Tallinn Old Believers Chapel
Church building in Estonia
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Tallinn Old Believers Chapel (Estonian: Tallinna vanausuliste palvemaja, Russian: Храм Благовещения Пресвятой Богородицы, святителя Николы Чудотворца и девы Штефаниды, romanized: Khram Blagoveshcheniya Presvyatoy Bogoroditsy, svyatitelya Nikoly Chudotvortsa i devy Shtefanidy, lit. 'Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, and the Virgin Stephanida') is an Old Believers church building located at Kibuvitsa tänav 6 in Tallinn, Estonia. The building is used by Tallinn's Old Believers congregation.
| Tallinn Old Believers Chapel | |
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 Tallinn Old Believers Chapel | |
| 59°25′51″N 24°42′57″E | |
| Location | Tallinn |
| Country | Estonia |
| Denomination | Old Believers |
The current Tallinn Old Believers Chapel was built in 1930 by Ado Mäeberg (1867–1945), whose wife Stepanida Mäeberg (née Belasova, 1863–1930) was an Old Believer.[1] The building was designed by the engineer Joosep Lukk (1870–1958). A large donation was made for the construction of the prayer house by Yefimiya Sapozhnikova.[1] Peeter Baranin and his wife made a large contribution to the creation of the iconostasis and the interior of the chapel.[1]
In 1931, an extension was built, doubling the size of the original structure. The project was headed by the architect Nikolai Thamm Jr.[1][2] The chapel was damaged in the 1944 March bombing, when the roof was destroyed. The onion-domed ridge turret of the chapel and other religious elements of the structure were removed in the 1960s.[3]
Reconstruction of the chapel took place from 2007 to 2018, during which the turret was also restored.[3][4] The project was headed by the architect Niina Mäger.
