Tudulinna Rahu kirik (Tudulinna)

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The old church of Tudulinna is an abandoned wooden church located in Tudulinna, Alutaguse parish, Ida-Viru county. It is registered as a cultural monument. The church was completed in 1766 and expanded in 1863. The church of Tudulinna was originally an auxiliary church of the Viru-Jaagup Church, in 1744 the Pühajõe congregation and the Tudulinna congregation were merged again with the Jõhvi congregation. In 1867, Tudulinna and Iisaku were finally separated into an independent Iisaku church parish. In the 1930s, a "religious conflict" broke out in the local community: some members of the Tudulinna congregation did not want to listen to the sermons of Voldemar Kuljus, which they considered too secular. Therefore, a new church was built next to the old church of Tudulinna, which was completed in 1939. At the beginning of the Soviet occupation, the church tower was demolished and the church's furnishings were stripped. The building was later converted into a state farm grain mill.