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Religious Site Attractions In Vilnius

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Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania and its largest city, with a population of 574,147 as of 2018. Vilnius is in the southeast part of Lithuania and is the second largest city in the Baltic states. Vilnius is the seat of the main government institutions of Lithuania and the Vilnius District Municipality. Vilnius is classified as a Gamma global city according to GaWC studies, and is known for the architecture in its Old Town, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. Before World War II, Vilnius was one of the largest Jewish centres in Europe. Its Jewish influence has led to it being described as the Jerusalem of Lithuania and Napoleon named it the...
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Religious Site Attractions In Vilnius

  • 1. Gates of Dawn (Ausros Vartai) Vilnius
    The Gate of Dawn , or Sharp Gate is a city gate in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, and one of its most important religious, historical and cultural monuments.
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  • 3. Cathedral (Arkikatedra Bazilika) Vilnius
    The Cathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus and St Ladislaus of Vilnius is the main Roman Catholic Cathedral of Lithuania. It is situated in Vilnius Old Town, just off of Cathedral Square. Dedicated to Saints Stanislaus and Ladislaus, the church is the heart of Catholic spiritual life in Lithuania. The coronations of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania took place within its confines. Inside its crypts and catacombs are buried many famous people from Lithuanian and Polish history including Vytautas , his wife Anna , his brother Sigismund , his cousin Švitrigaila , Saint Casimir , Alexander Jagiellon , and two wives of Sigismund II Augustus: Elisabeth of Habsburg and Barbara Radziwiłł . The heart of the Polish king Władysław IV Vasa was buried there upon his death, although the rest of his body is...
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  • 5. Church of St. Casimir Vilnius
    Church of St. Casimir is a Roman Catholic church in Vilnius' Old Town, close to the Vilnius' Town Hall. It is the first and the oldest baroque church in Vilnius, built in 1618. The construction of the church began in 1604 in memory of the holy prince Saint Casimir. It was built by the Jesuits with funding by the Great Chancellor of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Lew Sapieha. It is traditionally assumed that the corner stone was pulled into the city by procession of 700 Vilniusites from the Antakalnis hills. The construction was finished in 1616, and the interior design completed in 1618. The Church of St. Casimir is one of the earliest exemplary Baroque buildings in the city. Its spatial composition and facade were designed along the line of the famous Il Gesù church in Rome. The shape of t...
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  • 6. Vilnius Choral Synagogue Vilnius
    Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania and its largest city, with a population of 574,147 as of 2018. Vilnius is in the southeast part of Lithuania and is the second largest city in the Baltic states. Vilnius is the seat of the main government institutions of Lithuania and the Vilnius District Municipality. Vilnius is classified as a Gamma global city according to GaWC studies, and is known for the architecture in its Old Town, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. Before World War II, Vilnius was one of the largest Jewish centres in Europe. Its Jewish influence has led to it being described as the Jerusalem of Lithuania and Napoleon named it the Jerusalem of the North as he was passing through in 1812. In 2009, Vilnius was the European Capital of Culture, together with the Austrian ...
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  • 7. St. Michael's Church (Sv. Mykolo Baznycia) Vilnius
    St Michael's Church or St. Michael the Archangel Church is a former Roman Catholic church in Vilnius' Old Town, on the right bank of the Vilnia River. It now hosts the Church Heritage Museum.
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  • 8. Holy Trinity Church and Basilian Gate Vilnius
    Church and monastery of Holy Trinity is a monastery and church of Holy Trinity originally of the Ruthenian Uniate Church, today Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. It is situated in Vilnius, Lithuania. The monastery belongs to the Order of Saint Basil the Great. Beside a church, the monastery compound contains a fortified entrance gate, a university, a hotel complex for visitors, monastic cells including the Konrad's cell. The church surrounded by adjoining four towers at each corner. This monastery tightly entwined with the Union of Brest, personalities like Josaphat Kuntsevych, Archbishop of Polatsk who took vows here and spent first years of his monastic life, as well as a prominent reformer of the Basilian Order, Veliamyn Rutsky.
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  • 12. Orthodox Cathedral of the Dormition of the Theotokos Vilnius
    This is a list of Russian Orthodox churches that are individually notable. This includes churches of the semi-autonomous Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia and churches in Russia and elsewhere not within ROCOR's system.
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  • 14. Evangelical Lutheran Church (Evangeliku Liuteronu Baznycia) Vilnius
    The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lithuania is a Lutheran church body comprising congregations in Lithuania. The ELCL is a member of the Porvoo Communion and the Lutheran World Federation. In 2013 the ELCL reported having 20,000 active members. There are 52 congregations, and around 30 ordained clergy, including the bishop and two deacons. The current Bishop of the church is the Rt Revd Mindaugas Sabutis.Around 0.56% of the population of Lithuania are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania.The abbreviated name for the church is in Latin, Unitas Lithuaniae or in Polish, Jednota Litewska .
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