Vatican museums introduce eight Ukrainian audio guides and plan to add Ukrainian bookshelf
Photo: Telegram / Olena Zelenska
Eight audio guides in Ukrainian are now available at the Vatican museums, all of which were launched simultaneously. Additionally, First Lady Olena Zelenska generously gifted a collection of Ukrainian books to the Vatican library.
Olena Zelenska reported that on Telegram and Facebook.
What is the problem?
This project is being implemented so that foreigners can better understand Ukrainian history and the country's modernity.
Olena Zelenska points out that the project is being developed both for those Ukrainians who found themselves abroad due to the war and for the Ukrainian language because "it has the right to sound and be heard."
What is the solution?
Therefore, eight Ukrainian-language audio guides appeared simultaneously in the Vatican museums, and a Ukrainian bookshelf will be created in the Vatican library.
How does it work?
Photo: Facebook / Olena Zelenska
"A unique event: we are launching 8 Ukrainian audio guides at the same time! This is the first time in my project to Ukrainianize the world's leading monuments, which has already covered 93 objects in 50 countries. It is happening in a special place – in the Vatican Museums, in one of the largest art collections in the world, which was collected over the centuries by the pontiffs," the President's wife noted.
She called the audio guide of the Vatican Museums unique.
Photo: Facebook / Olena Zelenska
"These are eight excursion routes and 19 hours of audio text. It was voiced by artists who are native speakers of most Ukrainian visitors.
Ambassador Andrii Yurash also joined the voice-over," Zelenska noted, thanking the Embassy of Ukraine in the Vatican for implementing the project.
Photo: Facebook / Olena Zelenska
She said that the dubbing work was challenging. It had to be stopped several times because of air raids and power outages in Kyiv.
Photo: Telegram / Olena Zelenska
"Amidst tales of enduring principles and the arts, artists and sound engineers were forced to seek shelter in bomb shelters. This is a stark contrast to what Ukraine is currently experiencing.
However, we are committed to carrying out this project for our fellow citizens who have ended up abroad in challenging circumstances and for our language, which deserves to be heard and spoken," Zelenska noted.
She thanked everyone who wanted to hear about Ukraine.
Photo: Telegram / Olena Zelenska
"Let art, history, culture, and spirituality sound," the president's wife emphasized.
Olena Zelenska also donated a selection of Ukrainian books to the Vatican library.
Photo: Telegram / Olena Zelenska
"Thank you to everyone who wants to hear and hears Ukraine. Thank you to the Vatican, our Embassy, which has been working on this for a long time, and everyone involved. Let art, history, culture, and spirituality sound. And Russian bombs will finally fall silent forever," the first lady wrote.
Photo: Telegram / Olena Zelenska
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It should be noted that on November 20, Olena Zelenska began a visit to Italy and the Vatican to participate in a mass commemorating the thousand days since the beginning of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine.
It was also reported that on November 12, the Museum of Church Heritage (Bažnytinio Pavel do muziejus) in Vilnius hosted a presentation of a Ukrainian-language audio guide, which became the fourth in Lithuania, as well as an information publication of the museum in Ukrainian.
