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CHURCH OF ST. VIRGIN MARY IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH IN KRAŽIAI

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Late Baroque style Kražiai Church is known in Lithuania as the protector of Catholics and our nationality. It logs the history of the massacre Kražiai events that have caused repercussions throughout Europe. Tsarist government closed the monastery and planned to demolish the church. The faithful people asked to make a church of the monastery as a parish church. People requested thee government, kings, rulers and other bishops to do so. Residents day and night guarded the church, not allowing it to be closed. In November 22 in 1893, tsarist gendarmes and Cossacks tried to deal people with violence. 9 people were killed and other 50 injured. This historic event is known as Kražiai massacre and regarded as a Catholic and Lithuanian Defense symbol.

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