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...]
Volunteers Fix Basketball/Ice Hockey Rink Near Church in Kazan
Here’s how Lutheran church volunteers cleaned and fixed the basketball/ice hockey rink near St. Andrew's Lutheran Church in Kazan! Rev. Subbotin, Dean, Uralic Deanery: “It's almost done! They uprooted the tree stumps on the rink, fixed and painted the board, made a new door, restored the ring backboards, and put up new rings! Many thanks to … [Read more...]
Volunteers Clean and Fix at St. Peter’s Congregation in Kolpany
Malye Koplany, Leningrad Oblast The subbotnik* was a success! *subbotnik = volunteer effort to clean and fix, usually on a Saturday. Many responded and did many things!The volunteers cleared the space used as the Church of Ingria book storage from trash and waste,moved part of the books to a separate space (the New Storage),replaced the weathered … [Read more...]