August 6, 1997. Lviv State Television and Radio Company. The program about Lemkivshchyna "Vatro, vatro, Boh tia stvoryv..." tells about the 15th Lemkiv festival "Vatra-97", which takes place in the Lemkiv village of Zhdynia. 

During the festival, Lemki songs and "God is great, the only one..." performed by the folk folklore chapel "Lemkovyna" are played. The participants talk about Lemki culture, people's unity and Ukrainian-Polish relations. A greeting from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Hennadiy Udovenko is read. The song and dance tournament "Musical talents from everywhere", concert numbers and a press conference in the Lemki hut are shown. The writer Mykola Mushinka talks about his Lemki origin and the published book of manuscripts by Ivan Franko.

A separate episode is dedicated to the competition for the best singer "Vatra-97". After the announcement of the winner, Iryna Kamenetska performs "Red Ruta" and talks about herself, and her mother — about her daughter's love for the song. The Lemki song and dance ensemble "Kichera" from Legnytsia and the ensemble "Saint Nicholas" from Lublin perform on stage. The performance of the men's choir chapel of the medical academy from Ivano-Frankivsk, children's games and the consecration of the memorial cross are also shown. The program ends with the "Lemkovyna" choir performing "Prayers for Ukraine".

Commenting: Bishop of the Przemyśl Diocese of the UGCC Ivan Martyniak, artistic director and conductor of the folk folklore chapel "Lemkovyna" Ivan Kushnir, head of the Lviv Regional Society "Lemkivshchyna" Ivan Shcherba, People's Artist of Ukraine Maria Baiko, head of the council of the Society of Ukrainian Culture "Slavutych" Vasyl Antoniv, head of the Association of Lemki of Poland Vasyl Shlyanta, adviser of the Embassy of Ukraine in Poland Teodoziy Starak, chief specialist of the State Committee of Ukraine for Nationalities and Migration Svitlana Reznichenko, writer Mykola Mushinka, winner of the competitionVatra-97" Iryna Kamenetska and her mother.

The following worked on the program: journalist Vasyl Havrylyshyn, director Oleg Andreev, cameraman Lyubomyr Hrybok, video engineers Volodymyr Hnativ, Mykola Ryabchenko, Tetyana Noskova, Viktor Yarmush, sound engineer Anatoly Ivantsov, transport support Volodymyr Keslo.

"Vatro, vatro, Boh tia stvoryv...": a holiday of Lemki culture

November 28, 1995. Lviv State Television and Radio Company. The program "History through the eyes of a Ukrainian", issues №8 and №9, is devoted to the history of Scythian tribes on the territory of the Northern Black Sea region. 

Issue №8 deals with Scythian tribes on the territory of Ukraine, their tactics of warfare and art. Historian Professor Valentin Moroz speaks of the influence of Scythian art and denies the claim that the Scythians belong to Russian history. Graphic artist Mykhailo Bilyk talks about the influence of Scythian jewelry motifs on the work of modern artists, Scythian burial jewelry in Naples, and Scythian motifs in folk art of the beginning of the 20th century.

In issue №9, Anatoly Nesterenko talks about the jewelry found in Tovstaya Mohyla and shows illustrations with their images. Valentin Moroz talks about the decline of Great Scythia and the mutual influence of Scythian tribes and inhabitants of the Greek colonies of the Northern Black Sea region. The director of the Lviv Regional Scientific and Methodological Institute of Education, Roman Shiyan, talks about the publication of methodical manuals for teachers, the lack of didactic materials for schools, and shares his thoughts on the revised film.

Commenting: historian, professor Valentyn Moroz, graphic artist Mykhailo Bilyk, director of the Lviv Regional Scientific and Methodological Institute of Education Roman Shiyan.

Host: Anatoly Nesterenko.

"History through the eyes of a Ukrainian": riddles of Scythian history

Lviv Television, editorial office of art programs, 2000. Anniversary edition of the television show "Coffee Calls Friends."

