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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXXI HE KRAINIANNo. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2003 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine Romanian Orthodox Church presents T U Kyiv deniesW new allegations icon of St. Petro Mohyla to Kyiv church that it sold equipment to Iraq by Roman Woronowycz Romania, assigning December 22 as the by Roman Woronowycz verified to be authentic. On those tapes Kyiv Press Bureau date of his commemoration. In 1997 a Kyiv Press Bureau Mr. Kuchma is allegedly heard giving the synod of the Romanian Church had rec- authorization to sell the Kolchuha KYIV – An icon of the 17th century ognized the canonization of Mohyla by KYIV – Iraq’s ambassador to Ukraine through a Jordanian intermediary. spiritual and cultural leader Metropolitan the Ukrainian Orthodox. The metropoli- denied on January 16 that his country had The United States has yet to provide Petro Mohyla, prepared by monks of the tan was canonized by both the Ukrainian purchased pontoon bridges or other field concrete evidence for its accusations, but Romanian Orthodox Church in honor of Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate engineering equipment from Kyiv. it has determined the recordings to be his canonization in Romania, was pre- (1996) and the Ukrainian Orthodox The repudiation came 10 days after a sufficient proof to withhold further for- sented to the Annunciation Church of the Church – Moscow Patriarchate. high-ranking U.S. official told a London eign aid to the Kyiv central government. National University of Kyiv Mohyla Representatives of the Ukrainian newspaper that Ukraine had again raised The U.S. official who made fresh alle- Academy on January 14. Embassy in Romania presented a styl- the ire of the United States with fresh gations of improper sales to Iraq, whom The Romanian Orthodox Church had ized likeness of the legendary metropoli- sales to Baghdad in the wake of the The Times of London did not identify, canonized Metropolitan Mohyla a saint tan of Kyiv, Halychyna and all of Rus’ to Kolchuha scandal. said that evidence of a sale of military on October 13, 2002, during a ceremony the Annunciation Church of the National Yet, Washington also made it plain that pontoons emerged on January 6, but did in his hometown of Iasi, present-day University of Mohyla Academy. Today it was ready to continue to cooperate with not give details. He merely told the known as the Church of St. Petro Ukraine – although not at the highest lev- British daily newspaper that Ukrainian Mohyla, the church honors Metropoitan els. transfers of military equipment to Iraq Mohyla, who founded the Kyiv academy Iraqi Ambassador to Ukraine Mozher were “a continuing problem.” that bears his name in 1631. Monks of Al-Douri said at a Kyiv press conference Nonetheless, U.S. Ambassador to the monastery in Iasi created the fresco. that the United States is manipulating Ukraine Carlos Pascual told a “The tireless work of Metropolitan Ukraine for its own political purposes Washington think-tank on January 11 that Petro Mohyla, who was born into the and that no illegal arms sales have taken there is hope for U.S.-Ukraine relations family of the Moldavian nobleman place between Ukraine and Iraq. and that Washington wants to maintain an Simeon Mohyla, is an example of the “You may come and see this for your- open-door policy towards Ukraine. self,” added the Iraqi ambassador, whose friendship, cooperation and good-friendli- While briefing members of the Center country is the subject of an intense inves- ness between the Ukrainian nation and the for Strategic and International Studies, tigation by U.N. experts searching for nations of Moldavia and Wallachia (later Ambassador Pascual noted that U.S.- weapons of mass destruction and viola- Romania),” explained Ukraine’s Ministry Ukraine relations had eroded to their low- tions of sanctions placed on it by the of Foreign Affairs in a press release. est point in more than 11 years of United Nations after the Persian Gulf Ukraine’s Ambassador to Romania Ukrainian independence. War. Anton Buteiko sent a greeting to the He said the process of deterioration Ukraine’s President Leonid Kuchma Annunciation Church in which he under- began with the disappearance of journal- has been the focal point of accusations scored that the “transfer of the icon to ist Heorhii Gongadze in September 2000 that Ukraine engaged in illegal arms trade the Annunciation Church of the Kyiv and ebbed with the Kolchuha affair. with Iraq, particularly for an alleged sale Mohyla Academy, which is a gift worthy Contributing to worsening relations had of a Kolchuha air defense system. The of the memory of the great metropolitan, been repeated allegations of denial of free U.S. has based its allegations on digital speech in Ukraine and the downing of a Metropolitan Petro Mohyla (Continued on page 21) recordings that it obtained, which it has Russian commercial airliner by the Ukrainian military, in which Kyiv at first denied involvement. Mr. Pascual added that Kyiv’s behavior during international attempts to restore peace in strife-torn Macedonia two years ago was particular- Ukraine’by Vera Richs nuclear-powerthe safety level at the plant. sector inerating dir capacitye bystraits helping fund the con- ly vexing. RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report This is no easy decision. There are, Mr. struction of two additional reactors, one at “President Kuchma assured [White Antropov said, “many millions of curies of the Khmelnytskyi power station and one at House National Security Adviser] Ukraine’s nuclear-power industry, which radioactive” waste at the site, and the “sar- Rivne, a project known as K2R4. Condoleezza Rice, [NATO Secretary satisfies close to 50 percent of the country’s cophagus” enclosing the ruined No. 4 reac- The extra electricity is definitely needed. General] George Robertson and energy needs, is in serious financial trouble. tor is in a “critical” state, with nuclear fuel Yurii Kostenko, Ukraine’s environment [European Union foreign policy chief] The Chornobyl power station, the site of the still inside. Following the accident, a whole minister in the early 1990s, told the author Javier Solana that Ukraine would not world’s worst nuclear disaster in April 1986, range of monitoring devices was installed, of this note that closing or not closing is a constant strain on the state budget. transfer heavy arms to Macedonia during but there is no money to run them. Now, Chornobyl was a matter of having to choose a period of time when there were negotia- The last of the working reactors there some Ukrainian lawmakers, in particular, between the putative death toll of a possible (No. 3) was ceremonially closed under pres- tions on a peace settlement. And within members of the parliamentary Committee new explosion at Chornobyl or the certainty one month of that time there were trans- sure from the West in December 2000. But for Fuel and Energy, are suggesting that, of many thousands of deaths from until the plant is finally decommissioned, it fers of heavy arms to Macedonia, which although the closure of Chornobyl was hypothermia in the coming winter. was a tremendous breach of trust,” stated will need a constant input of money for politically correct, it was economically pre- Eventually, the Chornobyl station was water, gas, electricity and the wages of the Ambassador Pascual, according to an mature, and they are urging that the No. 3 closed, and the European Bank for RFE/RL report. maintenance staff. But there is no money. reactor be restarted to provide the necessary Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Instead, there are only debts that now He explained that, as a result, the U.S. electricity. began negotiating a $215 million loan for had concluded that Ukraine is not a reli- exceed 20 million hrv ($3.8 million). Almost immediately after the accident the completion of K2R4. But, just when the able partner, and that it was no longer Recently, the water supply was cut off, there was worldwide pressure for the per- negotiations seemed about to be finalized, worth cooperating with President although after an appeal from the staff about manent closure of the Chornobyl power sta- the Ukrainian side expressed a reluctance to Kuchma. He said that relations with possible consequences, the Vodokanal sup- tion. However, the Soviet authorities, and meet the bank’s conditions. During the visit Ukraine at the ministerial level would ply company agreed to reconnect it. later those of independent Ukraine, main- of EBRD President Jean Lemierre to now assume added importance. But the draft Ukrainian state budget for tained that they could not manage without Ukraine in mid-October, Ukraine’s prime The U.S. envoy said Ukraine needed 2003 allots to Chornobyl only funds for the the electricity from the surviving three minister at the time Anatolii Kinakh, to make an effort to restore the confi- staff payroll. According to Oleksander Chornobyl reactors. expressed a desire to renew negotiations. dence of the West. He enumerated a four- Antropov, the presidential representative at Back in 1986, the G-7 countries agreed Chornobyl, it may be necessary to reduce to provide “compensation” for the lost gen- (Continued on page 3) (Continued on page 3) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2003 No. 3

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS The clan from Donetsk CIS summit slated for Ukraine him officially from the presidential by Roman Kupchinsky going after the Donetsk coal barons was administration, is double the number of KYIV – Heads of state of the RFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine Report to stir up a hornet’s nest. She was fired positions in the Central Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States by President Kuchma in January 2001, Communist Party of Ukraine in the will meet at a government residence in and soon afterward the procurator gener- 1980s. This “significant overbalance” of CONCLUSION Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in western al suddenly discovered that there had posts in comparison with the number of Ukraine on January 28-29, UNIAN In order to bring peace to the Donetsk been grave irregularities at Unified those in the Communist-era Central reported on January 14, quoting Foreign region, President Leonid Kuchma Energy Systems of Ukraine when it was Committee “looks unnatural,” he added. Affairs Ministry spokesman Serhii appointed Viktor Yanukovych head of the under Ms. Tymoshenko’s leadership. Her National Deputy Tomenko said the presi- Borodenkov. Mr. Borodenkov said the Donetsk state administration in May husband was promptly arrested and dential administration in its current form summit will focus on economic issues. 1997. Mr. Kuchma chose Mr. thrown in jail, and a criminal case was operates not as a consultative body but as “There will be virtually no politics at this Yanukovych because he knew he was opened against her. The government “the supreme organ of the executive summit – [only] issues of interests for the very close to Rynat Akhmetov, the real dropped the idea of trying to reform the power.” He charged that such a situation entire CIS will be considered,” he added. boss of Donetsk. With the death of Akhat Ukrainian coal industry. contradicts the Constitution of Ukraine. Mr. Borodenkov said, in line with a ruling Bragin, the Industrial Union of the Taking advantage of the Kuchma deal (RFE/RL Newsline) of the CIS Economic Court in 1994, Donbas was taken over by Vitalii of 1998, the Industrial Union of the Ukraine is a CIS founder and “partici- Resettled Ukrainians seek justice Haiduk, the fuel and energy minister in Donbas expanded. It presently consists Anatoliu Kinakh’s and Mr. Yanukovych’s pant,” but not a member, since Kyiv has of some 600 enterprises located in the neither signed nor ratified the CIS KYIV – A nationwide organization cabinets. three eastern oblasts of Ukraine: In 1998, to further solidify his position Charter. (RFE/RL Newsline) called the Congress of Ukrainians of the Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Luhansk. Kholm and Pidliashia regions, uniting as he was preparing for his re-election Today, the union is considered by many Ukraine posts economic growth of 4.1 % campaign President Kuchma came to individuals (and their descendants) who to be the backbone of the Donetsk clan. were forcibly resettled from eastern and Donetsk and, according to reliable KYIV – Ukraine’s gross domestic The main commodity in which the southeastern Poland to the Ukrainian SSR sources, made the clan a very generous product (GDP) increased by 4.1 percent Industrial Union deals is coal, especially in 1944-1946, has called on the offer: if they stayed out of politics but in 2002, UNIAN reported on January 15, coking coal used in the metallurgical Verkhovna Rada to hold a parliamentary supported him for re-election, he and the quoting First Deputy Prime Minister and industry. According to the director of the hearing devoted to their plight, UNIAN Kyiv government would not ask ques- Finance Minister Mykola Azarov. Mr. ARC Co. of Donetsk, Ihor Humeniuk, reported on January 13. The congress is tions about how they made their money Azarov added that industrial production his company and the Industrial Union demanding that legislators provide a legal and what became of it. It was a gentle- grew by 7 percent last year, while infla- control 75 percent of the coking coal and political assessment of the forcible manly offer and it was gladly accepted. tion was “virtually nil.” (RFE/RL mined in Ukraine. This coal supplies the post-war resettlement of Ukrainians from In 1999 Donetsk brought out the pro- Newsline) giant Azovstal and Kryvorihstal steel Poland, give those resettled the status of Kuchma votes and dealt a devastating works and keeps them under their con- Zlenko and Powell confer via phone deported persons, and compensate them blow to the local Communist Party trol. As to the other companies under branch, considered by most to be the for moral and material damages. their control, the Industrial Union of the KYIV – Ukrainian Foreign Affairs According to an accord between the gov- strongest political organization in the Donbas is still suspected of stripping oblast. In the 2002 parliamentary elec- Minister Anatolii Zlenko and U.S. ernments of Poland and the Ukrainian their assets. Secretary of State Colin Powell have dis- SSR at the time, some 460,000 tions, Donetsk repeated this feat and One of the secondary pillars of the secured a majority of deputies for the cussed by telephone the prospects for Ukrainians were resettled from Polish ter- Donetsk clan is the Zviahilskyi group. As developing bilateral cooperation, the ritory to Ukraine in 1944-1946. Another pro-Kuchma For a United Ukraine bloc. was mentioned Yukhym Zviahilskyi It was the only oblast in Ukraine that Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry’s 140,000 Ukrainians were resettled in returned to Ukraine from Israel alive and press service reported. Messrs. Zlenko 1947 during Akcja Wisla from southeast- gave them a majority. well, if somewhat poorer. He went back The newly re-elected president told and Powell discussed proposals which the ern Poland to the so-called Recovered to being the director of the giant foreign affairs minister put forward in his the Verkhovna Rada during his inaugural Lands, Poland’s newly acquired areas in Zasiadko coal mine – the largest coal latest letter to the secretary of state “relat- address that they would “see a new the north and west. (RFE/RL Newsline) mine in the world – and soon went about ing to some urgent issues of bilateral Leonid Kuchma,” and as proof he nomi- setting up a semipolitical structure called cooperation,” the press service said. “The Ukraine faces new U.S. allegations nated Viktor Yushchenko as prime minis- the Donetsk Zemliachestvo, a type of fra- sides agreed to thoroughly study all ter. Mr. Yushchenko, considered by most ternity of Donetsk-born men who were of approaches to stabilize Ukraine-U.S. rela- LONDON – The Times of London on to be a real reformer and pro-Western some importance. tions,” according to the press service. The January 10 quoted an unnamed U.S. offi- politician, was given a free hand to A partner in this group is the former two leaders also discussed the possibility cial saying Ukraine might have trans- choose his Cabinet of Ministers. He then mayor of Donetsk, Volodymyr Rybak. of organizing a meeting between the for- ferred a pontoon bridge to Iraq in breach made Yulia Tymoshenko the vice prime He is said to control the construction eign ministers of the two countries. The of U.N. sanctions. The official added that minister for energy. When asked why he business in Donetsk. The Zviahilskyi two also discussed the crisis around Iraq other Ukrainian transfers to Iraq are a chose her, Mr. Yushchenko told the group also controls the First Ukrainian in the context of the expected United “continuing problem.” U.S. State author of this article that she was the International Bank (where Mr. Nations Security Council meeting on this Department spokesman Richard Boucher only one who understood all the intrica- Yushchenko’s brother is a member of the issue. (BBC Monitoring Service) said the same day that he cannot confirm cies of the energy sector in Ukraine. board.) the new allegations but added that Ms. Tymoshenko quickly went to The man whom most consider to be Presidential administration overstaffed? Washington will look into them. work to try to bring some order to this the head of the Donetsk clan is Rynat Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister KYIV – Our Ukraine lawmaker sector, beginning with the gas traders and Akhmetov. A Tatar by nationality, he is Anatolii Zlenko said on January 10 that Mykola Tomenko, head of the parliamen- the leadership of Naftohaz Ukrainy, the also one of the founding members and an Kyiv has exported pontoon bridges, but tary Committee for the Freedom of state gas-trading company led by Ihor active sponsor of the Muslim Party of never to Iraq. “If there are any pontoon Expression and Information, told UNIAN Bakai, a close friend and supporter of Ukraine. He is the founder of the bridges in Iraq, our government doesn’t on January 13 that staffing of the presi- Mr. Kuchma. Donetsk City Bank (DonGorBank) and have any responsibility for it because dential administration includes 619 At that time, Mr. Bakai was already has great influence over the activities of Ukraine never sold such bridges directly salaried posts. Mr. Tomenko stressed that suspected of siphoning off Russian gas most major companies that form the the figure, which was communicated to (Continued on page 21) from the pipeline going to Western Industrial Union of the Donbas. Mr. Europe and then reselling this gas to Akhmetov is the owner of 51 percent of Slovak, Polish and other gas traders. Mr. the shares of the company Vizavi, one of Bakai also owed millions of dollars to the union’s founding partners. He is con- FOUNDED 1933 the gas companies Itera and Gazprom. At sidered to be close to Boris Kolesnikov, one point in his career, Mr. Bakai created HE KRAINIAN EEKLY the deputy head of the Donetsk Oblast TAn English-languageU newspaperW published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a dummy corporation in Cyprus, named Council and director of the Kyiv-Konty it Itera International, and sent money to a non-profit association, at 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. company, and to Mr. Yanukovych, the Yearly subscription rate: $55; for UNA members — $45. it, claiming that he was repaying the real new prime minister of Ukraine. He is Itera in Moscow, but in reality he was Periodicals postage paid at Parsippany, NJ 07054 and additional mailing offices. said to be worth more than $1 billion. (ISSN — 0273-9348) putting this money into his own pocket. By comparison, in a bold show of Mr. Bakai was forced to quit. transparency, Mr. Yanukovych revealed In November 2000, Ms. Tymoshenko The Weekly: UNA: his personal finances for 2001, declaring Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 644-9510 Tel: (973) 292-9800; Fax: (973) 292-0900 went after the coal barons. Her immediate that his total income for the year was enemy in Kyiv became Serhii Tulub, the 21,363 hrv 35 kopecks ($ 4,272.60). This Postmaster, send address changes to: Editor-in-chief: Roma Hadzewycz coal minister and a prominent member of consisted of his salary (17,526.43 hrv) The Ukrainian Weekly Editors: the Donetsk clan. In the winter of 2000, plus honoraria from his academic activity 2200 Route 10 Roman Woronowycz (Kyiv) Ms. Tymoshenko asked President (2,548.92 hrv). He also received financial P.O. Box 280 Andrew Nynka Kuchma a number of times to remove Mr. aid for the needy from the government in Parsippany, NJ 07054 Ika Koznarska Casanova (part time) Tulub, but the president refused to do so. the sum of 1,288 hryvnyas. He does not What Ms. Tymoshenko had done by own a car, a boat, or any property, and The Ukrainian Weekly Archive: www.ukrweekly.com lives in a comfortable, yet not ostenta- The Ukrainian Weekly, January 19, 2003, No. 3, Vol. LXXI Roman Kupchinsky is the author of tious, apartment measuring 108 square Copyright © 2003 The Ukrainian Weekly RFE/RL Crime and Corruption Watch. meters. He is just a regular civil servant. No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2003 3

