The 12th Corpus Christi International Conference took place from July 30 through August 1, 2021. The local conference in Russia was held at the ELCIR Theological Institute and attended by clerics and lay church members from St. Petersburg (St. Anne’s Church); Gurez-Pudga, Udmurtia; Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast; Petrozavodsk, Karelia; Saransk, … [Read more...]
Saransk Church Holds English Program for Children
From July 9-11, 2021, Velmema Lutheran Church of Saransk, Mordovia, is holding an evangelism English program for children, the first in a series of summer seminars in the ELCIR Uralic Deanery. Original post in Russian & photos … [Read more...]
Saransk Church Opens Charity Cluster
On June 1, 2021, Velmema Lutheran Church of Saransk, Mordovia, opened a young people's social charity cluster. … [Read more...]
ELCIR Uralic Deanery Development Days
From May 18-21, 2021, ELCIR Uralic Dean Rev. Konstantin Subbotin, head of the ELCIR Children & Youth Department Nikolai Minenkov, and youth work coordinator Yekaterina Wilhelm traveled to the deanery’s churches. Their work together with local church leaders resulted in an SMM strategy for Holy Cross Church of Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El Republic, and … [Read more...]
Saransk Church Volunteers Reach Out to Nursing Home
On May 15, 2021, volunteers from Velmema Lutheran Church in Saransk, Mordovia, visited the Nursing Home for Old and Disabled People in Staroye Shaygovo. Many of the home’s residents are Mokshas, members of a Mordvinian ethnic group who live compactly in Staroshaygovsky District, Mordovia. The volunteers gave the old ladies and gentlemen New … [Read more...]