St. Saviour’s Anglican Church in Riga

The Church of England Diocese in Europe

 

We are

A chaplaincy of the Church of England. An international community. A welcoming family.

We serve

We serve the local community by organising a soup kitchen. We also provide a neutral and safe space for debates on culturally sensitive themes.

We worship

We worship in the traditional Church of England style, in English, with occasional services in Latvian and/or Russian.

We meet for worship at 11 AM every Sunday.
The service is also streamed on our Facebook page

Hope

In Jesus, we see that humility is not a lack of confidence — quite the contrary, it is rooted in a strong sense of one’s identity, value and mission. Actually, the word ‘humility’, originates from the Latin ‘humilis’, which literally means “on the ground”. Humility, ‘groundedness’, is closely linked with openness and freedom to engage with other people in non-patronising way. 

Chaplain Elīza Zikmane.

Soup Kitchen

Part of the team

Since 2001, the church undercroft has been the site of a Soup Kitchen for the homeless.

Every Saturday at 10am, soup, bread, porridge and fruit are served to clients whose numbers have ranged from 90 to 150. The soup kitchen is mostly funded by donations of money and goods from overseas, and volunteers do most of the work.

If you would like to help

Sign up to volunteer. Contact: Pāvels Ņizins, Coordinator (+371 26 879 747) or Irma Kalniņa (+371 29185554)

Future plans

We plan to expand our mission in the Soup Kitchen. We would like to offer the guests the opportunity to talk of spiritual matters and life in general. But that will probably happen after the COVID.

“And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters,[a] you were doing it to me!’

Gospel according to Matthew 25:40

Volunteer.

Contact: Pāvels Ņizins, Coordinator (+371 26 879 747) or Irma Kalniņa (+371 29185554)

Contacts

Recent News

Testimonials

This is a great place for worship because of how international and diverse the community is, with worshippers from all around the world and many different faith backgrounds.

Joseph Horgan

I enjoy being part of St. Saviour’s community because it is an inclusive church that provides a space for people to be themselves, to think freely and to engage with a contemporary world without creating a complacent  Christian sub-culture.

Valdis Tēraudkalns

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