The attached photos show the congregations in Koltushi, Petrozavodsk, and Toksovo and guests from other congregations celebrating the Nativity of John the Baptist on June 22, 2024. Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
ELCIR gets ownership of historical Vuoksenranta church
The Lutheran church building in Vuoksenranta, Leningrad Oblast, is now ELCIR property! We got the title deed! Thanks be to God! The original congregation was established there in 1916. The existing church building was dedicated in 1935. In 1939, the church had 2838 members of the 3700 community residents. Worship services continued till … [Read more...]
Kristina Shilova gives talk about ways to reach out with Christian values to secular world
On June 20, 2024, the Journalists' House, a cultural center in St. Petersburg, hosted a seminar on Confessional Media and Prevention of Religious Extremism. One of the presenters was ELCIR Media Department Head Kristina Shilova. Kristina used the example of exhibitions, music concerts, lectures, and training courses organized by St. Anne’s Lutheran … [Read more...]
Darya Shkurlyatyeva lectures on historical musical instruments at festival in Veliky Novgorod
Darya Shkurlyatyeva (right in the attached photo), director of Mikael Agricola Choir at the Lutheran Church of Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, participated in the 8th Slovisha Festival of Musical Antiquities. On June 14, 2024, Darya gave a paper entitled “The Virsikannel as a Musical Instrument and a Teaching Aid” at a conference which took … [Read more...]
Children’s retreat in Yukki
“God’s Forgiving Love,” a children’s Bible retreat program at the Lutheran Church of Yukki, Leningrad Oblast, June 13-16, 2024. Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
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