Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (EOC MP; Estonian: Moskva Patriarhaadi Eesti Õigeusu Kirik; Russian: Эстонская православная церковь Московского патриархата) is a semi-autonomous church in the canonical jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Moscow whose primate is appointed by the Holy Synod of the latter.
The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral of Tallinn[ a ] is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral in central Tallinn, Estonia. It was built in 1894–1900, [ 1 ] when the country was part of the former Russian Empire. The cathedral is the city's largest cupola church. The late Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (1929–2008) started his priestly ministry in the cathedral.
The Russian diocese continued its campaign to claim legal succession until 2001, when it dropped attempts to register the 1935 statute, and instead applied to the Ministry of Internal Affairs with the name "Estonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate". The EAOC protested, saying it was too similar to "Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church".
St. Catherine's Church, Pärnu (Estonian: Katariina kirik) is a Russian Orthodox church in Pärnu, Estonia. The church was built in 1764-1768 and named after the empress, Catherine the Great, who presented the church to the city after a visit in 1764. It is built in a baroque style by architect P. Jegorov, and has been a source of inspiration ...
1721. ( 1721) Church of Our Lady of Kazan (Tallinn) ( Estonian: Tallinna Kaasani kirik) is a Russian Orthodox church in Tallinn, Estonia. The church building is the oldest wooden structure in Tallinn. [ 1] The church was built in 1721. At the moment of erecting, this church was the first church in Estonia completed after Great Northern War. [ 1]
Metropolitan Eugene (Russian: Митрополит Евгений, Estonian: Metropoliit Jevgeni secular name Valery Germanovich Reshetnikov, Russian: Валерий Германович Решетников; born October 9, 1957) is a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan of Tallinn and All Estonia [] and primate of the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (since ...
The congregation of St George was founded in 1845 and the church was completed in 1870 through the initiatives of the parish priest Joosep Shestakovski. It was built in the Russian architecture typical of churches in Russia. The building was damaged in World War II, however it was restored in 1945. Patriarch Alexius II of Moscow served as ...
The Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church (EAOC; Estonian: Eesti Apostlik-Õigeusu Kirik) is an Orthodox church in Estonia under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. Under Estonian law it is the legal successor to the pre–World War II Estonian Orthodox Church, which in 1940 had over 210,000 faithful, three ...