On January 22, 2022, students from the School of Christian Faith at St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral in St. Petersburg took an excursion to Sts. Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Church at Herzen University. Cordial thanks to Fr. Dmitri for the interesting tour and engaging talk! After the excursion, the group returned to St. Mary where they continued … [Read more...]
Christians meet at St. Mary’s Church to pray for Christian unity
In the evening of January 20, 2022, St. Mary's Lutheran Cathedral in St. Petersburg hosted a Prayer for Christian Unity. Leading the Prayer: ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev; Auxiliary Bishop Nikolai Dubinin of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of the Mother of God in Moscow; Bishop Viktor Sipko of the Evangelical Christian Baptist Churches in Leningrad … [Read more...]
Highlights of St. Petersburg Deanery meeting
Below are some of the highlights of the ELCIR St. Petersburg Deanery meeting held at the ELCIR Theological Institute, Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, on January 18, 2022. • Bishop Laptev introduced a new coworker of the ELCIR Headquarters in St. Petersburg—Bishop’s Secretary Yelena Novichkova, 33, who was born in St. Petersburg, but now lives in … [Read more...]
Youth retreat participants share impressions
Some of the feedback about the Storm Warning Youth Retreat, Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, January 3-6, 2022 Vera, confirmand, Vologda: “I was really impressed and inspired by the winter retreat. I made many new friends there. The fellowship brought me to think about things I hadn’t thought about at all before. I’m planning to be confirmed, but I … [Read more...]
Youth cluster in Saransk prays for Christian unity
On January 19, 2022, the youth cluster of Velmema Lutheran Church in Saransk, Mordovia, conducted a Taizé prayer service, thus joining in on the worldwide Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Many thanks to music minister Anya Vakher from St. Petersburg for helping organize and conduct the service! Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
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