Corpus_Christi_Church,_Kaunas

Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Kaunas

Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Kaunas

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Church of the Blessed Sacrament or Corpus Christi Church (Lithuanian: Kauno Švč. Sakramento bažnyčia or Kauno Dievo kūno bažnyčia) is a Roman Catholic church in the Old Town of Kaunas, Lithuania.[1][2][3] The church was damaged by the Napoleonic Army in 1812 and together with the Dominican Monastery was closed in 1845 by the order of Russian tsar Nicholas I of Russia, in 1865 it was converted into an Orthodox church.[4]

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  • Main façade
  • Side view
  • Apse
  • Mosaic
  • Window
  • At night
  • Before 1919

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    "Kauno Dievo Kūno bažnyčia ir dominikonų vienuolynas". autc.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 12 July 2020.
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    "Kauno Švč. Sakramento bažnyčia". pamatyklietuvoje.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Bažnyčia, kurią žino nedaugelis". Kauno.diena.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Skaudžią istoriją menanti Kauno bažnyčia gali atgyti". DELFI (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 12 July 2020.


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