On October 23, 2022, students from the Department of Media Technologies of the State University of Film and Television, St. Petersburg, traveled on an ethnographic TV expedition to Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast. As they toured the city, the highlight of their trip was a meeting with Darya Shkurlyatyeva, a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church of … [Read more...]
Christian clergymen and laity remember blessed departed in St. Petersburg cemetery
On November 2, 2022, there was a memorial worship service in Smolenskoye Lutheran Cemetery in St. Petersburg in remembrance of all who were laid to rest in this old necropolis. In Christian unity and prayer, Fr. Roman from the Russian Orthodox Church of the Smolenskaya Icon of the Mother of God and the ministers and laypeople from several Lutheran … [Read more...]
Prayer lifted at Vuoksela church ruins
On All Saints’ Day, ELCIR Bishop Laptev and several church members lifted a prayer at the abandoned Lutheran church of the former Vuoksela Parish, which is nowadays Romashki, Leningrad Oblast. As we believe in the power of the resurrection, we pray that spiritual life be brought back to this church one day. Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
Reformation Sunday confirmations in St. Petersburg
During the Reformation Sunday worship service on October 30, 2022, Aleksandr and Yekaterina Sazonov were confirmed at St. Mary’s Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg. Cordial greetings to the new members of St. Mary! We wish Aleksandr and Yekaterina and their wonderful children to keep growing in the faith and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ and … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev visits Vyborg
On October 23, 2022, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev visited the Lutheran Church of Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast. A Vyborg newspaper took his interview (click here to read his full interview in Russian). Quote: “For me, the Church is living people with their joys and problems, it's specific ministers and parishioners who need support and whose lives I want to … [Read more...]
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