The Only Need is the third book by priest, poet, artist and journalist Father Kanstantsin Bandaruk. Like his two previous titles it features reflections on religious topics. The previous book entitled the Truth Will Liberate You contains several dozen articles on various subjects written within several years. The book includes comments on the Ten Commandments that are always relevant. As the author says, we seem to know them but should ... More »

Few religious books have been published in Belarusian. Paradoxically, there are no canonic Church-approved good translations of the Holy Bible, liturgical texts and books for teaching religion. Teachers use foreign-language publications. On the other hand, Belarusian-language books have not been printed because there is no brisk demand for them. This seems to be a vicious circle but there must be a way out. The Belarusian language is ha... More »