Publication Place: Беласток – Прага – Саўт-Рывэр
Publication Date: 1997
Sizes: 208с., 21 см
Category: Culture; Religion
Copyright © Канстанцін Бандарук
Book Collection: KAMUNIKAT — this site (online version); BTH — the library of the Belarusian Historical Association, ul. Proletariacka 11, Białystok (hardcopy); MiOKB — the library of the Belarusian Culture Community and Museum, ul. 3 Maja 42, Hajnówka (hardcopy)
Copy Numbers: BTH — [4423], [4473]; MiOKB — [3129]
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 hardly present in the church but it should not be always this way. This book is a contribution to the small treasury of Belarusian religious books. It targets Orthodox believers irrespective of their age.
Belarusian Authors: Бандарук Канстанцін
Catalog: Kamunikat.org | BTH | MiOKB
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