On August 16, 2023, Senior Pastor Yevgeni Mikhailov of the Lutheran Church in Pushkin, suburban St. Petersburg, guided a tour of his church for a group from the Social Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Adults and Children in Kirovsky District, St. Petersburg. The guests learned about the history of this Ingrian Lutheran congregation and Lutherans. … [Read more...]
ELCIR musicians go on their first musical expedition to Northern Deanery
From August 3-8, 2023, a group of ELCIR musicians from Vyborg, Petrozavodsk, Rzhev, and St. Petersburg, traveled to the ELCIR congregations in Kalevala and Segezha, Karelia, starting off from, and coming back to, Petrozavodsk, the capital of Karelia. The musical expedition was undertaken in connection with the First Summer Festival of Sacred Music … [Read more...]
Irkutsk-based Pastor Mazurenko represents ELCIR to local gov’t, reaches out to youth, travels to serve remote congregations
On July 18, 2023, Senior Pastor Albert Mazurenko of the Lutheran Church in Irkutsk in SE Siberia represented the ELCIR at a working meeting of the Interconfessional Coordination Council of the Legislative Assembly of Irkutsk Oblast where council members met with Assembly deputies and chairperson Aleksandr Vedernikov. City Mayor Ruslan Bolotov was … [Read more...]
ELCIR joins in with commemorating victims of political repression at Kirjamo memorial
On July 29, 2023, villagers and guests attended the annual remembrance meeting at the memorial to the victims of political repressions near Kirjamo, Leningrad Oblast. The meeting gathered local residents from Bolshoye Kuzyomkino, Kirjamo, Konnovo, Tiskolovo, Gakkovo as well as participants from Kingisepp and St. Petersburg. Sharings came from … [Read more...]
Mikael Agricola Choir and other Ingrian musicians perform at biker festival in Vyborg
What do bikers and church musicians have in common? A love of travel! On July 20, 2023, the Singers’ Field in Vyborg (an outdoor venue for song and music concerts) hosted a Concert of Religious Choirs as part of the 3rd motorcycling festival “The Baltic Rally.” Ten ensembles from St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast went on this musical pilgrimage. … [Read more...]
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