https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/people daily 0.75 2019-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569521984452-FKE4RJW893J5OOW8W6T0/paert_1905sobor.jpg People - Riga Council of 1905 Archbishop Agafangel (Preobrazhenskii) in the centre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569521984452-FKE4RJW893J5OOW8W6T0/paert_1905sobor.jpg People - Riga Council of 1905 Archbishop Agafangel (Preobrazhenskii) in the centre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569521968637-M4XYHCUX0GNMAKMJJXUW/pazuhina_3.jpg People - Sunday School of the Riga Grebenshchikov Old Believer community in Riga (mid-1930s) N. N. Zavoloko in the centre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569521977735-J9DYGREC8Q8IL4KLPZOQ/pazuhina_2.jpg People - Second All-Latvian Congress of Catechism Teachers Grebenshchikov Old Believer community, Riga mid-1930s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569521985672-E95W14ISSZQLG8LPQCI2/pazuhina_1.jpg People - The Circle of the Zealots of Russian Antiquity Mid-1930s, Riga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569521988924-5UWZTKQ2YI1TJV79U7NV/oboz1.jpg People - N.N. Pen’kin (1906-1941), an active member of RSKhD, Estonia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569521992346-04CH7YMZWBN186VWDR8D/oboz4.jpg People - The members of the Russian Student Christian Movement (RSKhD) in Pechery I. A. Lagovskii in the middle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569521994018-SL91GB7V4FZGG8PL2YL9/oboz5.jpg People - Russian Student Christian Movement in Pechery, 1935-36. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569522010245-UCF18KAJY7UCOO9GD2DZ/oboz7.jpg People - Father Aleksei Ionov (1907-1977), member of the Russian Student Christian Movement in the Baltic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569521999039-5UW8HXX6CVMLPIABVK68/oboz3.jpg People - T. E. Dezen (1900-1941), member of the Russian Student Christian Movement in Estonia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569522000333-CEY661FZWC4A63YCLY9A/paert_Samon_saaremaa.jpg People - Orthodox school in Leisi (Saaremaa) with Father Dionisii Samon, 1900s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569522002207-OU5DAW10AX6V9FE2YPQ1/Rimestad2_VMVMF444_1F_1_pisipilt.jpg People - Funeral of Bishop Platon (Kulbush) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569522003063-BSGCZWF67XGQCVY7U9LJ/oboz6.jpg People - T. Dezen and the students of the Russian school in Tallinn (mid-1930s) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569522004662-1WQF0ZHVENBM0KG6GLD4/oboz8.jpg People - Congress of Russian Students Christian Movement, 1938 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569522005631-6QFL8LJZGPY2A8LEZUTC/shvak_karp_tiisik.jpg People - Father Karp Tisiik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569522006862-W00808IXT5YRODE56ZVV/AMF27392_1_pisipilt.jpg People - Members of an Orthodox fraternity in the Baltic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569522008661-XUTSDOQNIPRD5JQM0BF7/smf_4104_8.tif.jpg People - Father Antonii Laar https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/maps daily 0.75 2019-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569576392034-5MN06SQ479GDJSAE6RL2/0035.png Maps - Kurland province https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569576392034-5MN06SQ479GDJSAE6RL2/0035.png Maps - 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Church schools in the Baltic provinces Green - in a clerical building; Red - in a private building; Blue - in a rented building. https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/architecture-and-churches daily 0.75 2019-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569524731957-70TT3G9SLJ1LT1DRP3LM/eaakarta.jpg Architecture and Churches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569524731957-70TT3G9SLJ1LT1DRP3LM/eaakarta.jpg Architecture and Churches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569524747674-6HDF2FT1A38ZAMGVJUOP/005_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B8_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD.JPG Architecture and Churches - Blueprints of stone churches for 400-450 parishioners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569524744889-LCVJVCNA1CKQTP71UDSA/004_%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B5_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD.JPG Architecture and Churches - Blueprints for stone churches in Ilmjärve and Bērzaune https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569524748739-U18GNQLDQ19A41G2G1VC/006_%D0%AD%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%84-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD-%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%84-%D0%92%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%84.jpg Architecture and Churches - Plans of stone churches for 300-350 parishioners in Livland province https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569524751637-29CCT4A9NTGHEMNZSDN0/011_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5_%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%84.JPG Architecture and Churches - Blueprint for the Orthodox church in Valmiera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569524752671-KCS50NYPN0FWTD9LRN03/008_%D0%AD%D0%98%D0%98_1655-2-960_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82.JPG Architecture and Churches - Blueprint of a chapel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569524754175-4L3ECADKCCQ6Z5LQ93OA/010_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B8%CC%86_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD.jpg Architecture and Churches - Facade and side of two Orthodox parish churches in the Baltic provinces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569524754925-M8M4QYGEZLI8XLJO9OEG/001_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B8%CC%86%D0%BC%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B8%CC%86%D0%B7%D0%B8_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%AF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%9F%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5.JPG