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...]
Christmas greetings from Bishop Silvanus of Peterhof to Bishop Ivan Laptev
Christmas greetings from Bishop Silvanus of Peterhof, Rector of St. Petersburg Theological Academy of The Russian Orthodox Church, to Bishop Ivan Laptev Right Reverend Bishop, I sincerely wish you a joyful Feast of the Nativity of Christ! Something never before seen was fulfilled—God became man. The things predicted by the Old … [Read more...]
Christmas greetings from the State Museum of the History of Religion in St. Petersburg to Bishop Ivan Laptev
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” (Is. 9:6, ESV) Right Reverend Bishop, I cordially wish you a joyful Feast of the Nativity of Christ and a Happy New Year in … [Read more...]
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