Samara, Russia
On April 15-17 Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia Dietrich Brauer made a trip to the congregations of the Samara Deanery.
On Friday the 15th, Dietrich Brauer arrived at St. George congregation; he also had two important meetings that day, with the meeting of the Metropolitan Sergei of Samara and Syzran of the Russian Orthodox Church and with the administration of the governor of the Samara oblast. The question of the upcoming 500th anniversary of the Reformation was discussed; the bishop of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg Dr. Frank Otfried July will make a visit during the upcoming year and an ecumenical conference will be held.
On Saturday April 16 Dietrich Brauer led worship in congregations int eh deanery – in the cities of Pokhvistnevo and Otradny, where he commissioned David Kreimer as lay minister. In the beginning of January 2016 the former leader of the congregation, Alexander Fridrichovich Mut, who was its council chairmen for more than 50 years, left this world. Thankfully he was able to raise up a successor, and now David Kreimer will lead the congregation.
On April 15-17 Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia Dietrich Brauer made a trip to the congregations of the Samara Deanery. On Friday the 15th, Dietrich Brauer arrived at St. George congregation; he also had two important meetings that day, with the meeting of the Metropolitan Sergei of Samara and Syzran of the Russian Orthodox Church and with the administration of the governor of the Samara oblast. The question of the upcoming 500th anniversary of the Reformation was discussed; the bishop of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg Dr. Frank Otfried July will make a visit during the upcoming year and an ecumenical conference will be held.
On Saturday April 16 Dietrich Brauer led worship in congregations int eh deanery – in the cities of Pokhvistnevo and Otradny, where he commissioned David Kreimer as lay minister. In the beginning of January 2016 the former leader of the congregation, Alexander Fridrichovich Mut, who was its council chairmen for more than 50 years, left this world. Thankfully he was able to raise up a successor, and now David Kreimer will lead the congregation.
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