Kuopion piispa. Kuntoilija, some-skeptikko, katekismusoppilas. Anonymous bots = blocked. Bishop of the Diocese of Kuopio. The Ev-Luth Church of Finland.
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Joensuun rovastikunnan papiston koulutusretriitissä käytimme 2 tuntia Raamatun mietiskelyyn.
Kristillinen meditaatio on dialogia, vuoropuhelua Jumalan sanan kanssa, ei vain oman sielun syvyyksiin vajoamista.
Teologisena aiheena oli historian Jeesus. Ja etukäteisenä lukutehtävänä dosentti Matti Kankaanniemen opus magnum: Historian Jeesus ja salaliittoteoriat (Warelia, 400 sivua).
Voin suositella!
Tarvitsemme seurakunnan yhteiseen missioon sitoutuvia ehdokkaita, iästä ja taustasta riippumatta.
Ei ole ongelmatonta, jos seurakuntavaaleja pidetään pelkästään poliitikkojen harjoituskenttänä joihinkin oikeisiin peleihin.
Ja selvää on, että otan kantaa Yle-toimittajan muotoileman otsikon ajatukseen, en yksittäisten ehdokkaiden motiiveihin.
Kun oma bisnes on ainoa ideologia.
Content of Tense Conversation Between Budanov and Trump's Team Revealed
Negotiations between the Ukrainian delegation and Donald Trump's special envoys in Miami, as reported by Le Monde, escalated into a conflict. According to the publication, during a three-hour meeting at the Shell Bay golf club, Steve Witkoff "with irritation" demanded that Kyrylo Budanov, head of Zelenskyy's office, cease strikes on Russian oil refineries.
Budanov, per Le Monde's information, "barely contained his anger" and felt that he was being "treated like a child, trying to teach him how to make money." The Americans presented an ambitious plan for postwar "regional prosperity," which envisioned resuming the transit of Russian oil and gas to Europe through Ukraine, with dividends paid to Kyiv.
Budanov was outraged that such a deal would tie Ukraine to Moscow, after which the negotiations broke off. When the meeting resumed, the Americans proposed accepting a deal for supplies of Russian diesel to the United States.
The publication's sources noted that they had never seen Ukrainians "so upset and alarmed." Zelenskyy's entourage described the situation as "hopeless," since Trump's envoys "think only about business."
📸: Press service of the President of Ukraine
Kristityksi kääntynyt Hannah Gholami vapautettiin Iranin vankilasta.
Good news from Iran – Hannah Gholami has been released from prison!
The 36-year-old convert begun a two-year sentence for involvement in a house church in November 2025. Earlier this year, she spent four months outside of prison for medical reasons. In August, she was told the remainder of her sentence could be served outside of jail, by reporting daily to work at a government-run factory.
However, earlier this month, Hannah was pardoned as part of a general amnesty of prisoners and released from her sentence.
Praise God for Hannah’s release and protection, and please pray for her complete healing and restoration.
Source: Article 18
Ensimmäinen tunnettu kristillinen hymni alkeellisilla nuoteilla 200-luvun Egyptistä.
Sanat kertovat uskosta kolmiyhteiseen Jumalaan jo ennen Nikeaa.
This is the Oxyrhynchus Hymn, dated to the late 200s AD. It is the earliest known Christian hymn manuscript with both lyrics and musical notation. A plain English rendering of the surviving words:
“Let all creation be silent.
Let the shining stars be still.
Let the rushing winds and rivers cease.
While we sing to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
let every power answer: Amen, amen.
Strength, praise, and glory forever to God,
the only giver of all good things. Amen, amen.”
Jari Jolkkonen retweeted
Russia continues to destroy Christianity in Ukraine: shelling in Kramatorsk has damaged two Orthodox churches and a Caritas Catholic center.
On October 25, Russian attacks in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk damaged the Orthodox churches of the Intercession of the Theotokos and Saint Nicholas. At the former, the central dome and roof were damaged, windows and doors were blown out, shrapnel struck the Royal Doors in the right-hand side chapel, and the church grounds were also damaged. The Church of Saint Nicholas was struck by a drone, leaving a hole approximately one meter in diameter in the roof.
Additionally, on October 17, a strike by guided aerial bombs damaged the local office of the Catholic charity organization Caritas. The building’s facade, walls, interior spaces, and metal roof were damaged, and an explosion crater formed nearby. On the same day, a Russian munition struck an adjacent nine-story residential building.
Christians Worshipped Here—Until Russia Came
On October 18, the "Good News" church building in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, sustained severe damage following a Russian strike.
In the 1990s, a former Soviet-era building became a church for a Pentecostal congregation, a place where thousands of people were introduced to the Christian faith. That was the case until the arrival of Russian forces.
This is the second—and more destructive—instance of damage to the church building. On June 30, three Russian guided aerial bombs struck the church grounds; at that time, the interior was damaged, windows were blown out, and a portion of the ceiling collapsed. Now, the building has been struck once again.
Jordania iski Syyriaan. Taustalla on ilmeisesti 23.10 terroristihyökkäys Jordaniassa, jossa kuoli 9 ortodoksikristittyä.
Lähi-Idässä tarvitaan enemmän rauhaa, vähemmän väkivallan kierrettä.
Here’s everything you need to know about the recent Jordanian-Syrian events:
1- On October 23, 2026, gunmen carried out an attack targeting a Greek Orthodox church during a funeral in Karak, Jordan, killing 9 people and wounding 34 others, according to Jordanian authorities.
2- On October 26, Jordanian authorities announced the arrest of the perpetrators of the attack and identified them as:
Hazza Zaidan Muhammad
Mishal Zaidan Muhammad
Ahmad Sami Hussein
(Photo 1)
All three are Jordanians from Karak, Jordan, and belong to the same al-Dhunibat family and clan in Jordan.
