What do bikers and church musicians have in common? A love of travel! On July 20, 2023, the Singers’ Field in Vyborg (an outdoor venue for song and music concerts) hosted a Concert of Religious Choirs as part of the 3rd motorcycling festival “The Baltic Rally.” Ten ensembles from St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast went on this musical pilgrimage. … [Read more...]
Harilastiftelsen Håp and Vyborg Lutheran Church celebrate partnership
On June 6, 2023, a group of Norwegian Christians led by evangelist Steinar Harila, the founder of the charitable foundation Harilastiftelsen Håp (formerly, Hjelp til Russland) visited Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church in Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast. Harilastiftelsen Håp provides assistance to disadvantaged people in the Vyborg/St. … [Read more...]
Initial Theological Course taught in Vyborg again
From May 12-14, 2023, it was the fifth time the Lutheran Church of Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, had been the location where the Initial Theological Course was taught. The Vyborg church hosted the hermeneutics & homiletics module. Congratulations to the seven people from Vyborg who passed the test and received their certificates: Vladimir, … [Read more...]
ELCIR researchers participate in university conference
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...]
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