On April 25, 2023, the Presidential Library in St. Petersburg hosted the conference “The Traditional Religions as the Spiritual and Moral Unity of Russia.” The event was organized by the Administration of Leningrad Oblast and gathered around 100 government officials from Leningrad Oblast and Moscow, heads of religious organizations and community, … [Read more...]
Kingisepp Lutheran church cooperates as local gov’t guards ethnic & religious peace
On June 15, 2022, Senior Pastor Anatoli Leshchik of Yamburgsky Lutheran Church of Kingisepp, Leningrad Oblast, attended a meeting of the Interethnic & Interconfessional Relations Council under the Kingisepp District Administration. Its agenda included the following items: - status of the migration situation - countering terrorist and … [Read more...]
Remembrance Meeting at Kirjamo
In the cemetery near Kirjamo, Leningrad Oblast, there is a memorial to local residents who suffered Stalinist repressions in 1939-1940. Established through the efforts of Mrs. Lidia Yllö (1919-2015), it was inaugurated in 1989. Every year, people gather at this memorial for a remembrance of their relatives who had gone though the harsh trials. This … [Read more...]
Bishop’s Visitation of Congregations in Kingisepp and on Kurgalsky Peninsula
By Kristina Gainova On March 5, 2020, Bishop Ivan Laptev and Senior Pastor Anatoli Leshchik visited the congregation in Bolshoye Kuzyomkino, Kingiseppsky District, Leningrad Oblast, where they met with Ms. Svetlana Demchenko, head of administration, Kuzyomkino Rural Settlement. They discussed the possibilities of renovating the historical St. … [Read more...]