THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

Svoboda Press releases 2004 UNA Almanac

PARSIPPANY, N.J. - Svoboda Press has released the 2004 Almanac of the Ukrainian National Association, which is dedicated first and foremost to the 110th anniversary of the establishment of the largest and oldest Ukrainian fraternal organization.

The volume's first section is devoted to the Ukrainian National Association and includes an article by UNA President Stefan Kaczaraj, as well as anniversary greetings from New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey and the editorial staffs of Svoboda and The Ukrainian Weekly.

Other sections of the 2004 UNA Almanac are devoted to the 350th anniversary of the Pereiaslav Treaty; the 190th anniversary of the birth of Ukraine's greatest poet, Taras Shevchenko; the 90th anniversary of the beginning of World War I; and the 65th anniversary of the independent state of Carpathian Ukraine.

Other chapters of the Ukrainian-language publication focus on "Unforgettable People, Unforgettable Events," with authors writing about such notables as poet-revolutionary Oleh Olzhych (1907-1944), poet Volodymyr Sosiura (1898-1965), opera diva Solomiia Krushelnytska (1872-1952) and Galileo, as well as the Stalin-era mass graves in the Bykivnia forest, located on the outskirts of Kyiv.

There are chapters also devoted to economics, the United States, health, travelogues and other diverse topics.

The almanac's editor is Petro Chasto, a member of the editorial staff of Svoboda, which is headed by Editor-in-Chief Irene Jarosewich.

The cover was designed by Stepan Slutsky. It features the UNA emblem and the front page headline from Svoboda of March 1, 1894, announcing the establishment of the Ukrainian National Association: "Sovershyshasia" - "It has come to be."

Copies of the new 272-page almanac have already been mailed to all current subscribers of Svoboda in the United States and Canada. Readers who wish to order copies of the almanac, may call (973) 292-9800, ext. 3042. The price is $15.

Proceeds from the sale of the almanac benefit the Svoboda Press Fund.

In Memoriam

Olga Liteplo
July 11, 1921 - March 2, 2004

The Executive Committee of the Ukrainian National Association regrets to announce to members of the UNA General Assembly, members of UNA Branch 361 and to the UNA membership at large that Olga Liteplo, secretary of Branch 361 since 1992, died on Tuesday, March 2, 2004.

The Executive Committee and the entire UNA membership wish to express their sincerest sympathy to her husband, Sam, sons Merrill and his wife Maya, Ronald and his wife Nadia, Paul and his wife Emilia and their families. Funeral services were held on Saturday, March 6, 2004, at St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church in New York City. Mrs. Liteplo was buried at the Holy Spirit Cemetery in Hamptonburgh, N.Y. Mrs. Liteplo will be remembered for her long years of service and dedication to the UNA.

Vichna Yiyi Pamiat!

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, March 14, 2004, No. 11, Vol. LXXII

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