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Church of St. Apostles Peter and Paul

architecture / church / stained glass

The first wooden church was built in 1786. built by Kristina Kačanauskienė; established parish. 18th century There was a parish school in Nemajunai. 19th century in the middle, the old church was in disrepair. in 1858 the project of a new wooden church was approved, which was abandoned in 1862. the project of the brick church was approved.

in 1863 Pastor Pranas Kazlauskas was arrested. In 1864, he deprived of the title of clergy, sent to penal servitude. After bricking the 1.5 m high walls, it is forbidden to build a church. The authorities offered to repair the old one. When it turned out that there was nothing to repair, permission to rebuild was requested. Without receiving official permission from the authorities, priest Anzelmas Nonevičius in 1877. built a new wooden church according to Tomas Tišeckis in 1861. prepared in 1876 approved project. For arbitrary construction in 1877 the authorities fined the pastor 150 rb. in 1918 German gendarmes burned the farm buildings of the church with grain.

The church is Neo-Gothic, rectangular in plan, hall, with a square presbytery and 2 side sacristies, 2 facade towers and a turret on the roof. Inside 3 naves separated by columns. There are paintings by K. Rafalavičius and N. Silvanavičius (among them, Saints Peter and Paul in the high altar, 1883).

St. Mass is offered on Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

Visiting the church is free. The church is unlocked by prior arrangement.

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