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January 29, 2006. "And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved" (Acts 2:47). The Lord continues to add new communicants to the Ukrainian Lutheran Church in Kyiv. Brothers Mykhailo Honcharenko and Vadym Kudria have become partakers of the Savior's true body and blood in the Resurrection Lutheran Church. The parish wishes to our new members many happy and blessed years in Christ our Savior!
January 25, 2006. Ukrainian Lutheran Church Synodical Council meeting took place in Kyiv. Bishop V'yacheslav Horpynchuk presided over the meeting. The Synodical Council has, in thankfulness to God, reviewed current developments in the Ukrainian Lutheran Church. A special attention was paid by the ULC leadership to new doors for preaching the Gospel that are open by the Lord Jesus Christ.
Picture: At the ULC Synodical Council meeting. January 24, 2006. Kyivan Eparchy Pastoral Conference took place in Kyiv. Pastor Vadym Zinchenko presided over the meeting. Pastor Olexandr Dich from the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Olexandria has delivered his paper "Church Life As It Is Depicted in the Old Rus Manuscripts." After having discussed the paper, pastors of the Eparchy have shared news from their ministries in the congregations.
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At the Pastoral Conference. January 15, 2006. Presentation of the Ukrainian edition of the Book of Concord took place in the Resurrection Lutheran Church in Kyiv after the holy liturgy at which Pastor Ziebel has preached a wonderful sermon. Dr. Robert Rahn, Executive Director of the Lutheran Heritage Foundation, that published the book has participated in the Presentation. Greetings on this crucial event in the Ukrainian Lutheran Church were also expressed by brother Daniel Browning, Head of the Thoughts of Faith Ukrainian Committee and Olexandr Zayets, Director of the Religious Freedom Institute. Brothers Mark Schwan and Kermit Traska as well as sister Linda Browning were present the Presentation, too. All people present were able to receive a volume of the Concordia with signatures of Dr. Robert Rahn and all those people who participated in the edition of these precious Confessions.
Picture: At the holy liturgy and presentation of the Book of Concord. January 7, 2006. Christmas is celebrated in the Ukrainian Lutheran congregations. Christmas Gospel is preached, the Lord’s Supper is celebrated, Christmas carols and plays are presented on this days as well as brothers and sisters treat each other with meals. Resurrection Lutheran Church in Kyiv has also welcome 5 new brothers and sisters who became communicant members of the ULC after attentive studies of the Catechism and the Bible.
Picture: At Christmas celebrations in the Resurrection Lutheran Church in Kyiv. January 6, 2006. Ukrainian Lutheran congregations have had their Nativity worship services. This beautiful service is the beginning of Christmas celebrations in Ukraine. Nativity worship service in the Resurrection Lutheran Church in Kyiv was traditionally closed with singing “Silent Night, Holy Night.” This year children and adult choirs led the congregation in singing this carol in Ukrainian and Mykola Danylov has made a wonderful job in singing solo of this Christmas carol in English.
Picture: Silent Night, Holy Night. CHRIST IS BORN! LET US PRAISE HIM! The kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared (Titus 3:4).
Dear visitor of our web site! What a wonderful message is brought to us by the Gospel! Kindness and love of our God appeared toward us. God shows His great sacrificial love toward us, men who do not deserve this love, in the baby Jesus Christ, born of Virgin Mary in Bethlehem. God’s grace and love toward man were proved in the death of His Only-Begotten Son Jesus Christ on the cross and in His glorious resurrection for our justification. May these Christmas days be the days of celebrating God our Savior’s kindness and love toward us and may these days be the days of glorifying His Name among us! Merry Christmas in the kindness and love of Christ! Chrystos Narodyvsia! Slavimo Yoho! Christ Is Born! Let Us Praise Him! Sincerely
Yours in God our Savior,
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