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by Daisy Sindelar RFE/RL When Marcin Pietrzyk was driving back to Poland after a whirlwind trip that included watching England’s 3-2 victory over Sweden in Kyiv, he felt a twinge of regret as the border approached. His car was still decorated with the Polish flag, as it had been throughout the trip. But he had been hoping to add a Ukraine flag to his collection, as a way to commemorate his first-ever trip to the neigh- boring country and fellow Euro 2012 co-host. Stopping for gas, Mr. Pietrzyk and his friends Jacek and Piotrek were approached by a Ukrainian who evidently had the same idea. The men exchanged flags and posed for a photograph. Mr. Pietrzyk, a 28-year-old futures trader from Krakow, says it was the perfect end to a trip that included a hospitable host family, free room and board, and a city full of welcoming locals. Aleksandr Sinitsa/UNIAN “We could feel on the street that people really like Demonstrators in Kyiv on July 4 protest the newly passed law on languages. us. They were using their car horns, giving us smiles. Really, really kind people. Maybe because we had the by Zenon Zawada because it wasn’t on the daily agenda – an egregious viola- Polish flag on the car,” Mr. Pietrzyk says. Special to The Ukrainian Weekly tion of parliamentary voting rules. “We fooled them like kittens,” Party of Regions National “I never saw this before in any other European KYIV – Ukraine’s ruling coalition in Parliament made a country. It doesn’t mean that they weren’t kind in Deputy Mikhail Chechetov declared triumphantly. When frantic attempt on July 3 to approve the second reading of a asked whether the parliamentary coalition had betrayed other countries, but in Ukraine it was really some- controversial language bill. In the process, it created a thing special.” the Ukrainian people, the bill’s co-sponsor, national Deputy major crisis in the government and ignited the latest wave Vadym Kolesnichenko, told reporters, “You aren’t the peo- ‘A fantastic job’ of nationwide protests, which were met by aggressive ple of Ukraine.” police actions. Opposition leaders said the bill wasn’t passed because What a difference three weeks makes. The parliamentary coalition claimed it succeeded in When the European soccer championship kicked of the procedural violations. They said the bill would approving legislation that would widen the use of the expand Russian language use at the expense of Ukrainian, off on June 8, Ukraine was on the losing end of a Russian language in state institutions, particularly schools Western media campaign that sought to portray the and universities. The vote took the opposition by surprise (Continued on page 3) post-Soviet country as a racist and uncivilized back- water led by a repressive regime that deserved to be shunned. The British press in particular urged its fans to stay away, with a former England player even warn- Ukrainian Heritage Night at Mets Citi Field ing that tourists “could end up coming back in a cof- fin.” But in the end, no significant racist incidents or crowd violence were reported in Ukraine, and the final is now on the books, with Spain soundly defeat- ing Italy 4-0 on July 1. On June 30, Michel Platini, the president of UEFA, the European football federation, praised Ukraine and Poland for hosting “a fantastic tournament which has been unique in its atmosphere and will remain in our memories.” To be sure, the tournament had its flaws, with overpriced lodging and poorly organized transporta- tion discouraging many potential tourists from con- templating trips to matches in Kyiv, Lviv, Donetsk and Kharkiv. Shaun Walker, who covered the tournament for Britain’s The Independent newspaper, traveled to three of the four host cities during the three-week event. He says Ukraine made major gains in terms of NEW YORK – More than 500 Ukrainian Americans from the New York-metropolitan area, Maryland and beyond gathered for the first ever Ukrainian Heritage Night at Mets Citi Field Stadium in Flushing, N.Y. Honored by the Mets (Continued on page 9) with Spirit Awards for their service to the local Ukrainian community were: (from left) Jaroslaw Palylyk, Ivanka Zajac, Orlando and Larissa Pagan, and Ihor Czernyk. See story on page 5. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 No. 29

