www.ukrweekly.com

INSIDE:• Ukrainian ambassador’s “Cities of Friendship” initiative — page 6. • Sale of steel mill complicates Ukraine-Poland relations — page 8. • Soyuzivka 2004 offers new activities for all ages — page 13.

Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXII HE KRAINIANNo. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine UkrainianT authoritiesU raid offices, Cardinal HusarW responds to discussions seize transmitters of RFE/RL affiliate about Ukrainian Catholic Patriarchate Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Deutsche Welle on 100.9 FM, added two by Roman Woronowycz the Catholic Church into Ukraine, hours of RFE/RL Ukrainian Service pro- Kyiv Press Bureau Kazakstan and Russia in general, and the PRAGUE – Ukrainian authorities on gramming to its schedule on February 27. move of the UGCC into “canonical terri- March 3 raided the offices of RFE/RL’s This latest act again eliminates RFE/RL’s KYIV – Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, tories” of the Orthodox Church in eastern affiliate partner in Kyiv, Radio Ukrainian Service from the FM airwaves head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Ukraine in particular, as well as the Kontynent, confiscating the FM broad- in the Ukrainian capital. Church (UGCC), on March 2 criticized a looming specter of a UGCC Patriarchate Moscow meeting between the Russian caster’s transmission equipment, sealing RFE/RL Ukrainian programs were could end the Orthodox-Catholic ecu- Orthodox Churches and the Vatican that the office and detaining three people, abruptly taken off the air on February 17 menical dialogue. discussed the legitimacy of granting including the station’s chief engineer. in Kyiv and cities across Ukraine, as the The BBC Monitoring Service noted patriarchal status to the Ukrainian The seizure was carried out on the basis Ukrainian FM Radio Dovira network car- that during Cardinal Kasper’s meeting ried out its threat to end its five-year Church and the stand the Russian with ROC Patriarchate Aleksei II, the of an order issued to local law enforcement Orthodox had taken. officials by the Ukrainian State Center of affiliate relationship with RFE/RL. At the Vatican representative agreed that a time, Mr. Dine called the Dovira move “a “Many Greek-Catholics have been UGCC Patriarchate would not be created. Radio Frequencies (in Ukrainian, troubled and, to some extent, indignant at “Ukrchastnotnaglyad”). The three detained deeply disturbing political development UGCC Cardinal Husar noted in his and serious setback to freedom of expres- the fact that a matter of the internal statement that the meeting in Moscow in individuals were later released. development of our Church was dis- RFE/RL President Thomas A. Dine sion in Ukraine.” February was the culmination of a series In light of the events of March 3, sen- cussed not in Kyiv, Lviv or Rome, but in of efforts by the ROC to get the Vatican condemned the attack on Radio Moscow, and, most importantly, without Kontynent, saying: “We at Radio Free ior officials at RFE/RL are expressing to stop what had begun to look to it like serious concerns about the evolving pat- our participation,” explained Cardinal the inevitability of a UGCC Patriarchate, Europe/Radio Liberty are angry and out- Husar in a letter to UGCC faithful. raged by this blatant act in suppressing tern of pressure applied by Ukrainian after Cardinal Kasper first “presented the The statement came in response to a case” to the ROC in 2003. factual news and information from a authorities on independent media and freedom of speech as such. Many growing inter-confessional fray over an “It was a delicate gesture on the part variety of high-quality journalists. effort by the Russian Orthodox Church in RFE/RL affiliates have expressed concern of the pope, as [Cardinal Kasper] men- Ukraine’s name and its people are badly Moscow in cooperation with the that the penalty for carrying Ukrainian tioned the possible recognition of the damaged; the first freedom – free expres- Ecumenical See in Constantinople head- Service programs on their airwaves may Patriarchate of the UGCC in advance,” sion – is harmed. In fact, after what hap- ed by Patriarch Bartholomew to force be to share the fate of Radio Kontynent. explained the UGCC leader in his state- pened today to Radio Kontynent, one can Rome to halt the development of the Mr. Dine also expressed remorse on ment. Cardinal Husar charged that the reasonably ask, ‘Who’s next?’” UGCC in Ukraine. learning of the death of Heorhii Chechyk, reaction from Moscow and Kontynent, which also broadcasts pro- The matter came to a head when Constantinople since that meeting had grams by Voice of America, BBC and (Continued on page 15) Roman Catholic Cardinal Walter Kasper, been unacceptable. president of the Pontifical Council for “It is enough to mention the statement Promoting Christian Unity, traveled to that the Roman Catholic Church should National deputy releases documents Moscow and met with ROC leaders on ‘gradually reduce the presence’ of our February 19. His trip came after a letter- Church,” stated the leader of 6 million writing campaign initiated from Moscow UGCC faithful worldwide. on intelligence agency’s spying abroad and Constantinople resulted in 11 The UGCC has sought recognition as Orthodox Churches writing the Vatican a Patriarchate at various moments in its by Roman Woronowycz senior liaison officer between the to demand a halt to an effort to develop a history since it broke with the Ukrainian Kyiv Press Bureau Ukrainian and German intelligence serv- Patriarchate for the UGCC. Orthodox Church in 1596 and united ices at the Ukrainian Embassy in Berlin, In Moscow, the ROC representatives KYIV – National Deputy Mykola showed up unexpectedly at Deutsche told Cardinal Kasper that the spread of (Continued on page 8) Tomenko made public on March 3 Welle, German public radio, and abridged versions of allegedly secret doc- announced in an interview that he had uments that ex-Security Service of secret documents in his possession prov- Ukraine (SBU) Gen. Valerii Kravchenko ing that officials in Kyiv had ordered Statement by Synod of Bishops claimed last month prove the Ukrainian SBU intelligence officers to track the intelligence agency illegally spied on movements and contacts of Ukrainian on Vatican envoy’s visit to Moscow opposition political leaders and high- government and political leaders travel- ranking government officials. It included ing abroad. Below is the full text of the address indignant at the fact that a matter of instructions to use the Ukrainian diaspora Procurator General Vasyliev suggested of the Synod of Bishops of the Kyiv- to get a feel for how certain events occur- the internal development of our that Gen. Kravchenko, who claims he Halych Metropolitanate to the clergy, Church was discussed not in Kyiv, ring in Ukraine are viewed abroad. broke no Ukrainian laws, return to “Gen. Kravchenko and I think that monks and faithful of the Ukrainian Lviv or Rome, but in Moscow, and, Ukraine to defend himself against possi- Greek-Catholic Church concerning the most importantly, without our partici- these directives have the markings of ble charges. Gen. Kravchenko is current- criminal offenses, but [President Leonid] visit of Cardinal Walter Kasper to pation. We would like to say a few ly in hiding in Germany. He told Mr. Moscow. The statement is dated March words in this regard, thereby answer- Kuchma and [Procurator General Tomenko in Berlin that he would request 1 and was released in English transla- ing numerous inquiries from our faith- Hennadii] Vasyliev do not. Let the people political asylum in Germany if Ukrainian tion on March 3. ful. decide who has a point,” Mr. Tomenko prosecutors decided not to investigate his said in explaining why he was making Firstly, we would like to stress that allegation. Beloved in Christ! the information public. Mr. Vasyliev warned National Deputy we should keep our hearts and minds in The recent visit of Cardinal Walter The day before, Mr. Vasyliev said the Tomenko that he, too, could face charges prudent and wise disposition in any cir- Kasper to Moscow to consider, among contents of the documents – the originals of revealing state secrets if he made the cumstances. Our conclusions should be other things, the affairs of our Church, of which Mr. Tomenko had turned over documents available to the press. But Mr. based on thorough and unbiased analy- especially the recognition of the to his office – did not substantiate the Tomenko told journalists that experts of sis of the real facts. Our proposals to charges made by General Kravchenko. the parliamentary Committee on Free Patriarchate of the UGCC, has become interested parties should contain not Mr. Vasyliev added, however, that the Speech that he chairs had agreed that no the subject of discussion not only in only fair criticism but also a positive matter of the general’s culpability in state secrets were being revealed. our country but also throughout the vision of the ways out of the very com- revealing the contents of secret state doc- The Ukrainian lawmaker traveled to world. Many Greek-Catholics have uments was still under investigation. been troubled and, to some extent, (Continued on page 8) On February 18 General Kravchenko, (Continued on page 20) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 No. 10

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFS Rada approves 12 new members NEWSBRIEFS Kravchenko’s charges dismissed by a private radio station after it demand- ed format changes, a move that led to of Central Election Commission KYIV – Procurator General Hennadii claims of an official campaign to keep the Vasyliev told journalists in Kyiv on March by Jan Maksymiuk On February 19, the 15 CEC members Prague-based station off the air. Another 2 that his office will not open a criminal private station, Radio Kontynent, began RFE/RL Belarus and Ukraine Report unanimously elected lawmaker Serhiy case in connection with documents recent- Kivalov as CEC chairman. According to broadcasting Radio Liberty on February The Verkhovna Rada on February 17 ly submitted by a former intelligence offi- 28 on FM. The station called the action a some Ukrainian media, Mr. Kivalov, 49, cer posted at the Ukrainian Embassy in and 19 approved 12 new members of the “gross violation of citizens’ constitutional is a very colorful person. Last week, Mr. Berlin, Ukrainian news agencies reported. Central Election Commission (CEC), rights to information.” Serhii Sholokh, Kivalov gave up his parliamentary man- Gen. Valerii Kravchenko claimed last thus bringing it to its full strength of 15 Kontynent’s general director, claimed he date to be able to serve on the commis- month that the Security Service of people. The CEC reportedly comprises had received death threats from political sion. However, before that he was a law- Ukraine (SBU) has been illegally ordering forces calling on the station not to trans- 11 members delegated by pro-govern- maker and simultaneously chaired the its operatives abroad to spy on Ukrainian mit Radio Liberty programs. The head of ment forces, two by the Communist High Council of Justice (a body distrib- opposition lawmakers and Cabinet mem- information policy for the presidential Party, and one each by the Socialist Party uting jobs among Ukrainian judges) and bers. Our Ukraine lawmaker Mykola administration, Serhii Vasyliev, dismissed and Our Ukraine. presided over the Odesa National Law Tomenko met with Gen. Kravchenko in Kontynent’s claims: “cheap PR ... What’s “I’m very disturbed by the fact that Academy. He managed to persuade his Berlin last week and subsequently passed we are now witnessing [an unabashed colleagues in the Verkhovna Rada that he to the Procurator General’s Office the being interrupted? The same information attempt] to fill the CEC with representa- did not violate the law on the status of SBU instructions that purportedly corrob- is available on other media.” Alexander tives of different political forces,” politi- deputies by holding several positions orate Gen. Kravchenko’s charges. Mr. Narodetsky, director of Radio Liberty’s cal analyst Andriy Yermolayev told the because, he argued, he worked in the Vasyliev said there were no grounds to Ukrainian Service said that authorities Kandydat website (http://www.kandy- High Council of Justice and the Odesa open a probe since the documents provide have threatened his affiliates over putting dat.com.ua). “By virtue of this, it is National Law Academy on a non- no evidence that the law was broken. At the station on the air. (Associated Press) being involuntarily admitted that each salaried basis. the same time, Mr. Vasyliev warned Mr. Kuchma vetoes bill of tax amendments member of the newly formed CEC has Mr. Kivalov first made his mark in the Tomenko against making the content of some extra task [in the commission], that Verkhovna Rada in early 2003, when he Gen. Kravchenko’s documents public, KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma on is, he or she wants to advance the inter- proposed a bill on tax amnesty for the saying the lawmaker could thus face crim- March 1 vetoed a bill of amendments to ests of his or her party [there].” Ukrainian president. He proposed that inal responsibility for revealing state “nearly all tax laws,” claiming that it is a Anatolii Hrytsenko, head of the Kyiv- the president of Ukraine be given “the secrets. (RFE/RL Newsline) “classical example of legal ignorance in based Razumkov Center think-tank, said tax legislation,” Interfax reported. In par- right to tax amnesty that will result in Tomenko publicizes “secret” documents he sees another risk in such a composi- freeing the taxpayer from financial, ticular, the bill, which was passed by the tion of the CEC: “The presence of people administrative and criminal responsibili- KYIV – National Deputy Mykola Verkhovna Rada on February 5, provided [delegated by the Socialist Party and Our ty for evading the payment of taxes and Tomenko did not heed Procurator General for levying value-added taxes (VAT) on Ukraine] in the CEC may be seen as a failing to declare incomes and hard-cur- Hennadii Vasyliev’s warning on March 2 the sale of medicines and medical equip- small victory [of the opposition], but on rency funds [as well as] movable and and made the content of Gen. Valerii ment, periodicals and newspapers, books the other hand, it is only a shield [for the immovable property located both in Kravchenko’s documents known to jour- (except for those published in the authorities], since two persons will in no Ukraine and outside its borders.” The nalists on March 3, the Ukrainska Pravda Ukrainian language) and housing. “VAT significant way influence the activities of Ukrainian Parliament has declined to website reported. Mr. Tomenko distrib- is the only tax we have no progress on,” the CEC. And, at the same time, the schedule this bill for a reading. uted among journalists the alleged texts Mr. Kuchma said at a government meet- opposition now cannot appeal to certain Mr. Kivalov was also behind the draft- of four confidential instructions in which ing during which he criticized the bill. international organizations with com- ing of an expert opinion by the Odesa the SBU headquarters in Kyiv orders “VAT has lost its budget-filling capacity.” plaints that its opinion is not taken into National Law Academy last year which Gen. Kravchenko to prevent potentially The bill was supported by the Cabinet of account. Formally, it is. But the current claimed that President Kuchma is formally compromising material from being shown Ministers but opposed by the State Tax authorities control a majority of votes in serving his first presidential term and may on a German television channel; spy on Administration. (RFE/RL Newsline) the CEC and the commission as a visiting Ukrainian officials in Germany; run for the presidency in 2004. One of Mr. OSCE to monitor presidential election whole.” Kivalov’s scientific papers is devoted to gather comprehensive information on a Kyiv conference that was being organized Jan Maksymiuk is the Belarus and President Kuchma’s intellect and reported- KYIV – Organization for Security and ly bears the title “The Thinking of by the European Union and Ukrainian Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ukraine specialist at Radio Free opposition; spy on all Ukrainian delega- Europe/Radio Liberty. Specialists in Public Law is Enriched by Secretary-General Jan Kubis told jour- Contacts with Leonid Kuchma.” tions visiting Germany; and gather “pre- nalists in Kyiv on March 2 that the emptive” information among the OSCE will conduct long-term monitor- Ukrainian diaspora. “Restricted-access ing of the upcoming presidential election information may be disseminated without campaign in Ukraine, Interfax reported. U.S. Trade and Development Agency the authorization of its owner if it is pub- Mr. Kubis’s comments came after his licly significant, if the right of the public meeting with Ukraine’s Vice Minister for to know this information surpasses the Foreign Affairs Oleh Shamshur. Mr. awards $300,000 grant to Yalta right of its owner to its protection,” Mr. Kubis added that OSCE observers will KYIV – The U.S. Trade and The USTDA’s strategic use of foreign Tomenko said, citing Ukraine’s law on be in Ukraine “many months” prior to Development Agency (USTDA) awarded assistance funds to support sound invest- information. (RFE/RL Newsline) the election date. (RFE/RL Newsline) a $300,000 grant to the city of Yalta to ment policy and decision-making in host fund a feasibility study on the develop- countries creates an enabling environ- Radio Liberty broadcasts jammed Kuchma orders probe into alleged plot ment of a modern municipal solid waste ment for trade, investment and sustain- KYIV – Broadcasts of Radio Liberty management system for the city and sur- able economic development. KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma told were jammed in Kyiv on March 1 and 2, journalists on February 25 that an investi- rounding area. The grant was to be con- In carrying out its mission, the the private station sending the programs gation has been launched after the detec- ferred at a signing ceremony on March 4 USTDA gives emphasis to economic sec- said. FM rebroadcasts of shortwave Radio at the Hotel Oreanda in Yalta. tors that may benefit from U.S. exports Liberty had been canceled two weeks ago (Continued on page 11) The USTDA-funded study will inves- of goods and services. Since 1992, the tigate the best available options to USTDA has allocated nearly $10 million replace the old dry-tomb landfill with an to Ukraine, of which almost $9 million FOUNDED 1933 integrated waste management system that were in grants for feasibility studies. includes waste minimization, recycling U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John HE KRAINIAN EEKLY and waste-to-energy conversion. The Herbst and Yalta City Mayor Serhii TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., study will also explore the best available Braiko were to sign the grant agreement a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. remediation method to reclaim the old on behalf of the U.S. and Ukrainian gov- Yearly subscription rate: $55; for UNA members — $45. waste disposal site. The study will be car- ernments. Also scheduled to be present at Periodicals postage paid at Parsippany, NJ 07054 and additional mailing offices. ried out on behalf of the Yalta City (ISSN — 0273-9348) Council by EMCON/OWT Inc. of the signing ceremony will be Crimean Mahwah, N.J., a subsidiary of the Shaw Prime Minister Serhii Kunitsyn, Rada Speaker Borys Deich, Presidential The Weekly: UNA: Group, Inc., in collaboration with T3MA Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 644-9510 Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 292-0900 Group Inc., of Warrenton, Va. Representative Oleksander Didenko, The U.S. Trade and Development USTDA Regional Director Daniel Stein, Postmaster, send address changes to: Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz Agency advances economic development the U.S. Department of Commerce The Ukrainian Weekly Editors: and U.S. commercial interests in devel- Embassy Kyiv Office, and other officials 2200 Route 10 Roman Woronowycz (Kyiv) oping and middle-income countries. The from Ukrainian state and Crimean P.O. Box 280 Andrew Nynka agency funds various forms of technical regional governments. Parsippany, NJ 07054 Ika Koznarska Casanova (part time) assistance, feasibility studies, training, Before the signing ceremony, orientation visits and business workshops Ambassador Herbst was to call on Prime The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com that support the development of a mod- Minister Kunitsyn, Rada Speaker Deich, The Ukrainian Weekly, March 7, 2004, No. 10, Vol. LXXII ern infrastructure and a fair and open and Presidential Representative Didenko Copyright © 2004 The Ukrainian Weekly trading environment. in Simferopol. No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 3

