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 Halszka Hulevychowna (c. 1575 or 1577 - 1642, Lutsk, Volyn) was a noblewoman and philanthropist of the Nowina Polish coat of arms who founded the Kyiv Brotherhood Epiphany Monastery and the Kyiv Brotherhood School, from which the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy traces its history. She is now an Orthodox saint known for caring about the development of spirituality and enlightenment and bequeathing money to the Lutsk brotherhood.

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