Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc

Vol. LI . No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 1983

KHRYSTOS RODYVSIA - CHRIST IS BORN

Orthodox hierarchs' pastoral:

"let us share our love"
Christmas pastoral letter of the transformed into leniency for the enemy
Sobor of Bishops of the Ukrainian of Christ and our devout nation.
Autocephalous Orthodox Church.
Released at St. Andrew Ukrainian During this year's feast of Christ's
Orthodox Center, South Bound Brook, birth, let us be one in thought and
N.J. sorrow with those never-to-be-for-
gotten brethren who 50 years ago were
Beloved Brethren in Christ! tortured with famine by the enemies of
Christ is born! Glorify Him! the Lord and our Ukrainian nation. For,
at that time, the Muscovite despisers of
On the holy night of Christmas, an people resolved to make real yet another
angel announced "a great joy which idea for the liquidation of the fatherland
shall be"for all" people: for unto you is — Ukraine. In the horrid pains of
born today a Savior..." Today we death by starvation and freezing, millions
celebrate the bestowal of the greatest of our brothers and sisters perished,
gift which the Earth ever received. being denied bread and proper shelter.
Today, for the sake of sinful humanity, J f o tepHe,v^yjal^Cferisjyhft Ja.vip.1,
Christ -^ God Eternal - became incar- granted eternal blessedness to the souls
nate in order to preach the good news, of those never-to-be-forgotten martyrs,
to endure crucifixion and to resurrect and that,for the sake of their suffering,
from the dead. He will liberate their martyred father-
From that time on, according to the land from the pains of slavery.
Apostle, "Divine grace and a g i f t -
poured forth in abundance upon all." The Apostle Paul implores us to be
The Ukrainian nation was also made calm and "with longsuffering to forgive
worthy of this grace, and thus we find one another in love..." For ourselves
ourselves on the threshold of the cele- and for all, let us repeat the exhorta-
bration of this singular event — our tion of the Apostle: "to correct the
being in Christ for a thousand years. Let disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted,
us, therefore, dedicate to Christ the time support the ill, be patient."Thus,o, All-
which yet separates us from this great Good Lord, help us to present you with
anniversary. Let our service to Him be the gift of love, because for our salva-
as sincere as the gifts presented to the tion You deigned today to come to us
Christ Child by the shepherds in their and to be with us!
poverty and the Magi in their abun-
dance. Christ is born! Glorify Him!
As John the Apostle relates, God is
love and "whoever abides in love, abides Mstyslav
in God, and God abides in him." Metropolitan
Therefore, let love be our most generous Mark
gift to Christ. Unfortunately, love is Archbishop
absent among us. Divided and at odds Constantine
with one another, we are unable to Archbishop
acquire that blessed unity without Anatolij
which we can never become a free Bishop
Christian nation.
However, unity can exist even in
diversity of thought. Let us^ therefore,
not question our brother concerning his
UNA Supreme Executive holds year-end meeting
personal convictions. Let us rather offer
him our enlightened heart, a heart JERSEY CITY, N.J. - A review of will begin its 30th year of publication in Zenon Snylyk, Svoboda editor-in-chief.
softened by love. And let this be accom- UNA activity between January and September. After approval of the meeting's
plished not tomorrow, but now, when - November and plans for 1983 — a The executive committee meeting agenda, the officers proceeded with
the love of God is so generously re- jubilee year for the Ukrainian National was called to order by John O. Flis, their respective reports. j
vealed to us on the day of Christ's birth. Association's three periodical publica- UNA supreme president. In attendance
tions — were the main topics of the were: Dr. Myron B. Kuropas, supreme Supreme treasurer's report
" Let us also share our love with those in daylong meeting of the Supreme Execu- vice president; Sen. Paul Yuzyk, su-
the distant fatherland, with those in exile tive Committee held here at the UNA preme director for Canada; Gloria First to report was the supreme
in a cold foreign land, with those who, Building on Monday, December 27. Paschen, supreme vice presidentess; treasurer, Mrs. Diachuk, who began
though innocent, suffer imprisonment. Walter Sochan, supreme secretary; with a review of the UNA's investments.
Let us be with them in spirit, with those In 1983, the Svoboda Ukrainian daily Ulana Diachuk, supreme treasurer; She illustrated her report with charts.
deprived of churches, carols and kutia, will mark its 90th anniversary on and Stefan Hawrysz, supreme or- She then proceeded to discuss the
with those who endure oppression every September 15; The Ukrainian Weekly ganizer. income and disbursements of the UNA
moment. At the same time, let us will observe its 50th jubilee on October Also present were the Rt. Rev. for the period beginning January I and
remember not to permit our love to be 6; and the Veselka children's magazine Stephan Bilak, supreme auditor, and (Continued on page 14)

Dissident profile
Yevhen Sverstiuk:
silenced critic
- JERSEY CITY, N. J. - In a sense,
о imprisoned Ukrainian author Yevhen
Sverstiuk may be called the unknown
dissident. Certainly,' his works and
the details of his case are not as well
known as those of his contempora­
ries, men such as Ivan Dzyuba and
Valentyn Moroz. But along with
these men, and men like Ivan Svitly-
chny, Mr. Sverstiuk, 34, is considered
one of the major Ukrainian writers
who gained prominence in the 1960s,
a decade which marked a short-lived
revival of serious Ukrainian litera­
ture and criticism.
A teacher, psychologist, literary
critic and essayist, Mr. Sverstiuk's
critiques — such works as "A Cathe­
dral in Scaffolding" and "Ivan
Kotliarevsky is Laughing" - reflect
a strong national pride based on
knowledge of history and literature.
Neither essay was ever officially
published in Ukraine. They appeared
in the underground samvydav, gain­
ing Mr. Sverstiuk a reputation as an
original and highly relevant critic.
Like countless Ukrainian intellec­
tuals, among them Mr. Moroz and
Vyacheslav Chornovil, Mr. Sver­
stiuk was arrested in 1972 during the
massive crackdown on Ukrainian
dissent. Following a trial in Kiev, he
was sentenced in March 1973 to
seven years in a labor camp to be
followed by five years' internal exile.
After serving his labor-camp sen­
tence in Perm, Mr. Sverstiuk was
exiled to the Buriatsky ASSR.
Yevhen Sverstiuk was born in 1928
in the Volhynia region of Ukraine.
He attended Lviv University, and
later did graduate work at a univer­
sity in Odessa.
For a time, he worked for a peda­
gogical institute in Kiev, and his
literary critiques were published in
several leading publications in the
1950s.
In 1964, however, he was dis­
missed from his institute post for
voicing unorthodox views in an
address to a gathering of teachers.
Unable to find work in his field,
Mr. Sverstiuk, whose works stopped
being published in 1965, was forced
to work as a corresponding secretary
for the Ukrainian Botanical Journal.
About the same time, he became
interested in the trials of Ukrainian
intellectuals and dissidents, which
reached their peak in 1965-66.
Among those tried were Mr. Svitly-
chny, Ivan Неї, Mykhailo Horyn,
Bohdan Horyn and Mykhailo
Osadchy.
Also about this time, Mr. Sver­
stiuk's works began appearing in
samvydav. In addition, like many
Ukrainian writers, Mr. Sverstiuk was
forced to publish his works in a
journal called Duklia, which was
published in the Priashiv region of
Czechoslovakia, formerly Ukrainian
territory.
In 1968, the year that the Soviet
invasion of Czechoslovakia crushed
the liberalization movement there,
. and with it, Duklia, Mr. Sverstiuk
joined 138 other Soviet intellectuals,
mostly Ukrainians; in signing an
appeal to Soviet leader Leonid
Brezhnev protesting the illegalities of
the 1965-66 politicafctriais:,`
Others signing the document were
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
Yevhen Sverstiuk
Soviet filmmaker Sergei Paradzhanov,
as well as artist Alia Horska (later
murdered by the KGB), writer Borys
Antonenkc-Davydovych, poet Vasyl
Stus, and several other members of
the Ukrainian Writers' Union.
Later that year, Mr. Sverstiuk
signed a letter to the paper Litera-
turna Ukraine defending the appeal
and refuting an earlier article by a
Mr. O. Poltoratsky, which labelled
Ukrainians tried in the mid-1960s
"enemies and ideological saboteurs."
The letter said in part: "Since
statements such as O. Poltoratsky's
article can only kindle suspicion and
hatred among men, because they
stimulate the chauvinistic blood-
thirstiness of the philistine who
regards every Ukrainian as a 'na­
tionalist' and a 'Banderite,' (and)
poison the atmosphere of co­
existence and friendship among
nations, we consider it our highest
public duty not to overlook (such
statements, but) to assess their moral
worth and refute them in accordance
with true facts."
The letter, which also called for a
public apology from Mr. Poltorat­
sky, was also signed by Mr. Dzyuba,
Mykhalyna Kotsiubynska, Lina
Kostenko and Viktor Nekrasov.
In 1971, one year before his arrest,
Mr. Sverstiuk also spoke at the
funeral of Ukrainian academician
Dmytro Zerov.
During his trial, Mr. Sverstiuk
denied accusations that his works
slandered the Soviet state or were
anti-Soviet in character.
Citing other Ukrainian authors
repressed by authorities, Mr. Sver­
stiuk said in his final plea: "It
happened to be my bitter fortune to
associate and work with people of
rare talent and nobility of character
— people I had only read about in
books before. It is the greatest of
good fortune to be able to live for
high cultural and social aims and to
disregard one's own. It is good to
recognize the weight and importance
of such great words as truth, honor,
duty — words that form the moral
and ethical basis and the very
essence of my outlook."
As to his own guilt, he said: "I do
not feel guilty before my conscience
or before the law. As to whether I
have, even for one moment, risen to
the demands of the time and of duty
— let first the court of public opinion
and then the court of history decide."
SUNDAY, JANUARY 2 , 1 9 8 3 No. 1
Wallenberg vigil slated in INLY.
NEW YORK - Raoul Wallenberg, When the Red Army liberated Buda­
the Swedish diplomat credited with pest, Mr. Wallenberg was taken into
saving thousands of Jews from the
Holocaust and who was imprisoned by
custody, and disappeared Into the maze
of Soviet prisons and labor camps.
the Soviets after the war, will be honored
with a one-hour candlelight vigil in
The Swedes have never received a
satisfactory account of his fate from the
front of the Soviet U.N. Mission here on Soviets despite repeated inquiries. In
January 17. the 1950s, the Soviets reported that he
The date marks the 38th anniversary had died, but there have been persistent
of the day Mr. Wallenberg was arrested reports from former inmates, of the
in Budapest by the Soviets, who accused Soviet penal system that Mr. Wallen­
him of being a spy. The vigil, which is berg was seen alive as late as 1977.
scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. across
from the mission on East 67th Street In 1981, the U.S. Senate passed a bill
between Lexington and Third avenues, making Mr. Wallenberg an honorary
is being sponsored by The Raoul citizen of the United States. The event
Wallenberg Committee of the United marked only the second time in U.S.
States. history that honorary citizenship had
been granted. The first recipient of the
A member of an aristocratic Swedish honor was Winston Churchill.
family, Mr. Wallenberg helped save the
lives of some 20,000 Jews during the war Organizers of the vigil said that they
by issuing protective passports to will be joined by members of the Simon
anyone with the slimmest ties to Sweden. Wiesenthal Center and the Raoul
He set up a series of "protected houses" Wallenberg Commemorative Commit­
and barred the Nazis from entering, tee of New Jersey. Government officials
asserting that they were Swedish terri­ from both states are also scheduled to
tory. attend.
Many religious believers are among
Soviet troops in Afghanistan
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Personal meeting with widespread success. The
effects found on the bodies of dead broadcasters, all official spokesmen,
Soviet soldiers by Afghan insurgents^ admitted the existence of religious
seem to indicate that a significant people in the Soviet armed forces, and
minority remain religious believers discussed the "problems" associated
despite the Red Army's vigorous with "re-educating" them.
atheism campaign, reported East/ West Members of the Soviet military who
News. insist upon practicing their religion can
Citing a special report published in expect harassment. Recently there have
Africa in the Kenya Standard, East/ West been reports that Christian inductees
said that letters and personal docu­ have been imprisoned. Some have died
ments recovered from the soldiers show under mysterious circumstances and
that most believers are either Christians others have been murdered.
or Muslims.
One soldier, a Pvt. Peter Dik, opened
a letter to his two sisters by greeting
them "with the love of our Lord Jesus Solidarity leader
Christ." In the letter, he asked them to
remind his parents to send a copy of the
New Testament.
gets four years
The letter also said that he was due to WARSAW - Piotr Bednarz, a leader
return home in several months. of the Solidarity underground move­
ment, was sentenced in Wroclaw on
Pvt. Dik, a 22-year-old bachelor who December 27 to four years in jail for
was a driver in civilian life, reported that carrying on union activity in defiance of
he was "living a dog's life" in Afghanis­ martial law, reported Reuters.
tan. He said he had just spent three days, Mr. Bednarz, the second under­
"lying under our vehicles and sleeping." ground leader in Wroclaw to be cap­
"Maybe," he added, "they will move tured and imprisoned, was convicted of
us tomorrow." . "pursuing illegal trade union activity
Anti-religious indoctrination is an and stage-managing strikes and protest
important part of the Red Army's actions."
military training. "But a recent discussion In November, Wladyslaw Frasyniuk,
on a Volga Radio program seems to another underground figure, was sen­
indicate that the effort may not be tenced to six years' imprisonment.
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No. 1
British consumers buy goods
manufactured in the gulag
NEW YORK - A number of
products, including, such items as
radios and glass ornaments, are
being produced by prisoners in
Soviet forced-labor camps and sold
to British consumers, most of whom
are unaware that they were made by
slave labor.
News of the practice was first
reported in L`Eventail Special, a
Belgian publication, and it was
reprinted in Workers Under Com­
munism, a quarterly magazine pub­
lished here.
Most of the products - cheap
televisions, radios, refrigerators and
tape recorders — are marketed in
Britain under the name Vega, and are
sold by Technical and Optical Equip­
ment, a London company.
Soviet emigres, exiled dissidents
and Amnesty International have
affirmed that virtually every item
imported from the Soviet-Union
contains at least one component
which is produced by slave labor.
The Vega radios, for example, are
manufactured in four factories in the
USSR, one of which, in Latvia,
receives components from four pri­
son camps in the region, according to
the report.
Moscow's notorious Vladimir
Prison supplies components for the
Moscow factory, while casings for
Vega radios and televisions are made
in two labor camps, one in Crimea
and the other in Mordovia.
Dr. Cronid Lubarsky, who spent
five years in a Soviet prison, said that
-in Vladimir Prison inmates are forced
to make radio resistors in their cells,
which are only 10 square yards in
size. Each cell contains three men,
beds, a toilet as well as all the
equipment and machinery necessary
for the work, he said.
"In order to attain the target of
3,000 resistors a day, it is necessary to
work more than eight hours a day,"
he said. "The lighting and ventilation
are dreadful and, consequently, the
prisoners' sight and health deteriorate
rapidly."
Because British commercial con­
cerns have been reluctant to discuss.
the issue, three former dissidents —
Joseph Lederman, Michael Vais and
Abraham Sin - have decided to
speak out. They declared that many of
the popular Russian dolls sold in
London are made in camps in the
Surgut region, the Tyumenskaya
districfand the Alma Atinskaya
region.
, Three other dissidents interviewed,
for the report have said that they had
Solzhenifsyn's wife says Polovchak
awaits ``spiritual sjjicide" in USSR
CHICAGO - The wife of exiled
Soviet Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr
Solzhenitsyn believes that Walter Po­
lovchak, the 15-year-old Ukrainian boy
embroiled in a custody battle that could
result in his forcible return to the
USSR, faces imprisonment or "spiritual
suicide" if he is returned, reported the
Chieago Sun-Times.
"I can imagine what is going on in the
soul of an adolescent who knows what
awaits him on that side and who does
not have the strength to prevent that
horror," Natalia Solzhenitsyn said in a
letter to one of Mr. Polovchak's lawyers.
"He will have a choice: be placed
behind bars or 'repent' publicly and
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made cuckoo clocks and wooden
chess pieces during their internment
in Mordovian camps, while the KGB
arranged for these objects to carry
the label of a nearby factory.
Each year Britain imports 2,000 to
3,000 of these clocks. The casings of
the clocks are also made in Mordo­
vian camps under the brand name
v religious activists, both direct violations
Vega.
Other products said to be manu­
factured by political prisoners are
Olympic souvenirs, including badges
and the Misha mascot bears. They
were made in the Kalnin region,
according to the report.
The Potma camp is said to pro­
duce glassware and chandeliers which
are exported to the West. There are
also glassworks in the women's camp
on Lake Baikal as well as at Roslavl,
near Smolensk, where bottles destined
to contain Moskovskaya vodka are
made. Painted wooden cigarette,
boxes are made in the Suzdal camp in
the Vladimir region.
But not only toys, novelties and
crafts are manufactured by prisoners.
In the 1970s, Rank Xerox signed an
agreement with the Soviets by which
it sold copiers and duplicators to the
Soviet Committee for Science and
Technology and obtained in ex­
change Soviet electric motors for its
factories in England.
According to the report, these
motors were made by both political
and ordinary prisoners in Vladimir
Prison. A spokesman for the com­
pany said that it was unaware of the
operation when it sighed the'agree­
ment, which ran out four years ago.
Among automobiles, some 12,084
Lada automibles were sold in Britain
this year. Although the cars are
produced in a factory in Togliatti on
the banks of the Volga, wheel rims
and fly-wheels are made in labor
camps situated near Gorky. Accord­
ing to dissident sources, some of the
inmates are political prisoners, but
the majority are Baptists.
The report also found that gold
and diamonds, the Soviet Union's
most lucrative source of hard cur­
rency, are mined by thousands of
prisoners in the vast polar regions
around Kolyma.
Caviar, another popular export, is
packaged by women prisoners in
Sakhalin and on the island of Chiko-
tan in the Kuriles Islands in the
Pacific. Red caviar, after extraction
from the fish, is cleaned and salted by
the women, and then sent to a factory
in Astrakhan to be packed into glass
jars for export.
degrade himself - which is the equiva­
lent of not physical but spiritual sui­
cide," she wrote. . about 250 demonstrators shouting
The young Polovchak came to this
country with his parents in 1980. When
he learned that his parents planned to
return to the Soviet Union, he ran away
with his sister, Natalie.
His parents, who returned to the
Soviet Union, are trying to regain
custody of the boy, who was made a
ward of the state and granted political
asylum in this country.
The legal cases are still pending in the
Illinois Supreme Court and a U.S.
district court.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 2 . 1 9 8 3
Kampelman denies that U.S.
is trying to "wreck" Madrid parley
MADRID - Responding to a Soviet
newspaper's accusation that the United
States is trying to "wreck" the Madrid
meeting reviewing compliance with the
Helsinki Accords, Max Kampelman,
head of the U.S. delegation, said on
December 3 that his government is
committed to the principles of the 1975
Helsinki Final Act. . '
He also assured delegates that the
United States favors a post-Madrid
conference on European disarmament
and security-building measures.
The 35-state meeting, which began
over two years ago, adjourned on
December 17. It is scheduled to resume
on February 8. , -
In his address, made at a plenary
session, Ambassador Kampelman also
criticized what he called "traditional
Soviet advocacy of'class war'and 'wars
of national liberation' "as incompatible
with the quest for peace.
As to the charge made by the Soviet
paper Komsomolskaya Pravda that the
U.S. government ignores disarmament
advocates in this country, Mr. Kampel­
man pointed out that Soviet authorities
have cracked down on the only indepen­
dent peace group in the USSR.
"Within the last week, the official
Soviet news agency TASS described the
independent peace activists as rene­
gades and criminals," Mr. Kampelman
said. "It is not surprising that many of
us are skeptical of Soviet intentions."
Mr. Kampelman also took the oppor­
tunity to upbraid the Soviets about the
continued persecution of dissidents and
human-rights activists.
Noting the recent dissolution of the
"Moscow Helsinki Group, Mr. КачпреІ–
'mari Said: ''Is it really necessary to the
Afghans protest
Soviet invasion
NEW YORK - Some 400 Afghans
rallied here near the Soviet Mission to
the United Nations on December 27 to
mark the third anniversary of the Soviet
invasion of Afghanistan, reported the
Associated Press.
The rally coincided with similar
protests in several world capitals,
including Bonn, Teheran, Washington
and New Delhi.
In the Iranian capital of Teheran,
hundreds of protesters marched in front
of the Soviet Embassy, burned Soviet
flags and chanted "Down with the
KGB." Similar actions were reported in
five other Iranian cities.
Hundreds of Afghan men, women
and children gathered outside the
Soviet Embassy in New Delhi, raising
clenched fists and shouting: "Down
with the KGB" and "Down with Com­
munism."
Green-and-white banners were also
seen in Bonn, as about 500 protesters
gathered at the central marketplace and
marched on the Soviet Embassy.
In Washington, the AP reported that
"Long live Afghan freedom fighters"
marched to the Soviet Embassy.
Diplomat's wife in tight squeeze
NEW YORK - A Soviet diplomat's
wife arrested for shoplifting a pair of
children's tights from a New Jersey
store sparked quite a row when Soviet
officials accused police of brutality,
reported Reuters.
Police chief Joseph Delaney of Рага–
mus said that Yelena Tarasova, 32, was
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security interests of that important state
(the USSR) to threaten with arrest and
imprisonment a 75-year-old grand­
mother (Sofia Kalistratova) suffering
from a serious heart ailment because she
is a member of the Moscow Helsinki
Group?" і
Mr. Kampelman also scored the
Soviet government for its restrictive
emigration policies and persecution of
of the Helsinki agreement.
As to the Soviet contention that such
matters are internal affairs and thus
beyond the scope of the Helsinki
Accords, Mr. Kampelman said: "Our
expressions are not acts of interference.
We do not interfere when we point to
events and accurately describe them as
barriers to mutual confidence and the
strengthening of the Helsinki process."
Switzerland bars
denaturalized prelate
BERN, Switzerland - The Swiss
Justice Ministry said on December 20
that entry has been refused to Patriarch
Valerian Trifa, head of the Rumanian
Orthodox Church abroad, who has
been stripped of his U.S. citizenship and
ordered deported, reported Reuters.
The Rumanian prelate had asked the
Swiss Embassy for permission to settle
in Switzerland.
Patriarch Trifa, 64, arrived in the
United States in 1950 and became a
U.S. citizen in 1957. He was accused by
the Justice Department of concealing
his membership in the Iron Guard, a
Rumanian fascist organization, when
applying to enter this country.
The government alleged that the Iron
Guard advocated anti-Semitism and
instigated a rebellion in 1940 which
resulted in the deaths of hundreds of
civilians.
Patriarch Trifa was stripped of his
citizenship on September 3, 1980.
WCFU recalls
Day of Solidarity
TORONTO - The Human Rights
Commission of the World Congress of
Free Ukrainians has called on the
Ukrainian community to observe the
Day of Solidarity with Ukrainian
Political Prisoners, which falls each
year on January 12.
The date has been observed annually
since 1974 within the USSR as the Day
of the Ukrainian Political Prisoner.
Nine years ago on that day, Ukrainian
dissident Vyacheslav Chornovil an­
nounced a hunger strike on the anniver­
sary of his arrest and the mass arrests of
Ukrainian intellectuals in 1972.
In its appeal, the WCFU urged
Ukrainian organizations and indivi­
duals to send letters or telegrams to
government officials urging them to
intervene on behalf of imprisoned
members of the Ukrainian Helsinki
Group and others jailed for nationalist
and human-rights activities.
It also suggested that Ukrainian
youth organizations help inform non-
Ukrainians about the meaning of the
Day of Solidarity, collect funds for
the defense of political prisoners and
stage one-day hunger strikes as an
expression of solidarity.
The WCFU recognized January 12 as
the Day of Solidarity at its third
congress in 1978.

Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian Studies U Шпїагї с о т щ п і і у xnembers discuss
offers postdoctoral fellowship for 1983-84 Ctridago mayor's re-eiectfbn campaign
- "EDMONTON - The Canadian
Foundation for Ukrainian Studies has
/announced that it is accepting applica­
tions for the Neporany Postdoctoral
Fellowship for 1983-84. The fellowship
may be applied to any Canadian univer­
sity with a recognized program in
Ukrainian studies.
The Si7,500 fellowship also includes
52,500 to defray research costs plus
economy air fare to the university from
place of residence and return. The
duration of the fellowship is a period of
12 consecutive months beginning
September 1,1983, or January 1,1984. It
is open to persons'with or without a
university appointment who are Cana­
dian citizens or landed immigrants in
Demographer's upcoming book
focuses on U.S. Ukrainians
CHICAGO - Demographer Oleh
Wolowyna of the University of North
Carolina Population Center at Chapel
Hill is the author of an upcoming book,
"Ukrainian Americans: Demographic
and Socioeconomic Characteristics.''
According to the Chicago Tribune,
since the last comprehensive study of
Ukrainians was published in 1937, Mr.
Wolowyna figured the time wasripefor
a new try. He worked on the book with
eight associates at the Population
Center/;
The^book, which is based on 1970
U.S. Cen`sus figures, finds that Ukrai­
American Jewish Committee announces
project on "acculturation process"
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -Amajor
effort to chart the lives of new immi­
grants over the first five years of their
residency in this country, so as to
establish a more scientific basis for
serving the needs of both the immi­
grants arriving and the communities
that are receiving them, was announced
here by a leading ethnic and
urban affairs specialist.
Irving M. Levine, director of the
American Jewish Committee's Institute
on Pluralism and Group Identity,
announced the start of a three-year
action, research and policy-planning
project that would focus new attention
on the "acculturation process." He
revealed the new plans on November 5
at a morning session of the AJC's
national executive council, which con­
tinued through Sunday, November 7, at
the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Mr. Levine said: "The rate
of recent immigration to the
United States demands that we
create an economically and socially cost-
effective system that sees our newer
immigrants as a great untapped re­
source rather than as an unmitigated
burden. We hope to outline, in the
course of our study, a new approach to
acculturation (hat wou: v. re
apparent than now the p, . dearth of American expertise on this
government, voluntary agencies, ethnic
self-help groups, family and kinship
networks', and the individual should
each play.". :--. -. -' . :.- -
In his presentation before a meeting
of the Institute on Pluralism and Group
Identity's national advisory- committee,
which was chaired by Emily W. Sun-
stein, a prominent Philadelphia civic
leader and former AJC vice president,
Mr. Levine pointed out that present
efforts to. resettle. newcomers needed
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
Canada, hold an earned doctorate in
Ukrainian or Ukrainian Canadian
studies from a recognized university or
who will complete all requirements for
such degrees before accepting the
fellowship and intend to pursue full-
time postdoctoral study and research in
Ukrainian studies in the humanities, the
social sciences, history, education or the
library sciences.
For applications please write to: The
Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian
Studies, 0304, 9901 108th St., Edmon­
ton, Alberta, Canada T5K 1G8.
Closing date for receipt of applica­
tions is April 30, 1983. The winner will
be announced in July 1983.
nians in the United States have the
highest rates of homeownership of all
East Europeans; incomes of male U-
krainians are generally higher than
those of U.S. white males; and in terms
of family incomes, Ukrainians rank
above all East Europeans except the
Yiddish language group.
The study also shows that Ukrainian
males are the "least able among East
Europeans to translate education and
time worked into income. Nor do the
U.S.-born (Ukrainians! fare much
better than the foreign-born."
strengthening in two areas.
He said: "We must take a longer-
range view of the acculturation process.
It takes years for the" psychological,
cultural and occupational transitions to
sort themselves out in the immigrants'
life. Services geared to newly arrived
populations must take the length of this
adaptation period into account. Yet
most programs currently in place either
concentrate exclusively on providing
immediate aid or else poorly integrate
more extended forms of help, such as
language and vocational training.
"Then, the immigrant community
should participate more directly in the
acculturation of its own members. We
may be paying too much attention to
formal service delivery and too little to
the informal networks of the ethnic
groups themselves even as we recognize
that there is a crucial role for gover-
that there is a crucial role for govern­
ment and experienced voluntary agen­
cies. Many important factors in the
adaptation process relate to neither
public nor private formal services but to
associations that grow naturally out of
immigrant families, neighborhoods,
small businesses, or mutual aid groups.
Aid to new immigrants must also be
given with great sensitivity to cultural
differences lest we do more harm than
good."
Mr. Levine cited the following
examples of recent research as confirm­
ing the necessity.for viewing immigrant
acculturation as a long-range process.
о Economic data show that while in
the early stage of their residence in
United States legal immigrants lag
behind other Americans in earnings,
within five to 10 years they tend to
match and even exceed the national
і їЦСшШяЛ'т peg U)
SUNDAY, JANUARY 2 , 1 9 8 3 No. 1
During the Ukrainian community meeting: Oleh Saciuk, Eugene Andrus, Cook
County Democratic Organization Chairman Edward Vrdolyak and Zenon
Forowycz..
by Alex Poszewanyk After an interesting and lively dis­
cussion period, Mr. Vrdolyak promised
CHICAGO - A group of Ukrainian that Mayor Byrne would visit the
professionals in Chicago organized a Ukrainian community on January 22,
meeting of Ukrainian community mem­ Ukrainian Independence Day. He also
bers with Edward Vrdolyak, Cook assured those present that he would
County Democratic Party chairman, look into the matter of building a
for the рифове of establishing a Com­ Ukrainian senior citizens housing com­
mittee of the Re-election of Mayor Jane plex, and will introduce a resolution in
Byrne. the City Council to have the Ukrainian
Mr. Vrdolyak, a 44-year-old neigborhood officially named "Ukrai­
lawyer of Creation ancestry, was born nian Village." He emphasized that he
and raised, in Chicago. cannot know about the needs of people
At age 29 he was elected an alderman in the community if they do not inform
to the Chicago City Council. He now him of these needs.
also holds the position of chairman of
the Cook County Democratic Organi­ Mr. Vrdolyak assured those present
zation, which includes the city of that he is always glad to visit the
Chicago. Ukrainian community, when asked,
In the words of Mr. Vrdolyak, in and he suggested that the Ukrainian
order to be seen and heard, it in neces­ community take advantage of his assis­
sary to sh'ow your organizational ability tance and services, and that tbey, in
and the voting strength of уоигсотти– turn, help him, when necessary.
nity. Ukrainians are not known "Down­
Following the meeting, a Committee
town", because they do not present an for the Re-election of Mayor Jane
organized voting bloc, a strong united Byrne was formed with 40 members.
group, and also because in a city run by Persons interested in joining the com­
Democrats, the traditional Ukrainian mittee or working for the re-election of
participation in the Republican Party the mayor, should contact Oleh Saciuk,
also did not benefit their cause. Eugene Andrus, Paul Nadzikewycz,
In his speech, Mr. Vrdolyak remind­ Zenon Forowycz or Boris Antonovych.
ed those present of the realities of
Chicago's politics. If you want to be
counted, you must show your political
strength as a voting bloc and be in HURI cited
contact with influential politicians, he
said. in Time
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - The Har­
Losten to celebrate vard Ukrainian Research Institute
was cited in a recent issue of Time as
Christmas liturgy a noteworthy exception to what the
magazine describes as a lack of
NEW YORK - Bishop Basil H. Soviet studies programs in America's
Losten of Stamford, Conn., will be the educational institutions.
principal celebrant of a Christmas Noting that Harvard's Russian
divine liturgy to be broadcast to U- Research Center still operates on the
kraine from St. George Church on same SI75,000 annual budget that it
January 7. had in the mid-1960s, Time said:
The Voice of America will carry the "Harvard's Ukrainian Research In­
service live, beginning at 11 a.m.. New stitute has fared a little better, only
York time. The bishop's concelebrants because 10,000 Ukrainian Americans
will include the church's pastor, the have supported it with gifts of more
Rev. Patrick Paschak OSBM and other than S4 million over the past decade."
priests of the Basilian Order. The Time article said that the lack
of qualified Kremlinologists and
scholars who are familiar with the
Halun Bloch novel Soviet Union underscores the current
recorded for blind country's chief adversary.
By contrast,, the Soviet approach
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - "Displaced to the study of the United States ana
Person," a World War II hovel by the English language is" systematic
Marie Halun Bloch, has beerr recorded and thorough', according to Time:
;
oh tape in the Talking Books Program One 'State Department official Is
for the blind conducted by the Library quoted as-saying that the situation is
of Congress. -- ' :: ' "severe ahdgettihg worse,"and some
One of Mrs. Bioch`s earlier books, suggested that Congress establish 4ri
"The Two Worlds of Damyan," was endowment fund for Soviet studies it
also' recorded for the blind, in both the American universities.
United States ЯИв Erfglana:'
No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 2,1983 5