Ukraine’s recently established Council FOR THE RECORD: U.S. statement of Christian Churches discusses its mission on Ukraine’s removal from FATF list Religious Information Service of Ukraine Churches of the Evangelical Christian The statement below was released in the U.S. Treasury Department has provided Faith – Pentecostals, the Ukrainian Kyiv by the Embassy of the United States technical support to the FMD. We encour- KYIV – The recently formed Council Christian Evangelical Church, and the on March 1. age the FMD to continue to build its capaci- of Representatives of Christian Churches Brotherhood of Independent Churches ty, and we look forward to continuing our of Ukraine (CRCCU) held a meeting in and Missions of Evangelical Christian The February 27 decision by the cooperation. Kyiv on February 3, with delegates from Baptists. Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to We would also like to take this opportu- Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant The participants discussed a draft of remove Ukraine from its list of Non- nity to stress that the FATF and Ukraine’s denominations taking part. Among other the founding statutes of the council, the Cooperative Territories and Countries partners will continue to monitor Ukraine’s topics, the representatives discussed the situation regarding legislative initiatives (NCTC) is a tribute to the hard work of the efforts against money laundering. Though social ministry of the Christian Churches on religious and moral matters, and some staff of the State Financial Monitoring we are always prepared to help, successful of Ukraine. aspects of the churches social ministry. Department (FMD), the National Bank of enforcement and prosecution will ultimately The meeting of the council was According to Father Oleksa Petriv, Ukraine and all the other agencies that have depend on decisions and policies adopted attended by representatives of the advisor for the UGCC on relations with helped to establish and implement anti- by Ukrainians. We strongly encourage all Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv administrative bodies and a participant at money laundering policy in Ukraine. Ukrainian agencies involved in fighting Patriarchate, the Ukrainian Greek- the meeting, such a council needed to be The United States Embassy will continue money laundering to build on the accom- Catholic Church, the Roman Catholic created so that the initiative for dis- to support Ukraine’s efforts to strengthen plishments that FATF has cited. Most Church, the All-Ukraine Union of cussing various social problems would enforcement and investigation in this area. importantly, we would stress the importance not only start with the government, but Since last June, when Ukraine’s Anti- of not taking actions that could reverse this with the Churches. Money Laundering Law entered into force, very significant accomplishment. Father Petriv explained that the coun- cil is not an alternative to the All- In Riga, McCain Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations, which has a Quotable notes focuses comments wider range of activity, inasmuch as it “We have to get ready for a real war, and that is what I always tell Viktor has members not only from Christian Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine and Oleksander Moroz’s Socialist Party. We have to on Belarus, Ukraine groups, but from all religions in Ukraine. prepare an extraordinary strategy of victory in the presidential election without WASHINGTON – Sen. John McCain The CRCCU, however, has representa- expecting that this [presidential] team, which controls practically all spheres of (R-Ariz.), speaking at a conference on tives only of Christian churches. our life, will act in accordance with laws. This recent act against Radio Liberty “The Future of Democracy Beyond the Father Petriv noted that the council [the halting of FM retransmission of RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service programming Baltics,” in Riga, Latvia, on February 6, meets monthly, in accordance with its in Ukraine] has just signaled that they will fight to remain in power at any price.” focused his remarks on Belarus and founding declaration, signed by the made several references to Ukraine. superiors of the Christian Churches of – Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of the eponymous opposition bloc, in an interview According to ARTUIS, the U.S. dele- Ukraine on December 2, 2003. Each with RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service on February 13, as cited by RFE/RL Belarus gation – which included Sens. Jon Kyl Church sends one delegate to the confer- and Ukraine Report. (R-Ariz.), Bob Graham (D-Fla.), Kay ence. The declaration provides for the “The crisis caused by the killing of journalist Heorhii Gongadze and by the disclo- Bailey Hutchinson (R-Tex.) and Chuck participation of founding members of Hagel (R-Neb.) and Reps. Jim Kolbe (R- sure of Major [Mykola] Melnychenko’s tapes that link [President Leonid] Kuchma to the council and other religious organiza- this case has demonstrated that the president plays a key role in the Ukrainian politi- Ariz.) and Jane Harmon (D-Calif.) – met tions. with two members of the Verkhovna cal system. His fate, his striving to guarantee personal security for himself have “The main purpose of the council is become the most important matters for the state, pushing aside social needs, econom- Rada, Borys Tarasyuk of the Our consolidation of the efforts of Christians Ukraine coalition and Oleg Bilarus of ic development and the strengthening of Ukraine’s international position. The entire to solve burning issues of social life. The state has de facto become a hostage to one person – Leonid Kuchma.” Batkivschyna, to obtain a first-hand process of the final working out of the account of the attempts at constitutional statutes of the council, which will be – Our Ukraine leader Viktor Yushchenko in the article “Ukraine’s Choice” reform in Ukraine and preparations for approved by the heads of the various published in the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza on February 11, as cited by the October presidential election. Christian Churches, is currently under RFE/RL Belarus and Ukraine Report. Following are excerpts of Sen. way,” said Father Petriv. McCain’s speech at the conference, which was sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia. * * * U.S. visa appointment system goes all electronic “... I am honored to be in the company Embassy of the United States applicants to schedule appointments at a date that meets the needs of the appli- of heroes who serve and sacrifice under date and time convenient for them. cant. the most trying conditions for the cause KYIV – An important change in Currently, when using the postal system, Access to the Internet is available at of a free, democratic and sovereign scheduling interviews for U.S. non- consular staff must schedule appoint- Internet cafés, libraries, post offices and Belarus. I am also pleased to be joined immigrant visas begins next month. ments at least three weeks in advance. many other places throughout Ukraine. by leaders of the democratic opposition Starting March 15, the Consular Section This time delay allows for the response The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. in Ukraine, who bravely struggle for of the U.S. Embassy will accept requests letter to reach the applicants within Embassy has opened 71 Internet centers your people’s basic rights to freely for non-immigrant visa interviews only enough time for them to plan a trip to in public libraries throughout Ukraine choose their leaders, and for a country through the online appointment request the Consular Section for the interview. as part of the Library Electronic Access where rights are protected by law. ... system or e-mail. This means that writ- With the new system applicants will Project (LEAP). These U.S.-govern- “I’d like to say to our Ukrainian friends ten requests for appointments will no have greater flexibility in choosing an ment-funded centers offer free Internet that your people’s freedom is as important longer be accepted after March 15. interview date among those available. access to the public. A list of the to the West as that of your Belarusian “The advantages of such a system for To request an interview for a non- Centers’ locations is available on the neighbors. In Ukraine, the United States non-immigrant visa applicants are sig- immigrant visa, applicants or their repre- Embassy’s website at http://usem- and Europe should work assertively for nificant,” said Consul Gen. MaryKay sentatives should complete the online bassy.kiev.ua/irc_leap_eng.html. free and fair elections this fall. We should Carlson. “Not only will applicants be appointment request form at http://usem- The U.S. government-funded pledge at NATO’s Istanbul summit that able to schedule interviews sooner, but bassy.kiev.ua/visa_appointment_eng.htm Internet Access and Training Program Ukraine will be welcomed into Euro- also the security and reliability of the e- l or send an e-mail message to also maintains 25 free Internet access Atlantic institutions as soon as it meets mail systems guarantee timely notifica- [email protected]. Applicants may centers around Ukraine. Their locations basic standards of democracy. tion of appointments.” choose to have a relative or friend sub- can be found at http://iatp.org.ua. “Ukraine may be one election away Over the past year, 70 percent of all mit an appointment request on their The Consular Section is open via from a new democratic, pro-Western ori- requests received by the Consular behalf who then can notify the applicant appointment for non-immigrant visa entation that would be consequential for Section of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, of the date and time of the interview. interviews Monday through Thursday your people as it would be for the wider Ukraine, for non-immigrant visa inter- The non-immigrant visa interview from 8:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The trans-Atlantic community. views have been made through the will be scheduled for the first available Consular Section is closed on all “But neither the Ukrainian people nor online system or e-mail. “The use of date or for any other available date the Ukrainian and U.S. holidays, and the its Atlantic allies can accept the manipula- electronic communication decreases the applicant requests that is available. last working day of each month. tion of the Ukrainian constitution to extend time it takes to respond to requests and Applicants can expect to be notified of Please note that this appointment policy one man’s term in office, or to change the improves the quality and efficiency of their interview date and time within two is only for non-immigrant visas. For terms by which elections are held on the our services,” said Consul Gen. Carlson. business days. Due to the limited num- appointments or information regarding eve of the presidential campaign. “With the wide availability of e-mail ber of interview appointments available immigrant visas for fiancees, spouses or “As the Council of Europe has stated, and with so many people using it effec- on any given day, the Consular Section other types of immigrant visas, interested such behavior is inconsistent with the tively, we need to update our systems may not be able to honor a specific persons should contact the Embassy’s democratic values of the West and will and bring the advantages of the informa- request, particularly during peak sea- Immigrant Visa unit at [email protected]. exclude Ukraine from the company of tion age to all of our applicants.” sons. In such cases, the Consular Applicants for immigrant visas should visit Western democracies. It is because we in The new system will eliminate delays Section will be able to contact the appli- the U.S. Embassy website at http://usem- inherent in the postal system, allowing cant by e-mail to determine another bassy.kiev.ua for further information. (Continued on page 22) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 No. 10 UWC establishes task force TWG announces 2004 program CPJ receives OSCE prize to combat trafficking of Ukrainians for summer internship at Embassy for journalism and democracy TORONTO – The executive board of the Ukrainian NEW YORK – At a ceremony held during its winter WASHINGTON – The Washington Group, in cooper- World Congress, at its meeting in Toronto on February meeting in Vienna, the Parliamentary Assembly of the ation with the Embassy of Ukraine, is seeking candidates 7, established a task force to combat the illegal traffick- Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe for its annual summer internship program at the Embassy. ing of Ukrainians. (OSCE) on February 19 honored the Committee to Protect Conducted by the TWG Fellowship Fund, the project The task force will function under the auspices of the Journalists (CPJ) with its 2004 OSCE Prize for Journalism aims to provide the Embassy with an intern to serve as a UWC Human and Civil Rights Commission and will be and Democracy. research assistant. In turn, that individual would gain chaired by a representative from the World Federation Since 1996, the prize has been awarded annually by the valuable insight into the day-to-day operations of a for- of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations (WFUWO), a mem- assembly to journalists who, through their work, have pro- eign embassy in Washington. ber-organization of the UWC. moted OSCE principles on human rights, democracy and Applicants should have completed at least two years of Other members of the task force include: Maria the free flow of information. undergraduate studies and be proficient in English and Szkambara, vice-chair, UWC Executive Board; Borys In presenting the award, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Ukrainian. They should possess excellent oral and written Potapenko, chair, UWC Commission on the United President Bruce George called CPJ “one of the best-recog- communication skills, along with computer and Internet Nations; Iryna Kurowyckyj, WFUWO representative to nized media freedom watchdogs in the world.” He said, expertise. The intern should expect to assist the Embassy the UWC; Jurij Darewych, chair, UWC Human and “CPJ ensures that journalists who do face reprisals for their with needs and issues as they arise, including general Civil Rights Commission; Olga Danylak, chair, UWC reporting are not forgotten and that their cases remain in the office work. World Council for Social Services; and Jurij Klufas, public eye.” Candidates should submit the following information chair, UWC Commission on Media Relations. Accepting the award, CPJ’s Executive Director Ann no later than April 2: a one-page essay explaining their Cooper said, “This year, by honoring the work of an interna- In April 2003 the UWC Commission on the United interest in the internship, preferred starting date (late May tional press freedom organization, this assembly has sent Nations initiated research on international activities in or June), and how their background and experience meet each of the journalists we defend a powerful message: that combating human trafficking, specifically as it pertains the goals of the project; copies of academic transcripts; they are not alone in their dedication to a free press.” to Ukrainians. A $20,000 prize accompanies the award, which is funded one letter of recommendation and two references. Subsequently, several Ukrainian women’s groups by European publishing companies. Ms. Cooper announced Applications should be sent to: TWG Fellowship began to address the issue, and a number of publications, that CPJ would use half of the prize money for a special Fund, Ukrainian Embassy Internship, P.O. Box 7951, newspaper articles and books have been published – most fund for direct awards to journalists in distress and will McLean, VA22106. prominent among them “The Natashas – The New Global donate the remaining half to the outreach program of the For more information, readers may log on to Sex Trade” by the award-winning Ukrainian Canadian International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX), a http://www.TheWashingtonGroup.org, or contact TWG investigative journalist Victor Malarek. global organization dedicated to free expression. Fellowship Fund Chair Michael Drabyk at The problem of human trafficking has become ram- The OSCE is the largest regional security organization in [email protected]. pant and Ukrainians, female and male, adults and chil- the world, with 55 participating states from Europe, Central The individual selected as the 2004 TWG Ukrainian dren, are acutely affected, the UWC noted. The aim of Asia and North America. It is active in early warning, con- Embassy intern will need to make visa and travel the task force is to coordinate Ukrainian diaspora activi- flict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict reha- arrangements in advance, and already be in the ty in this regard and serve as a liaison with the govern- bilitation. The assembly is the parliamentary dimension of Washington area ready to start the internship in either late ment of Ukraine as well as with numerous international the OSCE. May or June. The TWG Fellowship Fund regrettably can- governmental and non-governmental organizations CPJ is a New York-based, independent, non-profit organ- not extend visa invitations to applicants, nor can it assist (NGOs) and groups dealing with this problem, includ- ization that works to safeguard press freedom worldwide. with other related visa or travel arrangements. The TWG ing the United Nations and the International For more information about press conditions around the Fellowship Fund is also unable to offer financial assis- Organization for Migration. globe, readers may log on to www.cpj.org. tance to the intern beyond a stipend of $1,500.

Highlights from the UNA’s 110-year history A special yearlong feature focusing on the history of the Ukrainian National Association, which this year marks its 110th anniversary.

By the time of the fourth convention of the UNA, then still known as the Rusyn National Association, the fraternal organization has grown in both assets and membership. There were now 1,019 members and $2,944.93 in assets. At the convention, held on June 8, 1897, in Mayfield Pa., delegates decided that members would pay an additional 25 cents in due annually to cover the expenses of delegates who traveled to the

(Continued on page 14) No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 5

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM “Ukrainian-American Citadel”: from the pages of UNA history On our 110th anniversary

Following is the second in a series of Spotlight on UNA branches excerpts from “Ukrainian-American Beginning with this issue, the UNA leadership it became one of the largest Citadel: The First 100 Years of the will spotlight its branches across and best organizations. Ukrainian National Association: by Dr. North America. The information in this He organized laymen and taught them section was submitted to the UNA to teach the Ukrainian language. Their Myron B. Kuropas, published in 1996 by Home Office at the time of the organi- day school then became an evening East European Monographs of Boulder, zation’s centennial. It is published here school that taught religion, writing and Colo. The excerpts are reprinted with the under the coordination of Oksana language, because the children went to permission of the author. (The book is Trytjak, UNA fraternal activities and public school during the day. He organ- available from the author for $25, plus special projects coordinator. ized the first Ruthenian (Ukrainian) band $2.50 shipping, by writing to: Dr. Myron and the first choir, Boyan. B. Kuropas, 107 Ilehamwood Drive, BRANCH 1, SHAMOKIN, PA. During this time the Ss. Cyril and DeKalb, IL 60115.) ST. ANDREW SOCIETY Methodius Society was a principal Chapter 2 fund-raiser. With more immigrants Branch 1 of the Ukrainian National arriving in Shamokin, the need for a Laying the Foundation Association was the dream of the new church was evident. In 1907 the Ukrainian community. new church – a magnificent granite The Ukrainian National Association As our Ukrainian people migrated structure – was dedicated by Bishop (UNA) was founded by immigrants from from the Old World to the New World, Soter Ortynsky at the corner of Ukraine seeking a better and more ful- many settled in the hard-coal region of Shamokin and Clay streets. filling life in the United States. Although Pennsylvania – Shamokin being one of Next the Ukrainians wanted to estab- America was not always kind to them, the most popular places. lish their own Ukrainian Catholic they loved this country and took advan- Not being well-educated, the majori- church administration, which would tage of the many opportunities life in a ty went to work in the coal mines – a control the priest and their activities, free society provided for those willing to very dangerous occupation that left and bring order to their church. This work. Long, tedious, dangerous and back-breaking hours in the anthracite coal mines many immigrants dead or disabled. This move incurred the wrath of other Slavic of northeastern Pennsylvania helped the UNA’s founders meet their basic needs. But, affected both adults and children, who and Latin rite church groups. The they wanted more. They yearned for cultural renewal and spiritual graces that could worked at the mines as coal breakers. Ukrainians were considered radicals and only be satisfied by communion with their own kind. They organized parishes, built By the end of 1890 there were were condemned by the Roman churches, established co-ops, and gave birth to the Ukrainian National Association. between 200,000 and 300,000 Catholic hierarchy. Ukrainians who sup- Ukrainians living in the United States. ported such a change were barred from Early Rusyn Life in America These arrived through the ports of a decent burial in Catholic cemeteries. Early Rusyn life in the United States was difficult at best, an abomination at worst, New York (Ellis Island), Baltimore Prejudice against Ukrainians existed especially in the anthracite coal mining regions of Pennsylvania. Having survived an and Boston. not only in religious affairs, but in arduous ocean crossing, the unsophisticated Rusyn was easy prey for various con men The majority of these immigrants civic life as well. Ukrainians going to with promises of fantastic jobs and opportunities to be had for the proper price. If they settled in Shamokin, Mount Carmel, work were often beaten and their food headed for the coal mines, Rusyns risked being beaten up as strikebreakers. Once they Shenandoah, Olyphant, Hazelton, was either taken away or was contami- got jobs in the mines, they usually started their career as miners’ helpers at a fraction Mayfare and Lansford, Pa. nated one way or another, so they went of the salary and longer hours than full-fledged miners. If they survived mine explo- These Ukrainian immigrants had to work and had nothing to eat. With sions, floods, and other daily dangers, they were still not immune to health hazards many social, cultural and linguistic prob- conditions like this and worse, the such as black lung disease. With no union organization to protect their interests, lems. They lacked leadership, except for Ukrainian community began to under- Rusyn miners were subject to exploitation through unexpected wage cuts and arbitrar- the few priests that were available. Most stand that it had to band together for ily imposed work hours. When Rusyns finally did become active in the labor move- of the people were of the Ruthenian strength and security. ment, they faced the problem of job loss, beatings by corporate goons and railroad (Ukrainian) Greek-Catholic rite and Brotherhoods were organized to police, and long weeks on strike with no income. Small wonder that so many Rusyn when adversity struck they banded look after the material needs of the miners turned to alcohol to forget the dehumanizing conditions they had to endure. As together at their place of worship. community. These brotherhoods in the old country, the ubiquitous tavern was a social institution that provided com- Their efforts to get a priest were became the leading organizations in panionship and solace. “Saloonkeepers,” wrote Bachynskyj, were the “bosses” of the realized in 1884 when the archbishop the town and helped in building immigrant community and they never complained that “business is bad.” of Lviv sent the Rev. Ivan Voliansky, churches. Dues paid by the members But life was not all gloom and drudgery and Rusyns were not without internal the first Ukrainian priest in the United were eventually used to help conva- resources. Community visionaries helped establish parishes that provided spiritual States. However, he was sent to lescing workers and their families, and and temporal alternatives to the tavern. Priests offered religious renewal, and church Shenandoah, Pa., approximately 20 to help cover the cost of funerals. societies organized recreational activities such as choirs, dance groups, picnics, miles from Shamokin. The Ukrainian Brotherhood of Ss. dances, balls, reading rooms and a variety of family-oriented activities. ... By the fall of 1886 the first Cyril and Methodius founded in 1887 Ukrainian Catholic church was built in in Shamokin was the most active. The Rise of Fraternal Insurance Shenandoah through the efforts of Ukrainian Brotherhood of Taras Shevchenko was established in 1896. Having satisfied their spiritual needs with the establishment of local parishes, Father Voliansky and the Ukrainian More brotherhoods were formed later. Rusyns turned their attention to other pressing matters. The most significant of these community in Shenandoah. He organ- The Union of the Greek-Catholic was the question of family security following the death of the primary breadwinner. ized the first choir, reading room and Russian Brotherhoods was founded in The answer was the creation of fraternal insurance and benefit societies. Fraternal library in Shenandoah, as well as an 1892 with Father Konstankevych elect- insurance societies in the United States have a long, honorable history, dating to the evening school and fraternal societies. ed to the Auditing Committee. Finding mid-18th century. It was not until the second half of the 19th century, however, that The first Ukrainian immigrants settled some excesses in the management of the fraternal insurance movement blossomed. The greatest growth period occurred in Shamokin around 1879. John Hasich, funds, Father Konstankevych and his between 1890 and 1900. The National Fraternal Congress, an umbrella organization and Stephen and Phillys Murdza were supporters left the union in 1893 during that works on behalf of all fraternals in America, was founded in 1886. the first three to settle here. The ever- its convention in Scranton, Pa. The fraternal benefit system in Pennsylvania grew out of a need to provide low-cost life increasing number of Ukrainians settling Immediately after that convention four insurance for workers either unable to obtain, or to afford coverage. Coal miners, whose in Shamokin asked Father Voliansky to Ukrainian priests, the Rev. Kon- risky occupation prohibited affordable insurance premiums, were especially vulnerable. celebrate the liturgy in their community; stankevych, Theofan Obushkevych, Survivors, left with no source of income, suffered the most when miners were killed or this came to pass in 1884. Ambrose Poliansky and Hryhory disabled. Few families were left with much to live on after paying funeral expenses. In 1890 their longing for a church of Hrushka met in the latter’s Jersey City, Beginning in the late 19th century, groups in Pennsylvania started organizing mutual their own was realized when a wooden N.J., apartment and decided they needed assistance clubs, initially called “burial societies,” for the purpose of establishing sur- structure at Pearl and Pine streets in a separate Ukrainian national organiza- vivor’s benefits. The plan called for the creation of an insurance fund that a member’s ben- Shamokin was dedicated. Before that tion, which they called the Rusyn eficiaries received on his death. As membership in the societies grew, they adopted rituals services were offered in private homes National Association. and ceremonies designed to dramatize the concepts of cooperative and exemplary living. and buildings large enough to accom- modate the parishioners. In November 1893 the Rev. Hrushka Birth of the Ruskyi Narodnyi Soyuz Three years later the Rev. Ivan printed a full-page editorial in Svoboda Shamokin, birthplace of the Ukrainian National Association, soon replaced Konstankevych became the first pastor of the Shamokin parish, and under his (Continued on page 14) (Continued on page 14)