Architecture and Churches - Blueprints for a variety of parish churches in the Baltic provinces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569524757501-IWV3HXWG0SWWW0GEWQYE/eaa0298_002_0000293_00001_a.jpg Architecture and Churches - Blueprints for a variety of churches in the Baltic provinces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569524773148-CMJEK5CY2196VJNC4X4C/eaa0298_002_0000294_00001_a.jpg Architecture and Churches - Blueprints for a variety of parish churches in the Baltic provinces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569524776065-Z2XFAHCLDM0N0D8P5OGX/eaa0291_009_0000242_00001_a.jpg Architecture and Churches - Blueprint of the Kastna parish church (1904) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569524775603-X8ALK5O5XVIE1RZSVSZL/013_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%83_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%83_%D0%9F%D1%84%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B31874.jpg Architecture and Churches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569524777357-3F2URKUUHDTRLC9UGZDL/012_%D0%98%CC%86%D1%8B%D1%8B%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3_%D1%86_%D0%95%D0%90%D0%90_1876-9.jpg Architecture and Churches - Blue prints of the Jõõpre church (built 1876-79) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569524778754-1T6PKIAMQRXA546UI474/003_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81-%D0%9F%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4-%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%AF%D0%BC-+%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%8E%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%90%D1%80%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%8E%D0%BB%D1%8C.jpg Architecture and Churches - Blueprints of a church for 150-300 parishioners (front) Design applied to numerous Orthodox parishes in the Baltic provinces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569524778951-J3X9N0Z0CBPFTVTK8HFE/002_%D0%AD%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B01873%D0%A2%D1%80.jpg Architecture and Churches - Ooriku Orthodox church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569525168046-681D64IN47JO4ZQ5RG0P/vassiliuse_klgvaade_.jpg Architecture and Churches - Orthodox church in Kilgaade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569525167808-VQGXRKSZWCQGHQ2GDPG4/1024px-Piirissaare_kirik.JPG Architecture and Churches - Piirissaare Orthodox church (ruined) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569525168548-8DZ3PIMBNYWNPG9D0UG2/800px-Ryga_monaster._Wiez%CC%87a_dzwonnicy._1950.jpg Architecture and Churches - Church of the Riga Sviato-Troitske convent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569525168904-5QNXDK67WEBSW05FV5VR/Eesti+Apostlik-O%CC%83igeusu+Kirik_Tilga+Ro%CC%83ngu+apostlik+o%CC%83igeusu+kirik.jpg Architecture and Churches - Rongu Orthodox church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569525169210-FDUKWHK3GIXMBNTXYNQ9/Kurema%CC%88e_kloostri_hooned_o%CC%83hust_la%CC%88a%CC%88ne_ku%CC%88lg.JPG Architecture and Churches - Puhtitsa convent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569525169747-51POQYHS80KJ5PRNT7JT/Ilukste.jpg Architecture and Churches - Ilukste convent (remains) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569525169847-ITQU2TL7BINANA6CHXIZ/Valga-Issidori%2B-peakirik_.jpg Architecture and Churches - Valga church of St Isidor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569525170403-TDZSN5HF1590JIFZE3QS/valgundes_klosteri1.jpg Architecture and Churches - Gates of the Spaso-Preobrazhenskii hermitage in Valgunde https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569525170918-I9PKROUBJ4NOUSQJHYGH/Jelgavas_pareiztici%CC%84go_katedra%CC%84le_2003-03-08.jpg Architecture and Churches - Jelgava cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569525171579-40A64FV5AEFCOZZKPKE6/pociema_bazn_020516.jpg Architecture and Churches - Pociema Orthodox church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569525172502-IUW2GQ4XL9FINXQEPEYO/uruste-kirik_v.jpg Architecture and Churches - Uruste Orthodox church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569525172319-3R5OP9WCE7SFW2XZEDG7/vndra_kirik_enne_sda_.jpg Architecture and Churches - Vandra Orthodox church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569525173196-MS43E94LNBV59975759V/tornime_kirik_kevadel_2010.jpg Architecture and Churches - Tornimae Orthodox church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569525173388-91B9593HSOWIP97OU3UL/Orthodox_Church_Pa%CC%88rnu.jpg Architecture and Churches - Parnu Orthodox church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1569525174243-T1OV5VSN3I4I7X1W5P86/Ri%CC%84gas_Vissve%CC%84ta%CC%84s_Dievma%CC%84tes_Pasludina%CC%84s%CC%8Canas_pareiztici%CC%84go_bazni%CC%84ca.jpg Architecture and Churches - 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Make it stand out Karp Eberling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/122a704a-d231-4169-9679-16a8c9651e2d/505px-%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%28%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%29.jpg Seminary - Make it stand out Archbishop Nikolai (Leisman) of Pechory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/b9e0288d-b539-4444-847b-43fade6a256c/14_0001.png Seminary - Make it stand out Pechory seminary (Archbishop Nikolai (Leisman) centre: picture courtesy of Father Andrei Sõtšov) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/d46833b9-fd7b-4506-8fc6-39a870e9840a/b25574048_1.jpg Seminary - Make it stand out Petseri seminary gates https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/parish daily 0.75 2021-02-08 https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/monastery daily 0.75 2021-02-08 https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/diocese daily 0.75 2026-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/7a33877d-7830-4d0d-a508-ba2741eb49f1/ERA.5912.1.27.66.jpg Diocese - Make it stand out Russian Orthodox choir (early 1920s, probably Tartu) (ERA.5912.1.27.66) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/933ddb87-437e-48e8-80c2-dd888cd4da7c/015897.jpg