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Article: ESTONIA: PRIME MINISTER ANSIP MEETS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF ESTONIAN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- September 7, 2009
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TALLINN, Estonia, Sept. 4 -- The office of the Prime Minister issued the following news release
At their traditional annual meeting, Prime Minister Ansip and representatives of the Estonian Council of Churches pointed out that the state and church working together for the advancement of society ought to be a matter of course, since the task of both, albeit in different ways, is to serve people.
"This is our shared burden that has to be borne," Einar Soone, President of the Council of Churches said, speaking of supporting people in these economically difficult times. For instance, members of the Council expressed pleasure that social work by congregations in collaboration with retail chains ...