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" Mykola Horbai, Ukrainian poet and composer, was first arrested for
writing the poem "Thought" in 1970. He was charged with and sentenced for
"Ukrainian bourgeois nationalism." After serving seven years of Eugene Lyons, journalist among first
incarceration he returned to Ukraine, married and established his residence in
Kiev. Mr. Horbai was forbidden to pursue his profession, he was under
constant KGB surveillance, hounded and victimized. In 1979 he became a
to report Great Famine, dies
member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group and in a short while was rearrested. NEW YORK - Eugene Lyons, one affairs, including a biography of Stalin
Having no legal grounds for his arrest, false charges were laid against him. He of the first Western journalists to report and "The Red Decade: The Stalinist
was sentenced to five years' incarceration, which he completed in October accurately on the Great Famine in Penetration of America."
1984. H owever, two days before his release, additional accusations were made Ukraine (1932-33), died here at his In 1939, he became editor of The
against him, and, is still awaiting the results of the investigation for evidence. home in Manhattan on January 7. He American Mercury, remaining in that
One realizes that the fate awaiting Mr. Horbai is similar to that of other was 86. position until 1944. Under his
"permanent" prisoners like Yuriy Shukhevych, and now deceased Oleksiy Born in Uzlian, Russia, Mr. Lyons editorship, The American Mercury
Tykhy and Valeriy Marchenko, as well as Yuriy Lytvyn and dozens of other came with his family to the United took a strongly anti-Soviet stance and
Ukrainian prisoners of conscience whom the Soviet authorities decided to States as a child and settled on New criticized America's alliance with the
exterminate through constant physical abuse and maltreatment in prisons, York's Lower East Side. As a young Soviet Union during World War II.
concentration camps and psychiatric institutions. man, he was an ardent supporter of the With the end of the war, Mr. Lyons
Bolshevik Revolution, serving as the became a roving editor at Reader's
" Yosyf Zis'els, numan-rights activist from Chernivtsi, member of the United States correspondent of the Digest, and in 1953 was appointed a
Ukrainian Helsinki Group, was collecting evidence on theabuse of psychiatry official Soviet news agency TASS from senior editor at the magazine, a post he
in. western Ukraine and the committing of human-rights activists to 1923 to 1927. held until his retirement in the mid-
psychiatric institutions for abusive treatment. Zisels was arrested in 1976 In 1928, he went to Moscow as a 1970s.
and sentenced to three years'incarceration. Upon completion of the term he correspondent for United Press and in Mr. Lyons is survived by three sisters
returned to Chernivtsi to his wife and young son. On October 19, 1984, Mr. 1930 became the first foreign and two grandchildren.
Zisels was arrested a second time without any charges being proferred against correspondent to obtain an interview
him. On the day of his arrest searches were made of the residences in the with Stalin after his rise to power.
district, including the Zisels residence. Outside of confiscating some books But the six years Mr. Lyons spent in
nothing else was taken. Mr. Zisels`s wife, Irene, is expecting their second
child.
the Soviet Union led to his
disillusionment with comjnunism, and
Wall Street Journal
The Ukrainian Canadian Committee appeals to the Ukrainian Canadian
on his return to the United States in
1934 he wrote a ringmgjdenunciation of
recalls 1932-33 famine
community to participate in the action started by Pavlo Stokotelnyj for the the Soviet system in`y. the book NEW YORK - The Kremlin's
release of Mykola Horbai and Yosyf Zisels. "Assignment in Utopia." complicity in the Great Famine in
1. First, write a letter to your member of Parliament, if possible speak to The book contained several Ukraine (1932-33), which killed an
him personally and ask him to speak to Minister for Foreign Affairs Joe references to the Ukrainian famine, estimated 7 million people, was cited
Clark. which resulted from Moscow's decision as an example of hunger as a political
2. If you cannot do it yourself, get someone to write a letter to the editor of to confiscate grain and foodstuffs from weapon in a January 10 editorial in
your local newspaper. the rural population in order to end the Wall Street Journal titled
3. Write a letter to Mr. Joe Clark, the secretary of state for external affairs, peasant resistance to collectivization, "Murder by Hunger."
the House of Commons. check Ukrainian nationalism and raise The editorial, which focused on`
4. Send copies of your letters or write individual letters to: The Rt. Hon. capital for Stalin's rapid industrializa famine as a weapon in Ethiopian,
Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister of Canada, House of Commons, Ottawa, tion policies. Marxist government's war against
Ont.; The Rt. Hon. John Turner, Leader of the Opposition, House of In all, an estimated 7 million people rebellions, said the use of starvation
Commons, Ottawa, Ont.; and Mr. Ed Broadbent, Leader of NDParty, died during the famine. as a means of repression can be,
House of Commons, Ottawa, Ont.; "Years after the event," wrote Mr. traced to Stalin's policies in Soviet-
Remember that the person nearest to you is your member of Parliament Lyons in 1937, "when no Russian occupied eastern Ukraine, . і
and you should make it a point to contact him/her first. Your member of Communist in his senses any longer "We've seen the RSUern in.
