The Ukrainian roots of Britain’s favourite hymn, ‘How great thou art’
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Jonathan Clark2022-04-22T11:38:00
Consistently voted one of the most popular hymns of all time, ‘How great thou art’ was translated from Russian by Stuart Hine. The British missionary first heard the song in the Ukrainian mountains.
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