The Ukrainian Weekly (https://www.ukrweekly.com/uwwp/author/admin/page/5/)
The following is the first instalment of a new column for The Weekly written by Borys Gudziak, the metropolitan-archbishop of the Philadelphia Archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and the president of the Ukrainian Catholic University.
In a column that ran in the July 25 edition of The Weekly, Mr. Kuropas examined how the United States saved the Soviet Union during Lenin’s rule. In this column, Mr. Kuropas details how the United States saved the Soviet Union under Stalin’s rule.
CHICAGO – Representatives of Ukrainian organizations in Chicago and the surrounding Illinois suburbs gathered at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the ratification of Ukraine’s Constitution.
The Selfreliance New York Federal Credit Union recently donated $100,000 to the New York Branch of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, which is in the process of completing a $1.5 million renovation of its headquarters building (domivka) in the heart of the Ukrainian Village in Manhattan.
Announcer calls Ukrainian medalists ‘Russian’
The organizers of the Tokyo Olympics have apologized after an announcer misidentified Ukraine’s artistic swimming medalists as being Russian. The Ukrainian pair of Marta Fedina and Anastasiya Savchuk won bronze in their duet free routine event on August 4, finishing behind pairs from the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and China. However, Fedina and Savchuk were named as ROC competitors by a French-language announcer, causing embarrassment for the organizers.
LVIV – In the world of jazz, there are a number of summer festivals that stand out as the most prestigious venues for emerging artists as well as established superstars. For decades, Montreux in Switzerland; Newport, R.I.; and Monterey, Calif., have been recognized as meccas that attract the finest jazz talents from around the world. But unbeknownst to much of the Ukrainian diaspora, Lviv has established itself as an elite stop for jazz aficionados and performers alike.
KYIV – A top U.S. State Department official said the United States supports Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s goal of curtailing the power of tycoons, but cautioned that the path to achieving this “is difficult.”
Combat ships lined the Neva River in St. Petersburg and crowded the harbor of the nearby Kronstadt naval base on July 25 for the parade marking the 325th anniversary of Russia’s navy, the Military-Maritime Fleet (Voyenno-Morskoy Flot – VMF). It was only the sixth such Navy Day spectacle to date. In 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin decided that the annual May 9 Victory Day parade in Red Square in Moscow was not enough to convincingly demonstrate the full might of the Russian Armed Forces.
The announcement on July 21 of the agreement between the United States and Germany allowing for the completion of Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project comes at a time when Russia is undertaking a full-scale effort to manipulate the European gas market, deplete European gas storages and send prices skyrocketing.
The following proclamation was issued by U.S. President Joe Biden on July 16.
From the founding of our nation to today, through the crucibles of war and the struggle of successive generations, America has strived to uphold the ideals of freedom and democracy upon which our country was built and expand the ability of people around the world to freely exercise their rights.