On the sunny day of April 3, 2022, extramural ELCIR Theological Institute student Andrei Polyakov was ordained into the Office of Deacon at Hietamäki Lutheran Church in Innolovo, Leningrad Oblast. Congratulations on the ordination! May the Lord let Deacon Andrei bear abundant fruit in His vineyard! “I am the true vine, and my Father is the … [Read more...]
Kingisepp and Hietamäki Congregants Celebrate Michaelmas Together
On Sunday October 3, 2021, a group of parishioners from Yamburgsky Lutheran Church in Kingisepp attended the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels worship service at Hietamäki Lutheran Church in Innolovo, Leningrad Oblast. After the service, the worshipers wished a happy birthday to the church’s senior pastor Rev. Väinö Kuosti. Many thanks to the … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev and Senior Pastor Kuosti Visit Memorial Sign in Hietamäki Parish
Bishop Ivan Laptev and Senior Pastor Väinö Kuosti of Hietamäki Lutheran Congregation in the village of Innovolo, Leningrad Oblast, standing near the memorial sign in the cemetery of Karstolovo and Korostovitsy, established by villagers and ELCIR church members in 2018. "Myös isämme uskoivat ennen ja kylvivät, leikkasivat. Me saarnaamme aikojen … [Read more...]
Hietamäki Congregation Hosts Inter-Congregational Meeting
On April 25, 2021, Hietamäki Lutheran Church in Innolovo, Leningrad Oblast, hosted an inter-congregational meeting. Around 30 communicant members from Hietamäki, Kolpany, Pushkin, Gatchina, and Gubanitsy, three pastors, musicians from Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory, and local residents truly enjoyed God’s Word, a wonderful liturgy, an organ recital, … [Read more...]