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Lytvyn, Sichko receive new terms Senate passes three resolutions

NEW YORK - Two imprisoned
members of the Ukrainian group to defending Ukrainian rights-activists
- monitor-Sov^bcompliance with the
human-rights provisions of the 1975 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate Reagan for his action.
Helsinki Accords, have had additional passed a resolution calling on President Instrumental in the passage of the
terms tacked on to their sentences Ronald Reagan to proclaim November resolution by both houses of Congress
shortly before they were due to be freed, 9, 1982 — the sixth anniversary of the was the New Jersey-based Americans
reported the External Representation Ukrainian Helsinki Group's founding for Human Rights in Ukraine. Mem­
of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group here. — as a day honoring the group's mem­ bers of the organization kept in close
Recent reports from Soviet Ukraine bers. contact with the sponsors of House
indicate that Petro Sichko, 56, and Yuriy Passed on June 21, the resolution also Concurrent Resolution 205 and urged
Lytvyn, 48, each sentenced in 1979 to calls on the president to work for the other members of Congress to support
three-year labor-camp terms on sepa­ release of imprisoned Ukrainian Hel­ the measure.
rate charges s have been given new sinki monitors and to demand an end to (Continued on pep IS)
sentences. Soviet persecution of national' and
Mr. Lytvyu, convicted in 1979 for human-rights activists in Ukraine.
"anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda," Also on that day, the Senate passed
separate resolutions in defense of
The Weekly flag
was again charged with the same offense
w in April, and now faces an additional imprisoned Ukrainian rights activists Today, on the sixth anniversary
sentence of 10 years' imprisonment and Yuriy Shukhevych and Yuriy Badzio. of The Ukrainian Weekly's switch
five years' internal exile. The new term The Ukrainian Helsinki Group reso­ to a tabloid format we unveil a
marks the fifth time since 1951 that Mr. lution, designated House Concurrent new Weekly flag (that's the name-
- Yuriy Lytvyn Resolution 205, was originally intro­
Lytvyn has been, sentenced. plate at the top of a newspaper's
Mr. Sichko, whose two sons are also ground student orgarrization, but the duced in the House of Representatives frontpage)...
imprisoned, with the oldest, Vasyl, sentence was later commuted to 25 on October 21, 1981, and passed on Our new flag is meant to ac
receiving an additional term in January, years' bard labor. He was amnestied in May 4. Its sponsors were Reps; Ber­ curately reflect the present-day
was charged earlier this year with 1957 and released. nard J. Dwyer (D) and Christopher H. status of The Weekly as a news­
"slandering the Soviet state." the A translator and publicist by pro­ Smith (R), both of New Jersey. paper Independent - both edi­
same charge that lead to his imprison­ fession, Mr. Lytvyn was active in the The concurrent resolution was then torially and administratively -
ment in 1979. As a second offender, he Ukrainian nationalist movement before forwarded to the Senate for considera­ from Svoboda, and as a publica­
now faces a maximum of 10 years' and during. World War II. First sen­ tion and was approved by the Foreign tion of the Ukrainian National
imprisonment and five years' exile. tenced to three years in 1951, he was Relations Committee on June 15. Association.
An active member of the Ukrainian arrested again in 1955 and served 13 The Weekly flag used until now
liberation movement after World War years in prison. He wasarrested again in Awaits presidential action had been designed to show that
I, Mr. Sichko was sentenced to death in November 1974 and sentenced to three The Weekly was subordinate to
1947 for his involvement in an under- (Continued on pe^e S) The resolution now goes to President the Svoboda Ukrainian-language
daily. But, that status was altered
as of January 27,1981, when the
UNA Supreme Executive Com­
Oleksyn re-elected UFA chief mittee decided to return The
Weekly to Its roots of indepen­
dence (The Weekly had been
kUNA-UFA mergernegotiations approved editorially Independent since its
iar founding in 1933 until it was
I' GLEN SPEY, N.Y. - Ivan Oleksyn was re-elected placed under the supervision of
supreme president of the Ukrainian Fraternal Association at the Svoboda editor In 1957) and
the association's 20th quadrennial convention held here at the announced that The Weekly staff
UFA Resort Center, Verkhovyna, June 21 through 25. would now report directly to the
The 128 delegates and supreme officers attending the supreme officers.
convention unanimously approved continued negotiations We take this step In changing
toward the merger of the UFA with the Ukrainian National The Weekly flag, then, in hopes of
Association. overcoming a misconception
In addition to Mr. Oleksyn, elected to the UFA executive whereby The Weekly is still per­
board during the Friday, June 25, balloting were: Walter ceived as a part of Svoboda and a
Steck, first vice president; Jerry Pronko, second vice false notion that The Weekly
president; Petro Rodak, vice president for Сяпжія; Roman carries nothing more than an
Rychok, supreme secretary; Miroslaw Czapowsky; assistant English-language version of news
supreme secretary; Edward Pppil, financial secretary- published in Svoboda. In fact, the
treasurer; and Joseph Charyna, assistant financial secretary- great majority of materials pub­
treasurer. lished in The Weekly is not dupli­
The new UFA Auditing Committee consists of: Dmytro cated in Svoboda.
a | Korbutiak, Paul Konowtu, Roman Danyluk, Volodymyr So, dear readers, subscribers
ЩОтуїгепко and Walter Maik. and contributors, please take
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Michael Mochnacz, Wasyl Iwanciw, Mykola Perepichka, news Items and features to The
Michael Car, Vera Harkusha, Mykola Boychuk, Yaroslav Ukrainian Weekly - not Svoboda
"" Hankevych, Zenon Komonytsky, Anatole Falko, Oleksander Weekly (or any other imaginative
Skocen and Anatole Bilocerkivsky. variation thereof). Our address
A highlight of the UFA convention was the Wednesday remains the same: 30 Montgo­
evening, June 23, banquet attended by some 200 persons - mery St., Jersey City, N.J. 07302.
delegates, officers and guests representing various Ukrainian Thank you.
community institutions and organizations. The UNA'S John Flis and the UFA'S Ivan Oleksyn at the UFA - The editors.
(Continued on psfe 5) convention banquet.

Polish workers clash with police; Report Uniate revival in Ukraine
WASHINGTON - A document Church following the death of Metro­
hundreds arrested in Wroclaw which has just reached the West pro­ politan Andrey Sheptytsky in 1944.
WARSAW - Polish police clashed
briefly with a crowd of young people on
June 28 in the industrial city of Poznan
as some 4,000 workers marched to mark
the 26th anniversary of the fierce riots
there in 1956 that left at least 75 dead.
The New York Times reported that
scuffles broke out at the end of the
otherwise peaceful march, and that
police used tear gas and water cannon to
disperse several hundred younger
marchers who refused to leave when
ordered to do so.
The violence in Poznan coincided
with the arrest of 257 people in the
southwestern city of Wroclaw after a
crowd of several thousand workers tried
to lay a wreath at a plaque commemo­
rating the founding of the local chapter
of the banned Solidarity union.
According to reports reaching War­
saw, when workers reached the plaque
at the Wroclaw bus terminal, they were
met by a large force of riot police armed
with wafer cannon and tear gas who
told them to disperse. As the crowd
started to break up, the police began
checking identity papers and making
arrests.
It was the largest number of Poles
arrested at one time since the demon­
strations against martial law in Warsaw
and several other cities on May 3.
Prior to the violence in
Poznan workers from the Cegielski
engineering plant, where the
Tensions mount in Afghan Communist Party
after guerrilla ambush kills hundreds
NEW DELHI, India - Afghan
guerrillas ambushed and killed several
hundred young Communists near the
strategic Panjshir Valley about 70 miles
north of Kabul on June 14, an act which
has served to heighten opposition to
President Babrak Karmal from mem­
bers of the ruling Communist Party,
reported The New York Tunes.
According to reports reaching New
Delhi, the young party activists, mostly
teens, were killed after they had gone to
the valley to support a joint military
offensive by Afghan and Soviet forces
that apparently have seized control of
much of the narrow, winding corridor.
The killing of the young Commu­
nists has reportedly angered members
of the Khalq, or Masses, faction of the
party, who have resisted efforts by Mr.
Karmal's Parcham, or Flag, group to
send young recruits to the Panjshir to
spread the party's ideology.
The latest dispute, which surfaced
while Mr. Karmal was on a two-month
tour of East Germany and the Soviet
Union, is the newest manifestation of
the factionalism which has racked the
Communist Party in Afghanistan even
before the Soviet invasion in 1979. Mr.
Karmal, who returned to Kabul two
weeks ago, took power after Soviet
troops overthrew and killed his pre­
decessor, Hafizullah Amin.
Scores of members of the two factions
were gunned down in street battles
during the first months of President
Karmal's regime.
President Karmal's long absence
from Kabul has led to speculation that
bis control of the country may be
eroding. During his stay abroad, Soviet
and Afghan troops mounter1 one of
their biggest assaults on the guerrilla
stronghold in the Panjshir region, an
indication that his power may be waning.
Commenting on Mr. Karmal's long
absence from the capital, a Western
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
1956 disturbances began, marched
in groups along the sidewalks to the two
black marble crosses draped with rope
that were erected near the city center
last year to commemorate the uprising,
the Times said.
Reports said that the police surrounded
the demonstrators with green armored
buses when they reached the memorial
and began laying flowers in front of the
crosses. When police ordered them to
disperse quietly most did so, but fight­
ing broke out between the police and the
young, people, who taunted them with
cries of "Long live Solidarity" and
"Gestapo."
On Sunday, June 27, the Polish
authorities organized a low-key cere­
mony to commemorate the 1956 distur­
bances, which ended Poland's post-war
Stalinist period and ushered in the more
liberal regime of Wladyslaw Gomulka.
But the workers from the Cegielski
plant, who strongly supported the
Solidarity labor union last year, stayed
away' and organized a separate cere­
mony the following day.
The violence, the first between Soli­
darity supporters and police since the
June 16 riots in Wroclaw, coincided
with a statement by the leaders of
Poland's Roman Catholic Church
saying that more political detainees will
soon be released and appealing to the
country to prepare a peaceful welcome
for Pope John Paul II later this summer,
the Times reported.
diplomat said: "Either be is supremely
confident of everything being under
control — and everyone knows this is
not the case — or the Russians have
refined their running of the administra­
tion to such a point that his absence or
presence does not really matter."
Another Western diplomat reported
(Continued on page 15)
Soviet artist will
rejoin wife in West
MOSCOW - A Soviet artist who
fasted for 37 days for the right to
emigrate to West Germany to join his
wife and son was told on June 29 that he
would be given an exit visa, reported
United Press International.
"This is absolutely unexpected, and it
caught me totally by surprise,''said Iosif
Kiblitsky, 36, who lost almost 62
pounds during his hunger strike. He had
been trying to obtain permission to
leave the country since 1978, the year he
married Renata Zobel, a West German
teacher at that country's Moscow
embassy. They have a 2-year-old son.
Mr. Kiblitsky and six other Soviet
citizens with spouses in the West began
hunger strikes on May 10. Mr. Kiblit­
sky became the fifth member of the
group to get a visa or the promise of
one. All seven of those who began the
hunger strike have resumed eating. One,
Andrei Frolov, has already gone to the
United States and been reunited with
his wife.
Mr. Kiblitsky refused food until June
15, when he entered a hospital. He said
then that he thought he had failed in his
bid to win a visa and that he had acted to
prevent permanent damage to his health.
Shortly before being granted per­
mission to leave, Mr. Kiblitsky was
visited in Moscow by his wife.
SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1982
vides a detailed account of both the
persecution and widespread revival of
the Ukrainian Catholic Church, report­
ed the, Smoloskyp Ukrainian Informa­
tion Service.
According to the document, the
Church, which united with Rome in
1596 at the Union of Brest, has a long
history of persecution, highlighted by
the violent campaign launched by
Catherine II in 1795 after Russia's
annexation of western and southern
Ukraine following the partition of
Poland, and culminating with the
Soviet government's official campaign
against the Church in 1945-48.
That campaign reached its apex on
March 8-Ю, 1946, when an illegal, non-
canonical group convened a sobor in
Lviv and announced that the Union of
Brest was void, thus "reuniting" the
Church with the Russian Orthodox.
Prior to the synod, Soviet authorities
had arrested all of the Ukrainian Catho­
lic bishops and much of the clergy,
including then Metropolitan Josyf
Slipyj, who had become head of the
Ukrainian historian
disappears in Kiev
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. - Accord­
ing to reports from Kiev literary circles
which have just reached the West, well-
known poet, historian and literary critic
Evhen Kramar has disappeared, and
many of his friends fear that he may be
in police custody, reported the Smolo­
skyp Ukrainian Information Service
here.
A friend of the author's recently said
that Mr. Kramar had 'just vanished."
He added: "As to his whereabouts, I just
don't know. Maybe he's in jail, or
maybe in a mental hospital, or maybe he
is being punished in some more terrible
way."
The 49-year-old writer, a lawyer by
profession, lived near the town of
Lutske, and was a frequent contributor
to academic journals in Lviv and else­
where in Ukraine. He often wrote about
the Princely Era in Ukrainian history.
According to Smoloskyp, Mr. Kra­
mar had been arrested at one time, but
was quickly released. Throughout 1981,
his home was the target of sporadic
searches by the KGB. The reason for his
arrest and the KGB raids is not known.
About the fall of 1981, Mr. Kramar
disappeared from sight. Telephone and
written inquiries to city authorities have
been met with evasiveness, Smoloskyp
said.
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Several thousand bishops and priests
perished in prison or in exile, and 200
monasteries were closed. Metropolitan
Slipyj, who was released in 1963 and
elevated to cardinal in 1965, is now
considered the patriarch of the Ukrai­
nian Catholic Church.
After the Church was subordinated
to the Moscow partriarchate and Or­
thodox bishops, those priests and
bishops returning from prison or exile
have been barred by the government
from registering as clergy, the document
stated. With no officially recognized
new bishops, the Church has undergone
intense harassment and persecution.
Yet, despite government attempts to
completely eradicate the Church, Ca­
tholics still meet on Sundays, religious
holidays and other occasions, according
(Continued on puge 13)
Sociologist's letter asks
release of Polish detainee
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Alexander J.
Matejko, a sociologist at the University
of Edmonton, has written a letter in the
bulletin of the Canadian Association of
University Teachers calling for a letter-
writing campaign to free a' colleague
imprisoned in Poland since the declara­
tion of martial law there in December.
Elisabeth Regulska, a 27-year-old
social anthropologist at the University
of Warsaw interned on December 13, is
the writer's niece. Although official
charges against her are unknown, she
was a member of KOR, a dissident
group founded in 1976 to defend workers
detained that year following labor
disturbances in Gdansk and other
Polish cities.
According to Mr. Matejko, she was
also concerned with the rights of Po­
land's minorities. He writes: "Later on,
she also became interested in the. fate of
Ukrainians in Poland and started to
work on her Ph.D. thesis devoted to this
touchy subject."
Orphaned at an early age, Ms. Regul­
ska had been taking care of her mentally
disabled brother, Witold, 22, who now
has nobody to look after him, said Mr.
Matejko.
Although Mr. Matejko and his family
send parcels of food and clothing for her
brother, he says that broader action
would be more helpful in obtaining Ms.
Regulska's release.
"A large number of letters from
Canadians addressed to the Polish
authorities may be very helpful," said
Mr. Matejko.
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Rights committee confers with Abrams CN Week observances planned

