On April 25, 2023, the Presidential Library in St. Petersburg hosted the conference “The Traditional Religions as the Spiritual and Moral Unity of Russia.” The event was organized by the Administration of Leningrad Oblast and gathered around 100 government officials from Leningrad Oblast and Moscow, heads of religious organizations and community, … [Read more...]
Memorial service in Levashovo
On November 5, 2022, Ingrian church members met together in Levashovo Memorial Cemetery, St. Petersburg, for an annual prayer service. The believers remembered victims of political repression and all blessed departed. After the service, they traveled to Haapakangas Lutheran Church of Yukki, Leningrad Oblast, for a warm meal and coffee. Together … [Read more...]
Christian clergymen and laity remember blessed departed in St. Petersburg cemetery
On November 2, 2022, there was a memorial worship service in Smolenskoye Lutheran Cemetery in St. Petersburg in remembrance of all who were laid to rest in this old necropolis. In Christian unity and prayer, Fr. Roman from the Russian Orthodox Church of the Smolenskaya Icon of the Mother of God and the ministers and laypeople from several Lutheran … [Read more...]
Heads of Gatchinsky District gov’t wish happy anniversary to Dean Krylov
On August 30, 2022, heads of local government in Gatchinsky District, Leningrad Oblast, sent birthday greetings to Rev. Pavel Krylov, dean of the ELCIR West Ingrian Deanery, senior pastor of the Lutheran Church of Skvoritsy, Leningrad Oblast, for his 50th birth anniversary. English translation: "Dear Pavel … [Read more...]
Dean Krylov performs Kalevala, upholds Ingrian Finnish culture
On April 16, 2022, Rev. Pavel Krylov, dean of the ELCIR West Ingrian Deanery, senior pastor of the Lutheran Church of Skvoritsy, participated with other musicians in a culture event at the District Central Library in Kolpino, Leningrad Oblast. He performed the Karelian-Finnish epic poem Kalevala on a kantele introducing Kolpino residents to the … [Read more...]