by Joshua Drobena | Dec 3, 2019 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CT (SZS) — On Friday, November 15, 2019, the Slovak Ambassador to the United Nations hosted a private gala event at his Manhattan residence recognizing the 30th anniversary of the occurrence of the Velvet Revolution. The Velvet Revolution (sometimes...
by Joshua Drobena | Nov 25, 2019 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CT (SZS) — On Saturday, November 16, 2019, the Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (MNYS) celebrated the installation of the Rev. Paul T. Egensteiner as Bishop of their synod. The installation took place at 2:00...
by Joshua Drobena | Nov 14, 2019 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CT (SZS) — The Rev. Melissa Dawn Fulmer Kuemmerle, a pastor of our Slovak Zion Synod and faithful servant of Christ, was posthumously recognized by the Synod for her life of ministry to God’s people. Pastor Kuemmerle began her ministry in our Synod...
by Joshua Drobena | Oct 25, 2019 | News Releases
BRATISLAVA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC (SZS) — On the evening of October 23rd, 2019, the Solemn Academy of the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty of Comenius University (Evanjelická Bohoslovecká Fakulta—Univerzity Komenského, or EBF-UK) kicked off an international...
by Joshua Drobena | Oct 16, 2019 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CT (SZS) — The Rev. Hans-Fredrik Gustafson, longtime “church shepherd” of our synod and faithful servant of Christ, was posthumously recognized by the Synod for his life of ministry to God’s people. Pastor Gustafson began his ministry in the Slovak...
by Joshua Drobena | Oct 15, 2019 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CT (SZS) — The Rt. Rev. Wilma S. Kucharek, Bishop of the Slovak Zion Synod, was presented the Servus Dei Award during the Synod’s 2019 100th Anniversary Enrichment Assembly. The Servus Dei (Servant of God) Award is given in recognition of notable...
