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Bearing mercy in the Baltics { 41 images } Created 9 Feb 2015

See how LCMS church partners, including the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia and The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania, are bearing mercy and service through Diaconia work in the Baltics. Photographs by Erik M. Lunsford, staff photojournalist and writer in LCMS Communications.
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  • A man fishes the Daugava river on a wintry Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • An elderly woman walks past municipal apartments on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, site of a Diaconia Center mercy project in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • The Rev. Ivo Kirsis, a parish pastor in The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia, leads Divine Service on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at a Diaconia Center mercy project site based in a municipal apartment in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Men and women participate in a Divine Service led by the Rev. Ivo Kirsis (not pictured), a parish pastor in The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia, on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at a Diaconia Center mercy project site based in a municipal apartment in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • The Rev. Ivo Kirsis, a parish pastor in The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia, leads Divine Service on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at a Diaconia Center mercy project site based at a municipal apartment in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Participants hug during Divine Service on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at a Diaconia Center mercy project site based at a municipal apartment in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • A woman sings hymns during Divine Service on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at a Diaconia Center mercy project site based in a municipal apartment in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Oskars Smolaks, volunteer service coordinator for the Diaconia Center of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia, talks to a member of the Diaconia Center mercy project following Divine Service on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at a municipal apartment in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • The Rev. Ivo Kirsis, a parish pastor in The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia, leads Divine Service on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at a Diaconia Center mercy project site based in a municipal apartment in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • The Rev. Ivo Kirsis, a parish pastor in The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia, leads Divine Service on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at a Diaconia Center mercy project site based in a municipal apartment in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Dagne Graudina with the Diaconia Center of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia doles out hot soup to waiting elderly citizens at a Diaconia Center mercy project site on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Dagne Graudina with the Diaconia Center of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia doles out hot soup to waiting elderly citizens at a Diaconia Center mercy project site on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • A man waits for soup at a Diaconia Center of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia mercy site in a municipal apartment complex on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Women engage in fellowship following Divine Service on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at a Diaconia Center mercy project site based at a municipal apartment in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • An elderly man engages the Rev. Ivo Kirsis, a parish pastor in The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia, for conversation following Divine Service on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at a Diaconia Center mercy project site based at a municipal apartment in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Women exercise together following Divine Service on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at a Diaconia Center mercy project site based at a municipal apartment in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • A lone walker is framed by birch trees on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • The grounds surrounding the parish of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia in rural Skulte, seen on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, are the proposed site for a new Diaconia project. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • The altar of the parish of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia in rural Skulte on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Homes line a street on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, in rural Skulte, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Exterior photograph Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at the Generations Diaconia Center daycare in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Children play together on computers Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at the Generations Diaconia Center daycare in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • A daycare staff member and a young man play together on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at the Generations Diaconia Center daycare in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Children play together on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at the Generations Diaconia Center daycare in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Children pray during evening snack time on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at the Generations Diaconia Center daycare in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • The chapel on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at the Generations Diaconia Center daycare in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Ilze Juhnevia with the Diaconia Center of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia doles out hot soup to area residents and homeless on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Ilze Juhnevia with the Diaconia Center of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia doles out hot soup to area residents and homeless on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • A woman waits for soup at a Diaconia Center of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia soup kitchen site on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • A line of area residents and homeless forms as Ilze Juhnevia (not pictured) with the Diaconia Center of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia, doles out hot soup  on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • A man sips soup at a Diaconia Center of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia soup kitchen site on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Inta Putnina, Diaconia Head of the Commission, and the Rev. Tony Booker, LCMS regional director for Eurasia, work together at the Diaconia Center head office on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, in Riga, Latvia. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Snow lines the street near the Diaconia daycare center under the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lithuania on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, in rural Skirsnemune, Lithuania. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • The Rev. Mindaugas Kairys stands outside the Diaconia daycare center under the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lithuania near one of his parishes on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, in rural Skirsnemune, Lithuania. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • A Diaconia daycare center under the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lithuania on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, in rural Skirsnemune, Lithuania. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Children and teenagers at the Diaconia daycare center under the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lithuania watch a movie together on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, in rural Skirsnemune, Lithuania. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • The Rev. Mindaugas Kairys joins a young girl as she paints at the Diaconia daycare center under the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lithuania on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, in rural Skirsnemune, Lithuania. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • The Diaconia daycare center under the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lithuania on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, in rural Skirsnemune, Lithuania. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • Painted birds adorn a building at the  Diaconia daycare center under the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lithuania on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, in rural Skirsnemune, Lithuania. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • The Rev. Mindaugas Kairys peers from the window at the Diaconia daycare center under the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lithuania on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, in rural Skirsnemune, Lithuania. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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  • The Rev. Mindaugas Kairys (arm raised) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lithuania talks to Bishop Mindaugas Sabutis outside a vacant building planned for renovation into a treatment center for addicts on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, in Garliava, Lithuania. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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