One of the recent teaching activities at the ELCIR Theological Institute in Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, was Module 1 of the ELCIR Diaconal Course on March 2, 2024. It gathered students from the ELCIR congregations in Kanneljärvi, Koltushi, Olonets, Steklyanny, and the churches of St. Mary and St. Anne in St. Petersburg. Rev. Ivan Hutter, … [Read more...]
Anna Pomogayet Charity Cluster wins award
Anna Pomogayet Charity Cluster has won the Future of St. Petersburg–2024 award in the Charity Project of the Year category. Anna Pomogayet was established by St. Anne’s Lutheran church members in St. Petersburg in 2018. It operates a coffeehouse, a crisis aid center, and workshops where orphanage alumni can get new professional skills. The … [Read more...]
ELCIR and ELCR meet for theological colloquy
On February 14, 2024, The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia and The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia met for another theological colloquy. Decisions: 1. Adopt the text of the Declaration on Marriage and get approval from the ELCR General Consistory to sign it. 2. Prepare a Declaration on the Historical … [Read more...]
Rev. Aleksandr and Anna Volchok reach out with God’s comfort to seniors
On December 5, 2023, Senior Pastor Aleksander and Anna Volchok of the Lutheran Church of Murmansk, visited the Murmansk Nursing Home for Senior and Disabled People. The church servants were happy to meet with their friends residing at the home. Although the home is far from the church, some of them are active parishioners. Unfortunately, not all of … [Read more...]
Deacon Kulalayev reaches out with God’s word of comfort to shelter residents in Tver
On November 2, 2023, Deacon Konstantin Kulalayev of the Lutheran Church in Tver visited Zhizn Social Home and had a pastoral conversation with its residents. The social home shelters people who have faced hardship. Many of them lost the meaning of life and see themselves as unneeded and rejected. To refute that, Deacon Konstantin dispelled the myth … [Read more...]
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