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Lithuania
Lithuania brings together sacred architecture, pilgrimage traditions, and landscapes shaped by memory, ritual, and local devotion.
23 sacred sites across 8 regions. Use the tradition and site-type filters to narrow in.
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Lithuania sacred sites overview
Lithuania sacred sites include living temples, shrines, churches, pilgrimage places, ruins, and sacred landscapes indexed across the Pilgrim Map atlas.
Use this guide to compare regional clusters, represented traditions, and common site types before opening individual pages for visiting context and deeper background.
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Basilica of Saint Michael the Archangel, Marijampole
Marijampolė, Marijampolė County, Lithuania
Marijampolė — Mary's City — grew around a monastery built by the last surviving Marian Fathers in the Russian Empire....
Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Krekenava
Krekenava, Panevėžys County, Lithuania
In the heart of Aukštaitija, the neo-Gothic basilica of Krekenava shelters a painting of the Mother of God that has drawn pilgrims for nearly five centuries....
Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Siluva
Šiluva, Kaunas County, Lithuania
The Basilica of the Nativity holds the crowned miraculous painting of Our Lady of Šiluva — called 'Lithuania's greatest treasure.' Brought from Rome in 1457, lost during...
Church of St. Stanislaus, Berzoras
Beržoras, Telšiai County, Lithuania
Between two lakes in Žemaitija National Park stands one of Lithuania's oldest wooden churches, built where a miraculous painting of the Virgin Mary repeatedly returned to...
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Alksnenai
Stirnėnai, Marijampolė County, Lithuania
In the Suvalkija countryside, the wooden Church of the Assumption in Alksnėnai shelters a miraculous crowned statue of the Virgin Mary and a collection of 18th-century...
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Pivasiunai
Pivašiūnai, Alytus County, Lithuania
Perched on a hill surrounded by ancient pines and birches, the Church of the Assumption in Pivašiūnai shelters a miraculous 17th-century painting crowned with papal crowns...
Church of the Virgin Mary Victorious, Kazokiskes
Kazokiškės, Vilnius County, Lithuania
In the quiet Lithuanian countryside southeast of Vilnius, a late Baroque church holds a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary Victorious that has drawn pilgrims since the...
Gates of Dawn, Vilniaus
Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania
Of the nine gates that once guarded Vilnius, only one survives. The Gates of Dawn stands because the miraculous icon of Our Lady of Mercy in its chapel above made...
Hill of Crosses, Siauliai
Domantai, Šiauliai County, Lithuania
Three times the Soviet regime bulldozed the Hill of Crosses. Three times the Lithuanian people rebuilt it, cross by cross, in darkness....
Kaunas Cathedral Basilica, Lithuania
Kaunas, Kaunas County, Lithuania
Founded by Grand Duke Vytautas the Great in the early fifteenth century, Kaunas Cathedral Basilica is the largest Gothic church in Lithuania and the seat of the Archbishop...
Keturnaujiena Divine Mercy Chapel, Suodžiai
Suodžiai, Marijampolė County, Lithuania
In 1969, a Lithuanian dairy worker named Anele Matijosaitiene reported an apparition of Jesus Christ resembling the Divine Mercy image....
Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit, Vilnius
Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania
In the heart of Vilnius' Old Town, two hundred meters north of the Gate of Dawn, stands the most important Orthodox church in Lithuania....
Our Lady of Šiluva (Our Lady of the Pine Woods), Šiluva, Lithuania
Šiluva, Kaunas County, Lithuania
One of Europe's earliest approved Marian apparitions, Siluva marks the place where shepherd children saw the Virgin Mary weeping on a rock in 1608, mourning the loss of...
Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn
Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania
Above the only surviving gate of Vilnius's medieval walls, a seventeenth-century icon of the Virgin Mary draws Catholic, Orthodox, and Greek Catholic faithful into a...
Pazaislis Monastery and Church, Kaunas
Kaunas, Kaunas County, Lithuania
Lithuania's largest and most artistically magnificent monastery complex rises on a wooded hill above the Kaunas Reservoir....
Place of the Apparition of St. Mary at Lake Ilgis
Sviriškės, Utena County, Lithuania
On a summer evening in 1967, two teenagers saw a luminous figure standing over the waters of Lake Ilgis in northeastern Lithuania....
Skiemonys Chapel, Skiemonys
Skiemonys, Utena County, Lithuania
In this village of fewer than forty inhabitants in northeastern Lithuania, a five-century-old tradition of worship converges with a 1962 Marian apparition that occurred...
St. Mary Church, Trakai, Lithuania
Trakai, Vilnius County, Lithuania
In the shadow of Trakai's famous island castle, a basilica founded by Grand Duke Vytautas the Great in 1409 houses a miraculous icon that has been venerated by Catholics,...
St. Mary Queen of Angels Church, Tytuvenai
Tytuvėnai, Šiauliai County, Lithuania
The Church of St. Mary Queen of Angels in Tytuvenai is one of Lithuania's most complete Baroque sacred interiors, built by Bernardine Franciscans in the early 17th century...
Telsiai Cathedral
Telšiai, Telšiai County, Lithuania
Telsiai Cathedral stands atop Insulos hill, the highest point in the city of seven hills, overlooking Lake Mastis in western Lithuania....
Tytuveṅai Church and Monastery, Lithuania
Tytuvėnai, Šiauliai County, Lithuania
The Tytuvenai Monastery is one of Lithuania's most significant Baroque religious complexes, designed as an earthly image of the New Jerusalem....
Vilnius Cathedral and Chapel of St Casimir, Lithuania
Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania
Vilnius Cathedral stands on a site sacred for at least eight centuries, possibly longer if the tradition of a pagan temple to Perkunas is accurate....
Žemaičių Kalvarija Basilica (Samogitian Calvary)
Žemaičių Kalvarija, Telšiai County, Lithuania
Zemaiciu Kalvarija is one of the most important Catholic pilgrimage destinations in the Baltic states, where over 70,000 pilgrims gather annually for the Great Calvary...
Key questions
Lithuania sacred-site questions
- What sacred sites can I explore in Lithuania?
- Pilgrim Map lists sacred places in Lithuania across living worship sites, heritage landmarks, pilgrimage destinations, and culturally significant landscapes. The current guide lists 23 sites organized by region, tradition, and site type.
- Which traditions are represented in Lithuania?
- The most represented traditions include Christianity.
- How should I plan a sacred-site visit in Lithuania?
- Start with regional clusters, compare nearby places on the map, then open individual site pages for coordinates, etiquette, and sacred context where available.
- Can I view Lithuania sacred sites on a map?
- Yes. Switch to map view to compare geographic clusters, then open individual site pages for coordinates, visiting context, and related places.