On April 24, 2024, Archbishop Vladimir Provorov of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia and Bishop Ivan Laptev of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia met at the ELCIR headquarters in St. Petersburg. The ecclesiastics signed a Joint Declaration on Family and Marriage. The Declaration is a joint vision of our Churches on … [Read more...]
Cooperation between ELCR and ELCIR becomes stronger
From September 20-22, 2023, the General Synod of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia convened in St. Petersburg. Attending the opening of the synod, Bishop Ivan Laptev of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia extended his greetings. On September 22, the synod members visited St. Anne’s Lutheran Church of the ELCIR in St. … [Read more...]
LWF National Committee meets in St. Petersburg
On March 15 and 16, 2023, the National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation convened for a meeting in St. Petersburg. The leaders of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia and The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia discussed plans for cooperation and regular theological colloquies which would enable us to know each other … [Read more...]
Christmas greetings from Archbishop Vladimir Provorov of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia
New chief ecclesiastics installed in Russia’s Lutheran church bodies
On Sunday November 6, 2022, Dean Vladimir Provorov was installed in the position of Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia (ELCR), and Dean Andrei Djamgarov was installed in the position of Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of European Russia (ELCER). The worship service with the installation ceremony took place at … [Read more...]