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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXVITHE UKRAINIANNo. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBERW 4, 1998 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine Ukraine in final phase Verkhovna Rada deputies protest Russian Duma leader’s remarks by Roman Woronowycz from the . He suggested that Ukraine’s Press Bureau ethnic Russian minority should be entitled to educate its of nuclear disarmament children in Russian. Many Russian-language schools KYIV — Pandemonium erupted on the floor of still operate in Ukraine, although the official language is Ukraine’s Parliament on September 29 after the chair- Ukrainian. man of the Russian State Duma, Gennadii Selezniov, More catcalls and booing greeted his explanation for called for Ukraine to enter into a political union with the Russian State Duma’s failure thus far to ratify the Belarus and Russia. The reaction forced the Russian Russian-Ukrainian Treaty on Friendship and politician to cut short his presentation. Cooperation, which he said is due to concerns over the Mr. Selezniov, on a two-day visit to Ukraine, had Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada’s refusal to ratify the Black been invited by Verkhovna Rada Chairman Oleksander Sea Fleet agreement and Ukraine’s unclear stance Tkachenko to address a general session of the legisla- toward NATO. The Russian-Ukrainian treaty has tive body. already been ratified by the Verkhovna Rada. After a warm greeting by Mr. Tkachenko, in which In addition, he called on Ukraine to join the Inter- he called Mr. Selezniov’s appearance “a bright manifes- Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of tation of Russian-Ukrainian friendship,” Mr. Selezniov Independent States began a critique of Ukraine’s foreign and domestic poli- After the aborted presentation, Ukraine’s President cy. Angered Ukrainian national deputies hooted, moved quickly to respond to Mr. hollered and stomped their feet at various moments Selezniov’s words and dismiss any suggestion that he throughout the speech, but became particularly incensed supports a move toward a Slavic union. The president when Mr. Selezniov told the general session: “We told Interfax-Ukraine that he is “strongly opposed” to a would enthusiastically greet Ukraine’s accession to the union between the three countries and that the Belarus- union between Russia and Belarus.” Russian union “has flopped.” The statement by Mr. Selezniov, who belongs to the “The Belarusian-Russian Union and the Customs Union Russian Communist Party, caused many to rise to their created by the CIS’s individual members showed that noth- feet with clenched fists and pointed fingers and was fol- ing has come of this idea,” said President Kuchma. lowed quickly by a walkout by the center-right Rukh The call for union with was the central faction. theme of Mr. Selezniov’s two-day visit to Kyiv. During Rukh members, who along with many non-leftist his first day in Kyiv, at a meeting with the Verkhovna national deputies, had heckled Mr. Selezniov and pounded their tables in disapproval several times during (Continued on page 16) his presentation in response to his inflammatory state- ments, apparently had enough after the call for a Slavic union and left the session hall chanting “provocation, provocation.” Pasichny installed The reaction from the Communist faction, which had U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and greeted the Russian State Duma leader’s appearance as new eparch of Toronto Threat Reduction, Dr. Edward Warner (second from before Ukraine’s legislative body with a standing ova- left) looks into a Ukrainian SS-24 missile silo in tion, was quite different. As the Rukh faction stormed by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj Pervomaisk. out, the Communists rose from their seats chanting Toronto Press Bureau “friendship, friendship.” by Roman Woronowycz With chaos overcoming the proceedings, a break was TORONTO – About 600 people filled the cavernous Kyiv Press Bureau called, after which the session resumed with the State Slovak Byzantine-rite Catholic Cathedral of the PERVOMAISK, Ukraine – The town of Pervomaisk, Duma leader no longer in attendance. Transfiguration in Markham, just north of Ontario’s near the seafront city of Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine, is Mr. Selezniov irked non-leftist national deputies even provincial capital, on September 24, to witness the litur- surrounded by gently rolling fields that produce the grain before his pronouncement for the need for a Russian- gical installation of the new Ukrainian Catholic eparch of and sugar beet that once made the country the agricultural Ukrainian-Belarus union with statements that denounced Toronto and eastern Canada, Bishop Cornelius Pasichny. center of the . any move by Ukraine toward membership in NATO. Ukrainian Catholic and clergy from across Until recently, a different sort of seed was buried “Expansion of NATO is not an appropriate reaction to Canada, led by Metropolitan Michael Bzdel, were alongside the fields in the same rich black soil: 30- new realities in Europe and will inevitably lead to the joined by Bishop Julian Gbur, auxiliary of the Lviv meter-long SS-24 nuclear missiles pointed at Western emergence of new dividing lines,” he said, echoing Archeparchy; outgoing Eparch of Toronto Bishop Russia’s official line in opposing the alliance’s expansion. ; the Vatican’s emissary to the country, (Continued on page 14) Mr. Selezniov also criticized Ukraine’s move away Cardinal Carlo Curis; the head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto, Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic; and Bishop Yurij Kalishchuk of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada; to mark the occasion. Udovenko ends term as General Assembly president Cardinal Curis and Metropolitan Bzdel performed the act of installation together and read the papal bull, dated by Irene Jarosewich Ukraine’s Permanent Mission to the U.N. hosted a June 16, appointing Bishop Pasichny as “the Bishop in farewell reception for Mr. Udovenko at the Mission on NEW YORK – The 53rd session of the United Toronto for .” The Revs. Taras Karpiuk, September 16. Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.N., Michael Luchka and Myron Stasiw led the service, with Nations General Assembly convened here on September Volodymyr Yelchenko, said Mr. Udovenko, who is great- 9, electing Dr. Didier Opertti of Uruguay as the new the Rev. Roman Galadza conducting a specially assem- ly admired by his diplomatic colleagues, received numer- bled choir. president of the General Assembly and ending the one- ous accolades during the reception for his efforts in push- year term of Ukrainian diplomat Hennadii Udovenko. The hierarchs, clergy and faithful then sang “Axios” ing forward the U.N. reform process. [During recent (Greek for “He is worthy”), the newly invested eparch The new president praised Mr. Udovenko’s tenure as budget discussions, members of the U.S. Congress noted was seated in the episcopal throne, and assembled cler- one in which great progress had been made in imple- that the U.N. had made substantial progress recently in gy and members of monastic orders lined up to offer menting U.N. reforms, a goal that Mr. Udovenko had set implementing much-needed reforms, resulting in greater their obeisance. for himself at the beginning of his term. Similar praise budgetary efficiency, and, as a result, the U.S. should Since Bishop Pasichny had already been given epis- was offered by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Mr. acknowledge the U.N.’s progress by paying a certain per- copal status upon his appointment as eparch of Udovenko had given his closing remarks at the final ple- Saskatoon in 1995, it was not an ordination, but merely nary of the 52nd session on September 8. (Continued on page 6) (Continued on page 5) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1998 No. 40

