Deacon Aleksandr Protasov (Lutheran Church in Irkutsk, 4th year, intramural): “Pastoral Care for People with Chemical Addictions.” Research advisor: Bishop Ivan Laptev, MTh.

 

Olga Sosnina (Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Moscow, 2nd year, extramural): “The History of Israel in the Egyptian Sources of the New Kingdom Period and the Third Transition Period.” Research advisor: Deacon Aleksei Kargaltsev, MTh, Cand. Sc. (History).

 

Catechist Maksim Zuyev (Lutheran Church in Kursk, 2nd year, extramural): “Demon-Possession and the Casting Out of Demons in the Holy Scriptures.” Research advisor: Pastor Mikhail Ivanov, MTh.

 

Andrei Ignatov (St. John’s Estonian ELCIR Church (Jaani Kirik) in St. Petersburg, 2nd year, extramural): “The Liturgy of the Estonian Lutheran Church as Part of the German-Baltic Liturgical Tradition.” Research advisor: Pastor Fyodor Tulynin.

 

Viktor Buryanov (St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral in St. Petersburg, 2nd year, extramural): “Traditional Lutheran Anthropology.” Research advisor: Sergei Isayev, MTh, Cand. Sc. (History).

 

Catechist Ivan Ryasik (Lutheran Church in Kirov, 2nd year, extramural): “An Analysis of Martin Luther’s Catechism: History of Its Writing, Structure, and Theological Value.” Research advisor: Deacon Aleksei Kargaltsev, MTh, Cand. Sc. (History).

 

Catechist Mark Kirschstein (Tyrö Lutheran Church in Lomonosov, 3rd year, extramural): “A Comparative Analysis of the Principles and Methods of Mission Work: Based on the Material of Liberal and Confessional Lutheran Churches.” Research advisor: Pastor Leif Camp.

 

Deacon Andrei Polyakov (Hietamäki Lutheran Church in Innolovo, 3rd year, extramural): “The Liturgical Works of J. S. Bach.” Research advisor: Darya Shkurlyatyeva.

 

Maria Kim (St. Petersburg, 3rd year, extramural): “A Review of Luther’s Prefaces to the Books of the New Testament.” Research advisor: Pastor Dmitri Rozet, MTh.

 

Photos by Veronika Pogasiy