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Pühtitsa Dormition convent
A convent in Kuremäe, day trips from Tallinn
The best-known convent in Estonia, where by tradition the Mother of God appeared. In a single day pilgrims have time to pray at a service, bathe in the holy spring and walk through the convent gardens.
PÜHTITSA DORMITION CONVENT
About the place
The Holy Dormition Pühtitsa Stauropegial Convent stands in the village of Kuremäe in north-eastern Estonia. According to tradition, in the 16th century the Mother of God appeared to local people on the hill, and shepherds found an icon of the Dormition under an old oak.
The convent was founded in 1891. Next to it is a holy spring visited by pilgrims from all over Estonia and from abroad.
We go to Pühtitsa from Tallinn on day trips.
In brief
- Country
- Estonia
- Village
- Kuremäe, Ida-Viru County
- Founded
- 1891
- Shrines
- The Pühtitsa icon of the Dormition, the holy spring
