Church of Ingria

26.03.2020

Bishop Häkkinen Congratulates Bishop Emeritus Kugappi on Award

Bishop Seppo Häkkinen of the Diocese of Mikkeli sent a congratulatory letter to Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi: Mikkeli, March 23, 2020 To Bishop Emeritus, Brother in Christ Arri Kugappi I congratulate you with all my heart on being awarded the Cross of St. Henry! The Cross of St. Henry is an award that few people are honored with. The Archbishop … [Read more...]

26.03.2020

Bishop Emeritus Kugappi Awarded Cross of St. Henry

Arri Kugappi, Birgitta Rantakari, and Tuomas Magga Receive Awards of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland Based on the Russian translation from Finnish by Darya Shkurlyatyeva Original article in Finnish Archbishop Tapio Luoma awarded the Cross of St. Henry to Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi and Social Counselor Birgitta Rantakari and the Cross … [Read more...]

26.03.2020

The Church of Ingria Joins in Worldwide Prayer to End Pandemic

Christians around the world were invited by Pope Francis I to join together in prayer on March 25 (at 14:00 Moscow time) to end the coronavirus pandemic. The prayer in The Church of Ingria was led by Bishop Ivan Laptev, Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi, Rev. Dean Valeri Antipov of the Moscow Deanery, Rev. Dean Pavel Krylov of the West Ingrian Deanery, … [Read more...]

26.03.2020

ELCIR Central Office Launches vk.com Group

We invite clergymen, lay congregants, and everyone who wants to be in touch with the departments of The Church of Ingria to the group of the Central Office at https://vk.com/bishopsoffice. Bishop Ivan Laptev speaks about the new group in a video (only in Russian). Thank you Kristina Gainova for the video! In the Lutherans of Russia – The Church of … [Read more...]

26.03.2020

Students Share Impressions of ITC

From March 10 to 20, 2020, the Theological Institute of the Church of Ingria (TICI) taught another term of the Initial Theological Course. Some of the students have shared their impressions: Valeri Strelkov, St. Mary’s Congregation, St. Petersburg: “The Initial Theological Course is a great time you can be spiritually enriched, have a quiet time … [Read more...]