Time to say farewell

Shalom Aleichem, as-Salamu Alaykum, Peace Be With You, Friends, my work as a Director of the Swedish Theological Institute (STI) in Jerusalem will end this summer. I will leave Jerusalem, including the STI Facebook page, and move back to Finland for the summer vacation. My successor will start on 1st of August. Meanwhile, do not hesitate to contact my Deputy, Mr. Jonny Nilsson, or other members of STI staff: https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/STI. All good things eventually come to an end. I have been blessed with seven wonderful years in Jerusalem, of which the past two with the COVID-19 pandemic, have been quite the extreme. Baruch Hashem, Hamdulilah, thank God, we are now fine! It is hard to say farewell and goodbye. People come and people go, yet the institutions remain. Thank you for the collaboration, friendship, and support. Until we meet again, let us just say; thank you – yalla bye! Rev., Dr. Maria Leppäkari.