{"id":122,"date":"2017-11-30T16:06:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T16:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cityofmercy.lt\/?page_id=122"},"modified":"2021-05-27T17:37:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T14:37:58","slug":"sv-apastalu-petro-ir-povilo-baznycia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cityofmercy.lt\/en_GB\/objektai\/sv-apastalu-petro-ir-povilo-baznycia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sts. Peter and Paul the Apostles Church"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column centered_text=”true” column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n

Sts. Peter and Paul the Apostles Church<\/strong><\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text]
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Vilnius Sts. Peter and Paul Church is one of Lithuania’s most famous Baroque buildings, with an exterior and interior design that has changed little since its construction. It is one of a few churches in Vilnius, which has operated uninterrupted as a Catholic place of worship. The Canons Regular of the Lateran monks settled at this site in 1625. It is thought, that several wooden churches occupied the site of the current Church from the end of the 16th century until they burned down. The construction of the current masonry Church began on June 29th, 1668, which was also Sts. Peter and Paul feast day. People prayed for the intercession of Mary to bring peace to a war-ravaged Lithuania. This intention is evidenced by the inscription on the facade of the Church \u201cRegina Pacis funda nos in pace\u201d \u2013 \u201cQueen of Peace, strengthen us in peace\u201d. This rhetorical Baroque play on words is reminiscent of the benefactor of the Church\u2019s construction \u2013 Mykolas Kazimieras Pacas, Voivod of Vilnius and principal commander of the army of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. His remains rest in the Church\u2019s basement under the threshold.<\/p>\n

In 1678 two great Italian sculptors \u2013 Giovanni Pietro Perti and Giovanni Maria Galli \u2013 came to decorate the Church. This Church is considered Vilnius\u2019s Late Baroque gem due to the Italian artists\u2019 stucco sculptural decor. Iconography within the Church\u2019s interior expresses the fundamental values \u200b\u200bof the Lateran monks and the principles of its patron, M. K. Pacas, who remained chaste until his death. Those principles include the importance of the Church\u2019s teachings, Baroque humility of the powerful, and fighting and suffering for faith and chastity. They are reflected in the Church\u2019s chapels: St. Augustine, patron of Canons Regular of the Lateran; St. Queens; Holy Knights the Martyrs; and Holy Virgins the Martyrs.<\/p>\n

Above the main altar is a painting by Pranciskus Smuglevicius titled \u201cThe Farewell of Sts. Peter and Paul\u201d. The Vilnius Fishermen Brotherhood provided the painting, \u201cFive Wounds of Jesus\u201d, which is venerated above the right side altar. A wooden statue of Jesus of Nazareth, which was sculpted in Rome and based upon the miraculous image of Ecce Homo located in Madrid, is also venerated in this Church. Visitation records of 1804 reveal that stamped relics were enclosed within Jesus\u2019s head, which was assembled of two parts.<\/p>\n

The painting of the Blessed Virgin Mary the Gracious (above the altar on the left) is a copy of an image, venerated in the town of Faenza, Italy, which was brought to Vilnius by Samogitian Bishop Jurgis Tiskevicius. The painting depicts Mary breaking the arrows of God’s wrath. During the raging epidemics, Vilnius residents prayed by this painting for the intercession of Mary. Displayed nearby is a later painting depicting Blessed Virgin Mary the Gracious and a scene of Vilnius suffering the plague.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/2″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”]

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Church is opened<\/b>
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Holy Mass (in Lithuanian)<\/strong>
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Holy Mass (in Polish)<\/strong>
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\nSunday \u2013 8.30 a.m., 1 p.m., 5 p.m. <\/div>
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