religious services
Orenda means an invisible force, a life spirit that inhabits everything living and lifeless: people, wind, birds, rabbits, stone. The one who serves Orenda and sings to it may receive its power.
Filmed over four years in the provincial city of Yekaterinburg, The Last Relic is a stark cinematic portrait of the absurdity of life in Russia where the majority dreams of restoring imperial glory and a handful of opposition activists desperately resists Putin’s relentless march towards a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Tales of a Toy Horse is a film about being human and its possibility even when there is war around you.
The daily bread of ministers of small congregations is not sermons in the church; it is constant work with the old and the dying. A holy man who has been removed from his friends and peers and suddenly transplanted into another culture is often lonely and broken himself.
Having unwillingly agreed to become the Godfather to his ex-wife’s newborn baby, Andres falls deep into the pool of self-pity. Luckily,he has his best friends Mart and Toomas by his side who take Andres to tantra camp to find the most beautiful woman to accompany him at the baptising.
This is a story about love and loss. About my flesh and blood.
Isiklik ja intiimne lugu Jeruusalemmas asuvast Õlimäe kloostrist ja erakordse elusaatusega eestlannast, nunn ema Ksenijast. Heilika Pikkov’s feature length creative documentary „Flowers from the Mount of Olives“ was shot within two years at The Mount of Olives Convent of the Ascension of Our Lord in Jerusalem.
Documentary about Father Jevgeni and the people around him in Pechory, Russia.
This film examines social conditions surrounding community of Karosta ‐ a place that once used to be a Soviet military base, today has become a place for a constant struggle of survival.
Engagement according to the traditions and customs of Kihnu island, Estonia. The documentary introduces the engagement rites in their most natural environment.
The documentary introduces wedding traditions and rites in Kihnu island, Estonia.
Travel documentary by Kullar Viimne filmed in Europe in search of himself and God.
Documentary about folk singer Virve Järsumägi, also known as Virve of Kihnu, and about the passing of folklore heritage from one generation to another.
Funeral service of Ignas Tõrmaküla in St. Peter's Church in Toronto on March 5, 1993.
Estonian National Male Choir performs at the religious service in Toronto church in the spring of 1989, before the Easter Sunday.
The prayer held in Toronto Old St Andrew's Evangelical Lutheran Church to the Estonian congregation is recorded by Edgar Väär in September 1988, this video is the second part of the event.
The prayer held in Toronto Old St Andrew's Evangelical Lutheran Church to the Estonian congregation is recorded by Edgar Väär in September 1988.
Church service and ceremony in St Michael's Church and in the congregation house in Uppsala on February 28, 1988 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia. Mixed choir "Sügisheli" is performing, conductor Lembit Leetmaa.
Family chronicle of the married writers' couple Enn and Helga Nõu in 1979.
Relatives and acquaintances of the married writers' couple Helga and Enn Nõu in Sweden in 1964.
People are exiting St. Michael's Church in Uppsala after the church service on June 14, 1964.
Funeral of politician and diplomatist August Rei held in Gustaf Vasa Church, Stockholm on April 20, 1963.
Politician and diplomatist August Rei's funeral held in Gustaf Vasa Church in Stockholm on April 20, 1963.
Opening and inauguration of Estonian House on December 27, 1958.
Opening and consecration of Estonian House in Stockholm on December 27, 1958.
The short chronicle has been filmed by Harald Perten in Stockholm in 1947. The first piece of the film depicts an open-air religious service, a speech meeting and a concert.