Over the weekend of June 12-13, 2023, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev visited Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Murmansk. The church is at the final phase of wrapping up construction work. It has a vibrant life with regular worship services, senior and disabled meetings, music recitals, and evening activities. Bishop Laptev attended the Hearth and Home … [Read more...]
Religious journalists meet for conference in St. Petersburg
On June 13, 2023, Senior Pastor Mikhail Ivanov of St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral in St. Petersburg represented the ELCIR at the conference “Confessional Media and Prevention of Religious Extremism. Coverage of Socially Significant Information: Pro et Contra.” The conference at Journalists' House, a journalist community center in St. … [Read more...]
Youth retreat in Petrozavodsk
From June 9-11, 2023, the Lutheran Church of Petrozavodsk, Karelia, held a youth retreat gathering young people from Noviye Peski, Olonets, Petrozavodsk, Segezha, and St. Petersburg. The young people heard God’s Word and discussed the topic “The Foundation of the Christian,” took an excursion to Alexander Nevsky Russian Orthodox Cathedral … [Read more...]
St. Mary’s hosts training for Sunday school teachers
ELCIR Sunday school teachers met together for three days at St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral in St. Petersburg to share best practices and learn the Godly Play® methodology. The 18 teachers came from Karelia, Lomonosov, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Udmurtia, and Yoshkar-Ola. The three wonderful days strengthened St. Mary’s Sunday school and upgraded the … [Read more...]
Summer choir festival at Skvoritsy
June 12, 2023 saw the annual summer festival “Hymns of Holy Joy” (a line from the Russian version of “Alleluia, Sing to Jesus”) at Skvoritsy Lutheran Church in Petrovo, Gatchinsky District, Leningrad Oblast. Rev. Pavel Krylov, Skvoritsy senior pastor and West Ingrian region dean, compèred the concert. Matvei Nazarov, organist of the Lutheran Church … [Read more...]
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