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Garrad's translation is available in the Bible Society of Myanmar app. Anne Carter has written an account of her family's time in Burma in her book "Bewtiched by Burma - A unique insight into Burma's complex past". It tells a vivid and often humorous tale of the challenges of life in Burma faced by early Anglican missionaries. [15]
Recently [when?] the Book of Psalms, Book of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes were released in electronic versions such as YouVersion app and Myanmar Standard Bible app for Android on the Google Play Store, both in Zawgyi font [2] and Unicode [3] formats. The whole Bible is scheduled to be completed in 2022. [citation needed]
2008 All the bishops and the Archbishop of Myanmar attended the Lambeth Conference. 2009 James Min Din former Distributor of Myanmar Bible Society and Secretary of Anglican Young People's Association became the Diocesan Bishop of Sittwe. 2010 The second Church of the Province of Myanmar gathering, Myitkyina (1–8 December 2010), from six dioceses.
Textbooks were subject to approval by the government, and had to be in line with socialist policy. [ 6 ] The management board decided that in addition it would award prizes for good fiction and research in Burmese literature and fine arts and would sponsor seminars and training courses on writing, book production, journalism and librarianism.
His monumental work included translating the Bible into Burmese, which was completed in 1834. George Dana Boardman began a work among the Karen peoples in 1828. Today the Karen Baptist Convention is the largest member body of the Myanmar Baptist Convention, which was formed in 1865. HIV/AIDS is a significant problem in Myanmar. In 1992, the ...
The Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) owned the MRTV and MRTV3 channels. MRTV3 was broadcasting in English. The Department of Public Relations and Psychological Welfare under the Ministry of Defence , had its own television channel, Myawaddi, and the Yangon City Development Committee also broadcast programmes from Myodaw Radio Programme. [ 3 ]
Its collection used to have about 618,000 books and periodicals as well as 15,800 rare and valuable manuscripts. However, in 2006, the military government announced a plan to move a large part of its collection to a new National Library in Nay Pyi Taw, and to auction off its 8-story building and 10-acre (4.0 ha) lot in Tamwe Township. [3]
Christianity in Myanmar has a history dating to the early 18th century. According to the 2016 census , Christianity is the country's second largest religion, practiced by 6.3% of the population, [ 1 ] primarily among the Kachin , Chin and Kayin , and Eurasians because of missionary work in their respective areas. [ 2 ]