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Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXIX HE KRAINIANNo. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2001 EEKLY$1/$2 in Ukraine U.S. Tsuspends specialU duty-free status Senate andW House pass resolutions in response to Ukraine’s failure to halt piracy marking Ukraine’s 10th anniversary

U.S. Embassy Robert B. Zoellick said that, although the WASHINGTON – As one of its last acts the 1994 presidential elections which United States has been urging Ukraine to before the summer recess, the U.S. Senate “marked the first peaceful and democratic KYIV – The U.S. government on take measures to stop the production of by unanimous consent on August 3 passed a transfer of executive power among the inde- August 7 decided to suspend the special pirated optical media products for over resolution marking the 10th anniversary of pendent states of the former Soviet Union” duty-free status for certain Ukrainian two years, the problem continued to Ukraine’s independence. and the adoption of a new Constitution in exports to the United States. It also pub- exist. “Pirating U.S. intellectual property Senate Concurrent Resolution 62, 1996 that “upholds the values of freedom lished a preliminary list of other products cheats Americans,” Mr. Zoellick said. “Congratulating Ukraine on the 10th and democracy” – and cites Ukraine as “a that could face sanctions, due to “It’s wrong. Such intellectual property anniversary of the restoration of its inde- paragon of inter-ethnic cooperation.” Ukraine’s persistent failure to curb unau- piracy also hurts Ukraine and cheats The resolution expresses the “sense of thorized production of optical media pendence and supporting its full integration their own creative artists. Their inaction into the Euro-Atlantic community of Congress” that “the United States congratu- products (CDs, CD-ROMs, DVDs, etc.). undermines investment opportunities and lates the people of Ukraine on their 10th U.S. industries have estimated that democracies,” was introduced on July 31. It weakens innovation, creativity and tech- was sponsored by Sen. Jesse Helms (R- anniversary of independence and supports this piracy has caused over $200 million nology in the marketplace.” peace, prosperity, and democracy in in annual damages and has disrupted N.C.) and co-sponsored by Sen. Joseph Mr. Zoellick added: “The United Biden (D-Del.) and Sen. Carl Levin (D- Ukraine” and that “the president, prime markets throughout the region and States is moving forcefully to protect our minister and Parliament of Ukraine should beyond. Mich.). rights, and, if necessary, we will impose A day earlier, the House of continue to enact political reforms neces- In a press release published in trade sanctions. We welcome foreign sary to ensure that the executive, legislative, Washington, U.S. Trade Representative Representatives passed House Resolution products into our markets, but we insist 222, “Congratulating Ukraine on the 10th and judicial branches of the Government of that we be treated fairly in return.” Anniversary of Re-establishment of Its Ukraine transparently represent the interests According to USTR, the suspension of Independence.” The measure had originally of the Ukrainian people.” special duty-free status for certain been introduced as House Concurrent It also refers to the need for promotion of Ukraine to send delegation Ukrainian exports to the United States Resolution 203 on July 27 by Rep. Bob freedom of speech, assembly and the press; will take effect approximately 10 work- investigations into violence against journal- Schaffer (R-Colo.) and had 30 co-sponsors. ing days from the date of publication in ists; maintenance of international standards The Senate resolution refers to the strate- to DC to prevent sanctions the Federal Register notice announcing in the parliamentary elections of March gic partnership between the United States by Maryna Makhnonos the U.S. decision. The U.S. market will 2002; acceleration of efforts to transform and Ukraine, notes that “fulfillment of the Special to The Ukrainian Weekly remain open for these products; however, the economy based on free market princi- vision of a Europe whole, free and secure KYIV – Ukraine plans to send a importers will have to pay normal U.S. ples; and a deepening of Ukraine’s relation- tariffs on these goods. requires a strong, stable, democratic ship with NATO. government delegation to Washington Ukraine fully integrated in the Euro- next week to try to prevent the imple- The status previously granted to these The House resolution refers to the 1994 selected Ukrainian products comes from Atlantic community of democracies,” and Charter for Ukrainian-American mentation of trade sanctions due to its recognizes Ukraine as “an important weak anti-piracy efforts, Economy the U.S. Generalized System of Partnership, Friendship and Cooperation Preferences (GSP), a program designed European nation.” and points to Ukraine’s distinctive partner- Minister Oleksander Shlapak said on It mentions Ukraine’s involvement in August 8. to foster economic growth between the ship with NATO since 1997. U.S. and developing GSP beneficiaries. various international organizations and It emphasizes that since its independence Ukraine is considered Europe’s structures and underlines notable events in largest producer of the pirated com- (Continued on page 5) Ukraine’s decade of independence – such as (Continued on page 10) pact disks, and the U.S. administra- tion announced on August 7 that it was suspending Ukraine’s participa- tion in a program that allows poor countries to ship certain products On the Rada agenda: sorely needed land reform bill into the United States duty-free. by Roman Woronowycz 1990 to $16.0 billion in 1999. Last year the Land reform bill needed ASAP Kyiv Press Bureau industry saw a rise in output, with the num- The Bush administration also While the bill is expected to eventually bers inching upward by nearly 9 percent to released a target list of Ukrainian be approved in some form, the land reform KYIV – Although the failure of $16.9 billion, according to the Razumkov products, including steel, chemicals, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada to pass the expert for the USAID-sponsored Market Center for Economic and Political Studies. minerals and clothing, that could land reform act in May does signify a Reforms Project said it is needed now. The first quarter of this year has seen con- face penalty tariffs in response to halt to agricultural sector reform – “Without a new land code, reforms in the tinued success, with production up another the lost sales claimed by U.S. pro- national deputies will get a second look village cannot move forward,” said 6.1 percent over the same period in 2000. ducers of music, computer software at another version of the bill, probably in Liudmila Shvetsova. “We need to secure The May 24 defeat of the land reform and movies. the fall – the setback will cause needless land rights for the people who have received bill, which was supported by most centrist Mr. Shlapak said Ukraine “has and potentially damaging delays in the their parcels.” and right-center political forces, would have about two months to settle the situa- implementation of programs sorely need- Ms. Shvetsova said she believes the bill, completely freed the market and finally tion,” according to the Interfax news ed to stimulate private and corporate which had reached the Parliament floor for agency. He explained that U.S. Trade allowed the widespread purchase and sale farming in Ukraine. a second reading after about 4,000 propos- Representative Robert Zoellick thus of land, and the establishment of a system The Ukrainian farmer has watched help- als were heard and hundreds of changes far had merely issued warnings and of mortgages and credit operations. The lessly as crop yields have fallen drastically were made to the more than 100-page origi- that Ukraine has a chance to amelio- result for small and medium-size farms in the 10 years since the Soviet Union col- nal document, was the best possible com- rate the conflict, because the sanc- would have been a much-needed influx of lapsed and as agricultural reforms have lan- promise one could expect. tions’ implementation may take sev- money to replace and purchase equipment, guished or moved at a snail’s pace. Even “Of course, it could have been better, but eral months. seed, herbicides and pesticides. Some while the agricultural sector saw its first the process had to stop somewhere. We He also added that the government experts have said it could have been the year in the black in 2000 – after the presi- could have made improvements later,” will press the Verkhovna Rada to beginning of an agricultural boom in the dential edict of December 3, 1999, abol- explained Ms. Shvetsova. pass a bill regulating copyright pro- country. ished collective farms and set the stage for She said that without the land code farm- tection during the next parliamentary real changes – it still remains in a crisis with However, the failure of the Verkhovna session, which starts in September. ers still do not have the instruments needed key industry indicators continuing to hover Rada to pass the land reform bill, opposed to have a fair chance at success. Mr. Shlapak said the bill may solve at pre-1990 levels. chiefly by the Communist and Socialist cau- the piracy problem “in a moment.” While Ukrainian farms, which include Domestic production in the agricultural cuses during a stormy session that came investment associations, limited partner- (Continued on page 10) sector as a whole has fallen some 36 percent close to fisticuffs, will leave the agricultural in the last decade, from $44.1 billion in sector in a state of limbo. (Continued on page 4) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2001 No. 32

ANALYSIS NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS The CIS summit: back to the USSR? Kuchma to diaspora: it’s me or Yulia said it was not immediately aware of the by Liz Fuller then-CIS Executive Secretary Ivan incident. (RFE/RL Newsline) Korotchenya calculated that of 887 docu- KYIV – President Leonid Kuchma RFE/RL Newsline Hungary gives rare gospel to Ukraine ments drafted since the CIS was created, claimed he would not show up at the Third Although last week’s CIS summit in World Forum of Ukrainians, which is only 130 had been signed by all member- LVIV – During his recent official visit to Sochi was billed as an informal get- states. scheduled to begin in Kyiv on August 18, if together, the top issue on the agenda was Yulia Tymoshenko is in attendance. Ms. Hungary, Ukrainian Prime Minister Anatolii One of the reasons that so many initia- Kinakh was given an 18th century Book of bound to, and did, engender controversy Tymoshenko heads both the Batkivschyna tives intended to promote greater coordi- the Gospels in the name of the Hungarian and even annoyance among the meet- party and the Forum for National Salvation, nation between CIS states have failed has government and people. The gospel, of ing’s 10 participants. (Turkmenistan’s organizations in vocal opposition to the been the enduring suspicion of several of Ukrainian origin, was written in Old President Saparmurat Niyazov was president. Mr. Kuchma said, “Either me or them that Russia perceives the CIS above Church Slavonic, the classical language of absent for at least the third consecutive Tymoshenko.” (Eastern Economist) all as a mechanism for restoring its con- the Slavs. Prime Minister Viktor Orban of time, while Georgia’s Eduard trol over other former Soviet republics. Russian warrant issued for Tymoshenko Hungary said the valuable memorial of Shevardnadze explained his absence in That suspicion was substantiated by an Ukrainian culture was specially purchased terms of the tensions generated in Tbilisi article published on the eve of the March MOSCOW – Russian military prosecu- from a private individual as a gift for by the July 26 murder of TV journalist 1997 CIS summit in Moscow that out- tors have opened a criminal case against Ukraine. Mr. Kinakh said that such a gift is Giorgi Sanaya.) lined measures for sabotaging alternative former Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister and “a spiritual and cultural” reinforcement “of The issue at stake has plagued the CIS alliances emerging within the CIS in opposition figure Yulia Tymoshenko and the pragmatic economic relations” between since its inception a decade ago, namely, order to preserve and strengthen Russia’s her husband, and have sent an international the two countries. (Religious Information whether it is desirable (let alone possible) influence throughout the former USSR. warrant for her arrest to the Ukrainian Service of Ukraine) to reach consensus on shared common Those proposals, which then Russian Procurator General’s Office, Reuters report- objectives and on measures to ensure the President Boris Yeltsin reportedly ed on August 8. Yuri Yakovlev, Russia’s Kinakh trumpets benefits of pipeline optimum degree of cooperation between endorsed, cast a pall over the Chisinau interim military procurator general, said CIS states in achieving those objectives. CIS summit in October of that year, and Ms. Tymoshenko had been charged with KYIV – Prime Minister Anatolii Kinakh That question presupposes that CIS expedited the emergence of GUAM, the “complicity in bribe-giving.” He refused to said on August 2 that Ukraine plays a key member-states will, if necessary, subordi- unambiguously pro-Western alignment identify who Ms. Tymoshenko might have role in supplying Western Europe with nate their own interests to that of the CIS of Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and helped to bribe, saying only that it was a energy, the Associated Press reported. Mr. as a whole, and that they will refrain Moldova. Russian official, but he said the charges Kinakh, in Budapest for a one-day visit, from adopting policies that could under- In the apparent realization that the stemmed from a graft case against a senior said that the planned pipeline running from mine the CIS. threat of subversion risked sounding the Russian Defense Ministry official suspected the Black Sea port of Odesa will allow There has been no shortage either of deathknell for the CIS, Moscow in the of shady dealings with other officials in Ukraine to “take Caspian Sea oil and even declarations of intent, or of specific pro- spring of 1998 embarked on an alterna- Kyiv. However, he said the ministry official Middle East oil ... [and] be able to ship 40 grams of measures, or even of separate tive approach to promoting economic is not the one Ms. Tymoshenko allegedly million tons of petroleum a year through the pipeline. This will enhance Europe’s energy alignments within the CIS (the Collective cooperation between the CIS member- helped to bribe. Ms. Tymoshenko already security.” The pipeline will stretch 667 kilo- Security Pact and the CIS Customs states in the form of an Inter-State faces bribery charges in Ukraine and was meters from Odesa to the Ukrainian town Union) intended to promote such cooper- Economic Agreement that would theo- temporarily jailed, but was later freed in a of Brody. (RFE/RL Newsline) ation. But the overwhelming majority of retically benefit them all. Boris legal dispute that went to the Supreme the hundreds of measures agreed on has Berezovsky, at that juncture still riding Court. (RFE/RL Newsline) Ukrainian wine has no grapes never been implemented: in early 1998, high in the saddle as CIS executive sec- retary, was tasked with persuading CIS Secret police officer shot dead KYIV – Police have shut down a firm in Kyiv that is accused of selling millions of ODESA – Col. Yevhen Zadorozhnyi, the Liz Fuller is editor-in-chief of RFE/RL bottles of what appeared to be vintage wine (Continued on page 19) head of the Ukrainian secret police’s anti- Newsline. that were instead filled with elderberry juice organized crime division in Odesa, was and food coloring, Interfax reported. The S- fatally shot on August 7, reported the DPA Gamma company is reported to have held a news service. Col. Zadorozhnyi was killed large share of Ukraine’s wholesale wine outside his home in Odesa as he left for Kuropaty: a past that can’t be expunged market, and police said it had a gross work. He was responsible for investigations by Paul Goble least some in the Belarusian opposition income of $1.3 million in the last year. into mafia-related activity in Odesa, prima- RFE/RL Newsline to suspect that supporters of President (RFE/RL Newsline) Lukashenka have somehow been rily the smuggling of oil products, drugs Vandals have destroyed a monument involved. If that is the case, recent histo- and weapons. He held the job for about one Kyiv backpedals on unified energy system near Miensk to the victims of Stalin-era ry suggests that no one is ever likely to year. (RFE/RL Newsline) mass murders in Belarus, Belarusian be charged or convicted of this crime. KYIV – Ukrainian Prime Minister Journalists complain of police beating People’s Front official Vladimir Yukho That will certainly have consequences, Anatolii Kinakh said in Kyiv on August 1 said in late July. that a previously planned harmonization of because, from the time of their discovery, SEVASTOPOL – A group of Crimean The opposition activist suggested that the mass graves at Kuropaty have been the energy systems of Ukraine and Russia this action appears to represent an attempt journalists issued a joint statement on “is not a goal in itself,” ITAR-TASS report- one of the prime motivating factors August 6 complaining of an attack on to expunge from the record one of the behind the country’s national and demo- ed. Mr. Kinakh said that instead, “We are most notorious events in Belarusian histo- Yevhen Rybkii, the editor of the Sevastopol cratic movements. Indeed, most activists talking about effective and equal conditions ry and one of the most important sources daily Melitopolskie Novosti, in the city dur- in those movements over the last decade of cooperation between Ukraine and Russia of inspiration for the Belarusian national ing last week’s visit by Russian President have sought to honor the Kuropaty site, in the energy sector.” He added that “all this movement over the last two decades. Vladimir Putin, the DPA news service frequently insisting that visitors to is possible, but our economic interests Mr. Yukho noted that the small granite reported. The statement said police beat Mr. Belarus must go there to understand that should be considered on an equal basis.” memorial presented to the people of Rybkii “for no good reason” and then country and its past. The prime minister’s comments contradict Belarus by then-U.S. President Bill charged him with resisting arrest. He was Indeed, as Mr. Yukho made clear to recent statements made by Ukrainian First Clinton when he visited that site in 1994 detained by police and interrogated for six had served as a focal point for the Western news agencies, Belarusian hours. Ukraine’s Internal Affairs Ministry (Continued on page 25) Belarusian opposition. The discovery in democrats were at the site several days the 1980s of the Kuropaty mass graves earlier and thus are in a position to date helped power the rise of the Belarusian more or less precisely when the destruc- FOUNDED 1933 democratic movement. Activists of the tion of the monument took place. 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tion in Ukraine, particularly the rela- nationwide Ukrainian Orthodox Church This is the second in a series providing a scholarly assessment of Pope John tionship between the four Ukrainian – it also insists that that reality is still Paul II’s visit to Ukraine on June 23-27. Scholars with expertise on the Churches – the Ukrainian Greek- some 20 or 30 years away. Sectors of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, the religious situation in Ukraine and rela- Catholic Church (UGCC), the Ukrainian government are said to favor a tions among the Vatican, the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Russian Ukrainian Orthodox Church–Kyiv more immediate timetable, while the Orthodox Church were asked to comment on the relevance, immediate con- Patriarchate (UOC-KP), the Ukrainian Russian Federation has still to weigh in sequences and potential impact of the pope’s visit on Ukraine and throughout Autocephalous Orthodox Church on it. the region. The series was prepared by Ika Koznarska Casanova. (UAOC) and the Ukrainian Orthodox In this struggle between Churches and Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC- states with a long and intimate associa- MP)? tion with one another, at times friendly, at DR. RALPH DELLA CAVA is senior declared that Uniatism was “a method of times conflictive, the papacy’s role is research associate, Institute of Latin union of the past” and an obstacle to the That remains to be seen. Obviously, marginal. In Kyiv, the pope did not American Studies, Columbia University, “full communion” of Catholic and the “unification” of Orthodoxy in exactly endorse the joint UOC- and professor of history emeritus, Orthodox Christians in the future. The Ukraine lies much more in the “courts of KP/UAOC quest for unification. In con- Queens College, City University of New recent visit was clearly a disclaimer. appeal” of Constantinople and Moscow trast, the UGCC has shown sympathy for York. A specialist in modern Brazilian More immediately, it legitimated the than in Rome’s. Ten days before the it in an overt effort to champion a history, he is the author of “Miracle at UGCC’s assertion of being a genuinely pope’s visit, representatives of the UOC- “national” Orthodox Church that is legal- Joaseiro” (1970) among other books and national – not simply regional – Church. KP and UAOC had met in Istanbul under ly and ecclesiastically independent of the articles dealing with religion and society The civic and religious ceremonies in the aegis of the ecumenical patriarch. Moscow Patriarchate. in Brazil as well as in Central Europe Kyiv, the nation’s capital, were not simply Throughout July, they were joined by and the former USSR. a gesture to the customary protocol high-ranking delegates of the Moscow Pope John Paul II’s visit to various between states (although they were that, Patriarchate who originally boycotted countries, e.g., Poland and throughout What is your general assessment of too). Rather, they underscored the vital Constantinople’s initiative. Latin America, often had far-reaching Pope John Paul II’s visit to Ukraine? role the UGCC had played in bringing But obstacles clutter the path to unity. effects beyond the religious sphere. Western Europe – via the Vatican – to For the moment the four-way discussions Could the pope’s visit have a similar From the standpoint of the Ukrainian reaffirm support for Ukraine’s independ- – to which the UGCC is not a party – positive impact on Ukrainian civic and political development? Greek-Catholic Church (UGCC), the ence. Moreover, the liturgy celebrated for will purportedly examine how best to papal visit put to rest any lingering fears the new UGCC churches to be built in clear them. The biggest hurdle is said to If by “far-reaching” consequences we that the Vatican might still seek to Kyiv, where Uniate presence had been less be the anathema pronounced on Patriarch mean deep-seated and lasting, then we achieve a historic rapprochement with visible in the past, signals the UGCC’s Filaret (UOC-KP) by the Moscow would do well to re-evaluate the pastoral Russian Orthodoxy at the expense of its intention to continue to be heard on ques- Patriarchate. To be sure, Moscow refuses consequences of such visits beyond the Eastern rite Churches in Ukraine and tions of national and societal concern. to lift it. But the real issue may lie in immediate euphoria and popular enthusi- elsewhere. That fear surfaced in 1993 “timing”: while the ROC has declared asm they generate. For example, those to after Orthodox and Catholic representa- How do you think Pope John Paul feasible a “canonically acceptable” tives met at Balamand (Lebanon) and II’s visit will affect the religious situa- Kyivan Patriarchate – i.e., a single, (Continued on page 16)

