On November 25, 2022, students from the ELCIR Theological Institute with its new rector Rev. Konstantin Subbotin visited the St. Petersburg Theological Academy of The Russian Orthodox Church. Yevgeni, a student in the Academy’s master’s degree program guided a 2-hour tour. The guests learned about the history of the Academy and various … [Read more...]
New chief ecclesiastics installed in Russia’s Lutheran church bodies
On Sunday November 6, 2022, Dean Vladimir Provorov was installed in the position of Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia (ELCR), and Dean Andrei Djamgarov was installed in the position of Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of European Russia (ELCER). The worship service with the installation ceremony took place at … [Read more...]
Christian clergymen and laity remember blessed departed in St. Petersburg cemetery
On November 2, 2022, there was a memorial worship service in Smolenskoye Lutheran Cemetery in St. Petersburg in remembrance of all who were laid to rest in this old necropolis. In Christian unity and prayer, Fr. Roman from the Russian Orthodox Church of the Smolenskaya Icon of the Mother of God and the ministers and laypeople from several Lutheran … [Read more...]
Young people get together for retreat in Pitkyaranta
In late September and early October 2022, the Lutheran Church of Pitkyaranta, Karelia, hosted a Christian youth retreat which also brought together youth from Hiidenselga and Läskelä in Karelia and from Larsmo, a Swedish-speaking community in Finland. Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev attends opening event as St. Petersburg Catholic seminary starts 30th academic year
On October 13, 2022, at the invitation of Roman Catholic Archbishop Paolo Pezzi, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev attended the opening ceremony of the 30th academic year of Mary the Queen of the Apostles Higher Theological Seminary of The Roman Catholic Church in St. Petersburg. Msgr. Sergei Timashov, seminary rector, opened the ceremony. A … [Read more...]
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