1NS1DE: e Cardinal Myroslav Lubachivsky speaks on recent synod - page 3. - Ukraine and stability in post-Cold War Europe - page 9. ^ News about Ukraine's embassies in Austria, Egypt, Britain - centerfold. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Published by the Ukrainian National Association inc., a fraternal non-profit association vol. LXl! No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 24,1994 50 cents Ukraine, Russia Kyyiv signs on to CiS Economic Union as associate agree to split by Roman Woronowycz in a tug of war for almost a year trying to ments must first be ratified by Ukraine's Kyyiv Press Bureau determine how its economic relations Parliament. Black Sea Fleet with countries once part of the Soviet Foreign Ministry official Oleksander KYYiv - Ukraine signed an accord Union proceed. The document may help Chalin said Ukraine agreed to cooperate by Roman Woronowycz with the Commonwealth of independent mollify a faction within the country's in the economic alliance for five years Kyyiv Press Bureau States (CiS) on April 15 that will give it political leadership, including re-elected and that it can withdraw at any time after representation in all structures of the newly Parliament Deputy Leonid Kuchma, giving six months' notice. KYYiv - Ukraine and Russia have established CiS Economic Union as an which has been calling for closer eco– agreed to divide the Black Sea Fleet, a The most involved economic agree– associate member, but will limit its role nomic ties with Russia. ment signed by Ukraine supports estab– Foreign Ministry official announced here within the body to specific agreements. on April 19. Mr. Tarasiuk stressed, "it is important lishing a free trade zone for members of Ukraine's Assistant Minister of Foreign An agreement signed in Moscow on to understand that this does not change the Economic Union, which calls for the Affairs Borys Tarasiuk said Ukraine will April 15 between Ukraine's President Ukraine's position towards the Partnership gradual abolition of customs duties and financially support only those economic Leonid Kravchuk and Russia's President for Peace program or its responsibilities in tariffs. organizations in which it becomes Boris Yeltsin, where both leaders were economic relations with other countries." Another document calls for the even– involved, it will carry a vote where ques– attending the Commonwealth of He also said Ukraine will limit its respon– tual convertibility of currencies of all the independent States summit, will give tions are to be decided on documents the sibility for the work of the Economic member-countries to help smooth pay– each country 50 percent of the flotilla. country has signed or ratified. Otherwise, Union to those documents it has signed. ments for goods. Which currency should Ukraine will also receive 25 percent of its role will be restricted to consultation. He further explained that entry into be the basis of conversion quickly all other property associated with the Ukraine's political leadership has been the coalition and all associated docu– became an issue at the CiS summit held Sevastopil fleet. in Moscow, said Ukraine's Deputy Prime The two countries have bickered over Minister valentyn Landyk. "So far, only the division of the holdings of the naval Chomobyl eight years later the Russian ruble has been proposed," force of the former Soviet Union for said Mr. Landyk. "We are opposed to more than two years. Several previous working on only a Russian ruble basis." agreements seemed to have decided the Devastation and hope at the epicenter Other documents signed were on non- destiny of the flotilla, but dissension by Roman Woronowycz become clearer. The international economic issues, most notably, one that among naval officers on both sides did Kyyiv Press Bureau Atomic Energy Agency sent its second acknowledges the sovereignty and terri– not allow for implementation. team in two months here to review the torial integrity of the CiS member-states. The recent naval maneuverings CHORNOBYL - The cities of conditions of the four Chornobyl reac– Mr. Tarasiuk said he welcomed the CiS between the two countries in Odessa, Prypiat and Chornobyl near the site of tors and to make recommendations for a decision to officially recognize the bor– where on April 9 a Ukrainian hydrograph– the world's largest nuclear accident better analysis of radiation levels as well ders between Russia and Ukraine and ic ship, the Cheleken, was commandeered look as if the town of Tombstone of as to review current safety procedures. that discussions for practical implementa– to Sevastopil, brought the situation to a Wild West notoriety had been brought The team's findings and recommenda– tion of border controls are expected soon. head. back to the future. tions were to be made public at the (Continued on page 14) Deputy Foreign Minister Borys Slowly decaying buildings stand vienna conference of the ІАЕА sched– Tarasiuk said Ukraine will hand most of vacant. Nary a window remains unbro– uled to begin April 21, which Ukraine's its share of the ships over to Russia in ken. Tumbleweeds roll down unkempt Deputy Prime Minister valeriy Shmarov payment for oil and gas debts that have streets, where few people walk. Trucks is scheduled to attend. Four candidates been accumulating because Ukraine lacks and machinery, once used to haul volodymyr Kholosha, director of the financial capability to pay Russia for workers and their equipment to and the Chornobyl zone and deputy minis– vie for presidency much of its energy needs. "Ukraine will from the nuclear complex as they tried ter for Chornobyl issues, explained keep between 15 and 20 percent of the to put out the radiation-charged fires, that Ukraine will soon hire a consult– ships," said Mr. Tarasiuk. "Ukraine does now sit rusting in weed– and litter-cov– ing firm to study the future of cement- as deadline nears not need all of these ships." ered fields. encased reactor No. 4. He said guide- Minister Tarasiuk disputed some in the area between the two towns, by Roman Woronowycz lines were developed at the March Kyyiv Press Bureau Russian press reports that have suggested trees uprooted during the clean-up ІАЕА meetings, by which Ukraine has the fleet would be divided according to effort lie scattered about. Many of the extended a request for bids to interna– KYYiv - With only days remaining the Massandra protocol, an agreement ones that survived the raking over bear tional consulting firms to determine to register, another candidate has entered signed last year that stipulated Ukraine no foliage. Mohyla-like mounds how to best re-seal the crippled reac– the ring for the upcoming presidential would renounce claims to all of the appear sporadically in open fields - tor's cracking and disintegrating sar– elections still scheduled for June 26 of Black Sea Fleet. Many believe President the buried remains of what once were cophagus. "in June we expect to this year, bringing the total to four. Kravchuk signed that agreement under homes. Fields that yielded wheat, now choose a consultant to make recom– The latest to put on his gloves is duress: that Russia had threatened to turn bear wild grass and weeds. mendations for further safeguarding of Director of the Fund for Economic off all oil and gas supplies if Ukraine did Today, however, the major tragedy block No. 4," said Mr. Kholosha. Recovery and Parliament Deputy not acquiesce to Russia's demands. is not what happened at Chornobyl but Mykola Maziukevych, who is in volodymyr Lanovy. The deputy's press Mr. Tarasiuk said, "Ukraine is follow– what little has happened since. charge of monitoring the contaminated secretary, Kyrylo Kulykov, told The ing an integrated approach to the prob– On April 26, eight years will have zone, said that radiation levels have Weekly on April 21 that the vulcan lem of the Black Sea Fleet, taking into passed since reactor No. 4 at the leveled in the last year. However, he worker's collective had submitted signa– account the provisions of the Dagomys, Chornobyl Atomic Energy Station, underlined that the biggest threat to the tures sufficient to register Mr. Lanovy Yalta and Zavidovo agreements, as well located between Chornobyl and stabilization of nucleide levels are the for the elections. as those of Massandra." Prypiat, blew up, sending tons of forces of nature. "Storms and forest He joins Oleksander Moroz of the The details were scheduled to be nuclear debris into the atmosphere. fires, which are especially a threat in Socialist Party, Petro Symonenko of the worked out April 21 when the defense Since then, most of the inhabitants of the summer, are our biggest concern. Communist Party and Leonid Kuchma of ministers of Ukraine and Russia were to this ill-fated place, located a two Other than that, the only real reason the inter-Regional Bloc for Reforms, all meet in Sevastopil. The central question hours' drive north of Kyyiv near the that radiation levels would increase of whom have submitted their petitions to be decided is who will get what. confluence of the Prypiat and Dnipro would be if another steam cloud from for registration through their respective Moscow has proposed that Russia rivers, have been relocated. But their the remaining reactors was to be organizations. should obtain control of strategic war- future as well as that of the reactor released." A fifth candidate, Parliament ships, such as antisubmarine vessels and responsible for their tragedy remains The director of the monitoring labs, Chairman ivan Pliushch, was expected to cruisers, and that Ukraine would take the uncertain. announce his candidacy at a press con– The plight of reactor No. 4 may soon (Continued on page 15) (Continued on page 8) (Continued on page 18) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 24,1994 No. 17 Prague move increasingly likely for RFE7RL as ВІВ approves plan European Union preps plan for Ukraine Khrushchev, who was of Ukrainian back- JERSEY C1TY— Two radio services Clinton administration to slash their ground, was marked in Ukraine with that served as beacons of democracy's annual operating budgets from this year's LUXEMBOURG - The European numerous newspaper articles on April 17. light into the darkness of Soviet commu– level of S210 million to under S75 mil- Union plans to prepare a new proposal Generally the articles praised Khrushchev nism will likely move closer to their tar- lion by 1996, and to reduce their staffs aimed at helping Ukraine overcome the for launching communism's first timid get audiences in the near future, reported from the current 1,500 to a maximum of severe economic problems that threaten thaw, but criticized him for overseeing the Washington Post on April 16. 700 by that year, in response to these the country's reform program. Sir Leon purges and devastating Ukraine's ecology The Board for international draconian cuts, RFE has already closed Brittan, external economic relations com– via grandiose industrial projects, including Broadcasting, overseer of Radio Free its Hungarian broadcasting service and missioner, briefed EU foreign ministers the construction of huge hydroelectric Europe (RFE) and Radio Liberty (RL), plans to privatize (i.e. sell off) its Prague- on April 18 regarding a program of con– dams along the Dnipro River at the two U.S. government-funded stations based Czech and Warsaw-based Polish crete aid in spheres of activity as diverse expense of historic, centuries-old villages. that broadcast to the nations of Eastern services. The Post article indicated that as energy and fertilizers. Recently the EU Newspapers cited his service as head of Europe and the former Soviet Union, the long-term plan is to phase out other and Ukraine signed a partnership and the Communist Party of Ukraine in the unanimously approved a plan to move national services as former Soviet cooperation agreement. One EU diplomat 1930s at the time untold numbers of peo– the stations from their current home in republics develop strong independent voiced his view that the union in the past ple disappeared in the Stalinist purges. Munich to Prague, in this manner the sta– broadcast and print media. may have looked at Ukraine purely in "We have nothing to celebrate in Ukraine, tions have accepted the invitation of the Although the oversight board's vote to terms of its relations with Russia; he Khrushchev was responsible for tens of Czech Republic's president, vaclav approve the Prague move was unani– added that this needed to change, particu– thousands of lost lives," said ivan Dzyuba, Havel, to set up shop in the Czech capi– mous, there is significant opposition to larly in view of Ukraine's dire economic minister of culture. (Reuters) tal, reported the Post. the plan by RFE7RL rank and file situation. (Reuters) Moldovan president meets Gagauz leader Supporters of the planned move argue employees, many of whom believe that EU seeks Chornobyl shutdown that in a time of sharply decreased bud- the costs of moving would be prohibitive CH1S1NAU, Moldova– The gets and outright opposition by some in and who, having worked for many years LUXEMBOURG - The European Moldovan Parliament will shortly discuss the U.S. Congress, the move is the best in Munich under a favorable German Union wants to help Ukraine close down a draft law on granting a special status to guarantor of the stations' survival as labor law and in a familiar environment, the Chornobyl nuclear power station, site the Gagauz-inhabited parts of southern independent entities. The annual savings would be hesitant or unwilling to move of the world's worst nuclear accident in Moldova, Moldovan President Mircea in operating costs which the Prague to Prague. The Post article indicated that 1986, and to investigate reported safety Snegur said on April 18, after a meeting move is expected to show will be in the opposition to the move was most clearly defects there. European Affairs Minister with Stepan Topal, leader of the so- range of SlO million to S15 million. Such expressed last January with the resigna– Theodoros Pangalos of Greece said on called Gagauz republic. According to a substantial savings will, according to tion of the stations' president, after only April 19 that the assistance would feature 1TAR-TASS, the draft law will grant the the supporters of the planned move, quiet three months in office, to protest what he a broad-ranging plan of economic aid for Gagauz broad self-government, and eco– the voices in the Congress calling for an called excessive financial and morale Ukraine. (Reuters) nomic and cultural autonomy, within the outright shutdown of the stations or their problems stemming from the proposed Socialists assess election results framework of a single Moldova. Mr. consolidation and subordination to the move. Snegur said the matter should be settled voice of America, a branch of the United However, the article added that a KYYiv– On April 16, participants of without delay since the establishment of States information Agency (US1A). study by Arthur Anderson 8c Co., the the fourth extraordinary conference of the stability in the republic would encourage RFE, which serves the countries of the renowned accounting firm, indicated that Socialist Party of Ukraine (SPU) analyzed an inflow of foreign capital. A previous former Warsaw Pact, and RL, its coun– despite possible short-term problems, the the results of the recent parliamentary attempt to solve the Gagauz question terpart serving ex-Soviet nations, have Prague move would be cost efficient for elections and mapped out the party's strat– floundered in summer 1993 when discus– been instructed by the Congress and the the stations in the long term. egy for the upcoming presidential election sion of the draft law was blocked by pro- campaign. The 336 delegates underlined Romanian deputies who objected to the what they saw as the successful perfor– provision that the Gagauz would have the mance of the left, in particular the SPU, in right to self-determination if Moldova Rukh conference focuses on the parliamentary vote, and noted that the united with Romania. (RFE7RL Daily SPU will be represented by 14 deputies. Report) improving electoral strategies The delegates believe that the new Parliament will be productive, it will be Ukrainian defense official in U.S. KYYiv— Respublika reported that were: first vice-chairman— Oleksander incapable, however, of passing laws alter– OFFUTT A1R FORCE BASE, Neb. Rukh has completed its fifth annual all- Lavrynovych, vice chairwoman for agita– ing the current Constitution. The SPU — Gen. Col. Anatoliy Lopata, Ukraine's Ukrainian conference here on April 17. tion and press relations— Olena believes this to be a positive situation, as first deputy minister of defense, is in the Conference delegates discussed and Bondarenko, vice-chairman for youth, the current Constitution contains at least a U.S. on a weeklong trip designed to build passed the Rukh statutes. A number of business and educational matters— rudimentary social safety net, according to relations between the two countries. On changes, aimed at strengthening party Robert Kartashiv, vice-chairman for the SPU. The delegates expressed their April 20 he visited Offutt Air Force discipline and improving electoral cam– organizational, financial and legal mat– belief that currently the president has too Base, home to the U.S. Strategic paign strategies were brought to fruition. ters — Mykhailo Boychyshyn. Some 23 much power and the Parliament too little. Command that oversees all U.S. nuclear Rukh Chairman vyacheslav Chornovil individuals were elected to the Rukh cen– As its presidential candidate the party weapons. He assured his hosts that said, in reference to the upcoming presi– tral leadership, including such persons as nominated its leader, Oleksander Moroz. Ukraine is "on the road to non-nuclear dential elections.tentatively scheduled for vyacheslav Chornovil, ivan Zayats, Finally, the SPU delegates appealed to the status and will dismantle all" its nuclear June, that it would be improvident for Serhiy Odarych and Les Taniuk. citizens of Ukraine to regard the SPU as a weapons. Gen. Lopata also was to visit Rukh to put forward a candidate, as such Conference participants passed a reso– party of the left center and not as an the U.S. Atlantic Command in Norfolk, an individual would only split the demo– lution calling on Amnesty international extreme left organization. (Respublika) va., Fort Bragg, N.C., and Washington, cratic vote. Mr. Chornovil underlined to investigate the as yet unsolved kidnap– Khrushchev recalled on his birthday where he was to meet with Secretary Of that Rukh's primary aim in the upcoming ping and disappearance of Rukh Defense William Perry and Gen. John election is to prevent the accession of Secretariat head Mykhailo Boychyshyn. KYYiv - The 100th anniversary of Shalikashvili, chairman of the Joint Communist or Russian imperialist candi– The resolution also underlined the urgent the birth of Soviet leader Nikita Chiefs of Staff. (Reuters) dates. necessity for the Parliament to establish a Conference delegates elected a new special committee, charged with investi– central leadership. Among those elected gating the Boychyshyn case. