Trakai St. Basilica of the Virgin Mary

Trakai prepositive parish church in 1409. May 24 The founding privilege was established by the Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas (~ 1392—1430). She was then given the Blessed Virgin Mary. Visit of the Virgin Mary and St. the title of John the Evangelist, the Bezdej parishes dedicated to the maintenance of three priests (now the territory of Belarus, the Brest region, the Drohichin district), the salary of a clergyman or school supervisor Fundamental privilege is an act of will and power. It mobilizes resources for the construction and installation of the church. It is not known when the construction was completed and the church was consecrated. The pastor of the church was first mentioned only in a document of 1479. So at that time the building had already been consecrated and worshiped, but it remains unclear when the church was consecrated. Considering the historical circumstances, it is probable that the same masters worked in the construction of the church as in the castle of Trakai Island, apparently the materials accumulated for the construction of the castle were also used. Thus, it is probable that the church was built in the late 1990s and early 1930s. This red-brick Gothic building stood until the beginning of the 17th century, when a vestibule was introduced in response to changes in the liturgy. At that time, the church began to be glorified by the miraculous image of the Mother of God, the graces received by the people praying to her. Historical sources state that the number of worshipers increased, and the inventories of the church list the gifts of gratitude for the graces experienced by the Mother of God. The number of burials in crypts has increased.

During 1655-1661. during the war with Moscow the church was looted and destroyed. Reconstructed in Baroque style after the war. 1700 On the initiative and funds of the GDL Army General Matt Römer, the chapel of the Römer family was presented at the southern border of the presbytery. At the beginning of

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