NEWS ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS calls on Ukraine Ukrainian financial crisis deepens the Russian financial crisis and a wide range of bilateral and economic issues, to control its borders KYIV – National Bank of Ukraine DINAU reported on September 28. Chairman Viktor Yuschenko on September President Kwasniewski assured the by Jan de Weydenthal for 40 percent of trade turnover, and 28 pledged to keep the national currency Ukrainian president that Poland, following RFE/RL Newsline Russia’s financial crisis has disrupted those within the new exchange rate corridor of its entry into the European Union, “will not ties with Ukraine 2.5-3.5 hrv to $1, which was introduced turn its back on Ukraine.” According to Polish Foreign Affairs Minister Mr. Geremek emphasized in his speech earlier this month, the Associated Press Polish Radio, President Kuchma assured Bronislaw Geremek has called on Ukraine that the Russian crisis provides a reminder reported. However, Mr. Yuschenko gave no that the reconstructed cemetery in Lviv for to impose full control over its eastern bor- of the need for speeding up reforms and hint as to how he intends to prevent the cur- Polish youths who fell while fighting ders as an important step toward preserving expanding contacts with the West. He said rency from further devaluation. He had against Ukrainians in 1918 will be reopened visa-free travel to Poland and providing for that Poland would like to see Ukraine in all announced earlier that the NBU will not use this year. The cemetery was recently dese- easier contacts with the West. European institutions and is ready “to sup- its hard-currency reserves to support the crated with paint smears and anti-Polish Speaking at the Kyiv Institute of port Ukraine at this difficult moment.” hryvnia. The hryvnia exchange rate fell to slogans, provoking a note of protest from International Relations on September 16, The economic decline in Russia is cer- 3.37 to $1 on September 25, compared with the Polish Foreign Affairs Ministry. Mr. Geremek said Poland intends to resist tain to affect Ukraine’s economy. In addi- 2.25 to $1 at the beginning of the month. (RFE/RL Newsline) Western pressure to introduce visas for tion, the continuing political uncertainty in (RFE/RL Newsline) Ukrainians. But, he said, Ukraine must take Moscow does not augur well for many Government says MPs block reform firmer steps to counter the smuggling of EBRD pledges to continue cooperation weapons and drugs from the East across unsolved problems in Ukrainian-Russian KYIV – In a letter to the Verkhovna relations. KYIV – The European Bank for Rada, Prime Minister Valerii Polish territory. Reconstruction and Development is deter- Poland has been under pressure from the The Russian State Duma has failed to Pustovoitenko and National Bank of ratify a Ukrainian-Russian friendship treaty mined to continue long-term cooperation Ukraine Chairman Viktor Yuschenko European Union to tighten control over its with Ukraine despite the country’s financial eastern border. German Interior Minister recognizing Ukraine’s independence. And have accused opposition parliamentary there is still no agreement on delimiting troubles. “The EBRD has a long-term com- deputies of blocking fiscal austerity Manfred Kanther told Polish officials dur- mitment to Ukraine; we will remain ing a visit to Warsaw last month that the borders between the two states, seven years measures and economic reforms needed after Ukraine’s declaration of independ- involved in Ukraine,” Reuters quoted to stabilize Ukraine’s finances, Reuters government should bring its visa policies EBRD First Deputy Chairman Charles into line with those of the EU. He added ence. Influential Russian politicians still reported on September 25. The letter – talk about what they call the “inherent” Frank as saying. He added that the bank which singles out the Socialist Party and that this is a condition of Poland’s member- will focus on support for Ukrainian small ship in the EU. unity of the two countries within Russian- the Hromada Party for criticism – stress- dominated Slavic nationhood. and medium-sized businesses, the energy es that further opposition will lead to the Warsaw has signed agreements with sector, and the privatization of telecommu- Kyiv on visa-free travel and on the re- This state of affairs has not been lost on complete depreciation of the hryvnia, a Ukrainian leaders. During Mr. Geremek’s nications and energy companies. Mr. Frank political crisis, Ukraine’s isolation in the admission of illegal migrants. But it has noted that Ukraine, unlike Russia, has not restricted entry for Russians and visit to Ukraine there were frequent men- international arena and heightened social tions of a strategic partnership between defaulted on its debt payments and has not tensions. The Parliament has thus far Belarusians, whose governments failed to permitted an insolvency crisis in the bank- reach similar accords. Kyiv and Warsaw. Stricter control over vetoed three of President Leonid Ukraine’s borders with Russia and Belarus ing sector. He said Ukraine can count on $1 Kuchma’s eight economic decrees issued Ukraine has been concerned that any billion from the EBRD for various projects restriction on travel to Poland would appears to be an important element in the last month to meet the International future development of such a partnership. currently under consideration. (RFE/RL Monetary Fund’s requirements for adversely affect its economy. Poland is an Newsline) important source of trade and employment Following talks with Mr. Geremek, obtaining a $2.2 billion loan. (RFE/RL to thousands of Ukrainians. During a Volodymyr Horbulin, secretary of Ukraine’s Russian economy worst of CIS Newsline) National Security and Defense Council, meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister N-plant employees protest unpaid wages Geremek, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Valerii said, “We have to stop the smuggling of MOSCOW – The CIS Interstate Pustovoitenko said that Kyiv might set up drugs, stop organized crime and illegal Statistical Committee reported that during KYIV – Employees at Ukraine’s five several free economic zones along the bor- immigration through our eastern border.” the first eight months of the year the nuclear power plants staged protests on der with Poland to further promote eco- Such a program would have important Russian economy performed worse than September 26 to demand back wages for nomic contacts. political implications in reinforcing that of any other CIS countries. Interfax the past five months, the Associated Press Polish-Ukrainian bilateral trade turnover Ukraine’s national and territorial separate- reported on September 28 that from January and ITAR-TASS reported. Demonstrations reached almost $1.7 billion (U.S.) in 1997 ness from Russia. to August, according to the committee, the took place in satellite towns built near the and has grown rapidly so far this year. Poland is to enter NATO next year and Russian GDP fell by 2.1 percent and indus- nuclear plants, which continued to operate Trade with Poland has become even is currently in accession talks with the trial output slipped 2.6 percent, compared normally. Ukraine’s nuclear power plants more important for Ukraine since the onset European Union. Mr. Geremek said with gains in GDP of 0.2 percent in Ukraine account for some 50 percent of electricity of Russia’s economic crisis. Russia is Poland’s membership in these institutions and 9.2 percent in Azerbaijan. The commit- produced in the country, but they can barely Ukraine’s main trading partner, accounting could benefit Ukraine. Currently, the main tee seems to be relying on the CIS nations’ make ends meet because of huge debts problem is visas, and resolving that prob- own economic reporting, since the GDP in owed to them by electricity consumers. Jan de Weydenthal is an RFE/RL sen- lem depends on how Ukraine seeks to Belarus is recorded as having risen an unbe- (RFE/RL Newsline) ior correspondent. tighten its eastern borders, he said. lievable 11 percent, while Tajikistan regis- tered a 6.5 percent growth in GDP. Kyiv kids recognized as Chornobyl victims (RFE/RL Newsline) KYIV – The Kyiv City Council decided Kuchma meets with Kwasniewski to grant the status of Chornobyl victims to Tkachenko expresses interest in CIS parliament all children born in the second half of 1986, Eastern Economist union with Belarus. Green faction head KYIV – At an informal meeting in the year of the nuclear accident at the Crimea on September 28, President Leonid Vitalii Kononov, who took part in the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. KYIV – An official delegation from the Kuchma of Ukraine and his Polish counter- meeting, said that while Russia would Russian Duma headed by Chairman part, Aleksander Kwasniewski, discussed (Continued on page 3) support Ukraine’s attempts to join the Gennadii Selezniov arrived in Ukraine on union, Mr. Selezniov is less enthusiastic September 28. Verkhovna Rada Chairman about Ukraine joining the CIS Inter- Oleksander Tkachenko said the countries’ FOUNDED 1933 ability to end the current economic crisis Parliamentary Assembly. depends on the extent of the “countries’ After the meeting, National Democratic Party leader Oleksander Yemets said he has HE KRAINIAN EEKLY integration with each other.” TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Mr. Selezniov stressed during the concluded that “ratification of the large- a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. meeting with his counterpart that, scale agreement between Ukraine and Yearly subscription rate: $50; for UNA members — $40. 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Colorado congressman appoints Rep. Rothman of Jersey joins Ukrainian as legislative assistant Congressional Ukrainian Caucus WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman University of Colorado at Boulder. WASHINGTON – Rep. Steve The congressman represents the 9th Bob Schaffer (R-Colo.) announced the Ms. Horczakiwskyj is a member of Rothman (D-N.J.) announced on District, which encompasses parts of appointment of Xenia Horczakiwskyj as Plast and the Chortopolokhy Plast sorority. September 3 that he has joined the Hudson, Bergen and Passaic counties. legislative assistant in his Washington Before moving to Washington, she had Congressional Ukrainian Caucus in the Before joining the Congressional office. been a youth group leader in Colorado U.S. House of Representatives in an Ukrainian Caucus, Rep. Rothman also “Xenia is an outstanding addition to our since 1994. Her Ukrainian involvement effort to increase ties between the U.S. co-sponsored H.Con.Res. 295, a congres- Washington operations,” said Rep. also included working as a counselor at and Ukraine. In becoming only the sec- sional resolution that commemorates the Schaffer. “She has worked in Colorado’s summer camps in in East Chatham, N.Y., ond New Jersey member of the 25-mem- 65th anniversary of the legislature and has state-wide cam- and Middlefield, Ohio. She continues her ber Congressional Ukrainian Caucus, Famine of 1932-1933. The resolution paign experience, so she is extremely involvement as a youth group leader in the Rep. Rothman noted that he looks for- honors the memory of the millions of knowledgeable in legislative and con- local Maryland/Washington Plast chapter. ward to playing an active role in building Ukrainians who died as a result of stituent issues.” Rep. Schaffer’s family hails from stronger U.S.-Ukraine bilateral ties, as oppressive policies instituted by the Ms. Horczakiwskyj gained experience Ukraine. He was elected to Congress in well as increasing trade. Soviet Union. The resolution has been as a legislative assistant for the State November 1996 and is co-chair of the Colleges in Colorado advocating higher Congressional Ukrainian Caucus in the “Joining the Congressional Ukrainian referred for action to the House education initiatives in the Colorado State U.S. House of Representatives. He was Caucus will not only keep me informed on International Relations Committee and Legislature. Her campaign experience unanimously elected president of the issues affecting Ukraine, it will also give currently has bipartisan support from 66 includes work as events coordinator assis- Republican Freshman Class and chairman me the ability to influence American poli- Members of Congress. tant for Colorado Attorney General Gale of the Western Caucus Water Working cy to spur increased trade between the two “The Ukrainian Famine was a dark Norton’s U.S. Senate campaign and deputy Group. He is also a member of the countries,” said Rep. Rothman who sits on and horrible chapter in world history that campaign manager for Doug Anderson’s National Security Caucus in the House and the House of Representatives’ International for too long has gone unnoticed by the Colorado State House campaign. Ms. serves on the Agriculture Committee, Relations Committee and on its American people,” said Rep. Rothman. Horczakiwskyj received a bachelor of sci- Resources Committee, and the Education Subcommittee on Economic Policy and “By addressing the horrible injustice suf- ence in political science from the and the Workforce Committee. Trade. fered by the Ukrainian people from 1932 “Keeping informed of the current polit- to 1933, the Congress can bring attention ical, social, economic and cultural events to this tragedy and help heal the emotion- “seriousness and responsibility” when occurring in Ukraine is important to me al scars of those who suffered through it. reporting on the situation of the Romanian Newsbriefs and to my constituents. I have the good I will work with the members of the (Continued from page 2) minority in Ukraine, RFE/RL’s Bucharest fortune to represent such a large and Ukrainian Caucus to gather the votes bureau reported. Referring to the campaign Approximately 320,000 children born active Ukrainian-American community.” needed to pass this important measure.” between January 1, 1979, and June 30, in the media on alleged infringements of 1986, had already been officially recog- that minority’s rights, Mr. Plesu said reports nized as Chornobyl victims. The new deci- are often “exaggerated, based on insuffi- sion adds another 25,000 children born cient evidence and even groundless.” He between July 1 and December 31, 1986, to said the Romanian minority in Ukraine is that category. The decision notes that the “unfortunately divided into numerous rival factions” and that it was one of those groups BUSINESS IN BRIEF classification does not cover children of par- ents who moved to Kyiv after June 30, that proposed changing the official designa- Denmark provides $100 M credit line to Ukraine 1986, or children born between 1979 and tion of its language from “Romanian” to “Moldovan.” Ukrainian authorities, he KYIV – Danish Foreign Affairs Minister Niels Petersen and his delegation of offi- 1986 who arrived in the capital for perma- cials and businessmen arrived in Kyiv on September 9. On the first day of his visit a nent residency after June 20, 1986. noted, have not acted on that proposal. (RFE/RL Newsline) protocol was signed calling for a $100 million U.S. credit line to help develop the (Respublika) domestic energy and ship-building sectors. Mr. Petersen told a news conference after Kyiv creates state broadcasting giant Russian fleet commander charges abuse the signing of the document. Denmark hopes the credits will encourage necessary economic reform. KYIV – In accordance with a recent SEVASTOPOL – Vice Admiral Vladimir The Ukrainians and Danes also signed an agreement on international highway links presidential edict, the Ukrainian govern- Komoedov, commander of the Russian and a protocol on financial cooperation. The highway communication agreement, ment on September 24 announced the Black Sea Fleet, has sent an open letter to which addresses international automotive transit, conditions for transporting people establishment of Ukrainian Television and the Sevastopol city administration accusing and cargo, and transit within Ukraine and Denmark is expected to improve Ukraine’s Radio Broadcasting, a state shareholding it of “abusive actions” against Russian balance of payments and increase currency reserves. company that will unite state-run broadcast sailors, ITAR-TASS reported on September Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister Borys Tarasyuk said that in 1994 trade turnover media, the Associated Press reported. 17. Vice Admiral Komoedov said that between the two countries totaled $86 million U.S.; in 1998 the figure reached $181 Several national television channels and sailors are discriminated against by the city million. Ukraine’s National Agency on Economic Development and Integration also radio stations, as well as 27 regional state- authorities, who have deprived them of the signed an agreement with the Danish Investment Fund for Central and Eastern run television and radio companies that are right to use city transportation free of European Countries. not subject to privatization, will be united in charge. He also points to increased pressure The Danish businessmen accompanying Mr. Petersen met with government offi- the new entity. The Cabinet of Ministers on the fleet to pay taxes and threats to con- cials to discuss opportunities in Ukraine’s agricultural and energy sectors. appointed Mykola Kniazhytskyi as the fiscate property and cut off water and elec- Messrs. Tarasyuk and Petersen discussed the Ukraine-European Union summit company’s board chairman. Information tricity supplies unless the fleet pays its scheduled for October in Vienna. The Danish foreign affairs minister’s schedule also Minister Zynovii Kulyk said the govern- debts. (RFE/RL Newsline) included meetings with President Kuchma, Prime Minister Valerii Pustovoitenko and ment is currently able to finance only some World Energy Congress praises Ukraine Minister for Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Serhii Osyka, as well as 20 percent of broadcasters’ needs. “It is Verkhovna Rada Chairman Oleksander Tkachenko. (Eastern Economist) entirely possible that we shall cut the HOUSTON – A Ukrainian delegation national radio broadcasts, for instance, from headed by Energy Minister Oleksii Ukraine wins tender to supply T-84 to 22 hours a day to seven or eight hours,” he Sheberstov and Ukraine’s Ambassador to MOSCOW – Sources in the Russian Defense Ministry report that Ukraine has won said. (RFE/RL Newsline) the U.S. Yuri Shcherbak is participated in a tender to supply T-84 and MBT-2000 tanks to Turkey. The T-84’s design is based on the World Energy Congress here. According Leaders to calm fear of financial collapse the popular Soviet T-80U. to the Embassy of Ukraine, the congress According to the same sources, Ukraine’s prices were six times lower than the KYIV – Ukraine’s regional government noted that Ukraine had made the greatest usual asking price for a on the international market. The Russians, who also sub- leaders agreed on September 24 to launch a progress among all the CIS states in reform mitted a bid, are reportedly upset by what they consider “dumping prices” on the part nationwide information campaign to restore of the energy sector. The Ukrainian dele- of ’s Malyshev factory. Such low prices, they contend, are attempts on the confidence in the national currency, the gates expressed satisfaction at the coopera- part of Ukraine to muscle its way into traditionally Russian markets. Associated Press reported. In the wake of tion with the West that has been achieved The sales to Turkey coincide with Ukraine’s efforts to reduce the size of its fleet of the Russian crisis, the and submitted proposals on plans for further tanks; Russia, however, continues to keep huge tank units and cannot afford to match has fallen from 2.1 hrv per $1 (U.S.) in cooperation. (Eastern Economist) these prices. mid-August to 3.25 hrv per $1 on McDonald’s to open Sumy restaurant The Turkish deal comes in the wake of a similar 1996 sale to . Under this September 24. Vice Prime Minister Serhii agreement, which is considered a breakthrough for Ukraine as a tank exporter, Tyhypko told regional leaders that “psycho- SUMY, Ukraine – McDonald’s will add Ukraine has committed to supplying 320 T-80UD tanks at a total cost of $620 mil- logical factors” have played a “most signifi- about 20,000 hrv annually to the Sumy city lion U.S., with most revenues from this sale earmarked for modernization of the cant role” in Ukraine’s current economic budget. Sumy’s first McDonald’s restaurant tank. slump. National Bank of Ukraine Chairman is expected to be opened on November 1. The Russians, angered by Ukraine’s success in Pakistan, refused to supply cannons Viktor Yuschenko added that panic among McDonald’s had planned to open a restau- for the tanks, forcing Ukraine to begin production of its own cannons. Despite expres- the population is the only obstacle to stabi- rant in Sumy in 2002, but eventually decid- sions of shock and “betrayal” by Russian military leaders over this transaction, lizing the hryvnia and curbing inflation. ed to give the city preference over Odesa, Ukraine continues to build its relationship with Pakistan. (RFE/RL Newsline) Lviv, Cherkasy, Donetsk, Zaporizhia and A Pakistani defense ministry delegation led by the country’s general staff com- Romanian minister comments on minority Luhansk. McDonald’s is now operating in mander, Jakhangir Karamat, studied the MBT-2000 during a recent visit to the Kyiv, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk. The Kharkiv factory. The delegation has given its preliminary approval to a three-way BUCHAREST – Romania’s Foreign company plans to invest about $2 million Ukraine-Pakistan- agreement for joint production of the new tank. Pakistan has Affairs Minister Andrei Plesu on September (U.S.) in constructing the new restaurant. also reportedly assured Ukraine that it is prepared to buy 100 MBT-2000 tanks. 16 appealed to journalists to display more (Eastern Economist) (Eastern Economist) 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1998 No. 40 OBITUARY Volume I of Hrushevsky’s history celebrated with book launch in Kyiv The Rev. Petro B.T. Bilaniuk, 66, KYIV – A book launch for the English translation of the first volume prominent Catholic theologian of Mykhailo Hrushevsky’s “History of by Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj Toronto faculty, he arrayed scholarly Ukraine-Rus’ ” was held at the Building Toronto Press Bureau canonical arguments in support of the of the Teacher, where Hrushevsky Eastern Rite (such as the institution of presided over the Central Rada in 1917- TORONTO – The Rev. Petro Borys married priesthood), and his Church’s 1918. The launch was organized by the Tereshkovych Bilaniuk, a widely respect- right to a patriarchate. Peter Jacyk Center for Ukrainian ed Ukrainian Catholic theologian and The Rev. Bilaniuk was also one of the Historical Research, the Ukrainian clergyman, died at the Copernicus Lodge most vocal of those clergymen who National Academy of Sciences Chronic Care Facility on September 8 defended Bishop Borecky’s decision not Committee to Support Scholarship and after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was to step down as Eparch of Toronto and Culture, and the Building of the 66. Eastern Canada in 1989 and 1995. Prior Teacher. Born on August 4, 1932, in to his death the Rev. Bilaniuk was visited Held on August 24, the launch was a Zalischyky, Galicia (about 40 miles east by Bishop Roman Danylak, the apostolic celebration of Ukrainian independence, of Kolomyia), he emigrated to Canada in administrator for Toronto with whom including concerts and a reception. 1949, settling initially in Toronto, then he’d feuded, and the two formally recon- Among those attending were members of studied at the University of Montreal’s ciled. the academy: Mykola Zhulynsky, Mykola theological seminary, graduating in 1955. In the 1990s, as a matter of principle, Chumachenko, Pavlo Sokhan, Kostiantyn He continued his studies in at he served as an expert witness at trials in Sytnyk, Oleksii Onyshchenko, Petro the Pontifical University Urbanianum Québec defending the Church of Shpak, Liubomyr Pyrih and Serhii and the Pontifical Ukrainian Seminary Scientology in its claims to assert itself Riabchenko; deputies to the Verkhovna until 1956, then traveled to Germany, as a Church, and added his voice to Rada: Viacheslav Chornovil and Les where he earned a doctorate in theology protests against the German govern- Taniuk. Also present were professors of Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies from the University of Munich in 1961. ment’s efforts to abridge its rights. the National University Kyiv Mohyla in 1989. Individual donors, notably the He returned to Munich in 1971-1972 and He authored over 160 articles and 13 Academy and Kyiv University: five sponsors of volumes who have earned a doctorate in philosophy from books, including his first thesis, “De Viacheslav Briukhovetsky, Petro donated $100,000 each, as well as a the Ukrainian Free University. Magisterio Ordinario Pontificis” (1966); Kononenko, Petro Kovalenko, Vitalii grant from the National Endowment for Dr. Bilaniuk joined the faculty of St. a two-volume collection of essays, Strikha, Volodymyr Telniuk-Adamchuk; the Humanities, have greatly aided the Michael’s College at the University of “Studies in Eastern Christianity” (1977, and numerous members of the Ukrainian project. Six translators and a team of edi- Toronto in 1962 with the department of 1982); “The Fifth Lateran Council intelligentsia of Kyiv. tors are working on the 10 volumes (11 theology and religious studies, and was (1512-1517) and the Eastern Churches” Academician Iaroslav Yatskiv, head of books). soon recognized as a leading authority on (his second thesis, 1975); “The Apostolic the academy’s Committee to Support Turning to the volume being feted, Dr. the theology, history and culture of the Origin of the Ukrainian Church” (1988); Scholarship and Culture, opened the Sysyn praised the excellent translation Eastern Christian Churches, with inter- “The Spirituality of Eastern Churches” event with a discussion of the impor- by Marta Skorupsky of New York, who ests in interpretations of cosmic and bio- (1993); “Chronos and Kairos, Secular tance of Hrushevsky, Ukraine’s first rendered Hrushevsky’s text fluently and logical evolution. He became a full pro- and Sacred Time in Relation to the president, and the four Universals of the accurately. He also lauded the consulting fessor in 1974. History of Salvation and Eternity” Central Rada for Ukrainian state-build- editor, Prof. Andrzej Poppe of Warsaw He also served in various executive (1994); and “The Notion of Religion of ing. He saw the English translation as University, especially for assembling a and administrative capacities of the col- Christian and Pre-Christian Slavs, Fifth strengthening the international position bibliography of the 1,700 items of litera- lege’s Institute of Christian Thought to 13th Centuries” (1994). of the renewed Ukrainian state. He then ture used by Hrushevsky. He expressed beginning in 1969 onward. In 1966-1974 he was editor-in-chief of introduced the main speaker, Dr. Frank his special thanks to Petro and Ivanna Prof. Bilaniuk was a visiting professor the journal Za Ridnu Tserkvu. He also Sysyn, director of the Jacyk Center and Stelmach for sponsoring the volume, to of church history and theology at the served as an editorial advisor to the editor-in-chief of the Hrushevsky CIUS Press for its superb publishing John XXIII Institute for Eastern Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Horizons Translation Project. product, and to the Canadian Foundation Christian Studies in New York, the and Our Canada. Dr. Sysyn said that although there had for Ukrainian Studies for providing a Ukrainian Free University in Munich and From 1993, Prof. Bilaniuk was a already been more than a dozen launches publishing subsidy. the St. Clement Ukrainian Catholic member of the editorial board of Logos, of Volume 1 in North America and In conclusion, Dr. Sysyn discussed the University in Rome. the journal of Eastern Christian Studies Europe, the Kyiv launch was of para- dissemination of the volume and the pos- The Rev. Bilaniuk was ordained as a published by the Sheptytsky Institute at mount importance, as it was being held itive reactions to date. He noted the spe- priest in April 1981 by Patriarch Josyf St. Paul University in Ottawa. He in the city and the very building where cial booklet on the volume, which Slipyj and as mitrophoric archpriest in bequeathed his considerable personal Hrushevsky lived and worked. includes a statement by President Leonid November 1988 by Bishop Isidore library collection of about 10,000 titles to He discussed the great changes that Kuchma. At the end of his talk he pre- Borecky, and served as assistant pastor at the institute’s library. have taken place in Ukrainian historical sented copies of the volume to represen- the St. Nicholas parish in Toronto. In In 1991, the University of Toronto studies since Ukrainian independence. tatives of Kyiv libraries, including October 1985, he was appointed hon- Press published a monograph examining Ukraine has again become the center of Larysa Melnyk, director of the Building orary of the Ukrainian Catholic Prof. Bilaniuk’s eschatological thought, research and writing on Ukrainian histo- of the Teacher. Archeparchy in Lviv by Cardinal and in the following year, a festschrift in ry, which requires a rethinking of what Scholars and political leaders who Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky. his honor was published in Graz, Austria. historians abroad should properly do. spoke on the importance of the transla- A staunch defender of the Ukrainian The Rev. Dr. Andriy Chirovsky, direc- While they now have the opportunity to tion included Vladyslav Verstiuk, Dr. Catholic Church’s particularity, both as a tor of the Sheptytsky Institute, delivered work in the archives and libraries of Kononenko, Taras Hunczak, Bohdan member of the Toronto Eparchy’s clergy Ukraine, they should redouble their Hawrylyshyn, Dr. Sokhan, Les Taniuk and as a member of the University of (Continued on page 19) efforts to utilize archival materials and Viacheslav Chornovil. The executive abroad that are not always readily acces- director of the Hrushevsky International sible to scholars in Ukraine. Scholarly Foundation, Leonid Reshodko, Dr. Sysyn also emphasized the role of stressed the great significance of the dis- historians abroad in writing for a semination of Hrushevsky’s legacy for Western public and carrying on projects the Ukrainian state and promised to of translation of Ukrainian works into secure support for the Hrushevsky Western languages. Translation Project. Dr. Sysyn outlined the reasons for Dr. Sysyn expressed thanks for this translating Hrushevsky’s “History of offer and hope that the Ukrainian gov- Ukraine-Rus’.” He maintained that this ernment would sponsor a volume. Those classic and authoritative work should assembled also expressed their convic- reach an international audience: it had tion that the Ukrainian government been Hrushevsky’s wish that his history should erect a monument to Hrushevsky appear in an international scholarly lan- on European Square in Kyiv. guage and Ukrainian independence has Before the launch, the orchestra of greatly increased international interest in the Ukrainian Armed Forces greeted the Ukraine, he added. public with a medley of marches and The generosity of donors in the Ukrainian patriotic tunes. Afterwards a Ukrainian community and the commit- concert was held to celebrate the occa- ment of the University of Alberta to sion. Participants included soloists Ukrainian studies have made the project Nina Matviienko and Taras Shtonda, possible. The matching funds program of actress Nila Kriukov, who read works the Province of Alberta and the million- by Lina Kostenko, the Levko Revutsky dollar donation of Mr. Jacyk of Toronto Male Chorus under the direction of made it possible to establish a Center for Bohdan Antkiv and the Kyiv Camerata The Rev. Petro Borys Tereshkovych Bilaniuk Ukrainian Historical Research at the ensemble. No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1998 5 Ukrainian Catholic Church concludes Sobor and Synod in Lviv PARSIPPANY, N.J. – During the period of August 23 Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church” be published no later tions accepted by the Synod, none made reference to the through September 10, both a Sobor and Synod of the than March 1999. Materials will be submitted to the request of March 4, from the Vatican’s secretary of state, Ukrainian Catholic Church were held in Lviv, the met- Permanent Synod of Bishops for their comments in Cardinal Angelo Sodano, that Ukrainian Catholic mar- ropolitan see of the Church in Ukraine. December 1998 and for final approval by the Permanent ried priests must not serve in Poland. [Cardinal Sodano According to information released by the office of Synod by March 1999. visited Kyiv in June for the opening of the Apostolic Major Archbishop and Cardinal Myroslav Ivan The Sobor is an advisory body of the Church com- Nunciature and later met in Lviv with Bishop Lubomyr Lubachivsky, the goal of the Second Patriarchal Sobor prising clergy and laity. This was the second session of a Husar, auxiliary to the major archbishop and chief (Council) during the week of August 23-30 was to focus five-part Patriarchal Sobor designed to take place over administrator of the Church.] on the role of the laity in the life of the Church. several years. The third session is scheduled for the year Both the Sobor and the Synod discussed the types and More than 170 delegates from 12 countries represent- 2001 on the topic “Social Teachings of the Catholic venues of events planned by the Church for the celebra- ing each of the 24 eparchies and exarchates of the Church and their Realization.” tion of the second millennium of Christianity in the year Church, as well as more than 40 representatives of reli- The Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Catholic 2000. gious organizations, publications, educational institu- Church, a began its conclave on September 1 at which According to Bishop Husar, the Ukrainian Catholic tions and other guests attended the Sobor. “the place of our sui juris Church in the Universal Church will participate in three events in Rome in the The plenary sessions of the Sobor were held on the Church and its role as a sister Church in the family of year 2000: in May, at the celebration of the Day of premises of Lviv State Polytechnic University. At the sui juris Churches” was to be the main topic of delibera- Martyrs, a veneration of those persecuted in the 20th opening of the Sobor, greetings were read from the Lviv tions, according to the office of the major archbishop. century for their faith; in the summer, during which Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church, the Lviv Five reports concerning the historical, theological, Ukrainian youth will participate in the World Youth Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow canonical, liturgical and ecumenical aspects of the Congress; and on October 1, at the Church of St. Mary Patriarchate, and from the apostolic nuncio in Ukraine, Ukrainian Catholic Church and the identity of the at Minerva, where a divine liturgy will be concelebrated Cardinal Antonio Franco, who came midway through Church, its role and purposes were discussed by the by bishops of Byzantine-rite Catholic Churches. Other the Sobor and brought the blessing of Pope John Paul II. approximately 40 hierarchs attending. events will take place in Ukraine, including the The delegates to the Sobor voted that its final docu- The Synod convened at the monastery of the Basilian Assembly of Ukrainian Youth, dedicated to the 2,000th ment, “The Place and Role of the Faithful in the Fathers in Krekhiv, outside of Lviv. Of the 38 resolu- anniversary of Christianity and to be held in Kyiv.

Bishop Pasichny... (Continued from page 1) an investiture. Only Metropolitan Bzdel changed vestments, and Bishop Pasichny was not ceremonially dressed in new robes. (This subsequently led to confu- sion in the minds of the Toronto Star daily’s editors, who in their September 26 issue ran a photograph of the event misidentifying Metropolitan Bzdel as Bishop Pasichny.) The special liturgy was also marked by the times in which it took place – it was largely bilingual, in Ukrainian and English, with the latter language used for important sections of the liturgy, such as the Anaphora of Christ’s offering of His Body and Blood for the remission of sins. Bishop Lawrence Huculak, eparch of Edmonton, who delivered the homily mostly in Ukrainian and ended in English, emphasized the role of a bishop as a symbol of Church unity. “The suc- cess or failure of a bishop’s tenure is dependent on the council of the eparchy’s clergy and on its faithful,” Bishop Huculak said, adding that the Second Vatican Council of 1964 reaf- Andrij Wynnyckyj firmed the importance of ties between the episcopal office and the faithful. Flanked by clergy, Ukrainian Catholic hierarchs seated during the pontifical divine liturgy for the installation of Bishop Cardinal Curis added a word of Cornelius Pasichny as eparch of Toronto and Eastern Canada at the Slovak Byzantine-rite Catholic Cathedral of the encouragement to resolve differences, Transfiguration. Seated (from left) are Bishop Pasichny, Metropolitan Michael Bzdel and Auxiliary Bishop Julian Gbur of Lviv. saying that “the new bishop, clergy and The tone of the ceremony was part faithful must work together to bring back muted celebration, part bated relief, as it those who wandered away in disillusion- marked the official end of the eparchy’s ment.” He also expressed assurances nine-year overt standoff against the from the Roman Curia that Bishop Vatican. The standoff began in 1989, Borecky is in their prayers, adding, “may when Bishop Borecky, the eparch since the Lord reward Bishop Isidore for his 1948, refused Pope John Paul II’s order long years of service.” that he resign in accordance with newly The papal nuncio also recognized that adopted regulations stipulating that bish- the Toronto Eparchy, as it enters the sec- ops give up their posts upon reaching the ond half of its first centenary, would con- age of 75. tinue to play a leading role in supporting In December 1992, the pope appoint- the Ukrainian Catholic Church in ed the Rev. Roman Danylak as apostolic Ukraine “in terms of personnel formation administrator of the eparchy. His ordina- and practical assistance.” tion as bishop triggered a firestorm of In his own brief remarks, Bishop defiance and ill-will among the eparchy’s Pasichny expressed thanks to the pope clergy and faithful, which was intensified and the Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic when Bishop Danylak attempted to Church for choosing him for the post of browbeat clergymen into accepting his Toronto’s eparch, and quoted the Epistle authority. of St. Peter, who enjoined Church elders In time, the intensity of resentments to “tend the flock of God, which is has faded, enabling the acting leader of among you, taking the oversight thereof, the Ukrainian Catholic Church, Bishop not by constraint, but willingly, not for , to broker a solution to recompense, but of a ready mind. the impasse at last year’s Synod in Lviv. Neither as being lords over God’s her- As a result, Bishop Borecky has retired, itage, but being ensamples to the flock.” Bishop Danylak has been reassigned to (I Peter: 5) Rome, and Bishop Pasichny is in place Bishop Pasichny declared his readi- to heal divisions. ness to “work with all priests, members The day’s events were rounded out by Papal Nuncio Cardinal Carlo Curis greets Bishop Cornelius Pasichny, seated on of monastic orders and faithful for the a banquet held at the Regal Constellation the episcopal throne during his installation. Seen in the foreground are greater glory of our Lord.” hotel in Toronto. Metropolitan Michael Bzdel (left) and the Rev. Taras Karpiuk (right). 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1998 No. 40 Foreign affairs minister leads Ukraine’s delegation at new U.N. session

