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aterola Says: This church and it's decoration is done by Father Stanislovas. He was a modest person, so he asked also to make a church without gold and some luxury materials, the main material in church interior is WOOD. When Father Stanislovas was very ill, he asked to carry him to...
aterola Says: Father Stanislovas asked other priest of Lithuania not to drop away their old liturgical clothes and he collected them in one building in Paberze Church complex. I can stay in this small house for hours, watching each of the clothes, each of them is a masterpiece made by...
aterola Says: Father Stanislovas lived in a very modest cell. His bed was wooden and really hard, but he believed that sleeping on hard bed is good for health. He was always very straight, even when walking with the help of stick. He knew 15 languages and translated Guethe from German to...
Visit the museum of 1863 Uprising
aterola Says: The January Uprising was an uprising in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (present-day Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Latvia, parts of Ukraine, western Russia) against the Russian Empire. It began January 22, 1863, and lasted until the last insurgents were captured in...
aterola Says: many artist come to Paberze to stay for few nights and to create. beautifull nature, two small rivers Liaude and Nykis, place for cooking on fire and many many details to get you inspired. Father Stanislovas believed, that everything has soul if was done by human beeing, so...
yumyum Says: I was told that Tevas Stanislovas makes them himself. A lot of them can be seen at the graveyard a short way down the left coming from the church.
yumyum Says: I was fascinated by the old rectory which houses all these collections. Part of the rectory was under renovation.
yumyum Says: The whole building is packed with these garments. If you know why there are so many of them, please let me know by email.
yumyum Says: But I don't know what it really is. This building with all the crosses on the outside houses a collection of garments worn in church service.
yumyum Says: It shows the history of the church and some art. Unfortunately in Lithuanian only. Entry fee was 1 Lita.
yumyum Says: Paberze church looks very special as the tower stands separate and all is made of wood. Very dominant is the "eye" ornament on the outside wall of the church. This had not always been there as you can find out looking at old photos in the museum.
Paberze Church area: Place to stay, but not hotel
aterola Says: Father Stanislovas acommodated everyone who wanted to stay in his house. Untill now people come to Paberze Church complex to stay for few nights. Sometimes just married couple stay there after ceremony in the small church, a lot of students and artist come there to stay in...
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Favorite thing: Metal crosses collection, pot collection, key collection, the fence arround church is made from metal fences from old cemeteries, each piece is different.
The shiny pots are not just collection - this is part of Stanislovas education program. Alcoholics, drug addicted people, or just children staying in this house were teached and cured by hard work. Father Stanislovas gathered people together and started to clean old pots, of course, others did the same. His main idea of education was "Not to tell what to do, but to show with the own attempts. If you see a garbage on the floor, you don't need to say to child - "collect it", but you take it yourself and child will see and will learn". Many addicted people were cured by "hard work" methodics. The collection of lanterns is very colourfull, it is not very common for church, but these old lanterns were renovated and painted by addicted people and the lanterns were one of instuments to cure people.
Updated Jul 7, 2009
Result of the power of one man
Paberze is a small village in Kedainiai district, but famous of the power of one man. I don't mean a body power, I mean a power of heart, trust and soul. very many people from Lithuania and abroad are...
On some maps Paberze is called Paberziai. It lies southwest of Krekenava or straight north of Kedainiai. Paberze is famous for its church and Tevas Stanislovas (Father Stanislaus) who is a well known...
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