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...]
St. Petersburg Lutherans take part in conference on religious media and prevention of extremism
From September 27-29, 2022, Nevskaya Ratusha Business Center in St. Petersburg hosted a conference on religious journalism, an annual event organized by the Administration of the St. Petersburg Governor. This year’s topic was “Confessional Mass Media and Prevention of Religious Extremism.” The conference gathered government officials, university … [Read more...]
Church leaders, scholars, civil servants celebrate Luther Bible, discuss contemporary Bible scholarship
On September 22, 2022, the seminary of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia hosted a roundtable discussion entitled “Everything was Full of the Bible” in connection with the 500th anniversary of the publication of Luther’s “September Testament.” Pastor Anton Tikhomirov, rector of the Theological Seminary of The Evangelical Lutheran … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev reports on attending ILC conference in Kisumu, Kenya
September 15, 2022 Message from Bishop Ivan Laptev: African mission complete! 1. Reinstatement of the ELCIR as a voting member of the International Lutheran Council. 2. Presentation of The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Israel. (There, too, I was installed in the ministry of bishop.) 3. Election of a new ILC chairman. … [Read more...]
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