This Christmas season in Ukraine, your donations to the LHF mission made it possible for the Ukrainian Lutheran Church to present a most precious gift to refugee children: Luther’s Small Catechism, written in the Ukrainian language. The refugees have arrived in Kyiv from the Donetsk Oblast (region) that was occupied by Russians after they occupied … Read More
It did not matter whether winter was snowy or not. Back in the 1970s, Christmas could be white or rainy, and yet it was still Christmas in the western parts of Ukraine. It was also quite different from celebrations that we have now. The USSR was not just an atheistic country. The Soviet government declared … Read More
As 2018 is proclaimed the “Year of the Bible” in Ukraine, Lutheran youth and teens are receiving their own Ukrainian-language Bible Stories in Pictures from the Lutheran Heritage Foundation. LHF has translated and printed 1,000 copies of the colorful Bible storybook in the Ukrainian language. Laid in a comic book style, its 350 pages include … Read More
Rev. Dr. V’yacheslav Horpynchuk Bishop, Ukrainian Lutheran Church The collapse of the atheistic Soviet Union was the first great miracle of God that I had the privilege to witness. The resurrection of the Ukrainian Lutheran Church was the second great miracle. For these miracles I continue to thank our Lord. After the fall of the … Read More
Few people would choose to be on an international flight into the United States on Sept. 11. But Heather and Chad Tidwell of Cheyenne, Wyo., were thrilled, because they were bringing home a new member of the family: a 12-year-old Ukrainian orphan named Jonathan. Heather and her husband, Chad, had thought for years that they … Read More