On the coin obverse above there is the small National Emblem of Ukraine and a semicircular inscription – НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine), in the centre there is a conventionalized setting of the Gospel, on both sides of which there are lilies, associated with the Virgin Mary. There are also placed the inscriptions: 10 ГРИВЕНЬ (10 Hryvnia), as well as designation of metal - Ag 925 and 31,1, its weight in fineness, 2008, the coins mintage year (beneath) and the Mint logotype of the National Bank of Ukraine.