– Appoint Pastor Ivan Hutter deputy chairman of the Synodal Council.

 

– Pastor Mikhail Ivanov was elected chairman of the ELCIR Headquarters Collegium, Business Manager Aleksandr Smirnov was elected deputy chairman.

 

– The composition of the Bishop’s Council shall include Deans by virtue of their position, ELCIR Chief Secretary, TICI Rector, ELCIR Assessor, and Vicars for an unlimited term.

 

– Release Pastor Ville Melanen from the position of Senior Pastor of Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Krasnoyarsk from February 1, 2021, based on his personal request.

 

– Ordain Aleksei Karabtsov into the office of Deacon.

 

– Ordain Pavel Tsvetkov into the office of Pastor.

 

– Open a vacancy for the position of Senior Pastor of Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Krasnoyarsk for 60 days from January 29 through March 28, 2021.

 

– Call Pastor Ville Melanen to the ministry in The ELCIR as Dean of the Siberian Deanery and Missionary Pastor.

 

– Ban Robertas Bertašius from the ministry as of February 1, 2021.

 

– Affirm a Southern Deanery in The ELCIR with the following composition:

1. Local Religious Organizations in Voronezh, Yalta, Novorossiysk.

2. Religious Groups in Stary Oskol, Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Simferopol, Krasnodar (in the process of integration).

 

– Transfer Tyrö Lutheran Congregation of St. John’s Church and Tuutari Lutheran Congregation from the St. Petersburg Deanery to the West Ingrian Deanery.

 

– Affirm the new version of the standard charter of a congregation.

 

– Task ELCIR Property Manager Rev. Aleksandr Kudryavtsev and ELCIR Lawyer Grigori Yuzhanin to proceed with formalizing the church in Verkhni Suetuk as ELCIR property.

 

– Accept the proposal to develop a restoration/renovation plan on the façades and roof of the Pastorage at 1A Leningradskaya Street in Kronstadt.

 

– Affirm the ELCIR Diaconal Department’s 2020 activity report. Express thanks to the department head, volunteers, and officers for their work.

 

– Offer Oleg Belezhenko to work together with the ELCIR Diaconal Department based on a contract as diaconal ministry development coordinator.