Parliament must listen to you — he is supposed to look after your interests concealed the magnitude of the famine, Afghanistan and С а т Ь б щ ^ Jhe
and concerns. me question of whether there had been a Journal said. "One can 'trjiqerit'jjfa
(No postage is required on letters mailed to the House of Commons in famine at all was still being disputed in Stalin's man-made Ufctfainjan famine
Ottawa.) the outside world." in 1932-33. Ifthe-So`
Ukrainian Canadian Committee Although Mr. Lyons never returned trol a people, theyft
National Headquarters to the Soviet Union, it dominated his starve, helping Jig!.efgjBeer^lJy`l^
Winnipeg work during most of the rest of his bombing crops, -artrigtі пдиКеі-aad'
career. He published several more
books on Soviet and Communist I II I 'irftiii
4 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 1985 NoJ
The Metropolitan Andrew Sheptytsky Combined Choir of Chicago with members of the millennium committee.
CHICAGO - The Ukrainian tion of the sacred program. His speech newly elected State Sen. Walter Gabro and Father Breen councils.
Catholics of Chicago, headed by Bishop marked the beginning of the Dudycz. The head of the Chicago Ukrainian
Innocent Lotocky, presented a Concert presentation of a series of religious Members-of the combined choir were Millennium Committee is the Rt. Rev.
of Sacred Music in Holy Name events. He invited all Ukrainians and from St. Nicholas Cathedral, St. Butrynsky; the co-chairperson is
Cathedral to introduce the observance Christians to join him in marking the Joseph's Church, Ss. Volodymyr and Iwanna Gorchynska; the special events
of the millennium of Ukrainian millennium of Ukrainian Christianity Olha Church, Nativity of the Blessed director and organizer of the Concert of
Christianity, which occurs in 1988. This in Chicago and environs. He concluded: Virgin Mary Church and Immaculate Sacred Music is the Rev. Peter Galadza.
initial event also commemorated the "I hope that our music and song will be Conception Church. The ushers for the The committee is planning the next
centennial of the Ukrainian Catholic an inspiration to the community." event were members of the 4th Degree Chicago celebration of the Ukrainian
Church in America, the 40th Christina Lypeckyj, mezzo-soprano Knights of Columbus from the Bishop millennium.
anniversary of the death of the saintly with the Michigan Lyric Opera, sang
Metropolitan-Archbishop Andrey three songs. Her first moving selection
Sheptytsky of Lviv, Ukraine, and the was "Bohprodytse Divo"(Hail, Virgin) Obituary
40th anniversary of the episcopal of Ukrainian composer Andriy
ministry of his successor, the late Major
Archbishop Josyf Slipyj.
Hnatyschyn from Vienna. She then
sang the composition "Prayer" by Ihor William Chupa, UNA and community activist
Over 3,500 people jammed the Latin Sonevytsky. Her concluding rendition NEW YORK - William Chupa.
rite Holy Name Cathedral in downtown was "Odarka's Aria" from the Ukrainian community activist, long-
Chicago to participate in this solemn Ukrainian opera "Kupalo." Her piano time secretary of Ukrainian National
religious concert. Sponsor of the accompanist was Nadia Sawyn. Association Branch 325 and treasurer
commemorative presentation was Prof. Roman Andrushko, choir of the New York District Committee,
Bishop Innocent Lotocky. Ukrainian director of Ss. Volodymyr and Olha died here on January 8, following a long
rite bishop of Chicago; the host was Parish, led the Symphony String illness. He was 69.
Bishop Timothy Lyne, rector of the Ensemble in the beautiful composition Mr. Chupa was born on January 10,
Holy Nam? Cathedral, representing "Praise the-Lord. You Children" by 1915, in Brooklyn, N.Y., and during his
Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, the Roman Borys Kudryk. youth was active in the Ukrainian
rite archbishop of Chicago. The finale brought together the Youth League of North America and
The program was prepared and Symphony String Ensemble and the Ukrainian National Home in
presented by the Chicago Ukrainian Metropolitan She"ptytsky Choir under Brooklyn, as well as the local
Christian Millennium Committee made the direction of Prof. Andrushko in organization called Moloda Ukraina
up of representatives of all the presenting Kudryk`s composition .(Young Ukraine). He served the latter
Ukrainian parishes in Chicagoland and "Great is God." two organizations as president.
headed by the R't. Rev. Marian During the program. State Rep. He served in the U.S. Army in Europe
Butrynsky. Myron Kulas read a proclamation of during World War II, and later became
The concert opened with a glorious the Illinois House of Representatives a member of the Ukrainian American
tribute to God as the Metropolitan noting the celebration of the centennial Veterans, serving as national treasurer
Andrew Sheptytsky Choir, made up of of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in and local post commander. He was also
200 singers from Chicagoland America. a member of the American Legion and
Ukrainian Catholic churches, sang the A large number of religious and civic treasurer of the Ukrainian Democratic
stirring concerto "Sey Den" (This is the dignitaries participated in the religious Club of Brooklyn. William Chupa
Day) c o m p o s e d by D m y t r o concert. Introduced were Bishops Mr. Chupa was an active participant recognized for his organizing
Bortniansky. Julian Pozniak, choir Timothy Lyne and Placido Rodriguez in the cultural life of the Ukrainian achievements by being named several
director at St. Joseph's Church, of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop community in the late 1940s and 1950s. times to the UNA Champions Club. He
directed the singers through the Vladimir T a r a s e v i t c h of the He sang with the metropolitan choir was also a delegate to several UNA
numerous movements. Byelorussian Catholic Church, the Rev. directed by the late Stephen conventions.
