On June 15, 2025, two congregations celebrated their 30th anniversaries. Holy Trinity Church in Moscow welcomed many guests for a special dedication worship service, commemorating also the church’s anniversary of the return of its building to the congregation after Soviet confiscation. The celebration was attended by bishop Ivan Laptev, South dean … [Read more...]
Two deacons ordained for the Uralic Deanery
On June 1, 2025, bishop Ivan Laptev ordained two deacons at Velmema Church in Saransk, Mordovia. Sergei Popov-Pogasy is a minister in Cheboksary, Chuvashia, while Ivan Potyanov is a minister in Saransk. Both young men are currently studying at the Theological Institute. Ivan’s wife, Ekaterina Wilhelm, is the youth and children’s ministry … [Read more...]
Confirmation and Holy Baptism in May, 2025
On May 4, 2025, Ekaterina was confirmed at Annenkirche (St. Petersburg). Meanwhile, in Kaliningrad Victoria and Ksenia were baptized, while Arsen, Ekaterina and Yulia were confirmed. Maria also joined Lutheranism through Confirmation in Novosibirsk. On May 11, Artyom was confirmed, and Maria was baptized in Kaliningrad. On May 18, Oles was … [Read more...]
Long-awaited community work day on the territory of the White Church
On May 17, 2025, a long-awaited community work day was held on the territory of the White Church. The believers also celebrated a worship service there. The church building was transferred to the Church of Ingria by the local authorities in the Leningrad region on December 26, 2024. History The White Church belonged to the congregations of Finnish, … [Read more...]
Uralic Deanery ministers meet in Izhevsk
On May 8-10, 2025, Christ the Savior’s Church in Izhevsk, the Udmurt Republic, hosted a meeting of the Uralic Deanery ministers. Pastors and parishioners who are involved in different ministries in their congregations (Birsk, Izhevsk, Yoshkar-Ola, Kazan, Saransk, Syktyvkar, and Udmurt village Yagul) gathered. The speakers were bishop Ivan Laptev, … [Read more...]
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