UNA district committees meet UNA establishes 1983 a l m a n a c

Jersey City
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - The Jersey
City UNA District held its organizing
meeting here at the Ukrainian Commu­
nity Center on Sunday, October 17, and
branch representatives agreed unani­
mously to redouble their organizing
efforts during the remaining months of
1982.
The district chairman, Walter Bilyk,
called the meeting to order and greeted
UNA Supreme Secretary Walter Sochan.
Osyp Zubrytsky took the minutes of the
meeting.
Mr. Bilyk then proceeded to report
on the organizing achievements of the
district for the first nine months of 1982;
and he commended the following
branches for work: Branch 170 (Secre­
tary Walter Bilyk, Halyna Hawryluk
and Alex Blahitka), for organizing 20
members; Branch 25 (Secretary Kvitka
Steciuk), 15 members; Branch 70 (Se­
cretary ,Mykola Sheremeta and Stepan
Bilyk), eight members; Branch 270
(Secretary Stepan Ostrowsky and Anna
Struk), seven members; Branch 171
(Secretary Stella Ryan), six members;
Branch 287 (Secretary Bohdan Jasin-
sky), five members; Branch 213 (Secre­
tary Walter Kozak), one member; and
Branch 281 (Secretary Myron Siryj),
one member.
Mr. Bilyk also reported on the annual
New Jersey UNA Day.
In his remarks Supreme Secretary
Sochan reported on the UNA's activity
in the insurance, publications and
financial fields, as well as on Soyuzivka,26 area branches on Saturday, October
the UNA building and the Paulus Hook
apartment building. Mr. Sochan also
devoted much attention to organizing
matters.
After Mr. Sochan's talk, Mr. Bilyk
called on all present to redouble their
efforts in enrolling new members.
A discussion followed, after which
the meeting was adjourned. Meeting
participants stayed on to sample re­
freshments prepared by Halyna Bilyk
and Mrs. Hawryluk.
Winnipeg
EDMONTON то The elections meet­ Hawrysz speaking on the psychology of
ing of the Winnipeg UNA District life insurance — how to enroll mem­
Committee was held here oh Sunday, bers. . .
October 10, with western Canadian
branch representatives and Supreme the intermission between the course and
Auditor John Hewryk in attendance.
Elected to serve as district officers Tarnawsky opened the meeting; Wasyl
were: Mr. Hewryk, chairman; Lev Kolinko took the minutes. The chair­
chairman of UNA Supreme Auditing
Slobodian scholarship being m a i l e d
` Committee about the,UNA as a com­
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - The Ukrai­
nian National Association has an­
munity organization that sponsors
nounced the creation of a new annual
several publications, helps students of
scholarship in the name of long-time
Ukrainian descent and promotes cul­
UNA supreme treasurer, the late Roman
tural-educational activity.
Slobodian, who passed away last May
Mr. Hewryk also touched upon at age 92.
subjects such as Slavko Nowytski's
The scholarship will be approximately
documentary film "Helm of Destiny"
S750 yearly, depending on prevailing
and his promotional,filmfor the UNA,
interest rates. Money for the Roman
as well as about the planned merger of
Slobodian Scholarship Fund, which
the UNA and the Ukrainian Fraternal
now totals 56,485, was provided by the
Association, and the joint project with the
immediate family and friends of the
Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
deceased.
in publishing a monograph on the
Mr. Slobodian's three children,
artificial famine in Ukraine in 1932-33.
Daniel, Harry and Helen and their
A discussion period followed the spouses contributed SI,675 per couple.
auditor's remarks.'' In addition, Mary Andreyko and Maria
Meeting participants then approved Lutwiniak gave S100 each in memory of
three proposals: the UNA should have a their Tate husbands, and current UNA
page in the New Pathway weekly, Supreme Treasurer Ulana Diachuk and
because most of the branches in western her husband Wolbdymyr donated 550.
Canada are affiliated with the news­ George Maruschak also gave S50.
paper's publisher, the Ukrainian Na­ Contributing S25 were Ivan and Olha
tional Federation; Mr. Nowytski's film Blyznak, Harry and Genevieve Zereb- Cover of the UNA's 1983 Almanac
should be screened for the Ukrainian niak, Wallace and Helen Vasilawsky designed by Bohdan Tytla.
community at large, and it should be and Anne Chopek. Zenon and Olga
used in organizing efforts; an organizer Sawchak and Mykola and Sofia Baru- JERSEY CITY, N.J. - The Ukrai­
is needed for western Canada. sewycz gave S20.per couple, while Ivan nian National Association's 1983 Al­
The meeting participants continued Baron Jr., and John Nastuk contri­ manac is presently being mailed to all
their discussions of UNA and commu­ buted SI0 each. In addition, a Sl,OOO Svoboda readers and UNA'ers who last
nity matters over refreshments after the UNA promissory note in the estate of year expressed their desire to receive the
meeting was adjourned. Mr. Slobodian was put into the fund. book.
The scholarship will be awarded The 1983 Almanac, as reported
yearly by the UNA Scholarship Com­
Philadelphia mittee to a Ukrainian American UNA
earlier, is dedicated to the 50th anniver­
sary of the man-made famine in Ukraine
member pursuing a college education.
PHILADELPHIA - A secreta­ in 1932-33.
rial/ organizing course was held here for In the last eight years, the UNA has
awarded 900 scholarships to qualified The 272-page book may be ordered
16, in the UNA home. Present were students, totalling 5175,187., In 1982, for 58 by writing to: Svoboda Press, 30
the UNA gave out 149 scholarships Montgomery St., Jersey City, N.J.
secretaries from Philadelphia and
Chester, Pa., and Vineland, Williams- totalling 54,8,000. . _ .-. , . , 07302.
town and Camden, N.J.
The course was officially opened by
the chairman of the district, Petroi UNA/UIA arts group performs
Tarnawsky, who greeted UNA Su­
preme Secretary Walter Sochan and
Supreme Organizer Stefan Hawrysz,
and all UNA members in attendance.
Mr. Hawrysz was thefirstto speak on
the importance of a course for secre­
taries and organizers. Mr. Sochan gave
two lectures on the basics of life in­
surance and the UNA's insurance pro­
grams. The session ended with^Mr^
, „,. . ,-
A snack was prepared for all during
the organizing meeting. At 6 p.m. Mr.
I Kokxiuytb

Vovk, vice chairman and organizing man greeted the supreme executives as At the UNA/UIA concert, (from left): Volodymyr Kurylo, Anya Dydyk, Oles
director, Osyp Mazurok and Dr. Муго– well as Supreme Auditor Bohdan Hna- Kuzyszyn, Yurij Furda, Lidia Hawryluk and Oles Furda.
slay Hladyshevsky, vice chairmen; tiuk, and Supreme Advisors John
Yuriy Hvozdulych, secretary; Bernard Odezynsky and William Pastuszek. NEW YORK - Heavy snow fore­ jected the plight of Ukrainian dissident
Korchynsky, Peter Protsiuk, Stefania Supreme Secretary Sochan was the casts did not deter enthusiasts from writers Mykola Rudenko, Vasyl Stus
Hewryk, Michael Nakonechny, Dan main speaker during the organizing attending the program of Ukrainian and Zinoviy Krasivsky in a dramatic
Marciniuk and Alex Karpinsky, execu­ meeting; he gave a general overview of Contemporary Artistry on Sunday, reading of their works.
tive board members. matters concerning the UNA. Mr. December 12, here at the Ukrainian Anya Dydyk rendered a sensitive
The new auditing committee includes: Sochan spoke about the Recording Institute of America. interpretation ofa montage of poetry by
Dmytro Ripak, chairman; Theodore Department, which has received 1,434 The concert was a marked departure Iryna Senyk, Iryna Stasiv-Kalynets and
Voytiv, Peter Voloshyn, Michael Ko- new applications since September 30. from the usual classical performances Stefania Shabatura written in Soviet
valsky and Yaroslav Yendyk, members. He also reminded everyone that Svo- held at the elegant Ukrainian Institute labor camps.
The meeting was conducted by a boda subscription rates for UNA of America on Fifth Avenue. The concert, emceed by Marta Ког–
presidium consisting of Mr. Vovk, members will increase as of January 1, The concert showcased the accom­ duba, fraternal activities director for the
chairman, and Mr. Hvozdulych, secre­ from S7.80 to SI5 a year. He said that plishments of young Ukrainian per­ UNA, drew guests from Maine, Mass­
tary. the financial situation of the UNA is forming artists. achusetts, New Jersey and upstate New
York, as well as New York City. At the
The outgoing officers, Chairman stable; assets are close to 547 million. Lidia Hawryluk sang a well-chosen
wine and cheese reception which follow­
Hewryk, Secretary Hvozdulych and He ended his talk by stressing the need repertoire of compositions by the late
ed the concert, many praised UNA and
Auditing Committee Chairman Ripak for all to work for the good of the UNA. Volodymyr Ivasiuk and other less
Supreme Organizer Hawrysz was the familiar songs written by his Ukrainian UIA efforts to promote the develop­
delivered their respective reports, after
contemporaries. Yurij and Oles Furda ment of Ukrainian performing arts.
which a vote of confidence was bestowed next to speak; he talked about or­
upon the executive board. Elections of a ganizing matters and praised the district complemented her expressive voice on The UNA-UIA Performing Artists
new executive board were then held. for the work it has done. In a period of piano, drums and bandura. Group has slated two more perfor­
In his remarks, the newly re-elected nine months, the district has organized Accompanying himself on the piano, mances for the spring. For more infor­
district chairman, Mr. Hewryk, (hank­ 225 new members, the highest number Oles Kuzyszyn sang several songs from mation about the group or its perfor­
ed the meeting participants for their of any of the 30 districts of the UNA, he Ukraine, as well as a selection of his own mances, interested persons may call the
votes. noted. First place in these endeavors spirited and romantic compositions. UNA fraternal activities director at
He then spoke in his capacity as (Contfonwl on page 12) Volodymyr Kurylo emotively pro­ (201) 451-2200 or (212? 227-5250.
6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. JANUARY 2 , 1 9 8 3 No. 1

For the record

jHEfh^^.v^^^M^^ ..^-.^л^и

Ukrainian WeeHУ The Ukrainian Helsinki Group's "death"

EDITOR'S NOTE: On November.'
21, The Weekly reacted, in an editorial
entire Helsinki movement in the USSR
as well as the Ukrainian Helsinki
titled "Ukrainian Helsinki Group is not Group's representatives abroad, that is,
A Christmas example dead," to a November 14 article in the the External Representation of the
Ukrainian Liberation Front's new Ukrainian Helsinki Group.
weekly newspaper, The National Tri­ In hopes of exposing the disinforma­
The Christmas season is a time which inspires a host of powerful bune. tion being circulated by some segments
feelings and emotions. It is a time of great hope and anticipation as The article's author alleged that the of the Ukrainian community,. The
Christians around the world gather to celebrate the joyous feast Ukrainian Helsinki Group had been Weekly has decided to publish Docu­
commemorating the birth of the Christ-Child. liquidated by the Moscow Helsinki ment No. 1.95 of the Moscow Helsinki
The birth of the baby Jesus - and the overall meaning of'His birth Group's Document No. 195, since the Group and the Ukrainian National
"— Has been the subject of many tales and parables-symbolizing. the Ukrainian Group was merely a branch Word's editorial of November 3.
of the Moscow body. ..
virtues of faith,.hope and love inherent in tHis triumphant event. Document No. 195, translated from
The article went on to state with
One such parable which beautifully illustrates these principles is the original Russian by The Weekly
particular relish that' Gen. Petro Gri-
the story of a boy who sets out to follow the Star of Bethlehem and to staff, is the statement in which three
gorenko, who represents the Ukrainian
greet the newborn Messiah with gifts. Along the way, the boy, Paul, members of the Moscow group an­
Helsinki Group abroad, could no
meets three other boys. Although he himself is poor, he gives the needy nounced that the group "is forced to
longer speak in any official capacity
cease its activity." The document refers
boys the gifts intended for Jesus. Arriving empty-handed at the cite of since the Ukrainian Helsinki Group no
to other Helsinki monitoring groups,
the manger, he is comforted by Joseph who tells him that any present longer existed.
but only in noting that, after the
given to one's fellow man is in itself a gift to Jesus. Joseph then gives The Weekly's editorial explained that formation of the Moscow group, "ana­
the boy some toy animals which, upon his arrival home, turn into live the Ukrainian Helsinki Group had not logous" groups were established in
animals. been disbanded and noted how damag­ Ukraine, Lithuania, Armenia and
ing the dissemination of such misinfor­ Georgia. There is no reference whatso­
This simple parable can be interpreted on at least two levels. On one mation could be.
level, it dramatically illustrates the concept of selflessness and sacrifice ever to any liquidation of these groups.
Soon after our November 21 issue
toward humanity, which should form the basis of a Christian outlook. rolled off the presses, a copy of the The Ukrainian National Word's
In a practical sense, these fundamental virtues should help define our November 3 issue of Ukrainske Narodne editorial was translated from Ukrai­
thoughts and deeds, not only during the holiday season, but Slovo (Ukrainian National Word), the nian and footnoted by The Weekly
official publication of the Ukrainian staff. It speaks for itself.
throughout the rest of the year as well. It is in this spirit that we extend
National Aid Association, reached The These two translations, taken to­
our best wishes toward our family, our neighbors, our community,and gether with The Weekly's editorial of
our brothers and sisters in Ukraine. Weekly editorial offices.
November 21, 1982, should serve to
On another, and perhaps more significant, level, the parable of the The newspaper contained not another
clarify the situation for our readers.
boy also dramatizes, in a general sense,the unselfishness of God, for it article, but an editorial about the disso­
was God who sacrifiedHis only Son for our redemption. This, too, is a lution of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, The Weekly publishes these items
titled "Self-liquidation of Helsinki bearing in mind the words of 19th
central tenet of our Christian faith. groups." century Swiss philosopher Henri Fre­
In addition, the coming to life of the toy^enimals can be read as After stating that the Ukrainian deric Amiel: "Truth is not only violated
signifying the life-giving power of God's gifts and God's love. By Helsinki Group had ceased to exist, the by falsehood; it may be equally out­
accepting the meaning of Christ's birth, life and death, we, as editorial attempted to discredit the raged by silence."
Christians, anticipate eternal life.
This parable and others like it describe well the spirit of Christmas.
The spirit of selflessness exemplified by the boy and by God 's gift — the
birth of Christ — truly illuminate hope for the future. By incor­
Document No. 195
porating this hope into our holiday celebrations we give meaning to Released by the Moscow Group for Promotion of the Implementation of the
the words "Khrystos Rozhdayetsia — Slavite Yoho." Helsinki Accords in the USSR on September 6, 1982.
On July 31, 1975, the countries of Europe, the U.S.A- and Canada signed the
Final Act of the Helsinki Conference. In May 1976 the "Moscow Group for Promo­
tion of the Implementation of the Helsinki Accords in the USSR" was founded.
The work of the group consisted of the preparation and publication of documents
containing information on the violations ofrightsof individual citizens and groups
within the USSR —rightsdeclared in the Helsinki Act and other international
agreements signed and ratified by the government of the USSR.
—During the period of activity of the Moscow Helsinki Group, 194 documents
were prepared and published. All of them were addressed to the states signatory to
the Helsinki Act. Soon after the establishment of the Moscow Group, analogous
groups were founded in Ukraine, Lithuania, Armenia and Georgia, as well as in
several Western countries. In this manner, the Helsinki movement took on an
international character.
From the very moment of their inception, the Helsinki groups were brutally
persecuted in the Soviet Union, and at the present time the following members of
the Moscow Helsinki Group, the Committee for the Investigation of the Use of
Psychiatry for Political Purposes and other public groups working with them are
imprisoned or in exile: Y. Orlov, A. Shcharansky, V. Slepak, M.. Landa, V.
Nekipelov, L. Ternovsky, T. Osipova, F. Serebrov, I. Kovalev, A. Podrabinek, V.
Bakhmin, I. Grivnina, A. Koriagin, T. Velikanova, A. Lavut, G. Yakunin. Nearly
(Continued on page 13)

