Russian language Bible

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We have a new Inquirer in our Latin Rite RCIA whose first language is Russian. I’d like to get her an appropriate Russian language bible in addition to the English language New American Bible she was given with everyone else. Can you recommend a Russian language Bible for this purpose? One source referred me to the American Bible Society. Anyone have a more specific suggestion? Thanks in advance for your help.
 
The ABS does carry the official Synodal edition of the Russian Bible.

You might want to check if this person has already been baptized as an Orthodox. In this case, Confirmation would have been done at the same time.
 
Can obtain bibles from russian bible society. One with commentary - or one with Slavonic text would be helpful:

biblia.ru/books/show/?lang=r&cat=7

Those from Zhizn’ c Bohom are most famous - this was Belgian publisher from Russian Catolics where most Bibles came from during Soviet times. This was good relationship between Catolics and Orthodox - Metropolit of Leningrad (now Peter) was bringing many such Zhizn’ s Bohom bibles back from West when he visited.
 
bpbasilphx said:
The ABS does carry the official Synodal edition of the Russian Bible.

You might want to check if this person has already been baptized as an Orthodox. In this case, Confirmation would have been done at the same time.
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Thanks. She has been a Buddhist. She’s from Mongolia. She’s not culturally Christian in any way. This is a very beginning exploration. We’re a long ways from Baptism/Confirmation.
 
I want to study about the Russian lanhuage ,
have any suggest?>
 
eva6206213 said:
I want to study about the Russian lanhuage ,
have any suggest?>
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  1. check your local community college or university for classes.
  2. Rosetta Stone and/or Transparent Language both are good pieces of software; I’ve used Transparent Language, and my employer uses Rosetta Stone for teaching English to children who don’t speak it; the russian is a different dialect than I learned in college, and I am aware that Muscovite is slightly different than Magadanits or Petrogradskoi russian… My professora had some distinct differences from muscovite, which Transparent language can expose you to, and Rosetta Stone won’t.
  3. once you get to basics, find a group of Russian speakers and simply chat. If you get good enough, suddenly many other slavic languages start making sense, too…
Keep in mind, the language is written with a different alphabet; you’ll need to relearn to write, and every Russian I’ve met has a thing about handwritten work… typed is a second class effort. Practice is vital, and easy.
 
One other piece of advice: find a study partner!

having someone else studying with you makes it a whole lot easier to practice!
 
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