New Year thanks to all partners

4 Jan, 2022

Dearly beloved community - all friends, partners, and benefactors of the Epiphany Congregation in Riga.

We are immensely grateful for your loving support this year as we continued to overcome the challenges of the pandemic.

Because of your generosity, we had enough money to pay our heating and electricity bills, as well as for projects to preach the Word. Because of your support, we have continued to minister the Word and Sacrament online and in person through worship services, workshops, and Bible study courses.

All of this has been made possible by your concern for our community and your loving contribution to preaching true regeneration in Jesus Christ by grace through faith, the restoration of every person and the spread of dialogue and peace throughout the world.

Please accept our sincerest thanks on behalf of our entire ministry! May you be blessed in the coming year 2022! Peace and goodness!

Father Paul.

Pastor of the Epiphany Russian Lutheran Community

Igor's story: thanks to the Lutheran community, life is getting better

26 Nov, 2021, No comments

Igor and I met in a difficult situation for him in life. Left homeless, he was preparing to spend the night in the entryway of a house. Where he was met by a believer who attends our church. She called the pastor and together they organized a car to bring him to the temporary housing center for the homeless. But another problem arose there: the lack of a PCR test, without which Igor was refused admission. With great difficulty Igor was able to sleep warm and seek a way out of his difficult situation. If Christians had not provided a shoulder to lean on in time, things might have gone differently.

Here is what Igor says: "I have been attending Lutheran services recently. A well-respected woman, Lyudmila, brought me here. It gives me purification, freedom, a different way of thinking. My life is changing and flowing. Thank you!"

The dream of our community is to create a permanent center where people who happen to be in difficulty can find support, guidance, and the opportunity to rebuild their lives. You can also get involved through your donations to our charitable programs: https://epiphany.mozellosite.com/donate/

"A generous soul will be filled; he who quenches the thirst of another will also not thirst himself." Proverbs 11:25 NRSV

Testimony of Ilmars on the ministry of the Epiphany congregation

26 Nov, 2021, No comments

The Epiphany Russian Lutheran congregation in Riga serves all people regardless of nationality, language or social status. Watch the video of our regular parishioner Ilmars. You probably even know him - he is that street musician, who plays every day in the heat and rain on Dome Square by the wall of Radio House. On Sundays, he participates in the liturgy of our parish. Why this is important to him and how it changes his life - find out from his story.

Ilmars says:

"I have been asked many times: How do you, a Latvian, go to Russian worship? How did I get here the first time? I was told it was real here. I came, and indeed - everything here is real! My son isn't an unbeliever, but when he listened to services in Latvian he would always say, "Well, there's something wrong here, as if it wasn't for me. I began to translate for him what I was hearing in this church, and he just loved it. He says to me, "What a pity I don't speak Russian! I would go for sure, because every word that is preached here is God's Word and nothing superfluous." Since the first time I came, I have been just drawn here all the time and energized for the week. You start to see the world differently. It becomes brighter.

If you would like to support our gospel preaching in the center of Riga, you can do so here: https://epiphany.mozellosite.com/donate/

May God bless everyone who participates in our mission as ministry partners!

Post-Lockdown Worship Services

23 Nov, 2021

Epiphany Russian Lutheran Church continues its ministry after the lockdown. We are now holding two services: one modern-style service with guitar (admission with certificates only) at 5:00 p.m., the second is a classical Lutheran liturgy with piano at 6:30 p.m. (online, or individual attendance for prayer).

Also, please be advised that repairs to the temple will continue until February. Please take note and do not be disturbed.

Russian-speaking Lutherans in Latvia celebrate the "Season of Creation"

2 Nov, 2021, No comments

In September, the Russian-speaking Lutheran Epiphany Community (LELC) launched the "Season for the Protection of Creation", celebrated by Christians around the world.

Every year from 1 September (World Day of Prayer for Creation) to 4 October (Feast of St Francis), the Christian community celebrates the Season of Creation by praying and acting together to protect our common home. Tens of thousands of Christians around the world celebrate this season each year with the support of leaders from other faith traditions.

Prayer on St. Meinard's Day in Ikšķilė

24 Aug, 2021