The Ukrainian Weekly 1984, No.4
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
www.ukrweekly.com -?roc > „ W'JK Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association! X J3 - - f O) 'Л JC - i.i -є. о о о о -о ' О 2 1-і О :о 33 - ta f О О со rainian Weekly Ul W - Vol. Lll No. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 1984 25 cents To install Moskal UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY - JANUARY 22 on February 29 "People of Ukraine! By your own power, yourwifl and yourword a Rada years ago proclaimed Ukraine's independence on January free Ukrainian republic now exists in your land. The ancient 22,1918. A year later, the will of the people was once again made PHILADELPHIA - Bishop Robert dream of our forefathers, who were fighters for the freedom and manifest through the Act of Union, which reunified all Ukrainian Moskal will be installed as the first rights of the working people, has come true... lands - east and west - into one sovereign and independent eparch of the newly established Ukrai Ukrainian state. The Fourth Universal still constitutes the nian Catholic Eparchy of Parma, Ohio, "From this day forward, the Ukrainian National Republic is the cornerstone of the political thinking of all Ukrainians throughout independent, free and sovereign state of the Ukrainian people..." in special ceremonies on February 29, the world, and this year we mark its 66th anniversary along with announced the Philadelphia Arche– With these words of the Fourth Universal, the Ukrainian Central the 65th anniversary of the Act of Union. parchy. Archbishop Pio Laghi, the Vatican's apostolic delegate to the United States, will formally inaugurate the new eparchy, while Archbishop-Metro politan Stephen Sulyk will install Bishop Moskal as eparch. The ceremony will be held in St. Josaphat's parish hall. St. Josaphat's Church, which is now under construc tion on State Road, is the-seat of the new eparchy, which is known as the Eparchy of St. Josaphat. The eparchy encompasses Ohio, western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida^ North and ПРОГОЛОСИЛА ПОВНУ НЕЗАВИСЙМІСТЬ УКРАЇНИ. South Carolina. Bishop Moskal, who recently visited. Parma, is now in Philadelphia over Україна вислала 24-годинний ультимат до правительства большевиків, seeing preparations for his installation along with a special committee that was Українська справа в парляментах європейських держав. formed to plan the festivities. The installation ceremony will be Portion of Svoboda's front page of January 29,1918, which reported that the Ukrainian Central Rada on January 22 had proclaimed an independent Ukrainian state. followed by a banquet at Stouffer's Inn on the Square. ШШШЯШШЯШЯШВ WX9 CS "Ш-'S Arrest four students Iz^^– ^ " -'Щ Щ after protest at Soviet U.N. Mission —NEW-YORK -^^-Forirmembers of the Ukrainian Students' Association of Michnowsky TUSM were arrested here on January 12 after they shackled themselves to the gate of the Soviet Mission to the United Nations to protest Soviet repression in Ukraine. The students, identified as Yurko Pasternak. Petro Shmigel, Mykhailo Halatyn and Slavko Halatyn, staged the protest to coincide with the Day of Solidarity with Ukrainian Political Prisoners, proclaimed in 1972 by Ukrai nian prisoner of conscience Vyacheslav Chornovil following the arrest of thou sands of Ukrainian intellectuals and dissidents. The protest began about 4 p.m. when the four students chained themselves to the front gate of ^he mission, which is located on East 67th Street between Third and Lexington avenues. The protesters chanted "Freedom for U– kraine"and scattered leaflets describing the plight of Ukrainian political pri soners. Other TUSM members, mean while, began distributing literature to passers-by. - . (Continued on page 3) Police arrest (from left) Petro Shmigel, Slavko Halatyn, Mykhailo Halatyn and Yurko Pasternak. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY - SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 1984 No. 4 Forty-five Siberian PenteCOStals Think tank issues report Stage prolonged hunger Strike on Moscow's exploitation of UM FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - Forty- village from Akhangaran in Soviet WASHINGTON - The Heritage Besides-the abuse of the United five Siberian Pentecostals went on a Central Asia in the first few months of Foundation's United Nations Assess Nations as a propaganda instrument the hunger strike on January 2 to protest 1981 in an effort to avoid official ment Project Study recently released a Soviets' take advantage of espionage the Soviet authorities' refusal to allow persecution. But local officials soon "backgrounder" report which analyzes and recruitment opportunities. The them to emigrate to West Germany, became aware of their religious activi Moscow's misuse of the United Nations report cited the head of the FBI's New reported Keston News. ties. Pentecostals are not permitted to and discusses the role of Ukraine in that York