The Participation of Athonite Monks in church and cultural processes in the 17th century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth territories

Abstract

The article studies the participation of Athonite monks in the church and cultural life of the Ukrainian-Belarusian lands in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from the end of the 16th century onwards into and during the 17th centuries. Attention is drawn to the participation of Athonite clergy in literacy, educational and other activities after the tragic events of the Union of Brest. Evidence for the stay of the Ukrainian monk and polemicist Ivan Vyshenskyi in the Zograf Monastery on Mount Athos is an early printed book issued in 1595 kept at the monastery library, which contains a gift inscription by Vasyl Surozhskyi to Ivan Vyshenskyi.