While the Ukrainian Christmas largely joined the western Christmas in 2023, this Easter will still see a substantial difference, with the western churches celebrating Christ’s resurrection in March and Ukrainians celebrating in May.  Nevertheless, the Easter weekend for most in Cambridge seems a good time to mark the arrival of many new volumes in the Kyivan Christianity set.

illustrations from volumes 20, 29, 31

Earlier this month, we received fourteen volumes in the set published between 2019 and 2023, having recently reestablished a lapsed standing order with our supplier.  Sadly, amongst the new arrivals was a volume dedicated to the memory of Dr Ihor Skochyli︠a︡s who died at the age of 53 from Covid.  A theologian and historian at the Ukrainian Catholic University, Dr Skochyli︠a︡s was essentially the founder of the Kyivan Christianity (Kyïvsʹke khrystyi︠a︡nstvo) series, so the celebration of his life and research in one of its volumes is absolutely fitting.  This is the 25th volume in the series, Sub ficu.

The new arrivals are listed below.  Two are in English, and the rest have English summaries (where the translated titles are taken from).

• v. 14. Sobory Kyïvsʹkoï arkhyi︠e︡parkhiï XV-XVIII stolitʹ : dokumenty i materialy [Councils of the Kyivan Archeparchy from the 15th to 18th centuries : documents and proceedings] / zahalʹna redakt︠s︡ii︠a︡ ta istorychnyi narys Ihori︠a︡ Skochyli︠a︡sa ; upori︠a︡dkuvanni︠a︡: Darii︠a︡ Syroïd, Ihor Skochyli︠a︡s, Iryna Skochyli︠a︡s.
• v. 19. Podil Kyïvsʹkoï ta pidnesenni︠a︡ Halyt︠s︡ʹkoï uniĭnykh mytropoliĭ : dokumenty ta materialy vatykansʹkykh arkhiviv (1802-1808 roky) [The Partition of the Uniate Metropolitanate of Kyiv and the erection of the Uniate Metropolitanate of Galich (1802-1808)] / upori︠a︡dkuvanni︠a︡, vstup i komentari Vadyma Adadurova.
• v. 20. Svi︠a︡tyĭ Klyment Rymsʹkyĭ v ahiohrafichnykh ta liturhiĭnykh t︠s︡erkovnoslov’i︠a︡nsʹkykh rukopysakh [Saint Clement of Rome in Slavonic hagiography and liturgical tradition] / I︠U︡styn Boĭko.
• v. 21. V orbiti khrystyi︠a︡nsʹkoï kulʹtury : naukovyĭ zbirnyk [In the orbit of Christian culture] / za redakt︠s︡ii︠e︡i︠u︡ Ihori︠a︡ Skochyli︠a︡sa ta Maksyma I︠A︡remenka.
• v. 23(1). Zamoĭsʹkyĭ provint︠s︡iĭnyĭ sobor Rusʹkoï Uniĭnoï T︠S︡erkvy 1720 roku [Zamoyski Provincial Cathedral of the Ruthenian Uniate Church in 1720] / zahalʹna redakt︠s︡ii︠a︡ ta istorychnyĭ narys Ihori︠a︡ Skochyli︠a︡sa.
• v. 24. Bohoslovsʹkyĭ traktat Kyryla Trankviliona Stavrovet︠s︡ʹkoho “Zert︠s︡alo bohosloviï” (Pochaïv, 1618) : faksymilʹne vydanni︠a︡, transliterat︠s︡ii︠a︡ tekstu i naukove doslidz︠h︡enni︠a︡ [Theological treatise “Mirror of Theology” by Kyrylo Tranquillion Stavrovetskyj (Pochayiv 1618) : facsimile edition, transliteration of the text, and research] / za redakt︠s︡ii︠e︡i︠u︡ Viktora Moĭsii︠e︡nka.
• v. 25. Sub ficu : memorialʹnyĭ zbirnyk, prysvi︠a︡chenyĭ Ihorevi Skochyli︠a︡su [Sub ficu : collection in memory of Ihor Skochylias] / vidpovidalʹnyĭ redaktor, Ivan Alʹmes ; redakt︠s︡iĭna kolehii︠a︡, I︠A︡roslav Hryt︠s︡ak, Uli︠a︡na Holovach, Darii︠a︡ Syroïd, Andriĭ I︠A︡sinovsʹkyĭ.
• v. 26. Vid molytvy do osvity : istorii︠a︡ chytanni︠a︡ chent︠s︡iv Lʹvïvsʹkoï i︠e︡parkhiï XVII-XVIII st. [From prayer to education : the history of reading by monks of the L’viv diocese in the XVII–XVIII centuries] / Ivan Alʹmes.
• v. 27(1-2). Supraslʹsʹki kantyky kint︠s︡i︠a︡ XVII stolitti︠a︡ – pam’i︠a︡tka vasylii︠a︡nsʹkoï t︠s︡erkovnoï muzyky: u 3-kh t., 2-kh kn. [The Supraśl Canticles of the end of the 17th century – A monument of Basilian
  church cusic: in 3 volumes, 2 books] / rekonstrukt︠s︡ii︠a︡ , nabir notnykh tekstiv i doslidz︠h︡enni︠a︡ O. Shumilinoï.
• v. 28. Dukhovna pisni︠a︡ v Ukraïni : vytoky, rozvytok, z︠h︡anry [Spiritual song in Ukraine : origins, development, genres] / I︠U︡riĭ Medvedyk.
• v. 29. The “Religiosæ Kijovienses Cryptæ” by Johannes Herbinius (1675) : a description of Kyiv and its “sacral space” in early modern multiconfessional discourse / Nataliia Sinkevych.
• v. 30. Parafii︠a︡lʹna spilʹnota : Pyri︠a︡tynsʹka protopopii︠a︡ druhoï polovyny XVIII st. : (sot︠s︡ialʹno-istorychnyi ta istoryko-demohrafichnyi vymiry) [Parish community : the Pyriatyn propopiya in the second half of the 18th century (social, historical and demographic dimensions)] / I︠U︡riĭ Voloshyn.
• v. 31. T︠S︡erkovni praznyky ta relihiĭna identychnistʹ : ukraïnsʹki ta rosiĭsʹki misi︠a︡t︠s︡eslovy kint︠s︡i︠a︡ XVIII st. [Church feasts and religious identity : Ukrainian and Russian menologia of the late eighteenth century] / Maksym I︠A︡remenko.

The series does not seem to be standardly purchased by other anglophone libraries, so readers need to bear with us as we gradually catalogue our way through these new arrivals.  A few of the volumes have yet to be classified and sent to the shelf.  Do drop a line to slavonic@lib.cam.ac.uk if this is the case for any titles you are keen to use.

We wish our readers a happy and peaceful Easter.

Mel Bach