich.” Then, in October, he condemned remaining illusions were dispelled. model to be emulated. Ukrainian National Youth Federation, “certain political forces” in Ukraine for Confronting this calamity, Shukhevych Seventy-five years ago, Ukrainian MUNO. The venerable Paul Yuzyk (who working to “clear the name” of the organized a potent guerrilla force: the Communists in Canada were flourishing, later served in the Canadian Senate) was Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and its Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Initially, they thanks in large measure to Soviet finan- the first MUNO president. Before long, commander, Roman Shukhevych, also link- fought the Nazis. As the Red Army cial assistance. Membership in the UNO began to publish The New ing them, of course, to the Nazis. advanced, pushing the Wehrmacht toward Ukrainian Labor Farmer Temples, a Pathway, a newspaper for its members. As it happens, the “political forces” that Berlin, the UPA took it on as well. In Communist-sponsored network of organ- Soon there were UNO community Putin condemns is none other than the pres- February 1944 Vatutin fell victim to an izations, was growing. Ukrainian centers from Edmonton to Montreal. The ident of Ukraine who paid tribute to all UPA ambush and died a couple of months Communists claimed that Ukraine was , Manitoba, UNO established those who defended the country and strug- later. He was 43. So was Shukhevych when an independent and sovereign nation and the now famed Ukrainian Cultural and gled for its independence. And among those he died in an NKVD ambush six years later. that all talk of a famine was a hoax. Educational Center in Winnipeg where he singled out was Gen. Shukhevych. Bitter disputes about the past are rarely Many Ukrainian Canadians believed for many years summer courses in the Predictably, this drew denunciations for about history and much more about politics these lies. Ukrainian language, culture, history and his alleged collaboration with the Nazis. No today. President Putin spoke for many Swimming against the prevailing tide geography were taught to teenagers. one complained that Mr. Yushchenko also Russians when he described the collapse of was a group of patriotic Ukrainian One of the greatest contributions of praised Gen. Vatutin. the Soviet Union as “the greatest geopoliti- Canadians led by Alexander UNO to the preservation of Ukrainian All this begs for an explanation, so let’s cal catastrophe of the 20th century.” Gregorovich, a school teacher. They culture and youth interest in things start with January 30, 1933. That was when Ukrainians hail that “catastrophe” as a came together on a Sunday afternoon at Ukrainian was the creation of outstand- Adolph Hitler came to power in Germany, blessing that led to independence. the Hrushevsky Institute in Edmonton, ing MUNO dance groups such as Chaika even as Joseph Stalin was grimly mas- As president, Mr. Yushchenko is work- Alberta, and founded the Ukrainian in Hamilton, Ontario; Cheremosh in sacring the Ukrainian rural class and cultur- ing to reorient Ukrainian history to accom- National Federation (known by its Edmonton; Rusalka in Winnipeg, al elite. From that day forward, the destinies modate all its complexities, while reconcil- Ukrainian acronym UNO). Manitoba; and Kalyna in Toronto. Many of two dictators were linked. Achieving ing the country’s warring perspectives. This The date was July 17, 1932. That too years ago I had the privilege of attending total control over their societies, they began isn’t easy, and it’s not for the timid. To put was 75 years ago. a MUNO dance competition at a MUNO implementing plans for world domination. the UPA into that context, he has to steer Who were these intrepid UNO pio- convention in Winnipeg. I’ll never forget By 1938, Hitler had remilitarized the against a powerful political current generat- neers? Were they foolish dreamers? Were the intense competition and the profes- Rhineland, occupied Austria and the ed by half a century of Soviet propaganda they out of touch with reality? Or were sional-like quality of the performances. Sudentenland, and was bent on further con- that painted the guerrilla army and its leader they visionaries who believed they could UNO also established summer youth quest. As for Stalin, he was the ruthless ide- as Nazi collaborators. make a difference in the lives of their fel- camps in Sandy Hook, Manitoba, and alist, steering history towards utopia – never Actually, the exact opposite is true. Long low Ukrainian Canadians? Hawkstone, Ontario, where UNO mem- mind how many people he had to kill to get before Mr. Yushchenko became president, Most of the UNO founding generation ber Bohdan Bociurkiw, an expert on there. Seemingly on a collision course, the the Ukrainian Rada commissioned a panel were members of the two Ukrainian Ukrainian church history, once taught. two dictators astonished the world with a of distinguished historians to review the immigrant waves (some 200,000 strong) UNO members also served in the Non-Aggression Pact in August 1939 – an UPA’s record. In 2000 they released their that arrived in Canada between 1897 and national assembly and executive of the agreement to divide Europe between them. findings: UPA was an honorable unit that 1931. Most were farmers. Others were Ukrainian National Association. Walter As part of the deal, Stalin would also pro- fought the Nazis and then continued its tradesmen. Some were educated. Many Hirniak and Leonid Fil were advisors. vide Germany with strategic raw materials independence struggle against the Soviets were Ukrainian army veterans who Mr. Kossar and Stefania Zorych were – oil, grain, ore. well into the 1950s. fought for Ukrainian independence fol- auditors. Bohdan Zorych, Sen. Yuzyk World War II started on September 1, Accusing someone of being a Nazi lowing World War I. and John Hewryk served as vice-presi- 1939, when Hitler invaded Poland from the worked during the Soviet era and it’s a card What did UNO’s founding generation dents. west. Soon after, Stalin invaded from the “political forces” seeking to restore the hope to accomplish? What was their UNO’s loyalty to Canada was always firm and steadfast. UNO members were east; hence the victory parade on September empire are not ashamed to play today. To dream, their focus? They said they want- among the 40,000 Canadians who served 23. In the year that followed, Hitler con- his credit, Mr. Yushchenko refuses to follow ed to unite all Ukrainians into one, strong in the Canadian military in WWII during quered France, Denmark, Norway, the suit. When he honored Shukhevych, he also anti-Communist organization. A tall which some 4,000 Ukrainian Canadians Netherlands and Belgium, while Stalin, honored Vatutin. Everyone, he said, who order, that. were killed. The booklet “Seven with Vatutin playing a key role, absorbed fought for Ukraine – whether in the Red In 1932 Canada had many Ukrainian Presidents in Uniform” features MUNO western Ukraine and Belarus, Lithuania, Army or UPA – “is worthy of eternal organizations: church organizations, presidents who volunteered for the armed Estonia, Latvia, and parts of Finland and esteem and gratitude.” Ukraine’s two great- Prosvita reading rooms and community services during the war. Romania. est enemies, Yushchenko said, were nazism centers. Their orientation was essentially and communism. Vatutin fought one of When Germany attacked the USSR on local. There was little communication (Continued on page 20) June 22, 1941, no one was more surprised those evils. Shukhevych fought both. among them. than Stalin. He not only refused to believe The odds were against establishing an that Hitler might betray him, he punished Andrew Fedynsky’s e-mail address is organization like UNO. Just think of the Myron Kuropas’s e-mail address is those who warned him. Hours before the [email protected]. obstacles: The Great Depression, limited [email protected]. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2007 No. 47 Solemn march... (Continued from page 1) more Ukrainians should show up to events like this and show the world they are proud of their history and want others to learn from it,” she added. “There are those who are probably sitting at home because it’s cold outside. I say to them: Come out and show your Ukrainian pride, march for your people, for those who perished. It’s something that all Ukrainians should do.” Petro Nikitin, 23, originally from Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, who now resides in Manhattan, said: “The Holodomor was a horrific event that was directed against the Ukrainian people. We have to remember it and make sure the world never forgets about it. This march is very important, and it is good to see so many people participating in this event to bring awareness to the Ukrainian Genocide of 1932-1933.” Yuriy Symczyk, 19, of Union, N.J., said: “I feel that the Holodomor is an important event in history, not only for Ukrainians, but for the world. The world should recognize it as a genocide and making this march is a pretty big event for the Ukrainian community.” “I felt participating in this march was way more important than sitting at home. For those that did stay at home, they need to get their priorities straight and stand shoulder to shoulder with their fellow Matthew Dubas Ukrainians for a great cause,” he said. “This march has been a demonstration of A section of the marchers escorted by police motorcycles along Third Avenue. what truly unites us as Ukrainians, regard- less of religion, being affiliated with SUM commented: “As I was handing out the was very moved by the march and the to near capacity with those who arrived by [Ukrainian American Youth Association] informational brochures, a woman showed pamphlet, and thanked her for her sympa- one of the many charter buses provided by or Plast [Ukrainian Scouting me that she already had one, and she thies.” area Ukrainian churches, communities and Organization], or any other organization looked at me, on the brink of shedding Upon reaching St. Patrick Cathedral, the credit unions for those who could not we belong to.” tears, and said, ‘I’m so sorry. I had no crowd of Ukrainians seemed to swell to physically endure the three-mile march Andrij Olynec, 39, of Accord, N.Y., idea. I could cry.’ And I could see that she over 3,000 and began to fill the cathedral from St. George Church.

Khristina Lew Khristina Lew Seminarians carry one of 10 symbolic coffins. Sign-bearers gather in front of St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church with symbolic coffins.

Khristina Lew Matthew Dubas Participating in the march are: Father Bernard Panczuk, Archbishop Antony, Hierarchs, diplomats and clergy march together up Third Avenue. Ambassador Oleh Shamshur and Consul General Mykola Kyrychenko. No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2007 9

