On April 27-28, 2023, Herzen State Pedagogical University in St. Petersburg held an international researchers’ conference entitled “Text. Music. Translation.” The conference gathered faculty members and graduates from the Byelorussian State University, HSE University, the State Institute for Art Studies, Yerevan State University, Moscow … [Read more...]
ELCIR Easter Music Festival held in St. Petersburg
On April 15, 2023, St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral in St. Petersburg hosted the ELCIR Easter Music Festival. Participating choirs came from the ELCIR churches in Koltushi (directed by Maria Skipper), Caritas Choir from St. Mary’s Lutheran (directed by Ludmila Shmidrina), Toksovo (directed by Yana Trombinskaya), Gatchina (directed by … [Read more...]
ELCIR pastors attend conference at Presidential Library
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...]
Theological Institute, St. Mary’s Church host church cantor course
The ELCIR Theological Institute in Koltushi and St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral in St. Petersburg hosted the 3rd class period of the Church Cantor Course from March 27 through April 2, 2023. The course gathered musicians from four of the nine ELCIR deaneries—Karelian, St. Petersburg, Uralic, and Siberian. In Koltushi, Mikhail Levin, … [Read more...]
Students of Christian faith visit Orthodox church in St. Petersburg
On Saturday March 18, 2023, students from the School of Christian faith at St. Mary’s Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg took an excursion to Sts. Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Church at Herzen University. Many thanks to Fr. Dmitri for his engaging talk about the design and furnishings of the Orthodox church building! We wish God’s richest … [Read more...]
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