Immediately afterwards the choir Orest Kulyk of the Ukrainian Orthodox Marusevich, and appeared as both a Surviving are his wife, Dorothy;
rendered a second Bortniansky Church, and representatives from the dancer and actor in the mammoth stage daughters, Barbara and Joyce; and
concer"` "Blazhenni" (Blessed are Ukrainian Baptist Church, the Greek presentations of Homin Ukrainy (Echo sons. William Jr. and Gregory.
Those), under the baton of Juriy Orthodox Church, O r t h o d o x . ol Ukraine). The funeral was held January 11 at
Jarymowycz, director of the Slavuta Episcopal. Lutheran and Presbyterian In the 1950s Mr. Chupa became the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin
Choir at St. Nicholas Cathedral. Churches in the Chicago community. active in the UNA. He was secretary of Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church in
In his welcome address. Bishop Also introduced were Ukrainian Branch 325 for over 30 years, and he Flushing MeadoWSj N.Y.; burial was at
Lotocky greeted the throng of people community leaders Dr. Myron Kuropas enrolled many new members into the Holy Ghost Cemetery in Hampton-
and noted the threefold commemora- and Dr. Mvroslav Charkewycz, and fraternal organization. He was burgh. N.Y.
No. З THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 1985 5
Bishops' message
NEWS AND VIEWS
Right to life
is for everyone Recollections of a visit with Brazil's aainians
by Dr. Anthony T. Wachna whole, in Brazil," she said later. Basilio Cembalisia, who is director of
A message from Ukrainian Catholic many organizations, was our guide. As 1
On Monday we took the plane to see
bishops on the right to life. As the excitement mounted before magnificent lguassu Falls. There were walked into the bus. 1 was received by a
the departure of our group of 15 via many tourists from various parts of the 17-year-old Japanese boy and I asked
The United Nations has proclaimed Varig 747 for Sao Paulo, we were told world visiting the falls for the first time. him if this was the Ukrainian bus and he
1985 the "Year of Youth." People of all by the Kobasniuk Travel Agency of The boardwalk on the mountainside' answered in Ukrainian, "Oh. yes. my
nations are being encouraged to initiate New York, that we were officially facing the falls extends for 1.2 miles, name is Cesar Ito, and my mother is
and improve programs that meet the the first Ukrainian group to go to Brazil which is most exciting, to say the least. Ukrainian, and her name is Sophia
special needs of young people. Boiko Ito."
for two weeks, leaving October 18. Eventually, we arrived in Curitiba,
Pope John Paul 11 has chosen the Actually, we met our people in Sao and were invited to visit the Rev. Efraim The boy's family owns a restaurant in
slogan "Peace and Youth Go Forward Paulo. Curitiba. Prudentopolis and Krevey, bishop of the Ukrainian Prudentopolis and the children all
Together." also the colonies, in addition to a few Catholics in Brazil. This was a most speak Ukrainian and Portuguese,
Youth are the future of our Church isolated areas where some of the rela welcome visit and considerable besides some Japanese.
and our country. Young people should tives of the group lived. discussion took place. The author was
become aware of the many happenings The able and trilingual tour director, wondering why so few Brazilians knew Poverty is rampant
in present-day society, especially the Peter Bokalo of Metuchen. N.J., was so little or nothing about our people, as
rights of all persons. most helpful, and because he was born in evident in our travel talks. We discussed Then we visited the colonies, six in
Brazil, had his bearings and knew this communication and public relations succession, and saw the real poverty,
Tuesday. January 22, is set aside to giant South American country with a and the importance of having with poor roads, poor buildings and a
remind us of the menace to the right to population of 120 million and rich representation in all forms of small church in each little village. But
life of human beings. The legislation of resources of coffee, cocoa, sugar, government, especially since the there was a bright and beautiful side to
an increasing number of nations now rubber and diamonds. population of Ukrainians is over some of these colonies, and that was the
permits abortion of the unborn at will. Our first visit was to the industrial 200,000 in Brazil. small schoolhouse, with sisters as
Even in our own country, the decision city of Sao Paulo, and on Sunday we The next morning we reached Ponta teachers. The children, dressed very
of the U.S. Supreme Court on January visited the Ukrainian Catholic church Grossa, where we stopped at the neatly in white, welcomed us by singing
22, 1972, denied to unborn human where we found many parishioners both hospital, operated totally by Ukrainian so inspiringly, "Slava Isusu Khrystu."
