Month: September 21, 2018 11:06 am

The Russian Orthodox Church continues to assert that it will be able to block Ukraine’s drive for autocephaly, but three developments which surfaced on September 6 suggest that Moscow Patriarch Kirill knows that he and his organization have lost and that the Ukrainian Church will become autocephalous soon.

First, and most obviously, spokesmen for the Russian Church are now attacking the ecumenical patriarch in ever sharper tones – an indication that talks are effectively over and that Moscow has lost. The words of Father Sergii Karmyshev of the Rybinsk bishopric are typical.

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On Friday, August 24, a special commemorative liturgy was celebrated at St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church in Manhattan’s East Village. With the coordinated efforts of the United Ukrainian American Organizations of New York, a local chapter of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), the service honoring 27 years of Ukraine’s renewed independence was attended by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) as well as local community leaders. 

Following the conclusion of the liturgy by the Rev. Emilian Dorosh, OSBM, the cantor for the service, UCCA-NY Vice-President Andrij Dobriansky, was invited to address the congregation from the podium. To mark 27 years of renewed independence, Mr. Dobriansky explained, UCCA-NY had reached out to elected officials from the City Council and all the way up to the State House. He then proceeded to read statements issued by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio as well as City Councilmember Carlina Rivera, which had been translated into the Ukrainian-language by UCCA’s National Office. 

A commemorative concert to celebrate the independence of Ukraine was held Friday, August 24, at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center in Jenkintown, Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia. The beautiful, well-attended concert was organized by the Ukrainian Community Committee comprising 27 organizations that is empowered to organize large community events. 

The concert was opened by the head of the committee, Ulana Mazurkevich, who, flanked by representatives of Ukrainian youth organizations, greeted the attendees with the traditional “Slava Ukraini,” or “Glory to Ukraine.”

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