On October 9 , 2020, during the worship service which opened the 32nd synod of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria, Dmitri Avdeyev was ordained as a deacon for service at the Congregation of Gubanitsy. The rite of ordination was administered by ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev together with ELCIR Chief Secretary Rev. Ivanov, Senior Pastor of St. Mary’s Cathedral, and Deacon Mityakov, Senior Minister of Sorta Church in Lyupersola, Mari El Republic.New Deacon Ordained
On October 9 , 2020, during the worship service which opened the 32nd synod of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria, Dmitri Avdeyev was ordained as a deacon for service at the Congregation of Gubanitsy. The rite of ordination was administered by ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev together with ELCIR Chief Secretary Rev. Ivanov, Senior Pastor of St. Mary’s Cathedral, and Deacon Mityakov, Senior Minister of Sorta Church in Lyupersola, Mari El Republic.