Easter 2018

Pictures from Easter celebrations from congregations of the Union of Evangelical Lutheran Churches.

Anzhero-Suzhdensk (Russia) 

Astana (Kazakhstan)

Berdyansk (Ukraine)

Grodno (Belarus)

Kazan

Krasnoturinsk (Russia)

Krasnoyarsk (Russia):

 

Moscow (Russia)

Odessa (Ukraine)

Omsk (Russia)

Rastaveli (Georgia)

St. Petersburg (Russia)

Tbilisi (Georgia)

Tomsk (Russia)

Ufa (Russia)

Ulyanovsk (Russia)

Volgograd / Sarepta (Russia)

Christmas 2017

Astana (Kazakhstan)

Grodno (Belarus)

Kazan

Krasnoyarsk

Lozovaya (Ukraine)

Lvov (Ukraine)

Moscow

Omsk

Rustaveli (Georgia)

St. Petersburg

Samara

Saratov

 Tibilisi (Georgia)

 Tomsk

Ulyanovsk

Volgograd (Sarepta)

Two Decades and Two Concerts

Berdyansk

On June 24 the congregation in Berdyansk (Zaporozhskaya obl., Ukraine) celebrated 20 years since its re-birth. On this day the celebratory worship service in the Church of Christ the Savior was led by Pastor Andrey Kuznetsov (Kiev). 10 congregational members were baptised and confirmed. Many warm words of congratulations and presents were given to the congregation by guests and friends who were not able to attend in person.

After the meal a concert of early music was performed by Andrei Pracht (harpsicord), Irina Lukyanchuk (mandolin) and Elena Richter (soprano).

That evening in the Roman Catholic Church of the Birth of the Holy Virgin Mary there was an organ concert. Elena Udras performed classical and contemporary works on the organ, including her own pieces. Both concerts were dedicated to the 500 anniversary of the Reformation.

Yuri Rykov

Council of Bishops Meeting

Omsk

On April 24th at the end of the celebratory events related to Bishop Scheiermann's installation, the annual meeting of the Council of Bishops of the Union of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (ELC) was held in the Christ Church Center. Tradition has it that the meeting takes place every year in a different member church of the Union. This year attending were: ELCR Archbishop Dietrich Brauer, Bishop Alexander Scheiermann of the ELCUSFE, Bishop Alfred Eicholtz from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, and the chair of the Union, Bishop Yuri Novgorodov from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kazakhstan. The other bishops of the Union – Hans-Joachim Kiderlen from Georgia and Sergei Mashevski from the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine, had scheduling conflicts that did not allow them to attend.