Christuskirche, Rome

{{Short description|Lutheran Evangelical church in Rome, Italy}}

{{Infobox church

| name = Christuskirche

| other name = Evangelisch-lutherische Christuskirche

| native_name = {{langx|it|Chiesa evangelica luterana}}

| image = Ludovisi - Chiesa evangelica luterana.jpg

| caption = Christuskirche in 2008

| denomination = Lutheran Evangelical Church in Italy

| architect = Franz Schwechten

| style = Romanesque Revival

| groundbreaking = 1910

| completed date = 1922

| website = {{URL|http://www.ev-luth-gemeinde-rom.org/}}

| coordinates = {{coord|41|54|32|N|12|29|30|E|type:landmark_region:IT|display=title}}

}}

The Christuskirche is a Lutheran Evangelical church in Rome. It was built between 1910 and 1922 under direction of architect Franz Heinrich Schwechten, who also responsible for the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche in Berlin.

On 11 December 1983, Pope John Paul II visited the church and participated in an ecumenical service,{{cite web|author=John Paul II |title=Während des Ökumenisches Treffen mit der evangelisch-lutherischen Gemeinde von Rom |publisher=The Holy See |date=11 December 1983 |url=https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/1983/december/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19831211_incontro-ecumenico_ge.html |language=de |doi= |accessdate=4 February 2014 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729082347/https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/1983/december/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19831211_incontro-ecumenico_ge.html |archive-date=29 July 2013 }} the first papal visit ever to a Lutheran church. The visit took place 500 years after the birth of the German Martin Luther, the former Augustinian friar and Protestant Reformer.

On January 14, 2015, Swedish actress Anita Ekberg's funeral Mass was held at Christuskirche.[http://www.corrierediroma-news.it/2015/01/12/anita-ekberg-mercoledi-i-funerali-chiesa-evangelica-luterana/ Anita Ekberg, mercoledì i funerali nella chiesa evangelica luterana], Corriere di Roma, January 11, 2015.