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.

We are digitizing and publishing this video as part of a collaboration between Suspilne and the State Archives of the Lviv Region.

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.

We are digitizing and publishing this video as part of a collaboration between Suspilne and the State Archives of Lviv Oblast.

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.

We are digitizing and publishing this video as part of a collaboration between Suspilne and the State Archives of Lviv Oblast.

Poetry Day and Other Chronicles: 1961

Lviv Television, 1961.

In the video: a car rally in Lviv, the rally participants’ cars, a crowd of people, a delegation arriving at the Lviv State Television Company, the television station grounds, the building, the TV tower; the First Hospital of Lviv’s Shevchenkivskyi District, Uzhhorodska Street, the facility, equipment, operating rooms; a work assignment in the virgin lands, a crowd of people, musicians with a trumpet, military personnel, soldiers, the train station, a grandstand; railroad, a train passing by, “Pidvolochysk” station, railroad track construction, “Zlochiv” station, Lviv railway station, “Stryi” station, “Lavochne” station, the “Zaliznychnyk” Pioneer camp in the village of Sukhovolia, “Chop” station; a worker climbing a construction crane, a gathering of railroad workers, freight equipment in operation, a meeting of railroad workers.

Contains Soviet symbols and propaganda.

We are digitizing and publishing this video as part of a collaboration between Suspilne and the State Archives of Lviv Oblast.

Rallies and Other Chronicles: Lviv, 1961

Lviv State Television and Radio Company, youth program editorial office, 1998. The issue of the program "Tele-ART-scene" tells about art projects in Lviv: an exhibition of works "Melody of Nature" by the Chinese artist Mao Mao at the Cultural and Art Center "Dzyga"; the first International Festival of Blacksmithing Art "Galician Celebration — 1998" (organizer — director of the Cultural and Art Center "Dzyga" Lesya Antonovych; held under the patronage of the Mayor of Lviv Vasyl Kulbida); an international art project in Lviv (represented by the artistic association "Dzyga") "Grands of Art", which announces a performance by opera singer Olga Schweiger.

On the video: exhibits from the "Dzyga" gallery; an exhibition of works by Chinese artist Mao Mao "Melodies of Nature"; a video review of works by metal artists; the first International Festival of Blacksmithing "Galician Celebration — 1998"; blacksmiths; a panorama of the Lviv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after Solomiya Krushelnytska; a fragment of a performance by opera singer, high soprano Olga Schweiger; existing technical defect.

Commentators: theater critic Lyubov Yanas; director of the Dzyga Cultural and Art Center Lesya Antonovych; head of the Department of Arts and Leisure Organization of the Lviv City Council Evstahiia Shymchuk.

The program was prepared by: Lyubov Yanas, Yuriy Matyora, Dmytro Protsak, Volodymyr Hnativ, Viktor Yarmush, Andriy Tymchyshyn.

"Tele-ART-scene": art projects of Lviv, 1998

Channel One, 2006. The story tells about the celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of Ivan Franko's birth, which were attended by President Viktor Yushchenko in Nahuyevychy and Lviv.

On the video: a festive procession in Nahuyevychi; a tent camp for one and a half thousand residents; a column of visitors near the "Ivan Franko Estate" museum in the State Historical and Cultural Reserve "Nahuyevychi"; Viktor Yushchenko in the "Ivan Franko Estate" museum; museum exhibits; the poet's cradle and sleeping quarters; the President of Ukraine cancels the "Ivan Franko (1856–1916)" stamp; laying flowers at the grave of Ivan Franko at the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv; a monument to Ivan Franko in Nahuyevychi; a fragment of Viktor Yushchenko's speech on the establishment of the National Ivan Franko Prize.

Commenting: Andriy Konrad, organizer of the camp "Youth Festival "Nahuyevychi — 2006"; Maria Meniuk, a resident of Yavoriv region.

The story was prepared by Olga Krupnyk.

150th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Franko

Lviv Television, 1961.

In the video: a wedding in the Bibrivsky District; musicians playing the bayan and accordion; girls in wreaths and embroidered blouses dancing; the bride and groom walking through the streets of the village; celebrations; a crowd of guests; refreshments; the bride in traditional attire; guests from Canada, Freedom Avenue, Canadians boarding buses, arriving at the collective farm, an official reception, a tour of the farm; May 22, 1961, the ceremonial planting of a Shevchenko willow sapling in Stryi Park to mark the 100th anniversary of Taras Shevchenko’s reburial; anniversary of sculptor Ivan Severy, a photography exhibition; Nikita Khrushchev’s visit to Lviv, the train station, the train’s arrival, a large delegation escorts Khrushchev through the station, he boards the train, the train departs; a poster reading “In anticipation of the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, a Day of Soviet Fine Arts is being held,” workers viewing works of Soviet fine art; the completion of construction of the Yuri Gagarin Palace of Culture of the Lviv Interregional Department of Vocational and Technical Education; Lychakiv Cemetery, the graves of writers Oleksandr Havryliuk and Stepan Tudor.

Contains Soviet symbols and propaganda.

We are digitizing and publishing this video as part of a collaboration between Suspilne and the State Archives of Lviv Oblast.

Lviv region