L'vov does not have a group of Christian Scientists, but it does have a dedicated reader of Science and Health who is single-handedly responsible for bringing a lecture to this city in the Ukraine. Dariya Vladimirovna is a medical doctor who first heard about Christian Science from a Russian Herald shortwave radio program. She has been studying Science and Health for about two years and has experienced several healings. She wanted to sponsor a lecture.
So in April, a lecture-workshop, "Christian Healing—Medicine of the Future," was conducted by lecturer Hildegard Arnesen in the lecture hall of Medical University, and was sponsored and paid for by The Mother Church. Fifty-one people attended—all of them brand new to Science and Health.
"They warmly received the ideas and seemed very eager to apply them to their personal, family, and work-related problems," Ms. Arnesen says. She was especially moved by one woman, who had not left her home for the past two years because of a physical ailment. She was so motivated to come that she rallied to make the trip.
After the Sunday afternoon workshop, Arnesen met one-on-one with individuals, most of them medical professionals. "The people of the city of L'vov still live somewhat under the cloud of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident and have many personal histories connected with that national tragedy," Arnesen explains. "For many that was a defining moment, when they turned to God for the first time in their lives. Besides physical problems, many people who came for a personal meeting are struggling with family conflicts or having to deal with family members who are addicted to alcohol. A significant number also feel under the cloud of some curse or mental manipulation from sorcerers and magicians. Everyone left with a ray of hope that they can actually do something to help themselves and their loved ones through prayer as it's explained in Science and Health."
