On April 11, 2021, Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church of Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, hosted a seminar on helping our neighbor. Rev. Ivan Hutter, Dean of the ELCIR St. Petersburg Deanery, and Aleksandr Smirnov, Head of the ELCIR Diaconal Dept., talked about ELCIR social projects: the Widow of Sarepta project for food aid, the work of our Church’s … [Read more...]
Church of Vyborg Commemorates Mikael Agricola
April 9 is the remembrance day of Mikael Agricola (ca. 1510–1557), a Lutheran bishop and reformer, the founder of literary Finnish. Mikael Agricola Choir led by Darya Shkurlyatyeva and Agricola Reconstruction Club led by Yelena Polevina based at Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Cathedral of Vyborg laid a wreath at the monument to the famous … [Read more...]
Dikoni Foundation Continues Work in Vyborg
Attached are a couple of clickable photos taken while members of Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Congregation of Vyborg were visiting Dikoni Charity Foundation in Vyborg on March 27, 2021. Teenager ministry teacher Irina Sukhareva was teaching a Bible class on the topic “The Bible as God’s Word” to children sheltered at the crisis center. “And … [Read more...]
Days of Eastern Work Go Online!
By Darya Shkurlyatyeva, ELCIR Press Service “Christ Unites” was the motto of Idäntyönpäivät / Days of Eastern Work 2021. Almost 50 years ago, in the times of the Soviet Union, Finnish Christians agreed to get together once a year in order to pray about their eastern neighbors. Today, one can openly follow Christianity in Russia, Estonia, and … [Read more...]
Baptism in Vyborg
Christmas Eve and the Feast of the Nativity at Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church of Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast. On December 24, 2020, Stefania was received into the Christian family through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism. Source & photos … [Read more...]
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