is freed." (F r o m th e p a s c h a l h o m ily o fS t. J o h n C h ry so sto m )

The inspired authors of the w on\u00ad drous paschal hym ns reveal to us the very substance of the paschal holy days and helpu s to enter into the joy of the C hurch w h ic h today celebrates v ic to r y o v e r e v il.

T h e h y m n s cry o u t to u s, " L et u s purifyo u r senses andw e w ill co ntem \u00ad p la te

th e in \u00ad co m p reh en sib le ligh t o f th e R esurrec\u00ad tio n ."T he

o f v ic to r y and of the hum an being w ho can be m ade

C h rist w ith a pure heart; they speak of the solace which com es from

p a r ta k in g of "the fruit of the new vine on the solem n day of Resurrection."

h u m ility r e c o g n iz e do u rsin s, w e w e r e deem ed w orthy o f receiving the H o ly E u c h a r is t.

c r o s s ."T h is j o y w a s n o t e a s ily a c \u00ad quired but via suffering. It cam e via G o lg o th a

of C hrist directs o u r th o u g h ts t oth e c r u c ifix io n o f th e U k r a in ia n

d u r in g th e d a y s o f s p r in g , o u r n a tio n w as subject to the excruciating tor\u00ad ture of death

b y sta r v a tio n . T h o se w ho m iraculously survived the seve\u00ad rity of the fierce winter were com \u00ad p e lle d

to eat fresh herbs, grass and roots which they dug up. Those w ho w ere exhausted w ere not able to eat such food, and thus they perished in spasm s and pains as sharp as a knife.

There was a tim e when those w ho c r u c ifie d C h r is t r e jo ic e d a s d id M o s \u00ad co w

its consequences, severed fr o m th e m id st o f o u r n a tio n a lm o s t 7 m illio n p e o p le -

c o n d e m n t o p lu n d e r a n d d e p o p u la \u00ad tio n o u rU k r a in ei n o rd ert o co n su m e all the treasures w ith w hich the Lord generously graced our fatherland.

H o w ever, th o se w h o crucifyd o n o t com prehend the m ystery o f resurrec\u00ad tio n .T h e h o ly C h u rch k n o w s o f th is m ystery and we the children of the C hurch

fa ith fu l t o C h r is t, a p p r o a c h e s v ic to r y via torture and suffering. "O D eath, where then is your sting? \u041e

forem ost by th e p a s c h a l h y m n s w h ic h p r o c la im in so n g

im m o r ta l s o u l is c a p a b le o f e te r n a lly b e in g in th e r a y s o f th e lig h t o f th e R isen

us. Let us also offer o u r grateful so u ls to H im . O n ly th e n w ill w e b e a b le t o c o m p r e \u00ad h e n d

d o c u m e n ts p e r ta in in g to th e fo r \u00ad m ation in S eptem ber 1982 of an Initia\u00ad tiv e G r o u p fo r th e D e fe n s e o f th e R ig h ts of B elievers and the C hurch, set up to w ork

o f th e o u t\u00ad la w e d U k r a in ia n C a t h o lic C h u r c h , h a v e recently reached the W est..

by 40- y e a r -o ld Y o s y p T e r e lia , a fo r m e r p o liti\u00ad cal prisoner and chairm an of the group w ho has since been arrested. T he other is a n in e -p o in t m e m o r a n d u m

In his letter, M r. T erelia said that the fo r m a tio n o fth e in itia tiv e g r o u p w a s " a response of Ukrainian C atholics to the forced repression against our C hurch."

T h e c h ie f g o a l o f th e g r o u p , h e s a id , w a s th e " le g a liz a tio n " o f th e C h u r c h , w hich w as officially dissolved in 1946 by a n

w ith o u t th e consent of the m ajority of the Church hierarchs. The

a r d e n tly su p p o r te d th e jo in in g o f th e se tw o distinct C hurches," the group said in

ille g a l b e c a u s e it w a s n o t c a lle d b y th e V a tic a n b u t b y th e s ta te , w hich had no jurisdiction to do so.

o r g a n , th e C h u r c h , th o u g h u n d e r g r o u n d , " is a liv e a n d

a b n o r m a l," th e m e m o r a n d u ms a id . " I t's com ical that a country w hich announces a s its c r e d o th e p r in c ip le s o f fr e e d o m , e q u a lity a n d b r o th e r h o o d is w a g in g a n e x te n s iv e p e r s e c u tio n o f its p e o p le o n ly because they honor Christ in their ow n la n g u a g e ."