THE REV. DR. PETER GALADZA is ly, believed that every possible avenue How do you think Pope John Paul II’s positive way. Note that after the pope’s Kule Family Professor of Liturgy at the should be explored to gain the participa- visit will affect the religious situation in visit, at the conclusion of a meeting in Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian tion of the UOC-MP. In the West, we Ukraine, particularly the relationship Zurich where rapprochement among Studies, St. Paul University, Ottawa, and understandably tend to dismiss this between the four Ukrainian Churches – Ukraine’s Orthodox was the topic, the editor of Logos: A Journal of Eastern Church. But it commands the allegiance Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church Moscow Patriarchate’s chief external Christian Studies. Last year he served as of millions, and in this case there is some (UGCC), the Ukrainian Orthodox affairs officer, Metropolitan Kirill of dean at the Lviv Theological Academy. difference between its leadership and Church–Kyiv Patriarchate(UOC-KP), Smolensk, extended an olive branch, He is the first Ukrainian Catholic to be laity. The patience paid off, even if the Ukrainian Orthodox Autocephalous praising the delegate-bishops of the appointed to the North American Metropolitan Volodymyr didn’t come Church (UOAC), and the Ukrainian UOC-KP and UOAC for their sincere Orthodox-Catholic Theological around, because it demonstrated the Orthodox Church–Moscow Patriarchate love for the Church. The human sciences Dialogue sponsored by the National pope’s good will. (UOC-MP)? speak of “mimetic desire” as a powerful Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Finally, trips like this are always sig- motivator. The Moscow Patriarchate may Standing Conference of Orthodox nificant because of the entourage that fol- Certainly the UOC-KP and UOAC be motivated to allow its affiliate in Bishops of America. During the papal lows the pope. These are the people who have been drawn closer to each other and Ukraine to emulate the stress on unity so visit, he served as commentator for the will be developing and implementing to the UGCC. Patriarch Filaret of the characteristic of Catholicism. live coverage provided by EWTN Vatican policy. Just three examples: the UOC-KP delivered an impeccably crafted I have always believed that “construc- (Eternal Word Television Network) in Vatican’s chief ecumenist, Cardinal speech during the meeting of the Council tive competition” is a good thing in Birmingham, Ala. Walter Kasper, a rising star in world of Church and Religious Organizations, Christianity – provided polemics are Catholicism, spent significant time at the sketching a vision of Ukrainian avoided. (Would Petro Mohyla’s educa- Would you please offer a general Lviv Theological Academy observing the Christianity’s openness to other faiths and tional revival have taken place without assessment of Pope John Paul II’s visit UGCC’s best and brightest at work. The its need to confront the challenges of the challenge of the Jesuits?) to Ukraine? new prefect of the Oriental Congregation, modern agnosticism and moral decline. Consequently, even those Orthodox inim- Cardinal Ignace Daoud, not to mention The visit galvanized those Churches com- ical to Rome may decide that Orthodoxy Only superlatives are in order, and Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the secretary of mitted (at least ostensibly) to such a keep in mind that I am not prone to in Ukraine must unite. When that hap- state, also had a chance to see first hand vision. pens it will be much easier for Greek- flights of papal triumphalism. the vigor of a Church whose matters they However, even the UOC-MP may be o begin with, the visit was a manifes- T are called upon to adjudicate. structurally impacted by this visit in a (Continued on page 22) tation of gospel truth. Forgiveness, prayerfulness, child-like joy – these radi- ated during those five historic days. And it came at the right time. Many had been hoping for this visit since 1991 and yet it was precisely now, when post-independ- ence euphoria has entirely waned, that Ukraine needed this event most. Nor was it about providing people with an escapist reprieve from misery. For all their hype, visits like this have profound substance, that derive from the gestures, words and attitudes of the one whom former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev once hailed as the world’s greatest moral authority. Second, the visit put the nails in the coffin of Ostpolitik. John Paul II had always detested that policy of appease- ment and he patiently (as biographer of his points out, referring to one of his character traits) worked to dismantle it. The visit didn’t occur sooner, howev- er, because the pope is also a sincere ecu- menist. Whatever we might think of the Church headed by Metropolitan Volodymyr Sabodan (and ultimately by The Rev. Dr. Peter Galadza (left), with Raymond Arroyo, anchor at EWTN News, during live coverage of the papal visit in Patriarch Aleksei), the pope, quite right- Ukraine for which the Rev. Galadza served as commentator. 4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2001 No. 32

SHOULD PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF LAND EXIST IN UKRAINE? according to the Razumkov Center, the process is wrought with obstacles. Today most farmers continue to lease the % of respondents On the Rada agenda... (Continued from page 1) plots of land belonging to the collective farm on which they worked at the time of independence to the entity that now All of Ukraine Rural Population ships, corporations and family entities, generated approxi- mately $150 million in earnings in 2000 as a result of the works the land. One of the reasons for this is that while the overwhelm- 47.0% upward shift in output, most saw very little of that money, if Yes ing majority of villagers in Ukraine qualified in the first 46.9% anything at all. Much of the profit was taken by a few large companies, with others barely breaking even and a substan- years after independence to receive certificates for their tial portion of farms remaining heavily underfunded and plots of land, transforming that land right into acreage (or in Yes, but only for small 30.6% this case hectareage) requires more than simple farming parcels 30.1% debt-ridden. skills. The opportunities available to the newly landed remain The initial problem is one of money. Ukrainian farmers 15.8% tenuous until their rights are better secured and credit flows No have subsisted on small personal land plots and on meager 15.5% are opened, explained Ms. Shvetsova, referring to the salaries irregularly paid for the last 10 years. Therefore, the development of laws on the purchase and sale of land, as approximately $20 required to prepare the documents need- 6.6% well as the establishment of a land bank and mortgage pro- Difficult to answer ed to begin the process of obtaining a parcel of land is a 7.5% cedures. substantial initial barrier. She explained that, while the Constitution of Ukraine A second problem is obtaining a decent plot. While sev- guarantees farmers the right to buy and sell the land they eral methods have been identified by local government offi- own even without the new code, the market mechanisms cials to make sure that land is distributed fairly and uni- HOW HAS THE MATERIAL WELL-BEING OF RURAL INHABITANTS needed to determine its value are not in place, making sales CHANGED WITH THE INTRODUCTION formly, too often it still is done subjectively and at the and purchases tricky and often usurious affairs. Also, until whim of the village council or head of the organization that OF AGRICULTURAL REFORMS? the land code is passed, land is not considered real estate; % of respondents has majority control of the land in the area. therefore it cannot be utilized as collateral against a loan. The third problem the farmer faces as he or his group The Association of Farmers and Landowners has identi- All of Ukraine Rural Population breaks out of the collective is in receiving his fair share of fied five additional ways in which the lack of new legisla- the farming equipment and implements that also belong to tion will hinder the development of the agricultural sector. that organization. 9.2% has improved It will make potential domestic and foreign investors leery 7.9% Then there is the psychological issue. As Ms. Shvetsova of entering the market spur the development of illegal shad- explained, too often the farmers do not realize the extent of ow enterprises and investors to fill the void left by the 39.7% the freedom they have obtained. no change insufficiency of legal capital and the lack of an agricultural 45.0% “They do not fully realize what ownership means and all land bank that could provide necessary credits, leave the the possibilities associated with it; they do not understand juridical status of many agricultural enterprises unclear and 39.0% that they can join lands, work together to obtain credit, form has worsened continue to give former collective farm directors who head 39.8% credit unions and purchase tractors together for common many of them indiscriminate power, stall the development usage,” said Ms. Shvetsova. of a system of mortgage lending and delay the establish- 12.1% In the end, the lack of money remains at the center of the difficult to answer 7.3% ment of a legal land market, and stimulate illegal barter current problems in the agricultural sector. It is also the key operations because it will not allow for the development of to the future. a system of financial transactions. The key to resolving that issue is the development of a To neutralize any sense of a leftist victory in the political land bank. Ms. Shvetsova explained that once land reform struggle and to reinforce the intention of the executive IS IT NECESSARY TO INTRODUCE legislation is in place, a land bank could be developed and AN UNRESTRICTED LAND MARKET IN UKRAINE? branch of government to continue to push for land reform, established within five years because a good portion of the % of respondents President Leonid Kuchma on May 30 signed an executive legwork and some of the associated legislation has been order that reasserted the goals and outlined the legal frame- done. All of Ukraine Rural Population work by which they were to be pursued. She added that she thinks the general trend for Ukrainian The order underscores the unbreachable right to private agriculture is skyward and that the long-suffering Ukrainian ownership of land, the inclusion of land as a commodity in 15.7% village could soon begin to see tangible changes. yes, without restrictions the real estate market, the need for joining economic effi- 14.9% “I hope it happens in a couple of years,” said Ms. ciency with environmental safety in the utilization of land, Shvetsova. “Ukraine may be going slowly, but it is moving yes, but only land and the need to align the basic direction and rate of land 10.2% on reform. I remain an optimist.” assigned for 8.3% reform with the dynamics within the agricultural sector. agricultural use Mr. Kuchma’s stated principles are the basis for an 11- point program of land reform he outlined in his decree for yes, but only 3.7% non-agricultural land 4.7% the period 2001-2005, including securing the further devel- NATO announces opment of the right to private property as guaranteed in the Constitution, developing a land market, establishing a credit yes, but only small 24.8% flood project for Ukraine land parcels 20.1% system with land as collateral and perfecting payment mechanisms for the purchase of land. NATO 37.0% is not needed Lack of resources is No 1 problem 43.2% BRUSSELS – In recent years, floods, landslides and The lack of financing for modern and efficient equip- mudflows in the area of the Tysa River, Ukraine, have 8.6% ment, cultures and chemicals continues to be the number become increasingly serious. NATO is currently devel- difficult to answer 8.8% one problem for the Ukrainian farmer. Thus he is strapped oping a pilot project on regional flood preparedness and with many of the same problems of inefficiency and costli- response in Ukraine, together with the neighboring ness that dogged the collective farms of the Soviet Union. countries of the entire Tysa catchment area. Even with the moderate upswing in pro- Calls for the development of a pilot project in the UKRAINE’S AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS, INCLUDING PROCESSED FOODS duction, Ukrainian agriculture still remains field of Civil Emergency Planning had been made at the $ millions among the most inefficient in Europe. meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission at the level Whereas in Western Europe nearly 5 per- of Foreign Ministers on December 15, 1999, when the 156.8 1999 NATO-Ukraine Work Plan for the implementation of frozen beef cent of the workforce produces its agricul- 179.3 tural output and in the United States about 3 the NATO-Ukraine Charter in 2000 was approved. 2000 percent does so, in Ukraine the figure is a The main aim of the project is the creation of an 506.9 effective flood warning and response system in the seed products whopping 25 percent. This means that an 122.8 agricultural worker annually produces mere- Carpathian region which would guarantee the protection ly $2,500 of the country’s gross domestic of the population from natural disasters. wheat 379.5 The assessment phase, consisting of site selection and wheat/rye mix 19.0 product, eight to 16 times less than in any other developed country, according to the and definition, the assessment of the regional capabili- Razumkov Center. ties, data evaluation and validation, and the develop- 80.2 barley ment of the strategy and work plans is scheduled to 82.5 As a result, Ukraine not only lags behind begin in September. This phase will take approximately Western Europe in the production of basic six to eight months. Experts will conduct interviews in 100.0 foodstuffs like wheat and meat, but also sunflower seed the regional centers, tour facilities and review support 136.1 neighboring countries such as Poland, documentation. Implementation of the entire pilot proj- Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary. The irony ect will take 18 to 24 months. 105.3 is that these countries have much less fallow sunflower oil Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, 232.9 land available for agriculture than does Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine, and they began the transformation Switzerland, Ukraine and the United States have placed 21.9 away from collective farming at approxi- sugar experts on hydrography and hydrology at the disposal 6.0 mately the same time and same point of of the project. Financial resources totaling some technological development. $200,000 (U.S.) have been committed from the NATO 39.9 milk Today, while the Ukrainian farmer waits budget and from donor countries that are members of 74.6 for complete domain over his land, he must NATO’s Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council in order to resolve several problems that burden his fund the assessment phase of the project. Cooperation 1418 processed foods ability to secure the property for himself. 1377 and synergy with governments, international organiza- Although 23 percent of agricultural tions and non-governmental organizations involved in workers have registered their land shares, similar projects in the region is also envisaged. No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2001 5

National Captive Nations Committee Rusalka to represent Ukrainian Canadian community presents award to RFE/RL director during Ukraine’s 10th anniversary celebrations WASHINGTON – The National Captive captive nations in this world,” he stated. Nations Committee (NCNC) held a lunch- “The People’s Republic of China is neither WINNIPEG – The Rusalka North America and Ukraine, and per- eon on July 18, to discuss the progress of ‘the people’s’ nor a republic. Many national Ukrainian Dance Ensemble has formances for heads of state and royal- captive nations around the world, and to groups such as: Tibetans, Inner released the itinerary for its tour of ty, have placed Rusalka among the present an award to Paul Goble, a longtime Mongolians, East Turkestanis and others Ukraine on August 10-28, the third most widely recognized Ukrainian supporter of the cause of freedom and live under Communist rule.” tour to Ukraine in the company’s 40- dance groups in the world. democracy throughout the world. The Michael Sawkiw Jr., president of the year history. Internationally, Rusalka has per- luncheon was held at the Heritage Ukrainian Congress Committee of America “Since 1962, Rusalka has brought formed at the Mundial Festival in Foundation, and approximately 50 support- and executive secretary of the National the high spirited and colorful traditions Guadalajara, Mexico, and at the ers and friends of the National Captive Captive Nations Committee, read aloud the of Ukrainian culture to audiences International Festival of Youth Nations Committee were present. Proclamation of National Captive Nations around the world,” said Rick Mantey, Orchestras in London, England, The NCNC, created in 1959 by Public Week issued by President George W. Bush. chair of the board of directors. “We Aberdeen, Scotland, and Rome, Italy. Law 86-90 under President Dwight D. Dr. Lee Edwards, a director of the look forward to once again showcas- In 1979 Rusalka became the first Eisenhower, was given the responsibility to NCNC, announced that the annual Truman- ing this dynamic group of men and Ukrainian Canadian dance ensemble to maintain a Captive Nations List (CNL) of Reagan Freedom Awards dinner, sponsored women who make up this outstanding visit Ukraine, studying under the nations in the world still under the thumb of by the Victims of Communism (VOC) company.” Veriovka Ukrainian Dance Ensemble Communist dictatorial regimes. Memorial Foundation, will be held in Departing from Winnipeg on of Kyiv. This tour was followed up Ambassador Lev E. Dobriansky, chair- December this year to commemorate the August 10, the ensemble will begin its with another successful tour of man of the executive board of the NCNC, 10th anniversary of the dissolution of the tour in Lviv, with a performance at the Ukraine in 1992. The knowledge gave the opening remarks and commented Soviet Union. famous Lviv Opera House on August gained through these tours has proved on the progress and continuing mission of Mr. Goble, recipient of the annual 13. This will be followed by a concert invaluable to the ensemble’s develop- the NCNC. “Although much progress has Captive Nations Award, works for Radio and reception in Drohobych on ment. been made in the past decade, with the fall Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) as August 14. During its 20th anniversary year, of the Berlin Wall and the decline of the the director of communications. He previ- August 16 will see Rusalka give a 1982, Rusalka was privileged to give a Soviet Union, there are still many other ously worked for the State Department and benefit concert for orphans at the command performance for and was labored to help the nations under commu- Unist Cultural Center in Lviv. granted a private audience with Pope nism exercise their self-determination. Dr. Dancers and members of the board of John Paul II at his summer residence Dobriansky and Dr. Edwards presented the directors have collected stuffed ani- outside of Rome. award to Mr. Goble. mals, medical supplies and other Rusalka has also embarked upon AHRU and UNCHAIN The three other speakers, Ariel Cohen, items that will be presented on behalf successful tour opportunities in the Dimon Liu and Frank Calzon, spoke on the of the company. Orient. The ensemble was the first promote aid to Ukraine progress of freedom in Russia, China and The 10th anniversary of Ukraine’s Canadian performing group to ever NEWARK, N.J. – Responding to the Cuba, respectively. independence coincides with the Third tour Taiwan, breaking new ground in Ukrainian American Coordinating Mr. Cohen stated that Russia is quickly World Forum of Ukrainians, hosted cultural exchanges. This groundbreak- Council’s “Action Item” appeal in The degenerating into a totalitarian regime. this year by the City of Kyiv. The ing continued the company’s success- Ukrainian Weekly regarding U.S. aid to Quoting members of the anti-reform putsch Ukrainian Canadian Congress has ful tour of Thailand. Under the royal Ukraine, AHRU and UNCHAIN sent 184 of 1991, he stated, “What [Russian selected Rusalka to represent the patronage of the Crown Prince of letters by mail and fax, plus made phone President] Vladimir Putin is doing now is Ukrainian Canadian community dur- Thailand, the concerts proved to be a calls to all members of the House and what we [the putsch participants] were try- ing the World Forum at a concert on new and exciting experience for Thai Senate Appropriations Committees regard- ing to do back in 1991.” According to Mr. August 18. This will be followed by people. Successful trips to Australia ing aid to Ukraine for Fiscal Year 2002, Cohen, the outlook for Russian progress Rusalka’s participation in celebrations have provided strong and lasting ties asking them to vote for a sum of $180 mil- toward democracy is bleak. planned by the City of Kyiv on with both Ukrainian and non- lion. Ms. Liu presented China as a nation August 24. Ukrainian communities on the island The foreign aid bill was first considered growing bolder with each Western conces- “We are very grateful to the continent. in early July in the House Appropriations sion and less concerned for the rights and Ukrainian Canadian Congress for this Rusalka has performed with the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, liberties of its citizens. She said she views designation,” said Mr. Mantey. “This world-renowned Royal Winnipeg which lowered the amount of aid from U.S. normal trade relations with China and is a singular honor to represent over 1 Ballet on many occasions throughout $169 million, as originally proposed by the the awarding of the 2008 Olympics to million Ukrainian Canadians at these its 40-year history. The premiere per- Bush administration, to $125 million. Beijing as ways the U.S. and Western coun- significant events.” formance of the Ukrainian ballet In turn, the Senate Appropriations tries are propping up a repressive regime. Rusalka will retrace the steps of its “Legin,” by Dimitri Chutro is one of Subcommittee on Foreign Operations pro- She called on the United States to stop original tour of Ukraine in 1979 and the special events indelibly etched in posed an increase to $180 million. Because allowing China to “get away with these conclude its tour in Ternopil, prior to Rusalka memories. of this discrepancy in the proposed actions.” departing for Vienna and Winnipeg. “This tour marks the beginning of amounts, the measure will be sent to a con- Mr. Calzon spoke briefly, outlining the Over the years Rusalka has grown the celebrations surrounding Rusalka’s ference committee comprising members of history of communism in Cuba, and derid- from a group of eager youngsters into 40th anniversary,” explained Mr. both the House and the Senate, who will ing Fidel Castro as oppressive, saying that an ensemble of polished performers Mantey. “I know of no better way to then reach a compromise on the exact the structures in Cuba are similar to those whom critics rank with professionals. kick off these celebrations than by amount of aid. that existed in the Soviet Union in the From its native Winnipeg, Rusalka has returning to the roots of Ukrainian AHRU and UNCHAIN noted Ukraine’s 1950s. According to Mr. Calzon, intern- expanded its horizons, reaching an dance, which will continue to serve as cooperation with the United States on vari- ment, torture, human rights violations and ever-widening audience. Major tours the fabric for Rusalka’s development ous issues and argued that decreasing aid to imprisonment are all standard practices of throughout Asia, Europe, Australia, for the next 40 years.” Ukraine is not in the U.S. interest. the Castro regime.

