From July 8-10, 2022, the Lutheran Church of Birsk, Bashkortostan, held a Christian meeting for teenagers 11-15 years old on the topic “Talking with God.” The congregation’s senior pastor Rev. Vladislav Abdullin led the Bible studies while catechist Sergei and Veronika Kochetkov were responsible for the interesting educating … [Read more...]
Uralic Deanery Youth Meet Up in Kazan
In late September and early October, young people from Birsk, Bashkortostan; Cheboksary, Chuvashia; Izhevsk, Udmurtia; Kazan, Tatarstan; Saransk, Mordovia; and Ufa, Bashkortostan, met together at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church of Kazan, Tatarstan to get to know each other, fellowship, and share. An important focus of the meet-up was “Social … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev Updates on 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...]
English Camp in Birsk
Evangelism English program for children at the Lutheran Church of Birsk, Bashkortostan. July 20-22, 2021. Photo credit: Rev. Vladislav Abdullin Original post in Russian & photos … [Read more...]
Uralic Deanery Meets in Birsk
From June 23-25, 2021, the Lutheran Church of Birsk, Bashkiria, hosted a meeting of pastors and lay servants of the ELCIR Uralic Deanery from Birsk, Cheboksary, Kazan, Saransk, Ufa, and Yoshkar-Ola. Deacon Yevgeni Raskatov, head of the ELCIR Mission Department, conducted seminars on mission. The time together included a festive Augsburg Confession … [Read more...]