On October 15, 2023, Daniil Andreyev was installed into the ministry of catechist at the Lutheran Church of Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast. The church’s senior pastor Vladimir Dorodni, pastors Dmitri Rozet and Roman Sukharev officiated at the installation service. Congratulations to the new church servant and the whole congregation! Photo by … [Read more...]
ELCIR ecclesiastics meet with Archbishop Provorov
On July 21, 2023, Archbishop Vladimir Provorov of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia met with representatives of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia: Pastor Olav Panchu, Pastor Konstantin Subbotin, and Pastor Dmitri Rozet. They discussed the most significant points of contact between the two church bodies and areas … [Read more...]
Synod appoints new TICI rector, elects board of trustees
One of the important decisions of the 34th Synod of The Church of Ingria which convened on October 14, 2022 was the appointment of the new rector of the ELCIR Theological Institute (TICI). Effective from November 1, 2022, Pastor Konstantin Subbotin, Cand. Sc. (Philology), will be the new rector. The synod also elected a new board of … [Read more...]
Video Podcast with Josh McDowell on YouTube
Watch a podcast with Mikhail Abakumov, director of Reasonable Faith Eurasia, and Dmitri Rozet, an ELCIR pastor and senior researcher with the Center for Apologetic Research in St. Petersburg, talking with Josh McDowell about his life and ministry, the truth of Christianity, and answering listeners’ questions. With English … [Read more...]
Composition of Synod
The Synod (national convention) of the ELCIR, as per the ELCIR Standing Orders, is comprised of 24 empowered lay representatives: 5 from the West Ingrian Deanery, 6 from the Karelian Deanery, 1 from the Moscow Deanery, 1 from the Volga Deanery, 7 from the St. Petersburg Deanery, 1 from the Siberian Deanery, 3 from the Uralic Deanery. Also, the … [Read more...]