Below is a news story from the newscast Vesti St. Petersburg on the state-owned TV channel Russia-1. Summary translation: St. Peter’s Lutheran Church of Maliye Kolpany, Leningrad Oblast, has to meet in a small part of the big church building and is able to seat only 70 instead of 700 people. The church is located on the territory of Avangard … [Read more...]
Rzhev Church Members Visit Churches in St. Petersburg Region
Photos of church members from Rzhev with their pastor Rev. Valeri Antipov visiting St. Mary's and St. Anne's Churches in St. Petersburg, St. Peter's Church in Malye Kolpany, churches in Pushkin, Gatchina, Koltushi, and Skvoritsy on August 1, 2020. Click here to see photos … [Read more...]
Confirmations in Kolpany
On July 12, 2020, the 5th Sunday after Trinity, four new Christian believers joined the Congregation in Kolpany, Leningrad Oblast, through the rite of confirmation. As she commented on the news in the congregation’s group on VK.com, Irina Borisova published a historical photo of the 1933 confirmation with her mother in the photo. Svetlana Romanova … [Read more...]
Volunteers Clean and Fix at St. Peter’s Congregation in Kolpany
Malye Koplany, Leningrad Oblast The subbotnik* was a success! *subbotnik = volunteer effort to clean and fix, usually on a Saturday. Many responded and did many things!The volunteers cleared the space used as the Church of Ingria book storage from trash and waste,moved part of the books to a separate space (the New Storage),replaced the weathered … [Read more...]
Pastor Continues Ministry in Kolpany Online
Rev. Vladimir Bitkin continues his pastoral ministry to church members on self-isolation in St. Peter’s Congregation in Kolpany, Leningrad Oblast. The ministry called Dnevnik prikhoda, "The Congregation’s Journal," has been underway for a month. Pastor Vladimir calls his church members by phone, asking them about their health, needs, and wishes, … [Read more...]