May 24, 2020, saw a prayer meeting on the construction site of the new classroom building of the ELCIR Theological Institute (TICI) in Koltushi near St. Petersburg. During the ceremony, a time capsule was buried in the foundation of the future facility. In his introductory speech, Bishop and Institute Rector Ivan Laptev shared his memories of how … [Read more...]
SELC Seminary to Hold Online Conference on May 30, 2020
On May 30, 2020, the Theological Seminary of The Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church will host an online conference. The SELC Seminary holds an annual theological conference on the Saturday of the Exaudi Week, May 30, 2020. This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic restrictions, the conference will be held online in a Zoom meeting (zoom.us) from … [Read more...]
Agricola Sketches (Museum Night 2020)
Re-post in English from the VK group of Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Vyborg Dear Friends! The Mikael Agricola Choir and the Agricola Reconstruction Club have prepared for you a short online tour! Each of the 18 “tour guides” speak exactly 3 sentences. Some of them spoke them by phone as we recorded and others sent them as voice recorder audios. … [Read more...]
CFAR Offers New Study Course
By Rev. Dmitri Rozet Dear Friends, For more than 25 years, the workers of the Center for Apologetic Research have been sharing their knowledge in Christian churches and educational institutions. We mostly teach in class, however developing technologies open up new opportunities for distance training. We would like to offer you a new course, “An … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev, Deans Give Update on Situation in Regions
On May 13, 2020, Rt. Rev. Ivan Laptev, Bishop of The Church of Ingria, and Rev. Deans Pavel Krylov (West Ingrian Deanery), Aleksei Kronholm (Karelian Deanery), Valeri Antipov (Moscow Deanery), Ivan Hutter (St. Petersburg Deanery), Konstantin Subbotin (Uralic Deanery) held an online conference in VK group Sluzhiteli Tserkvi Ingrii ("Ministers of The … [Read more...]