Diocese - Make it stand out Archpriest Aleksei Aristov https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/efc6833e-846b-482e-9a0d-b46dc212cb7d/ERA.5912.1.25.68.jpg Diocese - Make it stand out Tartu cathedral of the Dormition (Russian parish, early 1920s) (ERA.5912.1.25.68) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/2b06d642-b676-43bd-b021-6dee34c35d48/EFA.123.A.240.209.jpg Diocese - Make it stand out Boris Agapov https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/cf4b7e9f-23d4-4593-84d3-475ef5c49a72/arhiepiskop-evsevij-edited-1.jpg Diocese - Make it stand out Archbishop Evsevii (Grozdov) of Narva (imperial-era photograph) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/87e2a5be-48d4-4251-9bf8-8c99f138c754/800px-%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%2C_1921.jpg Diocese - Make it stand out Archpriest Vasilii Chernozerskii, chair of the NDC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/88c004f5-4837-4996-8b9c-989b37338806/EFA.332.0.155412.jpg Diocese - Make it stand out Pikk tänav 73, Tallinn, home of the NDC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/41744b3c-ffaf-4f70-867a-ba4028dbf13f/EFA0272_000_0000000_395370.jpg Diocese - Make it stand out Orthodox church in Ol’gin Krest, 1919 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/3c46fd79-a5c3-4952-8272-49efdfcf68b7/55-episkop-ioann-%28bulin%29---.jpg Diocese - Make it stand out Bishop Ioann (Bulin) of Pechory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/73a566f3-2755-491f-885b-14bc5b0ec88f/EAA.5410.1.36.1%281%29.jpg Diocese - Make it stand out Clergy and laity of Narva diocese with Metropolitan Aleksander, 1930s (EAA.5410.1.36.1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/e0554acf-08bf-424c-9cf7-c0e7ad457af5/1280px-%D0%92%D1%8B%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BA_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D1%8D%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B8%2C_1938.jpg Diocese - Make it stand out Bishop Pavel with graduates from the Narva émigré gymnasium (sitting second from the left), 1938 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/4d6d522f-d965-4407-b56d-d8b7f86188bf/640px-%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%2C_1934.jpg Diocese - Make it stand out Archbishop Pavel (Dmitrovskii) (1934, prior to becoming a bishop) https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/school daily 0.75 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1623180500963-GQPCN9WQ0914BNRG2WXM/Parempoolne-maja-oli-Apostliku-Oigeusu-Kihelkonnakool.jpg School - Make it stand out Orthodox parish school in Tapa (opened in 1898) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1623181892675-MBNTP659AHANATLIRRFY/Vormsi.png School - Make it stand out Vormsi (EAA.854.4.42) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1623182483496-K8ZKUGA6S4EVKYDQNV47/EAA.2288.1.7.1.jpg School - Make it stand out Jakob Vaarask (before 1894) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1623182826306-Q1JDNU6Z09S3T0VNAYEA/800px-Vormsi_Hullo_tuulikud.jpg School - Make it stand out Windmills in Hullo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1623181520087-WKUVA0AUJU9754J5V4Q5/vormsi-island.jpg School - Make it stand out Ruins of the Vormsi Orthodox church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1623182680314-4PX8MFZ5CR4XS4YNIJM0/fallarna-village-fairy-tales.jpg School - Make it stand out Farm work in Fällarna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1623183140150-BJ77579MUC3B40HNAOFE/2020_08_05_14_17_59_009.jpg School - Make it stand out Vaarask’s diary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1623183238295-3N52BE65KB03X8M3JBUZ/EAA.5186.1.11.png School - Make it stand out Lesson timetable from Hullo Orthodox parish school https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1623183311562-ISVMGBR9K48WZ9C4WNVY/EAA.5186.1.1.png School - Make it stand out Hullo lesson timetable https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1623183387928-QOGQ86XF8D5OVUA7FJ8F/Screenshot+2021-06-02+at+15.29.54.png School - Make it stand out Class journal for the Hullo parish school https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/deanery daily 0.75 2021-02-08 https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/population daily 0.75 2022-11-24 https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/joann-kuldme daily 0.75 2025-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1631594028950-TKYFFKNLE9BDXJHA8BQU/Kuldma%CC%88e_foto.jpg Joann Kuldmäe - Make it stand out Father Joann Kuldmäe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1631594158091-J3GERNMFAL6PW26XIO3Z/Meeksi_kirik_201109_1.jpg Joann Kuldmäe - Make it stand out The Meeksi church of St John the Baptist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1631594447972-CAR9G9DGPTJQRIHKM2TG/alexiy_simanskiy_008tif.jpg Joann Kuldmäe - Make it stand out Georgii Karpov, head of the Soviet of the Affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church (1945) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1631594691497-YR77XHWHLZ4V3ZN8HYHP/t1185.jpg Joann Kuldmäe - Make it stand out Believers at the Meeksi stone of St John https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/vassili-borin daily 0.75 2025-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1631590808813-YYGCG29IS1YFUNEPSKOP/Borin_Vassili_1978_Vasknarva.jpg Vassili Borin - Make it stand out Father Vassili Borin serving in Vasknarva in 1978 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1631590939207-SVCAZINZL8I2O23LDEBS/800px-Alajo%CC%83e_orthodox_church.JPG Vassili Borin - Make it stand out Church of the Bogoroditsa in Alajõe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1631591058130-ME5K7G530QZCAO6BK58F/Vasknarva_orthodox_church_2012.jpg Vassili Borin - Make it stand out Restored Vasknarva church of St Elijah https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/seto daily 0.75 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/0efc12fe-5256-40e5-a236-d0c6124e02a5/00978-BIG.jpg Seto - Make it stand out Modern Seto folk celebration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/0eb157a8-1799-4254-be0f-11e897ab4906/60a4992d8fea3.jpg