All of my presentations for this trip have now canceled or switched to online starting on this Friday. I am doing my last presentation at Volokolamsk Diocese missions conference tonight and going straight to the airport from there in the morning.
[Read more…]2020 March: Moscow, Kemerovo, Novokuznetsk
By grace of God so far, only three out of thirty-one events on my schedule have been either canceled or reset to the online/webinar format due to the coronavirus quarantine. Interestingly, the people in Kuzbass where I was teaching during my first week were not as concerned about it as Moscovites are. All my trainings in Kemerovo and in Novokuznetsk went as scheduled and the audiences were always full and engaged in the topic we were discussing – the historic foundations of Christian faith.
[Read more…]2020 March: Moscow, Kemerovo, Novokuznetsk, Yoshkar Ola, Kaliningrad, Tver
A Facebook friend just posted: “It is not a good time to be on the airplane today.” Well, I am doing exactly that – leaving for MSP this afternoon and then flying over to Moscow on my next three weeks of ministry all over Russia.
[Read more…]2019 November-December: Voronezh, Smolensk, St. Petersburg
Voronezh is where Peter the Great built his fleet for the Azov Sea campaign. It could have been one of most picturesque cities of Central Russia if it were not nearly leveled during the battles for the Southern approaches to Moscow during the World War II. As with most old Russian cities, it is struggling now to save and to restore what is left of its history and tradition.
[Read more…]2019 November-December: St. Petersburg, Volgograd
I have done eight events in two cities over the seven days since I landed in Russia. Unfortunately, two additional presentations had to be canceled at the last minute due to such “unforeseen circumstances” as the lack of coordination skills on the facilitators’ part, and – I have to admit it – my own forgetfulness.
Praise the Lord for opening alternative teaching opportunities along the way, but… There are no excuses.
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