On March 16th, the Charismatic Episcopal Church of Estonia was received as a full member into the Estonian Council of Churches (ECC) after more than a three year period of an observer status. This decision was taken unanimously by the 9 full members of the ECC: The Estonian  Evangelical Lutheran Church, The Apostolic Orthodox Church of Estonia, The Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, The Roman Catholic Church in Estonia, The United Methodist Church of Estonia, The Union of Evangelical Christian and Baptist Churches of Estonia, The Estonian Christian Pentecostal Church, The Union of Adventist Churches of Estonia, Armenian Apostolic Church in Estonia. The Charismatic Episcopal Church of Estonia, led in Estonia by The Very Reverend Dr Heigo Ritsbek as the Vicar  General, will celebrate its 10th anniversary in September 2006.