WASHINGTON - Members of the
Philadelphia-based Ukrainian Human
Rights Committee met here at the State
Department on June 16 with Elliot
Abrams, assistant secretary of state for
human rights and humanitarian affairs,
who told the group that the Reagan
administration was sensitive to the issue
of human rights.
During the meeting, which was also
attended by Hugh Simon, director for
Eastern and Western Europe, commit­
tee members raised the issue of the
Carter administration's decision not to
go ahead with opening a U.S. Consulate
in Kiev to protest the Soviet invasion of
Afghanistan.
Mr. Abrams acknowledged that not
opening the consulate may not have had
the desired effect, but said that some
type of action had to be taken by the
United States to show American dis­
pleasure with Soviet aggression.
He went on to defend the Reagan
administration against what he said was
an unwarranted perception that it does
not have a vocal human-rights policy,
citing the president's strong stand
against Soviet involvement in Poland's
declaration of martial law last Decem­
ber.
During the meeting, Mr. Abrams
Elliot Abrams
accepted an invitation from the com­
mittee to attend a reception here on
June 23, which capped off Human
Rights Awareness Week in the nation's
capital sponsored by the committee and
the House Ad Hoc Committee on the
Baltic States and Ukraine.
Representing the committee at the
meeting were Ulana Mazurkevich,
chairperson; Christine Senyk, press
liaison; and members Christine Shust
and Odarka Turceniuk.
NEW YORK - Two separate
observances are planned here for this
year's commemoration of Captive
Nations Week, which was esta­
blished in 1959 by a joint Con­
gressional resolution authorizing
and requesting the president to set
aside the third week in July for the
celebration.
This year, Captive Nations Week
will be officially celebrated from July
18 to July 25.
To mark the event, held to support
the millions of people living under
Communist domination, the Captive
Nations Committee Inc., is sponsor­
ing a march down Fifth Avenue, a
special memorial mass and a rally in
Central Park.
The march will begin on Sunday,
July 18, at 9 a.m., and organizers
have asked marchers to assemble at
Fifth Avenue and 59th Street near
the Plaza Hotel. The march will
proceed south along the avenue to
historic St. Patrick's Cathedral at
50th Street, where a memorial mass
will be celebrated at 10 a.m.
Marchers will then re-assemble in
front of the cathedral at 11 a.m., and
then move north to the Central Park
band stand near 72nd Street, where a
rally is scheduled for noon.
Rep. Larry McDonald (D-Ga.)
will be the grand marshal for the
parade. t
A week earlier, on July 11, another
march will be held, this one or­
ganized by the Metropolitan New
York branch of the UCCA and the
Ukrainian division of the American
Friends of Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of
Nations Inc.
The march is scheduled to begin at
10:30 a.m. at 51st Street and Fifth
Avenue, and will move up to the
band shell in Central Park, where a
cultural program is planned. Among
those appearing will be the Karpaty
dance ensemble. Prof. Nicholas
Chirovsky will be one of the speakers.
The grand marshal of the parade
will be Thomas W. Gleason, presi­
dent of the International Long­
shoremen's Association of the AFL-
CIO.
In all, 35 nations appear on the
Captive Nations Committee Inc. list
of areas subjugated by communism,
including Afghanistan, Ukraine, the
Warsaw Pact countries, North and
South Vietnam, and such regions as
Serbia, Slovenia and Idel Ural.

Conference discusses new roles for ethnics in school-community relations

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of business can do something like what we
HecHage News Service, which provides the public sector for solving problems. the Copernicus Foundation. have done."
news, commentary and story ideas on Government must identify and tap into "This exercise is not meant as a Maynard Wishner, president of the
ethnicity and socialpolicy. It is a project the strengths of these ethnic systems," criticism of the schools. We are not Walter Heller and Company investment
of the American Jewish Committee's he continued. educators in the formal sense of that firm and national president of the
Institute on Pluralism and Group Ethnic problem-solving is illustrated, word, nor do we wish to interfere in the American Jewish Committee, described
Identity. said Mr. Kulas, by the success of province of professional educators. But how early Jewish immigrant aid socie­
Security Savings and Loan, which he we are in a position to act as partners ties developed into an extensive net­
CHICAGO - Ukrainian American heads. Security was recently rated, in a with educators in a meaningful and work of social service agencies. Mr.
leader Julian Kulas, along with other Chicago Sun-Times series on Dlinois' appropriate way;" noted Andrew A- Wishner added "we are now called
white ethnic, black, Hispanic and Asian saving and loan industry, as one of the thens, president of the United Hellenic upon to use that resource for members
American business and education few profitable institutions in the state. American Congress and the Metron of all groups who come to Chicago from
leaders, outlined an impressive array of Mr. Kulas attributed the success of Steel Corporation. around the world. These services,
resources available in ethnic communi­ Security and a surprising number of One of the ways ethnic communities including medical, educational and
ties and called upon public schools to other medium-sized and small ethni­ can help educators, said Anthony J. vocational aid, came out of impulses of
take advantage of such resources at a cally oriented institutions to their Fornelli, is in mobilizing political self-help, and illustrate how these
recent conference in Chicago. ability to "integrate an understanding of support for education. impulses of self-help, constructively
The conference, titled Hard Tunes ethnic values into standard business "Education can no longer afford to channeled, can benefit everyone in
and Beyond: New Roles for Ethnic decisions." Security, said Mr. Kulas, simply be altruistic, but must also society."
Leaders in School-Community Rela­ has loan officers who speak five lan­ become adept at the politics of educa­ Mitchell Kobelinski, president of the
tions, attracted 150 civic, ethnic, busi­ guages other than English, and who tion funding, and must learn to appeal Copernicus Foundation and Kore In­
ness and education leaders, including understand the cultures of various to the powerful ethnic constituencies of ternational, a trading and consulting
six of the 17 members of the Illinois ethnic communities. legislators, in Springfield and Washing­ firm, pointed out that "we are blessed in
State Board of Education (ISBE) and This ability of ethnic organizations to ton, who hold the public education this country with a tremendous multi­
State Superintendent of Schools Donald solve problems and deliver resources for purse strings," said Mr. Fornelli, vice ethnic resource, which used to be
Gill. It was organized by the Dlinois the larger society will strengthen their chair of the Chicago Plan Commission considered a kind of subculture. In fact,
Consultation on Ethnicity in Educa­ demands for social justice, said partici­ and president of Festa Italiana. knowledge of the language and culture
tion, the ISBE and the Institute on pants in "Hard Times and Beyond." In addition to providing political of foreign countries is crucial to the
Pluralism and Group Identity of the "During the 60s and 70s, ethnic support, said participants, white ethnic, success of American's efforts in inter­
American Jewish Committee, and was communities have focused on demands black, Hispanic and Asian communities national business and diplomacy and
held Thursday and Friday, June 3 and for justice. That will remain our top can provide: social service expertise our own economic, political and social
4, at the Dlinois Athletic Club and the priority, but will be joined in the 80s by which can help solve behavior problems systems."
Americana Congress Hotel in Chicago. the ideal of service — ethnic communi­ in schools, ethnic businesses which offer "These resources reflect the new tenor
"Educators must begin to train stu­ ties sharing their resources and skills economic support and curriculum of ethnic activism in the 80s, as ethnics
dents to operate in an increasingly with American society," said Edwin enrichment for schools, ethnic activists consolidate the gains they made in the
interdependent world, and should Cudecki, director of foreign languages with resources for global education, 60s and 70s," said Irving Levine, na­
realize that in our cities' multiethnic for the Chicago Public Schools and linguistic skills to aid America's tional director of the Institute on
communities we have largely untapped chair of the ICEE. sagging international fortunes, and Pluralism and Group Identity of the
resources for this task," Mr. Kulas told In explaining the purpose of the cultural expertise to ease the adjustment American Jewish Committee. "While
civic leaders at a June 3 reception at the meeting Mr. Cudecki said, "Many of of immigrants and refugees. we may disagree about how powerful a
Dlinois Athletic Club. our speakers are what I call 'domestic "With the success of a business goes a force ethnicity is, we know that is it
Many Chicago neighborhoods have diplomats', because they are involved in responsibility," said reception speaker important. Policymakers and ethnics
survived the problems afflicting older the mainstream as leaders in business, Ed Gardner, president of Soft Sheen need to use it constructively now. While
industrial cities, said Mr. Kulas, largely finance, public affairs and the pro­ Beauty Products and a board member ethnic groups will continue to advocate,
because of the skills and values em­ fessions, and because they are deeply of the Chicago Urban League. "One agitate and struggle for social justice,
bodied in ethnic organizations. involved in the activities of their ethnic purpose of our company is to provide they are also offering something them­
selves — support systems for institu­
"The vigor of many ethnic neighbor­ communities and provide leadership to jobs and opportunities in the black tions in society that are failing, a kind of
hoods demonstrates that city neighbor­ the community at large." community. We have helped many of
ethnic statemanship and coalition-
hoods are not doomed because they are "Through the give and take of the our 400 employees in purchasing homes, building."
old or are near areas of ethnic change," consultation's coalition building pro­ taking care of their families and in other
he said.. "It also suggests that ethnic cess, these ethnic leaders have learned to ways. We adopted Percy Julian High Schools need to understand how
communities generate numerous pro­ search for a common ground among School by paying the salary of their ethnicity can be an important partner
blem-solving resources, including spe­ their communities. They are now in a theater arts teacher, who had been laid with public education in preserving
cialized businesses, financial institutions position to share the social service, off because of Board of Education respect for diversity and a sense of
and a variety of service agencies built education, economic and arts and budget cuts, allowing her to remain at history against the influences of the
around self-help and mutual aid. Schools, humanities resources of their commu­ the school as a teacher for five months electronic media, said education re-
social service organizations and cultural nities with the schools," added Mr. until the board hired her back. Every (Contfnued on ptfc 15)

