On the first Sunday in Lent, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev started a visitation of the congregations in the Siberian Deanery. Route: St. Petersburg, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Ufa, Yoshkar-Ola, Kazan, St. Petersburg. At Holy Trinity Lutheran in Krasnoyarsk, Bishop Laptev installed Deacon Aleksei Karabtsov in the service of this church. The … [Read more...]
Novosibirsk seminary graduates awarded diplomas on Reformation Sunday
On Reformation Day, October 31, 2021, seminary graduates were awarded their diplomas after the festive worship service at the Novosibirsk Congregation of The Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church. Sincere congratulations to Church of Ingria deacons Aleksei Karabtsov and Vyacheslav Shadrin! May the education they have received bear fruit in their … [Read more...]