Seto - Make it stand out Seto women (1920s-30s) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/e896ef68-9fde-4f1f-bf65-4d193c1665d9/rej73feg_original.jpg Seto - Make it stand out Father Karp (Karl) Ustav https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/150d90c1-fa96-416b-9e86-616ae528d0b1/06.gif Seto - Make it stand out Pastor Wilhelm Reiman, head of the committee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/914ae5e8-5551-44b5-b55a-7024b41ab303/qud77nih_original.jpg Seto - Make it stand out Father Ioann (Johannes/Jaan) Krimp and family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/4393f4a5-5413-4899-85dd-0b5750a877bc/Participants-in-the-cross-procession-held-on-the-Feast-of-the-Assumption-are-returning-to_Q320.jpg Seto - Make it stand out Seto Cross procession https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/be9c6fd6-28ac-4476-a29b-3955e08ea990/An-important-part-of-Setos-daily-Orthodox-practices-was-venerating-ancestors-and-various.png Seto - Make it stand out Seto women https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/05e0e472-71f0-4136-b659-87feeb04c732/SUK127_126.jpg Seto - Make it stand out Seto wedding, 1912 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/e35c49a1-21f7-457a-a5f7-eb7ea65ca7c4/D4YHeTfWkAAi2kC.jpg+large.jpg Seto - Make it stand out The church of St Varvara in Pechory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/3a80ec77-942e-4f34-ab3d-95d1cb7e4f19/img-2.png Seto - Make it stand out Map of the Seto population in 1922. A. Chalvin, ‘La construction de l’identité des Setos (1920-1940)’, Études finno-ougriennes, vol. 43 (2011). https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/sound-and-movement daily 0.75 2022-05-02 https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/on-the-map daily 0.75 2022-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/3389ed3e-b9bf-4276-a145-8cb2df471874/Picture+1.jpg On the Map - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/18fe3e42-78e9-4505-9457-9275fdf44071/Picture+2.jpg On the Map - Make it stand out Map of Livland province showing the percentage of apostates from Orthodoxy in Orthodox parishes in 1888. 1:63000, 55 x 71 cm. RA, EAA.2072.10.45. https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/ivan-boltov daily 0.75 2025-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/541f37cf-5073-4c58-8fb9-9541e1bffb13/1200px-Alajo%CC%83e_o%CC%83igeusu_kirik%2C_kirikuaed.JPG Ivan Boltov - Make it stand out The walls of the Alajõe Rozhdestvo Bogoroditsy church, perhaps close to where Zinaida’s body was found https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/9436f908-5644-4415-a468-97ecc6713f5c/1200px-Mustvee_Pu%CC%88ha_Nikolause_kirik2.jpg Ivan Boltov - Make it stand out Mustvee Nikolaevskaia church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/0b9348a7-75b7-40a3-94b2-b86b9e638842/i_036.jpg Ivan Boltov - Make it stand out Psalmist and priest (Father Ioann Zhuravlev with the psalmist V. Khlamov) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/dbe5ac4d-7db8-4592-bf0e-dcfc5b3efef1/Oleshnitsa.png Ivan Boltov - Make it stand out Map of the murder site (EAA.105.1.11294) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/b8880362-e93e-4427-9823-639525024fdb/Troitskii.jpg Ivan Boltov - Make it stand out Father Aleksandr Troitskii (1870-1947) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/9d14d30b-47fa-4cd6-a8cb-be052d58b7af/epam_82291.jpg Ivan Boltov - Make it stand out Lohusuu school, late imperial period https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/3c314799-6881-47e4-9661-e85f9bbac256/Postkontor-Alajo%CC%83e-Virumaa-ca1930-vanadpildid-Maie-Ange-kogust.jpg Ivan Boltov - Make it stand out Alajõe, c. 1930 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/42801a85-7b88-46a6-b414-9bd35b94a888/1.-Apostliku-oigeusu-kiriku-noukogu-06.11.1932-Vasakult-istuvad-1.-Nikolai-Tammkirikuvanem-3.-Paavel-Gorshkov-munkpreester-paremalt-1.-istub-Ivan-Ivanov-esimees.png Ivan Boltov - Make it stand out Parish councillors and priest in the Tapa Orthodox church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/88e238bd-063c-45e9-98e9-1f161e6bec81/ingangsgrinden-fran-narvavagen.jpg Ivan Boltov - Make it stand out Alajõe Orthodox church today https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/peeter-mihkelson daily 0.75 2025-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/39b08ad7-b8a0-4296-ab88-4aa0e6d84a27/konnu-start-school-building.jpg Peeter Mihkelson - Make it stand out Kõnnu’s school, 1936 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/f8fe9229-fede-4e12-b645-53e129bfd842/Riga-Orthodox-Theological-Seminary-building-nowadays-Riga-Stradins-University-building.png Peeter Mihkelson - Make it stand out The Riga seminary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/8dbb1404-16d5-46e1-9e4d-6159e6e980ba/full.jpg Peeter Mihkelson - Make it stand out Mihkelson’s calendar for 1894 https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/jnis-pommers daily 0.75 2025-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/5a58a6aa-2a68-4ac1-94b7-61f10676ee25/Pommers.png Jānis (Pommers) - Make it stand out Archbishop Jānis (Pommers) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/3452aeea-6ba1-4d5b-a8a7-749dfbe48e26/10028_20100407_233013.jpg Jānis (Pommers) - Make it stand out Alekseevskii monastery (today a Catholic chapel) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/fa67d484-23e1-407b-94b6-8fc66650df3e/udens_sveet.jpg Jānis (Pommers) - Make it stand out Blessing the waters during Epiphany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/c5944dd1-2bb5-4620-893c-6790863b5f25/katedraalee.jpg Jānis (Pommers) - Make it stand out Performing the liturgy in the Riga cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/2de248c1-c2bf-45b3-a6ab-4596f0e64e5f/beeru+gaajiens.jpg Jānis (Pommers) - Make it stand out Funeral of Archbishop Jānis https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/speech-from-the-latvian-archbishop-1923 daily 0.75 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/7348f26a-54f3-4a4b-b9ef-991dcd9432bd/%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD_%28%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%29.jpg