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Lost building or monument · 2007

Türi's leaning wooden church

Türi's Orthodox congregation began worship on Aia street in 1908, and in 1910 its first priest Georgi Podekrat opened a school and prayer house there. Archbishop Joann of Riga came to consecrate it in 1912. Fearing the German advance in 1917, Podekrat fled to Russia taking most of the church's property with him. By the 2000s the old wooden church had dry rot, no foundation and a visibly leaning tower, and it was demolished in 2007. A new church of the same name now stands on the spot.

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

Eesti keeles

Türi õigeusu kogudus alustas Aia tänaval tegevust 1908. aastal ja 1910. aastal avas esimene preester Georgi Podekrat seal kooli- ja palvemaja. 1912. aastal tuli seda pühitsema ülempiiskop Joann. Saksa okupatsiooni kartes lahkus Podekrat 1917. aastal Venemaale ja viis kaasa suurema osa kiriku varast. 2000. aastateks oli vanal puukirikul vamm, puudus vundament ja torn oli silmnähtavalt viltu vajunud ning 2007. aastal hoone lammutati. Samal kohal seisab nüüd samanimeline uus kirik.

Map of the area around Türi's leaning wooden church
58.80684° N, 25.41472° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Estonian Wikipedia: Türi Püha Kolmainu Jumala kirik (1910–2007) ↗

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