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY FOUNDED 1933 Bishop Yoronovsky installed in Drohobych An English-language newspaper published by the Ukrainian National Association inc., a non-profit association, at 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, N.J. 07302. Lviv - Over 20,000 faithful of the Filemon Kurchaba, auxiliary bishop of Second-class postage paid at Jersey City, N. J. 07302. 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March 30 is the third anniversary of the return of the larly those not from Ukraine - try to convince me to archy. Sometimes it is difficult for the faithful to accept head and father of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic meet with various persons more often than 1 would like. the decisions of the hierarchy, it should be remembered Church Cardinal Myroslav ivan Lubachivsky, to his see, We must remember that there is a definite hierarchy and that Christ's bishops are the shepherds and teachers of the Archeparchy of Lviv. On this occasion, the primate order in the Church. І see persons and tend to issues His Church. granted several interviews to representatives of the for– which must be handled personally by me - the head of The desire of our bishops, clergy and faithful for the eign and local press accredited in Ukraine. Following is the Church. There is still not enough time in the year for Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Patriarchate is well-known. a summary of questions posed. Questions from me to meet these requirements - let us add to this that І We have asked for its recognition repeatedly and will Ukrainian journalists have been translated. (The tran– have 11 bishops in Ukraine; the apostolic nuncio; lead– continue, at every opportunity, to ask for this elevation script below was provided by the Lviv Archeparchy's ers of other confessions; government representatives and of our Church, it is in God's hands and i'm sure that the Press Office.) many others who demand my attention. There are nearly holy father will grant us this recognition when he 3,000 parishes of our Church in Western Ukraine. believes it should be granted. For this, we should pray Your Beatitude, it is now three years since you it is impossible for me to personally deal with each and work as much as possible so that our Church can returned to Ukraine. What thoughts do you have on issue. This is why the Church has the structure of soon realize this long-awaited moment. this occasion, particularly regarding the accomplish– eparchies with bishops who have deans upon whom they ments of the Church in Ukraine? Many of our faithful believe that Rome pays no rely as well as their immediate staff. We must keep attention to the Greek-Catholic Church in Ukraine. І remember the feelings 1 had prior to leaving Rome order and structure in order to remain effective. Do you agree? for Ukraine. І was very happy to be returning home - a Problems and issues can be dealt with on various levels home 1 never left by choice. І was forced to live all these І think that is a very shortsighted way to look at the years outside Ukraine, as 1 was out of the country when situation. І can assure that the interest of the Roman World War 11 began. І had 50 years of memories and Apostolic See in our situation is great. І can also say that hopes which were about to be realized. І was quite our Church is continually realizing a greater understand– moved by the warm welcome 1 received. ing in Rome and various factors are being considered in When 1 arrived, 1 found a Church that was very an effort to include our desires in the over-all scope of strong in terms of devotion and faith. There was a great the Universal Church. This means that there is always deal to do, however, to bring the Church from the under- greater interest in our situation as well as a strong desire ground into a contemporary administrative structure and to have our input in Christ's Church. to properly meet the pastoral needs of our faithful. This There is great speculation that His Holiness Pope was difficult because the Universal Church has changed John Paul 11 will visit Ukraine. Can you discuss greatly since 1946, and all these changes must to a when this visit will take place? greater or lesser degree be implemented. Primarily, we have worked on this administrative І would like to see the holy father in Ukraine as soon structure. І came to Ukraine with several members of as possible, and i'm sure all the bishops, clergy and my staff from Rome. They graciously agreed to stay faithful feel exactly the same way. We have asked His with me to help. With those persons and with the priests Holiness to consider such a trip. But the holy father is and faithful from Ukraine, we have worked very hard to also head of the vatican City State and as such each bring organization and order to the Church in Ukraine. visit, though primarily pastoral, has both diplomatic and Additionally, many important projects and events public elements. The visit must be desired as well by the have been initiated in the last three years: we held the government. We hope that this will soon be resolved so first Synod of Bishops on Ukrainian territory; four new Cardinal Myroslav ivan Lubachivsky that Pope John Paul 11 can pray with us in the country eparchies for our Church in Ukraine have been estab– where St. volodymyr accepted Christianity. lished; Bishop Mykhailo Koltun became the first bishop and our people should understand this. І try to meet with The beatification of Metropolitan Andrey ordained on the territory of a free Ukraine; the body of as many persons and faithful as 1 can, but 1 must dele- Sheptytsky has been a long process - almost 30 Patriarch Josyf was returned to Lviv; our seminaries gate some of these duties to competent members of my years. Do you feel that this recognition will soon take have been re-opened and we have nearly 1,000 men staff and rely upon them as well. І would like to say that place? studying for the priesthood; the Church tribunal is func– it would be more prudent for those who talk against tioning; celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Youth of Church officials to work more and talk less. Beatification is not something that is a foregone con- Christ were held; the prefect of the Congregation for elusion, it must be worked upon effectively and proven. Eastern Churches, Cardinal Achille Silvestrini visited During the 1994 meeting of the Synod of Bishops, There is a postulator who is working on this process in us, as did Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago; the a group of faithful picketed your residence. Would Rome. Also, the Synod of Bishops has requested that His Church again supports the Metropolitan Andrey you please comment? Excellency Bishop Mykhailo Hrynchyshyn, exarch of Sheptytsky Hospital; the Clement Sheptytsky Greek- This was only a few persons. The problem centered Ukrainian Greek-Catholics in France, Switzerland and Catholic Academy has been established; the institute of around a city church where a few faithful were against Benelux, also lend his efforts to this process. І pray each Church History has been established; the archeparchial their parish priest and took the opportunity of the Synod day that Metropolitan Andrey, one of the most prolific newspaper Meta was renewed; a second Synod of to voice their dissatisfaction. This was an unwise initia– and greatest men of our Church, be beatified. І hope that Bishops was held; we have greeted many prominent tive and these types of demonstrations give no result. This our faithful will also continue to pray for this great gift. leaders of the Church and government; a Patriarchal group of faithful distributed a defamatory document Your Beatitude, would you please give an Sobor will soon be under construction in Kyyiv and regarding the parish priest and some members of my appraisal of what you feel the Church's immediate fthere were) many other projects, it has been a very busy staff, it is interesting that the authors used pseudonyms, goals are? three years and, in the current situation in Ukraine, it has not even having enough courage to sign their own names. not been easy to accomplish these things. The situation was quite sad and the bishops understood The holy father has often asked this question of bish– that a small group of our faithful is vengeful and this is ops throughout the world. We came to the realization You mentioned the second Synod of Bishops held not Christian, tit isj also interesting that the persons about that, as we look to the Third Millennium the greatest in Lviv February 20-27. What decisions and resolu– whom the placards were written often spoke with those task is the renewal of evangelization - contemporary tions were made during this Synod, particularly who were picketing. The demonstrators did not even pastoral work, applying the social teachings of the regarding the situation of Bishop isidore Borecky know who they were. І realize that our people are experi– Church. Our Church, after nearly 50 years of under- and Bishop Roman Danylak? encing difficult times, but anger and vengeance are not a ground existence should continue to focus on the further The decisions of the Synod are confidential until they solution to the situation. The Church has survived many strengthening of its structures throughout Ukraine. have been reviewed by the Holy See and can be other intrigues and will survive many more. announced officially. All the bishops of our Church are bound to keep the decisions of the Synod secret, as am 1. Can you explain your vision of the role of the Many issues were discussed, these included the current layperson in the Church? Chornobyl commemoration territory of our Church and its patriarchal status; com– My vision of the role of the layperson in the Church memorations of the 50th anniversary of the death of the is in agreement with the documents of the Second at St. Patrick s Cathedral Servant of God Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky; the vatican Council and with the discourses of His Holiness celebrations of the 400th anniversary Union of Brest and Pope John Paul 11. in his address during his general SHORT H1LLS, N.J. - On Sunday, April 24, at 10:15 the 350th of the Union of Uzhhorod in 1996; the audience on March 16, he noted that the layperson's role a.m., at his regular Sunday morning mass at St. Patrick's Patriarchal Sobor we hope to hold in 1996; the in the Church begins in the parish, where the layperson Cathedral, Cardinal John O'Connor will give special Beatification of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky; vari– can participate in the "community of the apostolate." recognition to victims of the largest nuclear accident in ous liturgical and administrative decisions and the situa– His Holiness is quite clear that the laity has an important history, which occurred on April 26, 1986. The wide- tion of the Eparchy of Toronto as well. І am to discuss role to play in the Church. This includes participation in spread effects of radiation spewing into the atmosphere these decisions and resolutions however and, 1 might the liturgy, catechization and social and pastoral initia– will continue to manifest themselves far into the future. add, that for our Church it is most important that all its tives. His Holiness is also clear that the role of the laity The cardinal will greet the executive board of the bishops and faithful respect the laws of our Church has its constraints and these are definitely in the role of Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund and many Americans which bind us to confidentiality. decisions and policy-making. of Ukrainian descent who will be present at the mass. in each eparchy are bishops and priests, in the struc– The Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund (CCRF) was You mentioned your staff that came with you from co-founded by Dr. Zenon Matkiwsky and his wife, Nadia, Rome, it is commonly believed that these persons ture of our Church, the holy father, bishops and priests are the decision-makers. Our faithful should understand to alleviate the suffering in their native Ukraine. Since its and other members of your staff keep you in some– that this is the structure of our Church and, though their formation, the CCRF has garnered support from all seg– what of a "glided cage" and do not allow people to advice and thoughts are welcome, final decisions will be ments of the American people, but especially from the see you. Would you please comment? made in this structure. Even those laypersons who are Ukrainian community in the Greater New York-New That is complete nonsense. І see the persons 1 believe employed by the Church hold only administrative posi– Jersey area. As a non-sectarian, charitable independent are necessary for me to meet, in fact, my staff - particu– tions, which do not make decisions reserved for the hier– (Continued on page 20) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 24,1994 No. 17 Toronto children's festival raises S10,000 for orphanages in Ukraine by Nestor Gula main stage at one end of the hall and two smaller ones at opposite corners. Events TORONTO - Hundreds of children, would rotate between the stages, provid– with accompanying adults, streamed to the ing uninterrupted entertainment for four 1994 Ukrainian Children's Festival. On hours. The space between the stages con– Sunday, April 10, in the basement hall of tained craft tables. Here the children the St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church were able to paint T-shirts, draw car- in Mississauga, on the outskirts of Toronto. toons, make their own sundaes or cook– Organized by Help Us Help the ies, or even go "fishing." Children, the event was a rousing success. To officially open the 1994 Ukrainian it raised over Si0,000 for orphanages in Children's Festival, a Luba Goy video Ukraine. was shown. This well-known Ukrainian- According to organizer Mirka Canadian comic and television personali– Bojeczko, a Canadian television person– ty is the spokesperson for Help Us Help ality with the stage name Samantha the Children. However, she was not able Taylor, the Si0,000 raised will translate to be present due to other commitments. to a S30,000 purchasing power under a The fact that Ms. Goy is spokesperson special program for charities. The money for Help Us Help the Children is all the raised will go towards the purchase of more poignant due to the fact that she vitamins, baby formula, medical supplies herself spent some time in an orphanage and educational material. upon her arrival in Canada. She said the original idea was to hold Michael Luchka, host for the youth a concert to raise money for the charity, portion of the "Kontakt" Ukrainian tele- but then it snowballed into the children's vision show, hosted the festival. Other festival. The festival featured dancers, performers at the festival were the Children enjoy and arts and crafts activity during the Ukrainian Children's comics, clowns, singers, puppet shows, a Beverly