mal-power stations” from Odesa Ukraine’s nuclear.... Polytechnic University were forged. (When Microsoft responds to criticisms (Continued from page 1) purchased three years ago, the going rate for such documents is said to have been Lemierre was shown on Ukrainian televi- $500 to $600 apiece.) The Rivne Oblast that new software uses “surzhyk” sion saying that the bank and the Ukrainian prosecutor has now started criminal pro- by Roman Woronowycz of the interface pack, some visitors to government had “agreed to renew talks” on ceedings under Ukrainian Criminal Code Kyiv Press Bureau the website http://www.maidan.org.ua the project. Articles 358 (deliberate use of false docu- went so far as to call it a “surzhyk,” or In the meantime, however, the parame- ments) and 367 (negligence in the work- KYIV – Responding to assertions mixed Ukrainian-Russian anomaly. ters and costs have changed, and the details place). being made on some Internet websites The basic problem, as contributors to of the project will have to be renegotiated. Not surprisingly perhaps, Rivne has had that Microsoft has developed a laugh- the open discussion on the website sug- Moreover, Mr. Lemierre stressed the impor- in recent months a record of malfunctions, able, mixed-language Ukrainian version gested, is that the Ukrainian interface tance for K2R4 of cooperation between breakdowns and emergency stoppages that, of its popular Windows XP software, the pack can be installed only on Russian- Ukraine and the International Monetary in spite of assurances from the station man- marketing director of its Kyiv office said language Windows XP software. If you Fund, saying that K2R4 is “a big long-term agement that no escape of radiation was that a huge misunderstanding has taken are an English interface user, or Polish, project, and it will have an impact on the involved, built up into a worrying picture place and pointed out that no full or German, or Chinese, you’re out of energy sector in general.” that eventually led the prosecutor to insti- Ukrainian Windows XP software pack- luck, for now anyway. Mr. Lemierre added that the project “will gate an investigation. age currently exists. In addition, as Andrii Shevchuk, one require long-term energy policy, and we’ll Enerhoatom has had its own troubles. “This is not a Ukrainian software ver- contributor to the discussion, pointed out talk both with the prime minister and the On June 5, 2002, the cabinet of Ministers sion of Windows XP,” explained Valeria in detail, there are several places where IMF on this subject.” An IMF delegation is dismissed Enerhoatom Chairman Yurii due to visit Ukraine at the end of October to Kazban, “it is the interface pack. This is the program inexplicably reverts back to Nedashkovskyi, replacing him with former discuss a new “stand-by” agreement. an effort to determine whether there is the Russian language, particularly in Fuel and Energy Minister Serhiy Tulub. Mr. However, it may well be some time before market interest among Ukrainian users.” Outlook Express and the print mode of Nedashkovskyi immediately filed a lawsuit the projected loan for K2R4 materializes. In an exclusive interview with The Word. against the Cabinet of Ministers, claiming Meanwhile, the Ukrainian nuclear indus- Ukrainian Weekly, Ms. Kazban empha- While Microsoft has translated the illegal dismissal, and the trade-union com- try is strapped for cash across the board. At sized that the Ukrainian interface pack full line of its software into many lan- mittee of Enerhoatom also protested his all the country’s five operating nuclear sta- can be downloaded free from ouster. guages over the years, Ukraine has had tions, safety levels are imperiled by lack of Microsoft’s website and that the compa- At the beginning of July, President to fight for any Ukrainian-language ver- money. There is a massive brain drain. ny made it available for public consump- Leonid Kuchma convened a three-day con- sion of Microsoft programming. Even According to Oleksander Bilychenko, the tion to test demand. ference to sort out the “serious” problems though Polish- and Russian-language director of capital construction at Ukraine’s However, she did not explain why this (financial and otherwise) of the nuclear software has been available for around a national nuclear-generating company was not spelled out in the press release decade, Ukrainian software appeared Enerhoatom, over the past three years, 280 industry and, in particular, instructed the issued by Microsoft when the new prod- government to set up an interdepartmental only last March, and that came only after specialists with top qualifications in nuclear uct came online. In a press release, a concerted effort by Ukraine’s Ministry power have left Ukraine, while 60 percent working group to look into Enerhoatom’s Microsoft Director of Product finances (a grim record of unpaid debts, of Education and the Shevchenko of those still at their posts want to leave. Development for the CIS Oleksii Scientific Society of America, which is To stem the outflow, Enerhoatom drew overdue wage bills, and money earmarked Badayev merely stated that the Ukrainian for work on new reactors and upgrading based in New York. up at the end of September what it interface pack “was produced to meet the safety measures failing to materialize). Microsoft eventually signed an agree- describes as a “social policy program” for needs of Ukrainian buyers and to develop A few days later, Mr. Kuchma in effect ment with Ukraine’s Ministry of its employees. But this would cost an esti- the variety of software programs with a called for a purge of the company. “We Education to produce Office XP in the mated 91.8 million hrv to implement, Ukrainian interface.” must sort it out, and name ‘the heroes.’ The Ukrainian language for the benefit of which would mean trebling the present tar- Ms. Kazban explained that this is not enterprise should work for people, not for Ukrainian schools, many of which are iff for the sale of electricity to the energy the first time that Microsoft efforts have the small group of people who have computerized today. market. been misinterpreted. “I want it to be brought it to bankruptcy,” the president Ms. Kazban underscored that the lat- Yet, such is the state of the Ukrainian known that there are always a variety of est Microsoft initiative to explore a labor market that almost simultaneously said. Then, in August, the Kyiv-based news- points of view on any new Microsoft Ukrainian version of the more popular with Mr. Bilychenko’s announcement of products,” said Ms. Kazban. Windows version was not prompted by the nuclear brain drain, it was revealed that paper Den announced that several former officials (unnamed) of the company had The Microsoft marketing director for outside forces, but this time came from at the Rivne nuclear station at least 10 sen- Ukraine explained that only Microsoft’s within the company itself. Ms. Kazban ior engineering and administrative posts been charged under Article 364/2 (abuse of power with grievous consequences). Office XP software is currently available said that a decision on future Microsoft were held by unqualified people, whose in Ukrainian, and is limited to the Word software in the Ukrainian language will diplomas in “nuclear engineering and ther- Interfax quoted Volodymyr Hohol, who was described as “acting head of a depart- and Excel programs. be made after marketing tests are com- ment of the Procurator General’s Office,” as Regardless of the intermediary nature pleted. saying that the accused had caused damage to the state in the amount of some 200 mil- UCCA questionnaire lion hryvnyas over the period from 1998 to tutions such as the World Trade 2001, when, as managers of Enerhoatom, Organization and the European Union. they had “concluded a number of contracts Kyiv denies... Reacting to Mr. Pascual’s speech dur- that they knew were not advantageous to (Continued from page 1) seeks community input ing a press briefing on January 21 – and Ukrainian Congress Committee of America the state in selling promissory notes point plan by which this could be done. disregarding the statement that through commercial banks, causing enor- First, he called on the country to deepen Washington would not cooperate with NEW YORK – The Ukrainian mous losses to the company.” cooperation with the U.S. to strengthen its President Kuchma – Ministry of Foreign Congress Committee of America Furthermore, the harm done by corrup- export control regime. Second, he said Affairs press spokesman Serhii (UCCA), a leading umbrella organiza- tion may have been compounded by closer ties were needed between the Borodenkov said the U.S. ambassador’s tion in the United States since its found- incompetence. Den quoted a “source close Ukrainian ministers and the U.S. govern- remarks sent a positive signal. ing in 1940, has continually tried to to Enerhoatom” as saying that in one deal, ment, as well as between the U.S. “We are striving to overcome the crisis adapt to the changes within the the company lost profits “because of simple Congress and the Verkhovna Rada. Third, of confidence in our relations and contin- Ukrainian American community. forgetfulness: Someone failed to take into he called on more obvious and concrete In recognition of that fact that there ue to regard the U.S. as a partner,” said account the payment for the transmission of support by Ukrainian authorities for a still are sectors of the community that are Mr. Borodenkov. electricity.” Considerable sums of money, democratic opposition and an independ- not active in organized Ukrainian Later that day, U.S. Secretary of State Den claimed, had “evaporated” beyond the ent media. American life, and in order to help iden- borders of Ukraine in some rather strange Colin Powell and Ukraine’s Minister of tify the needs and desires of the new Finally, he suggested that U.S.-Ukraine Foreign Affairs Anatolii Zlenko held a deals, including the case of 500 tons of ura- military cooperation should continue and immigrants, the younger generation and nium concentrate, which Enerhoatom telephone conversation to discuss ways to broaden, and that Kyiv should move for- non-active Ukrainian Americans, the received in 2000 from the Ukrainian take the recent bumps out of relations ward in carrying out its NATO action UCCA has developed a questionnaire. Ministry of Fuel and Energy at a price of between the two countries. The two lead- This document addresses basic ques- 352 hrv per kilogram and then sold on to a plan. He added the U.S. has an obligation ers did not exclude the possibility of a tions that will assist the UCCA and other Russian enterprise for only 97.2 hrv per to help the country to join Western insti- meeting. organizations in developing future pro- kilogram. grams and activities that will serve the Under Mr. Tulub’s leadership, the situa- interests of the greater Ukrainian tion has apparently improved. The whole American community. commercial side has been separated into a Quotable notes The UCCA is encouraging every new department, and a tender committee “I would characterize the relationship between the United States and Ukraine Ukrainian to take a few moments of their has been established with the aim of lower- as perhaps the most difficult it’s been since [Ukrainian] independence. Trust has time to fill out this questionnaire and ing the cost of buying equipment, materials, been eroded. There have been missed opportunities, and in some cases there are send it back to the UCCA National and services. A new social policy program radically conflicting perspectives on the relationship.” Office, 203 Second Ave., New York, NY has been drafted, even if it is not clear 10003. where the money will be found. Work on – U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Carlos Pascual, speaking at a policy forum in For further information contact the the K2R4 reactors has been speeded up. Washington in the second week of January, as quoted by RFE/RL. The ambassa- UCCA offices at (212) 228-6840. The Mr. Tulub seems determined that the reac- dor said the Kolchuha affair was the single most damaging incident to bilateral questionnaire may be found at various tors will be built eventually, with or without relations, although the Gongadze case, lack of media freedom and arms sales to locations, including local UCCA branch- the EBRD loan. But on both safety and Macedonia at a time of peace negotiations also contributed to the worsening of es, the National Office and on the financial counts, Ukraine’s nuclear industry U.S.-Ukraine relations. UCCA’s website: www.ucca.org. is still far from healthy. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2003 No. 3 Four academicians present Ukraine update at Shevchenko Society by Dr. Orest Popovych NEW YORK – An illustrious panel composed of members of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NANU) appeared at the Shevchenko Scientific Society (known by the Ukrainian acronym as NTSh) headquar- ters in New York on December 14, 2002, to address a variety of political, social, cultural, linguistic and informational problems that are vexing Ukraine today. In the order of their appearance, the speakers were: Dr. Mykola Zhulynskyi, a former vice prime minister of Ukraine and now a member of the Verkhovna Rada, who is the director of the Institute Dr. Larissa Onyshkevych, the president of the Shevchenko Scientific Society, introduces the program. Seated (from left) of Ukrainian Literature at the NANU; are: Drs. Serhii Halchenko, Oleh Romaniv, Mykola Zhulynskyi and Pavlo Hrytsenko. Dr. Oleh Romaniv, the president of NTSh in Ukraine and secretary general President Leonid Kuchma and the oppo- the 60th anniversary of the alleged mass is the Polish spelling of the names of the of the World Council of NTSh; Dr. Pavlo sition leader Viktor Yushchenko. killings of Polish civilians by Ukrainian Ukrainian towns where the combatants Hrytsenko, director of the Division of Although the meetings were to include guerrillas in the Volyn region of Ukraine. died. Dialectology at the NANU Institute of the participation of Polish and Western Dr. Zhulynskyi said he believes that Dr. Romaniv said he views the Ukrainian Language, as well as a faculty European dignitaries as well, Mr. Poland is the only realistic partner will- “Pantheon” in the context of what he member at the University of Lublin in Kuchma declined both invitations. In ing and able to pave Ukraine’s entry into calls an unwarranted expansion of Polish Poland; and Dr. Serhii Halchenko, direc- contrast, in the last 10 years Ukrainian the European Union and that it would dioceses and parishes throughout tor of both the Taras Shevchenko presidents have attended 26 meetings of behoove the Ukrainians to welcome Ukraine. With little indigeous Polish pop- National Museum in Kyiv and of the the heads of state of the Commonwealth Poland’s helping hand, even if it should ulation to minister to these Roman Division of Manuscripts at the NANU of Independent States, the post-Soviet involve some compromises regarding Catholic parishes of the Latin rite are Institute of Ukrainian Literature. Eurasian entity dominated by Russia. Ukrainian historical sensitivities. actively proselytizing among the The program was introduced by Dr. Another source of irritation between Dr. Romaniw dissented from that posi- Ukrainian population. Historically in Larissa Onyshkevych, the president of Ukraine and Poland, Dr. Zhulynskyi tion, cautioning that we should not over- Ukraine Latinization always was tanta- NTSh in America, and emceed by Dr. observed, the controversy surrounding estimate the Polish card as a ticket for mount to Polonization, Dr. Romaniv Anna Procyk, a vice-president of the the so-called “Pantheon,” a memorial Ukraine’s entry into Europe. As a resi- reminded his audience. NTSh in charge of lecture programs. erected by the Poles at the Lychakiv dent of Lviv, he was able to explain the Dr. Romaniv then directed his focus to Dr. Zhulynskyi spoke in his role as a Cemetery in Lviv to honor Polish com- rationale behind the local protests against the hapless political situation in Ukraine, representative of the Ukrainian-Polish batants who died on Ukrainian territory the Polish “Pantheon” at the cemetery in which he said is being caused by a Inter-Parliamentary Forum, a group of in their war against the Western Lviv. There is no equal in Europe, said “chaotic coalition of oligarchs.” In partic- lawmakers dedicated to promoting coop- Ukrainian National Republic in the years Dr. Romaniv, for a memorial of such ular, he bemoaned the status of the eration between the two neighboring 1918-1919. Twice Presidents Kuchma grandeur for enemy combatants buried Ukrainian language in Ukraine, which countries, with a focus on Ukraine’s and Aleksander Kwasniewski were on foreign soil. He added: Where are the has been pushed out of the informational “European Choice.” Poland has reached scheduled to unveil the memorial togeth- “Pantheons” of the German soldiers fall- space by Russian. Today there isn’t a sin- out to Ukraine with a number of initia- er, but each time the ceremony was can- en on Polish territory? He then answered gle Ukrainian-only TV channel left in tives, which have been spurned by celed due to local opposition by the Lviv his own question by pointing out that Ukraine. The only hope is a change of Ukraine, complained Dr. Zhulynskyi. On administration. they have been bulldozed by the Poles. government, said Dr. Romaniv, conclud- two occasions, Poland’s President The latest emerging threat to According to Dr. Romaniv, Ukrainians ing in English with “God bless Alexander Kwasniewski offered to host a Ukrainian-Polish relations comes from find offensive the Polish inscriptions on roundtable discussion between Ukraine’s Poland’s decision to mark during 2003 the Lviv memorial, not the least of which (Continued on page 17)

