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[Christian B. Schäffler <APD@stanet.ch>]

[APD] Polish Adventist Church mourns president and other victims of  plane crash

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Warsaw/Poland, 13.04.2010/APD   The Seventh-day Adventist Church in  Poland 
(Kościoła Adwentystów Dnia Siódmego w  Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) joins the 
Polish people and churches in  mourning the victims of the 10 April plane crash 
in Smolensk, Russia, in  which President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, numerous 
government and  military officials, and several church representatives died. 
The  high-rank delegation was on its way to a ceremony honouring Polish  
officers slain by the Soviet secret police in 1940 in and near the  forest of 
Katyn in western Russia.

The president of the protestant Seventh-day Adventist Church adressed  April 10 
a special condolence message to the Polish people. "In this  darkest day in the 
post-WWII Poland - a tragic death for the President  and First Lady, Lech and 
Maria Kaczynski, together with 94 other  passengers and crew members of the 
presidential aircraft - the believers  and leadership of the Seventh-day 
Adventist Church in the Republic of  Poland are uniting in sorrow and prayers 
with the families of the  victims of this national tragedy," wrote Pastor 
Lazar, president of the  Seventh-day Adventist Church in Poland.

"We all are unbelievably saddened. We are praying to our Almighty and  Merciful 
God also for the leaders of our earthly Motherland, that they  may have wisdom 
which flows from His Throne, to stand up to the highest  duty in this difficult 
moment and lead our nation in the right  direction," Lazar concluded.

This shattering news reached believers during the Sabbath church  services. In 
several Adventist congregations, such as in Warsaw and  Podkowa Lesna, from 
which the services were videocast via the Internet,  believers in their 
spontaneity prayed for the families of the victims  and the leaders on the 
country, who now stood for a difficult task to  lead public service in the face 
of such great tragedy.

The Adventist Church in Poland has 119 local churches with 5.728 adult  
baptised members.

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