From August 21-27, 2023, the ELCIR Theological Institute in Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, held the 4th and final class & exam period of the Cantor Course. Fifteen students attended class and took exams, making it the biggest class of church musicians in the Institute’s history. The course’s main topics were the musical setting of the … [Read more...]
ELCIR ecclesiastics meet with Archbishop Provorov
On July 21, 2023, Archbishop Vladimir Provorov of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Russia met with representatives of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia: Pastor Olav Panchu, Pastor Konstantin Subbotin, and Pastor Dmitri Rozet. They discussed the most significant points of contact between the two church bodies and areas … [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...]
Bishop Laptev, Rector Subbotin meet with Roman Catholic church leaders and educators, discuss cooperation
On June 13, 2023, Bishop Ivan Laptev of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria and Pastor Konstantin Subbotin, rector of the ELCIR Theological Institute, met with Auxiliary Bishop Nikolai Dubinin of the Mother of God Roman Catholic Diocese in Moscow, Msgr. Sergei Timashov, rector of Mary the Queen of the Apostles RC Seminary, and Aleksandr … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev, Bishop’s Vicar Subbotin attend LWF Pre-Assembly in Great Britain
From March 21-24, 2023, the Lutheran World Federation held its first regional Pre-Assembly in Oxford, Great Britain, ahead of the global 13th Assembly in Krakow, Poland, scheduled for September 13-19, 2023. Around 120 representatives gathered on the English soil. Bishop Ivan Laptev and Bishop’s Vicar Konstantin Subbotin represented the Church of … [Read more...]
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