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Monastery Of St. Mary Magdalene, Vilnius
The Monastery of St. Mary Magdalene is an Eastern Orthodoxy, Orthodox female monastery in Vilnius. Since 1923, the only women's monastery in the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Lithuania. Established by imperial decree on 9 November 1864, during the intensification of Russification in the former territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, it initially occupied the buildings of the former Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary on Ross' Street. Its Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Vilnius, church was adapted into the monastic Church of St. Mary Magdalene. The Vilnius community consisted of nuns from the St. Alexis Convent in Moscow, who ran a school, an orphanage, as well as workshops for making liturgical vestments and writing icons at the monastery. The monastery operated until 1915 when, succumbing to the panic fueled by Tsarist propaganda, the residing nuns (114 nuns and novices) left the monastery, opting for exile. After World War I, the Visitation nuns returned to Viln ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilnius
Vilnius ( , ) is the capital of and List of cities in Lithuania#Cities, largest city in Lithuania and the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, most-populous city in the Baltic states. The city's estimated January 2025 population was 607,667, and the Vilnius urban area (which extends beyond the city limits) has an estimated population of 747,864. Vilnius is notable for the architecture of its Vilnius Old Town, Old Town, considered one of Europe's largest and best-preserved old towns. The city was declared a World Heritage Site, UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. The architectural style known as Vilnian Baroque is named after the city, which is farthest to the east among Baroque architecture, Baroque cities and the largest such city north of the Alps. The city was noted for its #Demographics, multicultural population during the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, with contemporary sources comparing it to Babylon. Before World War II and The Holocaust in Lithuania, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
