Bible for young and old in Belarus

Belarus is a country caught up in a mire of backward looking leadership, economic decline and environmental catastrophe in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster. Bible Society is finding that there is a great hunger for the Word, amongst young and the old.

Yelena, a young medical student reads from a Bible provided by Bible Society

Yelena

Like many young Belarusians, Yelena, a medical student, doesn’t attend church. Bible Society is reaching out to people like her by making Bibles available at places such as universities, museums and exhibitions.

Anna

Belarus citizen and Buchenwald concentration camp survivor, Anna, received a large print Bible from Bible Society, when she attended the anniversary of the camp's liberation on 11 April 2010.

This article is from The Word at Work – Spring 2010.