Orthodox Church (Druskininkai)
The Church of the Icon of the Mother of God " Joy for All Sorrowful " is a Russian Orthodox wooden church in the Lithuanian city of Druskininkai .
It was built between 1861 and 1865 after the place became a famous spa town for Russians. The main donor for the church building was Michail Illarionowitsch Kutuzov . His granddaughter Iekaterina sponsored the iconostasis. The region was occupied by the Poles during World War I and developed into a center for Belarusian emigrants.
The church was closed by the Soviet Union in 1944, but reopened in 1947 and renovated ten years later. At the end of the 1980s, during the Soviet era, it was renovated again.
The church is painted blue on the outside. Various icons and religious images underline the magnificent interior of the church.
Web links
- inyourpocket.com (English)
Coordinates: 54 ° 1 ′ 16 ″ N , 23 ° 58 ′ 16 ″ E