THE 1 СВОБОДАXSVODODA І І ” ” ” ^ Щ УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ ЩОА,ІННИК ^^^ UKRAl MAN DAIIV Щ Щ UkrainiaENGLISH-LANGUAGnE WEEKL Y WeelcEDITION lУ VOL. LXXXIV No. 233 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23,1977 25 CENTS Thousands of Free World Ukrainian Catholics Journey to Rome to Mark Patriarchal Anniversaries Jubilees Commemorated with Liturgies, 3,000 Torontonians Protest Concert, Banquet Meetings Rights violations in Ukraine ROME, italy.–Thousands of Ukrainian Catholics from Western Europe, the TORONTO, Ont.–Metro Toronto's All four made strong statements United States, Canada, South America and Oceania journeyed to the capital of Ukrainians staged a rain-drenched late- about the need to end oppression in Catholicism to mark the 85th anniversary of the birth of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj and afternoon rally at Toronto City Hall on Ukraine, denounced Soviet human the 65th anniversary of his priesthood early this month. Sunday, October 2, to protest the rights violations, and made a commit– For five days beginning Friday, September 30, Ukrainian faithful raised their continued violations of the national and ment to do their part in raising these voices in jubilation to reaffirm their loyalty to Patriarch Josyf and the "Pomisna" human rights of the Ukrainian people in issues in their political spheres. Ukrainian Catholic Church. The commemorations included Liturgies, a concert the Soviet Union and to demand free– The strongest speech was made by and banquet, and meetings of different territorial lay patriarchal organizations. dom and independence for Ukraine. Toronto civil rights lawyer Joseph Also, taking advantage of the celebrations, Ukrainian Catholics intensified their Over 35000 people huddled together Pomerantz, who called for. Canadian pleas to Pope Paul УІ to recognize the 85-year-old Ukrainian Catholic primate as under umbrellas and City Hall arches to trade sanctions against the USSR to patriarch. (See story on page 3.) listen to some of the strongest speeches underline Canadian concern about So– made in recent years on the subject of viet human rights violations. Mr. Po– The observances began with a Ponti– Ukraine, reported the Ukrainian Echo merantz himself has been active in the fical Divine Liturgy in the St. Sophia on October 7. defense of A. Shcharansky, a Soviet Cathedral Friday, September 30, ex– The rally, which was organized by the Jewish activist who was arrested in Moscow for his membership in the actly 60 years after the ordination of Ukrainian Canadian. Committee, was Patriarch Josyf, Over 1,000 faithful at– held two days prior to the opening of the Helsinki Accords monitoring group there. tended the service celebrated by six Uk– Helsinki Accords Review Conference in rainian Catholic bishops and over 50 Belgrade. Before the rally, the UCC Al Chumak proposed that the rally priests from the free world. collected thousands of signatures on a adopt resolutions to be forwarded to Prime Minister Trudeau and External As the primate of the "Pomisna" petition to the Canadian government Ukrainian Catholic Church exited urging it to take a firm stand at Bel- Affairs Minister Donald Jamieson, calling for a firm stand by the Canadian from his quarters on the grounds of the grade. Ukrainian Catholic University and in attendance at the rally were newly delegation at the U.N. and at the Belgrade conference. made his way into the cathedral, he appointed Minister of State for Multi– was greeted by rows of people, all cuituralism Norman Cafik, Ontario The first resolution called for the decolonization of the USSR. shouting "Glory to the Patriarch." Opposition leader Stuart Smith, Onta– The Liturgy was concelebrated by rio Consumer Relations Minister Larry A similar protest was staged at the Grossman, and Toronto school trustee City Hall later the same evening by the Bishops Neil Savaryn of Edmonton, Al Chumak. Committee for Soviet Jewry. isidore Borecky of Toronto, Andrew Roborecki of Saskatoon, Jaroslaw Gabro of Chicago, ivan Prashko of UCCA Launches Annual Australia and New Zealand, and Pla– ton v. Kornyljak of West Germany. Patriarch Josyf І Among the clergy officiating during Fund-Raising Campaign For the Liturgy were: Archmandrite Stefa– Choma, to the rank of patriarchal no Czmil, rector of the Minor Semi- archmandrite. Msgr. Choma is Patri– nary; Rev. Antin Ryzak, head of the arch Josyf s long-time personal secre– Ukrainian National Fund Studite order; Rev. Protopresbyter tary and dean of the department of the– Peter Chomyn, Rev. Canon Marian ology at the Ukrainian Catholic Uni– Goal Set at $^75,000 Butrynsky, Rev. volodymyr Andrush– versity. kiw, Rev. Dr. Johannes Hrynioch, During the Liturgy Patriarch Josyf NEW YORK, N.Y. (UCCA Spe– of the independence of Ukraine; the head of the Theological Society; Rev. gave the rank of "kryloshanyn" cial).