By Darya Shkurlyatyeva, responsible editor, The Church of Ingria magazine It looks like the first 2020 issue of The Church of Ingria magazine is going to be just as rare an item as Issue 1 of 1991! This issue is really special! - It came out during the pandemic. Right after the layout was done, its electronic version was published … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev, Deans Give Update on Situation in Regions
On May 13, 2020, Rt. Rev. Ivan Laptev, Bishop of The Church of Ingria, and Rev. Deans Pavel Krylov (West Ingrian Deanery), Aleksei Kronholm (Karelian Deanery), Valeri Antipov (Moscow Deanery), Ivan Hutter (St. Petersburg Deanery), Konstantin Subbotin (Uralic Deanery) held an online conference in VK group Sluzhiteli Tserkvi Ingrii ("Ministers of The … [Read more...]
What does ELCIR Information Dept. Do and Plan to Do?
By Darya Shkurlyatyeva The main task of the Information Department is to ensure that anyone interested can learn as much as possible about the life of The Church of Ingria: our history, how we live today and what we believe in, as well as our future plans. We monitor congregational news and persuade our remote and small congregations to establish a … [Read more...]
Audio Files of All Hymns are Online
By Darya Shkurlyatyeva The project to upload the audio files of all the 456 hymns from the Church’s Hymnal on elci.ru is complete! The links are below the liturgical calendar at http://elci.ru/liturgicheskiy-kalendar/ There, you can also download a pdf version of the Hymnal. You can use those materials for home prayers and online worship … [Read more...]
Agricola Choir Travels to Rzhev
Agricola Choir Travels to Rzhev. News story by Darya Shkurlyatyeva, leader of Agricola Choir, Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church in Vyborg. February 21-23, 2020 A long weekend is a reason to go out on a visit. This time, 14 members of Agricola Choir (around 2/3 of the choir) traveled 600 km from Vyborg to Rzhev. Our luggage was usual: a … [Read more...]