experience in a radio programme in this way: »It’s a cosmic experience. The Faroe Islands is a country which is – and is not. It is in constant flux. It keeps disappearing: One moment it’s lost in the fog [...] ly.« This is – in my view – a beautiful poetic description of The Faroes. And let’s stay in the poetic corner. Danish author and jazz singer Suzanne Brøgger, who visited the islands in March this year [...] fog, and suddenly – there it is again in all its magnificent beauty. Like magic. Like reality and fairytale in one. In these majestic surroundings you become almost painfully confronted with life’s vulnerability
Tórshavn area, FM 88,7 in The Klaksvík area, FM 93,9 in The South of Eysturoy and FM 95,5 in The area of Kollafjørður, Hósvík, Hvalvík and Streymnes. Other areas: www.midlar.fo . Hjúnini, Stella og Petur Za [...] Stella from the english programme on FM1: "Home and Away". Everybody can listen to FM1 on www.midlar.fo - enter "lurta her" to the right of the frontpage. FM frequenzes are FM 98,7 and FM 91,7 in The Tórshavn [...] for non faroese speakers. Stella says: - Petur and I are hosting a radio program interviewing people in different countries and asking them what they are doing during lockdown and how life is like over there
Take Jónas Bronck, for example. Born in Copenhagen, the son of a Danish Lutheran minister, he was raised in the Faroes. As one could well imagine, growing up in the Faroes Jónas was quite at home on the [...] proceeded to found Rome. A few odd centuries later in 1639, Jónas Bronck sailed westward across the Atlantic in his sturdy Fire of Troy and settled a bit of land in the new world that would later be known as The [...] collection of books in America. Now Jónas knew the realities of living in a harsh environment and he brought along good quantities of building supplies (scare at even the best of times in the Faroes) and skilled
do so, we still may dock our ship in Torshavn in Saturday, August 13 to invite people onboard for discussion with the Captain and crew. In the meantime, for anyone in the Faeroes who wants to know why [...] them. We have witnessed that evolution in consciousness in Australia and I believe we will also witness this in the Faeroes, these beautiful northern islands, ideal in every respect but for one horrific feature [...] the door in our faces when the same proposal was requested. So much for a welcome and an open dialogue in the Faeroes. We were told that other people had been welcome to discuss the “grind” in the Faeroes
verður framvegis brúkt kring tað mesta av kristna heiminum. (Martin Ingram, Spousal Litigation in the English Ecclesiastical Courts, 1990). Tað var somuleiðis í 12. øld, at kirkjan ásetti fastar reglur [...] hvussu hon kann toknast manninum.” (1. Korintarabrævið 7:32-34). Við tíðini fekk kristna trúgvin veruligt fótafesti í Rómverkjaríkinum, og seinni eisini í teimum mongu nýggju kongaríkunum, ið vóru [...] áhuga. Eitt nú fór kirkjan í 8. øld at áseta strangari krøv fyri hjúnaskilnað. (Lisa M. Bitel, Women in the Early Medieval Europe, 2002) Blóðskemd Hvørki Nýggja ella Gamla testamentið siga nakað um, hvørt
In the upcoming municipal election, everyone who has had permanent residence in the Faroe Islands for at least three years before the election is eligible to vote. Fortunately, the Municipality of Tórshavn [...] my campaign into English. You can read them at www.elsaberg.blog . I encourage you to follow along, share your thoughts, and join the conversation. Elsa Berg , candidate for Tjóðveldi in the Tórshavn Mu [...] residents, some of whom may not understand Faroese. Nonetheless, political decisions affect everyone in the municipality, including foreigners. I believe everyone should have the opportunity to read about
til at nýta enskt. Eg dugi ikki nóg væl at vera beinrakin, eg má steðga á við: »What is it called in english«. Eingin uggi er í, at tað sama er galdandi fyri nærum allar hinar føroyingarnar, eg havi hoyrt
1854: “The ancient translators in general could not have agreed, in so many countries, to pass by so considerable a portion of this Gospel, if they knew it, or had it in their Greek copies”. Er hinvegin [...] appalling. Something is amiss in our theological seminaries when one’s feelings are allowed to be the arbiter of textual problems. … In retrospect, keeping these two pericopae in our Bibles rather than relegating [...] bestu handritunum. New English Bible skrivar, at: “it can be seen that practically all of the earliest and best mss (t.e. handrit) extant omit the pericope; it is found only in mss of secondary importance”
drekkamuður í kirkjuhúsinum. Hymns and Songs in Sørvágs kirkja Friday, August 18th at 07.30 pm. Come and sing along in the Church in Sørvág – Faroese and English hymns and songs. Everyone is welcome. Friday [...] to an evening of singing for all nations and all age groups in the Church of Sørvág. We will sing hymns from the Faroese hymn book, English hymns and songs all accompagnied by Lennard Johnsson on the organ [...] band. A priest gives a short sermon. After the singing everyone is welcome for coffee/the and cake in Kirkjuhúsinum, skrivar Sørvágs kirkja á folkakirkjan.fo.
Suðuroy, sum skipa fyri. And in english On Thursday the 27th of October at 6pm, the churches of Suðuroy welcome you to a Multi-Cultural Service, - international service, in the Church of Tvøroyri, with [...] icar. “Mannsbólkurin” will be singing. After the service there will be dinner and social gathering in Seglloftið, Tvøroyri. Everyone is welcome!