On Saturday February 4, 2023, the diaconal ministry team of St. Mary’s Lutheran Church from St. Petersburg visited the Mercy House in Taytsy, Leningrad Oblast, a nursing home of the Church of Ingria. Together with the senior residents of the house, they sang, prayed, discussed the Scriptures and partook of the Eucharist. They gave the elderly … [Read more...]
Holy Sophia in Gelendzhik receives legal status
On January 28, 2023, the Holy Sophia Congregation in Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai, received the legal status of religious group. Thanks be to God! We wish the young church to continue to grow in faith! Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
New catechist installed in Koltushi
On January 29, 2023, the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus, Nikita Lahtinen, 1st-year bachelor’s student at the ELCIR Theological Institute, was installed as a catechist at the Lutheran Church of Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast. The blessing ceremony was officiated by Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi. Photo credits: Inna Lahtinen, Vladislav … [Read more...]
St. Mary’s Church to hold a gala, wishing a Happy 70th Birthday to Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi!
On Saturday, February 18, 2023, at 1 pm Moscow time, St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral located at 8 Bolshaya Konyushennaya Street, St. Petersburg will hold a gala celebration of the 70th birth anniversary of Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi! Everybody is welcome! The celebration will be webcast live via St. Mary’s YouTube channel. All … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev attends ceremony commemorating the 1944 lifting of the Leningrad Siege
On January 27, 2023, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev attended the ceremony in Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery in St. Petersburg commemorating the 79th anniversary of the Liberation of Leningrad in 1944 from the Nazi Siege during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
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