The General Assembly of the Ukrainian National Association EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Parsippany, NJ 07054 3000 S.E. Royal Hills Drive – No. 29G Bethlehem, PA 18017 Renton, WA 98058-2313 President Myron Kuropas AUDITING COMMITTEE 107 Ilehamwood Drive Stefan Kaczaraj Barbara Bachynsky DeKalb, IL 60115 Ukrainian National Association Zenon Holubec 101 E. 16th St. 5566 Pearl Road New York, NY 10003 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 Bishop Stephen Bilak Parma, OH 44129-2541 Parsippany, NJ 07054 1750 Jefferson St., Apt. 301 Wasyl Liscynesky Hollywood, FL 33020 First Vice-President Yaroslav Zaviysky 4257 Dentzler Road 11 Bradley Road Parma, OH 44134 Martha Lysko Joseph Lesawyer Clark, NJ 07006 Gables at Lake Mary 801 S. Pitt St. – Unit 428 Pawlo Prinko Alexandria, VA 22314 3655 West Lake Mary Blvd. Alexander Serafyn 1245 Rhawn St. Lake Mary, FL 32746 2565 Timberwyck Trail Philadelphia, PA 19111 Second Vice-President Troy, MI 48098 Wasyl Didiuk Eugene Iwanciw Andrij Skyba 30 Allenhurst Drive, Apt. 402 P.O. Box 5748 4575 N. Nagle Ave. Islington, Ontario M9A 4Y8 6138 N. 12th St. ADVISORS Harwood Heights, IL 60706 Arlington, VA 22205-0748 Eugene Oscislawski Taras Szmagala Sr. 25 Jason Court Michael Kuropas 10976 Tanager Trail Director for Canada Matawan, NJ 07747-3510 313 West St. Brecksville, OH 44141 Sycamore, IL 60178 Al Kachkowski Helen Olek Scott Joseph Hawryluk 126 Simon Fraser Crescent 7644 W. Rosedale Ave. 79 Southridge Drive Myron Groch Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7H 3T1 Chicago, IL 60631 West Seneca, NY 14224-4442 16 Kevin Drive Founthill, Ontario L0S 1E4 National Secretary Anatole Doroshenko Stefan Hawrysz 39446 Edgewater Drive Christine E. Kozak 155 Erdenheim Road Northville, MI 48167 Ukrainian National Association Erdenheim, PA 19038 HONORARY MEMBERS 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY William Pastuszek Parsippany, NJ 07054 Vasyl Luchkiw 5 Park Ave. Anna Chopek 49 Windmill Lane Swarthmore, PA 19081 678 44th St. Treasurer New City, NY 10956 Los Alamos, NM 87544 Roma Lisovich Tekla Moroz Ukrainian National Association Myron Pylypiak Anna Haras 345 36th Ave. 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 P.O. Box 59313 1930 Greenleaf St. Lachine, Quebec H8T 2A5 No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2003 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

George Yurkiw, secretary UNA announces changes of UNA Branch 130, dies in management at Soyuzivka ASTORIA, N.Y. – George Yurkiw, longtime secretary of Ukrainian National Joining the UNA to spearhead our • Olesia Guran – reservations and Association Branch 130, died on Soyuzivka Project Renaissance is front desk manager, who joined us this December 18, 2002, after a serious ill- Nestor Paslawsky, of Ramsey, N.J., summer from Florida and the Best ness. He was 73. newly appointed as director of hospitali- Western Hotel; Mr. Yurkiw was born on September ty services. Mr. Paslawsky has a great • Daria Nyzankiwsky – operations 17, 1929, in Mali Didushychi, near Stryi deal of experience in hotel management, manager, in charge of maintenance and in western Ukraine, into a family of working both with the Ramada and housekeeping, a former Soyuzivka teachers. He completed elementary Marriott hotels. His appointment is employee, who returns to us from the school in his village and then attended effective as of January 13. Nevele Resort; the gymnasium (secondary school) in After 15 years of continuous service, • Andrij Sonevytsky – executive chef, Stryi. In 1944 the Yurkiw family emi- John Flis, General manager of who will also serve as Banquet grated to the West, and while in Soyuzivka will be leaving to pursue Manager; and Salzburg, Austria, Mr. Yurkiw studied at other endeavors. Mr. Flis will remain at • long-time Soyuzivka employee the Ukrainian gymnasium there. Sonia Semanyshyn, who has assumed a Soyuzivka through the spring in order to Mr. Yurkiw arrived in the United new position as manager of accounting help in the transition to the new man- States in 1948 and a short time after- and back-office operations. agement structure. We thank him for his wards enlisted in the U.S. Army, com- Stay tuned for a chance to meet the pleting training with a photography unit. contribution and many years of contin- new staff “up close and personal” in He was assigned to the 2nd Division, ued service and wish him much success future issues of the UNA’s two newspa- which in 1950 took an active part in the in all his future endeavors. pers. Korean War. This completes the new management After returning from Korea, Mr. team at Soyuzivka, which now includes: – UNA Executive Committee Yurkiw trained new recruits. Once he completed four years of service in the Army, he worked for some time with the George Yurkiw renowned dance master Vasile Maizeville community hosts St. Nick Avramenko, assisting him with film pro- being elected the branch’s delegate to duction. numerous UNA conventions, at which he Mr. Yurkiw joined the UNA upon was active as chairman of the arriving in the United States, becoming a Verifications Committee. member of Branch 130. In 1972 he Mr. Yurkiw was active also in the became the branch secretary. In that Ukrainian American Veterans. position he displayed a great talent for A parastas was offered at the Quinn organizing work and assisted the UNA’s Funeral Home in Astoria, N.Y., on growth by enrolling many new members. December 20, with many mourners in He was recognized for his hard work by attendance, among them veterans and New York City police officers with UNA BRANCH MEETINGS whom Mr. Yurkiw had worked for many years as an auxiliary. Funeral services took place on Sunday, January 26 December 21 at Holy Cross Ukrainian Catholic Church. The casket was draped WATERVLIET, N.Y.: UNA Branch with a U.S. flag and police formed an 13 and St. Nicholas Brotherhood will honor guard. Burial was at Holy Spirit hold its yearly meeting at the Ukrainian Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery in American Citizens’ Club at 2:30 p.m. On Hamptonburgh, N.Y. Cadets of the U.S. the agenda: reports for 2002, discussion Military Academy at West Point attended and election of new officers for the year the funeral and participated in the mili- 2003. A reception will follow the meet- tary tribute paid to a comrade. ing. All members of the UNA and the Surviving are Mr. Yurkiw’s wife, brotherhood (bratstvo) should be present. Anna; son, Mark; and daughter, Renée MAIZEVILLE, Pa. – St. John’s parishioners were treated to a visit by St. Nicholas Guests are always welcome. For infor- Apostolos, with their families; sister, on Sunday, December 8, 2002. Approximately 60 parishioners attended this year’s mation call Nick Fil, (518) 785-7596, or Lida Belendiuk, with her family; and dinner and sang the traditional Ukrainian St. Nicholas song. After the dinner, St. Paul Shewchuk (518) 785-6793. other relatives. Nicholas, assisted by parishioner Jason Yulich, paid a visit to the church members and spoke briefly about the importance of giving of one’s self and kindness toward others. Each of the parish schoolchildren came to greet St. Nicholas and received a gift and traditional packet of gold foil-wrapped chocolate coins. Seen above are IN MEMORIAM altar boys with St. Nicholas and the Rev. D. George Worshak, pastor. – Joe Chabon, Secretary of UNA Branch 242. George Yurkiw September 17, 1929 – December 18, 2002

The Executive Committee of the Ukrainian National Association regrets to Mission Statement announce to the Members of the General Assembly, and members of Branch 130 The Ukrainian National Association exists: and to the UNA membership at large that George Yurkiw, longtime secretary of I to promote the principles of fraternalism; Branch 130, died on December 18, 2002. I to preserve the Ukrainian, Ukrainian American and The Executive Committee and the entire UNA membership wish to express their Ukrainian Canadian heritage and culture; and sincerest sympathy to his wife, Anna, his children, Mark and Renee, grandchil- I dren, and sister, Lydia Belendiuk and family. Funeral services were held to provide quality financial services and products to its members. December 21 at Holy Cross Ukrainian Catholic Church in Astoria, with burial at Holy Spirit Ukrainian Cemetery in Hamptonburgh, N.Y. Mr. Yurkiw will be As a fraternal insurance society, the Ukrainian National remembered for his long years of service and dedication to the UNA. Association reinvests its earnings for the benefit of its Vichna Yomu Pamiat! members and the Ukrainian community. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2003 No. 3

CHRISTMAS PASTORAL THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY January 22 lives on ShoutTo the Reverend with Clergy, thejoy, Religious forThe God talents a doctoris withhas are God-given us For decades, January 22 was celebrated by Ukrainians around the globe as the and Faithful of the Eparchy of Stamford: and the skills he exercises in healing are Independence Day of Ukraine. Today, however, we have another, more recent, inde- ïðËÒÚÓÒ ê‡Ê‰‡πÚ¸Òfl! what he does with God’s gift. God’s pendence anniversary, as Ukraine’s government has declared August 24 – the date in healing hands are seen in the hands of a 1991 when Ukraine’s Supreme Council voted to adopt the “Act of Declaration of the “Shout with joy to the Lord, all the person. Independence of Ukraine” – a national holiday. Many in our diaspora have now cho- earth; sing to His name, give Him glo- Everything we have, all the talents sen to celebrate the August 24 Independence Day, while forgetting about January 22. rious praise.” These words from the we have, reveal God’s gift of love for Nonetheless, we firmly believe that January 22 is a date that lives in history and, as stikh of the Christmas Prokimen us. But they are not gifts meant to be such, should be a time for us to contemplate Ukraine’s arduous, yet ultimately suc- describe the feeling of the Nativity of used selfishly. Gifts are given to show cessful, road to independence – especially this year, on the 85th anniversary of the our Lord. We want to shout from the God’s love. They are given to help oth- proclamation of independence. highest mountain our joy that “God is ers. No matter what gifts you have been It was on January 22, 1918, that the Ukrainian Central Rada in Kyiv issued an edict With Us!” God became man and dwelt given, they are meant to be shared. A that was the realization of an age-old dream of the Ukrainian people. “Henceforth, the among us! person gifted with something even as Ukrainian National Republic is an independent, free and sovereign state of the From the first promise to Adam and mundane as business skills is to use Ukrainian people, subject to no one,” it proclaimed. Eve that there would be a Savior, until them to help others. I remember reading Then, exactly one year later, the Act of Union consolidated all Ukrainian lands, east the preaching of John the Baptist, about Andrew Carnegie, who said it and west, into one Ukrainian National Republic. The historic merger, which occurred humanity waited. It waited to be saved! was wrong to die rich. He amassed an at a time of great chaos, the collapse of authority, social turmoil and war, came after It waited for the moment that God enormous fortune and left behind uni- the Ukrainian National Rada, the representative assembly of the Western Ukrainian would keep His promise. The coming of versities, libraries and museums that National Republic, voted on January 4, 1919, in Stanyslaviv to unite with their com- the promised One, Jesus, was the begin- still enrich and serve humanity long patriots in Kyiv. ning of the fulfillment of all the promis- after his death. God gave him talents The Act of Union between the Western Ukrainian National Republic and the that he used well, and, as a result, bet- Ukrainian National Republic was proclaimed on January 22, 1919, in Kyiv’s St. es that God had made through the thou- sands of years that humanity had wait- tered the lives of countless thousands of Sophia Square. Consequently, a common general staff for both armies was created, a people. common currency was introduced, and a joint diplomatic delegation was sent to the ed. Jesus came as living proof that God is Love cannot be contained. Persons Paris Peace Conference. who are truly loving cannot keep love to To be sure, the independence proclaimed in 1918-1919 was short-lived, as it fell love. Jesus came to guide us as to how we can live in that love. God came to us themselves. Love, because it is of God, victim to both external forces and internal factors. However, as Dr. Orest Subtelny always expands outward. When we love underlines in his “Ukraine: A History” (University of Toronto Press), the Ukrainian so that our lives might be intimately joined together. In human relationships – a person, a possession – we want revolution of 1917-1920 spread national consciousness to all segments of Ukrainian everyone to know. This is the message society. “... the rise of Ukrainian governments taught peasants to identify themselves we can know God’s love. It is in our relationships with others that we can be of Christmas. God loves us! We are as ‘Ukrainians.’ ... [Thus] the upheaval of 1917-1920 was not only a socioeconomic loved and we want everyone to know the but also a national revolution.” the instruments that God uses to extend His love to others. love we have! So we want to shout and So, then, the revolution whose key events are dated January 22, must be considered we want to express the love we have a success. Furthermore, its memory kept the Ukrainian national idea alive and it laid God not only sent His Son to be our Savior, but He continues to send gifts of been given to those who need to know the groundwork for what was to come – albeit decades later. that God loves them. love to us in many ways. Sometimes, a As a result of the two events that took place on January 22 one year apart, and as a In our world today, we need men and kind word just when we need it is a gift reaffirmation of the Ukrainian people’s right to a life free of Russian Communist dom- women of love to express the love of from God, and the person is the instru- ination, the diaspora began to celebrate January 22 just as Americans celebrate the God for all humanity. When Christ was Fourth of July. Thirty years ago, in 1973, St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic ment God uses. God uses priests as His School in Newark, N.J., became the first school to observe this day as a holiday. City instruments of healing in confession. (Continued on page 7) halls and state capitols across the nation raised the Ukrainian flag in commemoration, and Ukrainian communities celebrated a glorious day in Ukraine’s history. Local LETTERS TO THE EDITOR observances grew into national events, with Ukrainian businesses and institutions being closed in honor of the day. And the dream of Ukrainian independence lived on. That is why Ukrainians worldwide should continue to recall the milestone date of visit to the Archeparchy of Philadelphia. January 22. Let us mark the January 22 anniversaries each year by remembering All the letters and announcements reflect- Ukraine’s long struggle for statehood – perhaps via something as simple as delving Response to letter ed this. So, when Mr. Iwaskiw remarks into our history books to refresh our knowledge. Let us also honor all those who came that “the three active bishops of the before us, who paved the way for Ukraine’s current status as an independent member on Philadelphia visit Dear Editor: Ukrainian Catholic Church in America of the world community of nations – for today’s independence is built upon the sacri- were conspicuous by their absence,” he fices of many preceding generations. Leo Iwaskiw chose to write (letters, unfairly demeans these honorable bishops. December 15, 2002) of the disappoint- One week previous to the visit to ments of the faithful in relation to the visit Philadelphia, our major archbishop visited Jan. of our Major Archbishop Lubomyr Husar the Eparchy of Parma, where neither I nor Turning the pages back... to our magnificent cathedral. I feel that his other Ukrainian Catholic Bishops were comments need to be addressed, as they present. This is understood in protocol – were grossly misleading and unfairly tar- something about which I would gladly 22 nished some people and the celebration. have informed Mr. Iwaskiw had he had the I have had opportunity to meet with Mr. courtesy to inquire. 1993 Ten years ago, in 1993, we marked an important anniver- Iwaskiw on a number of occasions, and Had Mr. Iwaskiw bothered to inquire as sary – the 75th – of the proclamation of an independent have been generous with my time to listen to why the title patriarch was not used, and Ukrainian state on January 22, 1918. In The Weekly’s editori- to him. He knows from experience that I not judged this as a “stubborn omitting” al on that occasion, we noted that, though it is a significant am approachable, and that I do not neglect and a “lack of respect,” I would have anniversary of a significant historical event, there were questions within the Ukrainian the concerns of the faithful. Yet, despite informed him that this was done with the community on just how we should commemorate this date. the various items he has addressed with full blessing of our major archbishop. The editorial went on to say: “The reason for the questions, of course, is the fact me on different occasions, he did not make The major archbishop himself has pub- that Ukraine today has another, more recent, independence anniversary. ... There are any attempt to contact me regarding the licly stated that the use of the title is a those in the diaspora who would simply stop observing the January 22 independence issue raised in his letter. purely voluntary choice, and he does not anniversary, and choose instead the August 24 Independence Day as the focus of our Had he done this (which might be mandate it. He himself asked the cele- community celebrations. regarded as a basic courtesy), I would brants during the papal liturgy in Ukraine “Indeed, last year, it seemed most of our communities marked the first anniversary have had opportunity to explain some not to use the title of “patriarch” in the of the August 24 act. It remains to be seen how, or if, they will celebrate the January basics to him, and prevented his making presence of the holy father. He is very 22, 1918, date when the Ukrainian Central Rada (Council) issued the Fourth hurtful accusation against others. This is aware of my choice to await the final Universal that proclaimed a free and independent Ukrainian state. (If the number of something which I have experienced many recognition, and is fully in agreement with advance news items received here at The Weekly is any indication, then the 75th times already in my experience with good this. This was communicated with all of anniversary will be a low-key commemoration.) people in our Ukrainian community here our clergy of the archeparchy, and I have “We would urge our readers, however, not to forget the January 22 anniversary ... in the United States of America. So often not opposed individual priests electing to Consider this: If there had been no independent Ukrainian state in the earlier part of people choose not to seek counsel or elab- use the title “patriarch” in their parishes this century, Ukraine would have been completely stateless for 300 years. Its claim to oration of information but are quick to should they desire. So, Mr. Iwaskiw would independent statehood would be seriously undermined. ... The independence procla- criticize or go through other sources, such have realized, if he had bothered to ask, mation of January 22, 1918, has been the guiding principle of all our community life as newspapers. that the “omission” was not really an in the diaspora. It was the legacy of January 22 that compelled us to preserve our Had Mr. Iwaskiw shown the basic cour- omission but a holding to status quo of Ukrainian culture, our history – the Ukrainian essence. ... tesy to call, I would have informed him respect. “It is a truism that the past is prologue. ... Without the act of January 22, 1918, that our major archbishop’s visit was not Finally, Mr. Iwaskiw criticized the would there even have been an act of August 24, 1991?” to the Church in the United States, as he “widespread use of the English language Source: “January 22” (Editorial), The Ukrainian Weekly, January 17, 1993, Vol. states in his article, but was specifically during the divine liturgy,” which he saw as LXI, No. 3. planned with the major archbishop as a (Continued on page 7) No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2003 7