THE UNA: 110 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 No. 10

A new initiative: ‘Cities of Friendship’ THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY by Ambassador Mykhailo Reznik opinion, now the time has come to be receptive to new opportunities. That is Nyet to Patriarchate? Twelve years ago, with the collapse of why the Embassy of Ukraine has decided the Soviet Union, the United States and to launch a new initiative that we are Ukraine knew little about each other but calling “Cities of Friendship.” Last week we ourselves read the news in disbelief. Reportedly, the Vatican is started searching for a means to fill this unlikely to recognize a Patriarchate for the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church We would be glad to hear from void. Many of us will never forget that Americans who have hosted Ukrainian (UGCC) due to pressure from the Russian Orthodox Church and its supporters, exciting moment when the borders of most prominent among them the patriarch of Constantinople. children and from universities that have Ukraine were opened and our two coun- enabled Ukrainian students to obtain Was this betrayal by the Holy See? Was it a reaction to threats, virtual black- tries began to discover each other, when mail, made by the Russian Orthodox Church against Roman Catholics in Russia? scholarships. Ultimately, we are interest- our citizens started to establish acquain- Was there some behind-the-scenes deal between Rome on one side and Moscow ed in establishing contact with all citi- tances, communications and friendships. and Constantinople on the other? Was it all of the above? zens of the United States who are inter- During the past 12 years these contacts Could it be that a martyr Church that survived Soviet attempts to destroy it, all ested in helping Ukraine. the while remaining true to Rome, is now subject to the whims of the Russian have evolved. Thousands of Ukrainian Why? First of all, we wish to express Orthodox Church – the very same Church that for decades was an instrument of students have studied in the United our appreciation and gratitude. Secondly, Soviet policy directed against the UGCC and the Ukrainian nation as a whole? States. Thousands of Americans have had the Embassy is hoping to expand rela- And how is it that Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and leaders of other an opportunity to experience first hand tionships between partners on the level of Orthodox Churches can feel that it is their right to offer advice on the status of a the hospitality and warmth of Ukrainian cities and educational institutions of our Church that is not affiliated with them? families. Thousands of children affected two countries. Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, primate of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, by Chornobyl have benefited from the We dream of the day when every commented to the Catholic News Service that he has “absolutely no doubt the medical care they received in the United Ukrainian city and town will have an holy father would like to establish the Patriarchate, but he also wants to keep the States. Hundreds of Peace Corps volun- American sister city. We aspire to bring dialogue with the Orthodox open.” teers and others from non-governmental Ukrainian-American “people-to-people At the same time, however, Cardinal Husar, pointed to the ROC’s demand that organizations have left a little part of diplomacy” to a new higher level. We ask the Roman Catholic Church should “gradually reduce the presence” of the themselves in Ukraine, and some have for your cooperation. UGCC – a nice euphemism for bringing its existence to an end. Moscow’s poli- even decided to remain in Ukraine per- At this time, only a few Ukrainian tics, it is abundantly clear, basically have not changed. Not even the fact that manently. cities have a partner in the United States. Ukraine is an independent state, that the Ukrainian Catholic Church now has its These years have been filled with joys Some of these existing partners could own territorial base, is enough to stop Moscow’s meddling. and disappointments on both sides. serve as examples; others could benefit So are Ukrainian Catholics to be sacrificed for the sake of dialogue? What is Nonetheless, during this time of transi- from an infusion of new ideas and new to be done? tion it was grass-roots initiatives that people who would be willing to con- As Bishop Basil Losten of the Stamford Eparchy of the Ukrainian Catholic contributed greatly to the strengthening tribute and strengthen the relationships Church wrote in his letter to Patriarch Bartholomew, “The question of a of Ukrainian-American relations. In my that already exist. Still others could plant Patriarchate for the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church is a matter between the the seeds for the beginnings of friend- ships that will ultimately result in the Synod of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Bishops and Pope John Paul II, and concerns Mykhailo Reznik is Ukraine’s ambas- no other Church.” sador to the United States. (Continued on page 20) The Rev. Robert Taft of the Pontifical Oriental Institute, a veteran of East/West Church dialogue and a specialist in Eastern Churches, said of the Patriarchate issue: “The argument is that when an Eastern Church reaches a cer- COMMENTARY tain consistency, unity, size, consolidation and so forth, it’s a normal step. ... Frankly, my advice to the Ukrainians has always been to ... [j]ust declare the Patriarchate and get on with it. Do it, of course, only if you’ve got the bishops unanimously behind it.” In fact, it should be noted that the UGCC Synod of Closing our schools: Bishops unequivocally declared its support for a Patriarchate in 2002. Cardinal Husar sounded a hopeful note in a statement issued this week on behalf of the Kyiv-Halych Metropolitanate of the UGCC: “The talks in Moscow Where is the vision? by no means negate the main line of development of the Patriarchate following by Rostyslaw Robak at the January meeting of the council. from the decisions of the Synod of Bishops of our Church. We chose this path When the pastor of St. John’s That plan and all others were rejected. long ago and it reflects the clear will of the people of God of our Church.” At the February 16 meeting of the Furthermore, he added, the new furor may actually lead to renewed study of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Newark, N.J., announced the closing of the ele- Parish Council, the pastor read an open- issue that may ultimately lead to the Patriarchate’s recognition: “The public ing prepared statement announcing the attention attracted by the mentioned visit may give impetus to a more thorough mentary school on February 16 he pro- claimed the metropolitan’s withdrawal of school’s closing. The matter was not put study of the arguments of the UGCC.” to a vote; it was simply announced. Thus, what we know at this point is the following: The Ukrainian Greek- his blessing from the school as of this There were, and still are, many ways Catholic Church is sure of its identity and certain of its goal. The pontiff has not June. This move has struck at the heart to save St. John’s School. The school is yet spoken on the issue of the Patriarchate since the Moscow meetings. And of the Newark community’s spiritual life. not ending its existence for lack of effort Moscow’s “nyet” is not the final determinant. It seems to have been done in spite of the or vision by the community. They appear strong commitment of the vast majority to be lacking on the part of the metropol- of the parents, teachers and children of itan, the pastor and the parish trustees. the school. Now that the school is to be closed, Since the St. John’s School Advisory March the questions before the Ukrainian com- Board began functioning in September Turning the pages back... munity at large – and the pastor and the 2003, both the board and the teachers metropolitan in particular – are: Where is have worked steadily to improve the 9 the vision? What will be done for the school. A large commitment of resources faithful, and what will be done for the was made to upgrade the school’s tech- At about this time last year, Ukraine and the United States children? 2003 nology. A new, state-of-the-art computer appeared to be turning the corner in their bilateral relation- There is a very strong indication that center with a network and Internet access ship, reported our Washington correspondent, Yaro Bihun. no such vision exists beyond merely was set up. New extracurricular pro- That relationship had been going through a difficult period, locking the doors and renting the build- grams were established. These have according to Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, then ambassador of Ukraine to the United ings. That indication came at the included a Ukrainian cooking club, a sci- States. February 16 meeting when the pastor “Recently, I believe, we have been concentrating more on the positive side of ence club, and a school newspaper. was unable to adequately respond to things to be done, and that should help us to get away from what was the main theme The board continued to raise funds. A questions about any plans for dealing of problems of the last year and into the new year of open opportunities,” he told our Christmas concert series alone raised with the schoolchildren’s needs during Washington correspondent. $7,000. Other fund-raisers included the the transition to closing or afterward. Ambassador Gryshchenko’s assessment, made in remarks in late February 2003 at parish festival, a gala dinner, and several Indeed, he appeared genuinely surprised a forum on U.S.-Ukraine relations sponsored by The Washington Group, an associa- activities organized by the Mothers’ and by such a concern. tion of Ukrainian American professionals, came two weeks after a senior State Fathers’ clubs. Faithful parishioners kept Where is the vision? The parishioners Department official signaled that Washington was willing to put aside the biggest irri- up donations in Sunday collections dedi- who built this school in the 1950s had a tant in their relationship – the allegation that Ukraine sold the Kolchuha air defense cated to the school. The board provided vision. They paid a self-imposed weekly system to Iraq. detailed accounts of spending and income, building fund contribution of $5. At that Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Steven Pifer including reports to the metropolitan. time, the typical hourly wage earned by said then that the Bush administration decided to “basically disagree” with Kyiv on When the pastor, trustees and Parish those parishioners was 75 cents! whether it sold the air defense system to Iraq and not allow the issue to push the rela- Council requested a plan for the future Succeeding generations of parents tionship into what he called a “deep freeze.” continuation of the school, the board pre- have kept that vision and kept the school Ambassador Gryshchenko said that by concentrating on positive bilateral interac- sented a detailed plan of realistic action going. But, it seems that vision is now tion, such as Ukraine’s decision to send a nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) defense lacking among this Church leadership. It battalion to the Gulf region, adopt adequate measures against money-laundering, con- Rostyslaw Robak is president of the is incumbent on any spiritual leaders to tinue cooperating in the war against terrorism and in non-proliferation, the two coun- School Advisory Board for St. John’s, articulate a vision for their community. Newark. He is a professor of psychology This leadership has demonstrated an (Continued on page 22) at Pace University. apparent lack of vision. No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 7

NEWS AND VIEWS All genocide victims must be hallowed PERSPECTIVES BY ANDREW FEDYNSKY by Lubomyr Luciuk Agreement decreed everyone who was a “Soviet citizen” on or before September The late, great Israel Asper knew 1, 1939, must return. nothing is free. Public funds have a Thousands of refugees were handed price. So his proposal for a Canadian over by British, American, French and, Museum of Human Rights in Winnipeg, My friend, George Kalbouss yes, even Canadian soldiers, often at underwritten with federal, provincial and Dr. George Kalbouss had been teaching father fled the Communist catastrophe and bayonet point. Their forcible repatriation municipal contributions, was inclusive. “Russian Culture” at the Ohio State settled in New York, where he met and was, as Prof. Watson Kirkconnell, presi- Promised exhibits will cover everything University (OSU) for more than 25 years married a schoolteacher who had fled her dent of the Baptist Federation of Canada, from the wartime internment of Japanese when word came in 1996 that the university native Russia about the same time. wrote to Prime Minister Mackenzie and Ukrainian Canadians to the Chinese would close the Slavic Studies Department. Growing up on the East Side, their son, King, a “war crime.” Many a returnee Head Tax. Good. That’s when George called me and intro- George, learned to love Russian culture – was executed after delivery. But Mr. Asper’s catholic vision duced himself. I had been his daughter’s a love he continued to pursue at Columbia Avoiding repatriation meant lying appalled those who insisted the muse- boss in Rep. Mary Rose Oakar’s office in University and New York University, about who one was. Righteous Western um’s focus must be on the Holocaust – the 1980s, he said. Christina suggested he eventually earning a Ph.D. in Russian Ukrainians, technically Polish citizens “unique” not simply for being “one of a call me. As director of the Ukrainian studies before settling in Columbus. not liable to refoulement, surreptitiously kind,” which it was, but in the elevated Museum-Archives, I was involved in Confronted by the wealth of materials at schooled Eastern or “Russian” meaning of being most important, per- Ukrainian scholarship and by extension, the Ukrainian Museum in Cleveland at the Ukrainians about life in interwar Poland haps even the only genocide befouling Slavic Studies. Maybe, with some of my same time that OSU’s Slavic Studies pro- – coaching necessary to fool screening. history. political experience, I could help. gram was on the brink, George had an How many “Soviet citizens” were res- Inherently discriminatory for casting I proceeded to call my own political epiphany, one that unfolded over time. The cued by deception? No one knows. But I out the memory of millions of non-Jews guru, Taras Szmagala Sr., who had been collapse of the Soviet Union did not make have met many who were so saved, most enslaved or murdered by the Nazis, such chief of staff to Ohio’s Sen. Bob Taft. The Slavic studies less relevant. Instead, the bal- recently in Winnipeg. Knowing that a bias renders the very concept nugatory. three of us met at a café at Cleveland’s West ance had shifted. Countries and cultures that denaturalization and deportation are the If only one people experienced “geno- Side Market and George explained what had been stifled by the weight of Russian penalty for obtaining Canadian citizen- cide” what cautionary value does was going on: OSU’s president figured that and later Soviet imperialism had emerged ship falsely, they can’t bear witness pub- enshrining their nightmare have? Or, put after the demise of the Soviet Union, Slavic with sufficient strength to topple an empire. licly. To do so would be to admit they differently, if what Nazis did to Jews studies had become irrelevant; closing the And at the center of it all was Ukraine. were “Soviet citizens,” liars when natu- can’t occur again, why should taxpayers department would save money. There, vast historical tides swept the steppes ralized. finance another museum (dozens already For George, the issue wasn’t money. His long before the birth of Christ, continuing Until 1991, when the Soviet canker exist across North America) about some- children were on their own, he had no into the 20th century with Lenin’s utopia exfoliated, its barkers were all Famine thing that happened somewhere else, major debts and was eligible for retirement. and Hitler’s Third Reich. And so the man deniers. A bevy brayed how those who more than a half-century ago? In fact, having served in the Army and who had started OSU’s “Russian Culture” had refused to come “home” were noth- Barney Sneiderman’s thoughtful reflec- Reserves for 31 years, he already had a mil- course, inaugurated Slavic 245 ing but rogues, concoctors of preposter- tion on these contentions was published itary pension. Eliminating the department “Introduction to Ukrainian History and ous “myths” about Famine-Genocide, not long ago (“Holocaust is unique in wouldn’t hurt him personally. But dammit! Culture” and asked me to co-teach. I accept- diverting attention from their misdeeds way,” Winnipeg Free Press, December 13, Why was Slavic studies always first on the ed. We call it the “George & Andy Show.” as “Nazi collaborators.” Some “useful 2003). While conceding the Holocaust was chopping block? He wasn’t going to take it. Tapping into the enormous resources of idiots” shill still. To challenge their not a greater evil than other cases of sys- A lot of political efforts begin with a let- Cleveland’s Ukrainian Museum and using calumnies required admitting you were tematic mass murder, the good professor ter-writing campaign. So Mr. Szmagala and state-of-the-art audio-visual technology, we an illegal immigrant, risking the brand of insisted that because the Nazis intended to I sat down and drafted letters on Ukrainian throw images of Scythian gold, Kyiv’s right-wing émigré, or worse. Few dared. destroy all Jews, and brought an assembly Museum-Archives letterhead to state repre- architecture, the flag and trident, Deep anxieties also persist over what line to the slaughter, we must accept the sentatives and senators in Columbus with Shevchenko’s drawings, etc. onto a screen might happen “back home” if one is too Holocaust as somehow “Other.” Mr. Asper last names like Suhodolnik, Zaleski, to illustrate the ebbs and flows of Ukrainian vocal about the Soviet past. Yesteryear’s also believed so, segregating 20 percent of Kucinich, Vukovich and Matelski, along history and how they fit into the destiny of apparatchiks remain influential, under- the museum for a Holocaust Gallery. with Irish, African American, Italian and surrounding empires that first rose, then cutting sporadic calls for criminal prose- Indisputably, Hitler’s minions killed other friends who represented places like fell. We use Slavko Nowytski’s film about cution of the perpetrators of Communist Jews throughout Nazi-occupied Europe. If Slavic Village in Cleveland and Poland, the Famine, music from the Ukrainian crimes against humanity. somehow they had conquered the world Ohio. Bandurist Chorus, pysanky at Eastertime While its victims are now officially they may have tried to expunge all Jews. Why would OSU want to close down and postage stamps from the UMA collec- remembered on the fourth Saturday We shall never know for, thankfully, it the Slavic studies department, we asked? tion. The class has been very successful: was the Nazis who were erased. Millions every November, the Holodomor has not Slavic immigration helped to build Ohio. over the past five years, class size has died, but Jews survived. Out of revulsion become a rallying point in Ukrainian Millions of our citizens trace their her- ranged from 40 to 60 students. over their massacre, Israel was secured, national consciousness, akin to the itage to Central and Eastern Europe. George is now retired, but he’s not rest- the ultimate refutation of Hitlerism. Holocaust for Jews. Israel defends Besides, based on enrollment, scholar- ing. Not only is he head of the Midwest Yet, as Europe was liberated by force Jewish interests worldwide, Ukraine ship and community service, the depart- Slavic Association, but as professor emeri- of arms, Stalin and the architects of the does not even pretend to. Israel can’t for- ment more than justified its existence. tus at OSU, he’s carrying a heavy teaching genocidal Great Famine of 1932-1933 in get the 6 million. Ukraine pretends the Recognizing a hot issue when they saw load, including a fascinating course on East Soviet Ukraine, the Holodomor, endured. remains of many millions more do not it, the reps and senators got on the phone European immigration and, of course, his Not only did Ukraine lose more people saturate its rich black earth. to OSU’s president inquiring why, indeed, beloved course in “Russian Culture.” than any country in Nazi-occupied Europe The Holodomor harvested Ukrainian he wanted to close the Slavic studies George Kalbouss is a man of extraordi- but more Ukrainians perished in the society, left it, as British observers noted, department. The Lorain City Council nary wit, affability and knowledge. He’s Terror-Famine than all the Jews murdered “atomized,” the only song in many a vil- even passed a resolution. To make a long also resourceful and tough. Eliminate a in the six years of the second world war. lage the demented chortling of cannibals. story short, the university reconsidered, department he’s dedicated his life to? He’ll The Holodomor (literally, death tor- Ukraine is a post-genocidal society, fecu- and today the department is still provid- find a way to save it. Start up a new pro- ture by forced starvation), was as delib- lent for ignoring this past. ing wonderful instruction and generating gram because it’s time has come? He’ll talk erate an act of a perverted state as the Whereas the Holocaust’s engineers sound scholarship. Academics, artists and to the people who can make it happen. Holocaust. What is different, however, is were punished, Ukraine’s reapers haven’t intellectuals from Central and Eastern Recently, commenting in The Ukrainian that the latter stopped when the Nazis faced justice. Even history fails to con- Europe routinely visit Columbus, enrich- Weekly about the newly established were defeated. The man-made Famine demn them, for critical archives remain ing Ohio and the nation. Ukrainian program at his alma mater started and ended when Stalin said so. hidden, in Russia. Keen to gorge on a dis- So the story has a happy ending – only in Columbia, George wondered why the Today who denies or does not know of proportionate share of Soviet assets, this case it was just the beginning. As pro- Ukrainian community should have to raise the Holocaust? Nuts and know-nothings. Moscow palters over culpability for the fessor of OSU’s “Russian Culture” course, a million dollars before such a richly Victims still recall it, as they should. In Famine the Soviets wrought. The Russians George Kalbouss has an enormous follow- endowed university would consent to ing. Since 1973, when he first launched the contrast, Holodomor survivors often won’t even lobbied at the United Nations to teach their culture. The Russian communi- course, he’s taught 20,000 students from speak. They are silent for good reason. ensure the Holodomor was not defined as ty never had to meet a similar challenge. every corner of Ohio, all across America After the war millions of “Soviet genocide. Would German diplomats try to Having taught both Russian and Ukrainian and countries around the world. Ukrainians,” press-ganged into the Third sidebar the Shoah? Inconceivable. culture, he argued that both subjects are After our coffee, Messrs. Kalbouss, Reich, found themselves in Western The Great Famine was the genocide justified on their merits. Humbly, he Szmagala and I visited the Ukrainian Europe. Finally free? No. The Yalta few knew of. Many “powers and princi- offered an alternative model. How about palities” are trying to ensure we never Museum nearby. There George saw litera- using university revenues, including stu- learn more. That alone makes the ture, documents and artifacts that define a dent tuition, to support a course that stu- Prof. Lubomyr Luciuk is author of Holodomor unique. For the Canadian culture related to but totally separate from dents are willing to take anyway? “Searching For Place: Ukrainian Museum of Human Rights to become the one he’d been teaching for the past As for the “George & Andy Show,” Displaced Persons, Canada and the world class, one of a kind, the truth quarter century: his father’s culture, as it our course in “Ukrainian Culture” opens Migration of Memory” (University of about the Holodomor and other geno- turned out. Born in Poltava, George’s for the sixth season at OSU on March 30. Toronto Press, 2001) and director of cides must be told there, all Holocaust George is a guy who not only gets it, he research for the Ukrainian Canadian victims hallowed together. I’m sure Andrew Fedynsky’s e-mail address is: does something about it. I’m proud to Civil Liberties Association. that’s what Izzie would have wanted. [email protected]. call him my friend. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 No. 10

