Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association ramiaI I n Vol. u No. 19 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY MAY 8,1983 25 cents ХРЙСТОС BOCKPEC - CHRIST IS RISEN 'Christ is risen; life is freed" Documents from Ukraine detail V Paschal pastoral letter of the There was a time when those who Catholic defense group's formation Sobor of Bishops of the Ukrainian crucified Christ rejoiced as did Mos­ Autocephalous Orthodox Church. cow also rejoice when it crucified AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - abnormal," the memorandum said. "It's with famine the devoted to Christ Two documents pertaining to the for­ comical that a country which announces "Christ is risen and life is freed." Ukrainian nation. mation in September 1982 of an Initia­ as its credo the principles of freedom, (From the paschal homily of St. John The terrible winter of 1932-33 and tive Group for the Defense of the Rights equality and brotherhood is waging an Chrysostom) in particular the spring of 1933, of Believers and the Church, set up to extensive persecution of its people only tragic in its consequences, severed work for the legalization of the out­ because they honor Christ in their own Dearly Beloved! from the midst of our nation almost 7 lawed Ukrainian Catholic Church, have language." Christ is risen! million people - our fathers, broth­ recently reached the West.. In its effort to secure what it called the The inspired authors of the won­ ers, sisters, infants and children. This One, a brief letter announcing the "legalization and registration" of the drous paschal hymns reveal to us the was the chief goal of Moscow — to group's formation, was signed by 40- Church, the group outlined nine basic very substance of the paschal holy condemn to plunder and depopula­ year-old Yosyp Terelia, a former politi­ demands, including the restoration of days and help us to enter into the joy tion our Ukraine in order to consume cal prisoner and chairman of the group Church educational facilities and semi­ of the Church which today celebrates all the treasures with which the Lord who has since been arrested. The other naries in the western Ukrainian cities of, victory over evil. generously graced our fatherland. is a nine-point memorandum signed by Lviv and Uzhhorod. and permission for The hymns cry out to us, "Let us However, those who crucify do not Mr. Terelia and the other four mem­ 50 divinity students to travel to the purify our senses and we will contem­ comprehend the mystery of resurrec­ bers, the Rev. Hryhoriy Budzynsky, Vatican to continue their studies and 10 plate Christ resplendent in the in­ tion. The holy Church knows of this secretary; the Revs. Dionisiy and others to go to Vienna, Warsaw and comprehensible light of the Resurrec­ mystery and we the children of the Ihnatiy, and Stefania Sichko, whose: Munich. tion." The hymns speak of victory Church believe that just as Christ husband and two sons are currently The group also called for free elec­ and of the human being who can be suffered and rose, so also Ukraine, incarcerated for "anti-Soviet"activities. tions in every eparchy in western and made worthy of glorifying Christ faithful to Christ, approaches victory Both documents were released by the Transcarpathian Ukraine, as well as the with a pure heart; they speak of the via torture and suffering. "O Death, Smoloskyp Ukrainian Information return of churches, monasteries and solace which comes from partaking where then is your sting? О Hades, Service. chapels in those areas where the majority of "the fruit of the new vine on the where is your victory?" We are given In his letter, Mr. Terelia said that the of the people are historically Ukrainian solemn day of Resurrection." strength and certainly foremost by formation of the initiative group was "a Catholic. In addition, the memorandum Obedient to the appeal of the the paschal hymns which proclaim in response of Ukrainian Catholics to the demanded that Ukrainian Catholics Church, we purified our senses song the mystery of victory over forced repression against our Church." should be allowed to build churches in during Great Lent and, having con­ death which is incomprehensible to The chief goal of the group, he said, areas where they are in the minority, sidered our errors and having in the human mind. was the "legalization" of the Church, and that the state return printing humility recognized our sins, we were Dealy beloved! Today we know which was officially dissolved in 1946 by materials confiscated in the five epar­ deemed worthy of receiving the Holy that there is no death, that our an illegal synod called without the chies of the Church. Eucharist. immortal soul is capable of eternally consent of the majority of the Church The other points were: the creation of Today we perceive