Radio Kyiv 98 FM

The Ukrainian Lutheran Church has launched her weekly Concordia radio-program  on the local radio FM station in Kyiv - Radio Kyiv 98 FM (http://radio.kiev.fm).  The radio-program is broadcast every Saturday at 7:45 p.m. Kyiv time.  Bishop Horpynchuk is the preacher. The Concordia radio-program is directed for outreach in the capital of Ukraine, a city of about 5 million inhabitants.
                                                      This program has become possible thanks to the WELS grant for the ULC.

Brother Serhiy Nikolayenko Called to His Heavenly Home

On September 28th Serhiy Nikolayenko, ULC Synodical Council member and a former President of the Council of the Resurrection Lutheran Church has been called to his heavenly home.  Brother Serhiy was 73 years old.  He has been a good and faithful friend, advisor and brother to many of us in the Ukrainian Lutheran Church. Our sorrow is sweetened, however by sure, comforting and truthful words of the Lord Jesus Christ, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die" (John 11:25).  We will see Brother Serhiy alive again in the time of resurrection. Please keep in your prayers Brother Seriy's closest family and especially his wife, Zoya. May the Lord, kind and  graceful strengthen us with His Word and Sacrament!

ULC Synodical Council Meeting

September 15, 2010. ULC Synodical Council meeting took place in Kyiv.  The Synodical Council has approved reports of the Church Officers and Eparchhies Heads. First Divine Calles were issued to Ukrainian Lutheran Theological Seminary of Saint Sophia graduates: Oleksandr Kulchytskiy (Tiraspol Lutheran Church in Moldova) and Taras Bosiuk (Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Simferopol). The Synodical Council has also discussed preparations for the Convention in October to be held in Kremenets and other issues of the church life.

The Lord Has Called Pastor Badrusev Home

September 10, 2010. The Lord has called Pastor Mikalay Badrusev to his heavenly home early in the morning.  Pastor Mikalay was 58 years old and is survived by his wife, 6 children and several grandchildren. Reverend Badrusev has sereved two Lutheran congregations in Minsk and Zhodino that joined the Ukrainian Lutheran Church in 2009.  The Lord Jesus Christ says, "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live" (John 11:25).  We will see Pastor Mikalay in heaven or in time of resurrection of all the dead when Christ returns in glory soon. He says, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.  For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself" (John 5:25, 26). Reverend Badrusev preached Chirst, the Life. He communed true body and blood of Christ shortly before leaving his earthly dwelling tent for heaven. He is with Christ now.   Christian funeral of Pastor Badrusev's body was conducted by Bishop Vyacheslav Horpynchuk in Minsk, Belarus. There Pastor Mikalay's body waits for the resurrection. Come, Lord Jesus!