Very large church in small village/farm. Though it was locked up tight it was an interesting stop... read more
Very large church in small village/farm. Though it was locked up tight it was an interesting stop... read more
One of the biggest and oldest churces in Saaremaa. In spite estonians are ot religious people, this... read more
Christianity came late to Estonia, so a lot of the earliest churches date only to around the 1200s and contain pagan symbols inside. One of the coolest of these is the Kaarma Kirik. I have actually visited it twice, the first time because on the outside of the church is the oldest written example of the Estonian language. A plaque on the outside wall reads basically "In this year was this church completed. Peter and Paul in the year 1407." I went back to go inside the church to get a picture of one of the largest pentacles I have ever seen, and certainly one of the only ones I have seen in a church!