By Bishop Ivan Laptev The premises of St. John the Baptist Congregation at Bolshaya Konyushennaya 4-6-8, St. Petersburg, are under renovation. This will be the permanent working space of the secretary and human resources manager, the accountants, the lawyer, the property manager, the Central Office manager, and – on a co-working basis – the … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev, Deans Give Update on Situation in Regions
On May 13, 2020, Rt. Rev. Ivan Laptev, Bishop of The Church of Ingria, and Rev. Deans Pavel Krylov (West Ingrian Deanery), Aleksei Kronholm (Karelian Deanery), Valeri Antipov (Moscow Deanery), Ivan Hutter (St. Petersburg Deanery), Konstantin Subbotin (Uralic Deanery) held an online conference in VK group Sluzhiteli Tserkvi Ingrii ("Ministers of The … [Read more...]
Meet Andrei Bratchenko!
Original post in Russian on VK Since February 2020, I’ve been working in the ELCIR Central Office as the head of the project support department or, simply said, fundraising department. Our department is a new subdivision that was launched this year and it pursues the ambitious goal of raising money for our congregations. So far, we’ve been doing … [Read more...]
ELCIR Bishop Receives Visitors Online
The bishop's online reception As the ELCIR Central Office is working remotely, we continue to receive visitors online. The bishop is available for online conversation every Wednesday. Choose one of the time options on a Wednesday and sign up for a conversation with the bishop. Times: 13:00; 13:30; 14:00; 14:30; 15:00; 15:30; 16:00; 16:30; 17:00; … [Read more...]
ELCIR Central Office Launches vk.com Group
We invite clergymen, lay congregants, and everyone who wants to be in touch with the departments of The Church of Ingria to the group of the Central Office at https://vk.com/bishopsoffice. Bishop Ivan Laptev speaks about the new group in a video (only in Russian). Thank you Kristina Gainova for the video! In the Lutherans of Russia – The Church of … [Read more...]