NEW YORK – A delegation from between different regions of mit in Yalta in September 1999 on the Emergent or Restored Democracies held Ukraine led by Foreign Affairs Minister Europe and Asia. topic “Baltic-Black Sea Cooperation: Into at the U.N. The session focused on Borys Tarasyuk attended the 53rd session On September 23, Mr. Tarasyuk an Integrated Europe of the 21st Century progress made in implementing the Third of the United Nations General Assembly addressed the General Assembly. Mr. without Dividing Lines.” The Ukrainian Conference’s recommendations, which here on September 21-24. According to Tarasyuk praised the reforms taking place minister called upon U.N. member-states were endorsed in Bucharest, Romania, on the Embassy of Ukraine, during the first within the U.N. and confirmed Ukraine’s to work harder to achieve progress in cre- September 2-4, 1997. Mr. Tarasyuk’s day of the Ukrainian delegation’s work at commitment to the reforms initiated by ating a more reliable and predictable remarks at the session focused on the session, Mr. Tarasyuk met with his U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and world, and promote economic prosperity, Ukraine’s advances toward a socially ori- Chinese counterpart, Tan Xiasuang; implemented during the previous session of social justice and ecological security. In ented market economy, the rule of law and Mexico’s Minister of Foreign Affairs the General Assembly, which was presided conclusion, Mr. Tarasyuk underlined that establishment of democratic institutions Rosario Green; and U.S. Secretary of State over by Ukraine’s Hennadii Udovenko. the drive for a reformed and renewed U.N. inherent in a civil society. Madeleine K. Albright, and held brief pri- Outlining the positive and negative must result in an organization that will Addressing delegates from over 80 vate meetings with representatives of a aspects of globalization, Mr. Tarasyuk cater to people’s interests and human countries, Ukraine’s foreign minister number of U.S. companies. stressed the United Nations’ responsibility needs and be proven through actions. focused on Ukraine’s praiseworthy record On the same day, Mr. Tarasyuk attend- for international stability and sustained Mr. Tarasyuk also met with U.N. on inter-ethnic harmony. Ukraine’s experi- ed a roundtable held by the Eurasian development. He reminded the assembly Secretary-General Annan. Mr. Tarasyuk ence may well be applicable in the global Group, which unites political experts and of Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma’s delivered to Mr. Annan a personal mes- community’s effort to resolve and prevent economists from 40 countries. Addressing call for the establishment of a U.N. sage from President Kuchma and ethnic strife, which jeopardizes interna- the guests, Mr. Tarasyuk informed them Economic Security Council during his renewed an invitation for Mr. Annan to tional peace, stability and security, he about the foreign policy of Ukraine, address before the General Assembly in pay an official visit to Ukraine. Mr. noted. emphasizing Ukraine’s integration into 1995. Tarasyuk expressed Ukraine’s full sup- Mr. Tarasyuk’s move to give the Black European and Euro-Atlantic structures, Mr. Tarasyuk also drew attention to the port for Mr. Annan’s programs for Sea Economic Cooperation Organization and stressed Ukraine’s role as a strategic issue of non-proliferation of nuclear reforming the U.N., and confirmed (BSECO) U.N. General Assembly weapons. He noted Ukraine’s unprece- Ukraine’s intention to remain one of the Observer Status received full approval dented contributions to nuclear disarma- most active members of the organization. from the BSECO member-states. The ment and called on other states to further In response, Mr. Annan thanked the BSECO delegations held a meeting on reduce their nuclear arsenals with the goal Ukrainian leadership for the invitation, September 23 during which Mr. Tarasyuk of ultimately eliminating nuclear weapons. and noted Ukraine’s active role and con- called upon the meeting’s participants to He urged the so-called threshold countries structive contributions to various aspects scale down naval activity in the Black Sea, to renounce their nuclear ambitions. of U.N. activities. He also gave a high to set up the BSECO’s bank and to Mr. Tarasyuk presented Ukraine’s appraisal of Mr. Udovenko’s presidency promptly ratify the BSECO Charter. vision of the future European security of the 52nd session of the General On September 24, Mr. Tarasyuk met architecture, one that should be based on Assembly and expressed his hope for with Hungarian Foreign Affairs Minister the principles of comprehensiveness, continuing cooperation between Ukraine Janos Martonyi. The two men agreed to indivisibility and partnership. He praised and the U.N. hold deeper consultations on specific the Organization for Security and Mr. Tarasyuk met with German issues of bilateral and international rela- Cooperation in Europe as an important Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel on tions during Mr. Martonyi’s visit to pan-European mechanism for preserving September 23. The Ukrainian foreign Ukraine this autumn. Hungary was one of stability on the continent. He called for affairs minister urged more active sup- the first countries to recognize Ukraine’s closer cooperation between the OSCE port on the part of Germany for Ukraine’s independence, and open an embassy in and the U.N. and pointed to the need to integration with European and Euro- Kyiv. coordinate activities. Atlantic institutions. The two diplomats On September 24, Mr. Tarasyuk also Mr. Tarasyuk briefed the General exchanged opinions about the global met with his counterpart from the Assembly about the outcome of the first financial crisis, its regional and national European Union, and a meeting was round of consultations in Kyiv, conducted repercussions, and the situation in Russia. planned as well as with representatives of by delegations from several Black Sea They discussed ways to minimize the American Jewish organizations. nations, aimed at drafting mechanisms for adverse effects of the global financial cri- On the evening of September 23, a promoting trust and security in the Black sis on individual nations. small reception was held for the Ukrainian Sea region. He also reported on the broad Also on September 23, Mr. Tarasyuk delegation at Ukraine’s Mission to the Yaro Bihun acceptance of Ukrainian President attended a ministerial-level session of the U.N., hosted by Ambassador Volodymyr Foreign Affairs Minister Borys Tarasyuk Kuchma’s initiative on convening a sum- Third International Conference of Yelchenko.

Among the key issues of importance stay the course: moving toward integra- pendence that it would never accept Udovenko ends term... to Ukraine is a greater emphasis on tion of Ukraine into Euro-Atlantic struc- Ukraine into pan-European structures. (Continued from page 1) worldwide nuclear disarmament. tures. Much work remains to be done Mr. Yelchenko speculated that France’s centage of the more than $1 billion in back According to Ambassador Yelchenko, administratively: ministries need to be original position probably reflected dues that the U.S. owes the international the era of nuclear containment as a strat- organized to better work together Russia’s then-still powerful influence, organization.] egy is over, and the issue now is how to towards this goal and legislation must be France’s fear that Ukraine would be a In addition to touching upon Mr. best stop this new process of rapid enacted to reflect Ukraine’s continuum competitor, combined with the traditional Udovenko’s tenure at the U.N., at a press nuclear armament and proliferation. in relations with international organiza- conservatism and wariness of France. conference held at Ukraine’s Mission on Ukraine, which was the first and, to date, tions, according to Mr. Yelchenko. “Personally I am very pleased,” said September 17, Mr. Yelchenko discussed the the only state that voluntarily gave up its The recent visit of French President Ambassador Yelchenko, “within a day we visit of Foreign Affairs Minister Borys nuclear weapons has the right to demand Jacques Chirac to Ukraine was a great felt the change, as our U.N. colleagues from Tarasyuk to the U.S., planned for that this proliferation be stopped and to success, stated Mr. Yelchenko, noting France immediately became more open, September 21-24 (see related story above) be included in discussions of disarma- that it reflected a 180-degree turnabout in more approachable, began to consult with and Ukraine’s agenda at the U.N. for the ment strategies. France’s stance to Ukraine, which had us. Now we must act upon and solidify all upcoming year. Also on the agenda for the year is declared shortly after Ukraine’s inde- these changes.” Ukraine’s involvement in efforts to combat international terrorism, and a continued push for U.N. reforms. In particular, Ukraine seeks ways to Ukraine establishes more judiciously assess its U.N. dues and Committee on Bioethics debt. Ukraine owes the U.N. about $200 Agency of Religious Information million, approximately two-thirds of which is old Soviet debt. Ukraine is willingly to KYIV – On initiative of the Ukrainian pay off some of the Soviet debt, but not all. National Commission of UNESCO Affairs Ukraine is also appealing the unilateral at the Presidium of the Ukrainian Academy increase in Ukraine’s fee enacted by the of Sciences, the Committee on Bioethics U.N. in 1992. was established, and Academician Yuriy The Mission will continue to push for Kundiyiv was appointed its chairman. Its Ukraine to occupy one of the rotating chairs work will be overseen by the National in the U.N. Security Council (a position for Scientific Center of Medical and Biological which Slovakia is Ukraine’s chief competi- Problems, and experts in various fields will be invited to collaborate with the newly tor) and to participate in U.N. peacekeeping established structure. The committee will missions. Ambassador Yelchenko predicted evaluate new achievements in the realm of that a complete reform of the five-member cloning methods and human genetics; its U.N. Security Council – a permanent regulations will be elaborated in the nearest expansion aside from the possible inclusion Irene Jarosewich future. Committee members are currently of Germany or Japan – will not take simply Ambassador to the United Nations Volodymyr Yelchenko at a press conference at discussing whether to engage representa- a few years, “more likely 20 than five.” Ukraine’s Mission to the U.N. On the left is Oksana Boyko, the Mission’s second tives of Ukrainian Churches in its work. In Ukraine, the foreign policy is to secretary. No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1998 7 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

Northern New Jersey District raises funds via garage sale by Maria Oscislawski Branch 70; Jaroslaw Leskiw, Branch 133; Stephan Kosonocky, Branch 172; PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Northern Eugene Oscislawski, Branch 234; and New Jersey District Committee of the Lon Staruch, Branch 371. Ukrainian National Association, which The district executive includes: Advisor unites 21 UNA branches, decided to try Eugene Oscislawski, chairman; Mr. something new to raise funds for its local Kotlar, first vice-chairman; Advisor Andre fraternal activity. Worobec, second vice-chairman; Mark District officers decided to organize a Datzkiwsky, secretary; Mr. Staruch, treas- garage sale on Saturday, September 12, urer; Mr. Kosonocky, Ukrainian-language in the parking lot of the UNA’s Corporate press; Roma Hadzewycz, English-lan- Headquarters on Route 10 in Parsippany, guage press; Ms. Trytjak, events; Maria N.J. Oscislawski and Dana Jasinski, organiz- The event raised funds for the activity ing; Daria Semegen, Halyna Bilyk and of the district, which is one of 27 such Ms. Haluszczak, members at large. bodies within the UNA structure in North Auditing Committee members are: Ivan America. Funds will support such Pelech, Gregory Klymenko and Stephan upcoming events as a Christmastime Welhasch. Honorary chairmen of the dis- “Yalynka” for children in the geographi- trict are Wolodymyr Bilyk and John cal area covered by the district – the area Chomko. Among the volunteers at the garage sale were: (from left) Daria Semegen, Maria covered by three districts, Jersey City, The next event organized by the Haluszczak, Maria Oscislawski and Andre Worobec. Newark and Passaic, before they merged Northern New Jersey District is a presen- at the beginning of 1997 into one tation by Dr. Myron B. Kuropas on Northern New Jersey District. Sunday, October 11. Dr. Kuropas, immi- The garage sale was conducted with gration historian and author of the assistance of 10 branch secretaries, “Ukrainian Citadel: The First Hundred members of the UNA General Assembly, Years of the Ukrainian National Young UNA’ers district officers and other UNA’ers who Association,” will speak on the topic donated their time to run the sale and/or “The UNA’s Past, Present and Future.” items that were sold. The district execu- The lecture begins at 3 p.m. at the UNA tive committee expressed thanks to the Corporate Headquarters, 220 Route 10 following secretaries: Oksana Trytjak, (westbound), Parsippany, N.J. Also fea- Branch 25; Irene Lapychak, Branch 27; tured will be an exhibit of art works by Olga Oseredczuk, Branch 37; Julian Roman Demko. Admission is free, and Kotlar, Branch 42; Maria Haluszczak, refreshments will be served.

RECORDING DEPARTMENT MEMBERSHIP REPORT – AUGUST 1998 Martha Lysko, National Secretary

JUV. ADULTS ADD TOTALS Total Active Members – July 1998 8,074 17,632 4,421 30,127 Total Inactive Members – July 1998 7,408 18,012 0 25,420 Total Members – July 1998 15,482 35,644 4,421 55,547

ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP

Gains in August 1998 New members 31 35 0 66 New members UL 5 7 0 12 Canadian NP 4 5 0 9 Reinstated 0 2 2 4 Transfered in 0 2 0 2 Change class in 8 0 0 8 Andrew Connor Lang and Catherine Ryan Lang, children of Miroslawa Mucha Transfered from Juvenile Dept. 0 1 0 1 Lang and J. Thomas Lang Jr., are new members of UNA Branch 194 in New Total Gains: 48 52 2 102 York. They were enrolled by their grandparents Sofia and Wolodymyr Mucha. Losses in August 1998 Suspended 5 18 14 37 Transfered out 0 2 0 2 Change of class out 8 0 0 8 Transfered to adult 1 0 0 1 Died 2 53 0 55 Cash surrender 19 25 0 44 Endowment matured 18 14 0 32 Fully paid-up 17 24 0 41 Reduced paid-up 0 0 0 0 Extended Insurance 0 0 0 0 Certificate terminated 0 1 0 1 Total Losses 70 137 14 221 Total Active Members – August 1998 8,052 17,547 4,409 30,008

INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP

Gaines in August 1998 Paid-up 17 24 0 41 Extended insurance 2 3 0 5 Lapsed 3 15 0 18 Total Gains 22 42 0 64 Losses in August 1998 Died 2 29 0 31 Cash surrender 10 12 0 22 Reinstated 0 2 0 2 Lapsed 3 15 0 18 Total Losses 15 58 0 73 Daniel Wanio, son of Oksana and Maxim Hnatczuk, son of Martha and Total Inactive Members – August 1998 7,415 17,996 0 25,411 Jaroslaw Wanio, is a new member of Myron Hnatczuk is a new member of UNA Branch 94 in Hamtramck, Mich. UNA Branch 94. He was enrolled by his TOTAL MEMBERSHIP – August 1998 15,467 35,543 4,409 55,419 He was enrolled by his grandparents grandparents Christine and Wsewolod Christine and Wsewolod Hnatczuk. Hnatczuk. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1998 No. 40

NEWS AND VIEWS A delegate’s view of the UOC’s 14th Sobor and the “omophor” issue by Peter Paluch Church leaders became telling, and the tales they told were it was inconvenient for them to spearhead the debate, very troubling indeed. The circle of concerned faithful then they should not object to someone else fulfilling Having followed the discussion on this newspaper’s began to grow, and still, the nagging questions went unan- that responsibility on their behalf. It would provide our pages concerning the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, I swered. Our Church leaders grew even more obstinate. faithful the opportunity to examine the issue. would like to refer to the piece that evoked such a great A group of faithful at the two Clifton, N.J., parishes Not so! The Rev. Nakonachny’s reference to the clan- response over the past several months: the Rev. John organized an ad-hoc committee to seek answers. The destine meeting in Clifton illustrates his quandary. If Nakonachny’s letter to The Weekly. He and others have Rev. Nakonachny’s casual dismissal of that group as indeed it was meant to be an evil, conspiratorial plot, then been invoking the 14th Sobor held in October 1995 and being longtime troublemakers for our Church leadership how is it that the Consistory was so well represented at that claiming that the fate of our Church was deliberated and is a feeble effort to dodge the essence of this controver- Clifton meeting of “mavericks?” An invitation was sent to decided in the affirmative at that conclave. Many readers sy, which is: Are the faithful of our Church entitled to an the Consistory, Metropolitan Constantine and Archbishop accept this “logical” supposition because it was so often answer, honest and forthright, from their leaders? Is our Antony. In attendance were the president of the Consistory, claimed by South Bound Brook. Readers, and especially metropolitan beyond reproach; should he be inaccessi- the Rev. William Diakiw; a member of the Metropolitan the faithful of our Church, need to know that the issue of ble to his flock; is he infallible? Council and an executive of the Senior Ukrainian accepting the omophor of Constantinople itself was If this omophor was all that our previous leaders had Orthodox League, Emil Skocypec; the Rev. Myron never debated, nor was it approved by the 14th Sobor. sought, if it was good and desirable, then why not parade it Oryhon’s wife, Linda, and the Rev. Oryhon’s mother-in- When word of the omophor first leaked out in 1995, through all our parishes, on a pedestal, giving us all an law. They did their level best to defend the circled wagons. some individuals questioned not the omophor itself, but opportunity to praise the Lord and thank our leaders? And The Rev. Nakonachny’s reference to shoddy treat- the terms and means of its implementation. Our leaders further, if all that was circulating throughout the Eastern ment or underhanded tactics is intentionally malicious. remained silent and, when pressed, they responded Orthodox community was indeed false, then why not lay He knows full well that if the Consistory’s point of view emerged battered and torn, it was not because someone through proxies. The response was always imperious the facts bare? This would stop the debate cold in its tracks. blind-sided it at the church hall but, rather, because it and caustic – never explanatory nor conciliatory. Instead The Rev. Nakonachny’s name-calling is painfully fell flat on its face. They made a great effort, but like the of providing a clarification, the designated hitters hurled cruel. Most of us who are involved in this quest for truth Rev. Nakonachny, they had nothing more to offer than names and accusations at anyone who dared to seek an welcomed the initial news that there was a rapproche- explanation, labeling them mavericks, traitors to the the references to uncanonical status and the mantra ment between our Churches. Because I had close friends “trust our leaders.” They had ample time and opportuni- Church, perennial troublemakers, collaborators with in the delegation that traveled to Istanbul in early 1995 Ukraine’s enemies, heretics, and worse. ty to argue their case – far more than the loyal opposi- for a meeting with the ecumenical patriarch, I saw them tion was given at the 14th Sobor. So, unable to have A loyal opposition was reluctanly formed. Activities off at Newark International Airport. We were all flush of the loyal opposition were not commenced in glee, as their way, shepherds of the flock threatened both clergy with expectation. My fellow faithful and I had no idea and laity with expulsion if anyone broke ranks. the Rev. Nakonachny once expressed. No one then, nor that our venerable entourage would return, Trojan horse anyone now, seeks to inflict harm. We simply seek an in tow, violating their oath and our collective sanctuary. * * * explanation and an accounting of the facts. So, then, who did what to whom? Who is entitled to I went to the 14th Sobor cheered by the prospect of The process began with a letter to Metropolitan object, and who deserves an explanation? Throughout an imminent forum for our cause. Constantine, that asked him to clarify rumors circulating our period of activity, we went to great lengths to avoid Spotting me from the dais, Archbishop Antony made among the faithful. Unfortunately, our metropolitan did not extremes. All our work was public and forthright. No a beeline to meet me at the entrance. The archbishop think us worthy of a response. The long silence and subse- one in South Bound Brook or beyond was excluded, shook a fistful of papers in my face and in a fit of anger quent vituperative response drew the attention of others regardless of their alignment. All mailings were sent to declared, “if you don’t stop passing this stuff around, who, until then, showed no concern over the issue. As time every priest, every parish; and a copy of all our mailings I’ll have you thrown out of the hall. I responded with “Slava Isusu Khrystu” and suggested that he do what he passed, news leaks began to trickle out, the silence of our went to the Consistory. Often we first mailed the con- must do because I will do what I must. tents to the Consistory and waited for a response before The Rev. Nakonachny’s claim that the issue of the Peter Paluch of Rutherford, N.J., was a delegate to the we distributed our information to the broader public. We 14th Sobor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. felt that if our Church leaders were not up to the task, if (Continued on page 22)

