On October 13, 2022, at the invitation of Roman Catholic Archbishop Paolo Pezzi, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev attended the opening ceremony of the 30th academic year of Mary the Queen of the Apostles Higher Theological Seminary of The Roman Catholic Church in St. Petersburg. Msgr. Sergei Timashov, seminary rector, opened the ceremony. A … [Read more...]
Finnish Consul General visits Lutheran church in Gatchina
On October 13, 2022, a team of workers from the Consulate General of Finland, St. Petersburg, led by Consul General Sannamaaria Vanamo visited St. Nicholas’ Lutheran Church in Gatchina, Leningrad Oblast, during a tour of the city. Ms. Consul General was interested to hear the history of the congregation told by its senior pastor Rev. Viktor … [Read more...]
Synodal Council’s decisions of Sep. 30, 2022
Some of the decisions of the ELCIR Synodal Council made on September 30, 2022 - Confer a blessing to Filipp Rodionov to serve the religious group of the Nativity of Christ Lutheran Church in Schyokino, Tula Oblast, as a catechist. - Confer a blessing to Anton Andreyev to serve St. Anne’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in St. … [Read more...]
ELCIR seminarians reach out to nursing home residents with God’s Word and fellowship
The Christian Mercy House in Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, an ELCIR-run nursing home, would like to thank ELCIR Theological Institute students for their ministry! The house residents always look forward to Wednesday evenings when they meet around God’s Word, listen, ask questions and have a discussion in a warm atmosphere together. Original … [Read more...]
Tatiana Ryumina gives look into her church’s history in interview for St. Petersburg journalist
On October 11, 2022, church member Tatiana Ryumina, curator of St. Michael’s Lutheran church museum in St. Petersburg, gave an interview to journalist Andrei Radin, chairman of the St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast Union of Journalists. The interview was about architect Pavel (Paul) Alisch (1842 - after 1917), a Russia German who was a member of … [Read more...]
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