On March 30, 2024, teams from St. Anne’s Lutheran Church (Annenkirche) and Zerno Art Group together with volunteers from The Keepers of the Ruins movement did a cleanup in one of the deserted buildings of the former Ponarth Brewery in Kaliningrad. 125 volunteers joined efforts to help kick off the conversion of the building into exhibition space … [Read more...]
The Keepers of the Ruins and their friends get together for conference in Kaliningrad
On December 16, 2023, the House of Youth in Kaliningrad hosted a conference of the Keepers of the Ruins volunteer society and their friends where they presented reports on accomplished work. Kristina Shilova, head of St. Anne’s Lutheran Church media department, made a presentation entitled “Marketing Specialists for God: How do You Make a … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev and St. Anne’s members visit Kaliningrad Oblast, meet with Bishop Holzwert and volunteer movement
On November 23, 2023, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev and a team from St. Anne’s Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg (Annenkirche) visited Kaliningrad Oblast. In the historical Groß Legitten Lutheran Church, the guests met with Bishop Sergei Holzwert of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of European Russia. Many thanks to Bishop Sergei for his warm welcome and … [Read more...]
Church of Kaliningrad Celebrates Anniversary
On June 19, 2021, Ascension of Christ Church in Kaliningrad, celebrated its 1st anniversary! Congratulations to sisters in Christ Natalia and Anastasia for their confirmations! Praying for a fulltime minister for Kaliningrad. Post in Russian & photos … [Read more...]
First Divine Service Celebrated at Ascension Lutheran in Kaliningrad
In June 2020, The Church of Ingria had a religious group called Ascension Evangelical Lutheran Congregation officially registered in Kaliningrad, the westernmost region of Russia. Now the Church of Ingria congregations are located in 8 time zones! When it’s noon in St. Petersburg, it’s 6 pm in Yakutsk and 11 am at the westernmost Ingrian … [Read more...]