On May 22, 2021, in partnership with the Lutheran Church of Kem, Karelia, teachers and students of Children’s School of Arts in Kem presented some of the best examples of European musical classics. Olga Yakushova, Lutheran Church of Kem: “We really want that there be more harmony, kindness, and beauty in our world. That’s the reason why the … [Read more...]
Lutheran Sunday School Kids Visit Orthodox Brethren, Ring Bells to Celebrate Easter
On May 2, 2021, Easter Sunday according to the Julian calendar, Sunday school students from Kem Lutheran Church of Rabocheostrovsk, Karelia, together with Senior Pastor Vladimir Yakushov visited the metochion (parish representation) of the Solovetsky Monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church. “To suddenly ring all the bells, waking the monks … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev Visits Congregations in Kem and Rabocheostrovsk
April 28, 2021, Bishop Laptev’s visitation of Kem and Rabocheostrovsk, Karelia. Seminar, prayer service, talk with church members. Prayer on the future church construction site. Next stop: Revda and Murmansk. Original post in Russian & photos … [Read more...]
Sunday School Takes Boat Ride to Solovki
Sunday school students and their parents from the Lutheran Congregation of Kem, Karelia, visited Bolshoy Zayatsky Island of Solovetsky Archipelago in the White Sea. The boat trip was kindly offered by Fr. Simeon from the Russian Orthodox Church who is a skipper, the superior of two Orthodox monasteries (one of which is on that island) and a friend … [Read more...]
Feast of Guardian Angels at Kem Congregation, Karelia
By Olga Yakushova The existence of an invisible world full of angels and other fleshless powers was a surprise for the children who first started to attend the Sunday school of the church in Rabocheostrovsk, a town near Kem, this fall. Scripture shows that angels are powerful protectors who are faithful to God and serve people by guarding … [Read more...]