On November 2, 2023, Deacon Konstantin Kulalayev of the Lutheran Church in Tver visited Zhizn Social Home and had a pastoral conversation with its residents. The social home shelters people who have faced hardship. Many of them lost the meaning of life and see themselves as unneeded and rejected. To refute that, Deacon Konstantin dispelled the myth … [Read more...]
Deacon Kulalayev makes friends with fellow-Christians in Tver
On October 17, 2023, Deacon Konstantin Kulalayev of the Lutheran Church in Tver paid the first of his scheduled friendly visits to Christian congregations in the town and its region. The first congregation the minister visited was Tver’s congregation of Evangelical Christians-Baptists. The deacon was introduced to the church and met its servants … [Read more...]
Lutheran Church of Rzhev holds family retreat
From July 21-23, 2023, the Lutheran Church of Rzhev, Tver Oblast, held its annual family retreat. The event gathered more than 50 people from the Lutheran churches in Moscow, Kingisepp, Velikiye Luki, Nizhny Novgorod, Koltushi, Tver, Severodvinsk, and Rzhev. This year’s topic was Obraz (the Russian for “image,” “form,” “a way to do … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev updates on ELCIR Uralic Deanery
Post by Bishop Laptev, September 9, 2021: Lately, in spite of the pandemic, the Lord has given me several opportunities to visit the congregations of our Uralic Deanery. It’s a vibrant part of our Church as it has new congregations in Izhevsk and Kirov and is seeing ministry starting in Ufa, Bashkortostan. Soon, if the Lord wills and we live, … [Read more...]