Our information service continues to receive Easter greetings! Below is a translation of the letter of greetings from Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church on behalf of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to Bishop Ivan … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev Attends City Governor’s Annual Report Presentation
On May 12, 2021, Governor of St. Petersburg Aleksandr Beglov spoke to St. Petersburg’s Legislative Assembly presenting a report on the work of the City Government in 2020. The report had two parts: “The Pandemic” and “The Development of St. Petersburg.” The Governor also shared about strategic tasks for 2021. The governor’s annual report … [Read more...]
TICI Hosts Conference in Brand-New Building, Commemorates Former Bishops
On May 10, 2021 at the ELCIR Theological Institute, there was a symbolic “meeting” of two men who have a great significance for The Church of Ingria: the first bishop of the re-established Church of Ingria Leino Hassinen (1924–2015) after whom is named the Institute’s brand-new building, and Selim Jalmari Laurikalla (1882–1957) who was the leader … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev Attends V-Day Military Parade, Shares Photos
Bishop Laptev has shared some of the photos he took as he watched the military parade in Palace Square, St. Petersburg, on Victory Day, May 9, 2021. “And many nations shall come, and say: ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.’ For out … [Read more...]
Seminar Participants Visit TICI Brand-New Building
On May 5, 2021, the attendees of the pastoral leadership seminar took a guided excursion to the new under-construction building of the ELCIR Theological Institute. Building 3 has the name “Leino” in honor of the first bishop of the re-established Church of Ingria Leino Hassinen (1924-2015) who served the ELCIR in 1993-1996. (It also happens to be … [Read more...]
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