his alleged comments that no Patriarchate Patriarchate, confirmed our main right, Cardinal Husar... for the UGCC would be recognized. Statement by Synod... the right to exist, in his letter of 1979. (Continued from page 1) Cardinal Husar said that, not only did (Continued from page 1) Later, in 1988, the pope personally par- with the Vatican in the Union of Brest. the UGCC fail to view the meeting “as if plicated knot of contradictions. The talks ticipated in our celebration, which still The latest effort began during the Second the world was ending,” but it believed it in Moscow by no means negate the main had to be held on the territory of Rome. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Vatican Council when the leader of the to be “an opportune moment, which line of development of the Patriarchate His Holiness Pope John Paul II greeted UGCC at the time, Cardinal Josyf Slipyj, would give us and those viewing from following from the decisions of the Synod the sidelines a chance to better under- our bishops who had been active in the announced the desire of the Ukrainian of Bishops of our Church. We chose this stand our situation.” underground Church and urged them to Church to receive recognition as a path long ago, and it reflects the clear will The Rev. Oleksa Petriv, press develop it. And recently, in 2001, despite Patriarchate. After an independent of the people of God of our Church. In spokesman for the UGCC in Kyiv, told various protests, he visited Ukraine and Ukrainian state became a reality in 1991 addition, what happened may also have The Weekly on March 3 that the UGCC positive consequences. The public atten- gave his pastoral addresses to us on more and the UGCC – long banned in the than one occasion. It was on his instruc- Synod of Bishops had decided on tion attracted by the mentioned visit may USSR – was re-established, the move- tion that Cardinal Walter Kasper, who is February 25 to develop its own letter-writ- give impetus to a more thorough study of ment toward a Patriarchate took on responsible for relations with non- ing campaign in reply to the effort by the the arguments of the UGCC. And, taking steam, spurred along by statements made Catholic Christian Churches, presented Orthodox Churches. The Rev. Petriv into account that no one will represent our by Pope John Paul II throughout the last the case of our Church to the Moscow explained that the attempt by Moscow and position better than ourselves, we should decade in support of such a development. Patriarchate in 2003. It was a delicate Constantinople to derail the drive by the do it with a clear mind and with a heart In 2002 the UGCC Synod of Bishops gesture on the part of the pope, as he UGCC for recognition as a Patriarchate not shadowed by anxiety. officially submitted to the Vatican its mentioned the possible recognition of the would have the opposite result. We are firmly convinced of our own request for Patriarchal status, which Patriarchate of the UGCC in advance. “The newest developments will with- identity. A distinctive feature of our included how it had fulfilled the require- Unfortunately, the responses from the out a doubt intensify the move towards a Church is that, though it received its ments needed for recognition by the Moscow Patriarchate and other Orthodox Patriarchate,” Rev. Petriv said. ecclesiastical formation from Byzantium, pope. The Vatican has yet to respond Churches often contained expressions which The UGCC spokesperson rejected any it was and always sought to be in com- officially, although it is believed that should be considered inappropriate for inter- notion that the Church might designate munion with the successor of St. Peter Pope John Paul II is ready to approve Church dialogue. It is enough to mention the itself a Patriarchate without awaiting the Apostle, the bishop of Rome. Our statement that the Roman Catholic Church such a request, if only the Orthodox canonical recognition from the Vatican. ancestors stressed this as early as at the should “gradually reduce the presence” of Churches would show some acceptance The Rev. Petriv underscored that, Union of Brest at the end of the 16th cen- our Church. These warnings, like ultima- for such a move. because a fully developed Church struc- tury. The Ukrainian Greek-Catholic tums and verging on blackmail, saying that In an interview with Ukrainian jour- ture was now in place and the UGCC Church not only has a rich and long his- any possible contacts between Catholics and nalists in Lviv the day before the state- Synod of Bishops unanimously support- tory going back to the time of Orthodox will be broken off for years if the ment by Cardinal Husar was issued, the ed patriarchal status recognition by the Volodymyr’s baptism, but also maintains pope recognizes the Patriarchate of the UGCC leader was diplomatic about the pope, recognition of a Patriarchate is and develops an old theological, legal visit to Moscow by Cardinal Kasper and merely a matter of time. UGCC, sound like a personal insult to the and spiritual tradition and has a complete holy father. Such a reaction is very distress- hierarchy. According to canon law, the ing, as it indicates that the leaders of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church is a Orthodox Churches are not prepared to Polish goverment’s decision particular Church and not a part of some resolve historic contradictions by consider- other Church, and, therefore, it develops ing the legitimate needs of all interested par- on sale of steel mill angers Ukraine in accordance with its ecclesial nature. ties. We hope that in the future those There were many difficult periods in Orthodox circles which are prepared for the history of our Church when attempts by Roman Woronowycz Warsaw of failing to stipulate in its tender constructive cooperation and understanding were made to send it out of its native will express their opinions as well. Kyiv Press Bureau offer that it had an agreement with the land, when its right to existence was Still, it is not enough today to maintain European Union to limit steel output until denied, when attempts were made to KYIV – A decision by the privatiza- that the legitimate development of the 2006 after it entered the economic common- physically destroy it or restrict it by tion arm of the Polish government to Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church cannot wealth in May. IUD had stated in its bid that administrative measures to the extent that offer to sell a Polish steel mill to a British- be the subject of diplomatic sanctions. We it would triple steel output at Huta it would gradually vanish. We have sur- Indian consortium threw Polish-Ukrainian have to calmly and confidently work on Czestochowa. vived despite all these cruel measures. It economic relations into turmoil on February the development of our own particularity IUD, a Donetsk-based manufacturing must have been God’s arm that supported 28. The determination contradicted an earli- and deepen our understanding of the patri- conglomerate with close ties to the us in the worst moments of our history er announcement in which the Polish gov- archal structure without concentrating Ukrainian prime minister, looked positioned and that gives us opportunities to suc- ernment said it would favor the tender offer solely on its external aspects. We are con- to obtain the purchasing rights to Huta cessfully develop today. vinced that the patriarchal system is good of a Donetsk-based Ukrainian firm. Czestochowa after it had submitted the most One of the expressions of this develop- The diplomatic turmoil that ensued after both for us and for other Orthodox and comprehensive and financially sound bid ment, of this desire to be fully ourselves, to Eastern Catholic Churches. Only when we Ukraine’s government questioned the trans- package. On February 12 a Polish govern- revive all necessary elements of Church parency of the privatization process of the are ourselves, that is, when we act as a ment tender commission had announced that life, is our wish to be recognized as a patri- particular Church, will we be able to ful- Huta Czestochowa steel mill forced Prime it had voted to support the IUD bid proposal. archate. This is not a whim of the present Minister Leszek Miller on March 1 to call fill our ministry for the good of the The package IUD had proposed included day. The idea of the Patriarchate of the Universal Church. Holding unbiased, for a government review of the matter. Mr. extensive investment to physically refurbish Kyivan Church can be traced back at least Miller acted after a telephone call from equitable and multilateral talks on the nor- the plant and included wage guarantees. to the 16th and 17th centuries, when far- malization of inter-Church relations, espe- Ukraine’s Prime Minister Viktor However, a bit later on the same day seeing Church figures sought to unify all Yanukovych in which the Ukrainian govern- cially with regard to the further develop- Poland’s Vice Minister of the Treasury Ukrainian Christians in one Church in the ment of the Eastern Catholic Churches, ment leader said the manner in which the Andrzej Szawranski issued a statement form of a patriarchate. This concept has an tender was awarded to the British-Indian may give renewed impetus to an ecu- explaining that, before the decision was interesting history: in the course of time, it menism of partners, which will be incom- concern, LNM Group, was “discriminatory” finalized, the prime minister and the presi- was as if it went into decline and then against the Ukrainian-owned corporation, patible with discrimination and suppres- dent needed to review the matter. clearly manifested itself again. In the sion. However, an ecumenism which is Industrial Union of Donbas (IUD). When Minister of the Treasury Zbigniew 1960s, at the Second Vatican Council, it Mr. Yanukovych told reporters in Kyiv on worthy of the name cannot be limited to Kaniewski announced on February 20 that was distinctly made public by Patriarch endless and solely verbal relations, which February 28 after a meeting of his Cabinet the LNM Group bid had been accepted, Josyf Slipyj of holy memory, and it has of Ministers that economic matters between are susceptible to the mood of the time. IUD reacted by releasing a statement that it been continuously developing ever since. Ecumenism must be manifested in con- the two strategic partners must be decided would protest the decision. It accused the And today, we, the bishops of the Kyiv- crete and continuous works, which would on an equal and fair basis. LNM Group of repeatedly pressuring the Halych Metropolitanate of the UGCC, are indicate the partners’ good will. “If there was a mistake, it should be cor- Polish government in contravention of “the deeply convinced that such an arrangement The patriarchal status of the Church is rected,” explained Mr. Yanukovych. procedure of a European privatization ten- is necessary for strengthening the unity of not just a decree of the Synod of Bishops The previous day, while on a trip to der.” our Church and people and the appropriate confirmed by the holy father’s recogni- Zaporizhia, the Ukrainian prime minister “The corporation believes LNM has development thereof. This position was tion. This status is, above all, the trans- had said that matter threatened the strategic repeatedly pressured the Polish govern- expressed by all the bishops of our Church formed life of the people of God, who are partnership between Poland and Ukraine. ment, creating the conditions for the at the Synod of 2002, and today we only aware of their new duties and responsibili- “We will look into the matter and build our insincere correction of its tender submis- await its recognition by the holy father. ties. From a certain point of view, the cur- relations taking into account what has sion at the last minute for its own bene- His Holiness Pope John Paul II, from rent discussions about the Patriarchate of occurred,” said Mr. Yanukovych. fit,” IUD explained in a statement issued the beginning of his pontificate, stood up the UGCC are a sign from the Holy Spirit He went so far as to state that “if Poland on February 23. for our Church and proved thereby that it that we should firmly confirm this discredits Ukraine,” Kyiv might look to During a press conference on February was dear to his heart. Even in Patriarchate in the life of the whole Hungary to become its unofficial voice with- 26, Oleksander Pylypenko, director of Communist times, at an international Church. At the same time, the life of the in the European Union, a responsibility investment and corporate rights at IUD, forum representatives of the Roman Church is the work of God. Therefore, Poland had earlier said it would retain. said he believed LNM had made a post- Apostolic See at the pope’s instruction notwithstanding all our speculations and The Ukrainian Embassy in Warsaw sub- deadline last ditch attempt to win the Huta defended our right to exist. Ten years efforts, we should rest our hope upon the mitted a diplomatic note to the Polish gov- Czestochowa tender because it was desper- before the celebration of the 1,000th Lord. We hereby sincerely ask you for ernment protesting the manner in which an ate to obtain ownership of the relatively anniversary of the Baptism of Kyivan your prayers and fasting for this intention. unpublicized “second tender” allegedly small steel mill. He explained that LNM Rus’, our bishops informed the holy May God’s blessing be upon you! accepted by the Polish government had had not realized that the European Union father about their wish to commemorate allowed the LNM Group to up its bid after had imposed steel production limits on this event. He very gladly blessed that In the name of the Synod of Bishops the IUD proposal had become public. intention and, in answer to the protest of of the Kyiv-Halych Metropolitanate The Ukrainian embassy also accused (Continued on page 15) representatives of the Moscow + Lubomyr No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 9 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 No. 10

FFOOCCUUSS OONN PPHHIILLAATTEELLYY by Ingert Kuzych

Pysanky on stamps – fragile gems PART I “Plastova Poshta” heading, the left side of every “stamp” proclaims “Ukrainski In addition to collecting miniature Pysanky” and the bottom inscription works of art known as stamps, I also very states “Ukrainian Easter Eggs.” All of much enjoy collecting the unique three- these design elements appear in olive ink. dimensional works of art known as All of the egg designs are multicol- pysanky. Things really get to be fun ored; a designation in black appears when both interests are combined – col- under every egg to identify the region lecting stamps showing pysanky! that the egg design represents. On the Perhaps the most famous such exam- right, in red, the stamps are numbered ple is a pane (sheet) of “stamps” created and the name of the main design element in 1959 by a small group of pysanka is given, e.g., stars, crosses, butterflies, lovers in Toronto. In beauty and intricacy oak leaves, rose, wolves’ teeth, ladders, these “stamps” look like the real thing, sunflower, etc. but in actuality they are seals created for In the border selvage, a stylized, olive- the youth scouting group Plast to raise colored deer – drawn in the Hutsul style funds and to spark an interest in the phil- – is repeated numerous times. atelic hobby (Figure 1). Over the years, the original $2.25 The 45 Ukrainian Easter eggs depicted value of this pane has appreciated on the stamps were created by pysanka tremendously. Today, it routinely sells for expert Yaroslav Elyjiw to represent 23 $30-$35 – when one can find it. ethnographic regions in Ukraine. The Since independence, Ukraine has designs were then incorporated into depicted Easter eggs on stamps on only stamps by Toronto artist Myron Lev and four occasions. The first occurred in printed by Lito-Druk Zenon Elyjiw in 1993, not long after independence, and five colors: deep red, green, yellow, was Ukraine’s first Easter stamp (Figure olive, and black. This extraordinarily 2). Shown on the 15-karbovanets stamp attractive series of stamps has been very is an Easter table setting with a lighted widely used in egg-decorating classes as candelabra, “babky” (glazed Easter a quick reference for many basic designs. breads), pussy willow branches and A great deal of information is con- “krashanky” – Easter eggs that are sim- FIGURE 3: This very colorful souvenir sheet from 2000 showed pysanky from veyed on every “stamp” of the pane. In six regions of Ukraine. addition to the Plast symbol and the (Continued on page 11)

FIGURE 1: It has been 45 years since the original, and in some ways still the best, depiction of pysanky on “stamps” was created. No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 11

Pysanky on stamps... (Continued from page 10) ply decorated in a single solid color. Designed by V.I. Dvornyk, these stamps were printed in panes of 50 by the Austrian State Printing Office, because at the time Ukraine still did not have its own stamp production facilities. A total of 200,000 copies was produced. The second Easter egg issue was a spectacular souvenir sheet showing six pysanky surrounded by some traditional folk motifs in red and gold (Figure 3). Designed by Kateryna Shtanko, the sheet FIGURE 2: The first depiction of Easter eggs on FIGURE 4: This 2002 stamp depicted not only scenes from the depicts pysanky from various Ukrainian a Ukrainian stamp (1993) showed “krashanky,” Chernivtsi Oblast in western Ukraine, but three pysanky in the style of regions: Podillia (upper left, sun motif); as opposed to pysanky. the region. Chernihiv (upper right, flower motif); Kyiv (left center, oak-leaf motif); Odesa colored krashanky, is impossible to (right center, sun pinwheel); Hutsul area determine. The folk costume stamps, (lower left, elk and spruce tree motif); each valued at 45 kopiyky, were printed and Volyn (lower right, geometric in pairs of two on individual panes design). The first four stamps of the (300,000 each) or with all six scenes sheet were all valued at 30 kopiyky and together on a souvenir sheet (50,000 the last two at 70 kopiyky. Only 50,000 copies). The stamps’ designer was souvenir sheets were printed and their Mykola Kochubei. value, too, has appreciated over time. Incidentally, the “Folk Costumes” This pysanky souvenir sheet did very stamps were the Narbut Prize winners as well in the Narbut Prize competition for the finest philatelic issue for 2002. They, the best philatelic design of 2000, finish- too, may be viewed on the UPNS web- ing third in the balloting. It may be site mentioned above. viewed in color online by going to the A special offer website of the Ukrainian Philatelic and Numismatic Society (UPNS) at Both of the large items illustrated in www.upns.org. Click on the Heorhiy this article – Figures 1 and 3 – are being Narbut Prize page and then on the 2001 offered to readers of The Ukrainian prize winners. Weekly. I have donated a copy of each to The most recent Ukrainian stamp to the newspaper in a fund-raising effort. prominently feature pysanky was one Suitable for framing and display, both from the series of stamps commemorat- the pane and the souvenir sheet will be ing “Regions and Administrative Centers available (together) for a minimum dona- of Ukraine.” In 2002, the stamp honoring tion of $50 to The Weekly’s Press Fund. the Chernivtsi Oblast not only showed The first person to correctly identify the scenes of this area in southwestem total number of animals depicted on both Ukraine, but also prominently displayed items will receive them after making an three pysanky in the regional style appropriate contribution. If no one iden- (Figure 4). One million copies of this 40- tifies the correct number of animals, then kopiyka stamp, designed by artist the nearest count will be judged to be the Oleksander Kalmykov, were produced. winner. Mail your entries to: The Finally, there is one more stamp that Ukrainian Weekly Editor, 2200 Route needs to be mentioned in regard to 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. pysanky. It is part of the last philatelic Deadline date is: March 29. The winner release of 2002 titled “Ukrainian Folk and the correct total will be announced in Costumes” (Figure 5). The stamp in the next month’s “Focus on Philately,” lower right of the souvenir sheet shows a which will further report about pysanky group of villagers from the Ternopil on stamps. region gathered for Easter. The little girl in the scene holds an egg and there are Ingert Kuzych may be contacted at P.O. several shown in the basket at her feet. Box 3, Springfield, VA 22150 or at his e- Whether these are true pysanky, or just mail address: [email protected].

