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150 researchers contribute to the book The Francysk Skaryna Encyclopedia has been published. Its circulation is one and a half thousand copies. The idea of making such a book arose two years ago. Over 150 authors worked on it. The encyclopedia contains more than a thousand articles and about 500 ...

The Bible is unique because it contains an engraving depicting Francisk Skorina Today, the first Bible printed by Francisk Skorina will be delivered in Minsk. Since the mid-19 century, it has been stored in the Historical Museum in Moscow. Also, this copy of the Bible is unique in that it contains an engraving depicting Francisk Skorina himself. He was the only author who placed his portrait in the Holy Scripture. Francisk Skorina’s Bible will be delivered to the National Airport of Minsk. To keep...

Almost all books by Francysk Skaryna kept outside Belarus nowadays The first Bible printed by Francysk Skaryna in the Old Church Slavonic language will be delivered to Minsk for the first time on September 4 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Belarusian book printing....

The Album held Grand Prix of Eurasian book exposition and International CIS competition «World heritage of Francisk Skorina» has been presented in Minsk. The album includes 25 books by the pioneer printer. The edition has been released in 3 languages – Belarusian, Russian and English. The album reflects the creative activity of the Belarusian enlightener and public figure. The rarities include the Psalter, the Bible, the Travelers Handbook, The Book of Job. While preparing the edition, the authors...

Researchers from Belarus, Lithuania and the Czech Republic worked on this international scientific project An international scientific project dedicated to Francysk Skaryna was presented in Minsk. Seven researchers from Belarus, Lithuania and the Czech Republic worked on it. They discovered new facts about the Belarusian printer and his family, and came up with a hypothesis on his publishing activity. The ...