Bible Society work in Ukraine
 Ukrainian
Bible Society (Kiev)18 Baumana Str 03190, Kyiv Ukraine Tel/Fax: +380 44 442 65 44 |
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| Ukrainian Bible
Society (Lviv) 44 Bagryanogo Str 79041, Lviv Ukraine Tel/Fax: +380 32 292 31 00 Tel: +380 32 292 32 32 email: lviv@ukrbs.org |
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Country Data:
| Area: | 603,700 sq.km. | |
| Population: | 48,760,474 (2001) | |
| Annual Per Capita Income: | US$790 (2000) | |
| Literate Population: | 98% (2001) | |
| Religions in % of Population (2001): | ||
| Orthodox |
59.9%
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| Non-religious |
25.0%
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| Roman Catholic (mostly Uniate) |
8.2%
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| Protestant |
3.6%
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| Jewish |
1.0%
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| Muslim |
0.3%
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| Armenian Apostolic |
0.1%
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| Other |
1.9%
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| Official Language: | Ukrainian | |
Bible Society Data:
| Beginning of organised work: | 1815 | |
| Date of formation of Bible Society: | 1991 | |
| Date of Associate Membership in UBS: | 1996 | |
| Scripture distribution in 2005: | |||||
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Bibles
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New
Testaments |
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| 174,721 | 159,626 | 491,892 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bible Society brings Ukraine’s Churches together (February 2007)
Latest News #374 – Church leaders unite to prepare for Bible Day in Ukraine
(October 2006) [PDF]
Focus on Southern Ukraine:
Bible Day unites Christians to support Bible work (Sep./Oct. 2006)
‘I felt as if I would drown in love!’ (Sep./Oct. 2006)
Scriptures support caring ministry among elderly and disabled (Sep./Oct. 2006)
Bringing God’s love to children in need (Sep./Oct. 2006)
Congregation shows commitment to sharing God’s Word (Sep./Oct. 2006)
‘My first Bible came from the sea’ (Sep./Oct. 2006)
Focus on Southern Ukraine:
Tolerant country with a rich religious heritage
(August 2006)
Building opens the door to Bible Society ministry
in southern Ukraine (August 2006)
Church leaders unite to support Bible Society
(August 2006)
Christians unite to bring God’s Word
onto the streets (August 2006)
‘We can work together’,
says Archbishop (August 2006)
‘God had plans for me’ Former atheist
now committed to Bible work (August 2006)
‘The Bible is the foundation of my life’
(August 2006)
Web site will raise awareness of Bible Society
work (August 2006)
Scriptures come to life for Ukraine’s
Romani people (June 2006)
FCBH
opens hearts in Ukraine (Sep. 2005)
Blind distributor desperate
to continue hearing God’s Word (March 2005)
Latest News
(February 2005)
‘I was more dead than alive’ (Oct./Nov. 2004)
Judo star, philosopher, master forger, evangelist:
one man’s journey to faith
(Oct./Nov. 2004)
‘The Communists were the first to ask
for Bibles’:
Roman Vovk describes remarkable developments in Ukraine (Oct./Nov.
2004)
Discovering
the artist within (Aug./Sep. 2004)
‘I started to think about my future’:
healing the lives of young offenders
(Aug./Sep. 2004)
Street children and orphans benefit from Ukraine’s
first Bible Day (Jan./Feb. 2004)
KidsGames brings God’s Word to Ukrainian
children (March 2003)
Ukrainian Bible Society continues reaching
children (Dec. 2002/Jan. 2003)
From prisoner to prison ministry (June 2002)
Welcome for ‘wonderful book’
(April/May 2002)
Poor people in remote parts
of Ukraine among the first to receive new translation (April/May 2002)
Scriptures bring joy to flood-hit
Western Ukraine (June 2001)
Bible library for the blind (April/May
2001)
The master builder of Kyiv (April/May
2001)
Taking the Bible to School (October
2000)
Hearing the Bible Read from Braille
(October 2000)
Churches in the Community Bring
Practical Healing from the Bible (July/August 2000)
...and Father Fyodor’s Letter of
Thanks (July/August 2000)
Excitement as Film Team Visits
School (April/May 2000)
Ex-Prisoners Testify to the
Power of the Gospel (April/May 2000)
Selling Bibles To All Who Come
(April/May 2000)
Helping Disadvantaged Children
(April/May 2000)
Free Bibles for Summer Camp Children
(April/May 2000)
Bible ‘Plays Major Role in People’s
Lives’ (April/May 2000)
Pensioners Eager to Have Their
Own Bibles (April/May 2000)
Baptists Want Bibles (April/May
2000)
Bible Society Takes Scriptures to Teenage
Offenders (March 2000)
Bible Brings Peace for Children Suffering
from Nuclear Fallout (March 2000)
Child’s Games Led to Priesthood
(March 2000)
Bibles Change Lives for Disabled Children
(March 2000)
Policeman’s About-Face (March
2000)
The Book That Changed Nina’s Life
(March 2000)
Flying Archbishop Hails Bible Work
(March 2000)
Cause for Rejoicing in Ukraine (April/May
1998)
Braille Portions Ready in Record-breaking
Time (June 1997)
