From January 3-7, the Lutheran Church of Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, hosted a youth retreat entitled “The Journeys of the Apostle Paul.” The retreat gathered church members from Moscow, Koltushi, Segezha, Toksovo, and St. Anne’s Church of St. Petersburg. The young people discussed the apostle’s life and epistles, the trials early … [Read more...]
Church choirs meet in Vyborg
On January 6, 2024, Mikael Agricola Choir of the Lutheran Church in Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, and a visiting choir from St. Petersburg—Kaja Choir of the Estonian Culture Society and the Estonian Lutheran Church of St. John, met together in the Vyborg church to sing Christmas songs from the 16th to the 19th centuries in Russian, Finnish, Estonian … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev shares the Gospel as churches receive excursioners
In the new year, St. John the Baptist Lutheran Church in Gubanitsy, St. Nicholas’ Lutheran Church in Gatchina, and St. Nicholas’ Roman Catholic Church in Luga, all in the St. Petersburg region, welcomed guests who visited them on a series of excursions entitled “Christmas as in the Movies” with presentations by ELCIR Bishop Ivan … [Read more...]
Youth program in Vyborg
From January 3-4, 2024, the Lutheran Church of Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, hosted a youth program entitled The Bible Agent. The young people studied some of the Bible stories as detectives looking into crime files, gathering evidence and finding out motives. Other activities included contests, singing Christian hymns together, and social … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev attends Christmas service and reception with other Christian leaders and gov’t officials
On January 7, 2024, Christmas Day in the Julian calendar, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev attended Great Vespers at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, part of St. Alexander Nevsky Monastery in St. Petersburg. The invitation had been extended by Metropolitan Barsanuphius of St. Petersburg and Ladoga. Other worshipers included the … [Read more...]
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