On October 13, 2023, the 35th Synod (Convention) of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia convened in St. Petersburg.Greetings came from Archbishop Tapio Luoma of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland; Bishop Tiit Salumäe of The Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church; Archbishop Vladimir Provorov of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia; Bishop Jaroslav Javorník of The Slovak Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Serbia; Daniel Nummela and Teijo Peltola, Folk Mission Evangelical Lutheran Association (Kansanlähetys), Finland; Jukka Kääriäinen and Tapio Pokka, Kylväjä Mission Society, Finland; Ville Auvinen, Lutheran Evangelical Association of Finland (SLEY), Finland; Antero Rasilainen, Evangelical Mission Society (ELY), Finland; Vladimir Ivanov, Dept. for Relations with Religious Associations, Administration of St. Petersburg; Auxiliary Bishop Nikolai Dubinin of the Mother of God Roman Catholic Archdiocese in Moscow; Pavel Khramov, consistory secretary, The Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church.
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