It was an especially joyous Trinity Sunday on June 4, 2023 for St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in St. Petersburg as Ruslam Salimov and Sergei Pahl joined the Lutheran congregation upon completing the Basics of Christian Faith course shortly before. Ruslan Salimov received the Sacrament of Holy Baptism. Sergei Pahl was confirmed and so reunited with … [Read more...]
Bishop Javorník returns visit
In early June 2023, Bishop Jaroslav Javorník of the Slovak Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Serbia, paid a return visit to Russia in St. Petersburg. Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
ELCIR celebrates confirmations on Pentecost Sunday
On the Feast of Pentecost May 28, 2023, Anna who was baptized as a child at a Lutheran church in the Uralic region was confirmed at St. Anne’s Lutheran Church in St. Petersburg! Praise God for our sister in Christ! Also, the graduates of the Basics of Christian Faith course were awarded their certificates reminding them of God’s great love and … [Read more...]
Home group ministry
Some of the ELCIR congregations do home groups. For example, lay and clergy members of St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral Church in St. Petersburg meet in different parts of their city once a month to fellowship, pray and study God’s Word together. This is a way for believers to give encouragement to one another and grow stronger in faith. Currently, … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev attends public discussion of former church site in St. Petersburg
On May 19, 2023, Bishop Laptev attended a meeting at the Office of St. Petersburg Human Rights Commissioner Svetlana Agapitova. Public activists, experts, members of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, the Committee for Urban Development and Architecture, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria met together to discuss the future of the … [Read more...]
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