On January 29, 2023, the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus, Nikita Lahtinen, 1st-year bachelor’s student at the ELCIR Theological Institute, was installed as a catechist at the Lutheran Church of Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast. The blessing ceremony was officiated by Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi. Photo credits: Inna Lahtinen, Vladislav … [Read more...]
St. Mary’s Church to hold a gala, wishing a Happy 70th Birthday to Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi!
On Saturday, February 18, 2023, at 1 pm Moscow time, St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral located at 8 Bolshaya Konyushennaya Street, St. Petersburg will hold a gala celebration of the 70th birth anniversary of Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi! Everybody is welcome! The celebration will be webcast live via St. Mary’s YouTube channel. All … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev attends ceremony commemorating the 1944 lifting of the Leningrad Siege
On January 27, 2023, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev attended the ceremony in Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery in St. Petersburg commemorating the 79th anniversary of the Liberation of Leningrad in 1944 from the Nazi Siege during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev, Oleg Belezhenko attend interfaith social ministry discussion in Moscow
On January 26, 2023, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev and Oleg Belezhenko, director of Anna Pomogayet Nonprofit visited the Department of External Church Relations of the Russian Orthodox Patriarchate at Danilov Monastery in Moscow. They attended the roundtable discussion “Social Ministry of Religious Communities: Denominations Share Experiences.” The … [Read more...]
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: St. Petersburg Christians come together to pray for unity
Finishing off the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity on January 25, 2023, men and women of different Christian confessions in St. Petersburg met together at Assumption of Our Lady Roman Catholic Church to pray God for the gift of unity. The Prayer was joined by parishioners and clergymen of Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Armenian Apostolic and … [Read more...]
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