On December 11, 2021, the Lutheran Church of Petrozavodsk, Karelia, celebrated Pikkujoulu (Finnish for “little Christmas”), a Finnish traditional party held to anticipate Christmas. The day’s program included a morning arts & crafts session making gnome decorations for home and an afternoon performance by the music band Drolls. In the … [Read more...]
State TV channel interviews congregants as they decorate church for Christmas
Members of Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, Petrozavodsk, Karelia, decorate their church for Christmas. Pastor Aleksei Kronholm and church members give interviews in a news report that aired on Rossiya 1 Karelia, a regional channel of VGTRK, a state-owned broadcaster which operates many television and radio channels in 53 of Russia’s … [Read more...]
Church history lecture in Chalna
On November 20, 2021, Ivan Skorets, MDiv, a graduate of St. Petersburg Theological Academy of The Russian Orthodox Church and officer of the Lutheran Church of Petrozavodsk, Karelia, presented a lecture at the Lutheran Church of Chalna about the history of the Graeco-Russian Church in Karelia from the 10th to the 21st century. Many thanks, Ivan, … [Read more...]
Karelian & Northern ministers meet in Petrozavodsk
On October 28, 2021, Holy Spirit Lutheran Church of Petrozavodsk, Karelia, hosted a meeting of the ministers of the ELCIR Karelian and Northern Deaneries. The meeting opened with a communion service celebrated by Bishop Ivan Laptev and Karelian Dean Pastor Aleksei Kronholm. The bishop preached a sermon about understanding who the man of God is … [Read more...]
Historian Milyutin lectures on American Finns
At the Lutheran churches in Chalna and Petrozavodsk, Karelia, in late September and on October 9, 2021 respectively, Vladislav Milyutin, master of history, presented a lecture entitled “American Finns: in Search of a New Home.” A two and a half minute report about the lecture aired on Viestit Karjala news program on Rossiya 1 Karelia, a … [Read more...]
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