One of the recent teaching activities at the ELCIR Theological Institute in Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, was Module 1 of the ELCIR Diaconal Course on March 2, 2024. It gathered students from the ELCIR congregations in Kanneljärvi, Koltushi, Olonets, Steklyanny, and the churches of St. Mary and St. Anne in St. Petersburg. Rev. Ivan Hutter, … [Read more...]
Darya Shkurlyatyeva gives a talk on Luther’s German Mass
On March 1, 2024, ELCIR member Darya Shkurlyatyeva participated in an international researchers’ conference entitled “Medieval Liturgical Monody and Its Historical Perspectives.” Darya gave a paper titled “The German Mass of Martin Luther: Interpretation of Medieval Monody in the Liturgical Practice of Modern Russian Lutheran Congregations. … [Read more...]
New senior pastor installed for Ulan-Ude Lutheran Church
On March 1, 2024, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev installed Rev. Aleksandr Dyshenov as the new senior pastor of Grace of Christ Lutheran Church in Ulan-Ude, Buryatia. Bishop Laptev said a homily based on 1 Tim. 6:10-12. During the blessing ceremony, he was assisted by the church’s former senior pastor Rev. Nikiforov and Deacon Urmayev. Church … [Read more...]
Rev. Volchok speaks to university students
On February 26, 2024, Murmansk Arctic University hosted the first meeting of ministers from The Russian Orthodox Church and The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia with the university’s students. The meeting is part of the ongoing collaboration of traditional religions in Russia. The ELCIR was represented by Pastor Aleksandr … [Read more...]
Child baptized in Voronezh
On February 25, 2024, Pastor Aleksei Schastlivy from Borisoglebsk administered the Sacrament of Holy Baptism to the child Emilian at the Lutheran Church of Voronezh. The family of the child’s father, Pierre Sanguero, belonged to a Protestant church in the Central African Republic. Pierre would like his children to follow Christ in a Protestant … [Read more...]
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