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Miikse Graveyard
Miikse graveyard is a graveyard in Setomaa and by the administrative division of today is situated in Meremäe rural municipality in Miikse village in Estonia. The graveyard is the public property of Meremäe rural municipality, but belongs under the Meeksi Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church of St. John the Baptist. Miikse graveyard began to evolve in 1944, next to the common grave for soldiers of the Red Army who had fallen in 1944. After World War II, when Luhamaa orthodox congregation assistant church fell apart, Meeksi Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church of St. John the Baptist was built in the graveyard, by the authorization of the Commissary of the Russian Orthodox Affaires that was situated by the former Estonian SSR Council of Ministers.Jüri Naarits. ''Meie kodu on Vastseliina'', Käsikiri. References Setomaa Parish Cemeteries in Estonia Eastern Orthodox cemeteries in Estonia {{Estonia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miikse Surnuaed 2013 Sügis
Miikse (also known as Meeksi, Miiksi, Megusitsa) is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County, southeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) It has a population of 52 (as of 1 January 2009). Meeksi Saint John the Baptist church was built in 1953. In that time Estonia was under Joseph Stalin's rule. The local people finished the work by building at nights. References Villages in Võru County {{Võru-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Setomaa Parish
Setomaa Parish ( et, Setomaa vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County. It has a population of 3,369 (as of 1 January 2018) and an area of 463.1 km². Settlements There is one small borough (''alevik'') Värska and 156 villages (''küla'') in Setomaa Parish. The villages are: Ala-Tsumba, Antkruva, Audjassaare, Beresje, Ermakova, Helbi, Hilana, Hilläkeste, Hindsa, Holdi, Härmä, Ignasõ, Igrise, Jaanimäe, Juusa, Jõksi, Järvepää, Kahkva, Kalatsova, Kangavitsa, Karamsina, Karisilla, Kasakova, Kastamara, Keerba, Kiiova, Kiislova, Kiksova, Kitsõ, Klistina, Koidula, Kolodavitsa, Kolossova, Koorla, Korela, Korski, Kossa, Kostkova, Kremessova, Kriiva, Kuigõ, Kuksina, Kundruse, Kusnetsova, Kõõru, Käre, Küllätüvä, Laossina, Leimani, Lepä, Lindsi, Litvina, Lobotka, Lutepää, Lutja, Lütä, Lüübnitsa, Maaslova, Marinova, Martsina, Masluva, Matsuri, Melso, Merekülä, Meremäe, Miikse, Mikitamà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cemeteries In Estonia
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground and originally applied to the Roman catacombs. The term ''graveyard'' is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a churchyard. The intact or cremated remains of people may be interred in a grave, commonly referred to as burial, or in a tomb, an "above-ground grave" (resembling a sarcophagus), a mausoleum, columbarium, niche, or other edifice. In Western cultures, funeral ceremonies are often observed in cemeteries. These ceremonies or rites of passage differ according to cultural practices and religious beliefs. Modern cemeteries often include crematoria, and some grounds previously used for both, continue as crematoria as a principal use long after the interment areas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
