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“Summer school” in Rivne
On July 4-16, a day children's camp "Summer School" took place based on the "Svitlo" Christian alternative school in Rivne, the principal of which, Serhiy Terentiev, is also a pastor of the “God's Covenant” Reformed Evangelical Church in Rivne. The first week of the camp was colorful: every day participants and organizers wore clothes of a ...
26.07.2022
Vice-President of the German Bundestag in Odessa
On July 22, Katrin Göring-Eckardt, the Vice-President of the German Bundestag, visited the Lutheran Church of St. Paul in Odessa. She came to the city to familiarize herself with its current situation, negotiate further assistance needed for its defense and recovery, and learn about the effects of the grain blockade. Katrin Göring-Eckardt is ...
23.07.2022
Help for Kharkiv
On July 21, the Evangelical-Lutheran parish of Pisz, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, provided another batch of aid to Kharkiv. They handed over 1,000 sets of dressing materials, 230 painkiller and anti-inflammatory drug packages, and 50 first-aid kits for the defenders of Kharkiv. The total cost of the aid provided is over 2 730 Eur. The aid was ...
22.07.2022
Finishing of the partnership with the House of Mercy
The German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine finished its cooperation in accordance with the Partnership Agreement with “House of Mercy” (Kyiv), a non-profit organization working with the homeless. The partnership between the Church and the House of Mercy lasted more than three years and apart from providing consultations and charitable ...
02.07.2022
Preaching the gospel brings us hope
Bishop Pavlo Shvarts of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ukraine on “accepting one’s human limitations” (LWI) - With no end in sight to the Russian assault on Ukraine, the leader of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine, Bishop Pavlo Shvarts, has been speaking out about the fears and feelings of helplessness that pastors ...
17.06.2022
The LWF delegation visited Kyiv and Chernihiv regions
On June 10-15, representatives of the humanitarian mission of the World Lutheran Federation: Josef Pfattner, Ukraine Response Coordinator from the WLF headquarters, and other delegates, Pierre Beaurenaut, Security Advisor, Timo Frilander, Psychological and Protection Specialist, and Sylvia Raulo, Regional Team Coordinator, visited the Kyiv and ...
LWF Council Statement on the war in Ukraine and other conflicts
The Council expresses its outrage at the war in Ukraine that has continued for nearly four months since the Russian military invasion of the country. The cost of this war in terms of lives and livelihoods destroyed, displacement of people, violation of human rights and dignity, and the contravention of international humanitarian and human rights ...
16.06.2022
GELCU is accepted into the Lutheran World Federation
On June 14, 2022, the Council of the Lutheran World Federation accepted GELCU as an individual member into the ranks of the association. GELCU became the 149th church - a member of the Federation, and Ukraine - the 99th represented country. Previously, our church was represented in the LWF through the Union of Evangelical Lutheran Churches that ...
14.06.2022
Feast of the Holy Trinity in Kyiv
On June 12, 2022, the Lutheran Church of St. Catherine in Kyiv held the Sunday worship service on the Day of the Holy Trinity! This service was even more special thanks to the sermon of Pastor Ralf Haska, who came from Germany to visit the congregation. There were also guests from the World Lutheran Federation and the Council of Germans in ...
13.06.2022
The first 2022 camp in Novogradkivka
The spring of this year didn’t just bring the war, but also many of its after-effects. Sunday school staff, teenagers, and many children with their parents were forced to leave their homes and congregations. As a result, in 4 congregations it became impossible to organize the children's day camps planned for the summer, the language camp with the ...
11.06.2022
German Federal Commissioner for culture visited Lutheran Church
Оn the 7th of June Germany’s Federal Commissioner of State for Culture and the Media Claudia Roth visited the St. Paul`s Lutheran church in Odessa and the Church center of GELCU as a part of her visit to Odesa. She came together with a delegation from Germany, the Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Alexander Tkachenko, the head ...
08.06.2022
LWF Peace messengers training in Geneve
"Hello everyone! My name is Anna-Maria Gross. And I am a peace messenger!" That's right, now I am not only a believer, teacher or leader of youth meetings, but also a peace messenger! From the 1st to the 5th of June, my sister Marta, a Sunday school teacher, and I were able to attend an incredible training on topic “Peace ...
06.06.2022