One year later: the Canadian government vs. Wasyl Odynsky by Olya Odynsky While our lawyers worked away during attended several meetings and gave inter- sive legal and court bills. One would think April and May, I read voraciously. There views to three newspapers. I attended a that the government which is prosecuting On August 26, 1997, the Royal is so much to research. The Ukrainian huge rally commemorating the many mar- a man (who has done no wrong in Canada Canadian Mounted Police paid a surprise position during World War II, the dis- tyred Ukrainian political prisoners. I stood or anywhere else) would take full respon- visit to my father, Wasyl Odynsky. One placed persons (DP) camps, the post-war among the crowd, singing “Vichnaia sibility for collecting commission evi- year later, on August 24, I escorted him immigration process … Pamiat” with great emotion. And before I dence. The government has taken my into the examination for discovery. It has I also began the search for witnesses left Lviv, I made time to go to St. George father to court. They should have to prove been a tremendously difficult year, and who went through the DP camps and their case. But, unfortunately, in this civil yet, the court hearings themselves still Ukrainian Catholic Church to say a prayer hearing, my father – at his own expense – await my father and our family. immigration process similar to my father. for my father before a magnificent icon. has to defend himself and prove his inno- From September 24, 1997, (the date the Many people remember very little. Most We took the overnight train to Kyiv. cence. letter from the minister of citizenship and have thrown out their old documents. There, in one day, I met with the editors of The summer months have flown by. immigration arrived, stating that my father There were many dead ends. Vechirnyi Kyiv and Shliakh Peremohy, My one reprieve was going to Verkhovyna had 30 days in which to decide whether he In June I flew to Ukraine for the first and with a journalist from Literaturna and Soyuzivka to visit my youngest would leave Canada voluntarily, or appeal time in my life to look for witnesses who Ukraina. I was interviewed by “Studio 1 + daughter, who was safely tucked away the charges) until January 18 of this year, could corroborate my father’s story. I 1” television and had a meeting with under the caring wing of Roma Pryma we did not know the details of the traveled to his village, near Kolomyia, Serhii Holovatyi, the former deputy of the Bohachevska at camp. This was a charges. where the family I had only known Verkhovna Rada and former minister of great relief for me as our household often Once the minister’s summary of facts through pictures and letters greeted me. justice. I even found a historian for whom functions as what feels like a command and evidence finally arrived, I read this 50- In two days, with the assistance of I was looking. Everyone I spoke with said center, and is not conducive to a teenager page document with intense apprehension. Myroslava Oleksiuk-Baker, I interviewed the same thing: “It is not possible that who is terrified for her grandfather. Surely, if the government was intending to (while she videotaped) many witnesses. Canada could be doing something so To date, the support of many people deport my father they must have very sub- Their words gave me great encourage- unjust. Not Canada!” from many parts of the world is truly stantial evidence. To my relief there were ment, but they also broke my heart. But it is true. And even worse: Canada appreciated. The Committee for Justice of no accusations of any alleged criminality or They told me about their life while is prosecuting my father, with my tax dol- the Ukrainian Canadian Congress wrongdoing. But to my dismay, I thought: under the occupation of Poland, Russia, lars. The government has vast resources. (Toronto Branch), as well as the assistance “This is it?” The Canadian government Germany and the Soviets. They told me My father does not. Nor do I. of many friends has helped to raise aware- claims that because Wasyl Odynsky was in how my father, along with four other boys Let me tell you about the pre-hearing ness regarding this issue. the Trawniki and Poniatowa labor camps, in the village, was arrested and thrown examination for discovery process. The So, one year later, my father and moth- he should not have been accepted for immi- into jail for running away from German government had the opportunity to ques- er have aged before their time. It appears gration into Canada after the war. They military conscription. They told me how tion my father for four and a half days. that they may have to sell their home to claim he could only have arrived in Canada helpless they felt, how little control they Three of those days were spent covering afford the escalating research and legal by misrepresentation. had over their lives, how they cried. And I the details of the second world war and costs. They are frightened and apprehen- During the months of February and cried as I listened. one and a half days were spent covering sive. So am I. March I wrote letters to politicians, organ- Their stories helped give me the resolve the immigration process. And the govern- They have not given up hope. Neither izations – and anyone I could think of. I to continue the battle. On the third day I ment maintains that this is solely an immi- have I. Neither should you. appeared on a local radio talk show, and traveled to Lviv for myriad interviews and gration case. on the “Kontakt” and “Svitohliad” TV meetings. My mission was to make sure The statements of the witnesses in * * * programs, and gave several speeches. I that the people of Ukraine knew that Ukraine are vital to my father’s case. The If you would like to assist the Odynsky very naively believed that the truth was Canada wanted to deport one of their own minister has offered to cover only part of family with their efforts, you may send the truth and it should be easy to prove. I expatriates. And for what? Allegations of the costs of the taking of commission evi- contributions to: Wasyl Odynsky Defense certainly did not think that I had to revisit misrepresentation. In two days I did a dence in Ukraine. We are struggling to Trust Fund, c/o 5289 Roebuck Court, the second world war. How wrong I was. radio interview and a television interview, cover these costs on top of the other mas- Mississauga, Ontario L5R 2J5. No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1998 9 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Faces and Places Historical Research, even though Prof. Response to Kuropas Sevcenko is from Harvard and the lec- by Myron B. Kuropas tures presented in the book originated at criticism of Harvard Harvard. Dear Editor: Dr. Kuropas’ comparison of Harvard’s Ukrainian Research Institute and the Even the most detailed response to Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies’ Doing the dance diaspora: questions that Dr. Myron Kuropas puts to publishing record on Ukrainians in Harvard’s Ukrainian studies program Canada and the U.S. is somewhat incom- reflections on ethnonational survival (September 20) will likely be unsatisfac- plete and assumes incorrectly that the tory if he insist, on quarreling with two institutions have similar missions For over 30 years now, the diaspora has in 1997. Only 944 new members were Harvard. Most of Dr. Kuropas’ queries and comparable publication profiles. He been dancing around the question of eth- organized in the United States last year and relate to the past, i.e., issues that have overlooks the long-lasting cooperation nonational survival in North America. The 208 in Canada. In 1990, the UNA boasted of already been aired and assessed. It’s like that exists between the two institutions tempo, it seems, tends to pick up during the a reserve totaling almost $21 million. By questioning the merits of a black and and the division of labor that they prac- month of October. 1997, this fell to less than 5 million. white television at a time when everyone tice. He also comes up short in his gradu- Last October, for example, The I was unable to get reliable statistics for already has color. What’s the point, if not ate student assessment. A call to Washington Group devoted its annual con- the Ukrainian Fraternal Association. The just to settle a personal score with Cambridge, Mass., or to Edmonton ference to the theme “We Can Do Better,” Providence Association of Ukrainian Harvard? would have spared us the invidious com- suggesting of course, that our community Catholics is experiencing a drop in member- Although Dr. Kuropas does not parisons. With respect to studies of was not doing well and needed to improve. ship and reserves, while the Ukrainian address the substance of the responses to Soviet disinformation regarding This October, the Ukrainian American National Aid Association (Narodna Pomich) his previous criticism, he now raises new Ukrainians: the Ukrainian Research Professionals and Businesspersons is being forced to merge with the UNA ones, unfortunately, replete with incom- Institute is developing a research pro- Association of New York and New Jersey is because of its poor financial situation. Although the UNA remains our strongest plete and questionable comparisons. gram focusing on new documents from sponsoring the “The Year 2020 fraternal, consider this: During the last eight Dr. Kuropas seems to feel that the 20th century, including the World Conference.” The major question to be years, the UNA’s 15-story “skyscraper” has Harvard should publish works that he War II period. addressed is: “Will there be a North been sold; Svoboda, a 105-year-old newspa- deems fit, like popular histories of I hope Dr. Kuropas will explain American Ukrainian diaspora in the year per published as a daily since the 1920s, has Ukraine. Authors do use various pub- what’s shabby about the Millennium of 2020, and does it matter – to us, to our been reduced to a weekly publication; lishers, and it’s not clear why other ven- Christianity in Rus’-Ukraine booklets to descendants, or to Ukraine?” Veselka, a magazine for children, has been ues for presenting Ukraine to the gener- which he alludes. It’s odd that he did not On October 29-31 the Ukrainian Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies and discontinued; the UNA Washington Office al public should be avoided. Robert mention the institute’s Millennium publi- the Robert F. Harney Professorship and has been terminated; dividends for individ- Conquest did his work on the Great cations, but instead chose publications of Program in Ethnic, Immigration and ual policies have been suspended; Famine while affiliated with the the Ukrainian Studies Fund (USF), the Pluralism Studies at the University of Soyuzivka is now open for only three Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard Ukrainian community organization Toronto are sponsoring an academic con- months a year and some are fearful that it University, and the institute and the founded by membes of the Ukrainian clave devoted to the theme “Cross-Stitching may be sold; there is even a fear among Ukrainian National Association provid- student’s organization SUSTA in 1957. Cultural Borders: Comparing Ukrainian some UNA’ers that The Ukrainian Weekly ed support for him, yet his monograph Each booklet featured reprints of impor- Experience in Canada and the United may soon become extinct. “Harvest of Sorrow” came out at tant (and hard-to-get) articles on Oxford University Press. More recently, States.” Some UNA delegates argued at our last Ukrainian history and culture. These conferences will, in one way or convention that all of these reductions were the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian The reason they were published was Studies Press published the very suc- another, discuss the future of the Ukrainian inevitable, that when we continue to lose because: “the Ukrainian Studies Fund diaspora. And, I’m sure, they will identify members (2,142 members in 1997, replaced cessful book “Ukraine Between East [sought] to make available interpreta- and West” by Ihor Sevcenko for the the reasons for our decline and what we by an enrollment of only 944) we can’t go Peter Jacyk Center for Ukrainian (Continued on page 18) must do to survive and, hopefully, thrive on subsidizing various fraternal benefits as once again. we did in the past. True enough. But no one bothered to ask why it is that the UNA is of another Church based in Turkey, vol- How serious is our descent as a commu- nity? Pretty sobering, I’m afraid. For me, the losing ground, while other ethnic fraternals untarily surrendered our autocephaly in are not. Many unanswered the diaspora and agreed not to support it best indices of community health are Church and fraternal association member- Here’s a little history lesson. Prior to in Ukraine (Protocol No. 937). World War I, most of America’s first immi- questions re: UOC After years of silence, just recently our ship statistics. Historically our Churches Dear Editor: have created and maintained both our spiri- grants from what is today Ukraine identified and Canada’s hierarchs suddenly pleaded themselves as Rusyns. They established two Despite the coverage that has appeared bewilderment about the very existence of tual and a national identity, while our frater- nal benefit societies have nurtured both. It is fraternal benefit societies in the early 1890s. in The Weekly regarding the Ukrainian the infamous Protocol No. 937. Yet we The first was Soiedyneniie, founded in Orthodox Church of the U.S.A., an over- know that it had been published and dis- no exaggeration to say that what we are today we owe to our Churches and fratenals. 1892, known today as the Greek Catholic arching question – as yet unanswered – seminated worldwide under their aegis Union (GCU). The second was the Ruskyi presses to the forefront. Was all this an without denial, excuse or explanation. Without these two institutions, we probably would have never shed our Rusyn past and Narodnyi Soyuz, founded in 1894, today honest mistake, a result of good inten- We know that for years Bound Brook known as the UNA. The GCU remained tions gone awry, or was this a deliberate succeeded in convincing our Church established ourselves as a unique ethnona- tional entity on these shores. largely Rusyn, the UNA did not. Trojan horse? Impolitic as it may be to leaders in Ukraine of the Christian grace One hundred years later, the UNA is pose the question, the upcoming UOC of its cause. Thus, on April 11, 1995, How strong are these two institutions today? Numbers are still heading south. declining, the GCU is growing. Of the top Sobor in October will have to ask and Kyiv Patriarch Volodymyr Romaniuk 40 fraternals in 1990, the GCU was 14th in answer it. abruptly reversed his public call for dias- Ukrainian Catholic Church membership declined from 281,253 in 1967 to 117,741 in terms of total assets, while the UNA was One starting point is the glaring abyss pora unity with the Kyiv Patriarchate 36th. In terms of life insurance in force, the between yesterday’s promise of unity, (issued only a month before), and offi- 1997. Unfortunately, reliable statistics are unavailable for Ukrainian Orthodox and GCU was 38th, while the UNA didn’t make strength and independence, and today’s cially expressed his “joy” over Bound the top 40. Between 1992 and 1996, GCU tortured reality. Does incompetence, Baptists, but I suspect that their numbers Brook’s deal with Istanbul. Even reserves increased from $7 million to $16 ignorance or simple negligence adequate- aren’t much better. Patriarch Volodymyr’s successor, the million, and total assets increased from $175 ly explain the chasm between stated goals How important are our Churches? “street smart’ Patriarch Filaret, had been million to $200 million. GCU membership and accomplished results? Without them, we don’t exist. Of all the convinced, to the point of writing on dropped slightly during this period, but divi- A second, more sobering starting point institutions in our community, it is the September 28, 1995, the very eve of the dends were continued. Question. Do the is that what was “yesterday’s” promise Churches that still command a loyal, if 1995 Sobor, also expressing his support. Rusyns known something we don’t? and what is “today’s” reality in most somewhat older, following. Other organiza- This allowed the Rev. John I believe that as our Churches and frater- cases were actually simultaneous events, tions come and go, but when all else disap- Nakonachny to broadcast in his March 22 nals go, so goes the community. During the the dichotomy between the two co-exist- pears our Churches will remain. letter to The Weekly that Patriarchate last 110 years of our existence, no institution ing already three years ago and more. Religion has always been an integral part Filaret “expressed his joy at our recogni- has replaced the Church. Nor have any Our hierarchs promised things, made rep- of our ethnonational identity, and that is why tion” by Istanbul. The Rev. Nakonachny organizations supplanted our fraternals. Our resentations, at the very time that they our Churches have survived in North further wrote that he proclaimed to semi- federal credit unions may provide more fra- knew the facts and circumstances were America for over 110 years. And, in those narians in Ukraine that the autocephaly of ternal benefits in the future, but that would very contrary because they themselves areas where some accommodation has been our Church in the diaspora was “recog- mean a substantial expansion of their man- created those facts and circumstances. made to the inevitability of assimilation, nized” when, in truth it was voluntarily date. We know that Bound Brook endlessly parishes are doing fine. Take a look at the surrendered and our Church became sub- So let’s stop looking for alternatives. assured the faithful that “nothing will servient to a foreign Church irreconcil- Catholic churches of Mount Carmel, Pa., change, that everything will remain the and Calgary, Alberta, if you want to see There are none. Our Churches and fraternals ably opposed to ours. And he knew that. have a proven record; they’re still around same,” that “we will maintain our consti- Finally, we most certainly know that what our future holds. Church membership tutional integrity,” that “our Church never there is largely third- and fourth-generation after 110 years; they remain our best hope our bishops have endlessly repeated that for the future. You want to renew our com- betrayed its independence.” Yet we also the deal was approved by the last Sobor, Ukrainian, and many faithful are non- know that, as assurances were being Ukrainians. munity? Stop doing the dance diaspora and when in fact the 1995 Sobor resolution go to church. Join the UNA! made that all this was conceived to pro- specifically interposed two overriding Our fraternals are in peril. Membership in mote the autocephaly of our Church, our preconditions to approval, neither of the Ukrainian National Association, our bishops had simultaneously agreed – with largest mutual benefit society, declined from Myron Kuropas’ e-mail address is: disclosure to no one – to become bishops (Continued on page 15) a high of 89,207 in 1967 to a low of 57,209 [email protected] 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1998 No. 40

On the community front, The Weekly reported on the work of various national HE KRAINIAN EEKLY umbrella organizations that united Ukrainians through the decades. It wrote about T U W efforts to help war refugees and their arrival on these shores, which changed the face of Continuing the mission 65 years later the Ukrainian community here. In 1967 it covered the establishment of the World Congress of Free Ukrainians and later wrote extensively about the turmoil in our com- munity in the United States when a fateful split occurred within the Ukrainian On October 6 The Ukrainian Weekly celebrates the 65th anniversary of its birth as a Congress Committee of America. More recently, its headlines highlighted the newspaper with a dual mission: to keep Ukrainian American youth involved in the Ukrainian diaspora’s efforts to help Ukraine in any way possible, both prior to and after Ukrainian community and to tell the world the truth about Ukraine. its declaration of independence in 1991. The newspaper was the brainchild of Svoboda Editor-in-Chief Luke Myshuha, who And there were so many, many other significant stories and issues... had the foresight to see that new generations of Ukrainian Americans were being lost It seems like only yesterday that The Ukrainian Weekly celebrated its 60th anniver- to the Ukrainian community because the generations born in this country were differ- sary. But that was five years ago! Since that anniversary celebration in 1993, The ent from their immigrant parents. Therefore, he proposed to delegates at the 18th Weekly has tried to refocus on our communities here in North America while continu- Convention of the Ukrainian National Association in 1933 that an English-language ing coverage of newly independent Ukraine. Other developments since then include news forum written and edited exclusively by youth be established by the UNA. the following: In May 1995, we opened our Toronto Press Bureau and “installed” staff The UNA also realized that an English-language publication would be essential in editor Andrij Kudla Wynnyckyj as our chief Canadian correspondent. Our paper disseminating the truth about Ukraine and Ukrainians in English-speaking America became available on newsstands in Kyiv in early 1995; next, we moved into cyber- and beyond. This was especially critical at a time when the world knew next to nothing space in July 1995, providing weekly excerpts of our top stories. In 1996 we traveled about the famine raging in Soviet-dominated Ukraine, at a time when certain elements to Atlanta to cover Ukraine’s debut at the Summer Olympics as an independent state; – enamored of the USSR, which they perceived as a great social experiment – denied that same year we prepared two sets of special issues: one devoted to the 10th anniver- that there was any famine even as millions were dying of starvation. sary of the Chornobyl nuclear accident and the other to the fifth anniversary of On October 6, 1933, Editor Myshuha’s idea became reality. The Ukrainian Weekly Ukraine’s independence. rolled off the presses as a four-page tabloid-size newspaper. (For a description of the We created our own website, The Ukrainian Weekly Archive, originally unveiled on contents of that premiere issue, see “Turning the pages...” below.) During the years that April 6 of this year with 3,300 articles – archival materials that have appeared in the followed, The Weekly always remembered the mission for which it was born. paper since our founding in 1933. On August 21 of this year, The Ukrainian Weekly At its most basic, the newspaper was a communications vehicle that kept new gen- Archive moved to its own domain: www.ukrweekly.com. Now we’ve added a special erations in touch with each other and with their Ukrainian heritage. But it was also a section dedicated to the Great Famine of 1932-1933 (see story on page 11), and the pioneer in propagating the idea that one did not have to speak, read and write grand total of articles on the Archive site has surpassed 4,000. Ukrainian to be Ukrainian, that what mattered most was what was in one’s heart and In short, during the past five years, thanks to our staff at the home office, first in mind. Thus, it preserved and sustained generations of Ukrainian Americans as influen- Jersey City and then in Parsippany, N.J., and our two press bureaus, The Weekly has tial members of our community. become even more visible on two continents and around the world. What remains the The Weekly told the world about the plight of the freedom-loving Ukrainian nation: same is our commitment both to our communities in the United States and Canada, and the Polish pacification campaign on western Ukrainian lands, demands for autonomy to Ukraine, and this continues to be manifested on the pages of The Ukrainian Weekly. by Ukrainians in Czecho-Slovakia, the suffering of Ukrainians in Rumania. It gave the We pride ourselves on the fact that we have been faithfully serving readers for 65 Ukrainian perspective at a time of world cataclysm, when Hitler revealed his designs years by covering news and issues of concern to our community, and serving as a on Ukraine and the Soviets invaded western Ukraine. It was the voice of Ukraine at a forum for the exchange of ideas and as a newspaper of record. We like to think of our- time when Ukraine could not speak for itself. In 1941, for example, it was The Weekly selves as participating in a dialogue with our readers. We are your newspaper, thus, we that outlined “Our Stand” – Ukrainians’ opposition to both Hitler and Stalin. Later it want to hear your ideas and publish articles about your community events. bemoaned the outcome of the Yalta Conference as a disaster for Ukraine since the During the course of six and a half decades our community and its members have Ukrainian question had now become an “internal problem” of the USSR. For decades undergone tremendous changes, and The Weekly has grown and matured with them. It The Weekly wrote about the subjugation of Ukraine by the Soviet Union, and it provid- has changed to meet the needs of new generations – all the while continuing to work ed information about the persecution of Ukrainian human and national rights activists. for the Ukrainian commonweal. Finally, it reported first-hand the rebirth of Ukraine’s independence in this decade. (It Where do we see ourselves at 65 and beyond? Continuing as the voice of our com- was in January 1991 that The Weekly opened the Kyiv Press Bureau, the first full-time munity and as a purveyor of information about Ukraine and Ukrainians wherever they Western news bureau in Ukraine, which now is the beat of staff editor Roman may be. As long as there’s a Ukrainian community, The Ukrainian Weekly will have a Woronowycz.) raison d’être.

