By Darya Shkurlyatyeva, compere of musical meetings, Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Vyborg, September 12, 2020 Today we held the 15th meeting as part of our Organ Stories project. During five Saturdays, we had a total of almost 450 people visiting us. We have parents with children, young people, adults, residents of Vyborg and tourists. One … [Read more...]
Hymnal to Be Available as Phone App
The Hymnal of The Church of Ingria will be a phone app! After a volunteer from Finland offered to create the app, we needed the lyrics of all the hymns in electronic form. Darya Shkurlyatyeva, the head of the Hymnal working group, had all of the source materials for the Hymnal, however the first verses of the hymns were only in the MuseScore and … [Read more...]
Confirmation Training Coming to a Close in Koltushi
The confirmation training for young people in Koltushi is coming to a close. The events of almost each day full of spiritual programs, lectures, excursions, etc., are covered in the VK group of ELCIR Children & Youth Department (in Russian). Photo gallery … [Read more...]
Magazine with Bishops’ Autographs
By Darya Shkurlyatyeva, responsible editor, The Church of Ingria magazine It looks like the first 2020 issue of The Church of Ingria magazine is going to be just as rare an item as Issue 1 of 1991! This issue is really special! - It came out during the pandemic. Right after the layout was done, its electronic version was published … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev, Deans Give Update on Situation in Regions
On May 13, 2020, Rt. Rev. Ivan Laptev, Bishop of The Church of Ingria, and Rev. Deans Pavel Krylov (West Ingrian Deanery), Aleksei Kronholm (Karelian Deanery), Valeri Antipov (Moscow Deanery), Ivan Hutter (St. Petersburg Deanery), Konstantin Subbotin (Uralic Deanery) held an online conference in VK group Sluzhiteli Tserkvi Ingrii ("Ministers of The … [Read more...]