On June 9, 2022, in Saratov, Rev. Dean Olav Panchu of the ELCIR Volga Deanery represented The ELCIR at the opening of festivities on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of Czar Peter the Great. The ceremony was held in Pyotr Pervy [Peter I] Square recently created in the city and rallied religious leaders, scholars, workers of culture, artists, journalists, and local and federal government officials including Russia’s minister of culture.Saratov Lutheran Church joins in with celebration of Peter the Great
On June 9, 2022, in Saratov, Rev. Dean Olav Panchu of the ELCIR Volga Deanery represented The ELCIR at the opening of festivities on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of Czar Peter the Great. The ceremony was held in Pyotr Pervy [Peter I] Square recently created in the city and rallied religious leaders, scholars, workers of culture, artists, journalists, and local and federal government officials including Russia’s minister of culture.
