September 3 – Online meeting for Sunday school teachers. Beginning of school year. Organizer: ELCIR Children & Youth Department. Start at 6:30 pm. September 4 – Diaconal seminar at Church of Petrozavodsk, Karelia. Organizer: ELCIR Diaconal Department. Start at 11 am September 7 – Bishop Laptev participates in St. Petersburg … [Read more...]
Ingrians Celebrate Juhannus
Because of the pandemic restrictions, the celebration of Juhannus or the Feast of St. John the Baptist was moved to August. Thanks be to the Lord for the great summer weather and the high attendance! Hopefully, Ingrian Finnish societies and The Church of Ingria will continue to help preserve the good traditions of the small ethnos. “They asked … [Read more...]
Synodal Council Meets in Gubanitsy
On August 27, 2021, the ELCIR Synodal Council held a field session at St. John the Baptist Congregation of Gubanitsy, Leningrad Oblast. In addition to the usual agenda, the council discussed the Church’s social diaconal ministry and visited the Social Diaconal Center in Kikerino. Bishop Laptev hopes such field sessions become a good tradition so … [Read more...]
Ingrian Bishops Join Online Festival in Finland
On August 21, 2021, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev and Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi came online to join the summer festival of the Finnish Bible Institute (Suomen Raamattuopisto), which was held online this year because of the pandemic. Video of the bishops speaking in Russian and in Finnish starting at 5:27:30 https://youtu.be/tV6eyjKDfuo?t=19657 … [Read more...]
Clergymen and Lay Members Gather to Pray and Celebrate 410 Years of Ingrian Church
“And you shall remember the whole way that the LORD your God has led you. . . that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.” (Deut. 8:2-3, ESV) This Bible passage prefaced a prayer service led by Bishop Ivan Laptev at the memorial cross in Lembolovo, … [Read more...]
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