From August 3-8, 2023, a group of ELCIR musicians from Vyborg, Petrozavodsk, Rzhev, and St. Petersburg, traveled to the ELCIR congregations in Kalevala and Segezha, Karelia, starting off from, and coming back to, Petrozavodsk, the capital of Karelia. The musical expedition was undertaken in connection with the First Summer Festival of Sacred Music … [Read more...]
Harilastiftelsen Håp and Vyborg Lutheran Church celebrate partnership
On June 6, 2023, a group of Norwegian Christians led by evangelist Steinar Harila, the founder of the charitable foundation Harilastiftelsen Håp (formerly, Hjelp til Russland) visited Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church in Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast. Harilastiftelsen Håp provides assistance to disadvantaged people in the Vyborg/St. … [Read more...]
Koltushi Lutheran Church holds Christmas Song Night
Attached are some of the photos taken during a Christmas Song Night at the Lutheran Church of Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast. Many thanks to the Koltushi Church Choir, Mikael Agricola Choir from Vyborg, Petteri and Anu Mannermaa for the wonderful musical accompaniment, Irina Makkonen for organizing the sale, Irina Hutter and Olga Mattova for the … [Read more...]
Music Festival of The Church of Ingria held in St. Petersburg
On April 23, 2022, St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral of St. Petersburg hosted a music festival which gathered congregational choirs from the St. Petersburg and West Ingrian Deaneries of the ELCIR, located in the St. Petersburg urban area and Leningrad Oblast. Opening the event, Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi offered a homily about spiritual vigilance. … [Read more...]
Agricola Sketches (Museum Night 2020)
Re-post in English from the VK group of Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Vyborg Dear Friends! The Mikael Agricola Choir and the Agricola Reconstruction Club have prepared for you a short online tour! Each of the 18 “tour guides” speak exactly 3 sentences. Some of them spoke them by phone as we recorded and others sent them as voice recorder audios. … [Read more...]