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After the Estonian Republic was proclaimed in 1918, the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, St. , in 1920 recognised the Orthodox Church of Estonia (OCE) as being independent. Archbishop Aleksander Paulus was elected and installed as the head of the Estonian church. In 1923 Abp. Aleksander turned to the Patriarch of Constantinople to receive canonical recognition. The same year the OCE was canonically subordinated to the Patriarchy of Constantinople and gained extensive .|
The current primate of the church is His Eminence , of Tallinn and all Estonia (elected 1999).|
Before 1941, one fifth of the total Estonian population (who had been mostly Lutheran since the 16th century occupation of Estonia by Sweden) were Orthodox Christians under the Patriarchy of Constantinople. There were 158 parishes in Estonia and 183 clerics in the Estonian church. There was also a Chair of Orthodoxy in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Tartu. There was a in Petseri, two convents in Narva and Kuremäe, a priory in Tallinn and a in Petseri. The ancient monastery in Petseri (Pechory, which used to belong to the Estonian Republic, now belongs to Russia) was preserved from the mass church destructions that occurred in Soviet Russia.|
In 2013, in response to a joint invitation by the Autonomous Church of Estonia and the President of the Republic of Estonia, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew traveled to Tallinn, Estonia, on September 4, 2013, in order to preside over celebrations for the 90th anniversary since the declaration of the Estonian Church as Autonomous by the Mother Church of Constantinople.|
Tensions surge over whether Estonia and the NATO alliance to which it belongs face the danger of a Russian push to reprise in the Baltics some of the tactics it used to dismember Ukraine.|
Before 1941, one fifth of the total Estonian population (who had been mostly Lutheran since the 16th century occupation of Estonia by Sweden) were Orthodox Christians under the Patriarchy of Constantinople. There were 158 parishes in Estonia and 183 clerics in the Estonian church. There was also a Chair of Orthodoxy in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Tartu. There was a in Petseri, two convents in Narva and Kuremäe, a priory in Tallinn and a in Petseri. The ancient monastery in Petseri (Pechory, which used to belong to the Estonian Republic, now belongs to Russia) was preserved from the mass church destructions that occurred in Soviet Russia.|
Republic of Estonia Tallinn () Parliamentary republic 1.32 million 17,462 square miles; slightly smaller than New Hampshire and Vermont combined. Estonian, Russian Total Population: [100%] Male: [100%]; Female: [100%] 1991|
In the 18th and 19th centuries, Estonia was a part of the Tsarist Russian Empire, having been conquered by Tsar . A large number of Estonians, particularly rural people, were converted to the Orthodox faith in the hope of obtaining land. Numerous Orthodox churches were built. In 1850 the Diocese of Riga (in Latvia) was established by the and many Estonian Orthodox believers included. In the late 19th century, a wave of was introduced, supported by the Russian hierarchy but not by local Estonian . The St. Cathedral in Tallinn and the Pühtitsa Dormition Convent (Kuremäe) in East Estonia were also built around this time.|
Russia and Estonia offer sharply contradictory allegations about incident that occurred near their border, which ended with Estonian intelligence officer in Russian custody.|
Before 1941, one fifth of the total Estonian population (who had been mostly Lutheran since the 16th century occupation of Estonia by Sweden) were Orthodox Christians under the Patriarchy of Constantinople. There were 158 parishes in Estonia and 183 clerics in the Estonian church. There was also a Chair of Orthodoxy in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Tartu. There was a in Petseri, two convents in Narva and Kuremäe, a priory in Tallinn and a in Petseri. The ancient monastery in Petseri (Pechory, which used to belong to the Estonian Republic, now belongs to Russia) was preserved from the mass church destructions that occurred in Soviet Russia.|
Tensions surge over whether Estonia and the NATO alliance to which it belongs face the danger of a Russian push to reprise in the Baltics some of the tactics it used to dismember Ukraine.|
Just before the second Soviet occupation in 1944 and the dissolution of the Estonian synod, the of the church, Metropolitan Aleksander, went into exile along with 21 clergymen and about 8,000 Orthodox believers. The Orthodox Church of Estonia in Exile with its synod in Sweden continued its activity according to the canonical statutes, until the restoration of Estonian independence in 1991. Before he died in 1953, Metr. Aleksandr established his community as an under Constantinople. Most of the other bishops and clergy who remained behind were deported to Siberia. In 1958, a new synod was established in exile, and the church organized from Sweden.|
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In the 18th and 19th centuries, Estonia was a part of the Tsarist Russian Empire, having been conquered by Tsar . A large number of Estonians, particularly rural people, were converted to the Orthodox faith in the hope of obtaining land. Numerous Orthodox churches were built. In 1850 the Diocese of Riga (in Latvia) was established by the and many Estonian Orthodox believers included. In the late 19th century, a wave of was introduced, supported by the Russian hierarchy but not by local Estonian . The St. Cathedral in Tallinn and the Pühtitsa Dormition Convent (Kuremäe) in East Estonia were also built around this time.|