The Luther Inn

Originally designed by Nicolai Eigtved in the late Baroque style, construction was halted for over a century before finally being completed in 1894 under architect Ferdinand Meldahl. Its dome, inspired in part by St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, remains one of the largest church domes in Scandinavia.

Frederik’s Church in Copenhagen, Denmark. Construction began in 1749 under King Frederik V as part of a grand royal plan to commemorate the 300th anniversary the accession of the royal house. It is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark.

Stora Skedvi Lutheran Church in Säter, Sweden. The miracle of Pentecost as depicted on the medieval vault of the church.

Pentecost early service.

The interior walls of the church were originally covered in medieval paintings dating from the mid-14th century through the 16th century. When the interior was restored to suit Lutheran worship in the 17th century, the murals were painted over, and eventually they were uncovered in the 20th century. The church also features a Renaissance organ, built in 1491, which still functions today.

Štítnik Lutheran Church in Štítnik, Slovakia. Built by the Štítnický noble family of Hungary in the 13th century, the gothic style church became Lutheran in the middle of the 16th century.

The Petäjävesi church was built and designed by a Finnish church builder Jaakko Leppänen. His grandson Erkki Leppänen built the Petäjävesi bell tower. Most churches in Finland were built and designed by regular Finnish craftsmen.

The Old Church was built entirely of pine logs, and its interior has been preserved to its original design. The pulpit, pews, galleries, and chandeliers were all hand-carved from pine wood by local craftsmen, and remain largely as they were when the church was first built.

Petäjävesi Old Church in Petäjävesi, Finland. Built by Finnish farmers between 1763 and 1765, it joined the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994 for its testimony to Nordic wooden church architecture.

It was not until 1952, following negotiations between the Royal Danish Embassy and The Crown Estate, that St. Katharine's became a Danish Lutheran church By that point, the congregation had already maintained a presence in London for over 250 years. Their previous home was a church in Wellclose Square, built in 1696 by Caius Gabriel Cibber, a sculptor born in Denmark.

St Katharine’s Danish Church in London, England. Originally built in 1826 as the Anglican chapel of St. Katharine's Hospital, the church has been home to a Danish Lutheran congregation since 1952.

Norwegian Lutheran settlers near the Crazy Mountains began holding house services around 1880, before formally organizing the congregation in 1885. After years of worship in homes and the local schoolhouse, the present Plain Gothic white wooden church was consecrated on November 29, 1914, becoming one of the most beautiful landmarks of frontier Lutheranism in Montana.

Melville Lutheran Church in Melville, Montana. Founded in 1914, it is the first Lutheran congregation in Montana. The church is a member of Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ.

The Church of the Redeemer was built on Prussian-owned land in Jerusalem, and was dedicated on Reformation Day in 1898 in the presence of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the last German Emperor and King of Prussia. At the church's dedication, Wilhelm II said, "from Jerusalem came the light in splendor from which the German nation became great and glorious; and what the Germanic peoples have become, they became under the banner of the cross, the emblem of self-sacrificing charity."

The Church of the Redeemer (Erlöserkirche) in Jerusalem, in the Holy Land. Built between 1893 and 1898, the Lutheran church belongs to the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Jordan and the Holy Land.

Christuskirche Hallstatt was designed by Ludwig Lange of Munich. Its construction was supported by several notable Protestant patrons, including the future German chancellor Otto von Bismarck. The church remains one of the historic Lutheran landmarks of the Salzkammergut.

Evangelische Pfarrkirche Hallstatt in Hallstatt, Austria. Built from 1859 to 1863, the church replaced an earlier Protestant prayer house that was consecrated in 1785. Also known as Christuskirche, it belongs to the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Austria.

May 18th marks the feast day of St. Erik, the king of Sweden who was martyred in 1160 and later became the nation’s patron saint. St. Erik has long been tied to Uppsala Cathedral. His relics are kept there in a medieval shrine, making the cathedral not only a great Lutheran church of the Church of Sweden, but also one of the chief historic sanctuaries of Swedish Christianity.

Uppsala Cathedral in Uppsala, Sweden. Consecrated in 1435, it is the seat of the Archbishop of Uppsala and mother church of the Lutheran Church of Sweden. Built in French Gothic style, it is famed for its brick vaults, twin spires, and sacred Swedish history.

On December 11, 1983, Pope John Paul II attended an ecumenical service in German at Christuskirche, the first papal visit to a Lutheran church. The visit took place 500 years after the birth of Martin Luther.

Christuskirche in Rome, Italy. Christuskirche was built between 1910 and 1922, and is known as the first Lutheran church visited by a Roman pope. It serves as a parish of the Lutheran Evangelical Church in Italy.