Just like every year on March 4, St. Casimir's Day is celebrated. The community of the Vilnius Archcathedral Basilica and the Church Heritage Museum invite you to celebrate the day of this patron of Lithuania.
Until March 7 Vilnius St. manager Stanislaus and St. In the Vladislav Archcathedral Basilica, where St. Casimir, the celebration of this saint is commemorated. Today Mass is celebrated at 8, 12.30:17.30 and 15:7. In Spanish, English, French, Polish, Italian, Belarusian, Mass is offered daily at XNUMX p.m. March XNUMX - St. Mass Sunday order. The solemn Mass is broadcast on the YouTube channel "Vilnius Cathedral Basilica" (more information on the katedra.lt website). Participate in St. Masses can be attended with all necessary safety requirements.
The series of virtual events "Unknown and distant Lithuanian saint" is organized by the Church Heritage Museum. Museum on March 4 15.30:18 p.m. invites families to virtual education "Holy King" (head of education Violeta Indriūnienė), and at XNUMX p.m. Dr. will be held on the Zoom platform. Sigita Maslauskaitė-Mažylienė's lecture "St. Kazimierz is an unknown and distant Lithuanian saint". More information and registration - bpmuziejus.lt.
For the fifth year, the Cathedral community has also organized St. Kazimierz statuette competition. This year, the organizers invited not only to send photos of the figurines they made, but also to create video clips. 74 works were received. You can view them internet.
St. Kazimierz, the second son of the Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland Kazimierz Jogailaitis and Elžbieta Habsburgaitė, was born in Krakow. He was brought up as the future king of Lithuania and Poland and was distinguished by the traits of a great ruler - wisdom, justice, courage, but also piety, avoiding luxury, caring for the poor. He died of tuberculosis at the age of 25. Soon the king began to be called a saint, believers began to tell about the miracles that happened through his intercession. Today, many places in Vilnius remind St. Kazimierz and the townspeople's respect for him. St. Kazimierz's remains rest in the Vilnius Cathedral, St. Kazimierz's chapel.
