Evangelical Lutheran Church
Eesti Evangeelne Luterlik Kirik
Modern history of the Estonian church:
The Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church (Estonian: Eesti Evangeelne Luterlik Kirik) was constituted in 1949, when the previous church hierarchy, Eesti Evangeeliumi Luteriusu Kirik, headed by bishop Johan Kõpp, had escaped to Sweden in 1944. When the Soviet Union invaded Estonia in 1940, most Christian organizations were dissolved, church property was confiscated, theologians were exiled to Siberia, and religious education programs were outlawed. World War II later brought devastation to many church buildings. It was not until 1988 that church activities were renewed when a movement for religious tolerance began in the Soviet Union.
The EELK is member of the Lutheran World Federation. The current archbishop is the Most Rev. Andres Põder. The Archbishop of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad (with about 8,000 members) is the Most Rev. Dr Andres Taul, also a pastor of the Lutheran Church--Canada
Music:
Organ Meditation
Stephanos of Tallinn, Primate of the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church
Een gesprek met Zijne Eminentie Metropoliet Stefanos van Tallinn en geheel Estland over de Orthodoxie in Estland, zijn aanstelling tot metropoliet aldaar en de ontwikkeling van de Kerk die.
Interfaith Dialogue in the Mediterranean Basin A Lecture by His Eminence Metropolitan Stephanos of Tallinn, Primate of the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church. International Symposium on.
De Heilige Silouan de Athoniet - voorbeeld van monastiek leven. Bezoek aan het Orthodox Monasterium van de Heilige Silouan in St.-Mars-de-Locquenay (Le Mans). Gesprekken met Archimandriet Symeon.
Stephanos of Tallinn, Primate of the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church
Interfaith Dialogue in the Mediterranean Basin
A Lecture by His Eminence Metropolitan Stephanos of Tallinn, Primate of the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church.
International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Religion 2014 The Promotion of World Peace through Inter-Faith Dialogue & the Unity of Faiths (Rome, Italy; March 31st - April 3rd, 2014)
The Center for Cultural Diplomacy - Publications The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy ccds-berlin.de culturaldiplomacy.org