The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Martin Luther ( lv, Mārtiņa Lutera evaņģēliski luteriskā baznīca) or Martin Luther Cathedral is an
Evangelical Lutheran
Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...
cathedral in
Daugavpils
Daugavpils (; russian: Двинск; ltg, Daugpiļs ; german: Dünaburg, ; pl, Dyneburg; see other names) is a state city in south-eastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. The parts of the c ...
,
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 ...
.
Design
The cathedral was designed by
Wilhelm Neumann
Carl Johann Wilhelm Neumann ( lv, Kārlis Johans Vilhelms Neimanis; russian: Карл Иоганн Вильгельм Нейман; born 5 October 1849 in Grevesmühlen – died 6 March 1919 in Riga) was a Baltic German architect and art histori ...
, one of the most influential architects in the current landscape of Daugavpils. It is built in a
brick
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neogothic
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
style and was completed in 1893.
Diocese of Daugavpils
The cathedral is the seat of the Lutheran Bishop of Daugavpils in the
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Evaņģēliski luteriskā baznīca, or LELB) is a Lutheran Protestant church in Latvia. Latvia's Lutheran heritage dates back to the Reformation. Both the Nazi and communist regimes pe ...
. The current bishop is Einārs Alpe, born 11 November 1963, who was ordained in the Lutheran Church in 1991, and was consecrated and enthroned as Bishop of Daugavpils on 13 October 2007.
[Biography of bishop a]
official website
(in Latvian).
Gallery
File:Daugavpils luterāņu baznīca 03.JPG, Cathedral doors
File:Daugavpils luterāņu baznīca 02.JPG
See also
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Ss. Boris and Gleb Cathedral, Daugavpils
The Saints Boris and Gleb Cathedral (russian: links=no, Борисоглебский собор,The full Russian name reads as . lv, links=no, Svēto Borisa un Gļeba pareizticīgo katedrāle) is the main Orthodox church in Daugavpils, Latvia ...
References
External links
Cathedrals in Latvia
Daugavpils
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