What do bikers and church musicians have in common? A love of travel! On July 20, 2023, the Singers’ Field in Vyborg (an outdoor venue for song and music concerts) hosted a Concert of Religious Choirs as part of the 3rd motorcycling festival “The Baltic Rally.” Ten ensembles from St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast went on this musical pilgrimage. … [Read more...]
Birthday Greetings of Governor Drozdenko for Bishop Laptev
"Your Eminence, Honorable Vladyka, "I am writing to give you my sincere birthday greetings! "You have done and continue to do a lot for the spiritual revival of our Motherland and to help the parishioners of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in their striving for the true values of faith, love for the neighbor, mercy and compassion. … [Read more...]
St. Mary’s diaconal workers reach out to nursing home in Taytsy
On Saturday February 4, 2023, the diaconal ministry team of St. Mary’s Lutheran Church from St. Petersburg visited the Mercy House in Taytsy, Leningrad Oblast, a nursing home of the Church of Ingria. Together with the senior residents of the house, they sang, prayed, discussed the Scriptures and partook of the Eucharist. They gave the elderly … [Read more...]
Christmas greetings from Senior Presbyter (Bishop) Igor Kuznetsov, Association of the Churches of Evangelical Christians–Baptists in St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, to ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev
Beloved Brother in the Lord, Happy Feast of the Nativity of Christ! Once again we celebrate the birth of the One who, according to the Apostle Paul, was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you. (1 Pet. 1:18-20) Peter emphasizes that “things into … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev Attends Governor’s Meeting on Interethnic Relatioships
On August 24, 2020, Bishop of The Church of Ingria Ivan Laptev attended a visiting session of the Interethnic Relationship Council under the Governor of Leningrad Oblast. The topic of the meeting was “Relevant Issues of the State Ethnic Policy of the Russian Federation in Leningrad Oblast in 2020.” It was held at the museum and national reserve … [Read more...]