Church or chapel · 1834
Räpina Orthodox Church
German: Rappin
Räpina's first Orthodox church was built in 1752 and burned down in 1813. The present church of St Zachary and St Elizabeth, at Apteegi 7, was built in 1829–1833 to designs by Georg Friedrich Geist and consecrated in 1834. The classicist building is laid out as a Latin cross, and its iconostasis was made in 1832, with many icons painted by H. Kalinin, an icon painter from Pskov. It is a listed cultural monument.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Räpina esimene õigeusu kirik ehitati 1752. aastal ja põles 1813. aastal maha. Praegune Apteegi tänav 7 asuv Püha Sakariase ja Elisabeti kirik ehitati aastatel 1829–1833 Georg Friedrich Geisti projekti järgi ja pühitseti 1834. aastal. Klassitsistlik hoone on ladina risti kujulise põhiplaaniga ning selle ikonostaas valmis 1832. aastal, paljud ikoonid maalis Pihkva ikoonimaalija H. Kalinin. Kirik on kultuurimälestis.
Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A4pina_P%C3%BCha_Sakariase_ja_Elisabeti_kirik ↗