On July 2, 2023, St. John’s Estonian Church of the ELCIR in St. Petersburg (a.k.a. Jaanikirik) hosted a Lutheran Hymn Festival which gathered 57 participating musicians. Acknowledgments: Darya Shkurlyatyeva for the overall coordination ELCIR Liturgical Commission Senior Pastor Konstantin Subbotin of Jaanikirik for the valuable … [Read more...]
St. John’s Church celebrates Jaanipäev
On June 23-24, 2023, members of St. John’s Estonian Lutheran Church of the ELCIR in St. Petersburg celebrated Jaanipäev (Nativity of St. John the Baptist) during a retreat at the Theological Institute in Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast. On the first day, the group prayed, sang to the guitar and picnicked together. On June 24, the day included prayer and … [Read more...]
Baptisms and confirmations at St. Anne’s Lutheran
On June 25, 2023, Day of the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession, 2 people were baptized and 25 people were confirmed at St. Anne’s Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg (Annenkirche)! Congratulations to our brothers and sisters in Christ on coming into full fellowship with the Church! Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
Confirmations in Pushkin
On June 25, 2023, Day of the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession, Olga, Sofia, Yekaterina, Nadezhda, and Oleg were received into full fellowship with the Church through the rite of confirmation at the Lutheran Church in Pushkin, St. Petersburg. Congratulations to the newly-confirmed members and all the other … [Read more...]
ELCIR commemorates war victims on Day of Remembrance and Sorrow
On June 22, 2023, St. Petersburg together with all Russia remembers the beginning of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45. On this day, the city’s residents visit Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery to commemorate the war victims. About 420,000 civilians and 50,000 soldiers of the Leningrad Front were buried in the cemetery’s 186 mass graves. During the … [Read more...]
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