Vydubychi Monastery
Vsevolod Yaroslavich | |
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| Location | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 50°25′00″N 30°34′03″E / 50.4168°N 30.5674°E |
Vydubychi Monastery (
Soviet period it housed the NANU
Institute of Archaeology.
History
The monastery was established between 1070 and 1077 by
Vladimir Monomakh
and his descendants.
The monastery, and
Grand Prince Vladimir the Great of Kyiv. The word "Vydubychi" comes from the word Vydobychi → Vydobych → Vydobech (Ukrainian
: Видобичі → Видобич → Видобеч) which means "to swim up", "emerge from water".
The legend has it that Vladimir ordered the wooden figures of Perun (the Thunder God) and other pagan gods dumped into the
Baptism of Kyiv
. The disheartened Kyivans, though accepting the baptism, ran along the Dnieper River calling for the old gods to emerge from water (Перуне выдуби!). Accordingly, the area down the river stream where Perun emerged was named Vydubichu or Vydubychi in modern Ukrainian.
The monastery operated the
Tale of Bygone Years
.
From the 1596
Yosyf Rutskyi. In 1635. it was returned to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.[1]
The monastery was continuously protected by Ukraine's
Kyrylo Rozumovsky's ensured the new properties for the Vydubychi.[1]
Since the late 1990s, the monastery is administered by the
Ukrainian Orthodox Church — Kyiv Patriarchate. The Vydubychi Church Choir was among the first choirs in newly independent Ukraine to reinstate singing of the Divine Liturgy in the Ukrainian language.[2]
Buildings and structures
Only a few churches of this monastery have survived over the centuries. One of these is the Collegiate Church of Saint Michael, which was built on behest of
Ukrainian baroque structures include the magnificent 5-domed St. George Cathedral, Transfiguration of the Saviour Church and refectory, all dating from 1696-1701. A belltower, commissioned by the Hetman Danylo Apostol
, was erected in 1727-33 and built up in 1827-31.
- Saint Michael Church
- Saint George Cathedral
- Refectory with Savior-Transfiguraton Church
- Chapel of the Saint Michael Church
- Fraternity building
- Building of the abbot
- Necropolis
Necropolis
Many distinguished individuals are buried there, including:
- Y. Handzyuk — Commander of the First Ukrainian Corps (1918), executed by the Bolsheviks.
- Bogdan Khanenko (1848–1917) collector and patron of the arts, his collection was moved to the Kyiv Museum of Art and Industry after his death.
- Ems Ukase).
- Vladimir Alekseyevich Betz (1834–1896) — anatomist famous for his discovery of giant pyramidal motoneurons which are now called Betz cells.
- Lev Mikhailovich Yashvil (1768–1836) — artillery general during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Vydubychi Monastery in art and literature
- Drawing, Vydubytskyi Monastery in Kyiv (1844) by Taras Shevchenko. The work is located in the National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv.
- Drawing, Vydubytskyi Monastery (1840s) by Mykhailo Sazhyn. The work is located in the National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv.
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vydubychi Monastery.
- Trinity Monastery, Kyiv - formerly a filial monastery of Vydubychi
References
- ^ a b The Vydubytskyi Monastery: A Kyiv landmark worthy of attention, Ukraine Weekly
- ^ Vydubychi Church Choir
- Vydubitskiy Monastery (in Russian)
- Necropolis of the monastery (in Russian)
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