Anna Pomogayet Charity Cluster has won the Future of St. Petersburg–2024 award in the Charity Project of the Year category. Anna Pomogayet was established by St. Anne’s Lutheran church members in St. Petersburg in 2018. It operates a coffeehouse, a crisis aid center, and workshops where orphanage alumni can get new professional skills. The … [Read more...]
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity was celebrated internationally from January 18-25, 2024. The prayer week is annually coordinated by the World Council of Churches, with participation by its member Churches. Russia has participated in the week’s prayers since the 1990’s. On January 20, St. Nicholas’ Lutheran Church of Gatchina, … [Read more...]
Church choirs co-perform in St. Petersburg
On January 13, 2024, Mikael Agricola Choir directed by Darya Shkurlyatyeva from the Lutheran Church of Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, traveled to St. Petersburg. Together with the choir and bell ensemble of St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, they closed the season of Christmas song. The program included Christmas songs, instrumental versions of … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev shares the Gospel as churches receive excursioners
In the new year, St. John the Baptist Lutheran Church in Gubanitsy, St. Nicholas’ Lutheran Church in Gatchina, and St. Nicholas’ Roman Catholic Church in Luga, all in the St. Petersburg region, welcomed guests who visited them on a series of excursions entitled “Christmas as in the Movies” with presentations by ELCIR Bishop Ivan … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev attends Christmas service and reception with other Christian leaders and gov’t officials
On January 7, 2024, Christmas Day in the Julian calendar, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev attended Great Vespers at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, part of St. Alexander Nevsky Monastery in St. Petersburg. The invitation had been extended by Metropolitan Barsanuphius of St. Petersburg and Ladoga. Other worshipers included the … [Read more...]
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