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Between 1866. until 1878., according to the project of the architect Visockis, the largest building in Preili was built from gray boulders - the Preili Roman Catholic Church with 1200 places for worshipers. The church has one big tower. There are 3 bells in the tower: "Svētais Pēteris" ( the big bell), "Svētais Francisks" ( middle call) and "Svētā Terēze" ( the little bell) . The church is surrounded by a garden surrounded by a stone wall fence with a tin roof. There is a red brick gate at the entrance to the church. There are two small chapels in both corners of the garden near the entrance.

The church was consecrated in 1846. year. 1854. it was close to collapse in. The reason for this state of the church was the use of poor-quality bricks, as well as the incompetence of the builders. The church was closed for renovations. 20. gs. at the beginning of the 19th century, the Orthodox Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary underwent renovations again and then acquired a modern appearance. Located in the city center square, opposite the monument "Vienoti Latvijai" .

If you go towards the center of Ludza along Latgales Street in the direction of Rēzekne, then from the post office building there is a straight road to a magnificent church - the Orthodox Cathedral of the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God in Ludza, which in 2015. celebrated its 170th. anniversary. From the descriptions it is known that the church is an architectural monument, built in the form of a cross with Tuscan Order columns. Permanent Orthodox Church( 496 people) Lucinas( tag. Ludzas) the city was opened in 1833. and the temporary church was located on the second floor of a building belonging to the county administration. 1843.-1845. for St. The construction of a stone church, which was consecrated in 1845, began at the synod of Lucina. 19. august in honor of the Assumption of Our Lady. The first parish priest was Father Panteleimon Usovskis. The church was built as the city center, whose building with its street-rays meets by the Orthodox Church. 1878. the Lucina church was renamed a cathedral with the positions of assistant administrator and deacon.