Members of Christ the Savior Lutheran Church in Novosibirsk are enhancing their music ministry by using Hauptwerk® and their own God-given skills. Hauptwerk® is a computer program designed to allow the playback or live performance of pipe organ music using MIDI and recorded sound samples. With the multitude of regularly updated samples provided … [Read more...]
Confirmation in Novosibirsk
On June 2, 2021, the Lutheran Congregation of Novosibirsk celebrated the Confirmation of Mikhail! Thanks be to God who adds to the Church those who are being saved! Photo credits: Saara Karttunen Post in Russian … [Read more...]
ELCIR Cantor Speaks at SELC Conference Online
On May 29, 2021, Darya Shkurlyatyeva, the cantor of the ELCIR congregation in Vyborg made an online presentation for the conference “Women in the Church” held by the Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church. She spoke at the invitation of SELC Seminary Rector Rev. Aleksei Streltsov. Darya shared about the educational projects of Mikael Agricola Choir … [Read more...]
Novosibirsk Lutherans Learn to Make Christmas Wreaths
December 19, 2020, was a special experience for Christ the Savior Lutheran Church of Novosibirsk as people gathered in the church to make Christmas wreaths. Entire families, adults and children, arrived from different parts of town. An accomplished florist taught them the details of wreath-making and guided them through a wreathing of nice-looking … [Read more...]
ELCIR Deacon Speaks at SELC Reformation Day Conference in Novosibirsk
On October 31, 2020, Deacon Sergei Anikin from St. John’s Church in Saratov participated in a Reformation Day conference at the Lutheran Center of The Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Novosibirsk. Deacon Sergei presented a report on the topic of “Liberal Theology and Its Role in the Rise of 19th-Century Confessional Lutheranism.” The … [Read more...]