NEWS AND VIEWS The UIA’s Man of the Year program: TheThe thingsthings wewe do...do... an explanation of its rationale and goals by Orysia Paszczak Tracz

by Walter Nazarewicz the great validity of the essential idea behind our program. The second was to The sad Christmas Eve carol Two recent and related events conducted select as the program’s theme a topic of The melody is familiar, but the lyrics the mother with her little children, she and by the Ukrainian Institute of America (UIA) major importance, as opposed to one of are something we have not heard before. they are crying, and the children ask where – the initiation of “2003 – The Year of the limited, local interest. The third was to co- At least, those of us from the DP genera- is our father. Mother, why is he not sitting Renaissance of Kyiv” and the selection of opt the support of Ukrainians in Ukraine so tion have not. Yet on some more recent down to supper with us? Because our Kyiv Mayor Oleksander Omelchenko as that the program would be a truly broad, Christmas albums from Ukraine, and from father is in Siberia/in a distant land/impris- the institute’s 2002 Man of the Year – have “hands-across-the-sea” effort many in the Ukrainians arriving in the last few oned, and is remembering Sviatyi Vechir at generated considerable response in the United States and Ukraine have long decades, we have heard a “new” koliada: home, in Ukraine. In another home, par- community, including two critical letters desired. Finally, the institute set as an objec- “Sumnyi Sviatyi Vechir” ‘Sad Christmas ents are weeping for their sons, one in published in The Ukrainian Weekly and tive the selection of a theme that would be Eve’. Siberia, one in Berlin and one in the parti- Svoboda. The programs required major of interest to non-Ukrainians who generally This koliada is recorded in a song book sans (i.e., in UPA), and they will never see effort on the part of the Institute and its sup- have little appreciation for or knowledge of from the Boyko region, “Folklorni them again. porters, and were established with exacting the rich culture and history of Ukraine. Materialy z Otchoho Krayu” (Folklore One version begins with “Chy chuly vy objectives. We believe most of our objec- After careful consideration the institute Material from the Native Land), collected brattia” (Did you hear, brothers), the sad tives were achieved, and achieved exceed- decided that one topic could accomplish the by Vasyl and Hanna Sokil (Lviv: Instytut news, that our mother Ukraine has been ingly well, and accordingly would like to objectives described above – namely, the Narodoznavstva, NAN Ukrainy, 1998), chained. She is in chains, in prison, and comment on some aspects of the letters. many positive developments that have under the category social-political koliad- thousands of innocent people have been A brief review of the background leading occurred in Kyiv since Ukraine’s independ- ky. It is also in “Pisni UPA” (Songs of the placed in the raw earth. Then, the family up to the events may be useful. During the ence, resulting in the transformation of UPA – Ukrainian Insurgent Army), com- sits down to the supper. summer of 2002, following a constant bar- Ukraine’s capital from a relative backwater piled and edited by Zenoviy Lavryshyn The koliada has been recorded on at rage of highly negative news published in 1989 to one of today’s shining lights of (Toronto – Lviv: Litopys UPA, 1996. least two albums: “Temnenka Nichka: about Ukraine throughout the world, the Eastern Europe. The institute believes that Series: Litopys UPA, vol. 25). If I am not Carols of Ukraine” by Savelia Curniski, board of directors of the UIA decided to the extent of this remarkable transformation mistaken, it is also in a songbook compiled including singers and musicians from Lviv implement a substantial effort to help raise is not well-recognized by the Ukrainian in the Zelenyi Klyn region in the Far East, (Savelia Curniski, 330 Sixth Ave. N., the self-esteem of Ukrainians both in American community, let alone the rest of where so many Ukrainians had been Ukraine and abroad, and to inform non- the world. Saskatoon, Saskatoon S7K 2S5; 306-653- exiled. Ukrainians of the progress achieved in Accordingly, the institute decided to des- 4646; [email protected]); and “Pisni z- Kvitka Kondracka, director of the Ukraine since its independence. ignate 2003 as “The Year of the za Grat” (Songs from Behind Prison Bars] Vesnivka Choir in Toronto, told me that The institute established a number of Renaissance of Kyiv” and to launch a series by Ne Zhurys, recorded in Lviv in 1990. the koliada was documented in 1959 in specific objectives to be addressed through of programs, to be held at two-to-three (AV-Systems, 3253 Lakeshore Blvd. W., the village of Ivanivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk its program. The first was to obtain the sup- month intervals throughout the year, on Toronto, Ontario M5V 1M3; 416-253- Oblast, by Pavlyna Ciupa, Orysia Stasiv, port of all the major organizations in the such topics as Kyiv’s architecture, arts, 9314; www.mo-productions.com). Lida Pazek, and others. Myron diaspora. This was accomplished quickly music and even current fashion design. The latter is a collection of prison folk- and whole-heartedly – in itself a signal of Our initial plan was to launch the cele- Maksymiw, director of the St. Demetrius lore of the Stalin-Brezhnev concentration bration of “The Renaissance of Kyiv” on Ukrainian Catholic Church Choir in camps and of UPA songs. The artistic Walter Nazarewicz is president of the Toronto, wrote: “I wrote down the words director of Ne Zhurys was Viktor Ukrainian Institute of America. (Continued on page 14) to this carol, as is, when I was living in Morozov. This tape, if still available, is a Ukraine for five years (1990-1995–1996). chilling, haunting, yet truly beautiful With my family we sang it during record of that horrific time. Possibly the LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Christmas. As for the diaspora, well, I Yevshan Corp. and the Ukrainian don’t know. I’ve never heard anybody in Bookstore in Edmonton may still have this Toronto do it, although many new immi- audio document of history in song. grants do know it. This is the first time In “Pisni UPA,” there are at least 33 dif- Response... Insulted by letter that I am performing it. The origin of the ferent traditional koliada melodies with (Continued from page 6) carol? I don’t know.” (My thanks to Maria many more versions of contemporary “unnecessary.” He particularly drew inor- regarding UIA event Rypan for putting me in contact with wartime and Soviet-era lyrics. These are dinate attention to the fact that the Epistle Dear Editor: Myron Maksymiw). followed by Easter songs, also with new and Gospel were read only in English. He The melody is that of “Nova Radist lyrics. concluded that this “indicates a complete It is not my intention to discuss the let- Stala.” The lyrics, as with so many In hearing “Sumnyi Sviatyi Vechir,” I lack of respect and only alienates the faith- ters by Jaroslawa Zelinsky Johnson and Ukrainian folk and war songs, are very am again reminded that for my parents’ ful.” Mr. Iwaskiw exaggerates a point he is Marta Farion published in The Weekly on matter-of-fact in describing sad, awful, ter- generation – one that encompassed both entitled to legitimately make. However, December 22, 2002. I obviously disagree rible events. I have a feeling the words are Displaced Persons and the population the reality is that over 75 percent of the with most of their statements and opinions. not meant to be maudlin but, in the tradi- remaining in Ukraine and imprisoned in divine liturgy was sung in Ukrainian. Yet, I have no doubt in my mind that anybody tional style, just describe things as they Central Asia and Siberia – Christmas Eve he does not share (and perhaps is unaware) can write to the editors whatever she or he are” was not a joyful time. Even though it that a significant portion of the children wishes. It is up to the editors, their civility, “Sumnyi Sviatyi Vechir, v sorok shos- should have been, instead it was an and faithful participating traveled by buses integrity and good taste to decide which let- tim/siomim rotsi, po vsii Ukraini, plach na evening of grief, mourning, remembering, from distant parishes where Ukrainian ters deserve to be published. There is an kozhnim krotsi. Posidaly do vecheri maty wondering and hoping. liturgies are celebrated but the Ukrainian absolute majority of your readers that dis- z ditochkamy, zamist maly vecheriaty – As one “vinshuvannia” or Christmas language is not spoken and not under- agree with authors of these letters and feel vmylysia slíozamy...” greeting, cited in the UPA songbook, put: stood. He does not share how many hun- insulted. As with practically every Ukrainian “Bazhayem zdorovlia, veseloho sviata, i dreds of children were involved in prepa- My suggestion to the editor for the future song, there are many versions of the lyrics. v spokoyu schaslyvomu druhoho dizhdaty. rations, in both languages. is to be more selective and critical. The UPA songbook gives quite a few vari- Dizhdaty svobody, pry svoyii rodyni I believe that the divine liturgy reflected I also would like to bring to your atten- ations. But the basic text remains: A very khvalu Bohu zaspivaty v vilnii Ukraini!” a proper respect and dignity for all who par- tion that neither The Weekly nor Svoboda sad Sviatyi Vechir (Christmas Eve) in the (We wish you health and a joyous holy ticipated. This was magnificently and most are private enterprises which are free to year 1946 or 1947 [the years of arrests and day, and may you be here for the same charitably reflected by the major archbish- print matters that may be offensive to larg- deportations to Central Asia and Siberia], holy day next year, in peaceful bliss. May op’s bilingual homily, offered so all might er numbers of your readers. with weeping wherever you go all over you live to see freedom, and with your Ukraine. As the family sits down to supper, family to praise God in a free Ukraine!) hear and understand the Word of God. Andrew Paschuk Our major archbishop personified for New York all of us the genuine concern and charity of God for all who enter His Church. He The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes the peace and salvation of the entire gives us Ukrainian Catholics an example world. to follow and emulate if we genuinely are letters to the editor and commen- Shout with joy... taries on a variety of topics of con- (Continued from page 6) If we and all our brothers and sisters concerned for the well-being and nurturing work together in love – the love that cern to the Ukrainian American born, the world was at peace – the Pax of souls – in Ukrainian, English, or what- comes from God alone – we would truly and Ukrainian Canadian commu- Romana it was called – the Peace of ever language they present themselves in. shout with joy from all of the ends of the nities. Opinions expressed by Rome. Let us work together in love to Are we ready to embrace our mission as a earth that “God is with Us.” columnists, commentators and let- bring about a new world of peace: the Ukrainian Catholic Church, or are we God bless you, Father, Son and Holy going to choose to remain in the closet of ter-writers are their own and do peace of Christ. Let us together ask our Blessed Spirit. Amen. inappropriate nationalism? not necessarily reflect the opinions ë·‚¥Ú âÓ„Ó! of either The Weekly editorial Mother, who through her maternity on The Most Rev. Stefan Soroka staff or its publisher, the that first Christmas morning brought +Basil Metropolitan-Archbishop Ukrainian National Association. about the salvation of the world, to inter- Bishop of Stamford Philadelphia cede so that her prayers may bring about (New York and New England) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2003 No. 3

WeddingWedding AnnouncementsAnnouncements Laura Catherine Crews Congratulations and Andrew Michael Salywon were married to our newlywed October 5, 2002 in St. Katherine’s Greek couples! Orthodox Church in May they have the best Chandler, AZ. Laura is of fortune and share the joy of love the daughter of Terri and throughout their lives! Ronald Crews of Mesa, AZ. Andrew is the son of — The Ukrainian Weekly Beatrice and the late * * * Michael Salywon of Wedding and anniversary Tucson, AZ. Laura has a announcements are Masters in Molecular and published several times a year in Cellular Biology from The Ukrainian Weekly. The next Arizona State University Wedding Announcements section and Andrew will finish will be published in March 2003. To his PhD in Plant Biology include your announcement in this from Arizona State in section, please send us your infor- March. Andrew spent mation by February 24, 2003. high school summers at To receive a brochure about placing Mohyla Institute in an announcement, or for further Saskatoon, Saskatchewan information, please call: and did two summers of (973) 292-9800, Ukrainian Studies at ext. 3040. Harvard University.

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åÌÓ„‡fl ã¥Ú‡! ô‡ÒÚË ªÏ ÅÓÊÂ! No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2003 9 National University of Ostroh Academy officials visit Pennsylvania by Dr. Myron B. Kuropas “Ukrainian Room,” a community-wide project that showcases Ukrainian history, PITTSBURGH – Following their suc- folk art, literature and music in the cessful sojourn to Minnesota, land of Cathedral. To my knowledge, the room is 10,000 lakes, “Team Ostroh” – Dr. Ihor the only one of its kind at any American Pasichnyk, rector of the National university. University of Ostroh Academy, and That evening Dr. Pasichnyk, Prof. Natalia Lominska, vice-rector – turned Lominska, Michael Komichak, my wife, their attention to Pennsylvania, the Lesia, and I were guests of Rostyslaw and Keystone State, historically Ukrainian Katherine Dowbenko for a sumptuous sit America’s most significant locale. down-dinner, where all of us had an It is to Pennsylvania that our earliest opportunity to thank Mr. Komichak and pioneers immigrated. Pennsylvania was the Dowbenkos for a highly successful the birthplace of the Ukrainian Catholic Ostroh debut in Pittsburgh. Church. It was here that all three of our The following weekend we were off to remaining fraternal benefit societies, the Philadelphia, “City of Brotherly Love.” Ukrainian National Association (UNA), On the way to the reception at the the Ukrainian Fraternal Association Ukrainian Cultural Center in Jenkintown, (UFA), and the Providence Association of we visited Manor College where the pres- Ukrainian Catholics, were born. Our three ident, Sister Mary Cecilia Jurasinski, major newspapers – Svoboda, America showed us around. As we toured the facil- and Narodna Volya – were established ities, the Ostroh visitors were amazed at here. Pennsylvania is home also to the what the Basilian sisters had accom- Ukrainian Catholic metropolitan, Manor plished. They were especially impressed College, and the United Ukrainian with the modern library and the state-of- American Relief Committee. More the-art dental laboratory in which future Ukrainian Americans live in Pennsylvania Manor dental technician graduates have than in any other state. an opportunity to hone their skills. Our first stop was Pittsburgh. The first Equally amazing was the Ukrainian mutual benefit society, now UNA Branch Heritage Center located on the premises. It 53, was organized here in 1888 and for- was obvious that Ukrainian culture is near mally established in 1892, two years and dear to the hearts of the Basilian nuns before the formal birth of the Russkyi at Manor. Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians Narodnyi Soyuz, precursor to the alike have an opportunity to learn Ukrainian National Association (UNA). Ukrainian Easter egg-making and embroi- Pittsburgh was also the birthplace in 1914 dery in the center. The latest addition, a of the now defunct Ukrainian National Basilian Spiritual Center, directed by Sister Aid Association (UNAA). Marina Bochnevich, OSBM, was most The first Ukrainian church in impressive as well. Our tour ended with a Pittsburgh was the Ruthenian (now delicious lunch in the convent. Ukrainian) Catholic Church of St. John During the tour we also visited a com- the Baptist, founded in 1891 by the leg- puter lab in which some older nuns were endary Father John Stefanovych of the become computer literate. “How wonder- famed “American Circle” of Ukrainian ful it is for the Catholic Church to have Catholic priests. Father Stefanovych was nuns such as these,” exclaimed Dr. St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Pittsburgh. president of the UNA from 1902 to 1904. Pasichynyk. “They are spiritual and yet in A Presbyterian church was organized touch with the real world. I would like in 1903 and St. Volodymyr’s Ukrainian our religious to see what I’ve seen here.” Orthodox Church came into being in The reception at the Ukrainian 1926. Educational and Cultural Center was Our visit began with liturgy at St. organized by the dynamic Orysia Hewko John’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, where and the indefatigable Ulana Mazurkevich, we were graciously welcomed by the pas- longtime Philadelphia activists. Once tor, the Rev. Deacon Michael Levy, again, the reception was warm, friendly Ph.D., and a number of parishioners who and productive. invited us for coffee. Our trip to Pennsylvania was beneficial The next stop was the radio studio of for everyone who participated. Ukrainians Michael Komichak, known in the com- in Pennsylvania had an opportunity to munity as the “mayor” of the Ukrainian meet and greet outstanding educators from Pittsburgh. Mr. Komichak had been Ukraine, and the Ukrainians from Ostroh advertising the Ostroh reception for over had a chance to learn more about our three weeks in both English and community. Over and over again, one Ukrainian. heard our visitors voice amazement at The Ostroh meeting, organized by what Ukrainians in the United States have Prof. Kathryn Dowbenko, was scheduled been able to accomplish. for the Cathedral of Learning of the “We knew so little about America’s University of Pittsburgh where some 50 Ukrainians,” Dr. Pasichynyk kept telling people of all ages warmly greeted the vis- me. “The Soviets tried to convince us that Visiting a dental laboratory at Manor College are (from left): Dr. Ihor itors from Ostroh. Prior to the presenta- Pasichnyk, Manor College President Sister Mary Cecilia Jurasinski, OSBM, and tion, we visited the very impressive (Continued on page 19) Prof. Natalia Lominska.

