On January 24, 2020, Rev. Valeri Antipov, the senior pastor of St. Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in Rzhev and the Dean of the ELCIR Moscow Deanery, met with Soznaniye ("Consciousness"), a discussion club that meets at Rzhev's community center. The topic of the discussion was The 10 Commandments in the Modern World. Rev. Antipov shared … [Read more...]
Prayer for Christian Unity
On Thursday, January 23, 2020, the annual prayer for the unity of Christians was offered to God at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church in St. Petersburg. Clergymen and laypeople from the Russian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Armenian Catholic, and Lutheran Churches (The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia and The Evangelical Lutheran … [Read more...]
Local Gov’t Awards Lutheran in Kondopoga
On January 17, 2020, senior officials of the Ministry for Ethnic and Regional Policy of the Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, held a meeting with public in Kondopoga. The Deputy Minister awarded letters of commendation and gratitude to community activists in the Kondopoga Municipal District including Christian lay and ordained servants such … [Read more...]
New baptism in Vyborg
On January 19, 2020, a new sister in Christ, Valentina, was received into the fellowship of the Church through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism at Sts. Peter and Paul Congregation in Vyborg. As we rejoice and wish God's blessings upon our new sister in Christ, we pray for her strength and courage to serve God and her neighbor. The Sacrament was … [Read more...]
Holy Cross Society puts out 200 prayer books
The Holy Cross Society in collaboration with St. Mary’s Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in St. Petersburg (ELCIR) has published and printed 200 prayer books for the 4 old people’s homes of The Church of Ingria. Plans are made to gather the homes’ inmates in small prayer groups. Pastors Vladimir Bitkin and Yevgeni Mikhailov are planning to visit … [Read more...]