Vene 18, Tallinn, Estonia
Daily: 10.00am - 5.00pm
After visiting
St. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Paramaribo, Suriname earlier, my BFF and I dropped by its counterpart in Tallinn Old Town. Not constructed from wood unlike the former, St. Peter and St. Paul's Cathedral was the first cathedral that we went to in Tallinn. It took three years to be completed from 1841 to 1844.
Catholicism reached the shore of Estonia through the Northern crusades during the medieval period. However, Lutheranism took its place as the dominant faith, especially when Catholicism was banned as Sweden ruled over Estonia. Only when Sweden lost Estonia to the Russian Empire during the Great Northern War in the 1700s, religious freedom was reintroduced.
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| Pope Francis was scheduled to visit Estonia on 25 September 2018. |
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| There's a small gift shop if you're interested. |
The first thing that we saw upon entering the building was a door that leads to Dominican monastery yard. There's an entrance fee of €3.00 (~S$4.60) for that, but the door was locked when we were there.
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| Eduardus Profittlich was an apostolic administrator of Estonia. |
The cathedral used to serve as the only Roman Catholic parish in Tallinn until the Order of St. Brigitta was re-established in the 1990s.
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| The interior looks sleek and clean. |
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| Do donate €0.50 (~S$0.75) to light a candle for Mother Mary. |
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| "We live and die; Christ died and lived!" ~ John Stott |
Don't forget to look up for a view of the organ.
The last renovation to the cathedral took place between 2002 and 2003. From what I could observe that day, it appears to be very well-maintained.
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