By Darya Shkurlyatyeva, ELCIR Press Service The Advisory Board of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria and The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland met online on April 16, 2021. The key item on the order of business was the prolongation of the cooperation agreement between the two church bodies. Both parties expressed their desire to … [Read more...]
Students of Book Publishing Visit Church in Vyborg, Learn about Lutheran Reformer
It’s become a good tradition for students from the Higher School of Printing and Media Technologies in St. Petersburg to visit Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Congregation in Vyborg in the St. Petersburg region. The church is the base of Agricola Club which studies Lutheran history and culture. Olga Starkovskaya, Cand. Sc. (Philology), a teacher … [Read more...]
Darya Shkurlyatyeva Translates Part of Book about J. S. Bach
On March 21, 2021, the birthday of J. S. Bach, Darya Shkurlyatyeva presented her Russian translation of an excerpt from “Johann Sebastian Bach and Liturgical Life in Leipzig,” a book by Günther Stiller. The piece is about how Bach chose his profession. Darya Shkurlyatyeva, MA, is Head of the ELCIR Information Department, an accomplished … [Read more...]
Darya Shkurlyatyeva Receives Master’s Degree, Shares Plans
We’d like to congratulate Head of the ELCIR Information Department Darya Shkurlyatyeva on the excellent defense of her master’s degree thesis! Darya has completed her graduate studies in the Higher School of Printing and Media Technologies of St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technology and Design. She majored in editorial … [Read more...]
Interview with Darya Shkurlyatyeva, Choir Leader of Lutheran Church in Vyborg
By Yulia Podskrebayeva, Vyborg newspaper, gazetavyborg.ru November 14, 2020 “I have some Finnish heritage on my father’s side, but I first knew about it after I became a Lutheran. His ancestors lived somewhere in Leningrad Oblast and moved to Moscow in 1914. A hundred years later, my mother and I moved back. And everything changed in my … [Read more...]