Below is a photo gallery of some of the baptisms and confirmations that took place in ELCIR congregations on Easter Sunday March 31, 2024. … [Read more...]
More baptisms and confirmations in ELCIR
February 4, 2024: Sofia, Dmitri, Olga, and Dmitri were baptized and 20 people were confirmed at St. Anne’s Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg (Annenkirche). Photos by Maria Vasilyeva. Svetlana was confirmed at the Lutheran Church of Kazan, Tatarstan. Svetlana lives in Kaliningrad, however she wished to join the Church in Kazan. February … [Read more...]
Gospel outreach in Kazan
Every year before Christmas Day according to the Julian calendar, Protestant churches in Kazan, Tatarstan, get together outdoors and read the Gospel out loud standing between a metro station and the city’s Moskovsky Market. They also give away copies of the Gospels and the Book of Psalms and other Christian literature in Russian and Tatar. Eight … [Read more...]
ELCIR Uralic Deanery ministers meet together in Kazan
On November 3, 2023, the Lutheran Church of Kazan, Tatarstan, hosted a meeting of ELCIR Uralic Deanery ministers. The topics for discussion were congregational budgets and work plans. ELCIR Mission Dept. Secretary Yelena Kugappi explained how and why churches should apply for grants in written form and answered questions. Bishop Laptev participated … [Read more...]
ELCIR Uralic Deanery holds missionary retreat
From July 7-9, 2023, the Lutheran Church of Birsk, Bashkortostan, hosted a missionary retreat of the ELCIR Uralic Deanery. The gathering brought together lay members and ministers from Velmema Lutheran Church of Saransk, Mordovia; Holy Cross Lutheran Church of Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El; St. Andrew the Apostle Lutheran Church of Kazan, … [Read more...]
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