Liep?ja has a number of churches, as might be expected in a city of its size. As elsewhere in central and western Latvia, Protestant churches � mostly Lutheran and Baptist � are predominant. The congregations of St. Anne church (Lutheran) and St. Paul church (Baptist) are among the best established. Owing to the regional importance of Liep?ja during the last decades of the Russian Empire a number of Russian Orthodox churches were established in the city early in the twentieth century, and are still attended mainly by the Russian speaking population. Catholic faith is represented in Liepaja by a well established church, Catholic primary school and the Catholic centre established in a pavilion, which represented the Vatican in Expo 2000 in Hanover and was transferred to Liep?ja after the event. Several other Christian churches such as Old Ritualists, Adventist, Pentecostal, Latter Day Saints and Jehovah's Witnesses are also represented in the city by single congregations
