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Church of the Holy Apostle Andrew
the First-Called at Kõpu

Sacral Buildings

  • The Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God at Kuriste
  • The Chapel of the Prophet Elijah at Malvaste
  • Church of the Nativity of Christ at Puski
  • Church of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called at Kõpu
  • The ruins of the Orthodox Church of the Ascension and the former Orthodox schoolhouse

Church of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called at Kõpu

At the beginning of the 20th century, new Orthodox churches arose on Hiiumaa. A unique church was built in the years 1907-1908 in Kõpu village – a schoolhouse, which on June 21st, 1909, was consecrated in honor of the glorious apostle St. Andrew the First-Called. In the original church/schoolhouse building, the north wing was occupied by the school, the center by the church and the south wing by a reading room and the living quarters of the parish clerk. The church is a striking example of a Russian Orthodox church in the neoclassical style, of which the original exterior, building size and architectural design elements have been preserved. The only loss has been the onion-domed tower on the center of the building. There are no other such multifunctional buildings (school – church – reading room) in the neoclassical style in Estonia. Since 2007 the local village society Valguskiir, headed by Harda Roosna, has been at work restoring the building.

Church of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called at Kõpu (1925)
Orthodox Church of Estonia on Hiiumaa:
EAÕK Hiiumaa Jumalasünnitaja sündimise kogudus (Orthdox Congregation of the Nativity of the Mother of God at Hiiumaa)
Bank: SWEDBANK, IBAN: EE232200221048456181
Dedicated bank account for the restoration of Church of the Nativity of Christ at Puski: AS SEB Pank, IBAN: EE411010220109240010
Contact: Orthodox priest on Hiiumaa Abraham Tölpt I E-meil: aabraham@eoc.ee I GSM +372 50 90 251
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  • Sacral Buildings
    • The Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God at Kuriste
    • The Chapel of the Prophet Elijah at Malvaste
    • Church of the Nativity of Christ at Puski
    • Church of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called at Kõpu
    • The ruins of the Orthodox Church of the Ascension and the former Orthodox schoolhouse
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