St. Paraskeva Church

St. Paraskeva Church is the oldest Eastern Orthodox church in , located in the capital , belonging to the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Lithuania.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: church building in Vilnius, Lithuania
  • Also known as: “Church of St. Paraskeva, Vilnius” and “Šv. kankinės Paraskevos cerkvė”
  • Address: Didžioji g. 2, Vilnius
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lithuanian art museum and Vilnius Picture Gallery.

Museum
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Lithuanian National Museum of Art is the largest national museum in Lithuania collecting, restoring, and conserving art as well as historical objects of cultural value while presenting artefacts of national importance in an astonishing number of exhibition spaces located in the coastal cities and the capital.

Museum
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is a museum.

Manor estate
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The is a building in Old Town of Vilnius at 4 Didžioji St. Currently it is owned by the Lithuanian Art Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vilnius Old Town and Užupis.

Suburb
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The Old Town of Vilnius, one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in Northern Europe, as inscribed within UNESCO World Heritage Sites, has an area of 3.59 square kilometres.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood in , the capital of , largely located in , a UNESCO World Heritage Site. means "beyond the river" or "the other side of the river" in the Lithuanian language and refers to the Vilnia River; the name Vilnius was derived from the Vilnia.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

St. Paraskeva Church

Latitude
54.68094° or 54° 40′ 51″ north
Longitude
25.28934° or 25° 17′ 22″ east
Open location code
9G67M7JQ+9P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 60774388
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­orthodox
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q1960270
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“St. Paraskeva Church” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Пятніцкая царква (Вільнюс)”
  • Belarusian: “Пятніцкая царква”
  • Belarusian: “Царква Святой Параскевы Пятніцы”
  • Belarusian: “Царква Сьвятой Параскевы Пятніцы (Вільня)”
  • Belarusian: “Царква Сьвятой Параскевы Пятніцы”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس باراسكيفا”
  • Estonian: “Vilniuse Püha Paraskeva kirik”
  • German: “Kirche der Heiligen Märtyrerin Paraskeva”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilniaus šv. kankinės Paraskevės cerkvė”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilniaus Šv. kankinės Paraskevos cerkvė”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilniaus Šv. Paraskevijos (Piatnickajos) cerkvė”
  • Polish: “Cerkiew Piatnicka w Wilnie”
  • Russian: “Пятницкая церковь”
  • Ukrainian: “П’ятницька церква”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Святої Параскеви П’ятниці у Вільнюсі”

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