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Saint Petersburg Church altarpiece 1897 - Which Russian lutheran church?
Posted: Wed April 22, 2009 12:31 PM UTC
I am interested in finding a church in Russia with an altarpiece that was painted in 1897 by a young Finnish artist Olga Gummerus. The altarpiece was send to Russia, to some lutheran church. The topic of the piece is "Jesus talks to children".

This is a rather strange question, but hopefully someone can guide me atleast to a discussion forum somewhere else. Where could I ask about altarpieces in lutheran churces (in English as I don't speak any Russian)?
My guess is that it's in St Petersburg area because of Gummerus' contacts there.

And yes, I'm aware there are rather many churces.. but I'm not going to find it unless I try.. :)
helimaarit
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Saint Petersburg Re: Church altarpiece 1897 - Which Russian lutheran church?
Posted: Wed April 22, 2009 03:26 PM UTC
Hi!
I couldn’t find anything in Russian Internet – try to write to mission of Evangelical Luteran Church in Moscow: 10/7, Kolpachny pereulok (lane), Moscow, Russia, 101000 (In Russian: 101000, Москва, Колпачный пер., д. 10/7, Евангелическо-лютеранская церковь в Москве),
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to ik-lehti@elci.ru, fedor.tulinin@elci.ru, church@elci.ru (e-mails of Ingriya church and their magazine (which published in Russian and Finnish languages))
http://www.elci.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=256
8, Bolshaya Konyushennaya str., Sankt Petersburg, Russia, 191186 (In Russian: 191186, Санкт-Петербург, ул. Б. Конюшенная, д.8
Good Luck!

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Morozov
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Saint Petersburg Re: Church altarpiece 1897 - Which Russian lutheran church?
Posted: Wed April 22, 2009 03:38 PM UTC
There is a Finnish Lutheran church in the city - St Mary's, Bolshaya Konyushennaya Ulitsa 8

I would suggest you write to them to see if they can help you in your search
There are only 4 Lutheran churches in St Petersburg. The chances are your altarpiece did not survive the Revolution but someone may be able to help you. Good luck - I'd love to hear if you've been successful.

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Saint Petersburg Re: Church altarpiece 1897 - Which Russian lutheran church?
Posted: Thu April 23, 2009 05:03 AM UTC
Hi. I typed "Olga Gummerus" into my search window (Google) and there were about 10 entries. Unfortunately for me they were all in Finnish and I couldn't read any of it except names. I'm assuming you can read Finnish so you might want to start by typing the name into your search window. Yahoo.com also has a very good search engine.

http://www.about.com allows you to ask questions in normal sentences. There is also Wikipedia that I tried and it has very little, again in Finnish.

Good luck and let us know how your search fares.

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