A church is known to have stood there in the midst of the green at least from the year
1627. The current little building from the year 1855 replaces the wooden one that had
been burned down. If you see graves in the church yard that date back to t...
The St. Catherine's Church was built by order of the Russian Empress Catherine II. While visiting Pärnu, she was puzzled by the fact that the Orthodox community had only one church (the now destroyed St. John's Church) at their disposal. Completed in 17...
St. Catherine’s church is the only Medieval one in Muhu. Its starchy thick walls hint that
the church was used as a fort or shelter as well. A most rare Viking time trapeze shaped
grave stone is bricked in its wall – a proof that the island sets o...