December 6, 2023 saw the 26th Annual European Prayer Breakfast in Brussels, Belgium. Its main topics were the demographic situation in Europe and peacemaking in Israel. ELCIR pastor Yevgeni Raskatov attended the meeting as part of a delegation of National Spiritual Breakfast organizers from Russia. The Russian National Spiritual Breakfast … [Read more...]
Rev. Aleksandr and Anna Volchok reach out with God’s comfort to seniors
On December 5, 2023, Senior Pastor Aleksander and Anna Volchok of the Lutheran Church of Murmansk, visited the Murmansk Nursing Home for Senior and Disabled People. The church servants were happy to meet with their friends residing at the home. Although the home is far from the church, some of them are active parishioners. Unfortunately, not all of … [Read more...]
Confirmation at Annenkirche
It was an especially blessed 1st Sunday in Advent for Annenkirche (St. Anne’s Lutheran Church, St. Petersburg) on December 3, 2023, as Sofia was confirmed! God’s blessings to our sister in Christ in the new church year and in her entire life! Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
Family retreat in Ruskeala
From December 1-3, 2023, married couples from ELCIR congregations in the St. Petersburg Deanery went on a retreat to Ruskeala Mountain Park in Karelia for a Family Christmas program. The group enjoyed a variegated recreation program for adults and kids which included a visit to a zoo and the Marble Canyon, “St. Nicholas” giving gifts, … [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...]
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