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15-658: Tallinn Cathedral may refer to: St. Mary's Cathedral, Tallinn , (also known as "Dome Church"), Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallinn , Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate St. Peter and St. Paul's Cathedral, Tallinn , Roman Catholic St. Simeon's and St. Anne's Cathedral Church, Tallinn , Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church See also [ edit ] List of cathedrals in Estonia Topics referred to by

30-657: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages St. Mary%27s Cathedral, Tallinn The church was originally established in the 13th century as the Roman Catholic cathedral, after Tallinn and northern Estonia had been conquered by the Kingdom of Denmark during the Northern Crusades . In the aftermath of the Protestant Reformation ,

45-489: Is the semicircular or polygonal termination to the choir or sanctuary , or sometimes at the end of an aisle. Smaller apses are sometimes built in other parts of the church, especially for reliquaries or shrines of saints. The domed apse became a standard part of the church plan in the early Christian era. In the Eastern Orthodox Church tradition, the south apse is known as the diaconicon and

60-476: The altarpiece (1696) were made by the Estonian sculptor and carver Christian Ackermann . Paintings were added by Ernst Wilhelm Londicer . The Dome Church's exterior dates from the 15th century, the spire dates from the 18th century. Most of the church's furnishings go back to the 17th and 18th centuries. From 1778 to 1779, a new baroque spire was built in the western part of the nave. One should also mention

75-402: The 14th century, though. The church suffered considerable damage in the great fire of 1684 when the entire wooden furnishings were destroyed. Some vaults collapsed and many stone-carved details were severely damaged – especially in the apse . In 1686, after the fire, the church was practically rebuilt to restore it to its previous state. The new pulpit with figures of the apostles (1686) and

90-581: The Dominican friars arrived, they started building a stone church replacing the old wooden one. The monks were killed in a conflict between the Knights of the Sword and vassals supporting the pope's legate in 1233, and the church was thus desecrated. A letter asking permission to consecrate it anew was sent to Rome in 1233, and this is the first record of the church's existence. The Dominicans could not finish

105-709: The Protestant revolt against Emperor Ferdinand II and in events that led to the Thirty Years' War ; the Swedish general Pontus De la Gardie and his wife, Sofia Johansdotter Gyllenhielm (King John III 's daughter); as well as the Scotsman Samuel Greig (formerly Samuil Karlovich Greig of the Russian Navy); the Swedish field marshals and cousins Otto Wilhelm and Fabian von Fersen ; and

120-535: The Russian navigator, Adam Johann von Krusenstern . Apse In architecture , an apse ( pl. : apses ; from Latin absis , 'arch, vault'; from Ancient Greek ἀψίς , apsis , 'arch'; sometimes written apsis ; pl. : apsides ) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome , also known as an exedra . In Byzantine , Romanesque , and Gothic Christian church (including cathedral and abbey ) architecture ,

135-465: The building and built only the base walls. The building was completed in 1240, and it was a one-aisled building with a rectangular chancel. In 1240, it was also named cathedral and consecrated in honour of the Virgin Mary. In the beginning of the 14th century, reconstruction of the church began. The church was made bigger. The reconstruction began with building a new chancel. At about the same time,

150-605: The church became Lutheran in 1561, and is now seat of the Archbishop of Tallinn , the spiritual leader, and chairman of the governing synod , of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church . The church has been a national cultural monument of Estonia since 20 September 1995. The first church was made of wood most likely already and built by 1219, when the Danes invaded Tallinn. In 1229, when

165-407: The new vestry was built. The enlargement of the one-aisled building to a three-aisled building began in the 1330s. The construction work, however, lasted almost 100 years. The new longitudinal part of the church, 29 m (95 ft 2 in) long, built by following the principles of the basilica , was completed in the 1430s. The nave's rectangular pillars had been completed in the second half of

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180-490: The north apse as the prothesis . Various ecclesiastical features of which the apse may form part are drawn together here. The chancel (or sanctuary), directly to the east beyond the choir , contains the high altar, where there is one (compare communion table ). This area is reserved for the clergy, and was therefore formerly called the "presbytery", from Greek presbuteros , " elder ", or in older and Catholic usage "priest". Semi-circular choirs, first developed in

195-501: The numerous different kinds of tombstones from the 13th–18th centuries, the stone-carved sarcophagi from the 17th century, also the altar and chancel, chandeliers, numerous coats of arms from the 17th–20th centuries. Two of the church's four bells date back to 17th century, two date to the 18th century. The organ was made in 1914. Among the people buried in the cathedral are the Bohemian nobleman Jindřich Matyáš Thurn , one of leaders of

210-430: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tallinn Cathedral . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tallinn_Cathedral&oldid=924015357 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

225-423: The term is applied to a semi-circular or polygonal termination of the main building at the liturgical east end (where the altar is), regardless of the shape of the roof, which may be flat, sloping, domed, or hemispherical. Smaller apses are found elsewhere, especially in shrines . An apse is a semicircular recess, often covered with a hemispherical vault. Commonly, the apse of a church, cathedral or basilica

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