On February 22, 2024, St. Petersburg State University hosted “Traditional Values and Images of the Future,” a conference of researchers and educators as part of the Int'l Interreligious Youth Forum. The following presentations came from the ELCIR Theological Institute: “Traditional Family Affections in Early Christian Hagiography … [Read more...]
Young people meet up in Cheboksary, study Bible, discuss Christian life
From September 23-25, 2022, the Lutheran Church of Cheboksary, Chuvashia, hosted an informal meeting of young people from the ELCIR Uralic Deanery. The event gathered participants from the nearest congregations in Cheboksary, Gurez-Pudga, Izhevsk, Kazan, Saransk, Yoshkar-Ola, and guests from St. Petersburg. Pastor Artur Semyonov … [Read more...]
Aleksei Lozhkin ordained as deacon
On April 5, 2022, Aleksei Lozhkin, coworker of the ELCIR Children & Youth Department, intramural ELCIR Theological Institute student, was ordained into the Office of Deacon during a student worship service at the Lutheran Church of Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast. The rite of ordination was performed by ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev assisted by ELCIR St. … [Read more...]