September 29 – the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels On Sunday, September 27, 2020, St. Michael’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg celebrated the Feast of St. Michael which is the name day of the church. Founded by decree of Empress Anna of Russia in 1732 as the home church of the First Cadet Corps, it did not have a name for the first hundred … [Read more...]
Dr. Savich Presents Book on Creationism
On September 27, 2020, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg, church member Igor Savich, D.Sc. (Biology), DTh, the director of Concordia Foundation, presented his book The Mysteries of the Third Planet. The book advocates the biblical teaching of God’s creation of the universe and presents its message in the form of an engaging dialog between … [Read more...]
Biblical Books in Local Languages Delivered to Church in Saransk
Velmema Congregation in Saransk, Mordovia, has received a press run of Genesis and Exodus in the Moksha language and the Book of Proverbs in the Erzya language. In the Republic of Mordovia, Russian Federation, Erzya and Moksha are state languages along with Russian. Original post in Russian on VK … [Read more...]
Magazine with Bishops’ Autographs
By Darya Shkurlyatyeva, responsible editor, The Church of Ingria magazine It looks like the first 2020 issue of The Church of Ingria magazine is going to be just as rare an item as Issue 1 of 1991! This issue is really special! - It came out during the pandemic. Right after the layout was done, its electronic version was published … [Read more...]
What does ELCIR Information Dept. Do and Plan to Do?
By Darya Shkurlyatyeva The main task of the Information Department is to ensure that anyone interested can learn as much as possible about the life of The Church of Ingria: our history, how we live today and what we believe in, as well as our future plans. We monitor congregational news and persuade our remote and small congregations to establish a … [Read more...]