St George's Church, Tartu

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St George's Church
Юрьевский собор
Tartu Püha Jüri kirik
58°23′14″N 26°43′38″E / 58.387143°N 26.727301°E / 58.387143; 26.727301Coordinates: 58°23′14″N 26°43′38″E / 58.387143°N 26.727301°E / 58.387143; 26.727301
Location	Tartu
Country	Estonia
Denomination	Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	Saint George
Consecrated	2 September 1870
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Style	Russian architecture
Years built	1868-1870
Completed	1870

St George's Church (Estonian: Tartu Püha Jüri kirik, Russian: Юрьевский собор) is a church of the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in Tartu, Estonia.

History[]

The congregation of St George was founded in 1845 and the church was completed in 1870 through the initiatives of the parish priest Joosep Shestakovski. It was built in the Russian architecture typical of churches in Russia. The building was damaged in World War II, however it was restored in 1945. Patriarch Alexius II of Moscow served as priest in this church after graduating from the Leningrad Theological Academy.^[1][2]

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