Allen Entertainment Agency Festival held in the Toronto area to raise funds for orphanages in Ukraine. host of things for the children to do and (which supplies clowns), Dumpling and plenty of food, drink and candies. Fancy Nancy, ihor Baczynskyj, the overcrowding problems occurred and a enjoyed this festival and 1 hope it becomes Most of the food, entertainment and Chaika Ukrainian Dancers, Michael few unlucky families had to be turned an annual event." materials for the craft tables was donated Harms, Bruce Hunter, Orysia Lubinsky– away at the door. All parents and children Mrs. Bojeczko said that because of the by a Toronto area business. According to Pawluk, Mirka Bojeczko and Olya enjoyed the event and hoped it would be festival's success, the committee is con– Mrs. Bojeczko, over 100 volunteers gave Cholkan, Barbara Muller, Darka repeated, although in a bigger venue. sidering making this an annual event. She up their time to make this festival a reali– Sharanewych, the Solovey orchestra, "They should hold it in a bigger place, noted that a week prior to the event ticket ty. This does not include the over 90 Titka Kvitka and Friends, the Ukrainian possibly outside under tents next time, sales were very slow, with only abut 100 dancers who took part in the festival. Academy of Dance and the Yavir maybe in June or July," said Walter Kilyk, sold. Sales picked up dramatically just The festival was organized along the Ukrainian Dancers. who with his wife and their 4172-year-old prior to the event, and more than 800 per– lines of a medieval play. There was a Due to the success of the event, some daughter attended the event. "We really sons attended. Share the Dream sends humanitarian aid to Kyyiv's neediest by Linda Hodges ing aid. The letters were in response to an ad placed in three Kyyiv newspapers by a friend of the organization MEMPH1S, Tenn. - Sending parcels to loved ones in who visited the city in 1992. The ads stated that Ukraine can be cumbersome and time-consuming. But Americans would like to establish contact with, and per– imagine the difficulty of putting together and shipping haps provide help to, Kyyiv residents with special more than 500 packages at a time. needs, such as single-parent families, large families, in 1993, its first year of operation, Share the Dream, pensioners and invalids. The ad ran only once in the a non-profit, non-religious, all-volunteer humanitarian newspapers, but requests continue to make their way to aid and referral organization, sent approximately 1,522 the Kyyiv staff of Share the Dream, who pass them on parcels, totaling more than 20 tons to needy residents of to the organization's Memphis, Tenn., office. former Soviet republics - but mostly to Ukraine, in in a typical request for aid, Elena Leonidovna says "1 March, the organization started off its second year with am writing to you because i've been driven by despair... a shipment of approximately 12 tons of aid to Kyyiv, Half a month we are hungry. That's O.K. for grown-ups and it plans another shipment in May or June. but it hurts to see hungry children." The parcels were put together by individual sponsors A middle-aged man, Oleh Petrovych, told of spend– who have adopted a family or individual in Kyyiv from ing a record length of time cleaning up at Chornobyl, among the hundreds of needy who wrote letters request- 700 days, and says "besides me, who is going to leave this life soon, the real bad situation is my family." He goes on to describe the serious illnesses of his wife and children, and says that recently his mother died and he had to sell most of his furnishings to pay for her funeral. A sponsor can specify the kind of person they'd like to help, such as a single mother with small children or a lonely pensioner with no family. Sponsors receive a translation of the letter requesting help. Other than a few restrictions, sponsors are free to give whatever they want. A bimonthly newsletter keeps members aware of conditions in Kyyiv and likely needs. Last winter, Share One-and-a-half-year-old iliusha, a child of a family the Dream promoted an "Operation Winter Rescue" sponsored by Share the Dream based in Memphis, campaign, encouraging its sponsors to include warm wears donated clothes and looks over food received clothing and overshoes. by his family. in its latest newsletter, Share the Dream pointed out five parcels, volunteers in Memphis load the parcels into a that many children in Kyyiv are constantly hungry. "The metal container, either 20 or 40 feet long. They're hoisted outrageously high food prices, which have been raised by crane onto a truck and driven to the port city of again and again, mean that children of Kyyiv are suffer– Charleston, S.C., from where they're shipped overseas. ing from a lack of nutritious daily meals. We are receiv– Although strictly a volunteer organization, Share the ing more and more letters from parents in Kyyiv who Dream conforms to guidelines established by the Fund are pleading for help in feeding their hungry children. for Democracy and Development, an agency under the After using their monthly wages to pay for rent and util– U.S. Department of State. ities, most Ukrainian families cannot afford to buy Established for the purpose of helping residents of the enough food to last for the entire month. As a result, Commonwealth of independent States (which excludes many children in Kyyiv are constantly hungry." Baltic countries), the Fund for Democracy and The sponsors gather clothing, food or medical sup- Development pays for the shipping costs of organiza– plies, pack them in cardboard cartons, and bring them by tions that send humanitarian aid. Those organizations a specified date to one of several collection points in must agree not to send any of the "three B's" "bullets, Memphis. Attached to the package is a photocopy of the booze or Bibles" - that is, weapons, drugs, or religious recipient's name and address, and an inventory list with materials. Electrical appliances also are not permitted, Sandra Schocke (left) and Cathy Melton, members the donor's return address. because they're not considered essential "humanitarian of the Share the Dream board of directors, prepare The weight of each parcel is limited to 50 pounds so that aid." Before the shipment leaves Memphis, the donated boxes of aid for shipment to sponsored fami– the recipients can bring them home by public transporta– lies in Kyyiv. tion. Sponsors are allowed, however, to donate as many as (Continued on page 8) No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 24,1994 5 THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM UNA Centennial observances North Port community celebrates NORTH PORT, Fla. - The Ukrainian formed an honorary executive board for Philadelphia honors "Batko Soyuz"America n community here, many of this celebration. PHILADELPHIA - The theme of the volodymyr Panteleyev, cellist, accompa– whose members are members of the UNA, An important item on the agenda was nied by Olha Panteleyev, his wife, played on February 23, celebrated the 100th the presentation of the anniversary cake, 14th annual banquet of the Ukrainian which was directed by Mr. Shramenko. Educational and Cultural Center (UECC) five pieces of classical music. Liubart anniversary of the Ukrainian National Lishchynsky recited humorous and satir– Association. The event was well organized Mr. Lesawyer blew out the candles on was recognition of the Ukrainian National behalf of "Batko Soyuz" (Father UNA), Association, on the occasion of its 100th ic works of Bohdan Nyzhankiwsky's and the hall tastefully decorated. (Dufta) "Babay" and Edward Kozak's The celebration was opened by Roman and a cake cutting ceremony followed. anniversary, for years of material and Mr. Shramenko also proposed a toast moral support to Ukrainian diaspora, it (Eko) "Hryts Zozulia," after an introduc– Shramenko, president of the local tion by Olha Kuzmowycz, an editor at which was followed with the singing of was noted that during these years a very seniors' organization, who also acted as "Mnohaya Lita" in honor of the UNA. important role was played UNA's periodi– Svoboda. Both performers were heartily master of ceremonies for the entire applauded by an appreciative audience. Representatives of four local cals, i.e. Svoboda, The Ukrainian Weekly evening. The keynote address in Ukrainian community organizations read and veselka and other publications. Mrs. Diachuk expressed appreciation Ukrainian was delivered by Dr. Jaroslaw their 100th anniversary greetings to the Ulana Diachuk, guest of honor and the for the above award and shared with the Padoch, former UNA supreme secretary, UNA. They were Pawlyna Riznyk of the UNA supreme president, received an guests her concern about the lack of suf– while the English address was delivered Ukrainian Golden Cross; Maria honorary plaque on behalf of the frater– ficient number of people from the by Joseph Lesawyer, former supreme Nawarynska of the local chapter of the nal organization. younger generation, who should be step- president. Ukrainian National Women's League of in attendance at the February 26 event ping into the ranks of the UNA. She con– Short speeches were also delivered by America; Mychaylo Belendiuk from the were 120 guests representing 30 commu– tinued, that the UNA is modernizing its Wolodymyr Boryskewich, president of local Ukrainian credit union and Dr. nity organizations, including five UNA insurance, publications and "Soyuzivka" Branch 381 in North Port, and John Pawlo Turula from the Coordinating branches. The master of ceremonies was in order to attract the younger generation Gawaluch, secretary of Branch 377 in St. Committee of the local Ukrainian com– Dr. ihor Kunash, while Borys to the UNA and into Ukrainian commu– Petersburg, Fla. The above-mentioned munity. Zacharchuk, president of the UECC, nity activity. She also urged the delivered the opening speech. The Rev. Ukrainian community not to spare any Roman Pankiw, pastor of the St. effort to include the members of the Nicholas Church in Philadelphia, led the younger generation in their organizations UNA grant supports Orthodox seminary guests in prayer. and thus to give them an opportunity to The entertainment program included make their contribution to community performing artists from Ukraine. work. Miamians hold jubilee banquet by John Kocur branch even had a member on the Supreme Assembly, the late Taras МІАМІ - On Sunday, March 6, Maksymowich, who was active in UNA Miami Branch 368 held a commemora– activities until he was bedridden. tive banquet in honor of the 100th Ms. Bergman concluded her remarks anniversary of the UNA. Branch 368 was with the fact that the UNA today, as in the first branch established in Miami the past, serves all members of the back in the late 1940s, keeping Ukrainian community, whether born here Ukrainians in the south in touch with or overseas. their brothers way up north. The banquet began with a prayer and Remarks in Ukrainian were made by commemorated past members with a Dr. George Cehelsky, past branch secre– moment of silence, in his opening tary. Dr. Cehelsky spoke of the remarks, Branch President John Kocur Ukrainian immigration to Canada and the thanked all present for attending and tak– United States. He also described the ing part. He went on to say, "much problems faced by these immigrants and appreciation is due to our parents and their acceptance by local American com– grandparents for having the will and munities. He went on to discuss the early UNA Supreme Auditor William Pastuszek, a member of the Metropolitan Council intelligence in forming and supporting start of the UNA and Svoboda. of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A., recently presented a UNA dona– the UNA and its local branches since it irene Rakush also presented a short tion for S"l,OOO to the St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Seminary. Seen in the photo kept the Ukrainian identity and heritage poetic presentation. above, taken during the annual budgetary meeting of the Metropoltian Council, alive by not allowing us to be assimilated Somewhere between these presenta– are: (from left) the very Rev. William Diakiw, president of the Consistory, Bishop into the melting pot." in his concluding tions, guests were treated to a delicious Antony, Metropolitan Constantine and Mr. Pastuszek. remarks Mr. Kocur observed that it is a meal of salmon Wellington prepared by lot easier to explain to Americans who Miami's own chef and branch member Ukrainians are since Oksana Baiul won Paul Galadza, assisted by other members the gold at the Olympics. Richard Waskiewycz and Alex veshteby. Are you investing in a Certificate of Deposit, Branch Secretary Mary Bergman A short musical interlude was provided Mutual Fund, or Zero Coupon Bond for your spoke about the background of the UNA, by the Maksymowich Trio, sisters Hanya, its accomplishments, and goals. She also Donna and Karen. Board members Olga child or grandchild's college education? gave a brief history of the local branch's Maksymowich and Nicholas Rakush han– accomplishments, mentioning that the dled ticket sales and hall preparation. 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For more information please contact the UNA's Financial Services Department at: Branch 368 in Miami celebrates UNA Centennial. Seen at the banquet are: (seat– 1-800-253-9862 nationally ed from left) Mary Bergman, Olga Maksymowich, John Kocur, Nicholas Rakush or 215-821-5800 in Eastern Pennsylvania. George Cehelsky and (standing) irene Rakush. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 24,1994 No. 17 On the electoral front THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Letter from ivialyn Lessons of Chornobyl by Lubomyr Luciuk Meanwhile, the people, who lived poorly in the past are worse off now, for they are April 26 marks the eighth anniversary of the world's worst civilian atomic І have just returned from "the front." being robbed as well, it's not that people disaster, which occurred at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, an event that The electoral combat there was savage. І aren't fed. They are. But they are also fed put Ukraine in the headlines and underscored to the world the perilous state of had gone to Ukraine expecting to visit a up. And where their mounting resentment the nuclear industry in the Soviet Union. free and sovereign country, undergoing is taking Ukraine is what we should be The word "Chornobyl" still evokes images of panic in the minds of its first post-Soviet, democratic election. worrying about. Ukraine's citizens. Each and every one of them remembers where they were І went thinking the good guys had Given what 1 saw, you might think 1 left and what they were doing on the day Chornobyl exploded, despite the fact that already won. feeling pessimistic about Ukraine's future. the Soviet government kept the information from the people for another few І was naive. Fm not. For 1 did not witness the actual tri– days. The image of children, marching down the Khreshchatyk, celebrating the Before my eyes, "the party of power" umph of "the party of power," whatever its Communist May Day holiday, to this day outrages parents and reminds them (yesteryear's communists and their adherents may be assuming just about of the lie they once lived. allies) so craftily manipulated the elec– now. As 1 made my way around the Although the official Soviet death toll for the accident remains at 32, thou– toral process that they retained most of Ukrainian countryside, so much of it mired sands — (Ukrainian officials report 8,000) — have died from the conse– their fiefs. Nobody here seems to have in socialist sloth after years of Soviet mis- quences of the accident, and tens of thousands suffer from radiation-related ill– much noticed, or cared. rule, pock-marked with run-down collec– nesses, such as cancer and thyroid complications. But 1 do. For 1 watched what the appa– tive farms with names like "Pathway to And the Chornobyl plant, which was originally scheduled to close by the ratchiks did to vitaliy Zhuravsky, a Communism" and "Pathway to Lenin," it end of 1993, continues to provide Ukraine with seven percent of its energy young patriot and a man of exceptional became clear that it is only in these nether needs and the rest of the world with concerns of another accident brewing. integrity. He and his enthusiastic band of regions of the country, where menace and Soon after Ukraine declared its independence, the Parliament voted to volunteers had dared do the previously misinformation can still be deployed, impose a moratorium on the use of the Chornobyl plant. After the 1986 explo– unthinkable. They contested the parlia– almost unseen, that supposedly "ex-com– sion, Reactor No. 4 was enclosed in a concrete sarcophagus to prevent radioac– mentary seat from Malyn, a city in the munists" can manage to "win" an election. tive leakage; in 1991, a fire at Reactor No. 2 forced the shut down of that unit central Ukrainian region of Zhytomyr. Just barely. And even in this hinterland І and it became even more evident that Chornobyl