Stanislav Piętak ( pl, Stanisław Piętak) (born 18 March 1946 in Smilovice) is a

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and

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. Pietak studied at the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the

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and at the Christian Theological Academy in

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. He received his doctorate from the Comenius University in 2000. He served as pastor in various congregations, e. g. in Třinec. He was chairperson for catechetics at the Pedagogical Faculty of the

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(1993–2003) He served as the

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of the Silesian Evangelical Church of Augsburg Confession in 2006–2011. He is one of the contributors of

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External links

Article ''The Gospel in Post-Marxist Societies'' by bishop Piętak

An open letter from Stanislav Piętak, the bishop of the Silesian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession, to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (2009)
21st-century Lutheran bishops Czech bishops Lutheran bishops in Europe Czech Lutheran clergy Czech people of Polish descent People from Cieszyn Silesia People from Frýdek-Místek District 1946 births Living people {{CzechRepublic-academic-bio-stub