A short time ago, on International Translation Day, we shared how The Church of Ingria is multilingual and works in at least 12 languages. It’s important that each ethnic group can hear God’s Word in their own language! Rt. Rev. Tiit Salumäe, Bishop of the Western and Northern Regions of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia, a longtime … [Read more...]
Sunday School Takes Boat Ride to Solovki
Sunday school students and their parents from the Lutheran Congregation of Kem, Karelia, visited Bolshoy Zayatsky Island of Solovetsky Archipelago in the White Sea. The boat trip was kindly offered by Fr. Simeon from the Russian Orthodox Church who is a skipper, the superior of two Orthodox monasteries (one of which is on that island) and a friend … [Read more...]
Rev. Hutter and Koltushi Church Members Visit Congregations in St. Petersburg Region and Karelia
On September 25-26, 2020, Pastor Ivan Hutter and members of the Congregation in Koltushi visited ELCIR congregations located on the Karelian Isthmus and near Sortavala, Karelia. All the people who were on that trip deeply appreciate the hospitality of catechist Vyacheslav Merzlyakov, Lembolovo Congregation in Steklyanny; Pastor Viktor and … [Read more...]
ELCIR Officials Attend Farewell Reception for Consul General Lammila
Consul General of Finland in St. Petersburg Anne Lammila has completed her diplomatic mission in St. Petersburg. On this occasion, there was a reception at the Consulate General of Finland on September 24, 2020, where ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev, Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi, ELCIR Chief Secretary Mikhail Ivanov, and St. Mary’s Church Administrative … [Read more...]
Toksovo Church Members Visit in Karelia
This past weekend, a small group of church members from Toksovo, Leningrad Oblast, visited the Congregation in Vidlitsa, Karelia. The group went mushrooming and berry-picking in a forest, read the Bible, prayed together, and enjoyed a sauna. On Sunday, September 13, they attended the divine service in Olonets and on the way back they stopped to … [Read more...]
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