Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ! Summer is a great time to travel around Siberia, and we hope that many of you will find time and dare to visit Siberia. In the beginning of July, we had excellent theological seminars for the lay people, and we gladly welcomed our guests: Rev. Daniel Johnson, […]
SELC Newsletter – Faith and Hope #263 – August 2018 Read More »
Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Last Sunday we celebrate the Nativity of Saint John the Baptizer. May we bring to your attention the piece of the sermon by our Bishop Vsevolod. “What shall this baby be?” (Luke 1: 66). God made humans free. We can talk about this a lot and for a
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Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, According to the request of Pastor Vitali Gavrilov of Tuim (Khakassia), we would like to send you his short report about the repairs in the church of Transfiguration. As you remember, the church building was damaged by fire at the end of last year (see our Newsletters #256 and #258). The
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KFUO’s Faith’n’Family interviewed Rev. Alan Ludwig, who serves the LCMS in Siberia, on June 21, 2017. In this interview, he speaks of how ten weeks of teaching in Siberia in 1997 led to his twenty years of service there, what it is like to serve our Lord there, and the history of the Siberian Evangelical
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Can you imagine not having access to a Lutheran pastor for over sixty years? This is exactly the situation faced by a small Lutheran community in Irkutsk. Todd Wilken of Issues, Etc. recently interviewed Bishop Vsevolod Lytkin of the Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church and discussed how Lutheranism in Russia was nearly eradicated during by the
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“It is very important that in large Siberian territories our pastors be thoroughly trained theologically. They must preach the Gospel and administer the Sacraments correctly, because the salvation of their people depends on it. So that’s why we … are so serious about how we prepare pastors and teachers for the Church.” Rev. Alexey Streltsov
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