From March 10-12, 2023, ordained and lay ministers from the ELCIR Southern Deanery convened at the Lutheran Church of Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai. The meeting gathered ministers from Novorossiysk, Voronezh, Kursk, Sochi, Rev. Dean Valeri Antipov of the Southern Deanery, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev, and Rev. Yevgeni Raskatov, head of the … [Read more...]
New confirmations in Southern Russia
On September 11, 2022, members of a religious group from Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai, were confirmed at the Lutheran Church of Novorossiysk. Cordial congratulations to Aleksandr, Yelena, Nikolai, Nikola, and Olga! “And you shall remember the whole way that the LORD your God has led you. . . “ (Deut. 8:2, ESV) Information courtesy … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev visits Southern Deanery, officiates confirmation
During the bishop’s visitation of the ELCIR Southern Deanery, Denis Pukhovski, a member of the Lutheran religious group in Sochi, was confirmed at a worship service at the Lutheran Church of Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai. Many blessings to Denis as he follows Jesus Christ and a successful completion of the renovation to the church in … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev Continues Visitation
Bishop Ivan Laptev continues his visitation to the churches of the ELCIR Southern and Volga Deaneries. After Stary Oskol, he visited Borisoglebsk and Novorossiysk. “Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, … [Read more...]
Mercy Ministry in Novorossiysk Church
During the pandemic, the ELCIR congregation in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, gives assistance on a COVID-19 hotline on the regional and federal levels, provides medicines to the needy, delivers groceries and items of necessity to church members, and gives aid to inmates at Correctional Colony 11 of the Krasnodar Krai Directorate of FSIN (dept. of … [Read more...]