Praise God for the growth of His Church! The 13th Sunday after Trinity September 3, 2023 saw more confirmations and a baptism in The Church of Ingria! Eduard and Yaroslava were confirmed at St. John’s Estonian Lutheran Church of the ELCIR in St. Petersburg Artur and Maria were confirmed at the Lutheran Church of Verkhni Suetuk in southern … [Read more...]
Tyomniye Nochi 2023 night festival held in St. Petersburg
The program started at St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral of St. Petersburg in the evening of August 25. The participants and the church’s band established themselves on the front steps of the church and filled Bolshaya Konyushennaya Street in downtown St. Petersburg with music and song! Passersby stopped to listen to the Lutherans singing … [Read more...]
Baptism and confirmation at Jaani kirik, St. Petersburg
Praise God for Lyudmila who joined the Church through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism and the Rite of Confirmation at St. John’s Estonian Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg, a.k.a Jaani kirik, on August 6, 2023, the Feast of the Transfiguration. Congratulations to our sister in Christ! Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
ELCIR holds Lutheran Hymn Festival
On July 2, 2023, St. John’s Estonian Church of the ELCIR in St. Petersburg (a.k.a. Jaanikirik) hosted a Lutheran Hymn Festival which gathered 57 participating musicians. Acknowledgments: Darya Shkurlyatyeva for the overall coordination ELCIR Liturgical Commission Senior Pastor Konstantin Subbotin of Jaanikirik for the valuable … [Read more...]
St. John’s Church celebrates Jaanipäev
On June 23-24, 2023, members of St. John’s Estonian Lutheran Church of the ELCIR in St. Petersburg celebrated Jaanipäev (Nativity of St. John the Baptist) during a retreat at the Theological Institute in Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast. On the first day, the group prayed, sang to the guitar and picnicked together. On June 24, the day included prayer and … [Read more...]
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