Halshka Hulevychivna | |
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Галшка Гулевичівна | |
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.