Hallstatt Lutheran Church

I'se The Bye by John Govedas

Performed by the Sopranos & Altos of the Mississauga Festival Choir on July 6th, 2014 in the Lutheran Church of Hallstatt, Austria. Conducted by David Ambrose. Filmed by Aaron Wouters. For more information about this choir, visit: mississaugafestivalchoir.com

MiqMaq Honour Song

Performed by Mississauga Festival Choir on July 6th, 2014 in the Lutheran Church of Hallstatt, Austria. Conducted by David Ambrose. Filmed by Aaron Wouters.

In Denmark, drop-in baptisms help boost Church numbers

Looking to get baptized, but put off by the thought of tedious planning? With membership waning, Denmark's Lutheran Church is lowering the bar for hesitant prospective members by hosting drop-in christenings.

My Trip to Austria and Germany

At the end of June - Beginning of July I took a trip with my community choir to Austria and Germany to sing. It was incredible!!
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And So It Goes by Billy Joel

Performed by Mississauga Festival Choir on July 6th, 2014 in the Lutheran Church of Hallstatt, Austria. Conducted by David Ambrose. Filmed by Aaron Wouters. For more information about this choir, visit: mississaugafestivalchoir.com

And Now Mozart - Salzburg - 6.10.2018

We are coming to the city where Mozart was born. Come to our show in Salzburg on October 6th at the Mozarteum, where Mozart...did his theum. Or something.

Graz, Austria

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The oldest settlement on the ground of the modern city of Graz dates back to the Copper Age. However, no historical continuity exists of a settlement before the Middle Ages.

During the 12th century, dukes under Babenberg rule made the town into an important commercial center. Later, Graz came under the rule of the Habsburgs and, in 1281, gained special privileges from King Rudolph I.

In the 14th century, Graz became the city of residence of the Inner Austrian line of the Habsburgs. The royalty lived in the Schlossberg castle and from there ruled Styria, Carinthia, most of today's Slovenia, and parts of Italy (Carniola, Gorizia and Gradisca, Trieste).

In the 16th century, the city's design and planning were primarily controlled by Italian Renaissance architects and artists. One of the most famous buildings built in this style is the Landhaus, designed by Domenico dell'Allio, and used by the local rulers as a governmental headquarters.
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Hauptplatz

Karl-Franzens-Universität, also called the University of Graz, is the city's oldest university, founded in 1585 by Archduke Karl II. For most of its existence, it was controlled by the Catholic church, and was closed in 1782 by Joseph II in an attempt to gain state control over educational institutions. Joseph II transformed it into a lyceum where civil servants and medical personnel were trained. In 1827 it was re-instituted as a university by Emperor Franz I, thus gaining the name 'Karl-Franzens Universität,' meaning 'Charles-Francis University.' Over 30,000 students currently study at this university.

The astronomer Johannes Kepler lived in Graz for a short period. There, he worked as a math teacher and was a professor of mathematics at the University of Graz, but still found time to study astronomy. He left Graz to go to Prague when Lutherans were banned from the city.

Ludwig Boltzmann was Professor for Mathematical Physics from 1869 to 1890. During that time, Nikola Tesla studied electrical engineering at the Polytechnic in 1875. Nobel Laureate Otto Loewi taught at the University of Graz from 1909 until 1938. Ivo Andric, the 1961 Nobel Prize for Literature Laureate obtained his doctorate at the University of Graz. Erwin Schrödinger was briefly chancellor of the University of Graz in 1936.

Graz lies in Styria, or Steiermark in German. Mark is an old German word indicating a large area of land used as a defensive border, in which the peasantry is taught how to organize and fight in the case of an invasion. With a strategic location at the head of the open and fertile Mur valley, Graz was often assaulted (unsuccessfully), e.g. by the Hungarians under Matthias Corvinus in 1481, and by the Ottoman Turks in 1529 and 1532. Apart from the Riegersburg Castle, the Schlossberg was the only fortification in the region that never fell to the Ottoman Turks. Graz is home to the region's provincial armory, which is the world's largest historical collection of late medieval and Renaissance weaponry. It has been preserved since 1551, and displays over 30,000 items.

From the earlier part of the 15th century, Graz was the residence of the younger branch of the Habsburgs, which succeeded to the imperial throne in 1619 in the person of Emperor Ferdinand II, who moved the capital to Vienna. New fortifications were built on the Schlossberg at the end of the 16th century. Napoleon's army occupied Graz in 1797. In 1809, the city withstood another assault by the French army. During this attack, the commanding officer in the fortress was ordered to defend it with about 900 men against Napoleon's army of about 3,000. He successfully defended the Schlossberg against eight attacks, but they were forced to give up after the Grande Armée occupied Vienna and the Emperor ordered to surrender. Following the defeat of Austria by Napoleonic forces at the Battle of Wagram in 1809, the fortifications were demolished using explosives, as stipulated in the Peace of Schönbrunn of the same year. The belltower and the civic clock tower, often used as the symbol of Graz, were spared after the people of Graz paid a ransom for their preservation.