Letter to the editor

Re: denaturalization hearing

Painting by Kateryna Krychevsky-Rosandich
Dear Editor:
Please allow me to point out an error
in your story of December І2regarding
the deportation proceedings recently
filed by this office against John Dem-
janjuk. You stated that Mr. Demjanjuk
was denaturalized "after a hearing at
which witnesses supplied by the Soviet
Union" testified. The witnesses at Mr.
Demjanjuk's trial were German, Ameri­
can, Israeli and Uruguayan. No Soviet
witness testified either at trial or in
depositions.
I might also add that the defense
motions claiming that the government
withheld important evidence were
rejected by both the trial and appellate
courts.
Finally, if Reuters reported that Mr.
Demjanjuk "would be" sent to the
Soviet Union if deported, Reuters was
wrong. A deportee may select the
country to which he will be deported. If
that country refuses to take him,,the'
decision as to which country he will be
sent is made by the immigration judge.
The country of birth (here, the Soviet
Union) is only one of a number of
choices available to the judge.
Allan A. Ryan Jr.
director
Office of Special Investigations
Washington
No. 1 . THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
Ukraine in the Brezhnev era: politics and the national question
SUMJdAMY: The Brezhnev era wit­
nessed one of the most important
political upheavals in the post-war
history of the Communist Party of the
Ukrainian SSR — the removal of party
first. Secretary Petro Shefest in 1972
and the purge of his associates. The
most important factor that ultimately
led to Shelest's fall was his inability or
unwillingness to implement Soviet
nationalities policy as it had been
formulated by the Brezhnev leadership.
In the late 1950s and throughout the
following decade the Ukrainian in­
telligentsia had sought to revive Ukrai­
nian' cultural Ufe after the decimation it
suffered during the Stalin years. An
important role in this movement for
national revival was played by elements
in the Communist Party of Ukraine and
perhaps by Shelest himself. His removal
from office ushered in a new phase that
was initially characterized by widespread
purges of the Ukrainian intelligentsia.
In recent years, however, Shelest's
successor, VolodymyrShcherbytsky,has
pursued a policy of accommodation with
the Ukrainian cultural elites in the hope
of maintaining the kind of stability that
became a hallmark of the Brezhnev era.
PARTI
When Leonid Brezhnev was elected
first secretary of the Communist Party
of the Soviet Union (CPSU) in October
1964, Petro Shelest had been at the head
of the Communist Party of the Ukrainian
SSR (CPU) for just 15 months. Chro­
nologically, the Brezhnev era encompasses
virtually the entire period during which
the CPU was led by Shelest - from July
1963 to May 1972. In terms of the
degree to which developments in U-
kraine reflected the policies that have
come to be associated with Brezhnev,
however, it might be reasonably argued
that the "real" Brezhnev era in Ukraine
began only in the early months of 1972.
Regardless of how the subject is
approached, there can be little doubt
that the year 1972 marked a significant
turning point in the post-war history of
Ukraine.
In January the security apparatus
initiated a widespread series of political
arrests throughout the republic, result­
ing in the imprisonment of many lead­
ing participants in the national and
cultural revival that bad begun to take
shape during the previous decade.
Four months later Shelest was purged
from the leadership of the CPU for a
variety of sins said to constitute a
"deviation" from officially sanctioned
nationalities policy, і
These two events dramatically illus­
trate the focal point in any discussion of
politics in Ukraine - i.e., the interrela­
tionship, in terms of nationality, issues,
between the central party leadership in
Mocow, its local organization in Kiev,
and the national elites. It is within this
framework, which is applicable to a
greater or lesser degree in all of the non-
Russian republics of the USSR, that
developments in Ukraine during the
Brezhnev era will be considered.
Shelest and Soviet nationalities policy
Most Western observers agree that
the assumption of power by Brezhnev
and his colleagues at the end of 1964^as
followed by a re-evaluation of tree
assimilationist policies evident during
the latter years of KhnishchevjOjrle,.
Specifically, it is argued that trie new
by Dr. Roman Solchanyk
leadership retreated from the merger
("sliyanie") of nations formula that had
come to characterize Soviet nationali­
ties policy in the early 1960s.
Although the concept of merger was
not abandoned and remains, even to
this day, a component part of the Soviet
theory of nationality relations, the
Brezhnev leadership placed greater
emphasis on the simultaneous and
mutually interdependent process of the
flourishing ("rastsviet") and drawing
together ("sblizhenie") of nations,
relegating the concept of merger to an.
unspecified future date when commu­
nism is expected to establish itself on a
universal scale.
In a parallel development, there
emerged by the end of the 1960s another
theoretical construct that implied an
unmistakable hardening of the official
line towards the nationalities — i.e., the
concept of the Soviet people ("sovietsky
narod"). Certainly by the time of the
24th congress of the CPSU in 1971, the
notion of the Soviet people was firmly
established as one of the central features .
of Soviet nationalities policy.
A look at the course of developments
in Ukraine during this period shows
that trends set in motion as part of the
de-Stalinization policies of the mid-1950s
were gaining momentum and invariably
moving along a collision course with the
increasingly conservative and integra-
tive policies of the Brezhnev leadership.
It was during this time that Ukrainian
literature and art experienced a national
revival, reflected in the works of Vasyl
Symonenko, Lina Kostenko, Ivan
Drach, Mykola Vinhranovsky, Ivan
Dzyuba, Vasyl Stus, Ivan Svitlychny,
Yevhen Sverstiuk and others. This
younger generation of writers and
literary critics, known collectively as the
"Shestydesiatnyky," or Sixties Group,
rejected the cliches and standard for­
mulas of their elders and sought new
forms of expression stripped of Stali­
nist hypocrisy.
Initiated by the literati, the move­
ment for national renaissance found
supporters among all segments of the
creative intelligentsia and among repre­
sentatives of the technical elites. The
main concerns of the Shestydesiat­
nyky focused primarily on the fate of
the Ukrainian language and culture, and
found increasingly more uninhibited
expression in the press, at public meet­
ings and in the uricensored samvydav
literature.
Valentyn Moroz, a well-known U-
krainian dissident who was allowed to
emigrate to the West in 1979, provides
some keen insight into the hopes and
expectations of this new generation of
idealists and reformers, of which he was
a member:
"Actually, this generation — these
were people who no longer had to think
about bread, about deliverance from
hunger, as was the case in 1933. This
was a young generation that had gone to
the universities, that could already
think about something other than the
elementary foundations of existence.
And, indeed, only these kind of people
could sense that they lived in squalor.
Chornovil, for example, was editor of a
Komsomol republican newspaper;
Dzyuba was one of the most important
critics in the Ukrainian Writers' Union;
and Stus was a post-graduate student at
the Institute of Literature in Kiev. In
short, these were people at the highest
levels. They were talented, they had
futures, they could have gone far in the
Communist establishrrient. ` But these
SUNDAY, JANUARY 2,1983 , -
were the best people in the moral sense,
in the sense of moral qualities. They
understood that to advocate something
one does not believe, to merely ad­
vance one's career, to look on while
one's nation is being Russified - that
this is squalor. That is, there emerged
within these people the natural desire to
free themselves from this squalor."1
In Moroz's words, the Shestydesiat­
nyky were artists who wished to paint,
but not only portraits of Lenin; they
were poets who wanted to write, but not
only about Stalin and peace; and they
were scholars who wanted to conduct
research, and not simply write what they
were told to write. They were bodies,
says Mr. Moroz, in search of souls.
The intriguing question, of course, is
to what extent these aspirations were
shared by elements within the party, the
state apparatus in Ukraine and by
Shelest himself.
Certainly in the 1960s much was done
to counter the longstanding official
Ukrainophobia inspired by Stalin. The
study of Ukrainian history was en­
couraged and new journals were esta­
blished for this purpose. Journalists
could publish articles that reflected
pride in things Ukrainian without fear
of reprisals as "enemies of Soviet
power." According to samvydav sources,
by the summer of 1965 the Ukrainian
SSR Communist Party and govern­
ment had made plans to reform the sy­
stem of higher education in the republic
with a view towards replacing Russian
with Ukrainian as the language of in-,
struction.
None of this, of course, could have
been possible without the approval of
the party leadership in Kiev, which
sought to legitimize Communist rule by
linking it to Ukrainian national tradi­
tions.
Quite interesting in this regard is the
concern expressed by the Moscow
samizdat publication Politichesky
dnevnik in June 1965, about "the
intensification of nationalist tendencies
and currents in Ukraine," including "the
activities of some state and even party
organs." This would seem to support
the widely held view that during the
Shelest period the reform-minded in­
telligentsia was backed by at least some
influential segments of the CPU and the
Ukrainian government establishment.3
The question of Shelest's personal
role in this complex nexus of relation­
New release
Collection of works by composer Nedijsky
NEW YORK - The Ukrainian Musk
Foundation Inc. has announced that
thanks to the generosity of the Ukrai­
nian community, it has published the
first collection of selected works by
noted composer and educator Ivan
Nedilsky (1895-1970).
The collection is for mixed chorus (a
cappella) and was edited by New York
musicologist Ibor Sonevytsky. The
cover was designed by leading contem­
porary artist Sviatoslav Hordynsky.
Besides the classic "Zasialo sontse
zolote" (The Golden Sun Has Shone;
text by S. Pylypenko),. the collection
contains such top works by Nedilsky:
"U vesnianyi den" (On a Spring Day,
text by H. Dubyk), "Nasha slavna
Ukraina" (Our Glorious Ukraine, text
by V. Samiylenko), "Son" (Dream, text
by O. Makovey), "Tsvyntariok" (Ceme­
tery, text by O. Kozlivsky), "Pidb`omin
. 7
ships between Moscow, Kiev and the
national elites is much more difficult to
answer. Those who are inclined to view
Shelest as a latter-day national Com­
munist are able to cite various public
statements of his in favor of developing
the Ukrainian language and culture to
support their view of the CPU
leader as an "autonomist." Parti­
cularly impressive in this respect is his
speech at the fifth congress of the
Ukrainian Writers' Union in November
1966.
Conversely, appropriate quotations
from Shelest's speech can be easily
assembled to portray him as a typical
product of the party apparat whose
main function was to execute policies
formulated beforehand in Moscow.
Was it not during Shelest's tenure as
first secretary of the CPU that
the security organs struck the first
major blow against Ukrainian intellec­
tuals with mass arrests in August and
September 1965?
The truth probably lies somewhere
between these opposing viewpoints and
is perhaps best represented in the
statement, attributed to the CPU leader
himself, that he was not Kaganovich
and these were not the times of Stalin.3
Indeed, Shelest was not Kaganovich
and, in the final analysis, the Brezhnev
Politburo saw fit to remove him from
power because he was either unwilling
or unable to translate Soviet nationali­
ties policy in Ukraine into reality.
1.. Valentyn Moroz, "Pochatky і verkhy
ukrainskoho samostavannia v 60-ykh і 70-
ykh rokakh," Ukrainski visti (Detroit),
October 4, 1981.
2. The literature that deals in one way or
another with the Shelest period is fairly
comprehensive, although most of it has
taken the form of articles in scholarly
journals and symposia. Those who have
written on this topic include: Yaroslav
Bilinsky, Bohdan R. Bociurkiw, Grey
Hodnett, Vsevolod Holubnychy, Borys
Lewytzkyj, Bohdan Nahaylo, Jaroslav
Pelenski and Roman Szporluk. See also the
pertinent sections of Kenneth C. Farmer,
"Ukrainian Nationalism in the Post-Stalin
Era: Myth, Symbols and Ideology in Soviet
Nationalities Policy" (The Hague: Marinus
Nijhoff Publishers, 1980); and Roman
Szporluk, "Ukraine: A Brief History,"second
ed. (Detroit, Ukrainian Festival Committee,
1982).
3. John Kolasky, "Two Years in Soviet
Ukraine" (Toronto: Peter Martin Associates
Limited, 1970), p. 206. ^ ."
kyivskykh dzvoniv" (Under the Sound
of Kiev Bells, anonymous text). The
latter work was distinguished at the first
Dumka chorus Karpevych competition.
The work also includes a complete
divine liturgy.
In his foreword, Dr. Sonevytsky
notes that Nedilsky continued the
musical traditions of Galician com­
posers of the second half of the 19th
century, but was also influenced by
West European romantics.
In addition, such works as "The
Golden Sun Has Shone," "On a Spring
Day," and "Our Glorious Ukraine"
indicate that Nedilsky had exceptional
talent in creating marches.
The price of the collection is S8 (plus
SI for postage and handling). The
Nedilsky album may be ordered by
sending a check payable to: Olena
Melnychuk, 12 Claremoijt, Place, Сгап–
ford, N.J. 07016; (201) 2760196.
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II
"Carol of the Bells" - Ukrainian ``Shchedryk
Hark! how the bells, sweet silver bells, There is a marvelous play upon words in the first mood arid feeling, there music by its nature can do
All seem to say "Throw cares away," line of the song. "Shchedryk" is a member — so most effectively."
Christmas is here bringing good cheer serinus hortulanus - of thefinch-sparrowfamily. Leontovych might have remained a modest,
To young and old, meek and the bold. "Shchedrivochka" is a diminutive of the feminine of creative, but unknown teacher of music. But in 1916,
Ding, dong, ding, dong, that is their song, "shchedryk"; at the same time it could be the he sent a copy of his arrangement of "Shchedryk " to
With joyful ring, all caroling. diminutive of "shchedrivka," a new year song. Alexander Koshetz, director of the Kiev University
One seems to hear words of good cheer, With both "shchedryk" and the swallow men­ students'choir. "Shchedryk" was performed at the
From everywhere filling the air. tioned, we are told about the coming of spring, choir's Christmas concert arid, as Koshetz wrote to
O, how they pound, raising the sound, thereby wishing its arrival. Scholars believe that Dr. Paul Macenko, "...this was the beginning of the
O'er hill and dale, telling their tale. originally the new year was celebrated in early popularization of Leontovych in my concerts, and
Gaily they ring while people sing spring. This makes most "shchedrivky" and their altogether hisfirstpublic appearance as a composer.
Song of good cheer, Christmas is here! companions, the "koliadky`` (sung during "Sviatyi The performance was very successful. The novelty
Merry, merry, merry, merry, Christmas! Vechir"), more appropriate, because their themes of the arrangement lay in the treatment of a folk
Merry, merry, merry, merry, Christmas! revolve around spring — swallows, plowing and melody, vocal in essence, as an object of instru­
On, on they send, on without end other agricultural symbols and activities. mental arrangement. This undoubtedly gave a
Their joyful tone to every home. A touch of humor appears in the last lines, "if not freshness to the arrangement, something unusual
Ding, dong, ding, dong. money, then chaff, but your wife has dark was heard, and the audience liked it immensely, to
eyebrows." In other words, even if you агепЧ rich, the point of even calling the arranger a genius."
C Carol of the Bells," words by Peter J. Wilhou- at least you have a beautiful wife. (Dark eyebrows (From "Echoes of the Past. Koshetz in letters to P.
sky. Copyright 1936 by Carl Fischer Inc., New were considered a sign of beauty.) Macenko." Winnipeg, Kultura і Osvita, 1954.)
York.) "Shchedryk" would have remained a pretty,
by Orysia Paszczak Tracz simple unkno`wn-to-the-Western-world "shche­ The unknown composer became famous.
That is a beautiful, classic Christmas carol - but drivka " had it not been for the genius of Mykola The Ukrainian Republican Chorus (later the
also quite unusual. Its melody and arrangement, Leontovych (1877-1921). Ukrainian National Chorus), which toured Europe
while bright and cheerful, don't lend themselves to He was born into a musical family in the village and North America in 1918-22 under the direction
simple sing-along caroling, but require musical of Monastyrok, Podillia region of Ukraine. of Koshetz, performed works arranged mostly by
expertise in performance. Actually, the "Carol of Following the footsteps of his father, a priest, Leontovych. Koshetz wrote in his memoirs that
the Bells," now firmly established as one of the fine Leontovych attended the seminary in Kamianets- "Shchedryk" was part of the chorus's repertoire in
concert carols of the Western world, is an ancient Podilsky. There he began composing, and his every country during its tours.
Ukrainian "shchedrivka" titled "Shchedryk." works were performed by the seminary choir, which Leontovych loved folk music. "Research into
he directed. folk music brings to life new forms of harmony and
The ancient pre-Christian population of Ukraine
sang "shchedrivky" during the final phase of the After teaching in a number of villages and towns, counterpoint, which are organically tied to the folk
festivities of the winter solstice (the Feast of in 1916 he became a professor in the Kievan song, because a folk song, as an artistically perfect
Korochun). This was the most important feast of Seminary and director of two choirs in the city. work, does not present just melody, but hides in
the winter cycle, because lengthening days indicated Leontovych was especially interested in Ukrainian itself all musical possibilities (harmony, counter­
the return of the sun, and that spring and the rebirth folk music, and arranged many folk melodies. point, etc.). To know how to write it (the folk song)
of nature would soon follow. This wasalso the period He believed that "...a people's culture is best down, and to feel all that it can give to music in the
dedicated to communion with the spirits of reflected in its literature and music. Possibly no greater sense, is an urgent matter..."
ancestors who returned to their former homes for a other branches of culture can so clearly expose the In 1936, Peter J. Wilhousky of New York wrote
time. soulful feeling``and moods of a person as do music English lyrics to Jhe folk melody arranged by
The first part of the festivities centered on and poetry. These two branches of culture cannot Leontovych, adapted the arrangement to the new
"Sviatyi Vechir" (Holy Eve), which now corres­ evi^t sep?rs'elv. h"--”і" whpre words cannot relate lyrics, and the "Carol of the Bells" was born.
ponds to Christmas Eve. The second phase centered
on the coming of the new year. Over 1,000
years ago, the eve of the new year was known as
Malanka or "Shchedryi Vechir" (Generous Eve).
At this time, the generous sun god visited the earth
and all its beings, human and animal. The songs
sung during "Shchedryi Vechir" were the "shche­
drivky." -
After the acceptance of Christianity in 988, the
ancient traditions were difficult to eradicate, so a
dualism developed which exists today — the
Christian celebrations of Christmas were imbued
with ceremonies and traditions which existed
millennia before the birth of Christ. Sometime
during the 19th century, in some areas of Ukraine,
the celebration of "Shchedryi Vechir" was moved to
the eve of the Feast of Jordan, commemorating
Christ's baptism (January 19, Julian calendar;
January 6, Gregorian).
So, "Shchedryk" is actually a new year song.
These "shchedrivky" were meant to bring good
fortune to the person for whom they were sung— in
love, marriage, happy family life, a good harvest,
full beehives, and other spiritual and material
fulfillment,
"Shchedryk" is a typical "shchedrivka." By being
in the present tense, the lyrics intend to make
whatever is wished for actual, thereby making the
wish already come true.

