Praise God for these new members of our congregations: Tatiana and Grigori who were confirmed at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg on January 25, 2024! The Sunday of January 28 saw several confirmations at different ELCIR churches: Confirmation of Andrei at Velmema Lutheran Church of Saransk, … [Read more...]
ELCIR congregations cooperate with government agencies in Mordovia
On December 14, 2023, Senior Pastor Aleksei Alyoshkin of Velmema and Moksha-Erzya Lutheran congregations in Saransk, Mordovia, attended a meeting of the Commission for the Preservation of Traditional Spiritual and Moral Values. The commission is part of the Civic Chamber of the Republic of Mordovia, Russian Federation. Also, Rev. Alyoshkin … [Read more...]
Uralic Deanery youth meet in Saransk
On September 29 and 30, 2023, Velmema Lutheran Church of Saransk, Mordovia, hosted the annual youth meeting of the ELCIR Uralic Deanery. The topic of the two days was “The Church and Society: Social Work, Evangelism, Knowledge Outreach.” On the first day, the young people visited the Saransk-based Humanitarian Aid Center for … [Read more...]
Velmema Lutheran Church receives guests, offers guided tours as Saransk hosts Finno-Ugric ethnic forum
On August 17, 2023, Saransk, the capital city of Mordovia, hosted the 2nd All-Russian Forum of Finno-Ugric Ethnic Groups. The event gathered delegations from 35 regions of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan. Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, sent his greetings to the forum. The total number of people who belong to the … [Read more...]
Saransk youth ministers visit cantor’s family in Penza
Irina Piglitsina, cantor of Velmema Lutheran Church in Saransk, Mordovia, lives in Penza. She travels to the church around 140 km by car. Servants of the Saransk congregation Ivan Potyanov and Yekaterina Wilhelm visited Irina in Penza. The Piglitsins warmly welcomed their guests: they sang hymns together and read a sermon out of Luther’s House … [Read more...]
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