On August 6, 2023, the Feast of the Transfiguration, the Lutheran Church of Tver also saw a confirmation, first in many years. Yulia who had graduated from confirmation class and passed the exam, joined the Church through the Rite of Confirmation which was administered by Deacon Konstantin Kulalayev. Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev visits ELCIR Southern Deanery
On July 3, 2023, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev and Southern Dean Valeri Antipov started a visitation of the deanery’s congregations, visiting also some of the congregations in the Moscow Deanery. Itinerary: St. Petersburg – Tver – Schyokino – Borisoglebsk - Saratov – Voronezh – Kursk – Zheleznogorsk – Moscow – St. Petersburg. As they … [Read more...]