C h u r c h e d u c a tio n a l fa c ilitie s a n d s e m i\u00ad n a r ie s in th e w e s te r n U k r a in ia n c itie s o f, L v iv a n d U z h h o r o d . a n d p e r m is s io n fo r 5 0

th e V atican to continue their studies and 10 others to

tions in every eparchy in western and T r a n s c a r p a th ia n U k r a in e , a s w e ll a s th e r e tu r n

chapels in those areas w hereth e m ajority o f th e p e o p le a r e h is to r ic a lly U k r a in ia n C a th o lic . In a d d itio n , th e m em o ra n d u m dem anded

s h o u ld b e a llo w e d t o b u ild c h u r c h e s in areas where they are in the m inority, a n d

,a co m m issio n to in vestigate th e crim i\u00ad n a l b e h a v io r o fth e K G B a n d th e M V D , w h ic h

of repression against U k r a in ia n c le r g y a n d p a r is h io n e r s , a n d a n o th e r to

the law s of the state and to im press th is o n its m em bers,and that the pope, as head of the C hurch, a n d n o t th e sta te h a sth e u ltim a te p o w e r over Church m atters.

"The law of separation of Church and sta te m u stb e u p h e ld ," th e m em o ra n d u m s a id .

T h e s ta tu s o f th e in itia tiv e g r o u p is unclear since the arrest late last year of M r . T e r e lia , w h o h a s a lr e a d y

12th year of an indeter\u00ad m in ate term in S o viet m en tal in stitu \u00ad tio n s.

W hat charge w arranted such harsh punishm ent for M r. L upynis? W hat c r im e

"Ya bachyVyakbezchestyfy m atir`'(l sa w th e m d is h o n o r m o th e r ) - a t th e foot of the Taras Shevchenko m onu\u00ad m ent in

e a r lie r . A fte r e x a m in a tio n a t th e S e r b sk y In stitu te fo r

w hen M r. Lupynis w as 19 years old and tw o years after he began study\u00ad ing m athem atics at K iev State Uni\u00ad v e r s ity .

c o v e r s c r im e s d e e m e d " e s p e c ia lly d a n g e r o u s to the state." H e w as sentencedt o six y e a r s 'im prisonm ent.

In June 1957 he w as transferred to th e s e v e n th d iv is io n o f D u b r o v la g in th e M o r d o v ia n

A S S R , a n d in S e p \u00ad tem ber of that year, new proceedings were brought against him .

.prisoners and for heading the strike co m m ittee, M r. L upynis w as charged u n d e r A r tic le s 5 8 -1 0 a n d

In 1 9 6 2 , w h ile s e r v in g h is s e n te n c e in Vladim ir Prison in M oscow , M r. Lupynis becam e seriously ill, suffer\u00ad in g

L ess than a year after becom ing ill, M r . L u p y n is w a s b a c k in D u b r o v la g (10th d ivisio n\u2014 strict-regim encam p) w h ere

of the Suprem e Soviet of th e U S S R fo ra c o m m u ta tio n o f th e ir s o n 's

his statem ent, M r. Lupynis n o te d th a t, a lth o u g h h e w a s a p p e a l\u00ad ing for a suspension of his sentence, h e w o u ld

h is v ie w s , a n d vow ed to continue to act according to h is c o n v ic tio n s . T h e c o m m u ta tio n w as never granted.

M r. Lupynis was released in 1967 after com pleting his term . Suffering fr o m

year, shortly before M r. L upynis`s release, h is case was brought

M r. L u p y n is`s health began to im prove. In D ecem \u00ad b e r 1 9 6 9h e e n r o lle di n th e U k r a in ia n A g r ic u ltu r a l

as a corres\u00ad ponding studenti n the departm ent of econom ics.

little o v e r a y e a r la te r , h e w a s arrested for reading the poem before the Shevchenko

his trial w as slated for D ecem b er, it w as p o stp o n ed , a lle g e d \u00ad ly

o f t h e " illn e sis o f th e p r e s id in g j u d g e ." B u t in a ll;p r o b a b i- lity, the trial w as postponed because o f th e

lawyer, a closed court handed dow n the verdict com m itting M r. L upynis t o

h o sp ita l norm ally reserved lor seriously dis\u00ad turbed patients.

P olish security police broke intoa convent here onM ay3 and b e a t

g r o u p h e lp in g th e fa m ilie s o f ja ile d S o lid a r ity activists, reported The N ew York Tim es.

