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October-September 2006 October 29, 2006. Reformation Sunday has been celebrated in the Ukrainian Lutheran Church. On this Sunday we remember beginnings of the Lutheran Reformation that began on October 31, 1517. On that day Martin Luther has nailed his famous 95 thesis onto the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. Dr. Luther protested against selling forgiveness for money and against contempt of the Word of God. This Reformation brought to renewal of the Church, to return of her to the Apostolic Church beliefs and practices. Resurrection Lutheran Church in Kyiv has celebrated this Sunday by the Holy Liturgy and by concert of the congregational choir and by flute concert of Oleksiy Petryk. All the congregation members especially liked "Martin and Katarina" play about last days of life of Dr. Martin Luther with wonderful performance of Mykola Danylov as Martin Luther and Liudmyla Zinchenko as Katarina von Bora.
September 5, 2006. Another graduation took place in the Ukrainian Lutheran Theological Seminary of Holy Sophia. At the worship service at the St. John and James Lutheran Church in Ternopil new theologians received their bachelor and master degree diplomas: Mykola Lutskiy, Roman Andruntsiv, Victor Khaustov (all three from Ukraine) and Volodymyr Moser (Moldova). Happy graduates were also greeted by Rector John Vogt, Bishop V'yacheslav Horpynchuk, WELS Representrative, Rev. Neal Schroeder, Galician Eparchy Head, Rev. Taras Kokovskiy, Prorector Oleh Yukhymenko, parish members, family and friends. Graduation ceremony was traditionally finished with reception. As for the current students of the Seminary they are attending a course taught by Professor Vogt, "Formula of Concord and Confessional Subscription."
Pictures: At the graduation ceremony. A September issue of the well-known Christian newspaper "All Is For You" is published. This newspaper is spread both in Ukraine and Russia. Serhiy Hryschuk has written an article "Christian Ethics in the Ukrainian Schools." This article was prepared on the basis of an interview with pastor Oleh Stetsiuk from the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Kherson. Serhiy Hryschuk has written article in a format "Question - Answer". Pastor Oleh has been able to explain importance of having such a course in the Ukrainian schools. Soon an electronic version of the newspaper will be published and it will be possible to read the article in the internet.
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