U. of Toronto Library acquires microfilm
TORONTO - In thefirstyear of the
Peter Jacyk microfilming project di­
rected by the Chair of Ukrainian Studies,
200 reels of microfilm have been added
to the Ukrainian collection at the
University of Toronto Library.
This represents about half of the
extensive, project which will include all
pre-1918 Ukrainian serials held at the
Austrian National Library in Vienna. A
few titles have also been obtained from
the National Museum in Prague and the
Szechenyi National Library in Budapest.
Among the titles already received are
Zoria halytska (1848-57) and Dnewnyk
ruskiy (1848), the oldest Ukrainian!
serial publications, and thefirst20 years
of Dilo (1880-99), the most important
daily newspaper of Galicia's Ukrai­
nians. Besides newspapers and journals
of Galician and Bukovinian interest, the
Jacyk microfilm project has also made
available Pravda (1867-96) and Zoria
(1880-97), the representative journals
Canadian Association ofSlavists meets
OTTAWA - At the annual meetings
of the Learned Societies of Canada,
which were held this year at the Univer­
sity of Ottawa, from May 30 to June 12,
the Canadian Association of Slavists
held three days of sessions on a variety
of topics concerning the literature,
language and history of most of the
Slavic nations.
Over 100 university teachers of Slavic
studies from universities and colleges
across Canada participated in this
program.
A special banquet honoring Sen.
Paul Yuzyk was held on Parliament
Hill. Senators and members of the
House of Commons of Slavic origin,
including Sen. Stanley Haidasz, the first
minister of multiculturalism, were in
attendance.
Mail registration announced
for Ukrainian women's conference
NEW YORK - The Organizing
Committee of the Ukrainian Women's
Conference announced recently that
mail registration for the October 2-3,
weekend event has begun.
"Ukrainian Woman in Two Worlds,"
to be held at Soyuzivka, the Ukrainian
National Association's estate in the
Catskill Mountains of New York state,
is expected to draw several hundred
Ukrainian women from the East Coast
as well as other parts of the United
States and Canada.
The format of the conference, which
begins Saturday at 10 a.m. and ends
Sunday at 3 p.m., will be panels and
workshop sessions .on a variety of
important issues facing the new genera­
tion of Ukrainian women in America.
Both the Ukrainian and English lan­
guages will be used. The program will
also include an exhibit of women's art
and cultural presentations throughout
the weekend. A concert by women
performing artists is also planned for
Saturday evening,.October 2.
The topics to be discussed include:
the role of women in preserving Ukrai­
nian identity and culture; Ukrainian
schools and youth organizations; mixed
marriages; Ukrainian language; Ukrai­
nians and American politics; Ukrai­
nians and the media; the problems of
the working woman, handling both
career and family; the Ukrainian male's
views on Ukrainian women and father­
hood.
Also to be covered: woman in crisis,
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for the Ukrainian national movement as
a whole during the hut decades of the
19th century.
According to Prof. Paul R. Magocsi
of the Chair of Ukrainian Studies, who
heads the microfilm project, "The Peter
Jacyk Collection of Ukrainian Serials
will, when completed in the next few
months, transform the University of
Toronto into the leading repository of
pre-1918 Ukrainian serials. Neither the
Library of Congress, Harvard, nor any
other North American repository has
such invaluable source material on
Ukrainian civilization." "Now more
than ever is the time for the Ukrainian
community to follow the lead of Mr.
Peter Jacyk and to endow research
fellowships in order to allow the best
graduate students and visiting scholars
to come to Toronto and make use of the
rich collections here," Prof. Magocsi
added.
In the presentation of honorary life
membership in the CAS, Prof. Carter
Elwood of Carleton University, presi­
dent of the association, noted that Sen.
Yuzyk is a former professor of East
European, Russian and Soviet history
and Canadian-Soviet relations at the
universities of Manitoba and Ottawa,
an author of several scholarly books
and numerous articles, a founder of
CAS, a prominent leader of the Ukrai­
nian community and founder of the
policy of multiculturalism in Canada, as
well as an active member in several
Senate committees, including the North­
ern Pipeline, External Affairs and
NATO.
Sen. Yuzyk delivered an address
titled "The Role of the Slavists in
Multiculturalism" at the banquet.
coping with divorce, parenting, loss;
Ukrainian artists on Ukrainian culture;
teenagers on their bicultural upbring­
ing; and the Ukrainian singles scene.
The registration fee for those who
register before July 30 is S15 per person,
or S20 to include spouse. After July 30,
the fee will be S20 per person, or S25
with spouse. Early registration is en­
couraged, in order to assist the commit­
tee in planning conference activities.
Completed registration forms and
checks should be sent to the committee
in New York City.
Arrangements for rooms and meals
at Soyuzivka should be made directly
with the management of the resort. The
rate is S36 per person per day, which
includes Saturday lunch, dinner and
lodging, and Sunday breakfast Those
who choose an additional day's stay will
pay S64. Write to: Manager, Ukrainian
National Association Estate-Soyuzivka,
Foordmore Road, Kerhonkson, N.Y.
12446; (914) 626-5641.
(Women on the committee's mailing
list who receive a conference brochure
with a registration form should take
special note of the correct address and
telephone of Soyuzivka, as listed above).
To register, look for the conference
registration form elsewhere in this issue.
For further information, additional
brochures or other inquiries, write to:
Ukrainian Women's Conference Or­
ganizing Committee, 108 Second Ave.,
New York, N.Y. 10003; or call (212)
533-4646.
SUNDAY, JULY 4. 1982 No. 27
Obituaries
Associate Pastor Demetrius Byblow
by Andrew Keybida
NEWARK, N.J. - The Rev. Deme­
trius John Byblow CSsR, associate
pastor of St. John the Baptist Ukrai­
nian Catholic Church here, died sud­
denly on Thursday, June 17. He was 60.
He was born on April 25, 1922, in
Whitesand, Sask., Canada. He com­
pleted his elementary education at
Byblow School in Whitesand, and his
secondary education at the Redempto-
rist Fathers Juvenate in Yorkton, Sask.
He entered the Redemptorist novi­
tiate at Yorkton on June 29, 1940, and
made his profession of vows on Septem­
ber 24, 1941. He took his philosophical
and theological studies at St. Mary's
Seminary in Yorkton, Sask. He was
ordained to the holy priesthood by The Rev. Demetrius Byblow CSsR
Archbishop Basil Ladyka, OSBMat St. in 1957-58 be formalized the plans for
Mary's Church in Yorkton on Septem­ the erection of the present church and
ber 8, 1946. was chairman of the Church Building
Father Demetrius fulfilled many Fund Committee whose sole function
tasks in the Redemptorist Congrega­ was to raise the sum of SI.5 million for
tion. He was co-pastor in Ituna, Sask., the building of the church.
Roblin and Winnipeg Man., and in He was moderator for the-Apostle-
Newark, N.J. He had pastoral charge of ship of Prayer and Rosary Altar Society
parishes in Chatham, London and St. as well as spiritual director of the Junior
Thomas, Ont. Sodality. Father Demetrius served as
He taught in the minor seminary at chairman or co-chairman of every
Roblin for two years. He was provincial major church event and served as
consultor and bursar for seven years. toastmaster for holiday programs or
He was also prefect of students in the testimonial banquets.
seminary for one year. He took post­
He took an active part in the commu­
graduate studies at the Pontifical Oriental nity, worked with dedication and ad­
Institute in Rome.
ministered his faithful with deep devo­
Father Byblow faithfully served the tion, sacrifice, courage and dynamic
parishioners of St. John the Baptist Catholic leadership. He visited the
Ukrainian Catholic Church of Newark, homes and hospitals of the sick and
N. J., for 21 years. During his pastorship (Condoned on pap 14)
Rev. Peter Mayevsky of LA.
LOS ANGELES - The Rev. Peter
Mayevsky, a Ukrainian Orthodox
clergyman in Ukraine, Canada and the
United States, died here on June 3
following a brief illness.
He was born into a relatively poor
family on June 25,1893, in the village of
Копкоvychi in Galicia, Ukraine.
In 1894, he moved with his family to
the village of Komarno. When the Rev.
Mayevsky was a 9-year-old boy his
father died; while he was in high school
in Lviv his mother passed away.
The Rev. Mayevsky studied philo­
sophy at the University of Lviv, but his
studies were interrupted by the out­
break of World War I. He was arrested
by Russian military authorities in June
1915 and sent to an army holding camp
in Voronezh, Russia. He was later Tbt Rev. Peter Mayevsky
transferred to Pavlovsk on the Don of Canada, and Michael Luchkovich,
River, where he worked in a grain mill member of Parliament The Mayevskys
operated by German colonists. settled in Winnipeg.
In 1917 the Rev. Mayevsky was freed Father Mayevsky's first clerical
from the camp, and he decided to travel duties in Canada were those of an
to Kiev where he enrolled in St. Volo- itinerant priest traveling out of Winni­
dymyr Ukrainian University to take up peg to serve parishes in Tolstoi and
history-philosophy studies. He also Vita.
pursued various courses in theology In November 1932 he accepted an
with the aim of becoming a priest invitation to become pastor of Holy
At this time he met Alexandria Protectress Church in Winnipeg. He
Woronyna, a student at St. Olha Wo­ also served as teacher and choir direc­
men's University. They were married in tor of the parish.
1921.
In 1946 the Mayevskys emigrated to
He was ordained on December 19, the United States, for Father Mayevsky
1921, by Vasyl Lypkivsky, who was had been invited by Los Angeles-area
elected the first metropolitan of the Ukrainians to serve as their pastor. The
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox new congregation eventually built its
Church at the Church's Sober held that own church, St Wotodymyr^
same year. The funeral was held on June 7 in St.
In January of 1922 the Rev. Mayev­ Wolodymyr Church, with six priests
sky was appointed pastor of St. Eliza­ officiating. Burial was at St Andrew's
beth Parish in Kiev. Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery in South
In fall of 1931 he and his wife emi­ Bound Brook, N J.
grated to Canada with the help of the
The Rev. Mayevsky is survived by his
Rev. Dr. S. Sawchuk, then administra­ wife who is seriously ill and has been in a
tor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church convalescent hospital for several years.
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NJ. districts plan UNA day
NEWARK, NJ. - Representatives
of the four UNA districts of New Jersey
met here at the headquarters of Chorno-
morslca Sitch on June 18 at 6:30 p.m. to
discuss preparations for this year's
UNA Day, which is scheduled to be held
in Bound Brook on August 29.
Among those in attendance was
Wasyl Orichowsky, outgoing UNA
supreme organizer, and former UNA
president Joseph Lesawyer. The meet­
ing was opened and chaired by Julian
Baraniuk.
It was decided that each district serve
a specific function during this year's
UNA Day, which will be the 12th in a
row. The Newark district, beaded by
Mr. Baraniuk, was put in charge of the
kitchen, while the Jersey City district.
Oleksyn re-elected... pressed hope that the merger would
benefit the Ukrainian community as
D soon as possible.
Among those present was a UNA
delegation consisting of supreme officers
John O. Flis, president; Walter Sochan,
secretary; Ulana Diachuk, treasurer,
Wasyl Orichowsky, organizer;as well as
Zenon Snylyk, Svoboda editor-in-chief;
Roma Sochan Hadzewycz, The Ukrai­
nian Weekly editor, and Walter Kwas,
newly elected supreme advisor.
At the banquet Mr. Flis greeted the
UFA'ers on behalf of the UNA
Among others speaking during the
course of the banquet were: Msgr.
Stephen Chomko, president of the
Providence Association of Ukrainian
Catholics; Dmytro Hryhorchuk of the
Ukrainian National Credit Union Asso­
ciation; and Roman Baranowsky of the
Committee for Law and Order in the
UCCA and the Association of Ukrai­
nians in America.
The banquet was officially opened
with remarks by UFA President
Oleksyn, who said: "The fraternal spirit
is alive, as evidenced by your presence
here."
He went on to note that the frateraals
are the pillars of Ukrainian community
structure.
In his greetings on behalf of the UNA,
Mr. Flis said that the UFA and UNA
are on the road to true fraternity and
stressed that the proposed merger of the
two fraternal societies "is not a take­
over of one by the other."
"It is a union of two partners," he
said, adding that it is a "SO-SO part­
nership." Mr. Flis also explained that
the merger would be beneficial to future
generations, and he asked God's help to
speed the realization of the merger.
In turn, Msgr. Chomko spoke on
behalf of the Providence Association.
He hailed the planned merger of the
UNA and UFA in the Ukrainian Na­
tional Fraternal Association and ex­
Msgr. Stephen Chomko addresses UFA
banquet participants.
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headed by Walter Bilyk, wui manage
the bar. Perth Amboy, chaired by
Michael Zacharko, will handle cashier
duties and run the raffle, and the
Passaic district, headed by John Chomko,
will man the door and oversee parking.
Price of admission will be S2.50 per
person.
For the entertainment program, it
was decided to invite well-known dance
and bandurist ensembles. The Zvuky
Ukrainy band will provide musk for
dancing.
Mr. Baraniuk urged members of all
four districts to do their utmost to
ensure the success of UNA Day, which
annually attracts many visitors from
around New Jersey as well as from
surrounding states.
Msgr. Chomko pledged the Provi­
dence Association's cooperation with
the two fraternals and stressed that
"striving for unity should be our con­
stant goal."
He scored "those who say that fraternals
are merely insurance companies," not­
ing that this simply is not so. They have
made many cultural-educational contri­
butions and have sponsored many joint
actions for the common good of all
Ukrainians, both in the diaspora and in
Ukraine, he said.
The UFA convention banquet was
emceed by Mr. Popil.
John Flis greets UFA'ers at the banquet
Lytvyn, Sichko
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years' imprisonment for "slandering the
Soviet state."
During his incarceration he deve­
loped an ulcer, a condition from which
he still suffers today. After his release in
1977, he returned to the village of
Barakty to live with his young son, and
became involved with the Ukrainian
Helsinki Group, which he joined in
1979. That same year, he was arrested
again, this time for "anti-Soviet" agit­
prop, and received his fourth sentence.
Mr. Sichko, an engineer, joined the
Ukrainian Helsinki Group in 1978
along with his son Vasyl, 26. Both were
arrested on July 5, 1979, and subse­
quently sentenced to three years' impri­
sonment.
In January, the younger Mr. Sichko
was sentenced to another three-year
term as be was about to complete his
sentence in the city of Cherkasy.
His younger brother, 22-year-old
Volodymyr, was arrested on December
6, 1980, and sentenced to three years'
imprisonment. He is serving his term in
the Ivano-Frankivske oblast in Ukraine.
SUNDAY. JULY 4. 1982
Why are UNA executives "supreme"?
- tradition, tradition
So, you think the title "supreme"
president is a bit pretentious? You
snicker at the very mention of su­
preme presidents, supreme secretaries
and supreme treasurers?
That's probably because you aren4
aware of the tradition on which use
of the descriptive "supreme" before
an officer's title is based.
If you're an average Ukrainian
American, you probably recall that
several years ago, Soyuzivka summer
employees jokingly employed the
"supreme" to describe their respective
functions at the UNA estate. Suddenly,
T-shirts emblazoned with titles such
as supreme bartender, supreme gate­
keeper and supreme bus boy began
appearing all over Soyuzivka.
You probably also recall that we at
The Weekly, too, have been known
to make light of the term "supreme."
Well, the time has come to set the
record straight and to answer once
and (hopefully) for all the question:
"but why do they use that word
'supreme"?"
The adjective "supreme"before an
executive officer's title is traditionally
used by many U.S. and Canadian
fraternal benefit societies. And, there
are nearly 200 such societies with 10
million members throughout North
America.
From the 1981 edition of Statistics
of Fraternal Benefit Societies, a
reference book published by the
National Fraternal Congress of
America, one can learn that many a
fraternal has supreme officers. In
addition to our Ukrainian fraternals
— the Ukrainian National Associa­
tion, the Ukrainian Fraternal Asso­
ciation and the Providence Associa­
tion of Ukrainian Catholics — who
all have supreme presidents,,there are
scores of societies that use the ad­
jective "supreme" — seriously.
Take, for example, the Catholic
Knights of St. George headquartered
in Pittsburgh, the North American
Benefit Association of Port Huron,
Chicago to host UNA golf tourney
CHICAGO - The Chicago UNA
Golf Committee has been meeting and
preparing for the ninth annual UNA
Golf Tournament which will be held on
Sunday, August 1, at the very popular
and beautiful Nordic Hills Country
Club in Itasca, 111.
The committee, headed by John
Gawaluch, Gloria Paschen, supreme
vice presidentess, and Helen Olek,
supreme advisor, and assisted by Edwin
Blidy, Joe Gural, Bill Semkiw, Russ
Haluczak and George Mychalzuk, has
planned a beautiful day for the golfers
and their families. All the facilities of
the club, indoor arid outdoor swimmings
pools, will be available for the families
Remember our brothers
in need
You may forward your contribution to help our needy
fellow Ukrainians in Poland to your pastor, to the
Philadelphia Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy,
Franklin St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19123; or to the Ukrainian
National Association, 30 Montgomery St., Jersey City, N.J.
07302.
Mich., the Portuguese Continental
Union of the United States of Ame­
rica based in Boston, and the Slovak
Catholic Sokol of Passaic, N.J. -
they each have a supreme president for
a chief executive officer.
There are other supremes as well.
The Knights of Columbus, per­
haps the best-known fraternal or­
ganization, which is headquartered
in New Haven, Conn., has a supreme
knight for a head. The Order of
United Commercial Travelers of
America based in Columbus, Ohio,
has a supreme counselor; Royal
Arcanum of Boston is headed by a
supreme regent; and the Royal
Neighbors of America, which has its
main office in Rock Island, 111., has,
believe it or not, a supreme oracle.
You see, it is traditional to be
supreme among fraternals.
Another reason for the use of the
adjective "supreme" is practicality.
Fraternals are based on a lodge, or
local branch, system, and each lodge
or branch has its own officers. To
distinguish the local officers from the
national or international officers, an
adjective often precedes the officers'
titles.
To be sure, not all fraternals found
the "supreme" solution. Fraternal
societies use a variety of highfalutin
titles for their top executive officers.
A sampling: Catholic Life In­
surance Union of San Antonio, Tex.,
and the National Fraternal Society
of the Deaf of Mt. Prospect, 111., both
have grand presidents; the Indepen­
dent Order of Vikings based in
Chicago has a grand chief; the Ca­
tholic Order of Foresters, also of
Chicago, has a high chief ranger; and
the Neighbors of Woodcraft of Port­
land, Ore., has a grand guardian.
So, now that we have done our
utmost to put you in the know, we
hope that the sniggering will stop and
that enlightenment will reign,
well...supreme.
for the entire day.
Tee-off is set for 10 a.m., and dinner
for 6 p.m. A John Evanchuk trophy will
be awarded in addition to many other
trophies and prizes. Fees are SI2 for
golf; S14 for dinner.
Reservations must be in by July 1.
For reservations or information call:
Mr. Gawaluch, (312) 692-2412; Mrs.
Paschen, 823-2064; Mr. Blidy, 737-
2910; Mrs. Olek, 631-4625; Mr. Gural,
484-6690; Mr. Haluczak, 867-5793; Mr.
Semkiw, 278-6209; or Mr. Mychalzuk,