What does Ukraine aspire to by honoring the memory of her murdered fellow country- Statement by Viktor Yushchenko men? Why do we insist on recognition by the world community of the Holodomor as an act of genocide? Statement by President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine, which was read at St. Patrick’s This is definitely not about having revenge or settling scores with the past. Cathedral. Instead, this is for the memory of millions and millions of the Holodomor’s victims; this is for those who survived the tragedy and who are here with us at this service; this is for the Dear Ukrainians of the world, Brothers and sisters: sake of upcoming generations that we want to establish historical justice and to unveil the These days Ukraine commences to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the truth which the Soviet regime had been carefully keeping secret until its last day. Holodomor of 1932-1933. That truth comes to us in stacks of recently unclassified documents. That truth increases The Holodomor was one of the most terrible humanitarian disasters in the history of solidarity of the world with us. During recent years legislative bodies of Argentina, Estonia, mankind. As a result of the deliberate and thoroughly planned policy of the totalitarian Canada, Poland, Peru, the United States, Hungary and of a number of other states have Communist regime, millions of our compatriots were killed. By its shocking scope it passed official documents denouncing the tragedy of the Holodomor. exceeds even the Ukrainian World War II death toll. We still feel the impact of this ruthless terror aimed at systemic extermination of the Ukrainian nation. We highly value those important signs of worldwide solidarity and support. The totalitarian regime’s actions call for global condemnation. Ukrainian diplomats and I am confident that the process that has started can and will not be stopped by anybody, Ukrainian communities abroad made major efforts for the recognition by the world com- and the international recognition of the Holodomor will continue to grow. munity and international institutions of the Holodomor as genocide of the Ukrainian peo- The engineers of the Holodomor have died ingloriously. So has the Soviet empire sunk ple. This work has to be advanced in a persistent and consistent way to bring across to the into oblivion. Unfortunately, their evil shadows are still roaming about the planet, where world the truth about those evil times in full measure. authoritarianism, totalitarianism and dictatorship from time to time show their ugly faces in In every quarter of the world where our community is present, the memory of innocent mass repressions, trampling of human rights and violent intolerance to political opponents. victims of the Holodomor must be preserved and revered. I urge you all to actively promote That is why, by the sad example of the Holodomor, Ukraine is seeking to secure a future creation of information centers, study programs and exhibitions on the tragic events of world [safe] from the horrors bred by anti-human regimes. Those ideological aspirations 1932-1933. have no moral frontiers. In particular, I would like to address young Ukrainians around the world. I ask you to Ukraine had become a target of artificial hunger aimed at destruction of her national soul most actively respond to my call and form a sincere and ardent base of a great endeavor of and, through it, of her physical body. God forbid a similar catastrophe will ever fall upon revealing the truth about the Holodomor to the world. any of the living and forthcoming generations. Respectfully, I call upon Ukrainians of the world and all people of good will – regardless By saying “let victims of the Holodomor be remembered forever,” we send to the world of their origin – to honor the memory of the Holodomor victims on November 24 by light- a message of edification and precaution. ing candles around the globe. Carry these rays of truth to every nation and every land, and in November 2008 bring it as a unified candle back to Ukraine for it to become the eternal and unquenchable symbol of our sorrow over millions of our lost brothers and sisters, of our unity and our faith in Remarks by Andrew Stuttaford unconquerable strength of the Ukrainian people. Remarks by Andrew Stuttaford, contributing editor of National Review Online, at St. Our duty is to unite our efforts and to do our utmost to ensure that these tragic events are Patrick’s Cathedral. (Mr. Stuttaford has written about the Famine-Genocide and about never forgotten. Gareth Jones, the courageous young Welshman who reported on the Holodomor.) Ukraine remembers! The world acknowledges! It is an honor to be here. A nation, it is said, that forgets its past has no future. The fact that we are gathered here Statement by George W. Bush today to remember the millions who starved, who were murdered, who were left to die in the years of the Holodomor is a gesture of respect to what has been, and a sign of hope for Statement by President George W. Bush read at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. what will be, we hope, a free, independent and prosperous Ukraine. As we remember those terrible years, we should also remember the ways that many I send greetings to those commemorating the anniversary of the Ukrainian Famine. On were induced to forget. In the former USSR these were not matters that could be safely dis- this occasion, we pay tribute to the lives lost in this horrific atrocity. cussed. Even now, there are, I suspect, still too many secrets buried within the archives of During 1932 and 1933, millions of Ukrainians died from starvation and persecution by the former empire (and, as we are reminded yet again today, it was an evil empire), secrets the Soviet government. Denying the people of Ukraine the right to live and work in free- that need to see the light of day, secrets that should no longer be secret, secrets that need to dom, Stalin’s totalitarian regime seized crops and farms across the country. As Ukrainian be remembered. Commemorations like those today increase the chance that eventually they Americans and others around the world mark this anniversary, we recognize the strength will be. They ought to be. As was said in Ukraine in a different context not so long ago, and resilience shown by the people of Ukraine under such hardship and suffering. By rec- “Pora.” It’s time. Long past time. ognizing this tragedy and honoring the victims who perished, we remember to never avert In the West too we forgot, or we were misled, or we looked away or at least didn’t look our eyes from the plight of those suffering under tyrannical regimes around the world. too hard. Maybe we didn’t care. Maybe we just took refuge in euphemism. Today, Ukraine is an inspiration to all who love liberty and a powerful example of “Collectivization” somehow sounds so much more civilized than genocide. democracy across the globe. The United States and Ukraine share a commitment to the I recall – very well – the first time I fully grasped the nature of what really happened 75 ideals of personal and economic freedom, democracy and open trade. A free Ukraine is a years ago. Back in 1979, when I was in graduate school in Brussels I had a good friend of friend to the United States, and we will continue to work together to improve the lives of Ukrainian origins. I was invited over to his family’s house for Sunday lunch. The conversa- both our peoples. tion turned to politics and, specifically, the fate of those peoples then trapped within the Laura and I join all Americans in sending best wishes to the people of Ukraine on this USSR. My host referred to famine. “From the 1920s?,” I asked. No, he replied, “From the solemn anniversary. 1930s.” “The 1930s?” He got up and returned with some copies of old newspapers. I looked at the articles (none, of which, I suspect, had been written by Walter Duranty, but perhaps there was something there by Gareth Jones, the Welsh journalist who told the truth Remarks by Yuriy Sergeyev about what was happening – incidentally his niece, Siriol, is with us today). I looked at the photographs. Now, for the first time, I properly understood what was concealed within that Remarks by the permanent representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, Yuriy dry and dreary word “Collectivization.” Sergeyev, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. I saw faces. I saw names. Just a few. Out of so many. We are honoring those names and their memory today. Today, everywhere in the world where Ukrainians and their friends live, candles are lit in Years later, Nikita Khrushchev, a man who knew a thing or two about mass murder, said the memory of victims of a huge tragedy of the Ukrainian people of 1932-1933. We are that he didn’t know how many had died in the Terror-Famine. In a phrase that has haunted bowing our heads in prayer for the millions of men, women and children who were cold- me from the very first time I read it he explained why not: “Nobody was keeping count.” bloodedly murdered by the Stalin totalitarian regime in an artificially made famine. Well, perhaps not, but each one of those people, each one of those lost millions, counted. That was a genocide – to the fullest extent of this horrible term – which was clearly They still do. described in the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the And that’s why we must never forget them. Crime of Genocide adopted in 1948. May they rest in peace.

Markian Hadzewycz Markian Hadzewycz Speaking in St. Patrick’s Cathedral are: Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Markian Hadzewycz Nations Yuriy Sergeyev (left) and Andrew Stuttaford. The Ukrainian American Veterans honor guard inside the cathedral. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2007 No. 47

Mr. Sawkiw noted that statements Thousands... were received also from Reps. Marcy (Continued from page 1) Kaptur (D-Ohio) and Sander Levin (D- Catholic Church, said, “we are paying Mich.) of the Congressional Ukrainian tribute to those who died,” informing Caucus, as well as political leader Yulia others about the deaths of innocent mil- Tymoshenko of Ukraine. Rep. Maurice lions and praying for their eternal rest. Hinchey (D-N.Y.) was present to per- Also officiating at the service were: sonally deliver a message of condolence Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka and hope to his fellow Ukrainian (Ukrainian Catholic Church in the United Americans. States), Archbishop Antony (Ukrainian In succession, speakers shared their Orthodox Church of the U.S.A.), Bishop insights about the once unknown – and John Bura (Ukrainian Catholic denied – genocide of the Ukrainian peo- Archeparchy of Philadelphia), Bishop ple. Paisii (Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Ukraine’s permanent representative to Kyiv Patriarchate, bishop of Boryspil and the United Nations, Ambassador Yuriy of UOC-KP churches in U.S.) and Father Sergeyev, characterized the Holodomor Bernard Panczuk (St. George Ukrainian as “a genocide to the fullest extent of this Catholic Church in New York), assisted horrible term” and explained that by numerous clergy. The responses were Ukraine insists on international recogni- sung by the Dumka Chorus under the tion of this genocide “for the memory of baton of Vasyl Hrechynsky. millions and millions of the Holodomor’s An honor guard of Ukrainian victims” and “for the sake of historical American Veterans (UAV) stood at the justice.” Askold Lozynskyj, president of the front of the cavernous cathedral, holding Markian Hadzewycz American and Ukrainian national flags, Ukrainian World Congress, provided as well as their organization’s flag. A census numbers to prove that Ukraine Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S. Oleh Shamshur speaks in St. Patrick’s Cathedral. and Ukrainians suffered losses during the wreath of “kalyna” (guelder rose) and to remember the millions who starved, solemn gathering, “if you think it can’t wheat, symbols of Ukraine, was placed Holodomor far greater than those endured in other parts of the USSR who were murdered, who were left to die happen, take a look at the news.” The to the left of the liturgical altar. in the years of the Holodomor is a ges- hierarch concluded his remarks by Once the requiem service was over, affected by famine in the 1930s. “Had a ture of respect to what has been, and a exhorting the public to engage in more Michael Sawkiw Jr., president of the comparable growth rate been allowed, sign of hope for what will be, we hope, a than anniversary mourning, adding, “this Ukrainian Congress Committee of the Ukrainian population should have America, came to the lectern to offer grown by 9 million” in the years between free, independent and prosperous must be a sorrow that we bring forth introductory remarks, touching on the the 1926 and 1939 censuses, he said. Ukraine.” He noted that although Nikita each and every day of our lives.” theme of the Holodomor year: “Ukraine “Thus, Ukrainians lost more than 12 mil- Khrushchev once famously said that The Ukrainian Orthodox leader remembers – the world recognizes.” lion lives during that time.” Furthermore, “Nobody was keeping count” of how thanked Cardinal Edward Egan and the Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United Stalin and Viacheslav Molotov “issued a many died in the Terror-Famine, “each pastoral staff of St. Patrick’s for once States Oleh Shamshur read a message directive from Moscow directing a police one of those lost millions counted. They again allowing Ukrainians the use of the from President Viktor Yushchenko and action to prohibit the massive departure still do. And that’s why we must never stately cathedral for the memorial service. Mr. Sawkiw read a statement from U.S. of farmers from Ukraine and the Kuban forget them.” At the conclusion of the program the President George W. Bush, in which the region. No other areas of the USSR were Closing the memorial afternoon, Dumka Chorus sang “Bozhe Velykyi former stated that it is “our duty … to singled out prohibiting departure ‘in Archbishop Antony underlined that “we Yedynyi, nashu Vkrayinu khrany…” ensure that these tragic events are never search of bread.’ ” have no right to forget” the millions who (Great and Only God, protect our forgotten,” while the latter offered “trib- Andrew Stuttaford, contributing editor died in the Holodomor, for, if we forget, Ukraine) and ended with “Presviataya ute to the lives lost in this horrific atroci- of the National Review Online, stated: “then we become part of those enabling Bohorodytse, spasy nas” (Blessed ty.” (For complete texts, see page 9). “The fact that we are gathered here today it to happen again.” And, he told the Mother of God, save us).

