On August 3, 2022, Bishop Ivan Laptev of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia (ELCIR) met with Archbishop Vladimir Provorov of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia (ELCR) and Mr. Aleksandr Terentyev, a representative of the Administration of the President of Russia. The meeting took place at Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Cathedral in Moscow (ELCER). The main item on the agenda was the discussion of a project called “The Museum of Protestantism.” The participants also shared news and discussed the prospects of their Churches’ ministry in Russia.Also in attendance:
Pastor Yevgeni Raskatov, head of the ELCIR Mission Department;
Pastor Andrei Djamgarov, president of the ELCR General Synod;
Pastor Viktor Weber, dean of the Central Deanery of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of European Russia (ELCER)