Archduke Karl II of Inner Austria had 20,000 Protestant books burned in the square of what is now a mental hospital, and succeeded in returning Styria to the authority of the Holy See. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was born in Graz, in what is now the Stadtmuseum (city museum).

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Faithful Travel with Rick Steves

Join noted travel author and public television host Rick Steves as he lays out his personal philosophy- and theology-about the nature of faithful travel. Steves asks fellow travelers to consider the impact of their travel on the people they meet, to delve deeply into the wonder of God's created world - and God's people - and to think carefully about how their travel helps (or hinders) matters of peace and justice.

The affable television host reveals his sense of personal mission and poses some difficult questions about how travel changes lives forever. In short, this video is NOT the usual Rick Steves' travelogue, but takes viewers
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Opening the Door to Luther with Rick Steves

Join public television host, author and ELCA Lutheran Rick Steves as Mosaic takes you on a journey through Lutherland! Travel from Eisleben where Luther was born to the university town of Wittenberg where he taught and preached. After a pilgrimage south to the Vatican in Rome, the program follows the tumultuous events of the Reformation at Worms, Erfurt, Eisenach, Marburg and Augsburg.

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Lutheran pastor, Arlyn Tolzmann in rare form - Salzburg, Austria

The Sound of Salzberg Show in Austria. Arlyn was chosen to participate on stage. And he did not disappoint!

Durnstein Austria Church Organ Concert 28.07.16

Durnstein Collegiate Church Organ Concert held on the 28th July 2016.

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Austrian Evangelical Church votes to publicly ‘bless’ homosexual unions

2015.10. Австрия.Баден под Веной. Церковь святого мученика Стефана. Воскресная месса

Старинная церковь с органом, в которой Моцарт дирижировал хором, исполнявшим его Аве верум.

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Roman Catholics parade with skulls in festival to honour the dead

(8 Nov 2012) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of La Paz's General Cemetery
2. Mid of faithful inside General Cemetery's chapel crowded around a table of boxes filled with human skulls and flowers
3. Mid of woman carrying a box with a human skull inside it and flowers on top of box
4. Close of worshippers sitting on chapel pews holding human skulls decorated with flowers
5. Pan of human skulls decorated with flowers
6. Close of human skull with flowers on top
7. Mid of box with human skulls that are covered by flowers
8. Tilt up of human skull with a hoodie on it and cotton balls in the eye sockets and nose area to woman placing it inside glass box
9. Wide of chapel with faithful holding their human skulls
10. UPSOUND (Spanish) Catholic priest at altar making the Sign of the Cross: In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
11. Various of faithful getting human skulls blessed with Holy Water
12. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jose Ramirez, worshipper: ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++
What I ask the Natitas (referring to the skulls) ) is that they fulfil (my wishes). I have faith. I offer them flowers, candles and cigarettes. I have faith. I have a lot of faith in the Natitas.
13. Mid of faithful at cemetery with their human skulls
14. Mid of woman sitting on the ground with human skulls
15. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) David Chavez, worshipper:
What you must have is faith in them (Natitas) and it will gives us everything that we ask for. We always light a candle for them and have them smoke cigarettes.
16. Close of human skull with lit cigarette in mouth
17. Mid of human skulls on the ground decorated with flowers and some are wearing hoodies
18. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Marco Arevalo, worshipper:
I think it's a mixture of customs because in the (Catholic) Church one shouldn't pay homage to something that's outside of the (Catholic) religion.
19. Tilt down of faithful with their skulls at the cemetery
STORYLINE
An unusual ritual played out on Thursday at the General Cemetery in Bolivia's capital, La Paz.
About 300 people paid homage to human skulls, which they believe perform miracles.
The faithful pay tribute to their Natitas, as the skulls are called, each November 8th with prayers and celebrations tied into All Saints Day, a Catholic holiday observed on November 1st.
The ritual is a blend of ancestral indigenous rituals with Catholic beliefs.
The faithful decorated the skulls with flowers and some had lit cigarettes in the mouth hole.
The skulls were placed in boxes, some wooden and others made from cardboard.
The skulls that the believers worship can be those of relatives but it is equally common for them to be strangers'.
What I ask the Natitas is that they fulfil (my wishes). I have faith. I offer them flowers, candles and cigarettes, said Jose Ramirez, a believer.
The celebration began in the cemetery's corridors and gardens and culminated inside the chapel where the skulls received a blessing with Holy Water.
What you must have is faith in them (skulls) and it will gives us everything that we ask for. We always light a candle for them and have them smoke cigarettes, said David Chavez, a follower of the tradition.
Five years ago, the Archbishop prohibited the blessing of the skulls because it was considered a distortion of the Catholic religion.
In the pre-Hispanic era it was common practice for indigenous people to keep skulls as trophies and display them during the rituals to symbolise death and rebirth, according to experts.
This practice of worshipping the skulls is not extended to everyone in Bolivia, but every year it continues to gain Catholic followers.



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