FIGURE 5: Although not easy to discern, Easter eggs of Ternopil are shown in the TO SUBSCRIBE: CALL 973-292-9800, ext. 3042. foreground basket and in the little girl’s hand of this folk costumes stamp of 2002.

February 25, according to Interfax. “I’ve Vilnius, Kyiv sign travel agreement Kyiv asks Warsaw for clarification received a note that FATF members unani- NEWSBRIEFS VILNIUS – Lithuanian Foreign WARSAW – The Ukrainian Embassy (Continued from page 2) mously decided to remove Ukraine from the Minister Antanas Valionis and his in Poland has requested that the Polish tion of a plot to kill him during his stay in blacklist,” Mr. Kuchma said. Ukraine was placed on FATF’s blacklist in December Ukrainian counterpart, Kostyantyn Foreign Ministry supply an official expla- the German spa town Baden-Baden from Gryshchenko, signed a bilateral travel nation of the results of a recent tender to December 26, 2003, to January 17, Interfax 2002. At that time, the organization advised its members to check all financial transac- agreement on February 25 in Vilnius, privatize Poland’s Huta Czestochowa and RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service reported. ELTA and BNS reported. Under the steelworks, in which the Indian-Dutch- Mr. Kuchma said the Ukrainian Embassy tions conducted with Ukrainian partners. In February 2003, FATF canceled these sanc- agreement, Ukrainian citizens will be British holding LMN beat the Industrial in Germany received a “quite well-found- Union of Donbas, Interfax reported on tions against Ukraine, but left the country issued visas free of charge and without ed” letter warning against the plot, with the February 26. According to Polish Radio, on its blacklist. (RFE/RL Newsline) the previous requirement of an invitation. names of plotters and the organization to the Ukrainian side believes that the Polish which they belong. According to Mr. Lithuanians will be allowed to enter Kuchma rejects idea of becoming PM Ukraine without visas. At a press confer- Treasury Minister’s decision regarding the Kuchma, Gen. Valerii Kravchenko, who privatization of Huta Czestochowa was recently defected from the Security Service KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma ence following the signing, Mr. Gryshchenko noted that similar agree- based on political rather than economic of Ukraine, was assigned a task in investi- said on February 25 that he is not plan- considerations. The Ukrainians are also ments have been signed with Poland and gating the plot but refused to perform it. ning to accept a potential offer to head a reportedly offended by Deputy Treasury Hungary and said that “Ukraine will not “He said that it was not his business,” Mr. Cabinet following the presidential elec- Minister Andrzej Szarawarski’s reported suffer any negative consequences from Kuchma said of Gen. Kravchenko. The tion in 2004, Interfax reported. He said remark that Poland wants to collaborate the European Union’s enlargement.” Mr. president added that Gen. Kravchenko’s he is not interested in serving as a prime with upper-division players rather than recent revelations that the president minister for a period of “one and a half Valionis said they also discussed issues accidental investors. (RFE/RL Newsline) ordered the SBU to spy on the opposition years or even less,” adding “I have prac- concerning greater Ukrainian integration are a lie. (RFE/RL Newsline) tically organized a foundation of my with Europe. Mr. Gryshchenko schedule Moroz wants to save Silski Visti also included meetings with Parliament Ukraine gets off FATF blacklist own.” He said “I will deal quietly with KYIV – Socialist Party leader Chairman Arturas Paulauskas and politics and I will say what I think about Oleksander Moroz has asked President President Rolandas Paksas as well as the KYIV – The Financial Action Task everybody.” Mr. Kuchma had disclosed Leonid Kuchma to prevent the liquida- presentation of a report at the Institute of Force on Money Laundering (FATF) has earlier this month that after leaving office tion of the opposition newspaper Silski International Relations and Political taken Ukraine off its blacklist of non-coop- he will set up a non-governmental Visti, which was found guilty in January erating countries and territories, President research institute dealing with Ukraine’s Science of Vilnius University. (RFE/RL Leonid Kuchma told journalists on economic policy. (RFE/RL Newsline) Newsline) (Continued on page 18) 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 No. 10

BOOK NOTES

Novel depicts modern-day Profiles of notable personages odyssey of orphaned Ukrainian by former broadcast journalist “Crossing Years,” by George O. Dzul. Published by Donald S. Ellis; distributed by “Na Neokrayanim Kryli” (On Unclipped Wing) by Wolodymyr Bilajiw. Donetsk: Creative Arts Book Company, Berkeley, Calif., 2002. 146 pp. $14.95 (paperback). Eastern Publishing House, 2003, published by the Ukrainian Center for Cultural Studies, Donetsk Branch of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. 347 pp. The novel “Crossing Years” by George O. Dzul has been described as a “medita- Wolodymyr Bilajiw’s latest book tion on identity and selfhood, loss and offers a selection of 14 essays on con- change, the real and the counterfeit.” temporary Ukrainian poets, writers and The author “tells the very real but literary scholars (of several generations) often unbelievable story of a man’s life, living in the West whom the author, a a life that begins in 1939 [in war-torn journalist and poet in his own right, Europe] and is still very much in process came to know personally during various in 1999.” stages of his life in West Germany, An orphaned Ukrainian boy loses not Australia and the United States. only “his mother but his past and his her- Featured in the accounts are the fol- itage; he drifts from rescue to adoption to lowing prominent figures who, having a wealthy family in Michigan – and from fled their homeland as post-war refugees, there to life as a playboy, a forger, a wan- played an important role in the cultural derer, and an owner of a company that life of Ukraine in the 1940s-1990s and cleanses what has been made unclean.” whose works, previously proscribed His adventures, strongly marked by the under Soviet rule, are now being pub- element of the picaresque, bring to the lished in Ukraine: fore the ability of the protagonist to rein- • the writer and political leader Ivan vent himself. Bahrianyn (born in 1907 in Kyiv; died in The story, which spans 60 years, is 1963 in St. Blasien, Germany), in an narrated in four parts: “War Years, 1939- essay titled “Respubliky Trybun” (The 1953”; “Family Years, 1954-1979”; Tribune of the Republic); “Captive Years, 1980-1989”; and “New • broadcast journalist Mykola Borders Years, 1990-1999.” The absorbing and moving novel has Francuzenko, former head of the Ed Levitch, author of “From been likened to “a modern Odyssey of its Ukrainian section of Voice of America in essay “Spivets Zemli Nezabutnoyi” Beginning to Beginning” reviewed the own kind” (Anna Muza, University of Washington (1988-1990), in an essay (Singer of Praises of An Unforgettable book, noting Mr. Dzul’s “masterful han- California, Berkeley) and “an interesting titled “Virnyi Poklykanniu” (True to His Land); dling of rhythm and time” and the work both in terms of its narrative expo- Calling); • poet, novelist and translator Teodosii author’s “capacity to narrate the passage sition and the history and personal lives • the writer Vasyl Haidarivsky (pen Osmachka, member of the Aspys and of life through time with the graceful vir- that it represents” (Robert DeLossa, name of V. Haivoronsky), member of the Lanka literary organizations (born in tuosity of an orchestral composer.” Harvard University). literary group Zaboi and the All- 1895 in Kutsivka, Kyiv gubernia; died in “In a voice that is stylistically akin to George Dzul lives in northern Ukrainian Association of Proletarian 1962 on Long Island, New York), in the the music of Philip Glass and Steve California, where, in addition to his writ- Writers (born in 1908, in Kostiantynivka, essay “Khay Sobi Vin Bude Henii” (Let Reich, with its variations on patterns of ing, he practices immigration law. Mr. in the Donbas region; died in 1972, in Him Be A Genius); repetition, George Dzul uses this device Dzul’s first novel, “Elusions,” won the Philadelphia), in the essay “Shukach • poet and literary scholar, and presi- as a driving mechanism to establish tran- Hopwood Literary Award at the Harnoho Svitu” (In Search of a Beautiful dent of the Shevchenko Scientific sitions of chapters, of time, of place, of University of Michigan. World); Society in western Canada since 1976, appearance. Even as it establishes its For information about purchasing the Yar Slavutych (né Hryhorii Zhuchenko) rhythmic pattern, nothing remains the book contact Creative Arts Book compa- • writer and editor Halyna Zhurba (pseudonym of Halina Dombrowska) (born in 1918 in Blahodatne, Kherson same, except the will to survive,” wrote ny, 833 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA gubernia), in the essay “Poet Syly” (A Toni Werbell. 94710 or call (800) 848-7789. (born in 1888 in Teplyk, Podilia guber- nia; died in 1979 in Philadelphia), in an Poet of Strength); and essay titled “Tvorchist u Pokhodi • the Rev. Mykola Stepanenko, educa- Zhyttia” (Creativity in the Course of tor, literary scholar and political activist Life); (born in 1918 in Poltava: died in 1993 in San Jose, Calif.), “Polityk, Uchenyi, An American volunteer’s chronicle • poet, translator and former Soviet Sviashchenyk” (Politician, Scholar, dissident Sviatoslav Karavansky (born in Priest). 1920, in Odesa), in the essay “Palka I “Na Neokrayanim Kryli” contains of service in Ivano-Frankivsk Pravdyva Mova” (A Passionate and True entries by and about the author; a fore- “Journey to a Closed City with the International Executive Service Corps” by Language); word by Vadym Olifirenko titled “U Russel R. Miller. St. Louis, Mo.: Science & Humanities Press, 2004. 230 pp. $16.95 • poet and literary critic Abram Poshukakh Vtrachenoyi Vitchyzny” (In ($25.95 for large-print edition). Katsnelson (born in 1914 in Horodnia, Search of a Lost Homeland); a note from Chernihiv gubernia; died in 2003 in Los the publisher by V.S. Biletsky; as well as “Journey to a Closed City” is a travel Angeles) in the essay “I Tut v Amerytsi an annotated bibliography, footnotes, and narrative that chronicles the author’s Zhyvu Ya Ukrainoyu” (And Here in a by-name index. experiences on a defense conversion America, Ukraine is My True Source of A broadcast journalist and editor, Mr. project with the International Executive Inspiration); Bilajiw was affiliated with Voice of Service Corps assigned to Karpaty • prominent literary scholar and publi- America (VOA) in Washington for 15 Amalgamation in Ivano-Frankivsk – a cist Hryhoriy Kostiuk (born in 1902 years until his retirement in 1999 and former Soviet “closed city” in the after- Boryshkivtsi, Podilia gubernia; died in served as chief of the Ukrainian branch math of the cold war. 2002 in Silver Spring, Md.), in the essay of VOA from 1992 to 1998. Ivano-Frankivsk was designated as a “Na Storozhi Slova” (The Guardian of Soviet “closed city” in the aftermath of He was born in 1925 in Mospyne, the Word); Donetsk region. In his youth, with the the cold war because of the Russian • the poet Andriy Lehit (pen name of ICBM batteries that were stationed in the outbreak of war, he was taken as a forced Andriy Vorushylo) (born in 1916 in Kyiv laborer to Germany. As a post-war nearby Carpathian Mountains, and secret region – present-day Cherkasy oblast), in defense plants situated inside its regional refugee, he was in a West German dis- the essay “Yak Tykhyi Lehit Nam placed persons camp and subsequently boundaries. Daruye Virshi...” (How the Quiet Lehit The assignment provided Mr. Miller immigrated with his family initially to Makes Us a Gift of His Verse); Australia and subsequently to the United with the opportunity to meet, and live • poet and political activist Yevhen States. Presently, he and his wife of 34 with, many of the workers and, as noted Malaniuk (born in 1897 in the Kherson years, Dorothy M. Strom, live in North by the author, “compassionately describe region: died in 1968 in New York), in the Palm Beach, Fla. the challenges with which they were essay “Poet Burkhlyvoyi Doby” (A Poet Mr. Bilajiw’s poetry was first pub- confronted during a difficult transi- of a Turbulent Epoch); lished in 1948 in the Literaturno tionary period.” • literary scholar, folklorist and VOA Naukovyi Visnyk (The Literary- While the book concentrates on editor Petro Odarchenko (born in 1903, Scientific Herald), which came out in Karpaty and the Ivano-Frankivsk area, it gence of organized religion, and many Rymarivka, Poltava gubernia), in the Munich, and his work as a journalist also describes the Carpathian town of other aspects of contemporary Ukrainian essay “Patriarkh Literaturoznavstva” appeared in Ukrainski Visti (Ukrainian Yaremche and the wartime activities of life viewed from the perspective of a (The Patriarch of Literary Scholarship); News), which was published in Neu the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), retired American business executive. • poet, translator and editor Vasyl Ulm, Germany. Kyiv and Babyn Yar, the lasting effects Onufrienko (born in 1920 in the Poltava of Chornobyl, the suppression and resur- (Continued on page 18) region died in 1992 in Australia), in the (Continued on page 23) No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 13

Soyuzivka 2004 promises new activities for guests of all ages by Andrew Nynka vide a great place for guests to come and hike, climb, play outdoor paintball or PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Preparations for learn to kayak.” the summer camp season at the With that in mind, the general manag- Ukrainian National Association’s er said, the resort is inaugurating an Soyuzivka resort are now well under Exploration Day Camp, Adventure Camp way, and General Manager Nestor Paslawsky told The Ukrainian Weekly and Discovery Camp. The Adventure recently that guests to the resort this sum- Camp will run as a sleepover camp mer should expect to see a number of geared for youths age 13-16 and will changes. focus on outdoor activities. “Like the Among them, Mr. Paslawsky said, will Kozaks of old, daily life will include out- be several new camps geared to children door, overnight campouts with cooking of various ages, and a resort focused and fireside storytelling. … wilderness more on providing guests with outdoor survival skills, a kayak trip, hiking, rock adventure activities that take advantage climbing lessons and more,” an adver- of the resort’s location on the tisement for the camp reads. Adventure Shawangunk Ridge near the Catskill Camp is scheduled to run in one-week Mountains. intervals from July 17 to 31. While Mr. Paslawsky said the resort According to Mr. Paslawsky, the will continue to offer the successful Discovery Camp is a new sleepover pro- Chemney Youth Day Camp, Tennis gram modeled after the Adventure Camp Camp, Dance Camp and a scuba diving but geared for children age 8-12. The camp is meant to offer exposure to certification course, it will also provide Soyuzivka staff, with family, recently examined the possibility of horseback riding Ukrainian heritage and will also provide some new summer camping opportuni- at the resort. Seen above are (from left) General Manager Nestor Paslawsky, ties for varied age groups, as well as a outdoor instruction similar to that offered Petrusia Paslawsky, Walter Nalywayko, Danylo Paslawsky and Andrij Sonevytsky. variety of outdoor activities for resort in the Adventure Camp program, such as guests. hiking, swimming, bonfires and organ- been planned as a supervised day camp offers its young campers, and to “get kids “With these new camps we are looking ized sports and games. The Discovery for children age 7-10. The camp will run outdoors to utilize the new trail system.” to take advantage of our wonderful loca- Camp will run in one-week intervals in one-week intervals from June 28 to Those trails, which recently also went tion in the mountains,” Mr. Paslawsky from July 10 to 31. July 9. through some significant changes, have said. “We don’t have the room or the Exploration Day Camp – organized for Overseeing Soyuzivka’s camps, as been cleared, marked and expanded to resources, in terms of a large flat playing the older siblings of children taking part well as a host of activities for the resort’s utilize more of the resort’s physical area, field, to provide a soccer field for our in the Plast Ukrainian Youth Scouting guests, will be Walter Nalywayko, who Mr. Nalywayko said. sports camp, but what we can do is pro- Organization’s Tabir Ptashat camp – has began working with the resort as its Two trails will still allow hikers to activities director during Memorial Day reach either a waterfall or cliff. However, a third trail links the waterfall and cliff weekend last year. and will allow hikers to travel between The goal of creating the new camps, those two points without having to back- Mr. Nalywayko told The Weekly on track completely toward the Main House. March 2, is “to add excitement and adventure” to those activities the resort (Continued on page 22) Focus on Walter Nalywayko, resort’s activities director Walter Nalywayko, 33, joined the toward his Emergency Management Soyuzivka staff during the Memorial Technician certification and has attend- Day weekend last year as the resort’s ed a two-week survival school in activities director. According to the Canada. resort’s general manager, Nestor Mr. Nalywayko is a graduate of the Paslwasky, Mr. Nalywayko came high- State University of New York in New ly recommended and has a long history Paltz, where he earned a bachelor of with the resort. science degree in early American and Walter Nalywayko Mr. Nalywayko, who proudly Soviet histories. Katya Kapustenko (right) and Marko Cherkaz, both long-time Soyuzivka camp admits having walked nearly every During his college years Mr. volunteers, hike at Stony Kill Falls, one of many attractions located just off inch of Soyuzivka’s property, has been Nalywayko lived in Alaska, and after Soyuzivka’s property. tasked with providing a variety of graduating in 1995 he moved to activities for guests staying at the Breckenridge, Colo. resort. Mr. Nalywayko was contacted about In his role there, Mr. Nalywayko working at the resort as its activities will oversee summer camps, a variety director after his cousin, Serhiy, turned of sports activities and a host of out- down the job in order to work at the door activities, such as hiking, climb- Culinary Institute of America. ing and kayaking. But Mr. Nalywayko Mr. Nalywayko notes that he is or has also said he is open to any new has been: a carpenter, a woodcarver ideas guests may have so that he can specializing in the Hutsul style, a provide fresh and exciting activities for snowboarder and a manager of a snow- the resort’s visitors. boarding shop, a wildlife and scenic He is actively working on photographer, a Jeep enthusiast, a sur- Soyuzivka’s new Nature Center, which vival and firearms expert, as well as a is to be located by the Veselka gazebo, hunter, fisherman, political philosopher and told The Weekly about preliminary and historian. plans for horseback riding and wine and He also told The Weekly that he is cheese hikes on the resort’s property. currently writing a history of Prior to taking his current job at the Soyuzivka, a collection of stories and UNA resort, Mr. Nalywayko worked as memoirs of his time at the resort and a an equities trader for DS Partners on fictional spy thriller. Wall Street in New York. He left that “What I have now is the realization job shortly after 9/11 and said he of my dream job. Here, I can be out- moved to Montana in order to “heal side, bring others outdoors and share my experiences and knowledge with my soul and perfect my mountainsmith them. Also, I get to utilize my creative techniques.” side, retelling local folklore, using my Born in Lancaster, Pa., he has been photos for ads, and building the new coming to the resort since he was a nature center and hockey rink,” Mr. year old and has worked summers Nalywayko said. Petrusia Paslawsky there from 1989 to 1991. Currently, Soyuzivka’s activities director, Walter Nalywayko, takes a break from horseback Mr. Nalywayko is taking courses – Andrew Nynka riding on the resort grounds. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 No. 10

CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS Highlights from(Continued the UNA’s from page 110-year 4) history TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI, (973) 292-9800 x 3040 UNA’s conventions. It was also determined that for each 20 members, there would be one delegate to represent them. The convention re- SERVICES KARPATE elected Ivan Glova as president. PAINTING HANDYMAN MECHANIC The organization’s fifth convention took place in Shenandoah on June FULLY INSURED LICENCE NO.113486759 7-8, 1898, with 24 delegates in attendance. There was good news on the HOME IMPROVEMENTS FROM BASEMENTS TO ROOFS CARPENTRY, WINDOWS, DOORS, PLASTERING, membership front as 574 new members had joined the UNA and total PAINTING, BATHROOMS, REMODELING, CERAMIC ECONOMY AIIRFARES TILES, CONCRETE, BRICK WORK, STUCCO, POINTING, membership now stood at 1,593. Assets also grew, amounting to $5,688.57. + tax WATERPROOFING, ROOFING, GUTTERS AND WELDING (round trip) The convention voted to raise death benefits from $500 to $600. It was Lviv/Odesa $567 25 year experience + tax • FREE ESTIMATES • also determined that members who could not afford the monthly dues of one way $385 47-22 44TH STREET, WOODSIDE, NY 11377 + tax TEL.: (718) 937-1021; CELL: (718) 791-0096 50 cents could pay in 25 cents and be entitled to a death benefit of $300. (round trip) VASILI CHOLAK Kyiv $399 + tax Other notable convention decisions: conventions would henceforth be one way $325 held once every two years, while the Supreme Assembly would meet Fregata Travel annually. Delegates elected a new supreme president, Yuriy Khyliak, who 250 West 57 Street, #1211 had held the post of UNA treasurer during the previous three terms. New York, NY 10107 Tel.: 212-541-5707 Fax: 212-262-3220 * Restrictions apply Source: “Ukrainian National Association: Its Past and Present, (1894- 1964),” by Anthony Dragan (translated from the original Ukrainian by Zenon Snylyk). Jersey City, N.J.: Svoboda Press, 1964. SVITANOK Live band for all occasions ioners either took the train or walked 22 festivals, weddings, zabavas miles to Shenandoah for religious servic- Contact Petro (518) 859-9329 “Ukrainian-American Citadel...” (Continued from page 5) es. A wooden church was built on Pine www.cbitahok.com PROFESSIONALS and Pearl Streets and dedicated in 1890. Shenandoah as the center of Rusyn- The first full-time pastor was Father Ukrainian life. Coal was first mined in Ivan Konstankevych, who arrived in ëíÖîÄç ÇÖãúÉÄò Shamokin in the 1830s, and by the 1850s 1893. Under his leadership the Shamokin èðÓÙÂÒ¥ÈÌËÈ ÔðÓ‰‡‚ˆ¸ the town was well on its way to becom- parish became one of the most dynamic Á‡·ÂÁÔ˜ÂÌÌfl ìçë ing a significant center of the U.S coal in the country. Konstankevych estab- LAW OFFICIES OF STEPHAN J. WELHASCH industry. As such, it soon began to attract lished a school which offered courses in Licensed Agent ZENON B. MASNYJ, ESQ. Since 1983 immigrants from East-Central Europe. religion, the Rusyn-Ukrainian rite and The first Rusyn-Ukrainian in the area Ukrainian National Ass’n, Inc. • Serious Personal Injury language to children of immigrants. He • Real Estate/Coop Closings was John Hassich. Church records show 548 Snyder Ave., Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 also helped establish a parish choir, • Business Representation that there were 25 Rusyn-Ukrainian fam- Toll Free:1-800-253-9862/3036, Fax: 973-292-0900 • Securities Arbitration orchestra and band. As Shamokin’s Rusyn E-mail:[email protected] • Divorces ilies in Shamokin and vicinity by 1880. population increased, a new church was • Wills & Probate Father Wolansky celebrated the first constructed on the corner of Shamokin 157 SECOND AVENUE divine liturgy in December 1884, when and Clay streets. NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10003 the parish of The Transfiguration of Our Shamokin became the birthplace of The (212) 477-3002 Lord began. Father Wolansky celebrated the Ruskyi Narodnyyi Soyuz (RNS), a (By Appointment Only) LUNA BAND divine liturgies in private homes prior to Rusyn fraternal insurance company that Music for weddings, zabavas, his return to Ukraine. On those Sundays changed its name to the Ukrainian festivals. anniversary celebrations. when he was not in Shamokin, parish- National Association 20 years later. OLES KUZYSZYN phone/fax: (732) 636-5406 ATTORNEY e-mail: [email protected] Association was composed of 13 original JERRY brotherhoods starting with 492 members ûêßâ ãÄáßêäé Spotlight... and $605.60 in its treasury. èðÓÙÂÒ¥ÈÌËÈ ÔðÓ‰‡‚ˆ¸ (Continued from page 5) Á‡·ÂÁÔ˜ÂÌÌfl ìçë KUZEMCZAK In the 1930s, the UNA founded a juve- titled “We Need a National Organization” nile branch in Shamokin. New members IOURI LAZIRKO • accidents at work stressing the urgency of a “soyuz.” The organized a basketball team and the UNA Licensed Agent automobile accidents Ukrainian National Ass’n, Inc. • Rev. Poliansky prepared the by-laws. paid for the equipment. • slip and fall The assembly was called together in In more recent times, the branch’s 5 Brannon Ct., Clifton, NJ 07013 • medical malpractice Shamokin’s Columbus Hall, on Pearl and membership became scattered as indus- Tel.: (973) 881-1291 FIRST CONSULTATION IS FREE. Vine streets, on George Washington’s tries in the region were closed down. E-mail: [email protected] birthday, February 22, 1894. Svoboda Fees collected only after – compiled by George Pollyniak personal injury case is successful. reported the creation of the Ukrainian National Association (UNA) in its March Today the officers of Branch 1 are ALSO: 1, 1894, edition with a banner headline Joseph Klebon, president; George DWI reading “It Has Come to Be.” Pollyniak, secretary; and Marie • Pollyniak, treasurer. real estate In 1894 the Ukrainian National Need a Loan? Credit Problems? • We Can Help!!! • criminal and civil cases * Bad Credit * Bankrupt • traffic offenses * No Credit * New Immigrants • matrimonial matters No Application is Refused • general consultation * 1st and 2nd Mortgage * Credit Line Immediate job opening * Personal Loan * Debt Consolidation WELT & DAVID Special * * 1373 Broad St, Clifton, N.J. 07013 First Time Home Buyers at The Ukrainian Weekly Pay As LIttle As 5% or $5,000 Down!! (973) 773-9800 Full-time layout artist based at our home office Call Us Today for fast Approval in Parsippany, NJ. 1-613-263-5502 MERCHANDISE Position requires knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXPress, Word and Excel software for Macintosh. Bilingual (English/Ukrainian) skills a must. WEST2282 Bloor St. W., Toronto, ARKA Ont., Canada M6S 1N9 Position involves: photo scanning and image editing, advertising Fine Gifts design, typesetting in English and Ukrainian, page design and layout, Authentic Ukrainian Handicrafts final output, equipment troubleshooting and maintenance. Art, Books, CDs, Ceramics Andrew R. CHORNY Embroidered Goods and Supplies Manager Those interested in becoming a member of The Ukrainian Weekly's Gold Jewelery, Icons, Magazines production team, are encouraged to send a résumé, plus a cover let- Newspapers, Pysankas and Supplies Insure and be sure. All Services to Ukraine, Mail-orders ter explaining their interest in the position, to: Editor-in-Chief, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ. For Join the UNA! Tel.: (416) 762-8751 Fax: (416) 767-6839 info call (973) 292-9800, ext. 3049. e-mail: [email protected] www.westarka.com No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 15

LNM offer on Huta Czestochowa was Polish government’s... reconsidered was “to avoid stiff competition (Continued from page 8) between PHS and Huta Czestochowa,” CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS Poland until 2006, which would limit which divided ownership would have TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI, (973) 292-9800 x 3040 LNM’s ability to develop the Polskie Huty undoubtedly brought. Stali (PHS) steel mill it had bought earlier. IUD responded by submitting an unso- He explained that by buying and then clos- licited bid for the PHS steel mill to the MERCHANDISE EDUCATION ing Huta Czestochowa, which is much Polish prime minister in which it offered to smaller than PHS, LNM could add to the raise investment in the mill by 10 percent amount of steel it would be able to manufac- over the LNM commitment. ture from the plant it already owned. “If the investor that was selected for PHS FIRST QUALITY ST. ANGELA’S ACADEMY “In the heat of the fight for PHS as they has not yet completed the transaction for UKRAINIAN TRADITIONAL-STYLE Box 220 worked to resolve the various problems fear of competition from Huta Prelate, Saskatchewan associated with signing sales and purchase Czestochowa, IUD is prepared to take upon MONUMENTS Canada S0N 2B0 contracts, they (LNM) failed to study the itself all the commitments of the original SERVING NY/NJ/CT REGION CEMETERIES Phone: (306) 673-2222 issue carefully, that the EU considered PHS investor regarding PHS, including the price Fax: (306) 673-2635 a company sustained by government budg- of the sale, the investment and social pack- OBLAST WEB: www.3.sk.sympatico.ca/stangela age, payment of outstanding debt and an ets and thus the rule on production restric- MEMORIALS A Catholic Residential High School tions would apply,” explained Mr. increase in the statutory fund,” read a letter P.O. BOX 746 from IUD Chairman Serhii Taruta to Prime Chester, NY 10918 on the beautiful Saskatchewan prairies Pylypenko. where the Ursuline Sisters The IUD executive stated that his compa- Minister Miller, parts of which were pub- 845-469-4247 BILINGUAL HOME APPOINTMENTS and Lay Staff “Educate for Life”. ny’s own interest in Huta Czestochowa was lished in Interfax-Ukraine. based on a desire to own a plant within the On March 3 Gazeta Wyborcza reported EU to overcome restrictions on the import that IUD had stated in its offer that it was of Ukrainian steel into the economic com- prepared to pay the astronomical sum of Easter is coming! monwealth. By buying Huta Czestochowa nearly $2 billion for both PHS and Huta Visit www.ukrainiangifts.com Czestochowa steel mills. to buy Easter eggs. Our Easter eggs are IUD would be able to ship unfinished, low- made on the shell of chicken and goos egg. cost steel products it manufactured in The Polish government has promised that a review of the controversy surrounding the We have original woodworks – jewelry boxes, Donetsk to Poland, where the manufactur- decorative plates... and much more.... ing process for rolled steel and tubing would privatization of Huta Czestochowa would be completed, avoiding EU restrictions. be completed by March 30. Ironically, Matters became still murkier when Polish President Alexander Kwasniewski is Ukraine’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs scheduled to visit Kyiv that day to open the UKRAINIAN SINGLES Oleksander Chalii said in Brussels on Year of Poland in Ukraine. NEWSLETTER February 24 that members of the European Serving Ukrainian singles of all ages Commission with whom he had met had throughout the United States and Canada. expressed surprise at the way the Polish Ukrainian authorities... For information send a self-addressed government had explained the situation. Mr. (Continued from page 1) stamped envelope to: Chalii said EC members had insisted that no limits had been placed on Polish steel or general director of the Poltava Radio and Single Ukrainians metallurgical output, reported Interfax- Television Company UTA that owns FM P.O. Box 24733, Phila., Pa. 19111 Ukraine. Mr. Chalii was in Brussels to dis- broadcaster Radio Poltava Plus. Mr. REAL ESTATE cuss minimizing the negative affects for Chechyk died in an automobile accident Ukraine of the EU’s expansion eastward, on March 3, while on his way to Kyiv for including quotas on Ukrainian metallurgical a meeting with RFE/RL officials to dis- cuss affiliation opportunities. output. HE KRAINIAN EEKLY THINKING OF SELLING On March 2, during a Radio Liberty RFE/RL is supervised by the T U W ATTENTION, MEMBERS OF THE interview, Mr. Chalii added that after some Broadcasting Board of Governors, the YOUR BUILDING? investigation it had been agreed among EU, federal agency that runs all U.S. interna- UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION! Polish and Ukrainian officials that Huta tional, non-military broadcasting, includ- Do you enjoy your subscription to CALL US FIRST! Czestochowa in particular was not bound by ing the Voice of America. The Ukrainian Weekly? We buy 6- to 60-family buildings. EU production limitations. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is a Why not share that enjoyment with a friend? The controversy, which has received private, international communications Charles Podpirka extensive coverage in the Polish press, service to Central, Eastern and ORDER A GIFT SUBSCRIPTION JRC Management LLC widened still further after the country’s lead- Southeastern Europe; the Caucasus; and TO THE WEEKLY (718) 459-1651 ing newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza, reported Central and Southwestern Asia funded at the member’s rate of $45 per year. on March 1 that Polish Treasury Minister by the U.S. Congress through the Kaniewski had explained that the reason the Broadcasting Board of Governors. To subscribe, write to The Ukrainian Weekly, Subscription Department, PERSONAL 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054; or call (973) 292-9800. Ukrainian woman, 35, a pharmacist by profession, “Green Card” winner, Easter Greetings 2004 wishes to meet a man of Ukrainian Ukrainian Book Store descent, ages 40-45. Largest selection of Ukrainian books, dance (718) 418-8850 supplies, Easter egg supplies, music, icons, SendContinue best wishes toyour your family tradition. and friends, greeting cards, giftwear, and much more. 10215-97st FOR RENT colleagues and clients on the occasion of Easter Edmonton, AB T5J 2N9 with a greeting in The Ukrainian Weekly. Toll free: 1-866-422-4255 www.ukrainianbookstore.com SKI RESORT RENTAL Ski on/ski off Mt. Snow Vermont Grand Summitt Resort. Weekday Holiday Issue Publication Date Advertising Deadline and weekend dates still available. Call Lesia at 203-792-2798 or email to [email protected] YEVSHANDistributor of fine Ukrainian products - Cassettes, Compact discs - Videos - Language tapes & Dictionaries – Computer fonts for PC & MAC - Imported Icons - Ukrainian Stationery April 4 March 22 - Cookbooks - Food parcels to Ukraine OPPORTUNITY Call for a free catalog 1/16 page – $35; 1/8 page – $50; 1-800-265-9858 1/4 page – $100; 1/2 page – $200; full page – $400 VISA - MASTERCARD - AMEX ACCEPTED EARN EXTRA INCOME! FAX ORDERS ACCEPTED (514) 630-9960 All advertising correspondence, reservations and payments should be directed BOX 325, BEACONSFIELD, QUEBEC The Ukrainian Weekly is looking CANADA - H9W 5T8 to Mrs. Maria Oscislawski, advertising manager, tel. 973-292-9800, ext. 3040, for advertising sales agents. or Walter Honcharyk, administrator, tel. 973-292-9800, ext. 3041. For additional information contact Kindly make checks payable to The Ukrainian Weekly. Maria Oscislawski, Advertising Please send payment to: WANT IMPACT? Manager, The Ukrainian Weekly, The Ukrainian Weekly, Att’n Advertising Department Run your advertisement here, P.O. Box 280, 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, NJ 07054 in The Ukrainian Weekly’s (973) 292-9800, ext 3040. CLASSIFIEDS section. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 No. 10 Art works by Zenon Holubec to be featured at Yonkers exhibit The Ukrainian Institute by Olga Rudyk of America YONKERS, N.Y. – With Easter approaching, Ukrainian National Women’s League of America Branch 30, presents the much-anticipated New York premiere of will once again hold a spring art exhibit. On Sunday, March 14, starting at 9 a.m. and through 1 p.m., art enthusiasts are welcome to visit the hall of St. “Between Hitler and Stalin – Ukraine In Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, located at 21 Shonnard Place, to view the WWII: The Untold Story” artwork of Zenon Holubec of Glen Spey, N.Y., and of Yonkers native Nancy A Documentary Film Zakortiria. Featured will be the unique bas-relief sculptures in wood by Mr. Holubec, who, A story of international intrigue, unspeakable horror, in his work, seeks inspiration from inhumanity and sacrifice. nature, often treats historical and literary themes, and perpetuates the art of the Directed by Slawko Nowytski icon. Narrated by Jack Palance Also featured will be a wide array of Ukrainian-themed arts and crafts, includ- Produced by the Ukrainian Canadian Research ing floral creations, as well as ceramics and Documentation Centre and jewelry by Ms. Zakortiria. Both artists had been scheduled for the annual Christmas bazaar, which had to be cancelled due to inclement weather. “The whole titanic struggle was first of all Two guest artists from New York City, a Ukrainian war.” – Edgar Snow sisters Romanka and Marianka Zajech, will also visit to display their newest ger- dany (string-beaded Ukrainian neck- 2 showings: Thursday, March 18, 7 p.m. laces). and Friday, March 19, 7 p.m. The artwork on exhibit will also be At the Ukrainian Institute of America, available for purchase, offering an early 2 East 79th Street, (corner of Fifth Avenue), shopping opportunity for the upcoming Easter season. New York, NY Also available for purchase in the church hall will be Easter greeting cards, Tickets $10, limited seating, for more information please call materials for making Easter eggs, or (212) 288-8660 pysanky, honey, and gift items for both “Tulips,” bas relief, wood, by Zenon adults and children. Holubec. No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 17 Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus releases live recording from European tour APPLICATION FOR DETROIT – The all-male Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus announced the release of its 31st North American-produced album, IMMIGRATION European Tour: Historic Lviv Recordings,” coinciding with their 2004 Spring Concert TO CANADA Series in Syracuse, N.Y.; Hartford, Conn.; New York City; Clifton, N.J.; and Philadelphia. The CD presents an exciting (PAGE 20) program of select folk songs, and the exotic sounds of the bandura from the chorus’s his- toric 2003 European concert tour. Select composers include: Brahms, Gounod, Hryhoriy Kytasty, Mykola Leontovych, Newton and Oleh Mahlay. The album is available on compact disc only. This CD is unique in that it brings togeth- er a compilation of powerful performances UKRAINIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA captured at various concert halls over four are second-and-third generation Americans LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS countries. Emmy award-winning recording and Canadians. Boasting a repertoire of engineer Orest Sushko, who is also a mem- more than 500 songs, this internationally IF YOU ARE A PHYSICIAN, DENTIST, OR OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONAL ber of the chorus, served as the mix engineer celebrated ensemble has captivated audi- EITHER PRACTICING OR TRAINING, HERE’S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN for this live project. Mr. Sushko received an ences in major concert halls in the United YOUR COLLEAGUES IN NORTH AMERICA’S PREMIER ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. Emmy award in 2001 for outstanding mix- States, Canada, Europe, Australia and ing on the TV mini-series “Nuremberg,” FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE WRITE TO: Ukraine since immigrating to North UKRAINIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA starring Alec Baldwin. America from Europe in 1949. Alex Kytasty, a Detroit-based freelance 2247 W. CHICAGO AVENUE They have also performed for such noted CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60622 recording engineer handled the location personalities as former President Richard recording. Design and layout are credited to TELEPHONE: 773-278-6262 Nixon, former President Ronald Reagan, OR FAX YOUR REQUEST TO 773-278-6962 Darius Polanski, and production is by movie star Jack Palance and former Toronto-based RDR Music Group. President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk. NAME: ______Executive producer is Anatoli Murha. “European Tour: Historic Live ADDRESS: ______Founded in 1918, the Ukrainian Recordings” may be purchased at one of the Bandurist Chorus has a long and proud his- chorus’s concert venues this April or by vis- CITY: ______tory of representing Ukrainian bandura and iting www.bandura.org. STATE: ______ZIP: ______choral music on the international stage. It survived both Soviet and Nazi occupations, * * * DAYTIME PHONE: ______and since 1949 has enjoyed the freedom of The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, 2004 artistic expression in the United States of spring concert series includes the following America. venues: Today, the majority of chorus members • Syracuse; Friday, April 2, 7 p.m.; Fowler School Auditorium, 227 Magnolia St. Tickets: (315) 471-4074; Anthracite Heritage Museum • Hartford, Conn.: Saturday, April 3, 7 p.m.; Theater of the Performing Arts, 359 Washington St.; tickets: (860) 757-6388; offers pysanka workshops • New York City: Sunday, April 4, 2 p.m.; The Great Hall At The Cooper Union, Third SCRANTON, Pa. – Two workshops on Avenue at Seventh Street, tickets: (917) pysanky, the ancient Ukrainian art of egg 559-8629. decorating, are offered participants for age • Clifton: Saturday, April 24, 6:30 p.m.; 12 and older on Saturday, March 20, at the W. Wilson Middle School, 1400 Van Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum. Houten Ave., tickets: (917) 559-8629; and An introductory class at 10 a.m., will • Philadelphia: Sunday, April 25, 3 p.m.; focus on basic method and simple design. Manor College, 700 Fox Chase Road, At 2 p.m., Pat Lawless will guide partici- Jenkintown, Pa.; tickets: (215) 242-3689. pants through the traditional process at a more advanced level. Both classes will complete an egg in class. Fee covers classroom instruction, materials and a take-home tool kit. Fee per session: $15; $10 for members of the Anthracite Heritage Museum and Iron Furnaces Associates. Reservations are required by March 15. The Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum is located in McDade Park, off Keyser Avenue, in Scranton (Exits 182 or 191-B off I-81, and Exit 122, Keyser Avenue, from I-476). The museum is open year-round Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Admission is charged for the main exhib- it, “Anthracite People: Immigration and Ethnicity in Pennsylvania’s Hard Coal Region.” Admission to a temporary exhibit, “The Great Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902,” is included. For information call the muse- um educator, Ruth Cummings, (570) 963- 4804, or see www.anthracitemuseum.org. The Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum is one of 26 historic sites and museums on the Pennsylvania Trail of History, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. For more information, or to request a free, 24-page visitor’s guide, visit www.phmc.state.pa.us or call toll free 1-866-PATRAIL. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 No. 10

