Consul General of Finland in St. Petersburg Anne Lammila has completed her diplomatic mission in St. Petersburg. On this occasion, there was a reception at the Consulate General of Finland on September 24, 2020, where ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev, Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi, ELCIR Chief Secretary Mikhail Ivanov, and St. Mary’s Church Administrative … [Read more...]
First Divine Service Celebrated at Ascension Lutheran in Kaliningrad
In June 2020, The Church of Ingria had a religious group called Ascension Evangelical Lutheran Congregation officially registered in Kaliningrad, the westernmost region of Russia. Now the Church of Ingria congregations are located in 8 time zones! When it’s noon in St. Petersburg, it’s 6 pm in Yakutsk and 11 am at the westernmost Ingrian … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev Visits Church in Zelenogorsk
On September 17, 2020, Bishop Ivan Laptev made an episcopal visitation to Transfiguration of Our Lord Church in Zelenogorsk, a municipal town in greater St. Petersburg. The bishop met with Head of the Town Administration Igor Dolgikh. They discussed plans to continue collaboration. Later, Bishop Laptev met with the congregation’s clergy and … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev Attends Governor Drozdenko’s Inauguration Ceremony
On September 17, 2020, Aleksandr Drozdenko was inaugurated into the office of Governor of Leningrad Oblast. The official ceremony was held in the Legislative Assembly Hall of the Government of Leningrad Oblast. By invitation of the Oblast Governor, the Right Reverend Ivan Laptev, the Bishop of The Church of Ingria, attended the ceremony. The … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev Pays Homage at War Memorials
On September 8, Remembrance Day for the Victims of the Siege of Leningrad, there was a ceremony in Shcheglovo, Vsevolozhsky District, Leningrad Oblast, where a memorial stone was laid on the site of the future monument to the multiethnic troops of 63rd Guards Infantry Division of the Leningrad Front (Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945). Plans are … [Read more...]
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