small or medium-size businesses, so that the Ukrainian government has failed to hearing on April 27. U.S. suspends... any adverse affects on such businesses curtail the piracy. More than a year has now passed since (Continued from page 1) can be minimized. If Ukraine continues The two principal elements of this Ukraine made commitments to combat The GSP program provides duty-free to fail at honoring its commitments to Joint Action Plan were that Ukraine (1) optical media piracy and more than four access to the U.S. market for most prod- stop ongoing piracy and at establishing a would immediately use its existing law months since Ukraine was identified as a ucts of developing and least developed strong optical media licensing regime to enforcement authority to stop the piracy Priority Foreign Country. Credible reports countries that have been designated by prevent future piracy, then the U.S. gov- and (2) by November 2000 would estab- indicate that large volumes of optical media the United States as GSP beneficiary ernment may also act to impose trade lish an optical media licensing regime, products have been pirated in Ukraine countries. sanctions on Ukraine. which would serve to prevent a subse- almost up to the very present and that at quent recurrence. Unfortunately, Ukraine this time Ukrainian CD factories are still in In addition to suspending Ukraine’s Background GSP benefits, USTR has issued a prelim- still has not complied with either of those a position to engage in large-scale piracy. inary list of other products that could face According to U.S. recording indus- commitments. Thus the U.S. government felt compelled to sanctions. At present no sanctions against tries, for the past few years Ukraine has Consequently, the United States, on suspend GSP treatment of Ukrainian prod- these products have been imposed. A consistently ranked as the largest produc- March 12, 2001, identified Ukraine as a ucts and issue the preliminary list of prod- decision whether to impose sanctions er and exporter of pirated optical media Priority Foreign Country under the ucts which could face sanctions. against products from the list will be products in Europe. Ukraine’s exports of “Special 301” provisions of the Trade Act Complete information on the require- made after the United States seeks public unauthorized compact discs (CDs) are of 1974 and immediately initiated a ments for submitting comments and partici- comments and holds a public hearing. disrupting markets throughout the region Section 301 investigation. In April, U.S. pating in the public hearing, as well as the The hearing will also review whether and beyond. For over two years, the officials consulted with the Ukrainian proposed sanctions list, will soon be set sanctioning such products would encour- United States has been urging Ukraine to government in Kyiv. The United States forth in the Federal Register notice, and age Ukraine to provide adequate protec- take measures to stop this piracy and pre- also sought public comments on possible will be posted on the USTR website tion of intellectual property rights or if it vent its recurrence. Despite the commit- action under Section 301, including the (www.ustr.gov). For a copy of the would adversely affect U.S. economic ments Ukraine made as part of the June possible suspension of duty-free treat- Ukrainian products covered under GSP, go interests. The United States is particular- 2000 U.S.-Ukraine Joint Action Plan to ment for Ukrainian products under the to http://www.dataweb.usitc.gov/scripts/ ly interested in potential impacts on U.S. Combat Optical Media Piracy in Ukraine, GSP. The U.S. government held a public tariff/toc.html. 6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2001 No. 32

FOR THE RECORD THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Coming up on the 10th anniversary Senate resolution on Ukraine’s 10th anniversary Senate Concurrent Resolution 62, institutions such as the International Well, here it is, less than two weeks before Ukraine’s celebrations of its 10th marking the 10th anniversary of Ukraine’s Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank anniversary of independence and at the top of the guest list are: Polish President independence, was introduced on July 31 and the European Bank for Reconstruction Alexander Kwasniewski and Russian President Vladimir Putin. That’s kind of like by Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), Joe Biden (D- and Development (EBRD); getting both good news and bad at the same time. No sign, yet, of an official U.S. del- Del.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.). It was Whereas in July 1994, Ukraine’s pres- egation or delegate representing the Bush administration. passed by the Senate on August 3 before idential elections marked the first peace- Frankly, dear readers, we don’t even know if official invitations were issued by the U.S. Congress began its August recess. ful and democratic transfer of executive Ukraine to foreign dignitaries, and specifically to the U.S. presidential administration. power among the independent states of The answer to that question, believe it or not, has been most difficult to receive from Senate Concurrent Resolution 62 the former Soviet Union; Ukraine’s representatives in this country. (Perhaps, as some observers surmise, having Congratulating Ukraine on the 10th Whereas five years ago, on June 28, witnessed this waffling on a response, the United States is not wanted at the celebra- anniversary of the restoration of its inde- 1996, Ukraine’s Parliament voted to tions?) Nonetheless, we feel it is necessary to go on record at this time to state that it pendence and supporting its full integra- adopt a Ukrainian Constitution, which would be highly desirable, and truly meaningful, if the Bush administration dis- tion into the Euro-Atlantic community of upholds the values of freedom and patched a high-level representative to the festivities in Kyiv. After all, the United democracies. democracy, ensures a citizen’s right to States and Ukraine are strategic partners. Whereas August 24, 2001, marks the own private property, and outlines the Otherwise, it’ll just be Mr. Putin showing the people of Ukraine that it is Russia 10th anniversary of the restoration of basis for the rule of law in Ukraine with- that truly cares about Ukraine. That it is Russia to which Ukraine should look for sup- independence in Ukraine; out regard for race, religion, creed or eth- port and guidance, and – dare we say it ? – which Ukraine should emulate. Whereas the United States, having nicity; And Mr. Kwasniewski, president of Ukraine’s best neighbor, will be the only one recognized Ukraine as an independent Whereas Ukraine has been a paragon to cause Ukraine to glance westward. state on December 25, 1991, and having of inter-ethnic cooperation and harmony Thankfully, we do know that there are members of the U.S. Congress who feel established diplomatic relations with as evidenced by the OSCE’s and the strongly that the United States should be well-represented in Kyiv for Ukrainian Ukraine on January 2, 1992, recognizes United States State Department’s annual Independence Day. Rep. Bob Schaffer (R-Colo.), a co-chairman of the Congressional that fulfillment of the vision of a Europe human rights reports and the internation- Ukrainian Caucus, will lead a congressional delegation (CODEL) to Ukraine that is whole, free, and secure requires a strong, al community’s commendation for scheduled to leave the United States on August 20 and fly to Lviv and then arrive in stable, democratic Ukraine fully integrat- Ukraine’s peaceful handling of the Kyiv in time for the commemorations on August 24. ed in the Euro-Atlantic community of Crimean secession disputes in 1994; Congressman Schaffer wrote in a letter encouraging his colleagues to participate in democracies; Whereas Ukraine, through the efforts the CODEL that “A strong official American presence at this event is of paramount Whereas, during the fifth anniversary of its government, has reversed the importance – especially at this time when Ukrainians face key decisions about their downward trend in its economy, experi- commemorating Ukraine’s independ- political destiny. Congress must show unwavering support for the positive economic encing the first real economic growth ence, the United States established a and political reforms that have taken place in Ukraine, while asserting our firm com- since its independence in fiscal year 2000 strategic partnership with Ukraine to pro- mitment to resolving the significant problems that remain.” and the first quarter of 2001; mote the national security interests of the At press time, the congressional delegation includes Reps. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), Whereas Ukraine furthered the privati- United States in a free, sovereign, and Karen Thurman (D-Fla.) and the Rev. Daniel Coughlin, the chaplain of the House of zation of its economy through the priva- independent Ukrainian state; Representatives. Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.) is to join them on August 23 in Kyiv, tization of agricultural land in 2001, where the entire group will remain until August 26. Whereas Ukraine is an important when the former collective farms were We encourage our readers to contact their representatives to underline to them the European nation, having the second turned over to corporations, private indi- importance – to the United States, to Ukraine and to their constituents – of their partic- largest territory and sixth largest popula- viduals or cooperatives, thus creating an ipation in this mission to Ukraine. tion in Europe; environment that leads to greater eco- This 10th anniversary is an appropriate time for the United States, both via its Whereas Ukraine is a member of inter- nomic independence and prosperity; Congress and the Bush administration to demonstrate strong support for Ukraine and national organizations such as the Council Whereas Ukraine has taken major its people (despite warranted U.S. reservations on issues such as press freedom, rule of of Europe and the Organization on steps to stem world nuclear proliferation law, piracy and copyright, continuation of political and economic reform, etc.) – par- Security and Cooperation in Europe ticularly now that Ukraine appears to be drawn more and more toward Russia. (OSCE), as well as international financial (Continued on page 21) The 10th anniversary of Ukraine’s independent statehood is not the time to turn Ukraine and its people away from the West and all that it stands for. Indeed, this is the time that the United States should do as is suggested in House Resolution 222: “con- House resolution on Ukraine’s 10th anniversary tinue to assist in building a truly independent Ukraine through encouraging and sup- porting democratic and market-economy transformations in Ukraine, keeping the Following is the text of House House Resolution 222 Resolution 222, passed by the House of doors of European and trans-Atlantic institutions open to this nation.” Whereas the proclamation on August And, being there with the Ukrainian nation during celebrations of the first decade Representatives on August 2. 24, 1991, of the independence of Ukraine of Ukraine’s independence is a significant way the United States can manifest its com- The measure is identical to House led to the disintegration of the Soviet mitment to a valued ally. Concurrent Resolution 203 – the only dif- Union; ference being that H. Res. 222 is not a con- Whereas Ukraine and the United current resolution, i.e., it does not refer to States, proceeding from their shared the Senate – which was introduced on July commitment to democratic values, have August 27 by Rep. Bob Schaffer (R-Colo.). expressed their determination to build Turning the pages back... Ultimately the resolution, titled broad and durable relations in the 1994 “Congratulating Ukraine on the 10th Charter for Ukrainian-American 12 Anniversary of Re-establishment of Its Partnership, Friendship and Cooperation Independence,” was reintroduced as a and Ukraine is a country that maintains a House resolution in order to guarantee 1967 The Ukrainian Weekly reported on August 12, 1967, that 15 distinctive partnership with NATO since that a congratulatory message for Ukraine Canadian Ukrainian demonstrators had been arrested at the Expo 1997; fair in Montreal. They were charged with disturbing the peace would be issued by the House in time for Whereas on June 28, 1996, Ukraine’s after their group of 75 people stood outside the Russian pavilion Ukraine’s 10th anniversary celebrations. Parliament voted to adopt the democratic shouting “shame” and “freedom for Ukraine.” H. Con. Res. 203 had 30 co-sponsors: Constitution and Ukraine has conducted The incident occurred after the conclusion of Canadian Ukrainian Week, which had Roscoe G. Bartlett (R-Md.), Doug its presidential and parliamentary elec- ended earlier in the day with a lecture on Ukrainian history and a demonstration of Bereuter (R-Neb.), Michael E. Capuano tions according to it, moving further Ukrainian handicrafts. Eugenia Zagurak, a member of the committee responsible for the (D-Mass.), Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), John away from the former Communist model Expo’s Ukrainian events, explained, “When we began to organize our entertainment, the Abney Culberson (R-Texas), Danny K. of one-party totalitarian rule; and furthest thing from our minds was that we would cause a political hassle, but we’ve had dif- Davis (D-Ill.), Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.), Whereas Ukraine since its independ- ficulty about every little thing we’ve tried to do.” Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (D-American ence has successfully transferred from a According to demonstrators, tension had been building as a result of “harassment” in the Samoa), Luis V. Gutierrez (D-Ill.), J. D. colony of the Soviet empire into a viable, form of censorship by the management of the Expo. A line referring to Ukraine’s struggle Hayworth (R-Ariz.), Maurice D. Hinchey peaceful state, which established exem- against Russian domination had to be cut from a film on Ukrainians in Canada. Expo offi- (D-N.Y.), Joseph M. Hoeffel (D-Pa.), plary relations with all neighboring coun- cials also ordered the removal of a trident from the front cover of the Canadian Ukrainian Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.), Rush D. Holt tries and consistently pursues a course of Week’s program. (D-N.J.), Stephen Horn (R-Calif.), European integration with a commitment The Expo staff even halted distribution of copies of a speech by Anna Tokarek, former Kenny C. Hulshof (R-Mo.), Marcy to ensuring democracy and prosperity for president of the Ukrainian Women’s Association of Canada, in which she referred to the Kaptur (D-Ohio), Dale E. Kildee (D- its citizens: assocation’s goal: “to provide moral and spiritual aid to the people of Ukraine in their Mich.), Joe Knollenberg (R-Mich.), Now, therefore, be it resolved, That it efforts to gain full independence.” Ms. Tokarek commented, “That statement of aim has Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio), Sander M. is the sense of the House of been publicized in Canada for 40 years, but we couldn’t say it here for fear the Russian Levin (D-Mich.), Nita M. Lowey (D- Representatives that – pavilion staff might be offended.” N.Y.), Cynthia A. McKinney (D-Ga.), (1) as a leader of the democratic Meanwhile, an Expo spokesman maintained that the censorship was necessary, since no Michael R. McNulty (D-N.Y.), Donald M. group is permitted to use the Expo facilities to promote their own political cause. He said, nations of the world, the United States Payne (D-N.J.), Joseph R. Pitts (R-Pa.), “The Canadian Ukrainians received just the same treatment as everybody else.” commends and congratulates the people Pete Sessions (R-Ala.), Patrick J. Tiberi of Ukraine on the 10th anniversary of Source: The Toronto Daily Star, July 31, 1967. Reprinted in The Ukrainian Weekly under the title (R-Ohio), Mark Udall (D-Colo.) and “15 Demonstrators Arrested, ‘Harassment’from Expo officials,” Saturday, August 12, 1967. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.). (Continued on page 21) No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2001 7

