On January 7, 2021, volunteers from the Christian Volunteer League in Cheboksary, Chuvashia, held an unusual Christmas celebration for children from a rehabilitation center: outdoors and using a “time machine”! The kids took a trip to the past, spending time in the Middle Ages and in 1st-century Bethlehem. And the nonvirtual presents brought the … [Read more...]
Christmas Lectures to Be Held in Cheboksary
"Christmas Lectures" which are becoming a tradition at the Lutheran Church of Cheboksary, Chuvashia, will be held again this year! Lectures will be presented by professors from Germany, St. Petersburg, and Cheboksary. Theology, history, philosophy, philology. Q&A. St. Luke’s Chapel, Cheboksary. January 11, 2021, 6 pm. Source … [Read more...]
Church of Cheboksary Gifts Protective Equipment
On December 30, 2020, St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Cheboksary, Chuvashia, brought air recirculation units, masks, and hand sanitizers as a gift to two rehabilitation centers for children in Cheboksary. This is the beginning of a project in collaboration with the Lutheran World Federation: “Personal Protective Equipment for Distressed Children, … [Read more...]
New Confirmation in Cheboksary
Last Sunday, September 6, 2020, Ivan Ryasik from Kirov in the Urals region was confirmed at St. Luke’s Congregation in Cheboksary, Chuvashia. Thanks be to God that the small Lutheran congregation in Kirov has grown by another wonderful disciple of Christ! Ivan plans to continue his education at the seminary this fall. Soli Deo gloria! In photo: … [Read more...]
Design Plan for First-Ever Lutheran Church Building in Chuvashia Ready!
By Rev. Konstantin Subbotin, the congregation’s minister Lutheran congregations existed in Chuvashia among the few Germans who lived here but never built a church. In the 1990’s, missionary from Finland Juha Väliaho was one of the first who proclaimed the Gospel here. It is through his work that St. Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Congregation … [Read more...]