{"id":155,"date":"2017-11-30T16:20:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T16:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cityofmercy.lt\/?page_id=155"},"modified":"2021-05-27T18:16:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T15:16:16","slug":"traku-svc-mergeles-marijos-apsilankymo-bazilika","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cityofmercy.lt\/en_GB\/objektai\/traku-svc-mergeles-marijos-apsilankymo-bazilika\/","title":{"rendered":"Trakai Basilica of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary"},"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

Trakai Basilica of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary<\/strong><\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text]
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<\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]This Church is included as part of the following itinerary:<\/strong> The Route of Saint John Paul II<\/a>, Places of Marian Devotion<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text]
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St. John Paul II possessed a special devotion to the Mother of God. As his apostolic motto, he chose \u201cTotus Tuus\u201d (\u201cTotally Thine\u201d), a proclamation of love and faithfulness to the Holy Virgin Mary. Trakai Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a testament to the deep Lithuanian tradition of devotion to Mary. The altar is adorned by the image of the Mother of God \u2013 Patron of Lithuania and is renowned for its special graces. It was the first image of Mary in Lithuania to be crowned by the pope, and it received the title of the Intercessor of the Afflicted on September 4, 1718.<\/p>\n

The Church was built in 1409 due to the initiative of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas and was granted the title of the Visitation of Elizabeth by the Blessed Virgin Mary. In Christian tradition, this event is perceived as an encounter between the old and the new covenant. The interior Church walls, dated to the 15th century, are adorned with Byzantine-style painting, with the first fragments of it discovered in 2006. The frescoes depict scenes from the Old and New Testament. This Church has an enduring reverence for the Rosary. For that reason, the altar of the Virgin Mary in the Church\u2019s northeast corner displays the 17th-century painting of \u201cOur Lady of the Rosary with St. Dominic and St. Catherine of Siena\u201d. This Church has never been closed, given to another religious denomination, or used for other purposes. Consequently, Trakai Church is an exceptional monument to faith and Lithuanian culture, representing an ecclesiastical and artistic legacy of six centuries.<\/p>\n

The Church features a Byzantine-style painting depicting the Mother of God Hodegetria (from Greek: “She who shows the Way”). In it, Child Jesus is wearing a purple tunic and is seated on Mary\u2019s left knee. He\u2019s holding a book in His left hand while reaching His right hand towards three roses held by His Mother, which represent three Mysteries of the Rosary. The Mother of God painting of Trakai is closely associated with the Grand Duke Vytautas. The 17th-century inscription on the back of the painting provides that it was given to Vytautas as a baptismal gift by the Byzantine Emperor Emanuel II Paleologos. Over the years it had served as a reminder of the majestic rule of Vytautas. This image of Mary strengthened the nation, and for that reason, it became a destination for prayer to supreme state rulers, nobles, and people from all over the region.<\/p>\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>
\nMonday\u2013Sunday \u2013 9 a.m.\u20137 p.m. <\/div>
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Holy Mass (in Lithuanian)<\/strong>
\nMonday\u2013Saturday \u2013 6 p.m.
\nSunday \u2013 12 p.m.(noon) <\/div>
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Holy Mass (in Polish)<\/strong>
\nMonday\u2013Saturday \u2013 5 p.m.
\nSunday\u2013 10 a.m. <\/div>
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The Akathist Hymn in honor of the Mother of God is sung on the first Sunday of every month at 11.20 a.m. (in Lithuanian) <\/div>
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Feast days \u2013 Indulgences <\/strong>
\nThe Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary \u2013 15th of August
\nThe Birth of Our Lady (Trakin\u0117s)<\/a> \u2013 from 2nd \u2013till 8th of September <\/div>
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