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Children Are Hope Inc. seeks by Orysia Paszczak Tracz to address critical needs in Ukraine by Cami Huk modern equipment. In addition to the need for professional The layered lady that makes you weep The infant mortality rate in Ukraine is assistance, financial support is essential. seven or eight times that of the United “Ishla baba z hir, a na nii sto shkir, yak tion. ... What could be better, cheaper and Children Are Hope welcomes North States. Much of it is due to the lack of yiyi rozbyraly, vsi nad neyu plakaly.” more available? folic acid in the mother’s diet during American doctors to join in the effort of (An old woman came out of the moun- The specific properties depend on the pregnancy, which results in spontaneous training and sharing concepts of care tains wearing a hundred skins. As they variety of onion, of which there are over abortions, underweight children and mal- with the medical staff in Ternopil. undressed her, all cried over her.) No, not 400. It seems that in Ukraine the most nourished infants, as well as in complica- Children Are Hope was developed by an x-rated story, but a riddle (zahadka). common one must have been a reddish- tions in the mother’s health, such as Darrell Clark, a person dedicated to car- And the answer? An onion (tsybulia), of skinned onion, because most of the rid- excessive bleeding. These can be pre- ing for these special children in Ukraine, course. dles talk about a red-coated “lady” (only vented. following his work with Operation Back in Orysia’s down-home pharma- one riddle mentions a golden coat): Today, Ukraine’s hospitals do not Blessing, a subsidiary of the Christian cy, we’re talking about a very common, “Vyishla pani v chervonim kaptani, khto have the tools or the facilities needed to Broadcasting Network (CBN). In May indispensable and useful vegetable. Apart na neyi podyvytsia, toi zaplache.” (Out adequately care for children or mothers. 1997, Mr. Clark and two others began an from sweet pastry, can you think of many came the lady in the red caftan. Whoever While it can be argued that, according to assessment of the needs of orphanages dishes in which onions are not used? looks at her begins crying.) statistics, there is a caregiver for every outside of Kyiv. In June of that year he What can top a slice of fresh dark bread The onion was first cultivated in Asia. two children, they don’t have stetho- led the first of many teams traveling to spread with butter and covered with It was first mentioned by Chinese scopes, odescopes, opthalomalscopes or Ukraine. Since then he has helped more chopped green or white onion? Emperor Shen-Nung, who had a particu- lar interest in agriculture and who ruled pediatric blood pressure cuffs – instru- than 150 people travel to Ukraine to And along with its particular aroma between 2737 and 2697 B.C. In his text ments readily available in U.S. hospi- specifically assist children living in and taste, the onion has very many medicinal properties. Sure, I know, eat a on agriculture, he wrote about the onion. tals. orphanages across the country. raw onion and everyone will keep away The tsybulia is also mentioned in the Furthermore, nurses are not trained to Children Are Hope relies solely on from you – this way you will not catch Bible. In ancient Egypt and China, the use the stethoscope, which is an essential volunteer assistance. More than 260 vol- aid to facilitate newborn care, for exam- others’ germs. But that is not what I priests and priestesses would not eat unteers in North America and another mean by medicinal properties. And onions because they were considered ple. Thus, a nurse can only evaluate a 100 in Ukraine currently provide aid to precious little patient based on visual besides, according to the book “Liky food for the gods. 32 orphanages in six oblasts. Over 35 clues, reading what she can actually see Navkolo Nas” (Medicines All Around The onion was known and loved by containers (an estimated 1,000 tons) have for herself: breathing, color of the child’s Us), you can get rid of the unpleasant the Romans, as well as the Germanic lips and dilation of its pupils. Ukrainian reached the children in need during the odor in the mouth by chewing a fresh tribes who received it from them, and it nurses are dedicated and good, but limit- past four years. parsley root or sweetflag (an aromatic quickly spread throughout the rest of ed by this lack of equipment. Members of its board of directors marsh plant, called ayir or lepekha in Western Europe after the Crusades. It There are a lot of tools doctors can use include: Darrell L. Clark, president; Ukrainian). came to Ukraine from the Far East; in determining how to assist a child in George Davidiuk, chairman of the board; The tsybulia contains many nutrients, Herodotus listed the onion among the developmental distress. Items such as William A. (Andy) Rushing, Jane Tanner, including vitamins, sugars, iodine and foods grown in the land of the Scythians. modern incubators, neo-natal monitoring RN; Andrey P. Swystun, Cami Huk and acids (including sulphuric, which is what In Ukrainian folk customs, the onion systems and accurate measuring systems John Stockhausen. irritates your eyes when you peel the is not as prominent as its relative, garlic. Before the new year, one way of telling for temperature and pulse should be onion). Apart from having a good taste, Donations whether the precipitation would be good available. These tools would emphatical- the onion helps as a diuretic, an anti-bac- or bad for the season is to peel 12 layers ly improve a child’s survival rate follow- Children Are Hope Inc. is a registered terial agent, an expectorant and a cosmet- from an onion, giving each the name of a ing a premature and underweight ic. The fresh juice of a tsybulia is used to not-for-profit ministry, and, as such, month. A bit of salt is sprinkled on each entrance into this world. remove freckles, warts and pimples; it donations of materials or financial layer. The next day, the layers are judged. Children Are Hope, a not-for-profit even encourages hair growth. It improves resources are tax-deductible in accor- Where the salt is moist, the month also ministry, has reached an agreement with the appetite, digestion and sex drive. The dance with U.S. federal tax law. will be; if the salt remains dry, so will the the principal hospital in Ternopil that will onion helps in preventing infection, aids Volunteers staff the organization, and all month. Considering the accuracy of our provide space to set up a modern well- in healing hemorrhoids, heals wounds members of teams traveling to Ukraine contemporary computerized long-range equipped center for pregnant women, and lessens pain. It also helps in prob- pay their own way. Monetary donations forecasts, this is as good a method as mothers and newborn children to receive lems with breathing, cirrhosis of the are used for the children and the absolute any! care from conception through early juve- liver, arteriosclerosis, kidney stones, minimum of administrative expenses. According to Ukrainian tradition, the nile development. The intent is to rheumatism and fungal skin conditions. Financial donations (in the form of a onion was to be planted only by women. address the critical situation mothers and The encyclopedic dictionary “Likarski check or money order) may be mailed to: Roslyny” (Kyiv: Akademiia Nauk And it had to be planted before the frogs infants face as a result of a poor diet and began croaking and before the first light- inadequate medical care. Children Are Hope Inc., P.O. Box 866, URSR, 1989) by the Faculties of Portsmouth, VA 23705-0866. Medicine and Botany, lists the chemical ning of the season or else the bulbs Children Are Hope has announced would not form properly. It was also a that Dr. Charles Shaffer, an experienced You may contact Children Are Hope and pharmacological properties of by: e-mail, [email protected], Ukrainian medicinal plants and their symbol of the moon because when sliced family physician, has agreed to lead an vertically it showed all the moon’s phas- effort to organize North American physi- fax, (757) 483-8141; telephone, 1-800- external and internal uses. 570-5062 or (757) 483-8140. Along with the raw onion, used for es from crescent to full. cians to address these and other issues. If planted on someone’s grave, the Donations of clothing, shoes, medical many intestinal illnesses, fresh onion He is looking for people willing to teach onion and the bitter radish were symbols supplies, corporate inventory and other juice is listed for many problems of the and treat mothers and children in of derision, meaning that life with that respiratory tract. For cough, bronchitis Ternopil and to acquire donations of physical property should be coordinated person was bad. Chubynskyi gives the and whooping cough onion juice mixed valid essential medical supplies and prior to shipment. following verse: “Oy umer mii Davydko, with honey is suggested. The vapors of a pokhovaly – nohy vydko. Ruchenkamy crushed onion are inhaled for various res- zahribala, i sama sia dyvuvala. piratory problems. But it is not recom- Tsybulkoyu poznachyla, petrushkoyu mended to eat too much onion if one suf- To The Weekly Contributors: prytrusyla, redkoyu spomynala, bo hirke fers from heart and arterial problems. We greatly appreciate the materials – feature articles, news stories, press clippings, let- zhyttia mala.” (My Davydko died, was Crushed raw onion (kashka) also helps ters to the editor, etc. – we receive from our readers. In order to facilitate preparation of buried, and his feet are sticking out. I ease the pain of insect bites. A sliced The Ukrainian Weekly, we ask that the guidelines listed below be followed. covered them using my hands and was onion, baked and soft, is applied to boils ® surprised at myself. I marked his grave News stories should be sent in not later than 10 days after the occurrence of a given twice a day to help them come to a head with onion, sprinkled some event. and burst. ® parsley/parsnip, remembered him with All materials must be typed (or legibly hand-printed) and double-spaced. A few years ago, on the Infoukes dis- ® radish, because I had a bitter life [with Photographs (originals only, no photocopies or computer printouts) submitted for cussion group on the Internet, someone him].) publication must be accompanied by captions. Photos will be returned only when so described how a nurse originally from As an aid in fertility, and not only for requested and accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. Ukraine working at a youth camp some- ® humans, a wreath of onions was hung in Full names (i.e., no initials) and their correct English spellings must be provided. place in the United States used a “primi- ® a new pig sty as the pigs were let in. Newspaper and magazine clippings must be accompanied by the name of the publi- tive” method for a child’s wound. She For Easter, the best krashanky (the cation and the date of the edition. actually applied a sliced onion. How ® solid-colored eggs for eating) with the Information about upcoming events must be received one week before the date of unrefined, the writer thought, how back- most beautiful terra cotta color are the The Weekly edition in which the information is to be published. ® ward! Yet, in this age of overuse of ones made the ancient, natural way – Persons who submit any materials must provide a daytime phone number where antibiotics, of unpredictable results from from yellow onion skins. Just fill a they may be reached if any additional information is required. ® chemical drugs and of the return to holis- saucepan with the external onion skins, Unsolicited materials submitted for publication will be returned only when so request- tic natural health, that nurse used proba- add raw eggs still in the shell, cover with ed and accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope. bly the safest, most basic remedy for the wound. Antibacterial, preventing infec- (Continued on page 25) 8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2001 No. 32

BOOK NOTES New CIUS Research Report covers Scholar offers global perspective Ukrainian Central Committee (1939-1944) on educational systems and practices “The Correspondence of the following the German invasion of the “Exceptional Learners: Education and Ukrainian Central Committee in USSR. The total Ukrainian population of Research from a Global Perspective” by Cracow and Lviv with the German the Generalgouvernement is estimated to Ivan Z. Holowinsky. Springfield, Ill.: Authorities, 1939-1944.” Edmonton: have been more than half a million. Charles C. Thomas, 2001. 178 pp. $38.95, CIUS Press, 2001. Two volumes, 1,289 Under the leadership of the well- paper, or $59.95, cloth. pp., $100, cerlox binding (ISBN 1- known geographer Volodymyr 894301-61-7). Kubijovyc, the UCC conducted general Prof. Ivan Z. Holowinsky has dedicat- social and relief work, seeking to cooper- ed his academic career to studying the The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian ate with foreign relief organizations via dynamics and trends in special education Studies Press has published a lengthy the German Red Cross. Its representa- and related services. His latest work, research report on the Ukrainian Central tives were attached to the administrations “Exceptional Learners: Education and Committee (UCC, Ukrainskyi of the Krakow and Lublin districts, while Research from a Global Perspective,” Tsentralnyi Komitet, Ukrainischer UCC branches in towns and cities carried explores the development and implemen- Hauptausschuß), which acted as the rep- out relief work on the local level. The tation of special education from its resentative body of the Ukrainian popu- UCC construed assistance to the needy beginnings in ancient Greek times, up to lation in the Generalgouvernement as meaning not only material aid (money, and including the present. (Galicia and the lands of southeastern food and clothing), but also support for According to Dr. Holowinsky, the cur- Poland) during World War II. those who needed education and profes- rent trend toward globalization calls for a The report, 1,289 pages in length, is sional training. greater understanding of educational sys- titled “The Correspondence of the The committee was funded by cash tems and practices in both established Ukrainian Central Committee in Cracow donations and contributions in kind from and developing nations. Thus, Dr. and Lviv with the German Authorities, individual Ukrainians, as well as govern- Holowinsky has included pertinent infor- 1939-1944.” It includes photoreproduc- ment and municipal subsidies, also in the mation on educational institutions from which cover such topics as Ukrainian tions of a large selection of German-lan- form of cash, food and clothing, includ- six continents. teacher training, general education, dis- guage correspondence drawn from the ing donations from the International Red The book’s historical perspective ability classification and special educa- UCC archives, which are preserved at the Cross. Working in difficult wartime con- helps the reader to better understand the tion. National Archives of Canada in Ottawa. ditions, often at considerable personal scope and importance of special educa- Dr. Holowinsky is a professor of edu- Documents that could not be reproduced risk, UCC personnel sought to protect the tion. By analyzing the mistakes that edu- cational psychology at the graduate level legibly from their originals are given in Ukrainian population from arrest and cators of the mentally and physically at Rutgers University and was a transcription. incarceration, as well as the worst handicapped made in the past, Mr. Fulbright Scholar to Ukraine in 1995. The compiler and author of the intro- excesses of the occupation regime’s food Holowinsky illuminates the path for bet- “Exceptional Learners” is available duction, Dr. Wasyl Veryha of Toronto, has and labor requisitions. ter special education in the future. from Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 2600 published several books on Ukrainian his- The documents reproduced in this “Exceptional Learners” also contains S. First St., Springfield, IL 62704, or by tory and is the vice-president of the report, which detail the problems faced by several pages on education in Ukraine, calling (800) 258-8980. Ukrainian World Congress and of the the UCC and efforts to resolve them, are Shevchenko Scientific Society in Canada. an indispensable primary source for the The documents selected for inclusion history of the German occupation of originated at UCC headquarters in Lviv Ukraine. (and Krakow in 1944) and in the four sec- This CIUS Press Research Report New scientific study of Chornobyl tors of the Generalgouvernement in which (No. 61) is available for $100. Payments Ukrainians resided during the German by check, money order or credit card are detailed re-examination of accident occupation: (1) the provinces of Pidliashia accepted by: mail, CIUS Press, 352 “The Chornobyl Accident: A and Kholm (Chelm) in the Lublin district; Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta, Comprehensive Risk Assessment” by (2) a band of settlements along the left Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E8; by George J. Vargo. Columbus: Batelle bank of the Sian River in the Krakow dis- telephone, (780) 492-2972; or by fax, Press, 2000. 262 pp. $34.95, cloth. trict, including the cities of Peremyshl (780) 492-4967. Shipping and handling (Przemysl) and Yaroslav (Jaroslaw); (3) charges are $10, and Canadian customers “The Chornobyl Accident: A the Lemko region in the Carpathian are required to pay an additional 7 per- Comprehensive Risk Assessment,” edited Mountains, bordering on Slovakia; and (4) cent GST. Prices outside Canada are in by George J. Vargo, not only offers the the district of Galicia, established in 1941 U.S. dollars. reader a detailed re-examination of the acci- dent, but an assessment and interpretation of various effects of the accident, such as those upon the environment, people and economy of the region surrounding the recently shut- Ethno-national consciousness in U.S. down nuclear power plant as well. The 262-page work consists, for the is subject of immigration analysis most part, of an in-depth discussion of “Ethno-National Consciousness of An understanding of the history of the the Chornobyl accident by a group of the Ukrainian Immigrants in the United early Ukrainian diaspora, Mr. Ukrainian and Russian scientists who States” by Dmytro Bodnarczuk. Clifton, Bodnarczuk believes, can offer clues as have had the benefit of working with the N.J.: 2000. 155 pp., Library of Congress to how long the current Ukrainian issue over the last decade and a half. Catalogue No.: 00-136731. American community will last. The con- Their scientific background shines cluding chapter features a case study of through in the bulk of the text, which “Ethno-National Consciousness of the the small community of Spring Valley, takes an explanatory route, rather than an Ukrainian Immigrants in the United N.Y., from its inception to the present analytical one, in presenting the accident. Furthermore, the book’s text is supple- States,” written by Dmytro Bodnarczuk, day. Based on his analysis, this Ukrainian For example, the authors discuss dif- mented by a rich cache of maps, charts provides an English-language analysis of settlement should retain its ethno-nation- ferent details of the explosion in devoting and graphs, all of which crystallize the the wave of Ukrainian immigration prior al identity at least until the year 2050. a section to the “Physical and Chemical aforementioned textual information. to the first world war. Specifically, the In conjunction with the information Characteristics of Release,” in addition to This work was published by Battelle book seeks to determine what factors led that comprises the body of the book, allotting a large chapter to a study of the Press, which can be reached by phone to the development and survival of an this account, though not a blueprint for shelter built to contain further nuclear at 800-451-3543; by e-mail at ethno-national consciousness among success, is meant to impart the knowl- contamination, and one to a review of [email protected]; or via the website at members of this group. edge necessary to design a plan for the radioactive waste management. www.battelle.org. Using census data and historical continued survival of Ukrainian nation- accounts, Mr. Bodnarczuk discovers al identity in the United States. Even as large disparities regarding the levels of Ukrainian immigrants and their descen- nationalism within his sample of 12 dants are assimilated into American cul- Notice to publishers and authors Ukrainian immigrant communities. He ture, Mr. Bodnarczuk feels that the enumerates the institutions and condi- rapid deterioration of the Ukrainian It is The Ukrainian Weekly’s policy to run news items and/or reviews of newly published tions common to the nationally conscious community is far from a foregone con- books, booklets and reprints, as well as records and premiere issues of periodicals only after communities, as well as those that link clusion. receipt by the editorial offices of a copy of the material in question. the least nationalistic. In so doing, the To acquire a copy of this unique com- News items sent without a copy of the new release will not be published. author explores the effects of the Church, pilation of diaspora history and statistics the Ukrainian National Association, edu- in the English language, please mail an Send new releases and information (where publication may be purchased, cost, etc.) to: cational institutions and the situation in inquiry to the author at: 3530 California Editorial Staff, The Ukrainian Weekly, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054. Ukraine. St. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110. No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2001 9 York University hosts “Democracy and Good Governance” project on Ukraine TORONTO – York University’s Center by Prof. Ian Townsend-Gault of the for International and Security Studies University of British Columbia, a leading (YCISS) in October of last year signed an expert on boundary issues for the agreement with the Canadian International Ukrainian delegation. The program includ- Development Agency (CIDA) for a four- ed one week of consultations in Vancouver year project on Ukraine within its and environs, and another week in Ottawa, “Democracy and Good Governance” sec- where meetings with government special- tor with a CIDA contribution of ists were planned. The participants were $1,950,000. The project director is Dr. from the State Committee on Borders, the Orest Subtelny, professor of history/politi- MFA and the Ministry of the Environment cal science; Dr. Taras Kuzio is YCISS and Natural Resources. research associate and project manager. The goal of the Water Boundaries YCISS is one of Canada’s leading for- Subproject is to share with the project’s eign policy centers and has extensive expe- Ukrainian partners Canada’s experience in rience in training specialists in internation- negotiating with the United States over al affairs, as well as previous experience in their common border, how the issues are administrating CIDA grants. defined, the techniques for demarcating The primary partners for the Foreign and delimiting borders, and how this and Trade Policy Analysts Development process relates to international law. Project are Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign The Vancouver section of the Water Affairs (MFA) and its Diplomatic Boundaries Subproject included a visit to Academy plus the National Institute of the Faculty of Law, University of British Strategic Studies (Presidential Columbia, where issues such as delimita- Administration). The secondary partners tion of water (river and sea) borders were for the project are the Parliamentary discussed in relation to Canadian-U.S. Committee on International Affairs in experience and international law. Also pre- Ukraine and the Institute for International sented were border problems encountered Relations at Kyiv State University. in fisheries and the environment. Participants of a CIDA-sponsored program hosted by York University with Prof. The goal of the project is to assist Of particular value to the Ukrainian Orest Subtelny (front row, third from left). Ukraine in developing a well-trained, high- participants of phase 1 of the Water Affairs. Receptions were hosted by the good offices of Roman Washchuk, deputy ly professional and democratically oriented Boundaries Subproject were the following Shevchenko Scientific Society, the director of the Policy Planning Department cadre of foreign policy and trade practi- areas: international law and international Consulate-General of Ukraine and the at DFAIT and a former political officer at tioners and analysts. Canada is well placed sea legislation, discussion of the 1982 Embassy of Ukraine. the Canadian Embassy in Kyiv; Ukraine’s to provide assistance to Ukraine in improv- convention and Canada’s wide experience The goal of the Professional Ambassador to Canada Yuri Shcherbak; ing the professional standing of its diplo- in resolving border issues, problems sur- Development Seminars aspect of the proj- and A. De-Hoog, dean of CFSI. The pro- matic staff. The project will contribute to rounding the delimitation of water bor- ect is to bring to Canada once a year senior gram included meetings with all three divi- the reform process in Ukraine in three ders, the current situation surrounding the MFA representatives for seminars offered sions within DFAIT’s Human Resources ways: Canadian-U.S. water border, information by DFAIT and CFSI focusing on profes- Department, including two days spent with • by helping it, with the aid of modern about the Canadian federal and provincial sional development of diplomats, establish the CFSI. analytical tools, to develop policies that services on state borders – policing bor- a sound basis for cooperation between the The most important areas of discus- maintain stable and constructive relations ders, Canada customs, coast guard and the DA/MFA and the CFSI, and support the sion, included the hiring procedure, with its neighbors, most notably Russia; Royal Canadian Mounted Police. elaboration of an MFA personnel develop- selection process and evaluation of suit- • by encouraging the introduction of A specialized course was held at York ment policy. The two participants in this ability; how the CFSI trained diplomats high professional standards in the foreign University that consisted of two distinct year’s subproject in July were Hryhorii in language and inter-cultural awareness, service; and parts. The first part focused on the theory Khomenko, vice-rector, DA, and Dmytro all aspects of language training; over- • by demonstrating to Ukrainian for- of asymmetrical relations as well as on an Konopko, head of Overseas Missions, Staff coming barriers to effective communica- eign policy specialists and practioners that introduction to current trends in interna- Management Department at the MFA. tion; and the role and place of women in the general public can, and should be, tional relations theory. Canadian, The project was assisted through the different countries. involved in the discussion, analysis and American and Ukrainian specialists lec- evaluation of public, specifically, foreign tured on these topics. policy. The lecturers included Prof. Subtelny, The project will address these needs in project director, York University; Dr. four key areas. First, specialized courses Kuzio, research associate and project man- New Jersey’s Montclair State University participates will be offered at York University allowing ager, YCISS, York University; Dr. David for the development of analytical skills, Leyton-Brown, executive director, Ontario development of curricular modules to be Council on Graduate Studies, Toronto; in Kyiv conference on democracy and education utilized in Ukrainian institutions, such as Prof. David Mutimer, deputy director, the Diplomatic Academy, National YCISS, York University; Robert Institute of Strategic Studies (NISS) and Johnstone, former Canadian deputy minis- the Institute for International Relations. ter, International Economics and Trade; These themes will be presented also at spe- Prof. Daniel Drache, director, Robarts cialized courses to a wider NISS audience Center for Canadian Studies, York of government officials, diplomats and University; Associate Prof. Paul D’Anieri, scholars in Kyiv by Canadian experts. Kansas University; Assistant Prof. Marta Second, senior MFA representatives are Dyczok, University of Western Ontario; to visit Ottawa to attend seminars offered Associate Prof. Stephen Shulman, by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Southern Illinois University; Dr. Vasyl International Trade (DFAIT) and its train- Baziv, Consul General, Consulate of ing arm, the Canadian Foreign Service Ukraine, Toronto; Dr. Yuriy Shcherbak, Institute (CFSI) in professional develop- Ambassador, Embassy of Ukraine, ment. This will assist the MFA in elaborat- Ottawa; Prof. Sergei Plekhanov, YCISS, ing a personnel development policy. York University; Oleksandr Pavliuk, direc- Third, Ukrainian trainees and MFA rep- tor, Institute of East-West Studies, Kyiv; resentatives study the manner in which Hryhorii Perepelitsa, senior research fel- non-governmental organizations (NGOs) low, National Institute of Strategic Studies, and the public influence foreign policy in a Kyiv; and Adjunct Prof. Jennifer Moroney, democratic society, such as Canada. Georgetown University, Washington. Finally, summaries of the lessons Part two of the specialized course learned from the project’s activities will be stressed concrete issues of asymmetrical distributed on a Ukrainian website. In relations, such as political and trade rela- addition, special issues of established tions, environmental problems, media Mariana Cunningham Ukrainian foreign policy journals will be influences and national identity issues. A MONTCLAIR, N.J. – The most recent affirmation of Montclair State University’s published on asymmetrical relations and a compare-contrast approach, juxtaposing international outreach was a conference on “Democracy and Education” held at conference will bring together Ukrainian Canada-U.S. and Ukraine-Russia relations and Canadian experts. A forum on interna- was applied. Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University in Kyiv on June 1-2. The conference, tional affairs will be modeled on Canadian The course lasted five weeks at York which promoted democratic initiatives abroad, was sponsored by the two universi- examples, such as the Canadian Center for University in May-June and one week in ties, the Ministry of Science and Education of Ukraine and the U.S. Embassy in Foreign Policy Development within Ottawa in early July. The 12 participants of Ukraine. Conference speakers also spanned the globe, representing institutions DFAIT. the course were from the National Institute as diverse as Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland and the University of During the last few months the project of Strategic Studies, Institute of Oklahoma. Above, seen enjoying the sights of Kyiv are Dr. Susan A. Cole, MSU has worked in three areas. A program on International Relations, Diplomatic president, who gave the conference keynote speech on “The Civic Responsibility water boundaries was drawn up in March Academy and the Ministry of Foreign of Higher Education,” and Oleg Polyarush, rector of KSPU. 10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2001 No. 32

