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...]
Summer choir festival at Skvoritsy
June 12, 2023 saw the annual summer festival “Hymns of Holy Joy” (a line from the Russian version of “Alleluia, Sing to Jesus”) at Skvoritsy Lutheran Church in Petrovo, Gatchinsky District, Leningrad Oblast. Rev. Pavel Krylov, Skvoritsy senior pastor and West Ingrian region dean, compèred the concert. Matvei Nazarov, organist of the Lutheran Church … [Read more...]
Harilastiftelsen Håp and Vyborg Lutheran Church celebrate partnership
On June 6, 2023, a group of Norwegian Christians led by evangelist Steinar Harila, the founder of the charitable foundation Harilastiftelsen Håp (formerly, Hjelp til Russland) visited Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church in Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast. Harilastiftelsen Håp provides assistance to disadvantaged people in the Vyborg/St. … [Read more...]
ELCIR Easter Music Festival held in St. Petersburg
On April 15, 2023, St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral in St. Petersburg hosted the ELCIR Easter Music Festival. Participating choirs came from the ELCIR churches in Koltushi (directed by Maria Skipper), Caritas Choir from St. Mary’s Lutheran (directed by Ludmila Shmidrina), Toksovo (directed by Yana Trombinskaya), Gatchina (directed by … [Read more...]
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