Acts and Epistles of the Apostles

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1574 edition of the Apostle published in Lviv.

The Acts and Epistles of the Apostles (the "Apostle"), completed in 1564, is the first Ukrainian printed publication that has an exact date. It was published by Ivan Fedorov in Lviv. ^{[1] [2]}

The work on the "Apostle" began on 19 April 1563 and finished on 1 March 1564. ^[3]

Ivan Fedorov was one of the first printers in the East Slavic region, publishing liturgical works using movable type. The "Apostle" was widely used by the Russian Orthodox Church and about 120 copies are known to exist, of which five are in the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine. ^[4]

See also

• Apostolos (Orthodox liturgy)

References

1. Stone, Jonathan (2013). Historical Dictionary of Russian Literature. Rowman & Littlefield. p. xix. ISBN   978-0-8108-7182-3.
2. Lytvynenko, Viacheslav V.; Shpakovsky, Mikhail V. (13 March 2023). Zinoviy Otenskiy and the Trinitarian Controversy in Sixteenth-Century Russia: Introduction, Texts, and Translation. BRILL. p. 16. ISBN   978-90-04-53805-4.
3. Unknown, n.d. Acts and Epistles of the Apostles. (s.l.): (s.n.) at The European Library online
4. "The Acts and the Epistles of the Apostles". www.wdl.org. 1574. Retrieved 2021-09-18.

External links

• Acts and Epistles of the Apostles (1564) in The European Library 1st image