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Reformation Day

Reformation Day

17th Sunday after Trinity

17th Sunday after Trinity

Virtual Tour

Virtual Tour

Events Calendar

Wine Festival Service
Sunday, 27 July 2025, 10:00
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Sunday | July 27, 2025 | 10:00 a.m. | Castle Church Meadow

Wine Festival Service on the Castle Meadow

Liturgy and Sermon: Pastor Fabian Mederacke

Organ: Philipp Spielmann

Location Castle Church Meadow

Events

08 Oct 2025;
12:00 - 12:30 Uhr
Midday prayer of the Preachers’ Seminary
10 Oct 2025;
11:30 - 12:30 Uhr
Public tour: "...at Frederick's home"
10 Oct 2025;
12:00 - 12:30 Uhr
English Devotion
11 Oct 2025;
17:00 -
Church service in English
Why do we celebrate Reformation Day?

According to legend, on October 31, 1517, Luther nailed his 95 theses—his ideas and criticisms of the Church—to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. His ideas were so influential that they transformed the Church. They ultimately led to the founding of the Protestant Church—which is why this day is so important to us. On Reformation Day, Christians celebrate Martin Luther's courage in initiating the reform of the Church and the freedom that faith grants to every individual.

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The Thesis Door

According to tradition, on October 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses in Latin on this door, inviting scholars to debate them. The purpose of this debate was to clarify whether the Church's practice of selling indulgences was in accordance with the teachings of Jesus. This marked the beginning of the Reformation. The original wooden "Thesis Door" was destroyed in the great fire that ravaged the church in 1760. In 1858, King Frederick William IV of Prussia donated the current bronze door, on the panels of which the Latin text of the theses is cast.