358-8675.
Please mail checks for golf and/or
dinner to: John Gawaluch, 323 S.
Redfield Court, Park Ridge, Ш. 60068.
815 N.
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Letters to the editor
OSI director
Ukrainian Weekly sticks to his guns
Dear Editor:
I read with interest The Ukrainian
Independence Day Weekly'', account of the formation of
Americans for Due Process. As an
American firmly committed to due
process, I am always pleased to see it
Two hundred and six years ago this July 4, a small group of defended.
pragmatic visionaries signed a strongly worded document, drafted by There are two points, however, that
your readers may find of interest. First,
a young Thomas Jefferson, which rather boldly branded Britain's there is no formal agreement — in the
King George III "a tyrant unfit to be ruler of a free people," and
declared independence for the 13 colonies. Since those early, formative
sense of a protocol or treaty or other
document - between the United States
years, the United States has grown from an international parvenu to a
global superpower, the world's largest and strongest democracy.
and the Soviet Union regarding deposi­
tions of Soviet citizens.
From the very beginning, this ascension was quite often an In January 19801 went to Moscow to
anfractuous one, contoured by such complexities as first establishing a ask if depositions could be taken in
workable and lasting structure for the new union, and later keeping these cases. I told the Soviet represen­
that union from being rent asunder by a host of internal and external tatives of the details of American
conflicts. procedure that would have to be follow­
ed — for example, attendance and
Why has it survived, let alone flourished? Part of the reason is the cross-examination by defense counsel,
profound sophistication of its founding principles which at once define
witnesses called by the defense to be
and are coincident with what is truly a unique system of representative made available, and so forth. The
government set down in the U.S. Constitution. It is truly a Soviet representatives stated that the
depositions could be taken under those
magnanimous document, informed by the opening notion of "we the
conditions. In the past two years, they
people" that permeates its pages, and firmly anchors the individual
rights outlined further on in the Bill of Rights to the concept of one have been. So there is no secret or
written "agreement;" moreover, I have
community, one nation.
always been ready to explain publicly
But co-terminous with these unifying and characteristic principles is what I discussed in Moscow.
the vitality and variety of America's people. America has survived and
flourished for over two centuries largely because most of the basic While Americans for Due Process
can file a request under the Freedom of
freedoms enjoyed by some 4 million Americans in 1790 were and are Information Act if they wish, I honestly
automatically guaranteed to those seeking refuge or opportunity on
don't know what more I can say that I
this country's shores. have not already said. There is simply
We Ukrainians, whether we came here in the 1920s, the 1950s or no secret about any of this.
were born here, and like millions of other immigrants and their My second point is that I would not
descendants, are in a position to truly understand and appreciate this want your readers to be under the
seminal concept. mistaken impression that the OSI
The United States remains strong and free because its people have (Office of Special Investigations), in
accomplished so much, and its people have accomplished so much seeking information, has ever tried to
because the bedrock of democracy which is the United States has coerce information from anyone. We
have never suggested to people we
allowed them the right and the opportunity to do so.
approach that they are legally obligated
This interdependence, this built-in reciprocity between government to talk to us. Ms. Shwed is correct that
and people - all the people - marked and continue to mark this no one is legally obligated to talk to us
country's greatness. unless we obtain a subpoena, but it
Happy Birthday America, Mnohaya Lita. should be clear that the OSI has never
suggested otherwise.
By the way, we have only very rarely
sought subpoenas, and never to my
knowledge against "acquaintances or
neighbors."
I want to be responsive to the con­
cerns of the Ukrainian American com­
munity, and I appreciate the forum
offered by The Ukrainian Weekly. I
would be happy to elaborate on the
above or to answer any questions you
may have.
Allan A. Ryan Jr.
Director
Office of Special Investigations
P.O. Box 28603
Washington, D.C. 20005
Getting the "the"
out of Ukraine
Dear Editor:
It was with interest that I read Dr.
Bohdan Wytwycky's commentary re­
garding the "the Ukraine" controversy.
We have indeed come a long way since
my original critique in The Ukrainian
Weekly (August 28, 1977).
Two of our three foremost scholarly
journals: Nationalities Papers and the
Canadian-published Journal of Ukrai­
nian Studies do not use the "the" before
Ukraine. Harvard Ukrainian Studies
(the journal) is the only hold-out. Even
the Russian Review on occasion (at the
request of authors) doesn't use the "the"
Statue of Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia. before Ukraine.
Perhaps the Friends of HURI can
suggest to the powers that be at Harvard
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to consider joining the 1980s on this
issue. No hard-sell techniques are
needed, just a suggestion.
It would be nice, for a change, to have
our own house in order before we go off
challenging the Mr. McBrides of this
world. After all, Mr. McBride can
always reply to Dr. Wytwycky that the
"the" is correct as evidenced by its
mandatory use at the Harvard Ukrai­
nian studies chairs.
Dr. JarosUw Sawka
Royal Oak, Mich.
Students compliment
complimentary issues
Dear Editor:
We, the. students of the graduating
class of St. Volodymyr's Ukrainian
Orthodox Cathedral School of Ukrai­
nian Subjects in Chicago, thank you for
providing us with complimentary sub­
scriptions to The Ukrainian Weekly ior
the duration of the school year.
The articles in this newspaper pro­
vided us with much information which
we needed to supplement tour know­
ledge of Ukrainian community life. We
found the articles to be interesting and
enjoyable, as well as informative. We
especially appreciated the fact that you
provide quite a few illustrations and
photographs with your articles, which
makes them so much more interesting
to read. At least one of our classmates
saw her own photograph in the news­
paper this year!
We will certainly continue to read
The Ukrainian Weekly in the future, so
as to keep abreast of events in the
Ukrainian community and in Ukraine.
Thank you!
Nina Werchohlad Andrew Kosowsky
Katherina Luppo Ina Taran
Lydia Skrebetz Peter Skrebetz
Theodora Poszewanyk
instructor
Chicago
Did UNA'ersgive Bush
a bogus pysanka?
Dear Editor:
In the June 6 Weekly report on Vice
President George Bush's address to the
UNA Convention, it states that V.P.
"Bush fwas presented3 with flowers and
ceramic fmy italics! pysanky... One
pysanka, designed with Ukrainian
motifs, was for Mr. Bush; the other,
decorated with U.S. emblems Г.О.Т.
italicsj, was for President Reagan.
From a distance of a few thousand
miles I have no way of knowing how
these objects looked. However, unless
they were ceramic pysanky in the style
of Kievan Rus' (which I doubt, but then
I stand corrected), these "pysanky" were
probably ordinary white ceramic with
the decorations painted upon their
surface. No matter how pretty and well-
executed these may have been, I ques­
tion the cultural and artistic knowledge
of whoever ordered or selected such
gifts.
Why select a copy (i.e., a ceramic),
when the original genuine pysanka is so
readily available in our community?
And then — whether an original or the
ceramic - why decorate it with U.S.
emblems, or anything else that does not
belong on a pysanka?
A pysanka is not just a pretty de­
corated egg. It would take a long article
to discuss fully the history and symbo­
lism of pysanky (and such articles and
books are available). Pysanky, eggs
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No. 27
Commentary
Schools must offer students
Ukrainian current events courses
by Theodore Poszewanyk
The instructors of Ukrainian Satur­
day schools devote many hours to the
teaching of Ukrainian history, present­
ing their students with a picture of a
nation with a glorious past. Most
Ukrainian history texts come to an
abrupt end after the events of World
War II, the unification of eastern and
western Ukraine in the Ukrainian
Soviet Socialist Republic. Many add,as
a postscript, a chapter about the dis­
persal of Ukrainian emigrants through­
out the free world.
Thus, students are left with the
impression that Ukraine is a nation with
a historical past, but without any viable
connection with the present; they gra­
duate from Ukrainian studies courses
with very little knowledge of the Ukrai­
nian community life which continues to
this day.
If we wish to encourage the graduates
of our Ukrainian schools to become
active members of the community, it is
necessary to acquaint them with this
community, in all its forms, and all the
activities in which they could, in the
future, become involved.
This would include an overview of
Ukrainian immigrant life from its
beginnings in the United States, its
growth and development as a commu­
nity, and a presentation of present-day
community organizations, as well as an
exposition of events in Soviet Ukraine.
It would also be beneficial to include a
study of current events, based on
HURI announces third annual
Cenko bibliography competition
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - . T h e Har­
vard Ukrainian Research Institute has
announced that it is accepting sub­
missions for the third annual Cenko
Prize in Ukrainian Bibliography.
The SI,000 prize, established by
Volodymyra and Dr. Mykola Cenko of
Philadelphia, will be given for the best
bibliographical work on the topic of
Ukrainian studies.
HURI also announced this year's
winners, Dr. Paul Magocsi of the
University of Toronto, who was award­
ed S700 for "Galicia: A Bibliographical
Guide," and Yar Slavutych of the
University of Alberta, who got S300 for
his work, "An Annotated Bibliography
of Ukrainian Literature in Canada:
Canadian Book Publications, 1908-
1980."
Dr. Magocsi's essay, in English, is
intended as an introduction to the basic
historical problems of western Ukraine
and as a bibliographical key to the
major published sources covering the
period from the beginning of history to
the end of World War II. The manu­
script is 414 pages long and has some
3,000 bibliographical entries.
Dr. Slavutych, an associate professor
in the department of Slavic languages,
compiled an annotated bibliography, in
Ukrainian, of Ukrainian belles lettres
written by Canadians and published in
Canada. It contains 670 bibliographical
entries and is 242 pages long.
The submissions were critically exa­
mined and appraised by the Cenko
Prize Committee: Marta Tarnawsky,
University of Pennsylvania, chairman,
and Osyp Danko, Yale University.
Edward Kasinec, one of the permanent
THEUKRA1NIAW WEEKLY SUNDAY. JULY4. 198?
News and views
Soviet officialdom scores Magocsi
for Subcarpathian Rus' book
articles in Ukraine periodicals. by Ihor Osaklwsky which bourgeois historiography consi­
The directors of St. Volodymyr's ders 'scholarly,' " but this is the only
Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral School TORONTO - Prof. Paul R Magocsi, "favorable" comment in what is other­
of Ukrainian Studies in Chicago faced the first holder of the Chair of Ukrai­ wise a brutal attack.
this problem some years ago, and nian Studies at the University of To­ Mr. Khmil suggests that Prof. Magocsi
introduced a course called "Present- ronto, has come under heavy criticism supposedly had an ulterior motive in
Day Ukrainian Community Life," from the Soviets for a book he wrote on by-passing Soviet views on the nationali­
based on materials collected for semi­ the Subcarpathian Rusyns. ties question. That is, Prof. Magocsi
nars prepared for ODUM's senior In a harsh review article published in hoped to limit public attention to Soviet
counselors. the Kiev-based Ukrainian Historical teachings and experience in solving the
Journal, Prof. Magocsi's 640-page
This current events course is taught to nationality question, and instead tried
book has been called "a filthy falsifica­
students in their last year in the school. to direct that public attention towards
After several years of revision and tion of historical truth." "a false riverbed of inventions of
updating by various teachers, this Reviewer I.S. Khmil accuses Prof. imperialist propaganda about the exter­
course has developed into a well- Magocsi of silently by-passing Marxist- nal politics of the Soviet Union."
structure comprehensive introduction Leninist teachings on the nationality Suggesting that the book is not the
to the Ukrainian community in all its problem as well as the Soviet Union's result of the efforts of Prof. Magocsi
present-day facets. No known segment experience in solving it alone, Mr. Khmil states that throughout
of the spectrum of Ukrainian life is Mr. Khmil says that in the "Shaping the 10 years that it took Prof. Magocsi
omitted, nor is any portion set above of a National Identity: Subcarpathian to complete the work, the author was
others. These students concurrently Rus', 1848-1948," Prof. Magocsi "maintained" by Princeton University,
take a course in 20th Century Ukrainian thinks least of all of establishing scho­ the International Research and Ex­
Literature, which exposes them to larly truth. Dr. Magocsi's interpreta­ change Board, the American Council of
Ukrainian writing "after Franko," tion of Subcarpathian history is said to Learned Societies and Harvard Univer­
including immigrant authors and Ukrai­ be from an "anti-Soviet and anti- sity.
nian writers in Soviet Ukraine. Communist" perspective which is "con­ Mr. Khmil claims that at its different
As an added feature in this school venient to imperialist propaganda." stages, Dr. Magocsi's work was directed
year, each student was provided with a Mr. Khmil's extensive review, titled politically and conceptually by more
complimentary subscription to The "Against the Bourgeois Falsification of than 20 leading bourgeois political
Ukrainian Weekly by the Ukrainian History," appeared in the February scientists in the United States. Mr. Khmil
National Association. The Weekly issue of the Ukrainian Historical Jour­ also mistakenly calls Dr. Magocsi "a
issues provided materials to comple- nal, the official organ of the Ukrainian Canadian 'Sovietologist.'" He is neither.
i ment prepared course material and to Academy of Science's Institute of Although he works and resides in
keep students abreast of developments History. Canada, Prof. Magocsi still maintains
in Soviet Ukraine and the fight for Despite the Soviet viewpoint, Dr. his U.S. citizenship, and does not
human and nationalrightsof its people. Magocsi's book is a scholarly examina­ consider himself a Sovietologist
The students were also encouraged to tion of national development among the When asked about the Soviet review
read the Svoboda daily, as well as Carpatho-Rusyns. In it the author of his book, Prof. Magocsi declined to
(Coatfaracd on p i p IS) shows how during a century of national make any comment.
consolidation in Subcarpathian Rus' In stark contrast to the Soviet Ukrai­
between 1848 and 1948 the Rusyn nian attitude, the Prague-based journal,
people were confronted with a choice of Slovansky prehled, noted in 1979 that
four national orientations: the Magya-
rone, the Ukrainophile, the Russophile
Dr. Magocsi's book "is from all exter­
nals an objective one." It said that
and the Rusynophile.
Prof. Magocsi argues that the failure
although the book does not obviously
begin with a Marxist understanding of
of the Rusyn intelligentsia to unite history and the nationality question, "it
members, abstained from this year's still can provide even Marxist historians
behind a single orientation retarded the
appraisal process because be was a of the modern period with a consider­
solidification of national identity
consultant to one of the works sub­ able number of little-known and parti­
among the Rusyn people as a whole
mitted. His place was taken by Ivan cularly hard-to-obtain facts."
before the Soviet annexation in 1943.
Korowytsky, librarian emeritus of
The Rusyn national question was finally The Czechoslovak reviewer
Temple University's Philosophy and
resolved, however, in favor of Ukrai- (signed M.T.) further added
Religion Library.
nianism. that: "With careful use, the book
Entries for the third annual prize, in
English and Ukrainian, must by sub-' Now in its second printing, the can also provide a reasonable and
mitted in four copies by March 1,1983. "Shaping of a National Identity" was factual survey of the problem (even if its
Manuscripts must be in their final, pre- published by Harvard University Press conception is anti-Marxist and there­
publication form, with names and. in 1978. The book has received inter­ fore one-sided), which is without ques­
addresses of authors. Published works national attention and has been the tion also related to the history of the
and late submissions will not be con­ subject of over SO book reviews in a Ukrainian minority in eastern Slovakia."
sidered. wide range of scholarly journals. Re­ The Hungarian Academy of Sciences'
Examples of solicited і entries are views have appeared in France, Luxem­ journal, Acta Historica, also had some
descriptive bibliographical essays or bourg, Italy, Spain, Austria, West praiseworthy comments to make about
annotated bibliographies of a subject or Germany, Great Britain and in numer­ the "Shaping of a National Identity."
author; index of a Ukrainian periodical; ous publications in Canada and the Reviewer Emil Niederhauser wrote in
or more general works which discuss the United States. Most reviewers have 1980: "Though we cannot agree with the
impact of the printed book on Ukrai­ praised the book highly, while a few author when he ignores the results of
Marxist historical sciences, we have to
nian culture. have voiced some conceptual criticisms.
acknowledge the merits of the book
The Cenko Prize Committee will Soviet Ukraine is the third Communist-
which consists in raising aspects that
judge the entries according to the dominated country to review the have been neglected so far by Marxist
following criteria: importance and book. Czechoslovakia reviewed it in historical science."
originality of the topic, the work's 1979 and Hungary in 1980. Although
methodology and completeness, and Yugoslavia did not itself review Dr. Mr. Niederhauser, Hungary's leading
the work's contribution to existing Magocsi's book, it reprinted in Nova specialist on nationality problems in
bibliographical scholarship. dumka (Vukovar) Dr. Vasyl Markus's Eastern Europe, concluded that "Ma­
gocsi's book contains many useful
The committee retains the right to review, which originally appeared in materials, and it raises a number of
award the prize individually or jointly Suchasnist in 1980, as well as Prof. issues worth being considered. Several
or to withhold the prize until the next Magocsi's rebuttal to Dr. Markus. results of the book will be debated by
academic year. The Soviet review is the most critical
many, yet there will be more historians
The winner or winners will be an­ and least scholarly to appear to date. It who will make good use of the material
nounced at Harvard University no later reads like a crude, political propa­
gandists attack and does not belong in collected in the volume."
than June 1983.
Entries should be sent by registered what is supposed to be an official Western scholars have been even
more complimentary about Prof. Ma­
mail to: Cenko Prize in Ukrainian scholarly journal associated with the
Bibliography, Harvard University U- Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. gocsi's book. John Keep, an interna­
tionally known and highly respected
krainian Research Institute, 1581-83 The reviewer, Mr. Khmil, does admit
Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Mass. that Prof. Magocsi's book is "put scholar of Russian history who teaches
(Contained oo pap 10)
02138. together with pedantic scrupulousness,
 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. JULY 4 . 1 ^ , No. 27