beings the right to life and the status of young and old with beautiful children sisters, who admitted as a patient one This perhaps was the most moving
personhood. As each succeeding year neatly dressed. Some parents were of of our ladies in the group because of a moment of our trip, one 1 will never
goes by, it becomes increasingly urgent mixed marriages. The church was at previous injury at the airport in Rio. On forget.
that concerned people speak out and tractive and so was the Ukrainian inspection 1 found the hospital to be The Ukrainian farmers generally are
take effective action on behalf of these Orthodox church nearby, skillfully well operated, with many modern facili poor because successful agriculture
most defenseless members of society painted in light grey with blue ties, including X-rays. The staff was requires a large investment of capital. In
whose lives can be ended legally and trimmings. most polite, all dressed in white uni one area a farmer was spreading
without any more reason than simple That evening there was a Ukrainian forms and, of course, the hospital itself fertilizer with his hand and on another
desire. "Rada" meeting in the national hall, and was immaculate. farm, the horses were so weak and
some of us went under the leadership of The next morning in Prudentopolis, emaciated they could hardly pull a
The Right to Life for the unborn Maria Oksana Bachynsky ofNutley,N.J. we enthusiastically prepared for the single plow. Because this was spring,
movement now includes among its "It was interesting and informative biggest event of our trip, the colonies farmers were planting soybeans, corn,
advocates a large segment of the concerning the Ukrainian people, as a and the two seminaries. The Rev. (Continued on page 15)
American population which cannot be
accused of being under the influence of
the teaching of the Catholic Church. So, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Catholics are joined by Orthodox as
well as by Protestants of many
denominations, the churched and
unchurched, including also men and Still more on from the villages of Repid, Karlikova
and other local villages, who in 1918
Fifth anniversary
women of non-Christian and of other
religious persuations. Rusyns and roots were going to build, not Rossiya or
Ruskyi krai, but Ukraina. They were
of Afghan invasion
We Ukrainians see the Right to Life Dear Editor: attacked by a well-equipped Polish Dear Editor:
movement in a wider context, In reference to all the statements in army on a mountain near Komancha, This is the fifth anniversary of the
encompassing the entire world, The Ukrainian Weekly on the subject of and that ended their fight for Ukraine. USSR's invasion of Afghanistan. The
especially our dear brethren in Ukraine. U k r a i n i a n - R u s y n , or, Rusyn- In 1938-39, with my own eyes I Afghan freedom fighters have been
They are still being denied human rights Ukrainian roots I also would like to watched as young men from nearby fighting and dying against our hated
of a political nature, and such basic express my feelings on the subject. villages were going to Zakarpattia to common enemy. We Ukrainians are
rights as that of freely worshipping First, I must state that I am not a fight, not for Karpatska Rossiya, but enjoying the good life in America doing
God; raising their children according to "Vysokopovazhanyi Pan Professor," for an independent Ukraina. relatively nothing to help these brave
what conscience tells them is their but one who learned about his roots In the years 1939-44 came German people.
sacred duty as parents; preserving the from life, not only books. occupation. Germans referred to us as Have we forgotten how we
bonds with their kin in the free world; Ukranien, not Russen. In 1944 came Ukrainianscriticized the world for not
My education began when 1 was born liberation by, not Russian brothers, but aiding the Ukrainian Insurgent Army
and particularly, the right to be mem in the coalfields of Pennsylvania to
bers of their own Ukrainian Catholic Great Russian brothers. Russians did (UPA) in its fight against the Soviet
parents who were Rusyn/Ukrainian or not refer to us as Russians but as Union during the World War II?
Church. However, their very lives, too, Ukrainian/Rusyn. After my birth and
are in danger. How many of them have Ukrainians; they even deported For countless number of years, those
the death of my father, my mother thousands of our people to the new of us wKo still hav?any feelings about
never felt secure against the arbitrary returned to the old country with her
seizure of their persons and possessions, geopolitical Ukraine because of the our proud Ukrainian heritage, have
young family and settled in a village stupid Yalta Treaty. Our Lemkivsh contributed to our various national
of exile, forced labor, unjust called Vysochany, in the Carpathian
incarceration that leads to death, chyna was given to Poland, and organizations with very little results.
Mountains, the area referred to as Ukrainians were not welcome in Finally, we now have the opportunity to
shameless confinement and forceful Lemkivshchyna. As I recall my youth in
mismedication under the pretext of Poland. If we were Carpatho-Russians strike a blow against the USSR by
the Carpathians and try to understand they probably would have shipped us to supporting the Afghans in their struggle
mental illness, and other abuses of a polemics going on here in the United
tyrannical government? Great Russia. From 1945 to 1947, when for freedom.
