Ostroger Academy

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The main building of the new academy
University library

The Ostroger Academy ( Ukrainian Острозька академія ) was a Greco-Latin-Slavic university in the Volhyn city ​​of Ostroh .

It was founded by Prince Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski (1526–1608) around 1576.

In addition to the Old Church Slavonic , Greek and Latin languages ​​as well as philosophy and theology, the seven liberal arts mathematics, astronomy, grammar, rhetoric and logic were taught.

The first holder of the rector's office was the writer Herasim Smotrytzkyj , the father of Meletij Smotryzkyj . The professors included a. Demjan Nalewajko , Christophor Philaret , Jan Latosch and Kyrillos Loukaris . One of the graduates was the hetman of the Zaporozhian Cossacks Petro Konashevytsch-Sahaidachnyj .

The Ostrog Academy existed until 1608. In its place, the Jesuit College was established in 1624 , founded by Princess Anna Aloysia Chodkiewicz. Based on the model of the Ostroger Academy, the school of the Lutsk Brotherhood and the school in Wolodymyr-Wolynskyj were founded around 1620 .

In 1994, thanks to the initiative of local celebrities, the Ostroger Academy was re-established, this time as the "National University" Ostroger Academy "". It is located in the premises of the former Capuchin monastery, the Hl.- Cyril and Methodius - Brotherhood and in newly constructed buildings. The post of rector is held by Igor Demidowitsch Pasitschnyk, father of the singer Olga Pasitschnyk .

The university is divided into the following faculties:

  • Faculty of Humanistic Sciences
  • Faculty of Romance and Germanic Languages
  • Faculty of Law "Ioannikij Malinowskij"
  • Faculty of Economics
  • Faculty of Political-Information Management
  • Faculty of International Relations

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Coordinates: 50 ° 19 ′ 42 ″  N , 26 ° 30 ′ 46 ″  E