Dear friends at the Ingrian Lutheran Church and co-workers in Christ, Thank you for good co-operation during the year 2021. Have a Blessed Christmas & New Year 2022! Pentti Marttila and Finnish Lutheran Overseas Mission / Kylväjä … [Read more...]
Days of Eastern Work Go Online!
By Darya Shkurlyatyeva, ELCIR Press Service “Christ Unites” was the motto of Idäntyönpäivät / Days of Eastern Work 2021. Almost 50 years ago, in the times of the Soviet Union, Finnish Christians agreed to get together once a year in order to pray about their eastern neighbors. Today, one can openly follow Christianity in Russia, Estonia, and … [Read more...]
Toksovo Lutherans Reconnect with Friends in Finland via Zoom
Last Sunday, September 20, 2020, members of the Congregation in Toksovo, Leningrad Oblast, reconnected with their friends in Hämeenlinna, Finland, via a Zoom call. They sang several hymns together and exchanged words of encouragement and instruction. Thanks be to God for the modern technology and the ability of keeping in touch with brothers in … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev Participates in Online LFF Convention, Preaches Sermon
This is a recorded live-stream of the 2020 summer convention of LFF (“Little Firstborn”) in Larsmo, Finland, with English translation. This year, the convention was done online. Bishop Laptev of The Church of Ingria preached a sermon from St. George's Church in Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, while Bishop Emeritus Kugappi translated into Finnish, … [Read more...]
Bishop Ivan Laptev Participates in Kylväjä Summer Mission Festival
Translated from a text by Anitta Lepomaa By tradition, the festival of the Kylväjä Mission Society in Finland takes place one week before St. John the Baptist Day. This year, because of the coronavirus pandemic, the festival was held online. On Friday, June 12, 2020, there was a webinar on outreach to refugees in Southern Europe. In 2015, the wave … [Read more...]