Osvita Foundation banquet honors 42 undergo tennis training

Melosky of Manitoba University
WINNIPEG - Dr. Louis Meloeky, ness Club of Winnipeg and Manitoba
chairman of the board of governors of Parents for Ukrainian Education.
the University of Manitoba, was honor- Mr. Petryshyn emphasized the very
ed at a banquet at The Fort Garry Hotel large contribution made by Dr. Melosky
on June 2. Organized by the newly to ensure the introduction of the En-
established Osvita Foundation, the glish-Ukrainian bilingual program in
banquet was attended by over 140 Manitoba, stressing that without Dr.
people including Canada's Governor Melosky's participation in the ad hoc
General, Edward Schreyer, who spoke community committee promoting the
at the opening of the banquet. program it would never have probably
In his address, the governor general been introduced.
expressed pleasure at being able to Dr. Joseph Slogan then provided a
attend the event, particularly as an personal and professional insight into
honorary patron of The Osvita Founda- Dr. Melosky, highlighting his scholastic
tion. The governor general addressed achievements at the University of
himself to the importance of maintain- Manitoba, University of Alberta and the
ing Canada's cultural pluralism as the University of Washington, where he
prominent feature of Canadian society received his orthodontic training. Dr.
and the importance within that policy of Slogan then introduced Dr. Melosky.
maintaining the many minority lan- Dr. Melosky thanked The Osvita
guages. Foundation and Manitoba Parents for
Speaking at one point in Ukrainian, Ukrainian Education for honoring him.
he added that it was incumbent upon He spoke about his involvement in the
the community to provide full financial organization of the English-Ukrainian
support to organizations such as Mani- bilingual program, stressing the partici-
toba Parents for Ukrainian Education pation of a number of individuals in this
and The Osvita Foundation to ensure process. Throughout his speech he
that Ukrainian programs are promoted stressed that language is the basic
and are made accessible to large num- element which ensures the continued
bers of Manitobans. existence of the Ukrainian culture and m
At the end of his speech Governor called upon the entire Ukrainian com-
General Schreyer was greeted with a munity to financially and morally
chorus of "Mnohaya Lita." Due to support MPUE and The Osvita Founda-
another engagement the governor gene- tion to ensure the continued develop- The 17 boys participating in the tennis camp.
ral left before dinner began. ment of the bilingual program.
The evening was chaired by the Mr. Prychitko then presented Dr.
JCERHONKSON, N.Y. - Forty-two The camp, which began June 20 and
president of Manitoba Parents for Melosky with a serigraph by Victoria young tennis enthusiasts — 25 girls and ended on June 30 with a tournament,
Ukrainian Education, Terry Prychitko, artist Peter Shostak, with the inscrip- 17 boys — honed up their ground- was run in five groups — advanced,
who asked Metropolitan Maxim Her- tion "Presented to Dr. Louis C. Melo- strokes and lobs at this year's Soyu- intermediate and three beginner groups.
maniuk of the Ukrainian Catholic sky, in recognition of his outstanding zivka tennis camp held here in the Along with learning tennis strokes,
Church in Canada to say grace. contribution to the establishment of the
Catskills on the UNA resort's seven tactics for singles and doubles play and
Following dinner, the lieutenant- English-Ukrainian bilingual program in courts last week. the art of serving, players took advan-
governor of Manitoba, Pearl Mc- Manitoba, by The Osvita Foundation Putting the campers through a rigor- tage of tennis films, books and maga-
Gonigal, spoke, citing Dr. Melosky's and Manitoba Parents for Ukrainian ous regimen of running and calisthenics, zines.
work in the community and his commit- Education, 2 June 1982." as well as three daily instruction sessions,
ment to the enhancement of educational The evening ended with mezzo-
were court veterans Zenon Snylyk, At the conclusion of the camp,
opportunity in the province. The soprano Alexis Kochan-Budyk, accom- editor-in-chief of Svoboda, and George
Honorable Minister of Energy and panied by Ted Komar on the accordion, participants were scheduled to put on a
Sawchak. Assisting them were Roman series of skits with a tennis theme.
Mines, Wilson, brought greetings on performing three contemporary Ukrai- and Areta Rakoczy and two younger
behalf of the government of Manitoba nian songs by the late composer Volo- Trophies were also slated to be awarded
players, Adrian Kutko and Olenka at the end of the concluding tourna-
and spoke about Dr. Melosky's contri- dymyr Ivasiuk. Matkiwsky.
bution to education in Manitoba and ment.
Bishop Vasiliy of the Ukrainian
about the importance of language Greek Orthodox Church of Canada
maintenance within the policy of mu!ti- recited the benediction at the end of the
culturalism in Manitoba.
Mr. Prychitko then called upon John
evening's formal section.
All proceeds from the dinner have
St. Demetrius students greet seniors
Petryshyn to introduce the guest of been designated for The Osvita Founda-
honor. Mr. Petryshyn spoke about Dr. tion, which was organized to provide
Melosky's extensive involvement in MPUE with a stable source of funds in
various community organizations, order to promote Manitoba's English-
particularly his membership on a num- Ukrainian bilingual program. The
ber of boards of directors of voluntary board of trustees of the foundation has
organizations, including the Ukrainian decided to organize these dinners on an
Cultural and Educational Centre, Ca- annual basis to recognize the contribu-
nadian Foundation of Ukrainian Stu- tions of outstanding Ukrainian Cana-
dies, Ukrainian Professional and Busi- dians to Manitoba.

The cheerful smiles of St. Demetrius Catholic School students and Ted Woloshyn,
administrator of Demetrius Residence, greeted the senior residents.
TORONTO - On Wednesday, June The highlight of this visit was the
16 the student body and staff of St. presentation of a beautiful icon of the
Demetrius School — over 350 people — Mother of God which the students
made their way to the entrance of purchased as a gift to the residents. The
Demetrius Residence in order to wel- Rt. Rev. John Tataryn, pastor of St.
come all the senior residents with song Demetrius Church, blessed the icon and
and verse. two Grade 8 students presented it to Ted
A delegation of students showered Woloshyn, administrator of Demetrius
the seniors with candies and pennies Residence, and Mr. Basarab, first
wishing them in verse "a sweet and president of the Seniors' Club formed
prosperous" life in their new home. by the residents.
Afterwards the entire student body sang After the presentation, the seniors
a beautiful song of welcome prepared hosted the students with the best possible
Canada's Governor General Edward Schreyer (center) is seen above with (from by Daria Diakowsky, a teacher of treat for a hot summer afternoon -
left) Mary Meloeky, Dr. Louis Meloeky, Terry Prychitko and Marjorie Prychitko. Ukrainian. pop sides.
Nn?7
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. JULY 4.1982

