• The Gate of Dawn in Vilnius, the chapel of Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn is in the middle behind the glass window. The southern side of the gate.
  • At that time, the city’s defensive wall had ten gates, though the Gates of Dawn are the only ones to have survived to the present day.
  • At that time, the city’s defensive wall had ten gates, though the Gates of Dawn are the only ones to have survived to the present day.
  • In Lithuania itself there are 15 churches as well as Lithuanian parishes in Montreal and Buenos Aires devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Gate of Dawn.
  • The miraculous painting of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy in the Gates of Dawn is one of the most famous Renaissance paintings in Lithuania.
  • Our Lady Gate of Dawn sanctuary, in Vilnius, is one of Lithuania’s most celebrated pilgrimage sites.
  • The Gate of Dawn or Sharp Gate is a city gate in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, and one of its most important religious, historical and cultural monuments.
  • Guided tours are the most convenient way to visit the Gate of Dawn, though several city buses also drop-off at the nearby Aušros Vartai stop.
  • The Chapel in the Gate of Dawn contains an icon of The Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of Mercy, said to have miraculous powers.
  • At the point when John Paul was chosen Pope in 1978, he covertly requested his cardinal's cap to be snuck into then-Soviet-involved Lithuania and be set...