Kolkja Museum of Old Believers

Peipsiääre, Estonia

The Russian Old-Believers (starovery) have kept their religious rituals unchanged for more than 1000 years. Today, there are 11 starover congregations with approximately 15 000 members in Estonia. A museum situated in Kolkja village on the coast of Lake Peipsi displays traditional clothes, crafts, tools, household items, and religious items of the Old-Believers.

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Athanassios Bakalidis (6 months ago)
The truth of the matter is that we arrived there late so we only had time to grab a bite in the restaurant and did not see the museum itself. The food they serve is fish from the lake, cooked in the traditional ways of the Old Believers, and fir me that wasn't that much of a delight. The atmosphere of the place and the kind waitress on the other hand made up for it. So, one way or another I think that the visit there is certainly worth it, including the stroll to the local bakery, the church, the graveyard snd the observatory by the lake. Promised myself to return one day with more time in my hands.
Rahul R Menon (9 months ago)
Learned something new about a culture I had no idea about.
Allan Kiisk (3 years ago)
Ok
ISRAA FARIS (5 years ago)
It is amazing museum, I enjoyed it
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