Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria

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Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria
Russian: Евангелическо-лютеранская церковь Ингрии, Finnish: Inkerin evankelis-luterilainen kirkko
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saint Mary, St. Petersburg
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	High Church Lutheranism, Lutheran
Theology	Evangelical Catholic; Confessional
Polity	Episcopal
Presiding Bishop	Ivan Laptev
Associations	Lutheran World Federation, International Lutheran Council
Region	Russia
Language	Russian, Finnish, Mari, Moksha, Erzya
Origin	1611; independence 1992.[citation needed]
Separated from	Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church
Congregations	90[citation needed]
Members	15,000[citation needed]
Official website	www.elci.ru

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria (Russian: Евангелическо-лютеранская церковь Ингрии, Yevangelichesko-lyuteranskaya tserkov Ingriyi; Finnish: Inkerin evankelis-luterilainen kirkko; also the Church of Ingria) is a Lutheran church of the Scandinavian tradition in Russia. It is the second largest Lutheran church in Russia, with 90 congregations and 15,000 members, and is active mostly in Ingria and Karelia.^[1]