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Conference – Celebrating 475 years of Estonian language liturgical music and the 30th anniversary of the song and prayer book

February 12, 2022
10.00
Saturday, February 12th at 10:00 AM (EST)
VEMU in cooperation with St. Peter’s Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Toronto will be hosting a virtual conference celebrating 475 years of Estonian language liturgical music and the 30th anniversary of their song and prayer book. They will also be discussing the contribution of Estonians abroad to the Estonian language liturgical canon.
In Estonian, on Zoom
Meeting ID: 878 7353 7270

Program:

Opening remarks – Mart Salumäe and Piret Noorhani

Greetings – Archbishop Urmas Viilma

Reading of the greeting from Ivar-Jaak Salumäe, former secretary of the EELK Songbook Committee (Mart Salumäe)

A moment of remembrance and Roman Toi ‘s presentation on University of Tartu’s anniversary in 1995 from the VEMU archives

A quick course on the 475-year history Estonian liturgical music – Provost Mart Salumäe

The activities of the EELK Songbook Committee and the publication of songbooks in Estonia- Bishop Tiit Salumäe

The activities of the EELK Songbook Committee – Pastor Gustav Piir

The activities of the EELK Songbook Committee and the current state of compiling a new songbook in 2022. – Assessor Provost, Marko Tiitus

Discussion and closing remarks

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