On Saturday, February 1, 2020, students from the School of the Christian Faith and Rev. Mikhail Ivanov, senior pastor of St. Mary's Lutheran in St. Petersburg, visited Sts. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church on the campus of the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia. Fr. Dmitri, the congregational priest, led his guests on an interesting tour, … [Read more...]
Book about Antero Paananen Presented in Finland
On January 19, 2020, in Jäppilä near Pieksämäki, Finland, journalist Aki Hietala held a presentation of his book, Sortavalasta Sortavalaan (“From Sortavala to Sortavala”) telling about the life and ministry of Rev. Antero Paananen in Sortavala, Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation. The attendance included church members from the Church of Ingria … [Read more...]
FLM Conference in Ryttylä
From January 24-26, 2020, the Finnish Lutheran Mission (Kansanlähetys) based in Ryttylä, Finland, held a mission conference for ordained and lay ministers from international churches. Attending the conference, ELCIR Bishop Arri Kugappi and ELCIR Bishop Elect Ivan Laptev met with clergymen from the Istanbul Lutheran Church, Turkey, and the Ethiopian … [Read more...]
Prayer for Christian Unity in Simferopol
On January 25, 2020, the German Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in Simferopol on the Crimean Peninsula held an interdenominational prayer service for Christian unity. Rev. Aleksei Shepelyov represented The Church of Ingria. Original news post in Russian at vk.com … [Read more...]
Prayer for Christian Unity
On Thursday, January 23, 2020, the annual prayer for the unity of Christians was offered to God at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church in St. Petersburg. Clergymen and laypeople from the Russian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Armenian Catholic, and Lutheran Churches (The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia and The Evangelical Lutheran … [Read more...]