Grigory Kvitka-Osnovyanenko, a Ukrainian writer and author of the first stories in Ukrainian literature, was a pious man. This circumstance significantly influenced his literary work. A five-year-old boy, with a serious eye disease, he made a pilgrimage to the Ozyory monastery with his mother and suddenly saw the light. This amazing, unexpected healing – it was in the church, during prayer – filled his soul with deep religious feelings. Under the influence of a strong religious mood, he decided to go to the monastery already at the age of 12. Kvitka-Osnovyanenko also studied at the monastic school. At the 23rd year of his life, not without the influence of his uncle, the rector of the Kuryazh monastery, Kvitka entered this monastery and lived there for about four years as a simple novice. After leaving the monastery Kvitka settled in Kharkov, where he was captured by a tumultuous social life. Kvitka took part in theatrical performances, playing comic roles, was the director
of the theater, then the guardian of the institute, in which the noble girls were brought up. At the abbess of this institute, Anne Wolf, he married. The last years of his life he spent on the Farm, enjoying a quiet family life and devoting himself to literary creation. Kvitky’s religious world view was embodied in his works, in particular in the ideal characters of his heroes – the samples of Christian virtues. Enjoying a quiet family life and devoting himself to literary creation. Kvitky’s religious world view was embodied in his works, in particular in the ideal characters of his heroes – the samples of Christian virtues. Enjoying a quiet family life and devoting himself to literary creation. Kvitky’s religious world view was embodied in his works, in particular in the ideal characters of his heroes – the samples of Christian virtues.
Metropolitan Peter Mogila, in 1996 recognized as a saint, received a brilliant education. The Polish crown chancellor, Hetman Stanislaw Zholkiewski, was engaged in life and education of the young Grave for a time, at the courtyard of which the
Grave was serving since 1617. After the death of Zolkiewski, the new patron of Peter the Grave became Polish Crown Hetman Gnat Hotkevich. Under his leadership, Tomb participated in the Battle of Khotyn. As a pupil of the commander of the Polish army, he had the opportunity to get acquainted with the leader of the Cossack army, Hetman Petr Konashevich-Sagaidachny. The grave was struck by the inexorable spirit, courage, military training of the Zaporozhye army. After Khotin, Mogila often visited Kiev. Here he communicated a lot with Metropolitan Yov Boretsky, who became his spiritual mentor. Under the influence of Boretsky, Grave decisively changed his life:
