Aleksandr Smirnov, head of the ELCIR Diaconal Department, solicits support for Trilistnik ("Trefoil") Project assisting struggling mothers and children: Take a child under wing! Dear Friends, We need your support! At our assistance center in St. Petersburg for mothers in crisis we have 11 children in residence and 4 in follow-up. … [Read more...]
Religious education organizations sign cooperation agreement
The Council for Protestant Education and the Scientific-Educational Theological Association (NOTA) have signed a cooperation agreement. ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev is on the Council’s board. Click here to read our earlier post about this. Photo credit: Institute of Religion and Policy … [Read more...]
Live or recorded streams on Sunday, December 5, 2021
Advent II 10:00 Worship service at the Congregation of Kalevala: https://vk.com/marian_kirkko_kalevala 10:00 Worship service in Finnish and Russian at the Congregation of Koltushi: https://www.facebook.com/parish.koltushi/ 10:20 Sermon at Velmema Lutheran Congregation of Saransk: https://vk.com/lutersaransk 10:30 Worship service in … [Read more...]
Bishop Elect Salomäki returns Bishop Laptev’s greetings
On November 23, Bishop Ivan Laptev of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria sent greetings to Bishop Elect Matti Salomäki who was elected Bishop of the Diocese of Lapua of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. Bishop Salomäki has replied: “A warm thank you for your kind greetings and congratulations! “I hope we can continue to … [Read more...]
Church leaders meet with Governor’s liaison
On December, 2021, leaders and representatives of St. Petersburg’s traditional Christian denominations met with Vladimir Ivanov, chief of the Department for Relations with Religious Associations of St. Petersburg Governor’s Administration. They discussed current and future work together in 2022. Bishop Laptev represented The Church of … [Read more...]
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