St. Petersburg musician Artur Soitu is known to Lutheran congregations in Karelia and Murmansk not only as a singer-songwriter, but also as a Christian who shares God’s Word and the message of salvation.

 

The indigenous-language broadcast office of GTRK Karelia has started a new series of music programs where Artur performs Christian songs and tells about faith in God. Shot in Finnish and subtitled in Russian, the show premiered on November 22, 2022.

 

GTRK Karelia is a regional channel of VGTRK, a state-owned broadcaster which operates many television and radio channels in 53 of Russia’s languages.