From January 6-8, 2023, the Lutheran Church of Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El, hosted the annual winter youth retreat of the ELCIR Uralic Deanery—“The Way, the Truth and the Life.” The meeting rallied young people and servers from Birsk, Gurez-Pudga, Izhevsk, Kazan, Samara, Saransk, Yoshkar-Ola, and guests from the St. Petersburg Deanery. The … [Read more...]
Theological Institute holds cantor course
From November 14-19, 2022, the ELCIR Theological Institute taught the Cantor Course, Class Period 2. The Cantor Course is a one-week crash course in all things that a church cantor/church organist/choir director/director of musical ministry must know. The course gathered 20 inspired, motivated, talented musicians from different ELCIR … [Read more...]
Lutheran youth member takes third pace at interfaith sports event in Izhevsk
The 2nd Interconfessional Spartakiad* of the Udmurt Republic closed with a checkers tournament at the National Library of Udmurtia in Izhevsk on November 6, 2022. Marina Voronina from the Lutheran Church of Izhevsk took third place in the underage women’s category. Cordial thanks to our team for their endeavor and effort! The … [Read more...]
Uralic Deanery ministers meet together in Kazan
On November 4, 2022, the Lutheran Church of Kazan, Tatarstan, hosted a meeting of the ministers of the ELCIR Uralic Deanery, which gathered almost all of the deanery’s pastors, deacons, and catechists. Those who could not come, joined online. The main topic for discussion was “Modern Heresies.” Bishop Ivan Laptev presented a report on this … [Read more...]
Udmurtia celebrates Day of National Unity and Day of Statehood
Greetings for Day of National Unity and Day of Statehood of Udmurtia from the head of the Udmurt Republic in the Russian Federation for Aleksandr Grebennikov, chairman of the Lutheran church council in Izhevsk: Dear Aleksandr Yuryevich, Warmest greetings for Day of National Unity and Day of Statehood of Udmurtia! Many ethnic … [Read more...]
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