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

On January 6, 2025, this year's benefit evening of the Dreikönigsverein Neubrandenburg took place in the Haus der Kultur and Education. More than 500 guests were expected for this festive event, including prominent personalities such as former Federal President Joachim Gauck, who performed as a keynote speaker. The Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Manuela Schwesig (SPD), as well as Hamburg's archbishop Stefan Heße accompanied the event spiritually.

The benefit evening was the goal of collecting donations for social projects, including hospice work and youth trips to Israel. The Epiphany Association, which was founded in 1991 and feels committed to the 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 were already present at the Epiphany meeting, such as n-tv reported .

high demand and public event

The managing director of the Neubrandenburg Epiphany, Markus Bitto, announced that the event was fully booked and 530 guests were expected in the HKB. Interested parties who were unable to get a place was offered another opportunity: On the same day at 5 p.m., a public event took place in the marketplace center, in which the official donation was carried out, such as Nordkurier reported .

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