St. George's Church is a

Latvian Orthodox The Latvian Orthodox Church ( lv, Latvijas Pareizticīgā Baznīca) is an Eastern Orthodox church on Latvia, part of the wider Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy community. The Primate (bishop), primate of the church carries the title of ...

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Chris ...

Bauska Bauska () is a town in Bauska Municipality, in the Zemgale region of southern Latvia. Bauska is located from the Latvian capital Riga, 62 km (38.5 mi) from Jelgava and from the Lithuanian border on the busy European route E67. The to ...

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

. In 1876

czarist Tsarist autocracy (russian: царское самодержавие, transcr. ''tsarskoye samoderzhaviye''), also called Tsarism, was a form of autocracy (later absolute monarchy) specific to the Grand Duchy of Moscow and its successor states th ...

authorities gifted a plot of land to the local Orthodox community which was established in 1856 and by 1881 numbered 95 people. In 1878 the project for the church was approved and in 1881 the construction of the church building was completed. It was designed a notable Latvian architect

Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis (or ''Johann Friedrich Baumann'', May 23, 1834, Riga – March 19, 1891, Riga) was a Latvian, Baltic German architect. He was first professional Latvian architect. Baumanis designed the Riga Circus in 1888. He was respon ...

, who during this period of

russification Russification (russian: русификация, rusifikatsiya), or Russianization, is a form of cultural assimilation in which non-Russians, whether involuntarily or voluntarily, give up their culture and language in favor of the Russian cultur ...

, which included promotion of the Orthodox faith by the czarist authorities, designed over 20 orthodox churches. The church has a central cupola that is surrounded by four smaller cupolas and a large bell-tower. During the last few years the church has been renovated and

iconostasis In Eastern Christianity, an iconostasis ( gr, εἰκονοστάσιον) is a wall of icons and religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in a Church (building), church. ''Iconostasis'' also refers to a portable icon stand t ...

re-installed. The church is located in the town centre of modern day

, right opposite to Bauskas Gymnasium & children's library.

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