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Ukraine enlists German effort Restriction of deputies’ immunity upheld ing. We’ve already burned our fingers – both with the Kharkiv agreements and in other KYIV – Ukraine’s Constitutional Court has cases, because there should be no unilateral to upgrade gas transit system considered the appeal of the Verkhovna gifts. So we shouldn’t expect that the law on Rada and declared constitutional the limita- the Ukrainian system could be recouped the principles of language policy adopted by by Vladimir Socor tion of immunity of national deputies. within a few years, sooner than Gazprom the Ukrainian Parliament can somehow help Eurasia Daily Monitor Constitutional Court Chairman Anatolii could build the South Stream bypass around in negotiations on the gas issue,” said the Holovin announced the decision on July 11. On July 2 in Kyiv, Naftohaz Ukrainy and Ukraine. Both sides share the view that analyst, describing the state of the Ukrainian- He explained that Bill 4990-XI of June 20 Ferrostaal Industrieanlagen signed a mem- upgrading Ukraine’s gas transit system is Russian relations on the eve of the presiden- sent to the Constitutional Court for review orandum of understanding (MOU) for a the most economical of all existing options, tial meeting in Crimea. According to Mr. proposed an amendment of some articles of pilot project to upgrade Ukraine’s gas tran- and far more economical than South Fesenko, Ukraine’s trump cards are the the Constitution of Ukraine relating to the sit system. That system now carries more Stream. Those remarks indicate that both decline in gas consumption, diversification immunity of the president, national depu- than 70 percent of Russia’s gas exports to sides (clearly not only Kyiv) regard South of supply sources, construction of a liquefied ties, judges of general jurisdiction courts Europe. Germany’s powerful lobby for busi- Stream as highly undesirable, and that natural gas terminal and development of and Constitutional Court judges. The bill ness with Russia, the German Economy’s Ukraine, with German support, must win a domestic gas production. Additionally, one proposed deleting Part 1, Article 80 of the Eastern Commission (Ostauschuss der race against Gazprom’s bypass project. of Ukraine’s trump cards in its relations Constitution, which guarantees parliamen- Deutschen Wirtschaft), has promoted this German views regarding South Stream with Russia could be a multi-vector policy, tary immunity, and Part 3 of this article, upgrade project in Kyiv. are obviously not uniform. Wintershall, the but now it doesn’t work because of the crisis according to which national deputies cannot The Ostauschuss executive director, main German ally of Gazprom, is a minority in relations with the West, he said. “Sooner be prosecuted, detained or arrested without Rainer Lindner, as well as Bundestag depu- shareholder in the project to build South or later the authorities will have to decide: Parliament’s consent. The bill also proposed ties and Ferrostaal representatives, had Stream’s seabed section in the Black Sea. either to keep [Yulia] Tymoshenko in prison, deleting Part 1, Article 105 of the Constitution, presented this project in Kyiv during sever- But other Germans are bound to regard the leading to an improvement in relations with under which the president enjoys the right al visits in May and June. The German visi- Ukrainian gas transit system and the impli- the West and weakening of the position in of immunity for the term of office. “The tors discussed the project with President cations of South Stream from a different relations with Russia, or to find an accept- Constitutional Court of Ukraine previously Viktor Yanukovych, Prime Minister Mykola perspective. As a prime consumer of able format to address the Tymoshenko investigated similar bills and concluded that Azarov, Energy Minister Yurii Boiko and Russian gas, Germany can only be interest- issue and on this basis to obtain at least a the amendments to Parts 1 and 3, Article 80 other Ukrainian officials. This paved the ed in a Ukrainian transit route that is tech- temporary rest or warming with the West. do not contradict the requirements of Part way for the July 2 signing of the MOU. The nologically reliable and not vertically con- The point of choice in the matter will be in 1, Article 157 of the Constitution of Ukraine, Ukrainian leaders offered assurances of trolled by the gas supplier in a discretion- November and December 2012,” Mr. and the amendments to Part 1, Article 105 state support to Ferrostaal and any German ary way; that would further strengthen Fesenko said. (Ukrinform) of the Constitution do not match the companies that would join it to upgrade Gazprom’s leverage on Germany and other requirements of Part 1, Article 157 of the Ukraine’s gas transit system (www. consumer countries. The South Stream Over 3,000 election monitors expected Constitution. At the time of consideration of ostauschuss.de; www.wellmann-berlin.de). bypass threat and the Ukrainian gas transit the bill, the base for changing legal positions KYIV – More than 3,000 foreign observ- If successful (as seems likely), the pilot system’s slow degradation expose that sys- on these issues by the Constitutional Court ers will arrive in Ukraine to monitor the project would be extended to Ukraine’s gas tem to takeover by Gazprom. From a of Ukraine was absent,” Mr. Holovin said. Verkhovna Rada elections, according to July transit system as a whole. In this case, the German perspective, it makes far more (Ukrinform) 10 media reports. These will be the repre- Ostauschuss’ initiative could save Ukraine’s sense to upgrade the Ukrainian system, sentatives of individual countries and inter- system from an outright takeover by neutralize the destabilizing influence of The language law and Russian gas national organizations. By comparison, Gazprom, eliminate the threat of Gazprom’s South Stream and seek an arrangement for only some 300 observers monitored the KYIV – The adoption by the Verkhovna South Stream bypass pipeline project shared control of the Ukrainian transit Russian elections. The Ukrainian Foreign Rada of the law “On the Principles of the (opposed by both sides) and potentially route as first proposed in 2002 through a Affairs Ministry a few months ago sent invi- State Language Policy,” providing for the lead to the formation of a Ukrainian- tripartite consortium (the European side tations to international organizations to expansion of the official use of the Russian Russian-“European” (or German) tripartite would have been German under that and participate actively in monitoring the language, will not help in gas negotiations consortium to operate an upgraded some follow-up proposals). Ukrainian vote this autumn. According to with Russia, Volodymyr Fesenko, head of the Ukrainian transit system. If Ukraine’s modernization project with experts with the Committee of Voters of Penta Center for Applied Political Studies, The overhaul is intended to proceed Ferrostaal starts promptly and shows early Ukraine (CVU), the recognition of demo- said on July 11 at a roundtable meeting on from compressor stations and turbines. It promise, it would make it even more diffi- cratic elections will depend on transparen- the high-level talks between Ukraine and aims to extend these installations’ operat- cult for Moscow to justify spending at least cy rather than the involvement or non- Russia. “I think that the Presidential ing life by another 15 to 20 years, raise $30 billion (the minimal cost estimate for involvement of imprisoned opposition Administration and the Ministry of Foreign their efficiency, substantially reduce the South Stream overall) simply to circumvent members. “If we talk about the OSCE consumption of technical gas that powers Ukraine’s gas transit system and bankrupt Affairs understand that the tactics of unilat- these installations and increase the overall it. Gazprom’s bypass threat stems not so eral concessions and gifts will lead to noth- (Continued on page 12) gas volumes pumped through the pipelines. much from diverting export volumes away The German effort is starting with a pilot from Ukrainian pipelines, but rather from project to upgrade the compressor station the Ukrainian system’s obsolescence and with seven pumping units at Bar (Vinnytsia slow degradation, and Kyiv’s incapacity to he krainian eekly FOUNDED 1933 Oblast) on the Soyuz gas pipeline. Built dur- finance the upgrading. This situation con- T U W ing the 1970s, running 1,570 kilometers on siderably strengthens Gazprom’s otherwise An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., Ukrainian territory and equipped with 12 unconvincing leverage with the South a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. compressor stations, the Soyuz pipeline has Stream bypass. 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with whom he once worked as a security The coalition voted to conduct several Throughout the protests, poets read vers- Verkhovna Rada’s... guard in the destitute days of the post-Sovi- key state tenders without competitive bid- es, musicians played Ukrainian folk songs et collapse in the early 1990s. They’ve led ding, which Mr. Pyshnyi estimated would and Kozak ballads, and youths danced to (Continued from page 1) the Verkhovna Rada together since 2008. cost the state budget billions of dollars over contemporary Ukrainian music. “Among you is my valiant former friend, the course of many years. During the earlier clashes, which ruining safeguards, threatening its viability with whom I broke bread and salt, who fully Parliament also allowed the Cabinet of involved a few hundred on both sides, tear and enhancing the Russian government’s betrayed me,” Mr. Lytvyn told Parliament on Ministers to widen the state’s budget deficit ability to lay claim to Ukrainian territory, as gas was applied by both the police and the July 4. He said five days later of Mr. and to borrow $3 billion, “perhaps to cover it did in Georgia. demonstrators, several of whom were hos- Martyniuk, “To me, this person doesn’t this deficit,” Mr. Pyshnyi reported on his The vote undermined the stability of the pitalized. Since then, the police have filed exist.” Ukrayinska Pravda blog. In return for a loan, coalition government for the first time since criminal charges against one demonstrator Rada Vice-Chair Mykola Tomenko, a China may get 2 million to 2.5 million tons of the election of President Viktor Yanukovych for “resistance to a representative of a law close ally of imprisoned opposition leader grain annually, or possibly agricultural land in 2010. Verkhovna Rada Chair Volodymyr enforcement organ” and against three oth- Yulia Tymoshenko, also submitted his resig- for rent. Lytvyn asked Parliament to accept his resig- ers for “inflicting bodily harm against the nation. He said the coalition had used his Parliament also approved $125 million to nation the day after, and he refused to sign employees of the capital police.” voting card to vote in favor of the bill with- install video cameras in election booths, The police are currently searching for the bill. A bill must be signed by the Rada out his permission and that he would file a mimicking the Russian Federation’s tactic in chair before it can be forwarded to the presi- two activists of the Svoboda Party, who criminal complaint. its March presidential election. were photographed applying tear gas dent for his action. National Deputy Ihor Palytsia also “These cameras won’t be working during “One deputy said, ‘We fooled them like against police. claimed his card was used to support the the most interesting moment of the election Party member Andrii Iskra and support- kittens.’ I was fooled, above all,” he told defi- bill, though he was abroad at the time. In – the vote count,” Mr. Pyshnyi pointed out. ant coalition members in Parliament. “But to er Dmytro Reznichenko got the tear gas total, 10 national deputies claimed the “That says nothing about this money canisters from the police themselves during a large extent, Ukraine was fooled and the majority coalition appropriated their votes going to the enigmatic ‘Austrians,’ or the people were fooled. And I think we will still the scuffles, said party spokesman Yuriy without their permission, reported owners of Ukrtelekom,” he said, referring to Syrotiuk, offering his spin that they were be reaping the fruits of this foolery.” Ukrainian Week magazine. the Austrian company, EPIC, which bought The day’s events caught politicians and trying to prevent further violence against reporters alike by surprise. Given that no the protesters. controversial bills were on the daily agenda, Nevertheless, intensified police use of reporters took advantage of the official lunch batons and tear gas against peaceful pro- break while only a few deputies were in the testers – unheard of during the Orange era – session hall when Prime Minister Mykola has been widely condemned. Among those Azarov arrived at Parliament at 3 p.m. to have been tear gassed on the morning of His sudden presence aroused reporters’ July 4 was boxer-turned-politician Vitali suspicions, which were heightened further Klitschko. when security officers blocked them from Protests emerged in other Ukrainian cit- returning to the session hall. Only a handful ies, which were met just as roughly by of journalists and cameramen who had police, particularly in Cherkasy. Police on skipped lunch witnessed the events. July 6 arrested protest organizers Mykola At 4:07 p.m., Party of Regions Faction and Maksym Bulatetskyi, leaders of the Za Chair Oleksander Yefremov called for a vote Batkivshchynu (For the Fatherland) politi- on Bill 9073. He tripped over his words, indi- cal party, reportedly beating the former cating his nervousness. while hauling away the latter in a car trunk. On cue, Verkhovna Rada First Vice-Chair They arrested protesters and destroyed Adam Martyniuk, a Communist Party mem- tents set up in the city’s central square. New ber, declared a vote to include the bill on the tents emerged the next day. daily agenda, drawing only 219 votes (short Outside the capital, protests in central Vladimir Gontar/UNIAN and eastern Ukraine, notably Kharkiv, didn’t of the 226-vote majority). A protester in Kyiv holds up a poster depicting President Viktor Yanukovych and his The coalition’s toughest deputies, includ- exceed 100 participants. They were larger promise “I will hear everyone” against the backdrop of the militia sent to handle a in western Ukraine. ing former wrestling champion Elbrus demonstration against the new law on languages. Tedeyev, surrounded the presidium to defend The day after the language bill was it from the attack of opposition deputies. passed, Kharkiv city officials dismantled the Coalition deputies also cast votes on Ukrtelekom in 2011 and is widely believed city’s monument dedicated to the 10th The first to attempt a siege was Andrii to be controlled by billionaire Dmytro behalf of dozens of absent colleagues, in vio- anniversary of Ukrainian independence. It Parubii, a native of Chervonohrad, Lviv Firtash and Presidential Administration lation of the Constitution of Ukraine. One of featured a 52.5-foot column with a girl with Oblast, who got slammed backwards to the Chair Sergei Lyovochkin. them, Vasyl Horbal of the Party of Regions raised arms at the base and an eagle at the session hall’s floor after charging up the pre- “And when the bill was voted on in its first was in Lviv that afternoon, while Viktor top. sidium’s stairs. Opposition deputies succeed- reading, a law was disguised on the sly that Yanukovych Jr. was indulging his off-road The monument was established at Rosa ed only in breaking the microphone of Mr. allows the rental and concession of racing hobby, which he publicized on his Luxembourg Square, named after the Martyniuk, who had to switch to the chair- Ukrainian ports, while the state benefits for Facebook page. German Communist activist. Chief Architect man’s seat to complete the votes. Afghan and Chornobyl veterans were liqui- Such voting has become commonplace Serhii Chechelnytskyi told the gazeta.ua Mr. Martyniuk then called a second vote to dated,” Mr. Pyshnyi added. under the authoritarian leadership of the website the square will be reconstructed return to the vote to include the bill on the The language bill fiasco prompted five Party of Regions, which is notorious for its without it. “This is among the most inept of daily agenda, drawing 241 votes in favor. national deputies from the For Ukraine disregard of the Constitution. Yet the July 3 our monuments,” the architect said. “Time Then he led a third vote that allegedly party to descend upon the Ukrainian Home vote involved other egregious violations, passes and the good monuments remain, approved the legislation with 248 votes. This and launch a hunger strike on the steps of opposition leaders pointed out. the not nice ones don’t.” version of events is confirmed by the session’s After its approval in the first reading, the the exhibition center, which is down the transcript on the Verkhovna Rada website. street from the Parliament building. Meanwhile, in Kyiv, the coalition govern- language bill was under a 30-day committee ment led by Mr. Azarov found itself in a Yet, opposition leaders claimed the third review, a period during which it couldn’t Ironically, among those launching the vote could not have been to approve the lan- hunger strike were those involved in the his- quandary with Mr. Lytvyn’s resignation. The have been voted on until July 5. The commit- day after his move, the majority coalition guage bill, but only to approve its inclusion tee didn’t review any of the bill’s 2,000 pro- toric 1990 student hunger strikes in central on the daily agenda, after that vote had failed Kyiv, including National Deputy Oles Doniy, voted to change the parliamentary rules to posed amendments, nor did it produce a dismiss the Rada chair via an open, majority the first time and the coalition supported a required table offering its recommendations. 42, National Deputy Viacheslav Kyrylenko, vote. Previously, dismissal had required a motion to revisit (in the second vote). Parliament didn’t vote on each amend- 44, and nationalist Oleh Tiahnybok, 43, closed vote of 300 deputies in favor. National Deputy Ivan Stoiko, a Ternopil ment, as required by law. Nor did it obtain chairman of the Svoboda Party. Yet Mr. Lytvyn needs to sign any change Oblast native, said the parliamentary tran- an evaluation from the parliamentary legal Law enforcement authorities twice to procedural rules in order for them to take script had been falsified and that he had a administration as to the bill’s conformity assaulted the strikers and their supporters – effect. Instead, he is attempting a strategy of photograph of the true transcript that proves with other laws, including the Constitution, on the night of July 3 and the morning of July the third vote was to include the bill on the which it clearly violates in the view of most 4 – and violated their right to peaceful holding on to his position as Rada chair, daily agenda, not to approve it. experts. assembly in order to clear them from the which would give him the ability to tap into “It’s not by chance that Lytvyn was called The language bill’s timing served to dis- Ukrainian Home for President Yanukovych’s administrative resources for “working vis- to Bankova Street at that time so that tract the public’s attention from the ruling by press conference. its” as he campaigns for office. Martyniuk would conduct all the necessary the European Court for Human Rights, The Presidential Administration decided “Lytvyn’s dismissal can only occur at his votes,” Mr. Stoiko commented. announced that same morning, which stated to cancel the news conference. own will,” reported Serhii Leshchenko, Indeed, Mr. Lytvyn wasn’t in Parliament at that former Internal Affairs Minister Yurii The protests grew in the following days, political journalist at Ukrayinska Pravda. the time of the vote, likely because top gov- Lutsenko had been illegally arrested and drawing as many as 500 supporters at par- “The situation surrounding the language ernment leaders knew he wouldn’t support convicted. ticular moments. On July 6 the fasting depu- bill requires a three-step combination at it, despite leading the vote for the language The court ruled that he had endured ties, at that point numbering 11, announced minimum – first removing Lytvyn, then bill’s first reading on June 5. political persecution by the Yanukovych they had ended their hunger strike. Mr. selecting a new speaker (a settled upon fig- Mr. Lytvyn has indicated he will run in the administration and it awarded him $18,400 Yatsenyuk declared the launch of a new pro- ure is needed to be found, at that) and, final- October 28 parliamentary election for a sin- in moral compensation. test, “Ukraine Without Yanukovych.” ly, the new speaker submitting the law for gle-winner, single-mandate seat represent- The bill also distracted public attention But new hunger strikers emerged to take Yanukovych’s signature. Understanding the ing the Novohrad-Volynskyi district in the from other important votes that occurred the place of the politicians, keeping the focus complicated situation, the Party of Regions Zhytomyr Oblast, which is firmly Ukrainian- the very same morning, pointed out Andrii on the language bill. By July 10, 12 of them has taken Lytvyn under siege. It’s not plan- speaking. Pyshnyi, the deputy chair of the Front for remained at the Ukrainian Home, demand- ning to vote upon the language bill again – Days later, Mr. Lytvyn expressed indigna- Change civic movement and a close advisor ing that Parliament reject the bill and that not simply out of principle, but so as to not tion at Mr. Martyniuk, a longtime colleague to former Rada Chair Arseniy Yatsenyuk. the president veto it should it reach his desk. create a precedent,” Mr. Leshchenko wrote. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 No. 29 UCU’s Ecumenical Studies Institute focuses on media and online learning “For me this gathering is not just another opportunity to share technological approaches for formulating tactics and strategy,” said UCU’s rector, the Rev. Borys Gudziak, Ph.D. “Still, these approaches are exceptionally important, because they lead to a deeper understanding of the level of this conference. This gathering, above all, is an opportunity to support the authentic experiencing of the freedom given by God, with a hope that this freedom will flow over into professionally and objectively spreading news of joy and peace in Ukraine and beyond its borders.” The Institute of Ecumenical Studies also uses modern media to spread its own message. An outstanding case in point is its Distance Learning Master’s Program in Ecumenical Studies. Offered in both the English and Ukrainian languages, the program is conducted via the Internet. In fact, last June the institute held its first online defense of a master’s degree, and the successful student, the Rev. Laurent Cleenewerck, acting rector of St. Innocent Orthodox Church in Eureka, Calif., has now joined the online faculty. He was ordained to the priesthood in 2004 by the late Archbishop Vsevolod (Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA). “Father Laurent is giving an online course on methods in ecumenical dialogue,” explained the Rev. Roman Fihas, the institute’s distance learning coordinator. “He wants to At the conference on “The Church in the Information Society,” Taras Antoshevskyy, director of the Religious stress the importance of personal engagement in ecumeni- Information Service of Ukraine website, www.risu.org.ua (center), presents a gift to Roman Maltsev of Mainstream cal communication, as well as the necessity of knowing Communication & Consulting (right), as RISU’s Russian-language editor, Olena Kulyhina, looks on. and using all the instruments needed for fruitful dia- logues.” by Matthew Matuszak Information Service of Ukraine website (www.risu.org.ua), Other online professors include the Rev. Konrad Raiser, the main organizer of the conference. “Last year the confer- Ph.D, former general secretary of the World Council of LVIV – The Institute of Ecumenical Studies of the ence was held in Odesa in partnership with various Churches; Dr. Ted Campbell, professor at the Perkins Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) was a partner in the Christian Churches and organizations. This year’s confer- School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in conference “The Church in the Information Society” held at ence is also multidenominational, but we’re putting the Dallas; and the Rev. Thomas Baima, Ph.D., provost of the UCU on May 4-5. And the institute is now preparing for the main accent on the professional training of journalists who University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, Ill. fall semester of its online distance-learning program, work for Church media. Now we don’t need to convince “This is the first and only distance program offered in offered in both the English and Ukrainian languages and anyone that their work is necessary. Rather they need to ecumenical studies in the world,” said the Rev. Fihas. “Our accepting applications from prospective students. turn attention to their level of professionalism.” program is ideal for the independent, motivated student Nearly 200 people took part in the conference, arriving “We live in complex times,” said Bishop Mykola Syniuk who wants to study ecumenism through reading- and writ- from all over Ukraine and from Russia and Belarus. Among of the Evangelical Christian Church of Ukraine, who ing-intensive courses, and to participate in an international them were journalists of religious and secular media, stu- opened the conference with a prayer and a brief introduc- ecumenical network of students and scholars of ecumen- dents, religious ministers and representatives of Church tion. “Consequently, the representatives of the Christian ism. The program also gives students a possibility to regis- press services. Presenters included representatives of mass media should not simply respond to whatever accu- ter for an individual class or classes of the program with- Forbes-Ukraine and ICTV. sations are addressed to their communities and Churches. out seeking a master’s degree.” “This is the second time we’ve conducted a conference Instead, they should be moderately aggressive, in a good The deadline for applications is August 18. More infor- like this,” said Taras Antoshevskyy, director of the Religious understanding of the word, to let people know the truth.” mation is available at www.iesdistance.org.ua. U.S. volume of Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Diaspora presented in Chicago CHICAGO – The Chicago chapter of the lighting the many individuals who contributed Shevchenko Scientific Society Inc., U.S.A., pre- to this colossal collection of data about the sented the newly published second book (let- Ukrainian diaspora in the United States. ters L-R) of Volume 1 (U.S.A.) of the Ms. Zajac, presented commemorative cop- Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Diaspora (EUD) on ies of Book 2, Volume 1 of the EUD to the Very Sunday, June 24, at the Ukrainian Cultural Rev. Oleh Kryvokulsky of Ss. Volodymyr and Center in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village. Olha Ukrainian Catholic Parish, Oresta Fedyniak Chapter president Dr. George Hrycelak wel- of the Selfreliance Foundation, and Dr. Julian comed the editor of the encyclopedia, Prof. Dr. Kulas, president of the Heritage Foundation of Vasyl Markus, administrator/assistant editor First Security Federal Savings Bank. Nadia Zajac, volunteer member Nadia Horb Ms. Zajac recognized the dedication of Dr. and a group of dedicated supporters of this Markus and his co-editor, the late Dr. Daria long-standing project to the presentation. Markus, and thanked the many contributors to Ms. Zajac read a letter of support and con- this ongoing venture, without whose contribu- gratulations from the immediate past-presi- tions, both literary and financial, these vol- dent of the national office of the Shevchenko umes would not have existed. Scientific Society in New York, Dr. Orest Vasyl Markus Jr., spoke on behalf of his Popowych, crediting the many contributors father, thanking the members and supporters, for their devotion and commitment to this urging them to continue the work needed to important historic compendium. He urged see this encyclopedic undertaking brought to support for the ongoing work that remains to its deserved finale. be done in finishing the third volume, voicing The event concluded with the public having confidence that the editorial board will final- its first chance to review Book 2 of Volume 1 ize the complete set in the not too distant of EUD – U.S.A., with copies available for pur- future. chase. Dr. Myron Kuropas (Northern Illinois To obtain a copy of either Book 1 (A-K) or University, DeKalb) spoke about the impor- Book 2 (L-R), readers may send a check for tance of this undertaking, noting that the vast $40 ($32 for Shevchenko Society members) majority of historical facts presented in these plus $6 for shipping for each book to: volumes is available and known only in the Shevchenko Scientific Society, 63 Fourth Ave., West, and as such present a valuable source of New York, NY 10003. For further information historical data for the Ukrainian narrative in e-mail [email protected]. Lesia Kuropas the global sense. In the Chicago area the books may be pur- At the launch of the latest volume of the Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Diaspora Dr. Dmytro Shtohryn (University of Illinois, chased directly from the EUD Administrative organized by the Chicago Chapter of Shevchenko Scientific Society, (from left) Champaign/Urbana) reviewed the history of Office, 2247 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL are: Dr. Myron Kuropas, Nadia Zajac, Dr. Vasyl Markus (seated), Dr. Dmytro the development of the encyclopedia, high- 60622; [email protected]. Shtohryn and Dr. George Hrycelak. No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 5

UCCA joins All-Ukrainian Ukrainian Heritage Night celebrated at Mets Citi Field Committee for Protection NEW YORK – On June 19 more than 500 stadium. The performance was shown on The fun-filled evening culminated with Ukrainian Americans from the New York- two jumbo stadium screens as well. the N.Y. Mets winning a stunning 5-0 victory of Ukrainian Language metropolitan area, Maryland and beyond Following the performance, key organiz- over the Baltimore Orioles. gathered for the first ever Ukrainian ers and members of the Ukrainian American Mr. Palylyk stated: “We are proud to be Ukrainian Congress Committee of America Heritage Night at Mets Citi Field Stadium in community were honored by the Mets with able to promote Ukrainian heritage and cul- Flushing, N.Y. the Spirit Award for their long years of ser- ture among non-Ukrainians, as well as to KYIV – June 27 saw the creation of a new social movement in Ukraine, the All- From the Pepsi Porch section, jubilant vice to the Ukrainian American community. gather together and enjoy the company of Ukrainian Committee for the Protection community members watched proudly as Among those recognized were Ivanka Zajac, other Ukrainians in our area. The event was of the Ukrainian Language. Speaking at a the Ukrainian heritage was honored and UCCA NYC branch president; Jaroslaw such a success that plans are already in the press conference, the well-known recognized, after which they enjoyed a Palylyk, UCCA Yonkers branch president; works for another event in the near future. Ukrainian activist and national deputy, baseball game featuring the New York Mets Ihor Czernyk, Orlando Pagan and Larissa Thanks to all who made this event possible.” Oles Doniy, stated that this committee against the Baltimore Orioles. Pagan. Ms. Zajac agreed and added, “We are very can lead to the start of an important Organized by the Yonkers and New York Journalists from 1+1 International proud of the Trembita dancers for repre- undertaking, similar to the Polish City branches of the Ukrainian Congress Ukrainian television were among those senting our community and heritage, and Solidarity movement. Committee of America (UCCA), the event gathered. The Ukrainian news crew filmed we share our Spirit Awards with all who Joined by former political prisoner featured a program during which the the event as part of a project to capture participated. It was a proud and entertain- Vasyl Ovsienko; writer and author of the Trembita Ukrainian Dance Ensemble from Ukrainians around the globe for a special ing evening, which we plan to continue as best-seller “Black Raven” Vasyl Shkliar; Yonkers, N.Y., performed in center field for a program scheduled to air on August 24 to an annual tradition. Congratulations to the National Deputy and general producer of very large pre-game crowd gathered at the mark Ukrainian Independence Day. Mets on their win ... Let’s go Mets!!” Channel 5 Yurii Stets; and writer and pub- list, Dmytro Kapranov, Mr. Doniy stated that the committee does not oppose any language, including Russian; instead, the committee’s efforts will be directed against policies of Russification and the continued efforts to de-Ukrainianize Ukraine, as well as to support and pro- mote the Ukrainian language and culture. In presenting the All-Ukrainian Committee for the Protection of the Ukrainian Language, a “List of 300” was announced. These are 300 of Ukraine’s most influential personalities who agreed to jointly launch the committee. The top five members listed in the committee include Mr. Doniy, Mr. Stets, Mr. Shkliar, singer Nina Matvienko and the CEO of “TBi” TV Mykola Kniazhytsky. The list includes representatives of Ukraine’s intelligentsia, community activists, for- mer political prisoners, writers, journal- ists, TV presenters and others. Several representatives of the Ukrainian diaspora, including the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, were also invited to join the “List of 300” in an effort to help unite con- cerned citizens in supporting Ukrainian statehood by protecting and promoting the Ukrainian language and culture. Several initiatives and plans of the Committee were presented during the press conference, including: a program, “Teach others to speak Ukrainian,” that will organize free Ukrainian language courses; the creation of a “Ukrainian National University,” which will dissemi- nate and popularize the Ukrainian cul- ture; boycott businessmen and politi- cians whose activities threaten the Ukrainian language; and establishment of local branches of the Committee for the Protection of the Ukrainian Language in every region, city and village of Ukraine. The UCCA asked how the Ukrainian diaspora can assist this important endeavor. Mr. Doniy responded: “Ukrainians who find themselves beyond their homeland, could play a very impor- tant role in the life of the Committee for the Protection of the Ukrainian Language. Right now you can and should become a member of the committee. To do so all you need to do is send a request and join the “Our Truth” (Svoya Pravda) group on Facebook, which will keep you informed of all the latest events and initiatives.” “Moreover, we would be grateful for any assistance you could provide for the committee’s initiatives,” Mr. Doniy added. “The projects ‘Teach Others to speak Ukrainian!’ and the ‘Ukrainian National University’ requires initiatives from all those who can join the committee and are able to provide various suggestions. And do not forget – the Committee for the Protection of the Ukrainian Language is now a permanent structure, designed to unite all Ukrainians who want to change the destiny of our country for the better.” 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 No. 29

