Vydubychi Monastery
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| Established | 1070 |
| Diocese | Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchate |
| Controlled churches | Collegiate Church of Saint Michael St.George Cathedral aviour Church and refectory |
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| Founder(s) | Vsevolod Yaroslavich |
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| Location | Kiev, Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 50°25′00″N 30°34′03″E / 50.4168°N 30.5674°ECoordinates: 50°25′00″N 30°34′03″E / 50.4168°N 30.5674°E |
Vydubychi Monastery(Ukrainian: Видубицький монастир Vydubyts'kyi monastyr) is an historic monastery in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. During the Soviet period ot housed the NANU Institute of Archaeology.
The monastery was established between 1070 and 1077 by Vsevolod, son of Yaroslav the Wise. It was a family cloister of Vsevolod's son Vladimir Monomakh and his descendants.
The monastery, and the neighbourhood in present-day Kiev where it is located, was named after an old Slavic legend about the pagan god Perun and the Grand Prince Vladimir the Great of Kiev. The word "Vydubychi" comes from the word Vydobychi → Vydobych → Vydobech (Ukrainian: Видобичі → Видобич → Видобеч) which means "to swim up", "emerge from water".
The legend has it that Vladimir ordered the wooden figures of Perun (the Thunder God) and other pagan gods dumped into the Dnieper River during the mass Baptism of Kiev. The disheartened Kievans, though accepting the baptism, ran along the Dnieper River calling for the old gods to emerge from water (Перуне выдуби!). Accordingly, the area down the river stream where Perun emerged was named Vydubichu or Vydubychi in modern Ukrainian.
The monastery operated the ferry across the Dnieper River and many of the best scholars of that time lived and worked there. Among them, chroniclers Sylvestr of Kiev and Moisey made a great contribution to writing the Tale of Bygone Years.
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