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Holy Transfiguration Church, Kėdainiai

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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
300:, 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. 303:
In 1841 this situation changed together with the arrival of more Russians to the town. In 1895 the church also turned out to be too tiny and it was replaced by the one which was preserved up to today. During
308:, the church was abandoned. Only in 1918 new parish clergy arrived to Kėdainiai. It was registered as an active parish by the Soviet government in 1947, with 230 parishioners at this moment. 175: 341: 346: 110: 285: 151: 326: 68: 46: 293: 168: 39: 33: 297: 115: 237: 50: 232: 322: 277: 262: 97: 247: 335: 125: 281: 141: 305: 296:. In 1798 it was officially closed. Despite the advice of the Holy Synod of the 225: 190: 177: 212: 161: 18: 261: 253: 243: 231: 221: 211: 206: 167: 157: 147: 136: 131: 121: 109: 104: 83: 8: 96: 80: 69:Learn how and when to remove this message 32:This article includes a list of general 347:Eastern Orthodox churches in Lithuania 321:, Свято-Духов Монастыр, Vilnius 2006, 342:Buildings and structures in Kėdainiai 286:Russian Orthodox Diocese of Lithuania 7: 16:Eastern Orthodox church in Lithuania 38:it lacks sufficient corresponding 14: 294:Holy Spirit Monastery in Vilnius 23: 152:Kėdainiai District Municipality 108: 1: 90:Viešpaties Atsimainymo Cerkvė 274:Holy Transfiguration Church 84:Holy Transfiguration Church 363: 95: 88: 319:Православные храмы Литвы 89: 298:Russian Orthodox Church 116:Eastern Orthodox Church 53:more precise citations. 169:Geographic coordinates 191:55.28861°N 23.97417°E 140:Gedimino g. 2, 57287 187: /  196:55.28861; 23.97417 284:belonging to the 271: 270: 79: 78: 71: 354: 278:Eastern Orthodox 202: 201: 199: 198: 197: 192: 188: 185: 184: 183: 180: 100: 81: 74: 67: 63: 60: 54: 49:this article by 40:inline citations 27: 26: 19: 362: 361: 357: 356: 355: 353: 352: 351: 332: 331: 314: 195: 193: 189: 186: 181: 178: 176: 174: 173: 91: 75: 64: 58: 55: 45:Please help to 44: 28: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 360: 358: 350: 349: 344: 334: 333: 330: 329: 313: 310: 269: 268: 265: 259: 258: 255: 251: 250: 248:Pyotr Stolypin 245: 241: 240: 235: 229: 228: 223: 219: 218: 215: 209: 208: 204: 203: 171: 165: 164: 159: 155: 154: 149: 145: 144: 138: 134: 133: 129: 128: 123: 119: 118: 113: 107: 106: 102: 101: 93: 92: 86: 85: 77: 76: 31: 29: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 359: 348: 345: 343: 340: 339: 337: 328: 327:9986-559-62-6 324: 320: 316: 315: 311: 309: 307: 301: 299: 295: 289: 287: 283: 279: 275: 266: 264: 260: 256: 252: 249: 246: 242: 239: 236: 234: 230: 227: 224: 220: 216: 214: 210: 205: 200: 172: 170: 166: 163: 160: 156: 153: 150: 146: 143: 139: 135: 130: 127: 126:Kaunas County 124: 120: 117: 114: 112: 103: 99: 94: 87: 82: 73: 70: 62: 59:November 2021 52: 48: 42: 41: 35: 30: 21: 20: 318: 317:G. Shlevis, 302: 290: 273: 272: 213:Architect(s) 207:Architecture 148:Municipality 65: 56: 37: 306:World War I 217:S. Ikonikov 194: / 111:Affiliation 51:introducing 336:Categories 280:church in 182:23°58′27″E 179:55°17′19″N 34:references 282:Kėdainiai 263:Materials 254:Completed 244:Funded by 238:Byzantine 162:Lithuania 142:Kėdainiai 137:Location 132:Location 105:Religion 312:Sources 158:Country 47:improve 325:  276:is an 226:Church 122:Region 36:, but 267:Brick 233:Style 323:ISBN 257:1861 222:Type 288:.. 338:: 72:) 66:( 61:) 57:( 43:.

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Affiliation
Eastern Orthodox Church
Kaunas County
Kėdainiai
Kėdainiai District Municipality
Lithuania
Geographic coordinates
55°17′19″N 23°58′27″E / 55.28861°N 23.97417°E / 55.28861; 23.97417
Architect(s)
Church
Style
Byzantine
Pyotr Stolypin
Materials
Eastern Orthodox
Kėdainiai
Russian Orthodox Diocese of Lithuania
Holy Spirit Monastery in Vilnius
Russian Orthodox Church
World War I
ISBN
9986-559-62-6
Categories
Buildings and structures in Kėdainiai

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