From August 19-21, 2022, Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El, held a family retreat of the ELCIR Uralic Deanery. The hospitable Holy Cross congregation gathered participants from Birsk, Cheboksary, Gurez-Pudga, Izhevsk, Kazan, Penza, and Saransk. Pastor Valeri and Natalia Antipov from the Lutheran church in Rzhev held … [Read more...]
Night festival in St. Petersburg
The Church of Ingria held a night prayer, fellowship and Bible study festival in St. Petersburg—Tyomniye Nochi 2022. On August 19, there was an evening praise and prayer meeting at St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral involving the congregation’s music band. This was followed by a Bible study reflecting on ways to be in constant anticipation of the second … [Read more...]
Saratov Oblast gov’t minister greets Dean Panchu on his ordination anniversary
On August 18, 2022, Natalia Troshina, minister of domestic policy and social relations in the Saratov Oblast government, sent a letter of greetings to Rev. Olav Panchu, dean of the ELCIR Volga Deanery, senior pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Congregation of Saratov, for the 20th anniversary of his ordination into the Office of Pastor. English … [Read more...]
Christians in Petrozavodsk read Scripture out loud together
Members of Christian churches in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, gathered at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church on August 13, 2022, to read Matthew 1-28 out loud together during three hours! The readers alternated their reading with singing Christian songs. Together, the attendees sang the Russian version of Amazing Grace. Many thanks to all the readers, … [Read more...]
Church cantor course starts again in Koltushi
Since August 15, 2022, the ELCIR Theological Institute in Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, has been teaching a course for church cantors. The twenty-three congregational musicians in attendance come from five of the ELCIR deaneries: Karelian, Siberian, St. Petersburg, Uralic, and West Ingrian. The program of the first teaching period includes … [Read more...]
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