THE UKRAINIAN AMERICAN Pintusevich dethrones Jones BAR ASSOCIATION (UABA) at track world championships PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Ukrainian sprinter knew everything is possible. But only Zhanna Pintusevich-Block took gold in the when I beat her in the semis did I realize invites its members, colleagues and guests to its women’s 100-meter dash at the Track and that I could actually do it.” Field World Championships on August 6, Although the loss was Jones’ first in 42 dethroning the reigning Olympic champion, races, she refused to believe that it repre- Marion Jones of the United States, who had sents any indication that she is slowing not lost a 100-meter final in four years. down. “I didn’t expect to win every race of MILLENNIUMMILLENNIUM Pintusevich-Block, the 1997 world my career,” Jones said. “I ran a 10.85 today, champion in the 200 meters, outran Jones in so I don’t think the world is falling apart. both the semifinal and final races, leaving I’ve won so many races I think I got spoiled critics no opportunity to call the race a somewhat.” YEARYEAR fluke. “Of course I’m a bit disappointed,” she The 29-year-old former Kyiv resident, said, “but I’m not a sore loser. I give all the who now lives in Tennessee with her hus- credit to Zhanna. She was the better sprint- CONVENTION band, American track and field agent Mark er today.” CONVENTION Block, took an early lead in the final and Pintusevich-Block placed second behind pulled away from Jones in the last 20 Jones in their previous two meetings this October 11 - 14, 2001 meters, finishing in 10.82 seconds. She then season in Paris and Lausanne, Switzerland. fell to her knees and wept, unable to contain With the win came redemption for herself after having beaten the one woman Pintusevich-Block, who at the 1997 World she had chased all season. Championships began to take a victory lap Adam’s Mark Resort and Convention Hotel “I cannot really believe I won,” she believing she had beaten Jones in the 100- said, according to The New York Times. meter final, then collapsed in disappoint- “I have been running well the whole sea- ment as the official results were broadcast, Clearwater Beach, Florida son, being really close to Marion, so I naming Jones the winner by .02 seconds.

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“Old paths, new ideas” is theme of rigorous counselor training camp for young women by Dora T. Hapij LEXINGTON, N.Y. – Many of us may go through days at camp not taking into account the ideological value of experience. This year’s “Shkola Bulavnykh” (Plast camp counselors’ workshop for young women) gave college-aged girls the opportunity to do just this: to think about Plast from a different perspective and to question things that have always been taken for granted. Traditionally the female and male Plast camp coun- selors’ workshops have been held in the United States every year as separate camps. However, recently there has been talk about combining these workshops into a co-ed camp. Such a combination, although possibly beneficial, would also be unfortunate. At single-sex workshops, older girls often have opportunities to prac- tice leadership skills unlike in any other surrounding. Keeping in mind that this might be the last exclusive- ly female workshop, the head counselor of the 2001 Shkola Bulavnykh (ShB), Julia Szyszka, a member of the Pershi Stezhi sorority, organized the camp around the theme of the importance of women’s decisions in everyday life and allowed every camper the opportunity to develop her leadership capabilities. This year’s ShB took place in Lexington, N.Y., on a plot of land owned by the Lisova Shkola (the camp counselors’ workshop for young men). On June 23, 13 campers arrived from Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, New York, Newark and Washington. It was an eager group, ready to rough it in the wild. To reach the camp- ground, the girls had to cross a river, while carrying all of their camping gear on their backs. At first, the camp- The participants of Shkola Bulavnykh 2001 held in Lexington, N.Y. site was a bare plot of land. But by the end of the sec- ond day, the campers had put up their tents, the kitchen, the flagpole, an outhouse and other necessities. Once they had prepared their new home in the woods, the young women began their lecture-discus- sions (hutirky). Prior to arrival, every camper had to prepare projects on two given topics. Throughout the duration of the camp, each girl was given four opportu- nities to present the prepared material to her peers. There was a twofold goal to this exercise: to make sure that all campers had the basic training in pioneering, camping, cartography, wilderness survival, outdoor cooking, first aid, signalization, wildlife studies, hiking and marching, and to teach these topics to future campers. In the evenings, campers and counselors would dis- cuss various methods of leadership and the role of women in varying cultures throughout the world. Afterwards, they would sit around a bonfire singing and learning Ukrainian songs. Such evening singing most often reflected the moods of the day. One bonfire, however, was exceptional. On June 30, a Saturday evening, the girls organized a bonfire to cel- ebrate the feast of Ivan Kupalo (a midsummer mixture of Christian and pagan traditions). They hid in the woods, much like forest nymphs, singing “Hey na Ivana, hey na Kupala.” Soon enough, their guests (members of Plast from Hunter and members of the Ti Shcho Hrebli Rvut Plast sorority) walked down a

(Continued on page 22) Campers line up for inspection in front of their tents.

Crossing a river with all their gear was the only way for the young women to get to their campsite. The counselor trainees and their leaders during a hike into the scenic mountains. 12 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2001 No. 32 34th annual Tennis Camp attracts teens to UNA resort in Catskills

KERHONKSON, N.Y. – The Ukrainian National Association estate, Soyuzivka, hosted the 34th annual Tennis Camp for teens age 12-18 on July 8-20. The camp participants were 26 young athletes – nine boys and 17 girls – who arrived to hone their tennis skills. The camp was conducted by George Sawchak and Zenon Snylyk, who were assisted by former campers Natalie Salak, Anya Voitsehovsky, Roman Lukiw, Steve Sikorsky and Peter Krup. The daily routine included calisthenics and warm-up exercises, running, drills in all tennis techniques and lessons on tactics. In general, tennis-related activity took up five hours of each day. There was time also for the campers to enjoy the Soyuzivka pool, as well as to relax at evening get-togethers, such as dances. The camp’s culmination was a tourna- ment held in three groups according to playing ability. The winners were: • Group 1 – Dan Wasyluk and Nick Milan; • Group 2 – Renia Soluk and Christina Blahy; • Group 3 – Artem Derkatch and Alexander Pospishniy. The winners received awards at the camp banquet held on Thursday evening, July 19. Also presented at the banquet were the best campers awards, which went to Melania Ferencevych, Ms. Blahy, Mike Szczupak and Oleksii Kuropiatnyk. The campers and staff of the 2001 Tennis Camp at Soyuzivka.

Winners of the best campers awards, (from left) Melanie Ferencevych, Christina Blahy, Mike Szczupak and Oleksii Kuropiatnyk, with (in background) Zenon Snylyk and George Sawchak.

Sitchby Dr. Orestmen Popovych captureThe roster soccer of the victorious title team com- prises: Alexander Babushkin, Gabriel NEWARK, N.J. – In the recently com- Beno, Miroslav Buchko, Ihor Cheshko, pleted 2000-2001 season, the men’s soc- Rastislav Dlabal, Ihor Drobnak, Eugene cer team of the Ukrainian American Gulievicz, Michal Hojcska, Marco Sports and Educational Association Hordinsky, Slavomir Klimczak, Norbert Chornomorska Sitch of Newark, N.J., Kocan, Michael Mesheriakov, K. won the championship of the semipro Mikolasensky, Yevgeniy Miladinov, Jan Elite Division of the Garden State Soccer League. Miller, Danny Protas, Rafal Punda, Jozef Competing in a double round-robin Repasky, Artur Sedykov, Greg Serheev, tournament against eight other teams, the Andrey Shmulyarenko, Vladimir Silin, Sitch booters, playing under the name of Michal Sokirka, Roman Stefourak, Union Ukrainians SC, posted 10 victo- Stefan Vavrek, Ilya Yermolenko and ries, four ties and two losses, for a final Vladislav Yerovinkin. total of 34 points. Shore Hurricane fin- The champions were introduced and ished in second place with 30 points. honored by the Sitch management at a Although Sitch has participated in the special reception at the club’s home on Elite Division since 1983, finishing typi- July 8. At the same event, the honorary cally in second through fourth place, this president of Chornomorska Sitch, Myron was the first time it won the champi- Stebelsky, was awarded a plaque for his onship. Key factors in the team’s success 30-plus years of devoted service as presi- were the excellent job done by coach dent of Sitch and co-director of the Sitch Dusan Sokolak and manager Jerry Sports School. Mr. Stebelsky had Twardowsky, as well as the influx of resigned late last year as president of recently arrived players from Ukraine. Sitch due to health reasons. No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2001 13 Soyuzivka hosts Tabir Ptashat, round two

by Roman Pyndus KERHONKSON, N.Y. – The 2001 Tabir Ptashat, a Plast day camp for preschoolers, was held in two separate one-week sessions at the ever-popular Soyuzivka resort located in the Catskill Mountains of New York state. The second group of campers literally took over the resort from July 1 through 7, under the careful and loving supervi- sion of Zorianna Kolomayets of Hawthorn Woods, Ill., ably assisted by her husband, Andriy. The camp leader- ship was made up of the children’s par- Ihor Hayda ents. Campers and counselors of the second tour of Tabir Ptashat 2001. Activities were broken up into morn- ing and afternoon sessions. In between On the final day of Tabir Ptashat the the campers enjoyed the clear water of campers set out on a “Journey through Soyuzivka’s pools. The program includ- Ukraine,” which was concluded with the ed singing, games, arts and crafts, and joyous singing of “Mnohaya Lita” – the group meetings. Ukrainian version of happy birthday – to A special project this year was the mark the 10th anniversary of Ukraine’s children’s participation in the preparation independence. That evening campers of a camp scrapbook that highlighted the gathered at a huge bonfire during which diverse activities and fun events held as they received certificates of completion part of Tabir Ptashat. of Tabir Ptashat 2001. The camp’s director always had new The campers and their parents, plus surprises in store for the campers, thus counselors and guests, were addressed at guaranteeing that no one was bored. the conclusion of their week at And then there were Soyuzivka’s reg- Soyuzivka, the resort of the Ukrainian ularly scheduled special nights for its National Association, by UNA President guests: Steak Night on Monday, Movie Ulana Diachuk. Night on Tuesday, Hutsul Night on Tabir Ptashat, geared toward Wednesday and Odesa Night on Friday – Ukrainian-speaking children age 4-6, has all catering during both weeks of Tabir been organized annually by the Pershi Ptashat to the young campers and their Stezhi Plast sorority at Soyuzivka since Roman Pyndus families. 1989. A view of the morning gathering for prayer and a salute to the flags.

The Ukrainian American Sports Center TRYZUB and The Community Committee for the Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the Independence of Ukraine Present A CELEBRATION OF UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE FESTIVITIES:

At The Ukrainian Educational Cultural Center At The Ukrainian Sports Center TRYZUB 700 Cedar Road, Jenkintown, PA Lower State and County Line Roads Horsham, PA 215-343-5412 Friday, August 24, 2001 – CONCERT Featuring: Sunday, August 26, 2001 – FESTIVAL, PICNIC and ZABAVA-DANCE Prometheus Male Choir Gates Open at 12:00 noon Prolisok Ensemble from Toronto, Canada Music and Dancing by the Karpaty Band Holubka Trio Start Time – 7:00 p.m. Main Stage Show – 2.00 p.m. Admission: $10.00 per person Featuring: Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble Obrij Ukrainian Dance Ensemble LUNA Orchestra Saturday, August 25, 2001 – ZABAVA-DANCE Accordionist Vitaly Piryh Featuring And more... The LUNA Orchestra ZABAVA-DANCE – 4:00 p.m. Start Time – 9:00 p.m. To the music of LUNA Orchestra Admission $10.00 per person Also: Craft Vendors, Children’s Fun Area Refreshments and snacks will be available Authentic Ukrainian Ethnic Food, Standard Picnic Fair and Refreshments Admission $10.00 per person, children under 13 yrs of age - free Rain or Shine

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26th annual Verkhovyna Youth Festival held at SUM resort ELLENVILLE, NY – Despite rainy weather and the unavailability of its usual location, the 26th annual Verkhovyna Festival was successful- ly held on August 3-5 here on the grounds of the Ukrainian American Youth Association’s “Oselia.” Entertainers, vendors and guests from across North America and Ukraine converged on this setting amid the mountains to take part in the festival which is usually held at the Verkhovyna resort in Glen Spey, New York. Verkhovyna, formerly owned by the Ukrainian Fraternal Association, was recently bought by the Ukrainian American Cultural Foundation, but was not available to the Ukrainian community this summer. The per- formers donated their efforts to this year’s festival to help support the Verkhovyna purchase by the UACF. Thunderstorms on Friday night knocked out power at the resort and on Saturday forced the festival pro- gram indoors. On Sunday afternoon, however, seats in the shade and cool drinks were in high demand, as festi- val-goers were treated to an outdoor program beneath sunny skies. The MCs for this year’s festival were Jaroslaw Palylyk and Roman Wasylyk. A little girl gets a costume adjustment Text and photos by Andrij Wowk Bandurist Iryna Hrechko entertains festival-goers during Sunday’s program. before showtime.

The Cheres folk ensemble, which perfomed a variety of songs from the Carpathian and Bukovynian regions of Ukraine. Younger members of the Unist Dance Ensemble gather before their performance.

Singer Ludmilla Djoi entertains the audience on Saturday. The members of the Lviviany band perform outdoors on Sunday. No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2001 15

New Jerseyan Eddie Aldycki and Natalie Briuniak, visiting from Kyiv, explore the vendor Members of the Unist Dance Ensemble (Ukrainian American Youth Association, Yonkers Branch) welcome the displays. audience with the “Pryvit” dance at Saturday’s program.

Myroslawa Semerey of Brunswick, Md., shows off her wares in one of the many The Promin vocal ensemble, directed by Bohdanna Wolanska, performs during booths at the festival. Sunday’s program.

Meanwhile, at Verkhovyna...

