St Saviour's Riga, Latvia: a welcoming Christian community
St. Saviour`s Anglican Church (Latvia, Riga)
St Saviour Anglican Church choir in Riga, Latvia
Today 13th March at the Church of Saint Saviour in Riga, Latvia the choir sang. It sings beautifully and it is a joy to listen to on the second Sunday of every month.
Saint Saviour's Church
British traders first established an Anglican church in Riga in 1822, holding their services in the Refomātu baznīca on Mārstaļu iela. The present church, which was designed by Johann Daniel Felsko and opened in 1859, is built of English red bricks on a 30 cm layer of English soil that had been specially imported from the United Kingdom. It is on the site of the former Paul's bastion, which was removed in the 1850s.
During Soviet rule, the church was desecrated and transformed into a students' club, cultural centre and recording studio. After renewed Latvian independence in 1991 the church was re-consecrated and now serves Riga's English-speaking ex-pat population, not only as a place of worship, but also as a day centre for the elderly and a soup kitchen.
St. Saviours Orono
Shelley Molica wonderful homily Sunday July 6. 2014
Church of St. Saviour in Riga - church choir
Sings once a month at the church at the morning service.
Dažādība uz robežas: Islāms un Rietumi
PUBLISKA EKSPERTU DISKUSIJA PAR ISLĀMA IENĀKŠANU
LATVIJAS KULTŪRTELPĀ
Tieslietu ministrijas rosinātais aizliegums nēsāt tradicionālo islama apģērbu novedis pie asām diskusijām. Vai tā ir Satversmes pamatvērtību aizsardzība bēgļu plūdu priekšvakarā? Latviskās kultūrtelpas saglabāšana? Vai reliģiskās brīvības ierobežošana un provokācija islāmticīgajiem?
Lai rastu atbildes uz šiem jautājumiem, Anglikāņu baznīca rīkoja publisku diskusiju: “Dažādība uz robežas: Islāms un Rietumi.”
Diskusijā piedalījās zinātņu doktore un Satversmes preambulas eksperte Maija Kūle, Islāma kopienas pārstāvji Roberts Klimovičs un Fatima, Saeimas deputāts Hosams Abu Meri un Latvijas Universitātes reliģiju vēstures profesors Valdis Tēraudkalns.
Diskusiju vadīja teologs un publicists Nils Sakss.
Diskusija notika trešdien, 2.martā, plkst. 19.00, Anglikāņu baznīcā, Anglikāņu ielā 2, Vecrīgā.
Facebook.com/rigaanglican
Rīgas Anglikāņu draudze ir daļa no Anglikāņu komūnijas, kas vieno ap 80 miljonu cilvēku visos kontinentos un ir trešā lielākā kristīgā konfesija pasaulē.Sv.Pestītāja dievnamā ir gaidīts ikviens - neatkarīgi no finansiālā stāvokļa, nodarbes, dzimuma, garīgās vai fiziskās veselības, seksualitātes, etniskās vai konfesionālās piederības.
