The Christuskirche is a Lutheran Evangelical church in

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. It was built between 1910 and 1922 under direction of architect

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, who also responsible for the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche in Berlin. On 11 December 1983, Pope

John Paul II Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005. In his you ...

visited the church and participated in an ecumenical service, the first papal visit ever to a Lutheran church. The visit took place 500 years after the birth of the German

Martin Luther Martin Luther ( ; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, Theology, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian friar. Luther was the seminal figure of the Reformation, Pr ...

, the former Augustinian friar and Protestant Reformer. On January 14, 2015, Swedish actress Anita Ekberg's funeral Mass was held at Christuskirche.Anita Ekberg, mercoledì i funerali nella chiesa evangelica luterana
''Corriere di Roma'', January 11, 2015.

References

External links

Official website of the Evangelisch-Lutherische Gemeinde in Rom
Protestant churches in Rome Churches completed in 1922 Lutheran churches in Europe Romanesque Revival church buildings in Italy Churches of Rome (rione Ludovisi) {{Italy-church-stub