Shchedryk, shchedryk, shchedrivochka,

The swallow has arrived.
She began to sing, .
and call out the master of the house:
- Come out, come out, master,
take a look at your sheepfold.
Your sheep have yeaned,
and lambs have been born.
Your wares are good,
you'll have a good measure of money.
If not money, then chaff,
but your wife has dark eyebrows.
Shchedryk, shchedryk, shchedrivochka
the swallow has arrived...4
Detail of "The Carolers," a painting by Kateryna Krychevsky-Rosandich.
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No. 1 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 2 , 1 9 8 3

Panorama of Ukrainian culture in the Big Apple

by`Helen Perozak Smindak

The Julian Christmas services of St. Wary Protectress Ukrai- because Ukraine is not known." The lo-
nian Catholic Church, 1745 Washing-
Singing at Christmas
cation of the tree: outside Staten Island
Age-old traditions and rituals will be ton Ave., at 8, 9 and 10:30 a.m. f A group of Ukrainian residents of Boro Hall, at Richmond Terrace and
observed around'town this week as Members of the parish, like those Staten Island and officials of the Bay St., facing the St. George Ferry
Ukrainian families whose Yuletide cycle of Holy Cross in Astoria, still go borough will join in a Ukrainian Christ- Terminal.
follows the Julian calendar celebrate the caroling to the homes of parishioners mas celebration on January 7. There " "NewYork's Dumka Chorus has
joyful festivities of Christmas - the 12- during the Christmas season. will be singing of Ukrainian carols become.so fond of the acoustics of St.
course meatless holy supper on January Staten Island's Holy Trinity Ukrai- beside the borough's official Christmas Vladimir's Ukrainian Orthodox Church
6, divine liturgies in the churches on nian Catholic Church, where the Rev. tree, between 4 and 5 p.m., before the in Manhattan that the ensemble is
Christmas Day, January 7, and warm Ivan Dawydowych is the pastor, has group moves indoors for sweets and returning with conduct. Semen Ko-
family reunions. There will be caroling scheduled matins at`ll p.m. and a coffee. Lesia Hewka, a member of Holy mirnyj for its second annual concert of
everywhere, in the churches, in homes midnight service for January 6 and a 10 Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, traditional Ukrainian carols. The con-
and in public places. a.m. liturgy for January 7. The church started the tradition last year. Mrs. cert will be given on January 9 at I p.m.,
Services will be held this Thursday choir is directed by Nychola Zajac. Hewka, a senior citizen, believes that following the liturgy. Later, parishioners
afternoon or evening in eight churches Holy Trinity Church is located at 288 "the Julian Christmas gives us an and choir members will gather in the
of the Ukrainian Catholic and Ukrai- Vanderbilf Ave., Stapleton, S.I. , opportunity to tell others who we are, church hall for a parish dinner.
nian Orthodox faiths, with Christmas " A concert of Ukrainian Christmas
liturgies scheduled for mid-morning on carols will be presented by the choir of
Friday; (Three of the city's Ukrainian Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox
Catholic parishes and Ukrainian Pres- Church on January 16. Directed by
byterians and Seventh-Day Adventists Valentina Nalywajko, the choir will sing
celebrated Christmas on December 25. koliadky and shchedrivky from the
The sole Ukrainian Baptist Church in choir loft, beginning at I p.m. after the
New York, located in Brooklyn's Green- morning's liturgy. Later, parishioners
point section, held its Christmas obser- and choristers will gather in the church
vance this year on December 26.) hall for an informal reception and
St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Orthodox vocal, bandura and piano entertain-
Cathedral, 160W.82ndSt.,hasscheduled ment featuring Christine Karpevych
a 2 p.m. service for Thursday as its and Natalka Honczarenko.
Christmas Eve observance. On Friday " Taking part in the.fourth annual
morning at 10:30, Archbishop Mark, presentation of "A City Singing at
prelate of New York and New Jersey, Christmas" at St. Patrick's Cathedral
will be assisted by the pastor, the Rt. along with choral groups, soloists and
Rev. Volodymyr Bazylevsky, and instrumentalists, the Ukrainian Ban-
deacon Volodymyr Polischuk in cele- dura Ensemble of New York performed
brating the Christmas liturgy. The choir Ukrainian carols in the evening concert
will be directed by Prof. Vasyl Zavit- on December 16. During their perfor-
nevych. mance, the bandurists made a striking
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox picture as they sat in a double row
Church, 359 Broome St., will hold before the main altar holding their
services on Thursday at 6 p.m. and on banduras on their knees. The group of
Friday at 10 a.m., with the Rt. Rev. 24 young bandurists, with the male
Artemy Selepyna officiating and Valen- bandurists in Kozak attict and the
tine Nalywajko directing the choir. young ladies in traditional Poltava
At St. George's Ukrainian Catholic costumes brightened by Christmas-red
Church, corner of East Seventh Street jackets over their embroidered blouses,
and Shevchenko Place, Bishop Basil was directed by Julian Kytasty. Their
Losten and the pastor, the Rev. Patrick . presentation, though somewhat too
Paschak, will conduct the II a.m. muted for the vast vaulted reaches of the
Christmas service, which will be broad- resplendent cathedral, included fine
cast to Ukraine by the Voice of America. renditions of "On the Jordan River"
Members of the Basilian Fathers will and "Shchcdryk," better known to
assist in the service, and the choir will American audiences as "Carol of the
sing under the direction of Ivan Bells," as Mr. Kytasty noted in a brief
Chomyn. introduction to the piece. Most effective
Other services will be held at St. was the offering of a non-Ukrainian
George's on January 7 at 8,9, and 10 in work, "O Holy Night," by soprano
the morning, as well as a noon liturgy at Laryssa Magun-Huryn to bandura
which the choir will be directed by accompaniment by Lida Czorny and
Metropolitan Opera baritone Andrij John Lechicky. Mrs. Huryn`s outstand-
Dobriansky. On January 6, a 9 p.m. ing voice.and the excellent bandura
service will precede the 10 p.m. liturgy. back-up created one of the evening's
Parishioners of All Saints Ukrainian most appealing selections.
Orthodox Church, 206 E. 11th St., The bandura itself drew much interest
(near Third Avenue), will attend a 6 from members of the audience which
p.m. vesper service and the Christmas filled the cathedral pews. As the ban-
Eve liturgy at 10 p.m. onThursday. The durists left center stage and walked
pastor, the Rev. Ivan Tkaczuk, will down the center aisle to the rear of the
celebrate -these services and the Christ- cathedral and then via a side aisle to their
mas liturgy, scheduled for 10 on Friday dressing rooms, listeners seated on the
morning, with the choir singing under aisle and standing at tne back of the
the direction of Volodymyr Owcharuk. church asked about the origin of an
In Queens, the Rev. Christopher instrument they had never before en-
Wojtyna will conduct services at Holy countered.
Cross Ukrainian Catholic Church on " Christmas carols and Christmas
Thursday evening at 10 and 11, and on music have been pealing all this month
Friday morning at 8:30 and 10. Osyp through the Ukrainian Institute of
DIaboha directs the choir at the church, America, Fifth Avenue at 79th Street.
which is located at 31-12 30th St., in The ladies of Branch 72 of the Ukrai-
Astoria. nian National Women's League of
Brooklyn's Holy Ghost Ukrainian America started the Christmas ball
Catholic Church at 160 N. Fifth St. has rolling — and the Christmas carols
scheduled services for 9 and 10 p.m. on pealing — with their Yuletide party on
Thursday and 10 a.m. on Friday. The December 10. The women's auxiliary of
pastor of the church is the Very Rev. the New York branch of the Ukrainian
George Binkowski and the choir direc- Medical Association of North America
tor. Lev Rejnarowycz. followed with a Christmas party the
In the Bronx, the Rev. Soter Hoiyk "Winter Tree" by Arcadia Olenska Petryshyrt, Christmas card of the Ukrainian very next day. The day afterthat, the 17-
will officiate at the Christmas Day Institute of America. (Continued on page 10)
10 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. JANUARY 2.1983 - No. 1