View of the City of Riga, Latvia from Saint Peter's Church Tower
Come and Join ''TheCelotajs'' and his view of the City of Riga, Latvia from Saint Peters Church Tower. As we look out across the city, we will see a great view of City of Riga. Looking northwest we first see the Daugava River, west bank of the Daugava and the Akmens ''Stone'' Bridge looking down, we can see the roof of the House of the Blackheads, part of the Occupation Museum, statue of the Latvian Red Riflemen, Latvian Technical University. Moving to the right, we will see a better view of the Technical University and the Rigas Doma City Hall. Looking out across the city and the Daugava, we can see the Swedbank Tower and the Vansu ''Cable'' Bridge. Still moving right, we can see from left to right, Saint Saviours Church, Doma Cathedral, Riga Castle, Doma Square, Mara Magdalenas Church, Saint Jacobs Cathedral. Still moving right, we see The Guilds Small and Large, Jacobs Barracks, The Latvia War Museum, and The Powder Tower. As we look far out over the city we can see the Rigas Ports. Looking down, we can see Livu Square, The building known as the Cat House because of the figure of a Cat on its roof. Looking far out across the city we can see more builds. Moving to the right more, we can see the Monument of Freedom, the Russian Orthodox Cathedral, and German Embassy. Still moving right, we can see the Latvian National Opera, and another view of the city. Looking down we can see the roof of Saint Johns Church. Moving to the right more, we can see the Riga Railway Station, its railway yard and Riga Clock Tower. In the foreground are more old buildings. Now looking south, we can see the Central Market buildings. In the foreground you can see Reformers Church. Looking to the left a bit, and located behind Central Market we can see the Academy of Science or better known as Stalin's Birthday Cake. Still looking south, you can see from left to right the Academy of Science, Central Market, Daugava River, its inlets flowing into the Daugava River, Salu ''Islands'' Bridge and Rigas Radio and Television Tower. Moving to the right again, we can see the Daugava River, Rigas Television Studio, and Rigas Radio and Television Tower. Here we can see the east half of the famous Iron Bridge, Rigas Railway Bridge crossing the Daugava. View of the center and west end of the Iron Bridge and the north end of Zakusala Island. As we looking across the Daugava River to the west bank of the Daugava River. In the foreground we see the Akmens ''Stone'' Bridge. Looking across the Daugava River and far in the background we can see Victory Monument, Looking down, we can see the Statue of Roland. Now that we have returned to our starting point, I hope you enjoyed the view of the City of Riga from Saint Peters Church Tower. Please feel free to return as many times as you like.
BRIEF HISTORY OF TOWER --
The tower, originally of wood, was rebuilt a number of times. It once collapsed in a storm, totally destroying a nearby house and killing 8 people. It then it burned down for the first time in 1721, and it is said that the Emperor Peter the Great himself helped fight the fire, and then immediately issued the orders for its reconstruction. He ordered the chief architect to sit on top of the weather vane at the completion of the work, drink a glass of wine, and throw the glass to the ground. The shattered pieces were to be counted, and the number of pieces would show how many centuries the spire would survive. The glass landed on a passing hay cart and survived, with only the stem breaking -- two pieces. Sure enough, the spire was destroyed by fire again -- two hundred years later, on Saint Peter's Day, 1941. For many years it was thought that the church was accidentally hit in the crossfire of battle; however it has since been discovered that it was deliberately set on fire by retreating Soviet troops as a propaganda move to blame the Germans for its destruction. There is now an elevator to an observation platform from which you get by far the best view of Riga City.
IBV - The Sun Will Rise
Forza ep out now
Download at:
Directed by: Alan Smithee
St. John's Church in Riga, Latvia
More of the interior from St. John's Church in Riga, Latvia.
OMT Latvia - Riga Christian School
Riga Singing Week with Stephen Taberner - Labvakari
Labvakari, rudzu laukis - Good evening, field of rye. A Latvian song taught to us by the wonderful Dimanta Sisters.
Conductor Laima Dimanta.
Concert performance at St Saviour's Church, Riga on Saturday 6 October 2012, by the Singing Week participants.
Timelapse Europe and Scandinavida 2016
During my 2016 European travels, I set out to capture a time-lapse in every city I visited. This was in conjunction with my Jumping Through Europe video I made and published in 2016 (
The time-lapse footage however sat, unedited, on my computer for 2 years. So I decided to finally finish and publish it!
The process…
The footage is taken is with photographs, sped up to 15-20 frames per second. I took a photo, then moved one step, and repeated until I had around 150-200 photos around a building. I would focus on an anchor - a constant focal point in the centre of the shot, and pivot around it.
One of my favourite things about time-lapse photography is how the clouds move behind the buildings - I think it is a really cool effect.
Here is the end result - hope you like it!
