On September 29, 2023, a team from St. Anne’s Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg, a.k.a. Annenkirche, including the church’s pastor Rev. Raskatov visited the St. Petersburg Theological Academy of The Russian Orthodox Church. The hosts took the guests on a tour of church buildings and a church archeology museum, told them about the history … [Read more...]
Uralic Deanery youth meet in Saransk
On September 29 and 30, 2023, Velmema Lutheran Church of Saransk, Mordovia, hosted the annual youth meeting of the ELCIR Uralic Deanery. The topic of the two days was “The Church and Society: Social Work, Evangelism, Knowledge Outreach.” On the first day, the young people visited the Saransk-based Humanitarian Aid Center for … [Read more...]
Cheboksary Lutherans present charity project at Christian youth forum
On September 20, 2023, members of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Cheboksary, Chuvashia, attended the 2nd Christian Youth Forum. They presented their charity cluster project called Dobraya pochva (“The Good Ground”) and took forum participants on an excursion to the cluster and the Lutheran chapel. The founder of the cluster Rev. Konstantin Subbotin … [Read more...]
Cooperation between ELCR and ELCIR becomes stronger
From September 20-22, 2023, the General Synod of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia convened in St. Petersburg. Attending the opening of the synod, Bishop Ivan Laptev of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia extended his greetings. On September 22, the synod members visited St. Anne’s Lutheran Church of the ELCIR in St. … [Read more...]
ELCIR Lutherans join fellow-Christians to read Scripture out loud together
On September 16, 2023, Blagaya Vest Prayer House of evangelical Christians in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, hosted an interdenominational event—Reading the Bible Out Loud Together. Ministers from seven Christian churches took turns reading the Epistle of St. James and the three Epistles of St. John. After reading Scripture, everyone prayed the Lord’s … [Read more...]
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