February 29-29 – Travel to Moscow, meeting in Koltushi with sister congregations of the Koltushi church. March 11-13 – Meeting with Archbishop Tapio Luoma and Bishop Seppo Häkkinen in Finland. March 15 – Participation in the worship service and a congregational meeting at St. John’s Estonian Congregation in St. Petersburg. March 19-21 … [Read more...]
Central Office Coworkers Meet, Make Plans
“Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness. … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev Meets with Working Group in Kem
On February 22, 2020, in Rabocheostrosvk, Kem District, Karelia, Bishop Laptev met with the working group for the construction of a new church building in Kem. They discussed the project and held a prayer service on the future construction site. Cordial thanks to the congregation’s pastor Rev. Vladimir Yakushov for the warm welcome and Fr. Simeon, … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev Attends Inter-Faith Discussion on Peacemaking
On February 11, 2020, Dom Druzhby (“The House of Friendship”) of the Leningrad Oblast located in St. Petersburg hosted a meeting of The Bridge of Concord, an interreligious discussion club founded at the ELCIR Theological Institute in 2016. The topic of the roundtable discussion was “Peacemaking in Interreligious Interaction.” The meeting was … [Read more...]
Leningrad Oblast Government Greets Bishop Laptev
Congratulation from Governor of the Leningrad Oblast Mr. Alexander Drozdenko: “Your Eminence, Vladika, I sincerely congratulate you on your consecration to the office of a bishop! I would like to express the hope for continued interaction of the Government of the Leningrad Oblast and the Lutheran community of our region in the educational and … [Read more...]
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