Lost building or monument · 1944
Narva's oldest church and its buried bells
The oldest stone church in Narva stood at Viru Street 14. It was first mentioned in 1442 as a Catholic church, burned in 1460 and was quickly rebuilt. After the Reformation the German Lutheran congregation worshipped here until Peter I took Narva in 1704. The tsar turned it into an Orthodox regimental church, and in 1708 it was consecrated as the Church of the Transfiguration. A Soviet air raid in March 1944 wrecked it, and the ruins were demolished in the 1950s. While the rubble was cleared in 1954, workers found two church bells. One weighed 700 kilograms. The other, cast in 1779, was as tall as a man and weighed over three tonnes. Both went to the Narva museum.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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Narva vanim paekivist kirik seisis aadressil Viru tänav 14. Esimest korda mainiti seda 1442. aastal katoliku pühakojana, 1460. aastal see põles ja taastati kiiresti. Pärast reformatsiooni pidas siin jumalateenistusi saksa luterlik kogudus, kuni Peeter I vallutas Narva 1704. aastal. Tsaar muutis kiriku õigeusu polgukirikuks ning 1708. aastal pühitseti see Issanda Muutmise kirikuks. 1944. aasta märtsis purustas kiriku Nõukogude õhurünnak ja varemed lammutati 1950. aastatel. Rusude koristamisel leiti 1954. aastal kaks kirikukella. Üks kaalus 700 kilogrammi. Teine, 1779. aastal valatud kell, oli mehekõrgune ja kaalus üle kolme tonni. Mõlemad anti Narva linnamuuseumile.
Source: Estonian Wikipedia: Narva Jeruusalemma Johannese kirik ↗