Panorama of Ukrainian culture in the Big Apple

by Helen Perozak Smindak

25-year celebration vice-president Walter Nazarewicz, who wonderful institution." Sotheby's at 1334 York Ave. (72nd
said he would be happy to see Harvard Street). Properties are placed on view
Great accomplishments are usually involved in an educational program at Russian works of art several days before auctions, so if you Ye
the result of a dream and an undying the institute, disclosed that a room was interested in picking up a Ukrainian
determination to see that dream come being set aside at the institute specifi- Among offerings of Russian works of peasant or a Kozak or two, or looking
true. That is certainly true of a quiet, cally for the Harvard Ukrainian Re- art auctioned on June IS in the Park over icon collections, call Christie's at
mild-mannered New Yorker who in search Institute. Avenue galleries of Christie, Manson A 546-1000 or Sotheby's 472-3555.
1957 proposed that a chair in Ukrainian Other speakers included Ofeh Fedy- Woods International was a Faberge
studies be endowed at a leading Ameri- shyn of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts hardstone figure of a Ukrainian peasant, War's end
can university as a means of preserving and Sciences; Mykhailo Kupchynsky of owned by Charles R Woods. Expected
and advancing Ukrainian scholarship. Friends of Harvard in Pittsburgh, and to go for between 5100,000 and 5150,000, Nestor Matone ) an anarchist who
Because of this man's dream and his Dr. Stepan Worocfa, chairman of the the peasant figurereachedonly 575,000 led an uprising in southeastern Ukraine
dedication to fund-raising, chairs in Harvard benefit evening. Dr. Lubomyr and was not sold. at the time of the Russian Revolution,
Ukrainian history, literature and lan- Woroch, president of the UMANA's left his mark on history some 60 years
Alice Ilich of Christie's Russian ago. This past spring, the Ukrainian
guage have been established at Harvaro New York branch, served as emcee department, Park Avenue and 59th anarchist turned up in Brooklyn
University. during dinner in the ballroom, where Street, tells me the provenance (original Heights as the focal character of an Off
The concept of a Ukrainian studies4 some 80 guests sat at round tables owner) of the piece is Sir William Seeds, Off-Broadway drama presented by the
chair was not a popular idea when it was appointed with crisp linens and pots of KCMG, and that Faberge's name is New Cycle Theater and The Arts at St.
initiated 25 years ago by Stephen flowering plants. Singer Evelina M m engraved in Cyrillic characters under Ann's.
Chemych, then president of the Federa- entertained with folk songs and com- the left boot. Carl Gustave Faberge
tion of Ukrainian Student Organiza- positions by Leonid Verbytsky, who Playwright Karen Malpede chose the
(1846-1920) was goldsmith and jeweler
tions (SUSTA). Mr. Chemych per- provided accompaniment at the piano. story of the Makhnovist uprising be-
to the imperial Russian court.
severed, organized the Ukrainian Stu- cause "it was the most just war I could
During the cocktail hour, guests Christie's catalog describes the figure find." She used some of the facts
dies Fund with a small group of believers mingled in the lobby or strolled through thus: "The brown jasper mantel draped reported in Peter Arshinov's "The
and started about the task of raising the library, examining an exhibit of over the chalcedony peasant's blouse History of the Makhnovist Movement:
funds. His work and leadership resulted Harvard's Ucrainica that included old with simulated embroidery in painted 1918-1921" as well as in Peter Kro-
in raising S3.7 million for the studies and rare volumes donated by Ukrai- enamel, with purpurine sash and lapis- potkin's autobiography, invented per-
fund, and he was instrumental in attract- nians and such HURI publications as lazuli trousers tucked into black onyx sonal relationships, and interwove
ing the largest single donation yet made Dr. Omelan PrHsakls recently published boots, the astrakhan cap of black onyx history, politics, folk culture, myth and
to the fund - the 5160,000 bequest left first volume of "Origin of Rus'." and brown jasper, aventurine quartz religion to produce a semi-historical
in 1972 by Volodymyr Yurkowsky of face and hands, with jasper mustache docu-drama in verse form. Together
New York. Reading matter and hair, cabochon sapphire eyes, with musical accompaniment, the chant-
To honor Mr. Chemych and his wife holding a gold pipe - 5W inches (13.2 ing of a peasant chorus, spotlighting
and close helpmate Maria for their hard The Big Apple's Ukrainian commu- centimeters) high, in fitted leather case that picks out ragged figures on the bare
work and perseverance, the Stephan nity has received a fair share of atten- stamped Wartski, London." ramps which form the play's setting, the
and Maria Chemych Foundation has tion in "The Hip Pocket Guide to New The description is headed "An impor- production creates a mystical atmosphere
been established at Harvard. York City," a 272-page paperback guide tant figure of a Ukrainian peasant around the subject of violence.
Announcement of the endowment which Harper A Row will have out in (Hohol)," causing me to believe that it Makhno, who rallied his people to
was made at the Ukrainian Institute of the bookstores in a few weeks. Com- depicted a character from the writings reclaim their land, fighting both the
America on June 12 during a S50-a- piled by a host of contributors working of Nikolai Gogol (Mykola Hohol). On Bolsheviks and the tsar's army, is
plate Harvard benefit dinner sponsored under the direction of editor Tim Page, reflection I realized that hohol was an portrayed at the outset as a hero whose
by the institute and the New York the book points out an area in the East anglicized form of the Russian word legend on earth "will grow as you fight
branches of the Ukrainian Medical Village that is "almost exclusively "khokhol," a derogatory term for any through this glorious day." As the play
Association of North America and the Ukrainian" — East Seventh Street, person of Ukrainian nationality in progresses, it becomes evident that Miss
Ukrainian Engineers' Society of Ame- between Second and Third avenues, as tsarist days. Malpede feels that the true heroes are
rica. well as a surrounding portion of Second A figure described as "a Cossack the people, above all the women, be-
Dr. Dior Shevchenko, a gracious and Avenue. smoking a pipe," made in the silver- cause they are the greatest victims of the
dignified speaker, described the endow- Almost a whole page is devoted to smithing workshop of Joseph Abramo- violence of war.
ment in his tribute to Stephan and The Ukrainian Museum, with the ob- vich Marshak in Kiev circa 1895, went First produced in 1977 in a Park
Maria Chemych during the dinner. servation that it affords visitors "a for 51,430. It shows the figure of a Slope loft, Miss Malpede's stage poem
Later in the evening, Roman Procyk, a uniquely concentrated look 4t Ukrai- Kozak, in silver, reclining on a silver was presented with a revised text during
member of the Ukrainian Studies Fund nian folk art and culture." Also plaque, which is mounted on a rec- several weekends in May and June. The
executive board, reported that dona- listed ate the Kiev, Odessa and Ukrai- tangular hardstone base 6!4 inches play was offered in support of the
tions to the new foundation totalled nian Restaurants, the Svoboda Daily long. It was the property of a member of United Nations' Special Session on
516,000. (The sum has now swelled to newspaper and the Kurowycky meat the Russian nobility. Disarmament, which opened in New
well over 520,000.) market. Christie's International, fine art York in mid-June.
Two small faux pas: the Ukrainian auctioneers since 1766, offers enameled The production received excellent
Prof. Shevchenko invited Mr.
Festival on East Seventh Street has pieces, icons, Faberge figures and reviews from Brooklyn critics, who
Chemych up to the speaker's stand as
been misplaced in the September cate- precious objects, silverware, snuff described it as "fine crafted and well-
Mr. Procyk ceremoniously carried in a
gory of "Annual New York" instead of boxes and Ukrainian pieces in its directed," "a beautiful and often quite
huge cardboard box. Opened, the box
May, and St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Russian sales. Another New York simple poem form" and "a celebration
disclosed an extremely appropriate gift
Orthodox Church is listed with its old auction house which also holds frequent of human dignity and hope."
for Mr. Chemych — a chair, a hand-
14th Street address instead of the more sales of Russian art pieces and icons is
some wood rocking chair in satiny- Produced by Burl Hash, and directed
recent location at 160 W. 82nd St.
black finish with gilt trim and a small by Betsey Shevey, the two-act play was
gold plate on its back bearing the Aimed at both the New Yorker and interpreted by a cast of 16, with Peter
inscription "Stephan Chemych, Presi- the tourist, "The Hip Pocket Guide" Efthymiou in the role of Nestor Makhno.
dent, Ukrainian Studies Fund, 1957- (55.95) advises how to live safely and Especially fine performances were given
1982." For Mrs. Chemych, there was a inexpensively in New York, and in- by Yolanda Baven, a singer-actress
bouquet of long-stemmed red roses, and cludes sections on shopping (from hip from Sri Lanka, in the role of the old
for both husband and wife, a toast and a clothes to collectors' record shops), the mother, Jane Mandel and Bonnie
rousing "Mnohaya Lita" from the performing arts, art galleries, alterna- Brewster. The music was composed by
assembled guests. tive museums, night life, personal Noa Ain.
details (such as finding an apartment)
Beaming from the sidelines were the and special pleasures (plazas and parks, One might question the authenticity
Chemych's children, Roxana, a first- subway graffiti and hailing taxicabs). of the costumes worn by some of the
year student at New York University, central characters (Russian-style side-
and Askold, a student at St. George Peter Bejger of Harper A Row's buttoning tunics), the cross held in the
Academy. paperback editorial department has mother's hands (should it not be a three-
In a brief and business-like response assured me that the errors in the book barred cross of the Eastern Orthodox
to the tribute, Mr. Chemych expressed will be corrected in the next printing. Church?) and the Russian names for
appreciation for the honor accorded to Mr. Bejger, whose German name belies central characters and place names
him and his wife and announced that his Ukrainian ancestry which goes (Galina, for instance, and Gulai-Polye
they were giving a 51,000 donation to "several families back," is a native of for Hulai-Pole). Still, Miss Malpede
the foundation. Buffalo, holds a B.A. degree from the must be commended for her strong and
Dr. Jaroslaw Padoch, president of University of Buffalo and an M. A. from resonant presentation of Makhno's
the Shevchenko Scientific Society, the University of Toronto, and has been story as it reflects the Ukrainian fight
presented to Mr. Chemych a scrapbook with Harper A Row for four years. A for independence. It is quite surprising
of clippings from the Svoboda Ukrai- resident of the East Village, he is a — and hopeful — to discover that a
nian daily which documented donations volunteer part-time assistant at The Faberge figure of a Ukrainian peasant Ukrainian theme has been used success-
to the studies fund over the years. UIA Ukrainian Museum, which he calls "a recently auctioned in New York. fully by a contemporary playwright.
10
Metropolitan Sulyk officiates at Washington parish's triple celebration
Metropolitan Sulyk and Holy Family Perish members ром for commemorative photo.
WASHINGTON - Sunday, May 9,
will long be remembered at the Holy
Family Parish in Washington for on
that day there was a triple celebration:
the visitation of Metropolitan-Arch­
bishop Stephen Sulyk, a traditional
Easter dinner and Mother's Day.
The metropolitan arrived on Satur­
day, May 8, in the afternoon. He
reviewed and signed the parish books,
and then with the pastor, the Rev.
Stephen Shawel CSsR, and the co-
pastor, the Rev. Joseph Denischuk
CSsR, visited the Cedar Hill Ukrainian
Memorial Cemetery on Pennsylvania
Avenue, four miles east of the U.S.
Capitol.
The next day began with a procession
from St. Josaphat's Seminary at 10:45
a.m. to the Center of the Ukrainian
National Shrine. The procession con­
sisted of Metropolitan Sulyk, Msgr.
Walter Paska, rector of the seminary,
the Rev. Joseph JCisner from Parma,
Ohio, Deacon Stephen Soroka, Deacon
John Senor, seminarians Ivan Kaszczak
and Paul Wirhun, the parish choir under
the direction of Prof. Mykola Kor-
Olyphant man bequeathed 568,000
to National Catholic Shrine
by the Rev. Joseph Denfachuk CSeR
WASHINGTON - Among the nu­
merous benefactors remembered in
divine liturgies celebrated during Lent
at the Ukrainian National Shrine here
was the late Michael Cherveniak of
Olyphant, Pa.
In his last will, Mr. Cherveniak
bequeathed S68.639.75 for the building
of the Ukrainian Catholic National
Shrine of the Holy Family.
His parents, George and Anna
(Pavlisko) Cherveniak, came from
Bugatka, Lemkivshchyna, in western
Ukraine and settled in Bridgeport,
Conn., in the 1890s. They married there
and after a few years moved to Blakely
in the Olyphant, Pa., area, where their
son Michael was born on March 4,
1904.
Michael Cherveniak completed grade
6 at a local elementary school, and as a
young man began work at the Hudson
Coal Company in Olyphant, where he
worked with a jackhammer for 25 years
of his life. In 1945 he retired due to black
lung disease, and thereafter diligently
took care of his mother until her death
at the age of 92.
During the last years of his life he
stayed at the Adam's Manor Nursing
Home in Scranton Pa., where he died
on February 27, 1979, five days prior to
his 75th birthday.
He was buried in Ss. Cyril and
meluk, the altar boys and the Washing­
ton branch of Plast, whose members
greeted the metropolitan by the semi­
nary. Father Denischuk was master of
ceremonies.
The metropolitan was officially wel­
comed at the entrance of the parish-
shrine center by Leonora Serbyn and
Maureen Karasinski, who presented
flowers, and Julius Tymm and Michael
Ball, who extended the traditional
greetings with bread and salt. The
pastor solemnly handed the church keys
to the archbishop. A large sign in bright
Ukrainian colors, prepared by Sophia
Nakonechny and her parents, read:
"Vitay Vladyko!" Welcome, Metropoli­
tan!
About 400 people gathered for the
episcopal divine liturgy. The Knights of
Columbus from St. Josaphat Council
presented each mother at the church
entrance with a pink carnation. After'
the singing of the gospel, Father Denis­
chuk announced the schedule for the
day and Father Shawel welcomed and
introduced the new metropolitan who
spoke in Ukrainian and English about
Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Ceme­
tery in Olyphant beside his mother.
There are no monuments over their
graves, just two modest gravemarkers.
On July 26, 1980, 40 members of the
Holy Family Ukrainian Catholic Parish
from Washington, made a pilgrimage to
the Zhyrovytsi icon of the Blessed
Virgin Mary by Ss. Cyril and Metho­
dius Church in Olyphant, Pa., and also
celebrated a memorial service over the
graves of their generous benefactor
Michael Cherveniak and his mother
Anna.
Michael was a lifelong member of Ss.
Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catho­
lic Parish. He attended church services
regularly and often received the sacra­
ments. He was happy to have the
missionaries visit his mother and him­
self every year during the Lenten Mis­
sions. The Rev. Mitred Stephen Hry-
nuck visited them every first Friday of
the month during their long illnesses.
Mr. Cherveniak supported the Saints
Baseball Club of Ss. Cyril and Metho­
dius Parish. The team won champion­
ship trophies seven years in a row in the
Scranton area.
Michael was never married. His
father died when Michael was 5. His
brother John died in 1975. His sister
Mary married Michael Sepinsky; he has
two stepbrothers, Andrew Monaskyand
Joseph Yeck, and two stepsisters Julia
and Helen Yeck.
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spiritual renewal and the priestly voca­ the "Mnohaya Lita" while the metropo­
tions. litan presented each.one of them with
The parish choir sang under the gifts - icons of the Blessed Virgin
direction of Prof. Kormeluk. Most of Mary. On behalf of all the mothers Mrs.
the congregation received Holy Com­ Sharko said a few words of thanks.
munion on that day.
After the divine liturgy, a historic This unusual day concluded with a
photograph of all the parishioners was concert. The Parish Choir directed by
taken in front of the parish center. The Prof. M. Kormeluk rendered three
banquet that followed was emceed by songs: the prayer from the Opera
Dr. Myroslav Serbyn, who introduced "Zaporozhets beyond the Danube,"
the head table and speakers. The pastor "Lord of Heaven and Earth" (soloists,
and associate pastor spoke about the Dr. Chrystyna Kuzmowych; pianist,
Holy Family Parish, and Metropolitan Alexander Andreadis); a chant to the
Sulyk dwelled on Mother's Day and Pochayiv Mother of God (soloists, Dr.
devotion to our Heavenly Mother. All Stephan Kurylas and Mike Zabych);
the mothers were honored in a special; "The Golden Sun Has Shone."
way in the persons of Euhenia Sharko, Finally, opera singer Halyna An­
as the oldest mother at age 89, S tevanna dreadis, now from the Holy Family
Karlinchak, as the mother who has Parish, accompanied by her son Ale­
brought up the most children — eight, xander, sang — "Love Ukraine" and
and Irene Vitkovitsky, as the mother "My Friend You Have Died without
who has lived to see the most grand­ Blame" from the opera "Bohdan Khmel-
children - 14. The congregation sang inytsky."
work, besides being indispensible for
So vie t о fficialdom... those most interested in East European
(Contiamd tram ваді 7) national minorities, is also of special
at the University of Toronto, said in a interest from our own Spanish perspec­
tive, at a time when so much attention is
recent interview that Prof. Magocsi's
book was a notable contribution to being paid to the theme of nationalities'
scholarship and was very well received in the Iberian peninsula.
by the academic community. "In this sense, it is worth inquiring to
Marc Raeff, the distinguished Co­ what point one could no longer include
lumbia University professor of Russian the Basque and Catalan peoples among
history, wrote in a 1978 issue of Cahiers those who, as Magocsi indicates with
du monde russe et sovietique that Dr. regard to the Ruthenians, live in border
Magocsi's approach to the subject was areas and who are as a result subject to
"judicious, with an honest effort at diverse influences with the probable
objectivity, and it is based on an consequence that such may have for the
immense documentation taken from conservation of their own national
primary and secondary sources in identity," he wrote.
virtually every European language. Bela K. Kiraly, a Hungarian specialist
"We are very grateful to Dr. Magocsi from the City University of New York,
- a pioneer whose effort warrants our underlined in a 1979 issue of Canadian
complete admiration — for having Slavonic Papers that pragmatism and
given us so much rich material for objectivity are the two strongest fea­
reflection," concluded Dr. Raeff in the tures of the text.
Paris journal. "The book is both a welcome contri­
John S. Reshetar Jr., a professor at bution to the understanding of the
the University of Washington, noted in Rusyn question and a fine case study of
Slavic Review, 1980, that Prof. Ma­ the problem of borderlands. It is likely,"
gocsi's book "sets a very high standard wrote Mr. Kiraly, "to remain the
for contemporary dissertation writers in -standard monograph on Rusyn history,
terms of its scope, thoroughness, de­ politics and culture for a long time to
tachment and the sheer quantity of come and, as such, should be well
sources and data employed." received."
Dr. Reshetar further added that the Richard Renoff, professor of socio­
volume provides a useful case study of logy at Nassau Community College in
the kinds of forces and options that can Garden City, N.Y., called the Magocsi
confront the people of a strategic border volume "the best book on Carpatho-
region which is coveted by others. Rusyns that has been written in a
A Spanish reviewer found Prof. Western language."
Magocsi's book not only interesting, In his 1978 review which appeared in
but applicable to similar problems in the Fordham University journal Dia-
present-day Spain konia, Prof. Renoff concluded that: "It
Writing in Madrid's leading journal is difficult to restrain one's praise for
of political science, Revista de Estu- Magocsi's carefully documented and
dios Politicos, reviewer Manuel Garcia thorough treatment of an absorbing
Alvarez noted in 1979 that "Magocsi's topic."
No. 27 THEUKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1982

