Every year, shortly before April 9 when the Finnish church reformer Mikael Agricola (ca. 1510-1557) is commemorated, students from the Higher School of Printing and Media Technologies in St. Petersburg visit Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church in Vyborg. The group of 30 bachelor’s and master’s students were led by Assistant Professor Olga … [Read more...]
ELCIR Easter Music Festival held again at St. Mary
On Saturday April 6, 2024, St. Mary’s Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg hosted the annual ELCIR Easter Music Festival. Participating choirs came from the following ELCIR churches: - Caritas Choir and the church band of St. Mary’s Lutheran, St. Petersburg- Agricola Choir from Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran, Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast- Choir of St. … [Read more...]
Darya Shkurlyatyeva gives a talk on Luther’s German Mass
On March 1, 2024, ELCIR member Darya Shkurlyatyeva participated in an international researchers’ conference entitled “Medieval Liturgical Monody and Its Historical Perspectives.” Darya gave a paper titled “The German Mass of Martin Luther: Interpretation of Medieval Monody in the Liturgical Practice of Modern Russian Lutheran Congregations. … [Read more...]
Summer festival of sacred music continues this winter
“The Kantele and the Virsikannel,” a summer festival of sacred music, found unexpected continuation on February 10-11, 2024! Mikael Agricola Choir from Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church of Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, did a concert tour in Ladoga Karelia, a region in NW Russia. The choir is currently reviving the tradition of … [Read more...]
Artur Soitu continues to share Gospel in song on regional TV show
The ELCIR continues to maintain its presence in Russian mass media. The indigenous-language broadcast office of GTRK Karelia goes on with the series of TV music programs where Petrozavodsk musician Artur Soitu performs Christian songs and shares his faith in God. The shows are shot at the Lutheran Church of Kondopoga, Karelia, in the Finnish … [Read more...]
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