The ELCIR Cantors’ Choir directed by Marina Väisä debuted at Tyrö Lutheran Church in Lomonosov, St. Petersburg urban area, on June 18, 2022 as part of the festival “The Music of St. Petersburg’s Temples.” At the moment, the choir has 7 members: Irina Sorokina (Kingisepp), Darya Shkurlyatyeva (Vyborg), Anna Sokolova-Kalinina (St. Mary’s Cathedral, … [Read more...]
ELCIR in St. Petersburg commemorates Great Victory
In commemoration of the 77th anniversary of the Victory over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, Deacon Pavel Tsvetkov of Kronstadt Lutheran Church, Catechist Mark Kirschstein of Tyrö Lutheran Church, and members of St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral laid flowers at the Motherland monument in Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery in St. … [Read more...]
House of Mercy inaugurated in Lomonosov on May 1
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Meeting of West Ingrian Deanery
On March 10, 2022, Tyrö Lutheran Church in Lomonosov, St. Petersburg, hosted a meeting of the ELCIR West Ingrian Deanery. Its participants shared about their successes and difficulties, discussed the future of the church's ministry in the current situation, and prayed for peace together. Thanks be to God for His gifts! “Bear one another’s burdens, … [Read more...]
New Supervisor of ELCIR Community Service Centers
For many years, our church body has been serving elderly people through its community social-diaconal service centers. It has opened 4 such centers in Leningrad Oblast, namely, in Koltushi, Taytsy, Tervolovo, and Kikerino. The time has come to open another one, which will be located not far from Tyrö Lutheran Church in Lomonosov, St. Petersburg … [Read more...]