Wasyl Ciapiński (; ; ) (1540s in Vitebsk Voivodeship – c. 1604) was a Belarusian-Lithuanian noble, humanist, educator, writer, publisher and translator from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania known for translating the Bible into the Belarusian language. He was behind the printing of the "Moscow Gospel" in the 1570s, and is regarded as one of the early facilitators of Belarusian printed literature. His Bible is sometimes understood to have been printed in Ukrainian but is today generally regarded as Belarusian language. External links Szlachta ruska Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego a reformacja , Беларускі Гістарычны Зборнік - Białoruskie Zeszyty Historyczne nr 18 References 1540s births 1604 deaths Belarusian writers Lithuanian writers Translators of the Bible into Belarusian Belarusian Unitarians Lithuanian Unitarians 16th-century Lithuanian nobility Belarusian printers