SELC Newsletter

Peace to you dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Saint Paul called Saint Luke, a “beloved physician,” but this name was more than just about healing.  Saint Luke announced to the whole world that the Kingdom of God is coming. How close is it, this Kingdom?  Just take a closer look at the altar. Alone, of […]

Peace to you dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In the village of Oravka in the Chany district (280 miles from Novosibirsk), a symbolic stone of the future Lutheran church was consecrated. In 1894, the first settlers from Estonia arrived into this place on the shore of a lake. That time it was wilderness, and

As it is customary in many countries, some people move from their native regions to warmer places. So it is in Russia: those who are tired of living in our cold frozen Siberia, they move to live closer to Black Sea, to Sochi area or to Krasnodar region. Many of our parishioners from different Siberian

Peace to you dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Recently, our Bishop Vsevolod visited the parish of Saint Luke in Yurga (Kemerovo region) to celebrate the feast of Saint James the apostle. Deacon Ruslan Zinnurov assisted him during the liturgy. May we bring to your attention a part of the Bishop’s sermon. It is for

Our Bishop Vsevolod conducted the commemorating prayer service at the Estonian cemetery in Estono-Semionovka (about 70 miles from Novosibirsk). Once there was a village here, but then all the inhabitants left, and now there is only a cemetery on which stands a monument to the Estonians who suffered during the years of the political repressions

Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In Christianity, salvation is not given to us abstractly; it is given to us through the word and the sacraments of the Church.  There is no salvation outside the Church, because only in there are the baptismal font and the altar and the priests who are

Peace to you dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Now, when coronavirus infection is already gradually weakening in some countries, but still growing in Russia, we would like to invite you to pray with us using the prayer that we read at this time: Oh Lord Jesus Christ, You went throughout every town and village (Luke

Peace to you dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ! Christ is risen! Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.  John 15:4 This text is read on the third Sunday of Easter, and

Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As we entered the Holy Week, may we bring to your attention the homily that our Bishop Vsevolod said during the Holy Monday evening service, How important it is for us that Jesus said these words (with which the fourteenth chapter of Saint John’s Gospel begins):

Download a Printable PDF Peace to you, beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ! Our Bishop Vsevolod traveled to Yekaterinburg, where he celebrated the Feast of the Annunciation in the parish of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, with assistance of priests Alexey Trapeznikov and Sergey Glushkov. At the beginning of his sermon, the Bishop said, We