Wonderful development in women ordination area in Latvia: Pastor Ieva Puriņa, who was ordained in 2014 by the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad (LELCA), now has become the Dean of the Latvian Deanery of the LELCA.

Pastor Ieva Puriņa and pastor Juris Cālītis
On September 27, 2020 teologian and pastor Ieva Puriņa was installed as the Dean of the Latvian Deanery of the LELCA. Church service included also a baptism and Communion.

Pastor Kārlis Žols and pastor Ieva Puriņa.
Dean Ieva Puriņa will continue the work of her predecessor pastor Kārlis Žols

Ministers – after the installation of Ieva Puriņa at the church service in Zvannieki on September 27, 2020 (Source: LELBĀL Latvijā)