Tucson parish Cornerstone of new Brazilian church blessed

seeks funds for
church building
TUCSON, Ariz. - The newly or-
ganized St. Michael's Ukrainian Catho-
lic Parish of Tucson is seeking contribu-
tions to help support the construction of
a church building.
Bishop Innocent Lotocky of the
Chicago Eparchy officially acknow-
ledged the Parish of St. Michael's in
March, and the Rev. Andrij Mykyta
was designated as the pastor of the
Tucson parish. This is in addition to his
duties as pastor of the Church of the
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
in Phoenix.
On March 16, St. Michael's Ukrai-
nian Catholic Church held its first
liturgy. Temporarily, services are held
at St. Cyril's Church on the corner of
Pima and Swan at 5 p.m. every Sun-
day. Father Mykyta drives from Phoenix
to Tucson and back — 240-mile round
trip — at his own expense.
The architectural plans for a new
church building are now complete and
in the process of being reviewed by the
city of Tucson.
Tax deductible contributions to the
church building fund may be sent to: St.
Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church,
P.O. Box 12745, Tucson. Ariz. 85732.
ITAPARA, Brazil - Bishop Efraim
B. Krevey OSBM consecrated the
cornerstone and foundations of the new
Ukrainian Catholic church here in
Itapara; in the province of Parana,
Brazil on March 7.
The liturgy, sung by a choir, was
attended by many parishioners and
neighboring visitors.
Construction of the church is pro-
gressing according to the design and
plans prepared by Ukrainian American
architect Miroslav D. Nimciv, who
completed this work free of charge. This
is his second church built in Brazil.
The pastor, the Rev. Peter Baltzar, a
native of Brazil who is fluent in the
Ukrainian language, ministers to seven
parishes in several towns as is the
practice in Brazil. His parishioners are
mostly farmers with limited incomes.
Father Baltzar has appealed for
financial support from Ukrainian Ca-
tholics in the United States. The dona-
tions should be mailed to: Pe. Pedro
Baltzar, Caixa Postal 2, 84400 Pru- Bishop Efraim B. Krevey signs the construction documents for a new church in
dentopolis, Parana, Brazil. Itapara.

Losten officiates at
Catholic academy
graduation exercises
STAMFORD, Conn. - Bishop Basil
H. Losten of the Stamford Diocese for
Ukrainian Catholics, officiated and
delivered the commencement address at
the graduation exercises of Mother of
God Academy on Saturday afternoon,
June 5. He also presented the diplomas
and awards to the graduating class.
Assisting at the prayer service to the
Mother of God, which is a part of the
exercises, were Msgr. Leon Mosko,
rector of St. Basil's College, and Msgr.
John Squiller, rector of St. Basil's
Preparatory School for Boys in Stam-
ford. The Academy a Capella Choir
sang the responses. View of the church construction site.
Receiving1 diplomas at the exercises
were Laura Caramadre, Ingrid C.
Estrella, Ninoska Gonzalez, Christina
Marie Hoff, Carofyne Cassandra Jen-
kins, Catherine Diane Marie Krom,
LUC national board officers meet in Ainersville
Barbara Jean McAfee, Bonnie J. Moon, MINERSVILLE, Pa. - The second was assigned to investigate the possibili- maus Renewal Program of Priests.
Mariela Osorio - salutatorian, Anna quarter meeting of the national board of ties of hosting this convention at one of In conclusion, the board discussed
Maria Maddalena Perrotta - valedic- the League of Ukrainian Catholics was the named sites. the LUC's participation in the Catechi-
torian, Nynonska E. Sencion, Stefania held here recently at St. Nicholas Another area of business covered was tical Teachers Workshop, which is still
Serpe and Anna Maria Tallo. Ukrainian Catholic Church, home the beatification of Metropolitan An- in the developmental stages. Sister
The awards given included: Bishop parish of the LUC's spiritual director, drey Sheptytsky. The board has had Thomas gave an overview of the pro-
Basil Losten Award in Memory of the Rev. John P. Stevensky. several thousand petitions for beatifica- gram as tentatively outlined by the
Archbishop Ambrose Senyshyn Scho- The meeting began Friday evening at tion printed and will have them distri- archdiocese. Discussion followed and it
larship to , Miss Perrotta; 8 p.m. with each attending officer giving buted to parishes via the membership was agreed that the league will sponsor
Stamford Police Anchor Club, Branch a brief report. and will be running a campaign to have individuals for this workshop as well as
25 Citizenship Award and F. G. Brady Progress in the membership drive these petitions signed by individual participate in the scheduled workshops,
Drama Award to Miss Moon; Stam- could be seen by the responses to the parish members throughout the arch- so that members may then go back into
ford Police Anchor Club, Branch 25 questionnaires issued by Dave Dziadik, diocese. The league will take upon itself their respective parishes and teach.
Progress Award to Miss Caramadre; who is now in the process of updating the task of individually addressing each The board was brought up to date on
Deegan Memorial Literary Award to the mailing list so that both the sports petition to Rome. the progress of the Garden State Coun-
Miss Osorio; Corinne Boccuzzi Award rally and convention committees could Further, the national board, as the cil and plans for the scheduled 27th
for Christian Practice to Miss Estrella; notify all current members of the promoter of the Ukrainian millennium annual sports rally, to be held in
Mother of God Academy Award for upcoming events using this mailing list. decals, has printed 60,000 of these Somerville, N.J., as well as the progress
Advancement in English to Miss After morning liturgy on Saturday, decals and has distributed over 35,000 of the North Anthracite Council in
Gonzalez. the board continued the meeting from to date. A formal program of distribu- plans for the 49th annual convention of
Earlier in the day a divine liturgy was the following evening. Robert Hrubec, tion was established and as part of the the League of Ukrainian Catholics to be
celebrated at the academy chapel by following the proposed agenda, brought program, a complimentary decal was held in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Msgr. Emil Manastersky, vicar general up for discussion the 1983 convention mailed to each parish in the archdiocese The meeting closed with a prayer, and
of the Diocese of Stamford. A commu- which is to be hosted by the national board along with an order form. the members then set out to work,
nion breakfast for the graduates and since this convention will mark the 50th LUC religious director, Sister Tho- mailing out several hundred millennium
faculty was tendered by the class of jubilee of the LUC. Various possible mas, outlined several ideas for coun- decals to the pastors/parishes in the
1983. 'ites were discussed and a committee cil/chapter participation in the Em- archdiocese.
 12
Promotion for Pastuszek
Lydia M. Pastuszek
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. - Lydia
M. Pastuszek of Watertown Mass., was
named manager of load forecasting for
the New England Electric System, a
public utility holding company.
Ms. Pastuszek joined the company in
May 1981, as a senior forecast analyst.
During the last eight months, she also
served as assistant to the president of
New England Electric Transmission
Corporation, a New England Electric
System company that was formed to
finance, build and operate a trans-
mission line to bring economical hydro-
electric power from Quebec to New
England.
Ms. Pastuszek, a graduate of Swarth-
more (Pa.) High School, completed a
bachelor's degree in government at
Clark University, Worcester, Mass., in
1975. She received a master's, with
distinction, in city and regional planning
from Harvard University.
Prior to joining New England Electric
she held economic and environmental
analyst positions with the Massachusetts
Energy Facilities Siting Council and the
New England Regional Commission.
In her new position, Ms. Pastuszek
supervises the preparation cf sales and
revenue forecasts for New England
Electric's three retail companies:
Massachusetts Electric, Narragansett
Electric in Rhode Island and Granite
State Electric in New Hampshire and
for New England Electric's wholesale
supply company, New England Power
Company. She will also participate in
the rate-setting process for the com-
panies on the federal and state levels.
Ms. Pastuszek is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William J. Pastuszek, and is
married to Brian J. Monahan, also a
graduate of Clark University and a
town planner in Massachusetts. They
are all members of UNA branch 231, in
Chester, Pa., of which Mr. Pastuszek is
president. Mr. Pastuszek was elected
UNA supreme advisor at the 30th
convention of the UNA held in Rochester
in May.
Accepted to med school Track
NEWARK, N.J. - Catherine Pan- son Ms. Chuma qualified in the 800
chenko Bush recently graduated from meters for the Eastern AIAW Track
Rutgers State University (Newark and Field Championships in Maine and
campus) and has been accepted by the placed fifth.
early admissions program to the Uni-
versity of Medicine and Dentistry of fourth in the 800 meters at the New
New Jersey, reported the Rutgers York State Championships and quali-
Public Information office.
Ms. Panchenko Bush of Woodridge,
N.J., was a College Honors Program
scholar maj oring in chemistry. This honors the lead-off leg.
program is designed for students with
superior academic records and includes she advanced to the finals in the 800
independent research and special semi- meters, running a personal best time of
nars. Senior honors students work with
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
Notes on people
a faculty member of their choice and
prepare an honors project in either their
major field of study or in an interdis-
ciplinary area.
Ms. Panchenko Bush, who was lifted
in the Who's Who in American Univer-
sities and Colleges, also received many
awards and citations at the college's
annual Senior Awards Night Program.
Among them were; the Newark College
of Arts and Sciences (NCAS) Alumni
Association Outstanding Senior Award,
the American Micro-Chemical Society
Award for excellence in chemistry and a
service commendation from the NCAS
Student Governing Association.
In medical school, which she begins
in August, she hopes to specialize in
pediatrics or internal medicine.
Although her academic schedule kept
her pretty busy, Ms. Panchenko Bush
also had time for extracurricular activi-
ties, serving terms as secretary and vice-
president of the Ukrainian Student
Organization on campus and being a
member of the NCAS Student Govern-
ing Association and chair of its elec-
tions committee during her senior year.
Catherine Panchenko Bush
She has earned a Red Cross safety
instructor certificate and has spent
many summers as a counselor at Plast
camps. She belongs to the Passaic Plast
branch where she has worked with both
"novatstvo^and "yunatstvo".
A graduate of the School of Ukrai-
nian Studies, she continued taking
Ukrainian courses at Rutgers. She is
active in the Ukrainian community in
her area and is, along with her entire
family, a member of UNA Branch 19.
Gets track and field award
NEW YORK - Vera Chuma has
been named Hunter College's Most
Outstanding Scholar-Athlete and Most
Valuable Runner in Cross Country.
A June 1982 graduate of Hunter, with
a bachelor of science degree in medical
laboratory sciences, Ms. Chuma was
also the captain of the Hunter College
and Field Team.
During the winter indoor-track sea-
During the outdoor season she placed
fied for the National Collegiate (NCAA)
Division III Championships in the same
distance as well as in the mile relay as
At the NCAA meet, held in Chicago,
2:17.5 after three days of competition.
SUNDAY. JULY 4.1982 No. 27
recent issue of Heritage, a publication
of the Illinois Consultation on Ethnicity
in Education.
The article, by Philip Francbine,
traces Mr. Kulas's life from his early
boyhood in Ukraine, life in Germany,
where his father was a forced laborer
, during World War II, and his eventual
immigration to the United States in
1950.
Mr. Kulas, who began his law prac-
tice in 1957 by catering to the needs of
his multi-ethnic neighborhood in Chi-
cago, has been active in working for
human-rights causes and in bettering
relations between Ukrainians and Jews.
He was appointed a member of the
Holocaust Memorial Council by Presi-
dent Jimmy Carter in 1980. He is also a
vice president of the local UCCA.
"Mr. Kulas, while advancing human
rights and other traditional causes, has
been a leader in applying mainstream
expertise to such issues as neighbor-
hood preservation, political representa-
tion, intergroup relations and social
service provision," wrote Mr. Fran-
chine. "And Mr. Kulas's success in the
civic world, combined with his commit-
ment to Ukrainian gor.ls and values, has
helped others to understand his people
through him.
Receive UNA scholarships
Vera Chuma competing in cross-coun- HAMTRAMCK, Mich. - Myron
Hnatczuk and Lydia Bohay, June 1982
try event.
graduates of Immaculate Conception
She became an NCAA All-American in Ukrainian Catholic High School here,
the same meet as a member of the mile received scholarships from the Ukrai-
relay team. nian National Association totaling
Ms. Chuma, a member of UNA S500. They were two of 26 seniors (15
Branch 361 in New York, plans to girls and 11 boys) who graduated from
continue training under her present the school on Sunday, June 6.
coach, Dan Sullivan, and to compete Mr. Hnatczuk graduated with honors,
for Athletic Attic. was declared an eligible scholarship re-
cipient from the State of Michigan on
Maday exhibits in Toronto the basis of performance in the ACT
(American College Test), and is a
TORONTO - Andrij Maday exhi- recipient of the Adrian College Aca-
bited his works at the Del Bello Gallery demic Scholarship. He plans to attend
here from June 14 through 26. His one- Adrian College.
man show included 43 woodcuts, lino- Ms. Bohay also graduated with
cuts and wood engravings. The opening honors. She plans to attend Wayne
was on Thursday, June 17, with cock- State University.
tails being served between 6:30 and 9:30
p.m.
Mr. Maday also appeared in an
interview aired on MTV, channel 47, in
Toronto, on Saturday, June 12.
ANDRIJ MADAY
Del Bello Gallery
Cover of invitation to Andrij Madayt
exhibit in Toronto.
Profiled in publication
CHICAGO — Community activist
and attorney Julian Kulas, who repre-
sents Walter Polovchak, the Ukrainian
teenager embroiled in a legal battle to
remain in this country rather than
return to the USSR, was profiled in a Lydia Bohay
No. 27
Manor announces health programs
JENKINTOWN, Pa. - Recent em­
ployment statistics indicate that one
area of employment with the greatest
demand is in the field of health care and
Manor Junior College has announced
two new health programs.
Just approved is the new joint opto-
metric technician program established
by Manor Junior College and the
Pennsylvania College of Optometry.
An optometric technician is educated
and trained to perform a variety of
patient care procedures under the direct
supervision of an optometrist. Techni­
cal skills include pre-examination
screening and special testing proce­
dures, frame styling and dispensing,
contact lens assisting, and vision train­
ing administration and procedures.
Utilization of trained personnel in this
team approach can allow for increased
quantity and quality of vision care
services to the patient.
Students in the optometric technician
program benefit from the shared re­
sponsibilities in the Manor/PCO asso­
ciate degree program. Manor's faculty
and facilities will provide the general
education course work, preparing the
students for an active role in people-
oriented health care.
The technical course work will be
Pittsburgh fest features Ukrainians
by Dorothy W. Waslo
PITTSBURGH - Ukrainians de­
lighted a multitude of Pittsburghers
with a lively Hutsul program at the
Pittsburgh Folk Festival on May 29.
The appreciative crowd responded to
the energetic program with a standing
ovation. Ukraine was represented by
the outstanding local dance ensemble
Poltava under the direction of Luba
Hlutkowsky and League of Ukrainian
Catholics Kalyna Choir conducted by
Irene Vladuchick.
The same evening, the choir enter­
tained thousands on the Market Place
stage in conjunction with the same
festival There, the choir sang 13 folk
-songs.
These two performances ended the
first half of the Kalyna Choir's 25th
season. A week ago, on May 23, the
choir sang a moleben to the Mother of
God in St. John the Baptist Church on
Pittsburgh's Southside. This was conce-
lebrated by the host pastor, Msgr.
Michael Poloway, and the Rev. Paul
Guthrie, spiritual director of LUC
Western Pennsylvania Council. The
installation of council officers of the
LUC followed.
After the installation, the Kalyna
Choir presented a program of Marian
musk. This program consisted of 11
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popular hymns. Most of the hymns
were arranged for the now defunct Ss.
Peter and Paul Choir of Ambridge, Pa.
by its former conductor, Marian b^y
All clergymen and parishes of western
Pennsylvania were individually invited
to participate, along with the entire
Ukrainian and Ruthenian communities
by the Kalyna Choir, since this moleben
and Marian program inaugurated a
series of concerts of religious music in
commemoration of the upcoming
millennium of Christianity in Ukraine.
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to the document But even on these
occasions, especially at Christmas and
Easter, Catholic believers face adversity.
The document relates several in­
stances of KGB harassment of wor­
shippers, including a 1979 incident in
which Soviet militia surrounded and
beat worshippers during a church
service.
According to the document, the
Ukrainian Catholic Church lives on
because "only some individuals consi­
der themselves true Orthodox, while the
rest of the population considers itself
Catholics in spirit, and a large segment
remains faithful to the Holy See and are
conscious, practicing Catholics."
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nian Catholic Women's League of St. las.
Demetrius Parish and the Toronto The God With Us Catechetical Series
Office of Religious Education spon­ is the official series for all Ukrainian
sored a two-day catechetical workshop Catholic eparchies in both Canada and
based on the God With Us Catechetical the United States.
Series. The guest speaker for this event The UCWL of St. Demetrius Parish
was Sister Martha OSBM from the has made a commitment to foster the
Office of Religious Education in Parma,
Ohio.
growth of this series in all the parishes of
the Toronto Eparchy. With the blessing
Sister Martha is a team member of of Bishop Isidore Borecky, teams of
the Parma Office and has spent over 23 catechises formed from the league's
years in Catholic education and was members will visit parishes to promote
actively involved in the production of the series. The St. Demetrius UCWL
the above-mentioned series. will also provide the resource personnel
The workshops focused on the series for future workshops. ^?
itself as well as on the contemporary
catechetical approaches. Stress was Interested members will be meeting
placed on the "experiential" approach during the summer months with Father
since this method was most often used Lozynsky, director of the Office of
by Jesus Himself. Religious Education, in order to ac­
Over 27 participants attended the quaint themselves with the entire series.
evening sessions and IS participants The next major event will be to
attended the day sessions. Parishes provide an information booth at the
represented at the workshops were: St annual Eparchial Pilgrimage to An-
Demetrius, St. Mary's Dormition, St. caster, Ont
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is a most special symbol of all that is

