On April 23, 2022, St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral of St. Petersburg hosted a music festival which gathered congregational choirs from the St. Petersburg and West Ingrian Deaneries of the ELCIR, located in the St. Petersburg urban area and Leningrad Oblast. Opening the event, Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi offered a homily about spiritual vigilance. … [Read more...]
ELCIR launches website for church musicians!
In commemoration of the Lutheran “Urkantor” Johann Walter (1496-1570) in April, web designer Vladimir Miroshnik made a template for the Church of Ingria’s website devoted to music https://music.elci.ru/ During May, the website will be filling with content. Currently, we’re working on the Congregations section which will feature … [Read more...]
Dean Krylov performs Kalevala, upholds Ingrian Finnish culture
On April 16, 2022, Rev. Pavel Krylov, dean of the ELCIR West Ingrian Deanery, senior pastor of the Lutheran Church of Skvoritsy, participated with other musicians in a culture event at the District Central Library in Kolpino, Leningrad Oblast. He performed the Karelian-Finnish epic poem Kalevala on a kantele introducing Kolpino residents to the … [Read more...]
Anniversary of music ministry at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Saratov
The congregation's project called “Organ Meetings in St. John’s Chapel” turns 15! During these years, the project has presented to the public not only well-known organ works, but also compositions which are hardly ever performed publicly, including those written by our contemporaries. Saratov Conservatory students have performed various … [Read more...]
Darya Shkurlyatyeva shares about music ministry in St. Petersburg Deanery
Another highlight of the ELCIR St. Petersburg Deanery Meeting on January 18, 2022 was the presentation of Darya Shkurlyatyeva, church music history teacher, director of Agricola Choir in Vyborg. Darya shared about the current state of music ministry in the deanery. Thirteen of the deanery’s 21 congregations have instruments which can be used to … [Read more...]
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