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by Roman WoronowyczKyiv Press Bureau

KYIV – An icon of the 17th centuryspiritual and cultural leader MetropolitanPetro Mohyla, prepared by monks of theRomanian Orthodox Church in honor ofhis canonization in Romania, was pre-sented to the Annunciation Church of theNational University of Kyiv MohylaAcademy on January 14.

The Romanian Orthodox Church hadcanonized Metropolitan Mohyla a sainton October 13, 2002, during a ceremonyin his hometown of Iasi, present-day

Romania, assigning December 22 as thedate of his commemoration. In 1997 asynod of the Romanian Church had rec-ognized the canonization of Mohyla bythe Ukrainian Orthodox. The metropoli-tan was canonized by both the UkrainianOrthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate(1996) and the Ukrainian OrthodoxChurch – Moscow Patriarchate.

Representatives of the UkrainianEmbassy in Romania presented a styl-ized likeness of the legendary metropoli-tan of Kyiv, Halychyna and all of Rus’ tothe Annunciation Church of the NationalUniversity of Mohyla Academy. Todayknown as the Church of St. PetroMohyla, the church honors MetropoitanMohyla, who founded the Kyiv academythat bears his name in 1631. Monks ofthe monastery in Iasi created the fresco.

“The tireless work of MetropolitanPetro Mohyla, who was born into thefamily of the Moldavian noblemanSimeon Mohyla, is an example of thefriendship, cooperation and good-friendli-ness between the Ukrainian nation and thenations of Moldavia and Wallachia (laterRomania),” explained Ukraine’s Ministryof Foreign Affairs in a press release.

Ukraine’s Ambassador to RomaniaAnton Buteiko sent a greeting to theAnnunciation Church in which he under-scored that the “transfer of the icon tothe Annunciation Church of the KyivMohyla Academy, which is a gift worthyof the memory of the great metropolitan,

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KYIV – Iraq’s ambassador to Ukrainedenied on January 16 that his country hadpurchased pontoon bridges or other fieldengineering equipment from Kyiv.

The repudiation came 10 days after ahigh-ranking U.S. official told a Londonnewspaper that Ukraine had again raisedthe ire of the United States with freshsales to Baghdad in the wake of theKolchuha scandal.

Yet, Washington also made it plain thatit was ready to continue to cooperate withUkraine – although not at the highest lev-els.

Iraqi Ambassador to Ukraine MozherAl-Douri said at a Kyiv press conferencethat the United States is manipulatingUkraine for its own political purposesand that no illegal arms sales have takenplace between Ukraine and Iraq.

“You may come and see this for your-self,” added the Iraqi ambassador, whosecountry is the subject of an intense inves-tigation by U.N. experts searching forweapons of mass destruction and viola-tions of sanctions placed on it by theUnited Nations after the Persian GulfWar.

Ukraine’s President Leonid Kuchmahas been the focal point of accusationsthat Ukraine engaged in illegal arms tradewith Iraq, particularly for an alleged saleof a Kolchuha air defense system. TheU.S. has based its allegations on digitalrecordings that it obtained, which it has

verified to be authentic. On those tapesMr. Kuchma is allegedly heard giving theauthorization to sell the Kolchuhathrough a Jordanian intermediary.

The United States has yet to provideconcrete evidence for its accusations, butit has determined the recordings to besufficient proof to withhold further for-eign aid to the Kyiv central government.

The U.S. official who made fresh alle-gations of improper sales to Iraq, whomThe Times of London did not identify,said that evidence of a sale of militarypontoons emerged on January 6, but didnot give details. He merely told theBritish daily newspaper that Ukrainiantransfers of military equipment to Iraqwere “a continuing problem.”

Nonetheless, U.S. Ambassador toUkraine Carlos Pascual told aWashington think-tank on January 11 thatthere is hope for U.S.-Ukraine relationsand that Washington wants to maintain anopen-door policy towards Ukraine.

While briefing members of the Centerfor Strategic and International Studies,Ambassador Pascual noted that U.S.-Ukraine relations had eroded to their low-est point in more than 11 years ofUkrainian independence.

He said the process of deteriorationbegan with the disappearance of journal-ist Heorhii Gongadze in September 2000and ebbed with the Kolchuha affair.Contributing to worsening relations hadbeen repeated allegations of denial of freespeech in Ukraine and the downing of aRussian commercial airliner by theUkrainian military, in which Kyiv at firstdenied involvement. Mr. Pascual addedthat Kyiv’s behavior during internationalattempts to restore peace in strife-tornMacedonia two years ago was particular-ly vexing.

“President Kuchma assured [WhiteHouse National Security Adviser]Condoleezza Rice, [NATO SecretaryGeneral] George Robertson and[European Union foreign policy chief]Javier Solana that Ukraine would nottransfer heavy arms to Macedonia duringa period of time when there were negotia-tions on a peace settlement. And withinone month of that time there were trans-fers of heavy arms to Macedonia, whichwas a tremendous breach of trust,” statedAmbassador Pascual, according to anRFE/RL report.

He explained that, as a result, the U.S.had concluded that Ukraine is not a reli-able partner, and that it was no longerworth cooperating with PresidentKuchma. He said that relations withUkraine at the ministerial level wouldnow assume added importance.

The U.S. envoy said Ukraine neededto make an effort to restore the confi-dence of the West. He enumerated a four-

Kyiv denies new allegations that it sold equipment to Iraq

by Vera RichRFE/RL Poland, Belarus and Ukraine ReportUkraine’s nuclear-power industry, which

satisfies close to 50 percent of the country’senergy needs, is in serious financial trouble.The Chornobyl power station, the site of theworld’s worst nuclear disaster in April 1986,is a constant strain on the state budget.

The last of the working reactors there(No. 3) was ceremonially closed under pres-sure from the West in December 2000. Butuntil the plant is finally decommissioned, itwill need a constant input of money forwater, gas, electricity and the wages of themaintenance staff. But there is no money.Instead, there are only debts that nowexceed 20 million hrv ($3.8 million).Recently, the water supply was cut off,although after an appeal from the staff aboutpossible consequences, the Vodokanal sup-ply company agreed to reconnect it.

But the draft Ukrainian state budget for2003 allots to Chornobyl only funds for thestaff payroll. According to OleksanderAntropov, the presidential representative atChornobyl, it may be necessary to reduce

the safety level at the plant.This is no easy decision. There are, Mr.

Antropov said, “many millions of curies ofradioactive” waste at the site, and the “sar-cophagus” enclosing the ruined No. 4 reac-tor is in a “critical” state, with nuclear fuelstill inside. Following the accident, a wholerange of monitoring devices was installed,but there is no money to run them. Now,some Ukrainian lawmakers, in particular,members of the parliamentary Committeefor Fuel and Energy, are suggesting that,although the closure of Chornobyl waspolitically correct, it was economically pre-mature, and they are urging that the No. 3reactor be restarted to provide the necessaryelectricity.

Almost immediately after the accidentthere was worldwide pressure for the per-manent closure of the Chornobyl power sta-tion. However, the Soviet authorities, andlater those of independent Ukraine, main-tained that they could not manage withoutthe electricity from the surviving threeChornobyl reactors.

Back in 1986, the G-7 countries agreedto provide “compensation” for the lost gen-

erating capacity by helping fund the con-struction of two additional reactors, one atthe Khmelnytskyi power station and one atRivne, a project known as K2R4.

The extra electricity is definitely needed.Yurii Kostenko, Ukraine’s environmentminister in the early 1990s, told the authorof this note that closing or not closingChornobyl was a matter of having to choosebetween the putative death toll of a possiblenew explosion at Chornobyl or the certaintyof many thousands of deaths fromhypothermia in the coming winter.

Eventually, the Chornobyl station wasclosed, and the European Bank forReconstruction and Development (EBRD)began negotiating a $215 million loan forthe completion of K2R4. But, just when thenegotiations seemed about to be finalized,the Ukrainian side expressed a reluctance tomeet the bank’s conditions. During the visitof EBRD President Jean Lemierre toUkraine in mid-October, Ukraine’s primeminister at the time Anatolii Kinakh,expressed a desire to renew negotiations.

Ukraine’s nuclear-power sector in dire straits

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CIS summit slated for Ukraine

KYIV – Heads of state of theCommonwealth of Independent Stateswill meet at a government residence inIvano-Frankivsk Oblast in westernUkraine on January 28-29, UNIANreported on January 14, quoting ForeignAffairs Ministry spokesman SerhiiBorodenkov. Mr. Borodenkov said thesummit will focus on economic issues.“There will be virtually no politics at thissummit – [only] issues of interests for theentire CIS will be considered,” he added.Mr. Borodenkov said, in line with a rulingof the CIS Economic Court in 1994,Ukraine is a CIS founder and “partici-pant,” but not a member, since Kyiv hasneither signed nor ratified the CISCharter. (RFE/RL Newsline)Ukraine posts economic growth of 4.1 %

KYIV – Ukraine’s gross domesticproduct (GDP) increased by 4.1 percentin 2002, UNIAN reported on January 15,quoting First Deputy Prime Minister andFinance Minister Mykola Azarov. Mr.Azarov added that industrial productiongrew by 7 percent last year, while infla-tion was “virtually nil.” (RFE/RLNewsline)Zlenko and Powell confer via phone

KYIV – Ukrainian Foreign AffairsMinister Anatolii Zlenko and U.S.Secretary of State Colin Powell have dis-cussed by telephone the prospects fordeveloping bilateral cooperation, theUkrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry’spress service reported. Messrs. Zlenkoand Powell discussed proposals which theforeign affairs minister put forward in hislatest letter to the secretary of state “relat-ing to some urgent issues of bilateralcooperation,” the press service said. “Thesides agreed to thoroughly study allapproaches to stabilize Ukraine-U.S. rela-tions,” according to the press service. Thetwo leaders also discussed the possibilityof organizing a meeting between the for-eign ministers of the two countries. Thetwo also discussed the crisis around Iraqin the context of the expected UnitedNations Security Council meeting on thisissue. (BBC Monitoring Service) Presidential administration overstaffed?

KYIV – Our Ukraine lawmakerMykola Tomenko, head of the parliamen-tary Committee for the Freedom ofExpression and Information, told UNIANon January 13 that staffing of the presi-dential administration includes 619salaried posts. Mr. Tomenko stressed thatthe figure, which was communicated to

him officially from the presidentialadministration, is double the number ofpositions in the Central Committee of theCommunist Party of Ukraine in the1980s. This “significant overbalance” ofposts in comparison with the number ofthose in the Communist-era CentralCommittee “looks unnatural,” he added.National Deputy Tomenko said the presi-dential administration in its current formoperates not as a consultative body but as“the supreme organ of the executivepower.” He charged that such a situationcontradicts the Constitution of Ukraine.(RFE/RL Newsline)Resettled Ukrainians seek justice

KYIV – A nationwide organizationcalled the Congress of Ukrainians of theKholm and Pidliashia regions, unitingindividuals (and their descendants) whowere forcibly resettled from eastern andsoutheastern Poland to the Ukrainian SSRin 1944-1946, has called on theVerkhovna Rada to hold a parliamentaryhearing devoted to their plight, UNIANreported on January 13. The congress isdemanding that legislators provide a legaland political assessment of the forciblepost-war resettlement of Ukrainians fromPoland, give those resettled the status ofdeported persons, and compensate themfor moral and material damages.According to an accord between the gov-ernments of Poland and the UkrainianSSR at the time, some 460,000Ukrainians were resettled from Polish ter-ritory to Ukraine in 1944-1946. Another140,000 Ukrainians were resettled in1947 during Akcja Wisla from southeast-ern Poland to the so-called RecoveredLands, Poland’s newly acquired areas inthe north and west. (RFE/RL Newsline)Ukraine faces new U.S. allegations

LONDON – The Times of London onJanuary 10 quoted an unnamed U.S. offi-cial saying Ukraine might have trans-ferred a pontoon bridge to Iraq in breachof U.N. sanctions. The official added thatother Ukrainian transfers to Iraq are a“continuing problem.” U.S. StateDepartment spokesman Richard Bouchersaid the same day that he cannot confirmthe new allegations but added thatWashington will look into them.Ukrainian Foreign Affairs MinisterAnatolii Zlenko said on January 10 thatKyiv has exported pontoon bridges, butnever to Iraq. “If there are any pontoonbridges in Iraq, our government doesn’thave any responsibility for it becauseUkraine never sold such bridges directly

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NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFSby Roman Kupchinsky

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CONCLUSIONIn order to bring peace to the Donetsk

region, President Leonid Kuchmaappointed Viktor Yanukovych head of theDonetsk state administration in May1997. Mr. Kuchma chose Mr.Yanukovych because he knew he wasvery close to Rynat Akhmetov, the realboss of Donetsk. With the death of AkhatBragin, the Industrial Union of theDonbas was taken over by VitaliiHaiduk, the fuel and energy minister inAnatoliu Kinakh’s and Mr. Yanukovych’scabinets.

In 1998, to further solidify his positionas he was preparing for his re-electioncampaign President Kuchma came toDonetsk and, according to reliablesources, made the clan a very generousoffer: if they stayed out of politics butsupported him for re-election, he and theKyiv government would not ask ques-tions about how they made their moneyand what became of it. It was a gentle-manly offer and it was gladly accepted.

In 1999 Donetsk brought out the pro-Kuchma votes and dealt a devastatingblow to the local Communist Partybranch, considered by most to be thestrongest political organization in theoblast. In the 2002 parliamentary elec-tions, Donetsk repeated this feat andsecured a majority of deputies for thepro-Kuchma For a United Ukraine bloc.It was the only oblast in Ukraine thatgave them a majority.

The newly re-elected president toldthe Verkhovna Rada during his inauguraladdress that they would “see a newLeonid Kuchma,” and as proof he nomi-nated Viktor Yushchenko as prime minis-ter. Mr. Yushchenko, considered by mostto be a real reformer and pro-Westernpolitician, was given a free hand tochoose his Cabinet of Ministers. He thenmade Yulia Tymoshenko the vice primeminister for energy. When asked why hechose her, Mr. Yushchenko told theauthor of this article that she was theonly one who understood all the intrica-cies of the energy sector in Ukraine.

Ms. Tymoshenko quickly went towork to try to bring some order to thissector, beginning with the gas traders andthe leadership of Naftohaz Ukrainy, thestate gas-trading company led by IhorBakai, a close friend and supporter ofMr. Kuchma.

At that time, Mr. Bakai was alreadysuspected of siphoning off Russian gasfrom the pipeline going to WesternEurope and then reselling this gas toSlovak, Polish and other gas traders. Mr.Bakai also owed millions of dollars tothe gas companies Itera and Gazprom. Atone point in his career, Mr. Bakai createda dummy corporation in Cyprus, namedit Itera International, and sent money toit, claiming that he was repaying the realItera in Moscow, but in reality he wasputting this money into his own pocket.Mr. Bakai was forced to quit.

In November 2000, Ms. Tymoshenkowent after the coal barons. Her immediateenemy in Kyiv became Serhii Tulub, thecoal minister and a prominent member ofthe Donetsk clan. In the winter of 2000,Ms. Tymoshenko asked PresidentKuchma a number of times to remove Mr.Tulub, but the president refused to do so.

What Ms. Tymoshenko had done by

going after the Donetsk coal barons wasto stir up a hornet’s nest. She was firedby President Kuchma in January 2001,and soon afterward the procurator gener-al suddenly discovered that there hadbeen grave irregularities at UnifiedEnergy Systems of Ukraine when it wasunder Ms. Tymoshenko’s leadership. Herhusband was promptly arrested andthrown in jail, and a criminal case wasopened against her. The governmentdropped the idea of trying to reform theUkrainian coal industry.

Taking advantage of the Kuchma dealof 1998, the Industrial Union of theDonbas expanded. It presently consistsof some 600 enterprises located in thethree eastern oblasts of Ukraine:Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Luhansk.Today, the union is considered by manyto be the backbone of the Donetsk clan.

The main commodity in which theIndustrial Union deals is coal, especiallycoking coal used in the metallurgicalindustry. According to the director of theARC Co. of Donetsk, Ihor Humeniuk,his company and the Industrial Unioncontrol 75 percent of the coking coalmined in Ukraine. This coal supplies thegiant Azovstal and Kryvorihstal steelworks and keeps them under their con-trol. As to the other companies undertheir control, the Industrial Union of theDonbas is still suspected of strippingtheir assets.

