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The bishop of GELCU visited Hungary
The Mission Day of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary took place on May 28 in Budapest. The Church comprises three dioceses, and all three of them prepared their own program on the same day in different venues. Bishop of GELCU Pavlo Shvarts took part in the Mission Day organized by the Northern Diocese of the ELCH in the main square of ...
01.06.2022
Help for victims of Russian agression in Chernihov oblast
On May 28, members of the St. Catherine's Evangelical Lutheran Community in Kyiv, with the financial support of Pastor Wolfgang Heldt-Meyerding (Germany) and with the help of the Wiedergeburt German Society of Kyiv and the Free Heart Charitable Foundation, carried out a humanitarian action in villages Grabivka, Lukashivka and Sloboda in Chernihov ...
31.05.2022
Challenging school year
May 26 marks the end of the school year at the Children's Day-care Center "Bethany" of the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Novogradkivka village. For our congregation, this ministry has been a priority for a while. Our small congregation invests in being useful to children and their families. The center has been in work for 12 years, and ...
28.05.2022
The bishop of GELCU paid a visited headquarters of LWF
On 16-18 of May, the bishop of GELCU Pavlo Shvarts was in Geneva on a working visit to the headquarters of the Lutheran World Federation. During the visit, he met with LWF General Secretary Rev. Anna Burghardt and other employees of the organization responsible for various areas of its work. Pavlo Shvarts spoke in detail about the situation ...
22.05.2022
Congregation of GELCU in Petrodolynske serves in its region
With the support of friends and partners, the congregation of GELCU in the village Petrodolynske of the Odesa region is actively involved in the public life of the village and its surrounding area – the so-called German Valley – the territory of historical German settlements before the Second World War, and responds to the needs of its locals. ...
19.05.2022
Concerts resumed in the Odessa Lutheran Church
For the first time since the beginning of full-scale war in Ukraine, a concert was held in the premises of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Odessa. On May 15, the Chamber Orchestra of the Odessa Opera House performed within its walls, under the direction of the Honored Artist of Ukraine, conductor Igor Chernetsky, and the leading soloists of the ...
18.05.2022
Representatives of GELCU spoke at “Berlin Day of GAE”
On May 7th, Bishop of GELCU Pavlo Shvarts and Synod President Alexander Gross took part in “Berlin Day of Praying”. This online event was organized by the Society for Gospel Propagation (Gesellschaft zur Ausbreitung des Evangeliums, GAE). Pastor Gross spoke about the beginning of the war and the problems of Odessa region communities, about the ...
10.05.2022
The Bishop of GELCU visited Vienna and Bratislava
On 3-5 May, with the support of the Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe, the bishop of GELCU Pavlo Shvarts paid working visits to Vienna and Bratislava. The first two days in Vienna had a full schedule. The GELCU’s history doesn’t only go back to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Russian Empire, but also to those evangelical ...
08.05.2022
History and prospects of communion with the Reformed churches
Perhaps our readers have some questions concerning Reformed churches that GELCU has a fraternal relationship with: Church of Christ the Savior and the God’s Covenant Church in Rivne, Holy Trinity Church in Ivano-Frankivsk, and St. Andrew’s Church in Pidhaichiki of Ivano-Frankivsk region. Geography of CREC churches in communion with GELCU ...
03.05.2022
Bishop of GELCU met with representatives of the World Lutheran Federation
On April 27, 2022, Bishop of GELCU Pavlo Shvarts met with representatives of the Lutheran World Federation Sylvia Raulo and Pierre Beaurenaut. During a brief introductory meeting, the bishop spoke about the situation in different parts of Ukraine, as well as the idea of providing targeted assistance, the need for systematic and long-term ...
02.05.2022
Every day that the Lord God gives you is a great and precious gift
More than a month ago, the village Andriivka near the town Makarov (Bucha district of Kyiv region), was under Russian occupation. The shelter ‘Harbor’, located in this village, was founded by the NGO “House of Mercy” - a partner of the GELCU. The subsidiary of St. Martin’s congregation in Kyiv was also based on the shelter. Sergey Berezin served ...
30.04.2022
The bishop of GELCU visited congregations of Central Ukraine
Am 23. – 24. April besuchte der Bischof der GELCU, Pavel Schwarz, die Gemeinden in Kiev, Belaja Tserkov und Alexandrija. On Saturday, April 23, the bishop conducted church service with the Holy Communion in Aleksandriia (Kirovohrad region). This small congregation in a little town hasn’t cared by permanent pastor since its foundation. For ...
25.04.2022