Special Event MUSIC OF VALENTYN SILVESTROV THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 70th Birthday Celebration Concert will mail Christmas greetings and small gift packages to American-Ukrainian service people presently serving their country in many parts of the world. Jenny Lin, piano Cornelius Dufallo, violin Yves Dharamraj, cello UNA wishes to solicit your help in getting names, addresses and ranks of any Ukrainian you may know who is serving in the armed forces – Saturday, December 8, 2007 at 8 p.m. Help make this project successful. Ukrainian Institute of America UNA will mail Christmas and New Year's greetings 2 East 79th Street, New York City to our service people by December 25, 2007. We wish to contact all our service men and women. Program With your help we will reach most of them! DER BOTE – 1996 (The Messenger) Name:______EPITAPH (L.B.), for Cello and Piano POST SCRIPTUM, Sonata for Violin and Piano (1990) Rank:______DRAMA, for Piano, Violin, and Cello (1971, rev. 2002) Address:______Presentation of a CD of Silvestrov’s Works Please send the information by December 10, 2007 to: A reception follows the concert Ukrainian National Association, Inc., UNA National Organizer – Oksana Trytjak Donation: $30, UIA Members and Senior Citizens – $25, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 Students – $20. Tickets may be obtained by sending a check Parsippany, NJ 07054 payable to UIA-MATI, 2 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10075 Tel: 1 973 292-9800 x 3071 or by calling (212) 288-8660. e-mail [email protected] No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2007 11 Philadelphia’s Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center holds annual meeting by Andrea Zharovsky including the administrative, finance, build- In the Nominating Committee Report, the by-laws. They included an increase in ing and property utilization, program, and Petrusia Sawchak recommended five can- the length of leases, clarification of the JENKINTOWN, PA. – The 28th annual communications sectors. didates to the board. They included Tanya directors’ obligation to the center, clarifica- meeting of the Ukrainian Educational and Mr. Pawluk also spoke of UECC mem- Husar, Lubomyra Kalyta, Basil Kuzio, tion of the removal of directors, clarifica- Cultural Center was held Sunday, October bership, which totals 1,096 (individual and Zoriana Sochatska-Atlantova and Myron tion of the powers of the president, and a 28, in the UECC Gallery. family members holding full voting rights), Soltys. She read short biographies of each revision stating that members of the Audit Registration for the meeting for UECC 52 member-organizations, and 12 new indi- candidate and emphasized their back- Committee may not be members of the members and delegates of Ukrainian mem- vidual/or family members who received grounds and strengths, which collectively Finance Committee. ber organizations began at noon. Materials full voting rights this year. included strengths in finance, event plan- After a brief discussion on the proposi- pertaining to the meeting, including the President Pawluk ended his report with ning and organizational skills. tion, UECC members and delegates cast annual report, published in English and his vision of the path forward and critical As stated in the by-laws, the UECC their ballots and the proposed five amend- Ukrainian, were distributed at registration. success factors for the UECC. He stated board of directors consists of 24 members ments passed successfully. Shortly after 1 p.m., the meeting began that it is critical to have the cooperation of whose terms of service are staggered. All During the discussion at the meeting, with a call to order by UECC President members and member-organizations and UECC board terms are for three years. All concerned UECC members raised many Borys Pawluk. that the UECC and they need to commit to five candidates for the UECC board of issues, but the focus of the discussion cen- Stefan Makuch, a former member of the work together as unified Ukrainian com- directors were approved by a unanimous tered on building UECC membership. UECC board of directors, led the opening munity. He reminded those present that in vote. Many members voiced their opinion on prayer. After a verification of the quorum the formative years of the UECC, the mem- Ms. Sawchak stated that the Nominating whom to reach as potential members. The and approval of the agenda by the members ber-organizations contributed 50 percent of Committee submitted Bohdan Mizak, issue of attracting the sons, daughters and Larissa Patrylak and Maria Schwed, and delegates of Ukrainian organizations revenue generated, today the number has grandchildren of present UECC members through the co-opting process, to the with UECC membership, secretary Sophia dramatically been reduced to about 15 per- was presented emphasizing that they UECC Board during the 2006-2007 and Koropeckyj read the minutes of the last cent. He focused on the completion of the should be reached in addition to the Fourth was recommending their confirmation at annual meeting held on October 29, 2006. master plan and that Phase I of that plan Wave of Ukrainian immigrants. Various the annual meeting. Mrs. Sawchak also The minutes were approved unanimously. has begun. President Pawluk emphasized fund-raising ideas were mentioned, as was Mr. Pawluk opened his president’s submitted her recommendation for the re- that strategic planning has been initiated the need to apply for federal, state and local report with an explanation of how he election of current board members includ- and will be fully developed during the grants. approached his first year as president of the ing: Irene Bereziak, George Danyliw, coming year. The annual meeting adjourned with UECC, focusing on a restructuring of the Natalka Firko and Mr. Petyk. All candi- The Audit Committee, consisting of UECC president Pawluk thanking mem- operations and organization of the UECC dates for confirmation and re-election were three UECC directors who are not mem- bers and delegates of Ukrainian organiza- and the creation of separate sectors, each approved by a unanimous vote. bers of the Finance Committee, met tions for their attendance and participation. with a vice-president responsible for com- Also elected were members of the to the annual meeting to audit the financial He congratulated the new and re-elected mittees and sector work. Nominating Committee and the Election books, records, operations and financial UECC board of directors and thanked the In his report and PowerPoint presenta- statements of the UECC. Roman Petyk, Committee, both consisting of UECC outgoing board, especially Ms. Sawchak tion he focused primarily on the UECC representing the Audit Committee, reported members and members of the UECC board and Edward Zetick for their many years of mission statement, UECC organization, that the committee was satisfied with its of directors. Ulana Prociuk, Ms. Sawchak devoted work at the UECC. facility and office operations and the review and the UECC financial report for and Nestor Tomalishchak were elected and Mr. Pawluk expressed his gratitude to accomplishments of the five sectors, the 2006-2007. will serve on the Nominating Committee for 2007-2008. Halyna Horajecka-Keller, the group of volunteers who work diligent- Anna Makuch and Roman Zavadowych ly at the many fund-raising events. He con- were elected and will serve on the Election cluded with thanks to all who donated Committee for the same term. money to this year’s phonathon, making it Philadelphia UECC re-elects president Mr. Petyk, representing the By-Laws the most successful phonathon ever, sur- and elects new executive board Committee proposed five amendments to passing the designated goal of $100,000. Ukrainian liturgy to be celebrated at Boston College on December 8 BOSTON – The Ukrainian Student Boston and members of the resident Society of Boston College and the Jesuit community. Responses will be school’s Slavic and Eastern languages sung by the choir of Boston’s Christ the department are co-sponsoring a pontifical King Ukrainian Catholic Church under divine liturgy for the Feast of the the direction of Ihor Kowal. on Saturday, Immediately following the liturgy, a December 8, at 10 a.m. in St. Mary’s reception/luncheon will be held in Chapel on the university’s main campus Gasson 100, The Irish Room, to celebrate in Chestnut Hill. The liturgy will be concelebrated by the establishment of the Archbishop retired Ukrainian Catholic Metropolitan- Sulyk Scholarship for Ukrainian students Archbishop Stephan Sulyk of attending the university. The scholarship The UECC board of directors for 2007-2008: (first row, from left) Roman Petyk, Philadelphia, pastors of greater Boston is being funded by Lydia Devonshire of Sophia Koropeckyj, Lubomir Pyrih, Natalia Griga, Borys Pawluk (UECC presi- area Ukrainian churches, Boston College Chicago, a cousin of the archbishop. dent), Orysia Hewka (UECC executive director), Borys Zacharczuk, Natalie President the Rev. William Leahy, SJ, Both events are open, and the public is Firko, George Danyliw, Maria Schwed, (second row) Sylvianne Novak, Andrea representatives of the Archdiocese of cordially invited. Zharovsky, Larissa Patrylak, Roman Cyhan, Laryssa Krywusha, Michael Luciw, Basil Kusio, Bohdan Mizak, Myron Soltys, Tetyana Husar, Ivan Prasko, Zoriana Sokhatska-Atlantova and Lubomyra Kalyta. Also on the board, though not in the photo, are: Irena Plachta Bereziak and Larysa Stebly. UECC Food Drive commemorates JENKINTOWN, Pa. – The board of Educational and Cultural Center, which directors of the Ukrainian Educational states that the board of directors shall Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 and Cultural Center elected a new execu- meet within 10 days after the annual tive board Monday night, November 5. meeting of the corporation with the spe- JENKINTOWN, PA. – The Ukrainian Association of Philadelphia and will be The 2007-2008 UECC board unanimous- cific purpose of electing a new president Educational and Cultural Center distributed to needy seniors in the com- ly re-elected Borys Pawluk to a second and executive board. The 28th annual (UECC), a non-profit organization based munity. For additional information, read- year as president and chief executive meeting of the UECC was held on in Jenkintown, Pa., is holding a food ers may contact the UECC office at 215- officer of the corporation. Sunday, October 28. drive commemorating the Ukrainian 663-1166. Great Famine of 1932-1933. Also elected unanimously were the The Ukrainian Educational and Suggested non-perishable and pack- following officers: secretary – Natalia The Ukrainian American community Cultural Center, founded in 1980, is a aged items (sugar-free, no-salt, low-sodi- in the United States is joining Ukrainians Griga, treasurer – Sophia Koropeckyj, um are best): canned tuna/meat, canned vice-president of administration – non-profit organization whose objective worldwide in commemorating the 75th vegetables, canned fruit, canned soups, Lubomir Pyrih, vice-president of finance is to preserve and promote awareness of anniversary of the Holodomor, which – Sophia Koropeckyj, vice-president of Ukrainian heritage throughout the killed 7 million to 10 million Ukrainians. rice/pasta/grains, canned beans, dry property and utilization – George Philadelphia community. The UECC is Nonperishable foods may be brought beans, fruit juices, coffee/tea and Danyliw, vice-president of events – located at 700 Cedar Road in to the UECC between November 17 and cereal/oatmeal. Natalie Firko, and vice-president of com- Jenkintown, PA 19046 and can be December 8 (the day of the UECC Monetary donations are also welcome; munications – Borys Zacharczuk. reached at 215-663-1166 or Christmas Bazaar). The items collected checks should be made payable to the This meeting and election were in [email protected]; website, during this time will be donated to the Ukrainian American Senior Citizen keeping with by-laws of the Ukrainian www.ueccphila.org. Ukrainian American Senior Citizen Association. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2007 No. 47 No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2007 13 St. John’s Parish in Newark celebrates centennial by Lada Bidiak Vasyl Putera (Jersey City, N.J.), the Rev. Roman Mirchuk (Whippany, N.J.), the Rev. NEWARK, N.J. – Twenty-five priests, Ivan Turyk (Toms River, N.J.), the Rev. and metropolitans joined other cler- Andriy Dutkewych (Passaic, N.J.), the Rev. gy, sisters and hundreds of parishioners on Vasyl Vladyka (Carteret, N.J.), November 4 to celebrate the centennial of Michael Wock (Philadelphia), Sister Laura, St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic OSBM (Fox Chase, Pa.), Sister Michelle, Church in Newark, N.J. While this day was SSMI (Sloatsburg, N.Y.), Sister Bohdanna the culmination of yearlong preparations, it OSBM (Fox Chase), Sister Bernarda, was also a true testament to the 100 years of OSBM (New York), Sister Ann, OSBM dedication, love and hard work of thousands (Pittsburgh), Sister Lucy, OSBM (Fox of individuals – each one different, yet each Chase), Sister Joann, OSBM (Fox Chase), essential in creating St. John’s Parish. Sister Jonathan, SSMI (Stamford), and The pontifical divine liturgy in itself was Sister Zenovia, SSMI (Passaic). a historic event. The Rev. Leonid Malkov, The pontifical divine liturgy was fol- pastor of St. John’s, was joined not only by lowed by a grand banquet at L’Affaire Fine his assistant pastors – the Revs. Andriy Catering in Mountainside, N.J. The gala Manko and Dmytro Dnistrian, but also by was limited in space to 600 guests, and Bishop-emeritus , and tickets were sold out well before the event. clergy and sisters who traveled from all The admission price included not only the over the world to celebrate St. John’s meal, but also a set of two hard-cover Centennial. books about the parish. Participating were: Metropolitan- The first, “Centennial of St. John the Archbishop Stefan Soroka (Philadelphia), Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church,” is a Bishop (Saskatoon, collection of greetings, photographs and the Saskatchewan), Bishop John Bura history of the parish (compiled and edited (Philadelphia), Bishop Basil Losten by Oksana and Mykola Yaremko), com- (Stamford, Conn.), the Very Rev. John plete with time-lines, listings of all pastors Sianchuk (Winnipeg, Manitoba), the Rev. and associate pastors, sisters, graduates of Thaddeus Krawczuk (Mt. Carmel, Pa.), the St. John’s School, and members of various Rev. Bohdan Lukie (missionary), the Rev. church and parish organizations. The 224- Frank Szadiak (Yorkton, Saskatchewan), page book, full of black and white as well the Rev. Methodius Kushko (Yorkton), the as color photographs, is a testament to the Rev. Vladimir Kolpakov (Wynyard, past 100 years. Saskatchewan), the Rev. John Fetsko Thousands of people have belonged to (Unionville, Ontario), the Rev. Andriy St. John’s Parish over the past 100 years, Chirovsky (Arizona), the Rev. Ivan and all of them have personal memories of Chirovsky (Pittsburgh), the Rev. Andriy St. John’s Church and school. In preparing Olijnyk (Lviv), the Rev. Ivan Horban for the centennial celebration, parish office (Ternopil, Ukraine), the Rev. Joseph Szupa manager Ksenia Hapij spoke with countless St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Newark, N.J. (Elizabeth, N.J.), the Rev. Roman individuals, who reminisced to her about Dubytsky (Perth Amboy, N.J.), the Rev. their parish experiences. Last year, Mrs. Hapij came up with the idea of publishing a Dolinsky, one of St. John’s trustees. book of memoirs and, with the help of 99 Following their speeches, the guests other parishioners, her vision was brought were treated to a superb video and photo into reality in the form of the second cen- montage about the centennial of St. John’s. tennial book, titled “One Hundred Voices.” Mr. Yaremko, along with his wife, Oksana, Just as Mr. and Mrs. Yaremko’s book is his- spent the greater part of this past year com- torical, so is “One Hundred Voices,” piling photographs, video footage and although much more personal in nature. sound recordings, and interviewing parish- In her introduction, Mrs. Hapij wrote, “I ioners, priests and sisters. The final product invite you on a journey through the pages was an hourlong visual history of St. John’s of the 100-year history of St. John’s Church Church, school and parish, which brought in Newark. Perhaps some of you will recall both laughter and tears on the part of the your first years in America. Others will audience and drew a standing ovation. return to the past and remember priests, sis- In his closing remarks at the end of the ters, teachers and old friends. Still others gala, the Rev. Malkov expressed his grati- will be introduced to those who opened the tude to the many people who worked so doors of this church and blazed the trails hard to ensure the success of the centennial that thousands followed over the course of celebration. He also expressly thanked these hundred years.” Self-Reliance Federal Credit Union for its These words encompassed the atmos- sponsorship of the event, as well as for its phere of the entire centennial celebration. constant and unfailing support of the Master of ceremonies Ihor Rakowsky church, school and parish over the years. welcomed everyone to the gala banquet, and introduced the two speakers of the (For a capsule history of the parish, see Priests, bishops and the metropolitan join in celebrating the diving liturgy marking evening – the Rev. Malkov and George page 14.) the centennial of St. John’s Parish.

