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Head of the UOC-MP Synodal Department for Church and Culture Participated in Meeting with Ukrainian Diaspora in USA

01.07.2010, 16:35
On June 18 the Ukrainian delegation led by the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine Mykhailo Kulyniak visited the exhibition "Ukraine-Sweden: on the Crossroads of History (17th-18thI centuries)" at the Ukrainian Museum in New York.

NEW YORK – On June 18 the Ukrainian delegation led by the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine Mykhailo Kulyniak along with of Marina Hromova, director general of the National Historical Cultural Reserve Kyiv Cave Monastery, hegumeness Seraphima Shevchyk, chair of the Synodal Department for Church and Culture of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate, and other representatives as part of the opening of the international exhibition "The Glory of Ukraine: Sacred Images of the 11th to 19th Centuries" visited the exhibition "Ukraine-Sweden: on the Crossroads of History (17th-18thI centuries)" at the Ukrainian Museum in New York.

The exhibition organizers dedicated the exposition to the extremely interesting period of the Ukrainian-Sweden relations of the 17th to 18th centuries, which is full of energy of the national state-creation. On the whole, over 100 unique records, which belong to 27 institutions of Ukraine, Sweden, and the USA, were presented at the exhibition.

Visiting the Ukrainian Museum the delegation members held converstations with representatives of the Ukrainian diaspora in the USA: Maria Shust, Anna Crille-Pisur, Larisa Rafael, Yulia Zagoroda, Olha Olach, Olesia Ivanyshyn, Daria Baiko, Mykola Haliv, Olha Hnateiko. The participants agreed to develop and strengthen friendly relations and activate a cultural dialogue between the two countries, and expressed hope for further fruitful cooperation.