Photos of the birthday celebration of Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi in the ELCIR Central Office. Grateful acknowledgement to Bishop Ivan Laptev for the photos. Original news post in Russian at vk.com … [Read more...]
Bishop Emeritus Kugappi to be Awarded Cross of St. Henry
On March 23, 2020 in Helsinki, Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi will be awarded the Cross of St. Henry during a special ceremony. It is the highest award of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. This order has been awarded to outstanding figures, including those from outside Finland, since 2007. A total of 17 persons have since been honored with … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev Attends Inter-Faith Discussion on Peacemaking
On February 11, 2020, Dom Druzhby (“The House of Friendship”) of the Leningrad Oblast located in St. Petersburg hosted a meeting of The Bridge of Concord, an interreligious discussion club founded at the ELCIR Theological Institute in 2016. The topic of the roundtable discussion was “Peacemaking in Interreligious Interaction.” The meeting was … [Read more...]
Leningrad Oblast Government Greets Bishop Laptev
Congratulation from Governor of the Leningrad Oblast Mr. Alexander Drozdenko: “Your Eminence, Vladika, I sincerely congratulate you on your consecration to the office of a bishop! I would like to express the hope for continued interaction of the Government of the Leningrad Oblast and the Lutheran community of our region in the educational and … [Read more...]
St. Petersburg Government Greets Bishop Laptev
The congratulatory speech of Mr. Vladimir Ivanov, Chief of the Office for Relations with Religious Associations of the St. Petersburg Governor’s Administration, said at St. Mary's Lutheran Cathedral, St. Petersburg, on February 9, 2020: “Dear Ivan Sergeyevich, please allow me to extend cordial greetings on behalf of Governor of St. Petersburg … [Read more...]
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