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The Church of Denmark signs Porvoo
The Church of Denmark today became a full member of the Porvoo Communion when representatives of the church signed the Porvoo Agreement in Copenhagen Cathedral.

New observer in the Porvoo Communion
Two new churches are present at the Porvoo Contact Group meeting taking place in Madrid, October 4 – 7 2010. These are the Lutheran Church in Great Britain and the Latvian Church Abroad.

Archbishops from across Europe gather in Wales
Twelve leaders from European churches of the Porvoo communion met together in Wales this week.

The LELCA a new observer in Porvoo
The Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad was given an observer status in the Porvoo Communion during a meeting of the Porvoo Contact Group in Madrid, October 4 – 7 2010.

Sharing a common life
The Primates and Presiding Bishops of the Porvoo Communion of Churches discuss common challenges.

Welcome to the Porvoo Communion website. On this website you will find information about the nature of the communion, its members, history and activities.

The Porvoo Communion is a communion of churches that have signed an agreement to "share a common life in mission and service". These churches are either Anglican or Lutheran. The Porvoo churches agree on certain fundamental issues, but Porvoo is not a new confession. The churches maintain their respective identities.

The Porvoo Communion has no central or overhead. In every church there is a contact person for Porvoo and these contact persons meet every year. Two bishops ar co-moderatiors of the Provoo Contact group, one from the Lutheran family and one from the Anglican family and two co-secretaries, also from both church families.

  

Weekly Prayer Cycle
Iceland (Bishop Karl Sigurbjornsson, Bishop Sigurdur Sigurdarson, Bishop Jon Baldvinsson), The Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church (Bishop Carlos Lopez Lozano)

Weekly Prayer Cycle

Did you know...
...the first Porvoo church leader's consultation was held in Turku, Finland, in 1998. The consultation gives guidelines to the areas of work in the Porvoo communion.