From June 16-19, 2022, the Lutheran Church of Yukki, Leningrad Oblast, held a children’s retreat entitled “I Go Where You Go.” The kids read God’s Word, showed skits, and received gifts. The 4 days’ program concluded with a joyful worship service! Many thanks to the congregation in Yukki for their hospitality and support and specifically to each … [Read more...]
Confirmation and baptism at St. Anne
Praise God for Aleksandra who was confirmed and Arina who was baptized during the divine service at St. Anne’s Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg on Sunday June 19, 2002! Every time such an event is a great joy for the church! St. Anne’s congregation continues to teach an offline Basics of Christian Faith course on the 2nd floor of their church … [Read more...]
Lutherans and Catholics commemorate Soviet-era Baltic deportees
On June 18, 2022, Rev. Fyodor Tulynin, pastor of St. John’s Estonian Congregation of the ELCIR in St. Petersburg joined Rev. Anton Tikhomirov, DTh, deputy archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia and rector of its Theological Seminary, and Fr. Konstantin Perederiy, parish priest and rector of the Roman Catholic Theological Seminary … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev speaks at Catholic conference on synodal process
By invitation of the Roman Catholic archbishop Paolo Pezzi, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev participated in a discussion of the synodal process in the Roman Catholic Church. From June 15-16, 2022, the Roman Catholic Theological Seminary of St. Petersburg hosted a diocesan conference—“Communion, Participation, and Mission.” Bishop Laptev shared his … [Read more...]
Special coffeehouse opens in St. Petersburg
A new charitable coffeehouse was opened next to St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral in St. Petersburg on June 15, 2022. Special Coffeehouse is a project of the Anna Pomogayet charity cluster in The Church of Ingria. Alumni of orphanages in St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast receive hands-on training and employment as personnel of the coffeehouse. Part … [Read more...]
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