Experience
Tour "Religious storms in Vilnius: Protestants in the capital"
About this event
October 31st is declared Reformation Day, because on this day in 1517, Martin Luther, a theology professor and monk from Wittenberg, published his 95 theses, which he sent to the archbishop in Mainz. How did the followers of the Reformation fare in Vilnius? We will discuss this during the tour.
Vilnius was known as a multicultural, multi-confessional city. But was it fun for those denominations to live together? Not really. There were all kinds of contacts and conflicts. Let us look for the traces and signs of those struggles in Vilnius. During the tour, we will find out:
What is wrong with the doors of the VU library?
Where did the first Reformed church stand and why is it no longer there?
Where was the true citadel of the Evangelicals - the place where a printing house and charitable institutions operated?
Where is the oldest monument in Vilnius? What reference to a Bible verse is carved on it?
Where were the first reformist sermons heard in Vilnius?
What should every Protestant know about the Roman Catholic Church of St. Casimir?
Tour start: 11:00 AM at the Cathedral Bell Tower
End: around 1:00 PM on Vokiečių Street.
Distance: about 2.7 km
Free for children under 12.
