Kükita Old Believers Prayer House of the Estonian Association of Old Believers Congregations (Kükita)

Estonia / Jogeva / Raja / Kükita / Kalda, 264
 church, place with historical importance, interesting place, listed building / architectural heritage, place of worship, 1947_construction, tourist attraction

The first prayer house of Old Believers in Estonia is located in Kükita. The Kükita Prayer House was consecrated on September 14, 1740. During the war of 1812, the Cossack Old Believers donated a chandelier to the Prayer House. There were a total of 397 Old Believers in the list of parishioners of the Kükita congregation by 1833. The current Prayer House was built in 1948 in place of the one destroyed in World War II. Old Believers have services every Sunday and on all holidays (Christmas, Pascha and Epiphany).
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Coordinates:   58°48'43"N   26°56'55"E
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