COMMENTARY The Ukrainian Weekly Veto the language law Patriarch Sviatoslav’s visit We’ve written before about our strong opposition to the bill on language policy in Ukraine, which clearly violates the country’s Constitution. Now that law has been to site of internment camp passed by the Verkhovna Rada with blatant violations of the parliamentary rules by Lubomyr Luciuk the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Bow River (see Zenon Zawada’s story on the front page of this issue for the details), as well as Valley roadway and even on the famous “piano voting” by the majority coalition, whereby members of Parliament vote for It’s not much of a ditch. Shallow, it’s Banff Springs Golf course. In warm weather absent MPs by using their voting cards (at least 10 national deputies who apparently filled with decades of debris, a scar so near- they sheltered in tents near Castle were against the bill said their cards were used without their permission); 248 votes ly erased that the few journeyers who Mountain. When temperatures grew colder were registered as supporting the bill. Things are even more convoluted, however, as come here barely notice it. Not surprisingly, they decamped into barracks at Cave and the transcript of the Rada session says the vote was actually for including the lan- they are distracted from what’s underfoot Basin. Forced laborers remained a common guage bill on the day’s agenda, not for the bill itself. by the castellated limestone and shale sight in Banff until the summer of 1917 The Verkhovna Rada’s action has ignited nationwide protests in Ukraine. The promontories towering above, so resem- when those who hadn’t escaped were diaspora – which for decades nurtured the Ukrainian language at the time Ukraine bling “a giant castle” that the explorer- paroled to work elsewhere, released or was under Soviet domination – is demonstrating its solidarity with activists in geologist James Hector named them “Castle conveyed to other lock-ups. Some would Ukraine via protests that were held (or are planned) in New York, Toronto and vari- Mountain.” In 1885 this majestic landscape remain imprisoned until June 1920, almost ous cities in Europe (among them London, Paris, Prague, Vilnius, Hamburg). In became part of Banff National Park, two years after the Great War ended. Frankfurt, the protesters’ message was: “In Germany – German, in Russia – Russian, Canada’s first, now one of the world’s most Even now few know the story of in Ukraine – Ukrainian.” In Prague it was: “One language – one country.” visited, the patrimony of all Canadians. Canada’s first national internment opera- Back in Ukraine, Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn resigned and refused to sign Rightly, we feel blessed. tions. Interviewed decades later, a Castle the bill passed by the Party of Regions and its cronies in the ruling coalition. Without But those transported here in the sum- Mountain internee, Nick Lypka, hinted why: the Rada chair’s signature, the bill cannot be forwarded to the president for his mer of 1915 did not revel in the grandeur “All that time wasted being interned. Having action, i.e. signing the bill or vetoing it. The Party of Regions new strategy is to of the Canadian Rockies. Former residents my freedom taken away. I could have attempt to remove Mr. Lytvyn as chair and replace him with a new speaker so that of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, lured to worked and earned something. Instead, the law could be signed. Clearly, Ukraine’s government is now facing a major crisis. As for President Viktor Yanukovych, in his Constitutionally mandated annual this Dominion with promises of free land what did I get? Nothing. I hope the govern- speech to the Parliament about Ukraine’s domestic and foreign affairs, he said nary a and freedom, instead fell victim to preju- ment decides to make some kind of tribute word about the language issue. (The text of the prepared speech, dated July 3, dice and wartime xenophobia, were cast as to those who are still living in Canada. Not appears on the official website of Ukraine’s president). Eight days later, on July 11, he “enemy aliens,” then herded into 24 intern- to me. I can’t say how much. I am not in a agreed that the language issue in Ukraine is politicized and that citizens have no ment camps. Hundreds once languished on position to say anything against the govern- problems with using the Ukrainian and Russian languages. However, he added, “we the other side of this relic fosse, behind ment. They could arrest me again.” must look at world practice” when dealing with the law “On Principles of State Canadian barbed wire, not because of any- In the mid-1980s the Ukrainian Policy” and the language issue. Thus, there is no clarity on where exactly Mr. thing they did wrong but only because of Canadian Civil Liberties Association began Yanukovych stands. who they were, where they came from. campaigning for official acknowledgement “A full-fledged political crisis has started in Ukraine,” opposition leader and for- Under armed guard, these civilian pris- and symbolic redress. UCCLA’s first com- mer Rada Chairman Arseniy Yatsenyuk said on July 4, according to RFE/RL. “The so- oners of war fashioned much of the park’s memorative plaque was unveiled on called stability of Yanukovych has definitively collapsed. There is no more a myth infrastructure, working on the mainline of August 4, 1994, at Fort Henry, in Kingston, about stability. There is a weak president, a deficient Parliament, absent state insti- Ontario, fittingly for that was the country’s tutions, a destroyed Constitution, and a complete collapse of honesty, morality and Lubomyr Luciuk is a professor of political first permanent internment camp. In 1995 political responsibility of a so-called political elite of Ukraine.” geography at the Royal Military College of In view of the crisis surrounding the language law, it is time for Mr. Yanukovych to Canada. (Continued on page 12) start acting like the president of Ukraine. It is imperative that President Yanukovych, as the “guarantor of the Constitution of Ukraine,” veto the misbegotten and anti-Con- stitutional language law. ACTION ITEM: Yanukovych must veto new language law Turning the pages back... July Last week’s passage of Law No. 9073 “On find a sample letter to President Viktor the Principles of Language Policy” in the Yanukovych, the guarantor of Ukraine’s Ten years ago, on July 17, 2002, the last of more than 230 skel- Parliament of Ukraine will have dramatic Constitution, urging him to veto the pro- 17 etal remains – a third belonging to infants, children and at least ramifications for all of Ukraine’s society. The posed law and promote the Ukrainian lan- one unborn – were unearthed in the basement of a monastery Venice Commission’s review of the anti-con- guage as the sole constitutional language in 2002 25 kilometers outside of Lviv. stitutional measure indicates the gravity and Ukraine. The first remains were discovered in Zhovkva at the monas- seriousness of the proposed law’s usurpa- Please organize and mobilize petitions tery when the Basillian monks remodeled a little-used cellar tion of the sole state language of Ukraine – from individuals and organizations, and area, where they found a concrete door-like structure. Three Ukrainian. Improper parliamentary proce- send the originals to the Ukrainian National rooms contained the remains of 150 adults, 83 children from infants to age 16 and a fetal dures by the majority party in the Verkhovna Information Service, which will in turn skeleton approximately three months old. Many of the skulls had been fractured by sharp Rada have led to the fraudulent passage of deliver the letters to the Embassy of objects or crushed by blunt ones. Others had bullet holes, while some had no outward the intended law which may lead to civil dis- Ukraine. Your actions now are critical in appearance of violent death. Photos and coins in the chamber date the killings between cord in the months prior to Ukraine’s defending the Ukrainian language. Should 1946 and 1949, and bullet casings found at the site were of the type used by the Soviets in upcoming parliamentary elections. you require additional information, please the post-war years. The Ukrainian community and its orga- contact UNIS at 202-547-0018 or unis@ Mykhailo Pavlyshyn, assistant director of the Memorial civic group, which is dedicated to exposing Soviet crimes in Ukraine, said the building was the regional headquarters for nizations can and must react to this act of ucca.org. the NKVD and the secret police shared the monastery grounds with a medical school. It complete and total disregard for the official was believed that the NKVD committed the murders during the Soviet Union’s consolida- state language of Ukraine. Below, please – Ukrainian National Information Service tion of authority on the territory of Ukraine during the post-World War II years. Few experts believed that the truth about how the victims met their end would ever come The Honorable Viktor Yanukovych SAMPLE LETTER to light or the specific perpetrators identified. Other Soviet-era mass gravesites that had President of Ukraine not been conclusively investigated by authorities included Demianiv Laz, a nature preserve Kyiv, Ukraine south of Ivano-Frankivsk, the Bykivnia Forest outside of Kyiv and the town of Vinnytsia. Research at the time was limited due to the fact that archives were not accessible or the Dear Mr. President: information was deemed classified, the archives were moved to Moscow prior to the col- We, the undersigned members of the Ukrainian American community, are out- lapse of the Soviet Union or the documents were destroyed by officials. raged by the anti-constitutional vote in Ukraine’s Parliament regarding Law No. 9073 A former commander of the State Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), who wished to “On the Principles of Language Policy.” Such blatant disregard for Ukraine’s remain unidentified, told The Weekly, “It is highly unlikely that anybody but official sourc- Constitution constitutes treason by members of Parliament who pledged to uphold es would have had access to cement in the immediate years after the war.” Building mate- the very document they have now attempted to usurp. International commissions rials, which were scarce at the time, were strictly controlled by the state. The commander shared a story he heard from his immediate supervisor who served in a special NKVD have stated that the actions of the ruling majority in the Parliament do not meet division in the Lviv Oblast after the war: “He told me that every so often the group would European constitutional standards. Such lawlessness and disregard for the state lan- be ordered to infiltrate a village when a dance or celebration was held. They would dance guage of Ukraine have no place in a mature Ukrainian state. with the girls and begin to cause problems with the aim of causing fights and eventually a Mr. President, we demand that you veto the proposed law “On the Principles of melee,” explained the retired official. “NKVD troops would then move in to make arrests, Language Policy.” As the guarantor of the Constitution of Ukraine, the document that leaving mostly women and children behind. Many of the arrested were sent to Siberia on is the foundation of Ukraine’s modern statehood, you must unequivocally uphold the trumped-up charges. Others were simply never heard from again.” single state language of Ukraine – Ukrainian. Mr. President, the Ukrainian community and the world are awaiting your veto! Source: “Soviet-era mass grave unearthed in western Ukraine,” by Roman Woronowycz, Sincerely, (Your name) The Ukrainian Weekly, July 28, 2002. No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 7

