October 1 (- May 28) – Initial Theological Course, St. Anne’s Lutheran Church, St. Petersburg. Module 1: “Personal Spiritual Life” (with participation of Bishop Ivan Laptev). Time: Saturdays 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm.
October 1 – Opening of exhibition: 300 years since the dedication of the first church building on the site of St. Anne’s Lutheran Church, St. Petersburg.
October 2 – Churchwide collection of offerings for ELCIR children & youth ministry.
October 7-9 – Initial Theological Course. Module: “Hermeneutics and Homiletics.” Lutheran Church of Kondopoga, Karelia (with participation of Bishop Ivan Laptev).
October 9 – Sixteen years since the dedication of St. Catherine’s Lutheran Church in Skvoritsy, Leningrad Oblast, after renovation.
October 14 – 34th ELCIR Synod.
October 14-15 – Training course for children & youth workers. Location: ELCIR Theological Institute.
October 17-29 – Class & exam period of extramural bachelor’s program students. Location: ELCIR Theological Institute.
October 30 – Churchwide collection of offerings for the ELCIR Theological Institute.
October 31 – Reformation Day.
October 31 (- November 11) – Initial Theological Course. Location: ELCIR Theological Institute.