Ivan Vyshenskyi

1550 in Sudova Vyshnia – after 1620, Mount Athos, Greece) was a Ukrainian Orthodox monk and religious philosopher.

It is considered to be likely that he spent part of his youth in Lutsk and was connected with scholars from the Ostroh Academy.

Within the years 1576–1580 he traveled to Mount Athos in Greece, which was the center of Orthodox monk culture.

[2] He stayed there until his death, with the exception of a short visit to Ukraine between 1604 and 1606 when he quarreled with members of the Lviv brotherhood.

Vyshenskyi was especially polemic in his communications with Piotr Skarga, who supported church union.