Sunday, February 23, 2020 saw a unique event at St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral in St. Petersburg: a performance of the St. Matthew Passion! For more than three and a half hours, the captivating sacred oratorio involving more than 100 performers, eighteenth-century instruments, and overwhelming choir singing told the story from the Gospel! The St. … [Read more...]
Special ELCIR Synod to Convene on Feb. 20, 2020
On February 20, 2020, at 11:00, St. Mary’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg will host a special Synod (Convention) of The Church of Ingria. The agenda includes making changes to the Charter of the Theological Institute and making decisions on admission of new congregations to the Church. Original news post at vk.com … [Read more...]
Rev. Ivanov Leads Students on Visit to Orthodox Church
On Saturday, February 1, 2020, students from the School of the Christian Faith and Rev. Mikhail Ivanov, senior pastor of St. Mary's Lutheran in St. Petersburg, visited Sts. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church on the campus of the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia. Fr. Dmitri, the congregational priest, led his guests on an interesting tour, … [Read more...]
Holy Cross Society Puts Out 200 Prayer Books
The Holy Cross Society in collaboration with St. Mary’s Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in St. Petersburg (ELCIR) has published and printed 200 prayer books for the 4 old people’s homes of The Church of Ingria. Plans are made to gather the homes’ inmates in small prayer groups. Pastors Vladimir Bitkin and Yevgeni Mikhailov are planning to visit … [Read more...]
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