New Space for the Congregation in Kostroma

Kostroma

  On March 15^th a meeting was held between representatives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in European Russia (the church council chairman of the Kostroma congregation, Evgeny Fleyman, a preacher from the Central deanery Artis Petersons and Dean Elena Bondarenko) with a representative of the administration of the Kostroma oblast committee for interaction with religious organizations, Aleksei Yemelyanov.

  The question of finding a permanent place for the Kostroma Evangelical Lutheran congregation was discussed, as was the contribution of the congregation to the cultural life of the Kostroma oblast. For technical reasons the congregation had to leave their previous space which it had shared with the German cultural center. Thanks to partners from the Martin Luther Fund, the congregation has temporarily rented an office in the center of Kostroma. This new space was put to good use on Easter Monday, March 28^th, when confirmation was also held.