was a ticking time bomb. Motivated by a strong desire to improve met dozens of good men and women who Ukraine's government became Chornobyl-conscious, opening a ministry to Ukraine's lot, this small band challenged no longer want anything to do with the deal with the consequences of the accident. A parliamentary committee aided the powers that be, and in a locale far Soviet past. They made a point of conduct– victims of the accident, as did numerous charitable committees, both in from those western Ukrainian regions ing me through the dead villages of Zone Ukraine and outside its borders. where democratic nationalists had little 3, near Chornobyl. "See here," they said, But with independence came problems and Ukraine's major woes include to fear from communists. That made Mr. "this is where Lenin's road led Ukraine." lack of energy supply from domestic sources and huge debts to Russia for gas Zhuravsky and company dangerous. And These Ukrainians demand change. and oil. in a sharp about-face, on October 21, 1993, the Ukrainian Parliament so a powerful political machine was They will get it, perhaps later rather than - abandoned previous safety concerns and voted to keep Chornobyl open and to rolled out to defeat him. No expense or sooner. But thousands like them in the lift the moratorium on the construction of new nuclear plants. dirty trick was spared. Malyn region voted for a better future. Just two months ago, President Leonid Kravchuk issued a decree that broad- An electoral process deliberately engi– They were cheated of success. And they ens the use of nuclear power in Ukraine, once again stating that Chornobyl's neered to be convoluted and almost know it. And they know by whom, it third unit should be re-opened in the near future, despite the fact that the incomprehensible was made even more won't happen again. international Atomic Energy Agency continues to cite "numerous safety defi– intimidating by physical threats, disinfor– At an election meeting in a collective ciencies (thatj still remain at the station." mation and bribery. The local electoral farm hall, so cold inside that 1 could see And although U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy William White recently commission did nothing to stop this. my breath, 1 heard an old farmer rise to returned from Ukraine where he said he obtained promises that Chornobyl was Most of them favored the president's say that he had heard tell how vitaliy going to be shut down "as soon as possible," that phrase can be interpreted to designated man. Which made sense. He Zhuravsky, just then being touted in the mean any time from now until 1998, the year the Ukrainian government thinks was, and is, one of them, if he had lost, local newspaper as "a possible future pres– other nuclear reactors will go on-line to replace the Chornobyl plant. they would have. ident of Ukraine," along with his Environmentalists, with Greenpeace activists leading the way, have proved Who are they? Essentially, the same Christian-Democratic Party followers, that Ukraine's energy needs can be fulfilled without the continued operation of lads who, in the summer of 1991, aban– were in the pay of the West, intent on sell– the Chornobyl nuclear plant. The organization's report, titled "Essential doned the Red flag under which they had ing off the country. "Well, what's wrong Elements in the Ecological Reform of the Energy industry in Ukraine," shows marched gaily for decades, without a fight. with that?" he joked, adding, "at least then that "rebuilding such plants in Ukraine as Chornobyl is economically and tech– Which also makes sense. They didn't we'd all have plenty of Uncle Ben's to nically unfeasible." worry about a mere flag, knowing that the eat!" The crowd roared its good-humored And despite the fact that Chornobyl has lost about 20 percent of key staff in system that had rewarded their fealty for approval. Even Mr. Zhuravsky smiled. the last year alone, and despite the fact that the list of safety violations contin– years wasn't really changing. Today they The younger generation he and his ues to grow, the latest being two minor incidents while an ІАЕА delegation parade under the blue-and-yellow banner friends represent know that Ukraine is reviewed the premises last week, the Ukrainian government is straddling the of Ukraine. Tomorrow they'd just as hap– not for sale, nor is it breaking up. And fence on the issue of Chornobyl. pily saunter under the Russian tricolor. the comedian's old joke about "give me This position has even led one American official to comment that "the control over a meter of Ukraine's border Ukrainian government seems to have greater ambitions for Chornobyl." it Lubomyr Luciuk is a professor of and the whole country will emigrate" no promises the West that it will close Chornobyl, placating the United States, and political geography at the Royal Military longer has any meaning. For Ukrainians environmental groups on the issue, but it won't say when. Thus, it keeps the College of Canada and author of like vitaliy Zhuravsky and his supporters door open for financial aid from Europe and the United States. "Welcome To Absurdistan: Ukraine, the are staying. They intend to transform it promises its own officials that Chornobyl can remain open, providing Soviet Disunion and the West. " Ukraine. І have no doubt that they will, much-needed energy and it promises the nuclear lobby that its jobs are secure. Meanwhile, Ukraine's citizens live in fear of Chornobyl, the sequel. Colloquium reviews teaching of Ukrainian NEW YORK - A colloquium on Ukrainian7Slavic background; pairing teaching college-level Ukrainian at with and without equal language profi– American colleges was held on March 12 ciency); methodology of material presen– at the Shevchenko Scientific Society. tation; problems of two orthographies Attending were several authors of (the 1928 and the Soviet versions; Ukrainian grammar texts in English changes in the 1990 and 1993 Academy (Assya Humesky and Zirka Derlycia), of Sciences orthographies); strengths and One of the books that provides an account of the world's instructors of the Ukrainian language at weaknesses of existing textbooks and worst nuclear disaster is "Chernobyl: A Documentary Story," by several universities (Columbia, Harvard, tapes; transliteration. A bibliography of Yuriy Shcherbak, a physician, writer and leading activist of Rutgers, Utah), a second language acqui– textbooks and dictionaries was shared. Ukraine's Green movement. The book, published in 1989 by the Edmonton-based sition methodologist, and a linguist from The group decided to keep exchanging Canadian institute of Ukrainian Studies, contains interviews with many who witnessed the institute of Ukrainian Language in ideas on the subject and to meet annual– the accident. On the night of April 26, 1986, Yuriy Badayev, a 34-year-old engineer, Kyyiv. ly, and, whenever needed, to take a posi– had been working at the information processing complex SKALA, the brain, eyes and The participants discussed many top– tion, especially in reference to any new ears of the station, where a computer does essential operations and calculations. Dr. ics relevant to teaching college-level and inadequate texts. The colloquium Shcherbak spoke with Mr. Badayev as he lay in a Kyyiv hospital. Following are Ukrainian, especially: placement of stu– was organized by Larissa Onyshkevych excerpts of the engineer's recollections, as recorded by Dr. Shcherbak. dents, proficiency guidelines, grouping on behalf of the Philological Section of of students (e.g. with and without the Shevchenko Scientific Society. "What happened was very simple. There was an explosion. І was on shift 40 meters from the reactor. We knew there were experiments going on. The experiments were To subscribe: Call The Ukrainian Weekly's Subscription Department at (201) according to a previously planned program and we were following this program. Our computer registers all deviations and records them on a special tape. We were watch– 434-0237, or send S20 (S10 if you are a member of the UNA) to The Ukrainian Weekly, Subscription Department, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, NJ 07302. (Continued on page 18) No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 24,1994 7

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as eparch of Toronto. No resignation has "Best argument" been submitted to this day. Canadian institute ot Ukrainian btudies Dr. Kuropas is on more secure ground, for Patriarchate however, when he points to the record of by Dr. Zenon E. Kohut catalogue. With the appearance of two suffering for the faith which the double issues, the JUS will be caught up Dear Editor: Over the past year, the Canadian Ukrainian Catholic Church has endured to the end of 1992. The ULEC has issued institute of Ukrainian Studies (C1US) has 12 resource publications and a social stud– in his article 'The Patriarchate: Who under communism, and states, "if any implemented a fundamental reorganiza– ies text for the grade 2 level. The Jacyk Needs it?" (March 2), Myron Kuropas Eastern rite Church merits a patriarch, it tion based on autonomous components, Center has been successful in establishing states that the "best argument" for a is the Ukrainian Church." Agreed. As for each responsible for developing its own scholarly programs in Ukraine, particular– patriarch is the unfortunate situation that realizing this hoped-for goal, the corn- program. The current components include: ly in the institute of Historical Studies at has developed in Toronto. He then sup- missioning of Bishop Roman Danylak by the Peter Jacyk Center for Ukrainian Lviv State University. ports, it would seem, the position taken the Synod of Ukrainian Bishops to devel– Historical Research, the Toronto by Bishop isidore Borecky in refusing to op a rationale both for the creation of a Publications Office, the Stasiuk Program in addition to the individual programs, submit his resignation from office, by Patriarchate and for its extension beyond for the Study of Contemporary Ukraine, the C1US continued to provide grants for further stating "there is nothing in the River Zbruch is more than "interest– the Ukrainian Language Education Center scholars, sponsor seminars and lecture Church canon law that requires a bishop ing to note," as Dr. Kuropas puts it. To (ULEC), C1US Press, the Ukrainian series, and maintain close contact with to retire at age 75. Bishops do so at the those who know Bishop Danylak, it is a Canadian Studies Program, and the Ukraine through visiting scholars and request of the pontiff." giant step towards such realization. Journal of Ukrainian Studies (JUS). exchanges. Particularly noteworthy was Regarding the declaration of concern the annual Shevchenko Lecture, spon– This is skewing the intent of Canon While the Jacyk Center and the ULEC over the future viability of the Ukrainian sored by the Ukrainian Professional and 210, which reads: "An eparchial bishop have functioned as autonomous units for Church, 1 agree with Dr. Kuropas that the Business Club of Edmonton. The lecture who has completed his 75th year of some time, others have been created current "slide to oblivion" will only be was delivered by Ukraine's ambassador age...is requested to present his resigna– recently or reorganized. The most sub– stopped when "all Catholics begin acting to Canada, Levko Lukianenko, who also tion from office...to the Roman pontiff." stantial changes involved the implemen– like a community" and are blessed with received an honorary doctorate from the The canon is quite clear in requiring tation of plans to redirect the activities of "leaders who generate enthusiasm, trust University of Alberta in June. that a bishop submit his resignation at the Toronto office and to establish an and commitment to the Body of Christ." Ambassador Lukianenko's visits to the age 75 at the request of higher authority. office in Kyyiv. We hope that those concerned University of Alberta were widely report– Surely Dr. Kuropas is not suggesting that With the completion of the five–volume Ukrainian Catholics of North America ed in the Canadian, Ukrainian and inter- a request by the Roman pontiff for the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, the encyclope– who have planned the upcoming confer– national press. resignation of a bishop is to be taken as dia staff at the Toronto office has been ence of laity remember one thing when The C1US continued to exercise its optional? Refusal by a bishop to submit reduced to one person and a part-time addressing these challenging issues. role as a promoter of Ukrainian studies in his resignation when it is requested by director. The release of staff formerly ded– There is no lack of leaders who are Canada. Responding to a request from the Roman pontiff is simply an act of dis– icated to the encyclopedia enabled the "dynamic." it is not enough, however, the Canadian Foundation of Ukrainian obedience. Dr. Kuropas' "best argument" transfer of the JUS back to Toronto and that a leader be dynamic. Too many Studies (CFUS), the institute organized a for a patriarch is flawed, therefore, provided personnel for C1US Press. All dynamic leaders, driven by false ideolo– one-day symposium on the state of because its premise is grounded on an act Toronto employees, including those fund– gies, have led our people into avoidable Ukrainian studies in Canada. Working of disobedience. ed by the Jacyk Center and the ULEC, are strife and division. Our desperate need is with CFUS, which funds the Neporany it is indeed curious that Bishop part of the C1US Toronto office. for those leaders among our clergy and fellowship, C1US completely changed Borecky publicly appealed the decision At the same time, C1US established a laity whose lives exemplify holiness and the terms of the fellowship, mandating of the Holy See requesting his resigna– presence in Kyyiv. Myroslav Yurkevich, obedience to lawful authority. For such the recipient to introduce a course in tion to the recent Synod of Ukrainian a C1US research associate, went to Kyyiv we must never cease praying. Ukrainian studies at the university where Bishops held in Lviv February 20-27, to publish the institute's Ukrainian-lan– the fellowship is to be held. only to have them vote almost unani– The Rev. Deacon Josaphat M. Korchinski guage manuscripts and supervise various mously that Bishop Borecky must resign Milliken, Ont. C1US projects, in addition to other During the last two years, C1US has duties. also attempted to maintain a Ukrainian While some modifications, particular– studies presence at the University of of spirits, or 12 ounces of beer. Now ly as to the Kyyiv office, may still be British Columbia by sponsoring a lecture Ukrainians and multiply these by 14 and you have the necessary, the fundamental C1US organi– series there. amount per week. zational structure is now in place. Each Although the C1US is functioning at drinking alcohol it is true that every country or culture unit has its own director, allocated funds its peak, its work is threatened by has its own attitudes toward drinking, it is and programs. announced provincial budget cuts of 21 Dear Editor: also true that somehow the world is of the percent to post-secondary educational І believe that the systematization of opinion, probably false, that Ukrainians institutions over the next three years (not After 1 read the letter of Orest the varied programs of the institute with drink a lot. There is a saying that a counting salary rollbacks). Popovych, Ph.D., and then re-read with a clear delineation of functions and Ukrainian alcoholic promised his wife he At such a critical juncture, the C1US greater care the letter of N.A. responsibilities is a major accomplish– would stop drinking, but quietly started must concentrate on fund-raising. This Hruszkewycz, M.D., 1 wholeheartedly ment of the past academic year. Not only eating his liquor with a spoon. Ukrainians year the institute received Si 10,000 in support the ideas of the latter. As a prac– has it increased the institute's over-all do not need encouragement to drink. new endowment money, a significant ticing physician, 1 know what Dr. scholarly production, but it gives the Approximately 90 percent of Canada's amount considering the poor economic Hruszkewycz is talking about. He is not institute a greater reach into the scholarly populations drinks moderately. The climate, lack of matching funds, and par– "ill-informed" and the description of his community, increasing its national and Canadian College of Family Physicians ticularly the focus of the Ukrainian com– letter as having a "tone of exaggerated international reputation. for the first time in North America munity on the financial needs of Ukraine. indignation (that isj almost comical" Since the various programs will be does not apply to his thoughts, in my launched a national program of Alcohol Therefore, we must pay special attention reporting separately to the press, 1 would opinion such an undignified description Risk Assessment and intervention to the Ukrainian community, including merely like to highlight