October Turning the pages back... 6 1933 Sixty-five years ago, on spondents,” had been barred from the stricken republic, October 6, 1933, The Ukrainian “only a few extreme Bolshevik sympathizers such as Weekly published its first issue, Walter Duranty of The New York Times are permitted to appearing as an English-lan- [gain entry]. Even Duranty has admitted that the famine guage sister publication to Svoboda, then a daily has decimated the Ukrainian population.” He did so, it Ukrainian newspaper which was already marking its must be noted, after at first denying that there was any 40th anniversary. famine, and only after others had already reported on its The periodicals’ publisher, the Ukrainian National consequences. Association, was moved by the need for outreach to an In The Weekly’s maiden issue Mr. Shumeyko inaugu- increasingly English-speaking younger generation, and rated a survey of U.S. press references to Ukraine and by anguish about news of the unfolding horror of Ukrainians. “The motive which has inspired me to pre- Stalin’s genocidal famine raging in the Ukrainian SSR. pare these articles is to make the young American And so, content matched purpose. The front page car- Ukrainians realize that the Ukrainian people and their ried an editorial by Stephen Shumeyko, The Weekly’s never-ceasing struggles for freedom are not unknown first editor-in-chief, in the form of an address “To Our among the American people, as some of our pessimists Youth,” a youth which “dreams, and then goes to work are inclined to believe at times. On the contrary, the and makes the dreams come true.” The front page also Ukrainian cause has many sympathizers, particularly included a statement from UNA President Mykola among the so-called intelligentsia,” the editor wrote. Murashko about the opportunities presented by the Mr. Shumeyko’s activism was highlighted in an arti- appearance of such a publication, and Mr. Shumeyko’s cle by Marian Adams, detailing a meeting of the brief survey of the history of Ukrainian immigration to Ukrainian Youth League of North America, of which the U.S. titled “Progress of Ukrainians in America.” The Weekly’s editor was president. Inside, an item titled “Ukrainians protest deliberate 1933 was also the year of the “Century of Progress” starvation of Ukraine by the Bolsheviks,” made plain world’s fair in Chicago, where Ukrainians set up a the outrage at “the barbaric attempts of the Bolshevik pavilion. It was, as chronicled by The Weekly’s cover- regime to deliberately starve out and depopulate the age, visited by former U.S. President Herbert Hoover. Ukrainian people in Ukraine,” and suggested that the Other items included a description of the ongoing “paci- outside world was aware of what was going on: fication” campaign directed at Ukrainians in Poland; an Front page of the first issue of The Ukrainian Weekly. “Practically all of the leading press of England and the odd diptych about the arrival of two individuals in [European] Continent has been filled for the last four or Hollywood – Ukrainian choreographer Vasily Avramenko Last but not least, it could hardly go without mention five months with descriptions of the pitiful scenes and Sholom Schwartzbard, the man who assassinated that The Weekly carried its first “Turning the Pages” throughout Ukraine.” Ukrainian National Republic President Symon Petliura; a (although not under that rubric) in its first issue — an The article noted the Soviet regime’s attempts to notice of a certain John Bilinsky’s intentions to run for account that marked the 150th anniversary of “one of “screen this deliberate starving by declaring that poor public office in Cleveland; and articles about the establish- the greatest events in the entire history of Europe”: how crops are responsible for this great famine,” and that ment of a Ukrainian theater ensemble and an opera troupe. the Ukrainian Kozak Yurii Kulchytsky saved Vienna while “Ralph B. Barnes of the Herald Tribune, W. H. The paper was already “previewing events,” includ- from Turkish forces in 1683. Chamberlain of the Christian-Science Monitor, ing a “Lithuanian Day” at the aforementioned Ukrainian [Malcolm Muggeridge] the correspondent of the pavilion and a youth rally organized by the Ukrainian Source: The Ukrainian Weekly, October 6, 1933, Vol. Manchester Guardian, and many other leading corre- Institute in Philadelphia. I, No. 1; from our website at http://www.ukrweekly.com. No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1998 11

The Weekly unveils collection The Weekly Questionnaire Dear Readers: of materials about Great Famine On the occasion of its 65th anniversary, The Ukrainian Weekly is interested in PARSIPPANY, N.J. – The Ukrainian your reactions to the news and features carried in The Weekly, and the amount of Weekly has unveiled the largest collec- coverage devoted to them. We ask you to fill out the questionnaire below and return tion of materials on the Internet dedicat- it by November 15. ed to the Great Famine of 1932-1933 in The questionnaire is designed to evaluate our performance so that we may better Ukraine. The special section was opened on serve you. October 2 in conjunction with The I. Listed below are categories of news and features regularly carried by The Weekly’s 65th anniversary as the news- Ukrainian Weekly. Please indicate next to each category how much coverage you paper’s birthday gift to the community. would like to see devoted to it (much more, more, same, less, or much less) by plac- Located at www.ukrweekly.com, The ing an X in the appropriate space. Weekly’s official website, the special section includes a chronology of the MUCH MORE SAME LESS MUCH famine years, eyewitness accounts, edi- MORE LESS torials, media reports, stories about observances of the famine’s 50th arts/culture anniversary in 1983, scholarly articles, books interviews with journalists who reported business on the famine, transcripts of testimony Church affairs on the famine commission bill ultimately passed by the U.S. Congress, texts of columnists statements before the U.S. Commission commentaries on the Ukraine Famine, references and editorials other documentation, as well as the full For the record (documents) text of The Ukrainian Weekly’s special Front page of The Weekly issue cover- issue on the Great Famine published on ing Washington commemorations of international relations March 20, 1983. That issue was reprinted the Great Famine’s 50th anniversary. interviews several times and its circulation exceed- Kyiv Bureau reports ed 43,000 copies worldwide. on the Great Famine, The Ukrainian letters to the editor Containing 151 articles related to the Weekly Archive now contains 4,004 com- famine, the Soviet-perpetrated genocide plete articles. That number does not include local community news that resulted in the deaths of between 7 the excerpts of the newspaper’s top stories national news – Canada million and 10 million in Ukraine, the that are posted on the site each week. national news – U.S. section is completely searchable, making Materials are prepared by Serge it an invaluable resource for anyone Polishchuk and Awilda Rolon of The Newsbriefs interested in learning about the famine. Weekly’s production staff, and selected new releases With the addition of the special section by the newspaper’s editorial staff. 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ART bySCENE: Marta Baczynsky Works bytion Makarenkowithin the art circles of theirand country. Kapschutschenko1980, Mr. Makarenko lived and atworked The in MakarenkoUkrainian utilizes warm Museum earth tones and, One Argentinean art historian said the fol- Estonia, where he was a frequent exhibitor although the colors are intense, they are NEW YORK – On Sunday, October 11, lowing about Mr. Kapschutschenko: “The in art shows. He received the first prize for never loud or overbearing. His canvases following a summer hiatus, The Ukrainian works of Enko, this exceptional artist, one of his works in the biennial of graphic never reveal brush strokes or the imprints Museum will open its fall season of activi- remind us of the art of ancient Egyptians art in Yugoslavia in 1975, and in 1976 he of the spatula. He covers the entire surface ties with an exhibition of the art works of with their concept of the immortality of exhibited his paintings in an individual with shellac, which is reminiscent of the Volodymyr Makarenko and Petro the soul ... His works come alive before exhibit in Paris. techniques used in the creation of tradition- Kapschutschenko. Featured will be paint- the viewer, they tremble with feelings, Mr. Makarenko’s association with the al icons. ings and sculptures of these noted they embody the spirit and the integrity of non-conformists, as well as his familiarity In his paintings Mr. Makarenko inter- Ukrainian artists. The exhibition opening is the great artist.” For his artistic excellence with the creative processes in the West gave prets Ukrainian history and traditions, but planned for 2 p.m., and will be followed by and contribution to the culture of him the impetus to forge ahead and seek his in ways that are unusual. He never pro- a wine and cheese reception. The works of Argentina, Mr. Kapschutschenko was pre- own ways of expression. Surrealists such as poses standard Ukrainian symbols in any Messrs. Makarenko and Kapschutschenko sented with an honorary membership in Giorgio de Chirico, Picasso and Marc of his works, but creates his own symbols will be on view at the museum through the Free University of the Humanities in Chagall had a great influence on Mr. that represent the landscape of his native October 25. Buenos Aires. Makarenko’s work, as did the Renaissance Ukraine, wheat fields, the black soil of Messrs. Makarenko and Kap- In l963 he came to the United States artists and Ukrainian painters of the 19th the land. In many compositions the artist schutschenko (Enko) are artists who have where he continued to work in his craft and century. Hence, his paintings are elegant includes writings, either of Ukrainian in their individual creative expressions pro- to exhibit in various art museums and gal- intellectual and emotional puzzles that writers and poets, or simply his own. duced art that has been admired and leries. Mr. Kapschutschenko infused each draw the viewer in as deep as he will allow The exhibition of the works of Petro respected in many parts of the world. of his pieces with the dynamics of life, cre- himself to go. Kapschutschenko and Volodymyr Mr. Kapschutschenko was born on ating bronze and clay figures and scenes The artist sees the world through his Makarenko was organized by the September 27, 1915, in Ukraine. In 1940 he reflecting the timber of the time – lyrical or feelings and emotions. These he places on Ukrainian National Women’s League of graduated form the Dnipropetrovsk art full of discord. He created sculptures of the canvas with impeccable technical mas- America Branch 67 in Philadelphia. Each school where he studied sculpture. He heroic historical figures, as well as of fig- tery, in images that are symbolic of things year the branch invites the community to worked as a sculptor for several years and ures or theme works from Ukrainian folk and emotions that are real to him. The celebrate “Ukrainian Museum Week,” as a creator of theatrical decorations. culture. Among his more notable works are metaphysical and the abstract are important which not only raises funds for the muse- In 1943, while Ukaine was under the memorials to Princess Olha and to factors in Mr. Makarenko’s paintings and um, but also introduces the institution German occupation, Mr. Kapschutschenko Metropolitan Vasyl Lypkivsky, which are the element of time is not an accountable or and its work to new audiences. The was sent to Germany to work as part of a found on the grounds of St. Andrew’s measurable fact, but is often superimposed above discussed exhibition is this year’s forced labor contingent. After the war he Ukrainian Orthodox Church in South on itself, where several activities are occur- main feature of the traditional event. lived in displaced persons camp, and in Bound Brook, N.J. ring in different time spheres. Before coming to The Ukrainian 1949, immigrated to Argentina. In 1996 Mr. Kapschutschenko exhibited Mr. Makarenko’s paintings are compara- Museum in New York City, the exhibi- It was difficult to make a living and his sculptures for the first time in Ukraine ble to lyrical poetry. The resonance emanat- tion will be on view at the Ukrainian there was little time or energy left for the in the Taras Shevchenko National Museum ing from his work is a harmonic tonality, Educational and Cultural Center in pursuit of his art. However, Mr. in Kyiv and later in several other museums that aside from a measure of sadness, is Philadelphia on October 2-8. Kapschutschenko continued to sculpt, throughout the country. always uniformly calming. Aesthetically For information about the exhibition refining and perfecting his craft, and uti- Mr. Makarenko was born in 1943 in the seeking perfection, Mr. Makarenko shuns at The Ukrainian Museum, please uti- lized every opportunity to take part in art village of Pushkarivka. He studied art in the brutality and discord of the modern lize the following: The Ukrainian exhibitions. Dnipropetrovsk and in Leningrad, where he world and hides within the confines of his Museum, 203 Second Ave., New York, As his work became known, became affiliated with a group of non-con- own fantasy, his own feelings. NY 10003; telephone, (212) 228-0110; Argentineans appreciated his creative formist artists called “Petersburg.” From The artist’s application of color is akin to e-mail, [email protected]; website, ingenuity and he quickly gained recogni- 1973 until he immigrated to the West in his harmonious theme presentations. Mr. http://www.brama.com/ukrainian_museum. BOOK REVIEW: “Eyewitness” books for children ... in Ukrainian

WILLOW GROVE, Pa. – If one were to walk into translations◊ëÒ‡‚ˆ¥“ of some of the most popular◊ëÓ·‡ÍË“ “Eyewitness” have crept into modern Ukrainian. The publisher any bookstore in the U.S., one would be particularly ◊Ä‚ÚÓÏÓ·¥Î¥“titles: (Mammals), ◊èÓðӉ˓(Dogs), engaged the services of the most senior linguists and impressed with the “Eyewitness” series of children’s (Automobiles), and ◊ÑË‚Î˛Ò¸,(Rocks academicians with expertise in each particular topic and books published by the venerable London publishing ÑË‚and Û˛Ò¸,Minerals). Ñ¥Á̇˛Ò¸“ Published under the logo mandated them to prepare books in as pure a Ukrainian house Dorling-Kindersley. These individual volumes (I observe, wonder and learn), language as is possible. By all accounts, they have suc- are mini-encyclopedias that cover over 60 different top- these publications have changed the face of Ukrainian ceeded. ics. The books fascinate young and old alike, and pro- children’s books forever. Regardless of which reason ultimately convinces you vide hours of educational stimulation. Hard covered, The books are identical in quality to the English ver- to buy these books, one thought stands out above all: richly illustrated, printed on enamel stock, copiously sions in every respect. The wonderful part is that they there is a simple, inner pleasure in realizing that annotated with detailed, authoritative and informative are all completely in Ukrainian. Ukrainian-language publishing has come of age, that texts, these books invigorate all of the senses. To the purist, these books are mere translations and Ukrainian, as a language, will not be relegated to the some will argue that they are not a real contribution to dusty old tomes, and that Ukrainian has never been How nice it would be to find books like these in ... Ukrainian literature. However, when one considers the more fun to read, learn and understand. All of these Ukrainian. A pipe dream, you say? Well, no longer! A complete lack of any current writing in Ukrainian for qualities have caused some parents who have seen these Lviv publishing house, Art Media, under license from children, and the constant re-publication of old-time books in the U.S. to say that they should become stan- Dorling-Kindersley, has published the first Ukrainian fairy tales, the Art Media series presents a truly refresh- dard texts for upper grades of Ukrainian Saturday ing alternative. More to the point, these books are now schools. the standard by which others will be measured. All four beautiful books are available to readers in To those readers who have strived to maintain their the U.S. by mail order only. Exclusive U.S. distribution Ukrainian language skills, these books are a tremendous is being handled by Ukiebooks, a Philadelphia area ven- opportunity to fill those(ÒÒ‡‚ˆ¥) devilishly unnerving(ÏÛð‡¯ÍÓª‰) vocabu- ture that specializes in bringing the finest in contempo- lary gaps –(Í mammalsðÓÚÓ‚ËÌ) , anteater , rary Ukrainian language children’s books to the U.S. mole◊ÍÓðӷ͇ hill ÔÂð‰‡˜“ . An automobile gearbox is a These books will not be sold in stores or through cata- ◊¯¥ÒÚ¸ Ûðfl‰.“ and an “in-line 6” engine is a logue outlets. “The direct mail order marketing medium These are but a few examples of some was chosen as the primary retail vehicle because it gives very interesting and satisfying linguistic adventures. the customer maximum value. We want the reading One need not be a language scholar to appreciate public to enjoy these truly wonderful books at prices these books. The stunning photographs and illustrations that are the same as those at Barnes and Noble,” notes a of each 64-page edition are a delight in and of them- release from Ukiebooks, “and the only way to accom- selves as they help guide the reader through detailed plish this goal is to control both the import and the retail presentations of interesting topics. Even the youngest of process ourselves.” children will enjoy the graphics. Older children and Each mail order book sells for $17, the same dis- young adults will be drawn to them as well because counted price readers pay for the English-language they look and feel just like the books they encounter books at major retail outlets. A complete set of four every day and are treasure troves of valuable informa- Ukrainian language titles sells for an additionally dis- tion about the real world. Parents and grandparents will counted price of $65. Send your check or money order appreciate the fine Ukrainian language. 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DATELINE NEW YORK: A new season beckons by Helen Smindak

The Ukrainian cultural season of 1998-1999, which promises a host of interesting events, was launched last month with two outstanding presenta- tions. The Kyiv Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, the only private choral- orchestral group in Ukraine, performed for the first time at Carnegie Hall, appearing there on September 15. An exhibition of selected portraits by one of our most distinguished artists, Jacques Hnizdovsky, previewed on September 24 at the Ukrainian Institute of America before beginning a 10-day public showing. During the autumn months, coming events will bring Paul Plishka to the Metropolitan Opera stage in “Aida” and Vladimir in “La Bohème.” They are scheduled to return in 1999, with Mr. Plishka performing in “Lucia di Lammermoor,” “Il Trovatore” and “Simon Boccanegra,” and Mr. Grishko in “Khovanschina,” whose cast at some point will also include Vladimir Ognovenko. Maria Guleghina, who is of part-Ukrainian-ancestry, is currently appearing at the Met in “Aida”; later in the season she will take on a role in “Tosca.” In her sixth season at the New York City Opera, Oksana Krovytska will sing the title role in a brand-new production of Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly” that will open on November 17. Bass Vassili Gerello, who appeared here last May with the Kirov Opera in The Kyiv Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. “Mazeppa” and “Prince Igor,” will be in New York on November 8 when the in South Bound Brook, N.J., at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and a silent which began commemorating its 50th Kirov Orchestra and Opera Chorus pres- Ukrainian Orthodox complex. auction to be held October 18 at the birthday and the 100th anniversary of its ent Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta,” Op. 69, at Other events at The Ukrainian Ramada Inn in East Hanover, N.J., with landmark building last spring, is extend- Carnegie Hall. He is expected to sing Museum will include a lecture/slide pres- the Eric Mintel Jazz Trio featuring ing this observance to the end of the year. also with the Kirov Opera Chorus when entation on Ukrainians in Murmansk, George Hrab Jr.; a humoresque presented A season-opening black-tie reception it presents Rachmaninoff’s “Vespers” at Arkhangelsk and the Solovetsky Islands by the Lydia Krushelnytsky Drama takes place this very weekend (October the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola on by John Luchechko, a former president Studio; art exhibitions and the annual 3). The institute board, with Walter November 6. of the museum; a lecture on medieval Christmas bazaar. This season’s Bard Music Festival at Khersones by Dr. Olenka Pevny of The The Ukrainian Institute of America, (Continued on page 21) Alice Tully Hall will focus on “Pyotr Tchaikovsky and His World” on October 31. Part of a package are a morning sym- posium, afternoon lecture and chamber music concert, and an 8 p.m. concert by the American Symphony Orchestra, all reassessing this romantic composer. For specific information on the Great Performers series, call Lincoln Center at (212) 875-5020, 5030 or 5050. The Duquesne University Tamburitzans, returning to New York City on October 17 with their annual cel- ebration of Central and East European folk music, and traditions, will perform a suite of Hutsul dances, includ- ing the “Arkan,” a ritual walk- ing dance or “khorovid” and the tradi- tional Hutsul “Kolomyika.” Their con- cert begins at 8 p.m. at the Haft Auditorium, Fashion Institute of Technology, 227 W. 27th St. dancers Vladimir Malakhov and Maxim Belotserkovsky are sched- uled to appear in the American Ballet Theater’s opening night gala at the City Center on October 27. They will perform in the revival of Anton Dolin’s “Variations for Four.” While The Ukrainian Museum’s folk art exhibition spotlighting the village of Uhryniv in the Sokal region continues through November 1, its autumn pro- gram begins in earnest on October 11 with the opening of an exhibition of works by two Ukrainian-born artists, Volodymyr Makarenko and Petro Kapschutschenko. Mr. Makarenko, a res- ident of Paris, specializes in surrealist paintings, while Mr. Kapschutschenko, a longtime resident of Argentina now liv- ing in New Jersey, is a sculptor whose work includes the statue of Princess Olha “Guggenheim Museum,” 1960, oil on canvas (30 by 36 inches), by Jacques Hnizdovsky. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1998 No. 40

