On the 17th Sunday after Trinity, October 4, 2020, Dean of the Uralic Deanery Pastor Konstantin Subbotin and Deacon Igor Kuznetsov visited St. John the Baptist Lutheran Church in Syktyvkar, Komi. Source … [Read more...]
New Confirmation in Cheboksary
Last Sunday, September 6, 2020, Ivan Ryasik from Kirov in the Urals region was confirmed at St. Luke’s Congregation in Cheboksary, Chuvashia. Thanks be to God that the small Lutheran congregation in Kirov has grown by another wonderful disciple of Christ! Ivan plans to continue his education at the seminary this fall. Soli Deo gloria! In photo: … [Read more...]
Design Plan for First-Ever Lutheran Church Building in Chuvashia Ready!
By Rev. Konstantin Subbotin, the congregation’s minister Lutheran congregations existed in Chuvashia among the few Germans who lived here but never built a church. In the 1990’s, missionary from Finland Juha Väliaho was one of the first who proclaimed the Gospel here. It is through his work that St. Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Congregation … [Read more...]
Family Retreat in Uralic Deanery, August 11-13, 2020
By Natalia Antipova, family ministry coordinator, Church of Ingria Iglino, a village not far from Ufa, Bashkortostan, was the location of a family retreat where the couple Sergei and Veronika Kochetkov warmly welcomed us in their house. The head of the household opened the retreat. On the first day, we discussed how and in what order God … [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...]