No. 38A Kalvenes Street and the Town Cemetery

No. 38A Kalvenes Street and the Town Cemetery around 1900

No. 38A Kalvenes Street and the Town Cemetery in 2014

On the left of the photography is the Church of St. Nicholas the Wondermaker, which was consecrated on February 13, 1900. It operated intermittently until 1940.

In the foreground is the Town Cemetery, the year of construction of which is unknown. They were built, namely, consecrated as a Lutheran cemetery, in which Orthodox people were also buried in the 19th century, but for this purpose permit was required for each occasion. Only in 1890 the Council allocated a separate plot of land to the Orthodox cemetery - Black Pub on № 28 Kuldīgas Street, which was recognized by the State Property Administration in the Baltic Provinces as unsuitable for the construction of Orthodox cemeteries.

The request to allocate a special place to the Lutheran cemetery was rejected by the Council in 1892, offering to allot a plot of land next to the Lutheran cemetery. Such a request was received in October 1893, and on November 1, the Council replied that it could be done at any time. In the meantime (October 27), the Town Council had already decided to allocate a plot of land adjacent to the Town Cemetery in the south-western part of the Town Cemetery for the construction of an Orthodox cemetery, thus expanding the territory of the Town Cemetery.

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