Profile: landscape artist Carteret Pastor Chubenko

Iryna Homotiuk Zielylc presented pectoral cross
CARTERET, N.J. - On Sunday, Allentown Community College and
by Marion K. Burbella " November 7 during a hierarchical Technical Institute. Following his
divine liturgy, the Rev. Taras Chu­ discharge from the U.S. Army he
NEW YORK - An exhibit of paint­ benko, pastor of St. Demetrius Ukrai­ entered and graduated from Penn State
ings by Iryna Homotiuk Zielyk was held nian Orthodox Cathedral in Carteret, University with a degree in marketing
the week of November 7-14 here at the N.J,, was awarded the pectoral cross by and psychology.
gallery of the Ukrainian Artists' Asso­ Archbishop Mark J. Hundiak with the
ciation of America. approval of Metropolitan Mstyslav, Father Chubenko entered the St.
Sponsored by the UAAA, and under primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Seminary
the direction of one of its members, Church of the U.S.A. in South Bound Brook, N.J., in 1978.
Bohdan Sawczuk, the exhibit drew The Very Rev. Chubenko came to He was ordained to the deaconate on
hundreds of distinguished visitors from Carteret upon Archbishop Mark's Palm Sunday, April IS, 1979, and was.
the Eastern Seaboard of the United request after the death of the Rev. Peter ordained to the priesthood on February
States and Canada. Melech who was assistant pastor of St. 10, 1980, by Metropolitan Mstyslav.
Fellow artists who visited the exhibit. Demetrius Parish. The Very Rev. Chu­ He is married to Mary Ann Кпарреп–
included. Mychajlo Czereszniowskyj, benko was elected to the office of pastor berger, a registered nurse. They have
Mykhailo Moroz, Liuboslav Hutsaliuk, of St. Demetrius Ukrainian Orthodox four sons, Taras, Eric, Gregory and
Mykhailo Dmytrenko, D. Sholdra, Cathedral in November 1980. . Peter.
Olha Sonevytska and Dr. Michael Father Chubenko was born in E1I-
Pylypczuk. Father Chubenko has worked diligent­
wangen, Germany, on December 5, ly with the entire congregation, espe­
Highlighting Mrs. Zielyk's second 1946. He and his parents immigrated to cially, youths. He has reactivated every
individual exhibit in New York (her first the United States and settled in Allen- church organization, taken on the
was held in 1972) was a painting titled Iryna Homotiuk Zielyk town, Pa., in 1951, He attended schools project of remodeling, cleaning and
"Hudson River," that had been intro­ in Allentown and graduated from L.E. painting the church and many other
duced to the public two months earlier someone with a passion for pictoral Deeruff High School. He also attended
projects.
at the Ukrainian Artists International expression."
Exhibit in Toronto. Many visitors "Her painting style stems from the
remarked about the sky in the painting European tradition of going out into the move across the stage to the accompani­
that was reminiscent of an El Greco sky. landscape and painting directly from Panorama.. ment of "Carol of the Bells," as the
Eight of Mrs. Zielyk's paintings are the experience with nature," wrote an v (Continuedfrompage 9) traditional Ukrainian Christmas greet­
preserved in the Ukrainian Museum in art critic at the Hartford Branch Art foot Christmas tree standing in the main ing "Khrystos Rozhdayetsia" (Christ is
Rome; more than 360 paintings are in Gallery of the University of Connecti­ hall was trimmed by a group of college Born) is spelled out in bright lights on a
private collections throughout Canada, cut. "Her fascination with rivers, lakes, students with the eager assistance of sign above the stage. The music hall's
Europe and the United States. streams, mountains and plant-life are three of the children of Andrij Dobrion- 90-minute program, produced and
When Austin R. Schraff, assistant most prevalent in her paintings; orange sky, the institute's executive administra­ directed by Robert F. Jani, opened on
vice president of Mitchell, Hutchins colors reflexed in her rivers and yellow tor, while two-and-a-half week old November 19 and will end its holiday
Inc., member of the New York Stock` with pinks visually skimming the sur­ Yaroslav Dobriansky watched the engagement on January 6.
Exchange, saw Mrs. Zielyk's painting of faces of shadows on snow-covered proceedings from the arms of his
the Hunter, N.Y., scenery at an exhibi­ banks ... not too unlike 17th century mother, Stephanie Dobriansky. The e Ringing in the Christmas season,
tion in Constitution Plaza in Hartford, painter Jacob Van Ruisdael." tree-trimming was held on December 12 the Big Apple's radio stations gave a
Conn., he immedately purchased the "Many of the works employ a palette just before the afternoon concert pre­ great deal of air time to "Carol of the
painting for his office at 1 Battery Park of tonalities reminiscent of the delicately sented by contemporary Ukrainian Bells" (our lovely "Shchedryk"). Heard
Plaza, New York. tinted canvases of French impressionists artists under the sponsorship of the on WRFM, WQXR, WPAT and other
Her many individual exhibitions Monet and Sisley," commented Dom institute and the Ukrainian National New York stations were arrangements
were held at art galleries of: Post Petro, assistant professor of art at Post Association. On the third weekend in by Morton Gould, versions by Boris
College in Waterbury, University of College. December, the Ukrainian Engineers' Brott and by the Buckingham Singers
Connecticut in Hartford, Wesleyan The artist was born in Ukraine, Society of New York took its turn at under the title "Ring, Christmas Bells,"
University in Middletown, Conn., received her early academic education Christmas partying, with entertainment and the Gregg Smith Singers' record
Central Connecticut State College in in Salzburg, Austria, emigrated to provided by Lev Maistrenko and voca­ "The World Rejoices: A Festival of
New Britain and University of Connecti­ America with her parents in 1949, lists Chrystia Ivaniw and Oles Kuzy- Carols," which includes a bell choir solo
cut at Torrington. received a degree in art from-Manor shyn. The Sunday of that weekend of "Carol of the Bells" by the Dorothy
Mrs. Zielyk also participated in Junior College in Jenkintown, Pa., and (December 19) brought thefirstconcert Shaw Bell Choir. WQXR's June Lebell
numerous group exhibits in Philadel­ continued art studies at the University in this season's Ukrainian Composers included a medley of traditional Ukrai­
phia, Chicago, Hunter, N.Y., New of Connecticut at Hartford. Series, including performances of a nian carols — and "Shchedryk" — by
Haven, New Britain and Hartford, Mrs. Zielyk studied privately under traditional Vertep and Mykola Ly- the Cheremshyna Ensemble of Canada
Conn., and Toronto. artist Mykhailo Moroz. senko's one-act opera "Nocturne." (a Yevshan release) in her "Surprise
Daniel Calabrese, associate professor Mrs. Zielyk is a member of many art ' f Package" program of December 17. A
of art and director of the art museum at associations. She has traveled many Christmastime specials jazzed-up instrumental arrangement of
the University of Connecticut at Torring­ times to Switzerland, Italy, Austria, the Ukrainian carol, presented on the
ton, stated: "The oil paintings by Irene France, San Marino, Czechoslovakia о "Nina Bachinska as Marie is some­ Philips of London album "Swingle
Zielyk, prominent landscape artist, and Poland to commit her artistic thing extra special, acting with astound- Singers Christmas Album," has not
demonstrate an affinity both with the talents to canvas. ing naturalness and beauty," wrote been heard. Which may be just as well,
natural scene and the oil media to the She is the wife of Dr. Myroslav W. dance critic Anna Kisselgoff in the since the liner notes say that "Shchedryk"
point where both elements are interde­ Zielyk, associate professor of bacterio­ December 13 New York Times. Miss is from Russia.
pendent, producing an aesthetic har­ logy at the University of Connecticut at Kisselgoff,' who attended a perfor­
mony. Like Cezanne, she clings to a Torrington. They reside in Torrington, mance of the New York City Ballet
small choice of tonalities, giving her Conn.
work instant recognizability. One im­
production of Balanchine's "The Nut­
The Museum of New Britain will cracker," said that the children's cast Soviet diplomat's...
mediately realizes that these are not the exhibit Mrs. Zielyk's paintings in that night was "simply wonderful." (Conttaoedfrompage 2)
works of a 'Sunday painter,' but of spring 1983. Others who have seen 10-year-old Nina detained on December 11 after security
performing have described her as "petite guards said she slipped the purloined
and graceful," "very natural" and "a tights, valued at S4.20, under her coat
terrific little actress." During the month- and left the store without paying.
long run of "The Nutcracker," which
The UNA: insurance plus has its final performance today, Nina
She was handcuffed and taken to the
local police headquarters but released
has been doing the role of Marie three IS minutes later after her husband,
or four times a week. She is on stage Gennady Tarasov, a diplomat stationed
throughout the whole production, in New York, claimed diplomatic im­
which uses such magical tricks as a one- munity for her.
HELP WANTED
ton Christmas tree that rises into the On December 13, Nikita Matkovsky,
skies, snowflakes and a darting bed. On third secretary at the Soviet Mission to
December 18, Nina made her television the United Nations, went to police
MECHANIC with knowledge of HVAC debut in an episode of NBC-TV's headquarters and, according to Chief
to work in a commercial building. "Love, Sidney" series, playing a student Delaney, said he had lodged a protest
in a ballet class instructed by Suzanne with the U.S. State Department accus­
SALARY NEGOTIABLE. Farrell.
Apply in writing to:
ing the police of brutality andfailing to
" Radio City Music Hall's "Magnifi­ recognize diplomatic immunity.
Ukrainian National Association cent Christmas Spectacular" includes Chief Delaney told reporters: "No
30 Montgomery Street m Jersey City, N.J. 07302 greetings from Ukraine in its bevy of pun intended, but I saw red when this
international greetings. Three perfor­ guy came in and demanded that we.
mers in stylized Ukrainian costumes apologize."
No. 1
Vinses join parish
CHICAGO - The Rev. Georgi Vins
and his wife Nadia have been formally
accepted as"members of the First Ukrai­
nian Baptist Church of Chicago, an­
nounced Pastor Olexa R. Harbuziuk.
The congregation voted unanimously
to accept the Vinses following a recent
church service.
The Rev. Vins and his family were
expelled from Kiev, in the spring of
1979 by Soviet authorities because of
their, religious activities.. st-- і
The Rev. Vms spent eight years in
Soviet prisons because of his religious
activities, and he and his family also
suffered; other persecution and hard­
ships because of their faith in God.:
Before being accepted, the Vinses
gave their testimonies and indicated
their desire to have their church mem­
bership With their own people.
Although the Vinses reside in Indiana
and frequently travel as part of their
ministry, they also often visit the
Chicago church services.
"We are honored to have these heroes
of the faith as members of our church,"
said Pastor Harbuziuk. "We look for­
ward to continue having many times of
sweet fellowship with them. We are glad
to work together with them as they
intercede for persecuted Christians in
Ukraine and throughout the Soviet
Union."
The Chicago church is the largest
Ukrainian Baptist congregation in the
United States.
Sculptor featured '
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Ukrainian
sculptor Alex Hunenko was featured on
the pages of the New Haven Advocate, a
weekly newspaper here.
Born in Ukraine in 1937, Mr. Hunenko
was sent to Austria when World War II
broke out. He told Susan Buchsbaum of
the newspaper: "We had no place to go.
So we wound up as floaters, refugees."
The article also stated, that as Mr.
Hunenko sees it, "Ukrainian roots are
fluctuating roots, lacking a firm founda­
tions.^ American) Ukrainians are bound
by our divisiveness, united by our
separateness, clinging to our traditions
because our homeland is Soviet-domi­
nated and we have no place that con­
tains us," he said.
Mr. Hunenko was educated in Austria
and later in Minnesota, where his family
settled after the war. He grew, up
conscious, both of his Ukrainian past
and of his father's philosophy: "What­
ever you are, you must succeed ac­
cording to the terms of the place in
which you live."
Following this advice, Mr. Hunenko
began studying hard and earning scho­
larships, including the Prix de Rome, a
, fellowship that sent him to the Ameri­
can Academy in Rome. He also traveled
to the Soviet Union with the United
States Information Agency. There he
helped run the Graphic Arts USA
exhibit.
Mr. Hunenko enjoys traveling to
different places in the world, for these
environments enhance his own growth
and development, he said. He has
arranged trips to the Soviet Union,
Scandinavia, China and Afghanistan.
The sculptor has worked in bronze
and steel, copper and fiber. He explains
that what drives any form in art is the
malleability of the matter: "Along with
an endless variety of variables and
constraints - time, money, energy, dis­
tractions, whether you add color or
simply allow it to emerge as a by­
product of a material's fluctuating
temperature - these factors affect the
outcome of a piece."
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 2 , 1 9 8 3 11
at your local Ukrainian bookstore, it
may be purchased by sending S11.50 (or
S14 Canadian currency) to: Martha
Wichorek, 13814 Vassar Drive, Detroit,
Mich. 48235. t t-,,\
Judge Gonas cited Appointed VP Named officer
SCRANTON, Pa. - Judge John S. MONTREAL - Jean jMirucki was
Gonas. was the subject of the Mid- recently appointed vice-president of
Valley Mirror column in The Scran- Societe des Ecrivains Canadiens, a
tonian a few months ago. French Canadian writer's association.
The Montreal branch of the sjsijety is
Visiting the area for the 55th year the largest, and it boasts 100 members.
reunion of the Olyphant High School Mr. Miruck^whjMsameqibejrof the
Class of 1927, the 73-year-old judge department of eeolromics at the Univer­
spoke about crime prevention among sity of Quebec in Montreal, also belongs,
young people. Now retired. Judge to the Slow Ukrainian Writers' Asso­
Gonas has been a member of the Indiana ciation as well as the Canadian Centre
House of Representatives and Senate, of the International P. ІЬЮ Club.
judge of three courts (township, county
and state) and chief justice of the
Indiana.Appellate Court.
He has been involved in the political Grammarian profiled
realm for 55 years and has himself DETROIT - Martha Wichorek,
participated in 40 campaigns including author of "A Ukrainian Grammar for
runs for president and vice president of Beginners, Self Teaching," was recently
the United States. He has been a lawyer, featured in both the Detroit News and
engineer, prosecutor, public defender, the Detroit Free Press.
professor, fraternaiist and author. Mrs. ,Wichorek talked about her
In 1954, the judge was a delegate to book, which is currently available in
the International Juvenile Court Judges Ukrainian bookstores throughout the
Congress in Brussels, and, on the United States, by mail order, as well as Zinowij Balaban
invitation of the late Dag Hammar- in the Detroit Public Library and the
skjold, secretary general of the United libraries of the universities of Windsor,
Nations, he participated in the United Michigan and Wayne State. HARTFORD, Conn. - Zinowij
Nations Conference on Crime and The author is an American-born Balaban has been named director of
Ukrainian and a former Detroit school­ LTD Underwriting and an officer of
Deliquency in Geneva.
teacher. She graduated from Wayne Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Com­
Judge Gonas advocates youth coun­ pany.
State University in the 1930's.
cils as the solution for preventing
juvenile deliquency. "Laws need to be Mrs. Wichorek spent five years
He is responsible for the manage­
passed . to implement youth councils writing the grammar book. She and her ment and profit accountability of the
throughout the country. Youth councils husband Michael are the authors of company's long-term disability business
are an idea I have discussed many times; three books about Ukrainians, includ­ including the implementation of under­
they represent a basic policy of preven­ ing "Ukrainians in Detroit." writing rules and procedures for that
tion. Our youth, in this day more than On September 19, in St. Josaphat's
line of business.
ever, are desperately in need of greater Church hall in Warren, Mich., Mrs.
back-up if they are to escape the traps Wichorek and her husband attended a A graduate of City College of New
we as a society have thoughtlessly put in reception at which the book was intro­ York with a B.S. in economics, Mr.
their path. Support and guidance are duced, and book sales totaled S 1,000. Balaban went on to earn his M.B.A. at
the keys of the youth council programs," On the occasion of their 46th wedding Baruch Business College. Prior to
he told columnist Stan Lukowski. anniversary, the Wichoreks donated joining Phoenix Mutual as manager of
that money plus another SI,000 to the LTD Underwriting in 1981, he served as
Judge Gonas speaks six languages and School of Ukrainian Studies, which senior underwriter for special risks at.
has written four books. He is recognized incidentally, uses the grammar book in Unionmutual Life in Portland, Maine.
as the only person in history to have its courses.
served in both houses of the legislature The 338-page grammar book is geared Mr. Balaban is a member of the
and all three courtsr toward persons with little or no know­ Hartford chapter of Plast. The Balaban
He is a member of UNA Branch 176. ledge of Ukrainian. If it is not available family resides in Glastonbury, Conn.
Chicken breeder wins distinction
GUILFORD, Conn. - Walter Berezowsky represented
the United States at the Agricultural Congress and was
designated a "Man of Achievements" by the International
Biographical Center of Cambridge, England.
The Poultry Press, published in York, Pa., featured Mr.
Berezowsky in its February 1982 issue. A biography of the
chicken breeder stated that Mr. Berezowsky was born in 1924
in Ukraine.
At a youngster, Mr. Berezowsky liked rabbits, chickens,
and pigeons, and felt that they were God's gift to him. When he
finished grammar school, he planned to attend the agricultural
school of Podebrady in Czechoslovakia. Unfortunately the
outbreak of World War II prevented him from attending, so
he joined the Ukrainian Division to defend his native Ukraine
from both the invading German armies and occupation by
the Soviets. t
After the war, Mr. Berezowsky found himself in a displaced
persons camp in Germany, where he continued his schooling,
finishing agriculture studies in Bavaria. He graduated with a
diploma of agricultural science.
He then applied to emigrate to the United States, arriving
in 1949 and settling in Jackson, Miss. Mr. Berezowsky later
settled in Guilford, Conn., with his family. While in
Connecticut he joined the Barret Rock Bantam Association
and became a licensed judge with the American Bantam
Association.
Because of his achievements and his promotion of the
breeding of standard-bred poultry, he became recognized by
the International Biographical Center and his name will be
published in the 1982 volume.
His many trophies, plaques and blue ribbons made him a
"Man of Achievements." Presently, Mr. Berezowsky is an
apiarist in Connecticut. Walter Berezowsky, chicken breeder.
12
Philadelphia
(Continuedfrompage 5)
was captured by newly elected supreme
advisor and chairman of Branch 231
Mr Pastuszek, (33 members); followed
by Supreme Advisor Odezynsky (26
members); Volodymyr Janiw, secretary
of Branch 29, (18 members); Andriy
Kushnir, secretary of Branch 83 (IS
members); Christine Fuga, secretary of
Branch 269 (15 members); Daria Capar,
secretary of Branch 34`7 (13 members);
Mr. Tarnawsky, chairman of the district
with John Dankiwsky of Branch 375,
(13 members); Petro Shcherba, secre­
tary of Branch 173 (10 members). Other
secretaries organized 10 or less new
members.
- Mr. Hawrysz also spoke about the
UNA Scholarship Fund; 36 students
from the Philadelphia district received
scholarships totaling SI 1,600. He asked
all present to help reach the new mem­
bership quota before the end of the year;
this can be done by promoting the
double-your-life-insurance plan for
members under age 65.
Supreme Auditor Hnatiuk .encou­
raged the UNA members to help young
students apply for scholarships pro­
vided by the UNA, he also spoke about
the Supreme Assembly special meeting
held in September at Soyuzivka. He
stressed that the future of the UNA
depends on the work of the secretaries.
Supreme Advisor Odezynsky assured
the UNA members that the district
committee will soon begin a campaign
to organize more members. Supreme
Advisor Pastuszek was the last to speak.
He thanked all that voted for him
during the 30th Convention of the UNA
held in May and assured them that he
would work for the good of the UNA.
A discussion followed the meeting
and District Committee Chairman
Tarnawsky presented over 25 new
applications to Mr. Hawrysz.
Perth Amboy
PERTH AMBOY, N.J. - The Perth
Amboy UNA District Committee held
its fall organizing meeting here at the
local Ukrainian National Home on
Sunday, October 17.
The meeting was conducted by the
district's chairman, Michael Zacharko,
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who called the session to order and then
delivered his report. ^` ; :` -
Mr. Zacharko focused on the New
Jersey UNA Day, which yielded a profit
of SI,491, or S322 for each of the four
districts participating. The next UNA
Day in the state will be held August 28,
І983, he said.
Mr. Zacharko also reported on the
organizing work of the district, noting
that the 1982 membership, quota, as of
September 30, was filled by only 36
percent...
. He commended the following branches
for enrolling new members: Branch 353,
(Secretary Daria Qrichowsky), 16
members; Branch 372 (SecretaryJoseph
Yarema), 12 members; Branch 349
(Secretary Mr. Zacharko), five mem­
bers. He also noted that six of the
district's branches had not enrolled a
single member.
Ulana Diachuk, UNA supreme trea­
surer, who was present at the meeting,
then spoke about various, aspects of
UNA activity. She gave special atten­
tion to the UN A`s new dpubleryour-life-
insurance offer for current members
under age 65. In other organizing
matters, Mrs. Diachuk explained that
the UNA's goal is 1,000 new members
by the end of the year.
She also touched upon the UNA's
financial status, noting that assets had
surpassed S47 million, and on the
planned merger of the UNA and the
Ukrainian Fraternal Association, the
decline in membership and possible new
insurance plans.
During the ensuing discussion, Bph-
dan Cymbalisty, a member of UNA
Branch 356 who was a delegate to the
30th Convention, thanked the UNA for
its financial support of The Ukrainian
Museum in New York. Dr. Cymbalisty
is president of the museum's board of
directors. nt
Refreshments were then served, and
discussion on various UNA and com­
munity matters continued..
Baltimore
BALTIMORE - The Baltimore
UNA District Committee, which in­
cludes nine branches of the Baltimore,
Washington and Richmond, Va., areas,
held its organizing meeting on Sunday,
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October 17, at the Self-Reliance hall. Soyuzivka in September..
The meeting was opened and chaired The meeting ended with the district
by District Chairman Bohdan Yasin- chairman assuring the supreme or­
sky and the minutes were taken by ganizer that his area would do every­
Ostap Zyniuk. Mr. Yasinsky greeted thing possible to reach its quota of new
Supreme Organizer' Stefan Hawrysz members. Everyone enjoyed refresh­
and newly elected Supreme Advisor ments prepared by John Malko and his
Eugene Iwanciw, as well as all present wife.
UNA members. '
Each secretary gave a brief report on
his branch's work; the district chair-' Shamokin
man noted that in a nine-month period
FRACKVILLE, Pa. - The organiz­
some secretaries had not organized any
ing meeting of the Shamokin UNA
members; the district is 26 members
District Committee was held here on
short of its quota.
Sunday, October 23, at St. Michael's
Supreme Organizer Hawrysz gave a
Club.
general overview of UNA matters.
Tymko Butrej, chairman of the dis­
He reported about the progress of
trict, opened the meeting and greeted
organizing efforts. Although the UNA
Supreme Organizer Stefan Hawrysz.
gained 1,434 new members in the
District Secretary Helen Slovik took
UnitecsStates and Canada this year, it
the minutes.'
lost 1,000 members, he said. Reasons
for this loss include the fact that at the - Branch 90 Secretary Joseph-Seder
began the meeting with a prayer. This
25th Regular 0NA convention in 1962,
the policies of UNA members who had' was. followed by the district chairman's
report on the/organizing efforts of the
bought P-20 or E-20 certificates had
matured this year. district committee. Out of a 100-mem-
ber quota, the district has already
The supreme organizer added that
enrolled 82 members, he said.
the UNA assets are approaching S47
million. In the past nine months, more Mr. Hawrysz congratulated the dis­
membership dues have been collected trict for the work it has been doing for
than in the same time period in past the UNA and informed all present
years, although fewer new members about current UNA matters.
have been organized, he said. This In a nine-month period in 1982, the
means that the UNA is selling insurance UNA has acquired 1,434 new members,
policies of greater value, he added. however, this number does not cover
the losses in membership. On the
The supreme organizer also spoke financial side, he added that the UNA
about Soyuzivka, the merger of the has over S47 million in assets.
UNA and the Ukrainian Fraternal Mr. Hawrysz mentioned the fact that
Association, and the increase in the the Svoboda subscription rate will be
subscription rate for Svoboda from increased in 1983 from S7.80 to S15.
S7.80 to SI5 per year for UNA'ers. The supreme organizer thanked all
Mr. Hawrysz praised John Malko, the secretaries who had enrolled new
secretary of UNA Branch 320, for members in the past year, mentioning
enrolling 11 new members, Adam Joseph Chaban, secretary of Branch
Cizdyn, secretary of Branch 34 (five 242, who organized 30 new members for
members) and Lev Blonarowych, secre­ the UNA. Mr. Hawrysz also mentioned
tary of Branch 34 (five members). New the other 11 secretaries, who had
applications were also brought in by recruited 10 or less new members.
Mr. Zyniuk, secretary of Branch 15, and A discussion followed, in which
Mychajlo Choma, secretary of Branch participants of the meeting talked about
290. Soyuzivka, Svoboda and the double-
Supreme Advisor Iwanciw thanked your-life-insurance offer.
the UNA members for electing him The district secretary, Mrs. Slovik,
during the May convention and said mentioned that the district had contri­
that he is ready to help secretaries in any buted a monetary gift to the Rev. Hilary
way he can. He also informed everyone Wroblewsky on the occasion of his 50th
of the Supreme Assembly meeting at year in the priesthood. The district also
donated S25 for a liturgy in memory of
John Wysbchansky, who died while
attending the UNA Convention in May.
District'treasurer Adolph Slovik
proposed that secretaries who have
organized new members receive a free
weekend stay at Soyuzivka.
The next district meeting was sche­
duled for April 17. At the close of the
meeting, District Chairman Butrej
thanked all the members present and
invited them to partake of a repastpre-
pared by Mr. Chaban. The meeting was
closed with a prayer led by John
Petruncio.
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Document No. 195 Basilicm sisters hold conference