On the video: performances by a military orchestra; the Yavir quartet with the songs "Oh, Whose Horse Is Standing", "Oh, the Gypsies Were Standing on the Mountain"; People's Artist of Ukraine Bohdan Stashkiv with the songs "Wait for Me, Love", "Believe Me"; Honored Artist of Ukraine Volodymyr Pushkar with a humorous number; author and presenter Bohdan Ostapyshin with the song "Over Coffee in Lviv"; sponsor's logo is present, technical defect.

The following people worked on the program: author and editor — Petro Ostapyshyn; production director —Yevhen Bondarenko; director — Oksana Chumachenko; sound engineer — Tetyana Shiposh; lead cameraman — Igor Kryukov; videographers — Stepan Susky, Zenoviy Chopoydalo, Yaroslav Malyavsky, Lyubomyr Kozak; video engineers — Vladylen Dymin, Viktor Yarmush; administrator — Angela Solarevich; general producer — Vasyl Spivak.

"Coffee in Lviv Style": anniversary edition

2006. Lviv Television. The program, dedicated to the 750th anniversary of Lviv, tells about the city and its inhabitants through the thoughts of the writer Yuriy Andruhovych, the composer Yuriy Sayenko, the writer Viktor Neborak, the Honored Artist of Ukraine Lesya Bonkovska, the People's Artist of Ukraine Bohdan Kozak and the soloist of the band "Picardian Third" Andriy Kapral.

The program features "Song about Lviv" performed by the vocal formation "Picardian Third", composer Maryan Hemar, poems translated by Volodymyr Luchyshyn and Andriy Kirchiv. The song "Thaw" performed by People's Artist of Ukraine Bohdan Kozak and Honored Artist of Ukraine Lesya Bonkovska, composer Yuriy Sayenko, poems by Viktor Neborak is also played.

Lyubov Yanas, Olga Matveeva, Bohdan Stefura, Maksym Hnyp, Lyubomyr Kozak, Oleksandr Gorenchuk, Andriy Datsko, Vadym Kiryanov, Mykola Yerega worked on the program.

"Lviv — 750": Lviv in the thoughts of artists

The documentary film "Greetings to you, Ukrainian people" tells the story of the return to Ukraine of the head of the UGCC, His Beatitude Patriarch Cardinal Myroslav Lyubachivsky, as well as the history of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and Ukrainians in the 20th century.

On video: premiere of a documentary television film; Their Beatitude Myroslav Ivan Cardinal Lyubachivsky returns from a temporary center in Rome to his throne in Lviv; speech by Myroslav Lyubachivsky; arrival of Myroslav Lyubachivsky; believers near the Archcathedral of St. George; archival footage of the destruction of churches; archival footage of Lviv; archival footage of World War II; footage from the Council on the Abolition of the Brest Union; Myroslav Lyubachivsky washes and kisses the feet of the bishops; fragment of the Easter service; archival footage of the dismantling of the monument to V. Lenin; story about the torture of the NKVD in the torture chamber in Drohobych; footage from Lviv during the perestroika period; Church of St. Anne of the UGCC; existing technical defect; Metropolitan Myroslav Lobachivsky distributes icons to children; ceremonial meal; video footage of the Supreme Archbishop of the UGCC, Joseph Slipy; groves.

Commenting: Chancellor of the Lviv Archdiocese of the UGCC, Father Dr. Ivan Datsko; Sister Sofia Senyk; American lawyer and historian of Ukrainian origin Andriy Sorokovsky; Father Herman Budzinsky; Father Petro Zelenyukh; Archbishop Volodymyr Sternyuk; Archimandrite Lubomyr Huzar; Father Yaroslav Chukhniy; Vyacheslav Chornovil; Ukrainian politician, dissident of the perestroika period Stepan Khmara; Ukrainian politician, dissident, religious figure Ivan Gel; physician Myron Buchatsky; Mayor of Lviv (1990–1994) Vasyl Shpitser; Anna Moroz; Volodymyr Yatsenko.

