On November 4, 2022, the Lutheran Church of Kazan, Tatarstan, hosted a meeting of the ministers of the ELCIR Uralic Deanery, which gathered almost all of the deanery’s pastors, deacons, and catechists. Those who could not come, joined online. The main topic for discussion was “Modern Heresies.” Bishop Ivan Laptev presented a report on this … [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...]
Rev. Semyonov Announces Luther Fest on TV in Kazan
On October 26, 2021, Rev. Artur Semyonov, the senior pastor of St. Andrew's Lutheran Church of Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan (2nd left) and organist Fyodor Galeyev announced the upcoming Luther Fest on TNV, the national TV and radio broadcaster of Tatarstan. The Luther Fest will take place at St. Andrew's Church on October 30 and will feature a lot … [Read more...]
Family Retreat in Uralic Deanery, August 11-13, 2020
By Natalia Antipova, family ministry coordinator, Church of Ingria Iglino, a village not far from Ufa, Bashkortostan, was the location of a family retreat where the couple Sergei and Veronika Kochetkov warmly welcomed us in their house. The head of the household opened the retreat. On the first day, we discussed how and in what order God … [Read more...]