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5 Hryven St. Michael's Vydubychi Monastery
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 5 Hryven |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a richly composed allegorical scene evoking the spiritual history of the monastery. To the left, the Archangel Michael is depicted in full figure, winged and armoured, holding a cross-topped staff, rendered in the manner of Byzantine iconography. Above him, a haloed bust of an angel appears within an arch framing a descending stairway, symbolising the heavenly connection. To the right, a hooded monk stands in prayer before a stone wall fragment, conveying monastic devotion. The lower field incorporates two medallion-like elements: a circular Byzantine-style icon depicting the Virgin and Child, and a heraldic cartouche bearing Cyrillic inscriptions. The inscription 'XI СТ.' (11th century), denoting the monastery's founding era, appears centrally in Latin and Cyrillic characters. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Vydubytsky Monastery in Kyiv traces its founding to the late 11th century, traditionally associated with Vladimir the Great's Christianization campaign. The name itself derives from the Slavic word for "to surface" or "to float up" — local legend holds that pagan idols thrown into the Dnipro by Vladimir's order washed ashore at this bend in the river. The monastery survived Mongol destruction, Polish-Lithuanian rule, and Soviet anti-religious campaigns that converted its buildings to archival use.
Ukraine's commemorative 5 hryvnia base-metal series has used this denomination consistently for architectural and ecclesiastical subjects since the early 2000s.