On December 10, 2022, members of the Lutheran congregation of Yukki spent the evening together with the Lutheran congregation of Skvoritsy singing their favorite Advent and Christmas songs. Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
Memorial service in Levashovo
On November 5, 2022, Ingrian church members met together in Levashovo Memorial Cemetery, St. Petersburg, for an annual prayer service. The believers remembered victims of political repression and all blessed departed. After the service, they traveled to Haapakangas Lutheran Church of Yukki, Leningrad Oblast, for a warm meal and coffee. Together … [Read more...]
Heads of Gatchinsky District gov’t wish happy anniversary to Dean Krylov
On August 30, 2022, heads of local government in Gatchinsky District, Leningrad Oblast, sent birthday greetings to Rev. Pavel Krylov, dean of the ELCIR West Ingrian Deanery, senior pastor of the Lutheran Church of Skvoritsy, Leningrad Oblast, for his 50th birth anniversary. English translation: "Dear Pavel … [Read more...]
Skvoritsy Lutheran Church holds music festival
On June 13, 2022, the Lutheran Church of Skvoritsy, Leningrad Oblast, held the annual music festival “Hymns of Holy Joy.” This year, the locations from which musicians came to the festival were Gatchina, Pushkin, Skvoritsy, Yukki, and St. Petersburg. By now, this celebration of music and prayer has become a good tradition in the ELCIR West Ingrian … [Read more...]
Skvoritsy Lutheran Church holds organ recital, renews folk museum
On June 6, 2022, the Lutheran Church of Skvoritsy, Leningrad Oblast, held an organ recital. Following the recital, the church members and guests of the church including the administration head of Pudostskoye Rural Settlement exchanged impressions during a coffee & Karelian pasties reception in the church and saw the renewed display of the … [Read more...]