division as saying that there are According to documents brought out practice their religion in the Soviet body and its colonial status within the about 1,100 Communist-bloc officials of the Soviet. Union, the Pentecostals Union. USSR. The report called for U.N. in New York. About 30 percent of plan to fast for 30 days. They are part of recognition of the independence of Soviet U.N. employees are skilled KGB a large Pentecostal community - Over the last several years, members Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, officers, while the others are also almost entirely ethnic Germans — in the of the congregation have been fined by according to the Ukrainian National believed to be involved in intelligence- village of Chuguyevka in eastern authorities. In addition, two commis Information Service, which released related activities. More important .than Siberia. sions from Vladivostok, headed by the news on the findings. The Heritage espionage, however, is the recruitment Last September, 70 of the Pente regional representative of the Council Foundation is a conservative think- of other employees to provide informa costals, including young children, for Religious Affairs, visited the village tank in Washington. tion. and supported the actions of authorities. staged a hunger strike to press their The report, titled "Moscow's U.N. Though Moscow has the overwhelm demands for emigration rights. In March, 50 members of the con Outpost," was prepared by policy ing support of the "non-aligned" na Not all 45 of the Pentecostals will fast gregation sent their internal passports analyst Dr. Juliana Geran Pilon, with tions, it has not contributed its finan the full 30 days. Fourteen expectant and to the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet cial fair share, according to the report. the assistance of former U.N. Under 14 nursing mothers will fast for five days, of the USSR with declarations renounc secretary-General Arkady Shevchenko, "Counting assessed and voluntary along with two 17-year-old girls. Five ing Soviet citizenship and requesting who defected in 1978. It concluded that contributions, the USSR - including women will fast for 10 days and two for permission to emigrate to West Ger the Soviet Union, unlike the United the Ukrainian and Byelorussian shares 20 days. many. The passports and the declara States, has managed to make the United - in 1981 paid only 4.21 percent of the Of the men, two pensioners and three tions were sent back from Moscow, and costs of the U.N. system. Of assessed officials have been trying to force the Nations serve its own purposes, through young men will fast for 20 days and 17 the effective use of the U.N. machinery and peacekeeping outlays, the Soviet men will fast for the full 30-day period. Pentecostals to take them back, accord Union paid only 10.66 percent in 1980; ing to Keston. and extensive contact with U.N.-affi The congregation moved to the liated non-governmental organizations in contrast, the U.S. paid 31.42 percent. and the media. To make matters worse, the Soviet Union is about S200 million in arrears in According to Dr. Pilon, the USSR its payments to the U.N.," the report Lithuanian rights activist's memoirsdelegate s routinely and falsely accuse noted. the United States, South Africa and Israel of not supporting decolonization. The Heritage Foundation report to be published in the West South Africa's role in Namibia, said Dr. makes the following conclusions: Pilon, "pales beside the USSR's geno BROOKLYN. N.Y. - The memoirs Ms. Sadunaite's whereabouts are not cide in Ukraine or its annexation of the ' The U.S. and its allies should of Lithuanian human-rights activist and known. Baltic States — yet the label of 'colo oppose in the strongest terms every former political prisoner Nijole Sadu– In her reminiscences, dated October nialism' is never applied in these con Soviet attempt to compromise the naite have reached the West and will be texts." impartially of the Secretariat. published in English by the Lithuanian 7, 1983, Ms. Sadunaite wrote that Catholic Religious Aid. authorities fabricated a case against her In a footnote she added: "To recog brother as a way of punishing her. nize once again the colonialist nature of a Reports of cooperation with go According to the Lithuanian In the Soviet Union, on July 26, 1983, formation Center based here, the me vernments by Secretariat employees — "The KGB is most infuriated by the President Reagan sent a statement to in violation of Article 100 of the U.N. moirs of the 46-year-old activist were transmittal of facts to the West docu U.N„Secretary-General Javier Perez de smuggled out of the country. The Charter — should be investigated and menting their criminal actions," she Cuellar charging that the Soviet Union punished. manuscript, written in longhand, was wrote. "Then the poor things begin to violates these nations' right to self–. titled "How 1 Became a Target of the lament that they are being libeled, and KGB." determination.