The things we do ... by Orysia Paszczak Tracz

Ukrainians celebrated in Winnipeg Free Press Should the state own the church? The Winnipeg Free Press editors, col- Home Run: fans are game for Yorko’s Who should own historic church build- the hands of a Church closely tied to a for- umnists and reporters had a difficult task unique ballpark fare” by Ashley Prest is ings in Ukraine – the state, or the Church? eign and sometimes hostile government, – condense 121 years of the contributions about the popularity of Ukrainian food at In the Soviet period it was, of course, the such transfers would be ill-advised. They of Ukrainians in Winnipeg and Manitoba the Winnipeg Goldeyes’ baseball park. state. Today, legislation is being introduced could even be seen as a national security into 14 newspaper pages. They did it. The Yorko’s [sic] most popular order is the to finally turn them over to Church authori- risk. Moreover, they would ignore the just special June 23 FYI [Feed Your Intellect] Baba Special – “a plate of heaven that ties. Yet many thoughtful Ukrainians claims of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church- “Our City, Our World” section of the news- costs just $6.75 and includes perogies, oppose this. Kyiv Patriarchate and the Ukrainian paper was titled “The Pride of Manitoba: cabbage rolls, and kubasa.” They have their reasons. As reported in Autocephalous Orthodox Church. We celebrate the large Ukrainian commu- “Raising Awareness of ‘the Ukrainian The Ukrainian Weekly earlier this year, Not surprisingly, these initiatives are nity that helped build our province.” dimension’ ” by Jenny Ford is focused on Party of Regions deputy Andrii Derkach being hotly debated. Minister of Culture (Full disclosure: I author contributed to the University of Manitoba Centre for introduced draft law No. 9690 “On Mykhailo Kulyniak, a native of Drohobych the issue with an article and an interview) Ukrainian Canadian Studies, which “docu- Transferring Cultural Heritage Sites to (Lviv Oblast), has cautiously suggested that This was the continuation of a monthly ments and teaches not only Ukrainian cul- Religious Organizations,” registered on draft law No. 9690 be discussed by the All- series highlighting Winnipeg’s ethnic ture, but how it’s intertwined with January 18. This legislation, supported by Ukrainian Council of Churches. Eduard communities. Previous issues covered the Canada and Manitoba.” Orest the current government, would empower Leonov (Freedom Party), a Ternopil Oblast African, Filipino, South Asian, United Martynowych, the scholar-in-residence at the Council of Ministers to transfer “cultur- Council member from the Kremenets dis- Kingdom, and Middle East/ Jewish com- the center, is writing the “first real history al heritage sites of national interest” to reli- trict, has criticized the UOC-MP’s move to munities. In the newspaper with the of Ukrainians in Winnipeg.” Dr. Denis gious organizations for their free use or gain ownership of ancient holy sites, warn- Ukrainian feature, the editors proudly Hlynka, former head of the center, said ownership. Among such sites would be the ing of the commercialization and corrup- announced that the “Our City, Our World” that “A lot of things we take for granted in Kyivan Caves Monastery and the Pochayiv tion that would ensue. Former Ukrainian series had just won the Associated Press Manitoba stem from our Ukrainian back- Monastery (Kremenets District, Ternopil Greek-Catholic Patriarch Lubomyr Husar Media Editors’ Innovation of the Month ground. We’ve been here a very long Oblast). The problem, from the point of flatly opposes the “privatization” of the Award. time.” view of critics, is that these sites would be Kyivan Caves and Pochayiv monasteries. The articles covered many aspects of Stephen Bandera covered the present transferred to the Ukrainian Orthodox Current Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk Ukrainian life in Manitoba, including some political situation in Ukraine and emigra- Church – Moscow Patriarchate. (Zenon favors it as long as it is conducted “in an that even Ukrainians were not aware of. tion in his “Ukraine still driving its people Zawada, “New bill calls for transfer of reli- open dialogue among Churches.” (Zawada, In the main section of the newspaper, not away.” He wrote that Ukrainians wonder gious sites to UOC-MP,” The Ukrainian op. cit.) in the special segment, Nick Martin wrote why Ukrainian Canadians come to Weekly, March 11, pp. 1, 5). Currently, St. Sophia Cathedral and the “Keeping Ukrainian in the classroom,” Ukraine to work, and wonder why anyone As sociologist of religion Viktor Yelensky Tithes (Dormition) Church territory are about the Ukrainian-English bilingual pro- would “want to live and work in their has noted, a recent public-opinion poll state-owned, as are the Caves and Pochayiv gram in six Manitoba public schools. country if far greener pastures are avail- included leading questions about transfer monasteries and the Theophany The main article in the FYI section able… They don’t realize Canadian-level of church ownership to the UOC-MP. This, Monastery in Kremenets, among many oth- Horror to Hope, to Home, noted that living standards could be easily achieved together with the replacement of the direc- ers. These monasteries, however, are con- “Winnipeg’s Ukrainian community, forev- in Ukraine if those in government weren’t tors of the Caves Monastery National trolled by the UOC-MP. Draft law No. 9690 er scarred by Holodomor genocide in its treating their own people like the enemy Historical and Cultural Reserve the St. could give the UOC-MP ownership as well Eastern European homeland, has played to their plans to accumulate as much per- Sophia Cathedral National Reserve, and as possession of all five properties. an important part in shaping Winnipeg’s sonal wealth in as short a time as possi- other state-owned religious complexes, Monasteries present special problems. cultural and social mosaic.” This long, ble.” suggests a government strategy to prepare Unlike churches, they are inhabited. A illustrated article by Bill Redekop includ- Oksana Bashuk Hepburn wrote “A his- the ground for a mass transfer. (Zawada, state-owned church can be used alternate- ed history, food, music, politics, crime, tory of fighting institutionalized bullying,” op. cit.; Viktor Yelensky, “Research and ly by different congregations belonging to new blood, socials (pre-wedding parties about the discrimination Ukrainians faced Branding Fake,” http://risu.org.ua/en/ different Churches. It might be appropriate index/expert_thought/authors_columns/ particular to Manitoba), Folklorama and in Canada, the actions of “Canada’s left- for St. Sophia Cathedral, for example, to vyelenskyi_column/47416/). churches. A quiz on “Thanks to Ukrainians wingers” in denying the Holodomor and serve as a national shrine available for use According to the Institute for Religious in Manitoba…” asked 10 questions on the terror in Ukraine, and the Canadian by different Orthodox and even Catholic Freedom, National Deputy Oleksander issue, including “People in trouble call Ukrainians returning to serve as monitors groups. But a monastery is home to a spe- Yavorivsky (Yulia Tymoshenko Fatherland 911. Who established the emergency in Ukrainian elections. cific religious community. UOC-MP posses- Bloc) has introduced a counter-proposal in line?”; “Pacemakers began being used in Oksana Ivanenko, a recent immigrant sion of the Kyivan Caves, Pochayiv and the form of draft law No. 9690-1. It propos- Winnipeg. Who achieved that?”; “Taking to Winnipeg from Horodok in the Lviv Kremenets monasteries is truly “nine- es that “all monuments under state and Care of Business is almost a Canadian region, wrote “Talkin’ ‘bout my genera- tenths of the law.” communal property, and those which are anthem. Who composed that song?”; and tion,” about growing up in an independent What, then, is the solution? How can one part of the cultural and natural heritage, “The Force became a reality in Star Wars Ukraine. She was one of “the first gradu- reconcile the rights of Churches with the listed and proposed for inclusion in the movies. Name the person responsible.” ates of both an independent Ukrainian interests of the Ukrainian public and the UNESCO World Heritage List, cannot be “Bookstores still thrive – although one school system and a new millennium.” She Ukrainian state? transferred to private ownership, including is in a museum” by Kevin Rollason cov- came to Canada, she notes, “It wasn’t that Given the corrupt, authoritarian and pro- religious organizations.” This would cover ered the remaining “knyharni” in the city. I was rejecting my motherland – I love it Russian tendencies of the current adminis- the eleventh-century Holy Wisdom (St. Jeff Hamilton wrote “Soccer: short and no matter what. But I simply wanted tration, leaving historic ecclesiastical prop- Sophia) Cathedral and Caves Monastery in sweet” about the Winnipeg Dynamo Kyiv change in my life. I was only following my erties in the hands of the state might prove dream.” Kyiv. no better than turning them over to the Soccer Club founded by Peter Similarly, draft law No. 9087 calls for a Manastyrsky 19 years ago. He recently “Keeping the faith” noted that UOC-MP. But there is a third alternative. “Ukrainian Orthodox and Catholic church- moratorium on such “privatization” of These church properties could be held in was presented the St. Nicholas Parish church property. Sponsored by Olga Men’s Club “Ukrainian Sportsman of the es have long been a vibrant part of the trust by a neutral third party created espe- Winnipeg community” and showed archi- Bodnar (Yulia Tymoshenko Fatherland cially for this purpose. The trustees could Year” Award. Bloc), this bill would freeze Ukraine’s com- “Perogy Paradise: processors feed val photographs of major church events, include lay specialists in ecclesiastical art including the visit of Cardinal Josyf Slipyj mitments to the Council of Europe to turn and architecture, preservation and restora- appetite for traditional Ukrainian food” by over such sites to religious organizations. Murray McNeil covered the commercial to Winnipeg. (See the slideshow at winni- tion, history and theology, as well as repre- pegfreepress.com,) (“Ukrainian Parliament will consider draft sentatives of the interested Churches. and church-run sources of Ukrainian soul laws on state-church relations,” February food. “Relax, Baba. According to people “Angels in the architecture: artist Foreign specialists could be added for bal- blends Byzantine detail with Prairie sim- 28, http://www.irf.in.ua/eng/index. ance, objectivity and independence. who should know – the ones selling it – php?option=com_content&view=article&id plicity in his designs, which range from The trust property would be held for the Winnipeggers are not losing their appe- =307:1&catid=34:ua&Itemid=61) credit unions to churches” by Alison benefit of the Ukrainian Orthodox commu- tite for traditional Ukrainian food.” As so The reason for these counter-initiatives Mayes featured Ben Wasylyshen, a multi- nity, to be handed over to the Church once many have commented over the years, is obvious. In principle, transferring faceted architectural design consultant certain conditions, in the judgment of the Ukrainian churches throughout North churches and monasteries to Churches is and artist. trustees, were fulfilled. A minimum condi- America have been built on varenyky or right. That is the recommendation of the Carolin Vesely wrote “He’s Been tion could be mutual recognition by the perogies [sales] (as varenyky are known Council of Europe. But in the present situa- Dancing with an Eagle for 36 Years” about three Orthodox Churches. A maximum con- on the Canadian prairies). “Homemade tion, where those properties would fall into Brad Richliwski, 51, who is still a dancer dition might be their unification in a single with the Orlan Ukrainian Folk Ensemble, Kyivan Orthodox Patriarchate directly Orysia Tracz may be contacted at orysia. Andrew Sorokowski can be reached at [email protected]. (Continued on page 15) [email protected]. (Continued on page 15) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 No. 29

NEWS AND VIEWS Ukrainians gather in Peremyshl to commemorate Akcja Wisla The goal of returning this building to its previous state of glory and making it the center of Ukrainian life in Poland is becoming the main unifying issue for Ukrainians in Poland and the Zakerzonnia diaspora around the world. The other main issue discussed at the congress was the preservation of national memory and the Ukrainian identi- ty. There were presentations of a few hundred books, bro- chures and film documentaries from Poland, Ukraine and Canada pertaining to Akcja Wisla and Zakerzonnia, and an exposition of works by young Ukrainians titled “Where is your small motherland?” There was also a presentation of the project “Vyriy” (Where our ancestors’ souls dwell) about the restoration of abandoned Ukrainian cemeteries in Zakerzonnia by young enthusiasts of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization from Ukraine, Poland and Canada; a photo presentation by Yuriy Havryluk from the quarterly Nad Buhom i Narvoyu of the most beautiful spiritual places from the Sian, Kholm, Lemko, Boiko and Pidlashshia regions in Zakerzonnia; and the screening of the documen- Myroslav Iwanek tary “Dveri Lemkivshchyny” by Roman Kryk. Opening remarks by Petro Tyma from the Association of Ukrainians in Poland during the second Congress of A separate session was held to discuss individual Ukrainians in Peremyshl. regional projects of memory preservation, initiated in Krakow (Foundation of the St. Volodymyr), the town of by Myroslav Iwanek heated discussion occurred during the panel covering the legal issues and consequences of Akcja Wisla. It was pro- Hola (Museum of Kholm Land and Pidlashshia), the town PEREMYSHL, Poland – Over 200 representatives from voked by a statement from the prosecutor from the Polish of Zyndranova (Lemko Museum) and Toronto (Archives of more than 20 Ukrainian organizations in Poland held the Institute of National Remembrance that there was no illegal- Zakerzonnia). The Polish Institute of National second Congress of Ukrainians in Peremyshl (Przemysl ity in Akcja Wisla, therefore there is no legal ground to pros- Remembrance presented the exposition “Poles and according to the Polish translation) to commemorate the ecute persons or institutions responsible for that operation. Ukrainians 1939-1947.” 65th anniversary of Akcja Wisla. It was 65 years ago, The response to this approach by the Polish side can be Evening concerts of music were presented by the between April 28 and July 31, 1947, that the entire found in a resolution of the congress, which states that famous Zhuravli choir from Poland, the bandurist capella Ukrainian population of Zakerzonnia – the ethnic Ukrainians in Poland demand that the Polish state con- Karpaty from Lviv and Peremyshl’s own Namysto choir Ukrainian strip of land along the Buh and Sian Rivers at the demn Akcja Wisla as repression “based on national and and Mykola Verbytsky choir. eastern border of contemporary Poland – was deported to ethnic criteria” and as a violation of constitutional rights of Contrary to the upbeat mood of the participants at the Poland’s newly acquired German lands. Ukrainians, “which were clearly and evidently breached.” congress, the involvement of officialdom from Poland and The goal of the congress was to pay tribute to the past, Among other resolutions, was one pertaining to the Ukraine was merely formal and uninspiring. For the gov- assess today’s status of Ukrainians in Poland and make issue of the Narodnyi Dim (National Home) in Peremyshl. ernment in Kyiv, the issue of Akcja Wisla has remained projections for the future. On April 28-30 the participants This grand building was built by Ukrainians at the begin- strange and foreign; the Polish side is preoccupied by prep- and guests of the congress were involved in a very intense ning of the 20th century, then confiscated by the Polish arations for commemorations of the 60th anniversary of and broad program. government during Akcja Wisla and only recently returned the Polish-Ukrainian struggle in Volhynia. In this situation, Four panels were held to discuss the historical, legal and to the Ukrainian community. Congress participants were Ukrainians in Poland seem to have been abandoned again, social issues caused by Akcja Wisla. Leading researchers proud to have this gathering not only on their native lands, but they are not ready to give up. The congress showed from the Ukrainian and Polish sides participated in the dis- but also on their own property (as opposed to the previous that they are ready to fight hard for themselves and for cussion, with at least 100 attending each panel. The most congress held in Warsaw). their future. Unique women’s magazine started in Ukraine

by Bohdan Hodiak Ms. Zemko wanted a magazine aimed at the thoughtful, soulful, patriotic Ukrainian woman. It would be for KYIV – Several years ago Anna Zemko had a dream in women who could think and were concerned with many Kyiv in which she was looking at a stack of volumes that issues, not only men and homemaking. The motto on the seemed to be bound magazines. On the covers were the cover of each issue would be: “For the woman who seeks words “Slovo Zhinky,” or “Woman’s Word.” wisdom.” If she succeeded, Woman’s Word would be the Ms. Zenko was just recovering from an almost fatal ill- only such modern magazine in Ukrainian in the country. ness that had infected both her lungs. Coming close to She phoned an old school friend who had become a death, although she was only in her late 30s, made her re- successful journalist in Kyiv and told her about the dream. evaluate her life. Years before she had joined an advertis- “You find the money to launch it, and I’ll become its edi- ing agency that began to boom after the fall of the Soviet tor,” the friend said. Union. She eventually became its director of advertising, Ms. Zemko was still unsure. At this time, to help her earning a very good salary. The agency’s specialty, and with her recovery, she was seeing a bio-energetic healer in much of its income, came from liquor advertising. a village not far from Kyiv. The healer had psychic abilities “I became dissatisfied, unhappy, and I knew that had and when Ms. Zemko told her of her dream the healer something to do with my illness. I wasn’t living the life I said, “That means you must start the magazine.” was supposed to. I started praying, asking God to help “But it will take a lot of money which I don’t have!” The me,” Ms. Zemko related. healer answered: “Start the magazine. The money will She knew that there were only six women’s magazines come.” published in Ukraine; with one exception, all were in Well, it did come, but just barely. Its survival has been Russian. The exception was an old-fashioned survivor of from day to day, and there were months when printing the Soviet era that continued that tradition. The five oth- had to be delayed because there was not enough money to Cover of an issue of Slovo Zhinky magazine. ers mostly used articles and graphics taken from Western pay the printer. Ms. Zemko exhausted much of her savings publications and, from a feminist viewpoint, they didn’t and even got a little money from her mother, who is living said. Her big problem is lack of money to market and think that much of women. They dealt with cooking, on a pension. Her original editor quit, saying there was advertise the magazine. Most subscriptions have come homemaking, health, fashion, sex and, above all, how to too much work and too little money. from word of mouth. attract and manipulate men. That had been the success But as issue after issue came out it attracted loyal read- The magazine, which is published six times a year, formula of Cosmopolitan magazine, which is also pub- ers some of whom contributed sums ranging from 100 often has particular themes for each issue. These have lished in Russian in Ukraine. hrv to several thousand in addition to the 15 hrv price of included: “We are responsible for our own health”; In contrast, according to a flyer for the magazine, issues. Ms. Zemko was unable to get funding from philan- “Women’s’ psychology”; “If not me, then who?” Woman’s Word would be for women who “are concerned thropists or philanthropies. “They will give to churches, Running through each issue is the theme that it is the about our country’s future, the future of their children; orphanages, to help sick children, but not to a woman’s responsibility of women to bring love into the world. For are interested in questions of spirituality, personal magazine,” she noted. it is they who raise and form the people who will become growth, and the revival of our Ukrainian values and tradi- She is now preparing the 21st issue of the magazine tions.” founded in 2008. “Thank God we’re still surviving,” she (Continued on page 18) No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 9

