Peace to you, dear Brothers and Sisters, We are glad to greet you with Easter greeting: Христос воскрес! Christ is risen! May we bring to your attention the words of Easter Message 2021 of our Bishop Vsevolod that will be read in all parishes of SELC during the Easter liturgy: Brothers and sisters, Our time …
Peace to you, beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Father Vitali Gavrilov (of the Parish of Transfiguration in Tuim) just returned from the trip to the village of Sukhovo, where we have a small mission congregation. Alas, we can not visit our “house church” in Sukhovo often. In our Church, we experience a shortage of …
Peace to you, beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In our parish in Angarsk, Fr. Vitali Gavrilov conducted the wedding of Artyom and Elizaveta. Our parish there is very small (and Lutheranism, alas, is generally a very small denomination in modern Russia), but life goes on. And the main reason for this is celebrated Eucharist, …
Peace to you, dear brothers and Sisters in Christ, and greetings to you on this Feast of the Presentation of our Lord. Today’s Gospel tells us about going to church, or rather: then it was still a temple in Jerusalem. To be more precise, the Gospel tells about two temples: the temple in Jerusalem and …
SELC Newsletter #289 – The Feast of the Presentation of our Lord Read More »
Happy belated New Year to you, dear Brothers and Sisters, and greetings from Buryatia from Fr.Vitali Gavrilov! And here is his little report: “Buryatia is waiting for you!”, my wife texted me when she got the message from me that our train will soon arrive to Ulan-Ude station. But in reality, Buryatia, of course, was …
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, It is natural for us humans to be afraid of the dark. And although the modern world sparkles …
SELC Newsletter #287 – Christmas and New Years Greetings Read More »
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 …
SELC Newsletter #285 – Feast of Saint Luke, Evangelist Read More »
