German Kirche in Tashkent
German Kirche
The Evangelical Lutheran Church, or the German Church, is the only Lutheran church in the city of Tashkent. On the street Sadyka Azimova, for more than a hundred years in the dense green shade of centuries-old trees stands the modest Gothic building of the German Church.
The church was built in 1899 by the Tashkent Lutheran community, according to the project of the famous Tashkent architect and artist of the XIX century A.L. Benoit, with money from I. Krause.
In Soviet times, the building was used as a warehouse. And at the end of the 70s of the XX century, the building was transferred to the leadership of the Tashkent Conservatory and after the restoration began to be used as a room for the opera studio of the conservatory.
At the same time, an organ was installed in the building and organ music concerts were regularly held there. In the 90s of the XX century, the building was transferred to the newly created Lutheran community of the city.
The church was built of brown-yellow brick with a layout in the spirit of the Baltic church architecture: the style of this building belonged to neo-Gothic architecture.
The interior of the church is more modest than in the Catholic church. Also in Lutheran temples there are such traditional attributes as: crucifix, sacred fire (lamp) and candles.
The main parishioners of the church are Tashkent Germans. During the revolution, there were quite a lot of them in Tashkent. Most of the visiting Germans were in the royal service - they were officers. Today, the church, which still works today, is visited by their descendants, as well as visiting foreigners.
The service in the Lutheran church is based on the traditions of the Catholic Mass, but is more simplified.
The main service in the Lutheran church is performed on Sundays in Russian and German. The pastor of the church leads the service, whom the flock elects among the faithful. And he does not go through the rite of passage, as, for example, among Catholics.
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