One of the secondary pillars of theDonetsk clan is the Zviahilskyi group. Aswas mentioned Yukhym Zviahilskyireturned to Ukraine from Israel alive andwell, if somewhat poorer. He went backto being the director of the giantZasiadko coal mine – the largest coalmine in the world – and soon went aboutsetting up a semipolitical structure calledthe Donetsk Zemliachestvo, a type of fra-ternity of Donetsk-born men who were ofsome importance.

A partner in this group is the formermayor of Donetsk, Volodymyr Rybak.He is said to control the constructionbusiness in Donetsk. The Zviahilskyigroup also controls the First UkrainianInternational Bank (where Mr.Yushchenko’s brother is a member of theboard.)

The man whom most consider to bethe head of the Donetsk clan is RynatAkhmetov. A Tatar by nationality, he isalso one of the founding members and anactive sponsor of the Muslim Party ofUkraine. He is the founder of theDonetsk City Bank (DonGorBank) andhas great influence over the activities ofmost major companies that form theIndustrial Union of the Donbas. Mr.Akhmetov is the owner of 51 percent ofthe shares of the company Vizavi, one ofthe union’s founding partners. He is con-sidered to be close to Boris Kolesnikov,the deputy head of the Donetsk OblastCouncil and director of the Kyiv-Kontycompany, and to Mr. Yanukovych, thenew prime minister of Ukraine. He issaid to be worth more than $1 billion.

By comparison, in a bold show oftransparency, Mr. Yanukovych revealedhis personal finances for 2001, declaringthat his total income for the year was21,363 hrv 35 kopecks ($ 4,272.60). Thisconsisted of his salary (17,526.43 hrv)plus honoraria from his academic activity(2,548.92 hrv). He also received financialaid for the needy from the government inthe sum of 1,288 hryvnyas. He does notown a car, a boat, or any property, andlives in a comfortable, yet not ostenta-tious, apartment measuring 108 squaremeters. He is just a regular civil servant.

The clan from Donetsk

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KYIV – Responding to assertionsbeing made on some Internet websitesthat Microsoft has developed a laugh-able, mixed-language Ukrainian versionof its popular Windows XP software, themarketing director of its Kyiv office saidthat a huge misunderstanding has takenplace and pointed out that no fullUkrainian Windows XP software pack-age currently exists.

“This is not a Ukrainian software ver-sion of Windows XP,” explained ValeriaKazban, “it is the interface pack. This isan effort to determine whether there ismarket interest among Ukrainian users.”

In an exclusive interview with TheUkrainian Weekly, Ms. Kazban empha-sized that the Ukrainian interface packcan be downloaded free fromMicrosoft’s website and that the compa-ny made it available for public consump-tion to test demand.

However, she did not explain why thiswas not spelled out in the press releaseissued by Microsoft when the new prod-uct came online. In a press release,Microsoft Director of ProductDevelopment for the CIS OleksiiBadayev merely stated that the Ukrainianinterface pack “was produced to meet theneeds of Ukrainian buyers and to developthe variety of software programs with aUkrainian interface.”

Ms. Kazban explained that this is notthe first time that Microsoft efforts havebeen misinterpreted. “I want it to beknown that there are always a variety ofpoints of view on any new Microsoftproducts,” said Ms. Kazban.

The Microsoft marketing director forUkraine explained that only Microsoft’sOffice XP software is currently availablein Ukrainian, and is limited to the Wordand Excel programs.

Regardless of the intermediary nature

of the interface pack, some visitors tothe website http://www.maidan.org.uawent so far as to call it a “surzhyk,” ormixed Ukrainian-Russian anomaly.

The basic problem, as contributors tothe open discussion on the website sug-gested, is that the Ukrainian interfacepack can be installed only on Russian-language Windows XP software. If youare an English interface user, or Polish,or German, or Chinese, you’re out ofluck, for now anyway.

In addition, as Andrii Shevchuk, onecontributor to the discussion, pointed outin detail, there are several places wherethe program inexplicably reverts back tothe Russian language, particularly inOutlook Express and the print mode ofWord.

While Microsoft has translated thefull line of its software into many lan-guages over the years, Ukraine has hadto fight for any Ukrainian-language ver-sion of Microsoft programming. Eventhough Polish- and Russian-languagesoftware has been available for around adecade, Ukrainian software appearedonly last March, and that came only aftera concerted effort by Ukraine’s Ministryof Education and the ShevchenkoScientific Society of America, which isbased in New York.

Microsoft eventually signed an agree-ment with Ukraine’s Ministry ofEducation to produce Office XP in theUkrainian language for the benefit ofUkrainian schools, many of which arecomputerized today.

Ms. Kazban underscored that the lat-est Microsoft initiative to explore aUkrainian version of the more popularWindows version was not prompted byoutside forces, but this time came fromwithin the company itself. Ms. Kazbansaid that a decision on future Microsoftsoftware in the Ukrainian language willbe made after marketing tests are com-pleted.

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Lemierre was shown on Ukrainian televi-sion saying that the bank and the Ukrainiangovernment had “agreed to renew talks” onthe project.

In the meantime, however, the parame-ters and costs have changed, and the detailsof the project will have to be renegotiated.Moreover, Mr. Lemierre stressed the impor-tance for K2R4 of cooperation betweenUkraine and the International MonetaryFund, saying that K2R4 is “a big long-termproject, and it will have an impact on theenergy sector in general.”

Mr. Lemierre added that the project “willrequire long-term energy policy, and we’lltalk both with the prime minister and theIMF on this subject.” An IMF delegation isdue to visit Ukraine at the end of October todiscuss a new “stand-by” agreement.However, it may well be some time beforethe projected loan for K2R4 materializes.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian nuclear indus-try is strapped for cash across the board. Atall the country’s five operating nuclear sta-tions, safety levels are imperiled by lack ofmoney. There is a massive brain drain.According to Oleksander Bilychenko, thedirector of capital construction at Ukraine’snational nuclear-generating companyEnerhoatom, over the past three years, 280specialists with top qualifications in nuclearpower have left Ukraine, while 60 percentof those still at their posts want to leave.

To stem the outflow, Enerhoatom drewup at the end of September what itdescribes as a “social policy program” forits employees. But this would cost an esti-mated 91.8 million hrv to implement,which would mean trebling the present tar-iff for the sale of electricity to the energymarket.

Yet, such is the state of the Ukrainianlabor market that almost simultaneouslywith Mr. Bilychenko’s announcement ofthe nuclear brain drain, it was revealed thatat the Rivne nuclear station at least 10 sen-ior engineering and administrative postswere held by unqualified people, whosediplomas in “nuclear engineering and ther-

mal-power stations” from OdesaPolytechnic University were forged. (Whenpurchased three years ago, the going ratefor such documents is said to have been$500 to $600 apiece.) The Rivne Oblastprosecutor has now started criminal pro-ceedings under Ukrainian Criminal CodeArticles 358 (deliberate use of false docu-ments) and 367 (negligence in the work-place).

Not surprisingly perhaps, Rivne has hadin recent months a record of malfunctions,breakdowns and emergency stoppages that,in spite of assurances from the station man-agement that no escape of radiation wasinvolved, built up into a worrying picturethat eventually led the prosecutor to insti-gate an investigation.

Enerhoatom has had its own troubles.On June 5, 2002, the cabinet of Ministersdismissed Enerhoatom Chairman YuriiNedashkovskyi, replacing him with formerFuel and Energy Minister Serhiy Tulub. Mr.Nedashkovskyi immediately filed a lawsuitagainst the Cabinet of Ministers, claimingillegal dismissal, and the trade-union com-mittee of Enerhoatom also protested hisouster.

At the beginning of July, PresidentLeonid Kuchma convened a three-day con-ference to sort out the “serious” problems(financial and otherwise) of the nuclearindustry and, in particular, instructed thegovernment to set up an interdepartmentalworking group to look into Enerhoatom’sfinances (a grim record of unpaid debts,overdue wage bills, and money earmarkedfor work on new reactors and upgradingsafety measures failing to materialize).

A few days later, Mr. Kuchma in effectcalled for a purge of the company. “Wemust sort it out, and name ‘the heroes.’ Theenterprise should work for people, not forthe small group of people who havebrought it to bankruptcy,” the presidentsaid.

Then, in August, the Kyiv-based news-paper Den announced that several formerofficials (unnamed) of the company hadbeen charged under Article 364/2 (abuse ofpower with grievous consequences).Interfax quoted Volodymyr Hohol, whowas described as “acting head of a depart-ment of the Procurator General’s Office,” assaying that the accused had caused damageto the state in the amount of some 200 mil-lion hryvnyas over the period from 1998 to2001, when, as managers of Enerhoatom,they had “concluded a number of contractsthat they knew were not advantageous tothe state in selling promissory notesthrough commercial banks, causing enor-mous losses to the company.”

Furthermore, the harm done by corrup-tion may have been compounded byincompetence. Den quoted a “source closeto Enerhoatom” as saying that in one deal,the company lost profits “because of simpleforgetfulness: Someone failed to take intoaccount the payment for the transmission ofelectricity.” Considerable sums of money,Den claimed, had “evaporated” beyond theborders of Ukraine in some rather strangedeals, including the case of 500 tons of ura-nium concentrate, which Enerhoatomreceived in 2000 from the UkrainianMinistry of Fuel and Energy at a price of352 hrv per kilogram and then sold on to aRussian enterprise for only 97.2 hrv perkilogram.

Under Mr. Tulub’s leadership, the situa-tion has apparently improved. The wholecommercial side has been separated into anew department, and a tender committeehas been established with the aim of lower-ing the cost of buying equipment, materials,and services. A new social policy programhas been drafted, even if it is not clearwhere the money will be found. Work onthe K2R4 reactors has been speeded up.Mr. Tulub seems determined that the reac-tors will be built eventually, with or withoutthe EBRD loan. But on both safety andfinancial counts, Ukraine’s nuclear industryis still far from healthy.

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point plan by which this could be done.First, he called on the country to deepencooperation with the U.S. to strengthen itsexport control regime. Second, he saidcloser ties were needed between theUkrainian ministers and the U.S. govern-ment, as well as between the U.S.Congress and the Verkhovna Rada. Third,he called on more obvious and concretesupport by Ukrainian authorities for ademocratic opposition and an independ-ent media.

Finally, he suggested that U.S.-Ukrainemilitary cooperation should continue andbroaden, and that Kyiv should move for-ward in carrying out its NATO actionplan. He added the U.S. has an obligationto help the country to join Western insti-

tutions such as the World TradeOrganization and the European Union.

Reacting to Mr. Pascual’s speech dur-ing a press briefing on January 21 – anddisregarding the statement thatWashington would not cooperate withPresident Kuchma – Ministry of ForeignAffairs press spokesman SerhiiBorodenkov said the U.S. ambassador’sremarks sent a positive signal.

“We are striving to overcome the crisisof confidence in our relations and contin-ue to regard the U.S. as a partner,” saidMr. Borodenkov.

Later that day, U.S. Secretary of StateColin Powell and Ukraine’s Minister ofForeign Affairs Anatolii Zlenko held atelephone conversation to discuss ways totake the recent bumps out of relationsbetween the two countries. The two lead-ers did not exclude the possibility of ameeting.

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“I would characterize the relationship between the United States and Ukraineas perhaps the most difficult it’s been since [Ukrainian] independence. Trust hasbeen eroded. There have been missed opportunities, and in some cases there areradically conflicting perspectives on the relationship.”

– U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Carlos Pascual, speaking at a policy forum inWashington in the second week of January, as quoted by RFE/RL. The ambassa-dor said the Kolchuha affair was the single most damaging incident to bilateralrelations, although the Gongadze case, lack of media freedom and arms sales toMacedonia at a time of peace negotiations also contributed to the worsening ofU.S.-Ukraine relations.

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Ukrainian Congress Committee of AmericaNEW YORK – The Ukrainian

Congress Committee of America(UCCA), a leading umbrella organiza-tion in the United States since its found-ing in 1940, has continually tried toadapt to the changes within theUkrainian American community.

In recognition of that fact that therestill are sectors of the community that arenot active in organized UkrainianAmerican life, and in order to help iden-tify the needs and desires of the newimmigrants, the younger generation andnon-active Ukrainian Americans, theUCCA has developed a questionnaire.

This document addresses basic ques-tions that will assist the UCCA and otherorganizations in developing future pro-grams and activities that will serve theinterests of the greater UkrainianAmerican community.

The UCCA is encouraging everyUkrainian to take a few moments of theirtime to fill out this questionnaire andsend it back to the UCCA NationalOffice, 203 Second Ave., New York, NY10003.

For further information contact theUCCA offices at (212) 228-6840. Thequestionnaire may be found at variouslocations, including local UCCA branch-es, the National Office and on theUCCA’s website: www.ucca.org.

UCCA questionnaireseeks community input


President Leonid Kuchma and the oppo-sition leader Viktor Yushchenko.Although the meetings were to includethe participation of Polish and WesternEuropean dignitaries as well, Mr.Kuchma declined both invitations. Incontrast, in the last 10 years Ukrainianpresidents have attended 26 meetings ofthe heads of state of the Commonwealthof Independent States, the post-SovietEurasian entity dominated by Russia.

Another source of irritation betweenUkraine and Poland, Dr. Zhulynskyiobserved, the controversy surroundingthe so-called “Pantheon,” a memorialerected by the Poles at the LychakivCemetery in Lviv to honor Polish com-batants who died on Ukrainian territoryin their war against the WesternUkrainian National Republic in the years1918-1919. Twice Presidents Kuchmaand Aleksander Kwasniewski werescheduled to unveil the memorial togeth-er, but each time the ceremony was can-celed due to local opposition by the Lvivadministration.

The latest emerging threat toUkrainian-Polish relations comes fromPoland’s decision to mark during 2003

the 60th anniversary of the alleged masskillings of Polish civilians by Ukrainianguerrillas in the Volyn region of Ukraine.

Dr. Zhulynskyi said he believes thatPoland is the only realistic partner will-ing and able to pave Ukraine’s entry intothe European Union and that it wouldbehoove the Ukrainians to welcomePoland’s helping hand, even if it shouldinvolve some compromises regardingUkrainian historical sensitivities.

Dr. Romaniw dissented from that posi-tion, cautioning that we should not over-estimate the Polish card as a ticket forUkraine’s entry into Europe. As a resi-dent of Lviv, he was able to explain therationale behind the local protests againstthe Polish “Pantheon” at the cemetery inLviv. There is no equal in Europe, saidDr. Romaniv, for a memorial of suchgrandeur for enemy combatants buriedon foreign soil. He added: Where are the“Pantheons” of the German soldiers fall-en on Polish territory? He then answeredhis own question by pointing out thatthey have been bulldozed by the Poles.According to Dr. Romaniv, Ukrainiansfind offensive the Polish inscriptions onthe Lviv memorial, not the least of which

is the Polish spelling of the names of theUkrainian towns where the combatantsdied.

Dr. Romaniv said he views the“Pantheon” in the context of what hecalls an unwarranted expansion of Polishdioceses and parishes throughoutUkraine. With little indigeous Polish pop-ulation to minister to these RomanCatholic parishes of the Latin rite areactively proselytizing among theUkrainian population. Historically inUkraine Latinization always was tanta-mount to Polonization, Dr. Romanivreminded his audience.

