On May 8, 2022, leaders of Protestant denominations laid a wreath and flowers in a solemn ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow, a war memorial at the Kremlin Wall, commemorating the Victory over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. At the request of the ELCIR bishop, Senior Pastor Igor Alisov and Pastor Andrei … [Read more...]
Servants’ сonference in Moscow
From November 11-12, 2021, the servants of the ELCIR Moscow Deanery met together for a servants’ conference at Holy Trinity Lutheran Congregation of Moscow. Motto: “Be Faithful!” During a roundtable discussion, the clergymen and lay servants made plans for their ministries in 2022. Participants & presentations: Bishop Ivan Laptev, “The … [Read more...]
Family Retreat in Bashkortostan
From August 11-13, 2020, clergymen Vladislav Abdullin (Birsk, Bashkortostan), Andrei Yurtayev (Moscow), Marat Fazlullin (Gurez-Pudga, Udmurtia), Valeri Antipov (Rzhev) and lay church members met up in Iglino, a village in Bashkortostan, to discuss the importance of family values. Video (only in Russian) … [Read more...]