During a presentation of Ostroh Awards (from left) are: Prof. Natalia Lominska, Team Ostroh and Michael Komichak visit the Ukrainian Room at the Cathedral Michael Komichak, Dr. Ihor Pasichnyk and Prof. Kathryn Dowbenko. of Learning, University of Pittsburgh. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2003 No. 3

Commemorating a legendary Ukrainian pianist: Lubka Kolessa (1902-1997) MONTREAL — A program celebrating vent expression of admiration,” going on Munich, Dresden, Zurich, Stockholm, pianist’s teaching activity at McGill the life and international concert career of to note that a particular performance “was Prague, Copenhagen, Lviv, Kharkiv and University in 1960-1971. The scholarship the legendary Ukrainian pianist, Lubka a rendering that stirred every musical fiber Kyiv, among others, referred to her vari- will benefit gifted piano students and will Kolessa, on the centenary of the artist’s in those who heard it.” “Masterly ously as “a pianistic phenomenon,” “a star preserve and perpetuate the legacy of this birth, was held on November 17, 2002, at Performance,” said the Washington Sun, of the first magnitude,” and “exciting, great Ukrainian pianist. (It was noted that the Ukrainian National Federation Hall and Rio de Janeiro’s A Noite wrote “the moving, inspiring, brilliant, colorful, McGill University will issue receipts for under the auspices of the Olha Basarab concerts of Lubka Kolessa were a great superbly artistic.” income tax purposes for all donations Ukrainian Women’s Organization of event in the world of art.” In closing, Prof. Zuk informed the towards the Lubka Kolessa Scholarship Montreal. The program featured a lecture European critics were equally unani- audience that the McGill Faculty of Music Fund.) by Luba Zuk, former student of Lubka mous in their praise of Kolessa’s pianistic has established the Lubka Kolessa The audience was also reminded Kolessa and now professor of piano at the artistry; the press of Berlin, Leipzig, Scholarship Fund, commemorating the about the three-set CD recording — faculty of music at McGill University. “Lubka Kolessa,” which was recently The lecture was illustrated using the released on the DoReMi label as part of recently issued three-set CD recording of the Legendary Treasures Series. The CD Mme. Kolessa’s live performances. is available in music stores or by accessing In her lecture, Prof. Zuk outlined the the label’s website: www.doremi.com. active life path of Lubka Kolessa from her Recorded featured works include Piano birth in Lviv in 1902, through years of Concerto No. 3 by Beethoven and Piano training in Vienna, her early public con- Concerto No. 24 by Mozart with the certs, and her spectacular rise to a great Saxon State Orchestra and the Berlin international career. In her overview Prof. Radio Orchestra, respectively, as well as Zuk singled out Kolessa’s triumphant con- solo works by Chopin, Scarlatti, Mozart, cert tour in (Soviet) Ukraine in 1928, Liszt, Brahms, and Schumann, among oth- acclaimed appearances with leading orches- ers. tras under renowned conductors in practi- An extensive exhibition of photo- cally all the major concert halls of Europe, graphs and documents from the Kolessa as well as several tours in South and North Family Archives, organized and presented America, concluding with her arrival in by Tetiana Gerych, daughter of Lubka Canada in 1940, where she continued to Kolessa’s younger sister, the renowned lead an active career as a performer and cellist Chrystia Kolessa (1915-1978), was subsequently gained recognition as a great a special feature of the event. pedagogue until her passing in 1997. As part of the program proceedings, In the course of her lecture Prof. Zuk Yaroslava Maksymkiw, UWO Montreal quoted some of the countless accolades chapter president, delivered opening and accorded Lubka Kolessa by music critics, closing remarks; Vira Banit, UWO cultural press and conductors alike. The great con- officer, introduced the speaker; and ductor Bruno Walter considered Kolessa Ludmyla Korolec recited a poem appro- “certainly one of the most superb pianists priate to the occasion, Mykola Voronyi’s of our time”; Harold Taubman of New “Sertse Muzyky” (The Heart of Music). York judged her “an artist with a mind and At an event celebrating the centenary of the birth of the legendary Ukrainian The program concluded with a lively heart of her own”; the Toronto Globe and pianist Lubka Kolessa in a program organized by the Olha Basarab Ukrainian question and answer period, while several Mail article, headlined “Kolessa’s Women’s Organization of Montreal are guest speaker Prof. Luba Zuk (left), and members of the audience offered personal Triumph” recounted that “No pianist of Tetiana Gerych, niece of Lubka Kolessa, with photos forming part of the Kolessa reminiscences of performances by the leg- recent years roused more sincere and fer- Family Archives exhibition in the foreground. endary artist.

The Ukrainian Institue of America

due to popular demand by the general public, The Ukrainian Institue of America is extending the multimedia exhibit “The Renaissance of Kyiv” until

March 30, 2003. Exhibit hours are daily from 12 - 6 PM

2 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10021 tel 212 288-8660 [email protected] No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2003 11 Pennsylvania children perform “vertep” in Washington

by Yaro Bihun grander scale. The preparation work, Special to The Ukrainian Weekly including the designing and sewing of costumes, went on throughout the year WASHINGTON – A group of young and culminated in their debut perform- Ukrainian American children from ance as part of the cultural program dur- Pennsylvania came caroling to the ing Ukrainian Day at the United Nations nation’s capital on January 9. on December 19. While in New York the They performed a Christmas play at 27-member ensemble also performed at the Embassy of Ukraine at the invitation of Ambassador Kostyantyn the Ukrainian Institute of America. Gryshchenko, who saw their perform- Three days after their Washington ance at the United Nations in December. appearance, on January 12, the vertep And, on the way through the capital, they carolers performed before about 500 had the bus stop in front of the White enthusiastic fans at the Ukrainian House for some impromptu caroling “for Cultural Center in Philadelphia. the president.” Ms. Loun, who is the artistic director, The ensemble was organized by costume designer and co-writer (with her Roman and Danyila Loun of husband) of the vertep, said she was Philadelphia, who wrote, designed and overwhelmed by the hometown audi- produced a Christmas play called “Peace ence’s enthusiastic reaction to the per- and Joy to Your Home” that combines formance. Afterwards, she said, many Yaro Bihun parents approached her about getting elements of the traditional costumed Angel Oksana Vovchuk recites her lines during a “vertep” at the Embassy of Ukraine. “vertep” caroling group format with their children involved in future produc- what Ukrainian Americans recognize as tions. According to Mr. Loun, they plan a “Mykolaiko” program, with St. to expand their cultural programming in Nicholas and his angels bearing gifts for the future. good children. The play intertwines seg- Except for carolers George, Larysa ments of Christian and Ukrainian history and Oleksander Woskobiynyk, who are with Ukrainian Christmas traditions and third-generation Ukrainian Americans carols. from State College, Pa., the ensemble The Embassy audience, which includ- consists of children of recent, Fourth ed diplomats and invited Ukrainian- Wave immigrants from Ukraine living in American guests, enjoyed the evening, the Philadelphia area, Mr. Loun said. many commenting on the children’s The other carolers are: Maryan exquisite costumes. Bodnar, Christopher Kril, Daria and Earlier, as the children began caroling Maria Loun, Marian Petryk, Julia in front of the White House, Mr. Loun Stupen, Julia Vasilovski, Maria recalled, they were approached by one of Vengrenyuk, Greg Yakimiw and Natalia the guards, who asked them what they Zaichlyi. were doing. The cast also includes Daryna Kutuza “It’s the third day of Ukrainian and Oksana Vovchyk as the two angels; Christmas,” Mr. Loun told the guard, Alexander Kutuza as King Herod; and “and we came to carol for the president.” Oleg Stupen, Dmitro Tsyuman and “O.K.,” he said the guard replied. Roman Vengrenyuk as the three “Merry Christmas.” Ukrainian grand princes. Mr. Loun plays Mr. Loun told The Weekly that his St. Nicholas; and helping the ensemble involvement with organizing verteps vocally is the Holubka quartet (listed in Ambassador Kostyantyn Gryshchenko thanks the vertep carolers and Embassy goes back to 1989 in Ukraine, when, as a the program as “Golubka”) – Halyna guests. Standing next to him in the foreground are (from left): Julia Stypen, board member of the Cultural Fund of Bodnar, Maria Kaminsky, Nadya Petryk Oksana Vovchuk (angel), Roman Loun (St. Nicholas), Daryna Kutuza (angel), Ukraine, he suggested having a nation- and Halyna Stupen. Marian Petryk (centurion) and Christopher Krill (with star). wide vertep competition. As it turned The ensemble’s performances in New out, his group from Lviv came out on top York were sponsored by the International in the Kyiv finals. At that time he was Union of Ukrainian Businessmen Inc., also working for Kobza, a Ukrainian- and received financial support from a Canadian recording joint venture enter- small group of sponsors: Meest Media Yevshan ensemble teams up prise that organized the Chervona Ruta Corp., Halyna and Oleksij Woskobijnyk, Ukrainian song festivals. New York’s two Ukrainian credit unions with Chorale Connecticut He said that he and his wife have been – Ukrainian National Federal Credit HARTFORD, Conn. – The Yevshan unison, and then breaking into harmo- working on Christmas programs in the Union and Self Reliance (NY) FCU – Ukrainian Vocal Ensemble joined ny on the third and fourth verses once United States since 1996, when they and the Selfreliance Ukrainian-American forces with Chorale Connecticut on all 80 singers assembled before the emigrated here after winning the annual FCU of Chicago. December 7 and 8, 2002, for a pair of altar. The women’s ensemble from U.S. diversity visa (“green card”) lottery. Transportation costs for the concerts featuring Christmas carols Yevshan then intoned the chant of the Until last year, these performances were, Washington excursion, however, were and Advent hymns from a variety of Christmas “Irmos” – “A Great and for the most part, in the “Mykolaiko” covered by the performers themselves, as European traditions. Titled “An Old Wondrous Miracle” (“Velychne i format, he said. well as audience donations, dropped into World Christmas,” the program includ- Preslavne Chudo”) immediately fol- Then they decided to do a vertep on a a caroler’s hat after the performance. ed works by Hector Berlioz, Randall lowed by the traditional setting of “O Thompson, John Carter and Michael Come All Ye Faithful.” Praetorius, as well as Ukrainian sea- Under the direction of Chorale sonal favorites by Kyrylo Stetsenko, Connecticut’s Dorothy Barnhardt, the Mykola Leontovych and Anatolii combined choir performed Michael Avdievsky. Praetorius’ beloved Christmas hymns “This was an exciting musical col- “Lo How a Rose E ‘Er blooming” and laboration between two unique “In dulci Jubilo,” as well as Max choirs,” said Ihor Stasiuk, the presi- Reger’s “Virgin Slumber Song” per- dent of the Yevshan ensemble, who formed by the women’s sections only. helped conceive the idea of the joint Ms. Barnhardt is a well-respected concert with friends from both ensem- choral conductor and vocal instructor bles. “The repertoire was both chal- in Connecticut. She studied conduct- lenging and rewarding, and we were ing with Maestro Otto Werner-Mueller very impressed with the Chorale’s during his tenure at Yale University ability to master the Ukrainian text and and studied voice with Eva Likova in to capture the spirit of such works as New York City. She taught voice in the Dmytro Bortniansky’s choral concerto, department of music at Choate “Slava Vo Vyshnykh Bohu” (“Glory to Rosemary Hall for seven years, and God in the Highest”). attended the famed Robert Shaw The first concert was held at the Choral Workshops at Carnegie Hall in First Congregational Church in 1994 and 1996. Meriden, Conn., on Saturday evening, The Meriden concert received December 7, 2002. The two choirs extensive coverage in the Record- Ambassador Kostyantyn Gryshchenko’s wife Natalya reaches into her handbag processed into the church singing “O Journal which covers events in central to come up with the first donation, as caroler Christopher Krill starts taking his Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” first in (Continued on page 17) hat around the audience. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2003 No. 3 Canada-Ukraine archeological expedition renews excavations at Baturyn

