by Joshua Drobena | Jul 10, 2013 | News Releases
THE REVEREND JOHN F. HAEBERLE December 12, 1934 – July 9, 2013 The Reverend John F. Haeberle, a retired pastor of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod, died on July 9, 2013. He served Holy Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Pittsburgh, a congregation of the Slovak Zion Synod...
by Joshua Drobena | Jul 7, 2013 | News Releases
BRATISLAVA (SZS) — The Slovak Zion Synod, in close collaboration with the administration of the Evanjelická Bohoslovecká Fakulta, Univerzita Komenského (EBF UK) in Bratislava, Slovakia, has hosted a conference for alumni of the Student Immersion Program of the...
by Joshua Drobena | Jun 2, 2013 | News Releases
LANSFORD, PENN (SZS) — Parishioners and guests of St. John the Evangelist Slovak Lutheran Church in Lansford joined in worship and celebration today, Sunday, June 2, to mark the 100th anniversary of its two church bells. Bishop Wilma S. Kucharek presided, with...
by Joshua Drobena | May 26, 2013 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — Today the Slovak Zion Synod recognized the Rev. John Chalupa for his 70 years of ordination into the Ministry of Word and Sacrament. Originally celebrated at the Synod Assembly earlier this year, this significant milestone was lifted up...
by Bishop Wilma Kucharek | Mar 30, 2013 | Messages from Bishop Kucharek
Christ is Risen! Alleluia! This past week we remembered with solemn devotion the suffering and death of our Lord Jesus. We gazed with love on those marks of the scourge, the nail, and the thorn. We journeyed to the cross with the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of...
by Joshua Drobena | Jan 29, 2013 | News Releases
BALTIMORE, MD (SZS) — The 25th assembly of the Slovak Zion Synod took place from January 20-27, 2013 aboard the Carnival Pride; The itinerary began in Baltimore, MD and docked in the ports of Orlando, Nassau, and Freeport before beginning its return route. The...
by Bishop Wilma Kucharek | Dec 15, 2012 | Messages from Bishop Kucharek
[blockquote]”A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; She refused to be consoled, because they are no more.” —Matthew 2:18 (NRSV)[/blockquote] When we imagine an hour of tragedy, we envision it placed in...
by Joshua Drobena | Nov 7, 2011 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — “The roots of the Reformation that began with Martin Luther’s 95 theses in 1517 are being remembered and watered already in the Luther Garden in Wittenberg, Germany. “They are going to grow and thrive in the city as green...
by Joshua Drobena | Sep 20, 2010 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — On the morning of August 22, 2010, Andrew and Sarah Wilson departed from the Augustinian priory in Erfurt, Germany, taking the first steps of their thousand-mile pilgrimage to Rome. The Wilsons will follow the same path Augustinian friar...