At the centennial celebration banquet (from left) are: Mykola Yaremko, Daria Bohdan Yaremko Dolinsky, Oksana Yaremko, George Dolinsky (sitting), Ksenia Hapij and the Rev. Mychajlo Stashchyshyn leads the choir during the centennial liturgy. Bohdan Lukie. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2007 No. 47 CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS St. John’s Parish in Newark: TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI, (973) 292-9800 x 3040 a capsule history, 1907-2007 or e-mail: [email protected] The past century has seen both incred- Church.” Through diligent fund-raising ible growth and change at St. John’s efforts (including donor advertising in SERVICES Parish. The original church, located at the yearbook), the Rev. Danilovich was Ukrainian Book Store 246 Court St. in Newark, NJ, was pur- able to eventually settle all debts, and in Largest selection of Ukrainian books, dance chased in February 1907; one month December 1937 St. John’s parish cele- supplies, Easter egg supplies, music, icons, later, the first divine liturgy was celebrat- brated its 30th anniversary. greeting cards, giftwear and much more. ed there on Palm Sunday by the Rev. The Rev. Danilovich was also instru- YOUR HOME IMPROVEMENT SPECIALISTS John Dorozynsky, St. John’s first pastor. mental in organizing various church FREE ESTIMATES FULLY INSURED 10215-97st

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He also organized with 20 students, but within seven years, the first parochial evening school, whose the enrollment grew to 85 students. ATTENTION, MEMBERS OF THE enrollment quickly grew from 12 to over By this time, the Ukrainian communi- UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION! 300. In 1910, the male church choir was ty in Newark was able to buy a building Do you enjoy your subscription to expanded to include women, and was which was ideally suited to house the The Ukrainian Weekly? named the Boyan Singing Society. The long-awaited Ukrainian Community Why not share that enjoyment with a friend? Boyan Singing Society performed in con- Center. Located at 180-186 William St. certs area-wide. In addition to strength- in Newark, the building included a two- ORDER A GIFT SUBSCRIPTION ening and unifying the ever-growing story ballroom, several halls, meeting TO THE WEEKLY parish, the choir helped to build a strong rooms and a bowling alley. 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CLASSIFIEDS section. every Wednesday and Friday, and the UKRAINIAN TRADITIONAL- This building served not only the newly assigned priests were able to school, but also became the parish’s new devote more time and energy to the spiri- MONUMENTS PROFESSIONALS ad hoc community center, serving as a tual well-being of those parishioners who SERVING NY/NJ/CT REGION CEMETERIES meeting place for the choir members, the were sick at home or in hospitals. The OBLAST theatrical group, the bandurist orchestra Redemptorist Fathers also revitalized MEMORIALS and various religious organizations: St. existing church organizations and formed LAW OFFICES OF John the Baptist Brotherhood, Ss. Peter new ones: the Holy Name Society, P.O. BOX 746 and Paul Brotherhood, Bohdan Apostleship of Prayer, Rosary Altar Chester, NY 10918 ZENON B. MASNYJ, ESQ. Khmelnytsky Society, Providence Society, Altar Boy Society, Junior 845-469-4247 Association Branch 2 of the Holy Sodality and St. John’s Mother’s Club. BILINGUAL HOME APPOINTMENTS Brotherhood, Zaporozhian Society, In October 1947 St. John’s Parish cel- In the East Village since 1983 Apostleship of Prayer and St. Nicholas ebrated its 40th anniversary. School The Brotherhood. In 1921 the newly founded enrollment continued to grow to such an Serious personal injury, real estate American-Ukrainian Building and Loan extent that the existing school building LUNA BAND for personal and business use, rep- Association of Newark joined the list of could no longer accommodate all the stu- resentation of small and mid-size organizations using the building. Music for weddings, zabavas, dents. The Rev. Krayewsky, who businesses, securities arbitration, In late 1921 and early 1922 replaced Rev. Bachtalowsky as pastor in festivals, anniversary celebrations. Metropolitan Sheptytsky once again vis- OLES KUZYSZYN phone/fax: (732) 636-5406 divorce, wills and probate. 1948, was faced with the challenge of e-mail: [email protected] ited the United States, returning to St. building a new school and a new church. (By Appointment Only) John’s in Newark at the end of January William Choma was instrumental in 1922. procuring land for the proposed new In 1925 the Rev. Joseph Chaplinsky MERCHANDISE 157 SECOND AVENUE school at Sanford Avenue and Ivy Street took over for the Rev. Peter Poniatyshyn, in the early part of 1949. NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10003 who had served his parishioners with (212) 477-3002 During this time a new wave of immi- great energy, high intellect and tremen- grants was permitted entrance into the dous understanding for over 15 years. United States, and many of them settled The Rev. Chaplinsky appealed to his in Newark. The Rev. Krayewsky opened ëíÖîÄç ÇÖãúÉÄò parishioners to seek a larger church in a the doors of the rectory to anyone seek- èÓÙÂÒ¥ÈÌËÈ ÔÓ‰‡‚ˆ¸ quieter neighborhood, since the area sur- ing help, and he, along with his assistant Á‡·ÂÁÔ˜ÂÌÌfl ìçë rounding St. John’s had become traffic- priests and numerous church and STEPHAN J. WELHASCH ridden and extremely loud. A new church Ukrainian community organizations, pro- Licensed Agent was purchased at 37 Morton St., with vided them with moral and practical Ukrainian National Ass’n, Inc. additional buildings purchased on assistance. This influx of new immigrants 548 Snyder Ave., Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 College Place to serve as a school and as added to the increased enrollment in the Toll Free:1-800-253-9862/3036, Fax: 973-292-0900 a parish home. On Labor Day 1927, St. church and in the school, and on May 4, E-mail:[email protected] John’s Church on Morton Street official- 1952, the Rev. Krayewsky, along with ly opened its doors. building committee chairman Andrew In 1933 the Rev. Myron Danilovich OPPORTUNITY Keybida and treasurer John Burda, led was appointed as the new pastor of St. the groundbreaking ceremonies for the John’s. Having taken over this role dur- new school. ing the Great Depression, he was faced The new school building was dedicat- EARN EXTRA INCOME! with the extremely difficult challenge of ed on November 26, 1953. By this time meeting all of the church’s debt pay- there were approximately 400 pupils The Ukrainian Weekly is looking ments and financial obligations. Plans to for advertising sales agents. enrolled in the school, all taught by the build a new community center were Sisters of St. Basil and several lay teach- For additional information contact never realized, and the parish was strug- ers. During this period, other properties Run your advertisement here, Maria Oscislawski, Advertising gling financially. With this in mind, on were purchased in the immediate area to in The Ukrainian Weekly’s Manager, The Ukrainian Weekly, September 1, 1933, on the occasion of house the sisters and priests, and a vacant (973) 292-9800, ext 3040. the parish’s 25th anniversary, he issued CLASSIFIEDS section. “The First Year Book of St. John’s (Continued on page 15) No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2007 15

