From March 8-10, 2024, Christ the Savior Lutheran Church in Novosibirsk hosted a seminar for children’s and young people’s ministers. Organizer: ELCIR Children & Youth Department. Its participants came from the ELCIR, the Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church and other church bodies. On the first day, department head Yevgenia Gavrilenko … [Read more...]
New senior pastor installed for Ulan-Ude Lutheran Church
On March 1, 2024, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev installed Rev. Aleksandr Dyshenov as the new senior pastor of Grace of Christ Lutheran Church in Ulan-Ude, Buryatia. Bishop Laptev said a homily based on 1 Tim. 6:10-12. During the blessing ceremony, he was assisted by the church’s former senior pastor Rev. Nikiforov and Deacon Urmayev. Church … [Read more...]
Church growth in Siberia
It was a blessed Sunday on October 29, 2023, at St. Mary’s Lutheran Church of Irkutsk in eastern Siberia as Senior Pastor Albert Mazurenko performed the rite of confirmation for Andrei and Tatiana! On the same day, Deacon Ivan Pavlovets administered the Sacrament of Holy Baptism to a child at the Lutheran Church of Sayansk, Irkutsk … [Read more...]
35th ELCIR Synod convenes in St. Petersburg
On October 13, 2023, the 35th Synod (Convention) of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia convened in St. Petersburg. Greetings came from Archbishop Tapio Luoma of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland; Bishop Tiit Salumäe of The Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church; Archbishop Vladimir Provorov of The Evangelical … [Read more...]
Confirmations and baptism on Sep. 3 ’23
Praise God for the growth of His Church! The 13th Sunday after Trinity September 3, 2023 saw more confirmations and a baptism in The Church of Ingria! Eduard and Yaroslava were confirmed at St. John’s Estonian Lutheran Church of the ELCIR in St. Petersburg Artur and Maria were confirmed at the Lutheran Church of Verkhni Suetuk in southern … [Read more...]
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