ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev has received a birthday greetings telegram from Aleksandr Drozdenko, Governor of Leningrad Oblast: Right Reverend Bishop and Vladika, The government of Leningrad Oblast and I personally send you our warm birthday greetings! With all my heart I wish you good health and abundant life energy for your endeavors toward the good … [Read more...]
Anniversary of Bishop Laptev’s Consecration
Our congratulations to Bishop Ivan Laptev of The Church of Ingria on the anniversary of his episcopal consecration! Two years ago, on February 9, 2020, the new bishop was consecrated at St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral of St. Petersburg. The episcopal ordination was performed by Bishop Arri Kugappi of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria, … [Read more...]
THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE OF BISHOP IVAN LAPTEV OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF INGRIA IN RUSSIA (2021)
Click this link for video English translation: “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14, ESV) Merry Christmas! Christ is born. God became man. God wanted to be with man, to be near to each of us or even nearer—to be in us. The … [Read more...]
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS OF BISHOP IVAN LAPTEV OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF INGRIA IN RUSSIA
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St. Michael’s Church Hails New Deacon, Celebrates Anniversary
On Sunday, December 19, 2021, Aleksei Savonchik was ordained as a deacon at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church on Vasilyevsky Island in St. Petersburg. The rite of ordination was administered by Bishop Ivan Laptev and the pastor of the church Rev. Dmitri Petrov. We wish God’s richest blessings to Deacon Aleksei in his ministry! Aleksei’s call to the … [Read more...]
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