Andrij Wowk The statue of poet Ivan Franko at the Verkhovyna resort is “Closed” sign at one of the entrances to Verkhovyna used to admit guests to previous festivals. draped while a summer camp is held on the grounds. 16 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2001 No. 32

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Putin who recently told Pope John Paul II But the four-way wrestling match ahead or curtail its jurisdiction. For still anoth- Dr. Ralph Della Cava... in Rome that while he himself would should prove no less contentious than in er, its once virtual monopoly to speak for (Continued from page 16) welcome a visit to Russia, he defers to the past, especially as Ukrainians vigor- world Orthodoxy in international forums and president of the Belarus Conference the patriarch and the ROC. So, too, does ously press to resolve matters. What lies of states and religions is, in effect, being of Bishops, recently implied it was an influential sector of the public, who, behind Bartholomew I’s eagerness (his challenged on many fronts by the most inevitable. Nor did he believe that His like one Russian Orthodox journalist, religious and ecclesiastical interests populous and powerful Orthodox Church Holiness Aleksei II, the patriarch of increasingly views “the route of the papal aside)? Call it the inescapable need to re- on earth, the Russian. Moscow and all Russia, and Belarus visits [as] a ring around Russia.” adjust to the hard realities of the post- Thus, the struggle for the “re-found- President Alyaksandr Lukashenka could Of course, Russia’s state-Church rela- Cold War era. For one, the re-establish- ing” in Ukraine of the ancient (and pre- stop it – despite their joint June declara- tions are not fixed in stone. To the con- ment of Constantinople’s “primacy” Muscovite) Orthodox “Church of Kyivan tion from Brest which urged the “unity of trary, tensions between the two exist, among Orthodox Churches throughout Rus’” is now momentously joined to the the Slav peoples” against the “forces especially over ties to Western Europe. the former Communist bloc where its future direction of world Orthodoxy. [that] want to break that unity apart.” While the ROC has often assailed them, ministry had been long prohibited could Neither the Vatican nor the UGCC can do Noting that Latin Catholics comprise the state – its reservations about NATO not be more urgent. For another, it must terribly much to affect the outcome. But, 20 percent of Belarus’s 10 million and the International Monetary Fund, raise new sources of revenue as some of for all the parties, states and Churches, it inhabitants, the Cardinal gratefully notwithstanding – judiciously courts its wealthiest congregations in America is clear that the stakes could not be high- acknowledged the appreciation of them: for capital, for the sale of its and Greece either clamor for autocephaly er, the prizes greater. President Lukashenka – even though resources, for keeping America at bay, “he sides with Orthodoxy” – for the for continued prestige as a world power. Ñ¥ÎËÏÓÒfl ÒÛÏÌÓ˛ ‚¥ÒÚÍÓ˛ Á ðÓ‰ËÌÓ˛, role the Catholic Church has played “in ÔðËflÚÂÎflÏË Ú‡ Á̇ÈÓÏËÏË, ˘Ó Û ‚¥‚ÚÓðÓÍ, the rebirth of the national Belarus spir- But, no imminent reversal of President 31 ÎËÔÌfl 2001 ð. ‚¥‰¥È¯Ó‚ Û ‚¥˜Ì¥ÒÚ¸ it.” Putin’s stand seems likely, and so the pro- ÔÓ ‰Ó‚„¥È ¥ ‚‡ÊÍ¥È Ì‰ÛÁ¥, Á‡ÓÒÏÓÚðÂÌËÈ posal of the pope’s apostolic administrator ç‡ÈÒ‚flÚ¥¯ËÏË í‡È̇ÏË, ̇ 84-ÏÛ ðÓˆ¥ ÊËÚÚfl In doing so, Swiatek may have taken a ̇¯ ̇ȉÓðÓʘËÈ åìÜ, page from the UGCC’s four-point strate- in Moscow for a “‘Ukrainian’ way out” is ÅÄíúäé, ÑßÑé, èêÄÑßÑ, òÇÄ¢Öê gy. One, reaffirm the Church’s support patently premature. In an acerbic press ¥ Çìâäé, ‚¥ðÌËÈ ÒËÌ ìÍð‡ªÌË of the nation and its leadership (no mat- exchange this June with the patriarch, ter how controversial the latter may be). Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz retort- ·Î. Ô. Two, hold up its own faithful as a model ed: “The holy father’s visit to Ukraine is the citizenry (however much a minority it answer to ... whether he can come to Russia ‰-ð åàêéëãÄÇ ÇéãéÑàåàê is). Three, through a papal visit and without being invited by the Orthodox patri- Vatican ties, foster the “West’s” support arch of Moscow and all Russia.” ÉçÄíûä for independence. Fourth, in the face of prejudice and discrimination (to which You have also followed the triad ÍÓÎË¯Ì¥È ˜ÎÂÌ èðÓ‚Ó‰Û ìÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍËı 燈¥Ó̇ΥÒÚ¥‚, ‚¥‰ÓÏËÈ ÒÛÒԥθÌÓ- „ðÓχ‰Ò¸ÍËÈ ‰¥fl˜, ÒÔ¥‚Á‡ÒÌÓ‚ÌËÍ ìÍð‡ªÌÒ¸ÍÓ„Ó ã¥Í‡ðÒ¸ÍÓ„Ó íÓ‚‡ðËÒÚ‚‡ ‚ ëòÄ, Belarus Catholics had recently been sub- relationship of Rome-Constantinople- Moscow. What has been the patriarch ÍÓÎË¯Ì¥È ˜ÎÂÌ ¥ „ÓÎÓ‚‡ ͇ÔÂÎ¥ ·‡Ì‰ÛðËÒÚ¥‚ ¥Ï. í. ò‚˜ÂÌ͇ ‚ Ñ¥ÚðÓÈÚ¥, ÍÓÎË¯Ì¥È jected) advocate a politics of ecu- ÔðÂÁˉÂÌÚ ÄÏÂðË͇ÌÒ¸ÍÓ„Ó ã¥Í‡ðÒ¸ÍÓ„Ó íÓ‚‡ðËÒÚ‚‡ ‚ äÂÏ·ð¥‰Ê, 鄇ÈÓ, menism, religious toleration and the of Constantinople’s reaction to Pope ‰ËðÂÍÚÓð ‰Âðʇ‚ÌÓª Υ͇ðÌ¥ ‚ äÂÏ·ð¥‰Ê, 鄇ÈÓ ‡Ê ‰Ó ‚¥‰ıÓ‰Û Ì‡ ÂÏÂðËÚÛðÛ. John Paul II’s visit to Ukraine? defense of civil liberties. But, whether èð¥Á‚ˢ èÓÍ¥ÈÌÓ„Ó ÔÓÏ¥˘ÂÌ ‚ ‰Ó‚¥‰ÌËÍÛ ÓıÓðÓÌË Á‰ÓðÓ‚'fl. Ñ-ð å. ÉÌ‡Ú˛Í the pro-Orthodox – and pro-Russian – The issues merit a fuller discussion ·Û‚ ‰Ó‚„ÓÎ¥ÚÌ¥Ï ˜ÎÂÌÓÏ ÄèÄ ¥ ‰ÓÊË‚ÓÚÌËÏ ˜ÎÂÌÓÏ ÄÏÂðË͇ÌÒ¸ÍÓª ã¥Í‡ðÒ¸ÍÓª President Lukashenka will “buy” into it than space allows. Suffice to say, relations ÄÒÓˆ¥flˆ¥ª ÄåÄ. is moot. between the papacy and the ecumenical óÂðÂÁ ‚Ò ҂Óπ ·‡„‡ÚÓ„ð‡ÌÌ ÊËÚÚfl ‰-ð åËðÓÒ·‚ ÉÌ‡Ú˛Í ÔðÓÌ¥Ò Ì‚˘ÂðÔÌÛ You have been studying the relation- patriarch, once cordial and close, have, β·Ó‚ ‰Ó ÏËÒÚˆڂ‡, ‰Ó ÏÛÁËÍË, ÈÓ„Ó ÔðËðÓ‰ÌËÈ, ÔðÂÍð‡ÒÌÓª ·‡ð‚Ë „ÓÎÓÒ-·‡Ò for a variety of reasons, entered into a ·Û‚ ÓÍð‡ÒÓ˛ ·‡„‡Ú¸Óı ıÓðÓ‚Ëı ÍÓÎÂÍÚË‚¥‚. ëÔ¥‚‡‚ Û ıÓð¥ åËÍÓÎË äÓÎÂÒÒË, ship between the Vatican and the üðÓÒ·‚‡ ëÏÂð˜‡ÌÒ¸ÍÓ„Ó. ÅÛ‚ ˜ÎÂÌÓÏ ıÓðÛ Ä̉ð¥fl É̇Ú˯Ë̇ Ú‡ Í‚‡ðÚÂÚÛ ä. Russian Orthodox Church for several “cooling off” period. But those of the ñÂÔÂÌ‰Ë Û Ç¥‰Ì¥, Ä‚ÒÚð¥fl, ÒÔ¥‚Á‡ÒÌÓ‚ÌËÍÓÏ ıÓðÛ Ú‡ ÒÓÎ¥ÒÚÓÏ ıÓðÛ ó‡È͇ ̇‰ years. What is your assessment of the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople ÅÓ‰ÂÌÒ¸ÍËÏ ÓÁÂðÓÏ Û ç¥Ï˜˜ËÌ¥, ‰Ëð. ë. äÓð¥Ì¸. ëÓÎ¥ÒÚ ıÓðÛ ◊äÓ·Á‡ð“ Û (Istanbul), His Holiness Bartholomew I, î¥Îfl‰Âθ٥ª, è‡. Ô¥‰ ‰ËðË£ÂÌÚÛðÓ˛ ‰-ð‡ ÄÌÚÓ̇ êÛ‰Ìˈ¸ÍÓ„Ó. óÎÂÌ Á·¥ðÌÓ„Ó reaction of the ROC to the pope’s visit? ıÓðÛ ◊íËÒfl˜ÓÎ¥ÚÚfl ïð¢ÂÌÌfl ìÍð‡ªÌË“, ÒÔ¥‚‡‚ Û Í‚‡ðÚÂÚ¥ Ô¥‰ ‰ËðË£ÂÌÚÛðÓ˛ ‰-ð‡ with the ROC and its confreres in the äۯ̥ð‡, ˜ÎÂÌ ÒÂÎÂÍÚË‚ÌÓ„Ó ıÓðÛ, ÔÓ ‚¥‰Ú‚ÓðÂÌÌ˛ ÏÛÁËÍË – ÒÔ‡‰˘ËÌË The position of the ROC has been univo- UOC-MP (like those presently of the ÅÓðÚÌflÌÒ¸ÍÓ„Ó – 35 ‰ÛıÓ‚ÌËı ÍÓ̈ÂðÚ¥‚ – ‰ËðË£ÂÌÚ Ç. äÓÎÂÒÌËÍ. cal and unequivocal. During the papal visit pope) have been all too long locked in a “deep freeze.” äÓÎË¯Ì¥È ˜ÎÂÌ ıÓðÛ ◊ÅÛð·ÍË“ ‚ ä‡Ì‡‰¥ Ô¥‰ ‰ËðË£ÂÌÚÛðÓ˛ ä. äÓÌ‰ð‡ˆ¸ÍÓª. Ç this June, His Holiness Aleksei II reiterated ÓÒÚ‡ÌÌ¥ ðÓÍË ÊËÚÚfl ·Û‚ ‡ÍÚË‚ÌËÏ Û˜‡ÒÌËÍÓÏ ıÓðÓ‚Ëı ÍÓÎÂÍÚË‚¥‚ Ô¥‰ ÓðÛ‰Ó˛ it with candor. As long as “the Greek- At issue has been the single-minded- ‰ËðË£ÂÌÚ‡ Ç. ôÂÒ˛Í‡. Catholic war continues against Orthodox ness of Constantinople, the “,other believers in Ukraine and until the Vatican Church” and “primus inter pares” of ã˛·Ó‚ ‰Ó ð¥‰ÌÓ„Ó Íð‡˛, ·ÂÁÏÂÊ̇ ÚÛ„‡ Á‡ ÌËÏ ÔðË‚ÂÎË ÈÓ„Ó ‰Ó Á·Ëð‡ÌÌfl Ú‚Ó𥂠̇ðÓ‰ÌÓ„Ó ÙÓÎÍθÓðÛ Á¥ ‚Ò¥πª ìÍð‡ªÌË. ë‚¥‰˜ÂÌÌflÏ ˜Ó„Ó π ·‡„‡Ú‡, stops its expansion into Russia, Belarus and world Orthodoxy, to exercise its historic Û̥͇θ̇ ÏÛÁÂÈ̇ ÍÓÎÂ͈¥fl Û ‚·ÒÌÓÏÛ ‰ÓÏ¥. ÅÛ‚ ‰Ó·ðËÏ Á̇‚ˆÂÏ ·‰Ê¥Î¸- Ukraine,” there can be no meeting of pope competence and grant full ecclesiastical Ìˈڂ‡ Ú‡ Ù¥ÎflÚÂÎ¥ÒÚËÍË. and patriarch. But, “as soon as these obsta- autonomy, called autocephaly, to the so- èÄçÄïàÑà ·ÛÎË ‚¥‰Ôð‡‚ÎÂÌ¥ 1 ÒÂðÔÌfl 2001 ð. ‚ ÔÓıÓðÓÌÌÓÏÛ Á‡‚‰ÂÌÌ¥ ÅÛ„‡fl ¥ cles are removed,” he affirmed – just as he called “anti-Moscow patriarchate” fac- 2 ÒÂðÔÌfl ‚ ˆÂðÍ‚¥ çÂÔÓðÓ˜ÌÓ„Ó á‡˜‡ÚÚfl ‚ ÉÂÏÚðÂÏÍÛ, å˯. íÎ¥ÌÌ¥ ÓÒÚ‡ÌÍË has repeatedly over the past decade – “We tions of Estonian and Ukrainian èÓÍ¥ÈÌÓ„Ó ÔÂð‚ÂÁÂÌÓ 3 ÒÂðÔÌfl ‰Ó î¥Îfl‰Âθ٥ª, è‡. are ready for such a meeting.” Orthodoxy. Talks with regard to Ukraine On this count, Aleksei II enjoys the resumed in full swing in July just after èéïéêéççß ÇßÑèêÄÇà ÔÓ˜‡ÎËÒfl ‚ ÒÛ·ÓÚÛ, 4 ÒÂðÔÌfl è‡Ì‡ıˉӲ ‚ ÔÓıÓðÓÌÌÓÏÛ Á‡‚‰ÂÌÌ¥ å. ç‡Ò‚˘‡. á‡ÛÔÓÍ¥È̇ ëÎÛÊ·‡ ÅÓʇ Á è‡Ì‡ıˉӲ ‚¥‰·Û·Òfl ‚ ˆÂðÍ‚¥ support of Russian President Vladimir the ROC ended its temporary boycott. Å·„Ó‚¥˘ÂÌÌfl ‚ åÂÎðÓ‚Á è‡ðÍ, è‡., flÍÛ ‚¥‰ÒÎÛÊË‚ ÏÓÌÒÂ̸ÈÓð Ó. ‰ÂÍ‡Ì üÍ¥‚ åÂθÌËÍ.

íÎ¥ÌÌ¥ ÓÒÚ‡ÌÍË èÓÍ¥ÈÌÓ„Ó ÒÔÓ˜ËÎË ‚ ðÓ‰ËÌÌ¥È „ðÓ·Ìˈ¥ ̇ ˆ‚ËÌÚ‡ð¥ Ò‚. å‡ð¥ª Û î‡ÍÒ óÂÈÒ¥. Dr. Miroslaw Hnatiuk ì „ÎË·ÓÍÓÏÛ ÒÏÛÚÍÛ Á‡Î˯ËÎËÒfl: ‰ðÛÊË̇ – ÄççÄ ÒËÌË – ÅéÉÑÄç Á ‰ðÛÊËÌÓ˛ ÇßÅäÖ – ûêßâ Á ‰ðÛÊËÌÓ˛ åÄêíéû – ÄçÑêßâ Á ‰ðÛÊËÌÓ˛ Çßäíéêß∏û ‚ÌÛÍË – çÄíÄãü Á ÑÖçéå – åÄêäé Á ãû∫áéû – ÉêàÉéêßâ Á Öâåß – ÄççÄ – çàäéãÄ – åàïÄâãé – ëíÖîÄçßü – ïêàëíéîéê Ôð‡‚Ì͇ۘ – åÄÑÖãüâç ·ð‡ÚÓ‚‡ – ßêÖçÄ Á ‰ÓÌflÏË ÇéãéÑàåàêéû ¥ ßêÖçéû Ú‡ ÒËÌÓÏ éãÖÉéå ¥ ªıÌ¥ÏË ‰¥Ú¸ÏË ðÓ‰Ë̇ ‚ ìÍð‡ªÌ¥ ¥ ‚ ä‡Ì‡‰¥. çÂı‡È ˜Ûʇ, ‡Î ÔðË‚¥Ú̇ ÁÂÏÎfl ·Û‰Â èÓÍ¥ÈÌÓÏÛ ÔÛıÓÏ! February 19, 1917 – July 31, 2001 Ç¥˜Ì‡ âÓÏÛ Ô‡Ï'flÚ¸!

