St. Michael's Monastery (Tallinn)

It was founded in 1249, according to some reports, by decree of the Danish King Eric IV Plow Penny . Perhaps earlier in this territory was the chapel of St. Vyacheslav (Wenceslas) in memory of the battle of 1219 ^[1] .

Originally located outside the city walls, but with the expansion of the city territory since 1310, it was in the city limits and, over time, under the protection of the city walls of Tallinn . The monastery buildings were erected no later than 1300, the oldest of the surviving to date are the premises of the northern and eastern outbuildings that have preserved decoration elements (round columns, stylized naturalistic ornament of capitals ).

During its heyday, the monastery owned several villages in the vicinity of the city and two manors - Nabal ^[2] and Kuymets ^[3] .

During the reformation, the nuns converted to Lutheranism (1543), which prevented the closure of the monastery.

In 1629, the last abbess Kate Kudling died, the monastery property was secularized , and the monastery ceased to exist.

On February 16, 1631, the Tallinn City Council and the Chivalry of Estonia came to an agreement to transfer the monastery property of the Tallinn Gymnasium (now Gustav Adolf Gymnasium ), the monastery church was given to the Swedish garrison of Tallinn.

Transformed in 1716 into the Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration of Our Savior , the church was rebuilt many times, the iconostasis of the work of Ivan Zarudny was preserved. The building is currently under the jurisdiction of the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church .

JAAN TAMM TALLINNA PÜHA MIIKAELI KLOOSTER. 2009

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