Diaconia includes serving the world through beauty. https://vk.com/zhivie_kamni For more than one year, Ubezhishche (“Refuge”) Diaconal Center at 8 Konyushennaya Street, St. Petersburg, has served as the base of the Living Stones interest society for studying and making Christian mosaics. During this time, we have regularly held … [Read more...]
Church to Live-Stream Bible Studies
St. John the Baptist Congregation in St. Petersburg is going online! Starting March 10, 2020, the church will be live-streaming their Bible studies on Tuesdays for church members and friends. It will be possible to watch them live via the church’s group on vk.com, ask questions, and watch the recorded videos again later. The topic of the upcoming … [Read more...]
Rev. Ivan Hutter Continues to Lead Worship in Seniors’ Home
A photo gallery from the old people’s home in Koltushi where Rev. Ivan Hutter, Dean of the St. Petersburg Deanery, celebrates a communion service once a month. Sincere acknowledgements to Aleksandr Smirnov, head of the ELCIR Diaconal Department for the photos. Original news post in Russian and photos on vk.com … [Read more...]
Initial Theological Course Taught in Kronstadt
From February 28 through March 1, 2020, the ELCIR congregation in Kronstadt hosted Module 1, Personal Spiritual Life, of the Initial Theological Course in collaboration with the ELCIR Theological Institute. The attendance included church members from St. Anne’s Church, Gubanitsy, Lomonosovo, Pushkin, Luga, Kronstadt, and Koltushi. The students who … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev Attends Interfaith Meeting
On February 27, 2020, Bishop Laptev of the ELCIR attended a meeting for interfaith collaboration at Dom Druzhby (“The House of Friendship”) of the Leningrad Oblast located by the Garden of Taurida in St. Petersburg. The main item on the agenda was the presentation by Fr. Vladimir Filippov on the importance of promoting the discipline of religious … [Read more...]
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