According to the Sm oloskyp Ukrai\u00ad nian Inform ation S ervice, the tw o m en, b o th

in the third year of a seven- year labor-cam p and prison term , w hich w ill be follow ed

im prisoned, he was sen\u00ad tenced to sixy e a r s in a labor cam p on an unknown charge.

insurgent sources said on A pril 25 that S o v ie t p la n e s s u p p o r tin gala r g e g r o u n d o ffe n siv e

W estern diplo m atic sources of a S o viet offensive in the w estern A fghan p r o v in c e

o f H e r a t, t h e p r o v in c ia l c a p ita l, k illin g a s m a n y a s 1 ,5 0 0 c iv ilia n s a n d d e s tr o y in g 400 hom es

sa tu r a te d th e O ld T o w n n e ig h b o r h o o d to break up a spontaneous dem onstra\u00ad tio n b y s o m e8 ,0 0 0 p e o p le fo llo w in g a litu r g y

u p b y th e r io t p o lic e a n d w a te r c a n n o n , cam e two days after tens of thousands o f s u p p o r te r s o f th e o u tla w e d S o lid a r ity u n io n d e fie dth e g o v e r n m e n t b y h o ld in g in d e p e n d e n t

sources, the intruders broke through a back door of the C onvent of the Franciscan Sisters, w h ic h

Church. O nce in the aid office, which d is tr ib u te s p a r c e ls o f fo o d a n d c lo th in g sent from abroad to jailed activists and their fam ilies, the police agents threw fu r n itu r e a b o u t a n d h it th e la y w o r k e r s w ith c h a ir s , c lu b s a n d a s h o v e l h a n d le . O ne

m em bers of the aid com m ittee, tw o of th e m w om en, were injured in the a tta c k . T h e fo u r o th e r s w ere y o u n g m en w ho had been serving as watchm en and were later driven

K a m p in o s k a Forest, northw est of W arsaw. O ne of the m en

A p r il 2 4 th a t th e F B I h a d id e n tifie d o n e o f every three S o v ieta n d E astern b lo c d ip lo m a ts in th e U n ite d S ta te s as a know n spy, reported R euters.

" F a c e th e N a tio n ," h e d e n ie d that the recent increase in W estern governm ents' expulsions

N early tw o w eeks ago the U nited S ta te s e x p e lle d th r e e S o v ie t o ffic ia ls fo r s p y in g , o n e o f th e m

T h e U k r a in ia n M u \u00ad seum announced the receipt ofa 539,500 grant from the N ew York State Council on the A rts for the fiscal year 1983. T he r e c e ip t o f th is g r a n t is a m a jo r v ic to r y fo r T h e U k r a in ia n

m useum 's o p e r a tio n s , e x h ib its a n d th e h ig h ly p ro fessio n a l

w orkshops offered to the public. In recognition of th is v a lu e d

service to the co m m unity, the council continues to select The U krainian M useum as one of the grant recip ien ts fro m a lo n g list o f co m p etin g o r g a n iz a tio n s .

director w rote: "W e are ex\u00ad trem ely grateful for th is suppo rt, esp e\u00ad c ia lly d u r in g th is tim e o fs e v e r e fin a n c ia l a id

T h e g r a n t h a s b e e n a llo c a te d fo r th e follow ing purposes: 58,000 for general o p e r a tin g s u p p o r t; 5 7 ,5 0 0 fo r fo lk

lif e activities, artistic fees and expenses of th e fo lk

ing: 59,000 for cataloguinga n d research o f th e m u se u m 's c o lle c tio n ; a n d 5 1 2 ,0 0 0 for an exhibition

d u r in g th e last five years has been one of the key d e c id in g

is p la c in g increasing focus on expanding its grant d e v e lo p m e n t

su b m ittin g a p p lic a tio n s n o t o n ly to th e sta te b u t to fe d e r a l

program s to supplem ent the contributions received fr o m

In order to expand this program M s. Shust announced that Ruta Lototzky, w ho

archpastoral divine litu rgy, w ith M etro p o litan M styslav a s th e p r in c ip a l c e le b r a n t, in S t . A n d r e w 's

m e m o r ia l s e r v ic e (p a n a k h y d a ) o u tsid e th e c h u r c h , fo llo w e d b y a r e a d in g o fth e d e c la r a \u00ad tio n issu ed by th e N atio n al C o m m it\u00ad te e

m e m o r ia l c o n c e r t a t th e H o m e o f U k r a in ia n C u ltu r e , fe a tu r in g

b y O lh a K y r y c h e n k o , v io lin is t R a fa e l W e n k e a n d

O r th o d o x C h u r c h . T h e p a r k in g fe e fo r th e d a y is S 3 , a n d c o m m e m o r a tiv e

o f a p p r o p r ia te g r a n tin g a g e n c ie s , preparation of all grant proposals, and r e p r e s e n ta tio n

T h e U k r a in ia n M u s e u m 's p a s t g r a n t developm ent efforts have already been v e r y

S e r v ic e s , th e N a tio n a l E n d o w m e n t fo r the A rts and the R obert Sterling C lark F o u n d a tio n .

