Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Kaunas

Church of the Blessed Sacrament

Religion
Affiliation| Roman Catholic
District| Old Town
Leadership| Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaunas
Location
Location| Kaunas, Lithuania
Geographic coordinates| 54°53′48.58″N 23°53′44.71″E﻿ / ﻿54.8968278°N 23.8957528°E﻿ / 54.8968278; 23.8957528
Architecture
Type| Church
Style| Baroque
Completed| 1690
Specifications
Dome(s)| 1
Materials| Masonry (brick)

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]

## Gallery[edit]

* Main façade

* Side view

* Apse

* Mosaic

* Window

* At night

* Before 1919

## References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Kaunas.

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

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