During the mission festival on Sunday, November 7, 2021, St. John’s Estonian Congregation of St. Petersburg (Jaani kirik) had a new church servant installed. During the divine service, Andrei Ignatov received a blessing to serve the church in the ministry of Catechist. Andrei was called to this ministry after he graduated from the Initial … [Read more...]
Estonian Consul General Visits Jaani kirik
On October 17, 2021, Consul General of Estonia Carl Eric Laantee Reintamm visited St. John’s Estonian Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg (Jaani kirik). Mr. Laantee Reintamm met the Sunday school students, talked to the parishioners and the students’ parents. Many thanks for the friendly visit and the gifts for the most active servants of the … [Read more...]
Thank you, Jaani kirik!
A thank-you post by Assistance for Mothers in Crisis project in St. Petersburg, August 3, 2021: We’d like to thank the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John (Jaani Kirik) in St. Petersburg for holding a charity concert! The donations collected during the concert and the worship service will be used to buy groceries, medicines and to … [Read more...]
Jaani kirik Remembers Deportees
On Sunday, June 13, 2021, St. John’s Estonian Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg (Jaani kirik) held a remembrance service commemorating Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians, and members of other ethnic groups who were deported from their homelands during the June 1941 forced deportation by Stalinist authorities. Many of the deportees died during the … [Read more...]
Jaani kirik Celebrates Anniversaries
On February 21, 2021, the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in St. Petersburg celebrated two dates: 160 years since Jaani kirik (“John’s Church” in Estonian) was dedicated and 10 years since the church re-opened after a renovation/restoration. The former anniversary was supposed to be marked last November, but it was impossible to get … [Read more...]
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