(Continued from p a p 6)
all the members of the Helsinki groups in Armenia, Georgia, Lithuania .and PHILADELPHIA - The entire The Saturday sessions were devoted
Ukraine are arrested or imprisoned. After the arrest of Ivan Kovalev on August 25, community of the Sisters of St. Basil the to a study of the revised draft of the
1981, only three persons were left in фе Moscow Helsinki Group, and it was placed Great of the Sacred Heart Province of "Charism, Nature and Aim of the
in a situation under which further work became impossible. Philadelphia, convened at the mother- Order," chaired by Sister Dia, member
On December 23,1981, criminal proceedings were raised against one of the three house in Fox Chase for the second of the constitutional study commission;
remaining members of the group - S. V. Kalistratova. On September 6,1982, she session of their Provincial Chapter, on and the province goals, chaired by
was charged under Article. 190-1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian SFSR, the November 25. 5ister Cecilia of the government com­
primary basis of which appear to be documents No. 69 and 181, in particular, of the The chapter was formally opened by mission. The members prioritized the
Moscow Helsinki Group. the provincial superior. Mother Theo- goals previously presented at regional
Under these conditions, the group cannot fulfill the responsibilities it took upon dosia, in the auditorium of the Basilian meetings in the province.
itself, and, under pressure of the authorities, is forced to cease its activity. Faculty House. All the remaining Proposals submitted by individual
sessions were held in the Seminar Room commissions or members were voted
Members of the Moscow Helsinki Group of the Basileiad Library of Manor upon on Sunday. Mother Theodosia
Yelena Bonner Junior College. The chapter was open presented an update on the status of the
Sofia Kalistratova to elected delegates and observers. province.
Naum Meiman The reflections and discussions on Sister Dorothy Ann, chairperson of the
Friday consisted of a in-depth study of chapter steering committee, and the
the vows of chastity and obedience, sisters'council, then, invited the council
presented by the communication com­ members to remain for a planning
Self-liquidation of Helsinki groups mission chaired by Sister M. Jerome; session immediately following the
the vow of poverty was presented by the closing of the chapter.
Editorial published in the November 3,1982, issue of Ukrainske Narodne finance and development commission
Slovo (Ukrainian National Word), the biweekly newspaper published by the chaired by Sister Benigna.
Ukrainian National Aid Association, a fraternal organization based in f,Matters pertaining to the legality of
LUC branch
Chicago. the forms to be used for admission elects officers
agreement and disposal of possessions
In September 1982 Document No. 195, signed by Academician Sakharov`s wife prior to perpetual profession were MARION HEIGHTS, Pa. - The
and others, reached the free world from Moscow. In the document it was deliberated upon. Sister Rose of Lima League of Ukrainian Catholics chapter
announced that the Moscow Group for Promotion of the Implementation of the SSJ, canonist for the Philadelphia at St. Mary's Church here recently held
Helsinki Accords in the USSR and its affiliates in Kiev, Tbilisi, Yerevan and other Archdiocese, and Sister Barbara Springer elections of officers for 1983-84.
cities were liquidating themselves. The reason cited for the self-liquidation was that SSJ, were available throughout the day Elected were: Michael Fasolka, presi­
most of the members of various groups are in prisons and they cannot do anything. to facilitate discussions and to interpret dent; Jolynn Yakim, vice president and
This announcement is the normal result of attempts at legal battle under the tenets of the new code of canon law publicity chairman; Dorothy Cuff,
conditions of dictatorship. One can respect the members of the Kiev Helsinki pertaining to the vows. treasurer; and Betty Yakim, secretary.
Group who bravely undertook the battle against Moscow's imperialism-
communism and are now being punished in prisons, concentration camps and
"psykhushkas,"1 but one cannot consider their attempt expedient. Having revealed Mrs.-Sunstein pointed out that the
themselves to the occupying force, they were doomed to failure and, ultimately, to American Jewish... undertaking of this project by the
self-liquidation. Under a totalitarian system one mustfightthe enemy using other (Continued from page 4) American Jewish Committee was the
methods. The heroic OUN2 used many of these methods in the native land. average in income and tax contribu­ natural outgrowth of the committee's
As of September 1982 the representatives abroad of the Kiev Helsinki Group, tions. The significant trend appears long-standing interest in a generous but
including former Soviet general Petro Grigorenko, Nadia Svitlychna and atheist only if one looks at newcomers' ex­ controllable immigration policy. This
Leonid Plyushch, lost, as they say, the foundation from under their feet. perience over a decade's time. project, Mrs. Sunstein said, "repre­
Incidentally, Gen. Grigorenko belonged at once to both the Moscow and Kiev о Findings in the field of mental sents the AJC's desire to reduce ethnic
groups, that is, he tried to simultaneously ride two horses. He did this of-his own health reveal that widespread depres­ tensions growing out of our large and
volition, since from Kiev came statements that the Ukrainian Group was not in sion arising from uprooting from one vibrant new immigration. It is an effort
accord with the actions of the central body in regard to the national question. culture to another often does not set in to update our social science knowledge
Having understood that members abroad of the self-liquidated groups no longer until at least a year's residence in the so that it can have a practical impact on
had any foundation, Gen. Grigorenko hastened to publish in the Ukrainian new country; in the first months of the lives of millions of new Americans."
National Association's Svoboda of October I, 1982, a statement titled "On the resettlement, migrants are too busy with
occasion of the self-dissolution of the Moscow Group," in which he attempts to the immediate problems offindingsjoys The Institute on Pluralism and Group
assert that "no one from the group's membership can decide for the other and housing to react normally to their Identity, founded in 1968, has pioneered
members." His fear is understandable, for now he would no longer have the changed situation. research, policy development and
opportunity to appear on the group's behalf with his theories5 of rule by the party,4 programming on issues relating to
о Studies of small-scale economies in pluralism in American society. It has
or, along with Ms. Svitlychna, to apologize for uncommitted sins of the Ukrainian cities indicate that it takes time for
nation of the Katyn type,5 where Moscow shot Polish officers. Privately, he can say recent arrivals to accumulate the capital produced path-breaking projects in the
what he wants. — areas of pluralistic education, group
and skills necessary to set up the small identity and mental health, coalition-
The Moscow Group, as well as the satellite Kiev and other groups, will remain for businesses that will eventually characte­
building, ethnic politics, family diver­
historians as an example of how many unnecessary losses can be sustained when rize their neighborhoods.
sity, immigration and health care.
anyone embarks on a legal battle for any kind of rights under a totalitarian system. о Investigations of large immigrant
It is in this perhaps — and only in this - that the meaning of the Helsinki groups communities show that linguistic transi­ Founded in 1906, the American
is to be found. tion to English is often a gradual Jewish Committee is this country's
We, as an organized society, acting individually or collectively through the process, with many intermediary steps pioneer human-relations organization.
UCCA, will continue to demand from Moscow the release of all political prisoners, along the way, and that the rate of It combats bigotry, protects the civil
and first of all the undefeated Yuriy Shukhevych who was not at all involved with change to the new language varies in and religious rights of Jews at home and
these groups.6 different occupational and age group­ abroad, and seeks improved human
ings. relations for all people everywhere.
1. A psychiatric institution.
2. Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists.
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word "teoria" (theory), the use of which connotes a particular disdain for the subject.
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name of the Soviet citizenry for the murders of Polish officers committed by the Soviet secret
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UNA Supreme... she noted.
Income increased on the UNA's
5135,910 more than in the same period
in 1981 (a 7.3 percent increase). Rent
(Continued bom pa^ i) certificates and bonds (by S315,000) and alone accounted for SI,965,030 of
ending November 30, 1982, UNA assets interest on mortgages (by approximate­ income (a 6.6 percent increase over
grew to 547,555,831, (an increase of ly 530,000). However, the total amount 1981).
5954,969 over 1981) during the 11- of dues collected decreased by about The UNURC's expenses totaled
month period, she noted. In the pre­ 539,000; the amount collected in the 11- 5 1,771,817 and were nearly equal to
vious two years the growth in assets was month period was 52,711,448, the those of the previous year, although
was higher (Sl.475,787 in 1981 and supreme treasurer reported. there were additional expenses, such as
51,283,808 in 1980), she explained, Soyuzivka's income for the period 544,813 of corporate taxes for the first
because UNA convention expenses in was 5530,626, or an increase of 510,000 years of the corporation's existence..
1982 increased disbursements consi­ for the same period in 1981. However, Payments of interest on loans were
derably (5358,388 has been spent to date expenses increased by 516,000. In 533,000 less than in 1981. In November,
on convention-related expenses). addition, 531,530 was spent on repairs the UNURC paid up its bank loan, and
Expenses increased in the 11-month at the estate, 512,342 for fire-safety it is left only with a debt to the UNA of
period for the Svoboda Press (5182,000 provisions, 519,340 for various equip­ 58,400,000 and to UNA members, on
higher), matured certificates (5163,000 ment and furnishings, and 516,500 for promissory notes, for 54,492,000.
higher), death benefits (536,000 higher) electrical supplies, carpeting, paint and Mrs. Diachuk also gave a general
and cash surrenders (535,000 higher). other items. overview of the work of the UNA's
The total of the higher expenses men­ The Ukrainian National Urban Re­ fraternal activities coordinator, Marta
tioned was 5774,000, but there were newal Corporation, said Mrs. Diachuk, Korduba.
other increased expenditures as well, had income of 51,997,427, that is,
Report of supreme secretary
Mr. Sochan reported that in the past
11 months of 1982, branch secretaries,
organizers and convention delegates
A SPECIAL OFFER had enrolled 1,891 new members, of
which 605 became members of the
FOR UNA MEMBERS: juvenile and 1,075 of the adult depart­
ments, while 211 members received
DOUBLE YOUR LIFE INSURANCE accidental death and dismemberment
(ADD) certificates. In December, to
WITHOUT date, the UNA has already received 300
new membership applications, he said.
A MEDICAL EXAMINATION Mr. Sochan also reported that, in this
same period, losses in membership
included: a net suspension figure of 26
(after deducting reinstatements from
WHO CAN DOUBLE HIS INSURANCE? total suspensions), 1,174 cash surrenders,
All current members of the UNA`between the ages of 0 and 65 875 matured endowments, 1,148 certifi­
cates (P-20 and P-65) becoming fully
WHAT PLAN Of INSURANCE CAN I CHOOSE? " 13 paid-up, and 845 deaths.
Since, the number of new members
For ages 0 to 60, any life or endowment plan now being offered by did not cover the expected number of
the UNA. ,. 83 losses in membership,''the UNA sus­
For ages 61 to 65 the member must chooseЦв Whole Life Plan, tained a net loss of 2,131 in active
membership in the 11 months and 1,587
Class W. У. v..:` J - p r j f T ! у `\
in total membership, which includes
- , -. . . -, . . '` " J2.' those on paid-up and extended in­
WHAT PREMIUM RATE WILL I PAY?, surance. As of November 30 there were
59,100 active members in the UNA,
The rate will depend on the plan jol your choiceind current age.
while total membership numbered
WHAT AMOUNT ОГ INSURANCE С 4 ^ В и у ? ^ Д 81,822, which includes members on
paid-up and extended insurance.
` You may-apply for Jthe same amoulifof i'nsurartc^ih'us-doubling'ydur The publicized campaign for doubl`
protection with thV UNA, or for less, r^weve^ih'e minimum would The publicized campaign for dou­
:;
be SI,000,.... r -. ; ,'^'v` . bling the insurance of current members
without art additional medical exam
DO I NEED A MEDICAL EXAMINATION? : attracted over 200 applications for new
The.Home-.Offite.will.accept the application without a medical ex­ certificates; 90 percent of the applicants
amination. Only If your non-medical application indicates that you have were members age 61 to 65, the rest
a health,problem, will the Home 0" i c e request a medical report. were members age 56 to 60, the supreme
secretary said. This double-your-life-
insurance offer was announced in mid-
October 1982 in Svoboda and in The
Ukrainian Weekly, and also through
ATTENTION: THIS OFFER advertising flyers mailed to branch
secretaries, organizers and individual
members.
EXTENDED . In accordance with the decision of the
30th Convention, the increase in the
to MARCH 31, 1983 Svoboda subscription rate for members
to 515 annually, 57.50 semi-annually,
53.75 quarterly or 51.25 monthly takes
M e m b e r s who have not yet d o n e so can take advantage of this offer. effect January 1. Mr. Sochan reported
that the Recording Department has
completed the task of changing IBM
Please contact your UNA branch secretary to apply for the above offer. If yoa wish tabulation cards and the assessment
to obtain an application and additional information from the UNA Home Office regard­ lists to conform with the increase
ing this insurance, send your name and address to: taking effect on January 1 or from the
next premium payment due in 1983.
UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Inc. With the "dues notice" cards of pay­
P.O. Box. 17a ш Jersey City. N. J. 07303 ments falling due in January, secretaries
also received supplies of cards explain­
ing the new rates, which they could mail
or deliver to members whose dues
Name include the subscription rate for Svo­
boda.
After consultation with the UNA's
Street and number
actuaries, the supreme secretary said he
prepared a proposal to increase the
maximum amount of insurance without
City, state or province, postal code a medical examination and the intro­
duction of insurance with a medical
report for unlimited insurance amounts.
No. 1
This proposal will include new reinsu­
rance limits for higher amounts of in­
surance.
Mr. Sochan also reported that efforts
to obtain approval of the new texts of
UNA insurance certificates to conform
with the new "readability" requirement
have not yet been completed, since the
UNA is still waiting for approval from
some state insurance departments. In
addition, the new form of membership
applications has been printed and is
still waiting for approval by state
insurance-departments.
He said that the Recording Depart­
ment's next projects coyer the revision
of all UNA certificates, including their
premiums, withdrawal equities, divi­
dends and payment of rewards, as well
as the introduction of new classes of
insurance.
As to new classes of insurance, Mr.
Sochan said the UNA is conferring not
only with its actuaries, but also with
other life insurance experts, such as
James Ballew, and with other ex­
perienced salesmen of commercial life
insurance. These reforms and new
certificates may be tied in with the
merger of the UNA and the Ukrainian
Fraternal Association, regarding which
talks are being held by the leaders of
both associations. -
Maria Savchak, secretary of the 30th
UNA Convention, is now completing
the transcribing of the minutes of the
convention, part of which is now being
prepared for publication in Svoboda,
Mr. Sochan said.' `
For some time now, the UNA has
been holding conferences on moderniz­
ing and increasing the mechanization of
home office work by utilizing com­
puters and other modern office equip­
ment. Upon further examination of the
proposals from several data processing
companies; the UN A will make a proper
decision, based on its needs and on the
cost of modernizing its systems, he said.
The supreme secretary illustrated his
report with tables showing statistical
data on new members', on changes in
membership, on active as well as total
membership, plus tables of all members
according to classes of insurance.
Supreme organizer's report
In his report, Mr. Hawrysz said that
in the first 11 months of 1982 the UNA
had gained 1,891 new members, with
insurance totalling 55.5 million. The
bulk of the report, however, covered the
period from July 1, the day Mr. Hawrysz
officially took over the position pre­
viously held by Wasyl Orichowsky. Mr.
Hawrysz was elected to the post during
the 30th Regular UNA Convention held
in Rochester, N.Y., last May. ; f
Mr. Hawrysz said that out of 398
delegates to the convention, 250 had
managed to enroll new members, while
138 have thus far failed to organize any.
He also noted that in August and
September the UNA offered 525 bonuses
to branch officers enrolling at least five
new members with life insurance certi­
ficates, but added that only 10 persons
managed to earn the bonuses.
Mr. Hawrysz also noted that UNA
districts in the United States and
Canada began their organizing meet­
ings in September, with 19 districts
meeting individually and the three New
England districts - New Haven, Bos­
ton and Woonsocket — holding a joint
session. The three Canadian districts
also held organizing meetings, Mr.
Hawrysz reported. He noted that the
New England and Philadelphia districts
had held courses for branch secretaries.
On October 1, the fall organizing
campaign was announced and its goal
was set at 1,000 new members, said the
supreme organizer. In keeping with the
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UNA Supreme... .
(ГпиНині from page 14)
UNA'S point system, each branch
officer earning 150 points received a S50
bonus. Fourteen bonuses were awarded
in October and November.
Mr. Hawrysz also indicated that in
October the UNA Supreme Executive
Committee announced that members
up to age 65 can double their life
insurance policies without a medical
examination.
Reporting on the seventh convention
of district committee chairmen held at
Soyuzivka on November 13-14, Mr.
Hawrysz said that 18 districts were
represented and that members of the
Supreme Executive Committee took
part as lecturers.
Mr. Hawrysz noted that as of October
30, 150 of the 445 UNA branches had
failed to organize any new members. He
added that he had reinstated the UNA
Tribune pages in Svoboda, four of
which have already appeared in the
paper.
The supreme organizer also reported
that the UNA is continuing efforts to
hire new organizers, both permanent
and regional.
He went on to note that five UNA
districts have thus far enjoyed success­
ful organizing campaigns — Philadel­
phia (327 new members), New York
(159), Chicago (144), Detroit (116) and
would deal with all UNA matters in
Canada with an appropriate budget and
office.
Sen. Yuzyk also discussed the pre­
paration and publication of a book on
the history of the UNA in Canada.
Supreme vice president's report
Dr. Kuropas opened his remarks by
mentioning certain efforts to down­
grade the prestige of the UNA in the
Ukrainian community. In addition, he
mentioned his efforts in connection
with a recent episode of the TV series
"Taxi," which made a number of spurious
references to the Orthodox religion.
The vice president said that his efforts
were publicized in a recent issue of The
Ukrainian Weekly, and they have
resulted in a desired response.
Dr. Kuropas also discussed his
association with Dr. Oleh Wolowyna, a
demographer who prepared a work on
Ukrainians in America based on the 1970
Census. The work will be published by
the Harvard Ukrainian Research Insti­
tute, he said.
Among some of the more interesting
of Dr. Wolowyna `s findings mentioned
by Dr. Kuropas were that Ukrainians
rate first among ethnic groups in being
homeowners; that among East Euro­
pean groups Ukrainians have the most
women with higher educations; that
to purchasing a parcel of land adjacent
to the UNA estate.
Mr. Flis also reported on the current
state of affairs within the Ukrainian
community and on attempts to mend
the rift that occurred as a result of the
13th Ukrainian Congress Committee of
America conclave in 1980. Sen. Yuzyk
also provided information on this
matter.
The supreme president talked as well
about certain complications that have
arisen in regard to the release of the
documentary film "Helm of Destiny"
commissioned by the UNA from Slavko
Nowytski.
Svoboda editor-in-chiefs report
Mr. Flis then called on the Svoboda
editor-in-chief, Mr. Snylyk, to deliver
his report. The editor reported on the
already released 1983 UNA Almanac
and on hardships encountered by the
Svoboda editorial staff because of the
illnesses of editors Ludmila Wolansky
and Wolodymyr Lewenetz; the latter
has not yet returned to work, he added.
Mr. Snylyk also reported on other
Svoboda Press publications, including
plans for the 1984 UNA Almanac,
which will be dedicated to the 90th
anniversary of the UNA.
He reported that Svoboda editorial
staff member Lubov Kolensky had been
awarded the second prize in a literary
contest, and that Volodymyr Barahura,
the editor of the Veselka children's
monthly magazine, had received first
prize in the children's literature cate­
gory of a literary contest.
Mr. Snylyk expressed commendation
to Messrs. Hawrysz and Sochan for
their efforts in preparing the UNA
Tribune pages and other news stories on
UNA-related matters. ^ .
Executive Committee decisions
At the meeting, the UNA Supreme
Executive Committee decided the
following:
" To continue the double-your-life-
insurance offer (for present UNA mem­
bers under age 65) for another three
months, that is, through March 31
(Continued on page If)

