From June 17-21, 2022, Senior Pastor Andrei Antonov and members of the Lutheran Church of Sortavala, Karelia, Russia, visited their sister church in Virrat, Finland. A special focus of this trip was our compatriots who live in Virrat. Thanks to the active efforts of Timo Wenell, a friend of the Ingrian congregation, the divine service was … [Read more...]
ELCIR Cantors’ Guild pulls off its first project
The ELCIR Cantors’ Choir directed by Marina Väisä debuted at Tyrö Lutheran Church in Lomonosov, St. Petersburg urban area, on June 18, 2022 as part of the festival “The Music of St. Petersburg’s Temples.” At the moment, the choir has 7 members: Irina Sorokina (Kingisepp), Darya Shkurlyatyeva (Vyborg), Anna Sokolova-Kalinina (St. Mary’s Cathedral, … [Read more...]
Yukki Lutheran church hosts children’s retreat
From June 16-19, 2022, the Lutheran Church of Yukki, Leningrad Oblast, held a children’s retreat entitled “I Go Where You Go.” The kids read God’s Word, showed skits, and received gifts. The 4 days’ program concluded with a joyful worship service! Many thanks to the congregation in Yukki for their hospitality and support and specifically to each … [Read more...]
Confirmation and baptism at St. Anne
Praise God for Aleksandra who was confirmed and Arina who was baptized during the divine service at St. Anne’s Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg on Sunday June 19, 2002! Every time such an event is a great joy for the church! St. Anne’s congregation continues to teach an offline Basics of Christian Faith course on the 2nd floor of their church … [Read more...]
Lutherans and Catholics commemorate Soviet-era Baltic deportees
On June 18, 2022, Rev. Fyodor Tulynin, pastor of St. John’s Estonian Congregation of the ELCIR in St. Petersburg joined Rev. Anton Tikhomirov, DTh, deputy archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia and rector of its Theological Seminary, and Fr. Konstantin Perederiy, parish priest and rector of the Roman Catholic Theological Seminary … [Read more...]