The Reverend Vladimir Bochkov (1941-2021), a pastor of the Mari-Russian Lutheran Church of Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El Republic, the former Dean of the ELCIR Uralic Deanery, went to be with the Lord today January 16, 2021. Source … [Read more...]
Youth Retreat Held in Yoshkar-Ola
From January 8-10, 2021, the Lutheran Church of Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El Republic, hosted a youth retreat, gathering young people from Birsk, Cheboksary, Izhevsk, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Saransk, St. Petersburg, Ufa, Yekaterinburg, and Zelenodolsk. We’d like to thank the ELCIR Children & Youth Department, Vyacheslav Lebedev, and the … [Read more...]
Volunteers Reach Out to Rehab Children with Christmas Skits, Gifts
On January 7, 2021, volunteers from the Christian Volunteer League in Cheboksary, Chuvashia, held an unusual Christmas celebration for children from a rehabilitation center: outdoors and using a “time machine”! The kids took a trip to the past, spending time in the Middle Ages and in 1st-century Bethlehem. And the nonvirtual presents brought the … [Read more...]
Saransk Youth Visit Nizhny Novgorod
From January 3-4, 2021, a group of young people from Velmema Lutheran Church of Saransk, Mordovia, visited the Lutheran Church of Nizhny Novgorod. Many thanks to Senior Pastor Yaroslav Boichenko and the congregation’s officers for the warm welcome and the tour! Info provided by Yekaterina Wilhelm Source … [Read more...]
Church of Cheboksary Gifts Protective Equipment
On December 30, 2020, St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Cheboksary, Chuvashia, brought air recirculation units, masks, and hand sanitizers as a gift to two rehabilitation centers for children in Cheboksary. This is the beginning of a project in collaboration with the Lutheran World Federation: “Personal Protective Equipment for Distressed Children, … [Read more...]
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