Hope was born when no one expected it. Hope was born where no one looked for it. Perhaps such a moment is right now and such a place is where you are right now... Merry Christmas and a blessed year 2023!

"What does one write in an editorial when there is a war going on in Europe? When our attention keeps shifting in that direction?"

Lenka Schmidt was born in Prague. At the age of sixteen, she experienced the Velvet Revolution, after which unforeseen possibilities opened up. She started studying psychology in the desire to help people. She experienced God's love "first hand" and soon after felt the call to become a missionary...

#ECCB On Monday, June 27, a new Czech-Ukrainian library opened to Ukrainian and Czech readers at the Svitlo Community Centre in Prague's Old Town Square, the result of a collaboration between the Scout Institute, the Albatros Foundation and the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren.

#ECCB The first part of this incredible story has come to a successful end. The building of the Protestant school has been approved, and after 160 years, teaching, children’s games and laughter have returned to the small-class school at the village square in Sudice, north of Brno. The school has become an integral part of the family of schools belonging to the Evangelical Academy.

#ECCB On Wednesday, the 15th of June 2022, the Protestant minister in Trutnov, Tomáš Molnár, received the Cultural Award of the town of Trutnov. He was presented the award for his long-standing activities in the region, especially for organising the “Nine Gates” festival of Czech-German-Jewish culture.

#ECCB The Jan Amos Komenský Camp in Bělec nad Orlicí, owned and operated by the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, has received the Roman Juriga Eco-Church Award, which has been awarded by the European Christian Environmental Network (ECEN) since 2017.

#ECCB Photographer Václav Berdych captured the atmosphere of the first week of the Soviet occupation in 1968 in Prague and Liberec. Previously unpublished images have now been obtained and put on display in the centre of Prague in the evangelical Church of St. Martin in the Wall. The opening was held on Sunday 21 August, exactly 54 years after the Soviet invasion began.

#ECCB The beginning of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren (ECCB) in Roztoky dates back to 1941, when a preaching station was established here, belonging to the neighbouring congregation in Libčice nad Vltavou...

#Faculty "In April there was nothing here but bare walls and some leftover office furniture. Adapting it to the needs of the children and equipping it was one of our first tasks. Most of the furniture was moved in by volunteers from our faculty..."

#Faculty Architects and municipalities working together in emergency situations. Natural disasters and other large-scale emergencies and their impacts bring not only devastation and destruction: they also present an opportunity for society as a whole.

#Diaconia Why palliative care was introduced in a house for the elderly, even though as part of the Valašské Meziříčí Diaconia, they have access to a hospice just around the corner.