Church of Ingria

18.10.2020

Synod Approves Job Description for Bishop’s Vicars

The 32nd Synod has approved a job description for Bishop’s Vicar. Earlier, on September 25, 2020, the Synodal Council resolved to appoint Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi Bishop’s First Vicar and Dean of the Uralic Region Konstantin Subbotin Bishop’s Second Vicar. ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev will soon determine a scope of responsibility for each … [Read more...]

18.10.2020

Synod Approves Church Music Committee

The 32nd Synod has supported the initiative to establish a Church Music Committee in the ELCIR. For many years, the ministries of The Church of Ingria have been facilitated by a children & youth, missionary, and diaconal committees, but there hasn’t been a committee coordinating one of the most important ministries, the ministry of church … [Read more...]

15.10.2020

Decisions of 32nd Synod on Synodal Council, New Congregations

Below are some of the decisions of the 32nd Synod of the ELCIR The Synod approved the following composition of the Synodal Council for 2021-2022: Core members: Deacon Timur Pamyatnykh, Novosibirsk, Siberian Deanery Natalia Antipova, Rzhev, Moscow Deanery Pastor Ivan Hutter, Yukki, St. Petersburg Deanery Vadim Bakurin, Koltushi, St. … [Read more...]

15.10.2020

LWF National Committee Meets in Moscow

On October 13, Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of European Russia in Moscow hosted a meeting of the LWF National Committee in the Russian Federation. The Lutheran World Federation is a large global communion of national and regional Lutheran churches. Currently, the LWF consists of 148 member churches in 99 … [Read more...]

15.10.2020

Ministry to Estonians in St. Petersburg Continues

A short time ago, on International Translation Day, we shared how The Church of Ingria is multilingual and works in at least 12 languages. It’s important that each ethnic group can hear God’s Word in their own language! Rt. Rev. Tiit Salumäe, Bishop of the Western and Northern Regions of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia, a longtime … [Read more...]