On Saturday, February 18, 2023, at 1 pm Moscow time, St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral located at 8 Bolshaya Konyushennaya Street, St. Petersburg will hold a gala celebration of the 70th birth anniversary of Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi! Everybody is welcome! The celebration will be webcast live via St. Mary’s YouTube channel. All … [Read more...]
Christmas greetings from Archbishop Paolo Pezzi of the Mother of God Roman Catholic Archdiocese in Moscow to Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi
Christmas 2022/2023 Dear Bishop Arri, Your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. (cf. Is. 60:1) The Light, which gives light to everyone, has come into the world. (cf. Jn. 1:9) The eternal Light, the Light outside time, manifested in time. The hidden Light, manifested in the flesh. The Light, which … [Read more...]
Retreat of St. Mary’s Lutheran Church
From September 30 to October 2, 2022, members of St. Mary’s Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg had a retreat. The topic of the 3 days was the Sacraments. It was a great time of studying Scripture, praying and heart-to-heart Christian conversation. The pastors prepared three Bible studies on Baptism, Repentance, and Holy Communion. Bishop Emeritus … [Read more...]
Koltushi Lutheran Church celebrates new confirmations, marks 30th anniversary
Praise the Lord for the three new church members who were confirmed during the festive divine service on Sunday, September 18, 2022 as St. George’s Lutheran Church of Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, was celebrating the 30th anniversary of its dedication! Some of the other highlights of the day included the new stained glass window installed on … [Read more...]
Bishop Emeritus Kugappi wishes Happy St. John’s Day on Russia 1 TV channel
Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi greets TV viewers on the occasion of the Nativity of John the Baptist celebrated on June 24 in the calendar of the ELCIR. A telecast in Viestit Karjala, a Finnish-language news program on Rossiya 1 Karelia, a regional channel of VGTRK, a state-owned broadcaster which operates many television and radio channels in 53 of … [Read more...]
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