“Unworthy hieromonks, Archimandryt Chernigov, Powdered Author ”by Johni Galyatovsky

In the collection of Chernihiv Regional Museum of Museum of Museum. VV. Tarnovsky preserves almost the entire Cyrillic heritage of a church figure and writer known in Cossack times, which was printed in Kyiv and Lviv. This is the "Key of Understanding" (Kyiv, 1659 р., Lviv, 1665 р.), "Sayings of the dowry to the book The key to understanding the name" (Kyiv, 1660 р.), “New sky” (Lviv, 1667 р.), "The Messiah is true" (Kyiv, 1669 р.).

Unfortunately, his works are missing, which were printed in Chernihiv and Novgorod-Siverskyi. Це "Alphabetum for various heretics" 1681 р., “Alkoran Machometow” 1683 р., “The foundations on which the Latins founded Russia and Rome” 1683 р., “Sins of Rosemaitia” 1685 р., “The filthy gods are fools, procrastinating, and evil in spirit.” 1686 р., "Souls of dead people" two editions 1687 р., “Treasure of Praise” 1676 р., “Bialo-Tserkva Conversation” 1676 р., "Treasury is needed" 1676 р., “Rycerz prawoslawnocatholickiey cerkwi wschodniey” кінця 1677– початку 1678 years., “Old Western Church” 1678 р., “Swan with its feathers” 1679 Dr..

Звертає на себе увагу, that most of his books were printed in Chernihiv Oblast, and this is quite understandable given his biography.

Ioanikyi Galyatovskyi was born in Volyn 1620 Dr.. He received his education at the Kyiv-Mohyla Collegium, where his teacher was Lazar Baranovych. Later, he became a teacher and rector of this famous institution. Later he lived and worked in Lviv, Lutsk, Slutsk, Minsk. 1668 Dr.. returned to Kyiv, а з 1669 Dr.. at the invitation of Chernihiv Archbishop Lazar Baranovych, he headed the Chernihiv Yeletsky Monastery, in which he died 2 (12) January 1688 Dr.. He was buried in the Assumption Cathedral - "he was laid in the Assumption Cathedral under his form". Проте чи залишилося поховання непорушним відповіді сьогодні немає. Чернігівський історик та археолог Ігор Ігнатенко припускає, що рештки таки збереглися.

Fragments of the deed of Lazar Baranovych on the appointment of Father Ioanikiy as Archimandrite of Yelets are preserved in the Museum (див. фото), and on the pages of the book "True Messiah" his donation record was found (the elegant handwriting of the dignitary attracts attention) to the Novgorod-Siversky Transfiguration Monastery: "This book is from me, these books are written by a vile author, dana eats to the monastery of the Novgorod All-Merciful Savior on S±veri, God has been asked for their lives there for me.” (див. фото).