On June 2, 2022, the ELCIR Synodal Council made a decision to ordain Vyacheslav Ostanin into the Office of Pastor for service in the ELCIR Siberian Deanery. On June 25, 2022, Presentation of the Augsburg Confession, the Right Reverend Bishop Ivan Laptev of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia and the Right Reverend Bishop … [Read more...]
Confirmation and installation at Novosibirsk Lutheran Church
On Trinity Sunday, June 12, 2022, Novosibirsk Lutheran Church celebrated a confirmation. Also, by decision of the ELCIR Synodal Council, Mikhail Korf received a blessing to serve as a catechist. Thanks be to God for the congregation’s growth in quantity and quality! Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
New catechists installed at St. Mary
On Pentecost Sunday June 5, 2022 Dmitri Arevkin, Mikhail Pakharev, and Mikhail Repin received a blessing for the service of catechist at St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral in St. Petersburg! The brothers already do different ministries at St. Mary. Dmitri Arevkin is the leader of the altar guild, Mikhail Pakharev does diaconal ministry, and … [Read more...]
Aleksandr Kaus ordained as deacon
On Palm Sunday, April 10, 2022, Aleksandr Kaus was ordained into the Office of Deacon. This joyful news comes from Pastor Aleksandr Burtsev, the leader of Lutheran congregations in the Republic of Kazakhstan. In 2018, the ELCIR Theological Institute (TICI) developed an education program for church servants in the Asian region. TICI teachers have … [Read more...]
Aleksei Lozhkin ordained as deacon
On April 5, 2022, Aleksei Lozhkin, coworker of the ELCIR Children & Youth Department, intramural ELCIR Theological Institute student, was ordained into the Office of Deacon during a student worship service at the Lutheran Church of Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast. The rite of ordination was performed by ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev assisted by ELCIR St. … [Read more...]
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