Editing Liepāja (section)

=== Religion ===
[[File:Liepaja kosciol sw Anny.jpg|thumb|220x220px|St. Anne's Church|left]]{{See also|Roman Catholic Diocese of Liepāja}}
Liepāja has a number of churches. As elsewhere in central and western Latvia, [[Protestantism|Protestant churches]], mostly [[Lutheran]], are predominant. [[Holy Trinity Cathedral, Liepāja|Holy Trinity Cathedral]] houses the seat of the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia|Lutheran]] Bishop of Liepāja. Other Lutheran congregations are St. Anne, Church of the Cross and Church of Luther. There are four [[Baptist]] congregations in the city, among them are St. Paul church and Church of Zion.

Owing to the regional importance of Liepāja during the last decades of the Russian Empire, a number of [[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox]] churches were established in the city early in the twentieth century. Their congregations are chiefly drawn from the Russian-speaking population.

The Catholic faith is represented in Liepāja by a [[St. Joseph Cathedral, Liepāja|St. Joseph Cathedral]] – the seat of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Liepāja]], Catholic primary school and the Catholic centre. The structure of the Catholic centre was used to represent the [[Holy See|Vatican]] in [[Expo 2000]] in [[Hanover]] and was transferred to Liepāja after the event.

Other Christian sects include [[Old Ritualists]], [[Adventism|Adventist]], [[Pentecostal]], [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Latter-day Saints]] and [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], who have single congregations and churches.