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1 сентября 2014 23:38 Информация о костеле Св.Архангела Михаила, привожу цитату на английском, доступна также на литовском языке:
Although the parish church of Kražiai has been comprehensively described in the act of visitation by Tarquinius Piculus, there is no integral overview of the development of the church. Kražiai were the town of Samogitian elders, the parish church had the title of St. Michael. After the old church was burned, the new one was built and consecrated by the bishop in 1475. The church had 7 altars, a chapel and a lot of jewels. The personnel of the church included an organist and a clock-man. The lavishly equipped church of Kražiai was among the richest in the entire Samogitia of the beginning of the 16th century. In addition, significant foundations were assigned for several altars. Prior to the Reformation, even several altars had priests, sustained from the foundations. Upon the Reformation a part of the nobles refused to sustain the priests and their heirs withdrew the foundations. In 1638 the parish church of Kražiai was burned, later it was reconstructed. A wooden church of a cross form was built on a stone foundation. The church had a new organ, five altars, significant amount of jewels, four bells in the belfry, a lot of liturgical clothing items, 14 flags and plenty of books. In 1709 the church was burned again and its famous bells smelted. After some time it was rebuilt, six wooden altars and 16 new oak benches were placed inside. In 1807 there was another fire, reconstruction works were performed once again and resulted in a cross plan church with 12 windows, two domes in the front and in the back, and wooden floor and ceiling. A new 14-tone organ was purchased. In June 1941, when Kražiai were occupied by the Nazis, the Red Army soldiers bombarded the town by artillery and burned it. Thus the history of the church of Kražiai ended – it burned down to the ground.
Leidinyje: Kelm?s dekanato bažnyčios ir vienuolynai. ISBN 978-9955-854-12-8. 2008. p. 91-115. ---
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