Tourist Attractions & Sightseeing

Built in 1802 it is the one Old Believers’ church in Piirissaare that has survived. The other one got destroyed during the German occupation. Many old believers’ themselves were deported by the Germans. It is still a tradition that the fisherme...

This 1883 built Old Believers’ chapel just at the Lake Peipsi was damaged by a fire at the end of the 20th century. The village its self was first mentioned in 1592 as Kolko. It still feels – in the midst of Russian influences and wild nature –...

The Old Believers in Tartu joined together as a congregation in 1740. Since their prominent building was bombed to ruins during the II World War they settled in in the front hall of their remaining tower hall. They never gained back the strengt...