Interest in the Bible more than doubles in war-torn Ukraine

The number of people in Ukraine asking for Bibles has more than doubled since the war began in February. 

Ukraine is a largely Christian country with 71 per cent professing the faith. However, uptake in Bible reading has grown during the war. In 2020, the Ukrainian Bible Society distributed 136,767 Bibles. In the first nine months of this year, that figure more than doubled to 359,000. 

Living surrounded by death has caused people to ask questions about life, said Anatoliy Raychynets, deputy general secretary of the Ukrainian Bible Society.  

‘I have personally delivered several thousands of Bibles from hand to hand,’ said Anatoliy.

‘It is light in the darkness. Our experience is that this difficult situation is already changing our nation, changing us and our attitudes, our values, our lives,’ he added. ‘Whatever happens in Ukraine, we will come out of the situation a really Christian nation who pray together and trust in God.’