During 1999-2003 he was a Member of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu). 2003-2005 the Chief Manager of the International Theatre Festival of Tallinn City Theatre. After that he was an editor of foreign economy news in Baltic News Service.
He was the creator of the programme "12th hour" in Estonian TV in 1998. Since 1994 he has been one of the programme creators of the Estonian Public Broadcasting and lately Klassikaraadio. Since 2006 he is a priest of the Orthodox Church of Estonia. Sakarias J. Leppik is also a professional singer of the Emmy-awarded ensemble Vox Clamantis since establishing of it on 1996. He has been member of many Film Festival Jurys, including a Black Nights Film Festival of Tallinn, Nordic Film Days of Lubeck and Molodist Film Festival os Kiew. The Film Journalist of the Year by culture newspaper Sirp. He is an alumnus of the ethnomusicology of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre since 2011.
Sakarias Jaan Leppik is married to Marion Leppik, the Communication Manager of the Estonian National Opera. They have two sons.
Tallinn is the capital and most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of about 461,000 and administratively lies in the Harju maakond (county). Tallinn is the main governmental, financial, industrial, and cultural centre of Estonia. It is located 187 km (116 mi) northwest of the country's second largest city, Tartu; however, only 80 km (50 mi) south of Helsinki, Finland, also 320 km (200 mi) west of Saint Petersburg, Russia, 300 km (190 mi) north of Riga, Latvia, and 380 km (240 mi) east of Stockholm, Sweden. From the 13th century until the first half of the 20th century, Tallinn was known in most of the world by variants of its other historical name Reval.
Marko Matvere is an Estonian actor and singer. He was the lead actor of the Tallinn City Theatre, but left to become a freelance actor in 2004.
Valga County is a first-level administrative unit and one of 15 counties of Estonia. It comprises the former area of Valga District. The present-day county was created on 1 January 1990. The capital and largest town of Valga County is Valga, followed by Tõrva and Otepää. It is situated in the southern part of the country and borders Põlva and Võru County to the east, Latvia to the south and west, and Viljandi and Tartu County to the north. 27,650 people live in Valga County as of 2022.
Jaan is an Estonian masculine, a cognate of the English-language given name John.
The culture of Estonia combines an indigenous heritage, represented by the country's Finnic national language Estonian, with Nordic and German cultural aspects. The culture of Estonia is considered to be significantly influenced by that of the Germanic-speaking world. Due to its history and geography, Estonia's culture has also been influenced by the traditions of other Finnic peoples in the adjacent areas, also the Baltic Germans, Balts, and Slavs, as well as by cultural developments in the former dominant powers, Sweden, Denmark and Russia. Traditionally, Estonia has been seen as an area of rivalry between western and eastern Europe on many levels. An example of this geopolitical legacy is an exceptional combination of multiple nationally recognized Christian traditions: Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. The symbolism of the border or meeting of east and west in Estonia was well illustrated on the reverse side of the 5 krooni note. Like the mainstream cultures in the other Nordic countries, Estonian culture can be seen to build upon ascetic environmental realities and traditional livelihoods, a heritage of comparatively widespread egalitarianism arising out of practical reasons, and the ideals of closeness to nature and self-sufficiency.
Jaan Toomik is an Estonian video artist, painter and award-winning filmmaker, often described as the most widely acknowledged Estonian contemporary artist on the international scene.
The following is an alphabetical list of articles related to the Republic of Estonia.
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, or PÖFF, is an annual film festival held since 1997 in Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia. PÖFF is one of the largest film festivals in Northern Europe. In 2014 it was upgraded to an A-list festival by FIAPF.
University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy is an Estonian institution of higher education, situated in the provincial town of Viljandi, central Estonia. The UT Viljandi Culture Academy merged with the University of Tartu in 2005. The UT VCA has been teaching professional higher education and performing applied research within information science, culture education and creative arts since 1952. The academy has about 1000 students, half of whom are open university students. The teaching and instruction are based on the continuity and sustainability of Estonian native culture enriched by new impulses which widen the notion of traditional culture. As of 2021, the Director of the institution is Juko-Mart Kõlar.
Ain Lutsepp is an Estonian actor and politician.
Anu Lamp is an Estonian stage, film, television and voice actress, stage director, translator and instructor.
Jaan Rekkor is an Estonian stage, film and television actor.
Adeele Sepp is an Estonian stage, film, and television actress.
Saara Pius, is an Estonian stage, film and television actress and singer.
The French Institute of Estonia was founded in 1992 in Tallinn to promote cultural, scientific, academic, and language cooperation between France and Estonia.
Kaur Alttoa is an Estonian art historian and cultural historian.
Tõnu Tepandi is an Estonian actor, singer, teacher, theatre pedagogue, politician, and an Estonian social figure.
Katrin Laur is an author, film director, and professor who currently lives in Estonia and Germany.
Katrin Välbe was an Estonian actress.
Egon Nuter is an Estonian actor.
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