From October 23 to 26, 2025, the First Agricola Academic Readings were held in Vyborg. The event was organized by the Evangelical Lutheran congregation of Sts. Peter and Paul (Vyborg) in collaboration with the Vyborg Unified Museum-Reserve. Mikael Agricola (c. 1510 – 1557) was a Finnish reformer. The readings became an international … [Read more...]
The First Days of Church Music
From July 11 to 13, 2015, a cantors' gathering was held at St. Mary's Cathedral (St. Petersburg), organized by the Educational Department of the Ingrian Church. The three-day intensive brought together 25 musicians from several congregations in St. Petersburg, the Leningrad Region, Karelia, as well as from Borisoglebsk (Voronezh region), Kazan … [Read more...]
First Russian-language scholarly article on virsikannel – a Lutheran musical instrument for learning spiritual songs
The journal KANT has published the first Russian-language scholarly article on virsikannel - Virsikannel: Practical Importance for the Lutherans and the place in the Lutheran Semioshere. The author is Darya Shkurlyateva, postgraduate student, Kazan Federal University; cantor of the Evangelical Lutheran Parish of St. Peter and Paul in Vyborg … [Read more...]
Music concert at Jakkima Church
On August 2, 2024, an organ was played for the first time in many years at Jakkima Church in Lahdenpohja, Karelia. In collaboration with the town’s administration and local donors, the ELCIR organized a music program in the City of Angels, an open-air exhibit of wooden angel sculptures. Cordial thanks to Yelena Maleva for the excellent … [Read more...]
Darya Shkurlyatyeva lectures on historical musical instruments at festival in Veliky Novgorod
Darya Shkurlyatyeva (right in the attached photo), director of Mikael Agricola Choir at the Lutheran Church of Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, participated in the 8th Slovisha Festival of Musical Antiquities. On June 14, 2024, Darya gave a paper entitled “The Virsikannel as a Musical Instrument and a Teaching Aid” at a conference which took … [Read more...]
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