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In Christ the small is great
2019 - Thomas Vaga, E.E.L.K. piiskop electus
Every year we are celebrating a national event and have been doing it every year even the times when Estonia was occupied by Soviet Union. It is the one hundred and first year from the Estonian Declaration of Independence that took place on the twenty fourth of February in 1918. It is like what the fourth of July is to America. The American Declaration of Independence was published in 1776? 243 years ago. America has gone through bad times in those years, like the Civil War. Estonia has as well. Together with us, Latvia, Lithuania, and Finland share the same years and bad and good times. The three Baltic countries have...
What effect does Christmas have on YOU?
2018 - Thomas Vaga, E.E.L.K. piiskop electus
With whom do we personally meet in a holy way? A medieval Estonian poem tells about Jesus coming to Estonia to walk among her people. His footsteps become holy places amongst the people and on the land. The location of His steps became holy because He brought the holiness of heaven down to earth.
In the church of Nativity in Bethlehem there is a silver star on the floor of the cave underneath the church to mark the place of His birth. Christians from all over the world come to view and venerate it as the place where Jesus was born...
