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236 ReviewsWhile Narys Istorii contains a wealth of information on a portion of theUkrainian emigration to Great Britain, the full history of the Ukrainian AutocephalousOrthodox Church in Great Britain remains to be written. Although obviouslya labor of love, the book is, unfortunately, not very well organized. Exhibitinglittle analysis or synthesis, the book reads like a collection of "newspaper clippings,"meeting minutes, and photographs. For example, one section presents, consecutively,the following three reports: Resolutions of the Seventh Convention of theUAOC in Great Britain (p. 75); Father Molchanivsky retires (p. 77); and Communiquéof the Diocesan Council concerning the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Soborin Kiev (p. 78).In addition, no commentaries or analyses of the reports are provided. The samesubheadings are frequently used without any indication of the appropriate year in theheading of the text or in the index. For example, "Bishop Mstyslav in Great Britain"(p. 70) refers to a visit in 1971; on page 122, the same heading refers to a 1976 visit.This heading is also used on pages 141 and 210 to refer to visits in 1980 and 1984,respectively.Notwithstanding the above criticisms, the editors and writers of the volume are tobe congratulated for their efforts in gathering into one volume source materials thatwill provide future historians of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church inthe diaspora with a basis for a more analytical work. One hopes that such a volumewill be forthcoming.The Reverend Andriy PartykevichSt. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Boston