Russian Bible – Synodal translation

Библия на русском языке - Синодальный перевод - Bible in Russian - Synodal translation

This is a hardback edition of the full Bible in the Russian language.  It has a black leather look cover with the title in gold on the front cover.  The dimensions are 18.2 cm high x 12.7 cm wide x 2.8cm thick.  It is published by the Trinitarian Bible Society in England.

This Russian Bible is in the Synodal Translation - Синодальный перевод.  This translation has changed little since the 1820s.  Unlike in English language Bibles, the General Epistles appear after Acts and before Romans.

Ukrainian is the native language of 68% of Ukrainians, and Russian is the native language of 30%.  But Ukrainian is the language of education.  So Russian speakers can all understand Ukrainian, and many Ukrainian speakers also understand Russian.  When a Ukrainian and a Russian speaker meet, they can often each speak their mother tongue, and understand each other quite well.

82% of Ukrainians identify as Christian believers, so the Bible is important to them.  But of course they prefer to read the Bible in their own native language.  So I would advise asking whether they would prefer Ukrainian or Russian before offering them a Bible or New Testament.

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