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 …
SELC Newsletter #272 – Faith and Hope – October 2019 Read More »
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 …
SELC Newsletter – Faith and Hope #271 – August 2019 Read More »
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 …
SELC Newsletter – Faith and Hope #270 – July 2019 Read More »
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 …
SELC Newsletter – Faith and Hope #269 – March 2019 Read More »
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 …
SELC Newsletter – Faith and Hope #267 – Christmas and New Year Greetings Read More »
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!”)
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 »
