On April 24, 2024, Archbishop Vladimir Provorov of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia and Bishop Ivan Laptev of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia met at the ELCIR headquarters in St. Petersburg. The ecclesiastics signed a Joint Declaration on Family and Marriage. The Declaration is a joint vision of our Churches on … [Read more...]
Deacon Kargaltsev presents on Christian lore at St. Petersburg conference
On March 20, 2024, Deacon Aleksei Kargaltsev (left in photo), Cand. Sc. (History), MTh, participated in the 52nd Verbitskaya International Philological Conference at St. Petersburg State University. In the Bible and Christian Literary Texts subpanel Deacon Aleksei gave a paper on “The Passion of St. Marciana: a Perspective on the Structure … [Read more...]
Darya Shkurlyatyeva gives a talk on Luther’s German Mass
On March 1, 2024, ELCIR member Darya Shkurlyatyeva participated in an international researchers’ conference entitled “Medieval Liturgical Monody and Its Historical Perspectives.” Darya gave a paper titled “The German Mass of Martin Luther: Interpretation of Medieval Monody in the Liturgical Practice of Modern Russian Lutheran Congregations. … [Read more...]
Researchers from ELCIR seminary speak about traditional values
On February 22, 2024, St. Petersburg State University hosted “Traditional Values and Images of the Future,” a conference of researchers and educators as part of the Int'l Interreligious Youth Forum. The following presentations came from the ELCIR Theological Institute: “Traditional Family Affections in Early Christian Hagiography … [Read more...]
ELCIR and ELCR meet for theological colloquy
On February 14, 2024, The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia and The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia met for another theological colloquy. Decisions: 1. Adopt the text of the Declaration on Marriage and get approval from the ELCR General Consistory to sign it. 2. Prepare a Declaration on the Historical … [Read more...]
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