On weekends, Trilistnik ("Trefoil"), a crisis shelter for mothers and children run by The Church of Ingria in Kronstadt, receives visiting teenage residents from Radost Moya ("My Joy") children’s shelter in Peterhof (both towns are in the St. Petersburg urban area). The twins Masha and Marina, Karina, Veronika, and Roksana come with their … [Read more...]
Trilistnik Mothers & Children’s Shelter seeking new facility
Update on the Trilistnik Project Facilities in St. Petersburg are vital for the shelter’s work. Getting welfare benefits, seeking jobs, getting a medical checkup or treatment for the women with children in the project’s care is only possible in the city. Also, many children from the families who are aided by the project already go to a … [Read more...]
Members of Jaani kirik and St. Anne Visit Trilistnik Shelter
A group of ELCIR church members from St. John’s Estonian Lutheran Church and St. Anne’s Lutheran Church in St. Petersburg visited Trilistnik Children’s Shelter in Kronstadt, St. Petersburg metropolitan area, on February 19, 2022. They brought treats, gifts, clothes, and toys. They met Aleksandr Smirnov and Yelena Stoyanova running the aid … [Read more...]
Charities Meet in St. Petersburg
On February 9, 2022, Aleksandr Smirnov, director of the Trilistnik Project of The Church of Ingria, attended a meeting of specialists from St. Petersburg's crisis centers for women with children and from shelters. The meeting took place at Roditelsky Most Charity Foundation, St. Petersburg. Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
Trilistnik Project Reports on Year’s Results
Trilistnik, a charity project under the auspices of The Church of Ingria assisting struggling mothers and their children sums up some of the results of its work in the past year: - 18 women and 27 children received aid and shelter at the two crisis centers during 2021. - 3 children were baptized. - The Project successfully pleaded not to … [Read more...]