On the last day of the festival, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out: “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink!” (John 7:37) On Thursday we celebrated the Ascension of Our Lord. In modern language, one might perhaps say that this day marked Jesus’ move to working from his home…

🔥 PENTECOST—THE FEAST OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE BIRTHDAY OF THE CHURCH 🔥 Today is Pentecost—the day on which the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the apostles and the Church of Christ was born (Acts 2). In southern Estonia, Pentecost is also known as suvistepüha, the feast of early summer. This beautiful name…

Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” (John 6:35) It is God’s nature to love, to give himself, to bestow and to share. When he calls himself the true bread in the Gospel, the comparison is therefore…

At the request of listeners, we are publishing selected excerpts from the audio recording of today’s Mass (15 April—the Fourth Sunday in Lent). Our thanks to Elsa Virta, Kaaleb Humal, and Teele, Marie and Osvald Nigola, who joined our organist Aaro in supporting today’s worship with music. The Revd Toomas Nigola preached.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! (Luke 13:34) It is the Fifth Sunday in Lent, the beginning of Passiontide. While the…

So must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes may have eternal life in him. (John 3:14b–15) Palm Sunday is not only the feast of Jesus’ arrival. It is also the feast of his humility. Today we stand on the threshold of Holy Week and, with the benefit of hindsight, see clearly…

On Good Friday, together with Christians from several congregations in Pärnu, we walked the Lord’s Way of the Cross (Latin: Via Crucis), meditating on the Passion of Jesus Christ from his condemnation to his crucifixion and burial. In Estonia and throughout the world, this devotion holds a particularly important place during Lent and on Good…

On Saturday, 25 October, the outer windows on the Kuninga Street side of our church that had been replaced by plastic sheeting in recent weeks returned from the restoration workshop. If you have a moment while walking through town, look up—aren’t they beautiful! The next windows will soon have their turn, so we hope to…

The celebration of Christmas concludes with the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord. Yes, on 2 February we will return once more to the stories of the Lord’s childhood. Yet, as the green liturgical colour that will replace the present white next Sunday indicates, today brings the joyful Christmas season to an end. The…

In today’s Gospel, the Samaritan woman said to Jesus: “Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.” (John 4:5–26) Thirst matters. Often a person does not come to God because every point of doctrine is already clear, but because they have grown…