History
Ukrainian Lutheranism originated in the seventeenth century. In 1933 the Ukrainian Lutheran Liturgy was published, the first Liturgy of Byzantine Rite Lutheranism.
The ULC was established in 1996 by several Lutheran congregations in Ukraine after the fall of the Soviet Union and the loosening of restrictions on religious expression. It grew into existence through active mission work by the Lutheran mission organization Thoughts of Faith in the 1980s and 90s.
While the ULC is a relatively new denomination, it traces its roots to early Lutheranism in the 16th century, and more recently, to the Ukrainian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession which was persecuted and eventually destroyed by the Soviet government and KGB in 1939. The ULC is legally seen as the successor to the Ukrainian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession and has been given the right to reclaim some of the church property once seized by the Soviet government.
The ULC has been officially registered with the government of Ukraine as a Christian denomination since 1996.
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