Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony
Regional Lutheran church body of Saxony, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony (Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Sachsens) is one of 20 member Churches of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD), covering most of the state of Saxony. Its headquarters are in Dresden, and the seat of the bishop (styled Bishop of Saxony)[1] is at Meissen Cathedral. Prior to the propagation of state atheism in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), it was the largest Evangelical Lutheran church in Germany.[2]
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Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony | |
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Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Sachsens | |
Type | Landeskirche, member of the Protestant Church in Germany |
Classification | Protestant |
Landesbischof | Hans-Peter Vollbach |
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Region | 14,900 km2 in Saxony |
Headquarters | Dresden |
Congregations | 319 |
Members | 610,503 17.4% of total population (2020) |
Official website | https://www.evlks.de/ |
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The church has 610,503 parishioners in 319 parishes (as of December 31, 2022).[3]