THE FOUNDATION OF KYIV-MOHYLA ACADEMY
The Academy founded in Kyiv became the first higher educational establishment in Eastern Europe and a vibrant cultural and enlightenment centre.
Petro Mohyla
Everything started with the premises that were presented to Kyiv Brotherhood in October 1615 by the representative of Volyn Orthodox nobility Halshka Hulevychivna. The teaching staff united two existing schools. The first school was Kyiv Brotherhood School and the other Kyiv Lavra School. It is known that the Lavra School had been founded by Metropolitan Petro Mohyla. It was he who established a new institution. Later, after the Metropolitan's death, the College was named after him — Kyiv-Mohyla.
Up to the end of the seventeenth century Kyiv-Mohyla College had the status of a secondary educati
