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Built in 2007, this is the first and so far only Lutheran church built in Estonia since World War Two. It was designed by architects Martin Aunin and Erkki Ristoja.<\/p>\n

Situated on the waterfront, the church was consecrated on 25 July 2007 and was erected in memory of all those who have lost their lives at sea.<\/p>\n

In front of the church\u00a0is a memorial stone to the victims of the Estonia ferry disaster, with each of their names inscribed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":512858,"parent":0,"template":"","visitestonia-kategooria":[33791,33786],"class_list":["post-600964","visitestonia","type-visitestonia","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","visitestonia-kategooria-architecture-and-history","visitestonia-kategooria-history-culture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSt. Jacob\u2019s Church in Viimsi | Visit Harju<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/viimsi-puha-jaakobi-kirik\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"St. Jacob\u2019s Church in Viimsi | Visit Harju\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Built in 2007, this is the first and so far only Lutheran church built in Estonia since World War Two. 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