Ukrainian Lutheran Church
Eastern-rite Lutheran denomination in Ukraine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ukrainian Lutheran Church (ULC; Ukrainian: Українська Лютеранська Церква, romanized: Ukrayins'ka Lyuterans'ka Tserkva), formerly called the Ukrainian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession, is a Byzantine Rite Lutheran Church based in Ukraine.[2] The Eastern Christian denomination consists of 25 congregations within Ukraine, serving over 2,500 members and runs Saint Sophia Ukrainian Lutheran Theological Seminary in Ternopil in Western Ukraine.
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Ukrainian Lutheran Church | |
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Type | Eastern Protestant |
Classification | Eastern Lutheran |
Orientation | Confessional Lutheran |
Scripture | Bible |
Polity | Modified episcopal polity with some powers reserved to the congregation as in congregationalism |
Associations | Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference |
Region | Ukraine |
Liturgy | Byzantine Rite |
Origin | 1933[1] Kyiv, Ukraine |
Congregations | about 25 |
Members | 2,500 |
Official website | ukrlc.org |
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The ULC is a member of the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference (CELC), a worldwide organization of confessional Lutheran church bodies of the same beliefs.[3]