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Generally, if people speak about convent in Pirita, they mean the ruins and many of them are surprised to discover that right there in Pirita, next to the old ruins, has been over ten years a fully operating Bridgettine convent. This 30-min film gives an overview of Bridgettine Order, the founder of the Order – Saint Bridget and the restorer of the Order – Mother Elisabeth. If during medieval the convent was an understandable part of social life then later, after the reformation, the tradition of a convent as an institution disappeared from Estonia and from our neighborhood. Today this ...

Director: Siiri Timmerman | Jaan Kolberg

Keywords: historical continuity | historical overview | historical buildings | historical monuments | architectural monuments | Bridgettines | construction art | meaning of life | self-discovery | church service | View all »