{"id":26623,"date":"2025-10-20T19:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/il.chemin-neuf.org\/portrait-du-nouvel-archeveque-de-leglise-evangelique-lutherienne-de-lettonie-2\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T21:28:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:28:53","slug":"portrait-du-nouvel-archeveque-de-leglise-evangelique-lutherienne-de-lettonie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/il.chemin-neuf.org\/en\/portrait-du-nouvel-archeveque-de-leglise-evangelique-lutherienne-de-lettonie\/","title":{"rendered":"Portrait of the new archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-beige-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">On 30 August, during a solemn celebration at Riga Cathedral, Rinalds Grants was installed as Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia. A close friend of the Chemin Neuf community, he himself was a member and retains a deep affection for its openness to the Holy Spirit, its Ignatian spirituality and its call to Christian unity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.chemin-neuf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/eveque-letton-1-1-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14274\" style=\"width:374px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2018Thanks to Chemin Neuf, I was able to discover both the challenges of community life and its beauty and richness. I still have friends there who live their faith seriously, but always with joy,\u2019<\/em> shares Archbishop Rinalds Grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For him, this new ministry means above all following God&#8217;s call and allowing himself to be led by the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2018My priorities are pastoral care \u2013 for pastors and laypeople alike \u2013 and mission, especially among families, young people and children,\u2019<\/em> he confides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His motto, taken from St. Paul&#8217;s first letter to the Corinthians, expresses the heart of his faith:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2018And I will show you a still more excellent way.\u2019 <\/em>(1 Cor 12:31) \u2013 <em>excellentior via<\/em> \u2013 introduction to the magnificent hymn to love, the most beautiful and demanding description of charity that the world knows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Married to Ieva and father of four children, the archbishop served for twenty-five years at the parish of the Old St. Gertrude Church in Riga. 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