citizens center with the purpose of spon- Wolodymyr Baran and the Rev. Leonid Ukrainian evening school for the children St. John’s Parish ... soring social events, and providing infor- Malkov. of the parish under the capable hands of (Continued from page 14) mation relative to Social Security, In 1993 the Rev. Frank Szadiak took Irene Agne, as well as the establishment lot was purchased for a new church. Medicare and other federal assistance. In over the position of pastor and, as the of religion classes on Sundays, taught by In 1956, after 50 years of dedicated March 1980 the office of Education of number of Ukrainian immigrants contin- St. John’s graduate and former teacher service to St. John’s Church and its com- the Archdiocese of Newark evaluated St. ued to grow, a special organization Natalia Kudryk. The Rev. Malkov also munity, Mr. Kaskiw resigned his post as John’s School and awarded it a named The Fourth Wave was created as a began the tradition of an annual parish cantor and choir director, and was Certificate of Accreditation with recogni- haven and network for them. At the same festival, held on the last Saturday of replaced by Michael Dobosh, who served tion as one of the 10 best grade schools time, many of the original families every September, with the hope that it in the Newark school system. in these posts (and also as the school’s moved out of the area, with the result that would bring parishioners closer together, On May 23, 1982, St. John’s celebrat- parishioner enrollment diminished and so music teacher) for the next 30 years. for the good of the church and the ed its 75th anniversary. Three years later, In 1957 the Rev. Demetrius Byblow did the enrollment at St. John’s School. St. John’s had the unique and great honor Ukrainian community. was appointed pastor, and on May 4, In 1999 the Rev. Szadiak was reas- of hosting Mother Theresa at the ordina- In his foreword to the book “One 1958, he announced the official opening signed to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and tion of the Rev. Brian Kolodiejchuk – the Hundred Voices,” the Rev. Malkov of the fund-raising campaign for a new Rev. Lukie returned as pastor. He real- first priest to be ordained for the wrote, “Of all the celebrations to date, church on Sanford Avenue. By the end of ized that the new immigrants would be Missions of Charity, Mother Theresa’s the future of the parish, and he initiated our centennial is the biggest and proba- the year, the Rev. Laptuta was named congregation. various programs especially for them. bly the most important. It reminds us of pastor; during his nine-year tenure, the In August 1987 the Rev. Kuchmiak Under the guidance of office administra- so very many people who have come dream of the new church was realized. was replaced by the Rev. Bohdan Lukie, tor Ksenia Hapij, the parish office before us, and leaves us with a strong Construction of the new church began whose energetic three-year pastorship became a welcome home for the new feeling of obligation toward those who in June 1961. Designed by Julian brought about major revitalization within arrivals, providing them with connections will come after us… May we all join in Jastremski, with mosaics and stained the parish. With the help of the UNWLA, to jobs and apartments, helping with prayer for all of our pioneers, the people glass art designed by Peter Cholodnyj Jr. a certified Montessori-based Ukrainian- translations and even offering basic and executed by Yaroslav Baransky, the without whom this celebration would not language preschool was established English lessons. new St. John the Baptist Ukrainian be possible. May their remarkable vision under the tutelage of Olenka After many decades of dedicated serv- Catholic Church won the Newark and hard work be an example that we Makarushka-Kolodiy, which continues to ice to St. John’s Church and School, the Chamber of Commerce Award for the will all strive to follow, and may their thrive to this day. The Rev. Lukie led Sisters of St. Basil the Great were most beautiful edifice of the decade. On dreams light our way as we venture onto widespread relief efforts to people in replaced by the Sister Servants of Mary. Easter Sunday, April 18, 1965, the Rev. the journey of another centennial.” Ukraine, and was also a great proponent As more and more families moved from Laptuta celebrated the first divine liturgy of cultural and musical programs, trans- the area, school enrollment continued to in the new church. * * * forming the parish gym into a theater, drop. In 2002 the painful decision was In 1967 the Rev. Michael featuring a variety of performing artists made to close the doors of St. John’s Hrynchyshyn replaced the Rev. Laptuta The article above is excerpted from and speakers from Ukraine. The city of School after 65 years of excellence. as pastor, and in 1968, St. John’s parish Newark renamed the intersection of The Rev. Malkov took over as pastor the book “Centennial of St. John the celebrated its 60th anniversary. On Sanford Avenue and Ivy Street that same year. An immigrant himself, Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church.” August 6 of that year, Archbishop Major “Ukrainian Plaza.” It was during this the Rev. Malkov understands the needs Copies of “Centennial of St. John the and Cardinal visited St. time that the Makarenko Church Art of his parishioners very well. Along with Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church” and John’s. On the occasion of his visit, a Studio was hired to clean, renovate and associates the Rev. Andriy Manko and the companion volume, “One Hundred mosaic of his coat of arms was installed redecorate the entire church. Rev. Dmytro Dnistrian, he aims to foster Voices,” are available for purchase at the on an exterior wall of the church. 1988 marked the millennium of an atmosphere of love and acceptance parish rectory (719 Sandford Ave., In July 1972, the Rev. Hrynchyshyn Christianity in Ukraine, and St. John’s and a truly welcoming community within Newark, NJ 07106) for $10 each plus $5 was elected provincial of the Parish celebrated both at home and at the parish. One of the Rev. Malkov’s first for shipping. Checks may be made out to Redemptorist Fathers of Canada and the celebrations in New York City and in projects was the establishment of a new St. John’s Church. U.S.A., and was replaced as pastor by the Rome. The Rev. Lukie and the Parish Rev. Paul Maluga. Prior to his departure Council commissioned Sviatoslav to Canada, the Rev. Hrynchyshyn com- Hordynsky to create a mosaic depicting missioned artist Sviatoslav Hordynsky to the of Rus-Ukraine in 988, Ukrainian president... years of correctional work, with 10 per- design the iconostas. The iconostas was which was installed over the main cent of his monthly salary deducted, installed in April 1973 – one month prior entrance to the church. (Continued from page 3) reported Ukrayina Moloda, a daily news- to Cardinal Slipyj’s second visit to the Two years later, the Rev. Michael maneuver, and their commanders were paper in Ukraine. church. Wiwchar became pastor. Following convicted of unsatisfactorily guiding the The jet’s lead pilot, Volodymyr In July 1975 the Rev. Michael Ukraine’s declaration of sovereignty and crew. Toponar, won’t have his 14-year sentence Kuchmiak was appointed pastor, and in independence in 1991, the Rev. Two commanders, Gen. Tretiakov and commuted, Mr. Moiseyenko said. September of that same year an addition- Wiwchar’s pastorship saw an influx of Lt. Col. Yurii Yatsiuk, were also convict- The Sknyliv Tragedy organization is al building was purchased adjacent to the new immigrants from Ukraine. In 1992 ed of failing to fulfill their responsibili- outraged at the president’s order and will school. Once a supermarket, this building the Rev. Wiwchar was instrumental in ties. appeal it in the European Court for was then converted into a gymnasium, attracting a highly educated young man In September a Kyiv district court Human Rights, said Stefan Kozak, who which served as a concert auditorium, from Lviv, Mychajlo Stashchyshyn, to freed Lt. Col. Yatsiuk, who received a lost his son in the catastrophe. with an additional room for a kinder- fill the position of cantor, which had been five-year sentence in 2005, commuting Among those who died at the Sknyliv garten. Meanwhile, the beautification of vacated by Mr. Dobosh four years prior. the remainder of his sentence to two airfield in Lviv were 28 children. the church continued. During the summer Mr. Stashchyshyn serves in this function of 1976 artists Peter Cholodnyj and J.M. to this day. The Rev. Wiwchar was also Baransky installed mosaic Stations of the involved in efforts to build a church and Cross on the walls of the church. monastery in Ternopil. Thanks to the In October 1977 St. John’s Ukrainian generosity of St. John’s parishioners, Social Services, in cooperation with $100,000 was collected and donated, and Ukrainian National Women’s League of the Redemptorist Fathers, in turn, sent St. America Branch 75, established a senior John’s two young priests – the Rev.

over 140 million tons of oil under treaty BOHDAN KOCHANSKYJ Ukraine and Russia... rights guaranteed by the 1936 Montreaux 63, of New York, NY (Continued from page 2) Convention, despite constant Turkish warnings that such constant passages, passed away November 10, 2007. working out to a tanker every 15 min- The incident has caused additional utes, were a prelude to disaster. Bohdan was born on September 26, 1944, in Germany. friction between Russia and Ukraine, as Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor He worked for over 40 years in the Food Service industry from which he retired. the Kerch strait passage remains poorly Yanukovych said that the government is delineated 16 years after the collapse of now studying the possibility of limiting the USSR. Ukraine insists on dividing He is survived by his mother, Melania Kochanskyj of Brooklyn, NY; tanker passages through the Kerch Strait His brother Lubomir Kochanskyj with wife Bonnie of Kissimmiee, FL; the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait and is consulting with maritime special- His sister Darka Kochanskyj Reilly of Brooklyn, NY; along the conventional Soviet Union bor- ists. They are particularly interested in der that passed through two midpoints of Turkey’s experience with the Bosporus 4 nephews – Lubomir, David, Joseph and Stephen Kochanskyj the coast of the Kerch Strait and the and Dardanelles channels. If there is any 1 niece – Lindsay A. Reilly; Taganrog Bay, while Russia insists on an good news for Moscow, its prime oil and also 3 great nephews and 1 great niece. equal delimitation of the sea area. export facility at Novorossiysk is south The ultimate diplomatic wrangle may of the straits and Kyiv currently does not A memorial service was held November 13, 2007 at Peter Jarema Funeral occur further to the south, however, as plan to claim compensation from Russia Home in New York City. Burial took place at Rose Hill Cemetery in Linden, NJ. Turkey has insisted for years that unre- for ecological damage (Rosbalt, stricted tanker traffic through the Turkish November 12). The damage from the Bohdan will always be remembered in our hearts and minds for his fun-loving Straits is an environmental hazard. In recent storm, however, seems destined and bubbly personality and also his qick wit. 2006 more than 36,000 vessels transited shortly to move from the environmental the Turkish Straits, with tankers carrying to the diplomatic sphere. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2007 No. 47

