George Weigel will be speaking at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Trumbull, Conn., on Oct. 21.
Happy New Year to all my New Calendar friends! Happy Indiction for the year 7526!
May this year be one that is peaceful and blessed.
“O Fashioner of all creation, Who in Thine authority hast appointed the times and seasons: bless Thou the crown of the year with Thy goodness, O Lord, preserving in peace orthodox Christians and Thy city, and save us through the prayers of the Theotokos.”
And remember there is only one verifiable and observable Vernal Equinox established by God and it falls on March 20 NS (March 7 OS)!
A very helpful page on liturgical time and the cycle of liturgical services, read this page.
The Greater Hartford Council of Ukrainian American Organizations and the Ukrainian National Home of Hartford, Inc. (UNHH) invite you and your family for the 26th Ukrainian Independence Day Annual Dinner (August 24, 1991) on Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. at 961 Wethersfield Avenue, Hartford, CT featuring performances by Zolotyj Promin Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, the Choir Lanka Halychanka and a buffet dinner after the program.
Donations: Adults: $30.00 per person, Seniors (65+): $25.00, Students (ages 13-22): $20 and children-free of charge.
For tickets and table reservations in advance, please contact the UNHH office at 860-296-5702.
Knights of Columbus Blessed Andrey Sheptytsky Council 16253
Hank Lindgren, Grand Knight
E-mail: hankg60@gmail.com
Home Phone: 203-453-5760
Cell Phone: 203-494-5642
Ukrainian American Veterans Bishop John Stock Post 33 New Haven, CT
Carl R. Harvey, Post Commander
E-mail: crharv3841@optimum.net
Home Phone: 203-389-6076
Ridna Shkola/Ukrainian School New Haven, CT
Myron Melnyk, Director
E-mail: mmelnyk@yahoo.com
Home Phone: 203-397-2087
Ukrainian National Women’s League of America Branch 108
Christine Melnyk, President
E-mail: christine.d.melnyk@gmail.com
Home Phone: 203-397-2087
Pyrohy Project
Walter Ushchak, Director
E-mail: WUshchak@att.net
Cell Phone: 203-444-1953
Sestrichi
MaryBeth Gawron, President
E-mail: mary.gawron@va.gov
Home Phone: 203-387-6824
Special Events Coordinators
~Natalia Chermak
E-mail: yanovska@yahoo.com
Cell Phone: 201-660-3408
~Volodymyr Dumalskyy
E-mail: dumalskyy@gmail.com
Cell Phone: 203-988-2923
On June13, 2017, the film “Bitter Harvest” will be released on DVD in the United States! A love story, set against the backdrop of the 1932-33 Holodomor in Ukraine. Produced by prominent Ukrainian-Canadian Ihor Ihnatowycz, the film brings the tragedy of the famine-genocide to audiences around the world. (More about the film here.)
Link to the movie trailer.
We urge you to purchase this film, and if you buy it through AmazonSmile a part of the purchase price will be donated to the UCCA! Please see below for more information. In the US the DVD can be purchased as of June 13th through the following outlets:
• Amazon (link)
• BestBuy (link)
• Target (link)
• Walmart (link)
If you shop on Amazon, just use AmazonSmile and you can donate to your choice of charity organization, with no additional cost to you! Go to the link and search for Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), or other Ukrainian organizations, and select as your charity of choice.
Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to selected charity. AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service.
DVD can be viewed in English or Ukrainian!
Pavel Gintov will be in New Haven on June 17th.
Do not miss this amazing Ukrainian concert pianist at Lyric Hall Theater, 827 Whalley Avenue, New Haven.
Pianist Pavel Gintov has been described as “a poet of the keyboard” by Marty Lash of the Illinois Entertainer and as a “musical storyteller” by the Japanese publication Shikoku News.
In this concert, Pavel Gintov will perform a breathtaking program of seldom-heard works by Lyatoshynsky, Kosenko, Drozdoff, Skoryk and Bortkiewicz.
More information here.
Dear CT State Ukrainian Day Committee Members & Clergy:
The first meeting for the 50th CT State Ukrainian Day Festival will be held on Monday, May 22, 2017 beginning at 6:30PM. His Excellency, Bishop Paul, will be in attendance.
The meeting will be hosted by:
SS Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church
105 Clifton Ave.
Ansonia, Ct.
Refreshments will be served before the actual meeting.
Because of time restraints and conflicts, the committee could not schedule a final meeting of the 49th Festival and distribution of proceeds. Therefore, at this meeting we will be providing the final report for last year’s festival, as well as voting and presenting the distributions.
We hope that everyone can make this very important meeting. Everybody is welcome to attend, so please invite others from your parish to join for this meeting especially those who contributed to last year’s festival by volunteering that day and/or preparing food for the event. New members and ideas are always welcome.
Save the Date: Sunday, September 10, 2017 – 50th CT State Ukrainian Day Festival
We ask all clergy to please make the announcement about the meeting and 50th Festival in your parish bulletin and during liturgies.
Sincerely Yours In Christ
Donald K. Horbaty
Roman Stanislavskyy
Festival Co-Chairman
A NYC performance on Saturday, April 22.
On Thursday, April 20th at 4 pm, New Haven will have a visit by the Ukrainian poet and novelist Serhiy Zhadan.
There will be a poetry reading in Ukrainian and English, then a conversation (most likely in English and Russian), followed by a reception.
Location: seminar room of Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven.
Here are some English-language links about Zhadan:
http://www.brama.com/yara/zhadan.html
http://www.asymptotejournal.com/…/mayhill-fowler-on-serhiy…/
http://www.newyorker.com/…/the-bard-of-eastern-ukraine-wher…
https://lareviewofbooks.org/ar…/under-the-tyranny-of-memory/
https://www.lrb.co.uk/…/peter-pomeran…/ukraines-mesopotamia/
Thanks to Marci Shore!!!
PAX
****Note to parents: The film is rated R (violence and brief suggestive scenes).