by Dr. Volodymyr Mezentsev TORONTO – Located in the Chernihiv region north east of Kyiv, the town of Baturyn was the official capital of the Kozak Hetman state in eastern Ukraine in 1669- 1708 and 1750-1764. In 2001-2002, Ukrainian and Canadian archaeolo- gists and historians renewed the excavations in this town after initial digs in 1995-1997. The expedition is sponsored by the Kowalsky Program for the Study of Eastern Ukraine of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) and the Shevchenko Scientific Society of America. Valuable advice for the Baturyn project has been given by Dr. Zenon Kohut, director of the CIUS. The Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto has administered the funds that Ukrainian com- munities in Canada and the United States donated for the project. Prof. Martin Dimnik of this institute has overseen these funds and contributed to dissemination of the expedition findings in Canadian academic publi- cations. The University of Chernihiv provided an archaeological team consisting of 70 students and schol- ars led by Dr. Volodymyr Kovalenko. This writer partic- ipated in this dig as the research fellow of CIUS respon- sible for the Baturyn archaeological project. The researchers uncovered almost completely the foundations of the hetman’s large brick palace in the citadel of Baturyn and established its approximate size (24 by 36 meters), ground plan and architectural design. The palace was constructed by hetmans Demian Mnohohrishnyi (1669-1672) and Ivan Samoilovych Excavations of the brick floor remnants of a wealthy Kozak officer’s house. (1672-1687) in the Kozak Baroque style. The extant office of the Kozak regiment in Chernihiv and the terns manufactured by local and Dutch artisans in the building known as “Mazepa’s Mansion” in Kyiv of the 17th and 18th centuries. The more sophisticated of them turn of 18th century represent the analogies to the het- were covered with polychrome glazing. Their ornamen- man’s palace in Baturyn. tal motifs were derived from Ukrainian folk art, church Information for donors Near this palace, the remains of the contemporaneous iconography and West European Baroque painting or The Ukrainian-Canadian archaeological expedi- wooden Church of the Resurrection have been found; relief sculpture. These ceramic tiles were used for the tion intends to continue the excavations of Baturyn they will be fully excavated next year. decoration of ovens or fireplaces in the hetman palaces in 2003. Chernihiv archaeologists have estimated On the site of Baturyn’s fortress, the remnants of the and rich urban dwellings. the cost of these excavations at $16,000 (U.S.) per spacious luxurious house of a Kozak officer or “starshy- The excavations have also yielded various weapons summer season. The researchers also plan to pub- na,” possibly a colonel, was discovered. It was erected and tools, gilded copper icons, bronze and silver orna- lish a collection of articles on the history, archaeol- at the turn of 18th century and had an area of about100 ments for women, fragments of brocade embroidered ogy, architecture and art of the Hetman state’s cap- square meters, four rooms and a vestibule. The expen- with golden and silver threads, Kozak ceramic tobacco ital along with a richly illustrated electronic edition sive decorative glazed ceramic revetment and roofing pipes, and many fragments of pottery and glassware of of the selected essays on CD-ROM, as well as to tiles of this wealthy urban dwelling emulated those of the 17th and early 18th centuries. Numerous finds of create a website on Baturyn’s antiquities. the palaces, churches or colleges of the hetman state. Polish, Dutch, Swiss and Russian silver and copper The excavation project and publication of its The expedition has also continued work on the coun- coins and German lead trade seals of this time testify to findings depend on donor support. The Pontifical try residence of Hetman Ivan Mazepa (1687-1709) in the lively international commercial contacts maintained Institute of Mediaeval Studies of the University of the suburb of Honcharivka near Baturyn. At around by the hetman capital. Toronto administers the Canadian and American 1700, a magnificent, three-story masonry palace, 30 by The excavated hetman palaces were burned in 1708 funds for the Baturyn archaeological project. To 15 meters was built there by Mazepa in a Western when Baturyn was devastated by Russian troops. Its support this project, kindly send donations may be European Baroque style as well as a wooden private Kozak garrison and the bulk of the town’s civilian pop- sent to: Prof. Martin Dimnik, Pontifical Institute church. ulation of about 15,000 people were massacred as a of Mediaeval Studies, 59 Queen’s Park Crescent The palatial foundations were excavated in 1995- punitive measure against the rebellious Mazepa and his E., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2C4. Make 1997. In 2002, the exploratory digs revealed the rem- followers who had joined the Swedes in the Northern your check payable to: Pontifical Institute of nants of an unidentified structure at Mazepa’s villa. War. Medieval Studies – Baturyn project. The institute Further excavations are needed, however, to determine Researchers have found evidence of massive destruc- will issue receipts for tax -deductible purposes. the architecture and function of this building and to ver- tion of the hetman capital in 1708 – the remnants of Organizations, institutions and private donors ify its intriguing hypothetical identification with the pri- many burned or ruined structures and 26 skeletal supporting the Baturyn excavations and dissemi- vate church of Mazepa. remains mainly of elderly men, women and children, nation of its research results will be gratefully Archaeologists have found nearly 60 types of ceram- some of which show signs of a violent death. Most were acknowledged in the publications and public lec- ic tiles, or “kakhli,” of various shapes with relief pat- identified as victims of the attack on the town by the tures related to this project. Russian army. For information, please contact: Dr. Volodymyr Volodymyr Mezentsev, Ph. D., is a visiting professor Thus, the excavations of Baturyn have brought to Mezentsev, 100 High Park Ave., Apt. 2015, at the Slavic department of the University of Toronto light much new archaeological evidence for the study of Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6P 2S2; telephone and a research fellow of the Canadian Institute of the hitherto little-known history and culture of the capi- (416) 766-1408; e-mail: [email protected]. Ukrainian Studies. tal of Kozak Hetman Ukraine.

The Baturyn archaeological expedition leaders (from left): Dr. Volodymyr Mezentsev (University of Toronto), archaeologist Yurii Sytyi (University of The producer of the video film on Baturyn excavations, Dr. Volodymyr Mezentsev Chernihiv), Prof. Oleksander Motsia (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), of the University of Toronto (center) and film director Oleh Chornyi of Kyiv. and Dr. Volodymyr Kovalenko (University of Chernihiv), leader of the expedition. No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2003 13 Baturyn: historic capital of the Kozak Hetman state

by Dr. Volodymyr Mezentsev provincial town, or “mistechko,” grew substantially in The town flourished during the glorious reign of significance. In 1648, during the rebellion led by Hetman Ivan Mazepa (1687-1708), growing to an area TORONTO – Baturyn is located in the Chernihiv Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky against Polish domina- of approximately 100 hectares with a population of Oblast, northeast of Kyiv in central Ukraine. The town tion in Ukraine, the Kozaks wrested control of Baturyn about 20,000. Baturyn had 40 churches and private emerged as a fortress built on the high bank of the Seim from the Poles. In 1654 the town was granted to use chapels, two monasteries, and a college for diplomats River by the princes of the Chernihiv Principality in the Magdeburg law, providing it with municipal self-rule. and government officials (“Kantseliarsky Kurin”). 11th century. Between 1669 and 1708, Baturyn was the official capi- The town’s development was disrupted in 1708 dur- From the beginning of the 17th century, this small tal of the Kozak Hetman state in Left-Bank Ukraine. ing the Northern War between Russia and Sweden. After Mazepa and his followers sided with the Swedes, the hetman capital was seized and ravaged by the Russian punitive troops under the command of Aleksandr Menshikov, the favorite of Tsar Peter I. The Kozak garrison of 8,000 and the bulk of the civilian population were massacred. Ukrainian scholars have estimated the number of Baturyn’s victims at between 13,000 and 15,000. The figure of 21,000 casualties has also been cited. As a result of this total destruction, Baturyn stood deserted for about 40 years, recovering by the mid-18th century. It briefly regained its prestigious status as the hetman capital during the reign of the last hetman, Kyrylo Rozumovsky (1750-1764) until the autonomous Kozak Hetman state was abolished and absorbed by the Russian Empire in 1764. Following Rozumovsky’s death in 1803, Baturyn gradually declined. Now, it is a small semi-agrarian provincial town with a population of about 4,000. Before the independent Ukrainian state was re-estab- lished in 1991, any research of Baturyn was impossible. In 1995-1997, an archaeological expedition from the University of Chernihiv began excavating in Baturyn. Muskets and pistol tubes, a fragment of an exploded cannon barrel with a relief depiction of a cherub, and These field investigations, however, were halted after a spearhead of the 17th-18th centuries found in Baturyn. 1997 because of lack of funding. Thanks to financial support from the Ukrainian dias- pora in Canada and the United States, the excavations in Baturyn were renewed in 2001. This expedition, con- sisting of Ukrainian and Canadian archaeologists and historians, has been sponsored by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (Kowalsky Program for the Study of Eastern Ukraine), the Shevchenko Mediaeval Scientific Society of America, the University of Chernihiv and the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto. Archaeologists have prepared a reconstructive plan of mediaeval and early modern Baturyn and its envi- rons. They uncovered the remnants of the two Baroque masonry hetman palaces, churches, buildings of the townsfolk and Kozak households, town fortifications, traces of urban crafts and arts, Western trade imports and coins testifying to the international commercial contacts of the hetman capital in the 17th and 18th cen- turies. The excavations have also yielded evidence of the massive devastation of the Hetman capital in 1708: the remnants of many burned or ruined structures and 26 skeletal remains, mainly of elderly men, women and children. Most were identified as victims of the attack on the town by the Russian army. Several of the skele- Remains of a buried teenager/youth with a bullet hole in his skull – the victim of Baturyn’s destruction in 1708. tons bear the signs of a violent death, e.g., smashed or cut skulls, some with bullet holes or severed bones of limbs. They were often buried near their destroyed houses in shallow grave pits; some bodies probably remained unburied. The results of the Baturyn excavations will be dis- seminated in public lectures, academic and popular scholarly articles in English and Ukrainian, in Canadian and American journals and newspapers, documentary video films, as well as on radio and TV programs. Documentary videos are available The Ukraine-Canada archaeological expedition has already made two professional documentary video films (25 and 28 minutes in length) in Ukrainian about the his- tory and architectural monuments of Baturyn and its excavations in 2001 and 2002. These films have been highly praised by Ukrainian Canadian TV and were aired five times on the TV programs “Kontakt” and “Svitohliad” in Canada and the United States, as well as five times in Ukraine – on the central TV channel Inter and on the regional Chernihiv TV program in 2001-2002. The English-language version of the second film is currently being prepared. The production of these historical videos has been sponsored by the Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian Studies (Toronto), and the Shevchenko Scientific Society (New York). The videos are available for purchase from their pro- ducer, Dr. Volodymyr Mezentsev, who may be contact- ed at 100 High Park Ave., Apt. 2015, Toronto, Ontario, Fragments of ceramic tiles with a plant pattern in relief that decorated the stove of a dwelling and its Canada M6P 2S2; telephone (416) 766-1408; e-mail: glazed roofing tile. [email protected]. 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2003 No. 3

The UIA’s... CLACLASSSSIFIEDIFIEDSS (Continued from page 7) TO PLACE YOUR ADVERTISEMENT CALL MARIA OSCISLAWSKI, (973) 292-9800 x 3040 Sunday, December 8, with two specific events. The first was the opening at the UIA of a SERVICES PROFESSIONALS photo exhibit depicting Kyiv as it looked Ukrainian Book Store before independence, and as it appears Largest selection of Ukrainian Books, Dance today. The exhibit focuses on the splendid PROSTHODONTIST supplies, Easter egg supplies, Music, Icons, reconstruction of many destroyed historical landmarks and the building of modern pub- ECONOMY AIIRFARES Greeting cards, Giftwear, and much more. Alexander Kmeta, D.D.S. + tax lic places and spaces, and is slated to travel (round trip) 10215-97st Lviv/Odesa $652 5E. 19th Street, to other cities in the United States and + tax Edmonton, AB T5J 2N9 one way $430 5th Floor, New York, NY 10003 Canada throughout 2003. 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APON VIDEO COMPACT DISCs (973) 773-9800 major public relations and publicity effort OLES KUZYSZYN phone/fax: (732) 636-5406 FROM UKRAINE: VHS $25, CDs 12, to generate support within the community. e-mail: [email protected] CASS. $ 7.00 OPPORTUNITY This included commissioning a series of press reports on the “Renaissance of Kyiv,” ÑêìäÄêçü NOW AVAILABLE as well as the production of a commemora- COMPUTOPRINT CORP. 11TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE tive journal designed in part to help offset Established 1972 INDEPENDENCE OF UKRAINE. Secretary/Multilingual, NYC, for architect some of the costs associated with the pro- VHS APON-2003 Military Parade office with clients in Ukraine/Russia. gram. å Ä ê ß ü Ñ ì è ã ü ä – ‚·ÒÌËÍ IN KYIV, FOR $25.00 + 5.00 Coordinate clients & projects in those In early October the Institute received 10th Anniversary: APON-2001 2002 ÇËÍÓÌÛπÏÓ ‰ðÛ͇ðҸͥ ðÓ·ÓÚË countries. Schedule appointments & news that one of the Klitschko brothers had New Compact Discs: SOFIA ROTARU 2669: other communications. Read, file & signed up for a boxing match in Las Vegas, O ÍÌËÊÍË SYNU ANHEL ANHEL MIJ 2605, POPULAR compose correspondence. Record lay- to take place on the evening of December 7. O ÊÛð̇ÎË SONGS 2606 PRICE $12.98 EACH. outs, drawings and sketches of projects. Mayor Omelchenko, long a close friend O ·ðÓ¯ÛðË Assist w/ client contact & reports. and key supporter of the brothers-athletes, O ÍÓ‚ÂðÚË, ͇̈ÂÎflð¥ÈÌ¥ ‰ðÛÍË Apon Record Company Administer contracts & bids. Translate would be attending the match along with O ‚¥ÁËÚ¥‚ÍË P.O. Box 3082, Long Island City foreign building codes & regs. Architect some members of the large Kyiv contingent O ‚Âҥθ̥ Á‡ÔðÓ¯ÂÌÌfl ̇ ð¥ÁÌËı ÏÓ‚‡ı NY, 11103 Tel. 718-721-5599 degree from either Ukraine/Russia scheduled to attend the Man of the Year We convert European video to American, and required. Use computer. 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ciation for his efforts to “turn things schedule. Unlike the reputation of most was in part a manifestation of circumstances The UIA’s... around” in Ukraine’s capital, and in retro- major Ukrainian political figures in the – specifically the unfortunate need to move (Continued from page 14) spect perhaps we tried to accommodate too news today, he was gracious in his to a much smaller room, with a low ceiling Man of the Year celebration would have to many people considering the size of the demeanor with a very demanding commu- that magnified sound, and our community’s be moved to another, significantly smaller banquet hall. But who can forget the roar nity, spoke eloquently, and demonstrated his manifest pleasure to be able to experience banquet room. and sustained applause from the attendees love and devotion to Ukraine. He was an something positive as opposed to the nega- tive environment we have seen in the recent The change brought on a second poten- that greeted the mayor and the Klitschko obviously right choice for man of the year brothers when they entered the reception honors. His nomination as man of the year past. That in itself was one reason why we tial problem. Immediately a number of area. and the award banquet in New York attempted to maximize the audience for the doomsayers from within the community This letter reflects some of the many received extensive and highly positive news event. proclaimed that Ukrainians would “never” challenges encountered by the Ukrainian coverage across Ukraine. The institute, however, greatly regrets attend a formal event on a Monday night, or Institute of America in putting on a very • Our community had an excellent that the over-enthusiasm of banquet atten- indeed during the work week. Attendance major program. The organizers may not opportunity to meet and interact with two dees did not provide our special musician projections from these sources ranged as have focused primarily on “crowd control,” world-renowned figures from the world of and singer guests from Kyiv the proper set- low as 100 attendees. one of the criticisms implied by one of your sports who consistently and publicly ting for their performances – something we The institute discussed with Mayor letter writers. Our interest was to give demonstrate their Ukrainian heritage and hope to re-address in the future. Omelchenko the possibility of postponing access to guests, not to keep them away voice their love for Ukraine. We have Bottom-line: the positives far out- the entire function until the spring, but the from attendees. With this in mind we delib- recorded the Klitschko’s visit to St. weighed any negatives. During my visit to mayor simply could not make a commit- erately seated the Klitschko brothers at George’s Ukrainian school on December 11 Ukraine in preparation for the program, I ment to travel abroad at that time. What’s tables separate from the mayor’s. In fact, on video, which will be available in the near had the opportunity to meet with several top more, the opportunity for the community to most of the attendees were highly compli- future. The video clearly shows the warm and successful business executives of meet with the Klitschko brothers, who have mentary to the institute for enabling easy feelings of the Klitschkos toward our com- Ukrainian descent who expressed their full become world-famous goodwill ambassa- access to our honored guests, who seemed munity. support for our program. As one noted to dors for Ukraine, would also have been lost. to appreciate the attention and plaudits they • The institute’s programs enabled Mayor me, it represents “one of the first times Accordingly, the institute felt it had no received. Omelchenko and other Kyiv city officials to someone from the diaspora has come to us choice but to move ahead with the Monday It’s always easy to find something to crit- meet with prominent non-Ukrainian groups, with a program to help gain recognition for night date. To generate even greater interest icize in just about any event of this magni- and led to a visit with the managing editor the positive changes in Ukraine.” Most for the event, the institute stepped up its tude. Unfortunately, some in the Ukrainian of Business Week and his staff to discuss diaspora visitors to Ukraine, he added, only public relations efforts, even hiring a profes- community have a tendency to emphasize business issues pertaining to Ukraine. criticize and lecture locals on how to sional public relations firm, Romyr any perceived negatives while belittling the • Judging by the many comments the improve the situation there. While no one is Consultants, with offices in Kyiv, positives and failing to see the larger pic- institute has received, we firmly believe that blind to our ancestral land’s shortcomings, Washington and Toronto, which contributed ture. There are other communities that have the vast majority of banquet attendees we at the Ukrainian Institute of America substantially to the success of our program. learned to search out and emphasize the walked away with a strong feeling of pride take great pride in our decision to recog- The rest is history. Despite some dire pluses – an approach we would do well to for their Ukrainian heritage and community. nize, celebrate and publicize the many good predictions, 430 attended the banquet, while emulate. We readily acknowledge the vocal “exuber- things you’ll find about Ukraine if only at least 120 others had to be turned away, The institute believes the “Renaissance ance” of some of the attendees, but feel this you’re willing to look for them. including a number of institute members of Kyiv” and the man of the year programs (who are our chief financial supporters) as overwhelmingly produced many positives Ñ¥ÎËÏÓÒfl ÒÛÏÌÓ˛ ‚¥ÒÚÍÓ˛, ˘Ó ‚ ÔÓ̉¥ÎÓÍ, 30 „ðÛ‰Ìfl 2002 ð. well as prospective members. The UIA had for Ukraine and the Ukrainian American ‚¥‰¥È¯Î‡ ̇ ‚¥˜ÌËÈ ÒÔÓ˜ËÌÓÍ Ì‡¯‡ ̇ȉÓðÓʘ‡ adopted a policy of bringing in as many community. Consider the following. åÄåÄ, ëÇÖäêìïÄ, ÅÄÅìçü, ëÖëíêÄ ¥ íÖíÄ attendees as possible to show Mayor • Mayor Omelchenko performed Omelchenko the community’s great appre- admirably throughout a very hectic two-day Ò‚. Ô. äÄíêìëü åéêéá ̇ð. 20 βÚÓ„Ó 1921 ð. ‚ ÒÂÎ¥ ÇÂ𷥂 ̇ ÅÂðÂÊ‡Ì˘ËÌ¥.

