On October 29, 2022, the Lutheran Church of Murmansk held a German Culture Evening in connection with Day of Reformation. In his greeting and introductory comments, Rev. Aleksandr Volchok, senior pastor of Holy Cross Lutheran Church, said, “This event tonight is meant to help foster a tolerant attitude to people even if they have a different … [Read more...]
Darya Shkurlyatyeva explains Lutheran church organ, introduces Ingrian music instruments to university students
On October 23, 2022, students from the Department of Media Technologies of the State University of Film and Television, St. Petersburg, traveled on an ethnographic TV expedition to Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast. As they toured the city, the highlight of their trip was a meeting with Darya Shkurlyatyeva, a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church of … [Read more...]
ELCIR servants bring Word and Sacrament to nursing home residents
As The Church of Ingria continues to give spiritual care to its nursing homes called mercy houses, on August 23, 2022, Rev. Arvo Survo and the band Elo-Sooni visited the mercy house in Kikerino, Leningrad Oblast, and performed the Taiga Mass (or “Korpimessu” in Finnish), composed by Pastor Survo and based on songs in the style of the Kalevala, the … [Read more...]
Night festival in St. Petersburg
The Church of Ingria held a night prayer, fellowship and Bible study festival in St. Petersburg—Tyomniye Nochi 2022. On August 19, there was an evening praise and prayer meeting at St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral involving the congregation’s music band. This was followed by a Bible study reflecting on ways to be in constant anticipation of the second … [Read more...]
Christians in Petrozavodsk read Scripture out loud together
Members of Christian churches in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, gathered at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church on August 13, 2022, to read Matthew 1-28 out loud together during three hours! The readers alternated their reading with singing Christian songs. Together, the attendees sang the Russian version of Amazing Grace. Many thanks to all the readers, … [Read more...]
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