Month: April 20, 2018 7:15 am

NEW YORK – Composer Myroslav Skoryk is one of those rare beings who succeeds at anything he touches; his many…...

College adds bachelor’s degree programs and tuition freeze, offers tuition discount 

JENKINTOWN, Pa. – Furthering the dynamic developments that have occurred at Manor College over the past two years – the college fully rebranded, adopting the tagline “You Belong Here,” welcomed the largest New Student Orientation in its history; undertook major renovations, including to the library, outdoor learning spaces, classrooms, offices and, most recently, the Ukrainian Heritage Museum – Manor College made its most anticipated announcement yet.

Ukraine announces plans to quit CIS Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has announced plans to quit the Commonwealth of Independent States…...

PITTSBURGH – The film “Music of Survival” (“Brave Seventeen” in Ukrainian) was premiered in Pittsburgh on Sunday, March 18, to an enthusiastic audience filling the hall of the Ukrainian American Citizens Club of Carnegie, Pa. Producer, director and storyteller Orest Sushko, whose father, Makar Sushko, was the first Canadian member of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus, introduced the film, having been invited to show it in Pittsburgh by the president of the Ukrainian Technological Society, George Honchar. 

HAMTRAMCK, Mich. – From its earliest oral traditions, poetry has been an integral part of Ukrainian culture – a vital…...

WASHINGTON – Ukrainians still do not have a sufficient knowledge and understanding of their own history. For while Ukrainian historical scholarship has made great strides since independence, its results have not penetrated the general population. Even the war of independence, the Holodomor, the second world war and the Holocaust are insufficiently known. Thus, there is a need for a responsible “popular history” that is more accessible than the writings of professional scholarship but more balanced and accurate than what is often presented by the media. 

NAPLES, Fla. – A pysanka workshop was recently conducted by Naples Branch 136 of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of…...

KYIV – The sprawling 11th century Monastery of the Caves, or Pecherska Lavra, was getting ready for Easter according to the Julian calendar. 

On the grounds utilized mostly by the Ukrainian branch of the Russian Orthodox Church, monks, seminarians as well as gardeners were seen clipping tree branches, tending greenery and trim-painting the grounds on April 4, when The Ukrainian Weekly visited the UNESCO cultural heritage site. 

OTTAWA – The Canadian government’s expulsion of four Russian diplomats in late March was partly based on a 2017 online…...

WASHINGTON – The National Press Club in Washington recently hosted the ninth U.S.-Ukraine Security Dialogue – the latest collaborative effort…...

Contempt shown by governments for independent institutions and civil society, attacks on the political opposition and independent media, as well…...

The fact that on Friday, April 6, the United States Department of the Treasury published a new list of severe…...