The museum of St. Michael’s Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg has been receiving more information about one of its former pastors, Rev. Arnold Frischfeldt (1874-1937) who started serving St. Michael’s church in 1915, later served St. Catherine’s church and taught at Leningrad Theological Seminary. During the Stalinist repression, he was put under … [Read more...]
Moscow organ students visit St. Michael’s Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg
On September 27, 2022, organ students from the Gnesins Russian Academy of Music in Moscow visited St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in St. Petersburg. The group was led by eminent organist, Professor Aleksandr Fiseiski. The young people took a short tour of the church and tried their hand at playing the church’s Rieger pipe organ, an … [Read more...]
St. Michael’s Church joins in with other St. Petersburg residents commemorating Siege victims
On September 8, 2022, the city of St. Petersburg, named Leningrad in the Soviet era, commemorated the Siege of Leningrad by the Nazi German army, which began on this day in 1941 and continued into 1944 during WW2. Standing in different parts of the city on this day, people read out loud in public the lists of city residents who died from starvation … [Read more...]
St. Petersburg Lutherans and Roman Catholics join together at Levashovo to commemorate victims of political repression
On August 28, 2022, members of St. Michael's Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg (The Church of Ingria) visited Levashovo Memorial Cemetery. Levashovo Memorial Cemetery commemorates the victims of Soviet political repression between 1937 and 1954 who were executed there or died in the city's prisons and were buried in unmarked graves at … [Read more...]
Take a 3D tour of St. Michael’s Church in St. Petersburg!
Take a virtual 3D tour of St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, the most beautiful Gothic church on Vasilyevsky Island in St. Petersburg, from the front door to the inside of the bell tower! Our acknowledgments to Cubeonlinedigital for creating the tour! Link to the tour Photo © Andrei P. … [Read more...]
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