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Book “Prayer Calling of the Caves' Fathers, Near and Far”, inv. no. КБ-6527: cover or title page
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Books and booklets

Prayer Calling of the Caves' Fathers, Near and Far

Inv. no. КБ-6527 · Books and booklets

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities

Printed at the printing house of the Kyiv Pechersk Dormition Lavra in 1908. Printed in two colors (red and black), the text set within a narrow ornamental frame. Letter pagination appears in brackets, at the top center. Full description

Date
20th century
Material
Paper
Technique
Printing
Dimensions
10.5 × 14.5 cm

Photo: M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum · CC BY 4.0

Book pages

30 pages. High-resolution scans you can zoom into.

Description

Printed at the printing house of the Kyiv Pechersk Dormition Lavra in 1908. Printed in two colors (red and black), the text set within a narrow ornamental frame. Letter pagination appears in brackets, at the top center. The book's ornamentation is complemented by headpieces, tailpieces, vignettes, and two engravings with the subject "The Council of Our Venerable Fathers Anthony and Theodosius of the Caves."

Contains a prayerful invocation of the venerable fathers of the Near and Far Caves.

The edition was donated to the museum by T. M. Vinnichenko of Kharkiv in 1973.

Record

Inventory number
КБ-6527
Title
Prayer Calling of the Caves' Fathers, Near and Far
Collection group
Books and booklets
Date
20th century
Material
Paper
Technique
Printing
Dimensions
10.5 × 14.5 cm
Digitisation
Project “Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities”, 2026
Pages
30

Updated 15 Oct 2026

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