Cruel fate fell to one of the most significant objects of historical center of Odessa — St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Passed all stages of the Soviet struggle against the «opium of the people», being more than once on the verge of collapse and demolition, the temple has risen almost from ashes.

Lutheran Church   1824—1894   1895—1917   1918—1991   Restoration   Parsonage  Temples-prototypes   Slideshow

General view

Type of building:
Religious cult structure (Lutheran Church)
Administrative (Parsonage)

Style:
Neoromanticism brick (Lutheran Church)
Eclecticism (Parsonage)

Architects:
F. C. Boffo, G. I. Torricelli (Lutheran Church, the  old building)
G. K. Shevrembrandt, H. Y. Skveder (Lutheran Church, the new building)
A. E. Sheyns, A. I. Bernardazzi (Parsonage)

Date of construction:
1824-1828 (Lutheran Church, old building, not preserved)
1895-1897 (Lutheran Church, the new building)
1897-1899 (Parsonage)
2000-2002 (Parsonage, reconstruction for hospitable home)
2005-2010 (Lutheran Church, restoration and reconstruction with restructuring of the altar)

Status:
Architectural monument of national importance (Lutheran Church)
Historical monument (Parsonage)

1824—1894

1895—1917

1918—1991

Restoration

Parsonage

Temples-protypes

 
The Lutheran Church on the map
https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=218301489096028915799.0004d888db3b0b128f0ea&t=h&ll=46.483201,30.724463&spn=0,0&output=embed

 
References and Archives

• «The architects of Odessa». B. Pilyavsky
• «The Architecture of Odessa. Style and time „. B. Pilyavsky
• „The buildings, structures, monuments of Odessa and architects“. B. Pilyavsky
• Odessa Lutheran Church—Revival from the ruins
• Three Lives of St. Paul’s Church in Odessa
• An article on building in a blog Antique
• Site Odessastory. Gallery by user Brassl

Authors

• Alexander Levitsky, art director, photographer and colorist
• Dmitry Shamatazhi, photographer and compiler
• Marina Tomenko, translator