work to domestic construction firms. effort when no such requirements exist in An unnamed Bechtel worker told a the United States [for their nuclear reduc- Ukrainian television crew at the tion program]?” asked Col. Gen. Mikhtiuk. Pervomaisk site that without the support The 43rd Rocket Army, its mission of local subcontractors the work would nearing completion, is scheduled to be have been much more difficult. “I am decommissioned in full sometime after pleased to be working with Ukrainians 2002. Already many of its officers are with such a high degree of technical either opting for retirement or being forced expertise,” said the worker. to go that route, which has caused more The procedure for the elimination of problems. the missiles began with the removal of To head off a foreseen lack of housing the warhead, which was completed in all for discharged officers and enlisted men, 176 nuclear missiles on Ukraine’s soil by the United States agreed to build 866 July 1996. apartment units to house military person- Today the procedure continues in a step- nel demobilized in connection with the by-step process. After each missile is elimination of strategic nuclear weapons, removed from combat duty, its instrumen- which it completed in 1996. tation is disassembled. The projectile then Although the 43rd Rocket Army prom- is raised from its silo into a huge tube that ised its officers those private quarters, has been elevated from a truck bed and sits some officers say those promises have vertically over the silo hole. After the 15 been broken. minutes it takes to lift the missile into the Three former officers of the 43rd protective shell, the tube is hydraulically Rocket Army, who were discharged during lowered back onto the truck bed. the last few months, told The Weekly they After removal from the launch silo the are still awaiting their apartments, and missiles are transferred to railroad cars and have been told by their former superiors taken to special liquidation sites, where the that they should not expect anything. liquid propellant is removed, after which “We have been told that some day we they are transferred again to a final site for will get an apartment, but nobody will give elimination. Col. Gen. Mikhtiuk explained us a guarantee,” said Valerii Baranovych, that Ukraine has had problems with who had been a lieutenant colonel before financing the technology for reprocessing his discharge in July. rocket fuel for commercial use and with Mr. Baranovych’s situation, as well as the recycling of the missile hulls. that of his two colleagues, Oleksander However, he asserted that the entire Kuzmych, a former major, and Volodymyr process would be completed before the Havlitsky, a former lieutenant colonel, is program is done. complicated by the fact that the strategic After the missiles are gone, the launch nuclear forces under which they served ini- silos and launch control centers are disas- tially were not under the command of the sembled and prepared for destruction, 43rd Rocket Army, but under a joint which takes approximately 30 to 36 days. Russian-Ukrainian command. The holes are then set with explosives to “The commander [of the 43rd Army] destroy the first six meters of the launch would not see us. His assistant said we silo. were not a part of their command,” In the final stage of the elimination explained Mr. Kuzmych. “But he under- effort, the sites are restored to their natural A U.S. defense official (left) speaks with a Ukrainian colleague in front of the scored that we were not being refused an contours and the debris is carried away. Ukrainian SS-24 ballistic missile in Pervomaisk. apartment.” According to Assistant Secretary of Although a press spokesman for the Defense Warner, the deactivation of each arsenal, is the second phase of the effort to Ministry of Defense said that “the soldiers site, including removal of the missiles and eliminate Ukraine’s nuclear arsenal, which and officers of the 43rd Army probably Ukraine in final... destruction of the launch silo, costs U.S. (Continued from page 1) is scheduled for completion by December have the best terms and treatment as far as taxpayers about $1 million each, which 2002. The second phase began last month, their return to civilian life,” the 43rd Army Europe and the United States – a few of includes U.S. equipment and construction which could have destroyed entire after the last of 130 SS-19 nuclear missiles commander, Col. Gen. Mikhtiuk, had been removed and disassembled. Also vehicles. metropolia had they ever been ordered Although the removal of the rockets and acknowledged that problems exist with the out of their protective silos; ultimately just beginning is the phase-out of distribution of living accommodations. Ukraine’s strategic bombers and cruise the destruction of the silos has been pro- they could have sowed the destruction of ceeding smoothly and with little protest “Unfortunately, not all officers of the 43rd humankind. missile arsenal. Army have received the apartments they Thus far, two SS-24 missiles have from Ukrainians, that does not mean that Today the missiles are being uprooted there is anything near unanimity in were promised,” said the general. been removed from their silos and sent and dismantled as Ukraine moves into its Ukraine that giving up the nuclear war- “But if you compare the number of so- for dismantling. On September 29, the final phase of nuclear disarmament. heads was the right thing for this country called homeless officers at the time the second uprooting was witnessed by U.S. Since the disintegration of the Soviet to do. Politicians on the left and the right, program started to the number that exist officials, including Assistant Secretary of Union in 1991, the U.S. has spurred an including Communist leader Petro today, you will see that the numbers are Defense for Strategy and Threat effort to remove nuclear weapons stock- Symonenko and Rukh leader Vyacheslav way down,” he added. piles from the countries of the newly inde- Reduction Dr. Edward Warner. Col. Gen. Chornovil, have repeatedly questioned the He explained that the Ministry of pendent states. In January 1994, in a trilat- Volodymyr Mikhtiuk, commander of the 1994 decision by Ukraine’s first president, Defense purchased nearly 100 apartment eral agreement with the U.S. and Russia, 43rd Rocket Army, escorted Dr. Warner Leonid Kravchuk, to relinquish its nuclear units for officers just this past year. Ukraine agreed to rid itself of the 176 and a U.S. Defense Department delega- status. But, according to the three ex-officers nuclear warheads inherited from the tion to watch the removal of an SS-24 Many of Ukraine’s citizens also feel of the 43rd Rocket Army, who live with defunct Soviet Union in return for nuclear rocket, followed by the destruction of a there is no good justification for throwing their families in a “closed” military city reactor fuel from Russia and financial and silo site. away the “nuclear card” that Ukraine outside of Kyiv that only existed to be a technical support from the U.S. Afterwards, both men expressed their could have used in international relations. transfer point for new or outdated rock- The warheads came off the missiles in overall satisfaction with the program. Dr. The move, however, opened up rela- etry, the promise of an apartment in the 1996. Today the rockets are being Warner credited close cooperation between tions with the United States and helped future holds little value at the moment, removed, the silos destroyed and the land Ukraine and the United States in making Ukraine negotiate a strategic partnership especially because they have no opportu- returned to its earlier, natural state. the effort a success thus far. “All of this with Washington, which has allowed nity to work or money to purchase their Financing for the effort comes entirely has been possible because of the extremely Kyiv to receive billions of dollars in own housing. from the United States through the successful cooperation between the armed financial aid. “We were on the lists; we were shown Cooperative Threat Reduction program, forces of Ukraine and the United States Col. Gen. Mikhtiuk, while addressing a the lists. We want to know what hap- also known as the Nunn-Lugar program, and U.S. contractors, as well as with a group of journalists during the visit of the pened,” said Mr. Baranovych. “Who named for Sens. Sam Nunn and Richard whole slew of Ukrainian subcontractors,” Defense Department delegation, took pains received the apartments we were prom- Lugar who sponsored the program in the said Dr. Warner. to squelch a persistent rumor that Ukraine ised?” he asked. U.S. Senate. After Ukraine’s National Security and is dismantling the sites in roughshod man- An information official at the United The SS-24, and the older generation SS- Defense Council officially petitioned the ner. “I would like to emphasize that we States Embassy in Ukraine, who acknowl- 19 missile, which had less firepower, were U.S. in May 1997 for assistance in pro- don’t just blast away the silos and then edged that the Embassy is aware of the buried in two locations in Ukraine: outside ceeding with SS-24 removal, the Defense leave. These rumors are unfounded and complaints by the three ex-officers, said the town of Pervomaisk here in southern Department Cooperative Threat Reduction untrue,” he said. that Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense holds Ukraine and near the city of Khmelnytsky Office was tasked with developing a plan The press conference was held at one ultimate responsibility for distribution of in central-western Ukraine. After Ukraine and finding a prime contractor to oversee completed restoration site, where the silo the apartments, although the U.S. checked declared independence in 1991 the nuclear the project. In September 1997 Bechtel hole had been capped, the debris removed distribution procedures for the 866 U.S.- rockets came under the control of Corp., the world’s largest international and the land graded. built units after construction was complet- Ukraine’s 43rd Rocket Army, which today construction company, was awarded the The general also expressed frustration at ed. The official said that the U.S. retains is overseeing their dismantlement. project. Bechtel has shown its confidence a contract requirement that the land should the right by agreement to audit and exam- The removal of 46 SS-24 missiles, the in the technological expertise of be restored to a certain biological level. ine the results of the program. The first largest and most lethal in the former Soviet Ukrainians by subcontracting much of the “Why must Ukraine expend money and audit is scheduled for 1999. No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1998 15

BOOK NOTES The Northern New Jersey District Committee of the Ukrainian National Association Harvard release on Kistiakovsky invites the public to a meeting with focuses on national rights struggle Dr. Myron B. Kuropas well-known author of the new book CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute is sched- “Ukrainian American Citadel: The First Hundred Years uled to release on October 15 the latest of the Ukrainian National Association” addition to its Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies, “Kistiakovsky: The Meeting’s topic: Struggle of National and Constitutional “UNA past, present and future” Rights in the Last Years of Tsarism” by The meeting will be held on Susan Heuman, associate professor of Sunday, October 11, 1998, at 3 p.m. history at Manhattanville College. As Prof. Heuman writes in her intro- at the Ukrainian National Association, Inc. duction “Transforming the study of 2200 Route 10 Kistiakovsky’s life and work into a book Parsippany, NJ 07054 has taken many years. When I first telephone: 973-292-9800; 800-253-9862 worked on the subject of his life in Germany, Russia and Ukraine, there was Also on the agenda: an exhibit of art works by Roman Demko. little interest in a turn-of-the-century lib- Admission is free. Refreshments will be served. eral who advocated national rights, con- stitutionalism and human rights. 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Lenin’s vanguard party that would lead to visit the university press web site at Serving Ukrainian singles of all ages 3+ B/R, 1 1/2 B, W/26 FT LOFT, SKYLTS the dictatorship of the proletariat. http://www.hup.harvard.edu. throughout the United States and Canada. & BALCONY. FULLY FINISHED For information send a self-addressed ABOVE GRND. BASEMENT SUITABLE FOR PROF. OFFICE OR stamped envelope to: Bishops decision to bring the Ukrainian MOTHER/DAUGHTER FIRM. $143,000. Many unanswered... Autocephalous Orthodox Church in the Single Ukrainians MANY EXTRAS. (Continued from page 9) diaspora within its jurisdiction. Moscow’s P.O. Box 24733, Phila., Pa. 19111 CALL OR FAX 914-647-2371 which have been accepted by Patriarch newly elected Patriarch Pimen well knew Bartholomew and, safe to say, never even that, with Metropolitan Mstyslav at the presented to him. This leaves the Points helm, it would take a generation or more. of Agreement a dead letter as far as any And now? After initially professing devo- Sobor approval is concerned. Yet, for the tion and commitment (including money; last three years Bound Brook has been remember the much-touted fund-raising?) deliberately publicizing a “done deal” for the Kyiv Patriarchate, “our” bishops even though operating without authority have now anathemized it. and in direct violation of its own On June 30, the Rev. Frank Estocin, Constitution. dean of the Philadelphia Deanery and sec- retary of the Consistory, derisively Yet a third starting point for the ques- referred to the UOC–Kyiv Patriarchate, tion is that our bishops swore loyalty to, not as a church, but as a mere “ecclesias- and chose as their supreme hierarch, a per- tical jurisdiction,” and declared it “an son whose stated position they know was insult to holy Orthodoxy.” He added that and remains that of an enemy of the “it is an obvious fact of life that the inter- Ukrainian Orthodox Church and, con- ests of authentic Ukrainian Orthodox comitantly, the proponent of a murderous, Christianity will not be served in Ukraine, hypocritical institution that presses its Canada, the U.S.A ... by groups who stranglehold in Ukraine, both east and spread schism” [read: the Kyivan west. They understood quite well what Patriarchate]. they embraced, and therefore endorsed. I previously wrote briefly about the There never has been any secret about it. mind-bending Russian influence in Predictably, after Patriarch Bartholomew’s Bound Brook since Patriarch Mstyslav’s statements in Odesa, Bound Brook death. How about the fact that “Bozhe nonetheless loudly trumpeted a counterfeit Velykyi, Yedynyi” is being squeezed out surprise. Suddenly, it’s “news”. of our services? Want to commemorate The clincher will be Moscow’s and Alexander Nevsky, declared a “hero of Istanbul’s grant of “autocephaly” to Russia” by Stalin? Now you know where Metropolitan Volodymyr Sabodan, to go to get your handout specifying the Moscow’s janissary in Ukraine. Our bish- “holy” day on which to do that. The Rev. ops, who have already elected to be “in Estocin’s son, Andrew Estocin, preps the communion” with Patriarch Alexei (a “raby” (serfs) by writing in his regular successor of Stalin’s original appointee) column in The Orthodox Word that we will come under Sabodan’s jurisdiction. abandon “secular provincialism” and in After all, Bound Brook’s Council of The Weekly that Metropolitan Sabodan is Bishops itself approvingly quoted a nice guy. Patriarch Bartholomew’s intention that it The cat’s out of the bag. (Or, if you be “united” with Kyiv. And what happens prefer, the “shylo” just poked through the to Bound Brook’s memorial for 7 million “mishok.”) This all comes to pass by famine victims? Back into the hands of accident? Mistake? the perpetrator. One should think, hard, about the June Victor Rud 1971 decision of Moscow’s Synod of Ridgewood, N.J. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1998 No. 40

“I am amazed that our so-called lead- THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Verkhovna Rada deputies... ership was so pleased. Instead of repre- (Continued from page 1) senting the dignity of the nation and its Rada leadership, he told faction represen- people, they applaud and jump about in tatives, “This would be hailed by our their seats because Moscow acknowl- people as the most important event of the edged them,” Mr. Kravchuk told the 20th century.” newspaper Den. He explained that he had reason to National Deputy Oleh Bilorus of the believe that a majority of Ukrainians Hromada faction, who was Ukraine’s would support a referendum on a return first ambassador to the United States, CALL ( 973) 292-9800 said that Mr. Selezniov’s comments were to Moscow. “If you held a referendum,” an attempt at undermining the Ukrainian said Mr. Selezniov, you would become Constitution and the principles of full convinced that this is what the people Ukrainian sovereignty. want.” Planning a trip to By September 30 more than 150 He added, “We are ready to consider Ukrainian national deputies had signed a Ukraine as part of a future union of petition sponsored by the Rukh faction UKRAINE? Slavic nations.” that condemned Mr. Selezniov’s presen- After his Verkhovna Rada appearance, tation. The petition has not been signed Personalized he attended a meeting with local govern- by any legislators from the Socialist, ment officials, he continued to pound on Progressive Socialist, Agrarian or Travel Service at the need for a Moscow-Kyiv-Miensk Communist parties. Reasonable Rates union. “Without Ukraine we don’t feel Before his return to Moscow, Mr. comfortable,” explained Mr. Selezniov. Selezniov said he was non-plussed by the From the way individual Ukrainian political uproar caused by his words and •VISAS•HOTELS•MEALS• national deputies responded to Mr. that his visit was a success. “We reached •TRANSFERS•GUIDES• Selezniov’s words, it was clear that the full mutual understanding and our dia- •AIR TICKETS• democratically-oriented factions in logue will go on,” said the State Duma Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada did not feel at leader, according to ITAR-TASS. •CARS WITH DRIVERS• ease with the Russian speaker’s com- Mr. Selezniov explained that his pro- •INTERPRETERS• ments. posal for a union of Russia, Belarus and •SIGHTSEEING• The leader of the Rukh Party, National Ukraine was “acceptable” to Ukrainian Deputy Vyacheslav Chornovil, told Parliament Chairman Tkachenko, while reporters after his faction walked out dur- President Kuchma “got interested” in the ing the Selezniov speech, “How would idea. Commenting on the Rukh deputies’ LANDMARK, LTD you react after someone insulted your reaction to his speech, Mr. Selezniov said toll free (800) 832-1789 mother, your brother, your family?” He it was “normal,” adding that “complete DC/MD/VA (703) 941-6180 called Mr. Selezniov’s words an intrusion unanimity of opinion in the Parliament is fax (703) 941-7587 into the internal affairs of Ukraine. bad,” according to Reuters. Former President Leonid Kravchuk, An official communiqué signed by Mr. who belongs to the Social Democratic Selezniov and Mr. Tkachenko states that (United) faction of Parliament, also criti- their talks took place in an “atmosphere cized the speech, as well as the leftist of friendship, cordiality, mutual under- FLOWERS Ukrainian legislators who supported it. standing and confidence.”

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COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Parma parish sponsors youth program

Attention, Students! Throughout the year Ukrainian student clubs plan and hold activities. The Ukrainian Weekly urges students to let us and the Ukrainian com- PARMA, Ohio – With 1998 designated as the “Year of Youth” by the Permanent munity know about upcoming events. Council of Ukrainian Orthodox Bishops outside Ukraine, St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral here sponsored a vacation school program for the parish The Weekly will be happy to help you publicize them. We will also be youth on August 10-14, as part of its youth program. Sixty-one children between glad to print timely news stories about events that have already taken the ages of 4 and 13 participated. Pictured in front of St. Vladimir’s Cathedral are place. Photos also will be accepted. the participants of the school. MAKE YOURSELF HEARD. Jersey parishioners enjoy Delaware rafting

Chicago, Ill., District Committee of the UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION announces that its DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING will be held on Sunday, October 18, 1998 at 12:30 p.m. at Ukrainian Cultural Center 2247 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Ill.

Obligated to attend the meeting are District Committee Officers, Branch Officers, Organizers and Convention Delegates from the following Branches: 17, 22, 107, 114, 125, 131, 139, 157, 176, 220, 221, 259, 379, 399, 423, 452, 472 The Fall District Meeting will be devoted to organizational matters and will update the information about UNA’s various insurance plans. All UNA members are welcome as guests at the meeting. HILLSIDE, N.J. – The Young Adults Group of St. John’s (Newark, N.J.) and THE MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: Immaculate Conception (Hillside, N.J.) Ukrainian Catholic parishes and their guests Stefko Kuropas, Vice-President rafted a segment of the upper Delaware River on August 1. The group of 18 included Andrij Skyba, Advisor the Rev. Leonid Malkov CSsR and Alex Plokhotiuk, a guest for the summer from St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Seminary in Washington. Everyone had a fun-filled day. HONORARY MEMBERS OF UNA GENERAL ASSEMBLY: Along the rafting route, the group stopped numerous times to swim and share con- Stepan Kuropas versations with other groups passing by. The Upper Delaware Scenic and Myron Kuropas, Ph.D. Recreational River comprises over 70 miles of the river stretching from Hancock, DISTRICT COMMITTEE: N.Y., to Matamoras, Pa. The river offers a variety of challenges ranging from long Stefko Kuropas, Chairman clam eddies to Class II rapids. The American Indians and early settlers used the Andrij Skyba, Secretary upper Delaware River as an important transportation route. Above, the Young Adults Bohdan Kukuruza, Treasurer Group stops riverside to relax prior to navigating the final rapids of the trip. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1998 No. 40

lished by Harvard University. Stipulation Response to Kuropas... carries much responsibility and is dis- (Continued from page 9) cussed beforehand with contributors. tions of the course of Ukrainian history Unrestricted donations made to the USF from a perspective so lacking in most are usually accumulated as principal added American history classes.” This quote to Ukrainian endowed funds at Harvard, appears in the booklet titled “From with only the endowment earnings being Kievan Rus’ To Modern Ukraine: available each year for Ukrainian studies. Formation of the Ukrainian Nation” Funding Ukrainian scholarship with (1984) that featured Mykhailo endowed funds was another innovation Hrushevsky’s classic piece “The tradi- that the USF brought to our community. tional scheme of ‘Russian’ history ... .” We should thank the “grunts” of the USF, The Hrushevsky essay appeared in past and present, for their vision and English in The Annals of the Ukrainian efforts, because their endowed approach is Academy of Sciences in 1952 with a successful and has since been emulated by modest press run. The Ukrainian Studies other Ukrainian institutions. Fund reprinted this and other articles, and Dr. Kuropas probably knows that the disseminated about 30,000 copies at a Ukrainian community subsidizes not time when the Ukrainian community did only the Ukrainian studies program at not have anything else that could high- Harvard, but many academic institutions light the approaching Millennium of working with Ukrainian studies: Yale, the Christianity as a Ukrainian commemora- Shevchenko Scientific Society, Canadian tion. Purchase orders we received show Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Ukrainian that this “shabby” series was acquired by Free University (Munich), St. Basil’s many non-Ukrainians. College, Peter Jacyk Center for Less obvious may have been the col- Ukrainian Historical Research, Ukrainian lateral benefit that these “shabby” book- Catholic Educational Foundation, St. lets provided when an astute cataloger at Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox College, the Library of Congress used them to Sheptytsky Institute and others. Statistics expand the classification “Ukraine- show that Harvard does not receive the Church History ... .” It was time to dis- most from the community all of the time, place the archaic, but still widely used but that it did the best with what it classification “Russia-Church History,” received. For example, take the $1.8 mil- under which most older books about lion of community donations entrusted early Ukrainian history were catalogued. by the Ukrainian Studies Fund to We are pleased that so much mileage Harvard in 1968-1972. Harvard came out of this “shabby” reprint series. University’s latest financial report (Fiscal Dr. Kuropas should also be pleased to Year 1997) lists the market value of these learn that the remedies he recommended endowments at slightly over $10 million are already practiced. The visiting com- i.e., a 460 percent increase in value of the mittee of the Ukrainian Research community’s investment in Ukrainian Institute became a formal university scholarship. And, during all of these body in 1974 and is composed of aca- years, the endowments produced income that was spent on Ukrainian studies each demics, donors and representatives of year since 1973. This is a great return for Ukrainian institutions. It meets every the community. two or three years and its duty is to keep Notice to publishers and authors Representatives of the USF regularly the university’s Board of Overseers well participate in community meetings, pres- It is The Ukrainian Weekly’s policy to run news items and/or reviews of newly pub- informed about the state of Ukrainian ent information on the latest happenings lished books, booklets and reprints, as well as records and premiere issues of periodi- studies program at Harvard. Its recom- at Harvard University and convey to the cals, only after receipt by the editorial offices of a copy of the material in question. mendations are carefully considered by Ukrainian Research Institute the interests the university. News items sent without a copy of the new release will not be published. and concerns of donors. For example, the Publicity and fund-raising are the Send new releases and information (where publication may be purchased, cost, UNA Senior’s Convention has been kind responsibility of the Ukrainian Studies etc.) to: The Editor, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, enough to invite a Ukrainian Studies Fund, which is based in New York. We Fund representative to speak at NJ 07054. access a donor base of about 4,000 indi- Soyuzivka for the last three years. viduals, while others, like The Ukrainian Attendees also get to view an exhibit of Museum in New York and the Ukrainian current institute publications. Free University Foundation, maintain The Ukrainian Studies Fund welcomes donor pools several times larger. Thus, the opportunity to visit communities and support that Dr. Kuropas could generate District Committee of UNA Branches will provide assistance with planning, for Ukrainian studies by publicizing publicity and expenses. We can be of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania some of the achievements of Harvard’s reached at: Ukrainian Studies Fund, Ukrainian studies program would help announces that its Harvard University, 1583 Massachusetts tremendously. Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138. It has been common practice since ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING 1973 for Ukrainian Studies Fund contrib- Roman Procyk will be held on utors to earmark donations for particular Cambridge, Mass. purposes. Actually, USF pioneered this Saturday, October 17, 1998 at 12:00 noon concept in the Ukrainian community. For Dr. Roman Procyk manages opera- new named endowed funds and gifts for tions for the Ukrainian Studies Fund at UNA Branch 120 Meeting Hall particular purposes, the Ukrainian (USF) and has been with the USF since 2152 Sheffield Rd., Aliquippa, Pa. Studies Fund follows guidelines estab- 1975.