Joseph Le- saw yer, chairm an o f the C o m m ittee for th e

dow m ent Fund has released a report on th e g r o w th o fth e fu n d w h ic h s h o w s th a t c o n tr ib u tio n s to

each; one at 5 2 ,5 0 0 ; o n e a t 5 2 ,0 0 0 ; 4 1 a t S I ,0 0 0 ; fiv e at 5750; tw o at 5600; three at 5400; one at5 3 5 0 ; tw o at5 3 0 0 ; eighta t5 2 5 0 ; six at 5 2 0 0 ; 55 at SI0O and o ther lesser sum s. M a tc h in g

w ill ever be used for sem inarye x p e n s e s . T he m o n e y in th e fu n d , w h o s e g o a l is S I .5 m illio n , w ill rem ain invested to pro duce in c o m e .

on the northeastern outskirts of M anchester are planning a special program

to com m em orate the 5 0 th a n n iv e r s a r y o fth e G r e a t F a m in e in U kraine (1932-33) tob e held on M ay 15.

A c c o r d in g t o th e E v e n in g C h r o n ic le , O ld h a m , a 2 0 -m e m b e r o r g a n iz in g c o m \u00ad m itte e h a s b e e n w o r k in g fo r o v e r fo u r m o n th s o n th e e v e n t , w h ic h w ill u n ite d iffe r e n t

a fte r n o o n e x h ib itio n , w h ic h w ill in c lu d e p h o to g r a p h s o f th e fa m in e c o lle c te d b y the com m ittee.

c o m p ile d a b o o k o f a r t ic le s w h ic h w ill b e p r o d u c e d in

a jo in t c o m m e m o r a tio n w ill b r in g u n ity to th e c o m m u n ity .

th a t th e e ffo r t m a r k s " th e fir st tim e in 3 0 y e a r s th a t d iffe r e n t s e c tio n s o f th e U k r a in ia n c o m m u n ity

paper said has never been acknow ledged b y th e S o v ie t U n io n . B e tw e e n 5 a n d 7 m illio n U k r a in ia n s sta r v e d to d e a th as a result of th e fam ine, w hich w as planned b y

F u n d . 195 G le n b r o o k R o a d , S ta m fo r d , C o n n . 0 6 9 0 2 .

ta x d e d u c tib le ; a ll a r e in d iv id u a lly r e c o r d e d w h e r e d o n o r s n a m e s w ill r e m a in p a r t o f the perpetual record.

c la s s num bers relating toU k r a in e m ay finally b e

w ill in v e s tig a te th e r e c o m m e n d a tio n s a s tim e p erm its."

g u id e lin e s which would m ake iteasier for her staff to review the proposed changes.

"M y hope is that w e w ill receive from yo u several pages ofspecific suggestions show ing our present practice and what y o u w o u ld lik e t o s e e in s te a d , a n d th a t th e s e

com \u00ad b in e d w is d o m a n d d e s ir e s o fth e U k r a i\u00ad n ian co m m u n ity ," sh e said inh e r letter.

The ULAA has charged a Classifica\u00ad tion C om m ittee w ith drafting the spe\u00ad cific proposals.T h e com m ittee, chaired b y

D r . A n d r ij T u r c h y n , a s k s a n y o n e w ith specific recom m endations to send th e m

C o m m ittee o f M e tr o p o lita n D e tr o it C o m m e m o r a t\u00ad in g th e 5 0 th A n n iv e r s a r y o f G e n o c id a l F a m in e in U k r a in e , o n T h u r s d a y , A p r il

C orliss, chairm an of the S la v ic d e p a r tm e n t a t W S U , w e lc o m e d a c a p a c ity

U k r a i\u00ad n ia n c o m m u n ity fo r in itia tin g a fa m in e - o r ie n te d

V. Beck, general chair\u00ad w o m a n o f M e tr o D e tr o it fa m in e c o m \u00ad m ittee.

varied aspects of starvation horrors in U kraine and em phasized the great need for aw areness of the "holocaust"disaster in

sem inar coordinator and chairwom an o f th e e d u c a tio n a l d iv is io ni n th e fa m in e com m ittee. After,a . short biographical

H istorical Per\u00ad spective." The lecturer pointed out the g e o p o litic a l

a ..d e m p h a s iz e d th e la c k o f in d u s tr ia liz a tio n w hich ultim ately had significant, serious historical ram ifications.

D r . S z p o r lu k 's lu c id ly e x p la in e d th e factors that led to the G reat Fam ine. In a d d itio n ,

of this genocide, and scored the deliberate attem pts by the m edia to su p p ress

s ile n t. D r . S z p o r lu k c o n c lu d e d h is ta lk on a note of skepticism concerning the im m ed ia te

th o u g h t-p r o v o k in g . Dr. Szporluk fielded the q u e r ie s expert\u00ad ly