Speech from the Latvian archbishop, 1923 - Make it stand out Archbishop Jānis (Pommers) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/ae181783-1e9d-4a53-a3d3-5be3bfb478d9/sinod.jpg Speech from the Latvian archbishop, 1923 - Make it stand out A later session of the Synod of the Latvian Orthodox Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/9a8eff70-ae12-43e9-a5bc-df7ca2fe19ed/pommer-in-cathedral.jpg Speech from the Latvian archbishop, 1923 - Make it stand out Archbishop Jānis in the Riga cathedral, 1929 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/b3dce033-ebdd-4257-8f9d-8314734b0fcc/krestnij-hod_1.jpg Speech from the Latvian archbishop, 1923 - Make it stand out Orthodox cross-procession in inter-war Latvia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/669abe7f-0eaf-4213-ba06-8c70bca172d7/seminarija-prepodi.jpg Speech from the Latvian archbishop, 1923 - Make it stand out Archbishop Jānis at the Riga seminary with students, 1926 https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/orthodoxy-in-estonia-1917 daily 0.75 2022-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/0718345c-7ebe-43d7-8d4a-add0f2dd97bc/RGB+%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80+%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0X.jpg Orthodoxy in Estonia, 1917 - 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Make it stand out Estonian-speaking Orthodox church in Pärnu (built in 1904) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/bc42626f-fdee-4c5b-a356-60ab7fa2ecbf/525368t1h3ba3.jpg Orthodoxy in Estonia, 1917 - Make it stand out Archpriest Nikolai Päts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/410e1225-64d1-4f7f-8be6-70ce3d072214/Michael_Bleive.jpg Orthodoxy in Estonia, 1917 - Make it stand out Father Mihhail Bleive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1d260612-b06b-4a09-94f2-338d79a197b2/21.png Orthodoxy in Estonia, 1917 - Make it stand out Archpriest Pavel Kulbusch (centre right: picture courtesy of Father Andrei Sõtšov) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/42104a07-6279-4f10-9191-60cabfc5631f/iosif-petrovih-8.jpg Orthodoxy in Estonia, 1917 - Make it stand out Bishop Iosif (Petrovykh) of Uglich https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/joann-marik daily 0.75 2023-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/66d83e26-da77-4a27-9395-aa6ecd1d2b54/ajapaik3.jpg Joann Ümarik - 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Make it stand out Father Nikolai Perekhval’skii https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/joann-envere daily 0.75 2023-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/0adb757e-6181-4042-929e-e948d112f1b5/Joann+Envere_foto_hea.jpg Joann Envere - Make it stand out Father Joann Envere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/37c02e03-26da-4d07-b1e5-257192886ca1/2022-05-22.jpg Joann Envere - Make it stand out Mustvee church of St Nicholas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/a5b02e37-493a-41e3-b2c1-90d2c011a31b/Tartu_Aleksandri_kirik.jpg Joann Envere - Make it stand out Tartu church of St Aleksandr Nevskii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1e631ca5-cdc4-4f5e-9e08-f80ad32f52a1/PA121864-RA-kogust-pr-Joann-Envere.jpg Joann Envere - Make it stand out Father Joann Envere https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/andrei-ramul daily 0.75 2025-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/5bbc76b0-6fef-4f77-b36a-c2af6c0c3809/ajapaik.jpg Andrei Ramul - Make it stand out Father Andrei Ramul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/721efd76-707b-44b3-bf1a-4cfb09af6819/IMG_Lymanda_kirik.JPG Andrei Ramul - Make it stand out The Lümanda Orthodox church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/5cd54536-ebea-45a9-ad59-d70bf9ec2640/1600_900_false_false_30df3d30059a2e31fded926b246ce1c8.jpg Andrei Ramul - Make it stand out Interior of the Tallinn church of the Transfiguration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/fbfe0628-e1f0-4a48-88ce-be35bea7424e/Screenshot+2023-10-30+at+17-54-11+Meie+Isa+-+nlib-digar_339731.pdf.png Andrei Ramul - Make it stand out Copy of Father Andrei’s song “Our Father” https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/partners-bedford daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390505394162-W51WFS0M8F9TXWY7LPDY/chambers-10.jpg Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390409437321-Q9EZYDA52XWMFWJIQRU6/logo-2.jpg Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390409437266-8DADKO4VSI8O9JEYQ58I/logo-4.jpg Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390409437284-U9500QOC95REDBT90G9L/logo-1.jpg Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390409437242-8SZY5F04GD012C425QZ6/logo-3.jpg Partners https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/home-alt-bedford daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390500612440-PGQSIY8KL9F7T5VIXQLO/chambers-2.jpg Home Alt A better world Starts with a choice Contact Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390500503574-5BAPXZO9U06UV61P49UO/chambers1.jpg Home Alt Sustainability Starts with you Join Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390500933384-LII4SRIPHFYOUFX0UCXC/chambers-4.jpg Home Alt A better world Starts with a choice Join Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390504287124-HQ8GNX1JCE22V047MSQ9/chambers-8.jpg Home Alt Preserve Nature Join Us https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/projects-bedford daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390597386640-3KVLE657DTIG7GJ4AQE2/tumblr_mjdttrQLOJ1rkz363o7_1280.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390513704892-X6RLQ8I6CZ7RH14SLT95/tumblr_mjco89cUVY1rkz363o1_1280.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390513762052-20QA8XOF4PAJV9MQ8VIT/tumblr_mlsetsKySj1rkz363o4_1280.