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Church or chapel · 1873

Arussaare Orthodox Church

German: Arrosaar

Arussaare Orthodox Church

When Estonian peasants around Pilistvere converted to Orthodoxy in the 1840s, their new congregation had no church, and for 25 years it worshipped wherever it could: in a soldiers' barracks at Käo manor, in a clay house, in the distillery of Loopre manor and, in 1857–1873, in the granary of Arussaare manor. In 1873 the five-domed fieldstone church in Byzantine style, built to a standard design by Riga architect Heinrich Scheel, was finally consecrated; its bells were a gift from Emperor Alexander II. The congregation had 2,275 members in 1890 and survived the Soviet era without being closed.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

Kui Pilistvere ümbruse eesti talupojad 1840. aastatel õigeusku läksid, polnud uuel kogudusel kirikut ja 25 aastat peeti teenistusi, kus vähegi sai: Käo mõisa soldatite kasarmus, savihoones, Loopre mõisa viinaköögis ning 1857–1873 Arussaare mõisa aidas. 1873. aastal pühitseti lõpuks Riia arhitekti Heinrich Scheeli tüüpprojekti järgi ehitatud viie kupliga Bütsantsi stiili jäljendav maakivikirik, mille kellad kinkis keiser Aleksander II. Koguduses oli 1890. aastal 2275 liiget ja see pääses Nõukogude ajal sulgemisest.

Map of the area around Arussaare Orthodox Church
58.63814° N, 25.68350° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arussaare_Issanda_Taevaminemise_kirik ↗

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