Dr. Romaniv then directed his focus tothe hapless political situation in Ukraine,which he said is being caused by a“chaotic coalition of oligarchs.” In partic-ular, he bemoaned the status of theUkrainian language in Ukraine, whichhas been pushed out of the informationalspace by Russian. Today there isn’t a sin-gle Ukrainian-only TV channel left inUkraine. The only hope is a change ofgovernment, said Dr. Romaniv, conclud-ing in English with “God bless

by Dr. Orest Popovych

NEW YORK – An illustrious panelcomposed of members of the NationalAcademy of Sciences of Ukraine(NANU) appeared at the ShevchenkoScientific Society (known by theUkrainian acronym as NTSh) headquar-ters in New York on December 14, 2002,to address a variety of political, social,cultural, linguistic and informationalproblems that are vexing Ukraine today.In the order of their appearance, thespeakers were: Dr. Mykola Zhulynskyi, aformer vice prime minister of Ukraineand now a member of the VerkhovnaRada, who is the director of the Instituteof Ukrainian Literature at the NANU;Dr. Oleh Romaniv, the president ofNTSh in Ukraine and secretary generalof the World Council of NTSh; Dr. PavloHrytsenko, director of the Division ofDialectology at the NANU Institute ofUkrainian Language, as well as a facultymember at the University of Lublin inPoland; and Dr. Serhii Halchenko, direc-tor of both the Taras ShevchenkoNational Museum in Kyiv and of theDivision of Manuscripts at the NANUInstitute of Ukrainian Literature.

The program was introduced by Dr.Larissa Onyshkevych, the president ofNTSh in America, and emceed by Dr.Anna Procyk, a vice-president of theNTSh in charge of lecture programs.

Dr. Zhulynskyi spoke in his role as arepresentative of the Ukrainian-PolishInter-Parliamentary Forum, a group oflawmakers dedicated to promoting coop-eration between the two neighboringcountries, with a focus on Ukraine’s“European Choice.” Poland has reachedout to Ukraine with a number of initia-tives, which have been spurned byUkraine, complained Dr. Zhulynskyi. Ontwo occasions, Poland’s PresidentAlexander Kwasniewski offered to host aroundtable discussion between Ukraine’s

Four academicians present Ukraine update at Shevchenko Society

The General Assembly of the Ukrainian National Association

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

PresidentStefan KaczarajUkrainian National Association2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280 Parsippany, NJ 07054

First Vice-PresidentMartha Lysko801 S. Pitt St. – Unit 428Alexandria, VA 22314

Second Vice-PresidentEugene IwanciwP.O. Box 57486138 N. 12th St.Arlington, VA 22205-0748

Director for CanadaAl Kachkowski126 Simon Fraser CrescentSaskatoon, Saskatchewan S7H 3T1

National SecretaryChristine E. KozakUkrainian National Association2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280Parsippany, NJ 07054

TreasurerRoma LisovichUkrainian National Association2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280

Parsippany, NJ 07054

AUDITING COMMITTEEZenon Holubec5566 Pearl RoadParma, OH 44129-2541

Yaroslav Zaviysky11 Bradley RoadClark, NJ 07006

Alexander Serafyn2565 Timberwyck TrailTroy, MI 48098

ADVISORSEugene Oscislawski25 Jason CourtMatawan, NJ 07747-3510

Joseph Hawryluk79 Southridge DriveWest Seneca, NY 14224-4442

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Myron PylypiakP.O. Box 59313

3000 S.E. Royal Hills Drive – No. 29GRenton, WA 98058-2313

Barbara Bachynsky101 E. 16th St.New York, NY 10003

Wasyl Liscynesky4257 Dentzler RoadParma, OH 44134

Pawlo Prinko1245 Rhawn St.Philadelphia, PA 19111

Andrij Skyba4575 N. Nagle Ave.Harwood Heights, IL 60706

Michael Kuropas313 West St.Sycamore, IL 60178

Myron Groch16 Kevin DriveFounthill, Ontario L0S 1E4

HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Anna Chopek678 44th St.Los Alamos, NM 87544

Anna Haras1930 Greenleaf St.

Bethlehem, PA 18017

Myron Kuropas107 Ilehamwood DriveDeKalb, IL 60115

Bishop Stephen Bilak1750 Jefferson St., Apt. 301Hollywood, FL 33020

Joseph LesawyerGables at Lake Mary3655 West Lake Mary Blvd.Lake Mary, FL 32746

Wasyl Didiuk30 Allenhurst Drive, Apt. 402Islington, Ontario M9A 4Y8

Taras Szmagala Sr.10976 Tanager TrailBrecksville, OH 44141

Helen Olek Scott7644 W. Rosedale Ave.Chicago, IL 60631

Anatole Doroshenko39446 Edgewater DriveNorthville, MI 48167

William Pastuszek5 Park Ave.Swarthmore, PA 19081

Tekla Moroz345 36th Ave.Lachine, Quebec H8T 2A5

Dr. Larissa Onyshkevych, the president of the Shevchenko Scientific Society, introduces the program. Seated (from left) are: Drs. Serhii Halchenko, Oleh Romaniv, Mykola Zhulynskyi and Pavlo Hrytsenko.



THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

ASTORIA, N.Y. – George Yurkiw,longtime secretary of Ukrainian NationalAssociation Branch 130, died onDecember 18, 2002, after a serious ill-ness. He was 73.

Mr. Yurkiw was born on September17, 1929, in Mali Didushychi, near Stryiin western Ukraine, into a family ofteachers. He completed elementaryschool in his village and then attendedthe gymnasium (secondary school) inStryi. In 1944 the Yurkiw family emi-grated to the West, and while inSalzburg, Austria, Mr. Yurkiw studied atthe Ukrainian gymnasium there.

Mr. Yurkiw arrived in the UnitedStates in 1948 and a short time after-wards enlisted in the U.S. Army, com-pleting training with a photography unit.He was assigned to the 2nd Division,which in 1950 took an active part in theKorean War.

After returning from Korea, Mr.Yurkiw trained new recruits. Once hecompleted four years of service in theArmy, he worked for some time with therenowned dance master VasileAvramenko, assisting him with film pro-duction.

Mr. Yurkiw joined the UNA uponarriving in the United States, becoming amember of Branch 130. In 1972 hebecame the branch secretary. In thatposition he displayed a great talent fororganizing work and assisted the UNA’sgrowth by enrolling many new members.He was recognized for his hard work by

being elected the branch’s delegate tonumerous UNA conventions, at which hewas active as chairman of theVerifications Committee.

Mr. Yurkiw was active also in theUkrainian American Veterans.

A parastas was offered at the QuinnFuneral Home in Astoria, N.Y., onDecember 20, with many mourners inattendance, among them veterans andNew York City police officers withwhom Mr. Yurkiw had worked for manyyears as an auxiliary.

Funeral services took place onDecember 21 at Holy Cross UkrainianCatholic Church. The casket was drapedwith a U.S. flag and police formed anhonor guard. Burial was at Holy SpiritUkrainian Catholic Cemetery inHamptonburgh, N.Y. Cadets of the U.S.Military Academy at West Point attendedthe funeral and participated in the mili-tary tribute paid to a comrade.

Surviving are Mr. Yurkiw’s wife,Anna; son, Mark; and daughter, RenéeApostolos, with their families; sister,Lida Belendiuk, with her family; andother relatives.

George Yurkiw, secretary of UNA Branch 130, dies

Joining the UNA to spearhead ourSoyuzivka Project Renaissance isNestor Paslawsky, of Ramsey, N.J.,newly appointed as director of hospitali-ty services. Mr. Paslawsky has a greatdeal of experience in hotel management,working both with the Ramada andMarriott hotels. His appointment iseffective as of January 13.

After 15 years of continuous service,John Flis, General manager ofSoyuzivka will be leaving to pursueother endeavors. Mr. Flis will remain atSoyuzivka through the spring in order tohelp in the transition to the new man-agement structure. We thank him for hiscontribution and many years of contin-ued service and wish him much successin all his future endeavors.

This completes the new managementteam at Soyuzivka, which now includes:

• Olesia Guran – reservations andfront desk manager, who joined us thissummer from Florida and the BestWestern Hotel;

• Daria Nyzankiwsky – operationsmanager, in charge of maintenance andhousekeeping, a former Soyuzivkaemployee, who returns to us from theNevele Resort;

• Andrij Sonevytsky – executive chef,who will also serve as BanquetManager; and

• long-time Soyuzivka employeeSonia Semanyshyn, who has assumed anew position as manager of accountingand back-office operations.

Stay tuned for a chance to meet thenew staff “up close and personal” infuture issues of the UNA’s two newspa-pers.

– UNA Executive Committee

UNA announces changes in management at Soyuzivka

IN MEMORIAM

George YurkiwSeptember 17, 1929 – December 18, 2002

The Executive Committee of the Ukrainian National Association regrets to

announce to the Members of the General Assembly, and members of Branch 130

and to the UNA membership at large that George Yurkiw, longtime secretary of

Branch 130, died on December 18, 2002.

The Executive Committee and the entire UNA membership wish to express their

sincerest sympathy to his wife, Anna, his children, Mark and Renee, grandchil-

dren, and sister, Lydia Belendiuk and family. Funeral services were held

December 21 at Holy Cross Ukrainian Catholic Church in Astoria, with burial at

Holy Spirit Ukrainian Cemetery in Hamptonburgh, N.Y. Mr. Yurkiw will be

remembered for his long years of service and dedication to the UNA.

Vichna Yomu Pamiat!

Maizeville community hosts St. Nick

MAIZEVILLE, Pa. – St. John’s parishioners were treated to a visit by St. Nicholason Sunday, December 8, 2002. Approximately 60 parishioners attended this year’sdinner and sang the traditional Ukrainian St. Nicholas song. After the dinner, St.Nicholas, assisted by parishioner Jason Yulich, paid a visit to the church membersand spoke briefly about the importance of giving of one’s self and kindness towardothers. Each of the parish schoolchildren came to greet St. Nicholas and receiveda gift and traditional packet of gold foil-wrapped chocolate coins. Seen above arealtar boys with St. Nicholas and the Rev. D. George Worshak, pastor.

– Joe Chabon, Secretary of UNA Branch 242.

George Yurkiw

UNA BRANCH MEETINGS

Sunday, January 26WATERVLIET, N.Y.: UNA Branch

13 and St. Nicholas Brotherhood willhold its yearly meeting at the UkrainianAmerican Citizens’ Club at 2:30 p.m. Onthe agenda: reports for 2002, discussionand election of new officers for the year2003. A reception will follow the meet-ing. All members of the UNA and thebrotherhood (bratstvo) should be present.Guests are always welcome. For infor-mation call Nick Fil, (518) 785-7596, orPaul Shewchuk (518) 785-6793.

The Ukrainian National Association exists:

nn to promote the principles of fraternalism;

nn to preserve the Ukrainian, Ukrainian American andUkrainian Canadian heritage and culture; and

nn to provide quality financial services and productsto its members.

As a fraternal insurance society, the Ukrainian NationalAssociation reinvests its earnings for the benefit of itsmembers and the Ukrainian community.

Mission Statement


Ten years ago, in 1993, we marked an important anniver-sary – the 75th – of the proclamation of an independentUkrainian state on January 22, 1918. In The Weekly’s editori-al on that occasion, we noted that, though it is a significant

anniversary of a significant historical event, there were questions within the Ukrainiancommunity on just how we should commemorate this date.

The editorial went on to say: “The reason for the questions, of course, is the factthat Ukraine today has another, more recent, independence anniversary. ... There arethose in the diaspora who would simply stop observing the January 22 independenceanniversary, and choose instead the August 24 Independence Day as the focus of ourcommunity celebrations.

“Indeed, last year, it seemed most of our communities marked the first anniversaryof the August 24 act. It remains to be seen how, or if, they will celebrate the January22, 1918, date when the Ukrainian Central Rada (Council) issued the FourthUniversal that proclaimed a free and independent Ukrainian state. (If the number ofadvance news items received here at The Weekly is any indication, then the 75thanniversary will be a low-key commemoration.)

“We would urge our readers, however, not to forget the January 22 anniversary ...Consider this: If there had been no independent Ukrainian state in the earlier part ofthis century, Ukraine would have been completely stateless for 300 years. Its claim toindependent statehood would be seriously undermined. ... The independence procla-mation of January 22, 1918, has been the guiding principle of all our community lifein the diaspora. It was the legacy of January 22 that compelled us to preserve ourUkrainian culture, our history – the Ukrainian essence. ...

“It is a truism that the past is prologue. ... Without the act of January 22, 1918,would there even have been an act of August 24, 1991?”

Source: “January 22” (Editorial), The Ukrainian Weekly, January 17, 1993, Vol.LXI, No. 3.

Jan.

221993

Turning the pages back...

For decades, January 22 was celebrated by Ukrainians around the globe as theIndependence Day of Ukraine. Today, however, we have another, more recent, inde-pendence anniversary, as Ukraine’s government has declared August 24 – the date in1991 when Ukraine’s Supreme Council voted to adopt the “Act of Declaration of theIndependence of Ukraine” – a national holiday. Many in our diaspora have now cho-sen to celebrate the August 24 Independence Day, while forgetting about January 22.

Nonetheless, we firmly believe that January 22 is a date that lives in history and, assuch, should be a time for us to contemplate Ukraine’s arduous, yet ultimately suc-cessful, road to independence – especially this year, on the 85th anniversary of theproclamation of independence.

It was on January 22, 1918, that the Ukrainian Central Rada in Kyiv issued an edictthat was the realization of an age-old dream of the Ukrainian people. “Henceforth, theUkrainian National Republic is an independent, free and sovereign state of theUkrainian people, subject to no one,” it proclaimed.

Then, exactly one year later, the Act of Union consolidated all Ukrainian lands, eastand west, into one Ukrainian National Republic. The historic merger, which occurredat a time of great chaos, the collapse of authority, social turmoil and war, came afterthe Ukrainian National Rada, the representative assembly of the Western UkrainianNational Republic, voted on January 4, 1919, in Stanyslaviv to unite with their com-patriots in Kyiv.

The Act of Union between the Western Ukrainian National Republic and theUkrainian National Republic was proclaimed on January 22, 1919, in Kyiv’s St.Sophia Square. Consequently, a common general staff for both armies was created, acommon currency was introduced, and a joint diplomatic delegation was sent to theParis Peace Conference.

To be sure, the independence proclaimed in 1918-1919 was short-lived, as it fellvictim to both external forces and internal factors. However, as Dr. Orest Subtelnyunderlines in his “Ukraine: A History” (University of Toronto Press), the Ukrainianrevolution of 1917-1920 spread national consciousness to all segments of Ukrainiansociety. “... the rise of Ukrainian governments taught peasants to identify themselvesas ‘Ukrainians.’ ... [Thus] the upheaval of 1917-1920 was not only a socioeconomicbut also a national revolution.”

So, then, the revolution whose key events are dated January 22, must be considereda success. Furthermore, its memory kept the Ukrainian national idea alive and it laidthe groundwork for what was to come – albeit decades later.

As a result of the two events that took place on January 22 one year apart, and as areaffirmation of the Ukrainian people’s right to a life free of Russian Communist dom-ination, the diaspora began to celebrate January 22 just as Americans celebrate theFourth of July. Thirty years ago, in 1973, St. John the Baptist Ukrainian CatholicSchool in Newark, N.J., became the first school to observe this day as a holiday. Cityhalls and state capitols across the nation raised the Ukrainian flag in commemoration,and Ukrainian communities celebrated a glorious day in Ukraine’s history. Localobservances grew into national events, with Ukrainian businesses and institutionsbeing closed in honor of the day. And the dream of Ukrainian independence lived on.

That is why Ukrainians worldwide should continue to recall the milestone date ofJanuary 22. Let us mark the January 22 anniversaries each year by rememberingUkraine’s long struggle for statehood – perhaps via something as simple as delvinginto our history books to refresh our knowledge. Let us also honor all those who camebefore us, who paved the way for Ukraine’s current status as an independent memberof the world community of nations – for today’s independence is built upon the sacri-fices of many preceding generations.

January 22 lives onTHE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY

To the Reverend Clergy, the Religiousand Faithful of the Eparchy of Stamford:

ïðËÒÚÓÒ ê‡Ê‰‡πÚ¸Òfl!

“Shout with joy to the Lord, all theearth; sing to His name, give Him glo-rious praise.” These words from thest ikh of the Christmas Prokimendescribe the feeling of the Nativity ofour Lord. We want to shout from thehighest mountain our joy that “God isWith Us!” God became man and dweltamong us!

From the first promise to Adam andEve that there would be a Savior, untilthe preaching of John the Baptist,humanity waited. It waited to be saved!It waited for the moment that Godwould keep His promise. The coming ofthe promised One, Jesus, was the begin-ning of the fulfillment of all the promis-es that God had made through the thou-sands of years that humanity had wait-ed.

