The word Bible comes from the Greek “biblio” meaning “a book”. The word was derived from the name of the Phoenician city of Byblos, from which papyrus was exported.
The Bible was donated to the Radogoshch Museum by Father Alexey Gutorov, a rector of the Holy Trinity Church in Pogar. The Holy Trinity Church is an early classicism stone church with the elements of Ukrainian baroque.
The Holy Trinity wooden church had its own school and was first mentioned in the chronicles of 1690. In 1717, it was rebuilt by a regimental cartman of the Starodubsky Regiment. The Starodubsky Regiment was the area around the cities of Starodub and Pogar, as well as the army that was stationed there.
In 1783, a new stone church was built in Pogar. When its construction was completed, the wooden church was moved to the village of Gorodishche and consecrated in honor of the Elevation of the Holy Cross.
The church was built with one dome. The base was in the form of a cross, as in many Orthodox churches. The church was 22 meters high. Its parish was then second to only the larger Assumption Cathedral, which was later destroyed. In the 19th century, when the Cross Processions (a procession of church officials and believers with crosses and icons, usually during church festivals) were conducted in Pogar, they started near the Holy Trinity Church. The locally revered icon of the Mother of God, which was also known as “Troitskaya”, was always carried ahead of the procession. Only a copy of this icon has survived to this day.
There was a parochial school at the church, where students used this Bible to study the Law of God. In the early 20th century, Lev Topol, a priest of the Holy Trinity Church, was the teacher at that school. Because of the Great Terror in 1937, he was repressed and sentenced to 10 years in camps, where he died. Luckily, the parishioners of the Holy Trinity Church managed to preserve the churchware, icons of St. Nicholas and the Mother of God Hodegetria of Smolensk. Once a fire broke at the church, and the choir regent was able to snatch the burning Bible out of it, but the title page was burned. Because of this, it is now impossible to determine the exact date of this edition. By studying other indications, researchers have established that the book was presumably printed in the mid-18th century. The cover has been restored and covered with red plush.
The Bible was donated to the Radogoshch Museum by Father Alexey Gutorov, a rector of the Holy Trinity Church in Pogar. The Holy Trinity Church is an early classicism stone church with the elements of Ukrainian baroque.
The Holy Trinity wooden church had its own school and was first mentioned in the chronicles of 1690. In 1717, it was rebuilt by a regimental cartman of the Starodubsky Regiment. The Starodubsky Regiment was the area around the cities of Starodub and Pogar, as well as the army that was stationed there.
In 1783, a new stone church was built in Pogar. When its construction was completed, the wooden church was moved to the village of Gorodishche and consecrated in honor of the Elevation of the Holy Cross.
The church was built with one dome. The base was in the form of a cross, as in many Orthodox churches. The church was 22 meters high. Its parish was then second to only the larger Assumption Cathedral, which was later destroyed. In the 19th century, when the Cross Processions (a procession of church officials and believers with crosses and icons, usually during church festivals) were conducted in Pogar, they started near the Holy Trinity Church. The locally revered icon of the Mother of God, which was also known as “Troitskaya”, was always carried ahead of the procession. Only a copy of this icon has survived to this day.
There was a parochial school at the church, where students used this Bible to study the Law of God. In the early 20th century, Lev Topol, a priest of the Holy Trinity Church, was the teacher at that school. Because of the Great Terror in 1937, he was repressed and sentenced to 10 years in camps, where he died. Luckily, the parishioners of the Holy Trinity Church managed to preserve the churchware, icons of St. Nicholas and the Mother of God Hodegetria of Smolensk. Once a fire broke at the church, and the choir regent was able to snatch the burning Bible out of it, but the title page was burned. Because of this, it is now impossible to determine the exact date of this edition. By studying other indications, researchers have established that the book was presumably printed in the mid-18th century. The cover has been restored and covered with red plush.
