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The Immaculate of Tartu (Estonia)
The only Catholic parish church in Tartu, the second city of Estonia, is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was built between 1895 and 1899 and was consecrated in 1899.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- Neogotic temple of red brick work by architect Wilhelm Schilling, probably inspired by the church of the Apostles of Hanover.
- Its construction was possible thanks to a contribution from Tsar Nicholas II: unusual imperial support for a Catholic temple in the Baltic of the time.
- It retains an altar painting of the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus dated 1905.
- It is the only Catholic parish in Tartu and celebrates Mass in Estonian, Polish and English.
Immaculate Conception (Tartu)
In a land of a non-Catholic majority, this Marian church has been burning since 1899 the lamp of faith: under the title of the Immaculate One, it brings together the faithful of many nations in one family.
"Our Immaculate Virgin, keep your children from Estonia."
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