From September 10-12, 2021, the ELCIR Theological Institute (TICI) in Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, hosted an evangelism retreat for members of St. Mary’s Cathedral Church of St. Petersburg. On Friday evening, the participants studied Romans 15 with the bishops Ivan Laptev and Arri Kugappi. Saturday was the busiest day as St. Mary’s parishioners had … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev and Bishop Emeritus Kugappi Participate in Mission Festival Over Internet
On September 11, 2021, Esikoiset ry, a Laestadian revival movement in Finland, held a mission festival in Kyrö, Western Finland. ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev and Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi participated in the festival online from the sacristy of the Lutheran Church of Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, Russia, live-streaming their word of greeting and … [Read more...]
Ingrian Bishops Join Online Festival in Finland
On August 21, 2021, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev and Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi came online to join the summer festival of the Finnish Bible Institute (Suomen Raamattuopisto), which was held online this year because of the pandemic. Video of the bishops speaking in Russian and in Finnish starting at 5:27:30 https://youtu.be/tV6eyjKDfuo?t=19657 … [Read more...]
New Catechist Blessed for Service
On June 13, 2021 at the Lutheran Congregation of Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, Daniil Urayevski from Vyborg received a blessing to serve as a catechist. The blessing ceremony was performed by Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi. Daniil is an extramural student at the ELCIR Theological Institute. He's doing his summer internship at the congregations of the … [Read more...]
12th Regional Prayer Breakfast Held in St. Petersburg
The topic of the 12th Annual Regional Prayer Breakfast which took place at Emerald Grand Hotel in St. Petersburg on April 15 was “Time to Do Good.” The Prayer Breakfast is an annual prayer meeting that gathers representatives of centralized religious associations, government authorities, public associations, nonprofit social-cause … [Read more...]
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