During the Christmas season which can last pretty long in our country 
, ELCIR churches have held children’s artwork contests and displays.Visit the VK page of the Lutheran Church of Petrozavodsk, Karelia, to see the artwork children sent in for an online contest.
Visit St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral at Bolshaya Konyushennaya Street 8a, St. Petersburg, to see the children’s artwork display “Tikhy svet” (“Phos Hilaron,” “The Gladdening Light”).