On June 22, 2024, Day of Remembrance and Sorrow in Russia which marks the beginning of the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union in 1941, ELCIR deacon Aleksei Lozhkin participated in the ceremony of laying flowers at Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery in St. Petersburg. In photo: ELCIR deacon Aleksei Lozhkin and Archbishop Vladimir … [Read more...]
ELCR and ELCIR sign joint declaration on family and marriage
On April 24, 2024, Archbishop Vladimir Provorov of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia and Bishop Ivan Laptev of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia met at the ELCIR headquarters in St. Petersburg. The ecclesiastics signed a Joint Declaration on Family and Marriage. The Declaration is a joint vision of our Churches on … [Read more...]
ELCIR and ELCR meet for theological colloquy
On February 14, 2024, The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia and The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia met for another theological colloquy. Decisions: 1. Adopt the text of the Declaration on Marriage and get approval from the ELCR General Consistory to sign it. 2. Prepare a Declaration on the Historical … [Read more...]
Christ’s Nativity exhibition opens at Annenkirche
On December 2, 2023, an exhibition entitled The Nativity opened at Annenkirche—St. Anne’s Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg. During a music concert, the following ministers of different Christian denominations recounted the Nativity story together:Bishop Ivan Laptev, The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia;Archbishop Vladimir Provorov, … [Read more...]
35th ELCIR Synod convenes in St. Petersburg
On October 13, 2023, the 35th Synod (Convention) of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia convened in St. Petersburg. Greetings came from Archbishop Tapio Luoma of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland; Bishop Tiit Salumäe of The Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church; Archbishop Vladimir Provorov of The Evangelical … [Read more...]