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...]
Congratulations for Darya Shkurlyatyeva!
In November and December 2023, Darya Shkurlyatyeva, responsible editor of the ELCIR churchwide printed publications, represented the ELCIR four times at the following conferences: November 24: Presentation: “Aspects of the Editorial Preparation of the Russian-Language Edition of Luther’s German Mass.” The 21st Congress of the Russian Union … [Read more...]
ELCIR Christmas singing festival
On December 16, 2023, St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral of St. Petersburg hosted the Christmas singing festival of The Church of Ingria. The attending public sang hymns together in Russian and Finnish and enjoyed the singing of the following performers: Choir of the St. Petersburg Estonian Culture Society and St. John’s Lutheran Church … [Read more...]
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