At least 69 miners killed in blast stration, and cited “a new spiral of dis- addressed the Knesset on November 14, NEWSBRIEFS ... crimination against Crimean Tatars” and asking Israeli MPs to show “the moral KYIV – A gas blast at the Zasiadko (Continued from page 2) “Crimean authorities’ undermining the support and solidarity of the state of coalmine in the Donetsk region on process of reinstating rights for Crimean Israel in honoring the victims of the total- vail [without compromise], and we should November 18 killed at least 69 miners finally learn to come to an agreement for Tatars.” The Mejlis recently called for itarian terror against the people of and injured many others, 28 of whom protests to be held throughout the penin- Ukraine, especially during the Great the sake of the country and the people,” were hospitalized, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Mr. Yanukovych said. He admitted that the sula. Crimean Tatars have also erected a Famine of 1932-1933.” He also noted Service reported. Rescue workers are tent city in downtown Symferopol as part that both Ukraine and Israel had survived first days of the committee preparing for searching for another 30 miners. Around the first session of the Verkhovna Rada of their protest. (RFE/RL Newsline) many hardships and that both are “com- 450 miners were working in the vicinity mitted to democratic values.” Mr. suggest that reaching a compromise would when the explosion occurred at a depth of Oil slick heading for Azov Sea Yushchenko told the Knesset: “In our be difficult. Mr. Yanukovych said that an 1,000 meters. Prime Minister Viktor heart there is pain for the millions of agreement between Ukrainian political MOSCOW – The Emergency Situations Yanukovych said that an experts’ com- innocent victims of your nation. We res- forces is possible if the blocs care about Ministry of Russia announced on mittee is currently investigating the cause olutely and unambiguously condemn all the country’s future, but “if they are only of the blast. The Ukrainian government November 15 that the oil slick in the Kerch Strait is expected to reach the Azov Sea by the crimes committed against Jews by interested in posts and offices, then prob- has offered the families of the slain min- November 16, RIA-Novosti reported. The totalitarian regimes.” The Ukrainian pres- lems will emerge.” (RFE/RL Newsline) ers $20,000 (U.S.) each in compensation. slick accounts for about 15 percent of the ident also said his country would not tol- Donetsk authorities have designated PSD cites instability within bloc 2,000 tons of fuel oil spilled on November erate anti-Semitism, xenophobia or intol- November 19-21 as days of mourning in 11 when an unusually severe storm wrecked erance for human life. (Press Office of the region. Nearly 140 miners have died KYIV – The People’s Self-Defense at least 12 ships, including a tanker not the President of Ukraine, UNIAN) in disasters at the Zasiadko coalmine group, which was formed by the party designed for use on stormy seas, in what since 1999. (RFE/RL Newsline) Ukraine denies hosting CIA flights Forward, Ukraine and the Christian- several Russian officials called an “environ- Democratic Union, has decided to suspend Death toll from disaster rises to 88 mental catastrophe.” Most of the rest of the KYIV – Ukrainian Defense Ministry its participation in the formation of a single oil is believed to have either washed ashore spokesman Andrii Lysenko on November party on the basis of the Our Ukraine – KYIV – The death toll has risen to 88 or sunk to the seabed in the Kerch Strait, 14 denied allegations that Ukraine hosted People’s Self-Defense bloc (OU-PSD). after the November 18 gas blast at the which connects the Black and Azov seas secret CIA flights, Interfax and RFE/RL’s The group explained its decision by point- Zasiadko coalmine in Ukraine’s Donetsk and forms part of the border between Russia Ukrainian Service reported. Mr. Lysenko ing to uncertainty about some members of region, while rescuers continue to search and Ukraine. Oil continues to pour from the was responding to claims by Giovanni the bloc, who disrupt agreements on creat- for another 12 people, RFE/RL’s sunken tanker. Oleg Mitvol, deputy head of Claudio Fava, the European Union law- ing a democratic coalition. The news was Ukrainian Service reported on November the Natural Resources Ministry’s Federal maker investigating the CIA’s secret opera- broken by the leader of the People’s Self- 20. President Viktor Yushchenko declared Service for the Oversight of Natural tions in Europe, that aircraft carrying terror- Defense, Yurii Lutsenko. Mr. Lutsenko, November 20 a day of national mourning Resources Use (Rosprirodnadzor), told a ism suspects secretly landed at an air base who is one of the leaders of the OU-PSD, in Ukraine. The disaster is the worst news conference on November 15 that “not in Ukraine. “Air bases of the Ukrainian said, “Ukraine needs a single democratic tragedy in the Ukrainian coal-mining only fish are affected, but sea mammals as Defense Ministry have never received CIA party, but it must be solid and stable in its industry in the post-Soviet era. In a simi- well – we have documented cases of deaths planes,” Mr. Lysenko said. “Statements on stance. We don’t want to deal with people, lar disaster in 2000, 80 miners were of dolphins,” Reuters reported from the matter are absolutely ungrounded and who after the election, after many months killed at the Barakov coalmine in the Moscow. He added that “the fact that dol- incompetent, and simply look absurd,” he of political struggle toward creating a dem- Luhansk region. Relatives of the phins and birds listed in Russia’s Red Book added. (RFE/RL Newsline) ocratic coalition, refuse to enter it. .... We Zasiadko victims on November 19 broke [of endangered species] are dying is very don’t want to depend on two-three too through a security cordon and burst into sad indeed.” Mr. Mitvol noted that environ- Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan sign WTO protocol independent and ambitious persons, who the building where a government com- mental experts from Belgium, Brazil and KYIV – Ukrainian Foreign Affairs discredit the OU-PSD as a bloc.” mittee was investigating the cause of the the United States are expected to arrive Minister Arsenii Yatsenyuk said on (Ukrinform) gas blast. The relatives accused the soon, and that “volunteers from all across November 14 that Ukraine has signed a authorities of concealing information New Rada will have 26 committees Russia are heading [to the affected area], as bilateral protocol with Kyrgyzstan on access from the public. (RFE/RL Newsline) well as groups from Greenpeace and the to each another’s markets, Interfax reported. World Wildlife Fund [WWF].” Interfax KYIV – The working group gearing up Crimean Tatars call for inquiry “The last protocol, which was extremely for the first sitting of the Verkhovna Rada reported on November 15 that experts at the important for completing the process of of the sixth convocation has approved an SYMFEROPOL – Nearly 5,000 State Fisheries Committee put the cost of Ukraine’s accession to the World Trade existing system of parliamentary commit- Crimean Tatars demonstrated on the damage at $12.5 billion. The experts Organization, has been signed,” Mr. tees, said Roman Zvarych, a representa- November 18 in Symferopol, demanding added that it will take 10 years to “deal with Yatsenyuk said, adding that there are no tive of the Our Ukraine – People’s Self- that Ukrainian authorities investigate the the aftermath” of the tragedy. (RFE/RL remaining obstacles preventing Ukraine Defense bloc, on November 16. Twenty- clashes that broke out two weeks ago Newsline) from joining the WTO by the end of 2007. six committees and a special commission between police officers and market ven- Yushchenko visits Israel Mr. Yatsenyuk admitted that the negotia- on privatization will operate in the new dors, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service report- tions with Kyrgyzstan were complicated. Rada. Party of the Regions representative ed. While attempting to clear illegal mar- KYIV – President Viktor Yushchenko Kyrgyz officials had initially demanded as a Mykola Azarov said that the working ket stalls in Symferopol on November 6, last week was on a three-day visit to condition for signing the protocol that group will work to delineate the commit- Ukrainian police clashed with ethnic Israel, where according to his press office Ukraine recognize a $27 million debt to tees’ tasks on Saturday, Sunday and Tatars, four of whom were injured. he said he would try to persuade Israel’s Kyrgyzstan, incurred in 1992-1993, as the Monday, November 24-26. He also noted Mustafa Dzhemilev, the leader of the leaders and society to recognize the Great debt of the state, but finally agreed to Kyiv’s that the next sitting of the working group Mejlis – the body representing the Famine of 1932-1933 as genocide. The argument that the debt was incurred by is slated for November 26. (Ukrinform) Crimean Tatars – addressed the demon- UNIAN news service reported that he Ukrainian companies. (RFE/RL Newsline)

Dumka will give a Christmas concert at St. Sunday, December 16 Patrick’s Cathedral (Fifth Avenue and 51st PREVIEW OF EVENTS MONTREAL: The St. Lawrence Choir, Street) at 2 p.m. The performance will (Continued from page 24) directed by Marika Kuzma, presents include traditional Ukrainian Christmas car- “Chantons Noel,” a concert of holiday NEW YORK: The “Music at the Institute” If you would like to attend the luncheon ols, an instrumental arrangement, as well as music, including selections by Bach, series will hold a special event, “Music of contact Mike Szpyhulsky, 908-289-0127, well-known favorites “O Holy Night” and Pinkham, Poulenc and Rachmaninoff, as Valentyn Silvestrov: 70th Birthday Maria Shatynski, 973-599-9381, or e-mail Handel’s “Hallelujah” with organ accompa- well as traditional carols in English, French Celebration Concert.” The composer’s the parish at ICUkrainianCatholic@ niment. The concert will be conducted by and Ukrainian. The choir will be joined by works “Der Bote,” “Epitaph,” “Post yahoo.com by December 2. Additional Vasyl Hrechynsky. Admission is free. For the brass quintet Buzz. The performance is Scriptum” and “Drama” will be performed information and directions to the parish may more information, call 718-896-7624. at 3 p.m. at the Centre Culturel de Montreal by Jenny Lin, piano; Cornelius Dufallo, vio- be found on the parish website, www.byzan- Saturday, December 15 Nord. For ticket information log on to lin; and Yves Dharamraj, cello. The event tines.net/immaculateconception. slchoir.qu.ca or call 514-483-6922. takes place at the Ukrainian Institute of BETHESDA, Md.: The Taras Shevchenko America, 2 E. 79th St., at 8 p.m. Admission: WASHINGTON: The Shevchenko School of Ukrainian Studies will host a MELROSE PARK, PA: The Ukrainian $30; $25 for UIA members and senior citi- Scientific Society, District of Columbia “Sviatyi Mykolai” show and holiday bazaar. American Youth Association cordially zens; $20 for students. For additional infor- Branch, and the Ukrainian Academy of Arts Students will present a play, “Sviato invites everyone to attend its traditional mation and reservations call 212-288-8660. and Sciences group present a lecture (in Mykolaya,” at noon. Sviatyi Mykolai (St. annual fun-filled “Christmas Bazaar and Ukrainian) by Dr. Volodymyr Mezentsev, Nicholas) himself will meet with each Sunday, December 9 Welcoming of St. Nicholas” in the church research fellow, Canadian Institute of grade/age group. The heavenly office will be hall of Annunciation Ukrainian Catholic HILLSIDE, N.J.: You, your family and Ukrainian Studies, and lecturer, University open at 9:15-11:45 a.m.; one gift only per Church at Old York Road and Cheltenham friends are invited to visit with St. Nicholas of Toronto department of Slavic languages child. Gifts should be clearly labeled (child’s Avenue in Melrose Park. Starting time is at 12:45 p.m. in the church hall of and literatures, on “The Newest full name and grade/age); $2 fee. The bazaar 9:30 a.m. Throughout the day, there will be Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Archaeological Discoveries at Baturyn.” will take place at 9:30 a.m.-noon. Available plenty of delicious food for breakfast and Church, located at the intersection of The lecture begins at 1:30 p.m. at the for purchase: varenyky (25 for $14), home- lunch, hot and cold drinks, games and enter- Liberty Avenue and Bloy Street. The parish Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the baked goods (torte slices, makivnyky, medi- tainment for children, a “Wheel of Fortune” children will present an informal bilingual , 4250 Harewood Road NE, vnyky, fancy cookies, children’s sweets), and “Basket of Cheer” for adults, many entertainment program. Odarka Polanskyj- Washington DC 20017. Admission is free; plus items sold by various vendors. interesting items for sale, including Stockert will also perform several holiday contributions are accepted. For further infor- Location: Westland Middle School, 5511 Christmas cards, traditional Christmas pieces on the harp. Complimentary refresh- mation call Andrew Sorokowski, 301-230- Massachusetts Ave., Bethesda, MD 20816. “kutia,” poppyseeds, books and much more. ments will be served. For those attending 2149. For further information log on to www.uki- St. Nicholas will pay a visit at 1:30 p.m. The the Sunday divine liturgy at 10:45 a.m., a eschool.org, or contact Lada Onyshkevych, heavenly office (for gifts) will be open from light lunch will be provided after the liturgy. NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Chorus [email protected] or 410-730-8108. noon. For information call 215-379-2676. No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2007 17 North American Volleyball Championships held in New Jersey DENVILLE, N.J. – The North American Volleyball Championships of the Ukrainian Sports Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada (known by its Ukrainian-based acronym as USCAK), took place here at Powerzone Volleyball Center on November 10. The tournament marked the rebirth of competi- tive Ukrainian volleyball in North America as this was the first USCAK championship since 1994. The tournament was played in three divi- sions: youth, men’s open and seniors, with the most challenging games seen in the men’s open. The results in the youth division were: first place, Lys Sports Academy, based in Whippany, N.J.; second place, Toronto SA Ukraina; third place, Chornomorska Sitch, also based in Whippany. The Chicago Slava Sports Club took the championship in the seniors division, with Lys SA taking second and Toronto Ukraina coming in third. In the men’s open, it was down to the final points as Lys SA defeated Christina Bytz Chornomorska Sitch to win the North Participating teams, organizers and officers of the Ukrainian Sports Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada at the North American title. Hartford’s Ukrainian American Volleyball Championships. American Youth Association (UAYA) took third, with Yonkers UAYA Krylati and well as Ihor Chyzowych, head of the organ- Toronto Ukraina coming in fourth and fifth, izing committee for the 2008 Ukrainian respectively. Diaspora Olympiad and Youth Rally, were Named to the USCAK All-Star Team present for the tournament’s opening cere- were: Peter Kolinsky (Hartford UAYA) and monies and throughout the day. Taras Borysyuk (Lys SA), setters; Anton Program book sponsors were: SUMA Yarkovlev (Toronto Ukraina) and Serhiy Yonkers Federal Credit Union and Hayouvy (Lys SA), defense; Roman Marushka (Chicago Slava) and Michael Selfreliance NY Federal Credit Union, Zawadiwsky (Chornomorska Sitch), while trophy sponsors included The servers; Oleh Bykorez (Lys SA) and Ihor Ukrainian Weekly (men’s open division Akinchyn (Chornomorska Sitch), spikers; traveling trophy) and Selfreliance and Roman Bulawski (Lys SA) and Ukrainian American Federal Credit Union Volodymyr Oleksyn (Lys SA), offense. (traveling trophies in the senior men’s and Most valuable player awards went to: youth divisions), as well as the Bytz family. Mykola Kucyna (Lys SA), youth division; At the awards ceremony and dinner held Mr. Marushka (Chicago Slava), seniors afterwards at the Ukrainian American division; and Mr. Bulawski (Lys SA), Cultural Center of New Jersey in nearby men’s open division. Whippany, team and individual trophies USCAK Volleyball Director Myron were presented to the winners. USCAK Bytz played the leading role in organizing officials reminded all the athletes to prepare the tournament, and the hosts for the day’s for the 2008 Ukrainian Diaspora Olympiad events were the Whippany-based UAYA and Youth Rally to be held over the Fourth and Lys SA. of July weekend at the Ukrainian American USCAK officers, including Myron Sports Center Tryzub in Horsham, Pa. (For Stebelsky, president, Omelan Twardowsky information log on to http://tryzub.org/ The men’s open division champions, Lys Sports Academy of Whippany, N.J., and Alexander Napora, board members, as olympiad08.htm.) receive the traveling trophy.