States on who's a Carpatho-Russian. the Polish government was -pillaging, Why haven't our political and
How`many of our brothers and sisters C a r p a t ho-R usy n, R u s n a k or burning and murdering us, they referred religious organizations coordinated a
have lost their lives in the past at the Ukrainian, more and more I feel these to us as Ukraintsi, not as Russians. To Ukrainian fund for this noble cause?
hands of Communist oppressors, how people don't know what they're talking them we were Ukrainians, not There is still time to show the world that
many are awaiting execution or about. Carpatho-Russians. When pur people the Ukrainians are joining the war
maltreatment that will inexorably lead While residing in the Carpathians started to defend themselves they against the USSR.. We must act as
to death, how many will still have to lay from 1938 to the end of 1947, 1 would created a Ukrainian insurgent "Army quickly as possible to help save
down their lives as witnesses to the listen to the tales of the old folks. They and not a Carpatho-Russian Insurgent Afghanistan and at the same time help
unquenchable desire of every human would always refer to "nash," "nashi z Army. Ukraine.
being, created by God, to live free and hir," "nashi z Zakarpattia," "nashi z The slogan "for all the enemies of In the meantime, we can continue to
with dignity? Ukrainy." The others were always Ukrainians-is "UEnune never existed, send contributions to an organization
We, your shepherds appointed by Austriyaky, Poliaky, Moskali or .does not exist:and never will exist." If that was previously mentioned in The
God, ask all our pastors to inform you Rossiyany. Our people always referred they are right?-then how come they're Ukrainian Weekly - ADies Assistance,
of the issues involved in the Right to to themselves as Ukraintsi or always fighting Ukrainians? How come ) Box 2734, Manassas, Va. 22110.
Life movement, and to urge you to join Rusnaky/Rusyny; only Moskali were if Шг people do sometb.iiig.gpod, we're `
forces with your bishops in securing Rossiyany (Russian). Russians. But if we do something bad, Markian Solonynko
protection for all human lives. I heard" stories about the young men (CostmuwTon page 13) Bayonne, N.J.
6 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 20,1985 No3
Roman holiday
chairperson of the two-day event, problems, addressed the audience Шт Г-3" 4^^ fc
officially opened the banquet briefly.
ceremonies and welcomed all Marvin Rubin, one of the owners of a
participants. Ms. Nelligan then called leading building firm, called Cranbrook
Tі
on Stephen Wichar to assume the duties Wayne Cooperative, introduced his
of master of ceremonies. staff and emphasized the'fine working
Mr. Wichar expressed regrets for relationship his company had
\
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Rep. Dennis Hertel's absence but experienced with the Ukrainian Village
introduced Michael Thomas from Sen. board of directors. He also called on
Donald Riegle's office and Rhea Slavik. Harvey Wolf and associates who have
general interior decorator for the directed and controlled the many
Village, both of whom could not remain intricacies of processing applications
for the banquet. After congratulating and other managerial services.
Ms. Nelligan for an outstanding The emcee then introduced Nicholas
leadership role during this event, the Pastor, artist and architect, the person Ukrainian National Association representatives at the Ukrainian Village opening
emcee extended a profound thanks to who intellectually and emotionally are: (from left), Stephen Wichar, Wasyl Papiz, Yaroslaw Baziuk and Roman
the people, parishes and organizations molded a Ukrainian Village to become Tatarsky.
who made the Village a reality. "As you an aesthetically pleasing development
see," Mr. Wichar added, "the in the Warren community. In his
committee did not grace this hall with a opening remarks, Mr. Pastor, a
head table. Tonight, each of us is Croatian by ethnic background,
equally important and each of us are revealed his total immersion in this
sitting at a head table." project. He emphasized many times
The Very Rev. Bernard Panczuk was over the friendship and understanding
called for the invocation. Dinner was which grew from his relationship with
served under the professional Mrs. Volker, and the roomful of guests
stewardship of Anna Hundich, rose in a standing ovation in tribute to
manager of Stephenson Haus Mrs. Volker.
Restaurant and Banquet Enterprises. M rs. Volker stated, "This evening is a
As the audience sipped coffee and climax to many, many years of blood
enjoyed fresh strawberry-topped and sweat, but has been a great victory
cheesecake, Mr. Wichar" began his against many odds." In. her reflections,
introductions with the clergy. He she described its past history as a
acknowledged the Very Rev. Panczuk. concept for the elderly emanating from
superior and pastor of the Immaculate the Detroit Regional Council of the
Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church UNWLA. She counted the traumatic
in Hamtramck; the Very Rev. John La- experiences of delays with Housing and
zar, dean of the Detroit Deanery and Urban Development officials, the
pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Ukrainian Catholic Church in Dear
bureaucratic bunglingsand morass, and
the many times she had to rely on the тшшь.
assistance of Mayor Randlett. In the UNWLA Branch 58 hospitality committee.
born Heights; the Very Rev. Mitred
f i n a l h o u r , p e r s i s t e n c e and
Archpriest Nestor Stolarchuk, pastor of determination was the winning
St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox combination, she said.
Cathedral in Southfield; and the Rev.
Constantine Wysochansky, pastor of One of the more memorable
St. Josaphat`s Ukrainian ` Catholic moments of this evening came when
Church in Warren. Mr. Wichar introduced a Ukrainian
"The culmination of many years of bandurists quartet composed of Petro
laborious dedication is very much in Kytasty, director, Petro Paholiuk,
evidence this evening," said Mr. Michael Serdiuk and Pawlo Pysarenko.
