From August 16-18, 2024, the Lutheran Church of Pitkyaranta, Karelia, held a 3-day program for families, young people and church members from the Russian towns Pitkyaranta, Hiidenselkä, Läskelä and Kingisepp, and the Finnish town of Larsmo. The program helped the participants form a connection on a deeper level through Bible studies, song, … [Read more...]
Youth meet up in Pitkyaranta and Läskelä in anticipation of Christmas
The Lutheran Church of Pitkyaranta and the Lutheran Church of Läskelä, Karelia, held children & youth meetings from December 9-11, 2022. Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
Läskelä school students visit local Lutheran church
On November 17, 2022, sixth-graders and their history teacher from the school in Läskelä, a village in Karelia, visited a local ELCIR congregation, Resurrection of Christ Lutheran Church, as part of the history course in their school curriculum. The students learned from Rev. Oleg Menaker about the reasons for the Great Schism in Christianity, the … [Read more...]
Young people get together for retreat in Pitkyaranta
In late September and early October 2022, the Lutheran Church of Pitkyaranta, Karelia, hosted a Christian youth retreat which also brought together youth from Hiidenselga and Läskelä in Karelia and from Larsmo, a Swedish-speaking community in Finland. Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev and church workers travel around Lake Ladoga
More photos of Theological Institute and ELCIR Headquarters staff members and Bishop Laptev traveling around Lake Ladoga from September 13-15, 2021. Seminar at the Lutheran Church of Ruskeala, Karelia Visiting a mountain park Visiting the churches in Läskelä and Pitkyaranta, Karelia Sleepover and seminars at the Lutheran Church of Vidlitsa, … [Read more...]