Bells for Aleppo
Around 20 parishes in Poland took part in the project “Bells for Aleppo”. Between 12th and 24th October hundreds of churches across the world were ringing funeral bells to draw attention to the suffering Syrian city of Aleppo.
Around 20 parishes in Poland took part in the project “Bells for Aleppo”. Between 12th and 24th October hundreds of churches across the world were ringing funeral bells to draw attention to the suffering Syrian city of Aleppo.
Bishop of the Church Jerzy Samiec represented the Polish Lutherans at the Joint Catholic-Lutheran Commemoration of the Reformation in Lund.
The official opening of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation took place 31st of October in Jesus Church in Cieszyn.
Due to the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, from October 2016 to October 2017 various events are going to be organized in Poland.
In the spring of 2016, the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland donated nearly 70 thousand PLN to help refugees.
"You are the salt of the earth!" – This motto guided participants of the meeting of Central and Eastern European Christians in Budapest from 7 to 10 July 2016.
Following the invitation of the leader of our Church, Bishop Jerzy Samiec, Bishop Ernst Gamxamub, president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia, where Lutherans make up almost 70 percent of the population, came for a few days to Poland for a study visit.
For about 20 years, women’s commissions of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland and the Oregon Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have maintained partner relations, which stem from the official partnership between both Churches.
To celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation, the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland announced three competitions.