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390513827835-7X0ZFXSD0X2H8JVTM0G7/tumblr_mqvsd7ij1c1rkz363o1_1280.jpg Projects https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/aleksander-paulus daily 0.75 2025-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/99396563-5895-4524-ad9e-afcdd6ba1132/va%CC%88lbed+ja+ju%CC%88ri+2+%281%29.jpg Aleksander (Paulus) - Make it stand out Group picture of the Laiuse clergy in 1911: Father Aleksander Paulus and his son Aleksander are on the back row, third and second from the right, respectively. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/c801476c-f382-4ab2-bbe8-ac4a88026739/PaulusAleksander1945.jpg Aleksander (Paulus) - Make it stand out Metropolitan Aleksander (Paulus) in Germany, 1945 https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/grigorii-krug daily 0.75 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/92897e0c-7412-420f-9095-a4b705142721/serge-chevitch-biographie-3.jpg Grigorii (Krug) - Make it stand out Grigorii (Krug) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/302764aa-17e6-420d-9279-227ea6639642/Picture+1.jpg Grigorii (Krug) - Make it stand out Natürmort (Estonian Art Museum, oil, 1920s) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/7aea4e19-df1d-4a82-ba80-fda35f89f565/Picture+2.jpg Grigorii (Krug) - Make it stand out Pears (undated, probably 1920s) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/ee4a0e84-f11f-48fe-97c2-2695fae74b61/Picture+3.jpg Grigorii (Krug) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/c05175f3-ee59-43b5-a681-28c4f4ac6c1b/Picture+4.jpg Grigorii (Krug) - Make it stand out The Holy Evening Meal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/32da7b79-86cf-4d17-b39a-17bf70046fae/Picture+5.jpg Grigorii (Krug) - Make it stand out Apostle Thomas Witnessing the Wounds of the Risen Christ https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/agafangels-visitation-1900 daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/51495e8a-d2b9-4a62-b005-280691b59667/EAA.5410.1.60.53.jpg Agafangel's Visitation, 1900 - Make it stand out Bishop Platon (Kulbusch) visiting Suure-Jaani in 1918 (EAA.5410.1.60.53) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/9911cc5b-2fed-4136-9bac-d9062e6c0605/TLA.+Jakob-ja-Helena-Vaarask.jpg Agafangel's Visitation, 1900 - Make it stand out Father Jakob Vaarask and his wife Helena https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/35e6d476-32e7-44e7-9040-94e2f26a3e3f/EFA.563.0.181924.jpg Agafangel's Visitation, 1900 - Make it stand out Archbishop Agafangel (Preobrazhenskii) of Riga, 1907 (EFA.563.0.181924) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/37f32fe0-ca23-48b0-8060-4f27cf3610dc/119496373_1710976925719989_3374502755735941395_n.jpg Agafangel's Visitation, 1900 - Make it stand out Jaan Spuhl (Orthodox sacristan and schoolmaster on Vormsi), his wife Juula, and two of their children (HMK_F6409) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/56604097-2ba2-483c-a7f9-c86f991785a5/eaa2288_001_0000045_00145.JPG Agafangel's Visitation, 1900 - Make it stand out Jakob Vaarask’s diary entries for 24 and 25 July 1900 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/e54db7c7-972b-4d96-822f-c29ac2ff4090/EFA.554.0.183033.jpg Agafangel's Visitation, 1900 - Make it stand out Hullo meadow, 1935 (EFA.554.0.183033) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/847eaa1e-c13c-4b46-8913-d77798d3d98d/EFA.661.10.110631.jpg Agafangel's Visitation, 1900 - Make it stand out Father Aleksandr Bezhanitskii (the dean of Haapsalu), 1911 (EFA.661.10.110631) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/9ab8ff57-e273-49d6-978e-31e33007c561/Vormsi_%C3%B5igeusu_kirik.JPG Agafangel's Visitation, 1900 - Make it stand out Ruins of the Vormsi Orthodox church today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/9e1390c5-5bc8-4262-9672-e9c580a567ee/EFA.554.0.183018.jpg Agafangel's Visitation, 1900 - Make it stand out Vormsi Orthodox church and school building, 1934 (EFA.554.0.183018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/a0526a79-491a-4838-83ec-b95e844fea5f/EAA.5410.1.53.70.jpg Agafangel's Visitation, 1900 - Make it stand out Archpriest Nikolai Leisman and his family (EAA.5410.1.53.70) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/9e4845e3-38f5-41fe-8800-9b45ac282e55/EAA.1316.1.24.13.jpg Agafangel's Visitation, 1900 - Make it stand out Postcard of Haapsalu castle and houses, early twentieth century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/bd4e9e45-4cb0-4ac7-b39d-91c93a9861a5/28755135_10215631729050920_894635552_o-640x480.jpg Agafangel's Visitation, 1900 - Make it stand out The Vormsi Orthodox parochial house (ironically enough given Vaarask’s teetotalism, today a pub) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/de38f1b8-519b-48b3-bc57-7f66f5274195/ajapaik.jpg Agafangel's Visitation, 1900 - Make it stand out Ruins of Magnushof manor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/f0e8f3d4-4070-40a9-8adb-ada1619c27bf/EAA.5410.1.51.43.jpg Agafangel's Visitation, 1900 - Make it stand out Konstantin Kreek (Orthodox sacristan and schoolmaster on Vormsi) with his wife Maria, early 1900s (EAA.5410.1.51.43) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/abacf8f4-1596-46bb-9665-b6c0fbe112a0/ajapaik1.jpg Agafangel's Visitation, 1900 - Make it stand out Harbour of Sviby, Vormsi https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/mission daily 0.75 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/077562a0-7609-4ecd-9d1a-87364fa67b26/3.jpg Mission - Make it stand out Clergy in front of a church of the Altai mission: founded in the late 1830s, the mission’s aim was to convert the polytheist peoples of the Altai (western Siberia) to Orthodoxy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/a5c54e45-0547-44c9-86c5-c12194f8af14/Dmitrij-Zhukov.