Preliminary investigations have estab- NEWSBRIEFS lished that the company that hired the SUMA (YONKERS) FEDERAL CREDIT UNION (Continued from page 11) sailors in Varna was not legally registered, of fomenting interethnic strife in an anti- mediapool.bg reported. According to AFP, Offers New Services Semitic publication, Interfax reported on the Cambodian freighter was owned by a February 26. Mr. Moroz said in an open Bulgarian. (RFE/RL Newsline) letter to Mr. Kuchma that the court that Oil transport may begin in April-May • Drive through teller window ruled on the case made “a legally illiter- • Mon-Thu: 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Fri: 8:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m. ate decision to close [the newspaper] KYIV – Ukrainian Fuel and Energy • ATM – 24 Hour 7 Days under far-fetched accusations.” Mr. Minister Serhii Yermilov told Interfax • Expanded Office Hours Moroz claimed that the court violated the Ukraine on February 25 that oil for the • Now Open 6 days: Monday-Saturday law by using the Criminal Code in the Odesa-Brody pipeline might begin entering • Morning and Evening hours case against Silski Visti, which he the pipeline in April-May. Mr. Yermilov • Safe Deposit Boxes believes should have been considered a noted that Poland and Ukraine have • New Types of Loans civil case. He warned that the closure of reached an agreement about transporting • Vacant Land Loans Silski Visit might lead to the fomenting oil by rail from the present end of the pipeline in Brody to Polish refineries. • Construction Loans of “anti-Semitism in day-to-day life” and create an “explosive situation.” Silski According to the minister, between 1 mil- Visti, which primarily targets rural read- lion and 5 million tons of oil would be SUMA (Yonkers) Federal Credit Union offers fast and convenient services. ers, has a circulation of more than transported to Poland by rail annually. Using our Drive Thru Teller Window will save you a lot of time and possible 500,000. The newspaper is believed to be Confirming Mr. Yermilov’s statement, parking tickets. You can do all your transaction right from your car. You can get linked to the Socialist Party. (RFE/RL Faouzi Bensarsa, a representative of the cash from our ATM machine 24 hour 7 days-Surcharge Free for All Credit Newsline) European Commission, confirmed that contracts exist for the purchase of Caspian Union Members. Need a secure place for your important documents – check out Growth of 9.3 percent reported in 2003 oil by Ukraine, Interfax Ukraine reported our Safe Deposit Boxes. Thinking about a new home – Vacant Land Loan and on February 24. The agency also reported Construction Loan is what you might need. KYIV – First Vice Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on February 28 that, that ChevronTexaco is awaiting clarifica- according to the most recent calculations, tion from Ukraine concerning tariff rates to Ukraine’s gross domestic product (GDP) be charged for the Odesa-Brody pipeline. Main Office: Yonkers Branch: grew by 9.3 percent year-on-year in 2003, (RFE/RL Newsline) 125 Corporate Boulevard 301 Palisade Avenue which is Ukraine’s record high during its Thieves steal bridge in Ukraine Yonkers, NY 10701-6841 Yonkers, NY 10703 independence years, UNIAN reported. Phone: (914) 220-4900 Phone: (914) 965-8560 Earlier the State Statistics Committee had SVALIAVA – Thieves in western Fax: (914) 220-4090 Fax: (914) 965-1936 reported that GDP grew by 8.5 percent in Ukraine have dismantled and stolen an 2003. (RFE/RL Newsline) 11-meter steel bridge over the river 1-888-644-SUMA Svaliavka. Police blame locals, saying it E-mail: [email protected] $600 million of Eurobonds is issued would have been impossible to take the Stamford Branch: Spring Valley Branch: KYIV – The press service of First bridge apart without a crane and a lorry, Ukrainian Research Center SS Peter & Paul Ukr. Catholic Church Vice Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said or to take it away unnoticed. Metal theft is 39 Clovelly Road, Stamford, CT 06902 41 Collins Ave., Spring Valley, NY 10977 on February 27 that the government has a problem in Ukraine, where people steal Phone/Fax: (203) 969-0498 Phone/Fax: (845) 425-2749 successfully floated $600 million worth statues, cables and other objects made of Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: Tuesday, Friday: of Eurobonds with a seven-year maturity metal in order to sell it as scrap. Officials 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. period and 6.875 percent return, Interfax were checking all scrap metal yards in the reported. “The government has placed region to find the remains of the one-ton Board of Directors SUMA (Yonkers) Federal Credit Union the bonds among respectable investors bridge. (BBC) enjoying the reputation of ‘financial Thieves steal historic train for scrap engines’ on steady markets,” the press service added. (RFE/RL Newsline) DONETSK – Thieves stole what may be Ukraine’s oldest train for metal scrap Bulgarian, Ukrainian crew die at sea after tricking guards at a museum in east- PRAGUE – Seventeen Bulgarian and ern Ukraine, local police said on March two Ukrainian sailors are believed to have 1. A police spokesman in Donetsk said been killed when the freighter Hera sank the thieves used forged documents to on February 13 during a snowstorm near convince guards at the industry museum Istanbul, mediapool.bg reported. Bad that the train, which dates back to 1924, weather conditions hampered rescue oper- had to be moved. They probably used a ations, which continued on February 16 crane to move the locomotive and then near the Bosporus Strait, Agence France- cut it into pieces to sell it as scrap metal. Presse reported. None of the 19-member “The metal was found in a scrap yard crew are believed to have survived. outside the city,” the spokesman said. (Reuters)

An American volunteer’s... (Continued from page 12) The book also offers a description of the International Executive Service Corps (IESC) – generally referred to as the senior citizen’s equivalent of the Peace Corps – providing the organiza- tion’s mission, recruitment requirements, methods of operation, as well as a roster of dedicated volunteers. Mr. Miller, a resident of La Grange, Ill., spent 20 years traveling to over 100 countries as senior vice-president of industrial development. Since retiring, he has served as an advisor with the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program, and the Vienna-based United Nations Industrial Development Organization, in addition to the IESC. He is the author of two books on tran- sition economies: “Selling to Newly Emerging Markets” and “Doing Business in Newly Privatized Markets,” both pub- lished by the Greenwood Group. Orders for “Journey to a Closed City” may be placed with Science & Humanities Press, P.O. Box 7151, Chesterfield, MO 63006-7151;by calling (636) 394-4950; or online at sciencehumanitiespress.com. No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 19

THE ARTS: Roman Klun busy The next issue of The Ukrainian Weekly’s with multiple music projects

the Angel,” the title of Mr. Klun’s most recent Ukrainian album, is offered as yet WeddingWedding another variation on the theme of his passionate pursuits in life. Announcements Currently, Mr. Klun’s focus is on pro- Announcementswill appear on March 21, 2004. ducing and directing FestUkraine and the Miss FestUkraine Pageant, to be held at For an engagement, wedding or anniversary announcement to be Paramount Canada’s Wonderland in included in that issue, all information must be received in our offices Toronto on June 13. He said he looks by March 12, 2004. forward to bringing the Ukrainian com- Along with wedding announcements, we will include greetings from friends, munity, as well as friends of the family members, bridesmaids and ushers – from all those Ukrainian community, a fun-filled and who wish to share in the excitement of a new marriage. Roman Klun memorable day of entertainment. Also welcome are anniversary and engagement greetings Mr. Klun is recipient of the Genie STONEY CREEK, Ontario – Roman Rates for announcements and greetings: Award, Canada’s most prestigious Eugene Klun, the award-winning record One-column announcement: $100 producer, music engineer and film/movie industry honor, presented in Two-column announcement: $200 singer/songwriter, has been busy work- 1999 for his work as a producer, engi- Greeting: $75 ing on various projects, among them, neer and arranger. He was also awarded another Grammy- and Juno-nominated the Canadian Recording Industry For further information or to request a brochure, record for the Nettwerk artist Sarah Association’s 4X Platinum Award for please call (973) 292-9800, ext. 3040 (Maria). McLachlan titled “Afterglow,” as well as engineering work on Sarah McLachlan’s Visit www.ukrweekly.com to view a wedding announcement sample page. on the production of the new CD with hit single “Possession.” the Canadian Bandurist Capella of Toronto, which is due to be out in March. In New York he was recently engaged as the mixing engineer in work for the Celtic music group Ceili Rain, featuring Robert Halligan Jr., Pat Boone and two- time Grammy award winner country singer Kathy Mattea, as well as in work as the mix engineer on the ABC/CTV sit- com “I’m With Her.” Mr. Klun has mixed the latest record for Stepan Pasicznyk, formally of The Ukrainians from England, and more recently, upon having returned from Portland, Oregon, he has completed the new hit single in stereo and mixed in 5.1 surround sound for multi-Platinum awarded singer/songwriter Gino Vannelli. He is a TV/Film Genie award-winner for producing the theme song for the film “The Fishing Trip,” and has worked on Novologic’s new “Black Hawk Down” video game. When asked what he does in his spare time, Mr. Klun responds that he’s study- ing international business management at a local college, (while maintaining a GPA of 4.0). He then laughed, and explained, “Yeah, but Tato (my father) was the one who carried Baba’s (my grandmother’s) sewing machine on his back to Toronto, all the way from Yezupil, which is just west of Ivano- Frankivsk, Ukraine.” Mr. Klun has also been spending a substantial amount of time in New York City again, wondering if his knees will give him a few more seasons of dancing with choreographer Roma Pryma Bohachevsky at Verkhovyna or Soyuzivka. He recalled that he spent 10 years of his youth at the resorts as a dancer and instructor, along with his father Jaroslaw Roman Klun. Asked what the future holds for him, Mr. Klun responded that, apart from writ- ing additional music for film and televi- sion, he would love to return to Ukraine and write again. His last visit, which took him to Kyiv, Lviv, and Odesa in 2000 – with memorable stops in Kaniv, the burial place of poet Taras Shevchenko, the cata- combs of the Pecherska Lavra, and the Black Sea, which served as sources of inspiration for his subsequent creative work. His song, “Stairs on the Hill,” was written drawing on all three elements of the visit. Mr. Klun noted that his pursuits “are based on finding magic, i.e., a magical vocal performance, a magical moment in time born of a lyric or a melody, a pic- ture, or simply a connection to some- thing that one doesn’t feel, hear or see in everyday life.” Accordingly, “Passion of 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 No. 10

It called for intelligence on the time and National deputy... place of the event, the participants, the (Continued from page 1) results and further possible activities of the Berlin on March 26 to retrieve the docu- participants. ments from Gen. Kravchenko after the The fourth directive made public by intelligence services officer said he was National Deputy Tomenko called for per- ready to turn the information he had gath- manent intelligence gathering on all ered over to Ukraine’s Procurator General’s Ukrainian delegations, government and Office for criminal investigation. Gen. otherwise, that travel abroad whose actions Kravchenko had said in an interview on might “have a negative affect on the inter- nal and foreign policy strategies of With deep sorrow we announce that on March 2, 2004, passed away February 19 with the Ukrainian newspaper Ukraine.” our beloved wife, mother and grandmother Dzerkalo Tyzhnia that he would trust the It also called for “activating work within information with only three lawmakers in the Ukrainian diaspora with the aim of Ukraine’s Parliament: Ihor Yukhnovsky of OLGA LITEPLO obtaining vital advance information” which the Our Ukraine parliamentary faction, was “needed to assure the security of our Panakhyda was held on March 5, 2004, at the Peter Jarema Funeral Borys Oliinyk of the Communist faction or country within the context of the image of Home. The funeral mass was held on March 6, 2004, at the St. George Mr. Tomenko, another Our Ukraine mem- Ukraine as it is seen within that country Ukrainian Catholic Church in New York City. The burial took place at ber. with regards to preparations for [Ukrainian] the Holy Spirit Cemetery in Hamptonburg, New York. While reminding reporters that President political reform, presidential elections, etc.” Kuchma had said on February 24 that he In deep sorrow: Mr. Tomenko told The Weekly that, gave permission for Gen. Kravchenko “to according to 1999 law, the SBU had no husband – Sam Liteplo publish in the press all that he has in his right to gather information on politicians sons – Merrill Liteplo with his wife Maya possession” because “he has nothing,” Mr. taking part in foreign conferences or meet- – Ronald Liteplo with his wife Nadia Tomenko distributed to reporters the texts ing with foreign politicians and business- of what he described as the key parts of – Paul Liteplo with his wife Emilia men. four of eight documents that Gen. grandchildren – Mark with his wife Kristen, “This behavior is absolutely illegal,” Mr. Kravchenko had turned over to him. Tomenko said. Stephanie, Andrew William, Daniel, The four alleged government directives Laryssa and Matthew The national deputy said he believed in the handouts gave explicit directions on that Gen. Kravchenko was one of a grow- information that should be gathered in con- ing number of senior intelligence officers ETERNAL MEMORY junction with issues and events that could who were dissatisfied with the way recent- affect Ukraine’s image abroad. The first ly appointed SBU Chief Ihor Smeshko had directive requested information on a televi- redirected the agency’s resources and sub- sion program that would expose illegal traf- mersed it into domestic politics as an infor- ficking in human organs in Ukraine. Data mation-gathering tool for state authorities. was requested on the possible contents of a “They believe that the authorities are MAY WE HELP YOU? German television program, “Mona Lisa,” forcing them to work in intelligence gather- To reach The Ukrainian Weekly call (973) 292-9800, and the reporter and producer who put the ing not for the security of the state but for and dial the appropriate extension (as listed below). news package on organ trafficking together. political purposes,” explained Mr. Tomenko. It also directed intelligence gathering “to At the end of February, Former SBU Editorial – 3049, 3063, 3069; Administration – 3041; determine what possibility existed that it chief Volodymyr Radchenko had offered an Advertising – 3040; Subscriptions – 3042; Production – 3052 would be shown on the television program alternative motive for what triggered Gen. ‘Mona Lisa’ and to use all means to stop its Kravchenko’s announcement. He described airing.” the SBU general, whom he called a person- The second document related to trips by al friend, as a colleague disenchanted over government officials who held positions of his inability to save a sufficient amount of “minister and higher.” It told intelligence money to renovate his apartment before his officers to obtain information on who invit- impending retirement. ed them, who paid for their stay, the nature Mr. Radchenko said that Gen. and length of the visit, and with whom they Kravchenko had asked for and received a met with outside the regular itinerary, second posting in a foreign embassy, rare “including with business circles.” for an intelligence agent but allowed on The third directive ordered that intelli- occasion to those close to retirement in gence officers obtain information about an order to take advantage of the better pay international conference that Our Ukraine they received there. However, he had run leader Viktor Yushchenko was organizing, into some problems with the presidential supposedly planned for December 2003, security detail when President Kuchma was which might have involved former U.S. staying in Baden-Baden last December President Bill Clinton and former U.S. while recuperating from surgery. He said Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright the incident led to Gen. Kravchenko’s and former U.S. National Security Adviser move to Kyiv, which led him to act irra- Zbigniew Brzezinski. tionally.

