On May 13, 2021, extramural students of the ELCIR Theological Institute presented the results of their four-year research.Research papers were presented by the following students:
Deacon Vladimir Vasilyev, Church of Kazan, Tatarstan: “The Attitude of Early Christian Apologists to the Philosophy of Their Times”;
Deacon Vyacheslav Ostanin, Church of Novosibirsk: “A Historical-Exegetical Analysis of the Term rûaḥ (רוּחַ) in Psalm 1”;
Deacon Timur Pamyatnykh, Church of Novosibirsk: “Disciplinary Practices of The ELCIR”;
Deacon Yevgeni Raskatov, St. Anne’s Church, St. Petersburg: “The Prospects of Catechetical Ministry in ELCIR Congregations”;
Olga Rudaya, Church of Petrozavodsk, Karelia: “The Liturgical Reform of the Second Vatican Council: a Lutheran Perspective”;
Pastor Aleksei Schastlivy, via live-stream from Kazakhstan: “Martin Luther’s Perspective on Church Art in the Historical-Cultural Context”;
Yelena Tatti, St. Mary’s Cathedral, St. Petersburg: “Martin Luther’s Catechization Program”;
Photo credits: Veronika Pogasiy, Svetlana Ivashkevich