From January 3-4, 2021, a group of young people from Velmema Lutheran Church of Saransk, Mordovia, visited the Lutheran Church of Nizhny Novgorod. Many thanks to Senior Pastor Yaroslav Boichenko and the congregation’s officers for the warm welcome and the tour! Info provided by Yekaterina Wilhelm Source … [Read more...]
“How good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!”
On the 1st Sunday after Christmas, members of Velmema Lutheran Church visited Moksha-Erzya Lutheran Church. Saransk, Mordovia. Source … [Read more...]
Saransk Lutherans Speak about Christmas on Radio
On Christmas Day, December 25, Yekaterina Wilhelm and Darya Kotlova, members of Velmema Lutheran Church of Saransk, Mordovia, spoke about the Feast of the Nativity in a live broadcast on Vaigel Radio, Saransk. … [Read more...]
Dean and Youth from Cheboksary Visit Saransk
On November 22, the last Sunday of the church year, Dean of the ELCIR Uralic Deanery Rev. Konstantin Subbotin and young people from Cheboksary, Chuvashia, visited Velmema Church in Saransk, Mordovia. A communion service was followed by the young people from the two congregations visiting with each other. Photo credits: Vladislav … [Read more...]
Students from School of Journalism Visit Velmema Lutheran Church in Saransk, Mordovia
October 7, 2020. Students of interethnic journalism visited Velmema Church and learned about the history of the Christian Church and Lutheranism in particular, saw the order of worship, and heard Lutheran hymns. Rev. Aleksei Alyoshkin, the pastor of the church, took the guests up the belltower and let them hear the ringing of the wonderful … [Read more...]