Ukrainian Bible Society
Nadiya in the middle of the dark
Bible for war victims
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General Information about the UBS
The Ukrainian Bible Society (UBS) is an interdenominational Christian organization whose goal is the translation, printing, and distribution of the Bible and biblical liturgical literature. The Society comprises twenty-one leading Ukrainian churches of Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant confessions that recognize the Bible as the Word of God, as well as the Department of Religious Studies of the H. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The UBS was founded on June 22, 1991, and is a member of the global fellowship of United Bible Societies, which includes 150 national societies covering over 200 countries and territories worldwide.
Following the conviction that the Bible is the foundation of a prosperous and harmonious society, the Society considers its main task to be ensuring access to God’s Word for every person—regardless of social status, linguistic or ethnic characteristics, religious affiliation, age, or place of residence—in the most accessible, convenient, and understandable form.
Over its years of activity, the Society has printed and distributed over 13 million copies of biblical editions in various languages and formats, of which over 4 million were distributed within the framework of all-Ukrainian charitable projects. The Society considers it an honorary duty to distribute the Bible among people with special physical, spiritual, or social needs by preparing special editions and distributing them free of charge in a number of social, medical, and correctional institutions. Since 2014, the Bible Society has been printing and distributing special biblical editions among the Armed Forces of Ukraine and displaced persons.
Responding to the societal need for a Bible translation into modern Ukrainian, in 2011, the UBS presented the Fourth Complete Ukrainian Translation of the Bible from Ancient Greek (the Septuagint/UTT).
In 2020, the first edition of the Modern Translation of the Bible into Ukrainian from the ancient Hebrew original (CUV) was released, marking the culmination of many years of work by the Society and dozens of domestic and foreign specialists. It received the approval of all confessions that are members of the UBS.
In the autumn of 2023, the second edition of the Ukrainian Bible Society’s Modern Translation of the Bible was presented in two variations: with and without the deuterocanonical books. Work on the electronic version of the text is currently underway.
List of warehouses of the Central Board and members of the Ukrainian Bible Society
1. Brotherhood of Independent Churches and Missions of Evangelical Christian Baptists of Ukraine
MYKOLA ROZHNYATOVSKY — Head of the Brotherhood of Independent Churches and Missions of Evangelical Christian Baptists of Ukraine
SERHIY SHAPTALA — Deputy Head of the Brotherhood of Independent Churches and Missions of Evangelical Christian Baptists of Ukraine
2. All-Ukrainian Union of Evangelical Christian Baptist Churches
VALERY ANTONYUK — Head of the All-Ukrainian Union of Evangelical Christian Baptist Churches
VOLODYMYR SHEMCHYSHIN — Deputy Chairman of the All-Ukrainian Union of Evangelical Christian Baptist Churches
3. Association of Independent Charismatic Christian Churches of Ukraine (Full Gospel)
ANATOLIY HAVRYLYUK — Senior Bishop of the Center of Independent Charismatic Christian Churches of Ukraine (Full Gospel)
RUSLAN KALYTENKO — Executive Secretary of the Center of Independent Charismatic Christian Churches of Ukraine (Full Gospel)
4. Orthodox Church of Ukraine
MITR. PROTOCOL VASYL LUTSISHYN — Acting President of the UBT, Rector of the Lviv Theological Seminary
MITR. PROTOCOL OLEG MALANYAK — Rector of the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (Mykola Prytyska), Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Theology of the Kyiv Orthodox Theological Academy of the OCU
5. Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine
VITALIY KRYVYTSKYY — Bishop, Ordinary of the Kyiv-Zhytomyr Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church
ROMAN LABA — Priest of the Russian Orthodox Church
6. Ukrainian Evangelical Church
OLEKSANDR ZAITSEV — Senior Bishop of the Ukrainian Evangelical Church
IVAN RUSYN — Deputy Senior Bishop of the Ukrainian Evangelical Church
7. Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
PRIEST MYKOLA SULYMA — Chancellor of the Curia of the Supreme Archbishop of the UGCC
ROMAN OSTROVSKY — Priest of the Kyiv Archdiocese of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, rector of the Kyiv Three-Holiness Theological Seminary of the UGCC
8. Ukrainian Lutheran Church
VYACHESLAV HORPINCHUK — Bishop of the Ukrainian Lutheran Church
IHOR RUDZIK — Secretary of the Ukrainian Lutheran Church
9. Ukrainian Orthodox Church
GERMAN (KOVAC) — Hieromonk, associate professor at the Kyiv Theological Academy and Seminary of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
10. Ukrainian Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
ROMAN PRODANIUK — President of the Ukrainian Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
VOLODYMYR VELECHUK — Secretary Ukrainian Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
11. Ukrainian Church of Christians of the Evangelical Faith
ANATOLIY KOZACHOK — Senior Bishop of the Ukrainian Church of Christians of the Evangelical Faith
VITALIY YATSYUK — Bishop of the Ukrainian Church of Christians of the Evangelical Faith, Deputy Senior Bishop
12. German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine
PAVLO SCHWARTZ — Bishop of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine
13. Department of Religious Studies of the G. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the NAS of Ukraine
OLEKSANDR SAGAN — Head of the Department – Doctor of Philosophy, Professor
14. Association of Churches “Salvation”
MYKOLA SAVCHUK — Senior Bishop of the Union of Churches “Salvation”
15. Religious Center Union of Christian Churches of Ukraine “Word of Life”
16. Armenian Apostolic Church
MARKOS HOGANESYAN — Bishop, Head of the Ukrainian Eparchy of the Armenian Apostolic Church
17. Council of Independent Evangelical Churches of Ukraine
ANATOLIY KALYUZHNY — Senior Bishop of the Council of Independent Evangelical Churches of Ukraine
18. Association of Evangelical Christian Churches “Ukrainian Missionary Church”
VALERIY RESHETINSKY — Bishop of the Association “Ukrainian Missionary Church”
19. Music Mission “Kyiv”
SERGII BASARAB — Vice President of the Music Mission “Kyiv”
20. Transcarpathian Reformed Church
OLEKSANDR ZAN-FABIAN — Bishop, Head of the Administration of the Transcarpathian Reformed Church
21. Religious Center “Union of Christian Churches of Ukraine “Word of Life””
BORIS HRYSENKO — Head of the Religious Center “Union of Jewish Communities of Messianic Judaism”
22. Religious Administration of the United Methodist Church of Ukraine
OLEG STARODUBETS — Senior Pastor of the Religious Department of the United Methodist Church of Ukraine
UBS throughout Ukraine
UBS operates through several regional branches located in Kiev, Lviv, Kharkiv and Kherson, covering the entire territory of Ukraine
Our team
Commandant Grigory Ivanovich
President of UBS
Lutsishin Vasil Pavlovich
Vice-President UBS
Babiychuk Oleksandr Ivanovich
Secretary General UBS
Raichinets Anatoly Vasylovych
Intercessor Gen. secretary UBS