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Ukrainian Bible Society ((ウクライナ語:Українське Біблійне Товариство)), is a religious non-profit organization, established by representatives of different Christian denominations in Ukraine, who recognize the Bible as the Word of God. It is a member of the international association of United Bible Societies, which currently involves 145 national institutions of similar kind. The main task of the Ukrainian Bible Society is to translate, publish and distribute the Bible and its portions. The Bible Society in Ukraine began its work in 1815 as a network of several affiliates to the Russian Bible Society. After a long period of Soviet regime restrictions, the Ukrainian Bible Society was re-established in 1991. Among its founders were the All-Ukrainian Union of Evangelical Christian-Baptist Church, the All-Ukrainian Union of Evangelical Christians (Pentecostal), Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchate, and the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Later they were joined by the Lutheran Church, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine.〔''Ukrainian Bible Society official web-site''〕 Yakiv Dukhonchenko was the first President of the Ukrainian Bible Society beginning in 1991. Hryhoriy Komendant is carrying out the Presidential responsibilities at the present time (since 2007). The Organization has four branches in Kiev (Central branch), Kherson (Southern branch), Kharkiv (Eastern branch) and Lviv (Western branch). There is also a special department for Bible translation into modern Ukrainian language led by Father Rafail Turkoniak. ==Activities== The Ukrainian Bible Society is the initiator and active supporter of the official celebration of the ''Bible Day'' since 2004, when the Bible Day was celebrated for the first time in Ukraine. In all countries of the world, the Bible Day is celebrated on the last week-end of October.〔''First Bible Day to be Officially Celebrated in Ukraine, by Religious Information Service of Ukraine, October 2004''〕 In 2005, it distributed 174,721 copies of the Bible and 159,626 copies of the New Testament. The new edition of the Ukrainian Bible translation by Ivan Khomenko with corrections introduced by a special work group was presented at the Ukrainian Catholic University in October, 2007. This new edition had, by some estimations, an ecumenical character and included particular contributions of Catholics and Protestants. In 2008 the Ukrainian Bible Society launched a new project for the Bulgarians, one of the larger ethnic minority groups in Ukraine. The assistance in obtaining Bibles in Bulgarian language for the project was provided by the United Bible Societies. According to project plans, the Bibles will be presented to national cultural centers, libraries, educational institutions, religious institutions and many individual Bulgarians wishing to read the Bible in their native language.〔''Ukrainian Bible Society to Help Bulgarians in Ukraine Read Bible in their Native Language, by Religious Information Service of Ukraine News, March 2008''〕 The cornerstone of a new building of UBS named "Bible House" was laid on Baumana Street in Kiev in March, 2008.〔''Bible Society will Have New Building in Kyiv, by Religious Information Service of Ukraine, March 2008''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ukrainian Bible Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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