Dear Robert [Keifer, SLMS Treasurer], Thank you very much for your help! Today I served the liturgy (the last Sunday before Great Lent) in Novosibirsk, and other priests were in the travels. Rev. Pavel Khramov was in Novokuznetsk. Rev. Alexey Streltsov was in Chelyabinsk (where he came from Beloretsk — as we have the mission …
Unexpected Matching Fund Donation ignites new incentive among the friends and supporters of the young Lutheran Seminary in Novosibirsk, Siberia. Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Snohomish, WA has kicked off the New Year with a $60,000 matching gift donation for the Novosibirsk Seminary. Beginning February 1 through March 15, up to $60,000 in donations …
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Zion Lutheran Church of Bridgeville, PA hosted Rev. Alexey Streltsov and Dr. Timothy Quill of the Siberian Lutheran Mission Society on Saturday, January 5, 2019. About seventy Lutherans from the area attended a luncheon and presentation followed by an Epiphany worship service. Streltsov, who was raised as an atheist in the waning years of the …
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Download as PDF Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ! We just celebrated one of the most significant festivals of the Church: Presentation in the Temple. This festival is unusual. We are already far from Christmas, we have already heard about the Baptism of the Lord, we heard about the miracle at the …
SELC Newsletter – Faith and Hope #268 – February 2019 Read More »
Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, May we bring to your attention the words of greetings from our Bishop Vsevolod that were read in the parishes of Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church during the Christmas liturgy. Brothers and sisters, The shepherds hurried to Bethlehem [Luke 2:15] to see the Saviour born. “Bethlehem” is …
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Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Rejoice with us! Today in the Parish of Saint Andrew in Novosibirsk Deacon Vitaly Smirnov was ordained into the priesthood. This is a real Christmas gift from God to the Lutherans in Siberia. “The Bishop and the assistants lay their right hands on his head, and …
SELC Newsletter – Faith and Hope #266 – December 2018 Read More »
Download as PDF Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ! Last week we travelled to the village of Beryozovka, in which ethnic Estonians live. The first group of Estonian peasants arrived here in 1803, they were sent “to the eternal settlement in Siberia” for participating in protests against the authorities. In 1803 and 1804, …
SELC Newsletter – Faith and Hope #265 – November 2018 Read More »
Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Last Saturday, the theological seminars for lay people were held in the Lutheran parish of the Holy Trinity in Chita. We usually organize such seminars in our various parishes during summer time, but this year (due to financial reasons) we decided to hold the seminars in Chita in October. (Of course, we should confess that October in Siberia is “not quite summer!”)
