For the 70th birthday anniversary of Bishop Emeritus Arri Kugappi, the following persons and organizations, among others, sent their written or videoed birthday greetings:Governor of Leningrad Oblast Aleksandr Drozdenko extending his greetings through his advisor Vyacheslav Sanin
GTRK Karelia TV & radio broadcasting company, Russia, airing a three-and-a-half-minute bio video about Arri Kugappi
Valde Palola and Arto Tölli, Central Association of Peace Associations, Finland
Jukka and Kristiina Paananen, Word of Peace Mission Association, Finland
Bishop Juhana Pohjola of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese, Finland
Joutjärvi Lutheran Church, Lahti, Finland
Rev. Kai Lappalainen and Rev. Lauri Vartiainen, Finnish Bible Institute, Finland
Rev. Timo Laato, West Finland Prayer Association, Finland
Teijo Peltola, Folk Mission Evangelical Lutheran Association
Jukka Kääriäinen, Kylväjä Mission Society
Jukka Kivimäki, East Karelia Helpers Association, Finland
Bishop Tiit Salumäe, The Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church
Yaroslav Gribkov, Tver Lutheran Church, Russia, with a birthday greetings video
Bishop Seppo Häkkinen of the Diocese of Mikkeli, The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Kristiine Häikiö, ex-consul of Finland in St. Petersburg, with a monograph on the repatriation history of Ingrian Finns
Koltushi Lutheran Church Choir, Russia, with a birthday cake made by Irina Lapteva