The story of one family’s life Folk remedies of Ukrainian in two worlds: Ukraine, U.S. settlers in western Canada “An Ocean Between: 100% American – “Baba’s Kitchen Medicines: Folk 100% Ukrainian,” by Stephanie Sydoriak. Remedies of Ukrainian Settlers in 2011. Softcover, 304 pp. ISBN: 978-1-105- Western Canada,” by Michael Mucz, 39851-3. Edmonton, Alberta: The University of Alberta Press, 2012. 296 pp. $34.95 paper- The struggle for many immigrant fami- back. ISBN: 978-0-88864-514-2. lies is to retain their heritage in the new world, and that was especially difficult for Michael Mucz, Ph.D., has written a book Ukrainian families during the Depression. on Ukrainian folk remedies for curing a vari- Not only were jobs scarce and money tight, ety of illnesses. Offering advice on healing but trying to explain to Americans what anything from fevers and frostbite to hang- and where was Ukraine proved to be overs and diaper rash, this book of folk rem- immensely difficult. Stephanie Sydoriak edies is conveniently written to be a guide covers these topics and many more in her on first aid assistance. It explains in detail new book, “An Ocean Between: 100% what to drink when someone has a stom- American – 100% Ukrainian,” which tells achache, what to eat when someone is expe- the story of one family’s life in two worlds. riencing heart problems and much more. Rather than tell the story only through During the early 1900s when Ukrainian her eyes, the author lets her parents, Elias settlers began moving to the Canadian and Mary Chopek, give a substantial por- prairies, it was difficult to find a doctor who was not busy and inexpensive. Keeping this tion of the narration, so the audience gets a in mind, the settlers had to improvise and child’s perspective, as well as an adult find alternate solutions, which were usual- interpretation of immigrant life in the first ly hidden in their very own gardens. half of the 20th century in both western Sydoriak’s dash of wry humor only adds to added to a cup of warm or hot water, half a As noted by the author, “traditional Ukraine and Boston. Mrs. Sydoriak’s sister, glass of pickle or sauerkraut juice.” the pleasure.” Ukrainian folk medicine associates illness the late Anna Chopek, a pioneering woman Dr. Martha Bohachevsky-Chomiak, a his- The author wrote this over the course of with physical (body) or emotional (mind) two decades and by conducting almost 200 lawyer in Boston, also contributed her rec- torian and author, praised the author for disruption of the body’s inner balance or ollections to the book. her “highly nuanced picture of the accul- interviews and organizing them by illness. harmony. …The wide range of traditional By developing a treatment value factor for- “Ocean Between” is divided into six sec- turation of the immigrant communities. healing resources served the community’s tions: “1887-1900, Stories of Ukrainian She does it with grace and wit and the mula, Dr. Mucz was able to identify the health needs effectively in the early days of most widely used healing practices and Childhoods for an American Daughter”; book reads very well. But the author pro- settlement and also continued to be used “1901-1914, Courtship, Marriage and vides such telling detail that I will use this compile them in one volume. well after doctors and hospitals became Dr. Mucz is a Ukrainian Canadian who was Separation”;“1914-1929, Boston, book as an introduction to the study of the more widely available.” born in the Halychyna region in western America”; “1929-1934, The Bitter Years”; immigrant experience in the United States.” Describing healing methods such as Ukraine and as a child came to Canada after “1935-1936, Nobodies and Somebodies”; The author, Mrs. Sydoriak, was born in ointments, plasters, decoctions and tonics, World War II with his parents as displaced and an epilogue that brings readers up to 1926 to Ukrainian immigrants in Boston. Dr. Mucz details the treatments used by persons. Having grown up in Winnipeg, he date about the lives of the Chopek family She studied physics at Northeastern and Ukrainian settlers. went to school and received his B.S. in bota- members. Yale universities before moving in 1948 For example, in order to cure an illness ny and zoology from the University of Tania Casselle, author of “Insider’s with her husband to Los Alamos, N.M., such as inflamed tonsils (tonsillitis), home Manitoba. He then received his Ph.D. in Guide to Albuquerque,” called Mrs. where she translated Russian, German and remedies included: “drinking: a cup of con- plant ecology at the University of Alberta. Sydoriak’s work “a beautiful story of an French scientific papers. centrated mullein-leaf tea, a cup of warm He is currently a professor of biology at immigrant family seeking the American She is the author of a book of poetry or hot milk containing 1 tbsp. unsalted but- the University of Alberta Augustana cam- Dream while still yearning for their titled “Inside Passage.” In recognition of ter or goose fat, a shot glass (adult) or a few pus. His research interests include ethno- Ukrainian roots.” She notes: “I was deeply her service to Los Alamos, in 2011 Mrs. tbsp. (child) of alcohol, warm or hot milk botany and herbal medicine. moved by these characters – materially Sydoriak was named a “Los Alamos Living with 1-4 tsp. unsalted butter or goose fat This book is available online at www. poor, but rich in grit, love, and loyalty. Treasure.” plus crushed garlic, juice from 1 lemon uap.ualberta.ca or on Amazon.

and impromptu city tours. ularly those whose teams were approach- ​​Speaking earlier in July, Markiyan As Euro 2012 comes... Dmytro Vasylev, the founder of the ing the final. Before Italy’s 2-1 defeat of Lubkivsky, Ukraine’s tournament director, Friendly Ukraine initiative, says the project Germany in the June 28 semifinal, even praised Ukrainians for their hospitality (Continued from page 1) helped alleviate fears among ordinary German Chancellor Angela Merkel – a during the three-week championship, hap- atmosphere, but still has a way to go in Ukrainians that the government, in its staunch critic of Ukrainian President pily calling it “the biggest surprise of the terms of basic organization and infrastruc- ham-fisted response to the pricing and rac- Viktor Yanukovych – suggested she would tournament.” ture. ism scandals, would squander what was travel to Kyiv for the final. Sid Lowe, who has followed the Spanish “On the one hand, I would say that in meant to be a golden opportunity for the Still, many Tymoshenko supporters see national team for Britain’s The Guardian terms of the stadiums and the general post-Soviet country. the tournament as a largely wasted oppor- newspaper, says Ukrainian fans in Donetsk experience of Ukraine as a destination for a “Many people who came here, they real- tunity to bring the Yanukovych regime to surprised him as well with their generous football tournament, I thought they did a ized that it’s much better than they account for its crackdown on the opposi- support of visiting teams – a sentiment fantastic job. And I think a lot of people had thought and than what was presented in tion and allegations of rampant corruption that served them well at the Spain-Italy a very good time,” Mr. Walker says. the international media. And we had good ahead of the games. final. “But I thought it slightly unfortunate stories from our volunteers. They had a lot “Euro 2012 was an important chance “I’ve seen no sign of any kind of trouble. that a little bit more in terms of informa- of fun. They helped around 1,000 people in for Ukraine to become closer to Europe, The fans here have clearly really enjoyed tional and logistical preparations hadn’t different cities, including Dnipropetrovsk but unfortunately the chance was used the games I’ve been to. One of the things been done. Because I think if they had, we and Odesa,” Mr. Vasylev says. with absolutely low efficiency,” said that’s very striking for me, as someone could have seen three or four more times “I think it was a great initiative for many Hryhoriy Nemyria, the deputy chairman of who covers Spain, is to see the stadium as many people going.” Ukrainians to try to do something on a vol- Tymoshenko’s Batkivshchyna party. very nearly full. Not quite, but very nearly untary basis, just to realize the basic idea The Tymoshenko case will continue to full,” Mr. Lowe says. Unexpected silver lining that they don’t have to wait for [the state] dog European Union-Ukraine relations “The only one I’ve been at so far here [in The high price of accommodations to come up with ideas [about] what to do.” long after Euro 2012’s end, with her June Donetsk], which was Spain-France, the sta- remained one of the biggest turnoffs 27 appeal trial postponed until after the dium was full of Ukrainian fans, but all of Tymoshenko’s shadow throughout the tournament, despite efforts tournament. them were choosing to support one or the by officials to coax hotel operators down The tournament, to some degree, was other of the teams, and largely trying to Embracing the tournament from rates that soared above $1,000 a overshadowed by the case of jailed former support Spain. So lots and lots of Ukrainian night. Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, whose But President Yanukovych, who was due fans really embracing the Spanish national But the price gouging had an unexpect- conviction and prison conditions had to hold a press conference next week dur- team – wearing Spain shirts, carrying ed consequence, prompting hundreds of prompted many European officials to call ing the second week of July, is expected to Spain flags. Really trying to enjoy it.” Ukrainians to offer their homes up for free for a boycott of the Ukraine-based matches. echo earlier sentiments from Ukrainian as part of a grassroots, online initiative that But by the end of the tournament, many city and sports officials in pronouncing Maryana Drach of RFE/RL’s Ukrainian included volunteer translation services of the officials softened their stance, partic- Euro 2012 an unqualified success. Service contributed to this report. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 No. 29 Ukrainian muralists storm Baltimore’s art scene by Andrij W. Chornodolsky What a wonderful surprise it was to see the prominently displayed artwork of BALTIMORE – Anyone who has traveled someone we have known ever since she abroad will agree that one of the most was a toddler. memorable experiences of a trip is to Ms. Hayuk’s studio is located in bump, quite unexpectedly, into someone Brooklyn. She was recently selected to you know. That is what happened to my open an art campaign sponsored by the wife, Luba, and me while we were vacation- mayor and city of Baltimore, and specifical- ing in Nassau, Bahamas. ly by the Station North Arts and We saw a giant, colorful mural on the Entertainment District. She painted the side of a large building at a prominent first of the 22 murals as part of the Open intersection of the city. The spectrum of Walls Baltimore project, where muralists rainbow hues in the bold, eye-catching from the U.S., Argentina, Canada, Italy, design drew us in to examine the painting Portugal, South Africa and Ukraine were more closely. After taking the obligatory represented. souvenir photos, we searched for the name Ms. Hayuk’s geometric and psychedelic of the artist. And there, in the lower right- wall across from the Charles Theater can hand corner in clear confident letters, was easily be seen from a block away by any none other than our very own Maya Hayuk, train traveler exiting Penn Station. The Baltimore-born and well-known to our 240-by-55-foot mural is a work in progress Maya Hayuk’s mural for the Open Walls Baltimore project. Ukrainian community there. at 70 percent completion, as the work was delayed by cold, rainy weather. inspiration she derives from Ukrainian Because of the sheer size of Ms. Hayuk’s embroidery designs, pysanky and mural, she invited fellow Ukrainian and Trypillian art. muralist Nick Kuszyk to assist her for sev- Open Walls Baltimore also invited two eral days, especially with the design execu- internationally recognized muralists direct- tion at the higher elevations. Mr. Kuszyk is ly from Ukraine, adding to the city’s cultur- also a highly regarded artist and resides in al landscape. Hailing from Kyiv, Oleksiy Oakland, Calif. Formerly of Vienna, Va., he Bordusiv and Volodymyr Manzhos form an has cooperated with Ms. Hayuk on several artistic team known as “Interesni Kazky.” other mural projects around the U.S. The two painted an interpretation of a fairy Since we know Ms. Hayuk personally, we tale, using magic realism to entice viewers take great pride that she has painted one of into their world at Maryland and North her famous murals in her hometown, in avenues. addition to the ones in Brazil, Chile, China The City Paper in Baltimore devoted and, of course, the Bahamas. Whenever Ms. several pages to the project in the May 9-16 Hayuk is interviewed by the media, she edition, including photos and a map show- always mentions the formative years in ing the locations of the 22 murals (www. Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization and citypaper.com). For more information on the influence of her Ukrainian heritage – Open Walls Baltimore, readers may visit The artist’s signature on her artwork. her parents, Hlib and Zoya, and the creative http://openwallsbaltimore.com. No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 11 Julian Kytasty performs in “Nights in Banduristan” by Ihor Slabicky Returning to the closing verses, Mr. for the Virlana Tkacz-produced play of the With Mr. Alpert switching to fiddle, the Kytasty sang about why that one horse was same name. Mr. Kytasty began this improvi- duo performed an improvisational piece, NEW YORK – Billed as “Nights in so restless – he was anticipating the adven- sational solo work with an Appalachian “Hanya,” titled in honor of Hanya Krill, the Banduristan”, the Friday, June 1, concert at ture of the road ahead. melody and kept exploring new themes, event program director of The Ukrainian The Ukrainian Museum featured Julian Listening to these solos, watching them reflecting the reverie and mystical feel of the Museum. They then segued into a medley Kytasty in a mostly solo setting, playing develop, be explored, fade away, and then play based on the poem by Oleh Lysheha. of lively Bukovinian fiddle tunes that had some of his favorite musical instruments. reprised was simply mesmerizing. This He was then joined by Mr. Alpert, his long- the audience tapping along. Joining him on selected pieces were fel- performance showed why Julian Kytasty is time partner in their exploration of “Night Returning to the solo performer status, low musicians who have been instrumental inimitable. Songs from a Neighboring Village.” They per- Mr. Kytasty played “The Turkish Brother,” a in his musical offerings over the years. These The bandura that he played is a one-of- formed “Flying South.” The combination of sad tale of a woman sold into slavery and included Roman Turovsky on tourban, a-kind prototype instrument. With 34 Mr. Alpert on acoustic guitar and Mr. Kytasty her two brothers, one who went west and Michael Alpert on acoustic guitar and fiddle, strings and individual tuning mechanisms, on bandura provided the right feel for the one who went east to Turkey. The song and Aleksander Maksymiv on electric guitar. it adapts the stringing pattern of the text by contemporary Ukrainian poet Attila Walking out to welcoming applause, Mr. Honcharenko brothers 1946 Ingolstadt Mohilny set to music by Mr. Kytasty. (Continued on page 15) Kytasty sat down, picked up his bandura, design to Prof. Herasymenko’s own ideas the 29-string Bondarivna, and played a on construction. wonderful “Prelude.” This bandura was For his next piece, Mr. Kytasty played a originally built by Josyp Snizhnyj, a profes- Kobzarska bandura made in 2000 by Mykola sional bandurist in Kyiv in the early 20th Budnyk of Kyiv. This 21-string instrument is a century who later taught bandura groups close copy of the instrument played by in Harbin, Manchuria and Buenos Aires. Heorhij Tkachenko, which was itself modeled After Snizhnyj’s death in the mid 1960s, it on the Nedbaylo bandura of 1740. was rebuilt as a Kharkiv-style instrument Mr. Kytasty performed “Oleksiy the by Antin Chorny. Hermit,” a poignant piece about a man who With the performer switching to a pro- was made to marry by his father. Instead of totype Kharkiv-style bandura made in staying with his wife and family, he wan- 1990 by Vasyl Herasymenko of Lviv, “Three ders in the desert for seven years. One day, Horses” started off with Kytasty fingering a a hermit shows up at their door and stays two-note theme that reflected the mood of with them. When the hermit dies, his “zhyt- the pensive horses that the song is about. iye” reveals that he was the son and hus- After singing a few verses, he proceeded band who had gone away years before. into a delightful solo, sang another verse, Mr. Turovsky joined Mr. Kytasty for “Oy, and began a second solo. Poydu Ya v Sad Pohulyayu.” Based on a Abandoning the two-note theme, Julian 17th century theme, Mr. Kytasty played a Kytasty quickly built up the tension of the Susato six-hole whistle, fingering it like a horse that would not eat, the pacing, the traditional sopilka. This contrasted won- readiness. This solo faded away, and he derfully with the mellow tones of Mr. started a second theme with an image of Turovsky’s tourban on this allegorical song the horse galloping, his hoof beats echoing about young birds pleading for their moth- Ihor Slabicky across the wide steppes, the wind blowing er not to be taken from them. Bandurist Julian Kytasty with his “wooden” friends during the “Nights in through his mane. “Raven” was a piece originally developed Banduristan” concert on June 1 at The Ukrainian Museum in New York City.

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Weekly rate overnight stay $450 Daily commuter for the week $250 42nd annual sports camp run by the Ukrainian Athletic- Educational Association “Chornomorska Sitch” for chil- dren ages 6-17. This camp will focus on soccer, tennis, volleyball and swimming, and is perfect for any sports enthusiast. Please contact Marika Bokalo at (908) 851-0617, or e-mail [email protected] for application and additional information.