-Spor-o-vere.jpg Mission - Make it stand out Dmitrii Zhukov, An Argument about Faith (1867) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/54a436ed-d410-43c5-a031-d8fe3a8595fd/199443.jpg Mission - Make it stand out Vasilii Perov, An Argument about Faith (in a Train Carriage) (1880) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1e00b175-8692-47bd-b185-dbdbefdffd19/EFA.554.0.187045.jpg Mission - Make it stand out Old Believer prayer house in Kallaste, Estonia, 1923 (EFA.554.0.187045) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/f943a295-71bd-431c-8f51-3b7ff4e68970/PlissX.jpg Mission - Make it stand out Archpriest Vladimir Pliss, lecturer in ‘anti-schismatic’ studies at the Riga seminary (later chair of the Riga Diocesan Missionary Council) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/92141db8-7870-4e86-8cac-a83425fc1e11/PA121907-pr-JOANN-PAVEL-perega-RA-kogust-12.10.2016.jpg Mission - Make it stand out Father Joann Pavel (Estonian Orthodox missionary) and his family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/f6d5ef85-496f-404f-a6ab-eb7925f46702/09-8baea636b8d7444ba659bacea09a54bf.jpg Mission - Make it stand out Teodors Bucens, Latvian Orthodox missionary (photo from interwar period) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/84aa011f-43ff-4d16-869b-270a6dfb9afe/000529.jpg Mission - Make it stand out Riga All-Saints’ church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/860e509e-fde5-48a7-a8d4-d1d96decf6b9/william-f.-dom-evangeliya-1024x681.jpg Mission - Make it stand out William Fetler and his co-religionists outside their Baptist prayer house in St Petersburg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/42ca05fc-be3c-4265-a3c6-329c482a0da4/Alex+LismanX.jpg Mission - Make it stand out Father Aleksandrs Lismanis https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/electing-a-bishop-1937 daily 0.75 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/ec57c965-6c9d-4f6f-9436-5c13ab024f95/Bishop_Evsevy.jpg Electing a bishop, 1937 - Make it stand out Archbishop Evsevii (Grozdov) (1866-1929) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/96b45741-8d48-4438-933e-85208fcac2f9/640px-%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%2C_1934.webp Electing a bishop, 1937 - Make it stand out Archpriest Pavel Dmitrovskii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/5b24dce4-abda-4d06-a3b3-ed1ed782137a/800px-%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%2C_1921.webp Electing a bishop, 1937 - Make it stand out Archpriest Vasilii Chernozerskii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/465adf5e-b994-48f6-ad31-512540efb496/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%81_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C_1901.jpg Electing a bishop, 1937 - Make it stand out Father Pavel Dmitrovskii with his wife Anastasiia shortly before her death in 1901 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/61361280-be27-435a-ba08-4a2992831763/EAA.5466.1.21.37.jpg Electing a bishop, 1937 - Make it stand out Narva church of the Trinity (EAA.5466.1.21.37) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/11e11728-c09f-40bc-9945-2fede2d993cb/EAA.5466.1.20.122.jpg Electing a bishop, 1937 - Make it stand out Vasknarva church of St Elijah, interwar period (EAA.5466.1.20.122) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/dde5b91b-4b52-4d46-be18-85389cb2fb22/05600_20150226_234224.jpg Electing a bishop, 1937 - Make it stand out Pechki church of St George, present day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/c0cd4dc0-85b8-4317-8397-beb7efc9be1c/EAA.5466.1.21.21.jpg Electing a bishop, 1937 - Make it stand out Narva church of St Vladimir (figure in the front is likely Father Pavel Kalinkin), interwar period (EAA.5466.1.21.21) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/6253bb61-f38e-4692-a7e1-a52c85337f40/EFA.332.0.155438.jpg Electing a bishop, 1937 - Make it stand out Jaama church of St Nicholas, 1990 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/63e070aa-9296-4e2b-add4-86d3b5734e2b/EAA.4643.1.577.12.jpg Electing a bishop, 1937 - Make it stand out Narva cathedral of the Transfiguration, 1929 (EAA.4643.1.577.12) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/52006cf6-0c74-4b9b-8973-f22c1e089480/EAA.5355.1.337.169%281%29.jpg Electing a bishop, 1937 - Make it stand out From left to right: Archbishop Herman (Aav), Metropolitan Aleksander (Paulus), Metropolitan Augustīns (Pētersons), and Archbishop Nikolai (Leisman) perform together at Bishop Pavel (Dmitrovskii’s) consecration, 3 October 1937 (EAA.5355.1.337.169) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1ddd9fd7-356a-49b3-95bc-316a87332d83/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%8F_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%B2%D0%BE_%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%B8_%D0%98%D0%B7%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%B2_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5_3.10.1937.jpg Electing a bishop, 1937 - Make it stand out Consecration of Bishop Pavel (Dmitrovskii), 3 October 1937 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/2411bd72-b0a9-4af5-bab2-06709323ff97/3.-arhiepiskop-pavel-e1669301668354-576x613.jpg Electing a bishop, 1937 - Make it stand out Archbishop Pavel (Dmitrovskii) of Tallinn and Estonia, c. 1946-47 https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/the-fake-metropolitan-1926 daily 0.75 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/8bd0a979-ebb9-48ef-ae6c-36a403fd1314/EFA.11.2.1630.jpg The fake metropolitan, 1926 - Make it stand out Estonian-Soviet border, 1920 (EFA.11.2.1630) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/b5803610-68cf-4dd9-9910-502c4bc2c1a2/Screenshot+2026-02-18+165616.png The fake metropolitan, 1926 - Make it stand out Clerical service list of Archpriest Aleksii Pavskii of the Narva cathedral of the Transfiguration for 1928 (EAA.1655.2.2706). