From August 19-21, 2022, Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El, held a family retreat of the ELCIR Uralic Deanery. The hospitable Holy Cross congregation gathered participants from Birsk, Cheboksary, Gurez-Pudga, Izhevsk, Kazan, Penza, and Saransk. Pastor Valeri and Natalia Antipov from the Lutheran church in Rzhev held … [Read more...]
Confirmation in Yoshkar-Ola
On Pentecost Sunday, June 5, 2022 was the confirmation of Elisa at the Lutheran Church of Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El. Original post in Russian … [Read more...]
Youth retreat in Yoshkar-Ola (photos & videos)
From January 7-9, 2022, the Lutheran Church of Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El, hosted an ELCIR Uralic Deanery youth retreat—"We've Come to Believe the Love." The meeting rallied guests from Birsk, Bashkortostan; Cheboksary, Chuvashia; Izhevsk, Udmurtia; Kazan, Tatarstan; Gurez-Pudga, Udmurtia; Samara, Samara Oblast; Saransk, Mordovia; Syktyvkar, Komi; … [Read more...]
Youth Leaders Meet at Yoshkar-Ola Church
On October 16-17, 2021, the Lutheran Congregation of Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El Republic, hosted a meeting of youth leaders from the ELCIR Uralic Deanery. Yelena Tatti, instructor with the ELCIR Children & Youth Department, facilitated seminars about the personality and spiritual life of the youth leader and interactive methods of holding Bible … [Read more...]
Bishop Laptev Updates on Uralic Deanery
Post by Bishop Laptev, September 9, 2021: Lately, in spite of the pandemic, the Lord has given me several opportunities to visit the congregations of our Uralic Deanery. It’s a vibrant part of our Church as it has new congregations in Izhevsk and Kirov and is seeing ministry starting in Ufa, Bashkortostan. Soon, if the Lord wills and we live, … [Read more...]