A summer family festival called Juhla took place in Petrovo, Leningrad Oblast, on July 22, 2023. The event which upholds family traditions was organized as part of a project called “In the Footsteps of Inkeri” with support from the administration of Pudost Rural Settlement and the Lutheran Church of Skvoritsy, Leningrad Oblast. In photo: … [Read more...]
Summer choir festival at Skvoritsy
June 12, 2023 saw the annual summer festival “Hymns of Holy Joy” (a line from the Russian version of “Alleluia, Sing to Jesus”) at Skvoritsy Lutheran Church in Petrovo, Gatchinsky District, Leningrad Oblast. Rev. Pavel Krylov, Skvoritsy senior pastor and West Ingrian region dean, compèred the concert. Matvei Nazarov, organist of the Lutheran Church … [Read more...]
ELCIR pastors attend conference at Presidential Library
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...]
ELCIR Lutherans reach out with God’s Word and mercy ministry to shut-ins
“So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.” (Gal. 6:10) In anticipation of Christmas when many believers celebrate this glorious feast in their churches, ELCIR clergymen and laypeople reached out to those who physically are too weak to come to … [Read more...]
Yukki and Skvoritsy Lutherans praise God in song together during Advent
On December 10, 2022, members of the Lutheran congregation of Yukki spent the evening together with the Lutheran congregation of Skvoritsy singing their favorite Advent and Christmas songs. Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
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