On June 13, 2022, the Lutheran Church of Skvoritsy, Leningrad Oblast, held the annual music festival “Sing to God a Hymn of Gladness.” This year, the locations from which musicians came to the festival were Gatchina, Pushkin, Skvoritsy, Yukki, and St. Petersburg. By now, this celebration of music and prayer has become a good tradition in the ELCIR … [Read more...]
St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral hosts White Nights festival
On June 10-11, 2022, St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral of St. Petersburg hosted the White Nights 2022 youth festival. The young people meditated on passages from the Book of Revelation, sang and proclaimed Jesus Christ, fellowshipped and prayed. At night, they played an adventure game (a "quest") in the city, involving 5 teams. And in conclusion, … [Read more...]
Skvoritsy Lutheran Church holds organ recital, renews folk museum
On June 6, 2022, the Lutheran Church of Skvoritsy, Leningrad Oblast, held an organ recital. Following the recital, the church members and guests of the church including the administration head of Pudostskoye Rural Settlement exchanged impressions during a coffee & Karelian pasties reception in the church and saw the renewed display of the … [Read more...]
Young Velmema church members reach out with Gospel in song
During the Long Night of Museums on May 21, 2022, Yekaterina Wilhelm and Ivan Potyanov, members of Velmema Lutheran Church in Saransk, Mordovia, held a lecture recital at the Erzia Museum of Visual Arts in Saransk. Before each of the songs they performed, they talked about the Heavenly Jerusalem, the imagery of the evangelists, the apostolic … [Read more...]
Vyborg Lutheran Church performs historical song and Lutheran chorales during Long Night of Museums
The theme of the Long Night of Museums at the Lutheran Church of Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, on May 21, 2022 was Czar Peter the Great (1672—1725), an older contemporary of J. S. Bach (1685-1750). “It is known that sometimes Peter visited Lutheran churches on worship days and even sang spiritual songs there,” — Olga Kurilo, Lyuterane v Rossii, XVI-XX … [Read more...]
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