by Bishop Wilma Kucharek | Feb 18, 2026 | Messages from Bishop Kucharek, News Releases
Beginning with Ash Wednesday, the church observes the season of Lent, a solemn 40 day period of repentance, prayer, and reflection in which we journey with Christ to the cross and prepare for the joyous celebration of Resurrection Sunday. During Lent, we are...
by Bishop Wilma Kucharek | Dec 22, 2025 | Messages from Bishop Kucharek, News Releases
But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for see, I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord (Luke 2:10-11). This Christmas reading from Luke’s gospel reassures...
by Joshua Drobena | Dec 15, 2025 | News Releases
On October 12, 2025, the Slovak Zion Synod celebrated the Rite of Ordination of Brian Andrew Buzik as a Minister of Word and Sacrament at a Service of Holy Communion at St. John the Evangelist Slovak Lutheran Church in Lansford, Pennsylvania. The Rev. Wilma S....
by Joshua Drobena | Aug 20, 2025 | News Releases
PHOENIX — From July 28 to August 2, 2025, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America convened its Churchwide Assembly at the Phoenix Convention Center under the theme “For the Life of the World.” Faithful voting members from across our Lutheran Church gathered to...
by Joshua Drobena | Jun 29, 2025 | News Releases
The Lutheran congregation in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia observed the end of the school year for students of the Lutheran High School with a special worship service held in the church on June 27, 2025 and attended by students, teachers, educational leaders of the...
by Joshua Drobena | Jun 22, 2025 | News Releases
Bishop Wilma S. Kucharek of the Slovak Zion Synod—ELCA was honored at the Assembly of the Slovak Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Serbia as the recipient of the Gold Medal established by that church in recognition of their first bishop, the Rev. Adam...