The youth division winner, Lys Sports Academy, receives trophies from meet offi- cials and sponsors. Chicago Slava, winner in the senior division, and with their team trophy. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2007 No. 47 No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2007 19

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Baptist as a trustee prior to becoming a Syracuse deacon deacon; he is the youngest trustee ever elected. He taught at Christian Brothers marks anniversary Academy (CBA) for 24 years and also SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The celebration was chairman of the CBA social studies of the 25th anniversary of the diaconate department before entering the Syracuse ordination of the Rev. Deacon Myron public school system. He is a past princi- Kotch took place on October 27-28 at St. pal of the Lesia Ukrainka School of John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Ukrainian Studies, past member of the Church in Syracuse, N.Y. board of directors of the Ukrainian Deacon Kotch was ordained to the National Home, past president of the sub-diaconate on July 25, 1982, at the Syracuse branch of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, director Martyr’s Shrine in Auriesville, N.Y., and of the Holy Name Society and president was ordained to the Diaconate on October of Ukrainian National Association Branch 23, 1982, at St. John The Baptist Church 39 (Ukrainian Sich Assembly). in Syracuse. For the past 20 years, Deacon Kotch He was born in Nastasiv, Ukraine, on has been teaching potential in the August 12, 1937. The son of Wasyl and Latin Rite studies program in the Anastasis Tkacz (Kotch), Deacon Kotch Syracuse diocese. In 1980 he was hon- lived in Ukraine until 1944. In 1944- ored with the Salute to New Citizen’s 1949, he and his parents lived in dis- Award presented for exemplary conduct The Rev. Deacon Myron Kotch with his wife, Joyce. placed persons camps in Landeck, in embracing the Free Enterprise System Austria, and Fischbach, Germany. It was by The Citizens Foundation Inc. In 1984 Roman Fedoryk from Philadelphia, and Kadylo (head of the Stamford Diocese there that he finished his primary educa- he was presented with the Stamford tion. Paul Shashkin and Jeff Howard from Diaconate Program) was the homolist for Diocese Youth Award for working with Lynchburg, Va. Deacon Kotch’s celebration. The Rev. Deacon Kotch’s family moved to the young people in the diocese and in 2003 Deacons Hobczuk and Galvin served Batcho was the main celebrant, assisted United States on November 30, 1949, set- with the UCCA award for teaching and as masters of ceremonies for the event. by the Rev. Malyarchuk, St. John the tling in Troy, N.Y., where he completed administration as principal. Speakers for Saturday’s reception includ- Baptist’s assistant pastor. Also participat- his high school education in 1954. In The Rev. Michael Taylor, OFM, was ed the Rev. Batcho, Mrs. Kotch, John M. ing were Deacons Hobczuk and Galvin 1956, the family moved to Cohoes, N.Y. the homilist for Deacon Kotch’s celebra- Lischak, Ms. Halligan, Nicholas Duplak, along with Deacon Paul Coleman from Deacon Kotch attended St. Basil’s tion on Saturday, October 27. The Rev. College Seminary in Stamford, Conn., Robert Batcho was the main celebrant, Louis Pizzutti, Paul Shashkin, Mr. Ss. Peter and Paul parish in Auburn. Also where he graduated in 1958 with his B.A. assisted by the Rev. Michael Bundz, pas- Fedoryk and Donna Bush. in attendance were the Deacon’s in philosophy and psychology. He also tor of St. Volodymyr Church in Utica, and The deacon was presented on both Canadian relatives and Bob and Pat minored in English and history, as well as the Rev. Roman Malyarchuk, St. John the days of his anniversary celebration with Hussar from Rochester. the Ukrainian, Latin and Greek lan- Baptist assistant pastor. Also participating the following: an apostolic blessing from Speakers for Sunday’s reception guages. Additionally, he served as editor were Deacons John Hobczuk from St. Benedict XVI; a patriarchal blessing included the Rev. Batcho, Mrs. Kotch, Dr. of St. Basil’s school newspaper, Zoria. Nicholas parish in Elmira Heights, N.Y., from ; a bless- John Hvozda, Mr. Duplak, Deborah, Bill Deacon Kotch completed his M.A. in Deacon Mike Evans from Ss. Peter and ing from Archbishop Pietro Sambi, and Sean Halligan, Bill Lischak, John American history, minoring in econom- Paul in Auburn, N.Y., and Deacon Ed Apostolic Nuncio; and episcopal bless- Gensler, the Rev. Malyarchuk and Mr. ics, at Sienna College in 1962, and his Galvin from St. John the Baptist. ings from Metropolitan-Archbishop Pizzutti. Ph.D. in history at the Ukrainian Free Also in attendance were the Rev. Stefan Soroka of Philadelphia, Bishop In his closing address for the 25th University in Munich, Germany, in 1975. Stepan Bilyk and family from New York, Paul P. Chomnycky, OSBM, of Stamford, anniversary celebration Deacon Kotch Deacon Kotch and Joyce Mazurek Deacon Tom Gutch and family from St. Conn., and Bishop Basil H. Losten, thanked to all who were and are a part of were married in 1962 at Ss. Peter and Nicholas parish in Watervliet, N.Y., as eparch emeritus of Stamford (the bishop his life. He spoke in fond memory of Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church in well as Brother Tom Zappo, principal, who ordained Deacon Kotch in 1982). Mitred Archpriest Msgr. Basil Cohoes. They have three married daugh- and Brother Gabriel Fiumano, FSC, both Episcopal greetings also were received Seredowych, to whom he referred as his ters: Deborah Halligan, Andrea LaGrow from CBA. from former classmate Bishop Richard “spiritual father,” as he was instrumental and Melanie VanSchaick, and 10 grand- Deacon Kotch’s relatives who came Stephen Seminack of St. Nicholas Eparchy in his becoming a deacon and continuing children: Kimberly and Sean Halligan, from out of town were Myron and in Chicago. The deacon also was presented his vocation. Thanksgiving was offered Mathew and Kristen Essig, Mathew, Roslynn Nazar from West Virginia, Dr. with an achievement award for his 25 for all of the blessings, congratulatory Jessica and Mitchell LaGrow, and Aidan, Michael Nazar from Rochester, N.Y., years of dedication and faithful service as a greetings and gifts. Deacon Kotch Siara and Nicholas VanSchaick. John Bachinsky from the Albany area and deacon in the Ukrainian Catholic Church thanked all of the clergy, family, volun- The Kotches celebrated 45 years of Canadian cousins Ray and Colleen from St. John the Baptist Ukrainian teer workers, parishioners, and friends marriage in June 2007. Shwetz and Bill Shwetz. Friends who Catholic Church’s Holy Name Society. who came and made this event one of the Deacon Kotch served at St. John the traveled a distance were Mr. and Mrs. On Sunday, October 28, the Rev. Vasyl most memorable in his life.

Order (3rd degree) was presented to Mr. Ukraine. Equity Group, which was founded in Washington, D.C., Williams, and the Princess Olha Order While serving in the Reagan adminis- 1991 by Michael Bleyzer and has over $1 (3rd degree) to Mrs. McConnell. tration, she served in a voluntary leader- billion under management in several pri- activists honored The order “For Distinguished Service” ship capacity in community efforts to vate equity investment funds and special U.S.-Ukraine Business Council is awarded for distinguished services in secure passage of legislation to establish purpose vehicles (SPV’s). the economic, science, social, cultural, the U.S. Commission on the Ukraine Mr. Williams is founder, publisher and WASHINGTON – Ukrainian military, state, civil and other sectors. Famine and to gain congressional recog- editor of the Action Ukraine Report President Viktor Yushchenko recently The 3rd degree is reserved specially for nition of the Chornobyl disaster; she was (AUR), an electronic news and informa- presented state awards to the president of decorating foreigners. national chair of the Government tion service that has been distributed the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council Mrs. McConnell is the founder and the Relations Committee of the Millennium worldwide for the past five years. (USUBC), Morgan Williams, and to the president of the U.S.-Ukraine of Christianity in Ukraine effort in the He is founder and trustee of the founder and president of the U.S.- Foundation. Through her vision and lead- United States. Holodomor Exhibition and Education Ukraine Foundation (USUF), Nadia ership the foundation established a pres- In 2005 Mrs. McConnell was named Collection composed of original artworks Komarnyckyj McConnell. USUF is a ence in Ukraine even before Ukrainian by President George W. Bush as part of by Ukrainian artists about the Soviet- member of the USUBC. independence. Today she directs the the U.S. delegation to attend the inaugu- induced starvation of 1932-1933 which Mr. Williams is director of govern- development and implementation of proj- ration of Ukraine’s President Viktor murdered millions of Ukrainians. He ment affairs, Washington office, for the ects, and represents the foundation in all Yushchenko. This is the second award SigmaBleyzer Emerging Markets Private related U.S.-Ukrainian affairs. she has received from a president of serves as a member of President Equity Group. Prior to establishing the foundation, Ukraine. Yushchenko’s Committee for the 75th President Yushchenko announced a she was the president of NKM Mr. Williams has worked in the field Commemoration of the Holodomor series of state awards on Ukrainian Associates, a government relations and of international economic and business 2007-2008 and as chairman of the Independence Day (August 24) to those public affairs firm. While in the private development for the past 26 years and Exhibition Committee of the Ukrainian who made a contribution to Ukraine’s sector Mrs. McConnell was involved in became involved with Ukraine in 1992 World Congress (UWC) International development. Mr. Yushchenko said the numerous activities related to Ukraine. when he began working on food system Holodomor Committee. Mr. Williams is awards were to those “who have served She established and chaired Ukraine development projects in Russia and trustee of the Dr. James Mace the Ukrainian state most loyally,” adding, 2000, a Washington-based organization Ukraine as CNFA Senior Advisor in Holodomor Memorial Fund administered “I thank them for their professional and that played an active role in educating the Washington. by the Ukrainian Federation of America creative efforts.” American administration and Congress For the past several years Mr. (UFA) and is an advisor to the board of In accordance with presidential decree regarding Ukraine and urged stronger Williams has been working for the directors of USUF. In 2000 he founded No. 739/2007, the Distinguished Service relations between the United States and SigmaBleyzer Emerging Markets Private the website www.ArtUkraine.com. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2007 No. 47 Ukrainian Canadian Congress Montreal branch holds annual meeting by Zorianna Hrycenko-Luhova al Independence Day banquet, with guest speaker Dr. Yurij Darewych of Toronto. MONTREAL – The annual general As a gesture of appreciation for his guest- meeting of the Ukrainian Canadian lecture, an art piece by award-winning Congress (UCC) Montreal branch took artist Volodymyr Zabejda was presented place on September 22 at St. Sophia to Prof. Darewych. church hall. Other events included the annual Prof. Yarema Kelebay was unanimous- Shevchenko concert in March, with guest ly re-elected to a third term as president, speaker Andrew Hladyshevsky, president with an executive board of 36 members of the Shevchenko Foundation, followed responsible for specific aspects of the by a meeting with the UCC national exec- annual UCC program. Dr. Kelebay, a pro- utive members from across Canada; sup- fessor at McGill University, also serves port for the Montreal-Kyiv student- on the Ukrainian Canadian Congress teacher exchange between Royal West Prof. Yarema Kelebay (front center), president, with members of the UCC national board of directors and is board Academy and the Kyiv Mohyla Montreal executive. member of the Taras Shevchenko Collegium, the first such major exchange Foundation. in the province of Quebec; work with highly successful Montreal premiere of reception was organized by the Ukrainian UCC Montreal is composed of 36 James Slobodian and the Spirit Lake the documentary film “Bereza Kartuzka.” women’s organization “Donky Ukrainy” member-organizations and has recently Internment Corp. in Amos, Quebec, and The most recent event sponsored by (Daughters of Ukraine) of St. Sophia developed close contacts with the their efforts to establish the Spirit Lake UCC was the historic visit to Montreal on Cathedral that evening. Also present was Ukrainian community living in northern internment site as a provincial historic September 18 of Metropolitan Irena Washchuk of Toronto, the coordina- Quebec. Quarterly delegates’ meetings are and educational site; the annual com- Archbishop Adrian of Dnipropetrovsk, tor of Metropolitan Adrian’s visit across held at different community-owned cultur- memoration of the 1933 Famine- Canada to various centers. speaking on the present state of the al centers and parish halls in Montreal. Genocide with guest lecturer Nigel Upcoming events for the newly elected In his annual president’s report Prof. Colley of Great Britain speaking about Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv UCC Montreal executive for 2007-2008 Kelebay reported on such cultural and the Welsh journalist Gareth Jones held at Partiarchate. Over 100 attended the pres- include participation on September 29 educational projects organized by UCC the McGill Faculty Club and the entation, with an informative question inthe unveiling of an internment plaque at Montreal throughout the year as the annu- Ukrainian Youth Center; and, finally, the and answer period following. A welcome the YMCA Montreal branch, in recogni- tion for the assistance given by the YMCA to the Ukrainian internees during Canada’s first internment operations; and the organization of a one-day seminar and roundtable discussion later in the fall dedicated “to rethinking the Ukrainian community in Montreal.” This roundtable discussion will be coordinated by UCC executive member Prof. Roman Serbyn, with the participation of members of Montreal Ukrainian organizations. On October 19-21 Montreal UCC del- egates participated in the triennial nation- al Ukrainian Canadian Congress held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with delegates from across Canada. For further information regarding the UCC Montreal branch and its upcoming events, readers may contact Prof. Kelebay, 514-488-3989; Marika Putko, first vice-president, 514-725-0812; or Bohdanna Hawlyliuk, cultural program chairperson, 514-259-7162.

