St. Raphael, Catholic church in Neudietendorf, Germany

St. Raphael is a Roman Catholic chapel on Gnadenthaler Weg in Neudietendorf, next to the Moravian cemetery and flanked by the Marienhaus and a disused mortuary hall. It occupies a 1778 storage building, originally the Lilienthal company's sealing-wax boiling house, converted and enlarged in 1958–59. Behind the altar hang a light cross and two windows showing the I-am sayings from the Gospel of John.

The church was built in the 20th century to meet the religious needs of the growing Catholic population in Neudietendorf. Its construction took place during a period when the region was deeply rooted in Protestant faith, particularly through the heritage of the Moravian Church.

The chapel is dedicated to the Archangel Raphael and belongs to the parish of St. Nikolaus in Erfurt-Melchendorf, in the Diocese of Erfurt. Its catchment area extends beyond Neudietendorf to Apfelstädt, Gamstädt, Ingersleben, Kleinrettbach and Kornhochheim. At the Kummel near Kornhochheim a cross was consecrated in 2000, ten years after German reunification; since then 3 October and Ascension Day have been celebrated there ecumenically.

St. Raphael sits on Gnadenthaler Weg, next to the Moravian cemetery and the Marienhaus, which the Catholic parish uses as its community house. The chapel belongs to the parish of St. Nikolaus in Erfurt-Melchendorf and serves Catholics from Neudietendorf, Apfelstädt, Gamstädt, Ingersleben, Kleinrettbach and Kornhochheim. Look for the light cross and the two windows behind the altar, which quote the I-am sayings of Jesus from the Gospel of John.

On the Kummel hill near Kornhochheim, part of the parish, a large cross was consecrated in 2000, ten years after German reunification. Since then, services are held there ecumenically on 3 October and at Ascension, drawing Catholics and Protestants from the surrounding villages together.