Church of St. Raphael the Archangel (Lithuanian: Šv. arkangelo Rapolo bažnyčia, Polish: Kościół Św. Rafała Archanioła) is a Roman Catholic church in Šnipiškės, Vilnius.[1][2] Former Jesuits monastery ensemble is located nearby which currently is used by the Department of Cultural Heritage of Lithuania.[3]
Close to the church there was a wayside shrine, containing a statue of Christ Carrying the Cross. The shrine was built around 1710 during the Great Northern War plague outbreak in Vilnius.[3]
On 14 August 1904, the first President of the independent Lithuania Antanas Smetona married Sofija Smetonienė in the Church of St. Raphael.[3]
A wooden sculpture of Jesus from the demolished Chapel of Jesus of Šnipiškės, which was built in ~1720, was discovered in the basements of the church in 2017 and following a restoration is currently exhibited in the Church Heritage Museum in Vilnius.[4][5]
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- 1."Vilniaus Šv. Arkangelo Rapolo bažnyčios ir jėzuitų vienuolyno statinių ansamblis". Kvr.kpd.lt. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
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- 3.[3.2][3.3]"St. Raphael the Archangel Church". CityofMercy.lt. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- 4."Šnipiškių Jėzus – istorinis, kultūrinis ir religinis Vilniaus akcentas". Bernardinai.lt (in Lithuanian). 1 March 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- 5.Dumalakas, Arūnas. "Pradingusį Šnipiškių Jėzų ištraukė iš bažnyčios rūsio". lrytas.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2 April 2023.