On January 17, 2020, senior officials of the Ministry for Ethnic and Regional Policy of the Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, held a meeting with public in Kondopoga. The Deputy Minister awarded letters of commendation and gratitude to community activists in the Kondopoga Municipal District including Christian lay and ordained servants such as Oksana Dyba, a PR specialist with the local ELCIR Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, and the senior priest of the Nativity of Our Lady Orthodox Church.