On April 29, 2023, the ELCIR Theological Institute hosted a meeting of ELCIR social-diaconal ministers. Sharings came from Bishop Ivan Laptev, representatives of such ministries as Trilistnik, Kolibri, Novaya Zemlya, Anna Pomogayet, the Crisis Center, and from Senior Pastor Igor Shcherbakha of the Lutheran Church in Luga. Pastor Ivan Hutter and … [Read more...]
TICI students share about church’s social ministry at interuniversity conference
On April 21, 2023, Nikita Lahtinen, Inna Lahtinen, and Filipp Rodionov, 1st-year students from the ELCIR Theological Institute (TICI), participated in an interuniversity researchers’ conference entitled “Herzen Lectures 2023” organized by Herzen Pedagogical University in St. Petersburg. They presented a study on the topic “Social Ministry in ELCIR … [Read more...]
Mercy workers meet in Koltushi to discuss home care
On March 21, 2023, the Christian Mercy House in Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, a nursing home run by the ELCIR, hosted a meeting on home care. The attendance included the directors of the ELCIR mercy houses, the management of Nevskaya Dubrovka boarding home, and Dmitri Tuzov from Caritas Novosibirsk. Original post in Russian. … [Read more...]
Good Hearts Foundation gives food aid in Murmansk
On February 8, 2023, Good Hearts Foundation in Murmansk operated by Lutheran church leaders started giving away readymade food at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Murmansk. Five days a week, people can receive a container with a readymade meal. Many take a meal container for their disabled and needy neighbors. Thanks be to God and everyone who made it … [Read more...]
St. Mary’s diaconal workers reach out to nursing home in Taytsy
On Saturday February 4, 2023, the diaconal ministry team of St. Mary’s Lutheran Church from St. Petersburg visited the Mercy House in Taytsy, Leningrad Oblast, a nursing home of the Church of Ingria. Together with the senior residents of the house, they sang, prayed, discussed the Scriptures and partook of the Eucharist. They gave the elderly … [Read more...]
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