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Image Helsinki's Kallio Church will ring a funeral melody to raise awareness about the bombing of Aleppo. Photo: Henna Aaltonen Church bells ringing in Finland for Aleppo LWF supports initiative to protest violations (LWI) - Church bells across Finland are ringing to remember victims and protest violence in the war-ravaged city of Aleppo in Syria. The Evangelical Lutheran Parish in Kallio, Helsinki…
Image Ulla-Maarit Magga, the member of the ELCF General Synod representing the Sami parliament in Finland. Photo: Aarne Ormio New translation of the Bible in Northern Sami language Considerable spiritual and cultural meaning for Europe’s only indigenous people (LWI) - The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (ELCF) has approved a new translation of…
Image Finnish Archbishop Tapio Luoma . Photo: LWF/ S. Gallay Finnish church: an integral part of society Voices of the communion: Tapio Luoma, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (LWI) - Tapio Luoma was elected Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland (ELCF…
