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St. Alexander's Church

St. Alexander's Church

Tartu's Orthodox church of St Alexander Nevsky on Sõbra street in Karlova was begun on 27 May 1914 in Russian style to designs by Vladimir Lunski. The lower church was ready and consecrated by 21 November 1914, the upper church on 26 September 1915, and Russian and Estonian Orthodox congregations worshipped here separately. In 1940 the Soviet authorities nationalised it, and for decades it served as a warehouse for Tartu University and later for the Estonian ethnographic museum. It was returned to the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church in 1995.

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

Eesti keeles

Tartu Karlova linnaosas Sõbra tänaval asuva Aleksander Nevski õigeusu kiriku nurgakivi pandi 27. mail 1914 ja see ehitati vene stiilis Vladimir Lunski projekti järgi. Alumine kirik valmis ja pühitseti 21. novembriks 1914, ülemine 26. septembril 1915 ning siin pidasid eraldi teenistusi vene ja eesti õigeusu kogudused. 1940. aastal natsionaliseeris Nõukogude võim kiriku ja aastakümneid oli see Tartu Ülikooli ning hiljem Eesti NSV Etnograafiamuuseumi ladu. 1995. aastal tagastati kirik Eesti Apostlik-Õigeusu Kirikule.

Map of the area around St. Alexander's Church
58.36434° N, 26.72859° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Alexander%27s_Church,_Tartu ↗

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