In December 2022, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Moscow hosted the lectures of the church history module of the ELCIR Initial Theological Course. Lecturer: Sergei Isayev, Cand.Sc. (History), MTh. Module completion certificates were awarded to Maria Burstein (Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Moscow), Yaroslav Gribkov (Lutheran Church of Tver), … [Read more...]
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church starts new year with baptisms and confirmations
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Moscow started the new year 2023 with baptisms and confirmations! On January 1, three students of the Basics of Christian Faith course which has been taught at Holy Trinity were confirmed and became communicant members of the church! Congratulations to Artyom, Katrin, and Yevgeni! The confirmations were followed by … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev speaks at Bible translation conference
On December 6, 2022, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev attended a roundtable discussion on the topic “The Presentation of the Audio Version of the Bible in Modern Russian Translation.” The discussion was hosted by the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation in Moscow. The Bible translation was made at Kulakov Bible Translation Institute in Zaoksky, … [Read more...]
Pastoral ordinations in Koltushi
On the 3rd Sunday in Advent December 11, 2022 Aleksei Heglund (Lutheran Congregation of Ruskeala, Karelia) and Yefim Romanenko (Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Congregation of Moscow) were ordained into the Office of Pastor at the Lutheran Congregation of Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast. We wish the brothers to bear good fruit as they serve unto the glory … [Read more...]
Moscow organ students visit St. Michael’s Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg
On September 27, 2022, organ students from the Gnesins Russian Academy of Music in Moscow visited St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in St. Petersburg. The group was led by eminent organist, Professor Aleksandr Fiseiski. The young people took a short tour of the church and tried their hand at playing the church’s Rieger pipe organ, an … [Read more...]