3- On October 26, the Jordanian Air Force carried out airstrikes on Daraa and Sweida in southern Syria, killing 7 civilians and wounding 3 others, according to the Syrian Civil Defense. (Photo 2)
Five of those killed were members of one family, including 3 children, in the village of Lutf in al-Lajat area of Daraa countryside.
4- Jordanian King Abdullah posted on X:
“Our brave men have pursued them into their hideouts. We said the terrorists would not escape punishment, and neither would anyone whose ideology seeks to divide Jordanians. May Allah have mercy on the martyrs, heal the wounded, and protect our homeland and people from all evil and harm.”
(Photo 3)
5- On October 26, the Jordanian army stated that its airstrikes on Syria, carried out under the name Operation “Jordanian Deterrence - Hamoud,” had been coordinated with the Syrian government.
6- On October 27, the Syrian government stated that no prior coordination had taken place with Jordan regarding the airstrikes:
“No prior coordination took place with the Syrian side regarding this military operation.”
7- Widespread public anger in Syria after the Jordanian Air Force bombed and killed 5 members of one family.
8- Daraa Civil Coordination Committees announced that Jordanian drivers are prohibited from entering Syrian territory until further notice.
9- Syrian authorities announced the closure of the Nasib border crossing between Syria and Jordan.
10- Public calls in Syria for protests outside the Jordanian embassy.
11- Some angry Syrians headed toward the border crossing with Jordan. (Video)
Jari Jolkkonen retweeted
I’m deeply alarmed by Israeli actions in the occupied West Bank.
Settlements are expanding, evictions are unrelenting with Palestinians driven from their lands, settler violence is surging, Palestinian families are being assaulted.
We are seeing an increasingly coercive environment, with the spectre of ethnic cleansing looming ever larger.
This must end.
There can be no durable peace in the Middle East without the realization of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination.
Olihan tänään #kirjamessut intensiivinen ja hauska keskustelu Nasaretin Mestarin tarina -kirjasta, haastattelijana Jyrki69.
Mainio persoona ja monipuolinen lahjakkuus @Jyrkilinankkivi.
Ja kuten kuvassa näkyy, olen ottanut kasvoihin @DocendonKirjat tatuoinnin.
Toinen painos menossa. Kiitos lukijat.
Olen käynyt kahdesti Hebronissa, "Jumalan ystävyyttä" merkitsevässä kaupungissa. Kahden sotilaan surma, mikä oli väärin, kostetaan nyt kovilla kollektiivirangaistuksilla. Ensin #Hebron,issa. Sitten uhkauksen mukaan myös muualla Länsirannalla.
Report: IDF op in Hebron has already displaced some 1,500 Palestinians, thousands more expected to be ordered to leave
timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e…
Reuters raportoi.
Israeli forces demolished homes and damaged roads in Hebron in the occupied West Bank, forcing around 1,200 Palestinians to leave their homes a day after a Palestinian attack killed two Israeli soldiers reut.rs/3ULnOwX
Rakennusten tuhoaminen koskee myös yrityksiä ja tehtaita.
This is not Gaza. This is Hebron today.
The Israeli occupation has begun destroying Palestine’s economic capital, a city that accounts for 75% of the country’s production in the stone and marble, leather and footwear, plastics, glass, oils, dairy, and gold industries.
Ethnic cleansing is being inflicted on the Palestinian people everywhere across the land of Palestine.
"Collective punishment".
Israeli troops have leveled a neighborhood in Hebron, driving out hundreds of families in a war-crime act of collective punishment for a militant attack on an army checkpoint outside the occupied West Bank city. trib.al/CIffmuy
Jumalan vilja on suuri lahja. Pyhä asia. Kaikille kuuluva. Kiitoksen, ei häväistyksen aihe. Jakamista, ei polkemista varten. #ruoka
"Se mitä tapahtui tänään, oli hyökkäys kaikkia jordanialaisia vastaan."
Kuningas @KingAbdullahII tuomitsi ortodokseja vastaan Karakissa tehdyn terrori-iskun, vieraili haavoittuneiden luona ja ilmoitti vetävänsä tekijät vastuuseen.
Lähi-Idän kyvykkäimpiä valtionjohtajia. Sain tavata tammikuussa.
His Majesty King Abdullah II visited those injured in the terrorist attack on a church in Karak Governorate on Friday, checking on their health and wellbeing.
#jordan #karak #almamlakatv #almamlakaenglish
Tässä Jordanian kuninkaan virallinen lausunto Karakin terrori-iskusta.
The terrorist attack against Karak will be met with the harshest retaliation. Those who delude themselves into thinking that they can divide Jordanians with their bullets have no chance in the face of our unity. All Jordanians, from north to south, are partners in land and fate, and nothing stands between them. Our deepest condolences to the families of the martyrs and we wish a speedy recovery to those injured.
Every Jordanian life is precious, and we will strike with an iron fist against those who dare to threaten our nation
Kuolonuhrien määrä on noussut yhdeksään.
Kaksi lääkäriä, hammaslääkäri, lakimies, professori...
Hirvittävä menetys. #karak
Sitten suuren skisman 1057 jälkeen oli sensaatio, että vuonna 1964 roomalaiskatolisen kirkon johtaja ja kreikkalais-ortodoksisen kirkon johtaja tapasivat Jerusalemissa.
Nyt Rooman paavin ja Konstantinopolin patriarkan tapaaminen on jo arkisempi, normaali rutiini. Hyvä niin. #ekumenia
#PapaLeãoXIV recebeu hoje no #Vaticano o patriarca ecumênico de Constantinopla, Bartolomeu I.
