On October 23, 2022, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev visited the Lutheran Church of Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast. A Vyborg newspaper took his interview (click here to read his full interview in Russian). Quote: “For me, the Church is living people with their joys and problems, it’s specific ministers and parishioners who need support and whose lives I want to be involved with. I believe that communication among our congregations is key to strengthening the unity of the Church as it contributes to mutual enrichment and enables us to use our different gifts to serve one another.”Bishop Laptev visits Vyborg
On October 23, 2022, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev visited the Lutheran Church of Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast. A Vyborg newspaper took his interview (click here to read his full interview in Russian). Quote: “For me, the Church is living people with their joys and problems, it’s specific ministers and parishioners who need support and whose lives I want to be involved with. I believe that communication among our congregations is key to strengthening the unity of the Church as it contributes to mutual enrichment and enables us to use our different gifts to serve one another.”