On October 13, Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of European Russia in Moscow hosted a meeting of the LWF National Committee in the Russian Federation. The Lutheran World Federation is a large global communion of national and regional Lutheran churches. Currently, the LWF consists of 148 member churches in 99 … [Read more...]
Family Retreat in Uralic Deanery, August 11-13, 2020
By Natalia Antipova, family ministry coordinator, Church of Ingria Iglino, a village not far from Ufa, Bashkortostan, was the location of a family retreat where the couple Sergei and Veronika Kochetkov warmly welcomed us in their house. The head of the household opened the retreat. On the first day, we discussed how and in what order God … [Read more...]
Family Retreat in Bashkortostan
From August 11-13, 2020, clergymen Vladislav Abdullin (Birsk, Bashkortostan), Andrei Yurtayev (Moscow), Marat Fazlullin (Gurez-Pudga, Udmurtia), Valeri Antipov (Rzhev) and lay church members met up in Iglino, a village in Bashkortostan, to discuss the importance of family values. Video (only in Russian) … [Read more...]
St. Luke’s Congregation in Rzhev Hosts Family Retreat July 24-26, 2020
By Iraida Mikhailova “Those were unforgettable, blessed, eventful, and spiritually fruitful days. We had 60 people and I'm happy to note it was mainly young people and there were many children, which means the Church is growing and developing by God’s will. Words can’t express all my emotions about this wonderful fellowship in the Holy Spirit! The … [Read more...]