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Alberts Jērums
Alberts Jērums (1919, Karula Parish – 1978) was a noted Latvian composer. His daughter, Jāna Jēruma-Grīnberga (a Lutheran) was consecrated a bishop in 2009; the first woman to become a bishop in UK history. Telegraph. However, Elizabeth Stuart (theologian), Elizabeth Stuart (professor of Christian theology at the University of Winchester, and now deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Winchester) was consecrated bishop for the |
Karula Parish
Karula Parish () was a rural municipality in Valga County, Estonia. Settlements ;Villages Kaagjärve - Käärikmäe - Karula - Kirbu - Koobassaare - Londi - Lüllemäe - Lusti - Pikkjärve - Pugritsa - Raavitsa - Rebasemõisa - Väheru - Valtina Valtina is a village in Valga Parish, Valga County, in southeastern Estonia. It has a population of 33 (as of 1 January 2004). The currently inactive Valga– Pechory railway passes Valtina on its northern side, there's a station named "Tuul ... References {{Valga-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jāna Jēruma-Grīnberga
Jāna Jēruma-Grīnberga (born London, 1953) is the priest-in-charge of St Saviour’s Anglican Church in Riga, Latvia and was the first woman to become a bishop in Britain. Jēruma-Grīnberga is the daughter of the Latvian composer Alberts Jērums and was born in England. She studied biochemistry at University College London and trained to become a nurse before feeling called to the priesthood, studying at North Thames Ministerial Training Course at Oak Hill Theological College and being ordained in 1997. She was a pastor in the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad in Great Britain. She served as the bishop of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain, taking office in January 2009.Britain's fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lutheran
Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched the Reformation, Protestant Reformation. The reaction of the government and church authorities to the international spread of his writings, beginning with the ''Ninety-five Theses'', divided Western Christianity. During the Reformation, Lutheranism became the state religion of numerous states of northern Europe, especially in northern Germany, Scandinavia and the then-Livonian Order. Lutheran clergy became civil servants and the Lutheran churches became part of the state. The split between the Lutherans and the Roman Catholics was made public and clear with the 1521 Edict of Worms: the edicts of the Diet (assembly), Diet condemned Luther and officially banned citizens of the Holy Roman Empire from defending or propagatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Stuart (theologian)
Revd Professor Elizabeth Stuart (born 1963 in Kent) is a British theologian specialising in Queer Theology. Academic positions Stuart is Professor of Christian Theology at the University of Winchester and was founding chair of the Centre for the Study of Christianity and Sexuality. She is the founding editor of the academic journal ''Theology and Sexuality''. In August 2008 she took up the position of Pro Vice-Chancellor, Academic. In 2011, she became the Senior Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of Winchester. In 2013 she was appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor. On 1 April 2021, Stuart became Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Winchester succeeding Professor Joy Carter. Bishop Stuart was consecrated as a bishop in the Open Episcopal Church, a small, independent grouping within the United Kingdom. In 2006 she became Archbishop of the Province of Great Britain and Ireland of the Liberal Catholic Church International. She retired in 2016 and was replaced by the Reverend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Winchester
, mottoeng = Wisdom and Knowledge , established = 1840 - Winchester Diocesan Training School1847 - Winchester Training College1928 - King Alfred's College2005 - University of Winchester , type = Public research university , administrative_staff = 650 , vice_chancellor = Sarah Greer , students = () , undergrad = () , postgrad = () , city = Winchester , state = Hampshire , country = England , campus = Semi-urban , free_label = , free = , colours = , nickname = UoW , affiliations = Guild HE Cathedrals Group Association of Commonwealth UniversitiesUniversities UK , footnotes = , website = , coor = , logo = University of Winchester logo.svg , former_names = King Alfred's College The University of Winchester is a public research university based in the city of Winchester, Hampshire, England. The university has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Episcopal Church
The Open Episcopal Church (OEC) is a liberal Christian denomination. It has bishops in England and Wales and clergy throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. It has over 29,000 members. The church was the first in Britain to ordain a woman as bishop and to perform religious wedding ceremonies for gay couples. The OEC is a member of the International Council of Community Churches, which in turn is a member of The World Council of Churches and Churches Uniting in Christ. History Founding of the Society for Independent Christian Ministry In 1994 Jonathan Blake, who had been a priest in the Church of England for over 12 years, effected a Deed of Relinquishment, severing his denominational ties. As an independent priest he offered sacramental ministry to all. In 1997 he wrote about these experiences in his book, ''For God's Sake Don't Go To Church''.For God's Sake Don't Go To Church Published by Arthur James. The same year he nailed 95 theses to the door of Canterbury C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Holloway, University Of London
Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL), formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a public university, public research university and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It has six schools, 21 academic departments and approximately 10,500 undergraduate and postgraduate students from over 100 countries. The campus is located west of Egham, Surrey, from central London. The Egham campus was founded in 1879 by the Victorian entrepreneur and philanthropist Thomas Holloway. Royal Holloway College was officially opened in 1886 by Queen Victoria as an all-women college. It became a member of the University of London in 1900. In 1945, the college admitted male postgraduate students, and in 1965, around 100 of the first male undergraduates. In 1985, Royal Holloway merged with Bedford College (London), Bedford College (another former all-women's college in London). The merged college was named Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (RH ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Catholic Church International
The Liberal Catholic Church International (LCCI) is a Christian denomination with headquarters in Casa Grande, Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States. It is the list of U.S. states and territories by area, 6th largest and the list of U.S. states and territories by population, 14 ..., USA. External links Liberal Catholic Church International - Diocese of Arizona & CaliforniaLiberal Catholic Church International - Province of Great Britain {{Authority control Independent Catholic denominations Christian organizations established in 1916 Christian denominations established in the 20th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1919 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the coast of the Hebrides; 201 people, mostly servicemen returning home to Lewis and Harris, are killed. * January 2– 22 – Russian Civil War: The Red Army's Caspian-Caucasian Front begins the Northern Caucasus Operation against the White Army, but fails to make progress. * January 3 – The Faisal–Weizmann Agreement is signed by Emir Faisal (representing the Arab Kingdom of Hejaz) and Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, for Arab–Jewish cooperation in the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East. * January 5 – In Germany: ** Spartacist uprising in Berlin: The Marxist Spartacus League, with the newly formed Communist Party of Germany and the Independent Social D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II. * January 10 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a critic of the Nicaraguan government, is assassinated; riots erupt against Somoza's government. * January 18 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the British government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. * January 22 – Ethiopia declares the ambassador of West Germany ''persona non grata''. * January 24 ** Soviet satellite Kosmos 954 burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. ** Rose Dugdale and Eddie Gallagher become the first convicted priso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Valga Parish
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvian Composers
Latvian may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ... ** Latvians, a Baltic ethnic group, native to what is modern-day Latvia and the immediate geographical region ** Latvian language, also referred to as Lettish ** Latvian cuisine ** Latvian culture ** Latvian horse * Latvian Gambit, an opening in chess See also * Latvia (other) * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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