SLMS Newsletter – October 2019
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SELC Newsletter #273 – Faith and Hope – November 2019
Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Let us tell you about the trip of Fr. Igor Kizyaev (of the parish of the Holy Trinity in Chita) to Kharagun. This village is not far from Chita (only about 150 miles), but it is almost impossible to get there by car, because the road
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SELC Newsletter #272 – Faith and Hope – October 2019
Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Our Bishop Vsevolod visited three parishes in Khakassia (Tuim, Abakan and Sayanogorsk) to celebrate the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels there. Local priests assisted the Bishop during the liturgies. May we bring to you attention part of the Bishop’s sermon: We read in today’s
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$1 Million Milestone
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Thank you for supporting the restoration of the Lutheran Church in Russia! We have surpassed our first major milestone and announce that we have received in donations and commitments over $1 million towards the $7 million goal to permanently fund the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia. The endowment is
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SELC Newsletter – Faith and Hope #271 – August 2019
Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, May we share with you the small travel-report we received from father Vitali Gavrilov of the parish of Transfiguration in Tuim. Many of our parishioners live quite far from us. Well, what is “far”? Here in Siberia, everything is “far.” Or… maybe not far. Just a
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SELC Newsletter – Faith and Hope #270 – July 2019
Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Today, in accordance with her calendar, the Church celebrates the day of Saint James the Apostle. Of course, in some parishes, this holiday (like the others that fall on a weekday) is moved to the nearest Sunday. But we congratulate you today, and may we bring
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Letters From Siberia – June 2019
Dear friends of SLMS; Robert Kiefer, the SLMS Treasurer, recently sent our May donations to Siberia for use in the Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church (100% of all donations to the general fund are sent to the mission field in Siberia. No undesignated funds are used for operational costs.) The following is Bishop Vsevolod Lytkin’s response
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Easter Greetings From Siberia
Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters, We are glad to greet you with Easter Greetings: Христос воскрес! Christ is risen! May we bring to your attention the words of greetings from the Easter Message 2019 of our Bishop Vsevolod that were read today in all parishes of SELC during the Easter liturgy: The light
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SELC Newsletter – Faith and Hope #269 – March 2019
Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Our Church is very serious about her liturgy and, therefore, only ordained ministers serve the liturgy and distribute the holy sacrament. The laymen can help at the liturgy (for example, to open the altar gate and to light the altar candles). The laymen can also read
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March 2019 Appeal – Lutherans in Siberia Need Your Support
Download PDF As our eyes turn to Spring and warmer temperatures, it remains very cold in Siberia with average high temps of about 10 degrees. While the average may be a balmy 10 degrees, temperatures of 30 degrees below zero are not uncommon, but the lows during February in eastern Siberia were 50 degrees below
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