By Anna Pomogayet Charity Cluster at St. Anne’s Lutheran Church in St. Petersburg #АннаПомогает (Anna Pomogayet = "Anne helps/aids" in Russian) Doing good in the quarantine era! A short time ago, we made a post on our website about different ways you can aid as a volunteer! We got an instant response from Zhivi dolgo i schastlivo Charity Foundation … [Read more...]
Church in Siberia Installs New Windows
On April 27, 2020, the ELCIR congregation in Verkhni Suetuk in Southern Siberia completed the installation of windows in the church building. The project was funded by The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia. Photo credits: Rev. Sergei Shilovski Original post in Russian and photos on VK … [Read more...]
Bishop Häkkinen Congratulates Bishop Emeritus Kugappi on Award
Bishop Seppo Häkkinen of the Diocese of Mikkeli sent a congratulatory letter to Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi: Mikkeli, March 23, 2020 To Bishop Emeritus, Brother in Christ Arri Kugappi I congratulate you with all my heart on being awarded the Cross of St. Henry! The Cross of St. Henry is an award that few people are honored with. The Archbishop … [Read more...]
Bishop Emeritus Kugappi Awarded Cross of St. Henry
Arri Kugappi, Birgitta Rantakari, and Tuomas Magga Receive Awards of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland Based on the Russian translation from Finnish by Darya Shkurlyatyeva Original article in Finnish Archbishop Tapio Luoma awarded the Cross of St. Henry to Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi and Social Counselor Birgitta Rantakari and the Cross … [Read more...]
Ingrian and Finnish Church Leaders Meet in Helsinki
On March 12, 2020, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev, ELCIR Chief Secretary Rev. Mikhail Ivanov, Bishop’s Vicar Rev. Olav Panchu, Rev. Dean Aleksei Kronholm of the ELCIR Karelian Deanery, and Rev. Aleksei Uimanen met with ecclesiastic leaders of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and the Diocese of Helsinki. Kind acknowledgments to Chief Secretary … [Read more...]