Russian Synodal Bible
The standard Russian-language Bible since 1876.
Completed in 1876 under the authority of the Most Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Russian Synodal Bible is used by Russian Orthodox, Protestant, and other Russian-speaking Christian communities worldwide. Start reading at Genesis (RUSSYNODAL), translated from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek text over several decades.
Old Testament
New Testament
About the Russian Synodal Bible (RUSSYNODAL) Translation
The Russian Synodal Bible, completed in 1876 under the authority of the Most Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, is the standard Russian-language translation used by Russian Orthodox, Protestant, and other Russian-speaking Christian communities worldwide. Following the Orthodox canon, it includes the Deuterocanonical/Anagignoskomena books - Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, the Epistle of Jeremiah, 1-3 Maccabees, 1-2 Esdras, and the Prayer of Manasseh - alongside the standard 66 books found in Protestant Bibles. Produced over several decades by scholars translating from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts, the Synodal translation remains the most widely read and quoted Russian Bible more than a century after its completion. Read the Russian Synodal Bible online here (Русская Синодальная Библия), verse by verse through all 78 books.