Photo taken at Patarei Memorial Museum for Victims of Communism ©Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska By Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska The Estonian people fought for their independence from the Russian Empire between 1917 and 1920. Following the turmoil of World War I and the collapse of the Russian Empire, Estonia declared its independence on February 23, 1918, in Pärnu, with the manifesto […]
Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska On 6 September 2025, the beatification of Bishop and martyr Fr. Eduard Profittlich, S.J., took place in Tallinn. He is the first person ever beatified from Estonia, yet his life also shows deep ties with both Limburg in the Netherlands and Poland. From a farming family to the Jesuits Eduard Profittlich was born […]


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