From January 4-6, 2024, the Lutheran Church of Rzhev, Tver Oblast, held a Christmas retreat, gathering laypeople and ministers from the ELCIR congregations in Kingisepp, Nizhny Novgorod, Rzhev, Tver, and Velikiye Luki. Thanks be to God for a very warm meeting in spite of the trying cold weather. The program included hearing God's Word, singing … [Read more...]
ELCIR pastors attend conference at Presidential Library
On April 25, 2023, the Presidential Library in St. Petersburg hosted the conference “The Traditional Religions as the Spiritual and Moral Unity of Russia.” The event was organized by the Administration of Leningrad Oblast and gathered around 100 government officials from Leningrad Oblast and Moscow, heads of religious organizations and community, … [Read more...]
Kingisepp Lutheran church cooperates as local gov’t guards ethnic & religious peace
On June 15, 2022, Senior Pastor Anatoli Leshchik of Yamburgsky Lutheran Church of Kingisepp, Leningrad Oblast, attended a meeting of the Interethnic & Interconfessional Relations Council under the Kingisepp District Administration. Its agenda included the following items: - status of the migration situation - countering terrorist and … [Read more...]
Kingisepp church pastor and cantor share Christmas message in meeting with local gov’t
On December 22, 2021, Senior Pastor Anatoli Leshchik of Yamburgski Lutheran Church of Kingisepp, Leningrad Oblast, and Irina Sorokina, cantor, children's ministry worker, attended a meeting of the Council for Interethnic and Interfaith Relations in Kingiseppsky Municipal District. Pastor Leshchik extended season's greetings to the meeting. Irina … [Read more...]
Confirmation in Kingisepp
Praise God for the growth of His Church as sister in Christ Nina was confirmed during the Christmas worship service at Yamburgski Lutheran Church of Kingisepp, Leningrad Oblast! Original post in Russian & photos … [Read more...]