-in the middle of October 1977 same release was also sent to all U.S. Dr. Nicholas Komar, head of the St. (canon) to three priests from England the Executive Board of the Ukrainian senators and congressmen, foreign Andrew's Society. - Revs. Mykola Matyczak, Jarema Congress Committee of America embassies in Washington and U.N. At the outset of the Liturgy, Patri– Hawryluk and Michael Ratushynskyj. launched its annual fund-raising cam– Mission in New York, along with arch Josyf elevated Msgr. Dr. ivan (Continued on page 3) paign for the Ukrainian National "Declaration and Memorandum No. Fund, which is the financial basis of all 1," published by the Ukrainian Public activities of the UCCA. For this pur– Group Promote the implementation of pose the UCCA Main Office sent out the Helsinki Accords, published in Uk– Set installation Dates over 17,000 individual appeals, stres– rainian in Kiev and printed in English sing the goals and objectives, as well as here by the Ukrainian National Asso– For New Metropolitan, Bishop a briefly recounting some accomplish– ciation. PHlLADELPHiA, Pa.-The date of the ceremony of installation of rnents of the UCCA this year. 2. On June i, 1977 the UCCA For the first nine months of the cur- Bishop Joseph Schmondiuk as Archbishop-Metropolitan of Ukrainian opened the Ukrainian information Bu– Catholics in the United States has been set for Thursday, December 1, an– rent year, iht UCCA succesfully imple– reau in Washington, D.C. One of the mented the following political pro- nounced Msgr. Robert M. Moskal, acting chancellor of the Philadelphia more important decisions of the Xllth Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy. grams: Congress of Ukrainians in the United 1. in January, 1977 it solemnly ob– Bishop Schmondiuk will be the third Ukrainian Archbishop-Metropolitan States, held in October 1976 in New in the U.S. He will succeed the late Metropolitan Ambrose Senyshyn, who served the anniversary of Ukrainian in– York City. Office space was rented at dependence in the U.S. Congress, in died Saturday, September 11, 1976. the National Press Building at 14th and Bishop Basil H. Losten, former Apostolic Administrator of the Phila– state and( city capitols, as well as F Streets, N.W. it should be added that throughout iUkrainian communities in delphia Archeparchy, will take over Bishop Schmondiuk's Stamford, the National Press Building houses Conn., Eparchy, said Msgr. Moskal. installation ceremonies will take place America. A? the same time the UCCA almost all American newspaper sent 2,320 special press releases to the Wednesday, December 7, at St. Basil's College Seminary Chapel. American press about the significance (Continued on page 13) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23,1977 No. 233 Ukrainian Adventist Preaches Final Statements While Eluding Secret Police 0f Druzhkivkq Trial Reach West Tykhy Reasserts innocence, Continues to Defend Actions MOSCOW, USSR.—A 28-year-old which Soviet Christians protest is the Ukrainian Seventh Day Adventist has rule that they cannot give religious in– NEW YORK, NY.—Reports on the join because 1 do not agree with several been preaching the Gospel across the struction to their children. They con- proceedings of the infamous Druzh– articles of their by-laws." tend that their faith is no concern of Soviet Union for over two dozen years kivka trial keep emanating from Uk– Tykhy said that at 18-19 years of age the state. while keeping one step ahead of the raine, and the latest information receiv– he read all the works of Lenin, and KGB, reported Christopher Wren in The restriction was one of the rea– ed in the West by the press service of the sons why Haletsky was forced to leave added that he always "looked at life the Sunday, October 16th edition of Supreme Liberation Council (abroad) through his own eyes." The New York Times. home. includes final statements by the defen– Rostyslav Haletsky is a member of At age 13, Haletsky started cutting dants Mykola Rudenko and Oleksa He said that he remembers the famine an underground Christian sect in the school in his native town of voinin to Tykhy, appeals by Rudenko's wife, and of 1933, the war, the Fascists, the Soviet Union. Since age 13 he has suf– attend Saturday worship. When his other pertinent documents. lynchings, raids and refugees. fered the brunt of Soviet displeasure teachers learned of this they threatened Rudenko is chairman of the Ukraini– Tykhy claimed that at an early age he over the existence of these Christian to send him to a reform school with cri– an Public Group to Promote the lmple– sects. minals. To this Haletsky cooly replied: realized "that the only way to freedom is mentation of the Helsinki Accords, and through the prison." Haletsky told Wren that members of "1 would be very happy to go there so І Tykhy is a member. They were put on underground Baptist or Pentecostal could speak to them about God." trial in the eastern Ukrainian town of After completing the Moscow Uni– sects disapprove of state controls over Authorities began to put pressure on Druzhkivka late last June and sen– versity, Tykhy taught in village schools.