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...effort could be frustrated by Orthodoxy's largest branch, the Church of Russia, which rivals the Ecumenical Patriarchate's authority and is inhibited in any pursuit of Christian unity by the wishes of the Soviet state. To the Kremlin, Catholicism is an alien influence that stirs up Ukrainian and Lithuanian nationalism and threatens Soviet power...
Omeljan Pritsak, Hrushevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian History and director of the Ukrainian Research Institute, said he was gratified and surprised that Soviet authorities had permitted Karavansky to emigrate so soon after his release from Mordovia Prison. The dates of his lectures have not been set, he added...
Stephen Chemych, president of the Ukrainian Studies Fund which supports all institute activity, said there would be "no problem" financially if Karavansky is offered a position...
There are at present no plans to offer Karavansky a position at Harvard, but sources say he may be asked to stay on at the Ukrainian Research Institute...
...July of this year, Valentyn Moroz, a Ukrainian historian exchanged in April along with five other imprisoned dissidents for two alleged Soviet spies, joined the Institute as a visiting scholar...