The buildings in the video are:
Tower Bridge and Big Ben (London, England)
Belfast Town Hall (Northern Ireland)
Amalienborg (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Stockholm City Hall (Sweden)
Oslo Parliament and Skibotn Harbour (Norway)
Rovaniemi and Helsinki Orthodox Cathedral (Finland)
Tallinn Town Hall (Estonia)
Church of our Saviour on Spilt Blood, St Sophia Cathedral, St Basil’s, Red Square (Russia)
St Peter’s Church (Riga, Latvia)
Gediminas Castle (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Palace of Culture and Science (Warsaw, Poland)
Music:
Mountain Sun by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (
Artist:
To be gay or not to be gay (2/4) - A discussion about homosexuals in Eastern Europe
PART 2: Homosexuals in Eastern Europe are still hiding in society. They are scared to talk openly about their sexuality. They even create heterosexual families to have a society protection. We also make clear that being gay has nothing to do with being pedophiliac (which can be considered a mental disease). Homosexuality is strange/unknown to many people in Lithuania/Latvia/Poland/Russia/... This is one of the reasons why they afraid. Not understanding or misunderstanding brings negativity and fear. Homosexual people are like heterosexual people, they have love feelings, they are romantic, dream, hold hands etc. The only difference: They do it with a person of the same gender.
QTalks are hold in QTime Anticafé Klaipeda:
Recording-Meeting-Date: 2017-01-11
Moderation: Exhoschi
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
Part 4:
Zvannieki Charity Concert 2012
Zvannieki Charity Concert 2012
6th August 2012, St Saviours Anglican Church in Riga
musicians: Ieva Parša, Krišjānis Norvelis, Kristīne Stumbure, Lauma Liepiņa, Zane Jurēvica, Santa Stalidzāne, Rūta Īzāka, Laura Meždreija, Katrīna Kivleniece, Santa Bukovska, Jevgēņija Olšanska, Daiga Solovjova, Ilze Reine, Kristīne Adamaite,
Gijs van Schoonhoven (NL), Uldis Parre-Balodis, Liene Circene, Mārtiņš Brauns,
Māris Jēkabsons, Ilze Lejiņa, Freds Ormēns and Zvannieki Family.
in this video Edgars from Zvannieki shares his story about Zvannieki.
Vai tautībai ir nākotne - Publiska diskusija 30.11.12.
Paneļdiskusija Vai tautībai ir nākotne?.
Piedalās:
Latvijas Krievu savienības līdzpriekšsēdētājs Miroslavs Mitrofanovs,
Komunikācijas zinātnes doktore Olga Procevska
Luterāņu mācītājs Dr Guntis Kalme,
Latvijas Universitātes Sociālo zinātņu fakultātes Asoc. prof. Daunis Auers,
Latvijas Universitātes Teoloģijas fakultātes zinātniskais asistents Ņikita Andrejevs.
Sarunu vada žurnaliste Anna Stroja.
Sarīkojumu atbalsta Britu padome un Britu vēstniecība.
City of Riga, Latvia Old Riga Centre City North Section
Come and join ''TheCelotajs'' take a stroll through the City of Riga Old Riga Centre City While strolling through the North Section of Old Centre City, you will find historical buildings, cobble stone streets, and sidewalks. Historical buildings including Jacob's Barracks, the Powder Tower, the Old City Wall, Swedish Gate, the Three Brothers, Church of Our Lady of Sorrow, Saint Saviour's Church, the Cat House, the Guilds, Rozengrals Medieval Restaurant, Doma Cathedral, and Doma Square. You will also find plaques dedicated to famous people and events, also statues and sculptures.
St Saviour's Church, Prayer Conference, Talk 2
A Heavenly Bach Duet in Riga, Latvia
J.S. Bach's Christ Lag in Todesbanden, chorale BWV 4, performed by soprano Ieva Manoni and mezzo Ieva Parsa accompanied by organist Kristine Adamaite.
The setting is St. Saviour's Anglican Church in Riga, Latvia, which hosts an amazing series of free afternoon concerts. Video by Wallace Immen for The Cruisington Times cruisington.com
AGIHAS - AIDS dienas koncerts 2017.
Labdarības koncerts Šī trauslā robeža starp pluss un mīnuss 2017. gada 1. decembrī Anglikāņu baznīcā.
«This thin line between the positive and the negative» is the slogan of the charitable concert on December 1,2017. St. Saviour’s Anglican Church Riga