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04.01.2025

Three Apostolus of War: Results of 2024

The year 2024 has passed—the third year of war that we have endured together. This year, the "Returning the Cultural Heritage to Ukraine" project participated in over 30 cultural events both in Ukraine and abroad.

 

The most significant achievement of 2024 was the publication of four books, three of which we now call the "Apostles of Wartime." These include the Apostolus Christinopolitanus (12th century), the Fedorovych Apostolus of 1574, and the Tesluhiv Apostolus of 1594. Additionally, two Gospels were published: the masterpiece of miniature art, the Galician-Volyn Gospel of the 12th century, and the proof copy of the Dubno Gospel of the 16th century.

In Ukraine, the new books were presented in the following cities:

  • Kyiv, The Museum of St. Sophia Cathedral
  • Lviv, Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU)
  • Dubno, Dubno Castle
  • Peresopnytsia, Cultural-Archaeological Center "Peresopnytsia"
  • Kyiv, Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine
  • Lutsk, Museum of Volyn Icons
  • Lviv, Vasyl Stefanyk Lviv National Scientific Library of Ukraine
  • Sheptytsky, Museum of the History of Religion (Potocki Palace)
  • Radiviliv, Ethnopark "Ladomyriya" (Center for Research and Revival of Volyn)
  • Ostroh, Museum of Books and Printing.

Books were donated to the museum of the National University "Ostroh Academy," the Scientific Library of the Volyn Orthodox Theological Academy, and a guest lecture was held at the Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design.

International presentations were held at the Ukrainian Mutual Aid Society and the oldest university in Istanbul. The Apostolus Christinopolitanus was also presented in Poland: Wrocław, Kraków, Warsaw.

Our facsimile editions are now part of the collections of the New York Public Library in the USA, the University of Oxford in the UK, the Ukrainian House in Istanbul, and Istanbul's oldest university. They were also part of the exhibitions "Millennium Legacy" at Saint Sophia of Kyiv and the "Book Arsenal" in Kyiv.

The Horobets Publishing House joined the "Ukrainian Book Shelf" project in Wrocław and Poznań, Poland.

Awards and recognition
We were honored to receive acknowledgments for our efforts:

  • From the National Reserve "Saint Sophia of Kyiv" for our patronage.
  • From the General Consulate of Ukraine in Wrocław.
  • From the Scientific Library of the Volyn Orthodox Theological Academy.

Metropolitan Mykhail Zinkevych of Lutsk and Volyn awarded Hanna Horobets, founder of Horobets Publishing House, and Ihor Zakharenko, director of the travel company Feeriya Mandriv and project patron, with orders for their educational contributions.

A significant highlight was the reception of publishers and project patrons by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.

Special thanks to the sponsors and benefactors of the project:

  • General sponsor: COFCO Agri Resources Ukraine, represented by CEO Volodymyr Osadchuk and CFO Olha Skrypchenko.
  • Sponsors:
    • The Museum of St. Sophia Cathedral, General Director Nelya Kukovalska.
    • Borys Voznytsky Charitable Foundation, Chair Ihor Zhuk.
    • Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.
    • Feeriya, General Director Ihor Zakharenko.
    • Viktoria Lukyanets, Vienna Opera soloist.
    • Valerii Dema, Vice President/Partner, SigmaBleyzer Investment Group.
    • Volodymyr Dzobak, Head of the NGO "Center for Research and Revival of Volyn."
    • Confident Law Firm, led by Yuriy Shchyrba.
    • OLOS Group of Companies, founder Tetyana Troyan, and her students.
    • OLOS Charitable Foundation, Director Ihor Osypenko.
    • Archimandrite Ambrosiy (Makar) and the Ukrainian community in Milan.
    • Archimandrite Onufriy (Kuts), Head of the Educational Center in Ratniv.
    • KyivAvtoRemTrans, General Director Yuriy Chirikalo.
    • violity.com – a platform for collectors.

Thank you to all our friends, partners, sponsors, and patrons for being with us this year!