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...]
12th Regional Prayer Breakfast Held in St. Petersburg
The topic of the 12th Annual Regional Prayer Breakfast which took place at Emerald Grand Hotel in St. Petersburg on April 15 was “Time to Do Good.” The Prayer Breakfast is an annual prayer meeting that gathers representatives of centralized religious associations, government authorities, public associations, nonprofit social-cause … [Read more...]
Advisory Board of ELCIR and ELCF Meets Online
By Darya Shkurlyatyeva, ELCIR Press Service The Advisory Board of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria and The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland met online on April 16, 2021. The key item on the order of business was the prolongation of the cooperation agreement between the two church bodies. Both parties expressed their desire to … [Read more...]
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