Professor of Leipzig University of Theology meets with KDA students

Professor Frank Lütze of the Leipzig University of Theology. Photo: KDAiS

Professor Frank Lütze, head of the Department of Pedagogics and Didactics of Religious Education at the Faculty of Theology of Leipzig University, visited Kyiv. Lütze's visit took place as part of official cooperation between Leipzig and the Kyiv Theological Academy from September 15 to 17, reports the KDAiS website.

On Monday, September 16, the Leipzig professor delivered a lecture to students in two master's programs on the topic "The Contribution of Religious Education to Political-Democratic Education."

Before his lecture, Dr. Frank Lütze presented an official congratulatory letter from the rector of Leipzig University, Professor Eva Ines Obergfell.

"In addition to the formal part, Professor Lütze had the opportunity to engage informally with the Academy's faculty and students, as well as to visit notable church landmarks in Kyiv," the statement reads.

As reported by the UOJ, in Germany, the KDA rector discussed cooperation with Renovabis management.

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