4 September 2003
Brest Bible turns 440
On September 4, it is 440 years since Mikalai Radzivill Chorny, starasta (mayor) of Bierasce (Brest), printed the Bible, known as Brest Bible or Radzivil Bible, in 1563.
Radzivill Chorny, who actively promoted Reformation ideas, founded a Calvinist community, build a Protestant church and in 1553 opened in Bierascie the first printing plant on the territory of modern Belarus.
The Brest Bible is considered one of the best books of the Grand Duchy of Litva and Rzecz Pospolita. A few originals of the Brest Bible are kept in libraries in Moscow, Vilnius and Krakow. There is an incomplete copy of the Bible at the Yakub Kolas Central Scientific Library in Minsk.
http://brestonline.com/en/news/news464.html