In early September 2022, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev attended the Retreat of Newly-Elected Leaders (RoNEL) at the Ecumenical Center of the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland. Sixteen bishops and presidents of Evangelical Lutheran churches from around the world met each other, shared about their ministry experience, discussed theological … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev co-officiates at divine service in Lahti
On August 28, 2022, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev co-officiated at the divine service at Luther Church in Lahti, Finland. Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
God bless new confirmands!
More Lutherans in Russia! On August 7, 2022, the annual youth confirmation camp in Koltushi ended in a celebration of confirmations! We wish the new church members from Cheboksary, Essoila, Petrozavodsk, Segezha, St. Petersburg, and Vologda to remain faithful to Christ and follow the words of St. Paul: “For when you were slaves of … [Read more...]
ELCIR and ELCR chief ecclesiastics and gov’t official meet in Moscow
On August 3, 2022, Bishop Ivan Laptev of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia (ELCIR) met with Archbishop Vladimir Provorov of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia (ELCR) and Mr. Aleksandr Terentyev, a representative of the Administration of the President of Russia. The meeting took place at Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran … [Read more...]
Koltushi hosts 2nd Interconfessional Media Seminar
The ELCIR Theological Institute and the Lutheran Church of Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, hosted the 2nd Interconfessional Media Seminar. The seminar gathered 25 Lutherans, Roman Catholics, Baptists, and Methodists coming from 11 locations in Leningrad Oblast, Karelia, and Buryatia. In his introductory comments, Bishop Laptev of The Church of … [Read more...]
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