Poland hosts 1.5 million officially registered refugees from Ukraine. Twenty live in Betania, a holiday home of The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland in the Cieszyn Diocese near Bielsko-Biala. 

“Great hospitality and solidarity” by Lutheran churches

Commission on Unity to finalize draft report on Baptism and Growth in Communion

(LWI) Lutherans and Roman Catholics are gathering in Poland this week to complete discussions on what kind of unity might arise out of their shared…

LWF General Secretary Junge praises Lutheran-Catholic Commission at its 50th anniversary

(LWI)-The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge has lauded the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity as it…

Lutheran Bishop Samiec underscores actions that promote reconciliation

(LWI) - The Polish Ecumenical Council (PEC), headed by Lutheran Bishop Jerzy Samiec, has urged…

Voices from the Communion – Bishop Paweł Hause, Diocese of Masuria, Poland

(LWI) - The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland is a founding…

Ecumenical remembrance of the martyrdom of Polish Bishop Bursche

Rome, Italy/Geneva (LWI) - In an ecumenical service at a Rome church on 9 September, Polish Lutheran Bishop Juliusz Bursche (1862-1942) was officially commemorated as a…

Religious leaders debate democracy and role of religions in the public space

(LWI) - Polish Protestants, Catholics, Muslims and Jews come together to discuss peace, democracy and the responsibility of religions in the public space during…