On May 13 and June 3, 2023, ELCIR volunteers traveled to Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Oblast, to do a cleanup in an old Lutheran cemetery which turned 245 this year! Sometimes called St. Regina Cemetery, this cemetery is 185 years older than the town of Vsevolozhsk and reflects an important part of the region’s history. The second … [Read more...]
People of different faiths commemorate war victims in St. Petersburg
On May 7, 2023, clerics and young laypeople from The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria, The Russian Orthodox Church, The Armenian Apostolic Church, other Christian confessions and other religions participated in a commemoration and servant event entitled “There is No Faith without Memory, There is No Faith without Works.” Its goal was to keep … [Read more...]
Volunteers clean up at White Kirche in Moloskovitsy
On November 12, 2022, ELCIR members cleaned up on the ruins of a 16th-century Lutheran church, known locally as the White Kirche in Moloskovitsy, Leningrad Oblast. The cleanup gathered ministers and laypeople from several ELCIR churches and Theological Institute students. Thanks be to God for such servant events which strengthen unity among … [Read more...]
Cleanup on historical church site in Pavlovsk
Many thanks to each and every one who took part in the cleanup on October 29, 2022 on the site of St. Dorothy’s Lutheran church in Pavlovsk, St. Petersburg. What did they do? – hauled away around 40 bags of trash – removed all trash on the adjacent territory; – sawed up and stacked fallen trees; – uprooted bushes on the church’s … [Read more...]
Voronezh Lutherans Clean Up Historical Church Campus As City Provides Tools
On May 8, 2021, St. Mary's Lutheran Congregation of Voronezh in collaboration with the city’s administration organized a volunteer clean-up near the Lutheran church. For the time being, the ELCIR congregation in Voronezh has to rent its space, however the church members see it as their duty to keep the land in good order around the building … [Read more...]