I am back where I started – in St. Petersburg. Two more days of ministry here and I’ll be on my way home! Honestly, I am ready. This trip was very tiring, with lots of ground to cover, including many days without regular meals and sleep. And it was absolutely worth it!
[Read more…]2023 September-October: St. Petersburg, Moscow, Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo, Tambov

I cannot believe that one third of this trip is already behind me! I already did eleven events in three different cities and around them: St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Novokuznetsk. My audiences ranged from seminarians and clergy, to moms with special needs kids and even a betrothal party.
[Read more…]2023 June-July: Uzbekistan
Weeks “2” and “3” of ESL Camp classes allowed me to get to know my campers better and to help them open up to discussing some meaningful questions of life: Where did we all come from? What is the purpose of life? What or Who is the highest authority in moral and ethical matters? etc. One of the days, I had two almost identical conversations of the matter of faith in God with, first, a school staff member and, later, with an architect/designer of an Islamic Center.
[Read more…]2023 May Trip to Russia: Samara, Moscow, Novokuznetsk, Bryansk

I had only four days in the Samara Region, but each of them was special and beyond everybody’s wildest expectations. In two state technical colleges where I was invited to teach a class on the Historic Foundations of Christian Faith, the audience halls were packed as the organizers had made it available to the entire student body. In the evening, the Neftyannik “culture palace” was again filled to the brim when I presented the Intro to Christian Pedagogy for teachers and parents of the oil producing town of about five thousand people.
[Read more…]May 2023: Nizhniy Novgorod, Kolomna, Samara, Moscow, Novokuznetsk, and Bryansk

I started week one of my time in Nizhniy Novgorod by teaching a class for the entire student body of the local Orthodox Seminary. As it is often the case, most of the seminarians took it first as just one more of their Apologetics courses. They occupied the back of the large auditorium, and it took some time for them to realize what they were about to see and to hear: a completely new way of presenting the Gospel from strictly rational and historic perspective. A group of lay church leaders and catechism teachers were also invited to the event. They took the front rows and immediately engaged in the ad hoc Q&A sessions which were conveniently provided by the computer freezing after a dozen slides. (The hosts had insisted on using their system for the presentation.)
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