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Podolskaya Conference Podolskaya Conference ELENA VATAMAN Elena Vataman, M.A. in journalism (Vasyl’ Stus Donetsk National University, Donetsk, Ukraine), is director and radio producer of the Vinnitsa Regional Media Center (Nadiya Media Group). She has been working in the field of journalism and media since 2016. The Podolskaya Conference is a constituent part of Ukrainian Union Conference (UUC). Its rich history reflects the overall development of Adventism in the territory of Ukraine. Territory: The Podolskaya Conference (PC) of the Ukrainian Union of Seventh-day Adventists is located in the central part of Ukraine (Podolia). It comprises the Vinnitsa Region (area: 26,513 km²: population: 1,575,997),1 Khmelnitskiy Region (area: 20,629 km²; population:1,275,333)2 and Zhytomir Region (area: 29,827 km²; population: 1,232,183).3 It was officially organized on September 29, 1981. Podolia is a historical and geographical region (Podolsk Upland) that lies above the northern tributaries of the middle Dniester and the upper reaches of the Southern Bug. The main cities are Kamenets-Podolskiy, Khmelnitskiy (formerly Proskurov), and Vinnitsa. Sometimes the city of Ternopol, which was historically located in Galicia, is also included in Podolia. Statistics (June 30, 2019): Churches, 109; companies, 50; membership, 5,392; population, 4,127,846. The Podolskaya Conference (PC/UUC) Headquarters general population per member ratio is 766.4 Photo courtesy of Podolskaya Conference. Address: Keletska Street, 50-A; 21021 Vinnitsa; Ukraine. Administration: President, Alexander A. Zaytsev; secretary, Vitaliy V. Sych; treasurer, Vitaliy G. Shopskiy. Origin of Adventist Work in the Territory of Podolskaya Conference The rise of spiritual Christianity in Ukraine is primarily due to persecutions of Old Believers and sectarians in other parts of the Russian Empire. In the southern Black Sea lands, which from 1702-1737 were the official place of expulsion of dissidents and rebels, peasant believers found not only salvation but also favorable conditions for life and religious practice.5 In the nineteenth century, the Christian religious movement in the lands of contemporary Ukraine was named Stundism (a word derived from the German “Stunde” - an hour for reading and interpreting the Bible).6 In Podolia, the first Stundist communities appeared in 1870 in the Baltskiy District. The presence of “sectarians” in Podolia was first mentioned in the years after the First Russian Revolution of 1905. According to archival data, in 1909 there were some 1,000 “sectarians” in the Podolskaya Governorate. Unlike, for example, the neighboring Volyn’ Governorate, where the majority of “sectarians” were Germans, the believers of the Podolia Governorate belonged almost exclusively to the “indigenous Little Russians.” Adventist communities had a wide distribution across the Podolia Governorate. In 1910 there were 255 Adventists there, and the next year their number increased to 326.7 During the First World War, the position of the Adventist Church changed for the worse. It was the beginning of a difficult decade, and freedom of religion was significantly limited.8 Adventists of Podolia suffered the same fate as church members in most Ukrainian provinces. Harassment and persecution reduced their numbers. According to the Governor of Podolia, in May 1912 Adventists were present in the Balta, Bratslav, Vinnitsa, Gaisi, Letichev, Litin, Olgopol and Yampol Districts. The list of Adventists in 1915 gives clear information about the Adventist communities that were located in three settlements of the Vinnitsa District. The first one, probably, was in the city of Vinnitsa. It numbered 18 adult members (50 together with children) and was headed by Gavriil Krivulko (aged 31). The second community (about 60 members) functioned in the town of Voroshilovka and was led by Isaak Chernyy (aged 40). The third community (its location was not indicated) had 7 members. Unfortunately, no information is available on the number of Adventists in the Podolia Governorate before the collapse of the Russian Empire. However, it is reliably known that they continued functioning in this region in 1917 in light of the fact that the Kamenets-Podolskaya Governorate (together with the Kherson Governorate and Bessarabia) was included in 1918 in the Black Sea Union of Seventh-day Adventists of Ukraine.9 Adventist Activity in the Territory of Podolskaya Conference Vinnitsa Region The first Adventists appeared in the village of Sutiski and the town of Voroshilovka in 1900. Then, thanks to an evangelistic program conducted in 1909 by pastors G.A. Rauss and I. Perk, the gospel message reached the village of Uladovka. That same year there were seven Adventists in that village.10 In 1910, in the village of Rakhny Lisovi, Yampol District, an Adventist community was organized after a campaign conducted by visiting preacher Z. Prowolowsky. A year later, I. Pilkevich arrived from Yelisavetgrad to the villages of Grigorievka, Bolshaya