Church or chapel · 1890
Kuriste Church
Kuriste church on Hiiumaa, dedicated to the Nativity of the Mother of God, was built in 1884–1890 by craftsmen from Saaremaa, using yellow bricks hauled all the way from Riga by horse and ox cart. At its consecration on 27 July 1890, the governor of Estonia, Prince Sergei Shakhovskoy, gave the congregation money for a chandelier. A cemetery, a school and a priest's house were built around the fieldstone church. It is now the only working Orthodox church on Hiiumaa, and the old Orthodox schoolhouse is home to the Kuriste education society.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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Hiiumaal asuv Kuriste Jumalasünnitaja Sündimise kirik ehitati aastatel 1884–1890 saarlastest meistrite poolt ning kollased tellised veeti hobuste ja härgadega kohale koguni Riiast. Pühitsemisel 27. juulil 1890 kinkis Eestimaa kuberner vürst Sergei Šahhovskoi kogudusele raha kroonlühtri ostmiseks. Maakivist kiriku ümber rajati surnuaed, koolimaja ja preestri elamu. Praegu on see ainus tegutsev õigeusu kirik Hiiumaal ning vanas õigeusu koolimajas tegutseb Kuriste Haridusselts.