Valery Hryhoryk is the director of Bible camps for children and youth in Belarus, the pastor of two Lutheran congregations, in Vitebsk and Orsha, Belarus, and founder of BLMF. He is married and has an 15-year-old son, Anton. His wife, Tanya, is a hairdresser.

After serving in the navy, in 1992, Pastor Valery became a Christian. After completing his university degree, Pastor Valery was actively involved in the translation and printing of, at that time, much needed Christian literature.

Pastor Valery studied theology in England for two years, where he became acquainted with Luther’s theology and the concept of salvation by grace. (At that time, everyone in Belarus believed in salvation by works). After his studies in England, he played an active role in the rebuilding of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Belarus, which was destroyed by the communists.

In 2004, Pastor Valery was called by God to be a pastor in the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of John the Baptist in Mazolovo village, Vitebsk district. In 2005, he founded the Belarus Lutheran Missionary Fellowship (BLMF), a mission to restore the historical Lutheran Church in Belarus. He contacted EEMN Director Bill Moberly in early 2006 to request partnership. Soon after, Pastor Valery founded Good Book Publishers with the aim of translating, printing and distributing quality Lutheran materials. In 2022, BLMF joined ALWM as a ministry partner, resuming our work together that began in 2006. For information on how to partner with Pastor Valery and BLMF, write blmf@alwm.org! Pastor Valery can meet with your leaders via zoom by mutual arrangement.