The 10 Best Churches & Cathedrals in Harju County, Harju County

Harju-Madise church belongs to the West-Estonian Evangelical Lutheran deanery Harju Harju-Madise congregation. The current church building is from 1764. and limestone hill situated half a kilometer from the sea, presumably by 13th-century wooden church members. Harju-Madise church has been one of the few churches that has been used as a lighthouse. Really beautiful church and view!

Kuusalu Church which is dedicated to protodeacon martyr St. Lawrence is considered to be one of the oldest stone churches in Northern Europe. It could have been the Gotlandish Cistercian monks of the priory of a Roma monastery locating in Kolga who started to build a house of God on the boundaries of their landed property in Kuusalu most probably at the end of the 13th century and according to their own custom next to holy springs, not on a crest of a hill, but in a hollow. In addition to the pulpit, altar and tower clock the older art heritage in St. Lawrence Church in Kuusalu also includes a chandelier, candle holders and an embossed brass bracket from the 17th century and Eucharistic vessels made of tin.

This church, situated on an island 12 km from Tallinn, was constructed in 1934 to the designs of architect Karl Tarvas. It was consecrated in 1938. It has very simple architecture but is masterfully designed, with traditional use of materials and good proportions. The design unites a cross-shaped main building with a smaller square-shaped tower.Did you know...?*The church is an architectural monument to the wooden style predominant in ecclesiastical design in the first half of the 20th century*It has been preserved within the limits that budgets will allow

Harju-Jaani Church was consecrated on 13 October 1863 (architect Friedrich Wilhelm Alisch). The donation was made by local landlords and rural municipalities. The stone altar covered with boarding originates from the old church (13th-14th centuries), and the altar fence was attached in 1864.The old altar detail – spiral column (from the 17th century) is used as a candlestick.The stained-glass windows conveying symbolic meanings, apostles’ coats of arms on pillars, graphic pictures depicting the life and Via Crucis of Jesus, Bible verses and paintings on walls and the organ, a coat of arms with the image of a lamb above the entrance to the church, a dolomite cross in memory of all the deceased in front of the church.

**This place is temporarily closed** Originally built in 1250 and considered the tallest building in Europe during the Middle Ages, this city landmark is now used by both Baptist and Methodist congregations.

Built: 17th century – 1994A chapel with an artistic dolomite altar and secco wall paintings (Eva Janes) built under an ancient mantle chimney during the restoration of the bishop’s house.The construction history of the building of the EELC Consistory, i.e. the so-called bishop’s house, dates back to the last decades of the 17th century, containing at the same time also certain details from the Middle Ages. Thus the three-and-a-half-century old tradition of the Estonian bishops’ residence has been restored in this place and the exile story that lasted for almost fifty years has come to an end.

Built: the 20th century, 2008The Chapel of the Seafarers Centre at the Muuga Harbour was built 10 years ago. The newly renovated chapel now has a new limestone altar built on the seabed and weighing over two tons. There are also stained glass windows by Dolores Hoffmann and icons by Tiina Veisserik. The ceiling painting of the chapel depicts the starry sky.