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á‡Î˯Ë· ‚ ÒÏÛÚÍÛ: ÒË̇ – ßÉéêÄ åéêéáÄ Á ‰ðÛÊËÌÓ˛ ïêàëíàçéû ‚ÌÛ˜ÓÍ – ìãüçì Ú‡ ÄÑêßüçì åéêéá ‚ÌÛ͇ – ëíÖèÄçÄ åéêéáÄ With deep sorrow, we announce the ÒÂÒÚðÛ – çÄëíìçû éäèàò Á ‰ÓÏÛ äéëíßÇ departure into eternity in her 82nd year, ÒÚðËflÌÍÛ – ßêàçì åéêéá ¥Á ÒËÌÓÏ ßÉéêÖå on December 24, 2002, in New Haven, Conn., ÒÚðËπ˜ÌÛ ÒÂÒÚðÛ – åÄêßû ëíÖñéä Á ÏÛÊÂÏ ßÇÄçéå ÒÂÒÚð¥ÌÍÛ – åÄêßû ïÖåàó Á ‰¥Ú¸ÏË êéäëÄçéû of our Dearest Mother, Sister and Grandmother Ú‡ ÄëäéãúÑéå of blessed memory Ò‚‡ıÛ – ÖÇÉÖçßû ãìäéÇëúäì Á ‰¥Ú¸ÏË Ú‡ ·ÎËÊ˜Û ¥ ‰‡Î¸¯Û ðÓ‰ËÌÛ ‚ áëÄ, ä‡Ì‡‰¥ ¥ ìÍð‡ªÌ¥. MARIA YAROSLAVA (née Tarnawska) Ç¥˜Ì‡ ∫È Ô‡Ï’flÚ¸! KOSOVYCH ––––––––––––––––––––– á‡Ï¥ÒÚ¸ Í‚¥Ú¥‚ ðÓ‰Ë̇ ÔðÓÒËÚ¸ ·‡Ê‡˛˜Ëı ÒÍ·‰‡ÚË ÔÓÊÂðÚ‚Ë Ì‡ UAFF author of a book of poems, "A Handful of Sunrays," (Ukrainian American Freedom Foundation) ‡·Ó ̇ ◊燈¥Ó̇θÌÛ íðË·ÛÌÛ” which was published in America (National Tribune) ̇ ‡‰ðÂÒÛ: and recently released in Ukraine. ßhor Moroz, 3336 Craig Drive The physical remains of the departed were buried Wheatfield, NY 14120 on Saturday, December 28, 2002, (716) 692-0556 in the local Catholic cemetery of St. Lawrence, next to her departed husband of blessed memory, IVAN TARAS KOSOVYCH.

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Hrytsenko. Nevertheless, he said he does Four academicians... not see the situation as hopeless, because (Continued from page 4) a new society is evolving in Ukraine, Yushchenko.” which cannot acquiesce in its own detri- A joyful Dr. Hrytsenko held up a copy ment. Always with personal care.. of the third volume of his “Atlas of the Under the Soviet regime some 50 per- Ukrainian Language,” recently published cent of the Ukrainian vocabulary was thanks to generous sponsorship by the prohibited as “dialecticisms,” which Ukrainian-Speaking Shevchenko Scientific Society of included all the words specific to the Dentist in Westchester County. America. The atlas contains more than Halychyna dialect. This resulted in a 1,200 maps that display the spatial distri- rather impoverished Ukrainian lexicon, bution of the Ukrainian language. An said Dr. Hrytsenko, which we must now Dr. Ruslan Korobeinik, D.D.S. examination of some of the dialects in remedy through compilation of diction- the Carpathian region and in Polissia aries of Ukrainian dialects. Proper devel- • State of the art facility. attests to the antiquity of the Ukrainian opment of the Ukrainian language, how- $29 • All dental specialists on site. ever, requires not only research, publica- language, where some of the Polissian • Payment plans available dialects are believed to be closely related tions and a favorable juridical basis, but 9 to the original pan-Slavic language, dat- also an educational program on the sub- • Examination • Open evenings & Saturdays ing to before the 6th century AD. This ject of the Ukrainian language for the • X-rays unique and pioneering work is now the masses of Ukraine’s population, he • Cleaning • Examination envy of the Slavicist community, noted added. 1 Byram Brook Place Dr. Hrytsenko. Russification under the Soviet regime • Consultation Armonk, NY 10504 (reg. $345) Echoing some of the concerns spared neither the Taras Shevchenko (914) 765-0093 expressed by Dr. Romaniv, Dr. National Museum in Kyiv, nor the Hrytsenko acknowledged the constant Division of Manuscripts at NANU, 24 Hr. Emergency # (646) 489-8111 pressure of the Russian informational according to their director, Dr. sphere being exerted upon Ukraine. Halchenko, whose top priority has been Visit us on the web. There are no laws protecting the to de-Russify both these institutions. Ukrainian language and informational For example, researchers today must www.guerrinodentistry.com space. On the other hand, the language go back to the original manuscripts of rights of minorities in Ukraine are pro- Shevchenko in order to find his authentic tected by law, which suggests that texts, as none of the Soviet-era publica- Ukrainian might have fared better as a tions are true to his originals. Dr. minority language in its own country, Halchenko has published the first two opined Dr. Hrytsenko. volumes of a projected 12-volume com- While the governments of Poland and pilation of the literary heritage of Russia attach great importance to their Shevchenko. Five volumes of Shev- respective titular languages and provide chenko’s works as an artist are currently funding for their promotion, in Ukraine being prepared for publication. the Presidential Commission on A volume containing 150 of Language has been disbanded by Shevchenko’s paintings that was just President Kuchma. Underestimation of published by the Taras Shevchenko the language problem is a mark of an National Museum was presented by Dr. underdeveloped nation, said Dr. Halchenko to Dr. Larissa Onyshkevych.

Dzvony” (The Bells of Jerusalem) and a Yevshan ensemble... suite of carols by Stetsenko, ending with (Continued from page 11) “Po Vsiomu Svitu” (Across the World). Connecticut, including a Sunday morning The members of Chorale Connecticut review by music critic Ralph Hohman then rejoined Yevshan for the four final under the headline “Chorale Connecticut works in the program: Randall celebrates with Ukrainian flair.” Thompson’s “Alleluia,” which was first The second concert featuring the same premiered at Tanglewood in 1941, a program was a Sunday matinee on bilingual version of Leontovych’s December 8 at Welte Auditorium on the “Schedryk” (Carol of the Bells), John campus of Central Connecticut State Carter’s arrangement of “O University in New Britain. Following the Tannenbaum” and Bortniansky’s stirring opening selections, performed by the Christmas concerto “Glory to God in the combined ensemble, each choir of 40 Highest” (Slava Vo Vyshnykh Bohu). singers took turns performing selections Both concerts ended with standing from its own repertoire. ovations, and the combined choirs con- The Yevshan Ensemble, under the cluded with “Silent Night” sung in direction of Alexander Kuzma, began the German, Ukrainian and English. second half of the program with several Chorale Connecticut President traditional favorites, including the William Guilfoile said in his welcoming Liudkevych arrangement of “Boh remarks that the experience of working Predvichnyj” (Eternal God) and together “has expanded both choruses’ CONROY FUNERAL HOME Stetsenko’s “Nebo i Zemlia” (Heaven family of song,” and Ms. Barnhardt and and Earth Rejoice), accompanied by a Mr. Kuzma both expressed confidence trio of bandurists (Daria Richardson, that the choirs would be collaborating Owned by the Conroy Family Christina Jamahrian and Irene Kytasty again in the future. Said Ms. Barnhardt: Kuzma). Critic Ralph Hohman seemed “At Chorale Connecticut, one of our since 1932 particularly impressed with the bandura goals is to expand the experience of our selections: “Yevshan’s three bandura audience and also to challenge our players produced a delicate, festive singers ... The Christmas concerts with Compassionate service, sound, exotic but still familiar. It sounded Yevshan were a wonderful way to pursue guaranteed lowest cost like Christmas music even to American and realize this goal.” ears, and flowed with the voices of the For further information on the chorus.” Yevshan Ukrainian Vocal Ensemble and 1.800.430.5188 Yevshan also performed Avdievsky’s its collaboration with Chorale haunting epiphanal carol “Pavochka Connecticut, please contact Mr. Stasiuk Khodyt,” Yatsynevych’s “Yerusalymski at (860) 621-0661. Serving St. Andrew’s Church and Cemetery South Bound Brook, NJ since 1955

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NEW RELEASES Music at the Institute presents "Reconstructing Mozart" Saturday, January 25, 2003 at 8p.m. Todaschuk Sisters’ third recording Ukrainian Institute of America 2 East 79th Street, New York City features traditional Christmas carols Adagio and Fugue in C Minor (K. 546 and K. 426) formed the music on 13 of the 14 carols. (arranged for Piano Trio by Jeffrey Solow – World Premiere) Other musicians featured on the album include: Liana Stecky, Angela Saranchuk, BYRON TAUCHI (violin) – JEFFREY SOLOW (cello) – MYKOLA SUK (piano) Ivan Zavada, Domenic Lombardi, as well Movement for String Trio in G Major (K. Anhang 66) as Peter and Tatiana Czerny. (completed and edited by Franz Beyer) Officially released on Saturday, August 3, 2002, during a music festival BYRON TAUCHI (violin) – BORYS DEVIATOV (viola) - JEFFREY SOLOW (cello) at the Lyric Theatre in Assiniboine Park, Piano Quartet in E-flat Major Canada, the recording has received atten- (arranged by Carl Czerny from Quintet for Piano and Winds, K. 452) tion from the mainstream Canadian media, as well as praise from Ukrainians YURI KHARENKO (violin) – DANIEL PANNER (viola) - JEFFREY SOLOW and non-Ukrainians alike. (cello) – MYKOLA SUK (piano) The duo also has two other albums to its Variationen "Ah vous dirai-je, maman", K. 426 credit and has sold its music international- (arranged for String Trio by Max Raimi – 1995) ly. While all three recordings have focused YURI KHARENKO (violin) – DANIEL PANNER (viola) - JEFFREY SOLOW (cello) on traditional, contemporary and original Ukrainian music, the sisters are now also String Quintet in C Minor, K. 516b venturing into another area: both (arranged by Mozart from Serenade for Wind Octet, K. 388) WINNIPEG – Singers Rosemarie and Charlene Todaschuk have released their Rosemarie and Charlene currently front YURI KHARENKO (violin) – BYRON TAUCHI (violin) – DANIEL PANNER third recording, “The Spirit of Ukrainian their own jazz trios. (viola) - BORYS DEVIATOV (viola) - JEFFREY SOLOW (cello) Christmas with the Todaschuk Sisters.” The duo has performed at diverse ven- This concert is made possible in part by the Mozart Society of America. The album, a collection of Ukrainian ues, including the Pacific National Christmas carols, includes 14 songs fea- Exhibition in Vancouver, Bicentennial cel- turing the “simple harmonies of two sis- ebrations in Los Angeles, Canada’s ters accompanied by modern and tradi- National Ukrainian Festival in Dauphin, tional acoustic instrumentation,” a press Manitoba, Toronto’s Caravan festival, as release from the Todaschuk sisters said. well as at home games of the Blue “[We] hope that this recording ... will Bombers football team and in Ukraine. invite and encourage the listener to feel [a] “The Spirit of Ukrainian Christmas with passion to preserve and promote Ukrainian the Todaschuk Sisters” is available on Christmas traditions and will introduce to compact disc for $20 or on cassette for the non-Ukrainian community the treas- $12. To purchase the album send a check ures of the Ukrainian musical heritage of or money order (plus $3 per item for ship- our forefathers,” the sisters added. ping and handling) to: Todaschuk Sisters’ The sisters produced the album, while Ukrainian Boutique, 508 Selkirk Ave., Charlene’s husband, Andrij Czerny, a pro- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R2W 2M7. fessional musician who is best known for To order by phone or to obtain more infor- his instrumental works on Cirque du Soleil mation, call (204) 586-3445 or e-mail recordings, arranged, orchestrated and per- [email protected]. No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2003 19

Syzokryli, Cheres to perform COME, JOIN US at New York’s Town Hall NEW YORK – The Town Hall kicks off Bohachevsky’s beautifully choreographed its Music and Dance Fest with the regional folk dances, her interpretive bal- Syzokryli Ukrainian Dance Ensemble on lets and character dances – many drawing Friday, January 31, at 8 p.m. The troupe on the history of Ukraine. will be joined by the Cheres Ukrainian Syzokryli have performed extensively Folk Ensemble. over the years throughout the US including Syzokryli offer insight into the Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden UKRAINIAN NATIONAL Ukrainian culture through their spell-bind- and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. In ing steps and stirring music. Audiences at 1992 Syzokryli concluded a highly suc- FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Syzokryli performances discover indige- cessful tour of Ukraine, appearing in opera nous music, learn the meanings of songs houses in Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv and Ivano- • HIGH INTEREST RATES ON CDs passed down through generations, under- Frankivsk. • FREE CHECKING stand ethnic rituals and life celebrations, The acclaimed Cheres Ukrainian Folk • GREAT NEW RATES FOR MORTGAGES & 10% DOWN PAYMENT FOR and watch how a dance tells a story. Ensemble will present the best mountain VEHICLE LOANS, SIGNATURE LOANS Under the artistic direction of Roma music from Eastern Europe available live • SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES AVAILABLE Pryma-Bohachevsky, Syzokryli will mes- today in New York City, allowing the audi- • UKRAINIAN/ENGLISH SPOKEN merize the audience with the energy and ence to experience rousing centuries-old • WESTERN UNION, VIGO, MEEST & WIRE •TRANSFERS vitality of Ukrainian dance, from acrobatic folk hits. Cheres’ musical arsenal is purely • FRIENDLY PERSONNEL numbers such as the Hopak – called the acoustic, including a wide array of pipes, most exciting folk dance in the world – to clarinet, violin, cymbals, double bass and lyrical balletic interpretations such as more. “Fight for Freedom,” commemorating the Led by music director Andriy WE CAN ACCOMMODATE ALL YOUR FINANCIAL NEEDS Chornobyl nuclear disaster. Milavsky, these virtuosos weave breath- The Syzokryli Dance Ensemble was taking instrumentals and spirited songs founded in 1978 by artistic director and from Ukraine and its neighboring MAIN OFFICE choreographer Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky. Carpathian countries such as Romania, 215 Second Ave. (between 13th and 14th St.), New York, NY 10003 Since then, the troupe’s goal has been to Hungary and Moldova. Tel.: (212) 533-2980 • Fax: (212) 995-5204 preserve, and promote Ukrainian culture, Tickets for the show are $35 and $30; and to captivate audiences with its dynamic they may be purchased at The Town Hall BRANCHES dance technique. Based in New York City Box Office, 123 W. 43rd St., (212) 840- the ensemble consists of passionate 2824. For more information log on to 35 Main St., So. Bound Brook, NJ 08880 dancers, many of whom have been dancing http://www.the-townhall-nyc.org. Tickets Tel.: (732) 469-9085 • Fax: (732) 469-9165 since they were small children. The ensem- are available also through TicketMaster ble’s rich repertoire encompasses Ms. (212) 307-4100. 265 Washington Ave., Carteret, NJ 07008 Tel.: (732) 802-0480 • Fax: (732) 802-0484