some of this should be avoided. (ARA1) to identify those people who the fulfillment of its goals in supporting year's achievements. Why do 1 support the opinion of Dr. may develop alcohol-related problems. and promoting quality scholarship in The completion of the five-volume Hruszkewycz? As yet there is no final Dr. Reg Perkin, executive director of that Ukraine. Encyclopedia of Ukraine is without convincing proof or medical evidence college, said one in five Canadians age At the same time, the C1US must doubt the greatest accomplishment of the that "having a couple of drinks a day is 12 or older is at risk of developing alco– make every effort to secure outside C1US thus far. Congratulations are in beneficial towards prevention of heart hol related problems. That is in addition grants for its various programs. But grant order to the encyclopedia editor, Dr. attack," as Dr. Popovych believes. to the five percent who already have seri– money is also becoming scarce in Danylo Husar Struk, the encyclopedia What does a "couple of drinks" mean? ous drinking problems, for a total of Canada, it is the ClUS's visibility in the office, and all others who worked so Not drinking at all could be even healthi– nearly 7 million Canadians, it appears to international scholarly community that intensely and diligently to complete the er. it also could be said that the more you me that a similar situation exists in the enabled the Stasiuk Program to receive major phase of the project. drink, the greater the risk of developing United States. the NEH and Humboldt grants this year problems. The Globe and Mail on April 2 The situation is not "comical," Dr. Other achievements include the orga– and the Jacyk Center an NEH grant two reported that on March 26, Ruth Engs, a Popovych. Between 1989 and 1991, 11, nization by the Stasiuk Program on years ago. The ULEC was able to obtain professor of applied health sciences at 894 people were killed on Canada's high- Contemporary Ukraine of a collaborative a grant from the Shevchenko Foundation. indiana University was reported to have ways. Alcohol was a factor in 45 to 54 project with the Harriman institute at in the past academic year, the C1US read at least 20 studies showing one percent of motor vehicle accidents, it is Columbia University and the Seminar fur has achieved stability, efficiency, and drink per day may lessen the risk of heart worthwhile to keep that in mind while dis– Osteuropaische Geschichte of Cologne maturity in executing its many scholarly attack, in the same article Dr. D. Wilson, cussing the problems of drinking alcohol. University to study Russian-Ukrainian and pedagogical programs. Despite the a professor of family medicine at relations. The three-year project has been W. Sochaniwskyj, M.D. dark clouds of budgetary crisis on the McMaster University in Hamilton, awarded grants totalling SlOO,OOO (U.S.) Toronto horizon, the C1US will do everything Ontario, countered that these studies from the National Endowment for the possible to improve on these gains. Humanities (U.S.) and the Humboldt were not persuasive. Our goals will be all the more achiev– The Ukrainian Weekly welcomes letters Foundation (Germany). David Lawrason, writing in The Globe able with the continued support of the to the editor. Letters should be typed (dou– C1US Press published six books during and Mail article titled "A little wine for Ukrainian community. We recognize and ble-spaced) and signed; they must be origi– the period and issued a new publications the stomach's sake runs into a snag," nals, not photocopies. appreciate its support, as well as that of specifies what a "standard drink" is: five The daytime phone number and all friends of Ukrainian studies, who real– ounces of table wine, or three ounces of address of the letter-writer must be given Zenon Kohut is acting director of the ize the importance of assisting the C1US fortified wine, or one and a half ounces for verification purposes. Canadian institute of Ukrainian Studies. and its work in these difficult times. 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRlL 24, 1994 No. 17

children afflicted with heart problems. Senate amendment expresses Share the Dream... Dr. Novik, along with Dr. Lee (Continued from page 4) McCallum of the Family Physicians Group in Bartlett, Tenn., helped line up Tennessee National Guard opens and concern about Russian coercion donated medical supplies for the spon– inspects about five percent of the boxes sored children and the elderly in Kyyiv. by Xenia Ponomarenko The senator said, "Just a few weeks to see that they conform to the guide- UNA Washington Office ago in the Foreign Operations lines. Besides a number of volunteers with Subcommittee, 1 questioned Secretary There are abcut 1,200 organizations that medical expertise, there are some with WASHINGTON - on March 24, the fWarrenJ Christopher about President are shipping humanitarian aid under the unique talents that can aid the group. A United States Senate added an amendment tBorisJ Yeltsin's State of the Union Fund for Democracy and Development, board member, for example, works for a on U.S. policy towards Russian acts of address in which he asserted Russia's said Bill Herrington, principal founder and shipping company and knows how to aggression to the Congressional Budget right to intervene throughout the region former chairman of the board of directors. monitor the shipment every step of the Resolution of 1994. This amendment, to protect Russian minorities and guaran– Of these, Share the Dream is "one of the way to ensure safe delivery. authored by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R– tee stability. The State of the Union biggest and surely the best organized." Share the Dream also responds to Ky.), expresses the Senate's concern over speech was understandably unsettling to unique emergencies. For example, when the coercive activity by the Russian Share the Dream was born back in the Georgia resident Bohdan James was vis– Russia's neighbors, instead of respond– summer of 1992 when a group of employ– Federation aimed at the former republics ing to Russia's neo-imperialist rhetoric, iting relatives in the Zaporizhzhia region, of the Soviet Union, the Baltic states, and ees at the Alpha Therapeutic Laboratory, a cousin told him of a local family whose Secretary Christopher pointed out that a Memphis blcod screening laboratory Central and East European nations. These Russia has legitimate interests in sup- 5-year-old son was suffering from PKU, acts include economic coercion, military where Mr. Herrington works as a medical a metabolic disease that is treated with a pressing violence on her borders and pro– technician, began to discuss how they intimidation and other attempts to estab– tecting Russian minorities." special protein-free dietary formula. Mr. lish a sphere of influence over the region. might help the people. They felt they'd James asked his computer network pals Sen. McConnell further stated that like to share same of America's abun– According to the amendment, the U.S. from around the country for help in Secretary of State Christopher made no dance, said Mr. Herrington. "We felt so will oppose any such actions "by appro– locating the expensive formula necessary mention of the rights of minorities living blessed — we didn't have to worry where priate means," consistent with the provi– to keep the child alive. His best results in Russia, or addressing their rights of our next meal was coming from or about sions of the Freedom Support Act and the came from Share the Dream, which came sovereignty or national integrity. hyperinflation." Foreign Assistance Appropriations Act of up with a supply of the supplement in a "Secretary Christopher chose instead to The organization took off quickly, 1994. The resolution reads as follows: couple of days. argue Russia's case that their minorities especially after the local media publicized "Purpose: To express the sense of the in addition to its sponsors, Share the were disenfranchised and should be treat– it. The day after Christmas, the large Senate that, the assumptions underlying Dream has 16 members who serve on the ed - in his words - 'with generosity,' " Memphis daily newspaper, the Memphis the levels of spending set forth in this res– said the senator. board of directors and 30 additional vol– Commercial Appeal, ran a feature story unteers in the Memphis area. Dedication olution regarding the national defense Meanwhile, according to Sen. about the organization. The article inspired (050) and international affairs (150) bud- McConnell, top officials of the Russian and hard work of so many have gotten 800 new sponsors. Today there are more good results. Only a few parcels have get categories include an assumption that Federation are asserting the right of than L400 sponsors. The vast majority are the United States will oppose, through Russia to interfere in the affairs of the been lost or tampered with. from Tennessee, but the organization also Not accustomed to private charity appropriate means, attempts by the countries of the former Soviet Union. He has sponsors as far away as New Russian Federation to intimidate, use mili– referred to an op-ed piece in the Financial while under the Soviet system, the Hampshire and Arizona. Out-of-state Ukrainian government set up a special tary force or engage in economic coercion Times on Monday, March 21, in which a sponsors ship their parcels to Memphis. to establish a sphere of influence over the committee to oversee and distribute all senior policy advisor to Russian President The first shipment to Kyyiv left former republics of the Soviet Union, the Yeltsin wrote that a feasible plan for charitable aid. When Nina Razinkova Tennessee in January 1993. it contained refused to turn over the first shipment to Baltics, or Central and Eastern European Moscow would be one in which the "C1S 377 parcels; the second shipment in June nations, consistent with provisions con– countries would remain independent this group, she was threatened with numbered 600 boxes; in October, 543 arrest. After sitting down with the head tained in the Freedom Support Act and the politically but dominated economically boxes were sent. The latest shipment in Foreign Appropriations Act of 1994." (by Russia)...in this model Russia would of the committee, Dr. Bronislav March of this year, contained about 500 Ometsinsky, a noted and distinguished in his introductory remarks, Sen. be: first among equals...Russia will also boxes. McConnell stated that the recent multiple scientist, a mutual trust was established. have to continue to be a local peacekeep– At first the organization also sent acts of coercion by the Russian Federation er or peace enforcer." The advisor, Mr. Both realized that they shared the same parcels to Russia, but eventually focused goal — keeping humanitarian aid out of and the U.S. government's lack of Karaganov, went on to note that "the only on Ukraine because of the number of response to these acts had prompted him to reason the nations will be offered a mea– the hands of the black marketeers. organizations already helping Russia. The Ukrainian government since then introduce this amendment into the sure of political independence is so the "We currently have approximately 400 Congressional Budget Resolution. He then local leadership can be blamed for any has allowed Share the Dream to operate letters (requesting aidj with 95 percent autonomously. The organization continues proceeded to list recent Russian acts as problems." coming from Kyyiv, because that's the examples: starving the Armenians by levy– Sen. McConnell also criticized the to screen the applicants and to distribute only place we ship to at this point," said the aid. American bureaucracy has proven ing a 30 percent export duty on a major U.S. administration's Partnership for Mr. HerringtoiL shipment of wheat seeds purchased by the harder to crack. An issue that has not yet Peace response to NATO membership The proximity to Chornobyl also influ– U.S. from Russia for humanitarian aid to requests by the nations of Poland, been resolved is the State Department enced trie group to direct its help to Kyyiv. insistence that all Fund for Democracy and Armenia; suspending Ukrainian energy Hungary, and the Czech and Slovak As its newsletter says, "the children and shipments two weeks ago, compounded republics. "The proposal in essence Development aid be channeled through St. elderly in Kyyiv suffer from immune defi– Petersburg, regardless of its country of des– with the fact that Russia has not fulfilled yielded Russian veto authority over ciencies due to radiation exposure follow– its obligation under the trilateral agreement United States-European policy," said tination. Share the Dream volunteers ing the Chornobyl accident. They are par– believe that the few packages that did not to supply Ukraine with nuclear fuel rods in Sen. McConnell. He went on to say, "the ticularly vulnerable to infections and return for nuclear warheads already sent ambiguities of the partnership reflect our arrive safely in Kyyiv were tampered with influenza, but are faced with a critical at their St. Petersburg stop. by Ukraine to Russia; provision by overbearing regard for Russian sensi– shortage of essential medical supplies." Russian troops of training and equipment tivites.,.l cannot understand why the The group organized a letter-writing to rebels engaged in war against the demo– administration has not claified American Share the Dream employs several very campaign to government officials point– cratically elected government of Eduard opposition to this creeping imperialism." reliable Kyyiv residents to handle the ing out the necessity of shipping directly distribution of packages and a letter to Ukraine. According to Herrington, the Shevardnadze in Georgia; and insisting The senator concluded by stating that exchange. Nina Razinkova checks out replies included nice sounding sentiments that troop withdrawal agreements with the his amendment "makes clear that our each request for aid with a home visit to affirming Ukraine's independence and Baltic states be conditioned upon Russian terms of cooperation depend upon Russian verify that the requests are authentic. She supporting Share the Dream's work; how– requirements for continued access to mili– respect for their neighbors' independence also is in charge of maintaining control ever the policy has not yet changed, and tary installations. and territorial integrity." and security, and distributing the parcels aid whose transportation is paid by the once :hey arrive in Kyyiv. At first , Ms. Fund for Democracy and Development is Razinkova was reluctant to become still routed through St. Petersburg. parts of the city," he stated. involved with an American charitable Ukraine, Russia... Gen. Radetsky also pointed out that any Share the Dream is looking for addi– enterprise because she didn't feel she tional sponsors to adopt one of the more (Continued from page 1) agreements signed by the parties in could deal with the new bureaucracy the Sevastopil would first be reviewed by than 300 waiting families. The more tactical portion of the fleet, which would Ukrainian government created for han– recent letters have an air of desperation include mine-sweepers and coast guard President Kravchuk and ultimately would dling charities, but after delivering the be subject to the Parliament's ratification. to them, said Mr. Herrington. The orga– boats, according to an interfax report. first shipment, she wrote in her report to nization is also greatly in need of finan– Whether Ukraine's naval forces will The two countries must also iron out Share the Dream: cial help. All donations go for postage, retain a presence in Sevastopil must also whether Russia will own the Sevastopil "1 saw children jumping up and down; telephone bills, and office supplies and a be determined. Ukraine's Defense base outright. The Massandra protocol pensioners with eyes of bright anticipa– newsletter to sponsors, volunteers are Minister vitaliy Radetsky said before his includes a provision that requires Russia tion and our invalids, with no hope of also needed to translate the initial letters departure for Sevastopil that the Ukrainian to rent the facility from Ukraine. salvation from these devastating changes of request into English. navy would be restationed at bases in Russia's Defense Minister Pavel in our society, look with tears in their if you wish to establish contact with a izmial, ilyichivsk, Ochakiv, Kherson and Grachev seems to be of a different mind. eyes at this assistance." Kyyivan, send a self-addressed manila Kerch, all located in the Crimea. He told interfax, "This fleet belongs to The Ukrainian workers are paid for envelope with three stamps (75 cents) to He stated that the navy's fate in Russia. All the expenditures for its main– their help, but in America, the organiza– Share the Dream, 4787 Hillmont Ave., Sevastopil still was to be worked out. tenance have been paid by Russia since tion relies on many devoted volunteers. Memphis, TN, 38122. You will receive a However, Commander volodymyr September 1993. The very idea of a lease For example, Dr. Bill Novik, a pedi– letter from Kyyiv, its translation and Bezkorovainy said the Ukrainian navy is senseless." atric cardiologist with the Heart Center instructions on putting together a parcel. was not going to leave the city. "Both the Mr. Tarasiuk of Ukraine's Foreign in Memphis who recently operated on For information, call Share the Dream at Ukrainian and Russian navies must be Ministry suggested on April 19 that children in Bcsnia, is planning a trip to (901) 767-8133, or its newsletter editor, based in Sevastopil, though in different Ukraine would ask for a five-year lease. Kyyiv in May, where he'll operate on Steve Williams, at (901) 745-5950. No. 17^^THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 24,1994^„„„.