The church (built in 1755, rebuilt in 1870) is renowned as the ”Admiralty church” that the Russian sailors are said to have built on the wreck of a ship. The church was handed over to an Estonian congregation in the 1920s. The building, used as a gym du...
Built between the years 1890–1898 the cornerstone of this Byzantine styled church
with domes was set by the Russian czar Alexander III. Some icons on the walls are
older than the church its self originating from Moscow, a rare crucifix is carved b...
The exact birth of Ilmjärve congregation was on the 4th of April
1846, when the first Lutheran turned Orthodox and had the
salving. 3152 Lutherans took the same steps the same year. The
first wooden building with five towers was erected two yea...
Location: Vene 24, Kesklinn, Tallinn, Harjumaa, 10123
It is the first classical church building (built in 1827, architect Luigi Rusca) in Tallinn, preceded by a church for Orthodox merchants in the same place already in the Middle Ages. Because of its long history, the church has the unique and oldest Esto...
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