Jesus came as living proof that God islove. Jesus came to guide us as to howwe can live in that love. God came to usso that our lives might be intimatelyjoined together. In human relationshipswe can know God’s love. It is in ourrelationships with others that we can bethe instruments that God uses to extendHis love to others.

God not only sent His Son to be ourSavior, but He continues to send gifts oflove to us in many ways. Sometimes, akind word just when we need it is a giftfrom God, and the person is the instru-ment God uses. God uses priests as Hisinstruments of healing in confession.

The talents a doctor has are God-givenand the skills he exercises in healing arewhat he does with God’s gift. God’shealing hands are seen in the hands of aperson.

Everything we have, all the talentswe have, reveal God’s gift of love forus. But they are not gifts meant to beused selfishly. Gifts are given to showGod’s love. They are given to help oth-ers. No matter what gifts you have beengiven, they are meant to be shared. Aperson gifted with something even asmundane as business skills is to usethem to help others. I remember readingabout Andrew Carnegie, who said itwas wrong to die rich. He amassed anenormous fortune and left behind uni-versities, libraries and museums thatstill enrich and serve humanity longafter his death. God gave him talentsthat he used well, and, as a result, bet-tered the lives of countless thousands ofpeople.

Love cannot be contained. Personswho are truly loving cannot keep love tothemselves. Love, because it is of God,always expands outward. When we love– a person, a possession – we wanteveryone to know. This is the messageof Christmas. God loves us! We areloved and we want everyone to know thelove we have! So we want to shout andwe want to express the love we havebeen given to those who need to knowthat God loves them.

In our world today, we need men andwomen of love to express the love ofGod for all humanity. When Christ was

Shout with joy, for God is with usCHRISTMAS PASTORAL

Dear Editor:Leo Iwaskiw chose to write (letters,

December 15, 2002) of the disappoint-ments of the faithful in relation to the visitof our Major Archbishop Lubomyr Husarto our magnificent cathedral. I feel that hiscomments need to be addressed, as theywere grossly misleading and unfairly tar-nished some people and the celebration.

I have had opportunity to meet with Mr.Iwaskiw on a number of occasions, andhave been generous with my time to listento him. He knows from experience that Iam approachable, and that I do not neglectthe concerns of the faithful. Yet, despitethe various items he has addressed withme on different occasions, he did not makeany attempt to contact me regarding theissue raised in his letter.

Had he done this (which might beregarded as a basic courtesy), I wouldhave had opportunity to explain somebasics to him, and prevented his makinghurtful accusation against others. This issomething which I have experienced manytimes already in my experience with goodpeople in our Ukrainian community herein the United States of America. So oftenpeople choose not to seek counsel or elab-oration of information but are quick tocriticize or go through other sources, suchas newspapers.

Had Mr. Iwaskiw shown the basic cour-tesy to call, I would have informed himthat our major archbishop’s visit was notto the Church in the United States, as hestates in his article, but was specificallyplanned with the major archbishop as a

Response to letteron Philadelphia visit

visit to the Archeparchy of Philadelphia.All the letters and announcements reflect-ed this. So, when Mr. Iwaskiw remarksthat “the three active bishops of theUkrainian Catholic Church in Americawere conspicuous by their absence,” heunfairly demeans these honorable bishops.One week previous to the visit toPhiladelphia, our major archbishop visitedthe Eparchy of Parma, where neither I norother Ukrainian Catholic Bishops werepresent. This is understood in protocol –something about which I would gladlyhave informed Mr. Iwaskiw had he had thecourtesy to inquire.

Had Mr. Iwaskiw bothered to inquire asto why the title patriarch was not used, andnot judged this as a “stubborn omitting”and a “lack of respect,” I would haveinformed him that this was done with thefull blessing of our major archbishop.

The major archbishop himself has pub-licly stated that the use of the title is apurely voluntary choice, and he does notmandate it. He himself asked the cele-brants during the papal liturgy in Ukrainenot to use the title of “patriarch” in thepresence of the holy father. He is veryaware of my choice to await the finalrecognition, and is fully in agreement withthis. This was communicated with all ofour clergy of the archeparchy, and I havenot opposed individual priests electing touse the title “patriarch” in their parishesshould they desire. So, Mr. Iwaskiw wouldhave realized, if he had bothered to ask,that the “omission” was not really anomission but a holding to status quo ofrespect.

Finally, Mr. Iwaskiw criticized the“widespread use of the English languageduring the divine liturgy,” which he saw as

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR




by Walter Nazarewicz

Two recent and related events conductedby the Ukrainian Institute of America (UIA)– the initiation of “2003 – The Year of theRenaissance of Kyiv” and the selection ofKyiv Mayor Oleksander Omelchenko asthe institute’s 2002 Man of the Year – havegenerated considerable response in thecommunity, including two critical letterspublished in The Ukrainian Weekly andSvoboda. The programs required majoreffort on the part of the Institute and its sup-porters, and were established with exactingobjectives. We believe most of our objec-tives were achieved, and achieved exceed-ingly well, and accordingly would like tocomment on some aspects of the letters.

A brief review of the background leadingup to the events may be useful. During thesummer of 2002, following a constant bar-rage of highly negative news publishedabout Ukraine throughout the world, theboard of directors of the UIA decided toimplement a substantial effort to help raisethe self-esteem of Ukrainians both inUkraine and abroad, and to inform non-Ukrainians of the progress achieved inUkraine since its independence.

The institute established a number ofspecific objectives to be addressed throughits program. The first was to obtain the sup-port of all the major organizations in thediaspora. This was accomplished quicklyand whole-heartedly – in itself a signal of

the great validity of the essential ideabehind our program. The second was toselect as the program’s theme a topic ofmajor importance, as opposed to one oflimited, local interest. The third was to co-opt the support of Ukrainians in Ukraine sothat the program would be a truly broad,“hands-across-the-sea” effort many in theUnited States and Ukraine have longdesired. Finally, the institute set as an objec-tive the selection of a theme that would beof interest to non-Ukrainians who generallyhave little appreciation for or knowledge ofthe rich culture and history of Ukraine.

After careful consideration the institutedecided that one topic could accomplish theobjectives described above – namely, themany positive developments that haveoccurred in Kyiv since Ukraine’s independ-ence, resulting in the transformation ofUkraine’s capital from a relative backwaterin 1989 to one of today’s shining lights ofEastern Europe. The institute believes thatthe extent of this remarkable transformationis not well-recognized by the UkrainianAmerican community, let alone the rest ofthe world.

Accordingly, the institute decided to des-ignate 2003 as “The Year of theRenaissance of Kyiv” and to launch a seriesof programs, to be held at two-to-threemonth intervals throughout the year, onsuch topics as Kyiv’s architecture, arts,music and even current fashion design.

Our initial plan was to launch the cele-bration of “The Renaissance of Kyiv” on

The UIA’s Man of the Year program: an explanation of its rationale and goals

NEWS AND VIEWS

“unnecessary.” He particularly drew inor-dinate attention to the fact that the Epistleand Gospel were read only in English. Heconcluded that this “indicates a completelack of respect and only alienates the faith-ful.” Mr. Iwaskiw exaggerates a point he isentitled to legitimately make. However,the reality is that over 75 percent of thedivine liturgy was sung in Ukrainian. Yet,he does not share (and perhaps is unaware)that a significant portion of the childrenand faithful participating traveled by busesfrom distant parishes where Ukrainianliturgies are celebrated but the Ukrainianlanguage is not spoken and not under-stood. He does not share how many hun-dreds of children were involved in prepa-rations, in both languages.

I believe that the divine liturgy reflecteda proper respect and dignity for all who par-ticipated. This was magnificently and mostcharitably reflected by the major archbish-op’s bilingual homily, offered so all mighthear and understand the Word of God.

Our major archbishop personified forall of us the genuine concern and charityof God for all who enter His Church. Hegives us Ukrainian Catholics an exampleto follow and emulate if we genuinely areconcerned for the well-being and nurturingof souls – in Ukrainian, English, or what-ever language they present themselves in.Are we ready to embrace our mission as aUkrainian Catholic Church, or are wegoing to choose to remain in the closet ofinappropriate nationalism?

The Most Rev. Stefan SorokaMetropolitan-Archbishop

Philadelphia

The things we do...The things we do...by Orysia Paszczak Tracz

The melody is familiar, but the lyricsare something we have not heard before.At least, those of us from the DP genera-tion have not. Yet on some more recentChristmas albums from Ukraine, and fromUkrainians arriving in the last fewdecades, we have heard a “new” koliada:“Sumnyi Sviatyi Vechir” ‘Sad ChristmasEve’.

This koliada is recorded in a song bookfrom the Boyko region, “FolklorniMaterialy z Otchoho Krayu” (FolkloreMaterial from the Native Land), collectedby Vasyl and Hanna Sokil (Lviv: InstytutNarodoznavstva, NAN Ukrainy, 1998),under the category social-political koliad-ky. It is also in “Pisni UPA” (Songs of theUPA – Ukrainian Insurgent Army), com-piled and edited by Zenoviy Lavryshyn(Toronto – Lviv: Litopys UPA, 1996.Series: Litopys UPA, vol. 25). If I am notmistaken, it is also in a songbook compiledin the Zelenyi Klyn region in the Far East,where so many Ukrainians had beenexiled.

Kvitka Kondracka, director of theVesnivka Choir in Toronto, told me thatthe koliada was documented in 1959 inthe village of Ivanivtsi, Ivano-FrankivskOblast, by Pavlyna Ciupa, Orysia Stasiv,Lida Pazek, and others. MyronMaksymiw, director of the St. DemetriusUkrainian Catholic Church Choir inToronto, wrote: “I wrote down the wordsto this carol, as is, when I was living inUkraine for five years (1990-1995–1996).With my family we sang it duringChristmas. As for the diaspora, well, Idon’t know. I’ve never heard anybody inToronto do it, although many new immi-grants do know it. This is the first timethat I am performing it. The origin of thecarol? I don’t know.” (My thanks to MariaRypan for putting me in contact withMyron Maksymiw).

The melody is that of “Nova RadistStala.” The lyrics, as with so manyUkrainian folk and war songs, are verymatter-of-fact in describing sad, awful, ter-rible events. I have a feeling the words arenot meant to be maudlin but, in the tradi-tional style, just describe things as theyare”

“Sumnyi Sviatyi Vechir, v sorok shos-tim/siomim rotsi, po vsii Ukraini, plach nakozhnim krotsi. Posidaly do vecheri matyz ditochkamy, zamist maly vecheriaty –vmylysia slíozamy...”

As with practically every Ukrainiansong, there are many versions of the lyrics.The UPA songbook gives quite a few vari-ations. But the basic text remains: A verysad Sviatyi Vechir (Christmas Eve) in theyear 1946 or 1947 [the years of arrests anddeportations to Central Asia and Siberia],with weeping wherever you go all overUkraine. As the family sits down to supper,

the mother with her little children, she andthey are crying, and the children ask whereis our father. Mother, why is he not sittingdown to supper with us? Because ourfather is in Siberia/in a distant land/impris-oned, and is remembering Sviatyi Vechir athome, in Ukraine. In another home, par-ents are weeping for their sons, one inSiberia, one in Berlin and one in the parti-sans (i.e., in UPA), and they will never seethem again.

One version begins with “Chy chuly vybrattia” (Did you hear, brothers), the sadnews, that our mother Ukraine has beenchained. She is in chains, in prison, andthousands of innocent people have beenplaced in the raw earth. Then, the familysits down to the supper.

The koliada has been recorded on atleast two albums: “Temnenka Nichka:Carols of Ukraine” by Savelia Curniski,including singers and musicians from Lviv(Savelia Curniski, 330 Sixth Ave. N.,Saskatoon, Saskatoon S7K 2S5; 306-653-4646; [email protected]); and “Pisni z-za Grat” (Songs from Behind Prison Bars]by Ne Zhurys, recorded in Lviv in 1990.(AV-Systems, 3253 Lakeshore Blvd. W.,Toronto, Ontario M5V 1M3; 416-253-9314; www.mo-productions.com).

The latter is a collection of prison folk-lore of the Stalin-Brezhnev concentrationcamps and of UPA songs. The artisticdirector of Ne Zhurys was ViktorMorozov. This tape, if still available, is achilling, haunting, yet truly beautifulrecord of that horrific time. Possibly theYevshan Corp. and the UkrainianBookstore in Edmonton may still have thisaudio document of history in song.

In “Pisni UPA,” there are at least 33 dif-ferent traditional koliada melodies withmany more versions of contemporarywartime and Soviet-era lyrics. These arefollowed by Easter songs, also with newlyrics.

In hearing “Sumnyi Sviatyi Vechir,” Iam again reminded that for my parents’generation – one that encompassed bothDisplaced Persons and the populationremaining in Ukraine and imprisoned inCentral Asia and Siberia – Christmas Evewas not a joyful time. Even though itshould have been, instead it was anevening of grief, mourning, remembering,wondering and hoping.

As one “vinshuvannia” or Christmasgreeting, cited in the UPA songbook, put:

“Bazhayem zdorovlia, veseloho sviata, iv spokoyu schaslyvomu druhoho dizhdaty.Dizhdaty svobody, pry svoyii rodynikhvalu Bohu zaspivaty v vilnii Ukraini!”(We wish you health and a joyous holyday, and may you be here for the sameholy day next year, in peaceful bliss. Mayyou live to see freedom, and with yourfamily to praise God in a free Ukraine!)

The sad Christmas Eve carol

Dear Editor:It is not my intention to discuss the let-

ters by Jaroslawa Zelinsky Johnson andMarta Farion published in The Weekly onDecember 22, 2002. I obviously disagreewith most of their statements and opinions.I have no doubt in my mind that anybodycan write to the editors whatever she or hewishes. It is up to the editors, their civility,integrity and good taste to decide which let-ters deserve to be published. There is anabsolute majority of your readers that dis-agree with authors of these letters and feelinsulted.

My suggestion to the editor for the futureis to be more selective and critical.

I also would like to bring to your atten-tion that neither The Weekly nor Svobodaare private enterprises which are free toprint matters that may be offensive to larg-er numbers of your readers.

Andrew PaschukNew York

Insulted by letterregarding UIA event

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born, the world was at peace – the PaxRomana it was called – the Peace ofRome. Let us work together in love tobring about a new world of peace: thepeace of Christ.

Let us together ask our BlessedMother, who through her maternity onthat first Christmas morning broughtabout the salvation of the world, to inter-cede so that her prayers may bring about

the peace and salvation of the entireworld.

If we and all our brothers and sisterswork together in love – the love thatcomes from God alone – we would trulyshout with joy from all of the ends of theearth that “God is with Us.”

God bless you, Father, Son and HolySpirit. Amen.

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by Dr. Myron B. Kuropas

PITTSBURGH – Following their suc-cessful sojourn to Minnesota, land of10,000 lakes, “Team Ostroh” – Dr. IhorPasichnyk, rector of the NationalUniversity of Ostroh Academy, andNatalia Lominska, vice-rector – turnedtheir attention to Pennsylvania, theKeystone State, historically UkrainianAmerica’s most significant locale.

It is to Pennsylvania that our earliestpioneers immigrated. Pennsylvania wasthe birthplace of the Ukrainian CatholicChurch. It was here that all three of ourremaining fraternal benefit societies, theUkrainian National Association (UNA),the Ukrainian Fraternal Association(UFA), and the Providence Association ofUkrainian Catholics, were born. Our threemajor newspapers – Svoboda, Americaand Narodna Volya – were establishedhere. Pennsylvania is home also to theUkrainian Catholic metropolitan, ManorCollege, and the United UkrainianAmerican Relief Committee. MoreUkrainian Americans live in Pennsylvaniathan in any other state.

Our first stop was Pittsburgh. The firstmutual benefit society, now UNA Branch53, was organized here in 1888 and for-mally established in 1892, two yearsbefore the formal birth of the RusskyiNarodnyi Soyuz, precursor to theUkrainian National Association (UNA).Pittsburgh was also the birthplace in 1914of the now defunct Ukrainian NationalAid Association (UNAA).

