Location: Lepaluku tänav, Kohila alev, Kohila vald, Raplamaa, 79805
The attractive church building, completed in 1901, became deserted in the 1950ties for about half the century. It has now been restored by the new congregation. Epp Haabsaar’s icons on the new iconostasis (2006) bear witness to the good quality of the m...
This is the only active Orthodox church in Hiiumaa. It was built by the men from
Saaremaa in 1890. The yellow bricks they used were brought from Riga by oxen and
over the frozen sea. Before Kuriste had its own church the ceremonies were held in th...
Location: Häädemeeste alevik, Häädemeeste vald, Pärnumaa
The Häädemeeste church of the Transfiguration of the Lord was built in 1872. It is a church with a stucco decorations amidst the greenery of the trees (architect A. Edelson). The iconostasis in the church comes from the same period as the building.
Orthodox activity was there already during the very beginning of
the Christianisation of Estonians. In the 19th century many choose
it in the hope of getting aworded for being in the right religion,
the czar’s religion. Overcrowdedness is the r...
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