On May 29, 2021, Darya Shkurlyatyeva, the cantor of the ELCIR congregation in Vyborg made an online presentation for the conference “Women in the Church” held by the Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church. She spoke at the invitation of SELC Seminary Rector Rev. Aleksei Streltsov. Darya shared about the educational projects of Mikael Agricola Choir … [Read more...]
Online Diary Turns One Year Old!
One year ago on May 25, 2020, the ELCIR Information Department started Online Diary, an online project in the ELCIR’s VK group https://vk.com/infoinkeri posting audio recordings of daily Bible lessons from the ELCIR Lectionary read by ELCIR clergy and lay servants from different congregations (only in Russian). More than 40 people from all of the … [Read more...]
TICI Students Visit Congregation of Vyborg
On April 29, students from the ELCIR Theological Institute visited Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast. “After a delicious lunch, we had an engaging organ tour! Darya Shkurlyatyeva told us about the organ’s design and its various features and capabilities and even played several pieces for us, which helped us appreciate the beauty and diversity of its … [Read more...]
Advisory Board of ELCIR and ELCF Meets Online
By Darya Shkurlyatyeva, ELCIR Press Service The Advisory Board of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria and The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland met online on April 16, 2021. The key item on the order of business was the prolongation of the cooperation agreement between the two church bodies. Both parties expressed their desire to … [Read more...]
Students of Book Publishing Visit Church in Vyborg, Learn about Lutheran Reformer
It’s become a good tradition for students from the Higher School of Printing and Media Technologies in St. Petersburg to visit Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Congregation in Vyborg in the St. Petersburg region. The church is the base of Agricola Club which studies Lutheran history and culture. Olga Starkovskaya, Cand. Sc. (Philology), a teacher … [Read more...]