The first Ukrainian church inPittsburgh was the Ruthenian (nowUkrainian) Catholic Church of St. Johnthe Baptist, founded in 1891 by the leg-endary Father John Stefanovych of thefamed “American Circle” of UkrainianCatholic priests. Father Stefanovych waspresident of the UNA from 1902 to 1904.

A Presbyterian church was organizedin 1903 and St. Volodymyr’s UkrainianOrthodox Church came into being in1926.

Our visit began with liturgy at St.John’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, wherewe were graciously welcomed by the pas-tor, the Rev. Deacon Michael Levy,Ph.D., and a number of parishioners whoinvited us for coffee.

The next stop was the radio studio ofMichael Komichak, known in the com-munity as the “mayor” of the UkrainianPittsburgh. Mr. Komichak had beenadvertising the Ostroh reception for overthree weeks in both English andUkrainian.

The Ostroh meeting, organized byProf. Kathryn Dowbenko, was scheduledfor the Cathedral of Learning of theUniversity of Pittsburgh where some 50people of all ages warmly greeted the vis-itors from Ostroh. Prior to the presenta-tion, we visited the very impressive

“Ukrainian Room,” a community-wideproject that showcases Ukrainian history,folk art, literature and music in theCathedral. To my knowledge, the room isthe only one of its kind at any Americanuniversity.

That evening Dr. Pasichnyk, Prof.Lominska, Michael Komichak, my wife,Lesia, and I were guests of Rostyslaw andKatherine Dowbenko for a sumptuous sitdown-dinner, where all of us had anopportunity to thank Mr. Komichak andthe Dowbenkos for a highly successfulOstroh debut in Pittsburgh.

The following weekend we were off toPhiladelphia, “City of Brotherly Love.”On the way to the reception at theUkrainian Cultural Center in Jenkintown,we visited Manor College where the pres-ident, Sister Mary Cecilia Jurasinski,showed us around. As we toured the facil-ities, the Ostroh visitors were amazed atwhat the Basilian sisters had accom-plished. They were especially impressedwith the modern library and the state-of-the-art dental laboratory in which futureManor dental technician graduates havean opportunity to hone their skills.

Equally amazing was the UkrainianHeritage Center located on the premises. Itwas obvious that Ukrainian culture is nearand dear to the hearts of the Basilian nunsat Manor. Ukrainians and non-Ukrainiansalike have an opportunity to learnUkrainian Easter egg-making and embroi-dery in the center. The latest addition, aBasilian Spiritual Center, directed by SisterMarina Bochnevich, OSBM, was mostimpressive as well. Our tour ended with adelicious lunch in the convent.

During the tour we also visited a com-puter lab in which some older nuns werebecome computer literate. “How wonder-ful it is for the Catholic Church to havenuns such as these,” exclaimed Dr.Pasichynyk. “They are spiritual and yet intouch with the real world. I would likeour religious to see what I’ve seen here.”

The reception at the UkrainianEducational and Cultural Center wasorganized by the dynamic Orysia Hewkoand the indefatigable Ulana Mazurkevich,longtime Philadelphia activists. Onceagain, the reception was warm, friendlyand productive.

Our trip to Pennsylvania was beneficialfor everyone who participated. Ukrainiansin Pennsylvania had an opportunity tomeet and greet outstanding educators fromUkraine, and the Ukrainians from Ostrohhad a chance to learn more about ourcommunity. Over and over again, oneheard our visitors voice amazement atwhat Ukrainians in the United States havebeen able to accomplish.

“We knew so little about America’sUkrainians,” Dr. Pasichynyk kept tellingme. “The Soviets tried to convince us that

St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Pittsburgh.

During a presentation of Ostroh Awards (from left) are: Prof. Natalia Lominska, Michael Komichak, Dr. Ihor Pasichnyk and Prof. Kathryn Dowbenko.

Team Ostroh and Michael Komichak visit the Ukrainian Room at the Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh.

Visiting a dental laboratory at Manor College are (from left): Dr. IhorPasichnyk, Manor College President Sister Mary Cecilia Jurasinski, OSBM, and

Prof. Natalia Lominska.

National University of Ostroh Academy officials visit Pennsylvania



vent expression of admiration,” going onto note that a particular performance “wasa rendering that stirred every musical fiberin those who heard it.” “MasterlyPerformance,” said the Washington Sun,and Rio de Janeiro’s A Noite wrote “theconcerts of Lubka Kolessa were a greatevent in the world of art.”

European critics were equally unani-mous in their praise of Kolessa’s pianisticartistry; the press of Berlin, Leipzig,

Munich, Dresden, Zurich, Stockholm,Prague, Copenhagen, Lviv, Kharkiv andKyiv, among others, referred to her vari-ously as “a pianistic phenomenon,” “a starof the first magnitude,” and “exciting,moving, inspiring, brilliant, colorful,superbly artistic.”

In closing, Prof. Zuk informed theaudience that the McGill Faculty of Musichas established the Lubka KolessaScholarship Fund, commemorating the

due to popular demand by the general public,The Ukrainian Institue of Americais extending the multimedia exhibit

“The Renaissance of Kyiv”until

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

2 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10021tel 212 288-8660

[email protected]

The Ukrainian Institue of America

MONTREAL — A program celebratingthe life and international concert career ofthe legendary Ukrainian pianist, LubkaKolessa, on the centenary of the artist’sbirth, was held on November 17, 2002, atthe Ukrainian National Federation Hallunder the auspices of the Olha BasarabUkrainian Women’s Organization ofMontreal. The program featured a lectureby Luba Zuk, former student of LubkaKolessa and now professor of piano at thefaculty of music at McGill University.The lecture was illustrated using therecently issued three-set CD recording ofMme. Kolessa’s live performances.

In her lecture, Prof. Zuk outlined theactive life path of Lubka Kolessa from herbirth in Lviv in 1902, through years oftraining in Vienna, her early public con-certs, and her spectacular rise to a greatinternational career. In her overview Prof.Zuk singled out Kolessa’s triumphant con-cert tour in (Soviet) Ukraine in 1928,acclaimed appearances with leading orches-tras under renowned conductors in practi-cally all the major concert halls of Europe,as well as several tours in South and NorthAmerica, concluding with her arrival inCanada in 1940, where she continued tolead an active career as a performer andsubsequently gained recognition as a greatpedagogue until her passing in 1997.

In the course of her lecture Prof. Zukquoted some of the countless accoladesaccorded Lubka Kolessa by music critics,press and conductors alike. The great con-ductor Bruno Walter considered Kolessa“certainly one of the most superb pianistsof our time”; Harold Taubman of NewYork judged her “an artist with a mind andheart of her own”; the Toronto Globe andMail article, headlined “Kolessa’sTriumph” recounted that “No pianist ofrecent years roused more sincere and fer-

Commemorating a legendary Ukrainian pianist: Lubka Kolessa (1902-1997)

At an event celebrating the centenary of the birth of the legendary Ukrainianpianist Lubka Kolessa in a program organized by the Olha Basarab UkrainianWomen’s Organization of Montreal are guest speaker Prof. Luba Zuk (left), andTetiana Gerych, niece of Lubka Kolessa, with photos forming part of the Kolessa

Family Archives exhibition in the foreground.

pianist’s teaching activity at McGillUniversity in 1960-1971. The scholarshipwill benefit gifted piano students and willpreserve and perpetuate the legacy of thisgreat Ukrainian pianist. (It was noted thatMcGill University will issue receipts forincome tax purposes for all donationstowards the Lubka Kolessa ScholarshipFund.)

The audience was also remindedabout the three-set CD recording —“Lubka Kolessa,” which was recentlyreleased on the DoReMi label as part ofthe Legendary Treasures Series. The CDis available in music stores or by accessingthe label’s website: www.doremi.com.Recorded featured works include PianoConcerto No. 3 by Beethoven and PianoConcerto No. 24 by Mozart with theSaxon State Orchestra and the BerlinRadio Orchestra, respectively, as well assolo works by Chopin, Scarlatti, Mozart,Liszt, Brahms, and Schumann, among oth-ers.

An extensive exhibition of photo-graphs and documents from the KolessaFamily Archives, organized and presentedby Tetiana Gerych, daughter of LubkaKolessa’s younger sister, the renownedcellist Chrystia Kolessa (1915-1978), wasa special feature of the event.

As part of the program proceedings,Yaroslava Maksymkiw, UWO Montrealchapter president, delivered opening andclosing remarks; Vira Banit, UWO culturalofficer, introduced the speaker; andLudmyla Korolec recited a poem appro-priate to the occasion, Mykola Voronyi’s“Sertse Muzyky” (The Heart of Music).

The program concluded with a livelyquestion and answer period, while severalmembers of the audience offered personalreminiscences of performances by the leg-endary artist.


by Yaro BihunSpecial to The Ukrainian Weekly

WASHINGTON – A group of youngUkrainian American children fromPennsylvania came caroling to thenation’s capital on January 9.

They performed a Christmas play atthe Embassy of Ukraine at the invitationof Ambassador KostyantynGryshchenko, who saw their perform-ance at the United Nations in December.And, on the way through the capital, theyhad the bus stop in front of the WhiteHouse for some impromptu caroling “forthe president.”

The ensemble was organized byRoman and Danyila Loun ofPhiladelphia, who wrote, designed andproduced a Christmas play called “Peaceand Joy to Your Home” that combineselements of the traditional costumed“vertep” caroling group format withwhat Ukrainian Americans recognize asa “Mykolaiko” program, with St.Nicholas and his angels bearing gifts forgood children. The play intertwines seg-ments of Christian and Ukrainian historywith Ukrainian Christmas traditions andcarols.

The Embassy audience, which includ-ed diplomats and invited Ukrainian-American guests, enjoyed the evening,many commenting on the children’sexquisite costumes.

Earlier, as the children began carolingin front of the White House, Mr. Lounrecalled, they were approached by one ofthe guards, who asked them what theywere doing.

“It’s the third day of UkrainianChristmas,” Mr. Loun told the guard,“and we came to carol for the president.”

“O.K.,” he said the guard replied.“Merry Christmas.”

Mr. Loun told The Weekly that hisinvolvement with organizing vertepsgoes back to 1989 in Ukraine, when, as aboard member of the Cultural Fund ofUkraine, he suggested having a nation-wide vertep competition. As it turnedout, his group from Lviv came out on topin the Kyiv finals. At that time he wasalso working for Kobza, a Ukrainian-Canadian recording joint venture enter-prise that organized the Chervona RutaUkrainian song festivals.

He said that he and his wife have beenworking on Christmas programs in theUnited States since 1996, when theyemigrated here after winning the annualU.S. diversity visa (“green card”) lottery.Until last year, these performances were,for the most part, in the “Mykolaiko”format, he said.

Then they decided to do a vertep on a

Pennsylvania children perform “vertep” in Washington

HARTFORD, Conn. – The YevshanUkrainian Vocal Ensemble joinedforces with Chorale Connecticut onDecember 7 and 8, 2002, for a pair ofconcerts featuring Christmas carolsand Advent hymns from a variety ofEuropean traditions. Titled “An OldWorld Christmas,” the program includ-ed works by Hector Berlioz, RandallThompson, John Carter and MichaelPraetorius, as well as Ukrainian sea-sonal favorites by Kyrylo Stetsenko,Mykola Leontovych and AnatoliiAvdievsky.

“This was an exciting musical col-laboration between two uniquechoirs,” said Ihor Stasiuk, the presi-dent of the Yevshan ensemble, whohelped conceive the idea of the jointconcert with friends from both ensem-bles. “The repertoire was both chal-lenging and rewarding, and we werevery impressed with the Chorale’sability to master the Ukrainian text andto capture the spirit of such works asDmytro Bortniansky’s choral concerto,“Slava Vo Vyshnykh Bohu” (“Glory toGod in the Highest”).

The first concert was held at theFirst Congregational Church inMeriden, Conn., on Saturday evening,December 7, 2002. The two choirsprocessed into the church singing “OCome, O Come, Emmanuel,” first in

unison, and then breaking into harmo-ny on the third and fourth verses onceall 80 singers assembled before thealtar. The women’s ensemble fromYevshan then intoned the chant of theChristmas “Irmos” – “A Great andWondrous Miracle” (“Velychne iPreslavne Chudo”) immediately fol-lowed by the traditional setting of “OCome All Ye Faithful.”

Under the direction of ChoraleConnecticut’s Dorothy Barnhardt, thecombined choir performed MichaelPraetorius’ beloved Christmas hymns“Lo How a Rose E ‘Er blooming” and“In dulci Jubilo,” as well as MaxReger’s “Virgin Slumber Song” per-formed by the women’s sections only.

Ms. Barnhardt is a well-respectedchoral conductor and vocal instructorin Connecticut. She studied conduct-ing with Maestro Otto Werner-Muellerduring his tenure at Yale Universityand studied voice with Eva Likova inNew York City. She taught voice in thedepartment of music at ChoateRosemary Hall for seven years, andattended the famed Robert ShawChoral Workshops at Carnegie Hall in1994 and 1996.

The Meriden concert receivedextensive coverage in the Record-Journal which covers events in central

Yevshan ensemble teams upwith Chorale Connecticut

Angel Oksana Vovchuk recites her lines during a “vertep” at the Embassy of Ukraine.

Ambassador Kostyantyn Gryshchenko thanks the vertep carolers and Embassyguests. Standing next to him in the foreground are (from left): Julia Stypen,Oksana Vovchuk (angel), Roman Loun (St. Nicholas), Daryna Kutuza (angel),

Marian Petryk (centurion) and Christopher Krill (with star).

Ambassador Kostyantyn Gryshchenko’s wife Natalya reaches into her handbagto come up with the first donation, as caroler Christopher Krill starts taking his

hat around the audience.

grander scale. The preparation work,including the designing and sewing ofcostumes, went on throughout the yearand culminated in their debut perform-ance as part of the cultural program dur-ing Ukrainian Day at the United Nationson December 19. While in New York the27-member ensemble also performed atthe Ukrainian Institute of America.

Three days after their Washingtonappearance, on January 12, the vertepcarolers performed before about 500enthusiastic fans at the UkrainianCultural Center in Philadelphia.

Ms. Loun, who is the artistic director,costume designer and co-writer (with herhusband) of the vertep, said she wasoverwhelmed by the hometown audi-ence’s enthusiastic reaction to the per-formance. Afterwards, she said, manyparents approached her about gettingtheir children involved in future produc-tions. According to Mr. Loun, they planto expand their cultural programming inthe future.

Except for carolers George, Larysaand Oleksander Woskobiynyk, who arethird-generation Ukrainian Americansfrom State College, Pa., the ensembleconsists of children of recent, FourthWave immigrants from Ukraine living inthe Philadelphia area, Mr. Loun said.

The other carolers are: MaryanBodnar, Christopher Kril, Daria andMaria Loun, Marian Petryk, JuliaStupen, Julia Vasilovski, MariaVengrenyuk, Greg Yakimiw and NataliaZaichlyi.

The cast also includes Daryna Kutuzaand Oksana Vovchyk as the two angels;Alexander Kutuza as King Herod; andOleg Stupen, Dmitro Tsyuman andRoman Vengrenyuk as the threeUkrainian grand princes. Mr. Loun playsSt. Nicholas; and helping the ensemblevocally is the Holubka quartet (listed inthe program as “Golubka”) – HalynaBodnar, Maria Kaminsky, Nadya Petrykand Halyna Stupen.

The ensemble’s performances in NewYork were sponsored by the InternationalUnion of Ukrainian Businessmen Inc.,and received financial support from asmall group of sponsors: Meest MediaCorp., Halyna and Oleksij Woskobijnyk,New York’s two Ukrainian credit unions– Ukrainian National Federal CreditUnion and Self Reliance (NY) FCU –and the Selfreliance Ukrainian-AmericanFCU of Chicago.

Transportation costs for theWashington excursion, however, werecovered by the performers themselves, aswell as audience donations, dropped intoa caroler’s hat after the performance.


Yaro Bihun


by Dr. Volodymyr Mezentsev

TORONTO – Located in the Chernihiv region northeast of Kyiv, the town of Baturyn was the official capitalof the Kozak Hetman state in eastern Ukraine in 1669-1708 and 1750-1764.

