On September 8, 2022, the city of St. Petersburg, named Leningrad in the Soviet era, commemorated the Siege of Leningrad by the Nazi German army, which began on this day in 1941 and continued into 1944 during WW2. Standing in different parts of the city on this day, people read out loud in public the lists of city residents who died from starvation … [Read more...]
St. Petersburg Lutherans and Roman Catholics join together at Levashovo to commemorate victims of political repression
On August 28, 2022, members of St. Michael's Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg (The Church of Ingria) visited Levashovo Memorial Cemetery. Levashovo Memorial Cemetery commemorates the victims of Soviet political repression between 1937 and 1954 who were executed there or died in the city's prisons and were buried in unmarked graves at … [Read more...]
Take a 3D tour of St. Michael’s Church in St. Petersburg!
Take a virtual 3D tour of St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, the most beautiful Gothic church on Vasilyevsky Island in St. Petersburg, from the front door to the inside of the bell tower! Our acknowledgments to Cubeonlinedigital for creating the tour! Link to the tour Photo © Andrei P. … [Read more...]
Koltushi hosts 2nd Interconfessional Media Seminar
The ELCIR Theological Institute and the Lutheran Church of Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, hosted the 2nd Interconfessional Media Seminar. The seminar gathered 25 Lutherans, Roman Catholics, Baptists, and Methodists coming from 11 locations in Leningrad Oblast, Karelia, and Buryatia. In his introductory comments, Bishop Laptev of The Church of … [Read more...]
Married couple confirmed at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church
St. Michael’s Lutheran Church of St. Petersburg became 2 persons stronger as Svetlana and Viktor Zobnin were confirmed on the 4th Sunday after Trinity, July 10, 2022. It’s always joyful to welcome new church members especially if they are members of the same family! Viktor and Svetlana come from Orenburg and had made a considerable Christian … [Read more...]
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