On April 22, 2021, Bishop of the Church of Ingria Ivan Laptev was a guest of honor of the 75th session of the Leningrad Oblast Legislative Assembly where Governor of Leningrad Oblast Aleksandr Drozdenko presented a report on the work of the Leningrad Oblast Government in 2020. In his report, the Governor thanked nonprofit organizations for their … [Read more...]
Congregations in Finland and Russia Meet Online
How do sister congregations communicate during the pandemic? The Lutheran Congregation of Kangasniemi, Finland, has a group called “Friends of Koltushi and Harlu” (Koltushi and Harlu are ELCIR Lutheran congregations in Russia). On Saturday, April 17, 2021, they held a live-streamed meeting where brothers and sisters in Christ on both sides of … [Read more...]
Russian Scholar and Religion Expert Lunkin Impressed by Prayer Breakfast in St. Petersburg
One of the leading Russian religion experts Roman Lunkin, Dr. of Political Science, Head of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences, shares his impressions of the 12th Prayer Breakfast on his Facebook page: “There hadn’t been such a well-represented meeting of Christian leaders for a long time. There … [Read more...]
Dean Subbotin Lectures in Zheleznogorsk
On April 18, 2021, Rev. Konstantin Subbotin, Dean of the ELCIR Uralic Deanery, presented a lecture, “Reformation History. Dedicated to the 500th Anniversary of the Diet of Worms” in the conference hall of Premier Hotel Complex in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk Oblast. The lecture was attended by local residents and guests from Kursk and Shchigry, Kursk … [Read more...]
Update on TICI
Update on the situation with the Theological Institute of The Church of Ingria (TICI) On April 6, 2021, the court ruled to annul TICI’s license to provide education in curricula for ministers and religious personnel of religious organizations. The Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science (Rosobrnadzor) proposed that TICI go … [Read more...]
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