Month: June 21, 2019 8:16 am

Weeklong events marking the enthronement of the seventh metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the United States and archbishop of the Philadelphia Archeparchy were held, fittingly, under the theme “From Heart to Heart.” Metropolitan-Archbishop Borys Gudziak, who arrived here from the Eparchy of St Volodymyr the Great in Paris, which serves Ukrainian Catholics in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Switzerland, returned to the country of his birth.

Two years ago, on June 27, 2017, Col. Yuriy Voznyi of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) was the third victim in a string of deaths of high-ranking Ukrainian servicemen who were targeted through car bombs. Col. Voznyi was sitting in a passenger vehicle when it exploded in the Kostiantynivka district of Donetsk Oblast.
The military prosecutor’s office investigating the death had classified it as a terrorist act, and the SBU said Col. Voznyi’s death marked the 23rd casualty that the agency had suffered since 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea and invaded eastern Ukraine.

WASHINGTON – The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), the representative organization of the Ukrainian American community, on June 18 sent a letter to President Donald Trump in anticipation of the U.S. president’s one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28-29.

Ten years of charitable work at St. John’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Newark have taught us many things, but most of all they have taught us to develop a close relationship with the volunteers that we work with, be they here in the United States or overseas. Close interaction gives rise to understanding and deep respect. I coordinate the St. John’s volunteer projects and periodically travel to Ukraine to visit those who help put into motion the dreams that we have for helping the less fortunate in Ukraine.

Severodonetsk is a city in eastern Ukraine of a population of approximately 100,000 that was captured in May 2014 by Russian militants. In July 2014, Ukrainian forces regained control of the city.
In October 2018, I had an opportunity to travel throughout Ukraine with a stop in Severodonetsk in my role as social welfare chair of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America (UNWLA). The UNWLA has a long-time history of humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

BAT YAM, Israel – The Ukrainian Cultural Center in Israel recently presented an evening dedicated to the memory of the prominent Ukrainian public and Church figure Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky (1865-1944).
Hennadiy Nadolenko, ambassador of Ukraine to Israel, noted that Sheptytsky “made an important contribution to establishing relations between the Ukrainian and Jewish peoples when he risked his life saving Jews during the second world war.”

Some have compared Roman Bondarchuk’s recent debut fiction feature “Volcano” (Ukrainian: Вулкан) to the works of David Lynch, Federico Fellini and Wes Anderson. Certainly there are parallels, but what delights viewers most about “Volcano” is its exquisite cinematography and a pastiche of magical realism that approaches the idiosyncratic fantasy of Jorge Luis Borges.

YONKERS, N.Y. – The Yonkers branch of the Ukrainian American Youth Association (UAYA) this year created a fund-raiser called Ski for Ukraine – an effort that was primarily organized by the oldest youth members, ages 13-18.
Skiers and sponsors, along with the generous support of the SUMA Federal Credit Union of Yonkers, N.Y., were able to raise a total of $2,500. UAYA Yonkers donated the money to a non-profit organization, Revived Soldiers Ukraine (RSU) www.rsukraine.org, which is dedicated to providing programs to Ukrainian soldiers focused on medical rehabilitation.

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VIENNA – Vienna Technical University (Technische Universität - Wien) presented an exhibition of Ukrainian churches designed by Ukrainian Canadian architect Radoslav Zuk. Titled “New Interpretation of a Thousand-Year-Old Tradition – Ukrainian Churches in Canada, U.S.A. and Ukraine,” the exhibit was on view May 21-25.

SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. – Deacon Adrian Mazur, a 2014 master’s of divinity graduate of St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A., won a Northwell Health President’s Award in the category of Exceptional Patient/Customer Experience.