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...]
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...]
Young women meet in Cheboksary
Yevgenia Fazlullina from the Lutheran Church of Gurez-Pudga, Udmurtia, organized and facilitated a women’s meeting at the Lutheran Church of Cheboksary, Chuvashia. In a cozy atmosphere, the young ladies talked, drew, sang hymns, and prayed for each other. They discussed such topics as the purpose of women in this world according to the Bible, what … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev Closes His Visit to Udmurtia
Bishop Laptev completed his visitation of ELCIR congregations in Udmurtia. In photos: visits to Yagul and Gurez-Pudga, Udmurtia. “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. As it is written, ‘He has distributed freely, he has given to the … [Read more...]
ELCIR Does Sports!
On January 16, 2022, a team from Christ the Savior Lutheran Church of Izhevsk, Udmurtia, took part in the 1st Interfaith Volleyball Tournament, which was held at Torpedo Sports Complex in Izhevsk. January 29 saw the opening of the 2nd Interfaith Spartakiad* of the Udmurt Republic, rallying more than 500 athletes and sports lovers at Kulakova … [Read more...]