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/b82f25a3-443d-462d-8ef4-b1283333432c/Screenshot+2026-02-17+103015.png The fake metropolitan, 1926 - Make it stand out Pavel Agapitov https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/e41a220f-9a22-47c8-a58a-c642417d4c50/EFA.563.0.181924.jpg The fake metropolitan, 1926 - Make it stand out Archbishop Agafangel (Preobrazhenskii) of Riga, 1907 (EFA.563.0.181924) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/58216443-6d69-4be2-98e5-91782ec5d512/12539_20231116_0103271.jpg The fake metropolitan, 1926 - Make it stand out The church of the Birth of Christ in present-day Romanovka (Saratov diocese), close to where Agapov worked https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/232f530b-0af2-4f09-bd76-cef852246667/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B3%D0%B5_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%98%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BA_%2C%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8%2C_15.03.1915-1.jpg The fake metropolitan, 1926 - Make it stand out The 12th Siberian rifle regiment in position near Grodno, 1915 (not Agapitov’s alleged regiment, of which few pictures exist) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/99743476-34a8-4c09-ab12-74c39527f114/EAA.2073.2.203.1%281%29.jpg The fake metropolitan, 1926 - Make it stand out Estonian-Soviet railway border, 1930s (EAA.2073.2.203.1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/56e0a2ed-7d77-4a1a-8913-213a63d7ba84/pommer2_1.jpg The fake metropolitan, 1926 - Make it stand out Archbishop Jānis (Pommers) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/f984ca62-670f-487e-96ca-57f53e570191/liepna-aleksandr-2-2010X.jpg The fake metropolitan, 1926 - Make it stand out The Liepna church of St Elijah (original church destroyed in the 1940s) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/b3357e16-7ca5-4923-b610-423f86590abe/EFA.563.0.181946.jpg The fake metropolitan, 1926 - Make it stand out Metropolitan Agafangel (Preobrazhenskii) of Iaroslavl, 1921 (EFA.563.0.181946) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/d2a6749b-2ae2-446e-8569-282f5b3d499e/EAA.2111.1.15469.1.jpg The fake metropolitan, 1926 - Make it stand out Estonian-Latvian border in Valga/Valka, interwar period (EAA.2111.1.15469.1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/4c2a52d3-89a3-4274-9d9c-f9c214a0134a/Screenshot+2026-02-18+173938.png The fake metropolitan, 1926 - Make it stand out Agapitov’s petition from prison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/29736082-8f7e-40f5-a308-b8a45acaf3f8/EFA.36.A.103.106.jpg The fake metropolitan, 1926 - Make it stand out Metropolitan Aleksander (Paulus), 1933 (EFA.36.A.103.106) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/f83d7c18-a0e0-4f56-80eb-993dbbed5faa/EFA.554.0.186028.jpg The fake metropolitan, 1926 - Make it stand out Pechory monastery of the Assumption, 1920 (EFA.554.0.186028) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/4d618e81-dfb7-447b-876f-203c9c09c0c3/1735240458.jpg The fake metropolitan, 1926 - Make it stand out The Veclaicene church of the Theotokos today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/5413f99c-ca03-4d79-badf-db429e77e933/slovo-redaction_1.jpg The fake metropolitan, 1926 - Make it stand out Editors of the newspaper Slovo sitting with Archbishop Jānis (Pommers) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/6fe347e4-d5ae-44a8-9ab0-eb024fc11f86/Poland-Latvia_border.jpg The fake metropolitan, 1926 - Make it stand out Polish-Latvian border, 1934 https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/aleksander-toom daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/0d3ec079-75c9-41b5-87e0-ce3c618aba52/EFA.554.0.185756.jpg Aleksander Toom - Make it stand out Ööriku church of the Trinity, Saaremaa, 1925 (EFA.554.0.185756) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/6113d577-10f8-43ae-9c0e-164c8feba088/EFA.554.0.182559.jpg Aleksander Toom - Make it stand out A primary school in Pähkla,1937 (EFA.554.0.182559) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/e17bc7e1-1fc6-434f-ad1a-5d798aa3f5ad/M%C3%A4em%C3%B5isa_%C3%B5igeusu_kiriku_varemed.jpg Aleksander Toom - Make it stand out Ruins of the Mäemõisa church of St Nicholas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/73374aa9-81f2-410e-9915-666eb4805b85/EAA.5466.1.20.115.jpg Aleksander Toom - Make it stand out Interior of the Uue-Virtsu church of the Birth of Christ, interwar period (EAA.5466.1.20.115) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/6955ed9d-2bcc-44da-a5b5-d687f0f85f07/EFA.98.3.8282.jpg Aleksander Toom - Make it stand out Kiviõli oil refinery, interwar period (EFA.98.3.8282) https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/vasilii-blagodatskii daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/187854ce-f4c2-4a38-92f3-d145b92a707f/EFA.51.A.266.110.jpg Vasilii Blagodatskii - Make it stand out Soldiers of the 6th Infantry Regiment of the Estonian army dug in near Kriushi, 22 December 1919 (EFA.51.A.266.110) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/cdbcea47-0867-4895-8427-c99b0aac6877/slice94-1435__era0014_015_0002482_00024_t.jpg Vasilii Blagodatskii - Make it stand out Deacon Nikolai Zadvinskii, 1927 (ERA.14.15.2482) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/c15924bb-2279-4928-972f-340334c55df0/ERA.5117.1.21.7.1.jpg Vasilii Blagodatskii - Make it stand out Kriushi church of St Alexander Nevskii, 1929 (ERA.5117.1.21.7.1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/95497cc5-87c3-4458-ad1f-0d303179d33f/era0927_003_0003517_00148_t.jpg Vasilii Blagodatskii - Make it stand out The body of Father Vasilii Blagodatskii (crime scene photograph, 15 October 1921) (ERA.927.3.3517) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/479fc317-a7bf-49f4-9f41-1f3a616e6c2d/EFA.48.A.295.84.jpg Vasilii Blagodatskii - Make it stand out View of Kriushi, 1920 (EFA.48.A.295.8) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/1e2d7e58-1630-4307-a0a2-985816cfe808/EAA.5466.1.19.113.jpg Vasilii Blagodatskii - Make it stand out Repaired interior of the Kriushi church of St Alexander Nevskii, interwar period (EAA.5466.1.19.113) https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/structure daily 0.75 2026-03-25 https://www.balticorthodoxy.com/richard-valdak daily 0.75 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/c1b4bd5a-661b-4f93-b8d5-ed7ef2007c9e/Valdak_katolik.jpg Richard Valdak - Make it stand out Richard Valdak as a Catholic priest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/4c187f42-52e4-4926-8e8d-b0f49d3df6c2/EAA.5266.1.1237.135.jpg Richard Valdak - Make it stand out The Catholic church in Narva, 1940 (EAA.5266.1.1237.135) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cfb7acc5f780000013d565d/c68274c7-8729-46d7-b11a-03118d75d540/Valdak-ja-kogudus-scaled.jpg Richard Valdak - Make it stand out Valdak with his Uniate congregation