Top 10 Churches & Cathedrals in Tallinn, Harju County

In 1901 Nikolai von Glehn established a workshop on the plot of the present-day Nomme Rahu Kirik.In 1904 Glehn offered the bankrupt foundry building to the fraternity of the Moravians for holding their prayer meetings. This was the beginning of Christian service in this building. Since 1905 religious services have been held in the building. In 1913 Manfred von Glehn gives the house of prayer along with the plot to the church as a present. In 1922 the Consistory approves an independent Lutheran congregation in Nomme.In 1924 the plenary meeting of Nomme Church decides to name the church as Rahu Church.In 1930 the building is reconstructed into a church on the basis of a design by architect F. Wendach.

Bethel Lutheran Church in Tallinn is the smallest Lutheran church in the capital. The Bethel congregation was established in 1927.The church building has been designed by architect Sacharias and it was completed in 1938. Bethel Church was the only Lutheran church built in Tallinn during the years of independence.In 1997 the congregation started work with street children of Northern Tallinn. In January 2000 the Social Centre of Bethel Church was established.

**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.

Saha Chapel used to be one of the oldest ecclesiastical centres built on the site of an ancient sacred place of Estonians. According to a folk story it is even 50 years older than the City of Tallinn and it was established by bishop Fulco.The exact time of establishment of the chapel is not known, but the original wooden church was burnt down during an uprising in 1223. The present-day chapel was probably built at the same time as the Pirita Convent, i.e. in the second quarter of the 15th century.Interesting to know:- Saha Chapel is like a minor version of Pirita Convent. The latter – the largest and the most gorgeous convent in Old Livonia lies mainly in ruins.

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.

Located on top of Cathedral Hill, this historic church has served as a burial place for noble families since the 13th century.

Built: 1885A pseudi-Gothic church (architect Friedrich Axel von Howen) built on a mediaeval foundation. The interior reflects the colours of the Estonian flag. A very old church bell. A wheel cross on the buttress, unique stone crosses and a memorial (1989) to the first Estonian Bible in the churchyard. The present-day Neo-Gothic building of St. George’s Lutheran Church in Juri was consecrated in 1885.