Church of Ingria

30.03.2020

Bishop’s Hour Live-Streamed from Koltushi

On March 28, 2020, Bishop Ivan Laptev and Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi led a pilot live-stream of the Bishop’s Hour from the sacristy of St. George’s Church in Koltushi. The live stream could be watched via Church of Ingria vk.com and facebook pages. Feedback was by typing comments online where viewers could ask questions or send prayer requests. … [Read more...]

30.03.2020

Audio Files of All Hymns are Online

By Darya Shkurlyatyeva The project to upload the audio files of all the 456 hymns from the Church’s Hymnal on elci.ru is complete! The links are below the liturgical calendar at http://elci.ru/liturgicheskiy-kalendar/ There, you can also download a pdf version of the Hymnal. You can use those materials for home prayers and online worship … [Read more...]

28.03.2020

Bishop Laptev’s Address to All the Faithful of The Church of Ingria

Brothers and Sisters beloved in the Lord, The situation with the spread of the COVID-19 virus is getting worse worldwide as well as in our country. On Wednesday March 25, Christians around the world joined together in a prayer to our Lord for mercy and protection. Everywhere, brothers and sisters in Christ are volunteering to provide help in word … [Read more...]

27.03.2020

Bishop’s Council Meets at TICI

The Bishop’s Council met at the Theological Institute on March 25. The main topic of the meeting was the ministry of the Church during the quarantine. The deans of the remote deaneries and the assessor participated in the meeting by video call. The leaders also discussed the information strategy and admission of new congregations into The Church of … [Read more...]

26.03.2020

St. Petersburg Gov’t Prohibits General Access to Churches Due to Coronavirus Pandemic

Today the government of St. Petersburg ordered to prohibit general access to churches for one week March 28 through April 5. Addition to a previous order: 2.3. [To prohibit] from March 28, 2020 through April 5, 2020:. . . 2.3.4. Visiting the facilities (territories) of religious organizations by physical persons, except the ministers and religious … [Read more...]