$1,050 UNA member • $1,100 non-UNA member Directed by Ania Bohachevsky-Lonkevych (daughter of Roma Pryma Bohachevsky), this camp is for ages 8-16, and offers expert instruction for beginning, intermediate and advanced students. Room, board, 24-hour supervi- sion, expert lessons and loads of fun are included. Each camp ends with a grand recital. Attendance will be limited to 60 students 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 No. 29

Yurii Lutsenko and has ordered that Mr. cannot be signed for a number of legal rea- mitted by two deputies representing the NEWSBRIEFS Lutsenko be paid 15,000 euros ($19,000 sons. “It is contrary to Article 10 of the Party of Regions, Serhii Kivalov and Vadym U.S.) in damages. The court in Strasbourg, Constitution, contrary to the European Kolesnichenko. The bill considerably (Continued from page 2) France, ruled on July 3 that Ukrainian Charter for Regional and Minority restricts the use of the Ukrainian language. [Organization for Security and Cooperation authorities arbitrarily arrested and Languages, contrary to the European Patriarch Sviatoslav compared the native in Europe] and PACE [Parliamentary detained Mr. Lutsenko, an ally of jailed for- Framework Convention for the Protection language to the Church, which was also pro- Assembly of the Council of Europe] – they mer Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. In of National Minorities,” Mr. Holovaty noted. hibited and humiliated. “By virtue of circum- look at procedure. For them, democracy is February Mr. Lutsenko was sentenced to He also pointed out that, from the political stances, our language was always restricted, procedure. If they see that everything is four years in prison on charges of embez- point of view, “the law itself and what has prohibited and humiliated as was the Church. They sought to rob us of the pre- okay at the polling stations, they will say, zlement and abuse of office. He spent more happened in Parliament is aimed at split- cious gift of faith, which is passed on by yes, there have been problems during the than a year in pretrial detention. The ting Ukrainian society; it threatens the ter- European Court said Ukraine had given “no means of its culture and language. This campaign, perhaps there have been some ritorial integrity of the future, so in the valid reasons” for Mr. Lutsenko’s detention, week, we will ask the Lord God that our facts, but in general everything complies strategic aspect it threatens the statehood had not duly informed him of the reasons Parliament should not by any means pass with standards,” said Oleksander of Ukraine.” The duty of the president as for his detention, and had failed to properly the law against the Ukrainian language,” Chernenko, head of the CVU. (Ukrinform) the guarantor of state sovereignty and ter- review the lawfulness of his detention. No ritorial integrity is to veto the law, he said. said the Head of UGCC during his sermon on Yushchenko greets Yanukovych on birthday comment from Ukrainian officials was (Ukrinform) July 1 in the Cathedral of the Resurrection of available. (RFE/RL, with reporting by DPA) Christ in Kyiv. “Let us ask the Lord God that KYIV – Former President Viktor PGO on Tymoshenko, Lazarenko, Kuchma we should never be people of the second Yushchenko on July 9 wished President Commission to advise against language law class in our native land, that we should be Viktor Yanukovych a happy birthday and KYIV – The Procurator General’s Office KYIV – Serhiy Holovaty, a national depu- (PGO) of Ukraine has direct evidence of the able to develop fully our language and cul- bid him the best of luck in his ongoing ture, and be worthy of the heritage for ty of the Party of Regions of Ukraine (PRU) involvement of former Prime Ministers Yulia duties as head of state. “Viktor Fedorovych, which all the saints of the Ukrainian nation and chairman of the Subcommittee on the Tymoshenko and Pavlo Lazarenko, as well you are a man elected by millions of suffered,” stressed Patriarch Sviatoslav. Constitution of Ukraine, will convene a as former President Leonid Kuchma in mur- Ukrainians to be their leader, and you hold (Religious Information Service of Ukraine) meeting of the Commission on ders, First Deputy Procurator General Renat a great honor in representing Ukraine. I Strengthening Democracy and the Rule of Kuzmin said in a July 3 interview with The hope your sacred mission in solidifying Ukrainian team wins Imagine Cup Law to recommend that President Viktor Kyiv Times. Now prosecutors are working to Ukrainian sovereignty succeeds, as this is SYDNEY – After five days in Australia, a Yanukovych prevent the law on state lan- gather sufficient evidence to charge them, your most important task,” said Mr. pair of gloves that translate sign language guage policy from taking effect. Mr. Mr. Kuzmin said. He also made a tough com- Yushchenko’s statement. Others greeting to speech has won the Imagine Cup of Holovaty, who co-chairs the commission, ment on the position of some Ukrainian and the president of Ukraine on his birthday 2012. Sydney was the setting for the finals said this in a Radio Liberty interview, European politicians regarding the included Russian President Vladimir Putin of Microsoft’s 2012 Imagine Cup student which was made public on July 6. “Next Tymoshenko case. She is a special case in and Belarusian President Alyaksandr technology competition in early July. At the week we are calling a meeting of the terms of ethics and very simple in terms of Lukashenka. (Ukrayinska Pravda) end of the five-day competition, team quad- Commission on Strengthening Democracy the law, Mr. Kuzmin said, adding that Ms. Squad from Ukraine walked away with the and the Rule of Law as a consultative body Tymoshenko is a criminal, a fact that was European Court: Lutsenko detention illegal cup and $25,000 in prize money. The to the president in order to recommend established by two courts, and thus she is theme for this year, and the three previous STRASBOURG – The European Court of that the president veto the law if it comes serving a sentence of seven years in prison. years as well, was “imagine a world where Human Rights (ECHR) has found the to him, signed by any chairman of the Guilt or innocence is determined by the technology helps solve the toughest prob- Ukrainian authorities guilty of unlawfully Verkhovna Rada – it does not matter,” Mr. court, not the opposition – the court decided detaining former Internal Affairs Minister Holovaty said. According to him, the law lems.” The competition attracted a variety that she is a criminal, so it is necessary to of entries, from applications to improve the agree with this, the deputy procurator gen- quality of life for the disabled to reconnais- eral underlined. (Ukrinform) sance flying vehicles for emergencies, and Patriarch prayed for Ukrainian language at least a couple of cloud-based medical devices. Users of non-Microsoft technology TO PLACE YOUR AD CALL Walter Honcharyk (973) 292-9800 x3040 KYIV – The Information Department of need not apply, as competition sections or e-mail [email protected] the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church were based on use of Microsoft’s Kinect, (UGCC) reported on July 2 that Patriarch Windows Phone, Windows Azure and Sviatoslav Shevchuk will pray to God that Metro styling, and game design for SERVICES PROFESSIONALS the Verkhovna Rada does not pass the bill Microsoft’s Xbox and Windows Phone plat- “On principles of state language policy” sub- forms. (TechRepublic)

The patriarch’s surname is Shevchuk. Patriarch... Back then he would have been obliged to report regularly to the police, might even (Continued from page 6) have been jailed. Indeed, the remaining a marker and statue were placed near records of the Office of Internment Castle Mountain, complemented in June Operations list “enemy aliens” with similar surnames, men confined at Spirit Lake, 1996 with interpretive panels at Cave and Quebec; Mara Lake, British Columbia; Basin. Kapuskasing, Ontario; and, in one case, ОКСАНА СТАНЬКО Yet it was not until May 9, 2008, that rec- internee No. 239, even at Castle Mountain. Ліцензований продавець ognition and restitution were secured No wonder the patriarch told Parks Canada Страхування Життя when Jason Kenney, representing the officials that what happened in Banff is as OKSANA STANKO Government of Canada, signed a settlement much a part of Ukraine’s history as it is of Licensed Life Insurance Agent agreement at Stanley Barracks in Toronto, Ukrainian National Assn., Inc. Canada’s. establishing the Canadian First World War When the Cave and Basin pavilion 32 Peachtree Rd. Internment Recognition Fund. Additional opens, the patriarch intends to be with us. I Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 resources were set aside for the develop- am sure he will reflect on the experience of Tel.: 908-872-2192; email: [email protected] ment of a permanent exhibit, scheduled to the first Ukrainian Greek-Catholic bishop, open at Cave and Basin on June 20, 2013 – Nykyta Budka. 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No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 13 Wladimir Klitschko retains heavyweight belts by Ihor N. Stelmach Klitschko began to do damage in the fifth, landing a long, straight right, leaving Wladimir Klitschko held on to his WBA, Thompson struggling on the ropes as the IBF and WBO world heavyweight titles bell sounded. when he stopped challenger Tony The end came in the sixth and final Thompson in the sixth round on July 7. The round, with Thompson caught in a corner 36-year-old Ukrainian, now boasting a of the ring and Klitschko landing several record of 58-3 with 51 knockouts, punches to the head. Though no single slammed Thompson with a big right hand blow appeared to cause serious damage, toward the end of the fifth round at Stade the combination of blows was enough to de Suisse, an outdoor soccer stadium in stop the fight. Berne, Switzerland. The outcome was of little surprise as the Klitschko floored Thompson again in the bigger Klitschko, a massive favorite, won a sixth round and referee Sam Williams gave rematch mandated because of Thompson’s the challenger a standing count before end- victory against journeyman Maurice Harris ing the bout at 2:56 of the round. over a year ago. Thompson, the mandatory challenger Klitschko had his way, thoroughly domi- nominated by the IBF, fell to 36-3. He had nating the fight, adding still another chap- already lost to Klitschko once before – an ter to his growing legacy. The losing 11th round stoppage in 2008. 40-year-old Thompson received a big pay- After a cagey first round, Klitschko klitschko.com day golden parachute. Though fairly busy Wladimir Klitschko lands a solid jab square against Tony Thompson of the U.S. on twice wrestled Thompson to the floor in a with his punches, he barely landed any. The July 7 at Stade de Suisse in Berne, Switzerland. testier second frame. Thompson briefly few he did land had very little strength deviated from his cautious approach in behind them. heavyweight of his era and is a future Hall defenses, record, time of reign – every vital the third, landing a left hand to the cham- Klitschko earned the 12th title defense of Famer. category. In championship fights he is 19-2 pion’s face. (10th knockout) of his second reign and Among statistical comparisons of the (16 knockouts). Following a non-eventful fourth round, showed once again he is the best heavy- top heavyweights in boxing history, People in Klitschko’s inner circle believe weight on earth. There is little left for Wladimir Klitschko ranks right at the top he is still getting better, even after every- Ihor N. Stelmach, The Ukrainian Weekly’s Wladimir to accomplish – he has been the with legends like Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, thing he has accomplished in his storied sports correspondent, is based in South top amateur in the world, won an Olympic Jack Dempsey and Larry Holmes. Klitschko career. For future challengers, that is some- Windsor, Conn. gold medal, has been the best professional is near the top of knockout percentage, title thing to ponder.

Vitali in the eye area. Klitschko was ahead tive bouts in the United States. Since on the scorecards in both fights. returning to the ring over three years ago, The Klitschko phenomenon The younger Wladimir totals more the older brother has had only one fight Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko can claim great agility despite their imposing heights. career fights, with a record of 58 wins (51 stateside. The heavyweight champion ownership of all the world’s heavyweight Vitali quickly earned fame as a six-time knockouts) and three losses. His first set- destroyed then unbeaten heavyweight boxing titles. world-champion kick-boxer before trying back was in his 25th fight, a loss to journey- contender Chris Arreola in 10 rounds at Both men hold doctorates in sports sci- professional boxing. Wladimir gained fame man Ross Puritty. He then suffered an Los Angeles’ Staple Center in September ence, are advocates for UNESCO and found- at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, upset loss in March 2003, getting knocked 2009. ers of several charitable/developmental knocking out his opponent in the first out by Corrie Sanders. His third loss was in When Vitali and Wladimir fight in organizations, speak four languages round and winning a gold medal. 2004, when Lamon Brewster’s punches Europe (usually in Germany), it is quite (Ukrainian, Russian, German, English) flu- forced him into a standing eight count and common their battles draw standing- Doctors Ironfist and Steelhammer ently and are avid chess players. the referee stopped the fight. room-only crowds. In the United States, For elder brother Vitali, a father of three, Vitali stands at 6-foot-7½ with a reach Some boxing pundits have been critical their popularity continues to wane. one must add Kyiv mayoral candidate, dep- of 80 inches while Wladimir is 6-foot-6½ of the Klitschko brothers, faulting them for Vitali always enjoys his visits to the U.S., uty of the Kyiv City Council and Ukrainian with a reach of 81 inches. After repeatedly being too robotic in their boxing approach. whether for business or pleasure. He has delegate to the Council of Europe. pounding the competition with their tre- Instead of fighting their opponents, the two no plans to retire from boxing without Though considered sports and cultural mendous hitting power, the brothers big Ukrainian heavyweights dissect them. performing in front of an American crowd icons in Europe, they are mostly unknown earned their uniquely appropriate ring Wladimir has a bit of a reputation as having at least one more time. In February 2012 and ignored in the United States. aliases: “Dr. Ironfist” (Vitali) and “Dr. wobbly legs. Most of these critics come he was quoted on Boxingscene.com as say- Education was a top priority in the Steelhammer” (Wladimir). from the U.S. ing: “I will be happy to fight again in the Klitschkos’ military family; their father was Vitali’s current professional record Other experts and loyal Klitschko fans United States, maybe once again in a senior officer in the Soviet air force and boasts 44 wins (40 knockouts) with only rank Vitali and Wladimir among the sport’s Madison Square Garden.” Klitschko had their mother was a teacher. Vitali was born two losses. He owns the highest knockout all-time greats and may purposely down- scored a second-round knockout of Kirk in Kyrgyzstan in 1971, while Wladimir, five percentage (87 percent) of any heavy- play the Ukrainians’ successes due to the Johnson at the Garden in December 2003. years younger, in Kazakhstan in 1976. The weight boxing champion in overall bouts. lack of American domination of the division. The victory over Johnson happened Klitschkos settled in Ukraine in 1985. Both of his defeats were due to fights The brothers’ cerebral approach to box- only six months after his brave showing in The two boys began boxing in their early stopped because of injuries: the first in ing compares to that in the sport of chess: a loss to Lennox Lewis, which came on teens as a hobby and to travel around 2000, when he suffered major damage to develop a strategy and anticipate your short notice at the Staples Center. Lewis Europe. Their natural talents were soon his shoulder in a match with Chris Byrd; opponent’s next moves. never stepped into the ring again, retiring noticed by trainers, as the boys displayed the second in 2003 when Lennox Lewis cut Social commitment eight months later. Klitschko maintained positive momentum with his next fight The Ukrainian brothers continue their after Lewis, an eighth round stop of Danny dedicated commitment to charitable activi- Williams in Las Vegas in December 2004. ties. Since 2002 they’ve diligently worked At age 40 it is rare for a boxer to keep for the United Nations Educational Scientific on entering the ring. For those few who do, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), which it would be normal protocol to simply supports over 180 projects in 87 countries. coast for the rest of their career. Instead, The two established the fund Sport: The XXI Vitali continues to seek out the biggest Century to support young men and women challenges. This passion is certainly recog- in sports, winning humanitarian awards for nized by his fans around the world, includ- their “Fight for Peace” and “Sport for Good” ing those in the U.S. who constantly harp projects in 2002 and 2007. on the demise of the heavyweight division Vitali is very much involved in Ukrainian when compared to past generations. politics, to the point of forming his own Queried about a possible American-soil political party, he’s expressed serious inter- bout, Klitschko told boxingscene.com: “... est in running for the mayoral post in Kyiv. it’s great to fight here and I will be happy Wladimir has appeared in a movie (“Ocean’s to do that. But for that, we need one Eleven”) and loves to kite-surf and golf. important thing – a good American chal- A last fight stateside lenger.”

klitschko.com At the peak of his popularity in 2003- Ihor Stelmach may be reached at Vitali Klitschko (left) with brother Wladimir and boxing coach Manny Steward. 2004, Vitali Klitschko fought four consecu- [email protected]. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 No. 29

