Irina Piglitsina, cantor of Velmema Lutheran Church in Saransk, Mordovia, lives in Penza. She travels to the church around 140 km by car. Servants of the Saransk congregation Ivan Potyanov and Yekaterina Wilhelm visited Irina in Penza. The Piglitsins warmly welcomed their guests: they sang hymns together and read a sermon out of Luther’s House … [Read more...]
Young people meet up in Cheboksary, study Bible, discuss Christian life
From September 23-25, 2022, the Lutheran Church of Cheboksary, Chuvashia, hosted an informal meeting of young people from the ELCIR Uralic Deanery. The event gathered participants from the nearest congregations in Cheboksary, Gurez-Pudga, Izhevsk, Kazan, Saransk, Yoshkar-Ola, and guests from St. Petersburg. Pastor Artur Semyonov … [Read more...]
ELCIR congregations launch new charity projects
At the end of last year, we announced the projects which won the St. Anne’s Lutheran Church grant contest, which was held among the congregations of the Church of Ingria. ₽500,000 were allocated for various projects in the areas of culture and charity. All the projects were successfully implemented. What follows is a summary of a couple of them as … [Read more...]
Family retreat in Yoshkar-Ola
From August 19-21, 2022, Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El, held a family retreat of the ELCIR Uralic Deanery. The hospitable Holy Cross congregation gathered participants from Birsk, Cheboksary, Gurez-Pudga, Izhevsk, Kazan, Penza, and Saransk. Pastor Valeri and Natalia Antipov from the Lutheran church in Rzhev held … [Read more...]
Ca. 60 guests visit Lutheran church in Saransk
On July 20, 2022, Velmema Lutheran Church of Saransk, Mordovia, welcomed ca. 60 visitors for an excursion. Active young people from different Christian denominations in Russia visited the Lutheran congregation and learned more about Lutheranism. The excursion was part of the activities of the Interconfessional Youth Forum in … [Read more...]
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