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The Porvoo Communion is the community formed through an agreement between twelve protestant Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
an churches, none of which is in communion with the Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
 or the Orthodox Churches. The agreement, entitled , establishes full communion
Full communion

Full communion is a term used in Christianity ecclesiology to describe the relationship of communion , with mutually recognized sharing of the same essential doctrines, between a Christian community and other communities or between that community and individuals....
 between and among the churches. The agreement was negotiated in 1992 in the town of Järvenpää
Järvenpää

J?rvenp?? is a cities of Finland and municipalities of Finland of Finland....
 in Finland
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
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The Porvoo Communion is the community formed through an agreement between twelve protestant Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
an churches, none of which is in communion with the Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
 or the Orthodox Churches. The agreement, entitled , establishes full communion
Full communion

Full communion is a term used in Christianity ecclesiology to describe the relationship of communion , with mutually recognized sharing of the same essential doctrines, between a Christian community and other communities or between that community and individuals....
 between and among the churches. The agreement was negotiated in 1992 in the town of Järvenpää
Järvenpää

J?rvenp?? is a cities of Finland and municipalities of Finland of Finland....
 in Finland
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
. The name comes from the town of Porvoo
Porvoo

Porvoo , is a List of cities and towns in Finland and a Municipalities of Finland situated on the southern coast of Finland approximately east of Helsinki....
 where there was a joint celebration of Holy Communion after the formal signing in Järvenpää. The reason for this is because it was thought that people from foreign countries would find it hard to say Järvenpää, and for this reason the joint celebration was in Porvoo to make it possible to call the act after Porvoo and make pronouncing it easier.

The churches involved are the Church of Ireland
Church of Ireland

The Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion, operating across the island of Ireland. Like other Anglican churches, it considers itself to be both Catholicism and Protestant Reformation....
, the Anglican churches in Great Britain
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
, the Lutheran national churches of the Nordic countries
Nordic countries

File:Location Nordic Council.svgThe Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and far northeastern North America, called the Nordic region, consisting of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories which include the Faroe Islands, Greenland and ?land....
 and the Lutheran churches of the Baltic countries
Baltic countries

The Baltic states , Baltic Nations or Baltic countries are three countries in Northern Europe, all European Union member state of the European Union: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania....
 of Estonia and Lithuania. Later negotiations brought the Anglican Communion
Anglican Communion

The Anglican Communion is an international association of national Anglican churches. There is no single "Anglican Church" with universal juridical authority as each national or regional church has full autonomy....
 churches of the Iberian Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes modern-day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar and a very small area of France....
 into the agreement.

The Lutheran churches of central and western Europe don't participate because they lack the historic continuity of the episcopate.

Signatories of the Porvoo Communion:
  • The Church of England
    Church of England

    The Church of England is the State religion Christianity Ecclesia in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches....
  • The Church of Ireland
    Church of Ireland

    The Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion, operating across the island of Ireland. Like other Anglican churches, it considers itself to be both Catholicism and Protestant Reformation....
  • The Scottish Episcopal Church
    Scottish Episcopal Church

    The Scottish Episcopal Church is a Christian denomination in Scotland and a member of the Anglican Communion, although it itself has pre-Anglican origins....
  • The Church in Wales
    Church in Wales

    The Church in Wales is a member Church of the Anglican Communion, consisting of six dioceses in Wales. Like many Anglican churches, it recognizes the primacy of the Archbishop of Canterbury, who does not however have any formal authority in Wales ....
  • The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland
    Church of Iceland

    The National Church of Iceland, or ?j??kirkjan, formally called the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland, is the state church in Iceland....
  • The Church of Norway
    Church of Norway

    The Church of Norway is the state church of Norway. The church confesses the Lutheranism Christianity faith. It has as its foundation the Christian Bible, the Apostles' Creed, Nicene Creed, Athanasian Creed, Luther's Small Catechism and the Augsburg Confession....
  • The Church of Sweden
    Church of Sweden

    The Church of Sweden is the largest Ecclesia in Sweden. The Church of Sweden professes the Lutheran branch of Christianity, and is a member of the Porvoo Communion....
     (formerly a state-church)
  • The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
    Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

    The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland is the Lutheranism national church and the largest church of Finland. The church professes the Lutheran branch of Christianity, and is a member of the Porvoo Communion....
  • The Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church
    Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church

    The Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Christian Protestant church, following the teachings of the German theologian Martin Luther, one of the main figures of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century, in the country of Estonia; and whose teachings caused the Roman Catholic Church to force his excommunication from that ecclesial...
  • The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania
    Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania

    The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania dates back to the Protestant Reformation, when Kaunas, a large town in Lithuania, accepted the Augsburg Confession in 1550....
  • The Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church
    Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church

    The Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church is the Anglicanism church in Portugal. Like all Anglican churches, it recognises the primacy of the Archbishop of Canterbury....
     of Portugal
  • The Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church
    Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church

    The Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church considers itself to be part of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church established by Christ and his apostles; it maintains apostolic succession via the Church of Ireland and the threefold ministry of bishops, priests and deacons; it keeps the three creeds of the Primitive Church; it considers itself...


Other churches involved as observers:
  • The Church of Denmark
    Church of Denmark

    The Danish National Church, Church of Denmark or Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark is a state church and is the largest Christian church in Denmark, including Greenland....
  • The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia
    Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia

    The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia is a Lutheranism Protestant church in Latvia. Latvia?s Lutheran heritage dates back to the Protestant Reformation....


See also

  • Called to Common Mission
    Called to Common Mission

    Called to Common Mission is an agreement between Episcopal Church in the United States of America and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America , establishing full communion between them....
  • Waterloo Declaration
    Waterloo Declaration

    The Waterloo Declaration or Called to Full Communion is an accord reached in 2001 by the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada....


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