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Zabava – Dance to tunes of Montage, 10 pm-2 am, $10/person if prepaid which runs from mid-August through May. If travel to Pittsburgh is not possible, a by 2/7/03 or $15 at the door Experienced dancers (folk, ballet, jazz, tap, 15-minute video presentation showcasing • Sunday, 2/16/03 – brunch, 10am-1:30pm, $17.50 classic), singers (folk, classical, musical the applicant’s talents may be submitted. theater) and instrumentalists (clarinet, flute, For more information, or to schedule an Additional meals available at additional cost. Bring your ice skates and enjoy the new ice-skating rink. violin, string bass, accordion, folk guitar; audition, call (412) 396-5185, fax (412) Jacuzzi Suite rate is $90 per night. folk instruments: tamburitza, bandura, 396-5583, e-mail [email protected], bayan, buttonbox, cimbali, frula, panpipes, or visit www.tamburitzans.duq.edu to Frolic in the Snow at Soyuzivka! 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of the eponymous opposition bloc, told NEWSBRIEFS journalists on January 8 that her group (Continued from page 2) wants Parliament to reconsider the to Iraq,” an RFE/RL correspondent quot- appointment of Serhii Tyhypko as head of ed Mr. Zlenko as saying. The U.S. admin- the Ukrainian National Bank of Ukraine istration reduced its aid and instituted a (NBU), the UNIAN news service report- ed. According to the Yulia Tymoshenko review of its policy toward Ukraine over Bloc, Mr. Tyhypko’s appointment by only allegations that Kyiv sold Kolchuha radar a portion of the Verkhovna Rada on systems to Baghdad in contravention of December 17, 2002, was illegal. United Nations sanctions. (RFE/RL Opposition lawmakers subsequently tried Newsline) to contest the appointment in court, but Court to reconsider former PM’s immunity their suit was rejected. (RFE/RL Newsline) KYIV – Ukraine’s Supreme Court ordered a lower court to reconsider the ... appeals sentences of protesters lifting of former Prime Minister Pavlo KYIV – Yulia Tymoshenko said her Lazarenko’s parliamentary immunity, the bloc has appealed to a Kyiv appellate Associated Press reported on January 8, court over sentences handed down against quoting Mr. Lazarenko’s lawyer. Mr. members of the Ukrainian National Lazarenko has unsuccessfully appealed to Assembly-Ukrainian National Self- district and appellate courts in Kyiv to Defense, UNIAN reported. The 14 people restore his immunity, lifted by the were given prison terms of between two Verkhovna Rada in 1999 in connection and five years for participating in anti- with embezzlement charges and in 2002 presidential riots in Kyiv in March 2001. following accusations of involvement in Ms. Tymoshenko said the sentences were contract killings. He is jailed in the politically motivated. (RFE/RL Newsline) United States awaiting trial on money- laundering charges. (RFE/RL Newsline) Kyiv asks Warsaw’s help with U.S. Crash in Iran remains unexplained KYIV – Ukraine has turned to Poland for help soothing tense relations with the KYIV – A Ukrainian commission United States, the PAP news agency probing the crash of an Antonov-140 pas- reported on January 8, quoting an anony- senger plane in Iran on December 23, mous source “close to the Foreign Spend Valentine’s n 2002, was unable to determine the cause Ministry.” Polish President Aleksander of the accident before a government- Kwasniewski reportedly was to take up imposed January 7 deadline, the Weekend at Soyuzivka! the matter during his visit to the United Associated Press reported on January 8, States on January 12-14, the source said. quoting a transportation official. “I think it will be possible to resolve this Ukrainian National Association Estate Ukrainian experts have excluded a techni- matter, and the Americans will shortly cal malfunction but are still working to 216 Foordmore Road, Kerhonkson, NY 12446 forget about the Kolchuhas [radar systems determine if errors by Ukrainian pilots, that Washington alleges Ukraine sold to www.Soyuzivka.com • e-mail: [email protected] Iranian air-traffic controllers, or a combi- Iraq despite an international ban]. This nation of the two caused the crash. No does not mean, of course, that we will Friday, 2/14/03 – Trembita Lounge open in date has been set for the final report. arrange [Ukrainian President Leonid] (RFE/RL Newsline) main lobby, cash bar and DJ, 9pm-? Kuchma’s visit to the U.S. or [George W.] Saturday, 2/15/03 – romantic candlelight, à la carte dinner Yulia still opposes NBU appointment ... Bush’s visit to Kyiv,” a senior Polish diplomat told PAP. (RFE/RL Newsline) from the Winter Inn menu, 5-8pm KYIV – Yulia Tymoshenko, the leader Zabava – Dance to the tunes of Montage, 10pm-2am $10 per person if prepaid by 2/7/03 or $15 at the door Sunday, 2/16/03 – brunch 10am-1:30pm, $17.50 Romanian Orthodox... SENDTo order THE an WEEKLY air mail subscription TO UKRAINE to (Continued from page 1) The Ukrainian Weekly for addressees Nightly room rates: $70 Standard or $80 Deluxe, prices include will undoubtedly become one more in Ukraine, send $160 for subscription fee taxes and gratuities. Additional meals available at additional cost. memorable page in the litany of good and postage costs to: Bring your ice skates and enjoy the new ice-skating rink! neighborly relations between Ukraine Subscription Department, and Romania.” Come to Suzy-Q, and Make Your Valentine’s In 1632, Metropolitan Mohyla was The Ukrainian Weekly, largely responsible for re-establishing the 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Dream Come True! Ukrainian Orthodox Church on Parsippany, NJ 07054. Ukrainian lands then held by the Polish To Reserve Call 845-626-5641, ext. 141 Commonwealth after he successfully lobbied the Polish crown to restore the legality of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Shortly afterwards, Orthodox deputies in the Polish Sejm nominated Mohyla to become metropolitan. He was consecrated at the Dormition Church in Lviv in May 1633. Metropolitan Mohyla, who had been appointed the archimandrite of the Kyivan Cave Monastery in 1627, in 1631 estab- lished the Kyivan Cave Monastery School. In 1632 the Kyivan Cave Monastery School merged with the Kyiv Epiphany Brotherhood School to create a college. With time it became the Kyiv Mohyla Academy – eventually the largest educa- tional and scholarly center in Eastern Europe. Metropolitan Mohyla bequeathed a large portion of his personal fortune to developing the academy. He also spent great sums of money on projects to uncov- er and restore ancient churches, including St. Sophia Sobor and the Church of the Tithes (Desiatynna). He helped finance Romanian projects as well, including the publication of the first Romanian book in 1641 and the establishment of a collegium in his hometown in 1640. 22 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2003 No. 3 UKEUKELLODEONODEON FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

Whippany SUM-ivtsi present play for St. Nicholas Feast Day by Mykola Kucyna

WHIPPANY, N.J. – On Sunday, December 15, the SUM (Ukrainian American Youth Association) branch in Whippany put on a play for Sviatyi Mykolai (St. Nicholas) at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church hall. Our coun- selor, Lesia Rago, wrote a very nice play about angels and how one angel wanted to give Sviatyi Mykolai a gift. We all practiced very hard for the performance, and it went very well. Everyone new their lines and did a great job. The actors in the play were members of the groups “Stepovi Koni” and “Oleni”: Paul Bilanych, Stephen Bilanych, Katia Kleban, Oles Kleban, Adam SUM members perform in a play welcoming St. Nicholas. Klymko, Roman Kovbasniuk, Martha Telepko and Bohdan and ited us. Mykolai gave out pres- Maybe we can do this again next Mykola Kucyna, Andy Rago, year and it will be another success. Christopher Rizzo, Steven Rizzo Stepan Woch, also sang a very nice ents to all the good children, but and Matthew Shashkewych. song, “Dzvinky Dzvoniat” which is the chortyk (little devil) tried to Mykola Kucyna, 13, of Livingston, The younger members, Deanna “Jingle Bells in Ukrainian. run after some of them and give N.J., is a member of the “Stepovi and Marki Andrian, Oles Gbur, Everything was very nice, and them prutyky (twigs). We had a Koni” group of the Ukrainian Nicky and Victoria Mosuriak, we were lucky because Sviatyi lot of fun and I think everyone American Youth Association’s branch Marianka and Solomiya Pylypiw, Mykolai came at the end and vis- enjoyed the show. in Whippany, N.J.

Hillside parishioners give a warm welcome to Sviatyi Mykolai HILLSIDE, N.J. – St. Nicholas presented a bilingual holiday enter- (Rebecca Shatynski). The white in the candy cane sym- visited many loving children at tainment program. Several children (Christine, bolizes the purity of Jesus, while Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Children’s performances includ- Rebecca, Sarah and Lisa Shatynski) the red symbolizes the blood that Catholic Church in Hillside, N.J., ed: keyboard music (Sarah researched “The Legend of the Jesus shed for us when he died on on Sunday, December 8. He was Shatynski and Nadika Szpyhulsky); Candy Cane” and presented their the cross. The shape of the candy warmly welcomed by the Hillside poetry recitations (Krista Erakovic findings to the audience. The leg- cane reminds us of the letter “J,” community, and in honor of his and Nadika Szpyhulsky); sopilka end indicates that the candy cane which stands for Jesus. Some visit, several children and adults (Danylo Spyhulsky); and flute has specific Christian symbolism. sources say the shape of the candy cane was designed to symbolize a shepherd’s staff. Odarka Polanskyj-Stockert added a special festive glow to the pro- gram by performing selected inter- national Christmas carols on her harp. The children in the audience became so engaged in the harpist’s program that they rushed to pick up several percussion instruments to assist her in the program. The Rev. Bohdan Lukie, CSsR, and the Rev. Leonard Ratushniak, CSsR, helped lead the audience in singing Christmas carols. Mike Szpyhulsky served as emcee. Sophika Stockert, Nadika Szpyhulsky, Christine, Rebecca, Sarah and Lisa Shatynski served as St. Nicholas’ angel helpers, while Russ Pencak was liaison to St. St. Nicholas takes time out from his busy schedule to pose for a photo with Hillside community members. Nicholas. No. 3 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2003 23 Passaic Plast members help orphans in Ukraine PASSAIC, N.J. – The “novatstvo” and “ptashata” of the Plast branch in Passaic, N.J., decorated two Christmas trees, which are dis- played in the auditorium of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic School, as seen on the photo on the left. This year’s trees were decorat- ed with school supplies, such as crayons, pencils, scissors, notepads and rulers donated by the children. After the holidays, the school sup- plies will be sent to an orphanage in Ukraine. This is the second year that these youngest members of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization have decorated “good deed” trees. Last year’s donations of mittens, gloves and hats were sent to an orphanage in Ternopil.

Morris County kids honor Sviatyi Mykolai DENVILLE, N.J. – Sviatyi Mykolai, or St. Nicholas, visited the Lesia Ukrainka School of Ukrainian Studies here on Saturday, December 21. In honor of his visit, the school- children put on a short play. Seen in the photo on the right are some of the play’s main characters, the angels and snowflakes, whose appearance preceded St. Nicholas’ arrival. After the play, St. Nicholas distributed gifts to all studious and good children.

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Mishanyna This month’s Mishanyna, prepared with the National Geography Bee in B Y N P T O P A R I S R A P A mind, is a double challenge. First, name the capital cities of the countries Y E O R I I D C A R R A W A M listed below. We’ve given you a clue by providing the first letter of the capital’s name and spaces corresponding to the number of letters that fol- A N D A N K A V A N A V A H I low. Then, search for the names of the capital in the Mishanyna grid T D N G I N E W Y I O K T I L above. Good luck! O Y O U B A T R U A R T T S A Afghanistan – K _ _ _ _ Latvia – R _ _ _ G S L E S S U R B K I O O T O Australia – C ______Nepal – K ______O S R O M E R A U M S K O A L Belgium – B ______Norway – O _ _ _ Canada – O _ _ _ _ _ Peru – L _ _ _ B R U S S E A D A L A Y E S I Colombia – B _ _ _ _ _ Poland – W _ _ _ _ _ A N K A R A N D O M R O D E S Cuba – H _ _ _ _ _ Portugal – L _ _ _ _ _ Czech Republic – P _ _ _ _ _ Qatar – D _ _ _ O T I U Q A R O O V A I P I B Ecuador – Q _ _ _ _ Spain – M _ _ _ _ _ L D O H M I E R I T S I D A O Egypt – C _ _ _ _ France – P_ _ _ _ Switzerland – B _ _ _ U O L H D O B Y H S A G I R N Great Britain – L _ _ _ _ _ Taiwan – T _ _ _ _ _ B H T A S H K E N T A I W A N Greece – A _ _ _ _ _ Turkey – A _ _ _ _ _ Italy – R _ _ _ Ukraine – K _ _ _ A A E M I L N W A S R A W A R Japan – T _ _ _ _ Uzbekistan – T ______K I E V D S O S A C A R A C O Kuwait – K _ _ _ _ _ Venezuela – C ______24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2003 No. 3

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Friday, January 24 to be held at 7 p.m. at Ramada Hotel, Route 10. The special guest speaker will be Dr. EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute of Taras Kuzio, resident fellow at the Center Ukrainian Studies (CIUS) is holding a for Russian and East European Studies and book launch of Dr. Bohdan Harasymiw’s adjunct staffer at the department of political recently published study “Post- science at the University of Toronto, ana- Communist Ukraine” (CIUS Press, 1992). lyst of current Ukrainian affairs, author of In this study the author, a professor of numerous books about contemporary political science at the University of Ukraine and a former NATO information Calgary, takes a comparative approach in officer in Kyiv. Dr. Kuzio will address the studying the political and social realities topic: “Whither Ukraine: West or East? of independent Ukraine. The book launch Democratic or Authoritarian?” will be held at 7 p.m. in Heritage Lounge, Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta, NEW BRITAIN, Conn.: The New Britain and will be followed by a reception. For Malanka, dubbed “the largest Malanka on more information, contact: CIUS, 450 the East Coast,” will be held in St. George Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta, Hall, 301 W. Main St., starting 9 p.m. Edmonton, AB T6G 2E8; telephone, (780) Tickets: $25. Music will be provided by the 492-2972; fax, (780) 492-4967; e-mail, Zolota Bulava of Montreal, and the Vorony [email protected]; or visit the website band of Syracuse, N.Y. For reservations and http://www.ualberta.ca/CIUS. information contact Christopher Iwanik, (860) 716-0334. A pre-Malanka pub party Saturday, January 25 will be held Friday, January 31, at the Ukrainian National Home, 961 NEW YORK: Yuriy Tarnawsky – linguist, Wethersfield Ave., in Hartford, Conn. poet, novelist and translator and one of the founding members of the New York Group of Sunday, February 2 poets, will read from his most recent works – “Yikh Nemaye” (They Don’t Exist), the sec- PHILADELPHIA: Mariana Sadovska, ond volume of his collected poetry and, “Ne acclaimed Ukrainian singer, actress and znayu” (I Don’t Know), selected prose, as well musician who currently resides in as from the collection “Angels in a Pyramid” Germany, will appear with the women’s featuring poems by Volodymyr Tsybulka in vocal ensemble Svitanje of Philadelphia Mr. Tarnawsky’s English-language translation. which specializes in the folk music of The literary reading will be held at the Eastern Europe, as part of her limited Shevchenko Scientific Society, 63 Fourth Ave. engagements in the United States. The (between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. For concert will be held at the First Unitarian more information call (212) 254-5130. Church of Philadelphia, 2125 Chestnut St., Center City, Pa. Tickets: $15; seniors and PHILADELPHIA: The Ukrainian students, $10. For additional concert infor- American Youth Association (SUM), mation call (215) 520-4048 or e-mail Philadelphia Branch, invites the Ukrainian [email protected]. Ms. Sadovska will American community in the Philadelphia also give a vocal workshop on Saturday area to attend a fun-filled “Malanka” – a afternoon on February 1 in the “bilyi traditional Ukrainian New Year welcom- holos” technique of singing as well as tra- ing dance, featuring the Vorony band. The ditional folk singing. For workshop details Malanka will be held in the Ukrainian and registration call (215) 844-1066 or e- Educational and Cultural Center, 700 mail [email protected]. Cedar Road, Jenkintown, Pa., starting at 9 p.m. Admission: $35, adults in advance; Saturday, February 8 $40, at the door; $25, students and seniors. Admission price includes a delicious hot CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Engineers’ buffet catered by Georgines; champagne Society of America, Chicago Branch, the will be provided at midnight. For informa- Ukrainian Medical Association of North tion and advance tickets, call Halya, (215) America, Illinois Branch, the Ukrainian 745-9838, Olya, (215) 722-7212, or Veterinary Medical Association of Walter, (215) 379-2676. America and Canada, Chicago Branch, will hold their annual banquet and ball in Saturday, February 1 the Grand Ballroom of the Chicago Hilton and Towers Hotel, 720 South Michigan EAST HANOVER, N.J.: The public is Ave. The evening is black tie with music cordially invited and encouraged to attend by Good Times. For reservations and the next meeting of the Ukrainian American additional information call (847) 985- Professional and Businesspersons 3596. All reservations must be made by Association of New York and New Jersey, January 31.

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