Longtime friends of Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church in Vyborg Steinar Harila with a group of young people from Norway visited the congregation on February 17, 2020. By tradition, the fellowship opened with the pastor of the congregation Rev. Vladimir Dorodni saying a word of greeting to the guests. He thanked the organization Hjelp til … [Read more...]
ELCIR Athletic Team Takes 3rd Place in Valenki Ice Hockey
News from the Athletic Team of The Church of Ingria. On February 15, 2020, Okhta Park served as the venue of the 4th Russkaya Zima Winter Festival of Street Sports. Part of the festival was an interconfessional ice-hockey-in-valenki tournament. Valenki are traditional Russian winter boots made of felt. Seven teams representing different … [Read more...]
12 New Deacons Ordained in Koltushi
On February 16, 2020, twelve new church servants were ordained into the office of deacon. The rite of ordination was administered at St. George's Church in Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast. God's blessings on the new deacons in their labor in the field of Christ! The names of the new deacons: Aleksei Heglund Aulis Ansaharju Veikko Vuohijoki Sven … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev Attends Inter-Faith Discussion on Peacemaking
On February 11, 2020, Dom Druzhby (“The House of Friendship”) of the Leningrad Oblast located in St. Petersburg hosted a meeting of The Bridge of Concord, an interreligious discussion club founded at the ELCIR Theological Institute in 2016. The topic of the roundtable discussion was “Peacemaking in Interreligious Interaction.” The meeting was … [Read more...]
Ivan Laptev Ordained as the Bishop of The Church of Ingria
On Septuagesima Sunday, February 9, 2020, the 9th Sunday before Easter, Ivan Laptev was ordained as the new Bishop of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia. The ordination ceremony and the celebration were held at St. Mary’s Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral in St. Petersburg. The episcopal ordination was performed by the Right Reverend … [Read more...]
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