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Pastor and Church Members Visit Old People’s Home in Kikerino
On September 2, 2021, Rev. Grigori Lakomov, the pastor of the Lutheran Congregation of Gubanitsy and some of the church members visited the nursing home in Kikerino, a diaconal facility founded by the ELCIR in Leningrad Oblast for the residential care of elderly and disabled people. Original post in Russian & photos … [Read more...]
Synodal Council Meets in Gubanitsy
On August 27, 2021, the ELCIR Synodal Council held a field session at St. John the Baptist Congregation of Gubanitsy, Leningrad Oblast. In addition to the usual agenda, the council discussed the Church’s social diaconal ministry and visited the Social Diaconal Center in Kikerino. Bishop Laptev hopes such field sessions become a good tradition so … [Read more...]
November 2020 Update on ELCIR Diaconal Department
In November, because of the pandemic restrictions, we had to cancel most of our public events. We only managed to hold a seminar at the old people’s home in Koltushi and had young people from St. Anne’s church in St. Petersburg travel to Kronstadt. We performed a concert in the pastor’s house in Kronstadt as part of our Church’s social work and … [Read more...]