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within the CIS, a formulation that sug- The CIS summit... gests that, consciously or unconsciously, The Ukrainian Culture Center of Los Angeles (Continued from page 2) he does not regard the other former presents presidents of the advantages of that Soviet republics as sovereign states. Mr. Putin declared that “I want to emphasize model, and he subsequently presented a festival in celebration of an ambitious blueprint for economic that the Union State of Russia and cooperation that envisaged the creation Belarus, the Eurasian Economic Union, of one or several CIS free-trade zones the Collective Security Treaty, GUUAM, 10 years of Ukrainian independence as the first step toward an economic the Central Asia Economic Community on Sunday, August 26, beginning at 12:30 p.m. union. can by all means complement the Commonwealth and ... can even become But even that strategy aroused suspi- The festival program includes: a joint prayer service, an artistic program cion: Uzbekistan’s Islam Karimov, for a sort of laboratory for conducting spe- featuring a Kyiv dance group, a Chicago vocal group and performances example, objected that Mr. Berezovsky cific variations on cooperation prior to had exceeded his brief. In early 1999, their subsequent introduction throughout by local talent, a folkloric costume competition, a raffle and a banquet. Mr. Berezovsky was removed from his the CIS.” CIS post, after which Uzbekistan first But the Russian president went on to Admission: $10 for adults, $5 for children when bought in advance declined to renew its membership in the make clear that such “regional organiza- $15 for adults, $10 for children at the door CIS Collective Security Pact and then tions” should not adopt policies that joined GUAM. could be perceived as directed against The Ukrainian Culture Center is located at 4315 Melrose Ave. Although the planned free-trade zone the broader collective interests of the For information call president Bohdan Shpak, (909) 599-9522, Paul Bilecky, (818) 249-7698, has figured on the agenda of subsequent CIS as a whole – a warning that was or Ann Shalauta, (949) 481-3738, or e-mail [email protected]. CIS summits, priority has been given to almost certainly directed specifically at upgrading an alternative vehicle for clos- GUUAM, which has recently proposed er intra-CIS economic cooperation, creating its own free-trade zone, and sev- namely the transformation of the CIS eral of whose members make no secret Customs Union (comprising Russia, of their ultimate aspiration to NATO Belarus, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan and membership. It is, Mr. Putin said, “most Tajikistan) into the Eurasian Economic important and a matter of principle” that Community. But that move only served “regional organizations work to strength- to strengthen the impression of the emer- en the commonwealth as a whole and gence of two opposing camps within the toward ... raising the living standards of CIS: the Eurasian Economic Community our peoples and safeguarding the securi- and GUUAM. ty of all our countries.” The emergence in mid-1999 of an What specific objections to that argu- Islamic threat to both Central Asia and ment were expressed in the ensuing to Russia (or the tacit agreement to con- behind-closed-doors discussion, and by strue both the banned Islamic whom, is not known. But according to Movement of Uzbekistan and the pro- Vremya Novostei, when the 10 presi- independence Chechen fighters as con- dents finally emerged from that session, stituting such a long-term threat by Azerbaijan’s Heidar Aliev asked loudly: virtue of their putative connections with “Shouldn’t we create the Soviet Union the Taliban) served to provide an alter- again?” prompting a lively discussion of native focus for cooperation. At the first who should occupy what post in a new summit presided over by Vladimir Putin USSR. (Vremya Novostei did not supply (in January 2000) in his capacity as details, but suggestions may have then-acting Russian president, partici- included Mr. Putin as CPSU general sec- pants endorsed a proposal by President retary; either Belarusian President Karimov and his Kazak counterpart Alyaksandr Lukashenka or Tajik Nursultan Nazarbaev to draft an interna- President Imomali Rakhmonov, both of tional program of measures to combat them former collective farm chairmen, terrorism, including establishing a CIS as agriculture secretary; Mr. Nazarbaev anti-terrorism center. as chairman of the USSR Council of The establishment of that center and Ministers; Armenian President Robert the creation of the CIS rapid reaction Kocharian as defense minister; and force have eclipsed the planned free- Aliev as KGB chairman.) trade zone. But at the Sochi summit But while Mr. Aliev’s off-the-cuff last week, President Putin again comment may have eased tensions returned to the question of promoting momentarily, Mr. Putin’s arguments are closer and more effective economic likely to have given further impetus to cooperation within the CIS as “the sole precisely those centrifugal and pro- basis for developing cooperation in all Western tendencies within the CIS that spheres.” he abhors most. How Moscow intends to Mr. Putin also focused on the role of counter those tendencies remains to be what he termed “regional organizations” seen.

Kuropaty: a past... (Continued from page 2) tional media. But because of its centrality in the life of many Belarusians, the demoli- tion of this monument may have conse- quences very different than some might expect and may lead to greater activism by the democratic opposition in Belarus. Indeed, this action in Belarus recalls one of the more infamous stories of the Cold War. Once, when he came to the United Nations, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev warned the Greek prime minister that if Athens continued to sup- port NATO and the West, it might be necessary for Moscow to attack the Acropolis with nuclear weapons. The Greek leader responded that Mr. Khrushchev might very well be able to destroy the buildings on the Acropolis but that the Soviet leader would never be able to destroy the ideas of democracy and freedom to which the Greeks gave birth more than two millennia ago. In like manner, the vandalization at Kuropaty is unlikely to expunge the memory of the events it commemorates. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2001 No. 32 No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2001 21

SECTION 1. Senate resolution... SENSE OF CONGRESS. (Continued from page 6) It is the sense of Congress that— by ratifying the START I Treaty on (1) as a leader of the democratic nuclear disarmament and the Treaty on nations of the world, the United States the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear congratulates the people of Ukraine on Weapons, subsequently has turned over their 10th anniversary of independence the last of its Soviet-era nuclear war- and supports peace, prosperity and heads on June 1, 1996, and in 1998 democracy in Ukraine; agreed not to assist Iran with the comple- (2) Ukraine has made significant tion of a nuclear power plant in Bushehr progress in its political reforms during thought to be used for the possible pro- the first 10 years of its independence, as duction of weapons of mass destruction; is evident by the adoption of its Whereas Ukraine has found many Constitution five years ago; methods to implement military coopera- (3) the territorial integrity, sovereignty tion with its European neighbors, as well and independence of Ukraine within its as peacekeeping initiatives worldwide, existing borders is an important factor of as exhibited by Ukraine’s participation peace and stability in Europe; in the KFOR and IFOR missions in the (4) the president, the prime minister former Yugoslavia, and offering up its and Parliament of Ukraine should contin- own forces to be part of the greater ue to enact political reforms necessary to United Nations border patrol missions in ensure that the executive, legislative and the Middle East and the African conti- judicial branches of the government of The Carpathian Ski Club of New York Ukraine transparently represent the inter- nent; under the auspices of the Whereas Ukraine became a member ests of the Ukrainian people; of the North Atlantic Cooperation (5) the government and president of Ukrainian Sports Association of USA and Canada (USCAK) Ukraine should promote fundamental Council of the North Atlantic Treaty will hold Alliance (NATO), signed a NATO- democratic principles of freedom of Ukraine Charter at the Madrid Summit in speech, assembly and a free press; July 1997, and has been a participant in (6) the government and president of the annual the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program Ukraine should actively pursue in an since 1994 with regular training maneu- open and transparent fashion investiga- tions into violence committed against TENNIS COMPETITION vers at the Yavoriv military base in journalists, including the murders of at Soyuzivka Ukraine and on Ukraine’s southernmost Heorhii Gongadze and Ihor Aleksandrov; shores of the Black Sea; (7) the government of Ukraine SEPTEMBER 1-3, 2001 (LABOR DAY WEEKEND) Whereas on June 7, 2001, Ukraine (including the president and Parliament signed a charter for the GUUAM of Ukraine) should uphold international (Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, standards and procedures of free and fair Azerbaijan and Moldova) alliance, in elections in preparation for its upcoming Tennis Tournament for individual CHAMPIONSHIPS OF USCAK hopes of promoting regional interests, parliamentary elections in March 2002; increasing cooperation, and building eco- (8) the government of Ukraine and trophies of the nomic stability; and (including the president and Parliament Whereas 15 years ago, the Soviet- of Ukraine) should continue to accelerate Ukrainian National Association, Soyuzivka, (including the B. Rak, induced nuclear tragedy of Chornobyl its efforts to transform its economy into Dr. V. Huk, L. Rubel, and Dr. P. Charuk memorial trophies), Svoboda, gripped Ukrainian lands with insur- one founded upon free market principles The Ukrainian Weekly, the sportsmanship Trophy of Mrs. Mary Dushnyk, mountable curies of radiation which will and governed by the rule of law; the Constantine Ben trophy and prize money, affect generations of Ukraine’s inhabi- (9) the United States supports all efforts donated by John Hynansky,president of Winner Ford. tants, and thus, now, Ukraine promotes to promote a civil society in Ukraine that safety for its citizens and its neighboring features a vibrant community of non-gov- Qualifications: This competition is open to any player whose club is a member of countries, as well as concern for the ernmental organizations (NGOs) and an USCAK. – Singles matches are scheduled in the following division: Men, Women, preservation of the environment by clos- active, independent and free press; Women (35 and over), Junior Vets (35-44), Senior Men (45- 55), Junior (Boys and Girls). ing the last Chornobyl nuclear reactor on (10) the government of Ukraine Juniors are persons aged 18 and under, while seniors are those over 45 years of age. December 15, 2000: (including the president and Parliament Now, therefore, be it of Ukraine) should follow a westward- Registration for tennis matches, including name, age divisions and the fee of $15.00 Resolved by the Senate (the House of leaning foreign policy whose priority is should be sent to: Representatives concurring): the integration of Ukraine into Euro- Mr. George Sawchak Atlantic structures; 724 Forrest Ave., Rydal, PA 19046 (11) the president of the United States should continue to consider the interests Registration should be received no later than August 27, 2001. No additional applica- House resolution... and security of Ukraine in reviewing or tions will be accepted before the competitions, since the schedule of matches will be (Continued from page 6) revising any European military and secu- worked out ahead of time. Ukrainian independence; rity arrangements, understandings or (2) the president and Parliament of treaties; and TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE: Ukraine should continue their efforts to (12) the president of the United States maintain the balance of powers between should continue to support and encourage G. Sawchak, Z. Snylyk, G. Popel, G. Hrabec. the executive and legislative branches of Ukraine’s role in NATO’s Partnership for government and ensure that their cooper- Peace program and the deepening of Schedule of matches: ation is aimed at furthering democratic Ukraine’s relationship with NATO. reforms and strengthening civil society Saturday, September 1, Soyuzivka, 8:30 a.m. All players must contact the Tournament SECTION 2. based on the rule of law; and Committee: They will be informed of the time and place of their first matches, as well TRANSMITTAL OF THE RESOLUTION. (3) the United States should continue as matches in subsequent rounds. In case of rain, all players meet in the Main House. to assist in building a truly independent The Secretary of the Senate shall Ukraine through encouraging and sup- transmit a copy of this resolution to the Because of limited time and the large number of entries, players can compete in one porting democratic and market-economy president of the United States with the group only; they must indicate their choice on the registration blank. transformations in Ukraine, keeping the further request that the president trans- doors of European and Trans-Atlantic mit such copy to the government of Players who fail to report for a scheduled match on time will be defaulted. institutions open to this nation. Ukraine. REGISTRATION FORM Please cut out and send in with registration fee of $15.00 SPUTNIK GLOBAL TELECOM A UKRAINIAN-AMERICAN OWNED INDEPENDENT AGENCY 1. Name CONTINUES 2. Address

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we are hoping to inaugurate a summer The Carpathian Ski Club of New York The Rev. Dr. Peter Galadza... cantors training program under his under the auspices of the (Continued from page 3) patronage. Catholics to speak of their re-integration Finally, the beatification of a non- Ukrainian Sports Association of USA and Canada (USCAK) into a single Kyivan Church. Ukrainian, Leonid Fedorov, whose process was actually initiated by will hold Pope John Paul II’s visit to various Metropolitan Sheptytsky in 1935, indi- countries, e.g., Poland and throughout cates that “Ukrainian Catholic Church” the annual Labor Day weekend Latin America, often had far-reaching does not mean “Catholic Church for effects beyond the religious sphere. Ukrainians.” Back in 1901 Sheptytsky Could the pope’s visit have a similar stressed that such an ecclesiology is SWIMMING COMPETITION positive impact on Ukrainian civic and heretical: Christ did not die to re-enforce at Soyuzivka political development? the divisions among peoples. In sum, the beatifications will have the Notwithstanding my response to the “intangibly tangible” effect of providing SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2001 first question, comparing the trip to holy substance for that unique human Ukraine with those to Poland or Latin function, imagination. And this will do America would be fallacious: the over- far more to strengthen the UGCC’s Swim meet whelming majority of Ukrainians are not “identity” than many of the initiatives Saturday, September 1, 2001, 10:30 a.m. Catholic. Symbolic interactionism sug- undertaken by our parishes whose goal for individual championships of USCAK gests that for a symbol to work people frequently becomes worldly self-promo- and Ukrainian National Association Trophies & Ribbons must have bonded with it. tion. Warm-up at 9 a.m. For Catholics in western Ukraine, where “Rome” is more deeply embedded Why do you think conditions are not TABLE of EVENTS in popular consciousness, the visit may yet favorable for the beatification of Boys/Men INDIVIDUAL Girls/Women become the catalyst for gestures of civic Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky? reform, etc., but throughout the rest of 11 ...... 13/14 100m im 13/14 ...... 12 Having written my Ph.D. dissertation 13 .... 15 & over 100m im 15 & over .... 14 the country the visit has only planted seeds. Of course, this too is important, on Metropolitan Sheptytsky and worked 15 .. 10 & under 125m free 10 & under .. 16 but anticipating an immanent social re- in his archives, I hope I can be trusted 17 ...... 11/12 125m free 11/12 ...... 18 birth would be unrealistic. when I say that I have no doubt whatso- 19 ...... 13/14 150m free 13/14 ...... 10 ever about his sanctity. However, the 11 .... 15 & over 150m free 15 & over .... 12 How will the visit and the beatifica- “conditions” you mention relate to a 13 .. 10 & under 150m free 10 & under .. 14 tion of martyrs for the Church serve phrase found in his public statement of 15 ...... 11/12 150m free 11/12 ...... 16 the further growth of the Ukrainian July 1, 1941, in which he welcomed “the 17 ...... 13/14 150m back 13/14 ...... 18 Greek-Catholic Church, strengthen its victorious German army” upon its occu- 19 .... 15 & over 150m back 15 & over .... 20 identity in western Ukraine and its pation of Ukraine (and its rout of the 21 .. 10 & under 125m back 10 & under .. 22 possible expansion beyond western Soviets). Anyone who knows the vicissi- 23 ...... 11/12 125m back 11/12 ...... 24 Ukraine? tudes of Ukrainian history, not to men- 25 ...... 13/14 150m breast 13/14 ...... 26 tion Metropolitan Sheptytsky’s outstand- 27 .... 15 & over 150m breast 15 & over .... 28 One may suggest that as a priest I am ing biography (he sheltered hundreds of 29 .. 10 & under 125m breast 10 & under .. 30 expected to stress this, but for me the Jews from the Nazis) and in general his 31 ...... 11/12 125m breast 11/12 ...... 32 importance of the beatifications is sym- change of stance towards the Germans, 33 ...... 13/14 100m free 13/14 ...... 34 bolized by the fact that the only time I will view this mistake in context. (Keep 35 .... 15 & over 100m free 15 & over .... 36 began to tear up during the coverage of in mind, that a beatification or canoniza- 37 .. 10 & under 125m fly 10 & under .. 38 the visit was when, at the climax of the tion is not a proclamation that a person 39 ...... 11/12 125m fly 11/12 ...... 40 beatifications, the UGCC Seminary never erred, but that their life or aspects 41 ...... 13/14 150m fly 13/14 ...... 42 Choir of Rudno chanted the All-Saints thereof are generally worthy of emula- troparion sung throughout the year, but 43 ... 15 & over 150m fly 15 & over .... 44 tion). now applied to these heroes of our home- However, most non-Ukrainians do not RELAYS land. Knowing that a near contemporary, appreciate the aforementioned vicissi- and “one of your own” has endured tudes or the otherwise heroic dimension 45 .. 10 & under 4 x 25m free 10 & under .. 46 unimaginable hardships with peace, joy 47 ...... 11/12 4 x 25m free 11/12 ...... 48 of Metropolitan Sheptytsky’s life. A and charity makes sanctity come alive. In Vatican, which since the 1960s has had to 49 ...... 13/14 4 x 50m free 13/14 ...... 50 the age of the anti-hero, people desper- 51 .... 15 & over 4 x 50m medley 15 & over .... 52 fight a public relations battle regarding ately need these models of holy triumph. alleged papal complicity in the Holocaust Swimmers can compete in three (3) individual and one (1) relay events. Relay teams will Note the high number of married (recall the recent best-selle00r, “Hitler’s be established by team coaches or representatives. priests beatified, clerics who suffered in Pope”) is understandably cautious about Entry deadline: Entry forms, provided below, must be submitted by August 20, 2001, Siberia with their wives and children. For the “optics.” In one sense, the onus is on to Marika Bokalo, Swim Meet director. There will be no registration at poolside. Registration us married clergy and our families, their us Ukrainian Catholics to contextualize fee is $5.00 per swimmer. witness challenges us to begin living that statement of July 1941 for non- with real evangelical detachment and Ukrainians, but as anyone who has ever apostolic zeal. The beatified monastics done Ukrainian anti-defamation work spur our monks and nuns to return to the Name: (English) realizes, that is no mean task. We could real (and collective) poverty mandated by publish hundreds of books on the topic, their vows. Even a cantor (Volodymyr but without Hollywood it won’t change Name: (Ukrainian) Pryjma) was beatified. An example of much. But Metropolitan Sheptytsky will how this is already leaving its mark is Address that at the Sheptytsky Institute in Ottawa (Continued on page 23)

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to the Encyclopedia of the Ukrainian The Rev. Dr. Peter Galadza... Diaspora, 800,000 Ukrainians live. (Continued from page 22) What is your assessment of the cov- have his day, and the wait makes him erage of Pope John Paul II’s visit to even more symbolic of Ukraine’s Ukraine by the Western press and tragedies and triumphs. media? It has been announced that Pope In terms of overall volume, I am told John Paul II will visit Kazakstan, and that it was disappointing. Raymond it is assumed that he would like to visit Arroyo, the anchor at EWTN News, who other countries that were once part of has covered dozens of papal visits, told the Soviet Union, i.e., Armenia, me that after the first two days the secu- Belarus and, ultimately, Russia. How lar press coverage began to evaporate, at do you view the possibilities of these least as compared with other visits. visits? Has the visit to Ukraine facili- Considering that this trip was initially tated such subsequent visits or has it described as being as difficult as the ones created difficulties? to Cuba and the Holy Land, one would You will notice that after the trip to have expected more. Ukraine, polls showed a dramatic rise in In essence, once the media realized the number of Russians favoring a papal that there wouldn’t be violence or embar- visit. Nonetheless, President [Vladimir] rassing incidents, they lost interest. In Putin’s ability to pressure Patriarch one sense, the Moscow Patriarchate did Alexei is not infinite, and I do not expect the Vatican a favor, because as long as it the latter to change his attitude. From a was denouncing the trip, the media human point of view, his age gives him remained interested. the advantage over John Paul II, and the Returning to the defamation theme, next pope might not be as interested in note that in an attempt to regain attention the former Soviet bloc, or worse yet, on the last day of the trip, London’s might decide that some form of Independent ran a story with the headline “appeasement” towards the Moscow “Pope Beatifies Priest with Nazi Links.” Patriarchate is appropriate. The story actually made no reference to As for Belarus, as your readers know, any “beatified Nazis” (it could not have, whither Moscow, thither Minsk. I say as there were none) but instead ran a this in spite of the optimism of Minsk’s phrase from Metropolitan Sheptytsky’s Cardinal Kazimierz Swiatek, who recent- July 1941 statement. The headline editor ly stated that Patriarch Aleksei’s veto had not bothered to read his own may not be headed. reporter’s copy – or purposely twisted it. Regarding Armenia, the death last year Naturally the Catholic media did a far of Karekin I, the Oxford-trained better job, and anyone reading Catholic Catholicos, simply slowed the planning News Service reports, The Tablet, or the for such a visit, but the pope is scheduled National Catholic Reporter, for example, to join celebrations marking the 1,700 realizes that the days of gross ignorance anniversary of Armenian Christianity in regarding the UGCC and Ukraine are September. And, of course, he will also gone. We have a Polish pope to thank for be visiting Kazakstan, where, according contributing to that process. 24 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2001 No. 32 No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2001 25