Wichar, "and major credits should be Mr. Wasylkevych, chairman of the
given to the people who studied, Ukrainian Village board of directors,
planned and fully implemented this was asked to address the audience in the
magnificent building." Ukrainian language, and he succinctly
With this testimonial, the following and e f f e c t i v e l y p r o v i d e d a
people were introduced: Anastasia chronological history of the origin and
Volker, president; Zenon Wasylkevych, ultimate development of the Ukrainian
board chairman; Mr. Wichar, vice- village project.
presldent"and public relations officer, Gratitudes and special acknow
Walter Tomyn, vice-president and ledgments received by the Ukrainian
building consultant; Irene Hulyk, Village were cited by the master of Anastasia Volker addresses the public after the blessing of the Ukrainian Village.
corresponding secretary; Romana ceremonies. Official congratulatory
Dyhdalo, recording secretary; Roman greetings came from the Ukrainian- The Very Rev. Stolarchuk offered the placed on four inside walls, and the
Tatarsky, treasurer; Nicholas American Coordinating Council of benediction. priests faced eastward. Guides from the
Prychitko, financial secretary and Metropolitan Detroit, Detroit Regional On the following day, Sunday, Ukrainian Village staff assisted the
building manager; Olga Adamek, Council of the UNWLA, Ukrainian December 16, more than 500 people priests in blessing the interior of the
membership director; John Dodson, National Association Branch 175, attended the blessing and open house building and residents who wished such
acting financial secretary and director; Chernyk Sports Club, the Ukrainian ceremonies. Mr. Wasylkevych opened a blessing. Before the services ended, the
Pauline Budzol, Lida Kolodchin, Ms. American Center and the Ukrainian the celebration with a warm welcome Rev. Panczuk presented a short sermon
Women's Organization Prosvita. The and introductory remarks. He in both Ukrainian and English
Nelligan and Maria Zubal, directors. Rev. Panczuk conveyed a personal
Mayor James Randlett of Warren, introduced the members of the clergy languages, blessing all inhabitants and
c o n g r a t u l a t o r y message from and breifly described the services to
the third largest city in Michigan, was Ukrainian Catholic Bishop Innocent others who had made this dream come
the only political figure to stand behind non-Ukrainians. true.
Lotocky of Chicago.
the Ukrainian Village from its inception All responses during the services was
and was always visible during milestone Special thanks were offered to Louise The religious services were directed performed by members of St.
dedications. Upon being called to the Saks and the Dodsons for all the floral by the Very Rev. Panczuk; his co- Josaphat`s Ukrainian Catholic Church
dais, Mayor Randlett -once again contributions. A surprise announce celebrants were the Very Rev. Lazar, Choir under the directorship of
pledged full support and announced an ment revealed that S5,000 was donated the Very Rev. Stolarchuk, the Very Wolodymyr Litynskyj. Hundreds of
open-door policy to members of the by the Olena Teliha Branch 58 the Rev. Mitered Archpriest Alexander guests joined the choirs in singing
Ukrainian community. UNWLA, already a donor of more than Bykowetz of Hamtramck, the Rev. "Mnohaya Lita`` and "Bozhe Velykyi."
Other guests who were presented by S26,0O0. Ms. Nelligan, president, Wysochansky, the Rev. Myron After the services, Mrs. Volker
the emcee included Maria Kwitkowsky, confirmed that a part of this sum would Bezkrownyj, a visiting Ukrainian thanked the clergy and people for
president of the World Federation of pay for an art commission already Orthodox priest from Fort Wayne, participating in this historic event.
Ukrainian Womens Organizations; Dr. granted to artist George Kozak. A4-by- Ind., the Revs. Abraham Miller, Sergius Along with holiday wishes, Ms. Volker
Mary V. Beck, political activist and lady 6-foot recessed alcove in the outer lobby Fcdynich and Walter Rybicky of issued instructions for the open house
of many firsts in Metropolitan Detroit will have a multi-media mosaic Hamtramck, and the Rev. Demetrius reception. She invited participants to
in both Ukrainian and American depicting a Poltava maiden offering the Wysochansky of Warren.
traditional welcome with bread and inspect all facilities and visit with the
sectors; Maria Maliniak, a 92-year-old The blessing of the new building residents. Hostingxhe hospitality table
salt. Before the evening ended, close to
resident of the Ukrainian Village whose SI0.000 was received by the Ukrainian included an anointment or consecration was Ms. Nelligen and members of
picture and interview appeared in a Village Fund. through the application of holy oil. UNWLA Branch 58, assisted by ladies
feature story of the Macoeib-Daily. She Four specially designed crosses were from branches 5 and 80.
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St. Volodymyr's Church in Pike Lake, Sask., the design of architect Ihor Stecura.