In 2001-2002, Ukrainian and Canadian archaeolo-gists and historians renewed the excavations in thistown after initial digs in 1995-1997. The expedition issponsored by the Kowalsky Program for the Study ofEastern Ukraine of the Canadian Institute of UkrainianStudies (CIUS) and the Shevchenko Scientific Societyof America. Valuable advice for the Baturyn project hasbeen given by Dr. Zenon Kohut, director of the CIUS.

The Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies inToronto has administered the funds that Ukrainian com-munities in Canada and the United States donated forthe project. Prof. Martin Dimnik of this institute hasoverseen these funds and contributed to disseminationof the expedition findings in Canadian academic publi-cations. The University of Chernihiv provided anarchaeological team consisting of 70 students and schol-ars led by Dr. Volodymyr Kovalenko. This writer partic-ipated in this dig as the research fellow of CIUS respon-sible for the Baturyn archaeological project.

The researchers uncovered almost completely thefoundations of the hetman’s large brick palace in thecitadel of Baturyn and established its approximate size(24 by 36 meters), ground plan and architectural design.The palace was constructed by hetmans DemianMnohohrishnyi (1669-1672) and Ivan Samoilovych(1672-1687) in the Kozak Baroque style. The extantoffice of the Kozak regiment in Chernihiv and thebuilding known as “Mazepa’s Mansion” in Kyiv of theturn of 18th century represent the analogies to the het-man’s palace in Baturyn.

Near this palace, the remains of the contemporaneouswooden Church of the Resurrection have been found;they will be fully excavated next year.

On the site of Baturyn’s fortress, the remnants of thespacious luxurious house of a Kozak officer or “starshy-na,” possibly a colonel, was discovered. It was erectedat the turn of 18th century and had an area of about100square meters, four rooms and a vestibule. The expen-sive decorative glazed ceramic revetment and roofingtiles of this wealthy urban dwelling emulated those ofthe palaces, churches or colleges of the hetman state.

The expedition has also continued work on the coun-try residence of Hetman Ivan Mazepa (1687-1709) inthe suburb of Honcharivka near Baturyn. At around1700, a magnificent, three-story masonry palace, 30 by15 meters was built there by Mazepa in a WesternEuropean Baroque style as well as a wooden privatechurch.

The palatial foundations were excavated in 1995-1997. In 2002, the exploratory digs revealed the rem-nants of an unidentified structure at Mazepa’s villa.Further excavations are needed, however, to determinethe architecture and function of this building and to ver-ify its intriguing hypothetical identification with the pri-vate church of Mazepa.

Archaeologists have found nearly 60 types of ceram-ic tiles, or “kakhli,” of various shapes with relief pat-

Canada-Ukraine archeological expedition renews excavations at Baturyn

The producer of the video film on Baturyn excavations, Dr. Volodymyr Mezentsev of the University of Toronto (center) and film director Oleh Chornyi of Kyiv.

Excavations of the brick floor remnants of a wealthy Kozak officer’s house.

The Baturyn archaeological expedition leaders (from left): Dr. VolodymyrMezentsev (University of Toronto), archaeologist Yurii Sytyi (University ofChernihiv), Prof. Oleksander Motsia (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), and Dr. Volodymyr Kovalenko (University of Chernihiv), leader of the expedition.

terns manufactured by local and Dutch artisans in the17th and 18th centuries. The more sophisticated of themwere covered with polychrome glazing. Their ornamen-tal motifs were derived from Ukrainian folk art, churchiconography and West European Baroque painting orrelief sculpture. These ceramic tiles were used for thedecoration of ovens or fireplaces in the hetman palacesand rich urban dwellings.

The excavations have also yielded various weaponsand tools, gilded copper icons, bronze and silver orna-ments for women, fragments of brocade embroideredwith golden and silver threads, Kozak ceramic tobaccopipes, and many fragments of pottery and glassware ofthe 17th and early 18th centuries. Numerous finds ofPolish, Dutch, Swiss and Russian silver and coppercoins and German lead trade seals of this time testify tothe lively international commercial contacts maintainedby the hetman capital.

The excavated hetman palaces were burned in 1708when Baturyn was devastated by Russian troops. ItsKozak garrison and the bulk of the town’s civilian pop-ulation of about 15,000 people were massacred as apunitive measure against the rebellious Mazepa and hisfollowers who had joined the Swedes in the NorthernWar.

Researchers have found evidence of massive destruc-tion of the hetman capital in 1708 – the remnants ofmany burned or ruined structures and 26 skeletalremains mainly of elderly men, women and children,some of which show signs of a violent death. Most wereidentified as victims of the attack on the town by theRussian army.

Thus, the excavations of Baturyn have brought tolight much new archaeological evidence for the study ofthe hitherto little-known history and culture of the capi-tal of Kozak Hetman Ukraine.

Volodymyr Mezentsev, Ph. D., is a visiting professorat the Slavic department of the University of Torontoand a research fellow of the Canadian Institute ofUkrainian Studies.

The Ukrainian-Canadian archaeological expedi-tion intends to continue the excavations of Baturynin 2003. Chernihiv archaeologists have estimatedthe cost of these excavations at $16,000 (U.S.) persummer season. The researchers also plan to pub-lish a collection of articles on the history, archaeol-ogy, architecture and art of the Hetman state’s cap-ital along with a richly illustrated electronic editionof the selected essays on CD-ROM, as well as tocreate a website on Baturyn’s antiquities.

The excavation project and publication of itsfindings depend on donor support. The PontificalInstitute of Mediaeval Studies of the University ofToronto administers the Canadian and Americanfunds for the Baturyn archaeological project. Tosupport this project, kindly send donations may besent to: Prof. Martin Dimnik, Pontifical Instituteof Mediaeval Studies, 59 Queen’s Park CrescentE., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2C4. Makeyour check payable to: Pontifical Institute ofMedieval Studies – Baturyn project. The institutewill issue receipts for tax -deductible purposes.

Organizations, institutions and private donorssupporting the Baturyn excavations and dissemi-nation of its research results will be gratefullyacknowledged in the publications and public lec-tures related to this project.

For information, please contact: Dr. VolodymyrMezentsev, 100 High Park Ave., Apt. 2015,Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6P 2S2; telephone(416) 766-1408; e-mail: [email protected].

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by Dr. Volodymyr Mezentsev

TORONTO – Baturyn is located in the ChernihivOblast, northeast of Kyiv in central Ukraine. The townemerged as a fortress built on the high bank of the SeimRiver by the princes of the Chernihiv Principality in the11th century.

From the beginning of the 17th century, this small

provincial town, or “mistechko,” grew substantially insignificance. In 1648, during the rebellion led byHetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky against Polish domina-tion in Ukraine, the Kozaks wrested control of Baturynfrom the Poles. In 1654 the town was granted to useMagdeburg law, providing it with municipal self-rule.Between 1669 and 1708, Baturyn was the official capi-tal of the Kozak Hetman state in Left-Bank Ukraine.

Fragments of ceramic tiles with a plant pattern in relief that decorated the stove of a dwelling and its glazed roofing tile.

Remains of a buried teenager/youth with a bullet hole in his skull – the victim of Baturyn’s destruction in 1708.

Muskets and pistol tubes, a fragment of an exploded cannon barrel with a relief depiction of a cherub, and a spearhead of the 17th-18th centuries found in Baturyn.

Baturyn: historic capital of the Kozak Hetman stateThe town flourished during the glorious reign of

Hetman Ivan Mazepa (1687-1708), growing to an areaof approximately 100 hectares with a population ofabout 20,000. Baturyn had 40 churches and privatechapels, two monasteries, and a college for diplomatsand government officials (“Kantseliarsky Kurin”).

The town’s development was disrupted in 1708 dur-ing the Northern War between Russia and Sweden.After Mazepa and his followers sided with the Swedes,the hetman capital was seized and ravaged by theRussian punitive troops under the command ofAleksandr Menshikov, the favorite of Tsar Peter I. TheKozak garrison of 8,000 and the bulk of the civilianpopulation were massacred. Ukrainian scholars haveestimated the number of Baturyn’s victims at between13,000 and 15,000. The figure of 21,000 casualties hasalso been cited.

As a result of this total destruction, Baturyn stooddeserted for about 40 years, recovering by the mid-18thcentury. It briefly regained its prestigious status as thehetman capital during the reign of the last hetman,Kyrylo Rozumovsky (1750-1764) until the autonomousKozak Hetman state was abolished and absorbed by theRussian Empire in 1764. Following Rozumovsky’sdeath in 1803, Baturyn gradually declined. Now, it is asmall semi-agrarian provincial town with a populationof about 4,000.

Before the independent Ukrainian state was re-estab-lished in 1991, any research of Baturyn was impossible.In 1995-1997, an archaeological expedition from theUniversity of Chernihiv began excavating in Baturyn.These field investigations, however, were halted after1997 because of lack of funding.

Thanks to financial support from the Ukrainian dias-pora in Canada and the United States, the excavations inBaturyn were renewed in 2001. This expedition, con-sisting of Ukrainian and Canadian archaeologists andhistorians, has been sponsored by the Canadian Instituteof Ukrainian Studies (Kowalsky Program for the Studyof Eastern Ukraine), the Shevchenko MediaevalScientific Society of America, the University ofChernihiv and the Pontifical Institute of MediaevalStudies at the University of Toronto.

Archaeologists have prepared a reconstructive planof mediaeval and early modern Baturyn and its envi-rons. They uncovered the remnants of the two Baroquemasonry hetman palaces, churches, buildings of thetownsfolk and Kozak households, town fortifications,traces of urban crafts and arts, Western trade importsand coins testifying to the international commercialcontacts of the hetman capital in the 17th and 18th cen-turies.

The excavations have also yielded evidence of themassive devastation of the Hetman capital in 1708: theremnants of many burned or ruined structures and 26skeletal remains, mainly of elderly men, women andchildren. Most were identified as victims of the attackon the town by the Russian army. Several of the skele-tons bear the signs of a violent death, e.g., smashed orcut skulls, some with bullet holes or severed bones oflimbs. They were often buried near their destroyedhouses in shallow grave pits; some bodies probablyremained unburied.

The results of the Baturyn excavations will be dis-seminated in public lectures, academic and popularscholarly articles in English and Ukrainian, in Canadianand American journals and newspapers, documentaryvideo films, as well as on radio and TV programs.

Documentary videos are availableThe Ukraine-Canada archaeological expedition has

already made two professional documentary video films(25 and 28 minutes in length) in Ukrainian about the his-tory and architectural monuments of Baturyn and itsexcavations in 2001 and 2002. These films have beenhighly praised by Ukrainian Canadian TV and were airedfive times on the TV programs “Kontakt” and“Svitohliad” in Canada and the United States, as well asfive times in Ukraine – on the central TV channel Interand on the regional Chernihiv TV program in 2001-2002.

The English-language version of the second film iscurrently being prepared.

The production of these historical videos has beensponsored by the Canadian Foundation for UkrainianStudies (Toronto), and the Shevchenko ScientificSociety (New York).

The videos are available for purchase from their pro-ducer, Dr. Volodymyr Mezentsev, who may be contact-ed at 100 High Park Ave., Apt. 2015, Toronto, Ontario,Canada M6P 2S2; telephone (416) 766-1408; e-mail:[email protected].


Sunday, December 8, with two specificevents.

The first was the opening at the UIA of aphoto exhibit depicting Kyiv as it lookedbefore independence, and as it appearstoday. The exhibit focuses on the splendidreconstruction of many destroyed historicallandmarks and the building of modern pub-lic places and spaces, and is slated to travelto other cities in the United States andCanada throughout 2003. The curator of theexhibit, Ulana Bachynsky, who was assist-ed by Zwen Goy and Dr. Roman Goy, spent10 days in Ukraine to assemble the photo-graphs. The Kyiv City Administration pro-vided substantial support in gathering thematerials, while the institute shouldered themajor portion of the financial costs.

The second event was the continuationof the Institute’s “Man of the Year” seriesby which the community could honor KyivMayor Omelchenko as the driving forcebehind the rebuilding and rejuvenation ofUkraine’s capital. This program was sched-uled to begin with a traditional luncheon atthe Plaza Hotel in New York City onSunday, December 8, continue with a num-ber of different activities during the nexttwo days, and culminate with a reception atthe Institute when the mayor would official-ly dedicate the opening of the photo exhibit.The institute also decided to invite theKlitschko brothers, world-famous athletesand close friends of Mayor Omelchenko, toattend the “Man of the Year” banquet.

The Grand Ballroom of the Plaza Hotel,site of all previous UIA Man of the Yearprograms and capable of holding at least600 people, was reserved for the event.

A casual review of the targets establishedby the institute can only point to the mas-sive effort required on the part of the insti-tute, essentially an all-volunteer organiza-tion, in its attempt to help reverse or other-wise impact the steady din of negative newsemerging from Ukraine.

In late September, in my capacity as thepresident of the institute, I traveled toUkraine to extend an official invitation toMayor Omelchenko, which was graciouslyaccepted. The mayor also pledged the sup-port of the Kyiv City Administration for the“Renaissance of Kyiv” program throughout2003, and promised to use his influence tohave important associates and some publicfigures, as well as artistic performers fromUkraine attend the event in New York.

Following the mayor’s agreement tocome to New York, the institute initiated amajor public relations and publicity effortto generate support within the community.This included commissioning a series ofpress reports on the “Renaissance of Kyiv,”as well as the production of a commemora-tive journal designed in part to help offsetsome of the costs associated with the pro-gram.

In early October the Institute receivednews that one of the Klitschko brothers hadsigned up for a boxing match in Las Vegas,to take place on the evening of December 7.Mayor Omelchenko, long a close friendand key supporter of the brothers-athletes,would be attending the match along withsome members of the large Kyiv contingentscheduled to attend the Man of the Yearbanquet. The mayor indicated that the entiregroup would then come to New York,including the Klitschko brothers.

The news immediately raised severalproblems for the institute. First was thatgiven the time difference between LasVegas and New York City, the Man of theYear luncheon could not be held on Sundayas originally scheduled but would have tobe postponed to Monday evening. Next, theinstitute learned that the Plaza Hotel’sGrand Ballroom had been already bookedfor Monday by another group, so that the

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Man of the Year celebration would have tobe moved to another, significantly smallerbanquet room.

The change brought on a second poten-tial problem. Immediately a number ofdoomsayers from within the communityproclaimed that Ukrainians would “never”attend a formal event on a Monday night, orindeed during the work week. Attendanceprojections from these sources ranged aslow as 100 attendees.

The institute discussed with MayorOmelchenko the possibility of postponingthe entire function until the spring, but themayor simply could not make a commit-ment to travel abroad at that time. What’smore, the opportunity for the community tomeet with the Klitschko brothers, who havebecome world-famous goodwill ambassa-dors for Ukraine, would also have been lost.

Accordingly, the institute felt it had nochoice but to move ahead with the Mondaynight date. To generate even greater interestfor the event, the institute stepped up itspublic relations efforts, even hiring a profes-sional public relations firm, RomyrConsultants, with offices in Kyiv,Washington and Toronto, which contributedsubstantially to the success of our program.

The rest is history. Despite some direpredictions, 430 attended the banquet, whileat least 120 others had to be turned away,including a number of institute members(who are our chief financial supporters) aswell as prospective members. The UIA hadadopted a policy of bringing in as manyattendees as possible to show MayorOmelchenko the community’s great appre-

ciation for his efforts to “turn thingsaround” in Ukraine’s capital, and in retro-spect perhaps we tried to accommodate toomany people considering the size of thebanquet hall. But who can forget the roarand sustained applause from the attendeesthat greeted the mayor and the Klitschkobrothers when they entered the receptionarea.

This letter reflects some of the manychallenges encountered by the UkrainianInstitute of America in putting on a verymajor program. The organizers may nothave focused primarily on “crowd control,”one of the criticisms implied by one of yourletter writers. Our interest was to giveaccess to guests, not to keep them awayfrom attendees. With this in mind we delib-erately seated the Klitschko brothers attables separate from the mayor’s. In fact,most of the attendees were highly compli-mentary to the institute for enabling easyaccess to our honored guests, who seemedto appreciate the attention and plaudits theyreceived.

