On April 26th in the St. Paul Cathedral Bishop Sergey Mashevsky presided at the installation of Alexei and Natalia Chizhov as ministers in the Odessa congregation.
Graduates of the Theological Seminar in Novosaratovka, Pastor Alexei and Deacon Natalia served for the past five years in the congregation in Herson. The congregation there (see photo) expressed their thanks to the family at their final worship service on April 12. They remembered how the congregation was struggling back then – with only 4 active members and grass in the yard as tall as your shoulders. Now the congregation has 30 active members and a lively ministry with children. Diaconal work began, ecumenical relationships developed, contact with the city government was established....the experienced they gained in Herson will serve them well in the cathedral church of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine. Andrey Mattos, the vicar in Odessa, will now become responsible for pastoral ministry in the Herson congregation.
Graduates of the Theological Seminar in Novosaratovka, Pastor Alexei and Deacon Natalia served for the past five years in the congregation in Herson. The congregation there (see photo) expressed their thanks to the family at their final worship service on April 12. They remembered how the congregation was struggling back then – with only 4 active members and grass in the yard as tall as your shoulders. Now the congregation has 30 active members and a lively ministry with children. Diaconal work began, ecumenical relationships developed, contact with the city government was established....the experienced they gained in Herson will serve them well in the cathedral church of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine. Andrey Mattos, the vicar in Odessa, will now become responsible for pastoral ministry in the Herson congregation.
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