Page from the Peresopnytsia Gospel, an illuminated manuscript of the four Gospels of the New Testament that is considered a significant cultural artifact of Ukraine.

Genre:Religious paintingPlace: Creation: The manuscript was written and illuminated between 1556 and 1561 in the Bernardine Monastery in Iziaslav and the Monastery of the Mother of God in Peresopnytsia, which are both in modern-day Ukraine. The scribe was Mykhailo Vasylovych, and the archimandrite Hryhorii was the director of the project. Some scholars believe the illuminations were the work of Fedusko of Sambir. Significance: It is the first known translation of the canonical text of the Gospels into the vernacular Ruthenian (Old Ukrainian) language. The manuscript is a symbol of the Ukrainian nation. Symbol of Statehood: Since the early 1990s, every Ukrainian president has taken the oath of office on the Peresopnytsia Gospel during their inauguration ceremony. Current Location: The manuscript is preserved at the National Library of Ukraine in Kyiv. Original: Public domain

Page from the Peresopnytsia Gospel, an illuminated manuscript of the four Gospels of the New Testament that is considered a significant cultural artifact of Ukraine.

Order of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de PaulThis Catholic women's congregation was founded in the 17th century in Paris to serve the poor, sick, and disadvantaged. A monastery was established in Zhytomyr in 1766.

Portret Marie Bashkirtseff

Marie Bashkirtseff on a chair

Portrait of Mariebashkirtsef with a puppy

Mariya Bashkirczeva in a hat

Maria Bashkyrtseva paints a portrait in the studio

Spring

Group “Renovation Byzantine” of the first waveThe “Renovation Bizantine” group of the first draft – Mykhailo Boychuk (sitting below, in the center); together with the master – Helene Schramm, Mykola Kasperovich, T. Nalepinsky, Sophia Baudouin-de-Courtenay, future wife Sophia Nalepinska, Sophia Segnot, Yanina Levakovska; Paris, 1910

A photo of Mykhailo Boychuk in the studio with an unknown work

Mykhailo Boychuk against the backdrop of an unknown monumental mural

Mykhailo Boychuk against the backdrop of the picturesque composition "Harvest Festival" (the paintings have not survived) for the Kharkiv Chervonozavodsky Theater