From May 18-21, 2021, ELCIR Uralic Dean Rev. Konstantin Subbotin, head of the ELCIR Children & Youth Department Nikolai Minenkov, and youth work coordinator Yekaterina Wilhelm traveled to the deanery’s churches. Their work together with local church leaders resulted in an SMM strategy for Holy Cross Church of Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El Republic, and … [Read more...]
St. Petersburg Deanery Meets in Yukki
On March 9, 2021, Haapakangas Lutheran Congregation in Yukki, Leningrad Oblast, hosted a meeting of the ELCIR St. Petersburg Deanery. Bishop Ivan Laptev talked about the life of the Church during the pandemic and about the implementation of the ELCIR development strategy, giving the examples of several congregations. Rev. Yevgeni Mikhailov, … [Read more...]
Update on ELCIR Children & Youth Dept.
By CYD Head Nikolai Minenkov and CYD Instructor Yelena Tatti On September 29, 2020, the Church celebrates the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels. We remember God’s protection which He gives us through His angels. Since children are an important focus of this feast, our Church has a tradition of collecting offerings on that day for the work … [Read more...]
ELCIR Continues Child & Youth Work
Hi! I’m Nikolai Minenkov, the head of the ELCIR Child & Youth Department. And I’m Yelena Tatti, a child & youth work instructor. Since there are only two of us, we don’t have a segregation of duties as we do all the work together. The Child & Youth Department is called to help our congregations enhance and keep up work with children … [Read more...]