by Joshua Drobena | Nov 13, 2022 | News Releases
The Lutheran Church in Slovakia celebrated today what would have been the 100th birthday of the first woman ordained as a pastor in the Lutheran Church in Slovakia. Darina Banciková was ordained in 1951, in spite of controversy within the church. Her ordination is...
by Joshua Drobena | Nov 11, 2017 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — Five centuries have passed since German monk, priest, and professor Dr. Martin Luther wrote his 95 theses in Wittenberg, Germany. To observe this 500th anniversary, our synod’s congregations have marked this milestone with celebration,...
by Joshua Drobena | Oct 16, 2017 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — On October 31, 2017, we will commemorate the 500th year following the birth spark of the Reformation: on that day in 1517, Dr. Martin Luther publicly posted his 95 Theses which highlighted his dispute over the power of indulgences. Since...
by Joshua Drobena | Jun 25, 2017 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — On Pentecost Sunday, June 4th, Bishop Wilma S. Kucharek of the Slovak Zion Synod–ELCA preached at a gathering of the Považský Seniorát of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia [a seniorát is analogous to a...
by Joshua Drobena | Mar 11, 2017 | News Releases
TORRINGTON, CONN (SZS) — Ash Wednesday, which was on March 1st this year, began the church season of Lent, the forty day period of fasting and spiritual preparation before Easter. In the early church, Lent was also a time of spiritual preparation for those new...
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