On October 1, 2023, Bishop Laptev visited the Lutheran Church of Kem in Rabocheostrovsk, Karelia. The divine service was followed by prayer on the plot of land provided for the construction of a church building. Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
Moscow Deanery ministers go on retreat together
On September 22 and 23, 2023, pastors and other ministers from the ELCIR congregations in Velikiye Luki, Rzhev, and Nizhny Novgorod with ministers from Luga joining in, gathered at Vuoksa Hutor, a recreation and retreat center of the ELCIR in Leningrad Oblast. Bishop Laptev made presentations about the recent developments in the ELCIR … [Read more...]
Cooperation between ELCR and ELCIR becomes stronger
From September 20-22, 2023, the General Synod of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia convened in St. Petersburg. Attending the opening of the synod, Bishop Ivan Laptev of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia extended his greetings. On September 22, the synod members visited St. Anne’s Lutheran Church of the ELCIR in St. … [Read more...]
ELCIR–ELCR relations commission meets in St. Petersburg
On September 19, 2023, the commission for the relations between The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia (ELCR) and The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia (ELCIR) met again in St. Petersburg. The commission reviewed plans to establish a museum of Protestantism, administrative matters related to ministries in different cities in … [Read more...]
Five pastoral ordinations at St. Mary’s Cathedral
It was a truly joyful Sunday for The Church of Ingria on September 3, 2023, as masters of theology Jarkko Haapanen, Veli-Matti Kujala, Matti Rusama, Santeri Marjokorpi and doctor of theology Hiroaki Yoshimura were ordained into the Office of Pastor at St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral of St. Petersburg. Some of them were in the diaconal ministry for … [Read more...]
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