"I wish you and your church members a Happy New Year in 2023 and a Merry Christmas! "In these joyous days, special attention is given to the main Christian and general human values—care for our neighbor, compassion and patience, love and mutual understanding. "The Feast of the Nativity of Christ brings every person joyful hopes, … [Read more...]
New Year greetings of ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev
Beloved Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, With all my heart I wish you a blessed new year in 2023 A.D.! As He calls us to be confident in God’s mercy, the Lord makes us a promise, “Won’t God protect his chosen ones who pray to him day and night? Won’t he be concerned for them? He will surely hurry and help them. But when the Son … [Read more...]
Christmas and New Year greetings of Governor of Leningrad Oblast Aleksandr Drozdenko to ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev and Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi
Dear Ivan Sergeyevich, Dear Arri Matveyevich, My sincere greetings for the New Year and Christmas! May the coming year bring you and your loved ones only good changes and give you as many wonderful joyful days as possible. With all my heart I wish you good health, energy and strength to accomplish all the things … [Read more...]
Christmas greetings from Senior Presbyter (Bishop) Igor Kuznetsov, Association of the Churches of Evangelical Christians–Baptists in St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, to ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev
Beloved Brother in the Lord, Happy Feast of the Nativity of Christ! Once again we celebrate the birth of the One who, according to the Apostle Paul, was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you. (1 Pet. 1:18-20) Peter emphasizes that “things into … [Read more...]
Christmas greetings from Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, to Bishop Ivan Laptev
Moscow, Christmas 2022/2023 Dear Brother in Christ, I wish you a blessed Feast of the Nativity of Christ! Now the earth is illuminated again by the unfading light of the Star of Bethlehem, which brings good news of “great joy.” (Lk. 2:10) Sheltered in a poor cave, the grace of our Lord shone forth for all nations … [Read more...]
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