Benefit evening of the Epiphany Association: Gauck delights over 500 guests!

This year's benefit evening of the Epiphany Association Neubrandenburg took place on January 6, 2025 in the House of Culture and Education. More than 500 guests were expected at this festive event, including prominent personalities such as former Federal President Joachim Gauck, who appeared as a keynote speaker. The Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Manuela Schwesig (SPD), and Hamburg's Archbishop Stefan Heße also accompanied the event spiritually.

The aim of the charity evening was to collect donations for social projects, including hospice work and youth trips to Israel. The Epiphany Association, which was founded in 1991 and is committed to Christian tradition, is open to everyone. In the past, prominent speakers such as Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Mikhail Gorbachev, Angela Merkel, Roman Herzog, Wolfgang Schäuble and Wolfgang Thierse have been present at the Epiphany meeting n-tv reported.

High demand and public event

The managing director of the Neubrandenburg Dreikönigsverein, Markus Bitto, announced that the event was fully booked and 530 guests were expected at the HKB. However, those interested who were unable to get a place were offered another opportunity: On the same day at 5 p.m., a public event took place in the Marktplatz Center, at which the official donation handover took place Nordkurier reported.

King's Day, which is considered one of the most important social events in Neubrandenburg, took place in turbulent times. It was the first meeting without the initiator of the association, the former state parliament president Rainer Prachtl, who died on October 12th.