KJMC Uzhhorod

Who We Are

KJMC Uzhhorod (locally known as KEMO, from the Ukrainian: КЄМО — Конгрегація Євреїв Месіанського Юдаїзму) is a Messianic Jewish Congregation in Transcarpathia — the westernmost region of Ukraine, bordering Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, and Romania.

Our journey began on February 27, 2022, when we arrived in Transcarpathia just three days after Russia’s full-scale invasion. Since then, our community has grown to 65 members, most aged 20-30.

We are part of the KJMC network (Union of Jewish Congregations of Messianic Judaism), a federation of 57+ congregations across 21 countries rooted in Kyiv’s KJMC, established in 1994.

Transcarpathia has one of the deepest Jewish roots in Europe — before the Holocaust, 43-50% of Mukachevo’s and 33-36% of Uzhhorod’s population was Jewish. Today, we serve their descendants, Jews displaced by the war from other regions, and all who seek faith.