On May 15, 2020, Bishop Ivan Laptev and Rev. Ivan Hutter, dean of the St. Petersburg Deanery, visited the congregation in Steklyanny. They delivered food aid, held a meeting with the congregation about the upcoming repairs on the church building, and made plans for a volunteer work day. Later that day, in the Kanneljärvi Congregation in Pobeda, … [Read more...]
Catechist Installed for Congregation in Steklyanny
On April 26, 2020, Vyacheslav Merzlyakov, a 2019 graduate of the ELCIR Theological Institute, was installed as a catechist in the Lembolovo parish church located in Steklyanny, Leningrad Oblast. The church in Steklyanny was built in an area that has a special significance for The Church of Ingria. Lembolovo is the village where the earliest … [Read more...]