Location: Lossi 8, Kuressaare linn, Saaremaa, 93816
The Orthodox congregation of Kuressaare was founded after the Great Nordic War to fulfil the religious needs of army men, merchants and their families. Their first tiny wooden church of only 35 squares was built in 1750. The current limestone church was...
Location: Viru-Nigula alevik, Viru-Nigula vald, Lääne-Virumaa, 44001
The old Latin name for Viru-Nigula congregation was Maum which
was probably derived from the place’s ancient name Mahu. The
church’s base and arches of choir date back to the 13th century. In
1658 the army of Russian czar burned the church down...
Building this famous Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen engineered church started in 1915.
In 1931 the left wing was added but the right was never finished – the church burned
down in 1944. After Soviets arrested father Harri Haamer in 1948 the rest...
It has been suggested that Kaarma church was built after the Estonian rebellion on the
island – the last big one before the final conqure by the Livonian Order. Erected close
to the sight of a former Estonian fort the ground wasn’t suitable for a ...
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