Holy Transfiguration Church, Kėdainiai

Local nameKėdainių Viešpaties Atsimainymo cerkvė
LocationKėdainiai

Holy Transfiguration Church is an Eastern Orthodox church in Kėdainiai belonging to the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Lithuania..

The first, wooden Orthodox church in Kėdainiai was constructed in 1643. From 1652 it belonged to an Orthodox monastery of the Holy Transfiguration, which was destroyed by fire in 1771. After this event the monastery was never rebuilt and the monks moved to the Holy Spirit Monastery in Vilnius. In 1798 it was officially closed. Despite the advice of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, the remaining church was not made a parish church because of the tiny number of Orthodox Christians living permanently in Kėdainiai. The services were held there only occasionally, wherever a Russian military unit arrived to the town.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Transfiguration_Church,_Kėdainiai

Coordinates 55°17'19.281" N 23°58'27.06" E

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