Church Night 2025 will be opened in Riga’s old St. Gertrude Church / Day
« We are honored that this year’s ceremonial opening of the Church Night takes place in our Old St. Gertrude Church. This is an important event for us – welcoming friends and guests to our beautiful temple and spiritual homes. Do you believe it? invites everyone to a personal path of reflection on the importance of faith today. Church Night is a special opportunity to agree on prayer, music and silence, opening the doors of churches, both to the hearts and minds, ”Rinald Grant, the auxiliary of the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church, shares this year’s theme and event.
The opening event will be attended by representatives of all traditional Christian denominations from Lutheran, Catholic, Adventists, Methodists, Baptists, Pentecost, Anglican congregations. The musical mood will consist of soprano Elizabeth Laura Porgante, cellist Lauma Liepiņa and organist Kristine Adamaite.
The opening event – speech and concert – will be able to watch online as well Church night and Riga’s old St. Gertrude congregations Facebook in the accounts.
Church Night and Open Church Theme Choose This year Do you believe it? (John Ev. 11; 26).
2025 in the year of spiritual culture Church night The twelfth time will take place and this year will bring together at least 190 different churches of traditional Christian denominations throughout Latvia. The same day will take place too Open Church Day, When every congregation is invited to keep their church open – for excursions, for viewing – guests from 10.00 in the morning. Both events will take place on Saturday, May 17. We invite you to read the participants www.baznicunakts.lv published on the map or on the Facebook account.
Visitors to entries on social networks are invited to use the theme #Churchunakts2025.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/baznicunakts
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/baznicunaks/
The event is ecumenical and traditionally runs from 10am to 24pm. Various Latvian Christian denominations churches participate together. Church Night is a meeting with the beauty of the church’s culture, art and spiritual value in the heritage. The idea of the Church Night to Latvia came from Austria, where more than 20 years ago, the first such Christian Church denominations and churches were jointly organized by an ecumenical event. Shortly thereafter, the event also took place in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Since 2012, the Church Night has also been held in Tartu, Estonia. The plans of the event are supported by the leaders of Latvia’s largest Christian denominations.
Open Church Day in Latvia has been complemented by the event since 2021 and invites visitors to travel to churches during the day, thus expanding the event, encouraging more to get to know Latvia’s sacred heritage.
