“From the Ashes” is the name of an exhibition that opened at St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral in St. Petersburg on February 26, 2022. The exhibition tells the history of the restoration of Lutheran churches in St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast. ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev spoke a word of introduction and Pastor Mikhail Ivanov, senior pastor of St. … [Read more...]
Church Construction in Ulan-Ude at Final Stage
The construction of Grace of Christ Lutheran Church in Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, is now at the final stage! The church leadership and the builders are finalizing the design sketches for the church’s interior. Through the congregation pastor Aleksandr Dyshenov, an ethnic Buryat who is also fluent in Chinese, The Church of Ingria is starting to … [Read more...]
Construction of Lutheran Church in Ulan-Ude Continues
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Highlights of St. Petersburg Deanery Meeting
Below are some of the highlights of the ELCIR St. Petersburg Deanery meeting held at the ELCIR Theological Institute, Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, on January 18, 2022. • Bishop Laptev introduced a new coworker of the ELCIR Headquarters in St. Petersburg—Bishop’s Secretary Yelena Novichkova, 33, who was born in St. Petersburg, but now lives in … [Read more...]
Verkhni Suetuk Congregation Celebrates Its First Christmas in Heated Church
Christmas at Lutheran Church of Verkhni Suetuk, Krasnoyarsk Krai. This is the first Christmas worship service celebrated in the church building in 30 years! Before the church building was connected to the power supply and heated, the church could only meet there in summer and worshiped at the village club in winter. Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
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