On March 3-4, 2020, Rev. Andrei Tuhkanen and Church Council Chairman Ivan Malikin from the ELCIR Congregation in Kalevala, Karelia, visited sister congregations in Vaala and Ii in Finland. During their visits, Finnish brothers and sisters in Christ learned the latest news about the life of the Kalevala congregation and The Church of Ingria. Many … [Read more...]
Rev. Nummela and Rev. Ollilainen to Teach The Red Thread of the Bible Seminar in Novosibirsk
On March 27-28, 2020, Christ the Savior Lutheran Church in Novosibirsk is going to host The Red Thread of the Bible seminar. “Many came to see the Bible in a completely different light when they realized what its ‘red thread’ is.” The first seminar of this kind was held in Finland in 2000. Since then, there have been over 100 seminars in Finland … [Read more...]
Congratulatory speeches of Bishop Kenzhebek Botobayev, ELC of Kyrgyzstan, and Rev. Aleksandr Burtsev, Kazakhstan
Congratulatory speech of Bishop Kenzhebek Botobayev of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kyrgyzstan, February 9, 2020: “Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ! I am thankful to God for giving me an opportunity to visit you in the Church of Christ. Thank you very much for inviting me. I am very happy to be attending this celebration today, the … [Read more...]
Congratulatory speech of Bishop Seppo Häkkinen, ELCF
Congratulatory speech of Bishop Seppo Häkkinen of the Diocese of Mikkeli, The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, February 9, 2020: Dear Bishop Ivan, dear Brother in Christ, You received a great gift of God when you were ordained as the Bishop of The Church of Ingria today. At the same time, God gave you an important task to serve the Church of … [Read more...]
Congratulatory speech of Bishop Vsevolod Lytkin, SELC
Congratulatory speech of Bishop Vsevolod Lytkin of The Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church, February 9, 2020: “It’s so hard to find a suitable gift for a bishop (I know it by myself: what can a bishop need?), but I thought since this cathedral is named after St. Mary the Mother of God, it would be appropriate to give the bishop this little Asian … [Read more...]