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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.
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
Riga Cathedral (Latvian: Rīgas Doms; German: Dom zu Riga) formally The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary, is the Evangelical Lutheran cathedral in Riga, Latvia. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Riga .
Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ may refer to: Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ, Cairo, a Coptic Orthodox cathedral in the as-yet-unnamed New Administrative Capital, Egypt; Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ, Riga, an Orthodox cathedral in Riga, Latvia
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.
Cathedral of the Nativity, and its variants, can refer to: Albania. Shkodër Orthodox Cathedral (Nativity of Christ Orthodox Cathedral) Egypt. Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ (Cairo) Latvia. Nativity Cathedral, Riga; Moldova. Nativity Cathedral, Chișinău; Russia. Cathedral of the Nativity in Suzdal; South Africa. Cathedral of the Holy ...
English: Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ, Riga, Latvia Русский: Собор Рождества Христова, Рига, Латвия This is a photo of cultural heritage monument of Latvia number
Among the buildings designed by Pflug in Riga, the Nativity Cathedral, the House of the Livonian Noble Corporation (designed together with Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis and Otto von Sievers; today the Latvian parliament, the Saeima) and the Haus Szczytt - House of Justynian Niemirowicz-Szczytt (1814-1894) [2] [3] - the building of the present-day ...