“The Kantele and the Virsikannel,” a summer festival of sacred music, found unexpected continuation on February 10-11, 2024! Mikael Agricola Choir from Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church of Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, did a concert tour in Ladoga Karelia, a region in NW Russia. The choir is currently reviving the tradition of … [Read more...]
St. Petersburg hosts 3rd Open Interconfessional Choir Festival
Mikael Agricola Choir from Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church of Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, participated in Liki, an open interconfessional choir festival which was held for the 3rd time in St. Petersburg. The festival gathers appreciators of antique and modern liturgical and non-liturgical Christian music and involves church and secular musicians. … [Read more...]
ELCIR musicians go on their first musical expedition to Northern Deanery
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...]