Metropolitan Sheptytsky... Servant of God Andrew's death Servant of God Andrew of Lviv has focused
(Continued from page 7) exclusively on his ecumenical activity, which
numerous Jews, especially children, found refuge in In 1944, the Soviet Army occupied Galicia again, constituted a small part of the work of this
this second time to stay until today. The metropolitan indefatigable apostle of unity. Nothing was said about
monasteries. Rabbi David Kahane estimated that 300 and the Ukrainian Church were left unmolested for the
tn--.,400 children were hidden and rescued. his personal virtues, his limitless kindness to the many
time being, probably because of the great veneration in who knocked on his door, his humility, his patience,
Metropolitan Andrew himself had a number of Jews which he was held by the entire population. He had
in disguise hidden at his palace. One of them. Rabbi his ascetic lifestyle and the willingness to suffer shown
taken care to have the pope appoint as his coadjutor in the paralysis of his legs for nearly two decades.
Dr. David Kahane, a witness in the canonization with the right of succession Msgr. Josyf Slipyj, whom
process of Metropolitan Andrew, in moving terms he consecrated bishop in secret during the first Soviet Those who met him in person, and the faithful at
described his experience of being the guest of occupation in 1939. large, had no doubt that they had been in the presence
Metropolitan Andrew in these trying circumstances. of a saint, who was also very human. At the request of
Some of the Jews who were saved by Metropolitan Surrounded by a few persons, among whom was his the Ukrainian bishops in the free world, the process of
Sheptytsky, and who became aware of this fact much brother Clement, the archma'ndrite of the Studites, he canonization was begun in Rome in I955,and after the
later only by coincidence when they met in freedom, died on November I, I944. The next spring, the entire prescribed investigation had been completed, the first
submitted a request to the authorities of Israel to Ukrainian Catholic hierarchy, numerous priests, step toward the public recognition as a saint was.
confer upon him the title of "Righteous One." religious and laity were arrested, tried, condemned reached when the title of "servant of God" was
Metropolitan Sheptytsky`s genuine, all- and deported. conferred upon him.
encompassing love and Christian charily made a deep In I963. at the intervention of Pope John XXIII and
impression upon the Ukrainian Orthodox President John F. Kennedy. Metropolitan Slipyj. by Msgr. Basil Meeking of the Papal Secretariat for
intelligentsia who had an opportunity to meet him then 7I `years old, was permitted to leave the Soviet the Unity of Christians in Rome was present at the
when he was freed from confinement in Russia. When Union after 18 years of incarceration and Soviet hard assembly of the worldwide Ecumenical Council of
in 1918 the Orthodox of Ukraine decided to separate labor. He took up residence in Rome and became the Churches held in Vancouver, B.C., in July-August
from the Russian Patriarchate and form their own father and head of the autonomous Ukrainian 1983. In a press interview, he summarized the way in
Church, some influential men suggested that he be Catholic Major Archepiscopate. He spent his years of which the Catholic Church of Rome now views the
elected first patriarch. He could only accept this freedom striving to attain from the Holy See the goal of ecumenical endeavors. The Catholic Church,
responsibility if the Orthodox Church would have recognition of a patriarchate in the Ukrainian he said, does not see the unity of Christians in terms of
declared itself for union with the Holy See of Rome. Catholic Church. These expectations were not realized a "return into the fold of the Catholic Church" but in
The same proposal was revived after the Germans had at the time of his death on September 6, 1984. terms of "a convergence of all Christians in Christ."
forced the Russian Communists out of Ukraine in The future St. Andrew Sheptytsky can rejoice in the
1942, but Sheptytsky assured the alarmed Orthodox Sheptytsky`s canonization bliss of heaven in the knowledge that the Church has
bishops that he had no intention of becoming a officially accepted his rationale and model of
candidate for patriarch in Kiev. This short enumeration of the undertakings of ecumenism.
referred to as "a formation of a most pronounced form, it is claimed, anti-religious journal printed excerpts
Clandestine Catholic...sectarian type." this combination expresses itself in the from a letter written by an atheist
(Continued from page 2) One Soviet author speaks of the "Neo-Uniate faith," the so-called propagandist in Ukraine:
anti-religious campaigns of the Uniate Repentants as "a mere handful" Repentants movement. "If you knew how difficult it is for us
Bolsheviks, an "eschatological mood" of believers, but the situation is The Chronicle points out that the atheists in Ukraine, і have been engaged
and a craving for religious revival apparently not as simple as that. Ukrainian Catholic Church is still very in grassroots propaganda of Soviet rites
manifested themselves among a certain According to other Soviet sources, in strongly entrenched in Transcarpathian for many years, I have turned over
section of believers. Pilgrimages took ^ the early 1960s the activities of the Ukraine: mountains of literature; 1 think a great
place to "holy places," where miracles Repentants spread to at least three "In the last three years alone, 81 deal and I observe a great deal; I have
were said to have taken place (for oblasts in western Ukraine — the Ivano- Catholic priests have been ordained in spent hours where religious rites are
example, in the village of Kalinovka Frankivske, the Transcarpathian and the Carpathian region, nine of them performed in churches. How far the
near Zhytomyr in 1923). the Lviv oblasts. In 1973, an anti- having a secondary technical education, official figures diverge from the rea
Ten years ago, the journal Liudyna і religious j o u r n a l triumphantly the rest a higher education. In lity."