NEW AT SOYUZIVKA!
Did UNA'ers.. Ukrainian to us - and we dare not
(Continued from pen 0 desecrate it.
decorated in the batik process with one-, Of course, modifications come with
DRAMA WORKSHOP two-, or multi-colored designs, (ac-
cording to Vadym Shcherbakivskyi)
time, and contemporary pysanka writers
are experimenting with new variations
have "a ceremonial,ritualmeaning, and in design and color. But this should be
play such a role and command such a done consciously, and a distinction
AUGUST 7 - 14 respect in connection with their orna- should be made between traditional and
mentation as do other symbolic objects contemporary. But with all the existing
Designed for teens and young adults interested in various religions, e.g. crosses and traditional designs and motifs, and their
in theather arts. icons in Christianity, etc.... Pysanky are variations, there is no reason at all to
always decorated with ornaments which debase the pysanka with kitsch addi-
Scene study will stress Ukrainian themes, culminating: already in very deep antiquity were to tions. Also, there seems to be an element
in a performance on the last day of the workshop. all well-known symbols of the sun-god of (some of) our creeping inferiority
INSTRUCTORS: and other equal deities..." The meaning complex in the twisted thinking that
of the pysanka is comprised of both the the pysanka cant stand on its own, that
LARYSSA LAURET, WAITER LYSHIAK.
egg itself and the symbols written upon it will be that much "better" for the
MilLauret starred in daytime dramas: T h e Doctors and G u i d i n g !
Light. it. president with the U.S. emblem added.
Mr. Lysniak holds an M.A. decree In directing from Yale's School of
Drama. He has worked in Off-Broadway and Ukrainian productions. Once we start applying signs of the We cannot improve on an object that
Food and lodging S85.00
zodiac, U.S. and other emblems, and has stood the test of a very long time,
Instructors'fee S55.00 and means so much to us just as it is. We
other non-traditional designs upon the
For an application, please fill out and mail lower portion to:
surface of an egg — a pysanka is not are very fortunate that the legacy of the
being made, only a batik-decorated egg, pysanka was left to us as a nation. Let us
UNA FRATERNAL ACTIVITIES OFFICE
and at that point it should stop being preserve it, honor and revere it, and not
3 0 MONTGOMERY S t called a pysanka. We no longer believe tamper with it.
JERSEY CITY, N. J. 0 7 3 0 2 in the pre-Christian religious and Orysla Paszczak Tracz
mystical properties of a pysanka, but it Winnipeg

Associate Pastor... Ukrainian Catholic Church and on

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needy and demonstrated a penetrating
understanding of the pastoral needs of
his people. He was a great supporter
and defender of the Church at all times.
The Rev. Byblow is survived by four
sisters, Mother Frances SSMI, mother
general of the Sister Servants of Mary
Immaculate of Rome, Sister Mechtilde
SMI, of Yorkton, Olga and Theresa;
and two brothers, Mike and Nick;
nephews, nieces, grandnieces and rela-
tives.
Funeral services were held on Sun-
day, June 20,- at St John the Baptist
Monday, June 21, a pontifical divine
liturgy was celebrated by Archbishop-
Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk of Phila-
delphia and Bishop Basil Los ten of the
Stamford Ukrainian Eparchy. The
sermon was preached by the Very Rev.
Paul Maluga CSsR, provincial superior.
The body was then transferred to St.
Joseph's Church in Winnipeg, where a
pontifical divine liturgy was celebrated
on Wednesday, June 23. Prayers and
funeral services were held at St. Mary's
Church, Yorkton, on June 23 and 24.
Interment took place in the Redempto-
rist section of the Yorkton city ceme-
tery.

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AUGUST 1 - 14, 1 9 8 2
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literature, history and folk art) Student will receive specialized instruction in each
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July 4 weekend
PREVIEW OFareEVENTS
Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m.
to 9 p.m., Saturdays, 11 tun. to 5
p.m., and Sundays, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The exhibit runs from July 8 through
August 25. For more information
call (215) 645-7250/4610.
ADDISON, П1.: St. Andrew's Ukrai­
nian Orthodox Church, 22 W. 347
Army Trail, is holding a four-day
festival, Thursday through Sunday
on the church grounds. Highlights of
the festival will be games and sports
for all, a musical program, and a
dance. Friday, Jury 9, members of
the Chicago Sting soccer team win be
on hand at the festival Saturday and
Sunday, the SUM-A vocal trio Matvy,
the ODUM String Ensemble and the
Hromovytsia dance group will enter­
tain festival-goers. Hours of the
festival are: Thursday, 6- 10:30 p.m.,
Carter McAdams and Nusha Martynuk Friday, 6- 11:30 p.m., Saturday,
noon - 11:30 p.m., and Sunday 1-
SOYUZIVKA: The opening of the p.m. All entertainment programs will 10:30 p.m
Soyuzivka summer season takes be emceed by Anya Dydyk. Sunday
place this weekend. Highlights in­ evening, once again, Alex and Dorko
clude a dance on Friday night, July 2, will provide music for the dance, Saturday, July 10
at 10 p.m. to the music of Alex which starts at 10 p.m.
Chudolij and Dorko Senchyshyn. SOYUZIVKA: Pianist Laryssa Krupa
Saturday evening includes a musical win entertain Soyuzivka audiences
programfeaturingMykola and iryna Thursday, M y t today with a musical program. Ms.
Fabryka, at 8:30 p.m. and a dance at Krupa received bachelor's and
10 p.m. to the music of Tempo. VILLANOVA, Pa.: Andrij Maday, master's degrees in music from the
Sunday, Independence Day, will along with nine other Philadelphia Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore.
feature a special program with artists will exhibit his work at Villa- For two summers, she participated in
dancers Nusha Martunyk, her hus­ nova University Aft Gafiery.Conneiry the Rome Festival Orchestra Summer
band Carter McAdams, and singer Center. The opening is Friday, Jury Program, where in .1981 she per­
Oksana Tromsa, beginning at 8:30 9, from 3 to 7:30 p.m. Gallery hours formed as a soloist. This weekend
marks her first time as a soloist at
Soyuzivka. In June, she played here
with cellist Nestor Cybriwsky. Last
month she placed fourth in the
A Ukrainian perspective American Music Scholarship Asso­
ciation's International Piano Com­
on the news... petition in Cincinnati, Ohio. In
addition to her solo performances,
she teaches privately and performs in
chamber music groups.
ELLENVILLE, N.Y.: SUSTA is
sponsoring a two-day volleyball
triples tournament to be held here
today and tommorrow, July 11, at
the SUM-A resort here in upstate
New York. There wiU be three divi­
sions: Double A, A and women's.
The registration fee is S30. For
further information, call Mike Muryk
at (212) 854-8030.
Thursday, July IS
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special features
Orthodox League of the U.S.A. will
covene here for the 35th annual
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY convention of the organization.
Hierarchs of the Ukrainian Ortho­
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numerous clergy of the diocese.
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senior and junior UOL chapters of
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Address: lich of Bethlehem, Pa., is convention
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siuk is the spiritual adviser.
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Evening events, to be held at St.
John's auditorium will include a
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anniversary banquet and ball. The
grand anniversary ball will feature
music by Melody Night of Ro­
chester, N.Y.
Delegates and guests representing
more than 40 senior and junior
chapters of the UOL will be in
attendance at the convention.
ADVANCE NOTICE
EDMONTON: The Ukrainian Music
Association of Alberta is sponsoring
the seventh Ukrainian Choral Con­
ductors Seminar to be held from
August 14 through 28, at St John's
Institute here. Lecturers for the
seminar include Volodymyr Koksnyk
and Zenon Lawryshyn from To­
ronto. For more information please
write: Ukrainian Choral Conductors
Seminar, 9530 -109 Ave., Edmonton,
АІШ..Т5Н iC7orcaU (403)447-3263
or 487-8274.
PHILADELPHIA: The Ukrainian
community of Philadelphia will
observe the tricentennial of the dry
with a Ukrainian Festival of music,
song and dance on Friday, August
20, at the Robin Hood Dell East
amphitheatre. The program will
include the Prometheus Ukrainian
Male Chorus under the direction of
Michael Dlaboha with piano accom­
panist Irene Pelech. The Voloshky
Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of Phila­
delphia, choreographed by Alexander
Hraur and Sophia Janusz, will per­
form folk dances from various parts
of Ukraine. The Ukrainian classical
compositions wiU be performed by
Renata Babak, mezzo-soprano, ac­
companied by Frank Conlon of
Washington, and Mykola Fabryka,
baritone, accompanied by his wife,
Iryna Fabryka. Contemporary music
wiU be performed by Evelina Beluc,
with Leonid Verbytsky at the piano.
The festival committee expects
thousands of people to visit the city
government-subsidized Ukrainian
Festival, among them high city
officials.
YONKERS, N.Y.: The Slavic Heri­
tage Celebration wiU take place on
Sunday, August 22, from 1 p.m. to 7
p.m. at TibbetU Brook Park. Ad­
mission is free; there is a SI parking
charge before 5 p.m. The festival
which is sponsored by the West-
chester County Department of Parks,
Recreation and Conservation and
the United Slavonian American
League, wiU feature the Ukrainian
American Youth Association Dancers,
the St. Casimir's Polish Youth
Dancers, Troika Balalaika, Limbora
Slovak Dancers, Pilsner Brass Band,
cultural exhibits and Slavic foods. In
case of rain, the celebration will be
held at Lemko Hall, 556 Yonkers
Ave., Yonkers.
SOUTH BOUND BROOK, NJ.:
UNA districts of New Jersey - Perth
Amhoy, Newark, Jersey City and
Passaic - are holding a UNA Day at
the Ukrainian Village here, on Sun­
day, August 29, beginning at noon.
The day's festivities will include an
artistic program. There will be dancing
with music provided by V. Osered-
chuk's orchestra. All UNA members
and the Ukrainian community at
large are invited.
ONGOING:
HUNTER, N.Y.: Olha Sonevytsky's
gallery will have art exhibits through­
out the summer months of July and
August. All are welcome to view the
exhibits.