This reflects the burial and honouring practices of that time. Rita Pauliukevi i t , director of the Vilnius Church, said that this discovery and the symbols found in it hold special significance ...

director of the Vilnius Church Heritage Museum. The artefacts – whose exact value has yet to be revealed – are set to undergo examination and restoration before being put on display for the ...

Most of those responding to the 2025 Jubilee call to be “pilgrims of hope” are expected to join the crowds flocks to Rome, or ...

But no more. Last December, researchers inspecting the cracks and cavities in the walls of the Lithuanian church’s vaults uncovered the handsome trove, bringing to light princely and historical ...

director of the Vilnius Church Heritage Museum, in the Archdiocese statement. The items were first discovered in 1931 when the cathedral was being cleaned following a spring flood, revealing a ...

A secret cache of treasure, comprising burial crowns and insignia belonging to Polish and Lithuanian rulers, has been uncovered after more than 85 years from Vilnius Cathedral in Lithuania. Hidden ...

“These symbols are important both for the State and for each of us, as signs of European identity, as a reclaimed identity of the old State, as a sign of the strength of our roots,” explained Rita ...