The film was directed by: cameraman Mario Ferreira, Claudio Gondi (second part); voice-over by Alexis Ward, Jean-Jacques Ferri (second part); research by Andriy Sorokovsky; editing by Volodymyr Lozinsky; producers and directors John Arden and Volodymyr Lozinsky.

"Greetings to you, Ukrainian people": the return of the head of the UGCC, Myroslav Lyubachivsky

Lviv, celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Maria Zankovetska National Academic Ukrainian Drama Theater, solemn congratulations from colleagues and representatives of various organizations.

On the video: speech by Ukrainian theater and film director Les Tanyuk; performance of the Ukrainian anthem; fragment of the speech by the representative of the Maria Zankovetska Museum, Halyna Halabutska; greeting number of the First Theater for Children and Youth; speech by scientist and theater critic Lyudmila Dashkivska (from the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine); greetings from the Kyiv magazine "Artline"; dance ensemble "Halychanky"; Lviv Academic Theater named after Les Kurbas; Volyn Regional Academic Music and Drama Theater named after T. G. Shevchenko (the theatrical number features the characters of V. Lenin, J. Stalin, F. Dzerzhinsky, who speak Russian); Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Lviv; Polish Theater; Lviv Academic Theater "Voskresinnia"; People's Artist of Ukraine Olga Ilyina (from the Chernivtsi Academic Regional Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater named after Olga Kobylyanska); Sanatorium "Karpaty"; International Association "Pharmacists Without Borders"; All-Ukrainian Society "Hromada"; graduates of the Lviv National Music Academy named after M. Lysenko; there is a technical defect.

Among the present figures of the Maria Zankovetska National Academic Ukrainian Drama Theater were actor, director and teacher Bohdan Kozak; artistic director, chief director of the theater Fedir Stryhun; actress Taisiya Litvinenko.

Maria Zankovetska Theater celebrates 75 years

Lviv Television, 1961.

In the video: a scene from the auditorium, a meeting, the presentation of certificates and badges, Pioneers singing on stage; November 6, 1961, the 150th anniversary of Markiyan Shashkevych’s birth, the writer’s grave at Lychakiv Cemetery, a memorial service, with speeches delivered by: poet R. Bratun, Fedir Neboryachok, head of the Department of Ukrainian Literature, poet Vasyl Hlynchak, and composer Anatoliy Kos-Anatolskyi; equestrian competitions, the racetrack, people cheering, participants being greeted with flowers; the stadium, the “Lviv vs. Sweden” soccer match, the stands, spectators; the anniversary celebration of writer Vasyl Lozovyi (Mykhailo Khodakivskyi), with appearances by poet Rostyslav Bratun, Doctor of Philology Mykola Matviychuk, and greetings from writer Iryna Wilde, Dmytro Tsmokalenko, and poet Vasyl Kolodiy; a peace and friendship relay between the USSR and Czechoslovakia; a sign reading “Lviv Machine-Building Plant,” product blueprints, a workshop, workers at their machines, signs reading “Made in the USSR,” “Export,” “Cuba,” “Havana”; the Lvivsilmash Plant’s Palace of Culture; Pekarska Street, the medical institute building, Dr. Oleksiy Troshkov walking, doctors in Professor Mykhailo Kamaev’s office, a patient, the Indian Bhan Murti, a patient examination, an operating room, surgery, surgical instruments, Stryi Park: Bhan Murti and Dr. Troshkov taking a walk.

Contains Soviet symbols and propaganda.

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The 150th Anniversary of Markiyan Shashkevych’s Birth and Other Chronicles: 1961

Lviv, June 9, 1998. Creative association "Publicist". The program "The Living Legend of Olesk" is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the abolition of serfdom in Galicia.

The program mentions the imperial charter on the liberation of the peasants and historical evidence of this event. In Olesk, a memorial Cross is opened and consecrated, as well as a well as a sign of freedom. It tells the story of the creation of the Cross and the revival of the objects of spirituality. The participants of the program talk about the meaning of the memorial sign, historical memory and the principles of Christian morality.

