In early September 2022, Senior Pastor Timur Pamyatnykh of Christ the Savior Lutheran Church in Novosibirsk was invited to preach at a congregation of Messianic Jews. Glory be to God for interconfessional contacts! Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
Siberian Deanery Meets in Ulan-Ude
From June 10-13, 2021, the clergymen of the ELCIR Siberian Deanery gathered at the Congregation of Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, for fellowship and a series of seminars under the overarching topic “Faithfulness in Ministry.” For the ministers in Siberia it was a rare chance to meet all together with Bishop Ivan Laptev and Dean Ville Melanen. Rev. Juha … [Read more...]