From August 21-27, 2023, the ELCIR Theological Institute in Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, held the 4th and final class & exam period of the Cantor Course. Fifteen students attended class and took exams, making it the biggest class of church musicians in the Institute’s history. The course’s main topics were the musical setting of the … [Read more...]
ELCIR musicians go on their first musical expedition to Northern Deanery
From August 3-8, 2023, a group of ELCIR musicians from Vyborg, Petrozavodsk, Rzhev, and St. Petersburg, traveled to the ELCIR congregations in Kalevala and Segezha, Karelia, starting off from, and coming back to, Petrozavodsk, the capital of Karelia. The musical expedition was undertaken in connection with the First Summer Festival of Sacred Music … [Read more...]
Mikael Agricola Choir and other Ingrian musicians perform at biker festival in Vyborg
What do bikers and church musicians have in common? A love of travel! On July 20, 2023, the Singers’ Field in Vyborg (an outdoor venue for song and music concerts) hosted a Concert of Religious Choirs as part of the 3rd motorcycling festival “The Baltic Rally.” Ten ensembles from St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast went on this musical pilgrimage. … [Read more...]
Christian churches in Russia celebrate family, love and faithfulness
On July 8, 2023, Day of Family, Love and Faithfulness in Russia, St. George’s Lutheran Church of Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, held a second interdenominational festival. Organizers: The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria, The Roman Catholic Diocese of the Mother of God, The North-West Association of the Russian Church of Evangelical Faith … [Read more...]
ELCIR holds Lutheran Hymn Festival
On July 2, 2023, St. John’s Estonian Church of the ELCIR in St. Petersburg (a.k.a. Jaanikirik) hosted a Lutheran Hymn Festival which gathered 57 participating musicians. Acknowledgments: Darya Shkurlyatyeva for the overall coordination ELCIR Liturgical Commission Senior Pastor Konstantin Subbotin of Jaanikirik for the valuable … [Read more...]
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