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Reflections on a year at St. Vladimir’s College in Roblin, Manitoba by Nicholas Rudyk

It is the last day I will call this room home. All around me people are scurrying, packing and preparing for the final event. Yet, I lie silently on my bed, thinking to myself. How often does one get an opportunity to make the choice I did, and then go on to gain so much from it? I know that I am lucky because of all I have experienced here. I turn and look at my clock. My time is running short. I get up and stare at the gown before me. Cautiously, I remove it from the hanger, being care- ful not to wrinkle it. Slowly, I slip my arms through the sleeves of my gown. The sun’s rays hit it, and the brilliant blue color lights up my room. I careful- ly position the cap on my head and stand proud. Moments later, I join the rest of the graduates – there were six of us in the class of 2001 – in line and wait patiently. Suddenly, our entrance into the Members of the class of 2001 (from left): Nicholas Rudyk (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.), Ryan Baschak (Regina, church is met by the sounds of the choir and the Saskatchewan), Curtis Kotelko (St. Louis, Saskatchewan), A. Jean-Paul Beaucher (Sooke, British Columbia), loving faces of family and friends. The graduation Steven Labay (Mitchell, Manitoba) and Markian Wytiahlowsky (Toronto). service commences and the ceremony begins. On June 23 I completed my high school career at McKinney. I studied religion, Ukrainian language It was in The Pas where I met my relatives, Uncle an all boys’ Ukrainian prep school called St. and grammar, and took a marketing class. I became Walter and Aunt Sylvia Rudyk. They, like many Vladimir’s College in Roblin, Manitoba. I wish I captain of the soccer team and editor of the school other Ukrainians, emigrated to Canada after World had spent more than just my senior year at this newspaper, and I joined the ski club. War II. Walter Rudyk found an engineering job with wonderful institution, whose goal is to instill morals St. Vladimir’s College sits on 160 beautiful acres the Canadian railroad and settled his family in The and high ideals into young men’s minds and souls. of land with fields, bush, paths and trails. We hiked Pas. It was St. Vlad’s that took us on a six-hour bus I admit it was not an easy decision to leave home in warm weather, cut down trees and built huge ride north of Roblin, where I finally met the people and travel 2,000 miles at the age of 17. It was diffi- bonfires during the autumn months, and did cross- I termed the “missing link” in our family. These cult for my entire family. I remember the last country sking in the winter. I learned to play hock- wonderful relatives honored me by attending my expression on the face of each member of my fami- ey, broom ball and curling at the school’s own hock- graduation. ly, as I left the house. I think that day can be ey rink, which was flooded and prepared by a team Besides the tour, we also traveled during the year marked as the saddest day in our home. of enthusiastic boys. In addition, we played bil- on weekends singing the divine liturgy in Ukrainian Walking out, I looked back and saw my mother liards, snooker and 101, worked out in the weight churches in Dauphin, Kamsack, Neepawa, Russell standing in the doorway, crying because her only room and went fishing. and Yorkton. Each town and city left a unique and son was leaving home. My father, in the window, Our evening schedule included two hours of lasting impression on all of us. I learned how our stood proudly trying hard to keep back his tears. study and “work orders,” or chores, throughout the culture and heritage bind us no matter where we, as Both were proud that their son had chosen St. school. Some of my time was even dedicated to the Ukrainians, live in this world. Many of the Vladimir’s as a conclusion to his high school life, development and construction of a potato canon. Canadian communities have second-, third- and understanding the benefits I would come to realize The great cook, Elsie Sorchuk, fed us three even fourth-generation Ukrainians who perpetuate from this close-knit boarding school. My sister, on square meals a day (even with the few missing pota- traditions and customs. Their language skills may the other hand, knew we had an entire lifetime to toes once in a while). Mrs. Daneluk took care of our have diminished over the years, yet their love for spend together. We could easily handle one year laundry, and Taras Daneluk and Murry Schnell, our Ukraine and pride in their ancestry have grown apart. Each of my family member’s expressions left prefects, kept a close eye on each and everyone of strong and have withstood assimilation. a somewhat sad, yet warm impression in my heart. us. All was coordinated by the school’s secretary Bearing witness to this gave me a new apprecia- And so my journey began. With a plane ticket, and bursar, Patti Onofriechuk. tion of my heritage and what responsibilities and two pieces of luggage and all the love in the world, I Love for my heritage, culture and tradition were contributions I and my Ukrainian American peers set off for a great adventure. instilled and deepened by the choirmaster, orches- should promote and continue. I quickly adjusted over the first few weeks with tra conductor and dance instructor Paul Bakan. It I am home now and once again making adjust- the help of caring teachers, supportive staff and an was he who taught a group of 30 boys – the entire ments. This fall I will be attending university and outgoing group of peers. Everyone warmly wel- student body – to sing the divine liturgy and a vari- continuing my studies. With me I will bring all the comed me, “the Yankee,” and I became active ety of Ukrainian songs ranging from religious to education I received from St. Vladimir’s. within the school. folk, from somber to humorous. Mr. Bakan taught I hope the friends I have made will remain with I met Taras Veryha, my literature teacher, who boys to play traditional instruments, such as the me throughout my life. To all the dedicated individ- inspired me to write and realize the extent of my tsymbaly, sopilka and bandura. We learned dances uals involved with St. Vlad’s, I wish success in the capabilities. I marveled at the patience and persist- such as the Pryvit, Arkan, Kozachok and Hopak. years to come. To all future students, I wish the ence of Donald Boguski, my science teacher, as I Mr. Bakan produced and directed a wonderful same great memories that I now cherish. Finally, I struggled with chemistry and physics. Mr. Bugera, two-hour program and along with a few other teach- thank my parents for their support. taught me world history. Learning Canadian geogra- ers took us on a two-week tour of Ukrainian com- For further information about St. Vladimir’s phy was made easier by the fact that my school- munities throughout Manitoba and Ontario. Our College, please write to Mrs. Patti Onofriechuk, Box mates came from so many different parts of Canada. concert tour took us to places such as Selkirk, 789, 99 Highway 83 North, Roblin, Manitoba, R0L My math skills were sharpened by Hugh Newton, Cook’s Creek, Winnipeg, Sarto, The Pas and Flin lP0, Canada. The office phone number is (204) and biology and physical education were taught by Flon in Manitoba and towns in Ontario called 937-2173, and the school’s website is at the qualified teacher and school headmaster Lloyd Thunder Bay and Kenora. www.stvlads.net. No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2001 27

Ad astra! (To the stars) Mishanyna by Ulyana Horodysky first place, I would have never guessed. I hoped to reach this level in When I first began my independent my senior year, but it happened this M G H O T N E D N E P E D N I research project on solar sails two year! It turned out that I was the years ago, never did I imagine that I C S T Y A A N O A T M I V R D youngest first-place and best-of-cate- would get so far with it at such a gory winner at this year’s fair. E D I B O D J E D B S E O Y E young age. Last year, I could not Somehow, I got myself up onto the believe that I, a freshman in high L A A T E A O E N I A R K U C stage to accept the awards. school, was chosen to represent Ohio As I stood up there scanning the E B F O P N Y E S Y D P G C A at several national and international crowd, I saw with delight that the science competitions. This year, I still B E I T P A R L I A M E N T D many friends I had made at ISEF have a hard time believing it, even were all waving and cheering, even R G E U U C B S M R O A U O E though it has happened again. though they had not won. That is what After last year’s success, I was not science is all about. It is not about A N N G H R U E E Y R R P Y D really expecting much. I took part in winning or losing, but just about being various regional science fairs because T M U R L M R O N O H Y P S I there and supporting each other. I enjoy the competition, and l just Pretty soon all of us will go off along E S G F M I B L E N A E B L S tried to do my best. As it turned out, I our own career paths. But the memo- was again selected to represent Ohio T G A E C P L N O I T A C A V ries we created and shared in San at the National Junior Science and D I R A P Y R T N U O C F M E Humanities Symposium, held this Jose will stay with us for the rest of year in Orlando, Fla. our lives. D E C L A R A T I O N D I S O The competition was very tough, as The experience has given me the To solve this month’s Mishanyna, find the words that appear capitalized in the l anticipated. My research paper, strength and confidence to continue text and list below. “Sailing Into Space: Steering Towards pursuing my interest in science. My mentor, Dr. Robert L. Forward, an Mars,” was placed in the category of AUGUST usually reminds people that the end of SUMMER VACATION is astrophysicist and author, brought my Astronomy, Atmospheric Science and near. But for Ukrainians there are two remarkable anniversaries during the work to the attention of NASA, and I Physics. I could not believe it when I month of August. have presented my research at their heard my name called out for the first In the year 988, on August 14, Grand Prince Volodymyr’s BAPTISM of his last two Advanced Space Propulsion place award for the second year in a realm brought the Christian FAITH to Kyivan Rus’, the first state on Ukrainian row. Very few students win multiple Workshops. In 2000 it was held at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in territory. times. It was as if I was in a dream – A “bit” closer to our times, TEN years ago on August 24, 1991, the PAR- but one that turned out to be very real. Pasadena, Calif. This year, it was held at the Marshall Space Flight Center in LIAMENT of Ukraine adopted a DECLARATION of Ukraine’s independence. I also had the honor of representing (That is why today you can find the COUNTRY of Ukraine listed on all MAPS the State of Ohio at the “Science Huntsville, Ala. Presenting my work to a room full – which was not the case a DECADE earlier!) For many of your grandparents Olympics,” the Intel International the proclamation of independence was a dream come true. Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), of space scientists was very different from presenting to judges at competi- This year there will be many celebrations in UKRAINE, Canada, the United this year held in San Jose, Calif. This States and around the world – wherever Ukrainians may be found – to HONOR event also proved full of memorable tions. Participating in these work- shops was a worthwhile and reward- this historic act. experiences. There, I competed with So, we should treat August 24 just like the Fourth of July in AMERICA or over 1,200 students from 40 different ing experience, one that I will treas- ure. There, I met with scientists at the CANADA Day (July 1) in that country. Why not have a family get-together, say countries. The projects were grouped a barbecue, and CELEBRATE with BABA and DIDO? into 15 categories, from Behavioral leading edge of research, and I was thrilled to learn that one of them had Whatever you decide to do, our wish is that you ENJOY this national holiday Science through Zoology. There were of Ukraine. 50 of us in the category of Earth and spoken with Albert Einstein and that Space. We were grilled for hours by another was a student of Werner groups of scientists and judges from Heisenberg. I got to share common universities and industry. It was interests and discuss new ideas for my Myshka enjoys his summer exhausting, but stimulating. future research. At this competition the awards are Conducting scientific research is grouped in three different categories: like playing sports. You give it your all special, government and grand. I and hope for the best. Knowing that waited all day Thursday and all morn- you did your best is what counts. ing Friday until, finally, the grand Remember that “your attitude deter- awards ceremony began. By then I mines your altitude.” No one – not was getting pretty discouraged, but I your peers, your family, or your school knew that just getting to the ISEF was – can hold you back once you start a major accomplishment. I told myself soaring. When someone tells you that that even if I walked away with noth- “it’ll never happen,” don’t let that dis- ing, I would still be a winner. courage you. Instead, turn back When I heard my name called for around and make it happen. The first place and the “best of category” future is in your own hands. distinction, I was so stunned that I Remember that what you have is a couldn’t move. Anything would have gift from God, but what you do with it done: fourth place, third place – but is your gift to God.

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Saturday-Sunday, August 18-19 Admission is free, but donations are wel- comed. For additional information call LEHIGHTON, Pa: The Ukrainian Alexander Pryshlak, (860) 563-2717, or Irene Homestead will host its ninth annual Oleksiak, (860) 647- 9946. Ukrainian Folk Festival. Featured acts will include: Kazka Ukrainian Folk Ensemble, HORSHAM, Pa.: The Tryzub Ukrainian Voloshky Performing Dance Academy, Sports Center will host a festival, picnic and Dnipriany Music Ensemble and Byzantine Ukrainian dance at noon on the grounds of Male Choir, with special guest performances the Ukrainian Sports Center, Lower State and by the Chaika Ukrainian Dance Ensemble County Line roads. The festival will include from Ontario. Saturday’s shows will run from performances by the Voloshky Ukrainian noon to 7 p.m. and a dance will be held at 9 Dance Ensemble, the Luna Orchestra, the p.m. On Sunday, the festival will begin with a Obrii Ukrainian Folk Dance Ensemble, the divine liturgy at 10:30 a.m., celebrated by Karpaty Orchestra and solo accordionist Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka. The Vitalii Perih. Artisans will display traditional festival will continue until 5 p.m. with the Ukrainian folk arts and crafts, and vendors main stage show at 1 p.m. A variety of ven- will sell Ukrainian ethnic foods as well as dors will also display arts, crafts and standard fare and refreshments. Parachutists Ukrainian foods. Admission to the festival, will deliver the Ukrainian colors from above. located at 1230 Beaver Run Drive in The $10 admissions fee includes a Ukrainian Lehighton, Pa., is $5 per person per day or $7 dance, which begins at 4 p.m. Children under per person for a two-day pass. Children under age 14 are admitted free. age 14 are admitted free. For additional infor- mation call the Ukrainian Homestead, (610) LOS ANGELES: The Ukrainian Culture 377-4621, or Ulana Prociuk, (215) 235-3709. Center is hosting a festival in celebration of 10 years of Ukrainian independence. The Friday, August 24 festival will include a joint prayer service followed by a varied program featuring a BOSTON: The 10th anniversary of dance group from Kyiv, a vocal group from Ukraine’s independence will be celebrated Chicago, as well as performances by local with a flag-raising ceremony on the Boston talent. There will also be a folkloric cos- City Hall Plaza at noon. The ceremony is tume competition, raffle and banquet. sponsored by a joint committee of 13 Admission to the festival, which starts at Massachusetts Ukrainian organizations. For 12:30 p.m., is $10 for adults, $5 for children more information call (617) 524-7301, when bought in advance and $15 for adults, Tuesday or Thursday, 1-7 p.m. $10 for children at the door. The Ukrainian Ukrainian National Association Estate JENKINTOWN, Pa.: The 10th anniversary Culture Center is located at 4315 Melrose Foordmore Road, Kerhonkson, New York 12446 of Ukraine’s independence will be celebrat- Ave. For information call president Bohdan Tel.: (845) 626-5641 • Fax: (845) 626-4638 ed with a concert held at the Ukrainian Shpak, (909) 599-9522, Paul Bilecky, (818) www.soyuzivka.com • e-mail: [email protected] Educational Cultural Center, 700 Cedar 249-7698, or Ann Shalauta, (949) 481-3738, Road. The program will include: singing of or e-mail [email protected]. the national anthems of the United States BOSTON: Christ the King Ukrainian and Ukraine by soloist Bohdan Chaplynsky; Catholic Church invites the community to SUMMER PROGRAM an opening prayer offered by Archbishop- SUMMER PROGRAM 20012001 come celebrate 10 years of Ukrainian inde- Metropolitan Stefan Soroka; a keynote Saturday, August 18 pendence. A picnic will be held at noon at the address by Mykola Francuzenko, radio jour- 8:30 p.m. – Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Dance Recital church, located at 146 Forest Hills St., nalist for Radio Liberty and the Voice of Jamaica Plain. The event is sponsored by a 10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. – Zabava – music by FATA MORGANA America; a performance by the Prolisok joint committee of 13 Massachusetts Choir from Toronto, directed by Michael Saturday, August 25 Luczkow-Krawczenko and accompanied by Ukrainian organizations. Proceeds will bene- 9:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. – Zabava – music by THE LEGEND Nadia Verbenko; songs by the Holubka Trio fit humanitarian organizations in Ukraine. For under the musical directorship of Maria more information call (617) 524-7301, Friday, August 31 Kaminsky; a performance by the Tuesday or Thursday, 1-7 p.m. 9:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. – Zabava – music by VECHIRKA Prometheus Chorus of Philadelphia, directed PHOENIX, Ariz.: The local branch of the by Nestor Kyzmyszyn and accompanied by Ukrainian Congress Committee of America Saturday, September 1 Halyna Nazurok-Rej; and closing prayers by and other local Ukrainian organizations will 8:30 p.m. – Yunist Dance Ensemble, Yonkers Archbishop Antony. A film showing last celebrate the 10th anniversary of Ukraine’s 10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. – Zabava – music by TEMPO year’s independence day concert in Kyiv independence. The day’s events begin with 10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. – Zabava – music by VECHIRKA will be shown at 6:15 p.m. preceding the morning services at the Ukrainian Catholic show. Admission to the concert, scheduled and Orthodox churches. The main commem- Sunday, September 2 to begin at 7 p.m., is $10 for adults, $5 for orations are at 12:30 p.m. at the Ukrainian students and free for children age 15 or 9:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. – Zabava – music by ZOLOTA BULAVA Cultural Center, 730 W. Elm St. A moleben ______younger. celebrated by the Rev. Ivan Kondrasewich, Saturday, August 25 pastor of the local Ukrainian Orthodox VIDLUNNIA will play for you every Friday evening from July 13 to August 24 church, will be followed by a banquet and an from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. JENKINTOWN, Pa.: A Ukrainian polka entertainment program. Admission is $15. dance will take place at the Ukrainian For information contact Michael Dydyk, Educational Cultural Center, 700 Cedar Road, (480) 570-2841, or Lesia Cady, (602) 381- Jenkintown, Pa., at 9 p.m. to the music of the 1296. Luna Orchestra, directed by Oles Kuzyszyn. The dance is $10 for adults, $5 for students Saturday, September 8 and free for children age 15 or younger. WHAT? BOSTON: A banquet commemorating the Sunday, August 26 10th anniversary of Ukrainian independ- ence will be held at Moseley’s on the YOU DON’T HAVE YOUR OWN Hartford, Conn.: The public is invited to Charles River in Dedham. The event, spon- commemorate the 10th anniversary of sored by a joint committee of 13 SUBSCRIPTION? Ukrainian independence at the Ukrainian Massachusetts Ukrainian organizations, National Home in Hartford. 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