On February 24, 2023, the Lutheran Church of Kazan, Tatarstan, hosted a meeting of the ELCIR Uralic Deanery ministers. The meeting gathered guests from Cheboksary, Chuvashia; Gurez-Pudga, Udmurtia; Izhevsk, Udmurtia; Syktyvkar, Komi; Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El; and the warmly welcoming hosts from Kazan, Tatarstan. Interim dean for the Uralic … [Read more...]
Yoshkar-Ola Lutheran Church hosts youth retreat
From January 6-8, 2023, the Lutheran Church of Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El, hosted the annual winter youth retreat of the ELCIR Uralic Deanery—“The Way, the Truth and the Life.” The meeting rallied young people and servers from Birsk, Gurez-Pudga, Izhevsk, Kazan, Samara, Saransk, Yoshkar-Ola, and guests from the St. Petersburg Deanery. The … [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...]
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...]