^і Noted political scientist speaks on Ukraine and stability in post-Cold War Europe by Anna Mostovych nuclear deterrent, would provide the best assurance of Russian-Ukrainian and Russian-German peace and ulti– CH1CAGO - According to one prominent authority mately of stability in Europe. Other options for guaran– on military strategy and international relations, the con– teeing Ukraine's sovereignty are not realistic, in his ventional wisdom favoring a non-nuclear Ukraine is view. A Ukrainian conventional deterrent is not feasible wrong; in fact, he says, it is probably in America's inter– because Ukraine is about one-third the size of Russia est for Ukraine to retain its nuclear weapons. and lacks the population and economic strength to build Speaking at the March lecture sponsored by the an army powerful enough to stop a Russian attack, in Ukrainian Business and Professional Group of Chicago, addition, he noted that a nuclear-free Ukraine would still Dr. John J. Mearsheimer, professor of political science be vulnerable to Russian nuclear blackmail. at the University of Chicago, discussed Ukraine's vul– Western security guarantees are even less realistic, nerability to aggression by Russia and the potentially Dr. Mearsheimer argued, because the West lacks the disastrous consequences of such a development. He also interest and political will to extend any military deter– suggested how such aggression can be forestalled. rence to Eastern Europe. "The question now is if the Ukraine is vulnerable U.S. is to remain in Germany," he said. "At present it can't even deal with Serbia." He also said that he is not The Cold War is over, he explained, and with it the in favor of extending NATO eastward because such a division of the world between two nuclear superpowers move would unnecessarily spook the Russians and whose existence helped maintain peace and stability in encourage them to act belligerently. Europe. According to Dr. Mearsheimer, the bipolar sys– in short, Dr. Mearsheimer concluded that, since tem of the Cold War forced smaller powers into rigid "there is some reasonable chance that the Russians are alliances with one of the superpowers and discouraged coming," Ukraine should keep its nuclear weapons as them from engaging in conflict with each other. the only viable deterrent to possible Russian aggression. The nuclear umbrellas extended by the two superpow– At the same time, he said, the U.S. and other Western ers ensured security for the other powers in the alliance powers should provide economic aid to Ukraine while while controlling nuclear proliferation among the minor also sending a message to Russia that it-will pay a price powers. Also, the horrific consequences of a possible Dr. John J. Mearsheimer for aggressive behavior, in his view, current American nuclear war did much to diminish international violence, attempts to use political and economic pressure on in Dr. Mearsheimer's view, peace is more problematic in on the nuclear issue and strive to stay on good terms post-Cold War Europe because of the inherent instability Ukraine to give up its weapons are foolish, in a crisis, a with both Russia and Ukraine, so it can help diffuse of a multipolar system in which several great powers vie frightened and isolated Ukraine would not trust the U.S. potential disputes between the two countries. for military advantage and where an unequal distribution to be an honest broker while Russians might believe that in addition, he argued that the current administration of power invites aggression by the stronger state or states. they could destroy Ukrainian weapons by force without would do well to adopt a "realpolitik" view of interna– unduly damaging their relations with the West, he said. Dr. Mearsheimer maintained that of the great powers in tional relations and an appreciation for the balance of Eastern Europe - Germany, Poland, Ukraine and Russia - Finally, Dr. Mearsheimer explained that he considers the power. Current notions that Russia, under President Russia is likely to be the principal aggressor in the near current transitional period especially dangerous as Ukraine Boris Yeltsin's leadership, is on its way to becoming a future, and a Russian-Ukrainian conflict is probable. moves to take full possession of its nuclear weapons - an democracy and that democracies are automatically First, Russia views Ukraine as an important security inevitable development, in his view, despite official pro– peace-loving are naive and dangerous, he concluded. issue - a buffer between itself and Germany, he argued. nouncements to the contrary. He pointed out that after the Dr. Mearsheimer is widely recognized as an authority Second, growing ultranationalism, Russian reluctance to failed coup in Moscow, Russia's military convinced in the field of security strategies for Cold War and post- accept the idea of an independent Ukraine, and the exis– President Boris Yeltsin to abandon the "no first use" doc- Cold War Europe. He was chairman of the department tence of large Russian minorities in Ukraine and other trine of nuclear weapons. Russia is now much more offen– of political science at the University of Chicago from neighboring states may encourage Russia's desire to re- sively oriented, he said, and insecure states tend to be very 1989 to 1992 and spent 1993 as a visiting scholar at the establish the Russian empire. "States don't like diaspo– aggressive. He also noted that in today's uncertain interna– Olin institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard ras," he explained, "if an opportunity presents itself they tional climate Russia might be tempted to launch a pre- University. A graduate of West Point, he served one would like to bring them under one state." emptive strike to eliminate Ukraine's nuclear arsenal. year as an enlisted man in the U.S. Army and five years Finally, he pointed out that Ukraine's disintegrating in Dr. Mearsheimer's view, the U.S. could have as an Air Force officer. His numerous publications economy may exacerbate internal and external tensions avoided the issue of nuclear proliferation from the outset include the widely quoted article "Why We Will Soon between Ukrainians and Russians, encourage talks of by considering both Ukraine and Russia as equally legit– Miss the Cold War" in the August 1990 issue of The separatism and give rise to other Crimeas, which can imate heirs to the Soviet nuclear arsenal. At the very Atlantic and "The Case for a Ukrainian Nuclear lead to full-blown conflict between the two countries. least, he said, the U.S. should now adopt a neutral stance Deterrent" in the summer 1993 issue of Foreign Affairs. Consequences of a Russian conquest While Dr. Mearsheimer admitted that many people in the American foreign policy establishment would not be Cleric voices optimism on Catholic-Orthodox unity overly perturbed by Russia's conquest of Ukraine, he by Christopher Guly Patriarchate talked about unity of the Church they meant insisted that the long-term consequences of such a subjugating Ukrainians Catholics to (them)." development would be devastating for regional stability OTTAWA - Six years ago, the Rev. Andriy Much of the Rev. Chirovsky's optimism is due to and America's long-term interests. Chirovsky might have raised his eyebrows at those recent meetings of the Kyyivan Church Study Group, First, Germany and Poland would be drawn into the speculating over an independent Ukraine. Now, the which has assembled four times since August 1992, and conflict and would have a tremendous incentive to director of the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky institute which will come together again in Belgium this August. acquire nuclear weapons. As he pointed out, both of Eastern Christian Studies at Ottawa's St. Paul Retired Ukrainian Catholic Archbishop-Metropolitan of Poland and Germany have already expressed support for University in Ottawa is among the soothsayers forecast– Canada Maxim Hermaniuk is a member of the group extending NATO eastward. Poland, fearing Russian ing unity between the Ukrainian Catholic and Ukrainian whose ideas about episcopal collegiality have inspired aggression, has sought a military alliance with the U.S. Orthodox Churches. the Rev. Chirovsky. and Western Europe. Germany, on the other hand, wants "Pope John Paul 11 said that it was his fondest hope "His idea is that the pope's role is understood as head to make sure that any military conflict wll take place in that the Orthodox and Catholics would unite by the year of the college of bishops," explained the director of the Poland rather than in Germany and that Germany, not 2000," said the Rev. Chirovsky. "i'm taking this general four-year-old theological institute. "The Orthodox Russia, controls Poland. question and applying it to the Ukrainian situation. would probably feel comfortable with that understand– in Dr. Mearsheimer's view, a German-Russian secu– "Six years ago, if someone would have asked me if it ing that the pope does not act without the college of rity competition is likely even under the best circum– would be possible for Cardinal (Myroslav) Lubachivsky bishops and that the college of bishops do not act with– stances, especially if the U.S. continues to withdraw to be heading up a synod of bishops in Lviv, and the out the pope. from Europe. Russia, even if it conquers Ukraine, will church functioning openly, 1 would have been cautious "That would be different from the structure we now not equal the military capability of the former Soviet in my optimism. Nevertheless, we have those things see, where the pope is somehow separated from the Union, he explained. Germany, on the other hand, is now." bishops of the world." geographically well-located to counter Russian expan– The Rev. Chirovsky was to present his ideas about That's thanks in part to some of the bishops who lis– sionism, and, with 20 million additional people and a Ukrainian Orthodox-Ukrainian Catholic unity to a meet– tened to Metropolitan Hermaniuk's argument during strong economy, is powerful enough to so. ing of the Ukrainian Canadian Professional and vatican 11. They worried that they might be faced with Nevertheless, he pointed out that the existence of an Business Association of Ottawa on April 20. more responsibility and would see their pontiff's role independent Ukraine would dampen competition He explained that a united approach between the two diminished. between the two most powerful states in Europe while Churches is even more crucial to one between the Latin- However, the Rev. Chirovsky insists that's not the Ukraine's disappearance would aggravate it. Should rite Roman Catholic Church and the Greek Orthodox. way things are supposed to be. Official Catholic teach– Russia invade Ukraine, a nervous Germany would "There have been out and out altercations over church ing places the pope as "chairman of the board" of bish– almost certainly acquire nuclear weapons for defensive property. Peoples' lives in Ukraine have been impacted ops and this was the de facto policy during the first mil– purposes, leading to further aggressive behavior by quite clearly by this division." lennium of Christianity. Russia and a serious German-Russian confrontation. The Rev. Chirovsky said hope for unity is more likely He said recognizing this reality would require some Other great powers would then become involved and, outside Ukraine, where people are more accustomed to top-level reorganization in Rome. Fortunately, the eventually, so would the U.S., he concluded. pluralism, in Ukraine, history has shown that unity often vatican and the Orthodox community have recently meant domination. How to maintain stability signed documents to seemingly pave the way to such an "in the 16th century, when the Poles used the word understanding. According to Dr. Mearsheimer, an independent unity, they really meant subjugating the Orthodox to the Ukraine, protected from Russian aggression by its own Catholic Church, in the 20th century, when the Moscow (Continued on page 17) 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 24,1994 No. 17 Ukrainian ambassador to Austria wears many hats by Khristina Lew on Ukraine's population. While Mr. Kostenko acknowledges that Ukraine's viENNA — Two centuries ago, the imperial city of five nuclear stations have safety problems, he says their vienna was a training ground for Ukrainian parliamen– shutdown would have dire repercussions on the popula– tarians and civil servants. During the first world war, tion. "Forty percent of Ukraine's electric output comes 12,000 Ukrainian subjects of the Austrian emrMre from Ukrainian nuclear stations. Chornobyl groups and retreated to vienna when Russia occupied Galicia and the Greens would like to see them closed, but if we do Bukovyna, and Ukrainian political life flourished, in that we will die and loose our independence," he said. 1919, vienna became home to the Western Ukrainian At the U.N. and UN1DO, which promotes the indus– National Republic's government-in-exile. trialization of developing countries and coordinates viennese influence on Ukraine's political develop– independent activities of the U.N. system, Ukraine's ment has produced a cadre of highly sophisticated representatives are involved in issues such as control of Ukrainian diplomats. The same could be said of Yuri drugs and crime, and outer space. "Ukraine's advanced Kostenko and the many hats that he wears as Ukraine's outer space technology carries weight within the interna– ambassador to Austria, permanent representative to the tional organization," explained the ambassador. "We international organizations in vienna and head of the were and will be an important outer space state." delegation to vienna-based bodies of the Conference on Of the progress Ukraine has made within the interna– Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE). tional organization, the ambassador said: "Our work at With Ukraine's diplomatic representations notorious– the United Nations demonstrates the talent of Ukrainian ly understaffed around the globe, four of the Ukrainian diplomats." That talent continues to be recognized in Embassy's 10 staff members must serve Austria's 5,000 vienna with the acceptance last year of eight diplomats Ukrainians as well as other nationals seeking visas to from Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Ukraine out of the three rooms that constitute the vienna Diplomatic Academy. Embassy's consular division on Elizabetstrasse. Ukraine's Embassy to Austria was opened on June 10, The Austrian Ukrainian community in vienna 1992. vienna's 1,400 Ukrainians actively maintain their her– Of the remaining six staff members, two apiece serve itage. The broad-based Union of Ukrainian Philatelists of as Ukraine's representatives to vienna's international Austria (UUPA) publishes the only regular bilingual organizations out of an office on Erzherzog Karl– Ukrainian-German publication, News from UUPA, which Strasse: the United Nations, the United Nations covers philatelic news as well as community and diplo– industrial Development Organization (UN1DO) and the matic events. St. Barbara's Ukrainian Catholic Church, international Atomic Energy Agency (ІАЕА). organized as a Ukrainian parish in 1784, has an active The CSCE delegation that Ambassador Kostenko brotherhood and a renowned church choir. І Khristina Lew heads consists of a 25-member pool that rotates two or vienna also boasts the cultural society Bukovyna and Ukrainian Ambassador to Austria Yuri Kostenko three persons a month. The ambassador said the job is the Austrian-Ukrainian Society, of which the editor-in- extremely time-consuming, with agendas like nuclear chief of News from UUPA, Borys Yaminsky, is co-presi– vienna's Ukrainian community has recently become disarmament and political settlements in Yugoslavia, dent. Ambassador Kostenko, who with his wife, poet involved in raising medicines for donation to the children Georgia and Moldova. Ludmila Skyrda, are both active in the Austrian Ukrainian victims of Chornobyl. Using proceeds from the benefit concert "HALA '9Г' at vienna's Konzerthaus and dona– At the United Nations community, serves as the UUPA's vice-president. Last year, Mr. Yaminsky became the first Austrian tions from the pharmaceutical firms Ebewe, immuno, Mr. Kostenko was named permanent