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way. It was re-installed within a church yard. Finally, to accommodate the needs of the time, in 1936., a stone building was built instead. The doors and windows of this new stone house were obtained from a certain ruined summer house, in
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Beside the main altar, the church has four more altars. Two of them are at the each side of the main altar. The other two altars are on the both sides of the church, in the middle, each of them in a small chapel rooms within the side naves of the church. While one altar is placed at the right hand of
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The convent house has its own history. The house belonged to reverend
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In 1911, when Riga's prelature has divided into three parishes, reverend
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The main altar of a church is dedicated to the Sacred Heart Of Jesus. At the central position of the altar, above the tabernacle, is a rather large statue showing Jesus offering his Sacred Heart. On both sides are niches with the statues. On the right side is the typical statue of saint Rocco as a
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The statue shows Holy Mary with a sad expression on her face. She is in tears, in pain. The sky blue long wrap dress, painted with the stars, is on her shoulders all the way down to her feet. She is standing with the moon globe under her feet, a twelve stars gloriole around her head. Holding baby
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Immaculate Heart of Mary is on the right side of the main altar. On the altar is a great statue of the Holy Mary, Queen of heaven and earth, offering her heart, dressed in a sky blue color dress, with a crown on her head. Above the statues of Holy Mary is a painting of
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The altar of Holy Mary is placed within a small chapel, at the right side of the main entrance of the church. The altar is decorated with the statue of Holy Mary with baby Jesus in her right hand. The statue symbolizes the artist's poetic description of a "Woman of the
Apocalypse": "A great sign
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A year later, in 1900, on July 14, architect and dean of the
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The new, great refreshment of the church started in 2016., and it is still ongoing in 2021. This refreshment of the church is very comprehensive, including the construction works and complete interior and exterior: painting and restoration of the church. It is expected to be finished by 2024.
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The 30 stops pipe organ of the church was built in 1912., by Emil Martin & Co., Opus 316. Emil Martin was the son of, also very known pipe organ builder August Martin, who was very active organ builder in the Baltic. Emil has, most probably inherited the company from his father. To this
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Within a right side niche room is placed the Holy Family altar decorated with the painting showing a Holy Family. Jesus is shown as a boy of possible age of twelve years, which suggest the painter's idea of describing the moment when Jesus was found in the Temple by Mary and Joseph.
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As the population of Riga in the nineteenth century grew rapidly, on the threshold of the upcoming city's 700th anniversary, in 1899., the parish priest prelate
Francis Afanasovičs proposed the construction of a new Catholic church in Pārdaugava, the left side of Daugava river.
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appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth." (Revelation 12: 1-2).
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In June 1933., Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Jāzeps Rancāns, on behalf of
Metropolitan Archbishop of Riga, Antonijus Springovičs, the parish of Saint Albert entrusted to the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.
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