Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Since we are celebrating the Transfiguration today, let us dedicate this newsletter to this Festival. Transfiguration is not just one of episodes of the sacred history. Transfiguration is an event of the same level as the incarnation of Christ, His crucifixion and resurrection. On the day …
Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In the beginning of July, the Christian family camp “Pilgrims” was held in the village of Efremkino (Khakassia, Siberia). This year participants came from Abakan, Tuim, Tomsk, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg. Most of the people who gathered are members of our parishes, but there were also those …
SELC Newsletter #300 – Christian Family Camp in Efremkino Village Read More »
Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Missionary work in our country is often not a “Christian pioneer mission” but the attempt to restore what existed a hundred years ago. Of course, we will never be able to restore that huge and great Lutheran Church, which was the second most important denomination (after …
SELC Newsletter #299.2 – The Parish House in Oravka Read More »
Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We wish you God’s blessings and congratulate you on the feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul! I would like to remind you of two stories from the Book of Acts, both from the church calendar this coming week. The first is from the tenth chapter, …
SELC Newsletter #299.1 – The Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Read More »
Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Traditionally, if any event in the Church coincided with a church festival, then next years it is celebrated in accordance with the church (but not secular) calendar. Therefore, we celebrate the anniversary of the consecration of our Bishop on the 4th Sunday after Easter. This year …
SELC Newsletter #298 – Fifteenth Anniversary of the Ordination of Bishop Lytkin Read More »
Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, …We beseech to You, Lord: look down from heaven to this church. May this place be holy forever. Here, let the crimes of people be washed away by the stream of Divine grace. Here, let the old sinful man die, and may a new generation of …
SELC Newsletter #297 – New Church Building Dedicated in Chita Read More »
Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, May we bring to your attention the Christmas message of our Bishop Vsevolod (will be read in the parishes of Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church during the Christmas liturgy). Brothers and sisters, History has not yet witnessed things that happen to our world today. While there were …
SELC Newsletter #296 – Christmas and New Years Greetings Read More »
Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ! Father Vitali Gavrilov of the parish of the Transfiguration of the Lord (in Tuim, Khakassia) wrote: What a rich and often sad history our people have, and how little we know about it! Even about the closest of our people, sometimes we do not know much …
Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ! Our traditional Summer seminars were held in a rural place near Novosibirsk. More than a hundred people came from different parishes from Transbaikalia to Moscow and the South Urals. We thank those who prayed and donated for the seminars! In his speech at the opening of …
SELC Newsletter #294 – Summer Theological Seminars Read More »
Peace to you, beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The “green time” of the church calendar has begun, and we would like to bring to your attention an excerpt from the sermon of priest Pavel Zayakin: It seems like a long time ago on Sunday the altar wasn’t green, right? But this is the “ordinary …
