Sovereign Military Hospitaller
Order of St John of Jerusalem of
Rhodes and of Malta
Order of St John of Jerusalem of
Rhodes and of Malta
11/12/2024
Mayor of Tallinn Jevgeni Ossinovski hosted a year-end reception for Ambassadors
On December 11, Mayor of Tallinn Jevgeni Ossinovski hosted a year-end reception for representatives of foreign embassies and international organizations residing in Tallinn. This time, the reception took place in the newly renovated Orangery in Kadriorg Park. For the first time, the Ambassador of the Order of Malta was invited to the reception.
11/12/2024
Ambassador hosted a pre-Christmas reception
On December 11, H.E. Manfred Ritter Mautner von Markhof, the Ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta in Estonia hosted a pre-Christmas reception at the Embassy premises for the staff, main partners, supporters and collaborators of Order of Malta Embassy and Order of Malta Foundation in Estonia.
06/12/2024
Ambassador hosted the St. Nicholas Day reception in Tallinn
On December 6, the Ambassador H.E. Manfred Ritter Mautner von Markhof with I.E. Friederike Mautner von Markhof hosted the St. Nicholas Day reception in Tallinn for for bishops and clergy, the diplomatic corps, state and city representatives, volunteers and people of goodwill. The Ambassador was hosting a St. Nicholas Day reception for the second year in a row to celebrate the preceding blessing of the nativity scenes and the opening of the Christmas Street in Tallinn's historic Old Town.
18/11/2024
Exhibition about the Order of Malta in Tallinn was a huge success
From June 17 to November 17, 2024, the exhibition about the past and present of the Sovereign Order of Malta was open for the the visitors in the Tallinn Museum of Orders of Knighthood. The exhibition which presented the artifacts, decorations and insignia both from the library of the Sovereign Order of Malta and also from the collection of the museum was named “Sovereign Order of Malta is Service of Mankind”.
03/11/2024
Philippe Jourdan installed as bishop of new Catholic Diocese of Tallinn
Philippe Jourdan, bishop of the Catholic Church in Estonia, was officially installed on Sunday, November 3, 2024, as the first bishop of the recently established Diocese of Tallinn.
29/10/2024
Ambassador visited Tallinn synagogue
On October 29, the Ambassador visited Tallinn synagogue and had a meeting with the representatives of Tallinn Jewish Community - Chief Rabbi Shamuel Kot and Alla Jakobson, the Chairman of the Jewish Community.
26/09/2024
Establishment of the Diocese of Tallinn
The Holy Father has elevated the Apostolic Administration of Estonia to a diocese, and appointed Bishop Philippe Jourdan as first bishop of Tallinn. Bishop Jourdan was formerly serving as the Apostolic Administrator of Estonia. The Vatican made the announcement on September 26, 2024, coinciding with the start of the pope’s apostolic journey to Luxembourg and Belgium. The Pope's announcement was read out on the same day in Tallinn's Sts Peter and Paul Cathedral by Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See in the Baltics.
24/08/2024
Estonian Maltesers participated in the Pilgrimage to St. Mary’s Chapel in Viru-Nigula
On Saturday, August 24, a pilgrimage to Viru-Nigula in Estonia took place. This year the Catholic Church in Estonia celebrated the 25th anniversary of the first pilgrimage to Viru-Nigula Maarja Chapel, which took place on May 1, 2000 that was declared by Pope John Paul II as a Holy Year throughout the Catholic Church. For the first time, a group of pilgrims from the Order of Malta Estonia participated in the pilgrimage
20/08/2024
Family day for Ukrainian surrogate families
In cooperation with the Embassy of the Order of Malta, the Order of Malta Foundation Estonia and ESTDEV, we organised a family day for three large Ukrainian surrogate families in Tallinn Zoo.