Rt. Rev. Ivan Laptev, ELCIR Bishop; Rev. Mikhail Ivanov, ELCIR chief secretary; and Rev. Vyacheslav Ostanin, senior pastor of the Lutheran Church in Novosibirsk attended the 27th World Conference of The International Lutheran Council, which was held in Kisumu, Kenya from September 13-16, 2022. The topic of the conference was “Liturgy & Culture. … [Read more...]
Vyacheslav Ostanin ordained as pastor
On June 2, 2022, the ELCIR Synodal Council made a decision to ordain Vyacheslav Ostanin into the Office of Pastor for service in the ELCIR Siberian Deanery. On June 25, 2022, Presentation of the Augsburg Confession, the Right Reverend Bishop Ivan Laptev of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia and the Right Reverend Bishop … [Read more...]
Holy Trinity Church of Moscow Hosts Initial Theological Course
From February 11-13, 2022, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Moscow hosted the classes of the Dogmatics Module of the ELCIR Initial Theological Course. The course was attended by 13 participants from Moscow (Sts. Peter and Paul, Holy Trinity), Tver, and the Udmurt Republic. Some of them had attended the Initial Theological Course earlier and came … [Read more...]
Mercy Ministry Continues at Halfway House in Novosibirsk
Prison ministry is one of the areas of diaconia, the mercy ministry Jesus commanded His Church to do. The Halfway House in Novosibirsk is a center that gives aid to current and former prisoners and their families. Ex-convicts receive assistance in their re-integration in society such as doing legal paperwork, finding a job, restoring their … [Read more...]