representative to citizen to be recognized as an "honored proponent of Nestle and others, between one and two tons of medicines the United Nations in September 1988. Of all the U.N. Ukrainian culture" by President Leonid Kravchuk. At a were delivered to a city hospital in Kyyiv on June 11, organs where Ukraine is represented, the ambassador special ceremony at the consular offices on October 26, 1993. The medicines were flown to Ukraine's capital free places the highest priority on the work done at the 1993, Ambassador Kostenko, in the presence of of charge by Austrian Airlines. With the success of the ІАЕА. There, Ukraine's representatives examine safe Ukraine's Minister of Culture ivan Dzyuba, presented first shipment of medicines, a second benefit concert, nuclear energy options and the aftereffects of Chornobyl Mr. Yaminsky with President Kravchuk's citation. "HALA ' 94," is scheduled for later this year. Komissarenko visits Wales Hetman issues SOS by Eugene Platon months ago in Australia, we did not go by Tony Leliw out and beg. instead, in typical Ukrainian in a few short days we will be arriving tradition, we created innovative fund- LONDON - Sergui Komissarenko, in Fort. Lauderdale for what may very raising events to help pay our own way Ukraine's ambassador in Britain, made well be our last stopover of the and leave behind a cultural legacy which a three-day visit to Wales last month Whitbread Round the World Race. simply states, "We are Ukrainians." My (March 15-17) as guest of the Lord Despite four years of planning and a crew and 1 had looked forward to the Mayor of Cardiff, Councillor victor technologically competitive sailing ves– Fort Lauderdale stopover because we Riley. His program included meeting sel - built at a cost of S 1.3 million (U.S.) would have a chance to sell ourselves to top local businessmen, touring the as compared to other entries of S4 mil- our wealthy brothers in the U.S. and Welsh capital and having a civic din– lion to S8 million - Hetman Sahaidachny Canada. We are not a charity, we are a ner at the Mansion House, the Lord may need to pull out of the race just one team dedicated to promoting Ukraine as Mayor's official residence. leg before the finish. This would be akin a viable economic resource. Our bare- Among the highlights of the trip to Oksana Baiul not skating her final bones budget to complete the race is just was a tour of the research laboratories program because she had no skates. under Si00,000. There are no salaries, as at the University Hospital of Wales, We had set out to prove to the world every penny goes to supplies, repairs and reputedly one of the largest hospitals that Ukraine is capable of organizing, maintenance and general port expenses. in Europe, and a lunch at the Copthron funding, building and maintaining a pro– І write this letter with hope that our Hotel, where he discussed business ject worthy of international attention. No sacrifices have not been in vain. We were opportunities with Welsh business- other East European nation alone was able left "orphans" by our sponsors, but we men. to build a competitive entry - not even will try even harder. My shore crew has Among companies and organiza– Russia. But we did, and in this fifth leg of created several fund-raising projects and tions that expressed interest in Ukraine the race we were finally able to prove our programs to fit everyone's pocket. From included: The Cardiff Chamber of worth by clocking in some of the fastest t-shirts, our Friends of Hetman Club, to times in the fleet. Ours was not a financial Commerce, Mayer Cohen industries, Sergui Komissarenko advertising space on the boat itself - and CAvE, Dow Corning, Pannell Kerr venture, though the advertising our spon– now, most recently, raffle tickets for a Forster, Atlantic Properties Megasteel many ideas where there could be sors would get would benefit them in new mere Si. Help us help ourselves. Contact and Bridgeway Freighting. cooperation in helping Ukraine's business contacts worldwide. my shore crew to determine your desired Mr. Komissarenko, who was economy. in fact, the entire boat and shore crew, level of involvement. Help keep Ukraine accompanied by his wife and daugh– Stefan Terlezki, CBE, who orga– as well as 1, have devoted time and great 'round the world. Slava Ukrayini! personal expense to see the Ukrainian flag ter, met with representatives of Cardiff nized the visit, said it had been such a stcHesfc and vale Enterprise international, a success that the ambassador has been fly from port to port around the world in a race of true sailing masters - an art our For more information on sponsorship, company with factories in Luhanske, invited back to Wales in July to attend Friends of Hetman Club activities, adver– which is twinned with Cardiff. Also the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show. ancestors once took pride in. We are not a former Soviet military sailing vessel - we tising or raffle tickets availability, please on the program was a trip to Cardiff Mr. Terlezki, a former member of are simple Kozaks of the sea. call 1-800-766-0914. All donations are Castle, the National Museum of Wales the British Parliament - the first tax-deductible. (Please make checks When we lost our main sponsors four and the New Theatre Ballet Company. Ukrainian to hold such office - said payable to TavriaTHetman Account.) For A counselor at the Ukrainian the invitation was also extended to travel and accommodations at the crew's Embassy in London, Roland Franko, five agriculturalists, to demonstrate Eugene Platon is the captain of the hotel, please contact Kobasniuk Travel said the ambassador had found the what Welsh farming, methods and Hetman Sahaidachny. inc. at 1-800-535-5587. visit productive, and had put forward machinery could offer Ukraine. No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 24,1994 11 Ukraine's Embassy in Egypt: on the scene since 1993 by Oksana Zakydalsky very important role. Ukrainian machinery Egyptian company in Alexandria and equipment were used, and Ukrainian through which the Ukrainian company CA1RO - Although it looks like other engineers worked in Egypt, it is sensible sells tractors not only to Egypt but to high-rise buildings on el Soraya Street in now for Ukraine to take advantage of the third-party Arab countries. downtown Cairo, there are two Egyptian experience it has in relations with Egypt. As for Egyptian investors, they are policemen standing, or rather lolling The Ukrainian Embassy is currently the interested in Ukraine's large market, but about, leaning on their rifles at the only source of information about Ukraine as yet wary of the current political insta– entrance to this building. The brass to Egyptian businessmen. Dr. Nahaichuk bility and lack of an adequate legal sys– plaque in three languages (Ukrainian, admitted that Egyptians did not know tem, Dr. Nahaichuk added. Arabic and English) explains their pres– much about Ukraine. Furthermore, he Egypt is now involved in a wide-rang– ence: this is the Embassy of Ukraine. said, it was difficult to get good informa– ing economic liberalization and privati– The embassy quarters take up one tion from Ukraine, especially in English, zation program under the guidance of the apartment on the third floor - two large although things have improved lately. World Bank and the international rooms in the center and several small Useful information now coming from the Monetary Fund. Dr. Nahaichuk noted ones which serve as offices, it is March Ministries of Foreign Affairs and of that the embassy is observing this 25, two days before the elections in Foreign Economic Relations includes process, as there probably are lessons for Ukraine, and one of the central rooms is such information as the export potential of Ukraine to be learned. They have been set up as a polling station. The programs individual oblasts. passing on the information to Kyyiv but of all the 23 candidates are pinned up; a As yet there is no adequate communi– the charge d'affaires noted that Kyyiv is blue-and-yellow ballot box with a gold cation with individual enterprises in not yet very interested. trident sits on the table. Ukraine but, Dr. Nahaichuk pointed out, Although Cairo is his first diplomatic As in other Ukrainian embassies that is not the business of the embassy posting, Dr. Nahaichuk has been a around the world, Ukrainian citizens in but of a professional trade office, which scholar of Egypt for many years. He was Cairo would be voting in the constituency Ukraine does not yet have. There is only born in 1946 in Chortkiv, Ternopil of Kyyiv where the Ministry of Foreign Dr. viktor Nahaichuk, Ukraine's charge one secretary in the embassy for econom– region, where his army officer father was Affairs is located - the constituency noted ic and trade relations, vasyl Kryvorodko. stationed. He studied foreign languages for the candidacy of Kostyantyn Morozov. d'affaires in Egypt Ukrainian government, Ukraine got noth– As one example of direct current con- and international relations at Kyyiv Ukraine's representative in Cairo is Dr. tact between Ukrainian companies and University and his first job was as an viktor Nahaichuk, currently the charge ing. Neither did Kazakhstan, Armenia or Azerbaijan, the three other former Soviet Egyptian private companies, Dr. English translator in Egypt in the period d'affaires. Dr. Nahaichuk said that over Nahaichuk mentioned that Dnipro– 1969-1972. On returning to Ukraine, he 100 people had registered to vote at the republics with diplomatic representation in Egypt. petrovske's Pivdenmash (whose former worked at the institute of History and embassy. The embassy staff consists of director was Leonid Kuchma) has The Embassy of Ukraine officially only seven persons: the charge d'affaires; formed a joint venture with a large Serhiy Hutsalo - the second secretary opened on September 1, 1993. Egyptian (Continued on page 16) responsible for information and press diplomatic representatives have been in relations; two other diplomats and a sup- Kyyiv since May of last year, but the port staff of three. The other Ukrainians Egyptian Embassy is scheduled to open who registered to vote are either working officially sometime this spring. Cairo students learn about Ukraine in Egypt or there on business. Although Ukraine has signed all the Cairo is only a three-hour flight from requisite agreements with Egypt on coop– Kyyiv - closer to the Ukrainian capital eration in practically all spheres, it is trade than many European cities - and there is a and scientific and technical cooperation weekly Air Ukraine direct flight between that Dr. Nahaichuk said has the best future. the two cities. Egypt (officially, the Arab Ukraine has many products of interest to Republic of Egypt) with a population of Egypt: metals and metal products, heavy 56 million, is only slightly more populous machinery and equipment. Egypt's biggest than Ukraine. But its population is more import is machinery and transportation rural than urban, 90 percent Muslim, 10 equipment (20 percent of imports) and its percent Christian (primarily Coptic). largest export - petroleum and petroleum Dr. Nahaichuk took up his duties in products (51 percent of exports), in 1988, Cairo in April 1993. The embassy in the largest market for Egyptian exports Cairo was the first Ukrainian embassy in was the USSR, accounting for 12 percent the Arab world and the first in Africa. of total Egyptian exports. Diplomatic representations between According to Dr. Nahaichuk, current Ukraine and Egypt were arranged during trade between Ukraine and Egypt totals President Leonid Kravchuk's visit to S55 million, with Ukraine selling Egypt Cario in December 1992. Dr. Nahaichuk, S53 million in goods (mostly metals, who then headed the Middle East and tractors and heavy machinery) and Africa section at the Ministry of Foreign Egypt's exports to Ukraine accounting Affairs, prepared the president's visit and for only S2 million. was part of the official delegation. The Soviet Union was Egypt's partner in Egypt, the Ukrainian Embassy had in many enterprises. From the High Dam Students at Cairo American College with their project on Ukraine. From left to start from scratch. Although the Soviet at Aswan (begun in 1964 and completed are: Lauren Henckel, Chris Campo, Ratko ivekovic and Julie BeGasse. Union had owned over 20 buildings in in 1971), to laying the foundations of Cairo itself, worth hundreds of millions Egypt's heavy industry, the Soviet Union by Oksana Zakydalsky of the project, its unique aspect was the fact that it was an interdisciplinary of dollars, they all became the property gave Egypt much assistance, in that peri– CA1RO - Cairo American College of Russia and, despite the demands of the od, Dr. Nahaichuk said, Ukraine played a affair. The aim was to acquaint the is a private American school with over students in depth with the countries 1,400 students, from kindergarten to they had chosen, in English classes, grade 12. The students are primarily they learned folktales of their chosen children of non-Egyptians working in country; in music classes - songs of Cairo, although there is also a small their country; in art - handicrafts; in percentage of Egyptian students. foreign language classes, they had to ivanka Hromiak teaches geography learn some phrases in the language to 135 grade 7 students in the Middle spoken in their country. School (grades 6 to 8). Since the The school has a large track and beginning of the school year, she has field area and a map of the world was been planning and organizing a geog– to be painted on it on the day of the raphy fair - an international cultural festival; the math department had been festival. Although the program of the assigned the task of graphing and festival was being prepared by her painting the map. Each group was to grade 7 students, the whole school, as have its exhibit on the appropriate spot well as parents and other schools, were on the map. Fortunately, there was no invited to take part in the one-day fear that it would rain on the day of the event that was to be held March 31. festival, although a sandstorm could All grade 7 students had been divid– blow the countries off the map. ed into groups of four, with each in addition to the exhibits, the pro- group choosing a country to represent. gram of the festival included foods of A total of 35 countries were chosen, the world, a storytelling tent, a fashion Ukraine being one of them. Although show of national attire, international Ms. Hromiak and the geography department served as the coordinators (Continued on page 17) Weekly correspondent Oksana Zakydalsky of Toronto during her visit to Egypt. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 24,1994 No. 17

