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David Caspari was rector of the cathedral school in the late 17th century. His son Georg Caspari also served at the cathedral. Following a 1923 referendum the Lutheran Church had been forced to share the cathedral with the Roman Catholic Church, [1] but this was reversed in the 1931 Latvian Riga Cathedral referendum, returning it to the ...
St James's Cathedral (Latvian: Svētā Jēkaba katedrāle, German: Jakobskirche) is the Roman Catholic cathedral of Riga in Latvia. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint James the Greater . The building is part of the Old Riga UNESCO World Heritage Site and lies directly opposite the House of the Livonian Noble Corporation , the meeting place of ...
A plaque marking Lutheran church property at Rīgas Doms (Riga Lutheran cathedral), Herdera laukums 6. Lutheran cathedrals in Latvia: Riga Cathedral in Riga; Holy Trinity Cathedral in Liepāja; Daugavpils Cathedral in Daugavpils
The Nativity of Christ Cathedral is renowned for its icons, some of which were painted by Vasili Vereshchagin. During the First World War German troops occupied Riga and turned its largest Russian Orthodox cathedral into a Lutheran church. In independent Latvia, the Nativity of Christ Cathedral once again became an Orthodox cathedral in 1921.
An 1830s church, designated as a cathedral by the Pope, is in need of extensive repairs after becoming riddled with wet rot, a report has said.
The medieval archbishops are listed at Archbishopric of Riga. The following is a list of office holders since the restoration of the office. [7] The first, Kārlis Irbe, was bishop in charge; the others have all been titled Archbishop of Riga. 1922 - 1933 - Kārlis Irbe; 1933 - 1944 - Teodors Grīnbergs; 1948 - 1968 - Gustavs Tūrs
In the 1880s the Orthodox Nativity Cathedral was built in Riga. However, it was always regarded suspiciously by the Lutheran Germanic nobles of the area; conversely the predominantly German character of the Lutheran Church in Latvia was a factor in the movement of some 40,000 Latvians from the Lutheran to the Orthodox Church.
Riga Cathedral (Rīgas Doms) in the capital Riga was originally built in 1211. The main religion traditionally practiced in Latvia is Christianity . As of 2019 [update] , it is the largest religion (68.84%), [ 1 ] though only about 7% of the population attends religious services regularly.