Museums of Russia: “Museum of the Bible” opened in the Moscow region

The governor of the Moscow region Andrei Vorobyov and the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill opened a "Museum of the Bible" in the Volokolamsk district of the Moscow region.

The museum has a room dedicated to Metropolitan Yuriebsky and Volokolamsky Pitirim, who decided to re-create the library. His work was continued by Archimandrite Sergius. The exposition of the Memorial Hall tells about the life of Metropolitan Pitirim, presented his personal belongings as the abbot of the monastery, as well as books published by the publishing department of the Moscow Patriarchate, which he headed.

The main exposition presents various editions of the Bible in several dozens of languages ​​of Russia and the nations of the world. Some instances are created before the appearance of print - the books copied by hand. The museum fund is enriched from a variety of sources: books are brought by visitors and parishioners as gifts, rare instances are given by publishing houses.

The exhibition features more than 500 exhibits and another part is in the vault, which is constantly enriched. One of the most valuable specimens in the collection is the Bible, printed by Russian pioneer Ivan Fedorov in 1581. In the museum you can see the Gospel of the Moscow printing house in 1633 - the first printed Bible in Moscow.