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BRAMA, December 26, 2000, 7:00am EST


Outrage over Ukrainian Church & "Bates motel" comparison in Washington Post

Mr. Leonard Downie Jr., Executive Editor
The Washington Post
1150 15th St., NW
Washington, DC 20071

Mr. Downie,

In your Sunday "Insider's Column" [12/24, Style, p. F3] I was outraged to see a comparison between a holy place of worship and the tacky "Bates motel" from the movie "Psycho."

Reporter Josh Gibson starts out by promising your readers an article about the "diversity of this religious architecture" found on New Hampshire Avenue. Instead, after referencing several of the places of worship found along that road, he has the audacity to desecrate the revered Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church by attempting to compare it to the "Bates motel" featured in "Psycho." Nothing could be farther from the truth. The non-existent, Hollywood-created "Bates motel" was a rundown and decrepit figment of Alfred Hitchcock's imagination.

The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, with its unique hand-crafted wood carving reflecting the ancient Hutzul (Carpathian) mountain region folk church design of Western Ukraine, is a very holy place for many area Ukrainian-Americans. If anything, historical comparisons dating back the past 2,000 years would have been appropriate.

Regards,
/s/
Andy C. Szul Jr.,
mack1998@hotmail.com
Public Relations Director
The Washington Group
POB 22191
Alexandria, VA 22304

The Washington Group [http://www.TheWashingtonGroup.org] is an association of Ukrainian-American professionals who live throughout the United States and around the world.


Click to read the article in The Washington Post:
United (Denomi)Nations (Washington Post) 12/24/2000


Letter and commentary:
"One simply doesn't compare the House of God to a motel ...
Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity Ukrainian Particular Catholic Church Website



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