The SCRC is considered to be the oldest Protestant community in Ukraine (the first group of Reformers appeared in Sub-Carpathia in the 1530s) and the only church of the Calvinist tradition. It is organizationally divided into 3 regions (Uzhanskyi, Berezskyi, Maromorosh-Ugochanskyi), which are subject to the governing board of the SCRC. The highest governing and regulating bodies are the General Assembly and Synod of the Governing Board of the Church. Bishops and members of the Synod are elected for four-year terms.[1] The majority of the SCRC faithful are ethnic Hungarians.[2] The Church promoted the establishment of three specialized secondary schools (with teaching of additional religious and theological subjects), operates 80 Sunday schools, has its special charitable foundation, and publishes a quarterly journal Mission (with 500 copies circulation). Pastoral leaders are educated and trained mainly in Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia.[1] The present leader of the community is Bishop Zan Fabian Aleksandr (since January 2007). The Church is a member of World Alliance of Reformed Churches and by some estimations involves about 140,000 parishioners.[3]
Several church buildings of reformers are well-known historical monuments and tourist attractions to Zakarpattya, namely a stone Gothic church in Muzhievo, a Gothic church in Chetfolvo (15th century), a Baroque church in Chetfolvo, and a Gothic church in Novoselytsia (Beken).[4]
Leaders and members of the Sub-Carpathian Reformed Church were persecuted by the communist authorities in the Soviet Union and were sent to Gulag labour camps in Siberia.[3] By some estimations, 40,000 persons from Sub-Carpathia perished between Fall 1944 (when the Soviet Army invaded the territory) and 1956.[3]
^ abcThe Sub-Carpathian Reformed Church in Religious Information Service of Ukraine Catalog
^Visnyk Evangeliya, Newspaper of Uzhgorod Reformed Church, March, 2010
^ abcLászló Medgyessy, "At the Great Divide", The Hungarian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 161, Spring 2001.
^Administration of Zakarpatska Oblast official web-site
January 01, 1970
carpathian, reformed, church, scrc, ukrainian, Закарпатська, Реформатська, Церква, christian, reformed, protestant, association, ukraine, which, declares, foundations, works, huldrych, zwingli, john, calvin, written, during, 1520s, 1530s, 2007, communities, mi. The Sub Carpathian Reformed Church SCRC Ukrainian Zakarpatska Reformatska Cerkva is a Christian Reformed Protestant association in Ukraine which declares its foundations on the works of Huldrych Zwingli and John Calvin written during the 1520s and 1530s By 2007 it had 105 communities 55 ministers and 105 churches 1 The Church is located in the Sub Carpathian region with its center in Berehove The area borders on several Eastern European countries and Romanians Hungarians Slovaks and other ethnic groups live there in addition to Ukrainians The SCRC is considered to be the oldest Protestant community in Ukraine the first group of Reformers appeared in Sub Carpathia in the 1530s and the only church of the Calvinist tradition It is organizationally divided into 3 regions Uzhanskyi Berezskyi Maromorosh Ugochanskyi which are subject to the governing board of the SCRC The highest governing and regulating bodies are the General Assembly and Synod of the Governing Board of the Church Bishops and members of the Synod are elected for four year terms 1 The majority of the SCRC faithful are ethnic Hungarians 2 The Church promoted the establishment of three specialized secondary schools with teaching of additional religious and theological subjects operates 80 Sunday schools has its special charitable foundation and publishes a quarterly journal Mission with 500 copies circulation Pastoral leaders are educated and trained mainly in Hungary Romania and Slovakia 1 The present leader of the community is Bishop Zan Fabian Aleksandr since January 2007 The Church is a member of World Alliance of Reformed Churches and by some estimations involves about 140 000 parishioners 3 Several church buildings of reformers are well known historical monuments and tourist attractions to Zakarpattya namely a stone Gothic church in Muzhievo a Gothic church in Chetfolvo 15th century a Baroque church in Chetfolvo and a Gothic church in Novoselytsia Beken 4 Leaders and members of the Sub Carpathian Reformed Church were persecuted by the communist authorities in the Soviet Union and were sent to Gulag labour camps in Siberia 3 By some estimations 40 000 persons from Sub Carpathia perished between Fall 1944 when the Soviet Army invaded the territory and 1956 3 See also editProtestants in UkraineReferences edit a b c The Sub Carpathian Reformed Church in Religious Information Service of Ukraine Catalog Visnyk Evangeliya Newspaper of Uzhgorod Reformed Church March 2010 a b c Laszlo Medgyessy At the Great Divide The Hungarian Quarterly vol 42 no 161 Spring 2001 Administration of Zakarpatska Oblast official web site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sub Carpathian Reformed Church amp oldid 1156872431, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
