On April 23, 2022, St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral of St. Petersburg hosted a music festival which gathered congregational choirs from the St. Petersburg and West Ingrian Deaneries of the ELCIR, located in the St. Petersburg urban area and Leningrad Oblast. Opening the event, Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi offered a homily about spiritual vigilance. … [Read more...]
Christian church leaders meet together in Koltushi
On April 20, 2022, leaders of different Christian denominations and representatives of Evangelical churches from St. Petersburg met together at St. George’s Lutheran Church of Kolbino/Koltushi. The church servants spent time together in God's Word, made testimonies, prayed for the Church and people, and praised the Lord together by singing … [Read more...]
Easter Sunday confirmations in Koltushi
Confirmations at the Lutheran Church of Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, on Easter Sunday April 17, 2022 Photo credit: Kristina Gainova Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
Aleksei Lozhkin ordained as deacon
On April 5, 2022, Aleksei Lozhkin, coworker of the ELCIR Children & Youth Department, intramural ELCIR Theological Institute student, was ordained into the Office of Deacon during a student worship service at the Lutheran Church of Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast. The rite of ordination was performed by ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev assisted by ELCIR St. … [Read more...]
Koltushi Church Hosts One Flesh Family Retreat
One-day family retreat “One Flesh” took place at the Lutheran Church of Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, on March 12, 2022. Take care of each other! “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits … [Read more...]
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