It’s always easy to find something to crit-icize in just about any event of this magni-tude. Unfortunately, some in the Ukrainiancommunity have a tendency to emphasizeany perceived negatives while belittling thepositives and failing to see the larger pic-ture. There are other communities that havelearned to search out and emphasize thepluses – an approach we would do well toemulate.

The institute believes the “Renaissanceof Kyiv” and the man of the year programsoverwhelmingly produced many positivesfor Ukraine and the Ukrainian Americancommunity. Consider the following.

• Mayor Omelchenko performedadmirably throughout a very hectic two-day

schedule. Unlike the reputation of mostmajor Ukrainian political figures in thenews today, he was gracious in hisdemeanor with a very demanding commu-nity, spoke eloquently, and demonstrated hislove and devotion to Ukraine. He was anobviously right choice for man of the yearhonors. His nomination as man of the yearand the award banquet in New Yorkreceived extensive and highly positive newscoverage across Ukraine.

• Our community had an excellentopportunity to meet and interact with twoworld-renowned figures from the world ofsports who consistently and publiclydemonstrate their Ukrainian heritage andvoice their love for Ukraine. We haverecorded the Klitschko’s visit to St.George’s Ukrainian school on December 11on video, which will be available in the nearfuture. The video clearly shows the warmfeelings of the Klitschkos toward our com-munity.

• The institute’s programs enabled MayorOmelchenko and other Kyiv city officials tomeet with prominent non-Ukrainian groups,and led to a visit with the managing editorof Business Week and his staff to discussbusiness issues pertaining to Ukraine.

• Judging by the many comments theinstitute has received, we firmly believe thatthe vast majority of banquet attendeeswalked away with a strong feeling of pridefor their Ukrainian heritage and community.We readily acknowledge the vocal “exuber-ance” of some of the attendees, but feel this

was in part a manifestation of circumstances– specifically the unfortunate need to moveto a much smaller room, with a low ceilingthat magnified sound, and our community’smanifest pleasure to be able to experiencesomething positive as opposed to the nega-tive environment we have seen in the recentpast. That in itself was one reason why weattempted to maximize the audience for theevent.

The institute, however, greatly regretsthat the over-enthusiasm of banquet atten-dees did not provide our special musicianand singer guests from Kyiv the proper set-ting for their performances – something wehope to re-address in the future.

Bottom-line: the positives far out-weighed any negatives. During my visit toUkraine in preparation for the program, Ihad the opportunity to meet with several topand successful business executives ofUkrainian descent who expressed their fullsupport for our program. As one noted tome, it represents “one of the first timessomeone from the diaspora has come to uswith a program to help gain recognition forthe positive changes in Ukraine.” Mostdiaspora visitors to Ukraine, he added, onlycriticize and lecture locals on how toimprove the situation there. While no one isblind to our ancestral land’s shortcomings,we at the Ukrainian Institute of Americatake great pride in our decision to recog-nize, celebrate and publicize the many goodthings you’ll find about Ukraine if onlyyou’re willing to look for them.

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Yushchenko.”A joyful Dr. Hrytsenko held up a copy

of the third volume of his “Atlas of theUkrainian Language,” recently publishedthanks to generous sponsorship by theShevchenko Scientific Society ofAmerica. The atlas contains more than1,200 maps that display the spatial distri-bution of the Ukrainian language. Anexamination of some of the dialects inthe Carpathian region and in Polissiaattests to the antiquity of the Ukrainianlanguage, where some of the Polissiandialects are believed to be closely relatedto the original pan-Slavic language, dat-ing to before the 6th century AD. Thisunique and pioneering work is now theenvy of the Slavicist community, notedDr. Hrytsenko.

Echoing some of the concernsexpressed by Dr. Romaniv, Dr.Hrytsenko acknowledged the constantpressure of the Russian informationalsphere being exerted upon Ukraine.There are no laws protecting theUkrainian language and informationalspace. On the other hand, the languagerights of minorities in Ukraine are pro-tected by law, which suggests thatUkrainian might have fared better as aminority language in its own country,opined Dr. Hrytsenko.

While the governments of Poland andRussia attach great importance to theirrespective titular languages and providefunding for their promotion, in Ukrainethe Presidential Commission onLanguage has been disbanded byPresident Kuchma. Underestimation ofthe language problem is a mark of anunderdeveloped nation, said Dr.

Hrytsenko. Nevertheless, he said he doesnot see the situation as hopeless, becausea new society is evolving in Ukraine,which cannot acquiesce in its own detri-ment.

Under the Soviet regime some 50 per-cent of the Ukrainian vocabulary wasprohibited as “dialecticisms,” whichincluded all the words specific to theHalychyna dialect. This resulted in arather impoverished Ukrainian lexicon,said Dr. Hrytsenko, which we must nowremedy through compilation of diction-aries of Ukrainian dialects. Proper devel-opment of the Ukrainian language, how-ever, requires not only research, publica-tions and a favorable juridical basis, butalso an educational program on the sub-ject of the Ukrainian language for themasses of Ukraine’s population, headded.

Russification under the Soviet regimespared neither the Taras ShevchenkoNational Museum in Kyiv, nor theDivision of Manuscripts at NANU,according to their director, Dr.Halchenko, whose top priority has beento de-Russify both these institutions.

For example, researchers today mustgo back to the original manuscripts ofShevchenko in order to find his authentictexts, as none of the Soviet-era publica-tions are true to his originals. Dr.Halchenko has published the first twovolumes of a projected 12-volume com-pilation of the literary heritage ofShevchenko. Five volumes of Shev-chenko’s works as an artist are currentlybeing prepared for publication.

A volume containing 150 ofShevchenko’s paintings that was justpublished by the Taras ShevchenkoNational Museum was presented by Dr.Halchenko to Dr. Larissa Onyshkevych.

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Connecticut, including a Sunday morningreview by music critic Ralph Hohmanunder the headline “Chorale Connecticutcelebrates with Ukrainian flair.”

The second concert featuring the sameprogram was a Sunday matinee onDecember 8 at Welte Auditorium on thecampus of Central Connecticut StateUniversity in New Britain. Following theopening selections, performed by thecombined ensemble, each choir of 40singers took turns performing selectionsfrom its own repertoire.

The Yevshan Ensemble, under thedirection of Alexander Kuzma, began thesecond half of the program with severaltraditional favorites, including theLiudkevych arrangement of “BohPredvichnyj” (Eternal God) andStetsenko’s “Nebo i Zemlia” (Heavenand Earth Rejoice), accompanied by atrio of bandurists (Daria Richardson,Christina Jamahrian and Irene KytastyKuzma). Critic Ralph Hohman seemedparticularly impressed with the banduraselections: “Yevshan’s three banduraplayers produced a delicate, festivesound, exotic but still familiar. It soundedlike Christmas music even to Americanears, and flowed with the voices of thechorus.”

Yevshan also performed Avdievsky’shaunting epiphanal carol “PavochkaKhodyt,” Yatsynevych’s “Yerusalymski

Dzvony” (The Bells of Jerusalem) and asuite of carols by Stetsenko, ending with“Po Vsiomu Svitu” (Across the World).

The members of Chorale Connecticutthen rejoined Yevshan for the four finalworks in the program: RandallThompson’s “Alleluia,” which was firstpremiered at Tanglewood in 1941, abilingual version of Leontovych’s“Schedryk” (Carol of the Bells), JohnCarter ’s arrangement of “OTannenbaum” and Bortniansky’s stirringChristmas concerto “Glory to God in theHighest” (Slava Vo Vyshnykh Bohu).

Both concerts ended with standingovations, and the combined choirs con-cluded with “Silent Night” sung inGerman, Ukrainian and English.

Chorale Connecticut PresidentWilliam Guilfoile said in his welcomingremarks that the experience of workingtogether “has expanded both choruses’family of song,” and Ms. Barnhardt andMr. Kuzma both expressed confidencethat the choirs would be collaboratingagain in the future. Said Ms. Barnhardt:“At Chorale Connecticut, one of ourgoals is to expand the experience of ouraudience and also to challenge oursingers ... The Christmas concerts withYevshan were a wonderful way to pursueand realize this goal.”

For further information on theYevshan Ukrainian Vocal Ensemble andits collaboration with ChoraleConnecticut, please contact Mr. Stasiukat (860) 621-0661.

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"Reconstructing Mozart"Saturday, January 25, 2003 at 8p.m.

Ukrainian Institute of America2 East 79th Street, New York City

Adagio and Fugue in C Minor (K. 546 and K. 426)(arranged for Piano Trio by Jeffrey Solow – World Premiere)

BYRON TAUCHI (violin) – JEFFREY SOLOW (cello) – MYKOLA SUK (piano)

Movement for String Trio in G Major (K. Anhang 66)(completed and edited by Franz Beyer)

BYRON TAUCHI (violin) – BORYS DEVIATOV (viola) - JEFFREY SOLOW (cello)

Piano Quartet in E-flat Major(arranged by Carl Czerny from Quintet for Piano and Winds, K. 452)

YURI KHARENKO (violin) – DANIEL PANNER (viola) - JEFFREY SOLOW(cello) – MYKOLA SUK (piano)

Variationen "Ah vous dirai-je, maman", K. 426(arranged for String Trio by Max Raimi – 1995)

YURI KHARENKO (violin) – DANIEL PANNER (viola) - JEFFREY SOLOW (cello)String Quintet in C Minor, K. 516b

(arranged by Mozart from Serenade for Wind Octet, K. 388)YURI KHARENKO (violin) – BYRON TAUCHI (violin) – DANIEL PANNER

(viola) - BORYS DEVIATOV (viola) - JEFFREY SOLOW (cello)

This concert is made possible in part by the Mozart Society of America.

WINNIPEG – Singers Rosemarie andCharlene Todaschuk have released theirthird recording, “The Spirit of UkrainianChristmas with the Todaschuk Sisters.”The album, a collection of UkrainianChristmas carols, includes 14 songs fea-turing the “simple harmonies of two sis-ters accompanied by modern and tradi-tional acoustic instrumentation,” a pressrelease from the Todaschuk sisters said.

“[We] hope that this recording ... willinvite and encourage the listener to feel [a]passion to preserve and promote UkrainianChristmas traditions and will introduce tothe non-Ukrainian community the treas-ures of the Ukrainian musical heritage ofour forefathers,” the sisters added.

The sisters produced the album, whileCharlene’s husband, Andrij Czerny, a pro-fessional musician who is best known forhis instrumental works on Cirque du Soleilrecordings, arranged, orchestrated and per-

formed the music on 13 of the 14 carols.Other musicians featured on the albuminclude: Liana Stecky, Angela Saranchuk,Ivan Zavada, Domenic Lombardi, as wellas Peter and Tatiana Czerny.

Officially released on Saturday,August 3, 2002, during a music festivalat the Lyric Theatre in Assiniboine Park,Canada, the recording has received atten-tion from the mainstream Canadianmedia, as well as praise from Ukrainiansand non-Ukrainians alike.

The duo also has two other albums to itscredit and has sold its music international-ly. While all three recordings have focusedon traditional, contemporary and originalUkrainian music, the sisters are now alsoventuring into another area: bothRosemarie and Charlene currently fronttheir own jazz trios.

The duo has performed at diverse ven-ues, including the Pacific NationalExhibition in Vancouver, Bicentennial cel-ebrations in Los Angeles, Canada’sNational Ukrainian Festival in Dauphin,Manitoba, Toronto’s Caravan festival, aswell as at home games of the BlueBombers football team and in Ukraine.

“The Spirit of Ukrainian Christmas withthe Todaschuk Sisters” is available oncompact disc for $20 or on cassette for$12. To purchase the album send a checkor money order (plus $3 per item for ship-ping and handling) to: Todaschuk Sisters’Ukrainian Boutique, 508 Selkirk Ave.,Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R2W 2M7.To order by phone or to obtain more infor-mation, call (204) 586-3445 or [email protected].

Todaschuk Sisters’ third recordingfeatures traditional Christmas carols

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NEW YORK – The Town Hall kicks offits Music and Dance Fest with theSyzokryli Ukrainian Dance Ensemble onFriday, January 31, at 8 p.m. The troupewill be joined by the Cheres UkrainianFolk Ensemble.

Syzokryli offer insight into theUkrainian culture through their spell-bind-ing steps and stirring music. Audiences atSyzokryli performances discover indige-nous music, learn the meanings of songspassed down through generations, under-stand ethnic rituals and life celebrations,and watch how a dance tells a story.

Under the artistic direction of RomaPryma-Bohachevsky, Syzokryli will mes-merize the audience with the energy andvitality of Ukrainian dance, from acrobaticnumbers such as the Hopak – called themost exciting folk dance in the world – tolyrical balletic interpretations such as“Fight for Freedom,” commemorating theChornobyl nuclear disaster.

The Syzokryli Dance Ensemble wasfounded in 1978 by artistic director andchoreographer Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky.Since then, the troupe’s goal has been topreserve, and promote Ukrainian culture,and to captivate audiences with its dynamicdance technique. Based in New York Citythe ensemble consists of passionatedancers, many of whom have been dancingsince they were small children. The ensem-ble’s rich repertoire encompasses Ms.

Bohachevsky’s beautifully choreographedregional folk dances, her interpretive bal-lets and character dances – many drawingon the history of Ukraine.

Syzokryli have performed extensivelyover the years throughout the US includingLincoln Center, Madison Square Gardenand the Brooklyn Academy of Music. In1992 Syzokryli concluded a highly suc-cessful tour of Ukraine, appearing in operahouses in Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv and Ivano-Frankivsk.

The acclaimed Cheres Ukrainian FolkEnsemble will present the best mountainmusic from Eastern Europe available livetoday in New York City, allowing the audi-ence to experience rousing centuries-oldfolk hits. Cheres’ musical arsenal is purelyacoustic, including a wide array of pipes,clarinet, violin, cymbals, double bass andmore.

Led by music director AndriyMilavsky, these virtuosos weave breath-taking instrumentals and spirited songsfrom Ukraine and its neighboringCarpathian countries such as Romania,Hungary and Moldova.

Tickets for the show are $35 and $30;they may be purchased at The Town HallBox Office, 123 W. 43rd St., (212) 840-2824. For more information log on tohttp://www.the-townhall-nyc.org. Ticketsare available also through TicketMaster(212) 307-4100.

Syzokryli, Cheres to performat New York’s Town Hall

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Ukrainians in America didn’t care aboutUkraine, that they assimilated and caredonly about their own well-being. Cominghere has made me realize that like every-thing else the Soviets told us, it was all abig lie. The love, commitment and dedi-cation of your people to the Ukrainiancause is something many of our peoplestill need to learn.”

Before returning to Ukraine, the twoOstroh professors visited Washington,where they were greeted by a group ofUkrainian Americans brought together byThe Washington Group president IhorKotlarchuk. Also attending was NataliiaHolub, third secretary of the Embassy ofUkraine, who stated that it was “wonder-ful to hear so much that was positive

about Ukraine.”Also on the itinerary were Milwaukee,

where the two Ostroh professors werehosted at a dinner by Volodymyr andMaria Pyskir and their close friends; theUkrainian Research Institute at Harvard,where they met with Profs. RomanSzporluk, Ihor Sevcenko and otherHarvard dignitaries; and Soyuzivka,where they were guests of UNA PresidentStefan Kaczaraj.

Some $22,000 was collected for theNational University of Ostroh Academyduring the monthlong visit of “TeamOstroh.” Ukrainian Americans who wish todonate to this one-of-a-kind institution ofhigher learning can write checks made outto “Ukrainian National Foundation/Ostroh”and send them to Myron B. Kuropas, 107Ilehamwood Drive, DeKalb, IL 60115-1856. All donations are tax-deductible.

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PITTSBURGH – America’s premierefolk ensemble, the Duquesne UniversityTamburitzans, will audition talent for the2003-2004 performing season on February5-6.

Graduating high school seniors and cur-rent college undergraduates with dance,vocal or musical talent may audition for aspot in the ensemble, which presents themusic, songs and dances of EasternEurope, including Ukraine, as well asneighboring cultures.

The Tamburitzans perform from coast tocoast, averaging 80 shows per season,which runs from mid-August through May.Experienced dancers (folk, ballet, jazz, tap,classic), singers (folk, classical, musicaltheater) and instrumentalists (clarinet, flute,violin, string bass, accordion, folk guitar;folk instruments: tamburitza, bandura,bayan, buttonbox, cimbali, frula, panpipes,etc.) are needed to fill positions for nextseason’s production. Prior folk arts experi-ence is desirable, but not necessary.