Canada’s UNO... (Continued from page 7) Most of the UNO pioneers are no longer with us, but today UNO is making a dramatic comeback under younger leadership committed to continuing and building on the traditions of the past. So what’s the secret? Why is it that UNO and its affiliates have survived while many other Ukrainian Canadian organizations have withered and died? I believe it boils down to two words: vision and perseverance. UNO’s founders were loyal Canadians who saw no conflict between their love of Canada and their love of Ukraine. They were willing to do everything in their power, fight every adversary, overcome every obstacle to bring their vision to fruition. And they succeeded. They triumphed! Mnohaya Lita to a magnificent dream come true!

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Is big brother... (Continued from page 2) the award. The medal which Hitler Cabinet to withdraw resolution No. 1169 Ukrainians’ skepticism... Inaccurate information issued in person was the Knight’s Cross as soon as possible. The association’s (Continued from page 6) with Diamonds. Very few of these were chairwoman, Tetiana Popova, said the in Shukhevych article issued and the book which I have on the servative theoreticians. A farm worker’s resolution violated the Constitution and military men who won this medal does life is better in Europe; for instance, in Dear Editor: the principle of supremacy of law. The Germany with its strong family farm tra- not include Gen. Shukhevych. Yurii Here, in the Kuwait-Iraq Theater, I association has sent letters to the Justice dition. Lopatynskyi never “led an SS division in received the August 26 issue of The Ministry, the Procurator General’s Office, Worldwide, large assets tend to be Vinnytsia.” In World War II, no Ukrainian Weekly and want to express the Supreme Court and President Viktor accumulated in very few hands. Here are Ukrainian ever commanded any kind of some views on the article about Gen. SS Police unit, or any kind of division Yushchenko, urging them to intervene. some statistics. One-half of all the assets Roman Shukhevych written by Zenon Ekonomichna Pravda quoted on this planet is owned by 2 percent of the whether it be a Waffen SS, Wehrmacht, Zawada. Luftwaffe or Army Field Security. As for Sviatoslav Oliynyk, who chaired the out- world’s population. The lower one-half of It is very good that my attorney friend, going Parliament’s subcommittee for the world’s population owns only 1 per- Lopatynskyi, I believe he served in the Askold Lozynskyj, is suing Ukraine’s UPA. As for the Iron Cross and the monitoring law-enforcement bodies, as cent of the world’s assets (per the Communist Party over its defamation of saying that Resolution No. 1169 is legal- Financial Times, December 6, 2006). It’s Knight’s Cross, foreign soldiers could Gen. Shukhevych of the Ukrainian ly nonsensical, as it grants the secret nice to be in the top 2 percent, unless you receive these awards as well. A number Insurgent Army (UPA). And clearly, Mr. services greater access to private infor- are overly concerned about all those of Ukrainian soldiers serving in the 14th Zawada’s story reveals Soviet-era influ- mation than the Constitution permits. He slackers. Guess where most Ukrainian Waffen SS Galicia Division, for exam- ences. But most importantly, he made also noted that the resolution does not peasants would fit after a perky land grab. ple, did receive Iron Crosses. And on some serious mistakes which must be clearly specify which state bodies are Recently, Ukraine’s land issues were September 26, 1944, 33 Ukrainian corrected. entitled to obtain such information, so in described for me by a 27-year-old gradu- Galicia Division soldiers received the The unit known as the Nachtigall theory any official could try to get it. ate of Kyiv’s Agricultural University, with Distinguished War Service Cross, 2nd Battalion in which Shukhevych briefly Volodymyr Yavorskyi, executive a degree in international business. For served was never a “Ukrainian auxiliary Class. In itself, this award was a higher director of the Ukrainian Helsinki several years now she has worked as man- police” battalion. Raised in late 1939, the cross of valor. Human Rights Union, noted that citizens ager of a large food-producing farm Nachtigall unit was strictly a combat One of the most intriguing recipients owned by a French consortium on leased infantry battalion. Initially Gen. of the Iron Cross was Sven Hassel. A may not appeal against Resolution No. land in the Dnipropetrovsk area. The main Shukhevych served as a company com- Danish communist arrested and impris- 1169 in court. This is because only the reason Ukrainian peasants don’t start their mander in Nachtigall, but just before oned in Germany, Hassel was placed into Constitutional Court is entitled to rule on own farms (aside from small vegetable Operation Barbarossa (Hitler’s attack on the 27th Mechanized Penal Battalion. Cabinet resolutions and laymen cannot gardens) is the lack of initial capital. the Soviet Union in June 1941) he was The entire unit was composed of appeal to that court. He said the Helsinki Banks in Ukraine don’t readily lend appointed as its commander. Protesting Communists, criminals, murderers, drug Union would ask President Yushchenko money to “small fry.” Land cannot be Nazi Germany’s harsh policies toward dealers, homosexuals, sex offenders, to suspend the resolution and to file an offered as collateral. Hence, land reform Ukraine, the unit’s personnel began to gangsters – as Hassel wrote, “the scum appeal with the Constitutional Court. without a “banking revolution” and a host revolt and desert. Amongst them was of the earth.” Each and every one hated Mr. Yavorskyi noted, however, that of other issues to be resolved – including Gen. Shukhevych. Relieved of command Hitler. Yet, they fought for him like lions resolution No. 1169 is nothing new as far massive tax dodging by big and small by German authorities and arrested, Gen. on the Russian front. Hassel survived the as the Internet is concerned. The resolu- business – is a dead duck. Shukhevych fled and entered the war. His book “Wheels of Terror!” is a tion apparently only restored powers to The existing system is actually not all Ukrainian underground. In October monumental work and the book has gone special services that they had had until bad. People can get income by leasing 1942, the various Ukrainian guerrilla through numerous publications. But at 2006, when the Justice Ministry can- their land to entrepreneurs, and also can bands were merged into one army – the least Hassel, unlike Petro Symonenko celled the Communications Committee’s work there for pay. This becomes similar UPA. Shortly after, Shukhevych was and all of those other Ukrainian special order under which communica- to profit-sharing. In contrast, the bulk of appointed the commander of this anti- Communists who never helped anyone tion operators had been obliged to give Ukraine’s big-time industrial enterprises Nazi and anti-Soviet guerrilla army. and always lived high lifestyles on the confidential information about clients to have slipped away from ethnic Ukrainian As for Hitler, he rarely issued an iron suffering of their fellow countrymen, special services. hands. This is not surprising. Unfettered cross to a military man, as Soviet sources donated all of his money to charitable Human rights expert Viktor Chevhuz capitalism is usually at loggerheads with allege. By and large, iron crosses were organizations and the environment. told Segodnya that the real novelty is the national interest in any country. personally issued from the battalion to that the special services are now allowed divisional level by its commanders or, Lt. Col. Michael O. Logusz to secretly enter private premises. “In the Boris Danik these commanders designated their pla- U.S. Army past, the law on search and data collec- North Caldwell, N.J. toon and company commanders to issue Camp Arifjan, Kuwait tion did not allow operatives to secretly enter living premises or offices. Now they [have] obtained this right,” said Mr. Chevhuz. The Helsinki Union told Ukrayinska Pravda that about 40,000 writs to access private information was issued in Ukraine in 2004 alone, compared with some 3,000 such writs issued in the United States that year. Ukrayinska Pravda suggested that such a dispropor- tionate number of permissions were issued in Ukraine not to catch potential terrorists or watch opposition politicians, but rather to spy on business rivals. “The state here needs the special serv- ices not to execute control over citizens, but first of all to help the feudal-industri- al clans fight each other,” Ukrayinska Pravda summed up. Acting Internal Affairs Minister Mykhailo Kornienko, however, thinks that Resolution No. 1169 is nothing spe- cial. He told Segodnya that the resolution only systematized the procedures that existed before. “We [the police], the SBU, the Border Service and other agen- cies involved in investigation each had our own internal instructions on this. The Cabinet resolution established a common procedure,” he said. “It is not aimed at eavesdropping on everybody or total spying. It is stupid and provocative to claim that!” he declared.

Sources: Korrespondent.net, October 26; Ekonomichna Pravda, October 31; Ukrayinska Pravda, Segodnya, November 2; Zerkalo Nedeli, November 3. No. 47 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2007 23 OUT AND ABOUT

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