From October 7-9, 2022, the Lutheran Church of Kondopoga, Karelia, hosted the Hermeneutics and Homiletics module of the ELCIR Initial Theological Course. The participants came from Kondopoga and Petrozavodsk and attended the following classes: Bishop Ivan Laptev: Sola Scriptura. Luther’s Exegetical Principles. The Structure of a Sermon. … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev ordains deacon, installs catechist in Petrozavodsk
On October 9, 2022, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev ordained Anatoli Gudkov into the Office of Deacon and installed Danil Andreyev in the Ministry of Catechist at the Lutheran Church of Petrozavodsk, Karelia. Deacon Anatoli is responsible for celebrating worship services in Derevyanka and is teaching confirmation class in … [Read more...]
Church leaders, scholars, civil servants celebrate Luther Bible, discuss contemporary Bible scholarship
On September 22, 2022, the seminary of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia hosted a roundtable discussion entitled “Everything was Full of the Bible” in connection with the 500th anniversary of the publication of Luther’s “September Testament.” Pastor Anton Tikhomirov, rector of the Theological Seminary of The Evangelical Lutheran … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev reports on attending ILC conference in Kisumu, Kenya
September 15, 2022 Message from Bishop Ivan Laptev: African mission complete! 1. Reinstatement of the ELCIR as a voting member of the International Lutheran Council. 2. Presentation of The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Israel. (There, too, I was installed in the ministry of bishop.) 3. Election of a new ILC chairman. … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev, Pastor Ivanov, Pastor Ostanin attend the 27th World Conference of The International Lutheran Council
Rt. Rev. Ivan Laptev, ELCIR Bishop; Rev. Mikhail Ivanov, ELCIR chief secretary; and Rev. Vyacheslav Ostanin, senior pastor of the Lutheran Church in Novosibirsk attended the 27th World Conference of The International Lutheran Council, which was held in Kisumu, Kenya from September 13-16, 2022. The topic of the conference was “Liturgy & Culture. … [Read more...]
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