Radio Liberty program produced in New York City hosted by Mykola Francuzenko (as "Oleksandr Tereshchenko") on the commemoration of the Holodomor at the Metropolia Center of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA in South Bound Brook, NJ.
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Hierarchal Divine Liturgy at St. Mary the Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Southfield (Detroit), Michigan celebrated as part of the 1974 Ukrainian Democratic Youth Association (ODUM) "Zustrich" (convention) in Detroit. The convention was dedicated to the composer and conductor Oleksandr Koshyts, who had died 30 years earlier, and liturgical music included a number of his compositions. Celebrants are Metropolitan Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) and Fr. Nestor Stolarchuk. Music is by the parish choir directed by Ivan Trokhymovych Kytasty. More information about the 1974 ODUM Zustrich can be found in the article "Dorohy vedut' do Detroitu", Moloda Ukraina, November 1974, p. 10-15.
Speeches welcoming Leonid Plyushch and his wife Tetiana Zhytnykova by Metropolitan Mstyslav, a representative of the Ukrainian Congress Committee, the vice-president of the Ukrainian Institute of America Ostap Balaban. This is followed by speeches by Leonid Plyushch and his wife.
Recording of a panakhyda (memorial service) for those who perished under the Soviet regime that took place at the Ukrainian Orthodox church in New York City. It begins with an introductory speech by Archbishop Mstyslav, and ends with a station announcement that would have eventually been spliced into the beginning of the broadcast.
Live recording of a memorial service that took place outdoors in front of St. Andrew Memorial Church on St. Thomas Sunday, including speeches and prayers by Metropolitan Mstyslav and Valentyn Moroz (who had arrived in the United States days earlier).
Introduction to the radio series; statement by Metr. Mstyslav; gospel reading and "spiritual discusion"; statement of the Commission on Relations Between the UAOC and Ukraine; Paschal Archpastoral letter.
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