Dobraya Pochva (“Good Ground”), a charity cluster run by St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Cheboksary, Chuvashia, continues work. Dozens of refugees receive humanitarian aid daily. The food packages sent by St. Anne’s Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg have run out, but thanks to caring fellow-citizens and volunteers the project continues to give … [Read more...]
Family retreat in Yoshkar-Ola
From August 19-21, 2022, Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El, held a family retreat of the ELCIR Uralic Deanery. The hospitable Holy Cross congregation gathered participants from Birsk, Cheboksary, Gurez-Pudga, Izhevsk, Kazan, Penza, and Saransk. Pastor Valeri and Natalia Antipov from the Lutheran church in Rzhev held … [Read more...]
Annual family retreat in Rzhev
From July 29-31, 2022, the Lutheran Church of Rzhev, Tver Oblast, held its annual family retreat. The topic for the three days was “Discipleship.” Some of the questions that were raised and answered were, Do we understand correctly what we are taught? Do we really convey to others what we’ve been taught? Who are our teachers and who are … [Read more...]
Family camping of St. Petersburg Deanery
Last weekend, fifteen families from the ELCIR St. Petersburg Deanery went camping on the shore of Lake Salmenjärvi in Suoyarvsky District of Karelia. For many of the participants it was their first time they had joined the annual family camping with church people from the deanery. Everyone had a great time living in the tents, cooking food … [Read more...]
ELCIR Lutherans and other Christians uphold family values together on Russia’s Family Day
The Church of Ingria held interdenominational activities in connection with Family, Love and Faithfulness Day, July 8, 2022. July 8-9 – Petrozavodsk Lutheran Church, Karelia July 9 – Koltushi Lutheran Church, Leningrad Oblast Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
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