Built in 1929 this Functionalist church belongs among the youngest in Estonia. Even its two stories seem to say that. As a church the building had a short life though - it accommodated a kinder garden during the Soviet time. It regained its sacral purpo...
Tartu Dome Church was once the biggest sacral building in
Old Livonia. Its beginning goes back to the 13th century, it bore
severe damages during the Reformation and the Livonian War. Its
final end became with a fire in 1624. The inhabitable pa...
The 1783 inaugurated church is built on the base of a Dominican monastery. There is a chapel to honor St. Isidor who, as alleged, died as a martyr in this very spot in 1472. Archpriests Mihhail Bleive and Nikolai Beanitski - the two victims among 19 mu...
In 1840s, the religious movement took place in Suure-Jaani parish. The "Russian" religion was introduced to Estonians. The Orthodox congregation of the Suure-Jaani was founded in 1847 and the cemetery in 1911.
The Orthodox Churc...