Obligated to attend the meeting are District Committee Officers, Branch Officers, Organizers and Convention Delegates from the following Branches: EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

53, 56, 63, 96, 113, 120, 126, 161, 264, 296, 338, 481 Project Harmony, an innovative, not-for-profit professional and educa- The Fall District Meeting will be devoted to organizational matters and will update tional exchange organization based in Waitsfield, Vermont (USA) is the information about UNA’s various insurance plans. seeking a Program Recruiter to support the Community Connections Program in Ukraine. This is one-year contract effective September, All UNA members are welcome as guests of the meeting. 1998. The position is based in Ukraine and involves travel throughout THE MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: the country to promote, select and orient Ukrainian business people and professionals in the legal, agricultural and criminal justice fields Martha Lysko, National Secretary Nicholas Diakiwsky, Advisor as well as third sector professionals and government officials for the Community Connections Program sponsored by the United States DISTRICT COMMITTEE: Information Agency. Applicants must be fluent in Ukrainian; knowl- Nicholas Diakiwsky, Chairman edge of Russian is a plus. Experience preferred. Must be a U.S. citizen Osyp Polatajko, Vice-Chairman or hold a green card. Applicants are to send letter and cover letter to: Slava Komichak, Ukr. Secretary Jared Cadwell, Project Harmony, 6 Irasville Common, Waitsfield, VT Angela Honchar, Eng. Secretary Elias Matiash, Treasurer 05673 or fax: (802) 496-4548. No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1998 19

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Lawrenceville, N.J., where she graduated Participates in Greek from high school, and also completed 11 grades of The Ihor Kalynets School of and Scythian projects Ukrainian Studies in Trenton, and then COLUMBUS, Md. – For the last five attended the 12th grade and took her summers, Lada Onyshkevych has been “matura” (final exam) at the Philadelphia supervising an archeological project on Ridna Shkola. She received her B.A. in Crete (Pseira and Chrysokamino sites) Classical Studies followed by an M.A. and working with an archeological elec- and a Ph.D. (1998) in Classical tronic survey team from Temple Archeology, all from the University of University. Her group made topographic Pennsylvania, where, throughout her maps and architectural drawings with the graduate studies, she was the recipient of Western Union, aid of infra-red beam technology and the distinguished Kolb Fellowship. Her specialized computer software. She used doctoral dissertation included an analysis a Mercury II solar panel; a photograph of of epigraphic material from the ancient the fastest way her with the instrument was recently fea- Greek colonies of Olbia and Berezan, on tured several times on the Internet. the northern shore of the Black Sea, in Ms. Onyshkevych is originally from Ukraine. The inscriptions, from the sixth to fourth centuries B.C., were on reli- to send money gious topics, addressing aspects of the Greek gods Apollo and Hermes and their cults. Since 1990, she has spent every to Ukraine summer at archeological excavations either in or in Ukraine. Currently Dr. Onyshkevych is involved and worldwide in the preparation of an exhibit of Scythian gold from Ukraine (under the curatorship of Ellen Reeder of the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore). The exhibit, the first of its kind in the U.S. since the 1970s, will open in the fall of 1999 at the San Antonio Museum of Art. In the spring of 2000, it will travel to the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, and thereafter to the Los Angeles County Museum, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Dr. Onyshkevych is teaching at George Washington University and Georgetown University. Now a resident of Columbia, Md., she is married to Andriy Leshchyshyn, is a member of Plast, the Pershi Stezhi sorority and Lada Onyshkevych UNA Branch 287. Western Union has: Canadian Theological Society, the The Rev. Bilaniuk... Catholic Theological Society of America, (Continued from page 4) the Society for the Scientific Study of the eulogy at the Rev. Bilaniuk’s funeral. Religion, the International Society for 48,000 locations The Rev. Chirovsky told The Weekly in a Political Psychology, and the European telephone interview that the Rev. Society for the Study of Science and • worldwide Bilaniuk was “a pioneer of Ukrainian Theology. theological scholarship,” pointing out In 1966, he received the Gold that prior to the Second Vatican Council Commemorative Medal of Ss. Peter and in 1964, Ukrainian Catholic scholars Paul from Pope Paul VI; he was listed in over 24,000 in the U.S. were enjoined to work within the the International Who’s Who of Western theological tradition. Intellectuals in 1976 and the Marquis • “At the time of the Second Vatican Who’s Who in the World in 1976 and Council [the Rev. Bilaniuk] had begun 1980-1981; he received the Silver over 200 in Ukraine! his career as an instructor, and was the Pectoral Cross from Patriarch Slipyj in • among those who took the first steps in 1982; and in 1991 received the Albert re-establishing Ukrainian Catholic theol- Einstein Academy Foundation Medal for ogy on its Eastern foundations,” Dr. Peace. Chirovsky said. Due to increasing illness, Prof. “Many will remember him for his con- Bilaniuk was on leave from the troversial stands and his eccentricities,” University of Toronto since 1996 with Dr. Chirovsky added, “but it should be the title of professor emeritus. remembered primarily that he was a pio- Funeral services were held on Ukrainian Orthodox FCU Dnipro Co. Dnipro Co. Polarus Ukrainian Orthodox FCU neer. He took the Second Vatican Council September 16 at the St. Nicholas 215 Second Ave. 688 Sanford Ave. 565 Clifton Ave. 389 W. Road 59 35 Main Street New York Newark Clifton Spring Valley South Bound Brook at its word in its call for a return to the Ukrainian Catholic Church, with Bishop NY 10003 NJ 07106 NJ 07011 NY 10977 NJ 08880 wellsprings of Eastern Christianity.” Borecky and over 50 members of the Tel.: 212-533-2980 Tel.: 973-373-8783 Tel.: 973-916-1543 Tel.: 914-426-7375 Tel.: 732-469-9085 The Rev. Bilaniuk was a member of clergy and monastic orders in attendance, over 35 secular and theological scholarly with interment following at the Park societies, including the Shevchenko Lawn Cemetery. Scientific Society, the Medieval The Rev. Bilaniuk is survived by his For more information in English, call Academy of America, the North wife, Marie Therese; sons Stefan, American Academy of Ecumenists, the Nykolai (with wife Miroslawa), Michael Professors for World Peace Academy, the and Joseph; grandchildren Olexa, Boris 1-800-325-6000 Global Congress of the World’s and Ksenia; brother, Jura; sister, Maria Religions, the Canadian Institute of Dudas; and cousin, Olexa Myron Ukrainian Studies (as an associate), the Bilaniuk.

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Harvard announces Jacyk Fellowship Marko Andryczyk selected as first recipient CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Ukrainian ers and journalists, scholars and scientists. Research Institute at Harvard University Starting in the 1999-2000 academic year, has announced the inauguration of the Petro and in successive alternating years, Jacyk of Robert F. Clark Graduate Fellowship Jacyk Distinguished Fellowship in Fellows will interact with the Harvard aca- by Yuriy Diakunchak Ukrainian Studies. This new fellowship is demic community through such activities as TORONTO – Tuition fees everywhere designed to bring talented scholars and pro- giving lectures, readings or performances, are rising, pushing the ideal of universal fessionals of exceptional promise to writing articles or offering classes. Their education further and further from the Harvard University for a period of three to availability to travel to other North grasp of many students. However, a new 10 months. While in residence, Jacyk American institutions will spread awareness fellowship provided out of a bequest left Fellows will use the university’s unique of Ukraine beyond Harvard to other national to the Canadian Foundation for resources to work on significant and inno- and international communities as well. Ukrainian Studies (CFUS), will ensure vative projects in Ukrainian studies, and in This fellowship is being funded through that one deserving student each year will general to further their professional devel- the institute by the Petro Jacyk Educational get a break from that financial burden. opment. Foundation in Ontario. Mr. Jacyk, a promi- The Dr. Robert Franklin Clark The first Jacyk Fellow will be selected in nent Canadian businessman who runs a (CFUS) Graduate Fellowship in 1998-1999 through an international compe- successful construction and land develop- Ukrainian Language and Literature start- tition. The competition will be open (but ment company, has been one of the insti- ed with $100,000 in seed money from not limited) to policy-makers, artists, writ- tute’s most generous benefactors. He also the CFUS and matching funds from the served on the Ukrainian Research University of Toronto and the Ontario Institute’s Visiting Committee from 1980 to provincial government. The total fund of l986. In addition to this most recent gift, he $300,000 will allow for a yearly fellow- has endowed the position of the Petro Jacyk ship of $15,000 to be granted to a gradu- World Congress of Ukrainian Lawyers Bibliographer in Ukrainian Studies at the ate student pursuing a master’s degree or library of the Ukrainian Research Institute. Marko Andryczyk doctorate in Ukrainian language or litera- honors victims of Great Famine Acknowledging Mr. Jacyk’s gift, the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America ture at the University of Toronto. director of the Ukrainian Research The first recipient of this award is Institute, Dr. Roman Szporluk, said: “All NEW YORK – The fourth World Marko Andryczyk, 29. Mr. Andryczyk of us at the institute are very excited about Congress of Ukrainian Lawyers, which holds a master’s degree in Central and the Jacyk Distinguished Fellowship in took place in Lviv on September 17-19, Eastern European studies from LaSalle Ukrainian Studies because it is very much issued a statement marking the 65th University in Philadelphia. In the past in the spirit of the life and career of Petro anniversary of the Great Famine. five years he has spent a substantial Jacyk. Future Jacyk Fellows, we are sure, The text of the statement, accepted by amount of time in Lviv, where he has will uphold the same qualities of initiative, the majority of Congress delegates, follows. been working on a paper on that city’s creativity and dedication to Ukrainian “The fourth World Congress of underground literary movement in the studies as the person for whom this fel- Ukrainian Lawyers is taking place in the 1970s. In the course of his research, he lowship is named. We feel that it will 65th anniversary year of the biggest tragedy met and befriended many of today’s lit- inspire some of the most promising indi- of the Ukrainian nation, the Great Famine- erary figures in Ukraine, such as Viktor viduals in Ukrainian studies as a challeng- Genocide carried out by the Communist Neborak and Yuri Andrukhovych, and regime of Stalin against the Ukrainian ing moment in Ukraine’s history.” For further information and/or applica- has reported on the Lviv cultural scene nation, especially Ukrainian landowners, to for The Ukrainian Weekly. break the backbone of the nation and intro- tion materials, contact: Dr. James Clem, Executive Director, Ukrainian Research “What I’m really interested in is con- duce collectivization. We bow our heads to temporary Ukrainian literature,” said Mr. the 7 million victims of this policy and Institute, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138; telephone, (617) Andryczyk. He is planning to apply that blame the criminal Communist regime that interest in his studies in Toronto. is responsible for this cruel violation of 495-4081; fax, (617) 495-8097; e-mail, human and national rights.” [email protected]. Dr. Robert F. Clark (Continued on page 23) No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1998 21

formance quality, overuse of percussion adventures of Roger and Diane tation as a printmaker in the woodcut A new season... instruments, over-amplification of some McMurrin in Kyiv, written by Mrs. medium. While still in art school in (Continued from page 13) male solo voices, a meagerness of McMurrin and titled “The Splendor of Zagreb, Yugoslavia, he conceived the Nazarewicz at the helm, has given the Ukrainian operatic music, and a jarring His Music,” was offered for sale during notion of creating a series of tree por- go-ahead to exciting fall events: the combination of hymns at the concert’s intermission along with five new KSOC traits in woodcut. The idea resulted in Music at the Institute series (the first con- end (the reverential hymn “Bozhe recordings. one of his first woodcuts, the 1944 work cert is scheduled for the 24th of this Velykyi, Yedynyi” was followed by a The art of Hnizdovsky “Bush,” on display at the institute. month), café sessions (a new idea) on booming version of the patriotic hymn Ms. Shust, who was present at the “America the Beautiful”). opening, pointed out the majesty of the Friday nights and Sunday afternoons, art The work of woodcut master and oil A few found fault with the “hayseed” ancient oak reflected in the 1974 work exhibits, the popular Christmas Around painter Jacques Hnizdovsky (1915-1985) characterization of the singers and musi- “Suicide Oak, New Orleans” and the the World bazaar in December, and a can be found in the permanent collec- cians who came on stage in village dress gentle humor in the artist’s 1961 interpre- New Year’s Eve gala. tions of many galleries and museums in with a segment of Ukrainian folk tation of the large, woolly “Ram” with its Having mentioned the institute’s the United States, including the White melodies and the popular Hryts and curled horns and tiny legs as it gazes anniversaries, it behooves me to note House, the Library of Congress and the Odarka duet from the opera “Zaporozhets calmly at the viewer. anniversaries marked in recent months by National Museum of American Art in za Dunayem.” In her commentary on Hnizdovsky a number of other Ukrainian organiza- Washington. Woodcut prints and oil Though the concert had its imperfec- portraits, Ms. Shust explained that many tions in New York. The Ukrainian paintings by Mr. Hnizdovsky are prized Academy of Arts and Sciences, for tions (perhaps due to the fact this was a elements influence an artist’s work – his much larger company of musicians, by many collectors. background, the circumstances of his life, instance, recently pointed with pride to Yet a showing of Hnizdovsky art can the 100th anniversary of its headquarters many of whom seemed to be fresh out of the works of other artists, philosophers conservatory), the overall sound of thun- always draw an animated crowd of and authors that have touched his soul, at 260 W. 100th St. Built in 1898 as a admirers and devotees, as happened a branch of the New York Public Library, derous music, dramatic drum rolls and and the epoch in which he lived. The rest, clashing cymbals, as heard in Prokofiev’s few weeks ago at the Ukrainian Institute in Hnizdovsky’s words, remains a mys- nine years ago the building was designat- of America. Here, on creamy white walls ed a landmark by the City of New York “Alexander Nevsky” Suite and the tery of the artistic personality and the “Hallelujah Chorus” was pleasing to in newly renovated rooms, were hung 17 creative process. Landmarks Preservations Committee. oil paintings, 20 intriguing black-and- Two other well-known institutions most in attendance. Ms. Shust wrote: “One can trace influ- The chorus was excellent, especially white woodcut prints and etchings, and ences that formed Hnizdovsky as an observed anniversaries in the past year. three large tapestries woven by Barbara The Ukrainian Music Institute of in such a capella Ukrainian classics as artist – his childhood years spent in the Leontovych’s profoundly sacred “Viruiu” Corbett to Mr. Hnizdovsky’s designs, village of his birth, among rolling hills America, founded in New York City by each work appealing to be examined, Roman Sawycky Sr. and Melanie (The Nicene Creed) and Bortniansky’s and open fields that instilled in him his Easter anthem, which forms the second studied and praised for its rich and origi- deep bond with nature; the rich folk art Baylova, celebrated its 45th birthday and nal imagery. the Promin Vocal Ensemble’s 25th with a section of the three-part Sacred Concerto traditions of his native Borschiv region No. 15. Also top-notch was the choral The 10-day exhibition, curated by The with their beautifully designed and gala concert at the Ukrainian National Ukrainian Museum director Maria Shust Home. Among the numerous performers treatment of Ukrainian folk music – the exquisitely rendered embroideries and wondrous “Carol of the Bells” and and titled “Jacques Hnizdovsky – weavings, characterized by black color were pianist Thomas Hrynkiw, president Selected Portraits,” focused on portraits – of UMI’s New York branch, which host- Rakov’s arrangement of the merry folk- schemes often highlighted with small studies of people, as well as of animals ed the celebration, Oles Kuzyszyn, song “Dub Duba.” splashes of vivid color.” She said these and forms in nature. Among the oil paint- Andriy Dobriansky Jr., Halyna Kolessa Basso-profundo Vladlen Gritsiuk was elements reverberate in Hnizdovsky’s ings were two portraits of the artist’s and the Promin ensemble, directed by highly impressive as the soloist in The strong sense of special design, the intri- wide-eyed daughter, a 1965 study of Bohdanna Wolansky. Nicene Creed, the chorus holding long cacy and attention to detail, his use of Harry Salpeter writing at a small table, The Shevchenko Scientific Society is drawn-out hushed phrases of “Viruiu” in color, particularly the incorporation of and a 1960 view of Guggenheim commemorating its 125th anniversary. A the background. Fine solo performances black into many of his paintings, and his Museum visitors viewing art work on daylong conference at Columbia were also turned in by soprano Irina affinity to the works of Dürer, Pieter University on October 2 is to be followed Vezhnevets, tenor Genna Briginets, alto several levels of the museum’s spiral Bruegel the Elder and El Greco. by more sessions on October 3 at its Luba Kanuka and baritone Dmitri Ageev. ramp. The artist’s wife, Stephanie, known Most of the work on display came building at 63 Fourth Ave. and a festive Soprano Ludmilla Tretjak, whose voice as Fanny, is seen in a 1961 silhouette, from the private collection of Mrs. banquet on October 4. had a slightly dusky quality, offered a seated at work with needle, thread and Hnizdovsky, who said that a traveling touching rendition of the “Summertime” cloth in hand. exhibit of Hnizdovsky art has been work- Making music at Carnegie lullaby from Gershwin’s “Porgy and Although Mr. Hnizdovsky explored ing its way across Ukraine for the past Bess.” On the other hand, tenor Anatoly various art forms, he developed his repu- two years. It may not be lauded as the grandest Glavin and baritone Yuri Mamchuk belt- moment of Ukrainian musical history at ed out Irving Berlin’s “God Bless Carnegie Hall, but the concert presented America” with so much energy that the by the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra and sound was almost deafening. Are you still reading your mother’s copy of Chorus (KSOC) was quite dramatic and Mr. McMurrin, a handsome, silver- awe-inspiring in its breadth and intensity. haired gentleman with a dignified bear- Encompassing great works of Ukrainian, ing, used his mellifluous speaking voice The Ukrainian Weekly? Russian and Western composers, as well to acquaint the audience with Ukraine’s as popular American classics and musical riches and economic poverty. He Ukrainian folk music, the two-and-a-half took time to acknowledge the presence of hour program was offered by a 100-piece several tour benefactors and to introduce How adult of you. orchestra and a 60-voice choir that a guest speaker, Oleg Timoshenko, seemed to put everything it had into the of the National Ukrainian Music performance. Academy (the Ukrainian translator, Roger G. McMurrin, the company’s unfortunately, was not completely suc- For $40 a year, you can have your own. founder and artistic director, conducted cessful in repeating Mr. Timoshenko’s most of the program and offered com- remarks in English). mentary throughout the evening. Victor A college professor in Ohio, the con- Then your children will have something to read. Skromney, conductor of the Ukrainian ductor spent 23 years in the world of National Radio Company Choir, took the church music, serving large Presbyterian podium as guest conductor for churches in the United States before Rachmaninoff’s “Solemn Vespers,” a moving to Kyiv in 1993 with his wife, piece that brought to mind ancient Diane, and son, Marc, to establish a tax- singing styles. Edward Senko, KSOC’s exempt charity, Music Mission Kyiv. SUBSCRIPTION manager, and assistant choral conductors Registered in the state of Florida, the Helen Sedikh, Vika Konchakovska and mission is funded through gifts from NAME: ______Taras Mironiuk directed other choral friends and churches in America and NAME: (please type or print) selections. other countries, financing the work of the Though the concert had its glorious Kyiv Symphony Orchestra and Chorus ADDRESS: ______moments, it did not quite match the and an independent church, the Church exhilarating experience provided by Mr. of the Holy Trinity. (A scale model of a McMurrin’s company two years ago at proposed church center, including a fel- CITY: ______STATE: ______ZIP CODE: ______Riverside Church. There, a slow, digni- lowship hall, gymnasium, facilities for fied processional by the choristers along day-school, Bible college and seminary, J J two aisles, a nice blending of choral and and a hospital was displayed in the UNA member subscription price — $40.00/yr. Non-member subscription price — $50.00/yr. orchestral music, a brief segment of Carnegie Hall lobby for all to view.) UNA Branch number ______Ukrainian folk music and some Gershwin While KSOC members also work in favorites enthralled the audience. state professional orchestras and choirs, A similar recipe this time around drew Mr. McMurrin lectures at the Ukrainian Mail to: Subscription Department, sustained applause and cheers from the Academy of Music (Tchaikovsky The Ukrainian Weekly, Carnegie Hall audience, encouraging Mr. Conservatory) and devotes time to 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, McMurrin to extend the program with humanitarian work – a widows’ charity several encores. However, many in the and orphanage assistance – and to adult Parsippany, NJ 07054 audience said they were not uplifted, cit- and children’s Christian education and a ing such deficiencies as an uneven per- youth ministry. A book relating the 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1998 No. 40