Soccer organization plans to implement goal-line Sabina Sharipova of Uzbekistan 6-3, 6-2; Alexandr Dolgopolov 7-6, 4-6, 6-7, 6-3- 3-6 technology as “soon as possible.” and in the semifinal, Svitolina defeated in the first round of men’s singles and After years of international wrangling Francoise Abanda of Canada 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. advanced to the second round to face over technology that could allow goals to be The Football Federation of Ukraine Ukraine also fielded some girls’ doubles Tommy Haas (Germany). In women’s sin- decided• by more than just a referee’s judg- Referees Committee has taken a range of players. Viktoriya Lushkova of Ukraine and gles, in the first round, Kateryna ment – and following the admitted referee- important• decisions at its meeting on June Petra Uberalova of Slovakia defeated Mayar Bondarenko lost to Yung-Jan Chan of Taipei ing mistake that denied Ukraine a goal 27. The members approved a list of referees, Sherif of Egypt and Aldila Sutjiadi of 1-6, 6-7 (8-10); Lesia Tsurenko lost to Klara against England in the Euro 2012 soccer assistants and inspectors for the Premier Indonesia 4-6, 6-3, 10-8; Emily Fanning of Zakoplova of the Czech Republic 2-6, 1-6. tournament – the governing body of world League, and the First and Second leagues for New Zealand and Oleksandra Korashvili of The contest was held on May 22-June 10 in soccer (FIFA) has overcome its aversion to the first half of 2012-2013. Also, they Ukraine defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovch of Paris. the idea and will allow the new technology announced decisions in relation to the disci- Belarus and Donna Vekic of Croatia 6-4, 3-6, to be used at the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup, plinary proceedings against referees Yuriy 10-8; and Daria Gavrilova of Russia and Olympics the 2013 Confederation Cup and the 2014 Vaks and Victor Shvetsov. Vaks is suspended Elina Svitolina defeated Laura Pigossi of Jacques Rogge, president of the World Cup, it announced on July 5. The for 12 Premier League games for the mis- Brazil and Marcela Zacarias of Mexico 3-6, International Olympic Committee, met with International Football Board, which admin- takes during last term’s Shakhtar-Dynamo 6-3, 10-6. Lushkova-Uberalova were elimi- the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of isters the sports laws, decided to allow goal- match, while Shvetsov is suspended until nated in the second round by Eugenie Ukraine on July 1 at the newly opened line technology after a vote at FIFA’s head- July 31. Bouchard and Taylor Townsend of the U.S.A. Ukrainian Olympic House in Kyiv – home of quarters in Zurich, Switzerland, according to 1-6, 4-6; Fanning-Korashvili were eliminat- the Olympic Committee of Ukraine. “This is a story by Agence France-Presse. The deci- Tennis ed by Belinda Bencic of Switzerland and Ana my fifth visit to Ukraine and third visit as sion means that organizations such as UEFA During the Wimbledon tennis tourna- Konjuh of Croatia 1-6, 4-6; and Gavrilova- IOC president,” noted Mr. Rogge. “I’ve been a (Union of European Football Associations), ment on June 25-July 8, in the men’s singles Svitolina defeated Olga Doroshina of Russia witness to different phases of development CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central division,• Alexandr Dolgopolov lost to Benoit and Katerina Sinakova of the Czech Republic of the Olympic movement in Ukraine. But American and Caribbean Association of Paire of France in the second round 6-7 6-2, 7-6. In the girls’ doubles quarterfinals, every visit was a pleasure. I already had an Football) and CONMEBOL (Confederación (2-7), 4-6, 4-6; in the first round he defeated Gavrilova-Svitolina defeated Indy De Vroom opportunity to feel the atmosphere of Kyiv Sudamericana de Fútbol, the South Alex Bogomolov Jr. of Russia 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. of the Netherlands and Anett Kontaveit of as the Euro 2012 host city and this is fantas- American Football Confederation) can intro- Sergiy Stakhovsky retired in the first round Estonia 6-4, 2-6, 10-8. In the semifinal, the tic. Ukraine has always played an important duce one of the following two systems into against Radek Stepanek of the Czech Russian-Ukrainian duo lost to Bencic- role in the International Olympic move- their games: Hawk-Eye, which is a high- Republic 1-6, 0-1. In the ladies’ division, Konjuh 7-5, 3-6, 1-6. In the boys’ doubles ment. Achievements of your athletes are speed camera that is linked to the referee’s Lesia Tsurenko lost to Mathilde Johansson competition, Anton Desyatnik of Russia and impressing as well as activities of your NOC. headset and provides immediate video for of France 6-3, 0-6, 3-6 in the first round. In Marat Deviatiarov of Ukraine defeated We will be happy to see your country’s bid goal review; and GoalRef, a German-based the girls’ division, Elina Svitolina lost to Karim Hossam of Egypt and Hassan to host the Winter Olympic Games in 2022,” technology that embeds a magnetic device Eugenie Bouchard of Canada in the final Ndayishimiye of BDI 7-5, 6-3; the Russian- he said. Sergey Bubka, NOC-Ukraine presi- inside the soccer ball and can determine match, 2-6, 2-6. Svitolina defeated Elke Ukrainian duo lost in the second round to dent, greeted guests at the Ukrainian instantly whether or not the ball completely Lemmens of Belgium 6-4, 6-1; in the second Evan Hoyt of Great Britain and Wayne Olympic House, recounting Ukraine’s 60 crossed the goal line. It’s unclear at this point round, Svitolina defeated Zuzanna Montgomery of the Republic of South Africa, years of experience of competing in the which of the two technologies will predomi- Maciejewska of Poland 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-2; in 7-5, 2-6, 4-10. Olympic Games and the 603 medals won in nate in tournaments to come, but the AFP the third round, Svitolina defeated Olympic events by Ukrainians. Guests then story quotes a very enthusiastic English Alexandra Kiick of the U.S. 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, In the French Open, known officially as toured the new building and met with Premier League spokesman who says the 6-2; in the quarterfinals, Svitolina defeated Roland Garros, Sergiy Stakhovsky defeated Olympic champions. • No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 15

Ukrainian heritage, we found some amaz- “Kilim” exhibit, the audience was musically Ukrainians... ing photographs shot by the Free Press in Julian Kytasty... greeted by a member of Black Square our library.” These include photos from Ensemble, first by Ms. Alexander on cello (Continued from page 7) (Continued from page 11) 1924, the war years, Holodomor com- and then by Mr. Maksymiv on electric gui- founded by Dr. Taras Babick. When he was memorations in 1983, early concerts and ends with an unexpected twist, when the tar, each playing his or her own improvisa- tion. younger, Mr. Richliwski had a conflict on the student hunger strike of 1974 in sup- “Turk” finds out that he has purchased his port of political prisoner Valentyn Moroz. Videographer Mr. Shraga created the Friday nights – Orlan practices or Jets own sister at the market. The day the newspaper came out, I had videos for the event. Taking elements from hockey games. “He got over it.” Electric guitarist Aleksander Maksymiv a phone call from George Smith, who told the two exhibits, he animated them, creat- Apropos of the Euro Cup in June, Denys joined Mr. Kytasty for the improvisational me how his grandfather had his name ing wonderfully fluid imagery that seam- Volkov wrote “Soccer brings world ‘home’ ” piece “The Glorious First of June.” The work changed involuntarily. He worked for the lessly transitioned from one to the next. from Kharkiv, his hometown. Volkov immi- featured at times completely atonal playing railroad, and the paymaster got tired of The music, by Mr. Kytasty and Black Square grated to Winnipeg in 2003 and went back which would then slowly dissolve into trying to figure out how to write down ensemble, enhanced the feeling of life that for the competitions. “No ideology or polit- beautiful melodic phrases, all the while pre- “Smishnyi” every week. So he declared, the images achieved. ical leader has changed the country more senting an ever shifting musical landscape. “From now on, you’re Smith.” “Kilim I: Ornaments” showcased a cohe- than UEFA Euro 2012 – one of the top soc- The evening’s program concluded with A few days later, another man called to sive composition for cello, bandura, electric cer events in the world… Millions of people Mr. Turovsky returning to the stage with his complain about who was not included in guitar and flute that accompanied the were proud and honored to have invited tourban. He and Mr. Kytasty, played “Teche the “Faces” section. I suggested that he Voda v Synie More,” (text by Taras video of seed growing into a plant, flower- hundreds of thousands of soccer fans into ing, the stems waving in the wind, all with write a letter to the editor, because the Shevchenko). With Mr. Turovsky’s intro- their country for the tournament, but they very lifelike motion. The imagery changed selection certainly was not mine. I hope he spective playing, the solos by Mr. Kytasty have to choose what they want next for to deer running and horse galloping across writes. He was upset that Walter Klymkiw, reflected the themes of the poem: questions their young and fragile democracy.” the field of a kilim. Walter Bohonos, William Solomon, con- about what life is about and where one Humor columnist Doug Spiers tackled In “Construction I,” Mr. Maksymiv pro- ductors of major Ukrainian choirs, and should be going. Prolonged applause fol- the extremely crucial and controversial vided a solo guitar work to the different Cecil Semchyshyn, very active in the lowed, indicating the audience’s supreme subject “I say kubasa, you say kielbasa….” Ukrainian arts community and producer of shapes, yellow, purple, white, green, bump- about the many versions of spelling “kov- satisfaction with the performances. ing into each other, the music following and 20 shows at Canada’s National Ukrainian This concert concluded the sixth season basa” and “perogies.” “It’s one of those bit- complementing the motion of the shapes. Festival in Dauphin were not included. of concerts at The Ukrainian Museum. terly divisive debates that can result in With a snowy background and a flute Even the long-time award-winning editori- Support for this concert was provided by newspaper editors beating each other introduction, Mr. Kytasty began reciting al cartoonist for the Free Press, Peter Kuch, the Center for Traditional Music and Dance senseless with their abridged dictionar- “Zoze,” accompanying himself on his ban- was not on the list. Oseredok – the and its Ukrainian Wave Community Cultural ies.” He was directed to me by someone at dura, and then being joined by the rest of Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Center, Initiative, by the New York bandura the University of Manitoba, and we had a the ensemble. The text to this piece comes the Olexander Koshetz Choir and other Ensemble, the New York State Council on very long conversation on transliteration from Edvard Strikha: somewhat ‘nonsensi- organizations were not covered. the Arts and The Ukrainian Museum. and mistransliteration, and pronunciation cal’ phrases that sounded like words that After the feature appeared, the letters to Audiences are no doubt looking forward to and alphabets (Cyrillic and Roman). had been cut apart, scattered, and spoken the editor and comments online both the start of the seventh season in September. as each individual fragment was picked up. This writer wrote “What was that name praised the effort, and chided the journal- again?” about Ukrainian surnames and the “Kilims and Constructions” Adding to the constructivist feeling, Julian ists for omitting prominent names and sto- Kytasty’s spoken words were not synched voluntary and involuntary changes they Earlier this year, on Saturday, March 31, ries. As one editor said, “It had to be an to the words on the screen, and the music have undergone in Canada. Factors includ- overview; we could not include all the peo- Mr. Kytasty arranged the multimedia event, ed desire to assimilate, discrimination not quite synched to either. ple we wanted.” Under the Letters to the titled “Kilims and Constructions.” The video for “Kilim II: Counting against “non-Anglo” names, forced name editor heading “Can’t please ‘em all,” Accompanying him was the Black Threads” began with panned close-ups of changes by officials and agents, and the Andriy Michalchyshyn wrote (tongue-in- Square Ensemble: choreographer and kilim designs. With the ensemble providing problems of transliteration and transla- cheek): “Re: Our City Our World (June 23). dancer Inka Juslin, composer and guitarist a musical background, Ms. Juslin entered to tion. But my example of “IBAHKO” and its Please never again feature a list honoring Aleksander Maksymiv, cellist Collette dance movements reflecting the moving many versions in English got mangled into great Manitobans of Ukrainian descent. Alexander, and flutist and sound artist designs. The second part of this work was “Ibahno” because the diligent Free Press You surely have ruined a great many fami- Solomiya Moroz. Providing the visual com- kaleidoscopic kilim samples, creating pat- copy editors corrected the upper case (and ly dinners, including that of my own kin. ponent was videographer Mikhail Shraga. terns that could appear in embroideries, Cyrillic did not work on their system). Next time, please acquire a list of all The program reflected an interaction of pysanky, kilims – showing just how easily The main feature of this special issue Manitobans of Ukrainian descent and print the two exhibits then on view at The and readily these elaborate design ele- was the three-page “Faces of our a special edition honoring each and every Ukrainian Museum: the traditional kilim ments, so readily recognizable as Ukrainian, Ukrainian community,” with short para- one. It’s the only way you’ll make every weavings of “Ukrainian Kilims: Journey of a can easily transfer themselves from one graphs and selected photos of 76 promi- Ukrainian happy. This, by the way, is not an Heritage” and the avant-garde art of “Borys medium to another. nent Ukrainians over more than a century. easy thing to do.” Kosarev: Modernist Kharkiv, 1915-1931.” Then came presentation of “On White,” Included were artists, musicians, perform- Overall, the Ukrainian “Our City, Our The evening started in the upper gallery, “Auto-portret,” “Music for Theater” and ers, politicians, writers, sports people, World” issue of the Winnipeg Free Press where the audience had gathered to enjoy “Construction 2,” visual continuity of the educators, inventors, scientists, business- informed entertained, and intrigued read- the works of Borys Kosarev and Mr. earlier piece. people, doctors, judges, religious leaders ers. The discussion continues, as do com- Kytasty’s solo bandura improvisation set The performance ended with “Black and others. This is the section that is still mentaries following each article. These an appropriate mood. After introductory Square Kilim.” Mr. Kytasty recited the text being discussed within the community – appear on the Winnipeg Free Press web- remarks by Mr. Kytasty, flutist Ms. Moroz by Volodymyr Svidzinsky: “it is cold and about who was included and why and who site at http://www.winnipegfreepress. played a free composition. Ms. Juslin’s cho- silent...,” with Mr. Maksymiv on guitar pro- was left out. com/special/ourcityourworld/ukraine/, reography provided an expressive move- viding the music. Horses, flowers, figures, An extra treat was an online slideshow as well as http://www.winnipegfreepress. ment synched to the improvisation. As Ms. deer and rhomboids filled the screen, with of archival photographs from the com/local/keeping-ukrainian-in-the-class- Moroz finished her piece, Ms. Juslin’s dance a black square growing in the middle as the Winnipeg Free Press titled, “Winnipeg’s room-160104645.html and http://www. changed to one of a grand beckoning, ensemble joined the soloist. Ms. Juslin Ukrainian heritage.” The text read: “While winnipegfreepress.com/multimedia/pov/ drawing the attendees from the gallery and joined in; her hands and choreography we were doing research for our FYI Our WinnipegsUkrainianheritage-160063855. down the stairs. resembling the deer with their antlers, City Our World section on Winnipeg’s html. Following Ms. Juslin as she wove her weaving the evening’s visual and aural dance through the outer galleries of the treats to a satisfying conclusion.

would create an incentive for Ukrainian Should the state... Orthodox unification and independence. Is this realistic? In today’s circumstanc- (Continued from page 7) es, certainly not. And for the moment, it is Congratulations under the Ecumenical Patriarchate in probably best to maintain the status quo. Constantinople, autocephalous and inde- But having a plan sets a standard, focuses Lydia Olha Mazuryk! pendent of Moscow. At that point, the trust our attention on how things ought to be from Tato, Mama and Petro would terminate, and the trustees would and prepares us for opportunity. In church distribute the church properties to the affairs, as in politics, Ukraine has been Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Thus, a trust caught unprepared more than once. Bachelor of Arts in both History and Social Thought “Avoiding Extinction, Children of the Kulak” Magna Cum Laude by Vladimir A Bohdan Now available for you electronic devices on Amazon. Phi Beta Kappa com, “Avoiding Extinction, Children of the Kulak” is a true account of a Ukrainian family’s travails, survival University of California, Los Angeles and eventual settlement in the United States. College of Letters and Science Go to the Kindle store on Amazon.com and download a copy for $5.99 US. Sunday, June 17, 2012

