From January 4-6, 2024, the Lutheran Church of Rzhev, Tver Oblast, held a Christmas retreat, gathering laypeople and ministers from the ELCIR congregations in Kingisepp, Nizhny Novgorod, Rzhev, Tver, and Velikiye Luki. Thanks be to God for a very warm meeting in spite of the trying cold weather. The program included hearing God's Word, singing … [Read more...]
Rzhev Church hosts youth retreat
From November 5-7, 2021, the Lutheran Congregation of Rzhev, Tver Oblast, hosted a youth retreat at the church’s retreat center in Poyavilovo. The topic of the three days was “What is Love?” The group discussed such themes as God’s love for us, our love for Him, four kinds of love, and many others. Original post in Russian & photos … [Read more...]
Church country house is dedicated in Poyavilovo
On September 19, 2021, St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Rzhev, Tver Oblast, celebrated its 25th anniversary and dedicated its newly-built country house in Poyavilovo! The event gathered Lutheran clergymen and lay church members from the congregations of the ELCIR Moscow Deanery and representatives of other Christian communities in Rzhev. Brothers and … [Read more...]
Volunteers Help Clad Church House near Rzhev
The Lutheran Congregation of Rzhev would like to thank the team of volunteers Lasse, Aleksandr, Faheel, Nikolai, Veronika, and Valeri headed by Bishop Ivan Laptev for their help with installing a cladding on the church house in Poyavilovo, Rzhevsky District. In two days, they did what could have taken a month. Post in Russian & photos … [Read more...]