Church of St. Raphael the Archangel Šv. arkangelo Rapolo bažnyčia | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
District | Šnipiškės |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Used as a church |
Year consecrated | 1702 |
Location | |
Location | Vilnius, Lithuania |
Geographic coordinates | 54°41′34″N 25°16′43.50″E / 54.69278°N 25.2787500°E |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Hiacintas Ptakas, Jurgis Šikas (initial architects), [1] Jonas Valentas Dyderšteinas (1752) [2] |
Type | Church |
Style | Baroque |
Completed | 1709 |
Materials | plastered masonry |
Church of St. Raphael the Archangel ( Lithuanian: Šv. arkangelo Rapolo bažnyčia, Polish: Kościół Św. Rafała Archanioła) is a Roman Catholic church in Šnipiškės, Vilnius. [2] [3] Former Jesuits monastery ensemble is located nearby which currently is used by the Department of Cultural Heritage of Lithuania. [4]
Close to the church there was a wayside shrine, containing a statue of Christ Carrying the Cross. The shrine was built around 1710 during the Great Northern War plague outbreak in Vilnius. [4]
On 14 August 1904, the first President of the independent Lithuania Antanas Smetona married with Sofija Smetonienė in the Church of St. Raphael. [4]
Wooden sculpture of Jesus from the demolished Chapel of Jesus of Šnipiškės, which was built in ~1720, was discovered in the basements of the church in 2017 and following a restoration is currently exhibited in the Church Heritage Museum in Vilnius. [5] [6]
Church of St. Raphael the Archangel Šv. arkangelo Rapolo bažnyčia | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
District | Šnipiškės |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Used as a church |
Year consecrated | 1702 |
Location | |
Location | Vilnius, Lithuania |
Geographic coordinates | 54°41′34″N 25°16′43.50″E / 54.69278°N 25.2787500°E |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Hiacintas Ptakas, Jurgis Šikas (initial architects), [1] Jonas Valentas Dyderšteinas (1752) [2] |
Type | Church |
Style | Baroque |
Completed | 1709 |
Materials | plastered masonry |
Church of St. Raphael the Archangel ( Lithuanian: Šv. arkangelo Rapolo bažnyčia, Polish: Kościół Św. Rafała Archanioła) is a Roman Catholic church in Šnipiškės, Vilnius. [2] [3] Former Jesuits monastery ensemble is located nearby which currently is used by the Department of Cultural Heritage of Lithuania. [4]
Close to the church there was a wayside shrine, containing a statue of Christ Carrying the Cross. The shrine was built around 1710 during the Great Northern War plague outbreak in Vilnius. [4]
On 14 August 1904, the first President of the independent Lithuania Antanas Smetona married with Sofija Smetonienė in the Church of St. Raphael. [4]
Wooden sculpture of Jesus from the demolished Chapel of Jesus of Šnipiškės, which was built in ~1720, was discovered in the basements of the church in 2017 and following a restoration is currently exhibited in the Church Heritage Museum in Vilnius. [5] [6]