For seven years, St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Kazan, Tatarstan, has taken part in a public reading of the Bible out loud before Christmas and Easter. On April 23, 2022, Pastor Anatoli Pogasiy also participated in this interdenominational project. Part of the project was free distribution of Bibles provided by The Gideons International. The … [Read more...]
Lutheran volunteers share Easter joy at children’s home in Cheboksary
On April 23, 2022, volunteers from the Lutheran Church of Cheboksary, Chuvashia, brought Easter greetings to the children at the Cheboksary Social Rehabilitation Center for Minors run by the Ministry of Labor of the Chuvash Republic. Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
Koltushi Church hosts tour guide seminar
On April 2, 2022, the Lutheran Church of Koltushi hosted a seminar for church tour guides. Attending the lecture course were more than 50 active church servants from 20 locations in the St. Petersburg, Karelian, Uralic, Moscow, and Siberian regions. Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi blessed the first educational activity of the Pilgrimage Center and … [Read more...]
ELCIR Events Calendar for April 2022
April 2 – Seminar for congregational tour guides at the ELCIR Theological Institute. Time: 10 am – 5 pm.April 9 – Closure of the exhibition “From the Ashes” at St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral, St. Petersburg.April 10 – Palm Sunday.April 14 – Maundy Thursday. Institution of the Sacrament of Holy Communion.April 15 – Good Friday.April 17 – EASTER. THE … [Read more...]
Youth Workers Learn to Teach Scripture through Drama
On March 26-27, 2022, Svetlana Mashevskaya, Cand. Sc. (Pedagogy), led a workshop entitled “Drama Games on Religious Themes in Sunday School” at St. Mary’s Lutheran Congregation of St. Petersburg. The author introduced children & youth workers from the ELCIR congregations of St. Petersburg (St. Mary), Taytsy, Koltushi, Pushkin, and Cheboksary to … [Read more...]
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