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Hasty and unadvisable decision. Open letter to the LCMS

We were surprised and outraged to learn that on July 30, 2023, at the convention of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, an agreement was signed on the altar and pulpit fellowship with the so-called "Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine". Our surprise was caused by the lack of clarity on the Church body the agreement had been signed with. ...

02.08.2023

Bible Investigator

From June 26 to the 30, the congregation of Novohradkivka village hosted the first Ukrainian speaking camp in 22 seasons of its existence. We are very grateful to all volunteers and workers for their efforts and creativity to make our children happy. This year, the "Gloria" camp had an interesting theme. The idea of ​​a detective agency ...

07.07.2023

The Synod and the conference for the presidents of Councils

According to the new edition of the Constitution of GELCU, congregations are represented at the Synod exclusively by the presidents of Councils. Therefore, it made sense to combine the regular Synod meeting and the conference for the presidents of congregations’ Councils. In total, the presidents of Councils (or legally approved proxy ...

09.05.2023

Articles

Wilhelm Loehe

Johann Konrad Wilhelm Loehe (1808-1872) served from 1837 to the end of his life as a village pastor in Neuendettelsau, Germany, in the vicinity of Nuremberg. This was a call that Loehe did not covet. However, from this out-of-the way place, Loehe engaged in a ministry and mission that had monumental influence, not only in Germany, but as far away ...

02.01.2023

Commemoration of Augsburg confession

The confession was presented to the Diet of Augsburg, an assembly of political leaders in the Holy Roman Empire, on June 25, 1530. Philipp Melanchthon, Martin Luther’s most influential colleague in Wittenberg, composed the document since Luther couldn’t attend the Diet because he had been declared a heretic and outlaw by the ecclesiastical and ...

24.06.2022

Why celebrate Christmas?

Awake, mankind! For your sake God has become man. Awake, you who sleep, rise up from the dead, and Christ will enlighten you. I tell you again: for your sake, God became man. You would have suffered eternal death, had he not been born in time. Never would you have been freed from sinful flesh, had he not taken on himself the likeness of ...

24.12.2021

St. Catherine’s, Kiev

Kiev, Lyuteranska, 22 - More about the church »

St. Martin, Kiev

Kyiv, Krakivska str., 13в, 02094 - More about the church »

Holy Ascension, Kharkov

Kharkivsk'a oblast, m. Kharkiv, vul. Rybalko 12a - More about the church »

St. Paul, Odessa

Novoselskogo str, 68 - More about the church »

Berdiansk

Liuteranska str, 21 - More about the church »

Reconciliation, Poltava

Kotsyubinskogo Str, 54a - More about the church »

Transfiguration, Bila Tserkva

Spartakivska str, 16/2 - More about the church »

Zaporizhzhia

Hvardiyskiy blvdr, 24, app. 29 - More about the church »

Zmiivka

Kherson oblast, Berislav rayon, Zmiivka, str. Budyonny, 11, 74372 - More about the church »

Kremenchug

vul. Kovalova, 6 - More about the church »

Kryvyi Rih

V. Skripka Str, 66 - More about the church »

Novohradkivka

Odessa oblast, Odessa rayon, Novogradkovka, st. Solnechnaya, 1, 67830 - More about the church »

Petrodolynske

Odessa oblast, Odessa district, Petrodolynske, st. Sosnova, 7, 67810 - More about the church »

Salvation, Shostka

Sumy oblast, Shostka, Sadovyi Bul`var str., 55-a - More about the church »

Zhytomyr

Kotsyubinskogo Str, 5 - More about the church »

Vinnitsia

prov. L'va Tolstogo, 2/2 - More about the church »