Church of St. Alexander Nevsky

Saint Alexander Nevsky Church is an Eastern Orthodox church in the district of dedicated to patron saint Alexander Nevsky. It was built in 1898 and closed by the Soviet government in 1959.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: church building in Vilnius, Lithuania
  • Also known as: “Church of St. Alexander Nevsky, Vilnius” and “St. Alexander Nevsky Church”
  • Address: Lenkų g. 1, Vilnius

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vilnius railway station and LFF stadium.

Railway station
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Vilnius Central Railway Station is an LTG Link train station in , . The railway station situates between two neighbourhoods of Vilnius — and — and on the edge of the . is situated 470 metres north of Church of St. Alexander Nevsky.

Stadium
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FK Žalgiris' Home Stadium, formerly known as Vėtra Stadium and , is a in , Lithuania. The stadium succeeded the Žalgiris Stadium as the main venue of FK Žalgiris, the city's primary football club, and was home of the Lithuanian national football team between 2005 and 2022. is situated 570 metres northeast of Church of St. Alexander Nevsky.

Church
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is situated 270 metres east of Church of St. Alexander Nevsky.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Naujininkai and Liepkalnis.

Suburb
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is one of the elderships of , . It is situated in the south-west of the city and lies between Vilnius International Airport and the . It has an Old Believers cemetery and a church.

Quarter
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is an area of , Lithuania, located within the eldership, east of eldership. It is the highest point of land in Vilnius, the Hill of Laimis at 235 metres high.

Suburb
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is an eldership in the Vilnius City Municipality, . It occupies 16.3 km². According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 10,597.

Church of St. Alexander Nevsky

Latitude
54.66589° or 54° 39′ 57″ north
Longitude
25.28708° or 25° 17′ 14″ east
Open location code
9G67M78P+9R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 56160343
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q2091687
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Church of St. Alexander Nevsky” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Царква Святога Аляксандра Неўскага”
  • Chinese: “亚历山大·涅夫斯基教堂”
  • Dutch: “Alexander Nevskikerk (Vilnius)”
  • Dutch: “Alexander Nevskikerk”
  • Dutch: “Kerk van de Heilige grootvorst Alexander Nevski”
  • French: “Église Saint-Alexandre-Nevski de Vilnius”
  • French: “église Saint-Alexandre-Nevski”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilniaus šv. Aleksandro Neviškio cerkvė”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilniaus Šv. Aleksandro Neviškio cerkvė”
  • Polish: “Cerkiew św. Aleksandra Newskiego w Wilnie”
  • Polish: “Cerkiew św. Aleksandra Newskiego”
  • Russian: “Александро-Невская церковь”
  • Russian: “Церковь Александра Невского”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святого Александра Невского”
  • Ukrainian: “Олександро-Невська церква”

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