Shamokin, Pa., (96).
In closing, Mr. Hawrysz reported the
establishment of a new UNA branch -
Branch 403 — in Beamsville, Ont. It was
formed largely through the efforts of
Maria Nechaj, he said, and is part of the
Niagara UNA District. Its patron is
Olha Basarab.
Vice presidentess's report
In her report, Mrs. Paschen informed
the executive about her trip to Elkhart,
Ind., on November 13. She said she
went there on the recommendation of
Mr. Sochan to look into the situation of
Branch 499, whose secretary, Sofia
Verbiansky, said she could no longer
continue her duties because of failing
eyesight.
During her visit, Ms. Paschen said
that the secretary agreed to carry on her
duties, and that the meeting had pro­
vided her with an opportunity to be­
come acquainted with some of the
problems facing each Ukrainian com­
munity.
She said that during her visit with the
local Ukrainian Orthodox pastor, she
was told that the local Russian Ortho­
dox parishioners have been using
various means to undermine the Ukrai­
nian community.
Ms. Paschen said that UNA interest
in these types of local community
problems is urgently needed.
The vice presidentess ended her
report by noting that she represented
the UNA at the recent World Federa­
tion of Ukrainian Women's Organiza­
tion congress.
Report of the supreme director for
Canada
In his report, Sen. Yuzyk talked
about a November 21 meeting of the
UNA's Canadian representation, which
he had called with the approval of Mr.
Flis. The meeting discussed and ap­
proved a proposed amendment to the
UNA By-laws dealing with Canada.
The amendment, first discussed at the
30th Regular UNA Convention, will be
examined by the Supreme Assembly
and then proposed at the next regular
convention. It would grant the UNA
Supreme Assembly power to establish a
board of directors for the UNA in
Canada, which, under the jurisdiction
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more Ukrainians still speak their mother
tongue than any than other East Euro­
pean group; that Ukrainians acclimate
themselves well to the American way of.
life, but keep their family traditions.
Dr. Kuropas said that the survey also
had some less positive findings, such as
that Ukrainians with a higher education
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regular price of one year's subscription to ІІШІПІаП ШШ
have more trouble converting it into
higher income than other groups. The
survey also showed thai 80 percent of all S3.75 for UNA members
Ukrainians live in cities, and that New
York state has the greatest number of (regularly (5)
Ukrainians.
The vice president said that the 1970s S6 for non-members
saw an "ethnic renaissance" in the (regularly S8)
United States, but he added that the
trend seems to have reversed itself in the
1980s. Give the
But, Dr. Kuropas was quick to add
that several ethnic groups are trying to yearlong gift
reverse the trend, noting that one
French group has already invited him to to your
attend a conference on language policy
in the United States. family, friends,
Dr. Kuropas suggested that the UNA
become involved in these matters be­ colleagues -
cause they offer important ways the
Ukrainian community can protect itself or yourself.
and flourish.
Supreme president's report
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Beginning his report, Mr. Flis ex­
plained that he would report on a
number of current matters, not neces­ Name -
sarily in the order of their importance. Address
He began by noting that all space in the City — State— Zip
UNA Building is rented, with the
exception of two stores on the main UNA member: D yes
floor of the building, the rental of which D no
is currently being negotiated.
The supreme president commended
the supreme organizer on the resump­
tion of the UNA Tribune pages in
Svoboda, and he reported that there are
now several candidates for-UNA or­
ganizers.
As regards home office matters, talks
are now being conducted with represen­
tatives of several data processing firms
on systems that would be of use to the
UNA, he said.
Mr. Flis reiterated Mrs. Diachuk's
remarks that certain expenditures must
be made, at the Soyuzivka resort. He
said that in the spring the UNA plans to
review and prepare a project for a home
for senior citizens at Soyuzivka. Also,
the UNA has been in contact with the
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PTA member Магіка Pawlowskyat

Friday, January 7
PREVIEW OF EVENTS (514)695-0907.
BOSTON: The liturgical choir of the
Catholic Church of Christ the King Sunday, January 9 bia, Md., between Baltimore and ONGOING
will perform a brief concert of Ukrai­ Washington on Route 29. This event
nian Christmas music in the rotunda PHOENIX, Ariz.: The Sisterhood of is also a fund-raiser for the cultural . CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: An exhibit at
of the Massachusetts State Capitol at the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian and charitable projects of the Ukrai­ the Widener Library lobby of Har­
noon. The Christ the King Choir, Catholic Church here is holding a nian association. vard University commemorates the
under the direction of Oles Ku/ma, traditional Ukrainian Christmas 350th anniversary of the Kiev Mohyla
will mark the Cliiistmas holiday as Dinner and the celebration of the WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.: The Academy. The exhibit will run through
celebrated by Ukrainians and other 35th anniversary of the ordination of Ukrainian American Club of the January 14. On display are over 120
Eastern Rite Christians in Massa­ their pastor, the Very Rev. Andrew Palm Beaches will hold its second items from Harvard's Ukrainian
chusetts. For more information, please Mykyta. The afternoon event will be annual "Malanka" dance tonight at collection, including 40 old printed.
call Ihor Kowal at (617) 235-5649. held after high liturgy at the church St. Mary's Church hall, Florida Ukrainian books, one manuscript
hall, 4318 W. Clarendon. Mango Road. The 510 admission and three !7th century maps. The
Sunday, January 9 includes dinner, live music from 9 exhibit was prepared by Oksana
p.m. to I a.m. and special entertain­ Procyk, Ukrainian specialist in the
Saturday, January IS Harvard College Library, and Leonid
ment by local artists.
MA?LEWOOD, N J.: Holy Ascen­ Heretz, Harvard student library
sion Ukrainian Orthodox Church COLUMBIA, Md.: The Ukrainian assistant.
has scheduled its 10th annual Christ­ Association of the Washington Me­ PITTSBURGH: The Western Penn­
mas Radio Program for the sick and tropolitan Area will hold its annual sylvania region of the Ukrainian
Orthodox League will sponsor its CHICAGO: The Ukrainian Institute
elderly. This year's program will " Malanka" ball and banquet with the of Modern Art will have a Christmas
broadcast the entire divine liturgy on presentation of debutantes at the. 25th annual"Malanka" at the Green-
tree Holiday Inn. Music for dancing Bazaar of drawings, paintings and
the third day of Christmas at 12:05 Rouse Building Ballroom in CoIum- sculpture by Ukrainian artists. All
p.m. over radio station WSOU FM- will be provided by the Corsairs
recording artists. the works, moderately priced, will be
89.5. FORKED RIVER, N.J.: The Ukrai­ on sale. The bazaar will be open from
Celebrating the liturgy will be the nian American Club of Ocean County Highlighting the event will be the
selection of Miss UOL of Western December 11 through January 9.
Rev. John Nakonachny, pastor. The is sponsoring its second annual
parish choir, under the direction of Ukrainian New Year's Eve dinner- Pennsylvania. Each chapter of the
region is permitted one candidate NEW YORK: The Mayana Gallery,
Leonid Charchenko, will sing the dance at the Oyster Bay Restaurant 21 E. Seventh St., is holding a
responses and traditional Ukrainian on Route 9. Hors d'oeuvres will be who must be single and between the
ages of 16 and 25. The winner will be Christmas exhibit of Slava Gerulak
carols. served from 7 to 8 p.m., followed by a works. The exhibit runs from De­
crowned by Susan Woznak, last
dinner (choice of prime rib of beef or year's winner. cember 17 through January 15.
Thursday, January 6 - Friday, flounder stuffed with crabmeat). Gallery hours are from 1 to 6 p.m.
January 7 Elizabeth Mitchell is serving as
Committee advises BYOB. committee chairperson. The Rev. Tuesday through Sunday; closed
In addition to the meal, Ukrai­ Andrew Beck is the advisor to the Monday's.
MAPLEWOOD, NJ.: Holy Ascen­ nian desserts will be served later in
"Malanka" committee. The planning
sion Ukrainian Orthodox Church the evening. The well-known Ukrai­ PREVIEW OF EVENTS is a
and organization of the "Malanka" is
services for Christmas are as follows: nian group "The Kolomeykas" will service provided free of charge by
being handled by the Ss. Peter and
Christmas Eve (January 6) — vespers , provide entertainment from 8 p.m. The Ukrainian Weekly to the Ukrai­
Paul Senior UOL Chapter of Car­
and carols at 8 p.m.; Christmas Day throughout the evening. Tickets are nian community. To have a Ukrai­
negie, Pa.
(January 7) - children caroling in S15 per person. For more informa­ nian community event listed in this
church at 9:30 a.m., parish choir tion and tickets call Marie Meehanat column please send, information
caroling at 9:45 a.m. and divine (201) 341-4127 or Ann Lichko (201) (type of event, date, time, place,
liturgy at 10 a.m. 240-0354. MONTREAL: The Marionnettes admission, sponsor, etc.) - a l o n g
Gural, featuring puppeteer Sonya with the phone number of a person
G u r a l , will perform the story who may be reached during daytime
and Canada;
UNA Supreme... " sponsorship of secretarial/organiz­
"Rukavychka," at 11 a.m. for Ukrai­
nian Saturday school children at St.
hours for any additional information
- to: PREVIEW OF EVENTS, The
(Continued from реве 15) ing courses in individual districts; Brendan's school here. For more Ukrainian Weekly, 30 Montgomery
(supreme secretary s proposal); e sponsorship of a central secreta­ information call (514) 687-1686 or St., Jersey City, NJ. 07302.
e To raise, as of January 1, the rial/organizing course at Soyuzivka;
maximum amounts of life insurance о continuation of efforts to establish
available without a medical examina­ new branches and of special incentives
tion for ages 0-40 to S50.000; 41-45, for those who organize members; Catechetical workshop announced
S25,000; 46-50, SIO,OOO; 51-55, S5.000; a establishment of special bonuses for
56-60, S3,000; 61-65, SI,000 (supreme higher amounts of insurance sold, as
well as bonuses for branches that enroll PHILADELPHIA - The Philadel­ The afternoon session will consist of
secretary's proposal);
at least one member (with a life in­ phia Archeparchy`s Office of Religious four mini-sessions, which will be re­
о To increase the total amount of
surance certificate) per month; Education, in conjunction with the peated at a later hour, to allow each
dividends paid out from the present
'announcement of separate awards Philadelphia Archeparchal Catechetical participant to attend two sessions of
5580,000 to 5640,000 in 1983 (supreme
for the most successful organizers; — Cqmmission^wjll jsponsor ,a-onerday his choice.. The sessions are: "Signi­
Treasurer's proposal).
catechetical workshop for catechists, ficance of Icons in Our Prayer Life,"
The`e`xecutives devoted special atten­ ^ an appeal to all readers of UNA
laity, religious and clergy of the arche- Sister Jerome OSBM`, "The Liturgy in
tion at their meeting to UNA organizing publications, asking them to enroll at
parchy arid interested personnel of Teaching Response," the Rev. Roman
matters, and decided that membership least one UNA member during the
other eparchies in the spring. Mirchuk; "Customs and Our Faith
drives in 1983 would be conducted with publications'jubilee year.
The workshop will be held at three Growth," Sister Anthony Ann OSBM;
a focus on the jubilees of UNA publica­ All the supreme organizer-'s propo­ "Prayer and the Family," Sister Helena
tions. sals were adopted by the Supreme different dates in three regions to give
all catechists the opportunity'to attend SMI.
The organizing goal for the year was Executive Committee.
the workshop closest to their area. The afternoon session will conclude
set at 4,000 new members insured for a Scheduled workshops are: with a divine liturgy, during which
total of S10 million. The supreme Also at the meeting, the supreme e Msgr. Ronald Popivchak will host Archbishop-Metropolitan Stephen
organizer, in making these recom­ officers established a three-person the workshop in Region 1, at Ss. Peter Sulyk's message to the catechists will be
mendations, also gave details on each committee, consisting of Mr. Flis, Dr. and Paul School, Bridgeport, Pa., on delivered.
district's and branch's organizing quota. Kuropas and Mr. Dragan, to look into February 19. Msgr. Danylchuck, executive
Mr. Hawrysz noted that the follow­ the possibility of erecting a monument e The Rev. John Stevensky will host of the commission, and Sister Jerome
ing could be used to enhance the on the grave of the Rev. Nestor Dmy- the workshop in Region 2, at St. OSBM, director of the Office of Reli­
effectiveness of the 1983 membership triw, who died in 1925 and is buried in Nicholas School, Minersville, Pa., on gious Education, will coordinate the
drive: Elizabeth, N.J. The Rev. Dmytriw was March 12. workshop program.
о the hiring of an assistant to the the UNA's second supreme secretary as
supreme organizer as well as regional well as the second editor of the Svo- о Msgr. Russell Danylchuck will host All pastors, catechists, parents,
organizers for both the United States boda daily. the workshop in Region 3, at Holy teachers, educational directors, princi­
Trinity School, Carnegie, Pa., on April pals, professionals, mature and young
16. adults, potential catechetists, laity,
The theme of the workshops is "Prayer і religious and clergy of all eparchies,
HNIZDQVSKY and the Catechist."The morning session who are interested in devoting their time
will be highlighted by two addresses: the and talents to the work of Christ's
WOODCUTS, 1944 - 1 9 7 5 Rev. Theodore Humanitzki, pastor of ministry, are invited to attend.
St. Nicholas Parish in Watervliet, N.Y.,
A Catalogue Raisonne by ABE M. TAHIR. Jr with a foreword by PETER A. WICK will give the keynote address on "The Detailed information and brochures
and an autobiographical essay by JACQUES HNIZDOVSKY Catechist: A Person of Prayer." The will, be available at a later date. For
Price: S2500 hard bound. Postage and handling one dollar. Very Rev. Martin Canavan, pastor of further information write to: Philadel­
New Jersey residents add 5 4 sales tan.
St. Nicholas Parish in Wilmington, phia Archeparchy, Office of Religious
SVOBODA BOOKSTORE Del., will speak on "The Catechist: An Education, 815 N. Franklin St., Phila­
3D Montgomery Street -"""'У City N J . 07303 Icon of Christ." A question-and-answer delphia, Pa. 19123; or call (215) 627-
period will follow each address. 0143.