Aleksandrovka, and Malaya Aleksandrovka. In a short time he formed a group of like-minded people, including M. Ruglyak, P. Tsekhmister, P. Palash, F. Taraduda, Z. Taraduda, and others. Also, according to the report submitted in 1912 by the Olgopol District authorities to the Governor of Podolia, Adventists emerged in the villages of Kontseba and Baibuzovka, Balta District. The report mentioned, in particular, four Stundists who called themselves “evangelical Protestants observing Sabbath instead of Sunday.” That same year, another Adventist community was organized in the village of Ovsyaniki. An old beggar sang a song in all the houses where people gave alms to him, catching the interest of E. Nastichuk, F. Taranyuk, K. Andreychuk, and L. Grushchuk. Soon the group of believers numbered 18-20 people. This group of Christians was not yet familiar with the Adventist message until one of its members, F. Kochubeynik, was imprisoned in 1914 when the First World War broke out. In prison he met Adventists. The first to accept the Adventist teaching were F. Kochubeynik, K. Baydachnyy, I. Pastushenko, K. Porkhun, and L. Grushchuk. As early as 1930 an Adventist church of 66 members was organized in Ovsyanniki.11 In 1916, Pastors A.M. Grits and Sviridov brought the Adventist message to the village of Makharintsy, Kazatin District. The first to respond were the Berezhnyuk family, whose descendants are currently Adventists residing in the town of Kazatin (A. Lysak, A. Malishevskiy, N. Berezhnyuk), and the family of T. Maystruk. From Makharintsy the Adventist message reached the town of Kazatin, where from after 1926 a group of believers gathered in a rented apartment occupied at that time by Pastor Kalmutskiy and his mother. This group was also visited by Pastor V. G. Gadyukin, who lived in the town of Berdichev. Subsequently M. Velichko, M. Tsiokh, L. Polishchuk, P. Polishchuk, M. Polishchuk, and others (all told, about seven people) from village of Vernigorodok joined this group. In 1932 Pastor V.D. Yakovenko was sent to serve in Kazatin. Around 1965 Viktor Grushko, together with his family, came to Kazatin, then served by Pastor V. D. Gumenyuk. Grushko purchased a little house with an adjacent land parcel of 2,500 square meters. Pastor Gumenyuk hired a construction brigade to build a prayer house at that parcel. The prayer house, located at 10, Kotsyubinskogo Street, was built with funds donated by church members and personally by Viktor Grushko’s family.12 Pastors responsible for Vinnitsa Region: I. G. Gorelik, 1918-1920; G. A. Rauss, 1923-May 1925; S. I. Tkachenko, October 1925–1931; G. I. Gadyukin, 1931-1935; A. T. Grinenko, 1935-1937; V. D. Yakovenko, 1941-1946; S. P. Kulyzhskiy, 1946-1954; D. K. Kolbach, 1954-1955; A. D. Vasyukov. V. A. Komarov, 1955; V. S. Neykurs, 1966–1980. 13 Zhytomir Region There is only scarce information on the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Zhytomir Region before 1900. It is only known that an Adventist company existed there by that time. The first preachers who lived and ministered in that area were Kirsch and R. Foss.14 No information is available of Adventist activity from 1902 to 1925. On September 23-26, 1925, the first session of the Volyn’ Conference was held in Zhytomir. It was attended by 50 delegates from 12 churches and 13 companies, with a total of 476 members. By that time, an Adventist church in Zhytomir had been already organized. In 1937 and 1938 some of the members left and some were arrested, and the church in Zhytomyr fell apart. The church in the village of Singury was officially registered in 1946. Members from many villages and from the city of Zhytomir gathered there until 1980. On May 10, 1980, the church moved to Zhytomir. Some years after, a plot of land was purchased and a prayer house was constructed. At that time the Zhytomir church already numbered over 80 members. In 1992, the first evangelistic campaign in Zhytomir was conducted by the American preacher E. Beck. As a result, more than 200 people were baptized, and the second church was organized in Zhytomir (pastored by V.V. Alekseenko, V. Logvinenko, etc.). In June 1998, a third church in Zhytomir, with over 120 members, was organized after an evangelistic campaign by V. Gil (pastored by A. Osadchuk, and M. Vilchinskiy). The organization of the fourth church (pastored by M.S. Kumchak, O.V. Kharlamov, Yu. Kryzhanovskiy, and Yu. Pelipenko) in Zhytomir was favored by two evangelistic programs, one conducted by O. Murga in 2005 (70 baptisms), and another by A. Antonyuk in 2007 (51 baptisms).15 Khmelnitskiy Region The Adventist message reached Proskurov (now Khmelnitskiy) in 1923. Before the war, according to information provided by elderly church members, there were more than 100 Adventists in that city. The first Adventist church in Proskurov was founded thanks to the efforts of a German preacher, G. A. Rauss. In 1923 Adventist congregations were also organized in the villages of Nemichentsy, Dobrogorshcha, and Oleshin.
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