198 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 No. 29 No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 17 Whippany church’s construction is in progress by Taissa Hamulak church was renovated into a new brick church in 1950. Stained glass windows WHIPPANY, N.J. – Construction of the and a new iconostas were added after- St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic wards. Church is in progress, with the first steel In recent years, the growing number of beams being erected in early June. parishioners and cultural organizations St. John’s parish is relatively young. led to the decision to relocate the parish During the early 1900s immigrants from to a larger site. In 2002 the church build- Ukraine settled in the area and found ing committee purchased seven acres of work at a nearby paper mill. Originally land located on North Jefferson Road, a located on the corner of Route 10 and half-mile from the old church location. South Jefferson Road, a small wooden That same year, the current pastor, the church was built in 1921 and blessed in Rev. Mitred Protopresbyter Roman the spring of 1922. It was not until 1929 Mirchuk, was welcomed to the parish. that the parish hall was built next to it. Groundbreaking ceremonies for the After some expansion in the late Ukrainian American Cultural Center of 1940s, a rectory was built and the old New Jersey were held on April 25, 2004,

Markian Hadzewycz The steel beams for the church’s frame are set in place in this photo taken on July 9. and construction began in May of 2005. the church there will be a vestibule, two In November of 2006, construction of the confession rooms, two mini-chapels, two center – which includes a temporary sacristies and a sanctuary. There will be church, as Father Mirchuk describes it – stained glass windows representing the and rectory were finished and blessed. A miracles of Jesus Christ and various three-day weekend of festivities took saints. The new church is expected to place on November 17-19 with hundreds seat 200 people in the main body of the of parishioners and friends in atten- church, have two quiet rooms with 30 dance. additional seats, and a choir loft seating On Sunday, June 26, 2011, the parish- 40. A bell tower gazebo will also be con- ioners celebrated the groundbreaking for structed next to the church. the church. It is estimated that the entire project According to the parish website (sjucc. will cost $1.7 million. com), The church will face east and be Donations for church construction can built in the shape of an octagon. It will be sent to: St. John the Baptist Ukrainian The foundation of the church as seen in a photo taken on June 14. The Ukrainian have five golden domes symbolizing the Catholic Church, 60 N. Jefferson Road, American Cultural Center of New Jersey is seen in the background. Savior and the four evangelists. Inside Whippany, NJ 07981. 18 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 No. 29

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE Boston square dedicated in memory of Army SP4 Nikolaus Zozula

by Peter T. Woloschuk made for America. Speaking on behalf of the Zozula family, BOSTON – Some 80 members of the attorney Robert Zozula, younger brother of greater Boston Ukrainian community, the posthumous honoree, thanked every- including the color guard and members of one for remembering and recalled that, the local Ukrainian American Veterans Post when his brother was being processed at 31, gathered on April 28 together with Brig. the draft board, a number of other induct- Gen. Leonid Kondratiuk, national com- ees railed against the war and his brother mander of the UAV Boston Mayor Thomas lectured them about the realities of com- Menino, City Councilor Robert Consalvo and munism and then recounted the sufferings Veterans Affairs Commissioner Francisco of his own family at their hands. He fin- Urena at the intersection of Kittredge and ished by saying that he thought it was both Hemann Streets in the Roslindale section of a necessity and an honor to block the the city to dedicate the square honoring the expansion of communism. memory of SP4 Nikolaus Zozula who was Mr. Zozula said he learned of his broth- killed during the Vietnam War. The square er’s action two years later, when he was at is located a few blocks from the Zozula fam- the same induction center and one of the ily home. clerks who was processing his paperwork The formal ceremony opened with a recognized the surname. The clerk asked if welcome from Brigadier Gen. Kondratiuk, he was Nikolaus’ brother, told him the story who also acted as master of ceremonies, and said that she would never forget what and the recitation of the “Pledge of he did. Vsevolod Petriv Allegiance” and an invocation by the Very Mr. Zozula then concluded by recalling Ukrainian American community members and local officials at the dedication of Rev. Dr. Yaroslav Nalysnyk, pastor of the day that a representative of the Army Nikolaus Zozula Square in Boston Boston’s Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic came to the family home with the news of Church. There were remarks by dignitaries his brother’s death and he actually was the Catholic Church in Jamaica Plain, where he the second time that any Ukrainian and a representative of the Zozula family, one to answer the door. served as an altar boy for a number of American who had made the supreme sac- the unveiling of a commemorative plaque, a Nikolaus Zozula was born in a displaced years and as a leader of the parish’s college rifice was publicly honored in the city. The benediction by the Rev. Roman Tarnavsky, persons camp in Germany in 1946 and youth group. He was drafted shortly after first Ukrainian so honored was Stephen pastor of Boston’s St. Andrew’s Ukrainian came to Boston with his family four years graduation and served in Vietnam for only Kostachuck who was killed in action in Orthodox Church, and the playing of Taps. later. He was educated in the city’s schools seven months before he was killed in a Viet Germany during World War II. A square Mayor Menino said, “It is important for and graduated from Boston University. He Cong rocket attack in the spring of 1969. was dedicated to his memory during the the community to remember and honor its was a member of Ukrainian National He was 23. war in the Mission Hill section of Boston heroes, and it is important never to forget Association Branch 374 and the Boston Although Ukrainian Bostonians have where he grew up. the price that has been paid to keep branch of the Ukrainian American Youth served in every major American conflict The dedication of Nikolaus Zozula America free.” He then addressed the Association, where he served in a variety of since the Spanish-American War in the late Square was made after a lengthy campaign Zozula family directly and urged them to leadership roles. 1890s and have sustained casualties in by UAV Post 31 under the leadership of take great pride in their son, brother and Spec. 4 Zozula was a communicant at most of them, the formal dedication of the Stephen Kostecki, who is the nephew of uncle and to cherish the sacrifice that he the Sacred Heart of Jesus Ukrainian SP4 Nikolaus Zozula Square marked only Stephen Kostachuck.

Unique women’s... Pysanky featured at Rhode Island library (Continued from page 8) tomorrow’s leaders. Another issue theme was “Love of our country is a question of spirit.” The magazine points out that there are many ancient Ukrainian traditions compa- rable to teachings that have become popu- lar in the West. Alternative medicine has been practiced in many villages for centu- ries, just as the bio-energetic healer that helped Ms. Zemko. This dovetails with acu- puncture, Reiki and other energy therapies that have become more popular in the West. Other articles included Feng-Shui in Ukrainian, stories of successful women; life secrets of women. The magazine strives to be positive, with the belief that life in Ukraine will slowly improve for most of its people. Ms. Zemko was born in Kyiv in 1968, but when she was 1 her parents, both electrical engineers, decided that a big city was no place to live and raise children. They moved to a village some 70 miles from Kyiv. That’s where Ms. Zemko grew up and went to school until she entered university. Ihor Slabicky She earned a degree in teaching and A view of the pysanka exhibit at the Portsmouth Free Public Library featuring the artistry of Ihor Slabicky. worked four years in that profession before joining the advertising agency. Now PORTSMOUTH, R.I. – The Portsmouth that he writes are the very old and tradi- common is strong, geometric design ele- she is facing her biggest challenge, to make Free Public Library recently featured an tional – “40 triangles,” “bezkonechnyky” ments and traditional colors. her new magazine survive. exhibit of pysanky that included 43 (endless meanders), “sakvy” (saddle bags) Mr. Slabicky has previously exhibited his In a broken, conflict-ridden world, pysanky written by pysankar Ihor Slabicky and others. pysanky at The Ukrainian Museum’s annu- where many people feel lost, women can and 21 from his collection. They were His new designs can be described as al pysanka exhibition “Pysanka: bring healing and love to their communi- shown on a background of embroidered “contemporary.” These explorations of con- Safeguarding an Ancient Tradition” in 2000 ties, Ms. Zemko believes. That is their rushnyky. The exhibit opened on March 20, temporary pysanka-writing result in and at the “2008 Pysanka Symposium” in nature, she said. It simply has to be sup- and was on display through the end of designs that happily co-exist with the tradi- Washington. Besides being in many private ported and brought out. She wants her April. tional ones. collections, his pysanky are also included in journal to help in the spiritual and cultural Mr. Slabicky approaches pysanka writ- Mr. Slabicky creates what seem to be old the collections of the Pysanka Museum in revival of Ukraine – something that cannot ing with the goal of creating or writing a designs, ones that are a continuation of the Kolomiya, Ukraine, and at the University of happen, she said, without a special kind of new design each year. Some of the designs traditional. What all his pysanky have in Alberta in Edmonton. woman. No. 29 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 19

Through Summer art exhibit, featuring works by Bazhaj, Belik, July 27-28 Ukrainian Festival, Ukrainian Cultural Institute, September 9 Kuzma, Miroshnychenko, Svirely and Zhuravel, Ukrainian Dickinson, ND 701-486-1486 or [email protected] New York Institute of America, 212-288-8660 July 27-29 Darka & Slavko reunion weekend, with pub night, concert July 20 Opera Night, Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation Gallery, Ellenville, NY and dance with Hrim, Ukrainian American Youth Toronto 416-766-6802 Association, Oselia resort, 845-647-7230 or www.cym.org/us/ellenville July 20-22 Seafood pub night and zabava, Ukrainian American Ellenville, NY Youth Association, Oselia resort, 845-647-7230 July 27-29 Slow-pitch softball tournament, Ukrainian National or www.cym.org/us/ellenville Hawkestone, ON Federation, Camp Sokil, 905-804-9939 July 28 Literary evening with Yuriy Tarnawsky, Grazhda Music July 20-22 Camp reunion weekend, Ukrainian American Youth Jewett, NY and Art Center, www.grazhdamusicandart.org Baraboo, WI Association, Oselia Beskyd, [email protected] July 29 Golf tournament, Ss. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian July 21 Concert with opera singer Victoria Loukianetz and pianist Barrie, ON Catholic Church and Holy Cross Ukrainian Catholic Jewett, NY Volodymyr Vynnytsky, Grazhda Music and Art Center, Church, Horseshoe Resort – Highlands Course, www.grazhdamusicandart.org www.horseshoeresort.com or 416-593-7000

July 21 Beef and beer dinner, Ukrainian Homestead, July 30-August 2 Pysanka workshop, Grazhda Music and Art Center, Lehighton, PA 610-377-4621 or www.ukrhomestead.com Jewett, NY www.grazhdamusicandart.org

July 21-22 85th annual St. John Ukrainian Days Festival Weekend, July 30-August 3 Ukrainian embroidery workshop, Grazhda Music and Art Johnson City, NY St. John Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 607-729-1729 or Jewett, NY Center, www.grazhdamusicandart.org www.stjohnuoc.com July 30-August 10 Ukrainian folk singing workshop, Grazhda Music and Jewett, NY Art Center, www.grazhdamusicandart.org July 22 Fund-raiser, Ukrainian American Veterans – Post 31, Boston Christ the King Ukrainian Catholic Church, July 31 Film screening, “Ukraine. When the Countdown Began” by [email protected] Cambridge, MA Serhii Bukovsky, presented by Yuri Shevchuk, Harvard University, 617-495-4053 July 24 Presentation by Volodymyr Dibrova, a new collection of Cambridge, MA short stories, Omeljan Pritsak Memorial Library, August 3-5 Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival, Selo Harvard University, 617-495-4053 Dauphin, MB Ukraina, 204-622-4600 or www.cnuf.ca

July 25-28 Ukrainian Festival, St. Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Church, August 4 Genealogy workshop by Mike Buryk, Oselia resort, McKees Rocks, PA 412-331-2362 or www.ukrainianfestivalmckeesrocks.net Ellenville, NY [email protected]

July 26-29 65th convention, Ukrainian Orthodox League, Protection of Entries in “Out and About” are listed free of charge. Priority is given to events Bethlehem, PA the Virgin Mary Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Best Western advertised in The Ukrainian Weekly. However, we also welcome submissions Lehigh Valley Hotel and Conference Center, from all our readers. Items will be published at the discretion of the editors www.lehighvalleyhotel.com or 610-866-5800 and as space allows. Please send e-mail to [email protected]. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 No. 29

PREVIEW OF EVENTS Saturday, July 21 soring an all-ages dance at the Wildwood Lower State roads, Horsham, PA 19044. Crest Pier Recreation Center with host Doors will open at noon. The festival stage HUNTER, N.Y.: Victoria Loukianetz, prima Roma Odulak. Doors open at 7 p.m. with show concert will begin at 1:30 p.m. with 216 Foordmore Road donna of the Vienna Opera, will sing arias dance music from at 7-8 p.m. The “Party headliners: the Zoriany Ukrainian Dance, P.O. Box 529 by Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini, Ptashat” kids’ dance will be held at 8-9:30 Music and Song Ensemble (Kirovohrad, Kerhonkson, NY 12446 and art songs by Franz Schubert, Mykola p.m. hosted by Bratchyk Levko Wolansky. Ukraine); Desna Ukrainian Dance Lysenko and Ihor Sonevytsky, with 1-845-626-5641 The “Wildwood Idol” dance contest with Company (Toronto); violinist Innesa Volodymyr Vynnytsky at the piano, at the [email protected] guest judges Ania Bohachevsky Tymochko Dekajlo (Lviv); and the Vox Vocal Recital of the Music and Art Center of Lonkevych, and Nina and George Kobryn, Ethnika Band (New York City). A zabava – Greene County. The concert begins at 8 p.m. begins at 10 p.m. with cash prizes of $100, a public social dance – to the music of the For information log on to www. $50 and $25 per individual/group. The Vox Ethnika orchestra will follow the con- GrazhdaMusicandArt.org. 2012 teen “Club Crest” “vechirka” with DJ Matej cert, at 4:30 p.m. Delicious Ukrainian Friday-Sunday, August 17-19 Liteplo will follow the dance contest. foods and baked goods, picnic fare and Admission: kids and students, $5; adults cool refreshments will be plentiful. Summer KERHONKSON, N.Y.: The annual exhibit of age 23 and over, $10. Proceeds go toward Vendors are welcome. An arts and crafts paintings by Edward, Yurij and Yarema Plast camps. For information see the bazaar and a children’s fun area will be Kozak will be displayed in the library of the events section at www.xmel.org or e-mail open all day. Admission: $15; students: Events Main Building at Soyuzivka. The painting [email protected]. $10; children under 15: free. Parking is will be available for purchase. For more free. For further information call 267-664- Sunday, August 26 July 12 – July 15 information call 586-360-7364. 3857 or log on to www.tryzub.org. The Ukrainian Friday, August 24 HORSHAM, Pa.: The Ukrainian American sponsor is a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt non- Sport Center Tryzub will host the 21st profit charitable organization; proceeds Cultural Festival WILDWOOD CREST, N.J.: T h e annual Ukrainian Independence Folk benefit youth sports, and cultural and July 15 – July 20 Khmelnychenky Plast fraternity is spon- Festival at Tryzubivka, County Line and community programs. – Heritage Camp Session 1 July 15 – July 21 – Discovery Camp July 20 – July 22 Adoption Weekend July 20: – Tiki Deck – Zuki & Mike July 21: Zabava with Fata Morgana July 22 – July 27 – Heritage Camp Session 2 July 22 – July 28 – Sports Camp Session 1 July 22 – August 4 – Dance Camp Session 1 July 27 – Tiki Deck – Zuki & Mike July 28 – Zabava with Na Zdorovya July 29 – August 4 – Sports Camp session 2 August 3 – Pub Night with Svitanok August 4 – Dance Camp Recital (3pm) – Zabava with Svitanok August 5 – August 18 – Dance Camp session 2 August 11 – Miss Soyuzivka – Zabava to be announced August 17 – Tiki Deck – Kagero August 18 – Dance Camp Recital (3pm) – Zabava with Tempo August 19 – August 25 – Josephs School of Dance August 24 – Josephs School of Dance Camp Recital (evening) August 31 – September 3 Labor Day weekend – to be announced September 10 – September 13 – Gymnasium Reunions: Bayreuth, Bertesgarten, Karlsfeld, Landshut, Regensburg September 17 – September 19 – Gymnasium Reunions: Mittenwald & Salzburg September 22 – September 23 – KLK Weekend