Rt. Rev. Ivan Laptev, ELCIR Bishop; Rev. Mikhail Ivanov, ELCIR chief secretary; and Rev. Vyacheslav Ostanin, senior pastor of the Lutheran Church in Novosibirsk attended the 27th World Conference of The International Lutheran Council, which was held in Kisumu, Kenya from September 13-16, 2022. The topic of the conference was “Liturgy & Culture. … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev attends retreat at the World Council of Churches center in Geneva, Switzerland, and in Wittenberg, Germany
In early September 2022, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev attended the Retreat of Newly-Elected Leaders (RoNEL) at the Ecumenical Center of the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland. Sixteen bishops and presidents of Evangelical Lutheran churches from around the world met each other, shared about their ministry experience, discussed theological … [Read more...]
Rev. Pamyatnykh guest preacher at Messianic Jewish congregation
In early September 2022, Senior Pastor Timur Pamyatnykh of Christ the Savior Lutheran Church in Novosibirsk was invited to preach at a congregation of Messianic Jews. Glory be to God for interconfessional contacts! Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev co-officiates at divine service in Lahti
On August 28, 2022, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev co-officiated at the divine service at Luther Church in Lahti, Finland. Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
St. Petersburg Lutherans and Roman Catholics join together at Levashovo to commemorate victims of political repression
On August 28, 2022, members of St. Michael's Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg (The Church of Ingria) visited Levashovo Memorial Cemetery. Levashovo Memorial Cemetery commemorates the victims of Soviet political repression between 1937 and 1954 who were executed there or died in the city's prisons and were buried in unmarked graves at … [Read more...]
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