From July 26-28, 2024, St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Rzhev, Tver Oblast, held a family retreat on the topic “My Cross.” On the first day, the participants had a great time connecting with each other and having Bible studies in different age groups. After an excursion to the town of Staritsa to see its beautiful churches and the Museum of … [Read more...]
Women’s meeting at Jaani kirik
On June 3, 2024, St. John’s Estonian Church of the ELCIR in St. Petersburg (Jaani kirik) held a women’s meeting for the female members of this congregation and the congregation of St. Mary. The participants met each other and discussed the important topic of the Biblical and the Modern Image of Woman. The second topic the sisters talked … [Read more...]
Pastor Valeri and Natalia Antipov facilitate seminars on family and marriage
On March 16 and 17, 2024, Velmema Lutheran Church in Saransk, Mordovia, hosted seminars on premarital and family relationships. The presenters were Pastor Valeri and Natalia Antipov, ELCIR family work coordinators. The youth cluster discussed what love and marriage are, the goals and tasks of marriage according to the Bible and men’s and … [Read more...]
Rzhev Lutheran Church holds prayer breakfast for women
On February 3, 2024, women from all Christian denominations in Rzhev, Tver Oblast, met for a Prayer Breakfast of Christian Women. The meeting is an initiative of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Rzhev. PBCW organizer Natalia Antipova said a welcoming speech. Gathered around God’s Word, the sisters in Christ discussed issues relevant for the … [Read more...]
Lutheran Church of Rzhev holds family retreat
From July 21-23, 2023, the Lutheran Church of Rzhev, Tver Oblast, held its annual family retreat. The event gathered more than 50 people from the Lutheran churches in Moscow, Kingisepp, Velikiye Luki, Nizhny Novgorod, Koltushi, Tver, Severodvinsk, and Rzhev. This year’s topic was Obraz (the Russian for “image,” “form,” “a way to do … [Read more...]