how it was that being in the rays of the light of the hierarchs. The Church was absorbed ,a commission to investigate the crimi­ "joy came into the world via the Risen Christ. He Himself, having into the Russian Orthodox Church. nal behavior of the KGB and the MVD, cross." This joy was not easily ac­ bestowed life of those in the graves, "It is interesting and instructive that which are guilty of repression against quired but via suffering. It came via will extend His hand to us. Let us the atheist-communist (system) so Ukrainian clergy and parishioners, and Golgotha and through burial in a also offer our grateful souls to Him. ardently supported the joining of these another to investigate psychiatrists cave for, "He endured crucifixion Only then will we be able to compre­ two distinct Churches," the group said guilty of abusing Church activists; an and conquered death by death." hend the words proclaimed today: in its memorandum, adding that the acknowledgment that the Church is The crucifixion of Christ directs "Christ is risen and the demons have synod was illegal because it was not obliged to follow the laws of the state our thoughts to the crucifixion of the fallen! Christ is risen and life is called by the Vatican but by the state, and to impress this on its members,and Ukrainian nation. Fifty years ago, freed." which had no jurisdiction to do so. that the pope, as head of the Church, and not the state has the ultimate power during the days of spring, our nation Christ is risen! Indeed He is risen! The memorandum went on to say was subject to the excruciating tor­ that despite over three decades of over Church matters. ture of death by starvation. Those Mstyslav repression by Soviet authorities and the "The law of separation of Church and who miraculously survived the seve­ Metropolitan KGB, the state security organ, the state must be upheld,"the memorandum rity of the fierce winter were com­ Mark Church, though underground, "is alive said. pelled to eat fresh herbs, grass and Archbishop and flourishing" despite continued The status of the initiative group is roots which they dug up. Those who Constanrine official persecution. "``` unclear since the arrest late last year of were exhausted were not able to eat Archbishop "Today, after (official) indictment of Mr. Terelia, who has already served a such food, and thus they perished in Anatolij the crimes of Stalin's tyranny, the total of 19 years in Soviet jails, labor spasms and pains as sharp as a knife. Bishop situation of part of the Ukrainian camps and psychiatric hospitals. He is nation and its ancestral Church remains (Continued on page 4) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY MAY 8,1983 No. 19 Dissident profile. Polish police raid convent WARSAW - Polish security police saturated the Old Town neighborhood broke into a convent here on May 3 and to break up a spontaneous demonstra­ Anatoliy Lupynis: beat up workers for a church group tion by some 8,000 people following a helping the families of jailed Solidarity liturgy celebrated in honor of the activists, reported The New York Times. democratic constitution of 1791. 12 years in asylums The raid came as a large force of The demonstration, eventually broken JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Life for uniformed and plainclothes police most Soviet dissidents is extremely up by the riot police and water cannon, arduous, marked by relentless go­ came two days after tens of thousands vernment persecution, employment of supporters of the outlawed Solidarity "difficulties, harassment and intimi­ Badzio, Striltsiv union defied the government by holding dation. But some dissidents appear independent May Day rallies in 20 to be singled out for particularly cities. brutal treatment. stage hunger strike The convent raid, which was witness­ One such case concerns Ukrainian ed by a Western journalist and his ELLICOTT CITY, Md. - Sources interpreter, was conducted by a group prisoner of conscience Anatoliy in Ukraine recently revealed that two Lupynis, 46, who this year began of 15 to 20 men in leather jackets and Ukrainian political prisoners, Yuriy street clothing. serving the 12th year of an indeter­ Badzio and Vasyl Striltsiv, staged a one- minate term in Soviet mental institu­ According to church sources, the day hunger strike late last year to intruders broke through a back door of tions. He is currently in a special coincide with the 60th anniversary of psychiatric hospital in Orel, but he the Convent of the Franciscan Sisters, the formation of the Soviet Union. which is attached to St. Martin's has been incarcerated in five other According to the Smoloskyp Ukrai­ mental hospitals' across the Soviet Church. Once in the aid office, which nian Information Service, the two men, distributes parcels of food and clothing Union.