Seminar on Equipping the Saints

Another seminar on Equipping the Saints was held. It took place in a Lutheran Parish of St. Peterburg in a village of Malye Kolpuny. The history of this temple is very dramatic. For one thing, the village is located just over a mile away from Gatchina where emperor Paul once built his country palace. One [...]

Seminar in Toksovo

A small town Toksovo is located within twenty miles to the north of St. Petersburg. When we arrived to the place of our destination, we were greatly surprised to see snow falling off of the sky and a thick layer of it covering the ground – at the same time there was no hint of [...]

A Church on the Lake

One early morning the staff of Concordia Foundation came to Pobeda village to visit an Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Peter and Paul. It was still dark when we arrived to the place and we were astound by the towering brick walls with the aperture of empty windows and the floor overgrown with grass inside [...]

Evangelical Workshop in Rehabilitation Center

On October 2nd, Concordia Foundation lead an “Equipping the Saints” seminar in a rehabilitation center Morning Star. This center is located in Yost-Izhora — a village on the bank of Neva. It was basically at this place that a young duke from Novgorod, Alexander Yaroslavich, won the battle over the Swedish army in 1240 receiving [...]

Visit to Rzev

Rzev is a small town situated between St. Petersburg and Moscow. It has long and saturated history but now it is quiet and green with river Volga steep banks. Staff of Concordia Foundation was invited by the pastor Valery of local St Luke Lutheran Church for organization Equipped the Saints seminar. The Lutheran church of [...]

Meeting in Gatchina

Few days ago staff of Concordia Foundation visited Gatchina Lutheran Church. Gatchina is a small but picturesque town about 20 miles from St. Petersburg. The firstLutheran church was build in 1793 and was constructed from wood. But in 1825 in accordance with honorary command of Impress Maria Fhedorovna was confirmed the new project for the [...]

Workshop in Jukki Lutheran Church

This small church is situated very close to St. Petersburg. In fact Jukki is the name of a village where this Lutheran church was reestablished twenty years ago. For some sad accident the old building of the church was burned on 1991. Seven years later with help of the churches from Finland the new church [...]

Meeting with youth

Recently Igor Savich director of Concordia Foundation in St. Petersburg had meeting with youth of St. Maria Lutheran church. It was regular meeting of youth at that evening but Igor Savich presented the materials of Equipping The Saints seminar. During his presentation the young people placed many questions concerning evangelization, contacts with newcomers of the [...]

Seminar in Kolbino Lutheran Church

At the end of November it was organized Equipped The Saints (ETS) seminar in Lutheran church of Kolbino  village. This place is very close to the city and there is also Lutheran Theological seminary on its territory. The ETS seminar was held in the big Lutheran church that was renovated with help of Finish Christians [...]

Reformation Day – The Day of Youth in Vyborg Church!

Vyborg is the old small town nearly 800 years old. The province was established in 1743 by separating the city of Viipuri and territories ceded from the Swedish Empire to Russia by the Treaty of Nystad in 1721, from the Saint Petersburg Governorate, and including the new territorial gain. At that time it was known [...]