Members of Christian churches in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, gathered at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church on August 13, 2022, to read Matthew 1-28 out loud together during three hours! The readers alternated their reading with singing Christian songs. Together, the attendees sang the Russian version of Amazing Grace. Many thanks to all the readers, … [Read more...]
LHF and ELCIR join efforts again to provide church libraries with Christian books
The Lutheran Heritage Foundation and the ELCIR Mission Department are restarting their Books for All initiative and will send a set of Christian literature for congregational libraries to any city in Russia. The set contains more than 25 different titles on theology, Bible studies, pastoral ministry, Bible commentaries, philosophy, history, … [Read more...]
Christian medics meet at Novosibirsk Lutheran Church
On August 2, 2022, Christ the Savior Lutheran Church in Novosibirsk hosted a meeting of Christian medics, members of the Christian Medical Association of Russia. The 14 medics who gathered in the Novosibirsk church shared ways in which they help spread God’s Kingdom through various ministries such as camps, congresses, seminars, mobile … [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...]
Family camping of St. Petersburg Deanery
Last weekend, fifteen families from the ELCIR St. Petersburg Deanery went camping on the shore of Lake Salmenjärvi in Suoyarvsky District of Karelia. For many of the participants it was their first time they had joined the annual family camping with church people from the deanery. Everyone had a great time living in the tents, cooking food … [Read more...]
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