Yevgenia Gavrilenko was unanimously voted in for the position of ELCIR St. Petersburg Deanery Children & Youth Work Coordinator at the deanery’s meeting on January 18, 2022. Yevgenia has worked in the ELCIR Children & Youth Department. Currently, she is a Sunday school teacher at the Lutheran Congregation of Toksovo. She’s doing her … [Read more...]
Kolibri Project continues work
Marina Solovyova, head of Kolibri (“Hummingbird”) Nonprofit Organization, continues to reach out to children with disabilities by organizing inclusive meetings in Gubanitsy, Leningrad Oblast. She works in collaboration with St. John the Baptist Lutheran Church of Gubanitsy. Kolibri assists disabled children and adults. Marina herself has a … [Read more...]
Highlights of St. Petersburg Deanery meeting
Below are some of the highlights of the ELCIR St. Petersburg Deanery meeting held at the ELCIR Theological Institute, Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, on January 18, 2022. • Bishop Laptev introduced a new coworker of the ELCIR Headquarters in St. Petersburg—Bishop’s Secretary Yelena Novichkova, 33, who was born in St. Petersburg, but now lives in … [Read more...]
Youth retreat participants share impressions
Some of the feedback about the Storm Warning Youth Retreat, Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, January 3-6, 2022 Vera, confirmand, Vologda: “I was really impressed and inspired by the winter retreat. I made many new friends there. The fellowship brought me to think about things I hadn’t thought about at all before. I’m planning to be confirmed, but I … [Read more...]
Youth cluster in Saransk prays for Christian unity
On January 19, 2022, the youth cluster of Velmema Lutheran Church in Saransk, Mordovia, conducted a Taizé prayer service, thus joining in on the worldwide Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Many thanks to music minister Anya Vakher from St. Petersburg for helping organize and conduct the service! Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
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