ULC NEWS

March-April

On April 21 ULC Synodical Council meeting took place. Bishop V'yacheslav Horpynchuk was presiding over the meeting. The Synodical Council meeting discussed current matters of the church life. Pastor Serhiy Zuev, the ULC Budget Committee Head; Pastor Victor Paschenko from Sevastopol Christ the Savior Lutheran Church; Dr. John Lawrenz and Mr. Thomas Conzelmann from the "Thoughts of Faith" mission society participated in the meeting of the Synodical Council as well.


Pictures: Synodical Council at work.

The Ukrainian Lutheran Church has celebrated the most glorious holiday of the Resurrection of Christ. The celebration took place in all the ULC congregations, schools and ministries. On this holiday as always Ukrainian Lutherans shared the Gospel and deeds of love with those in need.

Pictures: Easter celebration moments in the Resurrection congregation in Kyiv.

"And he [the Angel] saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you" (Mark 16:6-7).

Christ Is Risen! He Is Risen Indeed!
Dear Visitors of this web-site!
Please accept my sincere greetings on behalf of this wonderful and most light holiday - Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! May the message of this great miracle that is sent by the Angel through the women to God's Apostles be also a great comfort for us. For the crucified for all our sins Savior has swallowed our death. By His glourious resurrection He has proven our complete justification. May the empty tomb of the Risen Lord always remind us of our future with Him in His eternal Kingdom. For He Is Risen! He Is Risen Indeed!

In the Risen Lord,
V'yacheslav Horpynchuk,
Bishop, Ukrainian Lutheran Church

On April 1-5 Bishop of the Ukrainian Lutheran Church V'yacheslav Horpynchuk visited Lutheran congregations of the Kyiv Eparchy in Oleksandria, Zaporizhzhia, and Tokmak, Central Ukraine. The Bishop was accompanied by Secretary of the ULC Episcopate Ihor Rudzik, head of the Kyiv Ascension congregation Oleksandr Khyliuk, and representatives of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Mr. And Mrs. Conzelmann. The Bishop had meetings with pastor of the Oleksandria congregation of the Holy Trinity Oleksand Dich, members of the congregation, and representatives of the city authorities. On Palm Sunday together with reverent Serhiy Zuyev Bishop Horpynchuk conducted liturgies in the blessed congregations of Zaporizhzhia and Tokmak.

From March 5 through March 14, 2004, the ELS President John Moldstad, Professor Adolph Hardstad, Mr. Daniel Browning and Mr. Mark Schwan have visited the Ukrainian Lutheran Church on invitation of Bishop V'yacheslav Horpynchuk. Dear guests from our sister churches in the U.S.A. visited parishes and ministries of the ULC in Kyivan, Galician and Tavrian Eparchies. The guests were accompanied by Bishop V'yacheslav Horpynchuk and Dr. John Lawrenz. Picture: Bestowing President John Moldstad with a traditional Ukrainian shirt.

March 7, 2004 A. D. Children Drama Group and ULC Choir have presented to the ULC members in Kyiv a concert with Christian songs, Psalms and Christian poetry of Taras Shevchenko. Ukrainians celebrate this year the 190th anniversary of this great Ukrainian leader and poet.

 March 7, 2004 A. D. The official Ukrainian Lutheran Worship Book Signing Ceremony took place in the Resurrection congregation in Kyiv. Dr. Robert Rahn, Lutheran Heritage Foundation Executive Director; Pastor Oleh Stetsiuk, ULC Litrugucal Committee Head; David Jay Webber, Saint Sophia Ukrainian Lutheran Theological Seminary Rector; Mrs. Carol Webber; Ihor Rudzik, ULC Secretary; Mrs. Inna Rudzik and Mr. Vadym Solodkiy placed their signatures under their names in the Worship Book. The Ceremony lasted longer than it was planned because of many parish members' desire to have a signed book.

March 5, 2004 A. D. Dr. Robert Rahn, the Executive Director of the Lutheran Heritage foundation is visiting the Ukrainian Lutheran Church. On March 5 Dr. Rahn has had a meeting with Bishop V'yacheslav Horpynchuk, laymen and pastors that participate actively in preparation of the Lutheran Confessional literature and the Chairman of the State Committee of Ukraine on Religious Affairs, Dr. Victor Bondarenko.