Comment: Zinovii Chuchman, head of the Buska association "Remagrobud", doctor of philosophy and political science Mykhailo Pryshlyak, deputy director of Oleska Secondary School Ihor Feshchur.

Editor Yaroslav Feilo, director Nadiya Tyshchuk, videographer Yuriy Matyora, sound engineer Ivan Stasik, editing Volodymyr Pigula, administrator Myroslava Luchynska worked on the program.

The Living Legend of Olesk

June 1, 1994. Lviv Television. The Unburnt Bush program is about man's connection to nature and God through temples, churches, and spiritual shrines.

The program tells about a trip to the town of Pidkamin, Brodiv district, where the Dominican monastery, the history of the village and the chapel of the Holy Mother of God are shown. Attention is also paid to the Pochaiv Monastery, four watercolors by Taras Shevchenko, created under the impression of the shrine, and the story of Abbot Ivan Zheliz. The program features the cantata "Oh, the dawn has risen over Pochaev" performed by the choir of the Assumption Church of the Pochaiv Lavra, performances by the Lev Revutsky State Men's Choir and the Hryhoriy Veryovka People's Choir. It is about the healing properties of the Pochaiv icon, there are fragments of church worship.

Bohdan Melnyk, Halyna Domanska, Bohdan Kozak, Mykhailo Kurdus, Markiyan Dribniuk, Oleg Vozny, Taras Olenets, Vitaly Nefyodov, Oleksiy Vyshnyakov, Lyubov Kozak worked on the program.

"Unburnt bush": man, nature and God

Lviv Television, 1961.

In the video: an artistic evening featuring Zinaida Dekhtyareva; Glass Factory No. 1, glassmakers and glassblowers at work, wine glasses, vases, and decorative glass; a boarding music school, students playing the piano, living quarters, classrooms, a violin lesson; construction, workers at work, welding, glass installation; a low-voltage lamp factory, workers at work, a banner reading “To the Communist Labor Brigade”; a field, mechanized corn harvest, tractor driver Gavrylo Chalavin; Velykomostivska Mine No. 8, miners on break, a poster reading “The 22nd Congress of the CPSU—Our Labor Victories!” on the mine building; Lviv Opera House, a ceremonial meeting dedicated to the 300th anniversary of Lviv State University, Denys Lukianovych and others in the hall, the building of Lviv State University.

Contains Soviet symbols and propaganda.

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Velykomostivska Mine No. 8 and Other Chronicles: 1961

Lviv, January 16, 1998. "heritage" program. Dedicated to the history and life of the church, the Christian family, church traditions and significant events. 

The consecration of priest Valery and the rite of monastic vows, the celebration of the Epiphany of Jesus Christ and Epiphany are shown. His Beatitude Lubomyr Huzar sends a festive prayer, reads a message from the Supreme Archbishop Myroslav Ivan Lyubachivskyi. There is a ceremony of awarding priests with certificates and a medal of merit for the church, a festive meal. The video ends with a fragment of the service.

Comment: priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Ihor Kolisnyk, Patriarch of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Lubomyr Huzar.

"Heritage": church traditions and rites, 1998

Lviv Television, 1961.

In the video: the train station in Lviv, a delegation, a podium on the platform, a tour, arrival at the airport, the guests’ departure; “The Gas Pipeline Goes to Rivne” — construction of the gas pipeline; Pidvalna Street, trams, pedestrians; the editorial offices of the magazine ‘Zhovten’ and the newspapers “Vilna Ukraina” and “Lvivska Pravda”; the Museum of Ukrainian Art; Poetry Day in Lviv, city center, book fair, speeches by Poetry Day participants; a new workshop, machines for processing large metal parts, workers at work; a cornfield, corn farmer Tekla Kalish, harvesting equipment, collective farm women.

Contains Soviet symbols and propaganda.

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