The attached photos show the congregations in Koltushi, Petrozavodsk, and Toksovo and guests from other congregations celebrating the Nativity of John the Baptist on June 22, 2024. Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
ELCIR and ELCR commemorate WW2 victims
On June 22, 2024, Day of Remembrance and Sorrow in Russia which marks the beginning of the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union in 1941, ELCIR deacon Aleksei Lozhkin participated in the ceremony of laying flowers at Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery in St. Petersburg. In photo: ELCIR deacon Aleksei Lozhkin and Archbishop Vladimir … [Read more...]
Children’s program in Petrozavodsk
“The Armor of God,” a Bible program for children from the ELCIR Karelian Deanery, Petrozavodsk, Karelia, June 15, 2024. Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
ELCIR gets ownership of historical Vuoksenranta church
The Lutheran church building in Vuoksenranta, Leningrad Oblast, is now ELCIR property! We got the title deed! Thanks be to God! The original congregation was established there in 1916. The existing church building was dedicated in 1935. In 1939, the church had 2838 members of the 3700 community residents. Worship services continued till … [Read more...]
Kristina Shilova gives talk about ways to reach out with Christian values to secular world
On June 20, 2024, the Journalists' House, a cultural center in St. Petersburg, hosted a seminar on Confessional Media and Prevention of Religious Extremism. One of the presenters was ELCIR Media Department Head Kristina Shilova. Kristina used the example of exhibitions, music concerts, lectures, and training courses organized by St. Anne’s Lutheran … [Read more...]
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