The Nativity of Christ Cathedral is a Neo-Byzantine style Orthodox Cathedral in Riga, built between 1876 and 1883 during the period when the country was part of the Russian Empire. It is the largest Orthodox cathedral in the Baltic provinces. - During the First World War German troops occupied Riga and turned its largest Russian Orthodox cathedral into a Lutheran church. In independent Latvia, the Nativity of Christ Cathedral once again became an Orthodox cathedral in 1921. In the early 1960s, Soviet authorities closed down the cathedral and converted its building into a planetarium. The cathedral has been restored since Latvia regained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. - It was the first time I entered an Orthodox church and learned about its differences with the Roman Catholic church, since this kind of Orthodox church is not common in my home country. - (16/09/2017) #thenativityofchristcathedral #orthodoxcathedral #riga #latvia #europe #eurotrip #orthodoxchurch #latepost #throwback #nativitycathedralriga (at Nativity Cathedral, Riga)
