Trinity Lutheran Church, Lutheran church in Lefortovo District, Moscow, Russia.
Trinity Lutheran Church is a former cemetery chapel on the grounds of Vvedenskoye Cemetery in Moscow's Lefortovo District, built in 1912 to a design by architect Vladimir Rudanovsky. The single-story building served four denominations represented on the cemetery committee: Evangelical Lutheran, Catholic, Reformed and Anglican. It was later rebuilt as a cemetery office and restored as a church before its consecration in 1999.
The building was erected in 1912 as a cemetery chapel designed by architect Vladimir Rudanovsky, serving the Lutheran, Catholic, Reformed and Anglican churches on the committee for the cemetery's upkeep. It was probably closed in the 1920s–30s and after the war, in the 1950s–60s, was rebuilt as the cemetery administration office. On 1 January 1995 the Ingrian Church's Holy Trinity parish began regular services here, and after restoration funded by Finland's External Church Aid and the Oulu diocese, the church was consecrated on 12 September 1999.
The church sits inside a cemetery that once served Moscow's Lutheran community, made up largely of German, Swedish, and other foreign residents. The gravestones around the building carry inscriptions in several languages, reflecting how international this congregation was.
The church is on cemetery grounds, so sturdy shoes are a good idea since the paths can be uneven. The nearest metro stop is Baumanskaya, from which the site is reachable on foot heading east.
Although the church is a Lutheran building, the surrounding cemetery also accepted burials from other Protestant communities, so graves from different denominations can be found side by side on the grounds. This mixed character of the site is still readable today from the variety of grave markers.
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