Volkovych, Ioanykii

Volkovych, Ioanykii [Волкович, Йоаникій; Volkovyč, Joanykij]. Seventeenth-century Lviv priest and lecturer at the Lviv Dormition Brotherhood School. He was the author of a passion play titled Rozmyshlian’ie o mutsie Khrysta Spasytelia nasheho (Reflections on the Sufferings of Christ Our Saviour, 1631). Written in verse as a dialogue, it is one of the earliest examples of dramatic literature in the Ukrainian language.

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 5 (1993).]




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