Trilistnik, an ELCIR-run crisis shelter for women with children in St. Petersburg collaborating closely with St. Michael’s and St. Mary’s Lutheran churches and St. Petersburg’s charities, provided assistance to 20 women and 31 children in 2021. Additionally, the shelter plans to focus more closely on assisting children left without parental care. … [Read more...]
Women’s meeting in Koltushi
On March 7, the Lutheran Church of Koltushi hosted a women's meeting—“Alabaster Flask.” The Gospel describes many women who met Christ. The ladies who gathered in the Koltushi church had a chance to remember their own meeting with Christ, relive, rethink, speak out this experience and even express it through motion. During their time together, the … [Read more...]
Young women meet in Cheboksary
Yevgenia Fazlullina from the Lutheran Church of Gurez-Pudga, Udmurtia, organized and facilitated a women’s meeting at the Lutheran Church of Cheboksary, Chuvashia. In a cozy atmosphere, the young ladies talked, drew, sang hymns, and prayed for each other. They discussed such topics as the purpose of women in this world according to the Bible, what … [Read more...]
Corpus Christi Conference On- and Offline
The 12th Corpus Christi International Conference took place from July 30 through August 1, 2021. The local conference in Russia was held at the ELCIR Theological Institute and attended by clerics and lay church members from St. Petersburg (St. Anne’s Church); Gurez-Pudga, Udmurtia; Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast; Petrozavodsk, Karelia; Saransk, … [Read more...]
Women’s Meeting at Church of Rzhev
On July 1, 2021, the Lutheran Church of Rzhev, Tver Oblast, held the first meeting of Women’s Club gathering female church members and guests to discuss the topics “Women in the Bible” and “Flowers in Holy Scripture.” There were a lot of discussions, personal testimonies, songs, and prayers, a wonderful social time, tea and treats, as well as a … [Read more...]