Church or chapel · 1750
Jaani Church
German: Sankt Johannis
Saaremaa's Jaani church is named not after John the Baptist but after St John the Almsgiver, the 7th-century patriarch of Alexandria and protector of the poor and sick, because a leper hospital with its own chapel stood in the area in the Middle Ages. The parish was split off from Pöide in 1675, and the baroque nave was finished during the Great Northern War, probably in 1703. The late classicist west tower with its needle spire was added in 1842 to the design of Johann Friedrich Schrader. Geologists even named a Silurian stage, the Jaani stage, after the church.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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Saaremaa Jaani kirik ei kanna Ristija Johannese, vaid Aleksandria patriarhi püha Johannes Almuseandja nime – 7. sajandil elanud vaeste ja haigete kaitsja järgi, sest keskajal asus siinkandis oma kabeliga leprosoorium. Kihelkond eraldati Pöidest 1675. aastal ja barokne pikihoone valmis Põhjasõja ajal, arvatavasti 1703. aastal. Nõelkiivriga hilisklassitsistlik läänetorn lisati 1842. aastal Johann Friedrich Schraderi projekti järgi. Kiriku järgi on geoloogid nimetanud isegi siluri ajastu lademe – Jaani lademe.
Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saaremaa_Jaani_kirik ↗