On Saturday, December 12, 2020, the church in Sortavala, Karelia, celebrated Pikkujoulu, “Little Christmas.” It’s a Finnish traditional party held to anticipate Christmas among colleagues, fellow-students, coworkers, and friends. Together, we sang a thanksgiving hymn and then ate the tastiest riisipuuro (a type of rice pudding) with kissel and … [Read more...]
ELCIR Diaconal Dept. Receives Ca. ₽500,000 to Aid Clergy and Lay Members
By Aleksandr Smirnov, head of the ELCIR Diaconal Department We are happy to report that in this difficult pandemic period the ELCIR Diaconal Department has received around half a million rubles from supporters of our ministry for the aid project to provide our pastors and church members with medicines and food. As we do social work in the … [Read more...]
New Confirmation in St. Petersburg
On the 3rd Sunday in Advent, the Lord added another wonderful sister in Christ to the close-knit family of St. Michael’s Church in St. Petersburg. Olga Mikhosenko had been coming to worship services for a long time, finding her spiritual home in this congregation, and finally made the decision to be confirmed. Each of those in attendance of the … [Read more...]
Live or recorded webcasts on Sunday, December 13, 2020
3rd SUNDAY IN ADVENT 3:00 Morning Bible reading and prayer in the VK group of The ELCIR: https://vk.com/infoinkeri 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: … [Read more...]
St. Petersburg Firm to Plan Reuse of Primorsk Lutheran Church
The authors of the redevelopment of Skorokhod Shoe Factory in St. Petersburg as a housing loft will work on the Lutheran church in Primorsk. It is known now who will design a plan to convert the Lutheran church in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast into a concert & exhibition center. As it became known to 47news, on December 4, … [Read more...]
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