From March 8-10, 2024, Christ the Savior Lutheran Church in Novosibirsk hosted a seminar for children’s and young people’s ministers. Organizer: ELCIR Children & Youth Department. Its participants came from the ELCIR, the Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church and other church bodies. On the first day, department head Yevgenia Gavrilenko … [Read more...]
ELCIR ministers uphold traditional values at interdenominational forum on family
On November 14, 2023, Nevskaya Ratusha Business Center in St. Petersburg hosted an interdenominational forum entitled “The Traditional Family in the Context of Digital Transformation.” In his greeting speech at the plenary meeting, ELCIR Bishop Ivan Laptev talked about the abilities of religious organizations to help preserve families. At … [Read more...]
St. Mary’s hosts training for Sunday school teachers
ELCIR Sunday school teachers met together for three days at St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral in St. Petersburg to share best practices and learn the Godly Play® methodology. The 18 teachers came from Karelia, Lomonosov, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Udmurtia, and Yoshkar-Ola. The three wonderful days strengthened St. Mary’s Sunday school and upgraded the … [Read more...]
One day in the life of Theological Institute students
On November 17, 2022, third- and fourth-year students attended a lecture of Rev. Mikhail Ivanov, MTh, on the synoptic Gospels at St. Mary’s Lutheran Cathedral of St. Petersburg. The lecture was followed by a class in the history of Christian art taught by Zinaida Lourié, Cand. Sc. (History), at the State Hermitage Museum. As they went from one room … [Read more...]
TICI Hosts Reformation Day Conference
On October 29, 2020, the Theological Institute of The Church of Ingria in Koltushi, Leningrad Oblast, hosted the annual Reformation Day International Theological Conference. The conference opened with a worship service in the Institute’s chapel. The conference was live-streamed to the VK.com group of TICI. Program: - Greetings of Bishop … [Read more...]