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
Kauksi Ülle Riigikene
Seto poetess Kauksi Ylle singing about state, how blind power and corruption are making horrible things. Filmed in Haimre, ancient curtural beacon in middle-Estonia.
Estonian Choir 3/5
Estonian Choir presenting in a church in Bonn in preparation to the Choir Festival 2009
fotoViktorBurkivski26OCT2014A / Eesti Printsess 2014
video Eesti Printsess 26.10.2014. Finaalshow. Princess of Estonia 2014 - Karina Koppel (16, from Palivere)
I Princess of Estonia 2014 - Geidy Tammik (14, from Pärnu)
II Princess of Estonia 2014 - Emily Kahro (14, from Viimsi)
The Estonian choir Riola in Yalta (Catholic Church)#2
The Estonian choir Riola performance in the Catholic Church in Yalta
Chanukah Kohtla Jarve
Estonia 2010 trener Traskowski podsumowuje koszykarzy z Ełk