Since Bishop of Iceland Karl Sigurbjörnsson announced at the last synod that he will step down in 2012, preparations have been under way for the election of a new Bishop. Many of the likely candidates are female.
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First female Bishop of Iceland to be elected?
Posted on 28 December 2011.
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Lutheran choir to begin tour in Iceland this evening
Posted on 21 July 2011.
An American Lutheran choir is beginning its Nordic tour this evening with a free concert in Iceland.
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Anti-gay drive divides Christians
Posted on 30 March 2011.
A Christian campaign to persuade gay people to renounce their sexuality has caused a surge of resignations from the Finnish Lutheran Church and been described as a possible revenge attack against religious liberals.
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Bishops wage holy war against cost of cassocks
Posted on 04 March 2011.
Danish priests are calling for a range of ‘off-the-peg’ cassocks after it was revealed that the tailor-made robes costs as much as fur coats.
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Religion is personal say Finnish church-goers
Posted on 11 April 2010.
Despite a few more pews being filled over Easter weekend, expressions of religion remain a private matter for Finnish people.
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Finns deserting church in record numbers
Posted on 24 February 2009.
The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church lost a total of 52,203 members last year, Helsingin Sanomat reports. The remaining members of the church now number 4,294,199, which equates to 80.6 of the population of Finland. Before these latest figures, the church had reported its losses at only 48,268 people for the year; but that figure did [...]
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Heavy metal music rocking Finnish churches
Posted on 28 September 2008.
In a surprising partnership, heavy metal music and religion have teamed up to lure the youths of Finland into church. In a real testimony to this Nordic nation’s obsession with heavy metal music, the concept of Metal Mass (Metallimessu) has begun to take root in many of the country’s traditional Lutheran churches, Yahoo! reports. The [...]
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Iceland parliament not to open with Hindu prayers
Posted on 04 September 2008.
Hindu activist Rajan Zed’s recent request to the Icelandic parliament to include a Hindu prayer in the opening of parliament ceremony on 1st October has been rejected. The request was handled by the Deputy Secretary General of Althingi (Iceland’s parliament), Thorsteinn Magnusson, MeriNews reports. “There is a long tradition for conducting a Lutheran mass at [...]
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