EAÕK Ilmjärve Jumalailmumise kirik

Register of cultural monuments Description of the monument A historicist building with a three-part structure with a Latin cross-shaped basic plan and a symmetrical building with a brick decor symmetrical about the central axis. Towers 5, all with 8 facets and onions. The plan is traditional, with a bell tower and an apse. Iconostasis simple, historicist. (Inventory of Orthodox Churches, 1987). History of the monument The day of the founding of the parish of Ilmjärv is considered to be April 4 (16) 1846, when the first Lutheran was saved as an Orthodox. In the same year, 3,152 people were converted to Lutheranism and a church was founded. In 1848, a small wooden church with five towers was built on the territory of Ilmjärve kroonumõisa for the money of the synod.1849. The cemetery at the church was also consecrated in. The church soon became narrow. The new church with stone bricks was built in 1873 with money allocated by the Holy Synod and under the auspices of the Adjutant General of the Baltic Governor General Albedinski, according to the design of the engineer-architect Bauman. In 1925, the church was renovated and restored. During the war of 1944, the roof of the church, some towers and furnishings suffered. Plants Käos, reporter The owner of Väätsa Farm, Mats Saks from Mäeküla, Stsaste Parish, Ants Must Lauküla and Kaga Rein (surname unknown) from Pühajärv took a dangerous journey in 1841 to the Bishop of Riga, Irinarch (Popov), to visit the Orthodox Church. The men went for a walk, bread bags on them, juniper sticks in their hands, pastels under their arms (so that they would not wear out prematurely, they were put on their feet only in the evening, without going awry). They walked along sidewalks through forests, swamps and bogs to evade captors. They arrived in Riga and got what the soul longed for. At home, however, the landlord was angry and disgusted. Ants Must was able to escape to Pskov and lived there for half a year. Mats Saks hid herself in the manor house with the help of a friendly cardboard all summer long, and she carried him to eat at night. Kaga Reinu's hand was the worst - he was imprisoned and beaten to death by the landlord. The day of the founding of the parish of Ilmjärv is considered to be April 4 (16) 1846, when the first Lutheran was saved as an Orthodox. In the same year, 3,152 people were converted to Lutheranism and a church was founded. The first church was located in Mäeküla, Sangaste municipality, and the official name was Sangaste congregation. The service was held in a house built for that purpose. The building material for the house was provided by von Berg, the owner of Sangaste manor. The peasants hauled what was received from the landlord and built a temporary church with two windows, which had no foundation wall and was five fathoms long and four fathoms wide (10.67 × 8.53 m). There was no bell tower, three bells hung on top of the columns. Although the building was more like a barn than a church, it was used for worship between 1846 and 1848. On December 17, 1847, there were so many members that the congregation was divided into two independent congregations: Ilmjärve and Laatre. In 1848, a small wooden church with five towers was built on the territory of Ilmjärve crown manor for the money of the synod. It was consecrated in honor of the appearance of the Lord. There were more than 3,000 members of the congregation at that time. In 1849, a cemetery was consecrated at the church. When the church in Mäeküla ceased operations, Berg sold the temporary church there to a Valga carpenter, who used the material to build his own private house. It soon became clear that the church built on the land of Ilmjärve kroonumõisa was narrow. Services were held from 1848 to 1873. until. The new church with stone bricks was built in 1873 with money allocated by the Holy Synod and under the auspices of the Adjutant General of the Baltic Governor General Albedinski, according to the design of the engineer-architect Bauman. The church was consecrated on January 6 in honor of the apparition. After Alexander Eller, the congregation was served by Martin Savin until the congregation was maintained by Raissar. During the war of 1944, the roof of the church, some towers and furnishings suffered.