Svittook up the subject of rumors of the announced that "about 100 people have Transcarpathia there exists an The increase in religious observance
"revival of icons" in certain villages in left the Repentants sect." In September underground three-year monastery among, the population of Western
the western Ukraine. People were ready 1984, however, G. Bondarovsky, the school at which young men and girls are Ukraine can to some extent be
to take sick relations and friends to first secretary of the Transcarpathian taught the basics of Christian doctrine." attributed to the effect on Soviet society
places where there were said to have Oblast Party Committee, considered it The Russian religious writer Anatoliy of events in Poland. An indication of
been appearances. The top Church worth mentioning that just one woman Levitin-Krasnov claimed in 1974 that this is to be found in the first issue of the
a u t h o r i t y (the office of the in a village in his oblast "had broken "in Lviv alone 80 Uniate priests are Chronicle. The commandant of
Metropolitan of Lviv) drew up a report with the Repentants sect." According to functioning almost openly, conducting concentration camp No. VL-315/30 in
on the subject. the Chronicle, the KGB has begun to services and religious rite? in their own Lviv, Col. V. Povshenko, is quoted as
It is very difficult to decide whether circulate rumors that the Repentants homes." From Soviet sources it is telling the imprisoned Catholic priest,
the Repentants are a sect in the sense are "a new sect" with the object of known that between 1975 and 1980 the Rev. Potochniak, that "there are
that they constitute a religious "discrediting the Ukrainian Catholic frontier troops in the Transcarpathian orders how to deal with Ukrainian
organization that is in opposition to the Church." Oblast confiscated 10,367 copies of Catholics...We are authorized to place
"dominant" (in this case, the Ukrainian religious publications religious objects, in punishment cells all Catholics up to
Catholic) Church, because there are Millennium preparations religious tape recordings and other the age of 90 for failure to fulfill norms,"
insufficient data on them and no socio items. and adding: "We are not going to toler
logical studies have been made that There can be no doubt that national Since the Transcarpathian Oblast ate a Poland here." According to the
would enable this religious movement and religious questions pose a was from 1918 until 1945 a part of Chronicle, the camp in question houses
to be classified. particular problem for Soviet Czechoslovakia and there are at the 300 Catholics, 39 Orthodox, 29
The Soviet media pay considerable ideologists in connection with the present time some tens of thousands of Baptists, 15 Jehovah's Witnesses, and
attention to the Uniate Repentants. A preparations for the celebration of the Ukrainians living in eastern Slovakia, five Seventh Day Adventists.
number of articles about them have 1,000th anniversary of the adoption of the links, including family links, are The possibility of the Polish example
appeared in the journals Nauka і Christianity in Rus`. Expressions of dis fairly strong. There can be no doubt of fighting for human and national
Religiya and Liudyna і Svit, they have satisfaction with the present situation that the legalization of the Greek rights spreading to neighboring
been dealt with at some length in are frequently to be heard: Catholic (Uniate) Church in Ukraine alarms Soviet ideologists. The
various anti-religious publications, and "Resolution of the national question Czechoslovakia in 1968 (it had been Ukrainian mass media frequently link
there have even been monographs on in our country requires, on the one dissolved in 1950) has had a very the events in Poland with the activities
the subject. In publications designed for hand, thorough scientific studies of positive influence on the Catholic of Pope John Paul II and with political
the mass reader, the Uniate Repentants national processes in order to draw up a Church in western Ukraine. It is circles in the Ukrainian emigration.
are portrayed as a sect. They are correct party and state policy in the field probably for this very reason that there Criticizing the pope's "tactics," one
claimed to be fanatics whose religious of relations between peoples at a is close collaboration on questions of Soviet author asserts that the Catholic
prejudices are tightly bound up with specific period and, on the other, critical atheist education between the Church leadership is seeking "to
nationalism and who try to hold assessment of anti-scientific concepts of department of Marxism-Leninism of strengthen clerical positions in the
themselves up as the sole defenders of nations and national relations." Uzhhorod University and the countries of socialism" and trying "to
Ukrainian national traditions. In There is anxiety that, particularly in department of scientific atheism of Catholicize the Slav peoples." It is also
studies not intended for a wide Ukraine, religious arid national Kosice University. claimed that a certain role was played in
readership, the Uniate Repentants are sentiments are closely intertwined. In its events in Poland by "Ukrainian bour
Believers in Ukraine geois nationalists" in the West, who
Soviet sources state that Ukraine is tried to enlist "the Ukrainian ethnic
the part of the Soviet Union with the group fin Poland! which numbers
largest proportion of believers in its about 300,000, in counterrevolutionary
The Ukrainian Weekly: population, and in the western oblasts
the proportion is twice that in the rest of
attacks on socialism in the Polish
People's Republic."
the republic. Almost half of all the A study of the first three issues of the
a 50-year tradition of news and features sectarian associations in the Soviet Chronicle of the Catholic Church in the
Union are in Ukraine. The number of Ukraine testifies to a revitalization of
Baptist and Advenlist congregations the human-rights movement in Ukraine
there is also growing. Recently, a Soviet inspired by Ukrainian Catholics.
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ways foreigners.
Still more. In conclusion. I would like to ask all
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