On June 13, 2023, Senior Pastor Mikhail Ivanov of St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral in St. Petersburg represented the ELCIR at the conference “Confessional Media and Prevention of Religious Extremism. Coverage of Socially Significant Information: Pro et Contra.” The conference at Journalists' House, a journalist community center in St. … [Read more...]
Youth retreat in Petrozavodsk
From June 9-11, 2023, the Lutheran Church of Petrozavodsk, Karelia, held a youth retreat gathering young people from Noviye Peski, Olonets, Petrozavodsk, Segezha, and St. Petersburg. The young people heard God’s Word and discussed the topic “The Foundation of the Christian,” took an excursion to Alexander Nevsky Russian Orthodox Cathedral … [Read more...]
St. Mary’s hosts training for Sunday school teachers
ELCIR Sunday school teachers met together for three days at St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral in St. Petersburg to share best practices and learn the Godly Play® methodology. The 18 teachers came from Karelia, Lomonosov, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Udmurtia, and Yoshkar-Ola. The three wonderful days strengthened St. Mary’s Sunday school and upgraded the … [Read more...]
Confirmation at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church
God added another member to St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in St. Petersburg at the evening worship service on June 8, 2023. After completing the Basics of Christian Faith course, Yelizaveta Yemelyanova joined the church through the rite of confirmation! Yelizaveta grew up as a Christian and has attended Bible training before, but as she said in her … [Read more...]
St. Michael’s Lutheran Church welcomes two new brothers in Christ
It was an especially joyous Trinity Sunday on June 4, 2023 for St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in St. Petersburg as Ruslam Salimov and Sergei Pahl joined the Lutheran congregation upon completing the Basics of Christian Faith course shortly before. Ruslan Salimov received the Sacrament of Holy Baptism. Sergei Pahl was confirmed and so reunited with … [Read more...]
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