Evangelical Sisterhood of Mary

The Evangelical Sisterhood of Mary is an ecumenical, Lutheran based, religious order, founded in 1947 by Basilea Schlink and Erika Madauss in Darmstadt, Germany.

During WWII, a group of Protestant women met for regular prayers in Darmstadt, Germany.

[2] As the survivor population aged, and those still living too frail to come visit, In 2014, the sisters decided it was time to close the house.

[3] Since the house was in need of extensive renovation, the property was sold, and the sisters relocated to a smaller residence in Ain Karim.

[11] Approximately 130 of the sisters live at the motherhouse in Darmstadt,[4] where Shabbat candles are lit every Friday evening in the chapel “as a constant reminder of the guilt of the Third Reich and as a summons to pray for Israel.” There is no formal training for one to become a sister.