On May 3, 2021, Moscow’s Sokolniki Arena of FC Spartak hosted an annual inter-faith soccer tournament as part of The Dialog of Religions event series, an initiative of the Russian Union of Christians of Evangelical Faith, sponsored by the Ethnic Policy and Interregional Relations Department of Moscow’s government. The soccer tournament of teams … [Read more...]
Lutheran Sunday School Kids Visit Orthodox Brethren, Ring Bells to Celebrate Easter
On May 2, 2021, Easter Sunday according to the Julian calendar, Sunday school students from Kem Lutheran Church of Rabocheostrovsk, Karelia, together with Senior Pastor Vladimir Yakushov visited the metochion (parish representation) of the Solovetsky Monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church. “To suddenly ring all the bells, waking the monks … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev and Archbishop Luoma Meet Online
On April 26, 2021, Bishop Ivan Laptev of The Church of Ingria and Archbishop Tapio Luoma of The Church of Finland met online. The church leaders discussed various matters of church life and cooperation of the two church bodies, the situation at the ELCIR Theological Institute, and some of the logistical particulars of signing the cooperation … [Read more...]
Congregations in Finland and Russia Meet Online
How do sister congregations communicate during the pandemic? The Lutheran Congregation of Kangasniemi, Finland, has a group called “Friends of Koltushi and Harlu” (Koltushi and Harlu are ELCIR Lutheran congregations in Russia). On Saturday, April 17, 2021, they held a live-streamed meeting where brothers and sisters in Christ on both sides of … [Read more...]
Russian Scholar and Religion Expert Lunkin Impressed by Prayer Breakfast in St. Petersburg
One of the leading Russian religion experts Roman Lunkin, Dr. of Political Science, Head of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences, shares his impressions of the 12th Prayer Breakfast on his Facebook page: “There hadn’t been such a well-represented meeting of Christian leaders for a long time. There … [Read more...]
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