Darmstadt (dpa) – The President of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau (EKHN), Volker Jung, sees Christmas in times of the corona pandemic as a “festival against fear” https://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/. ” And I hope that many people will be comforted and strengthened and that they will become people of trust and hope – especially now in these difficult and tense times, “said the church president in a Christmas message on Tuesday. With the message “Do not be afraid!” From the Christmas story, people could go into the difficult everyday life strengthened. At the moment, many people in church and diakonia are working to ensure that people do not have to be afraid.
Right now, many people would help and heal, care for and care, advise and accompany. He was very grateful for that, said Jung. “I am also grateful for the people who stand up for others elsewhere: in the intensive care units of our hospitals, in retirement homes, in care at home and in many other places.”
Two thirds of the EKHN with around 1.5 million believers extends to southwestern Hesse – the Rhine-Main area and the adjacent low mountain range. One third is in eastern Rhineland-Palatinate.
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