On January 26, 2023, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev and Oleg Belezhenko, director of Anna Pomogayet Nonprofit visited the Department of External Church Relations of the Russian Orthodox Patriarchate at Danilov Monastery in Moscow. They attended the roundtable discussion “Social Ministry of Religious Communities: Denominations Share Experiences.” The … [Read more...]
St. Petersburg Deanery Meets in Yukki
On March 9, 2021, Haapakangas Lutheran Congregation in Yukki, Leningrad Oblast, hosted a meeting of the ELCIR St. Petersburg Deanery. Bishop Ivan Laptev talked about the life of the Church during the pandemic and about the implementation of the ELCIR development strategy, giving the examples of several congregations. Rev. Yevgeni Mikhailov, … [Read more...]