By Darya Shkurlyatyeva, ELCIR Press Service The Advisory Board of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria and The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland met online on April 16, 2021. The key item on the order of business was the prolongation of the cooperation agreement between the two church bodies. Both parties expressed their desire to … [Read more...]
Clergymen Meet in Petrozavodsk
On April 8, 2021, the Lutheran Congregation of Petrozavodsk hosted a clergy meeting of the ELCIR Karelian and Northern Deaneries with the participation of ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev. The meeting gathered senior pastors of the congregations in Petrozavodsk, Kondopoga, Pitkyaranta, Läskelä, Rabocheostrovsk, Segezha, Sodder, Sortavala as well as workers … [Read more...]
Workers of ELCIR Headquarters and Bishop Laptev Visit Congregation of Moscow
Workers of the ELCIR Headquarters from St. Petersburg and Bishop Laptev visited Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Moscow on March 26-27, 2021. On Saturday, March 27, the bishop co-celebrated a communion service where he preached a sermon. The worship service was followed by informal fellowship. Bishop Laptev discussed with the congregants the … [Read more...]
ELCIR Events Calendar for March 2021
March 12-14 – Children & youth servant course. March 13 – Zoom meeting for children & youth servants to discuss ideas for celebrating Easter. Start at 1 p.m. (MSK) March 15-26 – The Initial Theological Course (dogmatics, liturgics, church history, missiology) at the Theological Institute. Live streams planned. March 18 – Bishop’s … [Read more...]
EXCERPTS FROM THE DECISIONS OF THE ELCIR SYNODAL COUNCIL OF JANUARY 29, 2021
- Appoint Pastor Ivan Hutter deputy chairman of the Synodal Council. - Pastor Mikhail Ivanov was elected chairman of the ELCIR Headquarters Collegium, Business Manager Aleksandr Smirnov was elected deputy chairman. - The composition of the Bishop’s Council shall include Deans by virtue of their position, ELCIR Chief Secretary, TICI … [Read more...]
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