Halshka Hulevychivna

Halshka Hulevychivna
Галшка Гулевичівна
Ukrainian postage stamp with Halshka Hulevychivna
Born
Єлизавета Василівна Гулевич

Yelyzaveta Vasylivna Hulevych (Ukrainian: Єлизавета Василівна Гулевич; Polish: Halszka (Halżbieta) Hulewicz), known as Halshka Hulevychivna (c. 1575 or 1577 - 1642, Lutsk, Volyn) was a Ukrainian noblewoman and philanthropist, who founded the Kyiv Brotherhood Epiphany Monastery and the Kyiv Brotherhood School, from which the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy traces its history.[1] She also bequeathed money to the Lutsk brotherhood. She cared about the development of spirituality and enlightenment. She is an Orthodox saint.

  1. ^ "Renaissance of Petro Mohyla University is the Renaissance of Ukrainian culture". Petro Mohyla University.