On February 20, 2020, at 11:00, St. Mary’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg will host a special Synod (Convention) of The Church of Ingria. The agenda includes making changes to the Charter of the Theological Institute and making decisions on admission of new congregations to the Church. Original news post at vk.com … [Read more...]
Year’s First Confirmation at St. Michael’s
The Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord, February 2, 2020, saw the new year’s first confirmation at St. Michael's Lutheran Church in St. Petersburg. The sister in Christ Viktoria publicly confirmed her faith during the rite. Viktoria is a music teacher. Since last year, she has been attending worship at St. Michael’s. Here, under the guidance of … [Read more...]
Short History of New ELCIR Congregation in Novorossiysk
The Lutheran church building in Novorossiysk was built in 1902 with the funds of the Evangelical Lutheran congregation on the land gifted to that congregation by General Leonid Adamovich (1832—1911), a hero of the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). The church was closed down from 1924 to the early 1990’s. A religious group was established in 1989. The … [Read more...]
New Congregation Joins The Church of Ingria
Praise the Lord as a new congregation of Lutheran Christians has joined The Church of Ingria! The photo shows the official protocol of the meeting of the ELCIR Synodal Council on January 30, 2020 presided over by Bishop Laptev, which states that the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in Novorossiysk has been incorporated into The Evangelical … [Read more...]
New Church Members Baptized and Confirmed at St. Anne’s Lutheran in St. Petersburg
We wish God’s richest blessings upon those who were baptized and confirmed on the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord, February 2, at St. Anne’s Lutheran Church in St. Petersburg (a. k. a. Annenkirche) whose interior was badly damaged by a fire in 2002 and is still in need of renovation. The congregation makes every festive worship service unique … [Read more...]