Church of St. Theresa
Church of St. Theresa is a Roman Catholic church in Vilnius' Old Town, close to the Gate of Dawn. It was completed in 1650, and it is dedicated to Teresa of Ávila.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church building in Vilnius, Lithuania
- Also known as: “Church of St. Theresa, Vilnius”
- Address: Aušros Vartų g. 14, Vilnius, 01303
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gate of Dawn and Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit.
Gate of Dawn
Church
Photo: Kontis, Public domain.
The Gate of Dawn, or Sharp Gate is a city gate in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, and one of its most important religious, historical and cultural monuments. It is a major site of Catholic pilgrimage in Lithuania.
Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit
Church
Photo: Alma Pater, Public domain.
The Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit is a Russian Orthodox church in the Vilnius Old Town, capital of Lithuania, rebuilt 1749–1753 in the Vilnian Baroque style.
Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Vilnius
Church
Photo: Ivan Trutnev, Public domain.
Monastery of the Holy Trinity is a monastery built in Vilnius by the Ruthenian Church and Grand Hetman of Lithuania Konstanty Ostrogski as a thanksgiving to the God for the victory in Battle of Orsha.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vilnius Old Town and Užupis.
Vilnius Old Town
Suburb
Photo: BigHead, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Užupis
Quarter
Photo: Wojsyl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Užupis is a neighborhood in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, largely located in Vilnius's old town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Užupis 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.
Church of St. Theresa
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Senamiesčio sen., Vilnius, Vilnius County, Dzūkija, Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
54.6749° or 54° 40′ 30″ northLongitude
25.28959° or 25° 17′ 23″ eastOpen location code
9G67M7FQ+XROpenStreetMap ID
way 61978296OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q2011885
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Church of St. Theresa” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Касцёл Святой Тэрэзы”
- Belarusian: “Касьцёл Сьвятой Тэрэзы ў Вільні”
- Dutch: “Sint-Theresiakerk (Vilnius)”
- Dutch: “Sint-Theresiakerk”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديسه تريزا”
- French: “église Sainte-Thérèse”
- French: “Église Sainte-Thérèse”
- Greek: “Εκκλησία της Αγίας Τερέζας (Βίλνιους)”
- Lithuanian: “Šv. Teresės bažnyčia”
- Lithuanian: “Vilniaus šv. Teresės bažnyčia”
- Lithuanian: “Vilniaus Šv. Teresės bažnyčia”
- Polish: “Kościół św. Teresy w Wilnie”
- Polish: “Kościół św. Teresy”
- Polish: “Kościół Świętej Teresy w Wilnie”
- Russian: “Костёл Св. Терезы”
- Russian: “Костёл Святой Терезии”
- Russian: “Костёл Святой Терезы”
- Russian: “Костел Святой Тересы”
- Russian: “Костёл Святой Тересы”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de Santa Teresa (Vilna)”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de Santa Teresa”
- Ukrainian: “Костел Св. Терези”
- Ukrainian: “Костел Святої Терези у Вільнюсі”
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