take time, no one can be sure when and how Field & Olesnycky A delegate’s view... they will pass. I’m sure that the ecumenical Attorneys at Law (Continued from page 8) patriarch understands this. He is always omophor was freely discussed and overtly negotiating with one or another group, and some negotiations take years to conclude. 11 Eagle Rock Ave., Suite 100 accepted by the Sobor is disingenuous to say the least. He presided over the general The metropolitan, at this point, visibly East Hanover, N.J. 07936 session, and Dr. Anatolij Lysyj sat at the anxious, said: It doesn’t matter, I tell you. (201) 386-1115 dais along with a distinguished panel of You can talk all you want. We are com- mitted. Fax (201) 884-1188 laity and clergy. I made a motion to allo- cate time for the deliberation of the Finally, I said: If it does not matter (Three Miles North of Ramada Hotel, at Ridgedale Ave.) omophor. The motion was met with a hue what we say here, and what we decide and cry of “no” by what seemed like a here, Your Eminence, then why are we Representation of Small Businesses, well-coordinated bloc of opposition. The even here? If you claim that we are com- mitted, then you must have reached a Wills, Estates and Asset Protection, Commercial and Corporate Law, motion was voted down quickly and the deliberation was relegated to a binding agreement in Istanbul. Your Real Estate and Family Law. Committee on Inter-Church Relations, not Eminence, I ask you once again, did you as “the acceptance of the omophor” but sign any document in Istanbul, regardless (By prior appointment, on selected Fridays, between the hours of 5:00 P.M. and 7 P.M., Mr. Olesnycky will rather as an earlier “resolution” from the of what you call it? At that point, Metropolitan Constantine hold office hours at Self-Reliance Ukrainian Federal Credit Union, 558 Summit Ave., Jersey City, NJ. Metropolitan Council and a statement of the Council of Bishops. It was on the dropped his head and mumbled: Yes, I Please call (201) 386-1115 to make such appointments in advance) signed. Archbishop Antony, seated next to strength of assurances from these two him, dropped his head into his hands in dis- bodies that the Constantinople deal had belief. I thanked the metropolitan for his Nestor L. Olesnycky Robert S. Field been hyped to the faithful. candor and sat down. The Sobor “resolution” later incorporat- Unfortunately, this exchange con- ed those assurances as the preconditions to firmed the irrelevance of the earlier reso- the omophor. There has been no evidence lutions of the Metropolitan Council and that Patriarch Bartholomew agreed to those Council of Bishops statement that were preconditions, rendering the much-bally- crafted to placate the masses. hooed omophor void and canceled. Mission Statement The two most difficult issues for the Meanwhile, at the sparsely attended The Ukrainian National Association exists: ecumenical patriarch are our autocephaly meeting of the Committee on Inter-Church I and our “sobornopravnist” (self-gover- Relations, Archbishop Antony was featured to promote the principles of fraternalism; nance). We are the only Church that has as the authority on the subject. Over a pro- I both independence and self-governance, tracted period of time in which the question to preserve the Ukrainian, Ukrainian American and Ukrainian with both clergy and laity having a say in of the omophor was to be explained, the Canadian heritage and culture; and how the Church is administered – the archbishop did all he could to deny that any I Church, mind you, not the faith. Churches agreement had been signed in Istanbul and to provide quality financial services and products to its members. that enjoy self-rule do not care about recog- that the resolutions of the Metropolitan nition, they understand the inherent contra- Council were to be the governing docu- As a fraternal insurance society, the Ukrainian National Association rein- diction, and they seek to satisfy the needs ment in our church relations. There were no vests its earnings for the benefit of its members and the Ukrainian com- of their flock, not some distant potentate. other documents of agreement, and nothing Ukrainians, after centuries of munity. – he repeatedly emphasized, nothing – was wrestling with the issue, are still unable signed in Istanbul. to recognize this oxymoron. If there were no other terms, and the This quandary appears to be a uniquely governing agreement would be the council Ukrainian syndrome and afflicts other resolution, then why object? At that point, Ukrainian Churches as well. A patriarchate Metropolitan Constantine walked into the establishes autocephaly (independence). committee and announced that he was Independence in both Church and state is ready to answer any questions concerning rarely granted, it is almost always won in the omophor, because he was one of the conflict, bloody or bloodless. One doesn’t two principals in the agreement. I com- ask for it, one takes it. Witness the Roman menced with the same series of questions papacy braking away from the five patriar- I had asked Archbishop Antony. The chates that constituted the original Church. response was equally protracted and They went on to build the Holy Roman adamant. Exhausted, Metropolitan Empire. Martin Luther ushered in the age of Constantine blurted out that we, the Sobor reformation. Henry VII who declared inde- that is, must approve the omophor. pendence for his Church and proclaimed I raised my eyebrows and asked: Must? himself head of the Church of England. Tsar Why must? Besides, the committee was Theodore I of Moscow pilfered our legacy not deliberating the omophor, the commit- and constructed a huge empire with no tee was asked to review and approve the small thanks to our very own mercenary resolutions of the Metropolitan Council. It clerics. All of the above were “samosviaty” appeared to me to be the beginning of the – all were non-canonical at the time, and process of negotiations, which if accepted none the worse for their bold decisions. All by the ecumenical patriarch, would lead to went on to enjoy fantastic success both for the granting of the omophor. their Churches and their people, and all, in The metropolitan responded with: No! due time, became legitimate, recognized We must approve this issue because we and canonical on their own terms. Even made commitments. We promised. poor battered Bulgaria eventually gained I suggested: You promised to do your recognition and canonical standing. best to lobby for this issue, committed to The recognition of an independent eccle- promoting it among your faithful. Surely siastic entity is a difficult issue for any patri- Patriarch Bartholomew knows that our arch. In our case, it is doubly so. The other Church is “sobornopravna” (self-govern- sticky issue for any patriarch is our gover- ing) and no agreement can be binding with- nance by clergy and laity. Many Churches out the Sobor voting on it and passing it? are now struggling to adopt reforms that He cannot blame you for trying and, if it would give lay members a voice. Ours is does not pass, we can shake hands, part the only Church that has a long tradition company and resume talks again at some and a recognized precedent. We are not self- later date. God knows, Your Eminence, you ruling with lay influence because of a recent did your best. trend, as the Rev. Nakonachny fallaciously At that point the metropolitan revealed implies in the little cameo at the end of his a sense of panic and said: Well if you are letter. We were such at the very beginning. going to be so difficult, you can talk as When St. Volodymyr established our much as you like. It really does not mat- Church, he demanded and received that ter what you decide here. right from the Ecumenical Patriarchate in I followed: It doesn’t matter what we 988. For seven centuries we and our tradi- decide here? Why not? tion of self-governance were recognized by He responded: Because we made com- all of Christendom. mitments and nothing you do here can One of the casualties resulting from change that. the 1686 sale of our Church by the ecu- I returned: I presume you mean a com- menical patriarch to the Moscow mitment to work for the agreement. To sell your people on the agreement. These things (Continued on page 23) No. 40 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1998 23

tinguished panel of leaders and dignitaries. A delegate’s view... Proponents of the omophor rejoiced at the (Continued from page 22) successful show of force, but few paid any Patriarchate was the destruction of our attention to the blatant contradiction, a con- independence and our way of governing tradiction of both the letter and the spirit of Air Ukraine ourselves. The sale resolved a long-fes- our constitution. It was a betrayal of the Ä‚¥aΥ̥fl ìÍð‡ªÌË mandate that every delegate carried into the tering problem that the ecumenical patri- Sobor and the mandate this generation arch could not resolve on his own. Our THE ONLY NON-STOP SERVICE BETWEEN received from its predecessor. To many at Ukrainian Church never fit the traditional the Sobor this seemed innocent enough. NORTH AMERICA AND UKRAINE mold required by Eastern Orthodox or Some may have viewed it as a mere flexing Western Latin traditions. So why would of the establishment’s muscle. TUESDAY, FRIDAY AND SUNDAY FLIGHTS TO the ecumenical patriarch agree to recreate It was not until well after the 14th Sobor this problem in 1995, after being free of that many of our faithful belatedly realized it for over 300 years? Whatever the that the deal struck by our hierarchs was New York – Kyiv agreement reached in Istanbul, it would never meant to be deliberated, because it have to satisfy these concerns. could not be. The defeat of the motion to Considering the intricacies and the debate the merits of the omophor was an New York – Lviv – Kyiv seemingly recondite nature of these absolute necessity, no matter the cost, issues, how is it possible that our clergy manipulation or fraud practiced on the del- • Flying time is 4 hours faster than any other airline could wrap this all up in one brief trip to egates and our Church. However, it is only • Highly qualified pilots the Phanar? The answer is frighteningly the first installment of what is to come if • Excellent service with traditional Ukrainian hospitality and great meals on board obvious: They either did not understand the proposed changes to our Constitution • Day-time and evening flights from JFK-New York the core issues of what our Church is all are approved. about, or they sold us out. For all the doubting Thomases among Notwithstanding the Rev. Nakonachny’s us, and the blind who refuse to see, I refer claim that our 14th Sobor was a model of you to the Greek Orthodox Church in 1-800-UKRAINE (1-800-857-2463) democracy, one would be hard-pressed to America, and its blissful omophor under or contact your travel agent. call it a Sobor at all. Furthermore, that spe- the ecumenical patriarch: see the Cleveland cious parliamentary maneuver failed to Plain Dealer, March 28, 1998, and the draw a single note of protest from our dis- Chicago Tribune, March 22, 1998. For arrival and departure information call (718) 656-9896, (718) 632-6909 arranged the fellowship with the university, Marko Andryczyk... said the foundation wanted the money ear- (Continued from page 20) marked for support of studies in Ukrainian language or literature, and a deal to this Air Ukraine Dr. Clark, after whom the fellowship is end was formally signed with the named, served as CFUS director in 1978- 551 Fifth Ave., Suite 1002, 1005 University of Toronto administration. New York, NY 10176 1979, was active in Edmonton’s Ukrainian “If there is a point where that isn’t feasi- community and was granted honorary life- ble, they [the university] will have to get Cargo Shipping: time membership with the local branch of foundation approval [to redirect the the Ukrainian Professional and Business money],” the CFUS past president added. Air Ukraine - Cargo Association. Dr. Clark traced his Ukrainian Dr. Clark’s bequest actually totaled roots through his mother. $200,000. The remaining $100,000 will be 2307 Coney Island Ave. (Ave. T), Brooklyn, NY 11223 A physician by profession, he served as used to fund Ukrainian research at the tel.: 718-376-1023, fax: 718-376-1073 executive director of the Alberta Medical Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Association and as a senior medical advi- (CIUS) in Alberta, according to Mr. sor to the Workers’ Compensation Board Diakowsky. Rehabilitation Center in the 1970s and The CIUS is proposing to use its share 1980s. He was awarded a Special Award of of the bequest to fund the final two vol- St. Mary’s Protection Ukrainian Orthodox Merit by the Alberta Medical Association, umes of a three-volume history of the Outstanding Service Award by the Ukrainians in Canada. The first volume, Church Edmonton Academy of Medicine and the “Ukrainians in Canada: The Formative 1046 Fullerton Avenue, Allentown, Pennsylvania Harrison Memorial Prize in Obstetrics and Years, 1891-1924,” by Edmonton-based Gynecology. Dr. Clark died in January historian Dr. Orest Martynowych was pub- Eastern Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA 1995. lished in 1991. The next two volumes will Morris Diakowsky, past president of the cover the periods 1924-1951 and 1951 to ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE CFUS and one of the activists who the early 1990s. The vetting and selection of candidates will celebrate for the fellowship is the responsibility of the University of Toronto department of 90th Anniversary of its founding Correction Slavic languages and literatures. on Sunday, October 25, 1998, The September 6 story about the new “Andryczyk is the best candidate at this release of Ukrainian folk music by the time,” said Prof. Danylo Struk, a member ~ Cheres ensemble contained a typographi- of the selection committee. cal error in the address (i.e., in the suite Mr. Andryczyk said he is very happy to Archhierarchical Divine Liturgy number). The correct address is: Andriy continue his studies in Toronto. “I’ve heard at 9:00 a.m. Miliavsky, 24 Fifth Ave., Suite 919, New it is a very good program, the resources are will be celebrated by: York, NY 10011. The CD is available for great, the library is great. I’m very grateful His Eminence Archbishop Antony - Ruling Bishop of Eastern Eparchy $15 (shipping included). for the fellowship,” he said. and President of the Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA ~ 90th Anniversary Banquet Michael Dutko at 1:00 p.m. in Holiday Inn Conference Center, Lehigh Valley/Allentown September 18, 1921 - September 10, 1998 1-78 and Route 100, S. Lehigh Valley, Pa.

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Monday, October 19 part of its fall seminar series, by Dr. Tamara Hundorova, senior research fellow, WASHINGTON: The Washington Group, Shevchenko Institute of Literature, National an association of Ukrainian American pro- Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and fessionals, in cooperation with The Johns Fulbright visiting scholar, Columbia Hopkins University School of Advanced University, on the topic “Reversed Rome: International Studies (SAIS) invites the pub- Kotliarevsky’s Aeneid as National lic to a forum with Ambassador-at-Large and Narration” (in Ukrainian). The lecture will Special Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of be held at the University of Alberta, 352 State on the New Independent States Athabasca Hall, at 3:30 p.m. For additional Stephen R. Sestanovich, who will speak on information call (403) 492-2972. “The Current State of U.S.-Ukraine Relations.” The presentation will be held at Saturday, October 24 The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Kenney HARTFORD, Conn.: The Ukrainian Auditorium, 1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW, National Home is holding its annual dinner- at 7 p.m. (one and a half blocks east of dance at 6 p.m., with music by the Lviviany Dupont Circle; Dupont Circle Metro South orchestra; the program includes a perform- exit). A light reception will follow the pres- ance by Zolotyj Promin. Donation: adults, entation. For more information, contact $20; students, $10. Tickets can be obtained The Executive Committee Orest Deychakiwsky, (202) 225-3964, or by calling the UNH office, (860) 296-5702. Adrian Pidlusky, (202) 667-1831. of the Sunday, October 25 CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Ukrainian Research Institute, as part of its NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Museum will seminar series, is holding a lecture by Dr. sponsor a lecture and slide presentation announces that its Zenon Kohut, director, Canadian Institute of titled “In the Footsteps of Ukrainians – Ukrainian Studies, and visiting professor of Murmansk, Arkhangelsk and the Solovetsky 1998 JOINT ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING history, Yale University, on the topic “The Islands,” which documents a recent trip by Question of Russo-Ukrainian Unity and John Luchechko, UM board member, to this OF UNA DISTRICTS OF Ukrainian Distinctiveness in Early Modern remote region of Russia. The event will be Ukrainian Thought and Culture.” The lecture held at the Ukrainian National Home, 140 CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY will be held at the HURI Seminar Room, Second Ave., at 2 p.m. Refreshments will be 1583 Massachusetts Ave., at 4-6 p.m. available. Fee: $10; $8, for UM members will be held on with current museum membership card. The WINNIPEG: The Fifth Annual J.B. museum is located at 203 Second Ave.; tele- Friday, October 16, 1998, at 4:00 p.m. Rudnyckyj Distinguished Lecture, spon- phone, (212) 228-0110. sored jointly by the Department of Archives at the UNA Headquarters and Special Collections, University of CHICAGO: A Halloween masquerade ball 2200 Route 10, Parsippany, N.J. 07054 Manitoba Libraries, and the department of for children through eighth grade will be German and Slavic studies, will be held at held at St. Joseph’s Church Hall, 5000 N. the University of Manitoba, 108 St. John’s Cumberland, at 2 p.m. There will be food Obligated to attend the meeting are District Committee Officers, Branch Officers, College, at 3 p.m. Distinguished lecturer will and entertainment with music by Lidan. All Organizers and 34th Convention Delegates. be Dr. Orest Subtelny, professor, history children should come in costumes. Parents, department, York University, and author of grandparents, aunts and uncles are cordially The Fall District Meeting will aim to update the information about various best selling “Ukraine: A History.” (The book invited to attend. For more information call insurance plans available through our association. was translated into Ukrainian in 1991 and is (773) 625-1735. currently being used as a textbook in schools in Ukraine). There is no charge for this ONGOING All UNA members are welcome as guests at the meeting. event. The lecture will be followed by a BEDMINSTER, N.J.: The Somerset Art reception. For additional information call Association presents an exhibit by Christina (204) 474-9986; fax, (204) 474-7577 or e- THE MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY: Debarry titled “Images in Pastel” at The mail, [email protected] Johnson Gallery. The exhibit, which opened UNA Executives and Members of General Assembly Wednesday, October 21 October 1, runs through October 31. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; DISTRICT COMMITTEE: EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-noon. For more informa- Michael Zacharko, Chair - Central New Jersey Ukrainian Studies is holding a lecture, as tion call the gallery, (908) 234-2345. Eugene Oscislawski, Chair - Northern New Jersey PLEASE NOTE PREVIEW REQUIREMENTS: Important! Advance notice of the number of persons planning to attend from each Branch should • To have an event listed in Preview of Events please send information be reported prior to October 12th by telephoning 1-800-253-9862 written in Preview format (date, place, type of event, admission, sponsor, Ext. 3055 (Andrew Worobec) or Ext. 3019 (Marijka Oscislawski) etc., in the English language, providing full names of persons and/or organi- zations mentioned, and listing a contact person for additional information). Items not written in Preview format or submitted without all required infor- mation will not be published. 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THE UKRAINIAN MUSEUM cordially extends an invitation to an exhibition of paintings by VOLODYMYR MAKARENKO and sculptures by PETRO KAPSCHUTSCHENKO Opening reception: Sunday October 11, 1998 at 2:00 PM The exhibition will be on view through October 25, 1998 The exhibition will be shown at the Museum through the efforts of UNWLA Branch 67. It was organized by the Branch to celebrate the “Ukrainian Museum Week” in Philadelphia. The Ukrainian Museum, 203 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10003 Tel.: (212) 228-0110; Fax: (212) 228-1947 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.brama.com/ukrainian_museum Museum hours: Wednesday - Sunday 1-5 PM