On November 25, 2023, Kirovets Stadium in St. Petersburg hosted an Interfaith Soccer Tournament on the occasion of National Unity Day in Russia. The ELCIR soccer team Severnaya Rys (“The Northern Lynx”) led by Dmitri Glechikov won 1st place! Congrats! Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
Taytsy Chapel celebrates anniversary and Harvest Festival
On Sunday, October 3, 2021, the Lutheran chapel of Taytsy, Leningrad Oblast, celebrated its 2nd anniversary and marked Harvest Festival by blessing the fruit of the earth. Catechist Dmitri Glechikov led a prayer service. After the worship, church members and guests had a tea party and sang spiritual songs to the guitar. Information courtesy of … [Read more...]
ELCIR Soccer Team Takes Home Runner-Up Cup
On May 3, 2021, Moscow’s Sokolniki Arena of FC Spartak hosted an annual inter-faith soccer tournament as part of The Dialog of Religions event series, an initiative of the Russian Union of Christians of Evangelical Faith, sponsored by the Ethnic Policy and Interregional Relations Department of Moscow’s government. The soccer tournament of teams … [Read more...]
The Church of Ingria Wins Silver Prize in Field Hockey Tournament
By Polina Glechikova On August 22, 2020, the education center in Kudrovo, Leningrad Oblast, hosted a field hockey tournament as part of the Summer Festival of Ethnic and Street Sports. The competition was organized by the Administration of the Governor of Leningrad Oblast and the Oblast Committee for Local Self-Government and … [Read more...]