On January 26, 2024, Rev. Dean Ivan Hutter of the ELCIR St. Petersburg Deanery, and Svetlana Ivashkevich, director of Zerno Art Group, attended the inauguration of “The Hero City of Leningrad,” an exhibition project launched in connection with the 80th anniversary of the end of the Siege of Leningrad. The Siege of Leningrad was a prolonged … [Read more...]
The Keepers of the Ruins and their friends get together for conference in Kaliningrad
On December 16, 2023, the House of Youth in Kaliningrad hosted a conference of the Keepers of the Ruins volunteer society and their friends where they presented reports on accomplished work. Kristina Shilova, head of St. Anne’s Lutheran Church media department, made a presentation entitled “Marketing Specialists for God: How do You Make a … [Read more...]
Christ’s Nativity exhibition opens at Annenkirche
On December 2, 2023, an exhibition entitled The Nativity opened at Annenkirche—St. Anne’s Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg. During a music concert, the following ministers of different Christian denominations recounted the Nativity story together:Bishop Ivan Laptev, The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia;Archbishop Vladimir Provorov, … [Read more...]
St. Anne’s Lutheran Church presents The Apocalypse Concert in Moscow
On November 15, 2023, St. Anne’s Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg (Annenkirche) presented a concert entitled “The Apocalypse” at the Int’l Business Center in Moscow, a.k.a. Moscow-City. The concert which was attended by ca. 400 listeners featured classical music performed by Orchestra 1703, comments by Rev. Yevgeni Raskatov, and media projections … [Read more...]
ELCIR team participates in Russian National Prayer Breakfast in Moscow
On November 15, 2023, the Moscow International Business Center, a.k.a. Moscow-City, hosted this year’s Russian National Prayer Breakfast organized with the support of the Presidential Administration of Russia. The ELCIR is one of the founders and organizers of this large-scale event which gathered Christians of different denominations, … [Read more...]