Step 2: We will provide you with a list A new initiative... of, and information about Ukrainian (Continued from page 6) cities that have expressed interest in such development of new sister cities. At pres- contacts. ent such cities as Chernihiv, Lutsk, Step 3: In cooperation with you, we will jointly approach U.S.-based city Dnipropetrovsk and Zhytomyr are with- administrations with our proposals and out partners, but are eager to establish request. such relationships. We see in this a huge Please feel free to contact our volunteer potential that has yet to be tapped. This at the Embassy at [email protected]; or potential is people who are willing to our embassy personnel, Oleksander become involved. We, for our part, are Scherba at [email protected] and standing by to aid you in this effort. Natalia Holub at [email protected]. Our plan is rather simple. Please enter “Cities of Friendship” in the Step 1: Let us know of your interest. subject line of your message. No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 21

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE: Minneapolis proud of one of its new community members by Dr. Michael J. Kozak after graduating from the D. Zador State Musical College in Uzhorod, earned a mas- MINNEAPOLIS – Difficult living condi- ter of music degree cum laude in choral and tions in Ukraine have forced many young opera symphonic conducting at the Mykola people to leave and look for a better life Lysenko State Music Academy in Lviv. abroad. American, with its freedoms and Before coming to Minneapolis, Mr. Ivan opportunities, is most appealing. Upon served as a conductor of the State Theater of arrival, many of these young Ukrainians join Opera and Ballet in Dnipropetrovsk and was established Ukrainian communities and are artistic director of the State Philharmonic striving to improve their talents. Among Society in Uzhorod. There he was featured such individuals in Minnesota’s Ukrainian in 30 symphonic and 200 opera and ballet community is Yuri Ivan. performances. In 2001, he was awarded the Soon upon his arrival he actively became George Sample conducting fellowship and involved in the cultural activities of the now studies with internationally known con- Minneapolis community. He joined St. ductor Akira Mori. Constantine’s Ukrainian Catholic Church. On February 21, Mr. Ivan achieved a Being educated in the art of music, he soon great distinction in his career. At the Ted became the choir conductor and a teacher in Mann Concert Hall at the University of the Ukrainian School that meets on Minnesota, with over 500 people in the Saturdays. audience, he conducted Tchaikovsky’s Mr. Ivan is pursuing a doctor of musical Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64. Akira arts degree in conducting at the University Mori conducted Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. of Minnesota School of Music; he holds a 2 in A major. Both received tremendous teaching assistant position in orchestral con- applause. ducting. He is also conductor of the Campus It appears that Mr. Ivan is on his way to Orchestra and assistant conductor of the the top in the field of music. The Ukrainian Symphony Orchestra. community of Minneapolis, of which he has HAVE YOU HEARD? PURCHASE A PREPAID According to information obtained from become a member, is very proud of his 20-YEAR ENDOWMENT POLICY FROM UNA FOR the university’s School of Music, Mr. Ivan, accomplishment. $2,287.26* AND I WILL RECEIVE A CHECK FOR $5,000** JUST IN TIME FOR MY COLLEGE EDUCATION. WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR CALL UNA AT 1-800-253-9862 AND LET’S GET STARTED.

* FOR AGES 0 THROUGH 3 1/2 YEARS OLD ** MINIMUM FACE AMOUNT OF $5,000

HE KRAINIAN EEKLY Visit our archive Ton theU Internet at: http://www.ukrweekly.com/W Yuri Ivan 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 No. 10

Turning the pages back... Buchach Buchach (Continued from page 6) tries can move away from concentrating allowed to remain as a barrier to improv- We are looking in the USA and in Canada for past residents of Buchach, Ukraine, on – though not completely ignoring – ing the bilateral relationship, which is who are interested in organizing humanitarian aid to the Buchach area. We are the negatives in the relationship. important not only to the two countries aware that many of us provide major support to our relatives. Therefore, we can The recent difficult period in U.S.- but to the “dynamics of the political situ- not count on large sums of money from any individuals. But together, as a com- Ukraine relations was “a period of lost ation in Europe” as well. “We need to re- munity, we can certainly provide significant help by combining our resources. opportunities,” Ambassador establish trust, to reestablish confi- Gryshchenko said. It was also a period of dence,” he said. “It can only be done In Buchach there are many establishments worthy of our attention. By helping through practical steps – practical steps them we help those villages whose children attend these institutions. “very difficult bilateral debate, of very frank exchanges” that now should serve that we have demonstrated recently.” both countries well as they move for- Asked about the absence of bilateral We will distribute further detailed information by mail. Those interested contacts at the highest levels, please contact the members of the organizing committee. ward on a positive agenda. One of the lessons learned was that Ambassador Gryshchenko said that “we cannot hide from problems,” Ukraine, of course, would like to see Eva Hamenska/Sacharuk, 157 Main St., Wenham, MA 01984 them return, but not just for the sake of Tel.: (978) 468-2737; e-mail: [email protected] Ambassador Gryshchenko said. “If we do have a problem, we have to face it, such visits or contacts themselves. They or and we have to be frank and open about are important in pushing through new it, because it will not fade away, and we initiatives and as signals about the state Taras Shepelavy, 1360 Wemple Lane, Niskayuna, NY 12309 cannot really run away from it.” of relations, he explained. Tel.: (518) 393-5515; e-mail: [email protected] “If it is Kolchuha, then we need to get to the bottom of it,” he said. “And here Source: “Ukraine’s ambassador to we have tried our best, and we continue U.S. sees new opening in bilateral rela- on this path. We know that there are no tions,” by Yaro Bihun, The Ukrainian Kolchuhas that Ukraine is responsible Weekly, March 9, 2003, Vol. LXXI, No. Need a back issue? for in Iraq. We know that there are no 10. If you’d like to obtain a back issue of The Ukrainian Weekly, contracts, that there are no deliveries, send $2 per copy (first-class postage included) to: Administration, The Ukrainian Weekly, and we need to establish this as a fact.” 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. He stressed that the Kolchuha and Soyuzivka 2004... other unresolved issues must not be (Continued from page 13) A fourth trail takes hikers directly to the resort’s green pool, where guests can swim in a natural pool formed in a rather deep basin in the river’s bed. Mr. Nalywayko said the fifth trail – which is not yet completed but begins near the resort’s Sitch building, across from a stream located there – will eventually take hikers along a different route to the waterfall but will end above the water- fall. In his role as activities director, Mr. Nalywayko is also overseeing the resort’s recently established paintball contests, using an outdoor field located on the resort’s grounds. Mr. Nalywayko said the resort provides everything that guests need in order to play. The resort’s activities director also said there is every intention of providing guests with an opportunity to go horse- back riding on the resort grounds and said that a preliminary test recently – acclimatizing horses to the terrain – was successful. Among other changes scheduled at the resort, General Manager Paslawsky said that all of the rooms will have air condi- tioning units installed by Memorial Day weekend and that the Tiki Bar – a new addition that turned out to be a big hit with guests this past summer – will be expanded to accommodate more patrons. Specific dates, costs or applications for the summer camps at Soyuzivka may be found at the resort’s website, www.soyuzivka.com, or by calling (845) 626-5641.

In Riga, McCain... (Continued from page 3) the United States and Europe want Ukraine to succeed, and want to deepen our partnership, that we must be rigorous in demanding that free and fair elections are held this October, without judicial, constitutional or political manipulation, and that their results are honored. We look forward to welcoming a democratic Ukraine into the Euro-Atlantic commu- nity and to deepening our friendship with the people of your great nation. “... The history of the consciousness of freedom should give all of us great hope for the coming democratic transfor- mation of Belarus and Ukraine, and with it the hopes and dreams of millions of your citizens for a new day. It is coming, and we in the West will stand by you until it does.” No. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 23

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

(Continued from page 24) are themes woven together into a story that Soviet regime. Ms. Applebaum will discuss has not yet been told. The film is produced the experience of individuals and national by the Ukrainian Canadian Research and groups in the forced labor camps and exam- Documentation Center. It will be shown at ine the disturbing question of why the gulag the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. has remained relatively obscure in the West. 79th St. (corner of Fifth Avenue), at 7 p.m. The presentation will be held at the on both days. Tickets: $10; limited seating. Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 2320 W. For more information call (212) 288-8660. Chicago Ave., at 7 p.m. Books will be avail- Friday, March 19 able for purchase at the event. Refreshments and socializing will follow the presentation. NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Art and Admission: members, $10; non-members Literary Club, the New York Bandura and guests, $15. For additional information Ensemble and Mayana Gallery present the call (847) 359-3676. fourth concert in the 2004 season of Bandura Downtown, titled “Judgment NEW BRITAIN, Conn.: The 10th annual Day,” featuring penitential songs from the Ukrainian Easter Festival will be held at St. kobzar tradition and “kanty” (chants) by Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church parish Ukrainian baroque composers performed hall, 54 Winter St. (behind Newbrite Plaza) by Julian Kytasty (bandura) and Roman at 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Snow date: Saturday, Turovsky (baroque lute). Donation: $10; March 27. Available for sale will be pasky, (includes reception with the artists). The babky, nut and poppyseed rolls, as well as concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the varenyky, borshch, and homemade cakes Mayana Gallery, 136 Second Ave., fourth and desserts. Pysanky and egg-decorating floor. The gallery presents the “Shrouds of supplies will also be sold. Lunch and take- Christ” exhibit. For more information, call out will be available. Admission and park- (212) 260-4490 or (212) 995-2640, or e- ing (behind the church) are free. For more mail: [email protected]. NYBE per- information call the parish, (860) 229-3833. formances are made possible by the New Friday, March 26 York State Council on the Arts. EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Saturday, March 20 Ukrainian Studies at the University of CHICAGO: The Chicago Business and Alberta is holding a lecture by Dr. Lisa Professional Group is sponsoring a presen- Grekul, department of English, University tation by Anne Applebaum titled “The of British Columbia, titled “Listening to Gulag: What We Know Now and Why It All of Baba’s Children: (Re)Discovering Matters.” A columnist and member of the Ukrainian Canadian Literature.” The lec- editorial board of The Washington Post, Ms. ture will be held in the Heritage Lounge, Applebaum is author of “Gulag: A History,” Athabasca Hall, at 7 p.m. For more infor- considered the first up-to-date scholarly mation call (780) 492-2972, or e-mail study of the central terror institution of the [email protected].

Happiness” (1979), which came out in Profiles of... the United States, and “Autumnal (Continued from page 12) Renewal,” which came out in his native His poems, essays and articles have Donetsk in 2001. appeared in Ukrainian émigré periodicals In 1980 Mr. Bilajiw was accorded the in such journals as Suchasnist, Novi Dni, title of poet laureate of the Mohyla- Mazepa Academy of Sciences in Moloda Ukraina, Avanhard, Kyiv, and Ukraine. the literary almanac Slovo. Mr. Bilajiw is a corresponding mem- 38th Annual Membership Meeting With Ukraine’s independence in 1991, ber of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts his work was published in periodicals in Sciences in New York and of the Writers’ of the Ukraine as well, among them Literaturna Union in Ukraine. Ukraina, Berezil, Dzvin, Dyvoslovo, He has been active in Ukrainian émi- Ukrainian National Federal Credit Union Donbas, Kurier Kryvbasa, Dnipro, and gré politics as chairman of the National Slovyanske Viche. Council of the State Center of the To date, Mr. Bilajiw’s collected works Ukrainian National Republic govern- have been published in three volumes: ment-in-exile (1980-1984), among other “Harvest” (1970) and “Beyond positions. Sunday, March 28, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. (Registration begins at 1:00 p.m.) TO ALL MEMBERS OF UNA BRANCH 156

Please be advised that Branch 156 has merged with Branch 173 as of March 1, 2004. All inquiries and requests for changes Ukrainian National Home should be sent to Mr. Peter Serba. 142 Second Ave., New York, NY

Mr. Peter Serba PROPOSED AGENDA: 507 Langham Rd. Wilmington, DE 19809 1. Call to order. (302) 764-2684 2. Verification of the minutes of the previous Annual Meeting. 3. Reports: a. President’s report b. Treasurer’s report DRAGO FUNERAL HOME c. Manager’s report 43-10 30th Avenue, Astoria, NY d. Loan Department’s report (718) 278-0089 e. Supervisory Committee’s report 4. Discussion. LOUIS PILLARI – Director 5. Election of three members to the Board of Directors. êÓ‰Ë̇ èéÑèßêäßÇ – ‚·ÒÌËÍË 6. Desired suggestions for new business. COMFORT AND CARING 7. Adjournment. ôËð‡ ÔÓð‡‰‡, ðÓ‰ËÌ̇ Ó·ÒÎÛ„‡ Refreshments will be served 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2004 No. 10

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Friday, March 12 and Easter Bazaar” at 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, 21 Soyuzivka’s Datebook CHICAGO: The group photography exhi- Shonnard Place. Featured will be bas- bition titled, “Don’t Look Away,” featur- March 6-7, 2004 April 19-21, 2004 relief wood sculptures by Zenon Holubec ing the work of Joseph Sywenkyj, Plast Kurin “Khmelnychenky” Spring Clergy Days of Glen Spey, N.Y., and crafts by Nancy Annual Winter Rada Aleksandr Glyadyelov and Adrienne Zakotiria of Yonkers. Both artists had been April 21-23, 2004 Kovalsky, opens at the Ukrainian Institute scheduled for the annual Christmas bazaar, March 20, 2004 of Modern Art, 2320 W. Chicago Ave. A which had to be cancelled due to SUNY New Paltz reception with the artists will be held that Grace Church Men’s Retreat – Migrant Special Education inclement weather. There will also be day at 6-9 p.m. The exhibit documents other items available for purchase, such as Program social issues in Ukraine such as street chil- March 27-28, 2004 traditional pysanky, gerdany (Ukrainian dren, adults with HIV and children affect- beaded necklaces), woodcuts, Easter egg- “Cooking in the Ukrainian Tradition” May 7-9, 2004 ed by Chornobyl’s nuclear radiation. The – sponsored by Kurin Spartanky. making kits, greeting cards, fresh honey 2nd Annual exhibit will be on view through May 2. and much more. Enjoy coffee, homemade Open to parents and children Cinco De Mayo Festivities Exhibit hours: Wednesday-Sunday, noon-4 pastries and canapes while browsing and 15 and older. p.m. For more information call the UIMA, enjoying the company of friends. For more May 14, 2004 (773) 227-5522, or visit uima-art.org. information call (914) 762-6514. March 27-28, 2004 Ellenville High School Junior Prom Saturday, March 13 Monday, March 15 Brooklyn Ukrainian Group – Spring Cleaning Volunteer May 15, 2004 NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Medical CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Weekend Association of North America (UMANA), Ukrainian Research Institute will host a lec- Wedding – Stephan Kowalczuk New York Metro Chapter, in cooperation and Alex Raut ture given by Juliette Cadiot, HURI with the Self Reliance Association of research fellow, titled “Popular Resistance April 10, 2004 American Ukrainians, New York City Easter Celebration and Easter Brunch to the Imperial Russian Census of 1897: May 28-31, 2004 Branch, will hold another of its series of Uniates and Tatar Muslims in Memorial Day Weekend community-based medical lectures at 98 Confrontation with the Modern State.” The April 17, 2004 BBQ & Dance Second Ave. at 2 p.m. The featured physi- lecture will be held in the HURI Seminar Wedding – Nancy Medwid cian, Dr. Eugene Holuka, will discuss “What Room, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 and Jonathan McFall Everyone Should Know About Diabetes.” p.m. For more information contact HURI, Admission is free and refreshments will be (617) 495-4053 or [email protected]. served. For further information contact Dr. Ihor Magun, (516) 766-5147. TORONTO: The Center for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Sunday, March 14 Toronto presents the Wolodymyr George NEW YORK: Plast Ukrainian Scouting Danyliw Lecture, featuring Mykola Organization, New York City Branch, Riabchuk, Kolasky Memorial Fellow, CIUS; invites the public to its annual “Novatska Center for European Studies, National Kostiumivka” (children’s masquerade), University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy; and whose theme this year is “Kazka member of the editorial board of the Kyiv- Charivnytsia” (The Enchanting Fairy based journal Krytyka. Dr. Riabchuk’s lec- Tale.) The children’s costume play will ture is titled “From Dysfunctional to begin at 2 p.m. in the auditorium of the Blackmail State: The Post-Soviet Transition Ukrainian National Home, 140 Second in Ukraine.” It will be held at the Vivian and Ave. (between Eighth and Ninth streets). David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk In addition to the play, there will be Center for International Studies, 1 games, a lottery and a delicious buffet. Devonshire Place, at 6 p.m. For more infor- Admission: adults, $5; children, free. mation access http://www.utoronto.ca/jacyk/ Everyone is sure to have a good time! or call (416) 946-8113. Thursday-Friday March 18-19 CHICAGO: Cellists Natalia Khoma and Suren Bagratuni and cellist and vocalist NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of Marta Bagratuni join pianist Volodymyr America presents the New York premiere DNIPRODNIPRO CO.CO. Vynnytsky at 2 p.m. in a performance of of the documentary film “Between Hitler combinations of duets and solo works by and Stalin – Ukraine in WWII: The Untold Parcels, money transfers and airline tickets to different countries. Visas to Tchaikovsky (Pezzo Capriccioso), Chopin Story.” The film, directed by Slawko Ukraine, video Transfer PAL/SECAM-NTSC, Calls to Ukraine 8 cents per (Fantasy in F Minor), Beethoven (Sonata Nowytski and narrated by Oscar-winning in A major) and other composers. The con- actor Jack Palance, is a one-hour documen- minute. Large selection of CD’s, video’s, kerchiefs and Ukrainian souvenirs. cert closes the 13th classical chamber tary portraying the titanic struggle that took series of the Ukrainian Institute of Modern place on the territory of Ukraine between NEWARK, N.J. CLIFTON, NJ PHILADELPHIA Art, 2325 W. Chicago Ave. Admission: Nazi Germany and Russia. The destructive $15. For additional information call (773) scorched-earth policy of both totalitarian 688 Sanford Ave. 565 Clifton Ave. 1801 Cottman Ave. 883-9737 or visit uima-art.org. powers, the Ukrainian guerrilla armies, and (973) 373-8783 (973) 916-1543 (215) 728-6040 the people fighting both the Nazi and YONKERS, N.Y.: The Ukrainian Soviet armies for Ukrainian independence (888) 336-4776 National Women’s League of America, Branch 30, is sponsoring an “Art Exhibit (Continued on page 23)

GET WITH IT! To: Our Canadian Subscribers GET YOUR OWN SUBSCRIPTION From: Subscription Department TO THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY. Re: Delivery of The Ukrainian Weekly Do you have a postal service problem? To subscribe to The Ukrainian Weekly, fill out the form below, clip it and mail it to: Subscription Department, The Ukrainian Weekly, 1. The first step is to bring your concern to your local post office. 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. 2. If your concern is still not resolved, the second step is to contact the Customer Service Department at Canada Post at 1-800-267-1177. 3. If you still have a concern, you may request that the NAME: ______Ombudsman at Canada Post review your case. (please type or print) NAME: The Ombudsman is the final appeal authority in the dispute reso- ADDRESS: ______lution process at Canada Post and is committed to help improve postal services for all Canadians. CITY: ______STATE: ______ZIP CODE: ______The Office of the Ombudsman offers its services free of charge to all Canadians. PHONE (optional): ______P.O. Box 90026 J J Ottawa, Ont. K1V 1J8 UNA member subscription price — $45.00/yr. Non-member subscription price — $55.00/yr. Telephone: 1-800-204-4198 UNA Branch number ______Fax: 1-800-204-4193 www.ombudsman.poste-canada-post.com