On September 4, 2021, Aleksandr Smirnov, the head of the ELCIR Diaconal Department, held a seminar at the Lutheran Congregation of Petrozavodsk, Karelia, talking about the various forms of diaconal ministry in The Church of Ingria and helping plan diaconal work in Karelia. As a result of the meeting, church activists formed a group to discuss, prepare, and implement socially oriented projects.Seminar on diaconal work in Petrozavodsk
On September 4, 2021, Aleksandr Smirnov, the head of the ELCIR Diaconal Department, held a seminar at the Lutheran Congregation of Petrozavodsk, Karelia, talking about the various forms of diaconal ministry in The Church of Ingria and helping plan diaconal work in Karelia. As a result of the meeting, church activists formed a group to discuss, prepare, and implement socially oriented projects.