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the puck near the San Jose goal and beat– Pro hockey ing irbe from point-blank range. (Continued from page 12) "it's a tremendous relief for me, believe me," Gretzky readily admitted. go out and play the game and not put any союзіекА Ф SOYUZIVKA pressure on themselves and me." Number 1 With Gretzky on pace for a 10th Art Ukrainian National Association Estate On Wednesday, March 23, Number 99 Ross Trophy as league scoring champi– Foordmore Road Kerhonkson, New York 12446 on, and the Kings seventh in the league became Number 1. 914-626-5641 FAX 914-626-4638 in goals, there was no doubt he would get "it was a relief," Gretzky said that the record. However, while everyone else night, after becoming the top goal-scorer focused on goal No. 802 for Gretzky, the in NHL history. "There has been a lot of one that will break the record, that's not pressure on me for the last couple of Spring is in the Air... the only goal Gretzky will savor. weeks." The pressure finally ended with 5:13 come celebrate another "perfect" Three big goals left in the second period when Gretzky's 4th "kinda - almost - annual" wrist shot from the left circle beat 'The funny thing about this record vancouver goaltender Kirk McLean, The Soyuzivka Workers' Reunion that's really unique is that three goals are goal gave the supreme Ukrainian hockey really going to be special," he said. "To 1970-1990 star 802 for his career, surpassing Gordie score an 800th goal is pretty special. Then Howe's record, it gave the fans at the Memorial Day Weekend - May 27-30,1994 to get 801 to tie it is going to be very spe– Los Angeles Forum what they had come cial. And then all of a sudden, it's 802. І Standard Rooms Deluxe Rooms to see, even though their Kings wound up think all three of them are going to be S180 per person dbl. occ. S200 per person dbl. occ. losing yet another hockey game. exciting. How 1 score them, 1 don't know. 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OR JUST RELAX S RENEW OLD FRlENDSHlPS!!! goals scored while playing in the World With the Kings on a power play, Hockey Association. Gretzky took a cross-ice pass from Marty "The last thing 1 need to do is get into McSorley, another longtime teammate. MAY 27TH, FRIDAY EVENING: WELCOME PARTY a controversy with Gordie Howe," McSorley pulled McLean out of the You've heard about it...now experience it!!! Gretzky said. "That's just not my style, crease before passing to Gretzky, who Back by popular demand Soyuzivka's... i've just got too much respect for the skated in from the left circle on his first man. І just play. Simple as that." shot of the game. Karaoke Night About two weeks later it was left to Getzky was doubly proud that the goal MAY 28TH, SATURDAY EvENlNG Gretzky to capture the drama. The great– tied the game. A vivid example of how There's no zabava without the music of... est clutch player in the NHL not only tied the best player ever to don skates is also Gordie Howe's goal record, but gave his the consummate team player. Tempo Los Angeles Kings a badly needed (at the "1 wanted to make it an important time) tie with the San Jose Sharks. goal," Gretzky said. "And Marty got the MAY 29TH, SUNDAY, EvENlNG: "This is a tough record for anybody to assist, so it made it better." There's no fun without the music of... beat, but more importantly, the goal The game was delayed 10 minutes for came at a crucial time and at a time when ceremonies honoring Gretzky's feat. Fata Morgana we desperately needed a goal," Gretzky Canucks' goaltender McLean, who will said after the 801st goal of his career "Come as you are, leave, if you can!!!" go into the record books for the goal, took CALL SOYUZIVKA FOR MORE INFORMATION gave the struggling Kings a 6-6 tie with it all in stride. 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Suite ff 3304, New York, NY 10118-0069 Co-sponsored by The Alberta Ukrainian Dance Association (A.U.D.A.) 14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 24,1994 No. 17 ART SCENE: valeriy Skrypka's союзіекА 9 SOYUZIVKA works on display in New York Ukrainian National Association Estate NEW YORK - The younger generation Foordmore Road Kerhonkson, New York 12446 of artists in Ukraine has come of age at a 914-626-5641 FAX 914-626-4638 difficult transitional period in the history of the country. Communist ideals have made way for new ones, which are often misused or even desecrated. During a confrontation Attention students not only of ideologies, but also of trends in art, some artists ventured out in search of their own manner of expression, valeriy Soyuzivka Skrypka is among the latter group - an artist with his own individual style. is now accepting applications Mr. Skrypka was born in for summer employment Zaporizhzhia, in a family of artists. His father, Anatoliy, is an artist of the POSITIONS AVAILABLE BASED ON QUALIFICATIONS: "Sixtiers" ("Shestydesiatnyky"), a group which surfaced during a period of politi– Folk Entertainers Housekeeping Personnel cal "thaw" in the USSR. His mother, Camp Counselors Snack Bar Personnel Ludmyla Skrypka, is a designer. Mr. Office Personnel Pool Personnel Skrypka received his professional educa– tion at the Zaporizhzhia Art School, the valeriy Skrypka Kitchen Personnel General Workers Dnipropetrovske School of Art, and then (Grounds Maintenance, Setups, Etc.) at the Kyyiv Academy of the Arts. The details of the signs and symbols Dining Room Personnel in terms of subject matter, Ukraine's that he employs and the scenes in his past has found its representation particular– compositions are quite laconic. They are also deeply personal, reflecting the tragic U.N.A. Membership is required. Preference will be given to previous employees in ly in the artist's early works, and this may loneliness of the human soul. But the good standing and those able to begin work early in June and stay through Labor Day. be observed even in the titles "The Ravaged Grave" (referring to Shevchen– mood is not that of hopelessness or despair; it is rather gentle, if somewhat Please submit your application by May 1 (at the latest). ko's poem by that title), "A Kozak's Lost melancholic. The ancient Scythian stone Previous employees' deadline April 15 (by phone). Happiness," "A Kozak and a Witch." in these works the author concentrated not so babas, around which the artist grew up in For applications please call Soyuzivka, (914) 626-5641. much on national attributes and fetishes as the steppes near Zaporizhzhia, have on the dramatic, or rather, the tragic influenced him greatly, and in his works moments in Ukrainian history. He most human figures reflect this arche– expressed specific national elements on the type. These figures help to depict an level of the universal, thus paving the way intellectual and deep contemplation of for and creating a new stage in his art. the human soul and human existence. UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART Mr. Skrypka's art cannot be described Mr. Skrypka's style cannot be picture by picture. His art has to be seen; described as belonging to a particular it has to be experienced. The Ukrainian institute of Modern Art (UlMA) is in the process of school. His is a complex synthesis of the The artist's works have been exhibited classical and the avant-garde; a masterful in many shows and have been acquired updating its artists' files. Artists of Ukrainian descent currently blending of cubism, suprematism, futur– for collections in France, Germany, ism and figurative inspiration derived Norway, Sweden, Canada and the United from the classical style. What is particu– working in contemporary stylistic directions are invited to submit States. Galerie Marie-Therese Cochin larly characteristic of his work is his very (Paris 1990), Ukrainische Kunstgalerie own easily recognizable style — a requi– their professional curriculum vitae (education, exhibitions, (Munich 1991), versailles - Hotel site for true art. Rameau (Paris, 1992), Henri Thomas awards etc.) and examples of work (preferably slides) to: Some of his new works are titled: Gallery (Mississaugua, Canada, 1990), "Nostalgia," "Nostalgic Dream," "Dreams Gallery Shepmanshorden (Sweden 1990), in the Desert," "Awakening," "Morning of Roxolana Gallery (Chicago, 1990-1991), Ms. Lida Litwin, Curator a Nostalgic Day," "Morning Prayer," and Bushnell University (Pennsylvania, "Blessing," "Playing with White Balls," 1993) have all exhibited his work. "Music of Solitude and Quietude," "A Gift Ukrainian institute of Modern Art On March 27, an exhibit of Mr. in the Form of a Black Dandelion," "The Skrypka's oils and watercolors opened at Appearance of a Red Horse," "The Return 2320 Chicago Ave. the Chryzanta Gallery at 98 Second Ave. of the Old Angel," "Red Cat of My (between fifth and sixth streets) in New Childhood." Again, the titles indicate the Chicago, lL 60622 York. The exhibit runs through April 29, spectrum of his spiritual and philosophical and may be viewed on Tuesdays from themes, subjects and contemplations, and noon to 6:30 p.m., Friday from noon to 8 also hint at the archetypes that he employs; p.m., Saturdays from noon to 6 p.m., and archetypes that exist in life and in many Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. For further forms of creative expression. Each paint– information about Mr. Skrypka's exhibit, ing by Mr. Skrypka may be said to be a call (201) 763-9124. poem about the meaning of life and death, HHliBHii^l love and goodness, indeed, Mr. Skrypka may be described as a philosopher in art. Kyyiv signs... (Continued from page 1) STAY W1TH YOUR FAM1LY WH1LE 1N UKRA1NE THEN TREAT YOURSELF TO A 4-day REST at Ukraine refused to sign some docu– ments, including a commitment to send ROXOLANA HOTEL peacekeeping troops to Tajikistan, which has been embroiled in civil conflict for at 599.00 SPEC1AL least a year. ^ 3 N1GHT PACKAGE TW1N ROOM per person Another one, which the OS continues ^ BUFFET BREAKFAST 1NCLUDED to have difficulty finalizing, is the ^ з CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS "Convention on the Rights of Minorities." 9 HOTEL SERVICE AND TAXES INCLUDED Mr. Tarasiuk said certain members he ^ SiNGLE SUPPLEMENT - 571 additional would not identify were still balking at ^ PENDING AVAILABILITY signing the declaration. Mr. Tarasiuk also stated that Russia has EXCURSlONS from ivano Frankivsk: agreed to relinquish leadership of the C1S TOUR A - Hoshiv, Jasna Нога (active monastery) via Dolyna at the end of the year, at which time anoth– TOUR В - Yaremtche, Stezhkamy Oleksy Dovbusha, Skeli Dovbusha er member-state will take over the reigns. TOUR C - Kosiv (Saturdays only) via Kosmach,Yaremtche, Kolomyja The OS members also agreed on a TOUR D - Rohatyn, Halych, Krylos TOUR Е - Kolomyja, Sniatyn, Borshchiv flag for their organization. The banner TOUR F - Kosiv Bazaar (Saturdays only) consists of a yellow circle centered on a Chaufffeured transfers upon request to any city in Ukraine blue background, ironically the national ROXOLANA 1 (ivano-Frankhsk) colors of the country that has most resist– ed submergence into the OS pool. No. 17 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 24,1994 15 Devastation... followed by a 15-day furlough. 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The future of persistence of survival and nature's the displaced residents remains cloudy. uncanny ability to revive itself are evi– Many of the former residents still have dent. A setter-like mongrel, cared for by TELEVISION JOURNALIST no permanent homes, although some are the workers of the main canteen, has Seeking experienced television journalists for paid positions to work receiving government stipends. borne two pups this spring. throughout Ukraine. Responsibilities include training independent More than 800 have opted to return to On a ridge of reactor No. 4, at about homes in the Chornobyl zone that have the height of a five-story building, a pine Ukrainian television personnel in political reporting for two-week not felt the bulldozers' blade. They are sapling seems to be thriving on the upper seminars. Minimum of five years television production experience a generally older and have found it difficult rim of the building's cement tomb. The must. Ukrainian language speakers preferred. to adjust to the new life the government sight would be a conversation piece at forced upon them. Mr. Maziukevych said other similar facilities. At the epicenter Mail resumes to: Tatiana M. Terleckyj, 1413 South 20th Street, the militia leaves them alone and the gov– of the world's most tragic nuclear acci– Arlington, УА 22202. Deadline: May 1,1994. ernment provides them some sustenance. dent it symbolizes hope. "They are given rations of food, and the electricity to those homes that are occu– pied has been left on." The minister on Chornobyl issues, The Council of Bishops Hryhoriy Hotovchyts, said at a press and conference in Kyyiv on April 21, "We Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church are not currently in a position to do all that we should for the people affected by of the USA the Chornobyl tragedy. Ukraine's eco– invite all to a Paschal Pilgrimage to St. Andrew the First-called Apostle nomic crisis does not allow us to make Ukrainian Orthodox Center, South Bound Brook, New Jersey payments to those who have suffered, or on St. Thomas Sunday, May 8, 1994. to finish resettling the population." Ukraine's 1994 budget has allotted 16.4 trillion kbv for resettlement and Let us continue the tradition of our fathers! clean-up costs, which is about 4.5 per– Let us share in the joy of Christ's resurrection with our living and deceased! cent of the budget, according to Mr. in tiusffi,e Year of the Family, let us gather as one Ukrainian Family! Hotovchyts. He called the appropriated amount "only about 60 percent of our needs." Sunday, May 8 1994: Mr. Hotovchyts' ministry also must determine if the land, which will remain uninhabitable for 26,000 years (the Archpastoral Divine Liturgy at 9:30 AM amount of time it takes for plutonium to in St. Andrew the First-called Apostle Memorial Church. decay), can be utilized in the interim. Confessions: The Ministry of Health has suggested Saturday May 7th from 6 PM to 8 PM that agricultural products can safely be grown in the Chornobyl zone for human Sunday May 8th from 8 AM to 9:30 AM utilization, although not for consump– tion. Deputy Minister of Health Celebrants: Oleksander Ponomarenko said the two His Eminence Metropolitan Constantine, most promising products are seeds which produce oils that can be used as a source His Grace Archbishop Antony, His Grace Bishop Paisij. of energy and quick-growing trees that could be manufactured into paper prod– After the Liturgy, a Panakhyda (Memorial Service) ucts. "However, what we need most is technology that will allow people to for the repose of the souls: Patriarch MSTYSLAv 1, Metropolitan JOHN, Bishops, work the fields without contaminating Clergy, defenders and government leaders of Ukraine and all who rest themselves," said Mr. Ponomarenko. in our St Andrew Cemetery. The overwhelming majority of the 13,500 current residents are workers especially assigned to the region. They The crypt will be open for prayer and visitations wear the olive green fatigues common to on Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM to 7 PM military units the world over, although here they are simply uniforms to be dis– Parking regulations for May 7th and 8th: carded at day's end so as not carry radioactive materials out of the area. All parking will be on the grounds of the Cultural Center They also carry special passes that get (entrance from Davidson .Avenue only.) Parking fee $5 them through the several military check- points located throughout the zone. 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tion. That weekend, they were gathering Cairo students... together to learn a Ukrainian dance, from a (Continued from page 11) video, to perform at the festival showcase. HAMALIA Ms. Hromiak said this was the first games and a showcase with dances and w TRAVEL CONSULTANTS time such an international cultural festival music. 43 St. Mark's Place, Suite 1D, New York, N.Y. 10003 had been held at the school, although it І 4 The group that had chosen Ukraine as seemed a natural thing to do, considering its country included three Americans, the international origins and experience of EXCURSlON "R" KYYIV (2 days) MZH1R1A (1 day) AIR UKRAINE Julie BeGasse (New York), Lauren Khustyvynohradiv Exc. most of the students. She noted that the ZAKARPATTYA Carpathiaу-^Щ^каб^n Nature Preserve d MUKACHEvE (3 days) NYTKyyiWNY Henckel (Texas) and Chris Campo inspiration for the map on the field came 15DAYS- .ft579 Chornohirski Masiv Exc. Svalyva Excursion (Boston), and Ratko lvekovic from RAKHiv(lday) UZHOROD(3days) 19jBly-02Aeg from her memories of the 1957 Plast jam– Synevir Excursion KYYiv (2 days) Croatia. They had prepared a display boree held in Grafton, Ontario, where a board and were to demonstrate pysanka– large field had been turned into a map of EXCURSlON "S " KYYiv (2 Days) і V-FRANKI VSK (2 days) AIR UKRAINE Jaremche Excursion NYflCyyiWNY making at the festival. Ukraine and groups represented the differ– WESTORNUKRAINE Е2ЖЙИ They had all done a lot of research on ent oblasts of Ukraine on the appropriate 15 DAYS - Я1549 KremenetsyPochaiv Ехсш KYYiv (2 days) 21 June-OS July 05Jely.l9jBJy Ukraine: its geography, history, tradi– parts of the map. Lviv (4 days) tions and political structure. 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There's also lk 1800 HAMALIA ^Ш Signed joint documents exist; they the sticking point of papal authority. reject any forms of proselytism or coer– A permanent synod of bishops would cion from both sides. John Paul 11 has remove that obstacle. The Rev. Chirovsky made his views on the issue known. said the pope would hold primacy as head Just two years ago, on the Orthodox of this episcopal college and in liturgical Kyyivan side, five churches that operated within references, as he does in the Ukrainian Pecherska Lavra their own communion after splitting with Catholic tradition. the Greek Orthodox community in 451 The eventual goal is full communion during the Council of Chalcedon over the between the Ukrainian Orthodox and definition of the identity of Jesus Christ, Ukrainian Catholic Churches, in which once again embraced. 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(UvAN) in the U.S., will be held at trainer Halyna Zmiyevska on Tuesday, Columbia University, international Affairs DEARBORN, Mich.: The Ukrainian May 3, at 7 p.m. at the Ramada Hotel at Thursday, April 28 Building, Lindsay-Rogers Room, seventh National Women's League of America 130 Route 10 West in East Hanover, NJ. floor, 420 W. 118th St., 2-5 p.m. The confer– Branch 58 is hosting a gourmet spring lun– The skaters are part of an all-star tour CAMBR1DGE, Mass.: The Harvard ence will be chaired by Prof. Mark von cheon to benefit the Ukrainian Museum in Ukrainian Research institute is holding, as Hagen of the Harriman institute; Prof. New York, to be held at St. Michael's of world figure skating champions cur– part of its seminar series, a lecture by Marko Antonovych, UvAN, will initiate the Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall, 6320 rently in the United States. Due to their Oleksander Slobodyanuk, professor of proceedings. Presentations will be given by Chase Road, at noon. 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