Body of Christ Church [Dievo Kūno Bažnyčia]

Completed in 1690 and consecrated 10 years later, this often overlooked Baroque church next to the underpass connecting Old Town with the newer part of the city provides an interesting insight into the mindset of the occupying Soviets. Yet to be restored to its former glory, enter through the small door in the courtyard and have a look around. Used as a cinema among other things during the darkest days of atheism, much of the remaining Soviet-era glass and metalwork remains inside. The crumbing external features reveal a few tell-tale signs of the city’s past, including the just visible Garnisonkirche sign on the south-facing wall implying that the building was once used as the official house of worship for the German army probably during WWI.

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Vilniaus 31/1