Successful applicants will receive sub-stantial scholarship aid (currently over$13,000 per year for up to four years) tostudy in the field of their choice atDuquesne University in Pittsburgh. This isa great way for students to use their per-forming talents throughout their collegecareers while working towards a degree ininformation technology, pharmacy, law,health sciences, nursing, natural and envi-ronmental sciences, music, business admin-istration, education, liberal arts, or any ofthe hundreds of specialized courses ofstudy offered by Duquesne.

If travel to Pittsburgh is not possible, a15-minute video presentation showcasingthe applicant’s talents may be submitted.

For more information, or to schedule anaudition, call (412) 396-5185, fax (412)396-5583, e-mail [email protected],or visit www.tamburitzans.duq.edu todownload an audition application andguidelines. Deadline for submissions isFebruary 4.

Tamburitzans announce auditionsScholarships available for ensemble members

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to Iraq,” an RFE/RL correspondent quot-ed Mr. Zlenko as saying. The U.S. admin-istration reduced its aid and instituted areview of its policy toward Ukraine overallegations that Kyiv sold Kolchuha radarsystems to Baghdad in contravention ofUnited Nations sanctions. (RFE/RLNewsline)Court to reconsider former PM’s immunity

KYIV – Ukraine’s Supreme Courtordered a lower court to reconsider thelifting of former Prime Minister PavloLazarenko’s parliamentary immunity, theAssociated Press reported on January 8,quoting Mr. Lazarenko’s lawyer. Mr.Lazarenko has unsuccessfully appealed todistrict and appellate courts in Kyiv torestore his immunity, lifted by theVerkhovna Rada in 1999 in connectionwith embezzlement charges and in 2002following accusations of involvement incontract killings. He is jailed in theUnited States awaiting trial on money-laundering charges. (RFE/RL Newsline)Crash in Iran remains unexplained

KYIV – A Ukrainian commissionprobing the crash of an Antonov-140 pas-senger plane in Iran on December 23,2002, was unable to determine the causeof the accident before a government-imposed January 7 deadline, theAssociated Press reported on January 8,quoting a transportation official.Ukrainian experts have excluded a techni-cal malfunction but are still working todetermine if errors by Ukrainian pilots,Iranian air-traffic controllers, or a combi-nation of the two caused the crash. Nodate has been set for the final report.(RFE/RL Newsline)Yulia still opposes NBU appointment ...

KYIV – Yulia Tymoshenko, the leader

of the eponymous opposition bloc, toldjournalists on January 8 that her groupwants Parliament to reconsider theappointment of Serhii Tyhypko as head ofthe Ukrainian National Bank of Ukraine(NBU), the UNIAN news service report-ed. According to the Yulia TymoshenkoBloc, Mr. Tyhypko’s appointment by onlya portion of the Verkhovna Rada onDecember 17, 2002, was illegal.Opposition lawmakers subsequently triedto contest the appointment in court, buttheir suit was rejected. (RFE/RLNewsline)... appeals sentences of protesters

KYIV – Yulia Tymoshenko said herbloc has appealed to a Kyiv appellatecourt over sentences handed down againstmembers of the Ukrainian NationalAssembly-Ukrainian National Self-Defense, UNIAN reported. The 14 peoplewere given prison terms of between twoand five years for participating in anti-presidential riots in Kyiv in March 2001.Ms. Tymoshenko said the sentences werepolitically motivated. (RFE/RL Newsline)Kyiv asks Warsaw’s help with U.S.

KYIV – Ukraine has turned to Polandfor help soothing tense relations with theUnited States, the PAP news agencyreported on January 8, quoting an anony-mous source “close to the ForeignMinistry.” Polish President AleksanderKwasniewski reportedly was to take upthe matter during his visit to the UnitedStates on January 12-14, the source said.“I think it will be possible to resolve thismatter, and the Americans will shortlyforget about the Kolchuhas [radar systemsthat Washington alleges Ukraine sold toIraq despite an international ban]. Thisdoes not mean, of course, that we willarrange [Ukrainian President Leonid]Kuchma’s visit to the U.S. or [George W.]Bush’s visit to Kyiv,” a senior Polishdiplomat told PAP. (RFE/RL Newsline)

will undoubtedly become one morememorable page in the litany of goodneighborly relations between Ukraineand Romania.”

In 1632, Metropolitan Mohyla waslargely responsible for re-establishing theUkrainian Orthodox Church onUkrainian lands then held by the PolishCommonwealth after he successfullylobbied the Polish crown to restore thelegality of the Ukrainian OrthodoxChurch. Shortly afterwards, Orthodoxdeputies in the Polish Sejm nominatedMohyla to become metropolitan. He wasconsecrated at the Dormition Church inLviv in May 1633.

Metropolitan Mohyla, who had beenappointed the archimandrite of the KyivanCave Monastery in 1627, in 1631 estab-lished the Kyivan Cave Monastery School.In 1632 the Kyivan Cave MonasterySchool merged with the Kyiv EpiphanyBrotherhood School to create a college.With time it became the Kyiv MohylaAcademy – eventually the largest educa-tional and scholarly center in EasternEurope.

Metropolitan Mohyla bequeathed alarge portion of his personal fortune todeveloping the academy. He also spentgreat sums of money on projects to uncov-er and restore ancient churches, includingSt. Sophia Sobor and the Church of theTithes (Desiatynna). He helped financeRomanian projects as well, including thepublication of the first Romanian book in1641 and the establishment of a collegiumin his hometown in 1640.

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UKEUKELLODEONODEONFOR THE NEXT GENERAFOR THE NEXT GENERATIONTION

by Mykola Kucyna

WHIPPANY, N.J. – On Sunday,December 15, the SUM (UkrainianAmerican Youth Association)branch in Whippany put on a playfor Sviatyi Mykolai (St. Nicholas) atSt. John the Baptist UkrainianCatholic Church hall. Our coun-selor, Lesia Rago, wrote a very niceplay about angels and how oneangel wanted to give SviatyiMykolai a gift.

We all practiced very hard forthe performance, and it went verywell. Everyone new their lines anddid a great job. The actors in theplay were members of the groups“Stepovi Koni” and “Oleni”: PaulBilanych, Stephen Bilanych, KatiaKleban, Oles Kleban, AdamKlymko, Roman Kovbasniuk,Mykola Kucyna, Andy Rago,Christopher Rizzo, Steven Rizzoand Matthew Shashkewych.

The younger members, Deannaand Marki Andrian, Oles Gbur,Nicky and Victoria Mosuriak,Marianka and Solomiya Pylypiw,

ited us. Mykolai gave out pres-ents to all the good children, butthe chortyk (little devil) tried torun after some of them and givethem prutyky (twigs). We had alot of fun and I think everyoneenjoyed the show.

St. Nicholas takes time out from his busy schedule to pose for a photo with Hillside community members.

Maybe we can do this again nextyear and it will be another success.

Mykola Kucyna, 13, of Livingston,N.J., is a member of the “StepoviKoni” group of the UkrainianAmerican Youth Association’s branchin Whippany, N.J.

Martha Telepko and Bohdan andStepan Woch, also sang a very nicesong, “Dzvinky Dzvoniat” which is“Jingle Bells in Ukrainian.

Everything was very nice, andwe were lucky because SviatyiMykolai came at the end and vis-

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

The white in the candy cane sym-bolizes the purity of Jesus, whilethe red symbolizes the blood thatJesus shed for us when he died onthe cross. The shape of the candycane reminds us of the letter “J,”which stands for Jesus. Somesources say the shape of the candycane was designed to symbolize ashepherd’s staff.

Odarka Polanskyj-Stockert addeda special festive glow to the pro-gram by performing selected inter-national Christmas carols on herharp. The children in the audiencebecame so engaged in the harpist’sprogram that they rushed to pickup several percussion instrumentsto assist her in the program.

The Rev. Bohdan Lukie, CSsR,and the Rev. Leonard Ratushniak,CSsR, helped lead the audience insinging Christmas carols. MikeSzpyhulsky served as emcee.Sophika Stockert, NadikaSzpyhulsky, Christine, Rebecca,Sarah and Lisa Shatynski served asSt. Nicholas’ angel helpers, whileRuss Pencak was liaison to St.Nicholas.

Hillside parishioners give a warm welcome to Sviatyi Mykolai

SUM members perform in a play welcoming St. Nicholas.

HILLSIDE, N.J. – St. Nicholasvisited many loving children atImmaculate Conception UkrainianCatholic Church in Hillside, N.J.,on Sunday, December 8. He waswarmly welcomed by the Hillsidecommunity, and in honor of hisvisit, several children and adults

presented a bilingual holiday enter-tainment program.

Children’s performances includ-ed: keyboard music (SarahShatynski and Nadika Szpyhulsky);poetry recitations (Krista Erakovicand Nadika Szpyhulsky); sopilka(Danylo Spyhulsky); and flute

(Rebecca Shatynski).Several children (Christine,

Rebecca, Sarah and Lisa Shatynski)researched “The Legend of theCandy Cane” and presented theirfindings to the audience. The leg-end indicates that the candy canehas specific Christian symbolism.


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Mishanyna

OUR NEXT ISSUE:February 9. Deadline for materi-als: January 31.

This month’s Mishanyna, prepared with the National Geography Bee inmind, is a double challenge. First, name the capital cities of the countrieslisted below. We’ve given you a clue by providing the first letter of thecapital’s name and spaces corresponding to the number of letters that fol-low. Then, search for the names of the capital in the Mishanyna gridabove.

Good luck!

Afghanistan – K _ _ _ _Australia – C _ _ _ _ _ _ _Belgium – B _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Canada – O _ _ _ _ _ Colombia – B _ _ _ _ _ Cuba – H _ _ _ _ _ Czech Republic – P _ _ _ _ _ Ecuador – Q _ _ _ _ Egypt – C _ _ _ _ France – P_ _ _ _Great Britain – L _ _ _ _ _Greece – A _ _ _ _ _ Italy – R _ _ _ Japan – T _ _ _ _ Kuwait – K _ _ _ _ _

Latvia – R _ _ _ Nepal – K _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Norway – O _ _ _ Peru – L _ _ _ Poland – W _ _ _ _ _Portugal – L _ _ _ _ _ Qatar – D _ _ _ Spain – M _ _ _ _ _Switzerland – B _ _ _ Taiwan – T _ _ _ _ _Turkey – A _ _ _ _ _ Ukraine – K _ _ _ Uzbekistan – T _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Venezuela – C _ _ _ _ _ _

Passaic Plast membershelp orphans in Ukraine

PASSAIC, N.J. – The “novatstvo”and “ptashata” of the Plast branchin Passaic, N.J., decorated twoChristmas trees, which are dis-played in the auditorium of St.Nicholas Ukrainian CatholicSchool, as seen on the photo on theleft. This year’s trees were decorat-ed with school supplies, such ascrayons, pencils, scissors, notepadsand rulers donated by the children.After the holidays, the school sup-plies will be sent to an orphanagein Ukraine. This is the second yearthat these youngest members ofPlast Ukrainian ScoutingOrganization have decorated “gooddeed” trees. Last year’s donationsof mittens, gloves and hats weresent to an orphanage in Ternopil.

Morris County kidshonor Sviatyi Mykolai

DENVILLE, N.J. – SviatyiMykolai, or St. Nicholas, visited theLesia Ukrainka School of UkrainianStudies here on Saturday, December21. In honor of his visit, the school-children put on a short play. Seen inthe photo on the right are some ofthe play’s main characters, theangels and snowflakes, whoseappearance preceded St. Nicholas’arrival. After the play, St. Nicholasdistributed gifts to all studious andgood children.


Friday, January 24

EDMONTON: The Canadian Institute ofUkrainian Studies (CIUS) is holding abook launch of Dr. Bohdan Harasymiw’srecently published study “Post-Communist Ukraine” (CIUS Press, 1992).In this study the author, a professor ofpolitical science at the University ofCalgary, takes a comparative approach instudying the political and social realitiesof independent Ukraine. The book launchwill be held at 7 p.m. in Heritage Lounge,Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta,and will be followed by a reception. Formore information, contact: CIUS, 450Athabasca Hall, University of Alberta,Edmonton, AB T6G 2E8; telephone, (780)492-2972; fax, (780) 492-4967; e-mail,[email protected]; or visit the websitehttp://www.ualberta.ca/CIUS. Saturday, January 25

NEW YORK: Yuriy Tarnawsky – linguist,poet, novelist and translator and one of thefounding members of the New York Group ofpoets, will read from his most recent works –“Yikh Nemaye” (They Don’t Exist), the sec-ond volume of his collected poetry and, “Neznayu” (I Don’t Know), selected prose, as wellas from the collection “Angels in a Pyramid”featuring poems by Volodymyr Tsybulka inMr. Tarnawsky’s English-language translation.The literary reading will be held at theShevchenko Scientific Society, 63 Fourth Ave.(between Ninth and 10th streets) at 5 p.m. Formore information call (212) 254-5130.PHILADELPHIA: The UkrainianAmerican Youth Association (SUM),Philadelphia Branch, invites the UkrainianAmerican community in the Philadelphiaarea to attend a fun-filled “Malanka” – atraditional Ukrainian New Year welcom-ing dance, featuring the Vorony band. TheMalanka will be held in the UkrainianEducational and Cultural Center, 700Cedar Road, Jenkintown, Pa., starting at 9p.m. Admission: $35, adults in advance;$40, at the door; $25, students and seniors.Admission price includes a delicious hotbuffet catered by Georgines; champagnewill be provided at midnight. For informa-tion and advance tickets, call Halya, (215)745-9838, Olya, (215) 722-7212, orWalter, (215) 379-2676.Saturday, February 1

EAST HANOVER, N.J.: The public iscordially invited and encouraged to attendthe next meeting of the Ukrainian AmericanProfessional and BusinesspersonsAssociation of New York and New Jersey,

to be held at 7 p.m. at Ramada Hotel, Route10. The special guest speaker will be Dr.Taras Kuzio, resident fellow at the Centerfor Russian and East European Studies andadjunct staffer at the department of politicalscience at the University of Toronto, ana-lyst of current Ukrainian affairs, author ofnumerous books about contemporaryUkraine and a former NATO informationofficer in Kyiv. Dr. Kuzio will address thetopic: “Whither Ukraine: West or East?Democratic or Authoritarian?”NEW BRITAIN, Conn.: The New BritainMalanka, dubbed “the largest Malanka onthe East Coast,” will be held in St. GeorgeHall, 301 W. Main St., starting 9 p.m.Tickets: $25. Music will be provided by theZolota Bulava of Montreal, and the Voronyband of Syracuse, N.Y. For reservations andinformation contact Christopher Iwanik,(860) 716-0334. A pre-Malanka pub partywill be held Friday, January 31, at theUkrainian National Home, 961Wethersfield Ave., in Hartford, Conn.Sunday, February 2

PHILADELPHIA: Mariana Sadovska,acclaimed Ukrainian singer, actress andmusician who currently resides inGermany, will appear with the women’svocal ensemble Svitanje of Philadelphiawhich specializes in the folk music ofEastern Europe, as part of her limitedengagements in the United States. Theconcert will be held at the First UnitarianChurch of Philadelphia, 2125 Chestnut St.,Center City, Pa. Tickets: $15; seniors andstudents, $10. For additional concert infor-mation call (215) 520-4048 or [email protected]. Ms. Sadovska willalso give a vocal workshop on Saturdayafternoon on February 1 in the “bilyiholos” technique of singing as well as tra-ditional folk singing. For workshop detailsand registration call (215) 844-1066 or e-mail [email protected], February 8

CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Engineers’Society of America, Chicago Branch, theUkrainian Medical Association of NorthAmerica, Illinois Branch, the UkrainianVeterinary Medical Association ofAmerica and Canada, Chicago Branch,will hold their annual banquet and ball inthe Grand Ballroom of the Chicago Hiltonand Towers Hotel, 720 South MichiganAve. The evening is black tie with musicby Good Times. For reservations andadditional information call (847) 985-3596. All reservations must be made byJanuary 31.

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