On June 13, 2023, Senior Pastor Mikhail Ivanov of St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral in St. Petersburg represented the ELCIR at the conference “Confessional Media and Prevention of Religious Extremism. Coverage of Socially Significant Information: Pro et Contra.”

 

The conference at Journalists’ House, a journalist community center in St. Petersburg, gathered journalists from confessional mass media, PR workers from religious organizations in St. Petersburg, and government officials.